House Repairs
Good Morning! I hope you all are having a great week! I am keeping myself busy, hoping nothing else at home breaks and getting my “Mile” of running in each day!
Did I tell you that not only did the sump pump go out Saturday and the basement flooded, but on Monday, the water heater wasn’t working? The pilot light had gone out, but Mike discovered that the bottom of it is completely rusted out and it is leaking bad. It’s being replaced tomorrow. Anticipating trouble, we are now beginning to get A/C bids! (no joke…..the unit is 15 years old) We also just got a bid on having the house painted. Mike’s decided to have someone else do it this time! We get to spend money on ALL sorts of fun stuff! Whoo Whoo!!
Lunch with Mom
My mom doesn’t really get out and about much. She works part time, takes care of her little dog, and really just likes being at home. I try to think of fun things to do, but often plans are cancelled.
She does however like antiques. She has a lot of old costume jewelry from her mom, my Mimi. I have quite a bit of it that I wear on occasion, and she had given a lot of it to the grand kids, but there is still a lot of it left. She has been talking for awhile about taking it to an antique dealer to she if she could sell some of it.
There is a great little Antique Mall here in town at 83rd and Mission. It’s huge and would take days to go through every booth! Right smack in the middle of it is the cutest little Bistro! I have written about it before, and had lunch there before, but not with Mom.
We went there yesterday and she loved it! She is a bit particular about her meals when we eat out, but she LOVED her lunch! Mom has a sweet tooth, and they have a ridiculous Carrot Cake. It’s their signature dessert, so we had to share a piece! I ate just a few bites, but a few more than I had anticipated that I would.
I’m feeling good about my food choices lately. I had a half of sandwich, and a salad for lunch, then we shared the dessert. I tried to dissect it all later and figure the points. I ended up giving my lunch 25 Points!!l I tried to guesstimate and hopefully overestimated on what I ate. I kept breakfast and dinner light!
The jewelry dealer that we were hoping to see, was on vacation, so luckily we get to go back in a couple of weeks and have lunch again!
Breakfast
4 Scrambled Egg Whites, Salsa
Grapefruit and Banana
Coffee with Frothy Skim Milk
2 PPV
Lunch
The lighting in the restaurant has some really strange yellow tint to it, so instead of leaving my pictures the awful yellow that they originally looked like, I made the pictures look antique, since we were in an antique shop!! 🙂
1/2 Turkey Sandwich with Bacon, Pear and Brie
(look at the brie falling of off the side of the sandwich! It was so good!)
Southwest Salad
18 PPV??
Dessert
Carrot Cake ….Like the kind you’d die for……
We shared…I didn’t eat all of my half. It was so difficult.
7 PPV??
Dinner
Betsy’s Zucchini Soup
4 PPV
Sometimes, I add chicken to this recipe. I did not yesterday, but I might today. This soup is awesome served over a few tortilla chips and Monterey Jack cheese. It’s really good without doing that also, and the only points would be for the small amount of corn in it. I sprinkled a couple of tortilla strips in the bottom of the bowl and 1/8 C. of Monterey Jack cheese.
Weight Watcher’s Points Plus
I can eat 26 PPV a day.
I can earn Activity Points by doing exercise, and eat them if I choose.
I have an allowance of 49 extra points that I can dip into throughout the week if I choose.
I should drink a minimum of 6 (8 oz) glasses of water each day.
My Weight Watcher Week Begins on Friday’s
Breakfast = Scrambled Egg Whites, Fruit, Coffee with Skim Milk (2)
Lunch = Sandwich, Salad, Carrot Cake (25)
Snack = Banana (0)
Dinner = Betsy’s Zucchini Soup (4)
Total = 31
Exercise = Ran ONE mile
How many glasses of water I drank = 12
Activity Points Earned for the Day = 2
Activity Points Earned This Week = 20
Remaining points from my 49 Points Allowance = 18
Alcohol Consumption = none
“love the life you live, live the life you love”
