Gracie's 18 Months!

My baby is 18 months today!!! So sad to see it go by so fast, but yet so excited for all the fun changes that are happening and how fast she is learning! I love you Gracie Bug!

Slacker!

I have been such a blog slacker lately and I am so sorry! Megan and Richard reminded me tonight that it has been awhile, so I thought I would at least write and say hi and that things are great my way. Yesterday I was daring and had my hair done really dark and I now have bangs! I haven't had bangs in over a decade, so it is going to take some time getting used to them! Every time I pass by the mirror I have to do a double take lol.

Gracie is going to be 18 months this month and I can't believe how fast the time has gone. I just noticed she is cutting molars so that is why I am not getting any sleep!

Luke is doing great and has just been so cute lately! The other morning he surprised me with breakfast and boy was that a treat! Thank you Luke! He is on a roll. We have always left notes for each other when he leaves for work early and they have just been so cute lately. I am one lucky woman!

The hounds are doing great also! I am waking up at he crack of dawn to take them on a run, so hopefully I won't freeze to death! It is supposed to be a nice week. I am so ready for Spring! I am having some serious spring fever!

Ok, I could ramble on all night, so I won't. Just wanted to say I am alive and I will write more soon! Love you all!

Happy Birthday Addison!!!!

Today is my cute niece Addison's 2nd bday! I can't believe she is already 2. Where does the time go???? I am so sad they are going to be moving soon. Gracie sure loves her cousins and I hate that they will be sooo far away! Uncle Karwin has already left for New Mexico but we are hoping to see him on Christmas:)

The last 3 days I have walked, have been soooo cold! It isn't that cold outside, I would say probably around 40 degrees, but the wind is what makes it so cold! So when I start to run with the dogs, I just can't make it half as far as I usually do which is so frustrating!

Christmas is only a few weeks away. I can't believe how fast it comes and goes. I have so many presents to wrap, cookies to bake, I did manage to finish Christmas cards...The list just keeps going and going lol. Gracie is learning so many words and we have a big snowman hanging on the wall and she has learned that it is Frosty. Anytime she sees a snowman on TV, she runs right over to that poster and points at it. She seems to be learning so much each day and growing like a weed! I really need to post pics, but I will save that for the next post. Just wanted to say hi and hope that everyone is enjoying this wonderful holiday season!

My Salt Lake Tribune Debut!

So about a week ago I was out on my daily walk with the hounds, looking like crap because I never do my hair or make-up before I go out...anyway, we were walking down the road and a guy passed me in a car and I have horrible vision without my glasses, so....he drives past us and parks about 1/4 a mile ahead of us and I thought he had a rifle in his hands. My heart sank to my feet. I thought we were all getting shot, but he proceeded to kneel down in the middle of the road and was taking pics of us! Little to find out he was from the Tribune and said he wasn't sure if it would make the paper but he couldn't believe I was walking so many dogs and had to get a pic, well the next morning Dr. Brian Nelson called me and said he saw me in the tribune! So...here is the pic and it looks like I have an extra hip on the right side, that would be my insulin pump with my shirt hanging over it, so besides the 8 extra cheeks and 4 extra chins on me lol, I love the pic of my critters!

Horrible Sunday Night....

Tonight was awful. We went to my cute parents like we always do for Sunday dinner and everything was going great until my Mom was carrying Gracie down their front stairs and her heel caught the stair and she went down them on her knees! She landed on her knees on cement and these are all cement stairs and she was so worried about dropping Gracie she held onto her so all the damage is on her poor knees. She was bleeding and so scraped up and I felt terrible. The worst damage was done to her knee that she had knee surgery on last June! Didn't think my night could get any worse until we went to Mark's to play games and Gracie turned into a little turd! She screamed and screamed and screamed and given she is teething, but I was so afraid we were going to give Mark a bad head again we left. So now here I sit with the bum head! It might just be a little of everything. With Gracie teething she gets me up all night long and this has gone on for months! I just feel like I am living on 3 hours of sleep and everything came crashing down tonight! Literally! Thanks for listening!

Beware: Tons of Pics!

It has been a long time since I have blogged due to the computer not wanting to download my pics but of course when Luke tries it, it works like a charm! I have Halloween pics, cute outfits from Scarlet pics, Gracie taking a ride in the laundry basket pic, Gracie in her princess costume from her cute Aunt Suzanne and her doggie costume from cute Grandma and when she would walk, the tail would wag, it was sooo cute! Gracie and Sadie, etc...




























