The Holbert Household

Day 2: 22 Days of organizing, Xmas gifts/projects, and starting a healthier lifestyle

2011-11-29T23:50:00.001-07:00

Most of my day went pretty well until afternoon when I was completely exhausted after a very intense bike ride. Breakfast and lunch were as planned…but basically did nothing this afternoon, which was not the plan…I also need to make sure I get atleast 8 hrs of sleep because the 6 I got last night was not enough….. so I will be signing off shortly. So what I didn’t do today will get moved to tomorrow. Also didnt take any photos besides ones of myself...which I will put up tomorrow.

1. Nov 30^th

· 8-9: Wake up at 8am, start a load of laundery..do 45 min workout video or wii fit.

· 9-930: Breakfast will be oatmeal with blueberries

· 930-10: Shower

· 10-12 Chores: Unload dishwasher, reload & run, clear counter…laundry…litter box..pick up living room…clear bathroom counter, organize under sink

· 12-1230 Lunch: Apple & Broccoli salad

· 1230-130: Outside time..pickup yard

· 130-430: Re-can jelly, and mandarin oranges. (2-3 hr block of time)

· 430-6 Dinner: I think meal planning on sat/sun will be something I try to do again..but I just cant think of what to cook…something chicken probably….maybe butternut squash..or cooked carrots..not sure lol

· After dinner I need to get a few things at the store…I also need to make a list of gift ideas, and start making a shopping list for things I’m making, get supplies together…

· Rest of the night I’m not sure yet…lol but its time for bed so I can atleast get 8 hrs of sleep.

I've also recently found a blog that has inspired me..Undressed Skeleten you should really check it out.

Day 1: 22 Days of organizing, Xmas gifts/projects, and starting a healthier lifestyle

2011-11-29T02:08:00.001-07:00

I am alive!! I know i haven't posted in like a million years but I am here and have a plan for the next few weeks. Here is my plan.... I hope this helps me stay focused, and get back on track.
Every night I will post my photos I took for that day as well. That is also good to keep my photo skills up, and so family that doesn't live nearby can keep track of us :P

22 Days of Organizing, Homemade Christmas Projects and starting a healthier lifestyle

Each day I will do 1 organizing/cleaning project, one diy/gift project, and healthy lifestyle change. As well as spending time with Wesley, daily cleaning, and cooking.

1. Day 1- Nov 29^th:

· Wake up at 8am and get dressed/ready for the day.

· Meals will be healthy. Breakfast will include egg & veggie burrito with glass of milk. Lunch will include tuna salad, and dinner will include chicken or shrimp stirfry. Snacks will include fresh fruit or veggies.. Wesley will have more whole grain. I will log all of my meals in a book.

· To start the day off right will get out the stroller and take a walk from home to pilot, to prison, and back home. I will also walk everyday to check the mail.

· Cleaning will include unloading/reloading dishwasher, clearing off counter, and starting/putting away laundry.

· Errands to the bank to deposit check, to the courthouse to pay truck taxes, and to talk to circuit court will be done just before noon, to insure Kyle is picked up on time from class.

· For the afternoon I will re-can the watermelon jelly, and can the mandarin oranges.

· I will spend 1 hour exclusively to Wesley, project/crafts depend on mood at the time. I will also take 1 photo each day of Wesley and things we do.

· I will not turn on the television until all of these projects are done. I will drink a glass of water all day to keep myself full. I will not have any soda or candy.

· Each evening I will blog my plan each day. I hope this will help me keep on track and get as much done as I can before Kyle’s graduation, and family arrives. Since I am not working, and probably won’t be until after the holidays, I need to stay busy and productive.

