Thoughtful Target Father's Day Gift Basket Idea

Father's Day is really right around the corner!  At this point it's in four days!  You would think that because I'm now a Stay-At-Home-Mom that I would be on point with thinking ahead for thoughtful and creative gifts!  Well, much like the idea that Stay-At-Home-Moms have lots of time, you are dead wrong!  It seems as if it crept up on me this year, but who am I kidding?  I said the same thing last year when I had a full time job!  I'm not sure what my problem is...too bad I can't blame it on "pregnancy brain".  Maybe it's just "I already have too much to think about" brain.

Last night I made it a point to get my brain in gear and come up with something for Father's Day for Hubby's Dad, my Dad, and my Hubby.  I figured if I needed to mail something I definitely needed to get it in the mail today to make it to SC on time for our fathers.  I love to kill two birds with one stone and decided I needed to shop for Hubby too.

The kids and I set out on a Target journey in hopes to not spend our whole life savings (everyone knows that Target is the devil), and to find all the gifts that we needed.  Prior to going to Target I sucked it up and made what I wanted to make for our fathers.  Weeks ago I got the idea to make our fathers a calendar on Shutterfly of pictures of our family, the kids, and their other Grandkids.  I was thinking against it this week knowing that I waited too long to make it for it to get delivered on time.  My dear friend assured me that it would be just fine if it got to them late, but to make the calendars anyway.  I thought long and hard about what to get our fathers and was sure that even though they wouldn't say it, but they would be tired of yet another gift card from us.  I knew that they would really love and cherrish a cool calendar with pictures of their Grandkids and family.  Two hours later, I was done with the calendars and knew I made the right gift choice.

Back to Target, I allowed the kids to pick out what they wanted to get their Dad.  Gracee is very resourceful like myself, and found an idea on You Tube of something she wanted to make her Dad.  I was quite impressed and happy that I didn't have to think of this.  She got her materials and her present came out perfect!

Gracee made a "Dad's (Mu) Stache" jar of candy.  I had seen this on Pinterest and of course pinned it, but didn't actually think to make it!  She found a large mason jar and all her Dad's favorite candies and she was set.  When she got home she used black construction paper and a silver sharpie and made her creation.  She even revealed to me that she put a little glue on the paper to make it stick to the glass.  I didn't cringe at the thought of her doing this due to my hopes of reusing the jar for my own purposes.  I of course smiled and praised her on her creativity.

Materials from Target:
Large Mason Jar $1.99
Assorted Candy 3 bags for $10

Next I asked Georgee what he wanted to get Dad.  He said "A thing that Dad can make pancakes and grill on".  So I'm thinking a griddle.  We did buy him one for Father's Day like six years ago, but of course one too many Army moves broke it.  We looked at the griddles and they were just #teamtoomuch.  Especially for a Dad that never makes pancakes!  Instead Georgee settled on getting his Dad some Avengers pajama bottoms.  Gracee also picked out a Corona t-shirt because she said, "It's Dad's favorite beer...and look it's even his favorite kind...the Extra one".  I could die right there.  Kids pay attention and tell everything.  Lastly I added a Brita water bottle.  Hubby is the only one in the house that doesn't have one, and Mama is tired of buying him bottled water!  We finished it all off with a cute little basket.

Materials from Target:
Corona T-shirt $12.99
Avengers Pj bottoms $17.99
Water Bottle $15.00
Basket $3.00

Not bad for a last minute, yet thoughtful gift!

Breast Augmentation 1 Year Update

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to my girls, happy birthday to you!  That's my attempt at singing in a blog!  Actually my girls' official birthday was March, 11, 2015, but time sure does fly when you are having fun.  Okay not fun, but when you are super busy.  Yes, it has been a year already!  I am one year post op!  I am so happy that I made it to a year without any complications (knocking on wood).  I still can't believe they are all mine!

How do they feel?  I think they feel very real still.  My husband has no complaints.  They are very soft and squishy.  They feel like a soft water balloon.  They have also dropped a little more, and at this point I think they are done dropping.  After they have dropped and fluffed, they have a very natural look.  Most people are surprised when they find out they aren't real due to them looking very natural.  I can definitely make them look unreal with the right bra *wink wink*.

Speaking of bras, they are hard to find.  I will do separate post all about bras.  I am a 34D or a 32DD.  A 34D is very hard to find in most stores.  If I do find it, I immediately snatch it up.  I can usually find it in of course Victoria's Secret and Ross.  Sometimes I will buy a 36C which can be found in any store, but its not a perfect fit because of the band being a little too big.  Sports bras are even harder to find because I need maximum support or high impact.  I can find a few at Wal-mart, but mostly have to get those from specialty stores, but more on all that in another post!  The bottom line is that good bras are hard to find now!

I can fully do any and all exercises now.  I can lift heavy weights and do any type of movements with them.  I can even do pull ups again on the pull up bar.  I thought I'd never be able to do that again.  The more you try to do exercises that are a little uncomfortable, the easier it gets.  I have also noticed that with exercise I sweat A LOT in the boob area!  It's crazy because any time I'm hot now I sweat there.  I never had that problem before.  My naturally big boobed friend told me that she uses deodorant around hers for this problem.  I may just have to try that.

My scars are quite normal to me and healed well.  I will also do another blog post just on those.  One of my scars is way lighter than the other one.  It blends well with my skin.  It doesn't bother me that one is lighter than the other one.  No one is seeing them, so it doesn't matter to me.  For the past six months, I have not been active in using anything on the scars.  Every now and then I use coco butter.

