Friday Fondness: An Album for...Stickers?

Sticker albums.  I was in love with the whole concept of sticker albums back in the day.  Did anyone else keep one?  Mine was white, with the self adhesive pages.  You know the kind, you pulled back the clear plastic sheet, stuck your pictures (or stickers) on the page, and replaced the plastic to protect them?  And the time spent arranging those stickers, and comparing them to friends, and even the occasional trading.  Such a simple concept to keep a kid quiet occupied, really. 
I could start one now, if I wanted to.  I don't, nor will I.  I'm just stating a fact...
And, of course,  the stickers!  I still occasionally buy stickers for scrapbooking purposes, but they've come a long way since my childhood in the awesome 80s.  As in, they've matured in the past couple of decades. 
In my collection there were:

Scratch and Sniff

Cabbage Patch Kids

Unicorns and other animals

And I vaguely remember having a couple of Cabbage Pail Kids, too.

Oh, those 80s stickers.  In honor of all those stickers, in a garbage heap somewhere, I dedicate to them this edition of Friday Fondness.  Gotta love them!

Weight Watcher Wednesday: Because I'm a Chocoholic.

This week proved to be fairly successful in my weight loss endeavor.  I am, unfortunately, one of the many, who gained some Holiday weight, which needs to be pulled off in addition to what I'm already working on.  It's my own fault.

This week, the challenge I faced was the number of student birthdays in my classes.  Every student gets to bring in a class treat to share for their celebration.  It's so fun, and the kids go all out.  This week was full of homemade cupcakes, cake with thick frosting, ice cream cups, oh my!  I'll be the first to admit it:  on my 'off', 'not caring' days, I would gladly have a treat with the kids, write the day off as a loss, and just begin again the following morning.
This week, in the face of cupcakes, of frosting, of ice creamy goodness, I fully resisted.  Not ONE bite.  That was an accomplishment, hurray me! 

As I've mentioned before, I love chocolate.  It's a real weakness of mine.  (Hence the birthday palooza challenge over these past few days).  While I'm working through the first couple of weeks getting back on track, I'd like to thank the following product for helping me along the give me chocolate or I'll hit you 'craving' path:

Vitalicious Vitatops.  Deep Chocolate flavored. 

A mere 100 calories, 1.5 grams of fat, 6 grams of fiber, and 3 grams of protein (1 WW point).
Quite often, finding a lower calorie, reduced sugar snack can be a struggle, thanks to the flavors of various sweeteners used.  But these babies take the cake...err, muffin.

Instead of having a cupcake, and feeling like I'd lose track, I'd grab one of these instead.  And, they aren't little bite sized morsels, they are pretty substansial in portion.

To find a store near you to buy some, or order online, visit http://www.vitalicious.com/ . 

They help my chocolate addiction.  My name is Angela, and I'm a chocoholic.

Update on My Mom Part 2!

Thanks for the prayers and well wishes!!  She was discharged this morning with a clean bill of health! 

Praise God!!

Update on My Mom!

Hi friends!  As some of you may know, my mom was admitted to the hospital today, for an overnight observation on her heart.

So far, all tests have come back with good results:  blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, etc.

My mom drove herself to Urgent Care this morning with shortness of breath, and sudden jaw pain.  She felt like it was out of the ordinary, and decided to get it checked out (better safe than sorry).

The doctors felt that it wasn't anything serious, but still wanted to transfer her to the hospital for lots of tests and observation.  Apparently, one of the initial tests they ran in Urgent Care indicated that it might be heart related. 

She has had a series of blood tests (results not in), one stress test, and in the morning she has one more stress test, and then she is most likely going to be released, depending on all of the results.

Thank you so much for your prayers.  I love my mom so so much, and hearing the phrase 'mom...hospital...heart' from my dad literally made me feel like the air was sucked out of my lungs for a split second.

Oh, and she didn't want me to worry at all about her today at work, so I didn't even find out anything until I was leaving school, and voila, there sits my dad in his car, waiting to deliver the news and fill me in briefly, before we headed to the hospital to see her.  Not one call, text, nothing.  On one hand, that was so sweet and thoughtful, on the other, I want to say 'seriously?'

God is good, and she is in great spirits, feeling well, and she hasn't a worry in the world.

Again, thanks for the prayers!

xoxo

"I Love Charlie the Unicorn"

Only because rapping shrimp are awesome.

Successful Blog Merge!

I've successfully imported my Little Flock Photography posts here for you!  For the time being, I will be working from just this blog, all photography updates will be here!!