A & A Landscaping

So...my PIC made me exercise....and by made me.... I mean she decided that I would download a C25K immediately and then after work meet her to start.  I tried to get out of it.  I tried hard.  I even thought the rain was going to get me out of it.
I was wrong.
I went.  I normally need a two-week in advance notice before I change my scheduled plans...even if those plans are to go straight home after work.  This is the second time in a week I've done something on the spot.
Last week, we decided that The DeShazo's flower bed needed to be done immediately.  After work, we took our kiddos to Lowes, loaded up all our stuff (two suv's full) and got to work.
We were feeling quite ambitious.... and maybe miscalculated how much mulch we actually needed...

For the record, this flower bed is massive, and the five bags we "thought" we needed, turned into 22 bags. Over a few day period, the flower bed was completed..... and The DeShazo was able to get her much wanted Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar....

Naturally, we think we are landscaping professionals now that we've completed this task (minus a few very large rocks that will be added) and all the plants are still alive one week later.....so..... A & A Landscaping may be our future venture. :):)

Back to the exercise yesterday..... I survived.... I completed it successfully.....and even added some tricep dips just for Jen !  In fact, we might have done three sets of those dips:)
We shall see if I can/will keep up.  You never can tell.





Food Log Day #5

BF- boiled egg, four slices of turkey bacon
       french vanilla cappuccino kcup

lunch- salad- spinach leaves, taco meat, black beans, salsa & sour cream

snack- 3 triangle shaped watermelon slices, one skinny cow treat (Thanks V), 2 spoonfuls of peanut butter

dinner- chicken fiesta (It's basically taco soup with rice...and then I threw in some spinach for Jen)

-Drank my normal 80-100 oz of water and a lemon-lime fruit water

It's clear from my snacks that I have an eating issue today.  It's possible that I may end up eating a sugar free pudding later....we'll see if this Pamprin knocks me out first.

I also did Day 2 of the C25k tonight...on my own......by myself....alone.....without anyone.....you get the point.


Until Next Time....


Ma'dam Martinez

Because Everyone Loves Ferns

Food Log Day #3 (Thursday)

BF- turkey pepperoni & Mozz cheese stick (I ate my snack b/c I forgot to bring my breakfast to work)
       french vanilla cappucino kcup

lunch ( had a super late lunch today)- Chic - fil- A cobb salad

-Drank my normal 80-100 oz of water and a lemon- lime sparkling water

and then I had a gigantic bowl of Fit & Active Vanilla Almond cereal with unsweetened almond milk

I totally meant to post this on Thursday, but forgot.


Weekend recap.....

We were pretty busy.  We have a yard mowing system at our house- mostly b/c I'm psychotic and need a system for almost everything.  Martinez mows the parts of the back that are newly added to our yard (meaning the mess that was just cleared b/c I just drive over stuff and stir up sand and tear things up) and the ditch b/c my yoga pants just slide right off the lawn mower seat while driving diagonal up a hill and then I freak out and imagine the mower turning over on me and then snakes emerging from the big circle thing (maybe the drain??) in the ditch and sucking my blood out while the lawn mower holds me down....if snakes suck blood out that is....and then I mow the "regular" yard with LG.  So, I've provided you all of those details just to tell you that LG and I mowed the yard.  (Do Oklahomans say yard or lawn??? I'll have to start paying attention).
Then, we did some more gardening.  The DeShazo and I located purslanes at Lowes (I'm secretly a Lowes hater and a Home Depot fan and I'm not sure what that has to do with this conversation), so my flower bed is complete.....with the addition of some kind of pear tree b/c my crepe myrtle bit the dust.

I'm sure you are so interested in this conversation about my flowerbed, that you can't wait for me to report that I do not have a photo of my new pear tree thing.

And now, for the moment you've all be waiting for......

More fern photos as promised:)

I'd say Martinez did an incredible job building my planters this weekend and I'm pumped!

Just to update about the ferns....I'm pretty sure I'm getting new ones......and probably from Lowes b/c I've been in Home Depot about 27 times lately and the ferns keep on looking like scrubs....and I don't want to buy them from Lowes.


We skipped church yesterday (gasp).