Overall, I do enjoy my girls!  I love how I look in my clothes and how I feel.  I will admit that when it's time for me to get them redone, I would like to try to get them a little bigger.  Not ridiculous but a few cc's higher.  I am not looking into getting them redone anytime soon, but maybe in the next 5-10 years.

Stay tuned to specific posts and let me know any questions you may have about getting a boob job!

P.S. I love this picture because I took it after a workout.  I love how I still look like I have boobs in sports bras now.  I posted this picture to Instagram and my friend immediately text me and said if she didn't know already she was going to ask me if I got a boob job because they looked big! I was very pleased!

What I Ate Wednesday: Lettuce Wraps for Weight Loss

Lately my dinner BFF is lettuce wraps.  They are healthy, light, and totally adaptable to whatever you want them to be!  They can be gluten free, paleo, vegan, vegetarian, no carb, etc!  You can't get a better dinner than that!  Honestly I make them a lot because my hubby and kids are eating homemade tacos and in me trying to be good, I try to do without the nachos and tortillas!  Even though I am missing out a little, in the moment I am completely fine with it because these are so delicious.

The lettuce wraps shown above are my version of buffalo tacos from dinner one night.
Ingredients:
Romaine Lettuce
Buffalo Chicken (shredded chicken/hot sauce)
Jalapenos
Bleu Cheese Crumbles
Shredded Carrots
Blackbeans
Red Onions
Homemade Guacamole (not shown)

Just last week we had tacos again and I used all the ingredients to make my lettuce wraps.  Again they were so good and filling and I didn't feel like I was missing out.
Ingredients:
Butter Lettuce
Cherry Tomatoes
Red Onions
Green Onions
Corn
Seasoned Ground Turkey
Shredded Carrots
Salsa
Lime Wedges
Homemade Guacamole

So am I the only Mom that gets super excited when her kids are excited about eating veggies?  This past Saturday my kids went to a free cooking class for kids at Williams-Sonoma (check your local store for details).  I was very pleased that the recipe was to make lettuce wraps.  The kids enjoyed learning how to make the wraps and even requested to make them at home.  Little Georgee (six years old) even had seconds and he acts like he is allergic to vegetables!  He asked for me to make him some in his lunchbox one day!  I was definitely over joyed! Triple fists pumps to Williams-Sonoma!

All in all lettuce wraps are great for the whole family.  You can easily adapt (tacos, burgers/sliders, buffalo chicken, tofu, etc.) them to whatever you have in mind to eat.  They are great to aide in weight loss because they are no carbs!  All you are eating is protein and lots of veggies, and those are some of the keys to weight loss!  Fill up on lots of lean protein and vegetables!

Tasty Tuesday: Family Snack Basket

It's time for a Tasty Tuesday Snack Attack!!!!!!!

Is it just my house where the question of the day is always, "Can we have a snack"?  My kids seem to only function on snacks all day.  I mean 2 seconds after they have completed a meal they are asking for a snack!  Now that they are in school all day, as soon as they come home they run to get a snack...as if they haven't just had one before they left school.

Knowing that snacks will always be the topic of conversation, I try to have healthy options readily available.  Now not all of our snacks are 100% healthy, but they are better options than what they could be having.  We also keep cut up fruits and veggies in the fridge, along with greek yogurt for them to chose from.

I have found it easiest to keep all the pantry snacks in a cute basket.  Yes I needed an excuse to buy another cute basket...shhhhh don't tell my husband!  I keep the basket at their level on a lower shelf in the pantry.  It's packed with Mom approved snacks, so I don't mind what they get out of it.

Ross is of course my favorite store on earth! I mean what don't they have!  I purchased this basket from Ross for the price above.  I purchased this basket like over a year ago, so please tell me why I still have the price tag on it?  For this blog post of course!

The cool thing about this snack basket is that it's not just for the kids, there are goodies in it for Mom and Dad as well!  My husband is always reaching in there to grab things to take to work.  Sometimes the kids get mad that he has taken some of their favorites.  He and my daughter fight over the almonds!  I don't buy all of these at once but just keep replacing favorites whenever I grocery shop.

Nuts are great for protein!  Now of course the health nuts out there will say make sure they are plain and raw! Yes we have those too for Mommy in a bigger container, but we have a motto in our house that everything is fine in moderation.

These fruit snacks and raisins are a few of the house faves.  I portion out the yogurt raisins in little ziploc bags ready to be grabbed.

These are a few more faves!  All of these can easily be thrown into the kids' lunchboxes for their school lunches as well!  I'm all about organized, quick and easy.


#mommytips #snackbasket #kidssnacks #snacks #lunchboxideas #Ross

Makeover Monday: My Favorite Lippie!

If you have been following me for awhile then you know that I am no make up artist! I don't know much about make up at all! I am still a work in progress.  I do have some favorites that I have been trying out.

I am all about the natural neutral face! Probably because it's the easiest for me to do.  I don't play with too many colors.  I often feel that with my lack of experience I will end up looking like a clown!  I have been looking for a nude lippie for the longest, but didn't have much luck.  I hit the jackpot when I found this Revlon Pink Cognito 820 at a drug store for less than $7 I'm sure (I'm cheap).

I love that this lippie is a pinkish nude!  It compliments a neutral face so well!  I wear this one on a daily basis and on lunch dates with my Hubby!  My Hubby isn't into a full make up face, so this color works perfectly!  Thanks Revlon for continuing to make great colors!

#lippie #lipstick #Revlon #MOTD #LOTD #neutral face #naturalface