So I have decided to take the big leap and try this photo of the say stuff.   Mainly because I have not been blogging her near enough. And I would really like to start go get back into blogging.

Today’s challenge was up.  And however you interprate up.

My photo is a picture of what I look at above my desk every day and it is also that always lifts my spirits high.

Above my desk is a wall of the favorite men all in the military.

There is a picture of my Husband, My Father, My Grandfather and My Great Grandfather.  All serving in the Military and proud.

Also on the wall is a picture of the sub my father was on.  My Dad’s metals and also a plaque he received.  This wall makes me smile from ear to ear.

This is my first three Uppercase Living I have put in my home.  I love it already.  One is by the front door, one is above the entry way from the kitchen into my office and the daily bread is above the dining room table.

This has really helped me not only with my grocery bill but also with keeping more organized.

I use a weekly Meal Planner sheet from ListPlanit.com that has my menu on one side and my grocery list on the other so that when I am done shopping I can put my list up on the refrigerator for the family to see.

Normally for breakfast I either have Odwalla or I have a shakeology.

Lunches are normally a sandwich, or a hot pocket and some fruit.

Monday: Bow Tie Chicken Pasta

Tuesday: Pot Roast with onions, carrots, and potatos

Wednesday: Easy Tortellini Toss

Thursday: Meatloaf and Potatos

Friday: Chicken and Noodles and mashed potatos

Saturday: Pizza (we have company coming over)

Sunday: Lasagna Roll ups

Dec 31st 2011 ~ 220 lbs

That same day I found out my Grandma who raised me my whole life passed away.  So I was on a train within hours and on my way to Colorado.  So I had no time to plan what I was going to eat or anything like that.  I was worried because I had set a goal of the amount of weight I wanted to lose in 2012 and I was so worried that I would not be able to start out the year right.  While I was there we did a lot of eating out.  And I will be honest I did a lot of comfort eating.  Yah is I thought I was soothing my soul.  But I was not.

So when I got home a week later I did not set up on the scale.  I let that scale and my body be.  I watched what I ate this week and that was about it.  I was still in this slump from losing my Grandma.  I know it is not a excuse but…

This morning I jumped on the scale and I am so happy to report that I have a small amount of weight lose to report.

January 15th 2012 ~ 217 lbs

I know it is not a huge amount but I will take it.

My plan for this week is to work out three four days, drink at least 30 oz of water a day (I know not much but more than I am doing now), and to eat healthy.

This has worked so much better for me then my resolutions ever did.  Because normally after the first week I had messed something up and there went the resolutions.  But this year with goals in place if I miss something I just keep going and working toward my goals.  I have found that goals make things more life changing and resolutions are just my way of saying I am going to do something but never really following through.

One of the biggest things I have done is I created a family binder where I keep all my family life, business life and everything else.  You need to know anything about my family or my business it will all be found here.  I menu plan here, I do my grocery list, I keep track of the goals I am working on and what goals have been accomplished.   Pretty much this binder is my life and will help me accomplish and stick to the goals I have created.  This book seems to keep me organized and disciplined  and that is what I need to be to improve the way I live spirituality, physically and mentally.

What are you doing to change your life and the way you live?

Since we are in the middle of trying to move from one house to another I am going to try and use what we have in the house.

Monday ~ Tamales and mini tacos

Tuesday ~ Baked Chicken and Potato cakes

Wednesday ~ Brats and Sweet Potato fries

Thursday ~ Fajitas and Rice

Friday ~ TBD

Saturday ~ Pork Verde

Sunday ~ Tuna Cassarole

• Eat out every other weekend and only once
• All home cooked healthy meals
• Portion control
• Healthy snacks
• This week exercise 3 times
• At least 60 oz of water a day

When we start taking about going to back to school Haylee always seems to get a little blue.  And at first I did not know how to get her excited about going back to school.  But finally I figured out what it would take to get Haylee super excited about going to back to school..

SHOPPING!!!!

And with that one word I instantly cure Haylee’s back to school blues.

We normally do our back to school shopping every weekend the last month before school starts. Yap you read it right. We are shopping every weekend before school starts. There is so much to get how could we not be out shopping every weekend.

Below is our back to school list and where we went to get what we needed

• Shoes ~ (three or four pair normally) Flip flops from the croc store and fuzzie crocs that we won at a Crocs Twitter Party.  Gym shoes and regular tennis shoes we got at Famous footwear.
• Cloths ~ we go to Big Wheels to Butterflies and Once upon a child to get her cloths because we can get name brand at amazing prices
• Back pack ~ This year we did this at office max because Haylee seen an amazing Back pack she loved and they were offering max perks that made us get the backpack for free…..
• School supplies ~ I had most of these from last year when I hit up walmart and target after everything went on clearance.

Thank you to Crocs for sponsoring this blog post. Please click here to learn more about Crocs’ new Back to School line. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective. All opinions expressed here are my own.