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Breaking Free: My Journey to Overcoming Soda Addiction

Lyn — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:00:34 +0000

INSIDE : FOLLOW MY JOURNEY TO OVERCOMING SODA ADDICTION AND HOW I BROKE FREE USING SODA STREAM. Hello, my name is Lyn and I’m addicted to soda. Coke Zero is my drink of choice. I like vanilla syrup, Captain Morgan, or vanilla vodka in it. Well, I like it by itself too. (This is the part where you say; Hi Lyn, thank you for sharing.) I used to think that because it was a ‘diet’ soda I was ok to drink as much as I wanted. Thanks for teaching me that Weight Watchers!!! I figured out that I am no longer of an age that I can eat whatever I want and maintain a healthy weight. Or should I say my metabolism is old and slow?!? Whatever the case, my weight, health, and overall well-being is suffering because of my addiction. I needed to give up my Coke Zero. Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Those funds help keep this site alive and kickin’ but it doesn’t cost YOU a thing! Click here for the full disclosure. Give it up I think I had 4 Coke Zero’s in January. And that is DAMN amazing!!! Considering I could have 4 a day…. How you may ask was I able to give up that many sodas without being hospitalized? Easy…..Soda Stream. Do you guys know about this?!? Ok the soda isn’t Coca-Cola caliber but dang….the sparkling water is amazing!!! So amazing that even my kids drink it!!!! So let’s talk about Soda Stream. Where to purchase? First and most importantly, they sell it at Target and Amazon, along with all the flavors you could want or need. Accessories My sparkling water maker came with one sample CO2 cartridge and one carbonating bottle. SO – I needed to purchase a large CO2 cartridge and more bottles. How to use So I set it all up, and spent the next hour trying to figure out how to use it….DUH!!!! Fill the bottle with regular water, place into the holder, push the holder back, and push down the carbonater until you see as many bubbles as you want. I tried all three setting’s, I like 2 the best. Flavors Next, find my flavor. I purchased orange water drops, strawberry watermelon, and diet cola. We started by adding several drops of the orange drops….it was GROSS! I don’t like sparkling water that you can buy in a store either….so maybe that’s why??? I don’t know. The diet cola was OK….honestly, it helped with the transition. Because it wasn’t as good as my Coke Zero, I drank less and less of it. HOWEVER, the strawberry watermelon mix….OMG!!!! We are ALL in love! The kids ask for the “pink sparkling water” and I have to keep all three bottles filled with the stuff. I started buying them 2 mixes at a time. They are zero calories and no high fructose corn syrup!!! It’s sweetened with stevia! SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a lot less syrupy then the sodas. It used to be called “Zero Waters,” not sure why they got rid of that but it is very different than the soda mixes. So…..that’s what I’m drinking and it is helping curb my soda addiction. Y’all I’m not kidding, I don’t like water, I don’t know what else to drink……baby steps! Freedom from soda,

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Reset Your Life – Challenge Complete!

Lyn — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:31:42 +0000

INSIDE : CHALLENGE COMPLETE – RESET YOUR LIFE – HOW DID YOU DO? We are closing in on the end of January!!!! I cannot believe it. Let’s talk about the list. That is where I started. After a lot of hard work and countless hours of procrastination my list looks like this now: Frankly, I’m tired of painting…..but I’ve picked a color for the girls bathroom and the master bedroom walls. And I enlisted some help…..soon enough. I want hanging shelves in the master bath but I need the perfect ones. And I’m trying to get a certain someone to paint me a picture for my relaxing space. After all that, I might feel like the house is ready to be kept neat and tidy. How about you???? How does your list look??? Share in the comments!!! I have to say, all that work and my family noticed. They are putting things away, cleaning up after themselves, some children are even making their beds in the morning. Where it all started So…….recall day 1…..I was sitting in my front room not wanting to move…..but I did!!! And look where it’s lead me – And if you walked into my house right now, it would look slightly different but not much. I’m really proud of my family for helping me keep it organized and look forward to what the next adventure is….. It’s just that easy!!!

