This is Halloween!

I absolutely LOVE Halloween!  I don't know what it is about it that I love so much, if its the history(nah), dressing up, or the fact that it was a time for me to be selfish, hoard chocolate, and be anyone/thing I wanted to be for that night.  Either way...since we have moved to Pensacola my Halloween celebrations have come to an end.  No more going out to the bars in scantily clad outfits pretending that I'm not freezing my tatas off! Last Halloween, Dustin and I maybe had two Trick-or-Treaters, and I found that the nearest Rocky Horror Picture show was hours away... it was a real downer!  But this year...this year was AWESOME!  I stopped counting at 35 kids but I had 12 bags of candy and I gave each kid two pieces(except the incredibly adorable ones....No I'm not an equal opportunity candy giver-outer). That's not including the moment in time when I ran out of candy and started giving out popcorn and granola bars from our pantry. But, to be fair, I gave those to the boys who honestly probably don't care what goes into their adolescent guts. Either way this Halloween was great.

Inspired by Halloween, in between answering the doorbell I created a little guy to go on the bookshelf.

And so it begins...

I started this blog as a way for me to journal  my PCOS and weight loss journey.  The idea is to get healthy and better myself so that my husband and I can start thinking about having children.  What is PCOS you ask? Poly-cystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine (hormonal) disorder. The hormonal imbalance causes follicles not to mature and release their eggs,resulting in infertility. Instead, the immature follicles in the ovaries develop into small cysts.

So now that you're up to speed...THIS is what I'm dealing with.  There is no known cure for PCOS but research states that weight loss can help with ovulation and other symptoms. I have already lost 12lbs but I would like to lose 57 more...wish me luck!

PHỞ Good!

Dustin and I have what has become somewhat of a ritual for our weekends, PHỞ! A Vietnamese dish consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs and meat.  It has offically become my food! So much so that I normally begin craving it by Thursday.  I hear it is fairly easy to make at home but its so cheap ($5/bowl) that I really don't feel the need or have the patience.  The key to a good PHỞ  is the broth.  After much research, it seems a decent broth takes at least  eight hours.  This particular resturant claims to cook theirs for 48 hours! 

If you have a recipe that doesnt require me to stink my house out and is pretty simple PLEASE send it my way!  In the mean time, I will continue to visit booth 15 in my little hole in the wall resturant!

                                                       

 Try it, you'll thank me later!