Lesson Pathways Deals & Steals (Again!)

Just wanted to remind you all that there's another Deals & Steals post up at the Lesson Pathways blog, where I am a writer! It's going to be a feature every Thursday so you should definitely bookmark or follow their blog so you can check it out (and their other great articles) each week! To read this week's post, please go here.

An Open Letter to Betty Draper

Note: After the jump, this does have spoilers in it up to the most current Mad Men episode.

Betty Draper, you confuse me beyond belief. You are were my favorite character. You're a young mother of some very cute kids. (Like me!) You're married to a incredibly handsome man. (Also like me!) You're intelligent and poised, sophisticated, beautiful. (Uhhh....maybe like me...sort of?) From day one I have felt for you and your struggles. But upon entering Season Four, I have as yet to draw my line in the sand. I want to like you, I really do. But you make it so hard, darling...

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Wordless Wednesday: Sandbox Fun

Sometimes it's incredibly hard to get them both to look at the camera at the same time so I just give up and live with the weird face or sideline glance pictures. :)

Mamavation Monday: Week Five

Last week my weight was 228.0 and this week I unfortunately gained. :( Current weight is 231.0 which is a gain of three pounds. It really upsets me since I had been doing so well but such is life I guess. My kids have had colds this past week and consequently haven't been sleeping the best - well, the baby hasn't anyway - and I've had a touch of it myself. So I haven't been exercising as much and I've overdone it on food. I did eat more vegetables this week though which is goal of mine because I hate them. I also have to give a little shout-out to the Mamavation Veggie Contessa who has been giving great tips and facts on veggies! One of the days last week she talked about carrots, I just happened to be going to the store so I picked up carrots while I was there! :) I ended up making a chicken casserole and added shredded carrots and celery to it. The kids and I (well, me and Ellie...Zeke still isn't brave enough) also snacked on celery throughout the week with a little peanut butter. I'm working on Zeke - he's quite the opinionated 4 (almost 5) year old but I have been getting him to try new foods, little by little.

Goals for this Week: Continue eating veggies, eat less, exercise more and get back on track.
Reminder: My goal for December 5th is to lose 20 pounds.
Sista of the Week: Rita (@lovelyritaann) is this week's SOTW! Congratulations - you deserve it girlfriend!
Joining Mamavation: If you are interested in pledging to the Mamavation Sistahood, Monday is the time to do it. (Sorry my post is belated - keep it in mind for next week though if you're interested!) Go here for instructions - invitations are done on Wednesdays over Twitter. (Or later if Leah gets swamped.)
Blogging Carnival: This week's blogging carnival at Mamavation was sponsored by Katy Bowman and her Aligned and Well series.