Flowers

Lately I've been making some fabric flowers hair clips and headbands and it is so much fun!

I love making things. And repurposing things that I randomly find.

I've been approached to make wedding bouquets, so hopefully my flower making technique will be good enough for that!!!

And how awesome is the fact that someone wants to share their special day with me, by having a little project of mine appear in so many photos, and could be a keepsake?

Making things is my little way of getting things off my mind. Creativity is my outlet. Granted I'm not anywhere near those people who make a living off of their craft, but maybe one day!

Here are some flowers that I have made so far. Let me know what you think?

Also Eliana is into making them too. She helped me with some :)

Make today a beautiful day!!



21 Day Habit Challenge

I am hosting a 21 Day Habit Challenge.

I need encouragement and support on this weight loss journey of mine.

So what better way then to have others come together and encourage each other to forming new habits.

Now it is not solely on weight loss. It can be any habit some one is trying to form such as organization, not spending money, not going out to eat, etc.

Also it is not just on beachbody products.

I however will be using them, just because I know that they work for me.

So if you would like to join in on the fun, please let me know so I can add you to the FB group.

Otherwise, you can just post on IG using #psm21daychallenge

I can't wait for this group!! I am so excited!!

Make today a beautiful day!



Mini Update

So I took a break from social media for a little bit, because I had a lot of stuff going on between school, and life. Now everything is going back into order.

Have you ever had like a few weeks where everything is just crazy? Like holy crap!

Anyways, here is a little update.

1. School is almost over. THANK BABY JESUS from the bottom of my heart and soul! This semester has had me all crazy.

2. TJ and the bf went on an all guys fishing trip. It was TJ's first time going, and apparently he did really well and learned very quickly! So happy that they had a great time!

 

3. Eliana and I have been growing closer and I love it! Granted we were already close, but she is growing up it feels like, and we are just able to do more stuff together like DIY projects.
 

4. I've also took a break from social media because I really got into my creative side. I'll post pics on another post of stuff that I've been making.

5. I suck at losing weight. I get into it and then it dies down....UGHHHHH this irritates me the most. Like seriously Estefanie? You can't work out 30 mins a day and eat the healthy stuff instead of the bad stuff. Ugh. SO annoying.

6. I hate to admit this, but I'm slacking on school. It's like I'm doing the bare minimum now. Which cost me my 4.0. I'm now at a 3.8 which is still good, but not as good as I want it. I must now take my head out of my ass and get the ball rolling again.

7. I am counting down the days until we go on vacation next month. Which should be motivation for me to move my ass more to lose weight considering that there is going to swimsuits involved.

8. Being a parent is hard. I love my kids but man some days I just want to be like fend for yourself! And do the damn laundry you hevens! Haha total asshole right there! But hey the truth hurts haha
 

9. Since having my braces I've lost a few pounds so yay!!!

10. I hate having braces. They are in the way. If I'm not talking with a lisp now, I'll either be spitting at you, or drooling on myself...It's soooo attractive. My bf and I crack jokes all the time about it. Gotta laugh at yourself.

Well that is all I have for today! I have a paper about children behavior and corporal punishment to write. I know that is going to be a fun one to write.......haha

Make today a beautiful day!

Brain Dump

I'm positive that this post will pretty much be all over the place.

 

Have you ever had so much going through your mind that you just don't even know where to begin?

Well that is me currently.

 

I'm stressed about school. I'm getting lazy, to the point where I don't even care. How did that happen? Why is that happening? The end of this semester is just off. I think a mixture of spring break, and finding out that the classes I'm currently in are no longer being counted for the nursing program, as well as changing some of the required classes. That really pissed me off, due to the fact that I am going to be a semester behind of what I had originally planned. I'm getting old and I don't want to be almost 30 by the time I graduate. But I suppose it's been late than never.

 

Another thing that is going on. Negativity. It's definitely not a good vibe to have. It pretty much ruins everything. Moods, days, moments you won't get back. It sucks to be in a funk. And seems impossible to not get out of it. I guess the quote "Nothing is impossible" should be right here.

 

I'm going absolute bonkers by being a SAHM. I have always worked, so I am extremely out of my norm. I'm not use to being at home all the time. I guess I shouldn't complain because I know many who would rather have my position of being able to stay home while your significant other takes care of everything. In that aspect, I am thankful.

 

I am not a country girl. I am a city girl. I have always lived in large cites. San Diego, the Bay area, Las Vegas, and now I'm in BFE. Where I have to drive to just get to a local library, and it takes 25 mins to get to a store like Walmart or Target. I'm use to being able to walk across the street and BAM have everything right there. Granted there are good things about living in BFE. We have land, so therefore, my kids can run around, we have annoyingly loud chickens that give us fresh/free eggs and we can pretty much do whatever we want. Just wish I wasn't so isolated.