Today started off rough around our house this morning.  I try to get up early in the mornings so that I can do some cleaning before we leave.  That did not happen.  I spent my extra minutes drinking pepto bismol and eating Zantac to fight heart burn, while jumping up and down to get my yoga pants on.
It didn't stop there.  I had a cute outfit picked out for today-which I scratched to wear yoga pants, because after all, I had heartburn.  Anyway, I had blue eye shadow on to compliment the top I was gonna wear....which then limited what top I could wear with my yoga pants b/c ain't nobody got time to redo makeup.  I had to raid Martinez's tshirts once again....and then I realized that the paint I clumsily got all in my hair yesterday while painting my planters was still half in there....which led to a hat....which has already been happening all the time b/c I'm giving my hair a break from heat (which is a whole other post for later) and I've been wearing it curly.
The bar wasn't set very high today.

Photos from the weekend...

And my sweethearts today..

Food log day #4

bf- boiled egg and 4 slices of turkey bacon
      french vanilla cappuccino kcup

snack- turkey pepperoni and mozz cheese stick

lunch- salad- taco meat, spinach, black beans, salsa, sour cream, chopped jalapeno

snack- apple with peanut butter

dinner- bunless burger (lean meat) with an avocado and pickle for a side

Drank my normal 80-100oz of water, along with half a sparkling water

and then I ate a tootsie roll


(My PIC made me exercise tonight.  More details on that later:))


Until Next Time,



Ma'dam Martinez

Treat Bag Rant

Two days in a row with keeping up with the food log challenge....I know, impressive.


I'm SO excited about my new head band from my PIC!

I'm pretty sure it made my week!

I've made a decision.
I'm not practicing making LG's birthday cake anymore.  If you missed that post, you can read about it here.
I've decided to buy it.  About two weeks ago, I was in Buy for Less getting a cookie cake for a friend's birthday.  (I promise that's not code for " I was getting a cookie cake for myself").
While I was waiting to have the cookie cake written on, I just happen to look down and see this beauty.

It looks better than the cake I found on Pinterest...and when it's blue, it'll be perfect.

I'm ordering it.  I love Buy for Less cakes.....and so do most people around us.   So, I'm caving and taking the easy way out.....I suppose this will also keep me from eating a whole lot of practice icing:)

Speaking of birthdays..... I'm just gonna put it out there.  For those who attend any of LG's parties/celebrations, don't expect treat bags.  Here's the deal.... I'm not sure who's idea it was long ago to give out treat bags.....but I just don't get it.  It's not the other kids' birthdays!  I realize that it's supposed to be a form of a "thank you for taking your time to come celebrate my child"- But- why can't saying thank you just be enough?  I mean, a thank you in return for attending your child's party is just fine for us.  Why do we have to go all out and do treat bags?  It just gets ridiculous when you are buying gender respective toys for treat bags!  We should just be content to celebrate with one another without expectations.(except the expectation of cake, of course:))

  

I will say that Pinterest provided me with some super cute ideas for a treat cup/prizes for a Cinderella theme... I even had the different prizes in my Amazon cart...but I removed them.  I'm just not going to do this.  At least I'm saying I'm not for now....if LG ends up pleading with me to do them when she's old enough to realize the meaning....I'll consider it.  I think it's ridiculous.(I don't think that any of my fellow friend moms are ridiculous if they do them- so don't get mad at me! I would just rather spend that $20 bucks on something like..cake....more cake.... or something more for LG, since after all, it is her birthday). 

Now that my treat bag rant is over, my food confessions for today:

BF- 2 sausage/egg muffin cups

       french vanilla cappuccino kcup

Lunch- double chicken chopped salad from subway & a bag of baked sour cream chips

Dinner- crockpot Mexican Lasagna with sour cream- no side for me

 

No time to snack today....super....busy!

 

-Drank my normal 80-100 oz of water and black raspberry sparkling water

 

 

Until Next Time,

 

 

 

Ma'dam Martinez

Challenge & Ferns

Well...My PIC and I may or may not be back to doing challenges- some of which we can't exactly post about on our blogs.
One we can post about..... telling our 5 readers combined what we are eating....for two work weeks. Like everything. We were actually supposed to start yesterday, but I didn't want to confess the Easter candy I consumed- or the beverages I had- which I suppose I technically just confessed.
I just get to talking and the secrets just roll out.