Arizona Vacation

2010-08-01T09:58:00.000-06:00

I feel like I'm really depriving this blog!! On June 23rd we headed south in our toyota rav. Day 1 we hit Albuquerque
and stayed in a hotel. Day 2 we got in to Benson, AZ later in the afternoon. And yes we were already sick of driving. But this was only our 1st stop of 3 we had planned for our vacation.
My husband's sister, that he has never met, lives there. So since we were going to be in AZ already we though we would pack up a couple days early and make a stop.
Kyle has a lot of family in the Benson, Tucson area that he has never met. His biological dad that he last saw when he was 2, so of course we got to see him for a day. We met a cousin and his family in Tucson for another fun filled day. Kyles sister also has a 12mo old so Wesley had a playmate for the few days we were there.
The last day we were in Benson we headed to Tucson to meet Kyle's cousin, and family for a day at the pool. Afterward we went to dinner at an all you can eat buffet place. I forgot the name.

Sunday morning we headed north towards Sedona. A family from Phoenix had won my giveway for a free session and prints and we were going to meet in Phoenix but not having internet the entire time in Benson didn't help me get a map, and we ran into traffic because of an accident and then were totally lost trying to figure out where to go. My cellphone was acting up (it has been since I washed it), and so that was a no go. So off we went towards Sedona. We stopped @ in n out burger on the way out of phoenix, since there were a few off the highway.

The week was awesome! I couldn't of imagined a better, much less GORGEOUS place to relax. The family played tennis every morning. I did water aerobics one day, but preferred tennis the rest of the time. We swam, had lots of yummy home cooked meals, had family photos taken, lots of Euchre, a family baseball game, and of course drinks!

I wish we could have stayed a few more days, but it was on to the last part of our vacation. We drove east to visit Kyles other sister in Clovis, NM. Wesley got to play with his other cousin, Jasper, and we just relaxed.

By the end of the trip we were POOPED. We drove a total of 2650 miles and we were ready to be out of the car by the time our trip was over!!

Plus I took 749 photos and am still going through them. But for now here are a few of my favorites from the trip.

Giveaway The Easy accounting solution for the Photographer

2010-08-01T09:02:00.000-06:00

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Wesley 16mo

2010-07-28T18:18:00.000-06:00

As of July 10th Wesley is not 16th months old! He had an ear infection before vacation...and it continued while we were on vacation but finally after 2x the medicine after we got home he went back to the doc and was as good as new!

Wesley's favorite thing to do: CLIMB...

Stay tuned for more updates!! Its taking some time since I got back from vacation to get things updated!

All of these Summer nights...

2010-07-28T18:10:00.000-06:00

I'm still in the process of writing my vacation blog, but until then I'll update you on what has been going on around here since we got back from vacation.

1) Kyle and I have both joined a co-ed softball team. We've had 1 practice and games start next Monday. I'm SUPER excited to be doing this. It was one of my goals to be part of a co-ed team this summer, and have fulfilled that!

2) While on vacation we played a TON of tennis, and so I told myself I wanted to keep playing when I got back. I signed up for tennis clinics twice a week and tomorrow is the last day of the clinic until the next session. I have made some new friends from the clinic and hope to get some numbers so we can start playing together!

3) The week we got home we enjoyed Jubilee days festivities. The carnival was in town, and we walked around there, have been going to the farmers market on fridays, enjoyed the chili cook off, parade, and street dances!

4) My birthday was on Sun July 25th, and Kyle and I went to see brooks & dunn in concert for frontier days the night before. We had a blast, even though we didn't get home until 2am!

5) We got a new dog, Lucky, the St Bernard, and hes been a wonderful pal for Wesley!

6) I've been meeting my friend 3 days a week @ the park for evening walks. Its a nice time to get out of the house and have some adult time.

Wesley playing in the ice cold pool on a warm day in Wyoming...

Thats all the new updates for now in the last 3 weeks since we've been home. This next week is the Albany County Fair, and we plan to go a few times and have fun!

Flooding in Laramie!