 

Unmotivated. To do anything other than watch Netflix, or do a craft project, or just hanging out. I've been having a blast just siting in the living room singing along with my kids while they dance around. Or when we play the quiet game. I get some good reading in during that game! HAHA.

However I did do my hair and makeup for Easter. I only took about 2 pics because I just was not feeling good whatsoever. So you don't really get to see the cute outfits I had picked out. LAME.

 

I am dreading the summer here in AZ....I hate the heat and the sunshine all damn day. When it's almost 8 at night and the sun is barely going down, we have a problem. I want to live in Washington. Gloomy is the way to be!! haha.

 

And just some other personal stuff that is going on.

 

All I want is to eat and not get fatter, and nap. Is that asking for too damn much?! Sheesh.

 

SO pretty much I'm in a bitch fest mood aka Negative Nancy right now.

 

Oh well, it was good to get it off my chest, now hopefully I'll be going back to my happy self.

 

 



Crafts!!

Now if you know me personally, you would know that I love to craft, I would consider it a hobby if I did it more often. But I just love crafting. It clears my mind.

I'm not a full on DIY or anything, just like to do small little things here and there.

It's fun, and I love it; however, I just don't get to do it as much as I would like.

I live in town that only has Michael's.

And I am a Hobby Lobby girl allllllll the way.

My old apartment was filled with Hobby Lobby, considering I use to live across the street from one. Literally. I could walk right across the street.

So I make do with Michael's and Walmart.

I don't have much of a creative vibe as I once did.

I would make every single one of my kid's bday invites, decorations, wall art, repurpose items I found at Goodwill etc. (also the said town I live in doesn't have a very stocked Goodwill. I've never found anything there in over a year).

I don't do that stuff anymore. Lame.

 

 

 

BUT my daughter Eliana is super creative!

I'm so glad that she is crafty!

When we go to Michael's, she just walks around like she knows what she is doing, and she knows exactly what she wants. When we went there a couple of weeks ago, she picked a letter, a backing, and a decorative little snowflake. Knew what paint she should use on each one, and which paint brush she should use. YOU GO GIRL!!!

Also this girl has a thing with bracelets. Give her string and some beads and she'll make you like 5 different bracelets, and I'm talking different styles. Like braided, beaded, weaved around beads, charms, everything.

 

 

 

My son TJ, he has a bit of creativeness to him, but not a lot. It's ok though, because he rocks at stick figures!! He is a more experiment type of person. I was teaching the kiddos about how clouds work like 2 weeks ago, and he was just all about it. He was extremely careful about his area not getting messing, just very detailed about the whole thing. Like I need x amount of water, x amount of shaving cream, and drop the water colors in specific areas.

 

 

 

It's really awesome to see how different yet similar my kids are. And how they learn things.

What is your hobby? Does your kids have a similar hobby or the same as you?

Make today a beautiful day!!

 

Spring break is FINALLY over.

I am so thankful that spring break is finally over. Seriously.

My routine can go back to normal.

During my spring break, I pretty much binge watched Netflix, nap, play with the kids, do learning activities with them, and eat. I basically didn't read anything school related. I tried to, but it just wasn't happening.

That was the first week (my spring break). My kids got two weeks off of school....

So I went back to school during the second week, and organization just went out the window. I normally do all my reading and the larger assignments while the kids are school, and the smaller stuff after bed time, but that just wasn't working out during that week. The kids were very distracting for me. Not in a bad way, it's just I don't like it when I'm away from them for quite a few hours doing stuff. I feel like I'm ignoring them, and I don't like it. Anyways I was all over the place with my school stuff. So I got behind.

And then Eliana and I got braces last week (during said 2nd horrible spring break week). Then the next day I had to go in for four extractions. To say it was a hot mess is an understatement.

I was able to catch up with my school stuff the night before and the morning of "extraction day", or so I thought.

So after a few days of mashed potatoes, and jello, I was finally able to handle the pain, and try to slowly get back to things. When I looked at all my school stuff, I realized I somehow missed a math quiz, English paper, and a discussion board. How I managed that? I have no idea. So Sunday night I was working until about midnight making sure everything got done. I wasn't even able to make my planner up to date with this week yet, since I do that every Sunday.

I am finally getting back into routine. And just thankful for that! I need to work on my planner ASAP.

Yesterday was the first day back for the kids, and I was able to get three homework assignments, a 440 point test all for medical terminology done. I also did another math quiz and a homework assignment and got a chapter of reading done for English, while they were gone. BOOM.

