New Day, New Beginning

Wowsers...it's been quite some time.  2 years!  So many things have happened in two years.  Marcus and Maddox are now 7 and in the 1st grade.  Crazy I know!

I'm returning to the blog world because I am stuck.  Stuck in a serious rut.  I am seriously overweight. I have been trying to lose these l-b-s's to no avail. Because of the weight, I am tired all the time. Tired is an understatement, try EXHAUSTED.  I have zero energy to exercise. Zero energy to care about healthy eating. And zero energy to play with my children. I feel like it is taking it's toll on every aspect of my life.

A friend of mine has been using this product called Plexus Slim.  She has seen amazing results using this product.  After watching and reading about her results I thought to myself....what do I have to lose at this point?

So what exactly is Plexus Slim?

Plexus Slim is an all-natural, healthy solution to help you lose weight for the long term. Plexus Slim is the all-natural way to lose weight and inches by burning fat, not muscle. Slim also helps keep blood sugar, cholesterol and lipids at healthy levels. In addition, Slim helps reduce binge eating and increases your willpower over food. Simply pour into a bottle of water 30 minutes before a meal, drink, and experience the results you’ve been dreaming of.

Features & Benefits

Safe and effective weight control

Helps regulate blood sugars

Helps maintain healthy blood pressure

Promotes beneficial cholesterol and lipid levels

Proven ingredients—including Alpha Lipoic Acid, Chlorogenic Acid, Garcinia Cambogia—that address all areas of weight loss

No caffeine

No stimulants

No meal replacements

No shakes

Fast and easy

Saves you time

A simple solution combined with water to help you succeed

Ingredients:

Plexus Slim’s ingredients are all natural i.e. plant extracts, and they are completely safe. Ingredients are – Proprietary Health Blend*, Low Glycemic Index Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors, Beet Root & Grape Skin extract, Stevia Extract, Lo Han Extract *Proprietary Health Blend: Chlorogenic Acid (plant extract), Citrin K (Garcinia Cambogia), Alpha Lipoic Acid, Oxypregnane Steroidal Glycoside (plant extract), Chromium (Amino Nicotinate GTF). All ingredients are natural with no artificial coloring or flavoring.

I am super excited to begin this journey.  I can't wait to see the results Plexus Slim combined with healthy eating and exercise brings to me.  More than weight loss, I am looking most towards having the energy to keep up with my energetic seven year olds!

So follow along in my journey.  This blog is going to become my new "Take Control Of Me" journal. Stay tuned for my day 1 weight and measurements. And if you would like more information, or if you'd like to travel on this road to health and wellness with me, visit my website HERE.

Goodbye 2013

1. Where did you begin 2013? With friends and our children. Toasting the New Year with Champagne and Sparkling Grape Juice {for the kids}.

2. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before? We went on our first family vacation!!!

3. What was your status by Valentine’s Day? Married.

4. Were you in school (anytime this year)? Nope.  But Marcus & Maddox started Kindergarten!

5. How did you earn your money? Court Clerk and Independent Super Star Consultant with Scentsy.

6. Did you have to go to the hospital? No.  But my daddy did. A lot. He was diagnosed with throat cancer this year. He is slowly recovering and officially my hero.

Dad Graduating from Radiation

7. Did you have any encounters with the police? Yes. Every day.  I work for a court!

8. Where did you go on holidays? To Manchester Manor {my sister's} for Thanksgiving, to my in-laws for Christmas Eve and our home for Christmas.

9. What did you purchase that was over $1000? A brand spankin' new camper!!

10. Did you know anybody who got married? Nope...a sign I am getting old.

11. Did you know anyone that passed away? Yes. Steve's grandfather.

12. Did you know anyone who had a baby? No...yet another sign I am getting old.

13. Did you move? Yes...for the summer!  To camp!

14. What concerts/shows did you go to? Didn't go to any this summer but we had a fabulous 80's style 40th birthday party for Steve that was quite a show!