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Reset Your Life – Set Yourself Up For Success

Lyn — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:00:30 +0000

INSIDE : ALMOST DONE WITH OUR RESET YOUR LIFE CHALLENGE, GO OUT STRONG AND SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS! Another successful week in the bag…..🥳 My husband is going out of town this week, this might be the real test for all of us in this house. What are your challenges? Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Those funds help keep this site alive and kickin’ but it doesn’t cost YOU a thing! Click here for the full disclosure. Today is Sunday and we all need to set ourselves up for success. Food planning, laundry, and an agenda for the week. Meal planning Nothing fancy. Just write it down and stick to it. I took chicken out yesterday but the girls ended up with last minute sleepover play dates….which meant….DATE NIGHT! We are old though. So a few beers and some sushi at the local craft restaurant was the plan. We went to Home Depot to check out closet organizers (yup, now that it’s all neat and orderly, we are gonna spruce it up in there!). Then we got a phone call saying ‘come pick me up now I can’t sleep here!’ Off to rescue the middle child, and date night was over….oh wait……back to the chicken. So I need to make it since it’s defrosted. Groceries Set pick up time to coordinate with pick up time for child that actually spent the night at her friends house. Laundry I really dislike this chore. I need some hacks to make this faster. Maybe if I redo my laundry room, I’ll want to be in there? Nah!!!! But I’ll redo it anyway. Soon…….. Keep going Organize the kids for the week using my weekly fridge chart. ✅ Almost done – Set up my agenda for my projects. ✅ I have my own homework to do 👎🏻. Happy planning,

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School Aged Girl Bedroom Makeover

Lyn — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 04:10:58 +0000

Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Click here for the full disclosure. INSIDE: A DREAM BEDROOM FOR A SCHOOL AGED GIRL…MAKEOVER STYLE! Since the middle child got a room makeover, of course the youngest wanted one too. Well, I’m old and my body aches more than it used to…..but I’m on a mission. Next girl bedroom makeover here we come! Same rules apply….pick a color, no characters, and off we went. These kids LOVE bright colors. Yikes!!!! Everything else in the house is gray….some form of gray. And here are these 2 – like the Easter Bunny spat all over them. I’ll have to look up what that means….. This kid wasn’t getting new furniture because she got a new bed about 2 years ago when she became a big girl and didn’t need a toddler bed anymore. Really I think it was almost 3 years ago….I don’t know. Anyway, there’s nothing wrong with her furniture. But the room was a frickin mess!!!! Normally she keeps it pretty tidy but it was packed full of crap! I am going to blame this on new Christmas toys. Current situation PURGE Our first chore was to remove what we didn’t have room for. We moved the rocking chair into our room and started to remove toys, books, and dirty laundry. 1 trash bag of garbage and 1 of give away clothes. PAINT Trusty Sherwin Williams. And the 2 bookshelves she had in her room got a makeover too….I’m kicking myself because I didn’t take before pics for you. Oh well…..trust me when I say they are different now. She picked an interesting color to go on these. Reconfigure We moved dressers, the TV, the bed, and some toys. What a difference just moving the furniture and adding some paint did for this school aged girl bedroom makeover! Reorganize As we were putting our NON-purged items back, we neatly placed them in their new homes. I wish I could convince this kid to put things back like this EVERY time she plays with them, but I’m a realist! We’ll be cleaning this room again in less than 6 months. In the meantime, we will add some wall art to this room and love how grown up she is becoming. Here is what we have now: And her bookshelves took 2 coats but I love the finished product. Now she can sleep in ever loving peace. And me too! Before and Afters: She is soooo excited after her school aged girl bedroom makeover, she spends all her free time in there. Have you done a bedroom makeover? Did your kids pick bright paint too? Please tell me it isn’t just my kids! Happy Decorating,

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Master Closet Makeover – Part 2

Lyn — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:00:53 +0000

Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Click here for the full disclosure. Yesterday I tackled my unruly closet, today is part 2 of our master closet makeover – husband’s closet – and this time I have nothing to be embarrassed about…..because it’s all HIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! BWHAHAHAHAHAH Same process as with my closet. Remove and PURGE Get everything out of the closet and put it on the bed. Start weeding through the “un-wearables.” I found an old suit that had holes in it and his first suit jacket……oh the shoulder pads!!!! Organize Next, I separated polos, dress shirts, casual shirts, jeans, and dress pants. 2 garbage bags to the Goodwill….they almost made it before he got home! When he saw what I removed, he stepped in and put some of them back…BOO! When putting everything back into the closet, be sure to keep like things together. Before and afters: Two great things came out of our master closet makeover – I convinced hubby that we need NEW closet organization systems AND I know what he has – thus shopping for him is no longer impossible. What does your closet look like? Would you be embarrassed to share it with us? Happy Organizing,