2010-06-14T14:24:00.001-06:00

Some of the flooding around town.
Here is a link to the photos I took the other day. FYI its now twice as much as it was before!!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=235842&id=650370096&l=065361aeff

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Memorial Weekend

2010-06-08T13:31:00.000-06:00

I know I'm wayyyyy behind on blogging but I wanted to catch you all up a little bit.

We had a FANTASTIC memorial weekend!

Saturday was pretty relaxing. Was in and out most of the day. Kyle installed our new clothes line, and worked on fixing the siding of our house. I just did laundry and played with Wesley outside. Nothing special but just a fun day at home.

Sunday was our anniversary. Kyle surprised me with some beautiful yellow roses (which didn't last long), and I made Kyle a video and surprised with with Brooks & Dunn tickets!

We took a lunchtime bike ride to subway and back, Wesley went down for a nap and I did laundry and hung clothes on the new line. I did a workout while Wesley was napping also, and then we all went on another bike ride to the park after Wesley was up from his nap. We wanted to take him to see the ducks and feed them but the seagulls wanted the bread instead.
Instead of cooking we ordered togo from one of our favorite pubs in town. The Library. They have amazing sweet potato fries, and I had a breakfast sandwich, and kyle had Philly steak sandwich.
We relaxed and watched Avatar.

The next day we headed down to Fort Collins to visit my Dad. Grandma was in town visiting and we wanted to see her before she went back to Illinois.

It was a gorgeous day down in CO. We had some grilled chicken for lunch with a bunch of fruit and veggies.
Since my Dad lives right on a lake and it was warm enough and we brought our suits, we took a little swim in the water!

The neighbors dog Cody decided to come take a swim with us too!

Wesley played on the porch for awhile to dry off.

Wesley was such a trooper. He didn't take his usual afternoon nap, but sure did take a great nap on the drive home and went to bed a bit early.

What a wonderful weekend we had!

2010-05-29T13:00:00.000-06:00

Our anniversary is tomorrow. We have nothing special planned. No babysitter. Notta. Kinda sucks. I guess thats what happens when we have no friends or family around.

My grandma is visiting from Illinois and staying down at dads an hour away. I don't even want to drive down there because I'm a little irritated with the situation.

So this is going to be a pretty boring weekend. Its a little chilly and windy out today so probably won't be taking a bike ride. I have nothing else to do today besides clean.

Well happy 1st anniversary to us I guess.

Menu Plan Monday [May 17th]

2010-05-18T01:10:00.000-06:00

I can't believe Monday is already gone. And as far as meal planning I put it off until last night and I still haven't completely figured out lunches yet either.

Still on the health kick and wanted easy, yummy meals that I didn't have to put too much thought into.

So for this week I just looked around on Tasty Kitchen for recipes and saved them in my box. I also added a couple of my own recipes as well!

Monday

Breakfast: Multi grain cheerios w/banana

Lunch: Ham sandwich and string cheese

Dinner: Salmon, brown rice and green beans

Tuesday

Breakfast: Broiled Grapefruit

Lunch: HG Tuna Salad

Dinner: Korean Tacos

Wednesday

Breakfast: Breakfast Burrito

Lunch: Don't know yet

Dinner: Spinach Lasagna Rollups

Thursday

Breakfast: Tropical Avocado Smoothie

Lunch: Don't know yet

Dinner: Homemade pizza (dont know what toppings yet)

Friday

Breakfast: Strawberry Lime Shake

Lunch: Don't know yet

Dinner: Venison & Black Bean Stew

Saturday

Breakfast: Faux Egg McMuffin

Lunch: leftovers

Dinner: cook on the grill or leftovers

Sunday

Breakfast: Haven't decided but maybe pancakes or waffles

Lunch: leftovers

Dinner: leftovers

Enjoy!!

