10 on Tuesday

1. Currently we are in Napa, California! We arrived here last night after a long day stuck in the van-9 1/2 hours altogether!
2. Were about 45 minutes away from the Golden Gate Bridge...so, Thursday were going to the city where the show Full House was based and where rice a roni is a SAN FRANCISCO treat!
3. Tomorrow I get to celebrate the first of many 29 birthdays! To celebrate, my boys are taking me to Johnny Carinos! Yum!
4. Our meeting this past weekend was good! They bought Klayton an outfit-I know he's only 3 months old and really has no clue about those kind of things; but it really is so special to me when people think of him!
5. Last week, I picked up my golf clubs for the first time in a year! We went to the driving range and hit a bucket of balls. I was a little rusty; but not worse than I already am at the game!
6. My thought for the week: don't expect people to meet up to your expectations because more than likely you are going to be disappointed.
7. Seriously, why am I still awake? It's after midnight and both my boys have been asleep since 10.....
8. It's crazy to think; but this time last year I was pregnant and didn't even know it!
9. This past weekend on our way to Twentynine Palms I saw a caravan of rvs advertising the end of the world to be May 21st. Seriously? The Bible tells us that we don't know the day or the hour...
10. I am so thankful for the gifts that God has given me, a husband of 3 years and a 3 month old baby! Tonight I have just been taking the time to say thank you to God for these gifts!

Renewed

My mom and I have now been doing the weight loss challenge for nine days! I have been discouraged by my diet because in my opinion I wasn't being 'good'. However, I weighed myself today to see if I had lost ANY weight, the result was quite surprising! I have lost 6 lbs! Whoo-hoo! Needless to say, I was and still am ecstatic! My desire to lose weight has been renewed and I stepping back on the train!

Tired Blogger

So, to be honest I have not really been in the blogging spirit lately. And, then I don't want to document my diet, especially today and yesterday because I was HORRIBLE. We are currently in Twentynine Palms, California and were taken out both days to places that really didn't allow me the option of eating healthy-ugh. So, back to the diet plan tomorrow. Even though I don't want to blog tonight, I didn't want to neglect, so here you go-pictures of my handsome babycakes!

Seriously mom? Another picture?


Daddy and Klayton reading books together!


See my tongue? I love to stick my tongue out!


Mommy kisses!


And, just because he is SO CUTE!

Getting Serious: day 5

Bad day!

Food Journal:
Breakfast: 1 granola bar
Lunch: peanut butter sandwich
glass of juice
goldfish graham crackers
Dinner: Michelinas manicotti
water
Snacks: 1/2 a pretzel from Wetzels pretzels
1/2 a route 44 cherry coke

Exercise Journal:
*walked the mall
*random exercises throughout the day

Getting Serious: Day 4

Well, to be honest I wasn't to crazy about dieting today. I did however, remain strong and didn't give up!

Food Journal:

Breakfast: 1 granola bar
Lunch: 1 peanut butter sandwich
goldfish graham crackers
glass of juice
Dinner: Lean Cuisine cheese ravioli (very tasty)
glass of juice
Snack: water
goldfish graham crackers
*maybe some popcorn later...

Exercise Journal:
*sit ups
*squats
*walking in place with legs spread apart
*jumping jacks

10 on Tuesday

1. Currently, we are in Bakersfield, California. This coming Sunday we will be in 29 Palms and Monday-well were still working on that one. The place we were going to be staying for the week fell through.
2. A week from tomorrow is my 29th birthday. Does this mean it's time for a mid-life crisis of some sort?
3. As I type this I am suffering from a caffeine headache. I want caffeine NOW...please!?
4. One bonus about being in California in January is I don't need my winter coat!
5. This is day 4 of my weight loss challenge with my mom. I feel like I'm being starved; but it's okay as long as I lose weight and beat my mom!
6. Klayton has had a rough week. He ran a slight fever the other night; but today seems to be his normal self once again. I blame the lady who coughed all over him-manners please? Another reason why I don't pass him around!
7. On this trip I was able to bring some of my scrapbook stuff! Yay! I was able to enjoy an evening of scrapbooking last night! I got 1/2 a page done, not much accomplished; but that's okay!
8. This past Sunday we were in Mariposa, California and we had a great time with the pastor and the church! There were a couple ladies who had babies shortly after I had Klayton, so we had a common bond and it was fun to share what we've learned as new mommies!
9. Speaking of which, did you know Gripe Water works great for hiccups? Klayton seems to always have hiccups...we tried the gripe water while he was hiccuping today and within 3 hiccups they were gone!
10. Wow, I came up with 10 things rather quickly-I surprise myself sometimes!

Quick Update

So, currently we are in Mariposa, California! Mariposa seems to be a tourist town as its just an hour outside Yosemite National Park. Joseph, Klayton and I walked the downtown shops yesterday and they all seemed to have the New Age feel to them-I really hate the scent of incense burning. Yuck.
Tomorrow its off to Bakersfield for the week, were going to be using a prophets chamber for the week. It will be great to kick back for the week and not have to travel. I am hoping to find some time to scrap book, I brought Klayton’s baby book along with me! I am also looking forward to not having to be in the van for long periods of time-I’m still trying to get back into the groove of traveling.
The last two churches we have been in have treated us wonderfully! This past Wednesday, the church in Ventura spoiled us with a gift basket and even spoiled Klayton with his own gift basket! A gift basket for Klayton was really special to us as that was the first church to think of Klayton in that way! The basket was filled with blocks, pajamas, bibs, socks and onesies!
Can I just admit that being on a diet is not all that fun? I am thinking about the Milky Way candy bar that’s in the vending machine…I had one yesterday and it was so fresh and good! Ahh! I really would like to get one tonight; but I know if I am going to stay on track I need to say no…its hard to withstand the pressure of knowing something tastes so good!
Well, life is more interesting to talk about when I am posting about Klayton! Oh well, I hope I didn’t bore you to much!

