Oooooooh were half way there!

Posted on Saturday- 01.29.2011 by Jenn-a-fer

Baked Ahi Tuna, fresh garden tomatoes, curry rice and grilled asparagus. 370 Calories!

Ok I am actually more than half way there, but I can’t resist witty tittles.  ; )

I have been on this diet for a month now, eating like a queen, and completing only minimal levels of exercise. So far I have lost 10.6Lb and I am 5.4Lb from my first goal weight. This was how much I weighed when I got married. I considered this a good first flag of progress.

Honestly when I started this process, I thought it would take me much longer (another 2 months) to reach this point. I have started to seriously wonder what the heck I have been eating up till now? I mean I knew that fast food was bad for me, but as I have stated before I have not been denying myself deserts, cheeses, bacon…any thing.  However, I have gotten very picky about the quality of my food, so far burger chains are out.

I don’t really have advice for others interested in this kind of life change. Nothing that you can’t hear from any general practitioner. I am just here to say that it works. Just paying close attention to what passes into your mouth can change your life.

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Coming Soon to StorEnvy

Posted on Saturday- 01.22.2011 by Jenn-a-fer

 

Skunk- For Sale

I have started an outrageously adorable new craft called needle felting.  I will post more information about the process of this craft, and maybe some tutorials eventually. For now I am here to show off my wares!

These items will be available on StorEnvy (link coming soon) for $25-$35 for the 2-4 inch sculptures like these.

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Great Success

Posted on Friday- 01.21.2011 by Jenn-a-fer
A strainer of grapes and cherries.

How can this be called self denial?

Incase you don’t follow my facebook I felt like sharing my diet success! I have been doing this for three weeks now and have lost a whopping six pounds!

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Happy New Year!

Posted on Saturday- 01.1.2011 by Jenn-a-fer

It's like a shooting star headed straight for my heart....

Happy New Years! As many people do, I am starting my new year off with a diet. It seems like a good time. Being in the education system I have a long break between New Years and Christmas where I have very little to do. So I have been able to really focus on what I eat, and plan out my meals for when I get busy.

“If you are on a diet, then why are there 3 slices of bacon in your photo?”

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Cookie Crazy

Posted on Tuesday- 12.21.2010 by Jenn-a-fer

Sorry that I have not posted in a while, I have been busy with Christmas preparations, and have just not had the time or interest to blog about them. I will however share some of the recipes that knocked my socks off this season.

I actually did very little to modify my cookies this time as I did not have the time and money to experiment. My only substitution was to coat half of the peanut butter cookie with chocolate, and when chocolate was called for to use Ghirardelli’s dark bitter sweet chips instead of milk chocolate. The results of all these cookies were amazing. Sadly I did not take any pictures before they were devoured :( .

Stained-Glass Lemon Cookies

Toffee Squares

(2 more to come when I get the links from my husband!)

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My iPad Cover

Posted on Saturday- 11.13.2010 by Jenn-a-fer

My iPad Cover

I have been working on this for a while and finally put on the finishing touch, I consider this to be a prototype. There are a few things about it I don’t like, like the placement of the straps (they cover vital functions). I do like that the button on the front slots into the strip on the back to make it stand up!

 

I will be working on improving it and hopefully will have some made up in the near future to sell. For now enjoy the eye candy!

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3d Paper Cat Ears Tutorial

Posted on Friday- 11.12.2010 by Jenn-a-fer

Cat Ears!

Cost: Cheep/Free | Difficulty: Easy | Time: 3-5min | Special Skills: Basic paper folding

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NaNoWriMo is On

Posted on Saturday- 11.6.2010 by Jenn-a-fer

I have decided to take the challenge this year, and participate in NaNoWrMo (National Novel Writing Month). The goal is to complete a 50,000 word draft in 30 days. Not surprisingly I am already 7,000 words behind schedule, and I should be writing my novel not this blog post. I have decided that whither I finish or not, it is just the kick in the pants that my first Novel needs to get off the ground.

If you care at all about my little writing experiment, or you are interested in participating your self, its not too late to get started. My user page is    http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/588162 , so come on by and cheer me on. Or berate me for my failures, whatever.

Ok back to writing!

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Did you see the 125,000 sq. ft. Gorilla in San Francisco this weekend?

Posted on Tuesday- 10.19.2010 by Jenn-a-fer


I did! My husband and I spent a lovely Sunday with friends in ‘The City’ at the Alternative Press Expo. After lunch in J-Town, and a mad sale on back catalog magazines at Kinokuniya, we drove over to check out some independent artists and small house publishers.

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Betty Crocker and the Half Baked Princess

Posted on Saturday- 10.16.2010 by Jenn-a-fer

Betty Crocker and the Half-Baked Princess

My husband and I love to cook. We love to grill, bake, and fry. We also love to eat, but I have begun to discover that I enjoy the preparation process even more than the moment when I sit down to eat. That isn’t meant to imply the food is not delicious, our food is the bomb. I just love the process, and the creative experimentation.

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