Merry Christmas!!!

First of all.... Tricia, I WON!!! I posted before you. mwahahahaha!

I can't believe Christmas is already over. This month flew by! We were so excited to have Cams family here. And it was nice not having to travel anywhere!!! Here are some pictures from our fun-filled Christmas!




Christmas Morning

Cam bought us the New Moon trivia game. Cam is always making fun of the movies. Ironically, he knew more answers than his mom and I. I think he secretly likes the movies.

Sporting my goggles I got for when I'm using my scroll saw.

Happy Birthday to me!!! And I'm not going to lie, I did kiss the cake a few times or maybe even a lot of times! Just kidding, I actually think Robert Pattinson is pretty gross.

I got a scroll saw, I was super excited!!! More crafts here I come!





I hope you all have a happy New Year!!!

Oh, and speaking of New Years Eve... We are going to a theme party "Play on Words". Any good dress-up ideas????

Crafty

Cam's parents came to visit and while they were here his mom helped me make these cute fall letters. I just love how they turned out. They were pretty easy to make too. Well, that is, if your mother-in-law cuts out the letters for you. I want a scroll saw so I can make more cute stuff. I was thinking about doing SNOW and have the O be a snowman. But I'm not sure how I would make the snowman look cute. Any ideas??



We got together with Cam's aunts and also made these watch bracelets. We had so much fun. Too bad beads are so expensive because I want to make one for every outfit. You jewelry makers out there...were do you buy your beads? Where are they the cheapest?



That's all fokes!

Halloween

Happy late Halloween post!




(Sorry most of these pictures were taken with my camera phone.)

We drove by this house and I had to take a pic of all those Jack-O'-Lanterns lit up.

Cam trying to look like the pumpkin he just carved.

Decorating yummy cookies.

On Halloween night there was a house in Boise that was doing a big "Thriller" production. It was awesome. They had professional make-up on and I'm pretty sure they were professional dancers too. (Once again, pictures were taken with my phone. Sorry )

We went to Cam's uncles big Halloween party. We decided to dress up as his aunt and uncle from the 80's. We thought it was pretty funny considering we are always making fun of them and their 80's music that they still listen too. We found this sweet wig that looks like his uncles hair. Then Cam made the B-52's shirt with a picture on the back of his uncle in high school. He carried around a walk-man with head phones playing WHAM all night. It was hilarious! It's hard to tell in the picture but my hair was huge. Huge bangs and a sweet side ponytail. I also had awesome leg warmers with bright pink heals. We had so much fun, I love dressing up.

Here's Cam doing his thang. We were playing a game where we tied a balloon to each of our legs and had to try to pop each others balloons. But, instead of really playing the game, Cam just put his head phones on and started dancing around the room with his 80's glowsticks. I was dying,it was so funny. I wish I had video of it.

THE END.

Recent Projects

I always forget to take before pics. Halfway through this project after I sanded the whole thing and started painting I remembered to take a pic. Unfortunately, I forget on the other two things that I refinished. So, just imagine that the other two looked similar to this before I sanded and painted them.

Before





After










I love the curves on this table.


My actual plans for the chairs are to put them around my dinning room table. But I still need to refinish some more chair. This picture kind of gives you an idea of what it will look like. I can't decide if I should stick with those two colors or do a different color for each chair, any ideas? Oh, and I am also thinking about painting the table completely white. What do you think?

Fun in Portland.

While we were in Portland we had breakfast at the Carver Cafe', which is the cafe in the movie Twilight. Then we went to the location where they filmed the CHEESIEST part of the movie. I'm sure you all know what I'm referring to. Where Edward shows his sparkling skin to Bella. When I think of that scene it almost makes me gag. But, it was cool to see where they filmed, even though I wasn't a huge fan of the movie. I did really like the books though, and I'm hoping this next movie is mucho better.


(Check out my Aloha pants, another Hawaii thrift store find. I think they are pretty cool.)

They had markers to show where each scene location was.

Crown Point at the Columbia River Gorge

Oneonta Gorge

You have to hike through water to get back to the waterfall. The water was FREEZING cold.

Here we are trying to dunk each other in the freezing cold water.

BBBBRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! The water wasn't quite the same as the water in Hawaii. Actually, I should say RRRRRRRR... cuz this picture looks like I'm trying to attack the person taking the picture.(sorry,kind of a scary picture of me.) But Cam, he definately looks cold.

THE END.

ALOHA!

Here are some pics from our trip to Hawaii.

I thought this was such a pretty sailboat.

Our hotel on Waikiki beach

Hanauma Bay. This place is awesome for snorkeling!

