Food Intolerances

Life can be interesting when you have eaten like everyone else. Birthday celebrations, Friday evening  pizza and beer, Thanksgiving and Christmas goodies that you look forward to. When I was diagnosed with food intolerances to gluten, Ceasen protein meaning all dairy, eggs both whites and yolks and garlic I was floored.
Goodbye pizza and beer
Goodbye cake and ice cream
Goodbye cheese omelette
Goodbye cheese burger
Goodbye grinders (subs)
Goodbye yogurt
Goodbye pies at Thanksgiving along with dressing
Goodbye cheese curds and funnel cakes at the fair.

What happens when I eat this stuff? PAIN and running to the bathroom as my body tries to get rid of its contents. This can last a few hours or a couple of days. How frustrating and sometimes you just don't make it to the bathroom in time. It's a damn that you have no control over!

My blog is a blog of creating and making pretty things and also about every day life filled with trials or family fun or working in my studio. It's filled with life and the ups and downs. So in addition to all these things, I am going to share new recipes for treating myself right and also about getting in shape. Yes I HATE exercise BUT I've got to do it! I have a goal to decide on and reach it. Along with God's help to stay away from things that KILL me and hold me hostage to foods of the past, diabetes, and getting in shape to having time to create in my studio will be goals worthwhile to obtain.

I am also a Fun Stampers Journey Coach. www.funstampersjourney.com/lisascanlon to check out my website of making cards. This company is new and fantastic! So join along for the ride and the changes and new direction that we can make and soar into the future being balanced and healthy!

I'm back!

Hello, I'm back! It's been a crazy couple years. Health issues and trying to not be overwhelmed by life! Things are changing! I went on a Teresa Collins Cruise and have also been to Vegas with her events. I'm working in my Daycare business which keeps me busy. I will be up to 14 grandchildren by next month. One of my daughters had TWIN SONS six months ago. Working on diabetes, food allergies/ food intolerance to: gluten, eggs whites and yolks, all dairy and garlic. With the help of my husband I cleaned my creative studio!I then signed up to be  a Fun Stampers Journey Coach in January. So I plan on making more memories with friends, teaching classes and blooming as I head into retirement!

Heidi Swapp Free On Line memory Folder Class

http://www.mycraftchannel.com/Shows/Create-to-Remember-with-Heidi-Swapp/Heidi-Swapp-Free-Online-Memory-File-Class/

I am so excited about getting this class underway!

Gratitude~Free PDF from Teresa Collins

Yet be inspired again by Teresa Collins and watch this video! Happy Thanksgiving!


http://www.mycraftchannel.com/shows/Teresa-Collins-Designs-Show/Teresa-Collins-Gratitude-Book-with-Free-PDF/


 http://teresacollins.typepad.com/teresa_collins/2013/11/thankful-free-download-.html

Always a Work In Progress

I am always inspired to watch and see what other ladies are doing for their craft rooms. I love my craft room and the large space that I have to work. It is what it is and it is cramped and full of goodies to work with. What do I mean by that? I have Sizzix dies and the Big Shot, Quickutz dies, embossing folder with a Vagabon and the Purse embosser, Cricut Machine and about 100 cartridges, Stampin Up inks and stamps, CTMH stamps, flowers, buttons, paints, eyelets, ribbon, Magazines, paper, albums from my Creative Memories Business, adhesives, pens, punches, border punch system, and of course my Twilight Barbie collection, games, and music. I have been turning it into a little shabby comfy beautiful room. IT'S USED BY MANY! Ladies love to come and see it and too use it. It's a cozy cramped room to chat, to work and to make projects and to learn many things. Here is a crafters room that I wanted to share. It is what I achieve to have mine look like in the near future.

This is usually what my desk looks like when I am working on a project. 

I got this Blue garden box at a cute little store in town. I just loved how I could put my pens, and extra stuff I need and use at my finger tips.

I love BLING! Pink, Crystals, and interesting things to bring life to my space.

Home made journals, the mirrors, and a journal box add spice to a little area.

This is the storage inside this box. It is plentiful!

Books that are my "go to" constantly are in a crate at fingers tip reach. Sorting RIBBON!

Ribbon makes great accents for cards and pages and tags.

Just little things can add life to your space. I found the green dresser and will update the color and I am storing my stamps sets and cartridges in the drawers right now. What color should I do?

Here is a video of someone elses organization methods for her scrap room. Some I just may steal!

http://nicholmagouirk.typepad.com/things_that_really_matter/2010/09/my-craft-studio-in-photos-and-video.html

Fall and Winter 2013 Projects

Fall and Winter projects.

I think this will be one of the things I do this fall. I am so excited for this project! I even met Heidi at Scrapfest and took her BELIEVE Class.

Here is the BELIEVE CLASS that I took!

http://www.mycraftchannel.com/Shows/Create-to-Remember-with-Heidi-Swapp/Heidi-Swapp-Believe/

http://www.mycraftchannel.com/shows/Create-to-Remember-with-Heidi-Swapp/Heidi-Swapp-Storage-Envelope-Album/

What are you going to work on? This last part of the year I am FAITHFULLY working on my trip to PROVO, UT for Creating Keepsakes University. I am about 1/2 of the way there and set aside Tuesday and Thursday Evenings to work with making "Pretty Things" as Heidi puts it. If you want to join me...the door is OPEN.

My defintion of REVOLUTION

LISA'S DEFINTION for REVOLUTION

 A sudden, radical, or complete change!  Means it's happening! Now!

SUDDEN             RADICAL          COMPLETE           CHANGE

unexpectedly        exreme person      having all                  make or become different

happening            changes                 neccessary parts        transform

                                                           make whole              makeover

                                                                                             remodeling

Giving up things that God didn't make for my body.

I'm starting at 216.6#'s and it's not from being a glutten that I have this weight. My body wasn't getting and retaining the nutrition it needed for al these years from the allergies. My sister-in-law said to me once; "You should be as skinny as a twig for how much you go to the bathroom!" "Here have some of this that I made!" She is agret cook and cooks at home. Nothing proccessed at all.

The only resturant that I can really eat at is Chipotle when I go out. No breads on a hamburger, I can have fries if I really need those carbs with a protien and then salads at Wendy's without the cheese.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MY MAKEOVER AND TRANSFORMATION!!!! NEW CLOTHES, NEW SHOES, NEW HAIR STYLE, TO SHOW THE NEW TRANSFORMATION!