Where's Beanie?!

 I know, I know cardinal sin #1 of blogging is leaving your readers stranded for weeks (in my case months) on end. I apologize Blurbers and Blurbettes, but life has been soo BUSY! But you know that means I have UPDATES!

Lets start small and work our way up shall we...

1. Well this isn't necessarily small  but May 14th the Hubs and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary.!!! YAAAAYYY! Go us! I love my husband and I love our love.. he is my Rock... my best friend..and biggest supporter. Without him there wouldn't be a Beanie (he gave me the nickname, lol).. and he is sure to put a smile on my face everyday making him one of the greatest blessings in my life thus far.

2. I'm one my second set of Yarn Braids because I loved them so much the 1st time. I've had them for about a month now, so I am going to attempt to freshen up the 1st couple of rows  this weekend.

3. My weight loss is stagnant.. my blood sugars are a little better but I  still have the threat of full time insulin  looming over my head.  I'm supposed to be getting a continuous glucose monitor for a couple days so we can see what my body really does while I eat, sleep, exercise and play. I'm actually looking forward to it.. because at this point I just want my diabetes  under control so  it wont wreak havoc on my body and  internal organs.

4. All of my girlfriends have completed their undergraduate degrees! Congratulations to all of my Strong Beautiful Sistas for completing their education in order to make a better way for themselves.  I'm so proud of you all! You girls are truly an inspiration to me. So for a few shout outs... Congrats to Alex, Monique, AJ, Jasmine, and Krystal.  I wish you all great things in your future and I pray that God may continue to bless you all!

5. The basement AND Bathroom remodel are complete! I love home improvement and making your house feel like a home.. I will post pictures soon. I PROMISE!

6. And probably the biggest news of all is  I HAVE A NEW NEPHEW!   Lil Caiden  or Boe as I call him was born a healthy 8 lbs3 oz and 21 inches on May 28th @ 5:51 in the morning. witnessing his birth was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. He  is so precious and beautiful and time consuming! Sometimes I go to visit and spend hours just looking at him or holding him or just trying to figure out what he wants. It's a truly an amazing feeling to have such love for a little stranger. I mean its the only time you can say I just met him.. and I'm totally in love and people can't look at you crazy LOL! Hut equally amazing as he is.. is his mother my Sissy who naturally bore him without  nearly any medication and  wasn't hollering like a crazy person. Although she was in pain and probably scared outta her mind  she was focused and did an amazing job, which is why she is now my Shero! Of course I don't have any pictures now.. but since Boe is the latest internet celebrity..  you  should be seeing him soon..

Well Blurbers.. those of you who remain.. I'll blurb to you next time.. and I promise the wait wont be as long!

Great Day!

In life we get caught up in going through the day to day "motions",, and sometimes we forget what its like to actually have a good day. My day was rather simple, but it was so GOOD! And it feels soo Good to say that!
I feel so un-stressed and just generally positive and happy.  I got alot accomplished this weekend and talked with a few of my friends and spent time with some of my family and I'm am feeling so blessed and at peace. God was truly smiling on me today and I hope that I can share some of this joy with others throughout the week !

I posted of pic of me not only because I felt great, but because i am 2 and a half weeks into my yarn braids!  I expected to like them.. but I didn't think i would love them this much! They have loosen up quite a bit  and the length did grow on me, its very a very mature length but it can be styled in many different ways which I love. I haven't washed them yet, but I have been moisturizing my hair with the water an conditioner mix n my spray bottle. Which  I do about every other day and the braids only get moderately damp , so I'm curious how fully wet yarns brads will look and feel after a wash

Well I'm going to end my great day with a great night. Cuddle up to the Hubs and drift off to dream land...
Later Blurbers!

Yarn braids

Just sharing  my most recent doo with my favorite Blurbettes! These are yarn braids.. I like them, they're  a little too short for my taste, but they will grow on me. How do you guys like it?

Challenge - Bikini

  That's right.. you see it ...its a BIKINI  and it is my summer 2012 challenge. I have never in my life worn or owned a bikini!  Nor have I had the physical  physique, to be so bold as to, bare my naked midsection in public. LOL

 I am losing "inches" during my Zumba  workouts, but now its time to kick it up if I plan to wear this LITTLE ditty by  the end of June.  I have 3 months to trim, tone , and sculpt my midsection into some form of  physical amazing-ness that a woman  wearing this type bathing suit should have. 

Mind you, I am still a little skeptical  about this being do able by June, but the Hubs seems to have faith that I can do it, so I'm going to give it  my best shot! I'm giving up all the junk food, diet sodas (artificial sweeteners cause bloating), sweets, salt (also causes bloating). and anything else that  will make me look bad in my new suit.. I am also going to boost my work out regime with short runs before and after Zumba.

 The hubs is doing the Insanity work out and I don't know if I can do that quite yet.. But if I have to get a little Insane too, to look good.. I'm willing to try..LOL

Needless to say the next 3 months will be very interesting .. but at least the swim suit is cute right.. LOL

So fresh and Clean

 This Moen Banbury 5spray Hand Shower is the best $50 ever spent! My showers went from so-so.. too soooo clean and relaxing! It gives great water pressure and the massage options are soo soothing. It only took 10 mins for the hubs and I to install and we were able to use it right away with no leaks.  I am not a  Moen spokesperson and am not being paid by Moen to tell you Blurbers  about how great this shower head is; Just a clean and happy customer!

Zumba

 OK so I tottaly<3 ZUMBA!  I  have been at it for 2 months now and I haven't gotten bored with it yet. I used to do Zumba classes a year ago at my Alma Mater and they were good enough for me to buy the DVDs and I did them pretty consistently for awhile. But after the Hubs and I had our wedding in 2011 I just kinda stopped working out.... Fat and Happy I guess you can say. :)  

But a few months ago the hubs and I had a realization that we just needed to do better. There was no real reason for us to be over weight other than laziness, so we joined a gym and have been keeping it up pretty well.( 2 points for us!)

 What surprises me is that its not the thought of looking good this summer in a bathing suits .. or not having  hang time or booty do (LOL)  that keeps me going...Its ZUMBA!  I have so much fun and I SWEAT and sometimes HURT afterwards.. but its like going out dancing after work! My instructor is AWESOME! She's full of energy and spunk. The ladies (and on occasion gentlemen) in my class are funny and are all different ages and shapes and sizes. So you don't feel intimidated but inspired, and I just LOVE  IT!

 OK,  anybody that knows me well will tell you that I'm pretty excitable and once I'n stuck on something..I'm fully into it.. and this is no different., but it actually is a fun work out and I'm so glad that I'm enjoying it and my waistline is shrinking!( slowly.. but still shrinking LOL) .

 What do you Blurbers and Blurbettes do to stay in shape?

Happiness After a Long Work Week

 This ice cream is touching my soul right now.. OMGeee!