- Travelers Notebook Fauxbonichi For Vacation To Corpus Christi Texas -

Thursday we returned home from a mini vacation to Corpus Christi, Padre Island and Port Aransas Texas. we had a very nice time. Enjoyed the beaches, towns, the people and good food. Now Hurricane Harvey is causing such distraction there and I feel sad for the people in the path of this storm. My thoughts are with them.
#hurricaneharvey #godblesstexas #portaransas #corpuschristi #texas
I took my Travelers Notebook Fauxbonichi along.

- Free Printable Art Medium Color Chart -

I'm in the process of creating some color charts for different kinds of art media I own. Sometimes it's hard to recognize the true color of a gel pen or colored pencil just by looking at the barrel and to make things a bit easier a booklet with all the colors seems to be a good idea.



To start a record of all my coloring mediums I made a printable color chart for myself. To make the charts a little more durable I print them on cardstock instead of just plain printer paper

If you would like to download this simple chart click on the link below and start tracking your own art medium colors.


 https://app.box.com/s/qhtpf48efare6eh5jp1a1qul468h4d1k

 Get organized and enjoy.

- A New Round Of Dieting with HCG Drops ( Hormon Free) -

This coming Sunday I will start a new cycle of the HCG Diet.

Last year I did one round of this diet and lost 37 pounds in 6 weeks. Life sort of got in the way for additional rounds that could have brought me to my target goal, but this weekend I will start new and commit myself to this diet once again for 6 weeks.

The HCG diet is not easy and does demand discipline in order to succeed.
If I stick to the rules I will lose weight relatively fast. I do the cheap and needle free version of this diet.

The original HCG Hormone diet can be quite costly and while I would like to do the real thing I just can't afford it.
The HCG injections are a BIG NO for me because I'm scared of needles and I cannot give myself injections for that reason.
So I will do the generic version of this diet and use HCG Diet Drops available in Drugstores and online. There are several brands that can be bought, most of them are Hormone free.

The brand I buy are the Creative Bioscience 1234 Diet Drops. 
These drops normally help the average person lose 1 pound a day. This wasn't true for me every day. Sometimes I lost less, more and some days even nothing. Everybody is different so it's better not to fool yourself into thinking that 1 pound a day is a given even so the drops instructions and information say so.



Important information


Safety Information
Do not use if nursing or pregnant.

Indications
Weight Loss

Ingredients
L-Ornithine, , L-Carnitine, L-Arginine, L-Glutamine, Maca (Lepidium meyenii), Niacin, Beta-Alanine, Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea), Astragalus

Directions
As a dietary supplement, take 10 drops under (0.5 ml) the tongue three times per day, 30 minutes before eating, and hold for one to two minutes. Do not eat or drink for 10 minutes before or after taking the drops.


Also, I DO NOT follow the diet plan that comes with these drops. I follow the plan of Dr. Simeons the creator of the original diet from back in the 50's. 
His instructions are not very detailed, but I will stick with the very low-calorie diet of 500 a day. 

The book is free and you can download it by clicking the banner below.


https://app.box.com/s/338hmzvt7br83rafle760s3bvmlxiu3p


The low-calorie amount sounds hard to do, but that is where the drops come into play and help.

Of course, there are many adaptations to this diet found on the internet these days, but the good doctor gives you a bit of his original idea on how and why this diet works.

I might try to keep a Vlog during this cycle, but I'm still debating if  I will or not. I'm shy and hate to be in front of a camera, but I think it would help hold myself a little more accountable during this diet. 

It's always a good idea to first ask your doctor if you should do a particular diet, so please do so, before you give it a try! 
Of course I am not a doctor and only can share my personal experience with this diet! It works for me, but can not guarantee that this diet will do the same for you or will be safe for you to do. Therefore the consultation with your doctor would be a wise thing to do!




- My Michaels Jane Davenport Haul -

For several months I've been searching for Jane Davenports new line at my nearest Michaels, which is more than 1.5 hours away and it never carried any of her items.
So this past weekend my husband and I drove across the State ( Husbands work related trip, I only tagged along! ) to see if that Michaels would have anything of her items!

They also did not carry some things I was hoping to find, but at least I was able to purchase the Butterfly Book I wanted! :)

The trip turned out to be a nice weekend trip. Husbands business got done, we went shopping and had a nice dinner! Maybe I should tag along more often?