I’ve recently started watching Clean House with Neicy Nash on the Style channel and I absolutely LOVE it. I love to see how they makeover these houses, how much they make from the family yard sales, and whether or not the family actually likes what the crew has done to their home. I’ve seen several episodes where the yard sale includes used travel trailers for extremely low prices. Do you know how much I would kill to come across a yard sale with a camper for several hundred dollars?

Going camping with Vernon and little one when she gets a little bit older would be SOOOO much fun. I remember going camping when I was a young girl, and they are very fond memories.

Oooh we had the best weekend. It seems like we never stopped getting things done. All winter long, and hell even last winter we’ve been talking about how we want to plant things and make the yard look nice. Well, this was the weekend!

Yesterday we went to Home Depot to get a few supplies for the yard… a shovel, weed and brush killer, some other odds and ends, and MY TREE!

I have been DYING to plant some ornamental trees. This one is an Eastern Redbud and they are soo pretty. I’m going to get one more next week that I would like to be a Bardford Pear but our neighbor was telling us that they split or some crap. I don’t know, I usually stop listening the moment I hear something I don’t want to.

Vernon spent most of today digging up and mulching the areas we’ve chosen for our flower beds  I cannot contain my excitement about this. We were going to get flowers next week but our neighbor said they usually wait until the first of may to avoid the next frost.

Overall I am just so happy to finally get our yard looking good. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since moving in over three years ago.

I’m sure you guys have noticed, but my “diet” is not quite a diet. I am changing the way I eat so that on a day-to-day basis I am not eating as terribly as I used to… but I am NOT restricting myself entirely. Most every day for lunch I have a salad, sushi, or leftovers from the previous night’s dinner. If I get a craving for something that doesn’t go away with in a few days, I satisfy it. If I’m eating something that I know probably isn’t the best for my health or my attempt to lose a little weight, I make SURE not to stuff myself like I previously would.

Today has been an extremely productive day. We got a lot done, and when lunchtime rolled around Vernon left it up to me to decide what we had. I decided, unfortunately, on Taco Bell. Mind you, I have not had fast food in WEEKS… I started my salad regime at least 3 weeks ago, and even before that the only fast food I rarely had was Captain D’s. It could be a fluke, but I honestly believe that Taco Bell screwed up my stomach. This is TMI, but I was on the toilet within 15 minutes of eating that crap. Yet Vernon remained unphased by the Taco Hell.

My goal is not exactly to look super hot in hip hop clothing or really any clothing in particular. I just want to FEEL better. I admit so far it’s been pretty hard despite my lack of a harsh “diet” but eating salad for lunch every day leaves me hungry by the time 3 or 4 hits, and normally I don’t have any healthy snacks at work. I’m planning to change this by getting some fruits to munch on during the week. I just want to feel good about myself, I want to feel better, and I want to be happy.

This past weekend, Vernon finally found a good truck that was within our budget!! We got a GREAT deal on it! I’m still so excited, he’s been wanting a truck for aaaaages. He sent off for the title and got emissions/registration taken care of, it’s in the shop now to have a handful of things taken care of so it will be ready to drive. The only thing left is to check out auto insurance quotes this weekend to make sure we get the best deal!

So, I’m thinking about starting yet another blog (which seems to be my thing lately) where all my food/body/health posts will live. I say this because I’m very into the idea of having niche blogs lately, where the entire blog focuses on one topic rather than my usual sporadic randomness. I admit it keeps things interesting, but I’ve been coming up with some great ideas for this.

I will share the link with you all once everything is set up and ready. It’s gonna be great!

We pay just about all of our bills online. I manage all the money and bills in our home, and if I had to send a check to pay each one of them, I honestly don’t know that they would get paid. We pay our insurance online to our electric bill online. The only thing we don’t are any medical bills and our trash/recycling bill as they are a small company with a terribly outdated website. It’s hard to believe that in this day and age with services like paypal and easy to install and use platforms like WordPress that everyone doesn’t have these services.

Maybe I should start up my own company to help build a stronger online presence for small companies like that? Man, that would be amazing.