This is the Luau at the Polynesian Culture Center.

We loved the PCC. It was fun visiting the 8 Island villages.

Me getting a fake tattoo at the PCC.

The Laie Hawaii Temple. Beautiful!

Grabbing a bite to eat after being beach bums all day. It's a tuff life but someones got to do it.

Here are our awesome Hawaii thrift store finds. The thrift stores there rock! Besides our shoes, actually cam got his at a garage sale, the rest of our attire are thrifty finds.

Blue steeling it up.

The sunsets were amazing.

This is on the road to Hana on Maui. If you ever get the chance to do this, do it. This road takes you to the back side of the Island, were there aren't any resort. It was by far the prettiest part of the island. I probably took 500 pics of scenery on this drive.

It was awesome having a jeep for the drive, because we had the top of the jeep off and stood up pretty much the whole time.

Cam's aunt and uncle are such fun vacation buddies.

Take Shape For Life

Cam and I are so excited about the "Take Shape For Life" program, which is a program that assists people in losing weight, maintaining that weight and reaching their all time goal of optimal health. This program has been recommended by over 15,000 physicians since 1980 for their patience as a weight loss guide. Cam's dental office is focused on helping people with TMJ problems and they also deal with a lot of sleep apnea patients. They make appliances for their sleep patience for them to wear at night. The appliance aligns their jaw to allow their air-passage way to open more fully, which helps with sleep apnea because they are able to breath better when they sleep. They have incorporated the "Take Shape For Life" program into their practice, because losing weight goes hand in hand with helping their sleep apnea patients. Not only are they incorporating it into their practice but we are spreading the word to everyone about this health program, because we have seen how successful it is. We have met first hand many people who have found success through this program. Whether it be 10, 20, 50 or 100+ pounds. Not only do they lose the weight, they keep it off and learn how to make healthy life choices.

There are three phases of the program: weight loss, transitioning, and maintenance.

The first phase is a step by step guide to lose the weight. Once you lose the weight you begin transitioning foods that were not allowed during the weight loss portion back into your diet. The last phase, and MOST IMPORTANT phase, is maintenance. Unlike a lot of weight loss programs out there, this teaches you how to maintain your weight and not gain those pounds back.

The weight-loss phase (the first phase) incorporates nutritious pre-portioned, easy-to-prepare meal replacements that are delivered right to your door; you are still allowed to cook one meal on your own a day. It is a 5 and 1 plan, so you will be eating six small, nutritious meals throughout the day. Eating one meal every 2-3 hours is great for your metabolism. Five of the meals will be the "Medifast" pre-portioned meal replacement meals. Then you get one "Lean and Green" meal, which is something you prepare yourself. This would include: a lean meat (chicken, fish, egg beaters, lean beef, etc.) and three servings of green, non-starchy vegetables. You will learn how to eat small healthy meals throughout the day rather than three large meals. The "Medifast" meal replacements take the guess work out of counting calories or points and make it easy to lose the weight. And they actually taste good!


Cam and I have already lost weight. In the last couple months I have had a lot going on and I put on 7 pounds, which has been driving me NUTS! My pants were feeling too tight and I just felt uncomfortable. But the first week on the program, I lost 4 pounds and Cam lost 8. The meals are low fat and low-glycemic, and the carbs to protein ration is 1:1. So you are still consuming carbs, but not at as high of a rate as you normally would. The low rate of sugar, carbs, and fat in this diet allows your body to burn your fat storage faster. If you stick to the diet plan after the first 3-4 days your body will go into a state of ketosis (a fat burning state),where you are able to burn more fat than normal. This means losing weight at a faster rate! The first couple days tend to be a little difficult because your body is adjusting to the program. At first, I felt a little hungry in between meals and had a few headaches, but by the third day (once I was in the fat-burning state), I felt great. The meals are formulated with the right amout of protein and fiber to keep you feeling satisfied. The scale alone will keep you motivated as the numbers keep dropping. Women on average lose 2-5 pounds a week and men lose 3-7. Medically proven studies done by Jones Hopkins University show that it is a healthy way to lose weight. It allows you to maintain your muscle mass while losing weight.

This is a great, healthy, convenient and fast weight loss program. If you or anyone you know is interested, give me a call (208-286-5926) or e-mail me at (dr.cameronkuehne@gmail.com). I would love to tell you more about the program. You can also visit my website http://www.cpcidaho.tsfl.com/

Last weekend we went to San Antonio for a dental convention. We set up a “Take Shape For Life” booth and talked to a lot of dentists about doing the weight loss program for themselves. We also spoke with them about incorporating it into their practice to help their patients who suffer from sleep apnea.