I have no clue where the last six months went.  I can't believe I haven't posted since Christmas.  Things got really busy with trying to finish our school year and I have been swaging and sunshine rewarding my tush off.  We had to make some adjustments to our Disney plan.  First we decided to still go this year but only for 4 days, we had the room reserved and even had the free dining but the more I thought about it the more I realized it would not be fun for my little guy to have his first trip rushed.  So we all agreed it is better to wait one more year and really do things right.  We will do be going Dec 2015 but plan to stay a full 2 weeks.  
 To that end several things have changed.  I am once again a fully regarded Disney Authorized travel agent.  I really love the company I am connected to (Gateway to Magic)  If anyone who reads this is interested in any help booking your vacation just know my services are free to you and I am here to do all your planning so you don't have to stress.  I know so many people tell me they just don't know where to start. Contact me at [email protected] and I will get you there.  (I can also book pretty much any other travel just ask and I should be able to help you out!!!)  All proceeds from my travel business will go directly to our Disney fund.  

In addition to starting the travel business again, I have saved up almost $250 from Sunshine rewards since November.  You can join Sunshine rewards just below. 

My Sunshine rewards earnings have slightly decreased in the last month or so because I have been concentrating more on swag bucks.  It is amazing how much you can actually make on Swagbucks when you focus.  Unfortunately, life has gotten in the way of my saving most of what I have earned but since the beginning of May I have cashed in $230 in rewards.  Unfortunately only about $50 will go to my fund but that is ok.  I am back on track now and I am currently waiting for some of those to clear, I will be purchasing $100 in Disney cards this week which will bring my total in cards to $300.  I also have the $250 from Sunshine rewards so that will make my total savings so far $550.  (It was higher by $300 but my hubby just HAD to buy a gun and then I built that particular stash back up and had to pay for my daughter's camp but that is all good.  We are having a yard sale next weekend that will hopefully get another big chunk(although $85 off the top goes to buy my daughter's new warm up suit for gymnastics.)  
So that is all I have for now.  I will be setting up a new website soon for my agency Tomorrowland Travels.  Please feel free to contact my at [email protected] anytime you need.  Hopefully it won't be another 6 months before I give another up date.  Prayers and Pixie dust to everyone!!!!

The holidays are here in full swing!  I have gotten a little slack on diet and exercise but that will be back on the front burner as soon as my 'unhappy' time passes.  Meanwhile I am working like a fiend trying to find the best deals on all our Christmas obligationsand gifts   as well as slowly plugging along  knocking down the total of our Disney trip for next year.  Our original number was $3500-200 deposit we need to raise 3300.  Thanks to a cyber Monday deal I got a $50 discount plus I am waiting on a $50 gift card I requested from My points so that brings our total down to 3200.   I am earning a LOT of money on the new reward site I have been using Sunshine rewards.(there is a banner link on the join and earn page of this blog).  I joined Nov 8th and I am already up over $60.  After the new Year when the weather warms I will be organizing a yard sale to go toward the find and not long after will be the spring consignment sale.   

That is all for now I believe.  In case I don't have another chance, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Boy have I been busy!  With what? Well I am glad you asked!  Little Waffle started her competition season so gymnastics has been really crazy.  They have had two meets so far with two more before the State competition.  She has done pretty well but nothing to write home about, lol.  She is qualified for State and that is the most important thing.  We have another meet this weekend and I know she has come a long way since the last meet so I am hoping for good things BUT it is a HUGE meet so lots of competition.  So we will see.  

The next thing keeping me busy is my Biggest Loser Challenge that I have taken part in.  I have put in extra time exercising and watching my food intake.  I was doing really well for awhile, down 22 lbs until last weekend when I went to a concert and somehow came home 6 lbs heavier!  By the weigh in last Sat I had ballooned up 10 lbs!  I am down about 1/2 of that but still so much further to go that I shouldn't have had to deal with.  I am not going to beat myself up though, it is what it is! 

Finally I have taken on a couple of at home businesses that I am hoping will help me fund our next trip to Walt Disney World!! One is Jewelry in Candles.  You know those candles that have become all the rage with jewelry in the wax?  These are GREAT!

Please take a minute and let me know what you think!  The first person to order 5 candles will get a free gift!!

I am also an affiliate with Spirit Lockets.  They are lockets and charms. There are even bracelets which I am really digging!!  Look around here and please feel free to buy!!!

One of the things I do to earn my way to Disney is act as a BzzAgent.  I review products in exchange for mypoints which I turn in for gift cards at Target where I buy my Disney gift cards.   This month I got to try TruMoo chocolate milk.  Right now, you can find it in chocolate or vanilla including an Orange vanilla (until Halloween).  We had to pick up the regular chocolate because it was all I could find in my local stores (I did receive a coupon to get the milk free). 
TruMoo is full of essential vitamins and minerals.  I tried it and I have to say while it was not bad (really can chocolate milk EVER be bad?) I kept having the oddest sensation it was like chocolate eggnog.  Now this wasn't a bad thing, just odd.  I really have no idea what that was all about.  On the other hand my 4 year old son who is a straight up chocolate milk connoisseur LOVED it.  He keeps begging me to go buy more.  Which I must say I most likely will.  We usually give me Ovaltine but it is so much easier to use already made up chocolate milk.  Go ahead try some! 