Five Question Friday [May 14]

2010-05-14T21:10:00.000-06:00

Its friday yay!! Its been one busy week for me. I'm loving my new weight-loss program..well I wouldn't call it a program just calculating calories and exercising, its great! Now I just need to work up to longer and more intense workouts. Next week is the start of my photography class and I'm going to start going to the gym then as well! Blogging is now my 5th priority...Wesley, photo class, exercising, and counting calories comes first! So I'll try to update as much as I can when I get time. Hopefully I can get all my workouts and projects done during the day and leave blogging to night time.

1. Take your pick...date night, girls night out, or night out alone?

Definitely a girls night! Not that I don't love my husband but I hardly ever get to go out with girls and I really miss it and want to.

2. Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

Nope

3. What is your favorite flower and why?

Tulips. Tulip time in Iowa is the best! They are just gorgeous flowers.

4. If you could go back in time, what advice would you give yourself?

5. If you won the lottery, what is the very first thing you would do?

Pay off debt!!! and then buy a house...and then a personal trainer.

Happy Friday!!

Tuesday Tag Along [May 10th]

2010-05-11T00:56:00.000-06:00

Today my little man is 14mo! Really? Already?

Another wonderful week has come and gone.

And boy am I tired.

If I plan to get up in the morning to take a nice long walk with Wesley then I better get some rest.

I look forward to meeting you!

Just leave me a comment and I'll surely follow you back.

Enjoy my blog!

Meal Plan Monday - Heathly Eating [May 10]

2010-05-10T23:06:00.000-06:00

I spent a lot of time working on my menu this week. Probably longer than I wanted to but it was well worth it.

Since today was my official start date for my weight-loss journey I wanted to make the meals extra healthy.

I even planned out my breakfast and lunch meals as well.

Monday

Breakfast: HG Chocolate Banana Smoothie

Lunch: OL BLT Salad

Dinner: FF Strawberry Orange Pasta Salad, corn on the cob

Tuesday

Breakfast: OL Breakfast Smoothie

Lunch: HG Chinese Salad

Dinner: OL Minestrone Soup

Wednesday

Breakfast: Bowl of frosted mini wheats cereal, 1 slice of whole wheat toast

Lunch: OL Apple Broccoli Salad

Dinner: HG Goo-lash, green beans, caesar salad

Thursday

Breakfast: FF Breakfast Burrito

Lunch: HG Spicy Taco Tuna Salad

Dinner: FF Homemade Pizza (Veggie)

Friday

Breakfast: HG Berry Smoothie

Lunch: HG Chick'n Salad

Dinner: HG Tomato Basil Chicken, baked potato, brown rice

Saturday

Breakfast: HG Taco Scramble

Lunch: Left overs

Dinner: HG lo mein

Sunday

Breakfast: FF French Toast

Lunch: Left overs

Dinner: Left overs

Key

HG hungry girl cookbook

OL online recipe

FF family favorite

OC other cookbooks

Interested in calorie info or weight watchers points info??

Or want one of the hungry girl recipes from the book??

Then head on over to my weight-loss blog!!!

Each day I will post my food log and that days worth of recipes, calories and weight watchers points!!!

http://jencanloseit.blogspot.com

The weekends sure do fly by....

2010-05-09T23:46:00.000-06:00

Mother's Day wasn't bad. I did ~~absolutely nothing~~ kept myself super busy! I slept in until 1030a maybe. I love sleeping in. But unfortunately I didn't really sleep in because Wesley wanted to wake me up and I'm definitely not a deep sleeper anymore.

We were originally going to go out to brunch because I've really wanted eggs benedict! But that didn't happen. So I asked kyle if he wanted to make eggs benedict with me. He wanted to bbq. I wanted eggs benedict and it was my day so I told him he could bbq for dinner. We never ended up making eggs benedict. He went to bed (at 1p) after doing dishes and I just worked on my menu for the week.

*note to self - start menu planning fri night and decide what I want for the week. Sat figure out coupons, and ww points amount. Sunday after breakfast grocery shop.*

I ended up making eggs benedict for dinner. Wesley really liked it and this was my first time making it and it was wonderful!!!

