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Brinley & Alexa pics

OK still playing with pictures...I've made all the girls suffer through impromtu sessions. Here's Brinley...I can't decide if I like the color or B&W more?

So much to do...

I've been proofing photos, working out, trying to find the courage to clean the basement and creating an announcement for Alexa's upcoming baptism. They will be here tomorrow! I'm so excited to see them!

Here's some recent pics of little Nattles.... I'm not sure she was too thrilled for the improptu photo shoot, but I needed to test the focus on my camera....it seems that it does what I want it to do when I lock the focal point...what a pain.

Now is the TIME

OK, it's time.

It's time to get back into organizing mode and cleaning mode and revamping mode. Did anyone watch Oprah on Monday? (I love Tivo...I watched it last night.) it was the episode with Bob Greene, her trainer and health guru. He has a new book out. I plan to get it the next time I'm at Sam's it talks about cutting things out of your diet to 'prepare' for healthy living. It's not hyped as a 'diet' but more of a total living thing. (at least that was my impression)

Now, if you check this blog as often as I keep up with it you've at one time or another come across my admition of a tootsie roll, peanut M&M breakfast. Well I had to stop that over the holiday...mostly because it was finally making me sick. I think I now have an intolerance to chocolate because I've found that certain chocolate's are making my stomach cramp to the point of imobility about an hour after consumption.

My husband recently had some reps come into his office from Doctors for Nutrition and they left samples. I love samples. So I've now consumed a 7 day trial of the Greens First meal replacement. (OK just realized their website isn't exactly complete, they also have a product called Dream Protein that you mix with the greens first) I would be lying if I said this was the best tasting stuff you've ever drank...although Kara loves the greens first by itself. I've found if I use COLD water to mix the drink I'm able to down the whole thing at once (which at this point tastes just fine) causing me to only have to deal with the jolt of after taste once. It's the 'after taste' that gets ya.

BUT...the upside to this is that I really have felt better. It's not the magic bullet by any means but my urge to snack is less, and I don't feel so hungry. Since no one gets enough vegtables this is a HUGE supply.  It can only be ordered through Doctors so if anyone really is interested, e-mail me and I'll get you hooked up.

I've also been using the eliptical and lifting weights in my basement. (The gym I joined is supposed to open at the end of the month...then I have to get up at 5:30 to go ugh!) I'm literally forcing myself to go downstairs. I did again today which was a must because on Monday I did walking lunges, squats, and dead lifts....I haven't walked normal since.

OK so back to the Bob Greene thing. I bought products at the store today that were part of his "best life" approved foods. I even bought chocolate SOY milk. I'm not looking forward to trying it but.....trying to remember it's about what's good for you.

So another thing that's good for me is getting rid of the clutter. Yes, I've talked about that before around here. My big "organizing" work up seems to happen about this time every year. But last year, I did SO much better keeping on top of the clutter and this year it's a must too. If it weren't so cold around here I'd be working on that garage of mine...mostly because it needs to be fixed before I can move to another step. I can't paint because it's like 5 degrees outside. I have to paint the garage before we put the overhead shelves up. I can't move some of the storage in the basement until the shelves are up...see the dilema?

But I'll post more soon...pictures of my mess. Pictures of my projects. Total heathy living here...in small steps.

Ahhh the power of Photoshop!

More pics and another storyboard

Just a simple storyboard....but what you don't see is that the little boy's uncle was holding a laptop above my head that was playing the movie "Cars" That's popcorn he's eating! I thought that would've been a cool picture...me trying to take pictures seeing a laptop held over my head...Oh the things we do for a shot!   The album is HERE

Note to the P family viewing the album: Lots of room has been left in the group photos to allow for cropping. Please keep this in mind when viewing the pictures. There's one family shot that has 11x14 in the name of the photo...this picture has been cropped to show how some of the distracting background can be elliminated. Too bad there was almost 3 feet of snow on the ground! ;)

School Started today!!!!

Need I say more?

Although, poor Alexa. All dressed in new Christmas clothes...twins with Brinley from the hair to the socks, takes her temperature after breakfast and it was 101.9 She was diagnosed with strep two days ago and should've been feeling better by now. So she's currently watching Arthur with Natalie.

and I'm off to the basement to put the elliptical to good use.

Final order...

So these were the final story boards placed by the mom of the bath time kidlets. I really like how the little girl's board turned out. And of course the little boy's was darling too...I was just a little partial to the pointing, bubbles splashing picture. And we changed the color of the name frames to match the color of paint she has on the walls of the bathroom....very tricky! :o)

Thanks for your comment Amanda! I'm LOVIN' em too!