Body By Vi ~ 90 Day Challenge

Hey everyone, if you haven't noticed from my lack of blog posts, I have a bit of trouble staying motivated & that is the case with almost every aspect of my life including weight loss & exercising (& house cleaning & working & laundry... but that's not the point of this post ha) Anyway, I had been thinking about doing the Body By Vi 90 day challenge & I kept putting it off, well I finally made the leap, today is day 1 of my first 90 day challenge & I'm soo excited! To help keep me motivated & held accountable I am making this a public endeavor, so as bad as this is going to be... here is my dreaded before picture...

Yeah... pretty bad, I weigh the most I ever have at 184 pounds (Holy Cow) 

My overall goal is to lose 50 pounds but my goal for this 90 day challenge is a MINIMUM of 10 pounds.

I'm determined to workout every single day, eat healthy & consume my Vi shake everyday.

If you have never tried the Vi shakes they are delicious! 

I seriously look forward to being able to have one everyday.

I will be posting & keeping everyone up to date on my progress, if anybody wants to join the challenge with me you can do so here http://jschaeffer.bodybyvi.com/challenge

I won't make any money by you ordering from my link but if I get a minimum of 3 people who do I will get my shakes for free, & if you decide to join me on the challenge you will get the same opportunity to get your shakes for free to.

Oh & seeing how it is Monday...

My song addiction of the week.

Happies & Crappies

Hey guys, today I'm linking up with Stephanie from Vintage Modern Wife for Happies & Crappies! 

Happies

1. My little brother got engaged & I'm super excited that I'm getting a sister!

2. My husband has tomorrow off! He doesn't get many weekends off so on the rare occasion that he gets a Saturday or a Sunday off we usually have a hard time deciding what to do but I know that no matter what we choose it will be fun & relaxing.

3. I'm almost finished with the website for Boutique 21:21! All I have left is the "About me" section (always the hardest part).

Crappies

1.  This season of Revenge is over & of course the last episode always leaves ya hanging waiting for more.

2. My sleeping schedule has been WAY out of wack, I'm talking not falling asleep till 7am & sleeping till 2 pm, I feel nocturnal & it's gotta stop. 

3. I have been trying to have a yard sale for the past 2 weekends, the weather man had called for storms both last weekend & this weekend so I held off, Last weekend there was no rain till late evening & so far there has been so ran this weekend (I totally could have had a yard sale this morning) oh well, maybe next weekend.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Here I go, I have once again neglected my blog (I'm getting really bad at this). 

On the plus side, I have lots to tell you all about! My last post I told you all about my desire to put my craftiness to work & I did just that. I made a few hanging letters & I also started making flower hair clips to sell in my online boutique.

      

Aren't they pretty? 

After all kinds of searching for ideas & racking my brain I finally came up with a name for my boutique,  I came across Matthew 21:21 

"Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done."  

& Boutique 21:21 was born.

On top of the boutique I have also started selling Avon & Mark. I'm obsessed with their products & I plan on doing some reviews here on my blog. 

In other news, I no longer work at my retail job! (Yay!) 

but I need to get my rear in gear if I want to be able to make it as a full time photographer / Avon & Mark. rep / boutique owner. It's a little scary but also super exciting :)

I've got lots of big plans & maybe from now on I'll be better at keeping you all in the loop. I plan to make blogging part of my daily routine (which I'm working on) so you should be seeing a lot more of me :) 

In case any of you are interested in showing your support here are all my links...

Boutique 21:21 Facebook

Boutique 21:21 website coming soon

My Avon /  Mark. Website

J. Schaeffer Photography

J. Schaeffer Photography Facebook

(That's a lot of links, I know) 

Oh & on a side note, I'm giving away this flower clip!

Click here to enter to win!

Hello Again...

