Happy Birthday Kyle!! One Year Old Now~ Time Flys

 The camera face!!  He does this now when the light to the camera comes on~As you can see 4 teeth now : )

So much Fun!!  This has been my job the past year.  Babysitting Kyle!  I'm Loving it!!

He's sure starting to get around and keep this grandma BUSY!  Gone are the days where he sleeps alot.  He's on the move with so much to do and so much to learn.  He's saying Mama, Dada, Thank You and lots of other geberish.  He just learned to clap his hands the other day and so that's the latest.  He barks like a dog when you ask him what a doggie says.  He has a fixation on feet and hair.  Loves doggies,kittys, books and balls!!  He's into throwing them now.  Reminding me all to well of what boys are about and what the future holds.  I wouldn't have it any other way.  I love that he's with me and that were able to afford for me to be home taking on the responsibility.  He really is a Blessing as are all children~

Happy Birthday Kyle!  May you have Many More Years of Happiness and Growth! 12-16-10

Looking forward to Buffing Now!!

On Saturday I had some women (6) come to my house and basically gave the same information that Michelle gave at the seminar on Hormonal Timing.  We talked openly about what are struggles were, where we want to go, how to get there, supplements, workouts and then I gave a couple of recipes and also made one of them.  Some Power Meat Balls…….Ground beef, Spinach, Egg, Oats, onions.  It was about 2 hours long.  Two of the ladies missed the seminar and the others just wanted a follow up on how to get started.
I did a Nice Leg/Shoulder workout this day!  Totally Boosting which was nice through the holiday. Putting all those yummy foods to work~
Had a PB on the Leg Press of 500lb Feet high and wide and also on BB Shoulder Press 70lb
Yesterday was Back, Biceps and Intervals on the spin bike.  What a compliment I received when a male gym employee came over to get my advice on Back and what exercise he could do to improve his.  I was thinking in my head…..Really??
I am feeling both workouts!!  YAY!!
So now I am ready to BUFF (It's all about keeping the Heart Rate up through my workouts)……….I’m looking Fluffy and I don’t like it!!  So I need to Buff the Fluff!!
I’ve got that Dress I need to wear for New Year’s.

Today I just did 30 min ss on the elliptical at home.  Will probably do something tonight too~
The rest of my POA consists of:
Tuesday-  Intervals and Abs
Wednesday-  Legs, SS cardio
Thursday-  Intervals, ABS or Sprints
Friday-  Upperbody, Abs, SS cardio
Saturday- Off
Sunday- Church and then Legs

It's FUN being a Buffmother!! Pictures from the Event~

California Event for Buffmother~Catching up

How fun was that?  Getting together with a bunch of Buffmothers who are all just as Beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside!!


For me it was the first time meeting Liz, Theresa, Jules, Sherry, Emily
I just wished I had more time to spend with each of them.  So much going on in such a short amount of time.  I look at the pictures and realize how much we did get done.
This is how my time went over the course of the days~
I picked up Michelle and Emily from SFO on Wednesday night and we got back to the hotel.
Thursday morning I picked up Michelle from the hotel and we went to my gym and worked out.  Poor Emily was sick all night and so she didn't make it.  My friend Nancy joined Michelle and I and boy did we have a good mish mash full body workout!!  I could feel it for the next several days.  Michelle showed me a ton on form that really helped.  I'm excited to see some more changes come.  We went back to my house and I made Michelle a Spinach, Almond Milk and Protien shake.  We opened up the box that April sent of all the Toffee Boxes and they were just beautiful!  Took Michelle to the car rental place and we got a van and then went back  to the hotel and first thing we walked in the door there was Liz!!  How awesome to finally meet her!!  I had a hair appt and grabbed her and drug her there with me.  She went to the sports bar next door and got some lunch and I got my hair did.  Liz got to meet my hair dresser Sheri which was fun.  So after hair done we went back to the hotel and Teresa and Kathy were getting their photo shoots done. I had to get back home as I still needed to pack myself and also shower and get ready for the evening.  When I got back to the hotel I finally met Sherry and Jules for the first time.  How Awesome......it just kept getting better and better.
That Evening it was Michelle, Me, Kathy, Liz, Sherry, Jules, and Teresa for dinner and Bocci Ball.  The food was really yummy and of course the company Great!  Bocci Ball was alot of fun but boy were we tired!!  Friday it was meeting down in the workout room where Michelle worked with all of us on form in posture and squating.  Good Stuff!!  Brenda and I both had photo shoots and so we headed up to that room to get ready.  There Michelle and Emily worked Magic.  Michelle helped us with makeup and hair and Emily........amazing direction and snapping of the camera.  After mine was over I was famished!!  I scarffed down a chicken sandwich and some sweet potato fries and met up with Liz, Teresa, Kathy, and Jules to go wine tasting at a couple of our wineries.  My friends Susie and Lori met up with us there.  From wine tasting we headed out back to the hotel to meet up with everyone to go to dinner at PF Changs.  It was awesome being with all these women.  There were 12 of us for dinner.  Lori and Susie left and the rest of us went back to the hotel to get ready for some dancing.......   Yes, the party was just getting started!!  My feet were so sore already from the long day of photo shoot and then standing with part of the wine tasting.  The thought of shoes made my feet hurt.  I ended up wearing the most comfy heels that I had of all that I brought.  There were a pair of thigh high boots.  Kind of a bold choice but they worked!!  I got a second wind when we got to the club.
VIP.........man did we feel special!!  I am SO glad that we had that spot so that we could sit and relax as well as dance   Liz and her honey hooked us up with this spot!!  The only way to go!!  Some of us left and hour early and the others closed the place down in true Buffmother form!!
Saturday got up early to go hiking at the ridge.  It was Teresa, Kathy, Theresa, and I.  It was so peaceful and beautiful.  We could not have asked for better weather!!  IT was Amazing!!  Got back from hiking in time to get the van back to the rental place and come back and get ready for the seminar.  The seminar was great but sad as we had a low turnout.  We lived and learned a lot though and so not a loss.  That night we all went to Outback Steakhouse for some good food!!  My friend Sheri who had to miss the event as well came and went to dinner with us and met everyone.  We all left and went back to the hotel and up to Michelle and Emily's room where we viewed everyone's pictures up on the TV.  That was so much fun!!  Felt like I was in HS again!!
Morning came sadly but true.  Took Michelle and Emily to the SF airport and came back to the hotel.  By this time I am just TIRED and needed some food.  I talked Teresa into breakfast there at the hotel.  We had a nice breakfast and then headed up to my room to pack up everything.   That was a job!!  We stopped by my house and unloaded and grabbed my husband and he went with Teresa and I to Wente Winery where we tasted a bit.  Then it was Teresa's time to leave.  Went to SF to drop her off and then DH and I headed back to Livermore where we stopped and had some lunch and caught up with life.
FUN FUN FUN Weekend!!  Just worked out with Lori and she was talking alot about it too!  I also talked with Cris who was there and then Tom came over and said his friend Chris who was there enjoyed it too.......bought the books and want to share with others what they learned.
Lori and I did Back, Bis, Shoulders, Abs today.  No cardio for me..........tired still really.
My focus in now day and my youngest dd wedding coming up in June. 

