We MOVED…
I am highly addicted to blogging.
I LOVE to share with you.
This is my journal.
This is my LIFE.
We started at blogger but have now made a move to typepad…
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Stay with us… we are getting better… we are growing… Typepad is the place to be!
SewSweetLove, Jessica
~Weight Loss Wednesday, Week 9~
This week … I told myself that I was going to workout each morning, even on the weekends and Saturday came with sleeping in and not making it to the treadmill. I am sad to say that Sunday was the same… and as I feared, Monday turned into another day of skipping the treadmill. SIGH.
I prayed on Monday night and got back in routine on Tuesday morning… to the treadmill I went. The calm of the morning… and I remembered why I am doing this… it is about ME and my quiet time… a little feel good for ME.
I wonder how long it will take me to get to my goal of 140 pounds. I am on week 9 and it seems like such a slow process… I am at 155.8… I still have 15 pounds to go. SIGH.
I can do this… right? I can. I can.
So today I weighed and lost nothing… still the same as last week… SIGH.
I will keep moving forward… working towards my goal… just one day at a time. How was your week?
On a different note…
I am working on my Snowbound Quilt with Bunny Hill Designs… it is my next quilt finish goal.
Only a few more blocks to go. SMILE.
I think that the little wagon and snowman is my favorite block so far.
I took the kids to Kaitlynn’s Deli and Ice Cream Shop that just opened in Brunswick… YUMMY! YOU MUST GO! It was WONDERFUL. She has cheesecake that is to DIE FOR!
Go ahead and PLAN your Saturday… it is Saturday Sampler at Sew Sweet Quilt Shop… Have a DAY in Brunswick… We have plenty to keep you busy!
SewSweetLove, Jessica
The winner to the Big GIVEWAY…
Robin was drawn and she said…
like to read the Pioneer Woman blog, and several dozen others! Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
Thanks for all the comments and stay posted this weekend for another Giveaway.
Robin, please email me at jessica@sewsweetquiltshop.com with your address so that I can mail your prize… Thanks, Jessica
~Recipe Review~
STOP!!!! Go to the post below and leave a comment… the winner will be announced tomorrow… it could be YOU!!!!
Okay…. I like to cook… I will say that I LOVE to sew… I like to cook… there is a difference… you may totally get this difference.
I understand that my family must eat and I want to feed them healthy meals. I like to try new meals and I have a notebook that I put recipes in that we like. The meals that make the notebook cut are meals that I will make again.
This is a meal that I will make again… it was YUMMY.
This is a healthy cheesecake… I KNOW… you totally heard me right… HEALTHY CHEESECAKE. This cheesecake is only 2 points per serving… WOW!
I like to find recipes here at www.sparkpeople.com … they have a GREAT weight loss program with recipes, etc. and FREE!
Anyway… We made No Bake Graham Cracker Cheesycake
Line the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan with whole graham crackers. Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add milk and lemon juice to the cream cheese and beat until smooth. Stir in pudding mix, then fold in Cool Whip. Spread 1/2 of cream cheese mixture over graham crackers. Repeat with another layer of graham crackers and cream cheese mixture. Spread pie filling over top. Refrigerate overnight for graham crackers to soften. Enjoy :)
Makes approx. 20 servings
Go HERE to see the recipe and nutritional information.
My HELPERS…
YUMMY… Graham Crackers on the bottom! 
YUMMY… Strawberries on top!
SewSweetLove, Jessica
~Weekend Giveaway~
Sew Sweet Quilt Shop is giving away a book and pattern to blog readers… JUST BLOG READERS!
Leave a comment below and have the chance to WIN the book and pattern! The random pick will be done on Tuesday and the winner posted on Tuesday.
Tell me below… a blog that you like to read and your name. STAY TUNED for WINNER.
The book and pattern is written by Dawn Hesse and valued at $30.00.
You must comment below to WIN!
SewSweetLove, Jessica
~The Ramblings of ME~
This was my day at Sew Sweet…
Once a week I find myself in the comfort of Sew Sweet Quilt Shop while my babies are in the safety of their Me-me… this is my working girl day and I greatly enjoy this day.
The calm of this day comes at me in reflections. I find peace. I find joy. I find relax. I find myself in the Welcome of Sew Sweet and all that it breaths into me.
My husband eats lunch with me on my day at the store. We ordered out and ate together at the little cafe table in our store.
All was calm. I found us looking into each others eyes, softly touching hands in glimpses of romance of life gone by and days to come… this is LOVE. I enjoy the soft nature of him and in moments like this I remember the why in our marriage.
The reality is that we loved each other at lunch and now the distance of this crazy life seeps into us and we are just together in this house… that is enough… our love at lunch and our busy tonight… it is enough.
Marriage… no great answer.
If you really knew me… you would know that I find myself starving in the middle of the night and going through the kitchen on the hunt for cookies that can be dipped in milk… terrible… right? I know! It is crazy. I have had this problem since high school but never had a problem with weight until now… SIGH. If you really knew me… you would know that this is my most recent eating challenge.
SewSweetLove, Jessica
~ Weight Loss Wednesday, Week 8~
On our 2 day vacation… we decided to buy a treadmill… we have this really old elliptical thing that we got from a friend of a friend that was throwing it out… it works, sort of.
So anyway… we decided that buying a treadmill would be the answer.
I have gotten myself from bed each morning before the children wake up and gotten on that treadmill. I have started listening to audio books on my nook while I get moving and WOW it has made a huge difference in me.
I actually look forward to the time on the machine. The world is calm. The world is still. I can really listen to my book and find focus.
Through this quiet time in the morning I understand that it is our higher power that pulls me from the comfort of my bed to this machine… I knew this today as I woke up 5 minutes before my alarm with the softness of his mighty whisper on my ear… it’s time to get up my child. COMFORT. PEACE. CALM. Thank you.
I did better with eating but I would not say GREAT… we went on vacation for 2 days and I basically ate whatever I wanted for 2 days with no tracking. The rest of the week I tracked pretty good and stayed in my point range for the most part.
So… the good news comes with a smile… I am down 1.8 pounds this week… YIPPY! I say praise for this to our higher power. I say praise for pulling me from my bed and into the comfort of the world. I am smiling for the GOOD that I feel!
A good find… only 3 points per package and YUMMY!
SewSweetLove, Jessica
