March 17, 2017

There is temptation all around me every day working in Chicago.  From the coffee shop across from my train station that has THE BEST glazed donuts, to all the food stalls at the train station, the nearly 20 restaurants within a two block radius of my office – it’s everywhere! Lately though, I’ve had a taste for a giant muffin.  You know the ones I...

Um, can I just say it’s bullshit that work is getting in the way of me posting my eats on Instagram?!  Hahahaha!   I am kidding . . .a little bit.  The minutes and hours go by so fast.  I’ll have my phone plugged in under my desk and even though it’s on mute, I can hear the vibrations of notifications on my social media, and...

I switched bags that I travel to and from work because the zipper on my back pack keeps coming undone without me knowing.  On more than one occasion, my backpack has been wide open while I am walking through the train station with my laptop, wallet, etc. just hanging out in the wind.  So what I failed to do was put my gloves in my...

This Ricotta Pan Pasta with Jennie-O Turkey Meatballs will be perfect on a chilly night. I hate snow in March.   I really really do.  But I know we are never out of the clear for snow in March.  Some birthdays when Hannah was little we had water balloon fights because it was so warm, other times we had five inches of snow.  I remember on...

For some reason lately I’ve had a taste for pancakes.   Friday night I worked as the night secretary.  I actually volunteer when the opportunity arises because it’s overtime and a lot of times no one needs help, so I get the peace and quiet with no interruptions and actually get a lot done.   I didn’t get home until nearly 9 p.m. on Friday night and...

My sister and I vowed that good or bad, we’d show up every week to Weight Watchers.  I’ve already talked about how my eating was this last week – 35 weekly points spent on Sunday and Monday night alone, and my 56 point day on Hannah’s birthday, so I honestly thought that I would have a gain of at least 3 pounds.  I just woke...

Good morning!   If you signed on this morning and saw this, sorry! asjd;flajfsld;kfj;laskjfasl;kjfl I embedded the photos first, wrote the post in between, and I have no idea what happened, but it didn’t save it. So let’s try it again! Thank you for everyone who commented, texted me or sent a message via Facebook telling me that my 56 point day was not a...

I had a plan yesterday.  Because it was Hannah’s birthday and we were going out to eat, I wanted to keep my breakfast and lunch on the low point side.  Breakfast was 6 points – 3/4 cup steel cut oats (3), Kashi cinnamon squares crumbled on the side (2) and a tablespoon of sugar free pancakes syrup. (1). While it was still busy at work,...

My daughter is ONE QUARTER OF A CENTURY OLD!  Which means a year from now I’ll be HALF A CENTURY OLD!  How the hell did that happen?!  What I life Hannah and I have had together!   It didn’t matter that I hardly had any money when she was little, and that I had to live with my parents for the first five years of her...

I know that’s a pretty bold statement.  What’s even a more bolder statement is that I tweaked the pizza dough recipe of Nancy Silverton, who basically spent years perfecting her pizza dough.  And do you want to know why I cheated on her recipe?  I was being frugal and used the flour I already had on hand.  While her recipe calls for bread flour and...