Weight Loss at El Arroyo

El Arroyo weight loss program?



I can see why!



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Embrace the camera: August 25th Silly faces

A rare occasion all 3 of us are in the same pic during a trip to visit Great Grandma Liz! 

If you can't tale we are in the "silly face pic"phase

so, are you ready to embrace the camera?

here's the nitty gritty:

1.  take a picture with you and your kids/spouse/family member/friend/whatever.

2.  blog about that picture and include a link to our blog, or grab the button below.

3.  link your blog post up on the link tool below.

4.  visit the other embracers...give each other lots of compliments about how good we look with our greasy hair andsweatpants velour jogging suits on.  cause yah, we need a little boost when it's been days since our last shower.

5.  have fun
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Take a trip to the Anderson family crew

Tech Tidbits: Microvolunteer Online

HELP WANTED
How to be a microvolunteer

For anyone who already has enough pro bono work on her plate (What? Nobody pays you to cook dinner?), the idea of volunteering can seem daunting. But now you don't need to join the Peace Corps to make a difference. Thanks to Sparked.com, the world's first microvolunteering network, you can become a digital do-gooder from the comfort of your own computer.

The premise is simple: Sparked matches your talents to volunteer tasks, all of which are small assignments (generally not exceeding two hours of work) that fit easily into busy schedules. Plus, all jobs can be completed online, meaning that you can do them on your own time, from anywhere.

Setting yourself up to help is just as quick and easy. Volunteers register for free by indicating particular skill sets and interests (say, graphic design or social media marketing) as well as causes they'd like to support. Meanwhile, non-profit organizations post tasks that they need completed--drafting a press release for Greenpeace, for example, or translating a document for the American Red Cross. Then, when you log in, the site will suggest appropriate volunteer jobs, which you can sign up for or reject accordingly.

It's a pretty cool (and painless) way to make new use of skills you already have.


more about Sparked.com

Location:Tec tip: want to volunteer but don't think you have time? Try micro volunteering

23 cows and counting

Remember I told you we were doing a Austin Cow Parade Scavenger Hunt? 

Here is our our first 23 Cows! 

37. On Your Mark, Get Set, Moo

4. Cookies and Milk

30. Moo-saic

31. Moosic Capitol 

10. Cow Quarium

7. Cow junto Music

41. Texas Cow-try Summer nights

28. Moolah

19. I Love Moo

18. Guitar Cow

5. CowBella

Morning Glory and Death

Disco Cow

Easter Ether

24. Lifesaver Cow

16. Gilded Lily

27. Miss Chemoo

Musicowly speaking

Thriller Cow

Reality ReCap: Most Eligible Dallas

Bravo you have dug your claws into Dallas and did a great portrayal of the Big D! Money, douce bag, money, big hair, money, fake blonds with huge fake boobs!

For starters episode 1st starts at the W hotel... No one that's not currently shooting a rap video or on the cheesy your of Dallas goes there. What's that saying??? I did see them in uptown with Rock'n Taco in the back ground. Yummm Love that place

Tara Harper- thanks for the laughs " I was engaged several times, the first does not even count I just call him sweetie " or this one " in Texas there is even a big hair day, yeah, it's like a national day". Most people don't even know what wedge wood china is and your maid makes your rescue dogs dinner on it. Oh and please keep the dogs name Shaniqua (sp) it's hysterical when you call her.

Matt Nordgren- so typical Dallas guy. Well one thing stands out... He is a former Texas Longhorn quarterback and quite the academic over achiever. I hope we get to see a little softer side of Matt not all Player Player. 

Glen Pakulak- if you just remain shirtless the rest of the season you going to do just fine in my book. I'll ignore all the cocky comments you said about yourself cause your that cute. Better yet just mute the TV and drool. 

Courtney Kerr - was cool for about the first 2 sec, then everything out of her mouth was bashing & judging people she does not even know, yep that's Dallas for you. I almost feel like she is bitter because she is not blonde. I felt just like I was back in Dallas listing to the words out of her mouth or sitting next to my friend "H" that is from Dallas listing to her talk. See the pattern here?

Courtney just moved right up on my shit list, how dare she judge Neill. She is a single mom there for she is never allowed to go to dinner and have drinks?? She should only go out if it's with very close friends? Thats so stupid!  You just wait Courtney, you just wait. You Missy are talking out you ass cause you have NO idea what it's like to have kids. I'll end that there and get off my soap box, for now!

 

She could be so cute if she would stop being a sour puss and make out with Matt already

Kinda looks like Casey Anthony in that second pic huh?

Neill Skylar - The New Girl in town.  I got your back! You work it you cute lil mamma you!

Drew Ginsburg- please move to Austin and be my GBFF! What a sweetheart. I personally love that you push a button for EVERYTHING and that you dog has a bone twice the size of her! Drew, who calls his view "a pantydropper." He's insufferable, calling room service "I like my coffee like I like my men...black." This could be explained by the fact that he may have a little extra emotional baggage because he used to be about 200 lbs bigger. He is taking HCG hormones and get pee and get a positive pregnancy test He smokes cigarettes in his talking head sessions, talking about how he's "broken the mold" because he's gay and likes cars.

A few more one liners:

"Those guido bon duccis make me want to throw up." -Tara

"Woo Woo! Here comes the ho parade!" -Courtney

"I don't like getting shoo'ed by hoes." -Courtney

"I try not to do one on one (dates) because it's just not valuable time spent." -Matt

"I feel like I'm a natural born poser." -Glenn

"Does this thing have batteries?" - Drew about a can of hair spray

Last day to get a Free Key Chain with iphone cover!