Feels good to get stuff done.

And now I'm back to blogging again as well haha.

Have you ever been distracted by your kiddos? What stuff did you put off?

Hope you had a great spring break, and make today a beautiful day!



Are you washing your hair wrong?

This is completely random, however; I thought it was quite interesting.

I read an article about a week and a half ago saying that we are washing our hair wrong!

I don't remember the article or where I found or else I would cite it. (If I do come across it again, I'll update the post with the link to the article)

Anyways, apparently we are suppose to condition our hair first then shampoo!

WTHECK?!?!

The article said to condition your hair not the roots, more so focusing on the ends.

Let it soak for a few minutes.

I usually wash the bod and shave the l
egs during this waiting time.

Then I rinse with warm water.

I then wash my roots with shampoo, really focusing on just them.

Rinse with warm water, then a splash of cold water and I'm done!

This method is suppose to give your hair more volume, help with frizziness (hello curly hair friends!!), and make your hair softer since your really focusing on the conditioner .

I'll be honest, it completely felt WRONG the first two times I did it this way, BUT after the first use, I noticed how much higher my hair was. My hair was also softer.

This is when I let my hair out of the towel.
Left is normal shampoo/condition and right is a week and a half of condition/shampoo

 

 

This is after I brush my hair with a wide tooth comb.

Left is normal shampoo/condition and right is a week and a half of condition/shampoo

 

 

I can totally see a difference!!! My waves/nappy hair are more defined!

 

I'm not sure if any hair stylists will agree with this method, but I tried it and I liked it.

Have you ever tried this method before? Have you ever read something and decided to try it out? If so, what was it? And did you like the results?

Make today a beautiful day!!



Lesbehonest about weightloss.

I'll be honest.

I haven't focused on my weight loss in a while. I did pretty good when I meal prepped and after the food was done, I was pretty much done with the diet and the working out. 

Which got me thinking...

Why do I not want to work on my weight loss journey?

And this is where I had to be extremely honest with myself.

And this is what I came up with.

I just don't want to do anything about my weight

I don't believe I can do it.

It's hard.

I'll always be a "bigger" girl.

This breaks my heart...

It's like who have I become?

I remember how motivated I was to be my healthiest, and yet I can't even choose fruit over some tater tots.

I started to really try to connect why this time was different from all the other times.

I realized I wasn't mentally ready to lose the weight.

Weight loss is definitely more of a mental battle than anything.

And every time I would work out, and I couldn't keep up, it completely left me unmotivated, and validated that it's hard and I can't do it.

Then I get frustrated with myself because I always try to motivate others to be the best they can possibly be, and yet I'm not practicing what I am preaching.

Ugh talk about a slap to the face right there.

I look at all the amazing people I follow on IG and I am basically jealous of all that they have accomplished. And it makes me wish for those same results.

Not being mentally ready to lose weight is a challenge in itself.

SO now that I am done standing on my soapbox and having a violin play for my "feel sorry for me" speech.

This is the game plan.

I will schedule my workouts just as if I am going to class or an appointment.

I will prep my food for about 3-4 days at a time so that way I don't have an excuse to not eat healthy.

I will not go out to eat to temp myself with unhealthy choices, because I know myself and I will get the unhealthy choice no matter what.

I will document my workouts on IG (@pearshapedmama). If there is no picture, the work out didn't happen.

I am going to force myself out of this funk by taking it one day at a time.

I hope you all will help keep me accountable since I am putting this out there!

Let's do this together!! :)
 

Hope you all have a beautiful evening!!

Spring Break & Homework

So my children and I are currently on spring break.

I get one week off, while my children get two...really?!

Anyways, unfortunately for my children, I don't let them slack off school work just because they are on break. There is a reason my children are at the top of their classes, because I push them to think, learn, and express.

Right now, I have them do at least one assignment a day. Sometimes it'll be math, or reading, or art, or whatever I feel like doing with them. I let them do their "homework" by themselves. If they have any questions, I encourage them to give the answer that fits best, so basically I tell them to figure it out. After they are done, I go over their worksheets with them, and have them explain how they got certain answers. After that, the worksheet gets graded. I print the worksheets from different websites according to their grade level. Sometimes I go up a grade just to give them a bit of a challenge.

I spend at least one hour with each one of my children everyday, going over anything educational, whether it be reading, flashcards, doing arts and crafts, whatever! As long as we are doing something and spending that quality time together. I want my children to strive in their education. I hope that my children became extremely successful one day.

My daughter loves some subjects that I don't enjoy whatsoever, good example is math. She is pretty much obsessed with anything math. As well as science, which I actually love!

