Welcoming Two New Family Members ♥

I finally convinced my husband to get two mice. After weeks of hard work, he finally said yes ! (To one condition. If I have one, he's gotta have one too...) So after I went out with my parents, I stopped at the Safari Pet Center at the shopping center where my sister works, and got a cage bargain. So I said to myself, I could buy the cage and wait ! WRONG ! I went to see their fancy mice, and to my surprise, they looked healthy and they had a good variety of markings and colors.

I decided I'd take a black one for my husband, and a degu one for myself. They are both females and get along pretty well ! They don't make as much noise as I thought during the night either, but what surprised me, is that as opposed to hamsters, mice squeek. A LOT ! This made me have a cuteness overdose last night, I swear !

So here are pictures of my two little babies ! They're super tiny for now, but they will grow bigger that's for sure...


I can hold both of them in my hand, and I was also surpised of how soft their tail really is... I think I now prefer mice to hamsters ! I've had hamsters for years when I was young, I liked them a lot, but mice are funnier to watch. They're tiny and quick on their toes.

Now here's another picture, and this is Her Majesty herself, exploring the palm of my hand.


I like her color a lot. Makes her look like a wild mouse, a bit. I don't like albino mice, they look creepy with their red eyes... Ugh a bit like lab mice or something.

Anyway, apart from getting mice yesterday, I had a pretty good food day as well. Horrible choices, but full of NSVs !!! Not feeling guilty about food choices is one... The other is enjoying fast food in moderated quantities. Instead of eating a whole smoked meat sandwich, I had half of it with maybe 10 chips, and I had enough. I realised that it was a right quantity for me, and I didn't enjoy it less because of the portion size. That's pretty good :)

Today's program will be :

- Laundry
- Picking up
- Cooking
- Making a YouTube Video

I'll post later !

I had to try it too.

So, after reading tons of stuff about people making weird smoothies composed of spinach and fruits called Green Monsters, I decided to try it. I am very skeptical, ans I must admit, the idea of a spinach smoothie was almost making me sick...

After looking up a couple recipes, I finally ended up making my own, which looks like the following :

1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze

2 cups of Baby Spinach

1 cup of Blueberries (frozen)

1 large Banana

This ended up being the best smoothie I've ever had, with just the right amount of sweetness. You can add sugar/Splenda/Agave syrup if you want, but I liked mine this way. I even fooled my husband. I made him taste the thing, asked him his advice. He said it was pretty good (he normally doesn't really like smoothies) and that it was just sweet enough. His face turned to GREEN when I told him there was 2 cups of spinach in this glass I was drinking. (He hates veggies, really...)

The Green Monster ended up not being a monster after all. I loved it and had another this morning for breakfast with my Nutella toast. (It's Friday, I deserved the treat.)

Oh and WI number 2 : 148.8 lbs ! I'm definitely back on track, 10 more pounds and I'll be where I left, and I'll be 8.8 lbs from my goal. I'm doing good, this is excellent.

I'll start posting videos again, I need to make one this week-end !

I am SOOOOOO excited !!!

Ok, I said I gained weight, and I was upset. That night, I gave myself a kick in the butt, and I have been strictly following my plan since then, because I had no flexpoints left.

Well, Easter went smoother than any other day of the week. I ate a lot of rabbit food (veggies LOL) and Jell-O, but it went fine and had the roast I was waiting all week for, the oil-coated potatoes (makes them become golden and crispy yum !) and even the gravy ! I ended up having strawberries dipped in chocolate for dessert. I had only 20 points, and only used 20 points.

Anyway, here's my weight-in video =D Because I am pleased to announce that... No, wait, just watch it !

So yeah, today was a very good day. I got all my jewelry stuff out again, and started building up inventory for May 2nd, for our cocktail party. So far, I have a complete set of wineglass markers done, half an anklet, and earrings waiting to be assembled to their hooks.

I also listed new items on Artfire.com, and put a new listing up on Etsy. I haven't done that in a while, but now that I have time, it's easier for me to take time and upload photos photos and add descriptions.

Oh, and I took a big decision regarding enidjewelry.com... I will take the website down and let go of the domain. Why ? First, because I need to put my money somewhere else, and second, I update more on my blog than on the website itself. Every new product is mentionned here, and it felt repetitive to add the same thing to the website's frontpage. So there. You want to know everything about my new jewelry lines ? Keep on reading this blog, I'll keep you all updated !

Enough rambling now, going to bed. Will take pictures outside tomorrow. It's supposed to be sunny and warm. And we're starting to see bulb leaves. Soon, we'll blink an eye and see tulips and May will be on our doorstep.

I can't wait. Spring is always full of fresh surprises. Smile, life is beautiful.

Quick Vid !

Good morning everyone !

Here's a quick video I did yesterday regarding the past two weeks, so here :

Also, we moved the cocktail night at my friend's place to May 2nd, because I was working all week-end at my day job, and I need the whole afternoon to set the table up, and prepare some snacks and drinks. I think it's going to be a success, out cocktail parties ALWAYS have been a success !!! I want to start incorporating more "presentation" type of things, I want people to interact, I got to work on that too.

Off to make some anklets, be back later with pictures, maybe =)

-V

New Videos !

Ok so first, I shall remind you of my first blog giveaway !

To qualify, you must click this link and :

-Either post a comment with a new fund raising idea my walking/running team could gladly use

-Or follow this blog and comment so I know who you are !

Please leave your email address so I can contact you if you are the winner ! Giveaway started on March 28th at 5PM EST and ends on Easter Sunday, April 12th, at 5PM EST. Names will be put in a hat and my lovely sister Roxanne will pick a winner !

Also, I posted new videos about my weight loss journey, for those interested. Here's my Pre-Weight In video made this afternoon. I was in a good mood, because I had an excellent week !

Then I came back from my Weight In, and posted another. With the new weight information (!!!) and something about next Saturday's outing : The Sugar Shack ! I'm explaining what I'm planning to do. Let's see if I can stick to it.

So for now, I'll finish my cup of camomille-honey-vanilla herbal tea and head to bed to a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, I'll write about Artfire and my new creations...

No, I don't eat weird stuff.

Information on the blog giveaway can be found here.

I have heard a lot of people say that to loose weight on Weight Watchers you needed to buy their product, or that people following WW ate weird stuff and so on. But these are false assumptions that I am trying to kill with this video. See for yourself, here's a tour of my pantry and freezer.

I have been a good girl for the last days. I used to be struggling to stay within my daily point allowance and seemed to always go over, so much that I didn't even have enough of 35 weekly points ! But I found the problem : I ate unecessary big breakfasts. I sometimes used 7 to 8 points for a breakfast, while I can be full and satisfied with only 4 to 5 points. I worked on reducing my breakfasts' points values and ended up using only my daily points for the past 3 days ! GO ME !

I still have a bit of grocery shopping to do today, as well as some cleaning before my parents get here for dinner ! Tonight is going to be very smooth, we're eating chicken cacciatore with a salad and a piece of homemade carrot cake. We might watch a movie after or take a walk if the weather permits it.

Have a great day everyone ! Smile even if it's rainy !