If you've never made eggs benedict or if you've always wantef to, check out the super simple recipe from The Pioneer Woman.

Click the photo for the full recipe

Tomorrow starts my journey to weight loss.

I will be posting all of my progress, recipes, food log, exercise I did, weigh ins, etc over at the blog so go check it out please and follow along

http://jencanloseit.blogspot.com

Plus starting May 15th myself and 4 other ladies are taking part of a weight loss challenge for a chance to win $10,000! Check out the blog for more info on the contest.

Well thats all the news for today!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mothers Day!

And sorry for not posting the Swingin' to the sound Sunday post. I'm exhausted this week but will have it posted next Sunday!

Happy Mothers Day!!

2010-05-09T02:24:00.000-06:00

Happy Mothers Day to all the wonderful Mommys in the world!!

We plan on going out to brunch...and I'm probably just going to grocery shop for next weeks meals, and clean since the hubs works nights and will probably be going to bed after brunch. But I want eggs benedict! Mmm...

I'm still in the middle of deciding what I want to make this week because Monday is the day I start my ~~diet~~ lifestyle change.

One thing that is going to help me is this new awesome cookbook I just got in the mail a few days ago.

Now I'm not always going to have every single ingredient they mention, but I'll sure try because it makes it super easy for me to not have to look up every single ingredient for recipes and figure that out.

Oh and stay tuned!!! I'm going to have an awesome giveaway coming up VERY SOON!!!

And I've also recently become obsessed with BIG LOVE.

Ever since my religion class, and having to write a 10 page paper on polygamy, I've been hooked. If you haven't even seen the show it really is dramatic. And utah is gorgeous too!!

If you've seen the show tell me what you think about it?!

Time to get some sleep.

Five Question Friday [May 7]

2010-05-07T02:29:00.000-06:00

Friday WOOT WOOT.

1. What is your worst memory of your siblings?

To be honest..I don't have any. I never lived with my sister (only for visits) and I lived with my brother from age newborn-3 and then ages 6-9 and he was a pretty awesome kid then and is now...besides being kind of a goof sometimes.

2. What was YOUR naughtiest childhood memory? (Must be something YOU did, no pawning it off on someone else!)

Naughty...hmmm. I should ask my parents this one. I can only think of the times I got into trouble (which was A LOT) and lets say that they aren't anything I'm proud of and I'd rather not say LOL. I was the rebel of the family definitely. I loved boys. And I loved my friends. And I hated being around my parents..

3. Where do you like to go to relax?

I relax in front of the computer blogging. Literally..No screaming child and I can get everything out of my head that I'm thinking about.

Other than the computer, our cozy king bed is heaven.

Now we need a jetted tub and I'll be all set!

4. What was the last thing you won?

Hmmmmmmmmm.....Oh yes..My senior year in high school (7 years ago) I won a free haircut/hi-light, and a $500 scholarship for books for the University.

You want to know whats crap?? I decided to wait and not use them right away (no expiration) and I can't use them!!! BS I say. I tried to use them in 2007 (4 years later) and the company who awarded the 500 scholarship said it was too late. Isn't there something I can do because they don't expire???? Cuz I sure want to get a haircut/hi-light and get money for college books.

Tips please???

5. If you could be on a game show, which would you choose?

I'm not sure if this counts as a "game show" but BIGGEST LOSER no question. Technically its a reality show, but they are winning for 250k so YA i'd say its a game!!

Which BTW I am going to participate in a contest & try to lose 100lbs so if anyone wants to follow along my journey here is the blog

http://jencanloseit.blogspot.com

Friday Follow [May 7]

2010-05-06T23:16:00.001-06:00

I've been a little slow getting posts up.....because its hard to manage 5 blogs!

Tuesday Tag Along [May 4th]

2010-05-03T22:32:00.001-06:00

If I don't already participate in a million things, here another one. I'm sooooooo trying to increase the readers on my blog. Because I have lots of things I want to do in the near future and I love to help people out if they need it so please help me.