 I know it's been a looong time, I've gotten on here a few times & started to type out a blog post but then got distracted. I've been a busy girl lately, on top of working my retail job I've also gotten involved in a work from home opportunity called Instant Rewards, so far it's not really going anywhere but I've seen others make decent money from it so for now I will continue to press on. I also got my business license at the beginning of this month so my photography business is now legit :) My goal is that by the end of this year I will be able to quit my job in retail & work from home, I'm also planning on getting my hands into a few other things, one of which is refurbishing furniture & selling it (something I've been wanting to do for awhile now). I need to get my rear end in gear if I want to be a work from home guru, I'll keep you all updated on my progress. Another thing that has happened in our household is that my husband became a volunteer firefighter, he loves it & is studying hard to try & get a job as a paid firefighter, I'm super proud of him!

You would think I would have more to tell you seeing as how it's been so long but theirs not been much going on, I will try to get on here later today & post some yummy recipes & anything else I may think of :)

For now I will leave you with my current song addiction...

Gotta love that truck ;)

Merry Christmas ( a few hours late)

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas,  I know I did! I ate Way too much Ham, & mashed potatoes & gravy (Ham gravy is my favorite! ) & I had a blast with my family, especially when my dad started throwing the dinner rolls to my brother like they were little footballs, although that came to a halt when my brother missed a roll & it hit the floor ( we couldn't risk losing anymore rolls Lol).

In the previous post I mentioned my craft projects but couldn't share details but seeing as how they have opened the gifts I suppose I can tell you. I actually made coasters out of tile & scrapbook paper.

I made 4 sets, I will post pictures of all 4 sets later, along with how I made them :)

I'm using the Blogger app on my Droid  for the first time so I apologize if theirs any spelling errors or any errors in general for that matter. The app is handy but it is very limited. 

It's getting pretty late so I am heading to bed. Next post I plan on giving you guys a delicious crock-pot pumpkin cake recipe. :)

I'm Back!

Hey all, I know my blog has been oh so quiet lately, things finally started to slow down around here but now I have no internet  :/ I'm at my grandmas house for the evening & thought I would post. I can't wait to get my internet back so I can start blogging all the time again. 

I'm working on some crafty projects right now but their Christmas presents so they will have to stay a secret for now ;) 

I don't know about you guys but I am loving the holiday season! Hot cocoa, sweaters, mittens, snow, Christmas movies & music, & most of all spending time with my family.

Speaking of which it's getting a bit late & my hubby is ready to head home so I will leave you with the trailer from my all time favorite Christmas movie ever...

I hope you all have a safe & wonderful Christmas! 

Crazy Week

Hey all, I have been horrible about not blogging this past week, but, in my defense it has been a crazy week. 
The week started out alright, my husband & I helped move some furniture for my grandparents & great grandparents & I've been working on my craft room some more. I've had a headache the majority of this week (thanks to the weather change) but only 2 days were unbearable. My husband has come down with a cold & I keep feeling like I'm getting one but my body is still fighting it off (for now). 
The worst part of this week was Friday morning, I let the dogs outside (we have a min-pin named Hershey & a pit-bull terrier mix named Sebastian) & I heard Hershey yelping so I went to go see what was going on, I opened the back door & he comes running inside with blood all over him, now I don't handle blood well, especially when it's all over my little doggy, so I start freaking out. I put him in the tub to rinse him off so I can see where he's bleeding from & realize that he has a huge gash in his butt hole (gross) I have no clue what happened but I couldn't stop the bleeding so we rushed him to the vet. My poor baby had to have 8 stitches & then the vet convinced me to go ahead and have him neutered so he's got 2 more stitches from where they took his cojones (poor dog). 

I've had to keep a close eye on him since we've had him home, for some reason the cat keeps trying to claw at his butt stitches so I can't let him out of my sight. I'm hoping this next week goes quickly so he can get his stitches taken out, it's hard to keep a min-pin calm.

So anyway, that was my week. Their were lots of things I had planned to blog about but never got to it. 

One of the things I was going to blog about was the guy wearing the orange vest that said "I am a drunk driver" while he picked up trash off the side of the road. I think they should make them all wear vest with their crime in print, here's some examples...

Ok, I need to go get busy on my guest room, my cousin will be down at the end of October & at this rate she will have to sleep on boxes, so for her sake, this is the end of this post.

Oh, I almost forgot, my song addiction of the week...

Now this is the end of this post ;)