May 31, 2011

Summer 2 of 101 Days of Summer Challenge

So happy I have so many people to check up on each week to make sure they are on the right path to their Summer 2011 goals! 😀  You can check out how everyone did last year on this post – I’ll be replacing this post next Sunday. 😀 So here are our participants, in no particular order:  and now updated to add all the...
May 31, 2011

Crunchy Sesame Seed and Dried Cherry Granola

Crunchy Sesame Seed and Dried Cherry Granola
Hi guys!  Well, with storms the last couple days, I have been off the computer – we need to unplug it when the weather gets bad, just in case.  I am finally logging on this morning with bright blue skies and warm weather – love it! One of my bosses eats granola just about every day.  We have a busy work week coming up, so...
May 30, 2011

WI Saturday and $20 Date Night In

WI Saturday and $20 Date Night In
I got my sticker! I am down exactly 15 pounds!  While I was hoping for more than a .8 loss – I got my sticker, and now I am only 2 pounds away from hitting a 10% loss – woot!  While the scale isn’t going down as fast as I want, I know my body shape is changing.  I wore a pair of size 14...
May 28, 2011

Flashback Friday and Shaved Asparagus Pizza

Flashback Friday and Shaved Asparagus Pizza
When my parents met, they both lived in Virginia – close to all their relatives and friends.  A couple years after they were married, my Dad got offered a job in Chicago “just for two years.”  They were young and thought how exciting “city” life would be! Well a couple years after that move, my brother was born, two years after that, me and my...
May 27, 2011

Carrot Chipotle Pepper Soup – I forgot how good this was!

Carrot Chipotle Pepper Soup – I forgot how good this was!
Tony and I were able to see our doctor yesterday “through the back door” if you know what I mean.  We are full of prescriptions!  Tony has done some research, and he’s discovered Canadian pharmacies are a fraction of the cost here – and its totally legal!  And as much as Tony tried, our doctor would not get him a prescription for dilaudid.   When Tony...
May 26, 2011

I can(‘t) run!

I can(‘t) run!
Tony and I are lucky that we have an awesome GP doctor.  Sadly, he’s leaving his old practice because of the buracracy he endured these last few years – he wasn’t able to practice medicine they way he wanted. In the letter we got from this doctor group, it offered us about a dozen other doctors to choose from.  Our doctor said that most of...
May 25, 2011

I love balls.

I love balls.
After having pumpkin scones almost every day last week, I went back to an old standby – the bagel sammie!  1 small onion bagel (the only time I’ll do onion anything), 1/4 cup egg beaters, 1/2 ounce swiss cheese and 1 oz. deli ham.  A delicious 9 PointsPlus breakfast that kept me full for hours. I actually got the idea for my zucchini meat balls...
May 24, 2011

A Tale of Two Brownies and Salt and Vinegar Wings

A Tale of Two Brownies and Salt and Vinegar Wings
We finally had gorgeous weather this weekend!  It didn’t get stormy until last night, and while it was windy, there was hail – we actually didn’t get the worst of it – tornado warnings were all around us!  While I like a good rain storm, tornados scare the bejesus out of me. I was lucky enough to get an autographed copy of Rocco DiSpirito’s Now...
May 23, 2011

WI Saturday and Crab Rangoon Breakfast Wontons

WI Saturday and Crab Rangoon Breakfast Wontons
Thanks for all your well wishes to Joe’s big news!  He really appreciates it, and so do I. 😀  I went into my WI today with positive thoughts like I normally do, and was actually thinking I’d lost another 1.5 this week.  I actually “feel” smaller if that makes any sense.  So I was a tiny bit bummed with the scale today: But I have...
May 21, 2011

Flashback Friday – Future Step-MIL!

Flashback Friday – Future Step-MIL!
I have no pictures of eats from yesterday because you’ve seen them to death lately.  Breakfast was more pumpkin scones (only 2 left – must make more stat!), lunch was zucchini lasagna, and dinner was buffalo chicken chili, three ways.  Kelly, to answer your question, chili three ways is just chili served over elbow macaroni or spaghetti with cheddar cheese – five ways would be...
May 20, 2011