Month: January 2013

I unexpectedly had the day off, so I took advantage of it and got busy. With my surgery just a little over a week away, and me feeling the need to get as many things prepared as possible, I went to work in the kitchen. And you know I have a gazillion list lined up on the kitchen counter top of things “to do”. I now have prepared and placed in the freezer, cooked ground turkey and onions, you know…….for chili or spaghetti or sloppy joes, or whatever sounds good one day with cooked ground turkey! Shredded BBQ pork, shredded Crockpot Salsa Chicken, a dozen cooked turkey Burgers, and some browned Italian Sweet Chicken Sausage. I feel like the freezer is now prepared. It’s not like Mike can’t pick us up dinner on the way home from work too, I just wanted to be able to prepare a few things […]

Breakfast ToastEgg whitesCheeseBacon PiecesCoffee with milk 6 PPV LunchTurkey Taco Salad 10 PPV Toast with Biscotti Spread3 PPV Banana0 PPV Dinner with a old Friend…it was great to catch up, and it was the best part of my day! 🙂 Wine12 PPV 1/2 Turkey Burger6 PPV 1/2 order sweet potato fries5 PPV Activity Points Earned Today = 0Remaining points from my 49 Points Allowance = 6How many glasses of water I drank today = 6 “love the life you live, live the life you love”

These are more pictures from “The Unbelievable Vacation” that I felt I HAD to post! Enjoy…. Me and My Man….. Me and my man AND Dick and The Funny Lady… This is Hector! He booked our excursions. He picked up on the fact that Lissa was the boss, and Laura was the funny one. We received kisses from him and and gave him kisses the rest of the week! Lissa, AKA, “The First Lady” and Jim. (All of the pictures in this post are Thanks to “The First Lady”!) “Just Becky” and Buck! Trike rides for the girls! I’m in front! Surprise!! Strike a pose…..First Lady. All Giggles….. Wait! Lip Gloss!! This is robbery day. While the guys were at the police station, we frantically awaited their return……here…….in hammocks. Then Laura wanted to play games with the employees……(Look at me reprimanding her!) Okay, fine. I’ll lighten up. “Cheese!” Then….props. Why […]

Busy, busy……..sorry for the super boring post. Here…..I stole a joke from Ellen. Why didn’t the two 4s want any lunch? They already 8.—Ellen HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I know you smiled….. BreakfastGrapefruitGreek yogurt with PB2 Chocolate and 1 TruviaCoffee 4 PPV Grocery Store Salad BarChicken, Olive Oil, Kidney Beans, Soy Beans and lots of Zero Point veggies. 8 PPV Stephanie’s Shredded Pork on an 80 calorie BunWaffle friesBroccoli Salad 15 PPV Activity Points Earned Today = 4Remaining points from my 49 Points Allowance = 22How many glasses of water I drank today = 9 It’s been a great week so far!! 🙂 “love the life you live, live the life you love”

The Birthday Princess! She loves her Papa Mike!(He is in complete heaven right here!) And she wouldn’t leave his lap……🙂 Amiyah and Aunt Jordan.(Jordan and I told Amiyah to go tell her mom it was time to open presents. Amiyah looked at the both of us and said….”But some people are still eating.”Jordan and I just looked at each other, knowing we were rotten and the princess was sweet as sugar!) Anne, Amiyah’s mom, always throws a great party! Presents! Lots and lots of Princesses!! BreakfastFrench Toast (made with my 1 PPV per slice Trader Joe’s Bread and egg Whites)SyrupScrambled Egg WhitesCoffee with Skim Milk 8 PPV Birthday Party Snacks 12? PPV Turkey Taco Salad 12 PPV Activity Points Earned Today = 0Remaining points from my 49 Points Allowance = 23How many glasses of water I drank today = 8 Happy Birthday Princess Amiyah! “love the life you live, live […]

This is my day Saturday……I seem to be having a hard time catching up my blog since vacation!! Breakfast in bed. It’s NOT just for vacation. 🙂 English Muffin topped with egg beaters, turkey sausage and cheese. A little ketchup for dipping. 7 PPV Then the mutts and I headed out for a much needed walk. We took the hilly grassy route. I zigged and I zagged up and down all the hills trying to make the most of my eagerness to get some exercise in today. When the dogs had had enough, we came home. I dropped them off and headed back out. The cool fresh air surprisingly felt good, and I figured since I was in the mood, I might as well continue. The amount of goose poop I encountered on the neighborhood path made for a nice obstacle course and improved my lower body workout. I had […]

….with no exercise and no meeting. I know. I spent Friday morning at home waiting for the furnace guy to come to replace the motor that went out while we were on vacation. I didn’t even include that in my “Vacation” blog, assuming no one would believe it anyway. Thank goodness we had house sitters, or we could have really come home to a gigantic mess!! Before the furnace incident, I had planned to attend my WW meeting, but I wasn’t going to weigh in. I thought I would give myself a week to shed any vacation weight and water retention!! I’m no fool. 🙂 Well, maybe I am. Just a little. My Friday was anything but exciting. Mostly bills, sorting mail, laundry, waiting for the furnace guy and filling out pre-op paper work for my surgery. I did get to play catch up with a girl friend over coffee […]

So I sat waiting…..staring at that computer……… ………knowing the results were in there somewhere. Then Dr. Gurley entered the room. This is what he said. “We’ll, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is….I found the problem. The bad news is….I found the problem.” I like this guy. I am having surgery on February 8th to repair my torn Rotator Cuff. He was completely honest and told me that one week after surgery, I will regret having surgery. Two weeks after surgery, I will regret even more that I had the surgery. Three to Four weeks after surgery, I will begin to feel better. Three months after surgery, I should be able to return to Boot Camp with limited weights, and work my way to a full recovery! Yay! I only wish I would have pursued this many months ago. Before my afternoon appointment, I […]

Vacation is over. My little sausage toes are happy I am done with liquor and bacon for breakfast, followed by beer and nacho’s for lunch, followed by whatever was set in front of me for dinner. These little toes have been carrying a lot of weight and they would like for me to lighten the load a bit. I enjoyed vacationing this close to the first of the year and had planned on spending lots of vacation time reflecting and coming up with resolutions. Due to some of the events that took place, just being alive and together dominated any resolutions or reflections and instead included lots of relaxing and playing and a lot of celebrating! Since the plane landed safely, and we are all alive and back to REAL life, the reflecting can begin, and the resolutions determined before vacation anyway, can now begin. It’s time to break through […]

Unbelievably good, and some parts…….Unbelievably bad. But truly in the end……… Unbelievably FUN! What you are about to read is true. This story is based on the actual events that took place over the last 7 days. The names used in this story are real. On Wednesday morning we left at 4:30 am to go to the airport. Once there, we would meet up with Dick and Laura, and Buck and Becky. We were going to the Hard Rock Cafe in the Dominican Republic, where we would meet up with Jim and Melissa for an adventure filled week of fun (and other adventures as well, not so fun). Our first flight into Charlotte was completely uneventful, so for excitement, I reclined my seat, and then put it in it’s upright position as many times as possible just to annoy Dick, who was seated behind me. The second flight into the […]