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Tween Girl Bedroom Makeover

Lyn — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 02:17:13 +0000

Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Click here for the full disclosure. INSIDE: SEE HOW A PLAIN LITTLE GIRL BEDROOM GETS A MAKEOVER. TIME FOR THE GIRL TO GROW….SEE HOW WE TRANSFORM THE ROOM INTO A TWEEN GIRL BEDROOM! It’s time to give the space we sleep in some love! Bedrooms….I’m only going to focus on the 3 that I control. There is one that is home to a teenage boy – he’s on his own. The other – my mother in law. I don’t know anything about that room right now. So…..master and 2 little girls rooms. I recently cleaned one room in this post!!!!!! But she wanted some color. I’ve mentioned before that we didn’t paint any walls for the first year and gosh, probably didn’t hang a picture for like 4 months. We were a little overwhelmed when we moved in almost 5 years ago now. But now that the downstairs is pretty much done, we can move on. This kid inherited some bedroom furniture when her grandmother moved in with us. It hasn’t held up very well. It may or may not have something to do with jumping on beds….heavy dogs bouncing around🤷🏻‍♀️. Anyway, we decided that she needed some new furniture. My husband got a great deal on a bed with head board and foot board, 5 drawer dresser, and 2 night stands. I let her pick out the color, with a few rules…. This is your room forever – I am not painting it every other year so pick a color you can live with. No characters. You will grow out of them. More than one color. You will not have everything pink!!! With that, she picked a color and we went to Sherwin Williams. Let me tell you why I don’t mind spending a little more money on paint. Primer and paint in one?!? Yes please!!! Finish as promised?!? Yes. No satin instead of eggshell blah blah. You tell them ‘I’m painting my kids room’ they suggest a paint that wipes easy but durable to scratches and it goes on easy. Bonus is that it is around the corner from my house, I don’t even get on a main road. AND they always offer 30% off. Plus sign up for their ‘club’ and get random $10 off coupons. When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do was rearrange my bedroom. Think of different layouts and then figure out how to make it happen without breaking anything. I was good at it too!!!! So naturally, when redoing this kiddo’s room, I wanted to rearrange stuff. Since she was getting new furniture it made complete sense. I asked her what she wanted and then we discussed it while we were painting. She wanted to change her bed to a different wall, move her desk (we also changed the color… on accident, but since she had written all over the previous pink – I said she could continue….we will think of something later to make it not so matchy matchy), and since the dresser was new, she wanted to move the old ones out (she had 2 small ones before). Since we need to organize this space too, we went through her desk….threw away old candles, unused bags were given away, broken things finally tossed out! She just got a new bedspread but it was “uninspiring”….according to her! She spotted this one in Target and went right for it…..she even tried bargaining to be able to get it. Even the bear pillow matched perfectly….cause she needs something else to go on her bed….. And there you have it. A weekend of hard work, elbow grease, and insight…..and we have a room fit for a 9 year old girl! Happy remodeling,

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Reset Your Life – To Do List Motivation

Lyn — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:44:02 +0000

INSIDE : IT IS IMPORTANT TO RESET YOUR LIFE BY USING SOME TO DO LIST MOTIVATION TO KEEP YOU MOVING FORWARD. I almost forgot what day it was in my new life. I think that’s a good sign. Let’s see how we started and where we are now – Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Those funds help keep this site alive and kickin’ but it doesn’t cost YOU a thing! Click here for the full disclosure. Today I wanted to show you what motivation can do for you. Remember the not-too-fancy list of things to organize? Old one on the left, new one of the right!!! I’ve come a long way…..but still have a ways to go. Tomorrow we will finish up the kitchen. Today I made a crock pot dinner and got 4 out of 5 thumbs up. I love crock put meals when they work out! Tomorrow is also suture removal day….which means…..exercise time! The plan is to start an at home exercise regime on Monday and sticking to my no fast food, healthy eating diet plan. Big things people!!!! Be well, Come get your FREE monthly planning calendar to help motivate you to reset your life!

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