So I have lots of blogs for you to follow.

Well ok this one and 3 others.

Color My World Photography + Design

Business Portfolio

All About Wesley

Happy Tuesday.

And please leave me a comment and I'll be happy to follow you back!

Menu Plan Monday [May 3rd]

2010-05-03T20:30:00.001-06:00

Pretty simple menu this week. The new things I'm trying are 2 recipes I found from mr. linky, which are the southwest rollups and strawberry orange pasta salad. And since I didn't make the quiche last week I put it back on the menu.

Enjoy!

Sorry the photo is so small. [Will fix it for next week]

Click the image to view larger.

*Recipes below*

Swingin' to the sound Sunday - Elle & Tito

2010-05-02T17:38:00.010-06:00

Welcome to week 2 of Swingin to the sound Sunday!!

Sorry I'm a little late posting. My dad came up to visit and we had lunch and watched a movie.

Have any of you seen the show married on myspace?? Well if not check it out here. They are in the second season now, but last year the first season this adorable couple won and they were also musicians. I LOVE this song. You can really feel the emotion, love, frustrations all when they sing. Everytime I listen to this song it gives me chills. Its so amazing.

Here is the video to one of the songs I really love. The quality isn't the best because its just a home video but go to their page and listen to the recorded version.

Elle and Tito - "Don't Wanna Say No"

Elle and Tito Music | MySpace Music Videos

Check out the rest of their music on the myspace music page. CLICK HERE.

Now its your turn!!

Link up a song, lyrics, video anything that stands out to you this week!
Please please please link to your post url and not your blog to make it easier to find.
Grab the button (just save it and re-upload it or copy image location) and add it to your blog post or link back to The Holbert Household please!
And this is a blog hop so don't forget to add the url to your page so others can add their music too!!!

The linky will be open all week!!

Can't wait to see all the great music.

And each following week I will post some of my favorite finds!!

**If the linky does not appear please let me know. I've been having a lot of issues with it lately**

Wanna see a J-Lo booty??

2010-05-01T02:42:00.003-06:00

Wesley has a j-lo booty! LOL.

Want to see?? Hop on over to the All about Wesley blog.

CLICK HERE

Five Question Friday (April 30th)

2010-05-01T00:48:00.000-06:00

So its officially May now, but it doesn't feel like it. I'm up late again, drinking my yummy carrot cake drink (i feel a little buzzed now because it is 6 shots of alcohol and my tummy is empty)

but ANYWAYS...its Five Question Friday. Fridays feel just like any other day to me.

1. If you could, would you go back to high school?
I would love to, but I wouldn't go back as the same person I was. HS was not a good time in my life. (atleast most of it). It would be nice to be able to start over and really care about it. Maybe I would have gotten into a better school and not put off college as long as I have. But then I probably wouldn't have this amazing little baby boy either so I'd probably just stay where I am. Things happen for a reason.

2. If a genie appeared and granted you two wishes, what would they be? (And, no saying "more wishes".)
To forgive all of my debt so I can start over, and to lose like X amount of lbs lol.

3. What kids show do you secretly like?
Since none of the shows I really liked as a kid are on anymore, I do like to watch Hannah Montana or pretty much any teenie bopper disney show.

4. What is your beverage of choice?
Code red mtn dew is my fav right now. I wish surge would come back again. I'm thinking of ordering some on ebay LOL but the stuff has been expired for over 10 years now. I can't imagine what it would taste like.

5. What is something that you would change about yourself (or are working to change in yourself)?
Procrastination. I put things off. I need to figure out what my deal is and maybe stuff would get done around here!

Mmmmm Carrot Cake

2010-04-30T23:45:00.003-06:00

I absolutely love love love carrot cake. I was at the bar a couple weeks ago with my husband (I haven't been to a bar since ....... I can't even remember! ) but anyways the bartender made this amazing drink for me. It tasted like carrot cake, and didn't burn when it went down my throat! Now thats my kind of drink!!

