Day 5 of 100 day challenge

So,  I failed to work out this last weekend but made sure I wore my fitbit both days to track activity.  Saturday I hit my daily goal of 10,000 steps!  Sunday I was worthless but did put Christmas decorations away.  Today I did my 30 minute workout with two of my kids grabbing my legs and jumping on me while doing the floor routines. Day 5 or 3 complete!  👍👏😃

Dinner for tonight: slow cooker chicken mushroom marsala and bacon wrapped asparagus.  14 Points

Day 2 of 100 Day Challenge

Day 2 complete. Decided to do Chris Powell's Level 2 today since the level 1 was a little too easy for me. The 30 minute workout did push me more and get me to sweat a little. I have been absolutely worthless today as in I've been laying around all day so getting my workout in was a big success since I wanted to just lay in bed longer.  Anyway,  I did my workout with my two sidekicks today, K and H. They did great and we all feel better!  Tomorrow will be a challenge getting in my workout since weekends are filled with running around and doing things that I can't do during the week with the littles.

Day 1 of 100 day workout Challenge

So,  with 2014 behind us and 15 lbs lighter I decided I'd take on 2015 with a challenge that would help be reach my goal of a new healthy lighter me.  100 days of working out.  My goal is to not miss a day.  As much as I wanted to go climb in bed after a lazy New Years Day I decided I could do 15 minutes of something.  I wanted something easy,  so I searched YouTube for 15 minute exercise videos and came across Chris Powell's Level 1 Beginners Workout.  It's 15 minutes and perfect for any age level.  It's a low impact full body workout.  Perfect for this out of shape tired momma.  So off I went and 15 minutes later I feel better!  I know 15 minutes isn't long but it's what I had available.  I'll try to post daily what I do and will post a photo.  Will be interesting to see what the 100 day will be like.  Happy New Year!!! 

Project Budgeting Mama: 30 days of eating dinner in, and on or under budget (hopefully)

November 1, 2013, started our families (or my husband and I's) latest project. We decided we would eat dinner in every day in the month of November. This is something that we normally do not do. We pick up pizza or order out Mexican normally one night a week if not two, not including weekends (which weekend meals kill our budget, because I'm off on weekends). During this little monthly project, I'll post what our weekly budget is and my menu for the week. Friday night we had an exciting night of grilled cheese for the kids and leftovers. Saturday we ate lunch out at Subway, under $12 for the family (split 2 footlongs between the 5 of us, Harper doesn't count yet as she is still breastfed) then it was leftovers again for dinner and corndogs/taquitos/rotel dip for the kids and husband. Exciting huh?
And, welcome Sunday and the great Daylight Savings Time day. After making pancakes and being somewhat lazy, we decided to head to SAM's around 1130ish. We took full advantage of the sample ladies and then started tackling the grocery list for the week.

Menu Plan for the week:

Beef Tips and Noodles (crockpot)
Lasagna with Garlic Bread
Tacos with Nachos
Parmeson Chicken with Spaghetti Noodles
Baked Chicken Breast with Mashed Potatoes
BBQ Pork Loin
Mexican Skillet

Budget: $125 for 11/3-11/10

SAM's purchase: Chicken Breasts

SAM's total: A little over $12.00

On to the greatest little store EVER - Aldi's! Now if you haven't shopped here, let me tell you, you are missing out! It's small, you need to bring your own bags, or you can be like me and purchase paper ones for $.06. They have everything from milk and eggs to different weekly special buys of bed comforters, toys, and sometimes camping gear. Check it out! My friend Melissa talked me into going, and boy I am glad she did!

Aldi's  took care of most items on my list (too many to list) and I got out of there with only 5 things left on my list to get at Wally World.

Aldi's Total: Just over $86.00

I am at a grand total of $98.00, $27 to spare of my budget and only a few things left. Maybe I might just use the spare change and get myself a ice cream cone at Micky D's.

Tonight's (Sunday) dinner was much the same as the last two nights, kids had mini cheese cresent dogs, chips and grapes, while Daddy and I ate a hodge podge of items.

3 days in and we are still on track, 27 more days to go!

Love and blessings,
Jennifer

Nap Time Craft Time Thursday... and update!

So, I haven't been very good at logging on and blogging about our lives, the oh so exciting activities we having going on, the many melt downs we have in a day, or about the tiniest milestones Little D is having (which I know you care about!)... so I decided while the kids were still sleeping I would log on and catch you up on the Chappell House!

The kids' shirts

Little D is big 8 months old and rolling around our house like crazy.Although I think he could crawl if he wanted he chooses not too, as rolling is much more fun. KK is growing up more and more each day, we have started potty training and conquered the big P in the potty yesterday! WOOHOO!!! B will be turning 4 soon, and we are gearing up for his party this weekend. (I get ot bake 48 cupcakes today!) He loves preschool and cannot wait to see what Santa brings him this year, since he's been good, reported by him.



Ombre Scarf

I've been busy making things this week, as Preschool had Peace Day and it was wear your Tye Dye day. The kids helped me and we had so much fun. So much, that I have become obbsessed with dying things.

Thursday Nap Time Craft Time included a freezer paper screening session for B's 4th B-day! I am so pleased with how it turned out and hope you love it as much as I do!