Yesterday was just a stressful day all around.  In fact, when I got home and changed into my normal yoga pants/tee (surprisingly, that wasn't what I wore to work), I realized that I put my yoga pants on backwards.
I left them that way.  I mean, I don't want to set the standard too high or anything.

Anyway, my PIC and I have enjoyed Easter....and the days 4 weeks leading up to Easter a little too much. If only we didn't enjoy sweets.
Before I confess my eating habits of today, I'll update on what's been going on lately.

We are still working to clear this mess....like all the time...

Although you can't tell from the photos, there is tin, fence parts, car parts, glass, boat parts, etc underneath all this sand/dirt.  I'm not sure what this land was before it became "developed", but I know that the crap was apparently buried and we are now cleaning it.  I'm not really sure how many cans of crap we've actually picked up....but it's not ending soon. ( and I'm not complaining- I'm happy to actually have space to clear that Martinez and I have paid/worked for ourselves- and I'm happy to be able-bodied enough to work out there)

This is also happening....

It's time to get my flowerbed in order.  I'm still waiting on the purslanes at Home Depot to come out.  I've got two more weeks to wait and then I can finish this thing.

.....and since I'm turning into my mother......I had to get some ferns.
I need therapy (you already know this), as I've been able to think of nothing but ferns for weeks.

What I should confess now, is that less than 24 hours after owning them they started looking quite scraggly. They've been re-potted and super tended to....so I'm gonna give them another week before I throw them out and get new ones.  I need nice, fluffy ferns....and if the wind here wasn't so bad, they'd be hanging like my mother's ferns do.  

If I start hiding miniature candy bars around the house in random places, I suppose I'll officially be my mother.............oh wait...

Back to the ferns (because everyone loves to hear about ferns, right? I need a life), LG was less than impressed with my fern selection on Friday.  I examined every fern they had. I removed them from where they were hung and compared them to each other right out in the open with people waiting until I found the best two.

All that being said, if I have to go back, it's gonna be tortuous for my almost 3 year old.

She decided to kill time Friday by plucking the blooms off other flowers....and I'd rather not get any more disapproving glances from fellow flower shoppers.

(Just so you have fair warning, when Martinez gets my planters built, hopefully this weekend (that will be painted with a nice Almond Whip color), you'll get another post about ferns.)

Easter was fabulous.  While I missed being at my mom's with my family, I enjoyed not having to go anywhere and relaxing at home with my hubs and LG. 

I'm quite partial- but I do believe I have a little cutie.

More Easter pics....

We may never dye eggs again.  LG was a little bored by that process.  Painting, however, is where it's at.

And now for my food confessions today:

BF- 2 sausage/egg muffin cups

         french vanilla cappuccino kcup

Snack-  A few turkey pepperoni's and a mozz cheese stick

Lunch- salad with turkey bacon, egg, mozz cheese, spinach and avocado- ranch dressing

no afternoon snack b/c I was too busy to eat

Dinner- saucy crockpot pork chop and a small baked tater with sour cream & pepper

 

Dessert -3 miniature candy bars (THEY WERE MINI- I worked out today....Gosh folks, get off my back about the chocolates!!!!)

I drank my normal 80-100 oz of water, along with a sparkling lemon-lime water.

Until next time.....

Ma'dam Martinez

It's GONE!

Now you see it....

Now you don't...

and that's now how my bank account appears :)

Now we just have to wait for the brush hogging to be done and it'll be so much better!

LG is getting a swing set for her birthday (which is supposed to be here next week!!!!)- so this mama is thankful the snake pit is GONE so she can play out back!

 

 

and with that.... I have nothing else to say. I'm drained today.

 

 

Oh wait.... more news.... I have an ingrown toenail that led me to the doc today.  Let's just say that cutting it with hair shears and pulling it up with unfolded paperclips for 10 days isn't smart and may or may not cause infection that may or may not result in antibiotics to kill it. 

 

You are welcome for this enlightening news, because I'm sure everyone uses hair shears and paperclips. 

 

 

Until Next Time......

 

 

 

 

Ma'dam Martinez