Weightloss Wednesday - 50 pounds down - 80 pounds to go...now what am I going to wear?

Oh my goodness! I lost 50 pounds. I hit my first big goal weight, which is awesome. I am so happy and even more motivated to hit my final goal 145 pounds! Only 80 pounds to go..

The only issue is finding clothes that will work with me while I am still losing weight. I have tons of clothes that I can no longer wear. So I have all my clothes that I never worn or hardly worn on sale on my ebay store Heavy on Fashion at http://www.ebay.com/usr/heavyonfashion. The rest of my clothes I am going to sale some at a flea and the rest I will be giving all my clothes to the Goodwill.  

I guess my weight lost is helping others too! 

Habitat for Humanity and Design Spree Join forces

Hello everyone!  Today I wanted to talk about Interior design! I mean who doesn't love some serious home decor! There was a fabulous event in NJ called  Design Spree The best this about about this event is that $1,500 went to Habitat for Humanity for Bergen County. I did not get a chance to attend personally but that does not mean you guys should miss out! So here is a rundown of Design Spree! 

Design Spree Kicked off Spring with Today’s Hottest Designers and Restaurants, Donating $1,500 to Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County

April 18, 2012 (Maywood, NJ) -- Design Spree (29 West Essex Street, Maywood, NJ), Bergen County's premium home furnishing store, kicked off spring this past weekend with its Annual Outdoor Event. During the event, Design Spree unveiled over $1 million dollars of outdoor patio furniture.

Throughout the event guests enjoyed BBQ themed samples of food from Muscle Maker Grill in Lodi, NJ, The Brownstone’s infamous sliders, special sauces from Pig of the Month, and a tasty treat from Sweet Indulgences that cleansed everyone’s palate.

Guests also had the chance to watch today’s trendiest interior designers in action! Each designer had one hour to decorate table top vignettes for an outdoor patio setting. The designers featured were Jeffrey Brooks of Jeffrey Brooks Interior Designs in Long Valley, NJ, Uma Stewart of Furbish Home in Millburn, NJ and Ernestine Linn of Euro Design in Closter, NJ.

Danielle Ambrosia of HGTV’s hit TV Show, Dina’s Party was the guest judge. She awarded Uma Stewart of Furbish Home in Millburn, NJ as the winner of the competition. Uma received a $1,000 Design Spree gift certificate for creating a tranquil and zen design.

5% of purchases made that day were donated to the Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County, totaling $1,500. Design Spree is a proud sponsor of the organization, which builds affordable housing for hardworking Bergen County families.

Prayer is needed!

Pray for my Mom, Dad, and my sister, who lost their home New years day. They lost everything in the fire. You can see more Here ! 

I was visiting my family for New Years when this tragedy happened. Here are photos of the house the day after. With help of friends, family, and neighbors we boarded up the house and clean up all the debris and possession my family once had.

 I would like to say thanks to all the close neighbors, friends, volunteers, and good samaritans that are helping my family and I during this tough time. We have a long way to go but I am thankful that my family and I have such caring people to help out in this tragic event!

 If you know any agencies, non profit organizations, and/or religious organization that can help my family at this time, please send me a message so I can contact them. Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers! 

Thanks to some friends, we started to board up the house

The house is inhabitable. Everything was destroyed

Update 1/5/2012

For all those who are volunteering so far, I would like to sa thank you so much!  If you are in Neptune area or would love to help my family, Come to my house on Saturday, January 7th 2012. My family will need help cleaning out the entire house due to the fire. Please contact me. 

For all those who are volunteering so far, I would like to say thank you so much! For Saturday, please bring work gloves, a mask, boots, and old but warm clothes, and a scarf to protect your hair. I will try to supply as much as I can but it would be a great if you bring your own supplies.

Update 1/10/2012

I would like to say thanks everyone for coming out yesterday. We are going to clean out the house again on Thursday and Saturday. I will not be be down due to work but my dad, mom, and my sisters will be there. My husband will be coming down on Saturday and I will hopefully be there Saturday night. If you would like to help out in any way please contact me.  Thank you again for your help, your prayers, and gracious words and thoughts!

Pulling a plane - Learning a lesson

So I went out  husband to the Plane Pull  at Newark Airport. The Plane Pull raises tons of money for the Special Olympics of New Jersey. My husband Ian a.k.a BodyByIan was a member of Team Universal. I was presently surprised that I had a good time. Everyone was nice and very supportive of helping the Special Olympics to reach their monetary goal. 

The plane pull also inspired me to get back on track with a healthier lifestyle.