Click Here to get yours! 

Make it Rain

I could not agree more El Arroyo

This is crazy hot!

This is the message I got after leaving my phone in my car for 10 min! 

Damn IPhone is even calling it quits in this heat! 

Tech Tidbits: FBI Child ID App

For every parent who couldn't find their child in the mall, at the beach or Disneyland even for just one gut-wrenching second, the FBI has a new App. And it's Free! 

The new application provided by the FBI stores detailed information on children, including current pictures, so that in case a child is lost, the information is available on one's cell phone and can also be quickly emailed to law enforcement.

The app that stores identifying information about a child, including a current picture.

The app is easily downloaded through the app store on iPhone and will soon become available on other sorts of cell phones, according to a press release issued by the FBI.

The new app stores the child's name, birthdate, address, guardian information, telephone numbers of parents or guardians, height weight, hair and eye color, ethnicity, identifying characteristics and perhaps most important, a picture.

Once the short bio is completed, the app allows one to take an iPhone picture of the child. There is no option for using a stored picture. Make sure to keep this photo updated. 

I hope you or I never have to use this app but better prepared than sorry.

There is also tips for parents of missing children during the first 12 & 24 hours. Great idea, I know I would be such a mess there is no way I would be thinking straight and this is a easy go to advice from the FBI no less.

Get this free App Here

Best of Blogs: Reality ReCap: Big Rich Texas; not so much Dallas as Ft. Worth

Best of from the original blog:

Thats ok Dallas, Ft.Worth is actually just as cool and much less pretentious!

There's been a lot of buzz today following the debut episode of Big Rich Texas. How much is real and what is, shall we say, enhanced? Well, one thing's for sure. Bonnie, Leslie and Melissa have apparently weathered whatever storms we may see throughout this season and have bonded through the experience of filming this show. You know what they say, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."

Here are a couple of conversations I observed on Facebook over the last few days:

(left) Dr. Bonnie Blossman with daughter Whitney Whatley (right) Melisa and Maddie Poe

Camille Umland, Abraham Salum with Connie Dieb

First off, let me just clue you in to a little something that you might not know. "Reality TV" is not always so real. These shows are not exactly scripted, but not exactly spontaneous and unrehearsed. Big Rich Texas is no exception. Most of the comments I get on posts about reality TV shows are talking about the cast being fake. Well, duh! It's not that they are being fake, so much as they aren't being entirely real...

So, when you watch this show - enjoy it for what it is and what the producers want to portray: a good cat-fighting, back-stabbing, one-upping day at the country club between strangers pretending to be best friends. You'll like the show a whole lot more.

The very first scene is Leslie and Kalyn driving to the country club. Leslie says, "Anyone who is any body belongs to this club." Connie follows that up by saying, "It is the social place of Dallas." The club they are referring to is Woodhaven and I would be willing to bet my house that none of them are really members. Why? Because it's in Fort Worth! No person who lives in Dallas is hanging out at a Country Club in Ft. Worth which is a 45-minute drive on a good day. No way. (Please refer to point made in previous paragraph about reality TV being fake.)

If you haven't figured it out yet, they were setting the stage for the premise of this whole show/season, which is about a group of Mothers and their daughters that will revolve around their life at this "elite" country club.

Favorite lines from Episode One:

• "Keep your balls in your pants, Enrique!" yells Pam to a tennis Pro on the next court after Bonnie & Whitney lob several balls on her court and interrupt her game with Melissa. (is it just me or are all tennis coaches hot??)

• "I pulled out the dead husband card... that works every time." Leslie tells the camera about her attempt to sweeten up the Country Club's owner when they discuss her Membership request.

• "I like making people feel uncomfortable," pouts Whitney to the camera about having to mingle with the "snooty people" at the Club. "I do too!" interjects her Mom, Dr.Bonnie. Well, now we know why Whitney has 15 tattoos. One of which (her favorite) is the word "See-U-Next-Tuesday" as Maddie so sweetly referred to it on the top of her foot. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. I will so be using that line from now on FYI!

• "Bless her little heart". The ladies teach Leslie how to insult someone the Southern way. This phrase is now stuck in my head and you will be hearing me use it a lot on this blog - probably with regards to this show.

• "When I envisioned having the sex talk with Maddie," says Melissa to the camera, "I envisioned birds and bees. Not purple penises" talking about Maddie's visit to the OB-GYN and being taught how to put on a condom by her doctor.

• "If I can get that vile tattoo off her foot - I can deal with some luscious lips on my baby girl," says Bonnie about her offer of giving Whitney lip injections in exchange for having her vulgar tattoo removed.

• "I don't know whether to greet you or dance under you," shrieks Pam to Bonnie about her hatred of her Nicole Miller dress. Personally, I liked it.

So, let's dish. Who did you love and who do you already hate? Are you Team Bonnie or Team Pam? Let the games begin!! You can watch Big Rich Texas every Sunday on the Style Network.

No how can I get a House Husband Dr. Bonnie? Are they as fun as Gay Husbands?

Best of Blogs: Reality ReCap: Big Rich Texas to premiere on Style Network

A Best of from the original blog:

I'm a real housewives junky! So I am standing in front of the tv waiting DRVing Style Networks new series Big Rich Texas! BUT I'm afraid it's not near the quality (I use the term quality loosly) of the Real Housewives series on Bravo but even so I'm excited to see how awful redneck they can make us southern women look!

I predict my favorite shall be Hottie Doctor Botox Bonnie! 

Watch a clip:

What would Countess LuAnn say about that C-word tattoo on Whitney's foot? 

Who's watching so I'll have someone to dish with?