So last night was pizza night and I didn't want to drink beer, so I made one of my carrot cake drinks. I added 1 more ingredient just to make it perfect. Perfect dessert!!

Ok heres how to make it.

Baileys Irish Cream, Butterscotch Schnapps (i use buttershots), Cinnamon Schnapps (I use hot damn) & Milk.

In a tall glass add 2 shots of each, add some ice and top off with milk. I hardly drink at all, but this is super yummy!

Calorie Per drink = 588 or so (so worth it!!)

(i used 1% milk so it could be more or less depending on the milk you use)

Give it a try! Let me know if you make it and what you think? Did you change anything.

Enjoy!

Menu Plan Monday [April 26 - May 2]

2010-04-26T23:50:00.001-06:00

Over at orgjunkie.com they host a Menu Plan Monday every week and over 300 people link up so check it out!!

Welcome to my first week of meal planning. There are days where I can't figure out what I want to cook for the week and we end up eating out instead. I am going to try super hard each week to make a meal plan thats easy and nutricious.

Plus I really want to save money, and am inspired by this woman over at 30dollarweeklygrocerychallenge to only spend $30 a week on groceries, cleaning supplies and personal items!! WHAT..Seriously?!? I need to do this! But for this week because we already have all of this food in house I don't have to spend a penny! YAY.

Anywho....

Heres my menu this week. And I will also post a link to the recipes at the bottom.

Not all of them have a recipe.

Check out all the other wonderful menus and recipes this week [click here] and link up your menu!!

Enjoy!

Five Question Friday (on sunday!)

2010-04-25T03:15:00.007-06:00

Since I have nothing better to do at 3am (which I really should be in bed because Wesley will be up in oh lets see...about 5 hours!! LOL)..I decided to participate in Five Question Friday (yes I know its now Sunday). Because I am bored. And want something to do.

And I could post photos but I'm too tired to do that.

1. What was the first car you owned?

Ahh the first car question. Well like many others I didn't have anything fancy or expensive. In fact I owned a brown, 1985 ford aerostar van. AWESOME.

2. What song are you embarrassed to know the lyrics to?

I was a teeny bopper, so I still remember all the backstreet boys, nsync and hanson songs. Mmmbop..(that has to be the most embarrassing)

3. Have you ever had stitches?

Yes I have. Twice. First time was after I had knee surgery in '08, and the 2nd was after my c-section in '09 (staples actually..but that still counts kinda).

4. What was your first job?

I can't remember if it was Subway or Phone Base Research (Yep I was an annoying survey caller. Whoo hoo) But I had both of these jobs my jr year in high school.

5. Who is your favorite Sesame Street character?

Snuffalufagus (sp?) is pretty awesome!

Its not too late to participate still!

Enjoy!

The Holbert Household

Day 2: 22 Days of organizing, Xmas gifts/projects, and starting a healthier lifestyle

Day 1: 22 Days of organizing, Xmas gifts/projects, and starting a healthier lifestyle

Arizona Vacation

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Wesley 16mo

All of these Summer nights...

Flooding in Laramie!

Memorial Weekend

Menu Plan Monday [May 17th]

Five Question Friday [May 14]

Tuesday Tag Along [May 10th]

Meal Plan Monday - Heathly Eating [May 10]

The weekends sure do fly by....

Happy Mothers Day!!

Five Question Friday [May 7]

Friday Follow [May 7]

Tuesday Tag Along [May 4th]

Menu Plan Monday [May 3rd]

Swingin' to the sound Sunday - Elle & Tito

Wanna see a J-Lo booty??

Five Question Friday (April 30th)

Mmmmm Carrot Cake

Menu Plan Monday [April 26 - May 2]

Five Question Friday (on sunday!)

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