15. Are you registered to vote? Yes!

16. Who did you want to win Big Brother? Don't watch it.

17. Where do you live now? Same place...with my fabulous family.

18. Describe your birthday. Disappointing.

19. What’s one thing you thought you’d never do, but did in 2013? Earned TWO FREE trips from Scentsy.

20. What has been your favorite moment? Too many to pick just one! Here are a few.

Bounce Housin'

Visiting Friends

Carnival with my favorite little people!

Ocean Isle Beach

Annual Ice Cream Photo @ Mima & Bipa's

Halloween @ Camp!

Halloween Party

Spiderman ~ Bean ~ Ninja

Sock Hop @ Camp

21. What’s something you learned about yourself? I'm much stronger than I thought or pretended I was.

22. Any new additions to your family? Two Hermit Crabs.

23. What was your best month? August.

24.What was your worst month? January.

25.What music will you remember 2013 by? Roar by Katy Perry...my kids love to sing this song.  And also What Does the Fox Say...such a silly yet catchy song.

26. Who has been your best drinking buddy? Oh lord..there are quite a few.  My camping peeps and their spouses.  My hubs, Brianne, Lynnie, Karen, Debbie, Shauna, Taylor, Reptar........

27. Made new friends? Oh yeah....but I now call them family.

28. Lost friends? I wouldn't say lost...but certainly grew apart from a few.

29. Favorite night out? Every single Friday & Saturday spent at Red Rock Ponds RV Resort!!!

30. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? FATTER
iii. richer or poorer? Richer in life!

31. What date from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? August 17....the look in my children's eyes the first time they saw the ocean. Priceless.

Wordless Wednesday - Literally

A Time For Change

Well y'all.  This is it.  The day before a BIG change.  A new journey.  A new beginning.

I have decided to take the Advocare 24 Day Challenge, and I would like all of you to follow along with me in my journey.

I am so SUPER DUPER excited to start this challenge.  It is seriously time for a change up in the Goldylocks household.

Without further ado {is that how it goes and how it's spelled?} Here are my before pictures.  Wow!  Don't mind the blurriness of my husbands lens on his phone.  Oh, and don't mind the unhappy face and the non-washed & styled hair.  I figured that's what you're supposed to do for before photos: slouch, don't wash your hair, and frown.  That way, when I show you my after photos, I will be one hot, skinny, happy momma!!

So will you follow me in this new adventure?  I can't wait to share all of the positive things that are coming my way.

Smooches!

Tiny Slips of Paper

It's New Year's Eve.
The last day of twenty-twelve.
The day before the first day of twenty-thirteen.

What are you looking forward to?  What are you looking forward to leaving behind?

I read something today in Sarah Ban Breathnach's book Simple Abundance:

"Before we can welcome in the New Year, we need to put the Old Year's unfinished business - mistakes, regrets, shortcomings, and disappointments - behind us." 

Ms. Ban Breathnach then encourages us to write down on slips of paper all the things we'd like to forget, place them in a cardboard box wrapped in dark paper, "sealing in the sorrow and hard luck" and throw them away or place in the fireplace to "burn away the past" as a way to say Sayonara.  Banish the past and bad memories, keep only the good.

What will you write on your slips of paper?

Blowing The Dust Off

Wow. Has it really been since May that I last posted?  I'm sorry. 

One of my New Year's resolutions is to blog again.  But not necessarily in the manner that I blogged before.  I want to use my blog as more of a journaling spot.  A place where I don't care what I say or who I offend.


Me and My Boys - September 2011

On that note I am naming this year New Year, New Me! 

This year's goals:

Lose weight.  My first goal is to lose 30lbs by April.  My starting weight is 190lbs.  Ugh.  Such an ugly number.  This is exactly where I was LAST new years.  I was down almost 20 lbs by last April and threw it all in the garbage.  Ugh again.  Oh well.  You live and learn right?

More family time.  I feel like we are always in a hurry and running here and there.  I want to take more time to spend as a family.  Doing family activities.  I would love for this to include a family vacation.

Focus on my business more.  Set little mini-goals for myself each month.

