Baby shower gifts

There is a young women in church that is going to have a baby. Well as soon as I heard this I started stocking up on gifts. As you all know I am saving money. On average a gift buying is not cheap. By the time you buy the bag, card and gift you have spent 40 bucks. That price is getting off easy. Well get the coupons out it is time to start stocking up. Put a limit on what you are going to spend. I like to set mine at $20.00 that will include bag car and the gift. I am not taking brand name stuff. Let me give you an example:

1) pull over sweatshirt $1.50 - Old Navy
2) several shirts for $1.00 a piece - Old Navy
3) bibs two for $1.50 from Target
4) bag $1.00 - dollar store
5) card $.50
6) shampoo Johnson and Johnson with coupon $1.00 - Target

Well I think you all get my drift. If you can get a basket and fill it up. Decorate it with ribbon from the dollar store. Here is a not if you are the person throwing the shower read my blog called the store is coming to throw a party

Ready set let the journey began

Outside My Box: Why I joined Weight Watchers

Outside My Box: Why I joined Weight Watchers: "Well it is official on Sunday I joined Weight Watchers online. I would of loved to join a meeting group, but with time that could not be don..."

Why I joined Weight Watchers

Well it is official on Sunday I joined Weight Watchers online. I would of loved to join a meeting group, but with time that could not be done. This is one of my goals I have set for myself. It is really neat because they set my first 5% goal. One of the things I have to do this week is take a picture of myself. You all don't know how hard this is going to be for myself. If I spend only 5 minutes a day looking at myself I am mad. As most people with a weight problem know looking in the mirror is hard. For me it is all about feeling guilty and wondering how I let my self get this way.

What makes me angry is I use to run. Now I can't run a flight of stairs with out feeling out of breath. About a year ago I have a personal trainer. That was really cool until I quick going. Then when I quite going the weight then started to rise again. I am at a whopping 194 lbs. Yes, I posted it for everyone to see. Why should I be embarrassed if you seen me you would know by looking at me.

Want to hear something funny? I use to tell myself I would never be this way. Here is my conversation with myself back in the day.

Tina's Mind: Boy, look at the person. They are just so unmotivated.
Tina talking out loud: I know girl, look at that. I would never be over 200 lbs.
Tina's Mind: Yeah if I looked like that is would not take me long to get back down.
Tina talking out loud: Poor thing I wonder what got them that way?
Tina's Mind: I know it is just being lazy.
Well you all get the picture. I was not nice at all and now I am that person I talked about. Weight gain happens so easy. I am thinking out loud right now, Here is a perfect example.

There was a box of Little Debbie Nutty Bars not the normal pack. Everyday I would be looking for something to eat fast before my next conference call. Low an behold there they were with a bright light shining on them. I would tell my self just one will not hurt me. I can walk it off or eat something small for dinner. HAAHAHHAHHA! What a joke by far. One of them Little Debbie Nutty Bars are 330 calories and 20 Grams of fat. Well a club Pack has 24 bars times 330 calories is 7,920 calories, oh lets not forget the 480 grams of fat. Now I am a dress size larger and wearing Little Debbie around my waist. This is going to be a journey by far. So stay tuned and see how I am doing.

Ready, Set, Go let the journey begin

Outside My Box: 3 of my goals

Outside My Box: 3 of my goals: "Quite a while back I talked about setting goals. I had never been a goal setter before. Like everything else in my life it has been day by ..."

3 of my goals

Quite a while back I talked about setting goals. I had never been a goal setter before.  Like everything else in my life it has been day by day stuff. The bible does say don't worry about the marrow it will worry about its self.

Well over the last few months I have really been trying to review my goals daily. I have added this in my daily routines. One place I read said you should add something in our weekly routine to achieve that goal. I wish I would of saved that article so I could of shared it with you. Below are the list of goals I have for my self. I will explain later which each goal means and why I chose these goals. What better way to be accountable for my goals that to share it on a blog. Most people would have a journal or something. You know I can't share everything, but you will get the picture as it goes along.

Ready, Set, Go let the journey begin

          House in order

Weight

Spiritual

11 minutes of plain Trash

It took me 11 minutes to trow all the trash. I made a list of every place in the house that had a trash can or shredder. Can you believe I threw 5 bags of trash. I don't think next week will be so big. I bet it will be a lot faster to. I will keep you posted to me getting organized.

2 To Do Apps for my iPhone

Tonight I down loaded two apps. They are the lite version of course over the next two weeks I will test both if them. There were different reasons why I selected both which I will talk about later. Part of getting organized you have to have a focuse on what you need to accomplish. So let's get ready to clean the clutter.