I hope she becomes a scientist or something equivalent. How wonderful would it be if she is the one who discovers something new!! She is also extremely creative! Goodness, I love the stuff that she creates out of just simple things!

My son loves to read and write, maybe he'll become an author of a best seller! How awesome would that be! I also love his creativeness. He draws me the BEST stick figures I have every seen ;)

I understand that most people would possibly undermine what I think my children are capable of due to the fact that they are only in Kindergarten and 3rd grade. I get that they are in the "easy" grades right now, however; this is the stepping stones to the rest of their education. If they don't do well now, do you think they will in the future?

So basically our spring break has been filled with homework, movies, reading, playing outside, Netflix binging, and napping haha.

I also have homework during my spring break. I am making study guides, flashcards, and reading. I can't believe that my spring break is almost done!! UGHHHH...

Oh as for the 21DF, yeah that was postponed until today, because we had a family day date yesterday, filled with shopping for arts and crafts, T-ball stand, and gloves, eating non stop it seems, a movie and just walking around. It was so much fun!!

How is your spring break going?

Have a beautiful day!!



Mid-terms and 21DF

So I survived mid terms!!!


I submitted my last quiz earlier this evening. And I will tell you, that it felt amazing to finally be done with school. However I'm not because I will be using this week to make study guides, and start research for my end of the year paper for English.

As for the 21 day fix, yeah I failed. UGH!!!
I get so pissed off at myself for not following through.
Between studying, writing, reading last week, I felt it was impossible to fit in anything else.
I did however meal prep for a few days so that really helped me stay on track, but once that food was gone, I didn't make more. FAIL. LAMESAUCE.

Also our schedule changed quite a bit last week at the last minute.
School conferences for the kiddos, as well as trying to figure out what we're going to do for spring break, family visits, etc.

We're not doing anything for spring break. LAME. But it's all good, I rather be at home relaxing and reading. I have 3 books on my list for this week. 2 of which are for that English paper, and 1 for leisure.

We will be going on a vacation soon though and I can't wait for that!!
WINE & BUBBLE BATHS & READING!!!
My kind of vaca!!!

So back to 21DF, (sorry that this post is all over the place), the BF and I will be going back on it tomorrow! I went shopping for all the food, and will be prepping all morning.
What helped me stick to the eating was having everything available already so that way I wasn't tempted by something else, also the fact that my BF was on board and ate the same things as me! Totally awesome to have a supporter in house!!

I guess I bit more than I could chew with the 21DF and Midterms during the same week.
This is my relax/catch up/focus week.

So I WILL do be able to do everything!!!

Have a wonderful night!!



My 10 Most Embarrassing Guilty Pleasures

I figured I would do something different today and talk about something random.

So we all have those guilty pleasures that we like to hide from other people.

There are even some that I hide from my boyfriend, whom I live with. Well I guess everyone will know now haha.

Here are my 10 guilty pleasures in no particular order:

1.Whenever I read a really good book, I imagine that I'm the main character in the story, and how I would pretty much be a badass...Ummm Katniss anyone??

2. Whenever my boyfriend works at night, and after my kids go to bed, I pretend that I'm on "The Voice" or "American Idol" and go around singing my little heart out...It gets worse in the shower...and yes I make the announcements too hahaha "Next up is Estefanie, singing blah blah blah"

3. I have this weird thing with buying nail polish. I don't ever use majority of them, but I. JUST. HAVE. TO. HAVE. ALLLLLLL. THE. NAIL. POLISH.!!!!

These are just the one's I keep in the house...and the 5 that are laying in front...yeah I just bought those today. 

4. Ummm PINTEREST. I have a ridiculously amount of pins.

5. I check certain blogs daily and their IGS, because well umm I'm pretty much obsessed with their lives. I find these people so fascinating. They are always so positive and happy!!! How are these people so damn positive and happy ALL the time?!?!

6. Ok this is PRETTY embarrassing, but I like to smell my boyfriend and kids. Mostly I take a quick sniff to make sure the kiddos smell clean, but I just love their personal scent. It's like these are my people because of their scent. I don't know how to explain it. It comforts me. I'm weird. And every time I do it to my boyfriend he calls me a weirdo. 

7. I hate to wash dishes, but I hate it even more when other people (aka the bf or the kiddos) wash the dishes. I feel like they don't wash them correctly. So before using the dishes again or before putting them away, I'll usually rewash them.

8. I can binge watch HGTV all day err day!!!! Property Brothers? ALL ABOUT THEM TWINS! And don't even get me started on House Hunters! Do you know how many times people pick the wrong house? I mean come on!!! Why didn't they pick the one with a bigger piece of land or more square footage?!?! Seriously, people do not look at what they will eventually need in a few years.