I'd like to end this post with photos of my boys.  They have grown so much this last year.  I can not believe how quickly time is flying by.  They will be four soon.  And we have finally gotten rid of diapers!  Woo Hoo!!!



Marcus - Christmas 2011



Maddox - Christmass 2011

Just Thursday

Outside my window..blue skies, sun, and estimated highs in the 70's today!!!

Today I feel..excited.  I got a big order in the mail yesterday, another one to be delivered today.

I am thinking..about all the things I have on my plate.

I am thankful..that God has allowed me to live another day.

Tomorrow I am..working and playing with the fellas.  I need to go out and buy a birthday present and a graduation present too.

I am wearing..new gray pants and a new pink shirt, and new black wedge sandals.  So so cute.  It's amazing what new clothes do for my attitude.  I feel great!

I wish..I could just blink and my projects would be done.

This weekend I..must start painting the ceiling and walls in my kitchen.  I'm going to take the boys to an event in the town I work in.  They are bringing a bunch of vehicles and equipment in for the kids to explore.  We also have a birthday and a graduation party to go to.

I need to..clean and organize the boys' toy room. {Same as last week...never touched it.}

I am reading..The Pioneer Woman's, Black Heals to Tractor Wheel.  Well I shouldn't say I'm reading it.  I have it, but haven't cracked it open yet. 

Yesterday I...did a friends' nails and played with the fellas.

I am hoping..for a stress free weekend!!!!

Goodbye

Just Thursday

Outside my window..finally! The sun is shining! What a difference the sunshine makes on my energy level and mood.

Today I feel..energized and renewed!!!

I am thinking..about Scentsy. These last few days it has been on my mind all the time.  I am so excited to be starting this new chapter in my life.

I am thankful..for wonderful friends, and the opportunities that have come my way.

Tomorrow I am..working, playing with the kiddos, and playing with all of my new Scentsy stuff.

I am wearing..gray dress pants, a really cute pink shirt I just got from Old Navy, and peep-toe heals.

I wish..I had a few extra hours the next few days to get all of my stuff organized.

This weekend I..hope to get some more yard work done.  I have my niece Saturday morning which I love.  Her and the boys have such a great time together. 

I need to..clean and organize the boys' toy room.  It is getting out of control and I can't stand it.

I am reading..nothing...yet.  I have to run down to the library and grab The Pioneer Woman's, Black Heals to Tractor Wheels that I had on hold and is ready for me.  I can't wait to read it!

Yesterday I..worked and hung out with the kiddos.  I normally clean on Wednesday nights, but the crappy weather has had me so unmotivated.  I did make a yummy dinner; Ramen Noodle Stir-Fry.  It was yummy and the boys scarfed it down.

I am hoping..for succes.

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

If you follow me on twitter or read my blog regularly, then you have been wondering and waiting to find out what this new venture I've been speaking of is all about.

Well, wait no more.

I am super excited to announce that I have become an Independent Scentsy Consultant.

What is Scentsy you ask?

Safe Wickless Candles Flameless, smokeless and soot-free—with Scentsy’s wickless candle bars and electric warmers, you can enjoy all the sensory delights of scented candles without the dangers of an open flame. Simply turn it on and enjoy one of 80 unique Scentsy fragrances. Scentsy is your safe alternative to candles. Perfect for the home, office, dorm, car, or anywhere you want to to add a nice scent.

I would love for you to stop by my site NY Scent, and check out all of the Scentsy Products such as: Warmers Fragrant Scentsy Bars Room Sprays Scent Packs Scent Circles Travel tins Fragrance Foam Scentsy Buddies. You have no idea how super excited I am to begin this new {AD}venture.  I can not wait to connect with friends both old and new.  If you are interested in hosting a party or a casual basket party, please feel free to contact me. You can also follow NY Scent via Facebook and Twitter.  Please stop by and say hello.  I appreciate all of your support! P.S. I will be having a Launch Party on Saturday, May 21 at 6:30pm at my home. I would love it if you can come.  If you can not make it, I will post information as to where you can order if you are interested.