Cooking, Oreo Balls

WARNING:  These are messy to make, irresistible to eat. 

My mother-in-law gave me the recipe for Oreo Balls.  THANKS MOM! :) All you need are three ingredients: Bag of Oreos, 8oz cream cheese room temperature, and one pound of dark melted chocolate.

The front three Oreo balls are the end result.  The back ones still need to be  chocolate covered.

Crush the whole bag of Oreos with a soup can or rolling pin in a bag.  You want the texture to be crumbs NOT dust.  Take room temperature cream cheese and mix/mold it together.  I always have to use my hands so wash them before doing this.    

Kids, Hand print flowers

Here is a fun craft we did in school today.  My students used their hands as the leaves and a flower stamp for the flower.  We also glued Popsicle sticks on for a picket fence. 

This is the end result.

They painted a stem up the center.

This is what it looked like after the first stamp.

Organization, Exercise Calendar

Ok, so I am really a kid at heart.  I think we all are (at least the fun people.) Stickers are a colorful way to keep track of your progress. I don't think I will ever grow out of them. ;) 

Here us what I do to keep my exercising organized.  I think this is important so you can see your progress.  I tacked a calender by my desk so I can see it every day.  Each sticker represents 20-30 minutes.  I write down what type of work out I did and how long next to the sticker.  I also draw a smiley face if I ate healthy that day and a sad face if I didn't.  It is good to have off days but not to many.  

Couponing, Big week

I spent $48.00 on groceries this week (last week I spent under$25.00).  There are some thing I didn't get a chance to put in these pictures.  In these pics there is $40.50 worth of merchandise. 

ALERT: If you go to Tops this week and buy a club pack of chicken breast (mine cost under$17.00) you get nine things free!  Those things are; two liter of pop, kabob sticks, bag of potatoes, bag of fresh green beans, package of flour tortillas, taco seasoning, a bag of cheese, Ice cream bars, and Kraft BBQ sauce.  Kevin and I had chicken tonight for dinner and will be having it a lot the next few weeks. ;)

My tower of produce. :) 

Non produce items. I didn't have enough room. 

Girly Things, Bangs

 I know it is kinda strange to do a blog about this, but I want to express the importance of styling your bangs.  I recommend all the time to girls to take extra time on their bangs. If I do not have much time to get ready I will have my hair up and my side bangs look nice. Even if you don't have any bands, the front hair pieces still really shapes your face. Remember this: Bangs and eyebrows are the frame to your face. Just like a picture frame they add so much!  I don't consider myself a model, but here are tips and pics. 

Here is a normal shot of my hair with side bangs.  I curl away from my face with the clip-less Infiniti by Conair:

Here is a shot with a part down the middle.  I curl the bangs away from my face (again).  Try the center part once in awhile to change it up.  It makes your face look longer. 

Also try a low bun in the back with a straight part to give the illusion of a cute bob without the commitment.  ;) 

Projects, furniture makeover

Kevin and I wanted to make all our furniture match.  We have black picture frames and a large black mirror.  I thought, "why not paint our coffee table and movie cabinet black to match?" Our TV trays and entertainment center are already black so I thought it would be a nice fit.  I love the results of the coffee table.  Cabinet makeover coming soon! BTW, we painted both our furniture pieces for under $15. 

Before:

After:

Health, challenged completed

I finished my challenge!  Whenever I finished a workout I would rip off a tab.  I had 10 workouts and two weeks to do it.  They had to be at least 20 minutes, but most of the time I would go over.  If I wanted to do more than one workout in a day I would allow myself. However, I could not do more than two in one day.  There were times I would work out for over an hour because I wanted to.

I am going to do this challenge again but each tab would represent 20 minutes and NOT a specific workout.  I want to change up my goals. In order to rip off two tabs I have to reach 40 minutes.  If I only do a half hour I can only rip off one.  

Going for a walk and ripping off a tab! 

Close up of the challenge paper :) 

My hubby and I after a bike ride.