Retraction.... the real story :)

So here's how this started... after many years of doctors and "women problems" I now know the name of the condition that has drove me nuts and made me sick.. it's called PCOS... or in my words I like to call it Piece of s*** ovaries! Its polycistic ovary syndrom... it's annoying and makes you insulin resistant and causes fertility problems, along with extreme hormone imbalance and weight gain and all the fun stuff. The last few months it's just caused me pain, sickness and anxiety attacks. Luckily I have now found a great doctor that is treating me and everything is on the right track. I'll be spending time getting healthy, mind and body! I just finished a lovely round of hormone pills that about sent me to the mental ward.... haha... but now those are done and I take gluphonage...a diabetic medicine that makes me a bit queezy and tired for now but also helps your ovaries do what they need to do... so life is back on track.... I even did something crazy this morning.... hit the gym!! So we are on a new path of life... being healthy and am now in a grey zone for my blood sugar so the type 2 diabetes has actually not hit quite yet.. but I will still be exploring low carb foods including fun filled family desserts just as promised :)

SOO...... for my first new recipe for all of you out there... I (kind of accidently) came up with a new dessert last night to share with all of you! I fumbled upon making sugar free custard.... the 3 minute version and it was delicious!! So my recipe for you i call
No Guilt Custard Pies
one package of phyllo shells.. keep col
one box of sugar free vanilla pudding
1 1/2 cups of half and half
1 cup of unsweetened carob chips (look like chocolate chips but supposed to be healthier )


melt the carob chips with a capful of veg oil in microwave 30 seconds at a time until melted
pour into bottom of mini phyllo cups
let firm in fridge
meanwhile mix sugar free pudding with 1 1/2 cups of half and half and whip together (this forms custard.. and its so yummy!)
then pour into each cup on top of melted carob chips and let stand 10 minutes in fridge

EAT and ENJOY
 yummy for the whole family.... enjoyed by all the boys and men in my house... actually they were all gone by this afternoon..... don't tell them how healthy they were haha!

As for tonights dinner... a low cost and low carb meal for all

Beef and Broccoli... my low cost tip for this meal...... clearance meat section.... stew meat.... thats right one whole pound for under $3 (30 % off sticker ) plus a pound of broccoli...... for the unhealthier eaters in my home i quickly cooked up 2 pkg's of oriental ramen noodles for them to put under they're beef and broccoli and in about 15 minutes I successfully filled up a family of 4 for under $7!!!!!!

hope you have enjoyed my new tips and recipes and there will for sure be bigger better and yummier things to come!!
As for me..... I am exhausted... eliptical machine kicked my butt today and I am going back for more tomorrow..... thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed learning more about my ideas and myself!! Much more funny blog next... this is my one and only serious side :) Back to me.... good night!!

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I'm sugar free while feeding boys times 3!!!

This will be the beginning of a lot of blogs with a lot more info that should if nothing else bring a smile... but hopefully give you ideas on sneaking in a health food diet to 3 boys with BIG appetites!! Blog to come in the next few days now that you all know im still alive.. NEWS BEING... i will now be living with type 2 diabetes.... meaning of this... time to get healthy!! Gotta get my booty in motion and some new foods flowing.. so i will be trying to fill tummies while shrinking mine at the same time... like i said.. this should get quite interesting!!! On my list of things to make.... desserts, sugar free bbq sauce, sugar free ketchup.. and finding exciting flavorful low carb meals to trick my picky boys with!!! Ready to begin the journey with me????  Stories to follow along with how this came about in next post!! Off to the grocery store i go.................

Bobbin for sanity!

we can begin this journey over the last few weeks and call it the lost weeks.... let me tell you why..... First off, when i get an idea in my head i kinda get obsessive... that combined with having no patience whatsoever ends me up in the local st vincent de paul buying a lovely old used beat up sewing machine... (someone should have stopped me). Sounds great right??? soo wrong!  Along with this sewing machine i purchase a huge bag of scrap fabric.... so very proud of myself i carry it to my car, go home and think i'm going to bust out some pillows. HAHAHA in my face... no this does not happen... did i mention i have never sewn anything (ever).... so i try to thread the machine.... fail..... i try technique after technique.. fail fail fail.... call my mom... she laughs .... and it just keeps going. So now i want to throw it against a wall..... but no.. i take it to the local quilt shop here and beg a lady to please help me thread it... she follows me to my car (as to not disturb the quilting class) and assists me. Bobbin??? what the hell is a bobbin?? (should have listened to my mother about that one)! oh apparently you need a bobbin to sew.. i don't have one... so i march back into st vincent de paul and argue down a lady who swears it has one! 20 minutes later she comes out with the missing bobbin from the back room...... home i go... still fail! Then i drive an hour to my moms later that week... we look up youtube videos on how to get this thing to work.. fail! Anyways, it is now another week later, my mom has gotten me another sewing maching in working order... and i sit here looking at it, staring at it.... yet cant make a stitch! Stupid bobbin) NOPE, NOT ME! Seriously HATE the bobbin... i have taken it apart 32 times.. thats not normal... i cant thread the needle... i cant thread the bobbin, and it goes back and forth....... still have not sewn anything! This project is to be continued because I WILL SUCCEED! (hate the word bobbin now) hahahaa....... just a little share story into my life....
Today i plan on making homemade pasta... not really sure how this will pan out, but plan on surprising my husband with it when he gets home from work.... :) If i end up throwing it against a wall i will take a picture! haha... your seeing now why i refer to myself as a wanna-be-housewife right???? I think i will let my 4 yr old help with the pasta..... it will entertain us for the day :) Much more to come, but here it is.. another little insight in my life..... By the wayI have not smashed the bobbin with a hammer yet... (YET).........

