Wordless Wednesday 7/28 One to show the ladies!

I swear he did that on his own. Mommy snapped picture THEN told him how icky it was!

Bloggers On Bourban Trip Overview

I recently got to participate in what was, for me, a trip of a lifetime. July 22-25th I got to spend the weekend with no kids, no hubby's (okay not mine), and 30 bloggers from around the country. This was a meet-up put together by Trisha from MomDot and Leah from Mamavation. Thank you ladies for such a wonderful weekend!

I can not wait to tell you all about my trip and over the next week or so will be going into details every couple of days. If your looking for a vacation spot please come back and read up and why New Orleans may be just the spot for YOU. Also if your a blogger I urge you to come read up as Trisha has promised more of these trips to come.... Maybe the next one can include you!

Meet-ups like these can only happen with the help of fantastic sponsors! Our trip to New Orleans was one for the blogger history books! Take a look at who helped make this trip not only possible but FANTASTIC!

• Collective Bias, Saturday night Dinner at Dickie Brennens
• OpenSky Project, Saturday night Dinner at Dickie Brennens
• Lingerie.com, Ghost Tour on Friday night
• Global Resort Homes, Lunch at Plantation on Saturday
• Harrah’s Casino, Friday night Dinner
• Traveling Mamas, Shannon Lane Coordinated the Saturday events
• Houmas House, Saturday Plantation tour and tickets
• Firefly Vodka, Spirits
• Community Coffee, Saturday Travel to Plantation
• BakeMeAWish, Cakes
• Uprinting, Bloggers on Bourbon banner
• Zazzle, Bloggers on Bourbon shirts
• Black Box Wine

Also what is a Blogger meet-up without swag bag's? I know there is no way Trisha would have one without it! Here is a quick look at all these fantastic companies. Be mindfull because if I have my way you will see alot more from these companies in the months to come!

Photo courtesy of MomDot!

• Boogie Wipes
• Mabels Labels
• EatSmart Precision Pro Kitchen Scale
• OpenSky Project
• Avon
• American Apparel
• Kids Gear wireless headphones, bags, and transmitters
• Ravensburger Hello Kitty Puzzlebooks
• Sesame Street USB
• Kellogs Fiber Bars
• First Impression
• Country Time
• I Love Inns
• SeeHere
• Passion Party Divas
• Kidz Bop CDs
• Print Art Kids
• Simplisse
• Arbor Mist
• Breyers
• Rayovac:  More Power for Your Money
• Incredibundles
• Guthy-Renker
• Marta Montenegro
• Toxic Fat (Dr Barry Sears)
• TheCarbLovers Diet
• Gaiam
• Bremenn
• Parking Target
• Taste of Home magazine and book
• Travel mouse Verbatim
• Fling Bins
• Sunglass Warehouse
• Mamaroo Infant Seat
• FURminator deShedding Tool
• Rudi’s Organic Bakery/Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery       

There were also Two Great Giveaways!

• Earth Footwear
• Wubbzy DVD Set, Anchor Bay Entertainment,

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MIA~ An Explanation

Since winning Mamavation I have been so busy and I am so sorry I have been missing. Now I am at Bob. What is BOB? Bloggers on Bourbon is a trip planned by momdot and Leah from Mamavation. So here I am in New Orleans with 30+ bloggers and I will update you as I can!

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Mamavation Monday Week One as a Mom (17)

(posted on mamavation.com on Wed) So today was my second day as a Mamavation Mom. It is very interesting that in two short days my thinking is already changing. First off I think about everything in terms of how can this raise my heart rate or make this activity into a work out. I loved meeting with Leah yesterday and hearing about this journey I have begun. We were sent workouts for the EA Active and EA Active More Workouts so last night I sat down and set up my workout.



I got to talk with Dr. Renna today and I have to say I feel so charged after our conversation. I am allowed 4 grains per day which need to primarily be whole grains. I am allowed 8 ounces of protein a day; this is going to be the hard one for me. I love meat and so I already told Ken we are buying a food scale because I can not eyeball the whole palm of your hand thing. I am allowed 3 non fat milk servings per day which will be mostly taken as yogurt and cottage cheese (I can not stand milk by itself). Here is the part I LOVE I am allowed 2 servings of fruit (or about 3 cups a day)! I need to eat VERY sparingly pears, plums, peaches, cherries, grapes, and apples because she said they are high in fructose. (Alas avoid high in fructose/glucose foods) I am also to eat 3 servings of vegetables (around 3-4 cups). I learned this which I thought was interesting (you may already know this) corn can not be counted as your vegetable since it is a grain..... which means I can have little to no corn! I am super excited to go grocery shopping tomorrow! 

I told you I set up my EA Active workouts last night. Well I did the 39 minute lower body workout on the More Workouts today... Okay I think Leah is trying to put me in a grave lol. I mean this was so hard but I could tell it will work all the muscles. I would never have put this together for myself. I love it; I mean I did not love it as I am panting and sweating all over my living room. Honestly I thought I might die.... I know the accomplishment I will feel when I can do it *fairly* easily.

I can honestly say I pushed myself harder today than I can remember doing in a while now. I look forward to the Upper Body workout tomorrow on the EA Active and also beginning to implement Dr. Renna's plan. What's for breakfast? 1 cup Special K with 1 cup non fat milk. 1/2 cup berries, and 1 cup of coffee with Almond Milk. YUMMY!!!

Let me know if you would like me to share with you my eating plan or the workouts I am doing! Thank you for your tweets and your constant encouragement. You can keep up with me daily on Bookie Boo Forum to see my steps, what I ate, my water intake,  my exercises, and overall my life changing daily.

I want to thank @SmoothFitness @EASActiveGirl (follow my talk about my workouts via #easactive) @EarthFootwear @ChefsRequested

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