Victoria Secret Stiletto Leg Workout

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great day today! 

Last night, I was throwing together some mason jar salads for me to eat for lunch this week, and I managed to cut the crap out of my finger while chopping up a green pepper. 

Don't be alarmed, I am totally ok, no stitches required and the salad I had for lunch today was totally delicious. ;)

Anyway, last night the husband said I should probably not do Zumba this morning, and wait until my cut closed up some, just to avoid making it bleed again. I decided to go ahead and not argue.

Fast forward to tonight. The kids are doing their thing and I was suddenly bored! Plus, I really hated the idea of doing NOTHING this evening. 

I started to skim through my Fitness Board on Pinterest and found The Victoria's Secret Stiletto Leg Workout. I thought, aw what the heck and decided to give it a shot.

Basically the point of the entire workout is to do all of the above moves in high heels. Let me tell you, I was suddenly excited about those high heels that I never wear, but held on to anyway.

This routine is NO JOKE. By the time I got done, my legs were burning. I sat down for a few minutes after I got done, and when I got up to start the shower for my youngest daughter. I stood up and ALMOST face planted. It was fantastic.

Despite the fact of feeling like a fool while I was working out, it was well worth it. 

Anyway, I will be doing this one again! I think I'm going to add it to the rest of my regular routine. Have you found any other great fitness moves on Pinterest?

Follow me on Pinterest!
http://pinterest.com/dirtroaddamsel/

And Like me on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/DirtRoadDamsel

Oklahoma Strong- Tornado Relief T-Shirt @ Walgreens

I'm sure that everyone has heard about the horrible tornado devastation that hit the Oklahoma City area last month. Oklahoma City is just a few hours from me, and all in all, I can say that this was a little too close to home for me. I can not imagine the pain the grief that the families affected have gone through and I'm praying that they are able to rebuild, both structurally and emotionally and that they are able to find the peace and comfort that they deserve.

It has been a rough Spring for Oklahoma to say the least. 

I have been keeping an eye out for fundraiser T-shirts and spent quite a while looking around online, but did not have much luck. 

Until I walked into Walgreens yesterday and spotted a shelf of "Oklahoma Strong" t-shirts. 10% of the profits are going to help with Tornado relief. 

I snatched up an Orange one for $9.99 and had to sport it today. If you are in Oklahoma, I encourage you to go pick one of these up! You get a cool shirt and you are helping support a very worthy cause.

Family Pictures!

A few weeks ago we finally got around to having family pictures done. I got the finished CD back earlier this week and I am IN LOVE with the results!

I thought I'd take a minute to show off some of my favorites. And maybe this will help provide some photo inspiration for country family pictures, or pictures in a rustic setting.

 Love this one. They at least look like they get along ALL the time. This was taken inside a gazebo.

 This family picture was taken on an old wooden bridge.

 This shot of our family was done on a old wooden porch of a historic hotel.

 

These two of me and the hubby just make my heart smile. :)

I am in love with all of these family pictures taken with an old hay bale.

Such a fun picture of the four of us in front of an old fence.

Love the picture of the four of us walking down an old dirt road. 

What do you think? Which one is your favorite?

Two quick book reviews! {Chick Lit}

Happy Tuesday errbody. (Oh my goodness I'm pathetic... anyway)

It seems that from time to time I get into a reading frenzy. I swear it's like there aren't enough books in the world to last me... which is completely wrong. 

In the past two weeks I have read two books. So, I thought I'd give you a quick review of each one. :)

The first one was "Confessions of a Call Center Gal" by Lisa Lim.

Personally, I work in a call center so I was pretty excited to read this book. The book is about a college graduate that could not find a job in her chose field, so she took a job at a call center doing customer service.  I could definitely relate to some aspects, but on the other hand, there were a lot of super immature stories that made me shake my head. (Drinking at work, saying inappropriate things to customers on the phone). Being a customer service supervisor made me look at it a little differently that others probably would.

It was still a fun, cheap ($2.99 for the Kindle edition at Amazon) read. And I would recommend checking it out, especially if you've ever worked in a call center.


Book number two was "The Final Arrangement" by Annie Adams.

This was an Amazon.com freebie (it's no longer a freebie at this time) that I've had in my library for a while. The book is about a florist that is thrown into a murder investigation (where she is the main suspect) and all of the loops she had to jump through to find the real killer to solve the crime. 

The book was a little bit slow starting, and there were a few times that I about gave up honestly. But, I stuck with it and I'm glad I did! By the last bit of the book I was dying to know "Who Did It?" and the ending came as quite a surprise. This is the first book in a series, so there are more to follow! If you like mysterious chick lit, this may be worth checking out!

Burlap Dry Erase Calendar

Happy Summer! 

I don't know about your family, but even though my house is always busy, it seems to get about 10 times as bad in the summertime.

I made a dry erase calendar over the winter out of an old poster sized frame. It was a plexiglass frame instead of regular glass, and it seemed to work for a few months. 

Turns out, DO NOT use plexiglass for a dry erase board. 

Over time the writing etched itself into the plexi and now it's in the trash....

So, I took myself down to Hobby Lobby and looked around their Clearance section. I found an ugly print in a large frame and took it home to tear it apart. It was originally priced $79.99, but I got it for $28.00 (score!).

I also bought a roll of burlap and drew out a calendar grid on the burlap itself. I bought the burlap at Hobby Lobby, but my husband informed me that I should have bought it at Lowes. He said that they have huge rolls that were much cheaper than the $12.99 that I paid. I may be checking that out in the (near) future.

Before closing the burlap up inside the frame, I put some white scrapbook paper between the burlap and the back on the frame.

When I was done I put it all together and batted my eyelashes until my hubby hung it on the wall for me. 

 

I filled in all of the dates for the month of June by writing on the outside of the glass, and now I'm ready to fill it up with a months worth of activities. :)

 

My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler

Chelsea Handler is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE comedian. I have read both "Chelsea, Chelsea, Bang, Bang" and "Are you there vodka? It's Me, Chelsea". So, I knew that "My Horizontal Life" would not disappoint me. 

I spent a good three days with my nose buried in my Kindle, laughing out loud at the most inconvenient moments, and annoying the crap out of my husband.

All in all, it was everything I possibly needed/wanted!

 If you are looking for a hilarious read, BUY THIS BOOK NOW. Thank me later, I accept my payment in Margaritas. ;) Go check out the book on Amazon here!

 

Book review on "QR Code Killer"

This past month has just about kicked my butt. Not long ago the month was just getting started, now May is almost over and my kids only have a couple of days left of school for the year. 

Maybe it's because my nose has been buried in books for most of the month? Not really, but it feels that way.

The husband got me an AWESOME deal on a Kindle, and well, I have been putting it to good use! 

I have a ton of freebie books on my Kindle app, so I decided I'd better work on those a little.

The first book I read was "QR Code Killer" by Shanna Hatfield. Let me first say, that I love Shanna's books. I have a few on my Amazon wishlist and maybe more that should be added to my Wishlist soon.

QR Code Killer did not disappoint AT ALL. I'm not usually a big fan of mysteries, but this one may have changed my mind. It definitely held my attention all way through. I could NOT believe the ending, but at the same time the story ended perfectly. It looks like it is still a freebie on Amazon right now! Go check it out immediately! You will become a big fan of Shanna Hatfield too. :)