Oh and while you are at it, right now TruMoo has teamed up with Goosebumps.   Learn how you can enter to win a Goosebumps Haunted Hollywood Vacation and instantly get a $2-off coupon for any Goosebumps DVD with your next TruMoo® purchase!

Today I am done with HCG, today I am going to start kicking ass with traditional 'deficit' dieting.  That means you burn more calories than you consume.  I am going to stay on track putting EVERYTHING into my account on myfitnesspal.com (I am lovthesurf on there if anyone wants to follow me and keep me accountable!)  

A friend recently gave me her copy of Hip Hop Abs and I am going to do those CD's at least 3 times a week with kettle bell work outs on the other two days AND I am going to try to get in a run/walk at minimum 4 days a week ( I am aiming for 5 or 6 but I know life sometimes prevents that)

Anyway that is all for today.  I am going to go do my first HHA wo

Hi sorry I have been MIA...again.  I have been crazy busy trying to teach my daughter and keeping up with her gymnastics schedule.  She started competition last week so things will be  a little crazy until about Christmas.  It's all good though, she loves it and this is why we home school, right? So back to the good stuff....
It has been 11 days since my last post.  I have to weigh in the morning so I will have to post that later but I wanted to post my measurements so we can compare. 

My starting numbers are from 9/4 and are as follows:
arms:16
chest:50 (no bra)
waist: 42
hips: 48.5
thighs: 25.5

one month later, (10/12)  I now measure:
arms: 15.5
chest: 46.5 (wow!)
waist: 38.5
hips:  46.5
thighs: 25.25
for a total of 9.5 inches lost in a MONTH.   I am not mad!!!! 

Heading into month 2 of my biggest loser challenge and I am excited.  I finish up my HCG tomorrow so now I can focus on proper calorie deficits for losing! 

I will be back tomorrow with a current weight!  Til then......tootles!

yep Day 27 already!  wow.....

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 224.4
change: -0
total lost so far: 18.3

It's amazing how far I have come yet I still have so far to go.  Later this week I will do measurements to compare with those I took on 9/4.(so I will do it on 10/4)

I have been competing in a biggest loser competition and I have come in either 1st or second most lost every time, so not going to complain.  However I will say I had a bit of an over reaching weekend and splurged a little so I am feeling icky today.  Today is a new day though so I am back at it and back on track. 
I am sorry I have not been around as much as I wanted to but thing have been a little crazy.  I am still trying to make this site what I want it to be.  Plus I got a few crochet orders which have been keeping me busy.
I hope to be around a little more but now we are moving into competition season for my daughter at gymnastics.  Her first meet is THIS Saturday!  She basically has a meet every other week after that.  

And on top of everything, hubby and I have been discussing out next Disney trip.  We aren't as on top of the money part as we would like to be so we are trying to decide should we book or wait. (who can suggest a REALLY good way to make money while I am still home with my daugh I think we should go ahead and book, it is better to have the room reserved, so when they announce free dining we have our spot. (we don't plan on going until Dec 2014!)  I just have to have time, without kids, to really talk to him about it.  ughhhhhhhh

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 232.4
change: -0
total lost so far: 10.3


It is late and I am tired so this will be short.....walked 3.72 miles and ate reasonably but obviously not perfectly since there is no change in weight.  I will say it never fails I get stalled at this weight....here's hoping I can push through and see a change tomorrow. 

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 232.4
change: -.4
total lost so far: 10.3

Yesterday was a tough day. Usually Tuesday is my favorite day of the week because it is the ONLY day my daughter doesn't have gymnastics so it is the one day we can relax and not have to rush around but I find all that 'relaxing' and being home all day made me much more susceptible to wanting to much all day.  I did cave and have a couple of my husband's caramel nut clusters but the desire to eat was much worse than what I caved and did. 

I did get out and walk approximately 3 miles though.

I am not going to beat myself up for having the candies, I am actually proud I didn't eat more than I did.  I am still down about a 1/2 pound and today is a new day. 

I am packing my lunch to go to our home school co-op where we will be most of the day.  I am trying to be preemptive....

starting weight: 242.7
current weight: 232.8
change: -2
total lost so far: 9.9 (although my Wii said I hit my 10 pound goal)

The more I lose the easier it is to resist eating that bad stuff. I have now been a week with out the "bad" stuff.  No sugar, no flour, nothing white that didn't come from the ground or from a mother.

For lunch I had grilled chicken on mixed baby greens with Walden Farm ranch dressing and for dinner I had an omelet with mushrooms and onions.  I drank a ton of water, I have to remember to keep on top of the water though. 

My next goal is to break the zero....229 here we come.....(w