Procrastination

pro·cras·ti·na·tion

To defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.

 

 

This in a nutshell is me. Now don't get me wrong I am on time when it comes to appointments, but I can never get anything started. Take for example ebay. I want to sell, make money and have fun doing it, but I keep putting it off. I'm sure it has to do with fear of failure or putting in a lot of time and getting nothing out of it. Now I know the old saying of, “how do you know if you don't try” and believe me I get this. So this weekend I am giving myself a goal. I will pick out at least three items to clean, take pictures of and sell. You have to start somewhere and I just need to dive in no matter what. I mean whats the worst that happens, no one wants my stuff. So this is me getting out of my head about this and just going for it. Gotta go pic out some items and put them up for sale and boy do I have plenty to choose from.

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Happy New Year

Wow where did 2011 go?  Perhaps I blinked to long, but in any case I am glad for a new year and a fresh start.  I decided to make myself a few New Year Resolutions so here goes.

Drink more water  ( I am so very bad at this)
Start eating more fruit and veggies (boxed food is really not good for you)
Take more pictures
Do at least 3 unassisted pull ups...at the moment I can do zero
Read at least five books...don't think I read a one this past year

Lets move on to breakfast shall we.  This morning started off with a pot of French Vanilla New England Ground Coffee.  I love this stuff its very rich, has the perfect amount of vanilla flavor and is overall the perfect way to start off ones day.  With my coffee I made scrambled eggs for me and the husband and enjoyed myself an orange on the side. See I am determined to start the year off right with fruit and veggies.

After breakfast I got myself together and took care of some laundry.  I just got back from an extended weekend in Ohio and things really did pile up around here.  After that me and Pepper decided to go for a quick walk.  I mean like fifteen minutes if that kind of walk.  The wind is blowing here and its only 34 outside, very cold weather for the south.  After our supper fast walk I decided to make lunch.  Lunch ended up being a salad with shrimp on top, very yummy.

See I am already taking care of some of those New Year Resolutions already.

Bad Blogger Award Goes To Me

OK so it is obvious that I am not a consistent blogger....or consistent anything for that matter.  I am what one would call a procrastinator and a bad one at that.  I can easily get my bum off the couch and take care of the house, kids...the usual responsibilities.  It seems though when it comes to things I am suppose to love, taking pictures, writing, living a healthy lifestyle, selling stuff on eBay I tend to let those thing pass me by.  Perhaps I should write a to do list and make these things a priority every day. 

Fall has come and is in full swing down south.  I've already done my fare share of raking and blowing leaves only for the trees to still be more that half full.  I love the arm workout I get with raking though.  Anytime I can get exercise while being outside is a wonderful thing.  Raking isn't the only exercise I'm getting these days...hello P90X!  Yes I am still doing the workout but they are not as consistent as I would like.  Yes I can make the excuse of I've been sick and so has my workout buddy.  After a while though I must stop with the lame excuses and just show up and get it done.  As Tony Horton would say, "Be Present get out of your head and just show up". 

T

This morning while reading my newspaper I came across this cool sounding recipe in American Profile .

Eggnog Spice Bundt Cake

1 (18 1/4-oz) boxed spice cake mix

1 (serving) pkg. instant vanilla or cheesecake pudding and pie filling mix

1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt

1/4 cup canola oil

1 cup light eggnog

1 egg

3 egg whites

1 1/3 cups toasted chopped pecans

1 1/3 cups toasted chopped pecans

Powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350F.  Coat a nonstick Bundt pan with cooking spray.

2.  Combine cake mix, pudding mix, yogurt, oil, eggnog, egg and egg whites in a large bowl.  Mix until creamy.

3.  Stir in pecans.  Pour into prepared pan.  Bake 40 to 45 minutes, until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Let cool on a wire rack.  When cool, dust with powdered sugar.

This one sounds very yummy and very fallish.  I will have to make it without the pecans though due to allergy issues with my daughter but it should still turn out yummy.  I'll post pics as soon as I make it.

Check out this pretty flower.  My bushes in the front yard are blooming and I found this flower and ant quite cool.