Items needed for Freezer Paper Screening:

• Freezer Paper
• Printer
• Spray Adhesive (optional)
• 1 sheet of paper (optional)
• Shirt of choice
• Image of choice
• Damp Sponge
• Metal Spoon

So, if you choose to adhere your freezer paper to the printer paper, by all means please do gluing the paper side down, so waxey side is up, then cut freezer paper to size.

Pick the image you wish to use, I used an image found on Google Images, then uploaded it to PicMonkey.com where I then used the edit options to add the "4". Save it on your computer then upload to publisher software, I used Microsoft Publisher. Here you will then "flip" the image so it's a mirror image.

Place freezer paper in feeder tray of printer and print off image. Print on waxy side. DO NOT TOUCH THE INK, IT WILL SMEAR

Lay out your shirt flat on hard surface.

Take your damp sponge and dampen the area you are placing the image, where the image will be. DO NOT DRENCH.

Lay your freezer paper image side down (waxy side), and rub the entire image with back of metal spoon for around 30 seconds pressing lightly but not too hard.

Gently pull of freezer paper, and YOU DID IT!!!!

Hang to dry!

Now, I have not washed/dryed the shirt yet so I am not sure if it's a one time deal, but will let you know Sunday when I wash clothes!

Happy Screening!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend, as I am off to make 36 favor treat bags, 48 cupcakes and 1 crockpot meal for Morrion Girls Pinterest Night!

Blessings!

Been a little while...

Well, it's been a little while since I last blogged. I thought once starting this I would come here daily and blog about the highlight of our day, then thought once I skipped a day or two that I would do it weekly, and now, well, it's been awhile since I posted anything! So, with that said, here is an update on the Chappell family. Baby Donovan just turned 5 months old, Mama Chappell turned the big 2-9 (Oh lawdy) and summer is winding down to an end. The weather here in OK has been miserably hot, like 115 degrees hot, so we've been staying indoors and are driving each other crazy. We spent last weekend with my brother and his gang on my parents new houseboat. Thank goodness they got a bigger one since we had 2 families of 5, 2 grandparents, and 2 dogs! Everyone had a bed to sleep in and it didn't feel crowded once! The kids loved swimming and the older ones even went off the slide. It was great to make some memories with them and let the kids spend some time together since we don't get to see them very often. Hoping to change that though this fall.
This week Daddy Chappell has been on vacation, and we are doing what poor folks like us like to call a Staycation, where we doing something fun every day, then get home for naps and feedings. Monday we did pizza lunch and a movie with big brother and nana came to watch the little 2. Then Tuesday bowled (for some reason when I think of bowling, I start singing the song in Grease 2 where they bowl, "we're gonna scccooooorrrrre tonight, we're gonna sccccoooooorrrrreee toooniiiight, we're gonna rock, we're gonna roll, we're gonna bop, we're gonna bowl, we're gonna score score score score score.... tonight!" end jazz hands). Then today we are going to Incredible Pizza for lunch and games, then Thursday is up in the air, and closing the week at the lake before heading home for a Thirty-One open house vendor event.
School starts in 17 days, but who's counting? :)  This mama is! B and K will both be going to preschool 3 days a week, so I am hoping to focus on lil D and maybe try to devote some time to this thing I like to do called Real Estate!
Well, thats it for the check in for now, I'll try to get around to a blog post about cake class soon complete with pictures!

Have a great one ya'll!

Mama C

Bump in the weight loss road...

After being on vacation for a week, I have fallen off the weight loss wagon. Losing 27 lbs in 13 weeks with the help of Weight Watchers (3rd or 4th time member, I lose count) our little family reunion/vacation was the large bump in the road that threw me off. After a week of not tracking, not exercising and not paying attention to the amount of ice cream I ate, I decided that Monday (today) is the day, I get back into it. I've got 40ish lbs left to lose, so I'm starting the week off right. Weighed in yesterday and gained 1.2 lbs, making the total weight loss to date, 26 lbs. At least it wasn't 3 like I thought it was going to be, but still not horrible for what was consumed last week. Today I am starting my day off with a Weight Watchers Milk Shake (WW Coconut Smoothie mix, 1 cup FF milk, 1 banana, blended), I am quite surprised at how well it tastes, and it counts as 2 milks! Yay! I hate milk so getting it in wherever I can is a bonus for me, and well... ice cream with peanut butter (my choice of milk serving) should be a once in a while kind of thing not an every night one like it has been the last week. I am also planning on joining a friend who teaches a step class at a local gym to get in those activity points and to boost my metabolism. If you've had a bad week, bad day, or even a bad meal don't fret... everyday is a new day to start over and start fresh. The whole weight loss thing for me is about planning and having point friendly foods at my fingertips. So clean out the pantry, plan your meals, and get in some exercise, you'll be happy you did and you'll feel much better!

This weeks Meal Plan:

Grilled Chicken Spinach Salad
Grilled Chicken Skewers with veggies and roasted red potatoes
Chicken Sausage and veggies Silver Dollar City style
Make your own pizza night
Taco Salad
Steak and baked potatoes
Grilled cheese with shells and cheese


"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" – Lao Tzu.