Getting Serious: Day 2

Today I did not eat my normal 4 pizzas of pizza...I had 3!
Today instead of taking the elevator....I walked up and down 4 flights of stairs!
Today instead of ordering a burger and fries....I ordered a salad!

Food Journal for today: (Note, we spent the day presenting our ministry, so we were taken out to eat for both meals)

*3 pieces of pepperoni pizza
*1 breadstick with cheese
*cherry coke
*grilled chicken caesar salad
*2 slices garlic cheese toast
*sierra mist

And, now its off to exercise! Go me!!!!!

Hotel Review

So, I totally spaced these two hotels out...we stayed in a hotel every night last week; but one!
Motel 6, Winnemucca, Nevada:

This was actually one of the better, Motel 6's in spite of the outside appearing run down. We don't usually like hotels with outdoor entrances and very rarely put ourselves up for the night in hotels like that. But, a church we were in put us up in it. It was conveniently located by a Pizza Hut, Long John Silver and a KFC. The room was clean and thats the main factor! What I don't like about Motel 6 is that you have to pay an additional $3.00 for internet service. And, while the room was clean and the bed comfy, I did not get good sleep because the paper thin walls allowed me to hear everything that was going on in the next room.

The bathroom was clean. The shower stayed hot and had great water pressure.

And, for the question, would we stay here again? If we had to yes: but we would prefer somewhere different.

Hotel Rosedale, Bakersfield, California:

We had a great stay here! The room was excellent, it was big and roomy! The room had a refrigerator, microwave in it! Our room overlooked the courtyard and had a nice balcony to sit in! We slept with our patio door slightly cracked and felt perfectly safe. The hotel is conveniently located off the interstate; but the sound of cars did not keep us awake. The bed was quite comfortable and we had a great night of sleep!

The bathroom was quite clean! The shower, had great water pressure and the water stayed hot-notice the shower is very important to me! What was nice about the bathroom is that there was counter space in the bathroom and just outside the bathroom-more than enough room for two people to get ready in the morning!

The hotel had a continental breakfast that offered waffles. The breakfast was pretty good; but I am beginning to decide unless a hotel offers something amazing for breakfast I should just remain in bed and enjoy my sleep! The hotel was also very quiet and the staff was very pleasant!
Would we stay here again? MOST DEFINITELY!

Do These Hotels Pass the Test?

I have laid in bed for over a hour, hoping that sleep would find me. I really am tired; but yet, I can’t sleep. I hate sleepless nights. However, on this night a great idea has popped into my head! I should do hotel reviews…we stay in many hotels during our travels and who knows you may someday find yourselves in the places we have been! In the past week, we have stayed at three different hotels….I can’t remember anything before this week! So, here it goes:
Vagabond Inn Executive, Los Banos, California:

The room we stayed in pretty much looked like the one pictured below! Clean and big! It was nice to have something other than a bed and desk chair to sit on-the couch was a nice accommodation to the room! Our room had a king bed in it and it was very comfortable, needless to say we had a great nights sleep! The room also had a microwave and refrigerator! The bathroom was also clean-the shower had decent water pressure and the water stayed hot!

The website for the hotel claims to have a breakfast buffet; but we learned it was more of a continental breakfast with waffles. Kind of disappointing. We were expecting more, nowadays it seems most hotels that offer a continental breakfast include waffles so we were expecting more. However, the waffles were good!
Drawback to the hotel was its location. We approached it from the interstate and could not enter from our side of the street so we had to circle the block to get to it. But, if thats the only drawback I can handle it!
So, the question remains, would we stay here again? MOST DEFINITELY!
Vagabond Inn, Oxnard, California:

The room we stayed in is basically like the one pictured below; but DIRTY. The room had a refrigerator, which was nice. The bed was comfortable and appeared clean! We also had internet access! The carpets in the room however, were dirty after I showered in the shower that did not have a shower curtain, I walked on the carpet and my feet started to turn black-disgusting.

The bathroom was clean, it was just very aged. The water pressure was not very good and I felt very exposed showering without a shower curtain! Also, the water never really got hot.
I don't know how the continental breakfast was, I wasn't to crazy about trying it out.
The question remains, would we stay here again? MOST DEFINITELY NOT!!
Super 8, Mariposa, California:

The room we stayed in pretty much looked like the one below! The room was a great size, with a king bed, table and 2 chairs! After staying in the previous hotel, we were very grateful for a room that was clean and carpets that did not turn our feet black! The bed was very comfortable! With the room being as big as it was, we didn't feel cramped which was nice since this was our home for 3 nights!

The bathroom was quite big! Big enough for two people to share the same counter and mirror and not get in one anothers way! The water pressure was great and it stayed hot!]

The hotel staff was very friendly and very attentive to our every need! It offered a simple continental breakfast; but thats fine!
And the question remains, would we stay here again? MOST DEFINITELY!

*Since I just had this bright idea, I will have to work on perfecting how I do my reviews! Bear with me and in time I will become a professional hotel reviewer!