Veggies...they make me happy

Thought I would post how much fun I had today after the farmers market. Since I start a diet every day, and re-start it again the following day, I came to the conclusion that I am finally going to take the proper action and take proper control of my body. I'm in rather good health, with the exception of a few, ok a lot of pounds to shed. Usually I eat properly, like a bunny, but forget to exercise... now it is the other way around. You know how you think to yourself "Oh I worked out, it's ok to snack", yeah well thats me! I had to take a few snaps from my iPhone to show you the beautiful fruits and vegetables.

Good music, a sharp knife, and a clean kitchen is the perfect recipe for putting together lunch baggies. I listened to a christian rock radio station I just had brought to my attention today. I used a pink knife I ordered from my work rewards point system, and spent about 15 mins prior switching dishes around, and sanitizing the surfaces. For the Veggies we had the following yummy goods.

• Celery
• Radish
• Green Onion
• Cucumber
• Yellow Pepper
• Baby Carrots
• Green Pepper
• Green onion.

Today's visit to the famers market was less hectic then normal, which explains why I spent more the I usually do. I didn't feel rushed, and didn't have any old men who don't speak english hit me with their cart. It also didn't feel like leaving a rock concert at the parking lot. Since normally I just run to the veggie isles and quickly make my selections, I've been able to keep purchases under $22. With more space, and more freedom to just "shop" around, I picked, and browsed, and got a few extra treats. $38 this time, which is a new record! I did have 3 heavy duty reusable bags full of freshness! As pictured above you see fruit too, and here is the following sweet treats.

• Blueberries
• Strawberries
• Blackberries
• Raspberries
• Star Fruit

I also picked up some seedless grapes, mixed them around with a natural sweetener, bagged them up, and put them in the freezer for a fresh cool snack!

Finally I leave your tonight with a teaser pic of my hh ringing up our stuff from Ikea. We managed to make it out alive, and well, without any major injuries. (Well no injuries, but you understand how crazy this store can be!) I know I promised pictures from the exotic car rally shootout we went to, but there are so many. My new computer comes with a movie editing tool, so I'm playing around that.

I'm watching my hh put together all of our ikea finds, and while searching youtube videos, I came across this amazing apartment! What do you think?

I have some amazing shots from the Shootout event in Miami we went to Sunday. Besides the horrible burn, we had a blast. Looking forward on showing you some pictures from the event.

Coming soon to a blog near your...aka Waters Edge our office space will be posted!

Spray Paint Frenzy...part 1 of many more

On my old blog I posted a center piece I made with things lying around the house. After christmas, I found them scented and on clearance. When I got bored with them I bagged them up. Then my hh (aka handsome hubby) bought me flowers! Our new furniture came with pillows, black and red, so I put together this little thing. I laced the red ribbon between the cones then added the black bow around the outside. I already had the ribbon in my "sewing" kit, so i didn't spend an extra dime to create this.

During my 2 days off, and completely rained in with a broken down car, I broke out the spray paint. It was time to give these pine cones a face life. As I got extremely bored with my surroundings so quickly, a few spritz of paint is an inexpensive way to make a dashing change.

**Learned a fast lesson in painting. Rubber gloves are on my shopping list! It took several hours to get this off!**

So what do you think? Better before or after?

As soon as my new pillows are ready, and i switch out some pictures I will post the full room make over. Now time to check out some virtual garage sales via craigslist. Don't you just love that site? With the desktop purchase coming soon, I need a new desk! I refuse to pay more then $50.00 for it, and i should probable find a nice little chair to go along with it.

An Apple any day

So excited to finally sit down and publish my first entry to everyone, who may or may not be reading this. This first post has nothing to do with my crafts, cooking, or home decor, but the tools i will use to blog it! Right now I am sporting a PC, with the left hinge busted, a plastic piece snapped in half, and the screen pixels randomly. Occasionally the built in wifi router fails (I will be shocked if I don't lose connection while typing this). So it would only make sense that this family invests in a new computer, and based on the title of this post, I am sure you can guess this families brand of choice.

*Picture courtesy of apple.com

You are looking at a beautiful iMac, and iPad. I already carry and iphone so naturally I would chose these 2 machines to wrap up my trio. My iPhone is a black 16GB 3G. I have yet to take the plunge to the 3G (S) in hopes of something else this summer. I've already picked out my specs for each beauty.

iMac

• 21.5 inch screen
• 3.06 GHZ Intel core 2 Duo
• 4GB 1066MHz DDR# SDRAM-2x2GB
• Apple wireless keypad and mouse
• iWork
• AppleCare protection plan

I made sure to get AppleCare for our iPhones, and since I get a discount on apple products through the company I work for, I willing to make the purchase. I would also like to get photo editing software to add watermarks to my pictures I post. A few blogs I read via google reader do that and I think its awesome.

As far as my iPad is concerned I am perfectly happy with the 16GB wifi model. Originally we were going to settle with just the desk top, but the iPad is perfect for when I am reading blogs, when my handsome hubby is playing games. We are also going to pick up Sims3, and I'm scoping out Etsy.com for the perfect pouch. I love the following cases...

from WallabyBagCo for $ 38

courtesy of gadgetarmour for $41

another by gadgetarmour $41

Isn't etsy.com just great? Not to mention I love supporting people who are making homemade items. I can't wait for the fat tax return to deposit into my account, because that day I am off to spend that hole in my pocket.

*I might add that my wifi router only failed once! *