The belly burn!

Well hello!! So here we are now all moved into our new little town of niceness :) yes thats what i call it because everyone here is friendly... i believe there is a population of 9-10,000 in this little coastal town of ours by the beach and it reminds me of a hallmark movie! ( oh by the way i haven't mentioned my obsession with those yet). Oh let's start with the move! Wow did we welcome ourselves to the neighborhood with our assembly line of suv's and our 26 ft u-haul! But one trip was the plan and one trip is how we did it! Let me tell you how my car went though because i am positive I got the poop end.. now here's why: My jeep liberty consisted of myself, my 11 yr old son, my chug (chihuahua/pug mix) yapper who whines during car rides, my english bulldog who has the worst flatulence problems in the world, and my 2 cats.... yes they made those god awful screaming noises, and that was my car the entire way here!! WOW!! Go me! I can tell you how excited i was to get out and breathe!! So we arrive followed by an acura mdx, a gmc terrain, then my brother-in-law's truck towing the dirtbike and scooter (yes mopehead type), and my little brother-in-law in the honda.... this is how we rolled into our new little quiet town.
 SO........ here we are now a week later... a few lingering boxes.... a bulldog in heat (soo gross!!) a cat that has ranaway and now came back... 2 kids 2 dogs 2 cats and us! Its been one can we say HECK of a week :) Mind you both off work and no school for the kids is now in play so all we've had is 24 hours of us time... sound like a dream?? HA!.. dont let it fool you..... we've had quite the excitement trying to adjust to this! My craft projects have mostly been on hold although im DYING to do some painting of furniture and making of soaps! But can't bring myself to bust out the big projects until every box is done! My husband and myself have literally drove each other from best friends, to playground grade school enemies :) to parents in a new town and back again... too many tiff's to mention but it always ends in a big laugh! WHICH BRINGS ME TOO.... THE BELLY BURN: end story ladies... when yelling at your husband for no real apparent reason and you think your the smart one with all your big comebacks at that moment.... do not.. and i repeat do not.... take the anger out on the burger you are making on your plate in front of him.... let me tell you, a little emotion put into putting my bun together and end factor was this almost cartoonist wild squirt of disgusting grease that burst through the hamburger straight against my shirt... and my to my skin!! I'm pretty sure my husband cannot look at me without laughing hysterically right now so i am happy he is with our older son in another room watching the event, as i sit here blogging with an ice pack on my tummy.... and that is how we came to "the belly burn" !!!!!!!!!!! Talk to you all soon, as i have some very funny stories to share... but for tonight this is all since my ice pack (frozen veggie pack) has now defrosted :)

bubble bath gone bad....

Well what a fun filled day full of getting nothing productive done but being constantly busy! You know those days i'm talking about... but oh well. So yes made the bubble bath today actually, let Caden pick out his own scent, ended up with fruit punch... made it while my mother in law was visiting and my husband was well...his mother was there so he was eating grilled cheese sandwiches and watching lets make a deal ;) Maybe I should also add that we are moving in 4... yes thats right 4 days to a new town!! So also put into effect that we are surrounded in boxes and both procrastinators... and my husband has recently lost his job so are we now in the group of unemployment and talk of the bad economy! Back to the bubble bath here's a good tip---- dont put fruit punch scented bubble bath in your kitchen... why?? let me tell you..... in one word.. ants :) yes ants and to finish the night off i wasn't aware they had gotten into it... so you can use your imagination when i had a 4 year old in a bath and the bubbles ran clear and there were 3 little tiny black dots in the water.. haha... just a glimpse into our life!! Tomorrow I have BIG PLANS!! FINISH PACKING... yes yes i just have to do it!! So wish me luck and i will continue on this new journey along with whoever wants to know.... good night!

the beginning of the wanna be housewife....

So here we are finally I am writing all the things I've wanted to share and get opinions on and couldn't decide how to do that. Like  I said i wear many hats and have played many roles in my life so far. Counselor/ Gossip girl all day at work at the salon :) Dont worry girls i don't share all the secrets, but ladies you know when you sit in one of our chairs you spill it! Next I have an amazing (dont we all say that?) 11 year old son in the 6th grade. Man has that been interesting! I have a new husband, we've been married almost 9 months and he is absolutely crazy and more talkative and out there than i am.. and he is my best friend in the whole world.. yes we're bff's haha.... next i was lucky enough to also gain a 4 year old stepson in the process who is just beyond hilarious... Like i said all different hats, wife, mom, stepmom, ex-wife, and many others :) This is why i want to share my experiences and stories and don't forget all my funfilled silly projects i have been obsessive about since I hit my 30's... what is that about????
So what to discuss today... well let's start with my project for the night...my 11 yr old Jordan, has now shut himself in his room like he does most days after school (mind you after he eats everything in my cupboards) and my husband is out picking up the 4 yr old and nights when Caden is here i always feel the need to start a project of some sort. So what tonight.. hmm..... im thinking homemade bubble bath??? Yes i believe that will be my project... oh and maybe muffins??? Yes this is what i am talking about.... I haven't even begun to tell you about the tutu's yet!! (ps.. i know i have boys haha) like i said... lots of ideas so let me know what you think and im going to let you know soon about tonights bubble bath :) Hopefully with pictures to follow!