{Wordless Wednesday}

linking up with these great ladies:

** and remember, I LOVE new followers!**

xoxo, bree

{Pintervention}

This was totally Pinterest inspired. However... I am taking the credit for this one. It came out of my lil old noggin. And super EASY and CUTE too boot!  I'm sure you have all see the coffee filter wreaths. 

 LOVE THEM.

I needed something non red for my door.  And something new for Valentines Day.

Like I said it was super easy.

Here are the supplies you will need.....

1. Cardboard box (or something that will give you a big enough piece of cardboard for your heart.
2. sharp knife
3. glue sticks
4. glue gun
5. marker or something else with a not to small tip... in this case, my daughter's lip gloss
6. Coffee filters (from the $ store). 

{I forgot to metion this project, cost me a total of 4 glue sticks and 1.08, for the coffee filters.}

1. cut a piece of cardboard.    Draw your desired heart shape.
2. cut out your heart shape.

3. take a coffee filter and center it on your "lipgloss".   Put a dab of glue on it and stick it to the card board & repeat until the card board is filled.   I used about 170 filters.  But it went really fast.  I was done in under an hour.   OH.... and squish the filters as you go.  

Link up your project here:



 And don't forget to pin this to your board here, if you LOVE it.

xoxo, bree

{daddy daughter date}

Last night was the second Friday of the month, which for me... means girls night with the Bunco ladies.   Rob had planned a little date with his favorite lil girl.  Earlier in the day Rob told her he was taking her to a hockey game.  I asked her what she wanted to wear... she said, "her baseball shirt and her baseball shoes.  LOVE this lil girl.  And I love that she is going to grow up with such a special relationship with her daddy.

{sorry for the cell phone pic}

{edit me challenge}

it's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack. It's fun to tweak someone else's picture, play along here.

before:

after my edit:

I had fun with this one... I swear it is the same picture.  

here is what I did: 1. cropped  2.  played with the rotation  3.  I flipped the image  4:   lightened the photo a bit  5: used PW's sepia action  6: used PW's heartland action 7:  used PW's boost action.  7:   Flattened.

And whaaaalllaaaaa.

xoxo, bree

{WW: wordless wednesday}

{my babe in RED}

This past weekend we did an impromptu photo shoot for
Valentine’s Day Cards.

I will have to wait until at least the month of LOVE, before I show off the actual cards.

Until then... ENJOY.

My babe in RED...

linking up with these great ladies:

** and remember, I LOVE new followers!**

xoxo, bree

{Pintervention}

My inspiration:

which can be found here on Pinterest, or orginally here. 

**drum roll**

My lil version:

Easy peasy:  willow tree branches - taken from a tree in my neighborhood.

felt heart stickers with twine sandwiched between them.

Like I said, EASY PEASY.

And I have to admit, it looks pretty cute!

And I can use the branches for my spring display.

WEEK TWO - Weight loss {w/ update}

-8 lbs

I successfully made it through my first week. I am proud of my results so far. I have to admit, I was aided by a little bug or something Saturday & Sunday. I never really got sick... I just didn't feel well.

And I feel 100 % today. Weird.

Soooo as for exercise, I did get my butt out there on Friday.

I hit a park close to my house, with a track around it.

I jogged around once without stopping.

**sheesh**

I seriously thought I was going to die. But when I hit the spot where I told myself I could walk.

I was so proud of what I did.

I was proud of myself.

AND THAT FEELS GOOD.

I read an article last week about people that had kept the weight off they had lost.

One for them said she asks herself before eating unhealthy,

"is this food really good enough to end up going back to the way I used to look?".

NOPE.

{We watched my niece and nephew this weekend}

We hit a movie - I drank a huge water.

We went to lunch - I had a ton of salad.

We went out for ice cream.....MY WEAKNESS.

I ordered one scoop (because I had been good during the day)

with hot fudge on the side.

I didn't even eat half. I put my napkin over the rest, so I wouldn't be tempted.

And honestly the thing that has helped the most.

MY HUBS.

He has been working out and watching what he eats.

Since he quit smoking over 2 years ago the weight sneaked up on him.

He has lost over 20lbs, and is under 200lbs. His goal is 10 more pounds.

I only wish.
Also grab my button and join me!

{update}
I am trying not to leave the office for lunch...
It is sort of like entering the danger zone for me.
This is what I ate today:
7.5 WW points for the entire bag.

It is waaaay better than running through a drive-thru or going to the vending machine.
And my lil cutie wasn't helping mom with getting out the door quickly this morning.
My plan is to pack a healthy lunch.
**and no I am not officially doing WW.  I have in the past. 
So I am trying to stick to the points I was allowed then.**

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And a sneak peek:

to this lil girls last minute V day - photo shoot.

Stay tuned....I have already started decorating for day of LOVE.
   

xoxo, bree