9. People watch. I like to people watch and make up a story on what's going on. Whenever I see a young couple fighting, the conclusion is most likely to be baby mama drama. Or someone is being a hoe...."But baby, I love you!!!" "That's not what those pictures said when you was texting that hoe!"

10. When I want a really good laugh I like to go look at the "missed encounters" on craigslist. OMG!!! If you haven't checked it out, do yourself a favor and go read RIGHT NOW!! Also "people of Walmart", which makes me feel better about myself, especially when I've been wearing yoga pants, a tank, and my hair hasn't seen a brush in two days. Gosh, my boyfriend MUST really love me to put up with me haha

So there are 10 of my embarrassing guilty pleasures!

What are some of yours? Do we have any that are similar?

Make today a beautiful day!!!

A 21 Day Fix Habit

So as the saying goes!!

I am doing a round of the 21 Day Fix starting today!!

I will admit that, I have never completed a complete round (full 21 days of it).

The longest I have gone was about 14 or 15 days, and let me tell you!!

I was seeing some results!!

Umm #collarbonecomeback anyone?!?!

I was down about 13 pounds as well.

I had life happen to me so that is why I just stopped. I didn't have the time between everything else to even meal prep or workout.

Life got hectic, VERY HECTIC. I'm talking OMG-I-don't-want-to-see-the-light-of-day-anymore hectic! yeah. It was pretty hectic.

Anyways, I figured out a schedule that works for my family and I and we are rocking life right now!

Woo hoo!!

So I might as well add in something I want!

Which is to be healthy and in shape!

So I got my little notebook out, my 21DF book and the containers, and just started writing down everything I needed to buy at the grocery store and prepped.

My boyfriend is doing the challenge with me!!

How awesome is that?! I'm excited because that means more support, on top of my beachbody team's support group on Facebook!

LOVE IT!!!

So yeah support all around, now all I have to do is spend 30 mins a day sweating the lbs off, and stuff my face with yummy food all day. Sounds good to me!

I'm super excited to get back on this weight loss journey of mine!

It's definitely has been a long one but I don't care.

It's mine, and that is just how I roll on this roller coaster. haha ;)

How you ever done the 21DF program, if so what were your results? And if you're interested in doing the 21DF with me click on my LINK, to purchase the program, and I'll get you into our Facebook groups that gives daily updates, motivation, recipes, meal plans, and so much more!

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Make today a beautiful day!!



Full Time Student

Hey y'all

So I know at this point all I talk about is school; however, it's basically consuming my life.

I feel like I eat, breathe, sleep school.

It's ridic.

My planner is SUPER packed with color coordinated markers and stickers.

I'm not gonna lie, my planner does look pretty :)

I get compliments on it whenever I bring that bad boy out. haha.

Anyways, I wanted to talk about school because it's something I never really was able to do.

Yes, I did take a few online classes here and there, and went part time every other semester or so, but I NEVER really got into it, or had time for it.

I was a single mom for so long that I ALWAYS had to work.

I did graduate as a medical assistant when I was 9 months preggo with my son. I had him a few days after graduation.

Anyways, so basically I just never went to school for something specific after that.

Now that I am going to school full time, I pretty much want to slap myself for not doing this sooner!

By the time I am done with everything, I'll be around 28ish...ugh that's horrible. I know I know, many will say that 28ish is still young, but I always thought I would have my shit together by the time I was the age I am now. I have two children. I always thought I would be a home owner, married, working in a wonderful career, and be skinny and hot (because lesbehonest, that's the most important thing haha).

Guess what...

Didn't happen.

But it's ok!!

I'm fixing all of that!

I'm going to school full time and I'm even going to be doing summer classes because I want to finish as fast as I possibly can!

Is it stressful? YES.

Is it frustrating at times, which leads me to crying and stuffing my face with oreos? YES, yes it does.

But is it worth it? YES. the few extra pounds may not, but to each their own haha

School is extremely important, and I use to know that a long time ago, but I'm finally grasping that concept again after all these years. I'm just so happy that I'm back in school, and showing my children that no matter what, you can always make something of yourself.

I'm happy that I am a full time student, and that I look like a hot mess next to these fresh out of high school baby faces. I'm glad that I am that girl who sits in the front of the class, asks non stop questions, and takes a ridiculous amount of notes.

Why?

Because at the end of it all, I'll be something, due to me working my ass off for it.

Are you going to school? Have you thought about going back to school? Did you graduate? What was your major?

Hope you have a beautiful day!!