Welcome Pepper

Meet the latest addition to the Tamlyn family.  This little girl is four months old and full of energy.  Want to know a neet little fact...her birthday is April 8th same as my little boy :)

I like to think them sharing a birthday is a sign that she belongs with us.  Pepper was given to us by my sister in law.  So after some debate we said yes and traveled eight hours in a car with her and brought her home...not the only reason for the trip but I won't go into that.  Potty training is going well and we have only had a couple of accidents.  She's getting really good at waiting to go outside and letting me know when she needs to go.  My cat's are settling in somewhat.  Tilk my male cat at least comes in contact with her and keeps hanging out.  Ally my female cat refuses to come downstairs...we'll work on it.  So I am happy to say that we are all settling in.  Pepper seems very happy and loves her new home and attention.

Busy Week Fun Week

So this week was kinda busy but hey aren't they all.  We enjoyed some fireworks for the fourth, good food, and plenty fun.

We also did a little eating out.  

Yesterday we took the kids to see Cars 2 and I am not sure when I've heard my daughter laugh so hard.  I personally had fun and enjoyed the second movie as much as the first.  That is a quick recap of my week now check out my cute tomatoes.

I've never been able to grow veggies but I'm in a new house and new yard and this yard has sunlight.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed here that I do not kill these cute little guys.  Perhaps we should  just call me black thumb Noelle.  This morning I made myself some Bulgur Weat  breakfast with almond butter added and a banana.

Lunch ended up being a quick pita pizza with BBQ sauce, chicken and bell pepper topped with a sprinkle of cheese.  No pic of that though it seems to be lost on the ol computer :(  Tonight I did an hour of Yoga X, there is nothing better than getting in a great stretch session.

Busy Week

Wow this week has been beyond busy.  I started with this little project.

And ended up working on the front of the house as well.

The side of the house still needs pine straw  but is just about done.  I got the old  pine straw out of the front and put down new top soil.  The husband then added a border and black mulch....much prettier.  We still have more work but it is looking better.  I wish I had something more entertaining to add but really this took a good couple of days.  Yesterday however I did make it to the local farmers market and came home with these goodies.

Not bad for nine little bucks huh!  Gotta say I love farmers markets.  There is nothing better or should I say tastier than home grown local produce.  Gonna make cucumber salad tonight with these.

Cucumber Salad
2 Cucumbers thinly sliced
1/3 cup cider vinegar
1/3 cup water
2 tbs sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
add fresh parsley or dill if desired and let sit overnight

Rain equals shopping

So I had the best of intentions of working on a project here at the house.  This beautiful mess.

So we bought this house last August and the landscaping is less than desirable.  I live in South Carolina and am learning to work with red clay.  Red clay is slimy putty like substance that you cannot level out.  The landscaper that worked on my house didn't bother to try and level it he just dumped plants in red clay and tossed pine straw on top.  Now I have the job of digging this nasty stuff out and adding top soil, leveling the dirt, putting down landscaping fabric and buying all new pine straw.  I worked for about an hour until it started storming.  So inside the house for lunch I went.  Lunch was easy today just a peanut butter sandwich, peach yogurt and plenty of water!

Now what does one do when you are stuck in the house and it's raining...you go shopping!  So the family got in the car and we went to Earth Fare.

  Now I love this place.  I love going to a supermarket that sells mostly healthy food.  I didn't buy any fresh produce there but I did pick up a couple of goodies.  Justin's Almond Butter is a favorite of mine and with only two ingredients you can't go wrong.  I also got some Wasa flatbread and Eatsmart Naturals Tortilla Chips.  Dinner ended up being at Cheddars.  I went with Key West Chicken & Shrimp which consist of marinated grilled chicken breast topped with grilled shrimp and pineapple pico de gallo.  It wasn't the healthiest option but it did hit the spot.  After the kids go to bed it is P90X time and tonight is Kempo.  This workout is great with all the kicking and punching.  When I first did  kempo it was not fun for one reason, I am uncoordinated.  Today I feel I can kick and punch with the best of them and feel so powerful doing it.  That's the thing about getting stronger is you get more confident in your own abilities.