Here's the Competition Picture~

I'm not sure why it disappreared from my last Blog and I can't figure out how to fix it and so I'll just add it here : ) 

Competiton Picture and Maintaining Balance

Sharing my Professional Photo from that last and final Competition!!  Yes it is my final one too.  I know people are skeptical of that answer because I said that about the last one two years ago.  Well this time I DO mean it.  My next goal or endeavor will be in a new direction.  Stay Tuned!!

So I am feeling my Leg workout from yesterday!!  I'm Loving that!!  I think my Legs are responding to the higher reps through this Buffing Phase.

Weight today 125.  I'm very happy about that.  I'm back to my protein shakes too.  I missed them.  I Love my Vanilla shake with almond milk, a huge old handful of spinach and sometimes a banana.  Gives me Energy and makes me feel strong. I made some yummy meatballs yesterday.  I'll share the recipe:

1 pound of ground beef  ( bison works too, yesterday I actually doubled the amounts and used half organic grass fed 85/15fat and another pound I used 96/4fat.  I think half bison and beef is really good)
1/2 C Oats
1 egg
chopped onions
1 C chopped fresh spinach
salt
pepper
You might need to add an extra egg white into this.  I find that once I get the stuff mixed together that if you let it set so that the oats get absorbed into the meat that it taste and works better.
So you make balls and then brown them in a frying pan.  After they're done you put them in a crock pot on low for about an hour or two.

So today I just did fasted cardio at home.  The painters are here working on the house and hopefully they'll be done today : )

Tomorrow we leave for Napa.  We're taking my husbands coworker and his wife from Washington to taste in that valley and then we're coming back to the Livermore Valley to taste.  We'll be eating at a place called Hurley's in Yountville.  Yummy food on the horizon~ Then probably out to dinner Saturday night here in Livermore.  This is Why I've been busting my butt with my workouts.  I know what's coming and so I'm trying to be proactive of my FUN.

Finding that Balance~

Accountability!!

I find that when I write out a plan and log daily that I am much more successful!!  I have 19 Days left until I get some professional photos taken.  I need to be at my possible best by then.  I do know that I have next weekend which will be a challenge for eating.  I want to put that good time in this plan.  I'm going to also have my husband get some pictures taken.  Pictures and measurements for me tell what's really going on.  The scale helps too.........but you just can't use that as your total compass for what's really going on.
So Today is Day 19 and so the countdown begins~
On tap for today
Fasted cardio for 30 min. 
Eat my first meal and then later in the morning I'll do a chest/tri/ab workout.  I am BUFFING~

Here is my POA for the Week~

Week of 10/25
 Monday- Fasted cardio in the AM and Chest/Tris/Abs at home,
Tuesday- Back/Biceps/Shoulders/Abs/ Running Intervals
Wednesday- Legs Glute and Hammie Focus and 30min SS cardio
Thursday- Full Body Workout Physique57 and later 30 min cardio
Friday- Chest, Triceps, Abs, Running Intervals- Leave to go to the Napa Valley Wine tasting with friends
Saturday - Not sure..........Depends on where we're at.  We have company that we'll be entertaining.
Sunday- Legs Focus on Quads and SS Cardio on Stepmill -  Lori's Birthday