Weighing In

If you've followed this blog for any length of time you know that I have had a struggle with my weight my entire adult life.  I chronicled much of that in another blog related to my weight loss surgery in 2013.  In the grand scheme of things I lost over 100 pounds.  Woohoo!  It was exciting to achieve that milestone.  At my lightest, just before I met Phillip, I was down to 179.  Nine pounds from my goal weight of 170.

 

So where am I today?  If you follow me on Instagram and watch my stories, you might have an idea.

Welcome Back!

Hello!  I missed you all!  I apologize for the inadvertent blog break, but I switched servers and updated some design elements and in that process I had some technical issues that required some resolving.  So you may have seen this the other day:  

But we're all fixed now!  And we are back to our regularly scheduled programming.  Welcome to the new, slightly revamped site.  Here's a quick tour of some new features. 

Like before, the content is smack in the middle.  That hasn't changed.  Now, though, at the top of the page, is a navigation bar. 

You can click back to home, contact me, or read about me.  Isn't the new header gorgeous though?  I love it.

The side bar has some new features as well.

There's an about me area, a section to click over to all my social media sites, a way to get my latest posts delivered to your inbox, and then the newest Stella & Dot arrivals.

You can also check out my latest Instagram posts as well any trending posts on the blog. I post daily in Instastories too.

I will also post the monthly Trunk Show exclusives for Stella & Dot (aren't the August ones amazing???  those sunglasses...and that bag???).  There is now a search bar and a category list.  If you come back and think, I don't remember when she posted about the Becca Undereye Brightener but I know it was a Friday Favorite, you can click on the right category and it will show all the posts in that category.

And....

there's an arrow at the bottom of the page now.  Click on that and it will take you clear to the top!

I hope you like the new look and feel of the blog as well as these new features.  I'm still tweaking a couple of things, but overall, this is how it will look!  Thank you for your patience this week as I had to take it down to make some adjustments.  Come back tomorrow for Friday Favorites!

posting

I will post again, I promise. I had a few posts all planned out and realized it's almost time for 31 for 21 - the blog challenge I participate in for Down Syndrome Awareness Month, aka, the month of October. So sit back, I'll be back to posting next Friday!

Thursday Recipe

Instead of a recipe this week I want to point you in the direction of a wonderful food blog that I stumbled on. I don't even remember how I found Ms. Humble's blog, but now I eagerly look forward to her posts. I also look forward to trying as many of her recipes as possible. They look so heavenly. So if you have a minute, I highly suggest checking out Not So Humble Pie. Try not to fall in love.

Super Duper BooMama Giveaway

Not only is BooMama giving away that lovely skincare set, she also has a giveaway today for a computer. A whole COMPUTER. It's an HP TouchSmart 600. It's got one of those touch screens like in Minority Report. If I won it, it would be going in my living room, since you can plug your cable into it! If you want to check it out, head on over to BooMama's blog.

BooMama Giveaway

If you are interested in trying some new skincare, head on over to BooMama's blog. She's got a great giveaway going on right now!

Cute Overload

Oh my gosh! To meet your daily quota of cute, you absolutely must head over to the itty bitty kitty committee. The blog is written by a wonderful woman who fosters kittens for her local humane society in the Seattle/Tacoma area. She takes some gorgeous pics of the kitties in action. You just want to eat them up!

Down Syndrome Awareness Month

Well, October is almost over and I think I've only missed a couple of days of blogging. A reminder to all of you reading, I decided to try to post everyday in honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Month. One of the blogs I read is written by the mother of a child with Down Syndrome, which is where I got the inspiration to do this. For more information on Down's, please head on over to Michelle's blog, Big Blueberry Eyes, she has some great information and her posts are easy and fun to read.