Weight Rundown #7

So as you can see, I'm posting a day late once again this week. We took a 3 day trip to Disneyland this Sat-Mon so needless to say no weight loss for me this week. It's all good though, I'm still pretty happy with the 6.4 lb weight loss.

I currently only own 2 pairs of jeans (and noticed I had a hard time getting them to stay up this weekend) so just for fun today I went to my fav jean store to see how close I was to the next size down. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I was closer than I thought! Still a bit too snug to make the jump down without looking like a muffin, but I'd say another 5-7 lbs and I'm there!

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Tackle it Tuesday # 11

I was pretty busy with tackles this past weekend. I.....

Rolled $640 dollars in quarters from the laundry room. I flipped them around for privacy, but what you can't see is that all 64 are labeled with the full account number as the bank won't accept them without it. Ack.

All of this was done with some help from Layla, of course. This is what you get when you let them all accumulate for 3-4 months. Carrying them to the bank was quite a task as well.

I finally got my light switch changed out from this:

To this:

Of course, I had to shut the power off to do this. Since the switches were not labeled, I ended up shutting off power to everything BUT the bathroom before I got to the right one. I then had to go around resetting all the clocks once I'd finished...solved that problem with a little help from my label maker:

I also completed 2 more orders. Only 20 & 25 this time.

I did quite a bit more, but these were just the things I got photos of. What did everyone else tackle this week?

Weight Rundown #6

So I'm actually weighing in a day late today. My scale was out of batteries and giving me different readings every time I stepped on, lol. As of today I'm at 6.4 lbs lost! That's 26% of my 25 lb goal.

I've got to admit that motivation has been difficult at times. I went almost 2 weeks without a drop at all, which was frustrating seeing as I was only a month into my diet. I even gained a random pound during that 2 week stretch for no apparent reason.

In any case, it was quite a relief to finally see a drop on the scale, even if it wasn't quite a full pound. I'm still working towards my next goal of 10lbs lost and hope to see it happen within the next couple of weeks. :)

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Dream Wedding

Remember how I told you that I was going to be a best (wo)man later this year? Well, my friends Ricky and Clarisse are trying desprately pay for much of their wedding. As many of you know, even a simple wedding doesn't come cheap! They have entered a contest that would take care of all of this for them, so please click the link below daily to vote for them if you have the chance.

It does unfortunately require you to create an account to vote. However, you can click "no" to all the options to make sure you won't be spammed with mail, and that your information won't be shared. Heads up, once you sign up, it will send you a verification email before you can vote, and mine ended up in my spam folder. So check there if you don't see it. You can vote once per email per day so please help them have the wedding of their dreams!

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Tackle it Tuesday # 10: Bathroom Makeover

So I actually started this tackle a few months ago and never got around to posting it. It was at the same time I was realizing that our dream of owning a home was further away than anticipated, and we were going to have to make it work with our small apartment for at least another two years or so. As you may remember, this is when my craft room was created, to help me feel like I had more space to relax and do the things I enjoy doing.

Right around this time, I attended an antique fair with my friend Jessica. While there, I found this super cute little vintage light switch plate that inspired an entire bathroom makeover. I couldn't wait to get home and make it happen!

I took it home and spray painted it a glossy white. Unfortunately, the actual switch is gross almond colored and so dirt coated that no amount of elbow grease seems to clean it. I tried changing it out to a newer white one like I did with all the rest in my apartment, but the electrical box isn't secured to the studs as it should be, which makes changing it practically impossible without it disappearing into the wall. Perhaps someday I'll get some help from someone to get it changed out so I can complete the all white look. I also need to touch up some paint here.

The walls were painted gray and I installed a new towel rack with chrome/white finishes. I got new white bath towels to go with the monogram towels we got for our wedding as well a new shower curtain, hooks, and rod. 

As for the toilet paper holder down below, there is no stud directly behind it, so they had installed it by globbing about 5" of plaster into the wall to create a stud and literally glue it in. I had to literally chip the thing away with a flathead screwdriver and hammer....had I known how much work it was going to be I probably wouldn't have done it, but I so glad I did. It's all shiny, new, and pretty now. :)

Overall view of the sink area. I replaced this towel rack too.

This is an adorable little bird jewelry hanger that my sister in law gave me for christmas. Originally, it was gray, so I spray painted it white to coordinate with my bathroom.

I made these while experimenting with vinyl on my cricut. Nice little pop of white.

All in all, I'm really happy with how the bathroom is coming out. It is nowhere near finished, as I still need to clean up some of the trim work and paint the ceiling, but it is so much nicer than it was before!