Cleaning out the closet...

Things are starting to fit tighter around the waistline and it was high time that I finally went shopping for some clothes that fit better. After spending oodles of my precious time at the mall, I came home with lots of clothes that I just couldn't wait to put in my closet. The problem was it was stuffed... STUFFED... with clothes that just don't fit at the moment. Shoes have been tossed all over the place and it was just all a mess. I decided it was time to clean it out, put my clothes I adore in storage bins and toss what just won't be worn again. After maneuvering everything, I have to admit I'm pretty happy with my results. In the end, I got rid of those nasty dry cleaner hangers, stored 2 BIG bins of clothes, and put aside 4 bags of clothes for Good Will.

My end result:




And my Good Will bags:


It was fantastic to finally put most of my heels on the shelves (my puppies seem to have a knack to find the most expensive ones and chew them up). Everything is just so organized and clean. I hate pulling things out of there now in fear it won't look as clean as it does now.

When was the last time you did a little cleanup in the wardrobe area?

Project 12 - January update #1

This month's project isn't going as planned. Right when I thought I'd be able to get back to cooking a cold hits. No fun! So this week we've been defying all the rules and eating like college kids (horrible unhealthy fast frozen meals or just cereal). I can say I am getting 5-6 servings of fruits in a day, thanks to my fruit basket that is at my desk at work. It's filled with tasty apples and large naval oranges. YUM!

I'm starting to feel better so hopefully I'll be able to get back into cooking, perhaps just crock pot style foods for the weekend. We'll see how it all plays out.

Are you starting to eat healthier since the new year?

Good bye weekend!

Finally winding down from a very fun filled day of shopping,
cleaning, cooking, and spending some quality time with loved ones.

Wishing you a wonderful week ahead!

Project 12 - January

This month's theme will be about food. I know, I know how boring is that, but after how many effects I've made to crack down and stick with home cooked foods, I've always feel like we fall off the wagon. The last quarter of 2009, the hubby "cooked" all the dinners since I was always too tired to get in the kitchen. Now with most of my energy back, I want to take back my kitchen and get healthy again. No more burritos, unless it's homemade. No more soup from a can.

Rules for this month:

Time to get more local and buy from the farmer's markets! I don't know about you but I'm very fortunate to have 4, yes FOUR, farmer's markets within a 5 mile radius of us.

Menu Planning in advance! Weekly menus to help make shopping trips a bit easier

One cheat day a week! This will only count for dinners. I know some of us have full time jobs and it could be hard to bring a lunch.

Shop from your freezer! It's high time we start using all that meat and veggies we tossed in there!

Cook a meal each week that never tried before!

Changing things up...

After a few years of making to-do lists, I realized I have gotten lazy in finishing them. Don't ask how many miles I cycled last year or even if I finished all the albums I wanted to. So now it's time for me to start thinking out of the box to get stuff done without the infamous to-do list. Now I want to make sure I keep on this all year long even with a little rugrat due in June.

So, I present to you Project 12! 12 months, 12 new ideas or themes to accomplish! Each one will be something that will hopefully enrich our lives!

Each month a new project will be announced. I invite you to join in on the fun and tell us how it's going for you. I will post shortly about January's theme, with the tag: Project 12. Each month will be a new button to link to my site, if you'd like to publicly join in, I will post a link to your site so others can follow you!

Hope you'll all join in on the adventure!!!




Each Month:
Project 12 - Jan

Project 12 - Feb

Project 12 - Mar

Project 12 - Apr

Happy 2010!!

Wishing you a very blessed and prosperous new year!!!

Good bye Ox, hello Tiger!

Wow, this was one crazy year with many ups and downs for everyone. As
I wait for dinner at the Geisha House and ring in the new year
watching some magical fireworks over the happiest place on earth I
cAn't help but be thankful for everything we have at this moment! I
hope we can say goodbye to all the bad moments of 2009 and hope 2010
brings us all prosperity in love, happiness, incomes, and laughter!

Linda

Finally coming clean...

Dear anyone who still somewhat comes here,

I'm sorry I've been soo horrible the last three months and not writing at all in here. You see, I've been kinda busy sleeping and resting. At the moment there's a little energy sucker who is residing somewhere in my abdomen. Luckily it's finally learning not to steal all my energy as much and I'm finally able to keep my eyes open longer and not feel like I just ran a half marathon when I just walked twenty steps from my car to the couch. Now that we finally passed the first trimester, I can finally spread the news and blog again.

Thank you for being so patient and sticking around! I pinky swear I will once again start blogging regularly! Oh, how I've missed this!

Hugs,

LMP

P.S. I finally fixed the nastiness linkage problems on the blog...