Back to the beginning………

Time to get back to the beginning as in my blog roots. I’ve gained back 27 of the 30 pounds I lost for the Challenge now that I have no one to RACE to the thin line my motivation has been very lacking. Who does this??! WHO works so hard at loosing for 6 months to have it all heaped right back on over night?!??! Yes, over night, don’t look at me like that!!

I would have seen it coming when my cute skinny clothes didn’t fit if came little by little. I would have seen it and fixed it right away. So over NIGHT is what happened. (NO?) Okay, fine….. how about I have a pregnant daughter that I have such empathy with that I wanted to gain preggo weight with her to make her feel good about pregnancy weight gain. So I woke up this morning with 9-month weight! (HA! That’s a good one! Huh!? No?)
Hubby’s heart and continuing health scare?
Daughters Pregnancy
My Mom moved in
Hubby quitting smoking day 11
Grandkids outta state
Lazy ass
Bored eating
Stress eating
Haven’t been to work for 11 days stress… you know $$ stress as in…. outta sick time… outta vacation time $$ stress
Don’t sleep well
Lazy friggin’ ass who let this happen AGAIN?!?!?!?! WTF?!?!
SEE?!?!??!?!?
I have any excuse you will accept. But the buck POUNDS stop HERE! NOW!! AGAIN!! FOR THE LAST TIME!!! No more excuses. (MAN!! If I can argue this well with myself think of the hell that DH and my children endure daily!!)
Okay so bottom line. Today is Monday 1/24/2011 and the scale stops here!
Sleep burns calories right?? Cause I’m off to bed and sleep it off….. wait….. maybe THAT’s how I gained it back!?! It happened while I was sleeping!!!!!!!
No more excuses. Eating right and drinking water… lots and lots of water!

I’m Refreshing My Blog (and Exorcising Some Digital Ghosts)

Updating old blog content is like digital archaeology—except I’ve unearthed a full-on resident spirit: The Ghost of Peanut Butter and Whine.

This digital poltergeist has been causing absolute chaos behind the scenes. If things look a little haunted around here, here is the proof:

• The Vanishing Act: The ghost keeps deleting my best images and video tutorials, leaving behind sad, empty boxes.
• The Link Graveyard: It’s been sneakily stripping away my trusted brand partners and replacing them with sketchy “AI Crypto” links.
• Font Sabotage: Apparently trapped in 2001, it keeps reverting my clean layout back to “Geocities-era” antique fonts.

My 2026 Blog Refresh Plan

To banish these spirits and keep my traffic climbing, I’m launching a step-by-step exorcism plan:

1. Exorcise the 404s: Running a broken link checker to track down every dead end and missing image.
2. Modernize Recommendations: Swapping out outdated products for my absolute 2026 essentials.
3. SEO Deep Clean: Refreshing metadata and strategically placing focus keywords.

Stick Around Please!

Don’t let this be a “one and done” visit. While I’m cleaning house and banishing spirits, check out these (very much alive) links:

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: Check out the sidebar for my current giveaway. I promise this one is fully alive, kicking, and ghost-free!

Earn Cash: Some things never go out of style. Rakuten still pays you to shop, and in this economy, who is turning down free money?

Hey, while you are here you could shop through my link on Walmart.