Here's Gracie showing me how pretty she is in my hair band...





Tonight I had a ton of coupons to use so I ran to Albertson's and Smith's and I got 180 bucks of groceries for only 25 bucks! I was soooo excited! There are so many awesome deals right now! Here is a pic of the goods!



My cute, cute friend's dog passed away this morning and I sure have been thinking about her and her little Reggie. I love them both so much and I wish there was something I could do to take away the pain, but only time will heal that. Know you are loved and that I am here if you need ANYTHING!

Cute Steph took me to a Pinching Your Pennies class in Ogden Thursday night and I learned so much and I have so much to share, so I will probably be posting more deals I find and what is a screaming deal! I want all of you to score as big as I have on the coupons! If you ever have a question, I am more than happy to help!

I went shopping today with my cute friend Michelle and tried to show her some of my couponing skills that I learned from my cute Steph. She saved a bunch and got a whole trunk load of groceries which makes me happy!

As for the bleeding behind my eye update: Last year when I had Gracie I had so much bleeding on the brain that when I went in for my regular eye appt, I had bleeding behind my right eye and my doc said it was either from the trauma I went through or from diabetes and that only time would tell, so he had me come back a year later and I am so happy to report it was baby related and that it has all cleared up and my vision was great! Wahoo! The feeling has come back in my left arm and hand which is also awesome! I think things are coming right along!

Michelle got me back on the Weight Watchers Wagon since I can't drop a pound! I can't afford to weigh in every week, and since I have my lifetime already I am going to just follow the program from home and hope that works, so wish me luck! I just want to be the weight I was before I had Gracie or the same size as Jennifer Aniston, but don't we all lol.

Gracie had her shots this past Monday which is always more traumatic for me, but she survived, and yes, so did I lol. It is always about a week before she seems back to her normal self though. She is cutting teeth like a mad man. Her top two are now coming in and you know what that means? Lisa hasn't slept in a long time! Of course Luke sleeps through all of it and doesn't hear a thing lol.

I promise not to take so long to post next time! Hope everyone is doing well and is staying warm! Winter is on it's way!

Family, Freebies & Food...

I am so officially behind on blogging! I have been sitting here for the past 20 minutes trying to get my pictures to load off the card and for some reason it won't, so here is yet another post with no pics. Sorry! I tried!

Suz and the kids were up here tonight and we got to see them and spend some time with them which is always awesome. Eldon took us to Hamilton's and it was the first time I had ever been there! Gracie thought she needed to flirt with the waitor the whole time which was pretty cute lol. Hayden and Addison are growing up so fast and they are so cute. Wish we got to see more of them! Gracie only has 4 cousins and the other 2 live in Salt Lake and we don't get to see much of them either!

In the mail today I received a coupon for free Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls and then they sent me 10 additional 1.25 off coupons for them which I thought was awesome. How sad is that, that something like that excites me so much lol. I even took a pic of the coupons to share with you, but the dang pics won't load!

Gracie has to have her 15 month shots on Monday which I am dreading! But I have to just think of my cute friend's nephew that is having major brain surgery and worrying over shots is sooo silly. I do wish Ethan the best of luck on Thursday. He sure has been in my thoughts and prayers lately.

I have been addicted to 2 wonderful food blogs that you all have to check out. The links to them are on the left side of the screen. The first one is Our Best Bites. My cute little friend Kate Randle and her friend Sara are geniuses! I love their recipes and all the pics they put on their blog so I can follow the recipe better. This week they are doing Halloween treats and can I just say YUM! Friday there is even a give away, so check it out! My other new fav is called Your Home Based Mom. Great recipes! I just tried the Cafe Rio sweet pork burritos and they turned out soooo good. The lady that runs the website is a doll! She posted a very evil recipe that I made and was instantly addicted to which is horrible for me being diabetic, but I should rename it: Death for a diabetic, by Caramel Apple Dip. It involves 1 block of softened cream cheese (which I am not a big fan of, but in this case- Yum!), 1/2 c. packed brown sugar, 1/4 c. white sugar and a Tablespoon of Vanilla. Right before you are ready to serve it, cut up your apples and then add 2/3 a bag of Heath or Skor bits too the dip, mix and inhale. Oh my heck it is delicious! Great for a party or just to gain 10 pounds. I highly recommend!

Sorry for talking your ear off tonight, I promise to post pics soon. Hope everyone's Halloween is "Spooktacular"! Love you!