It’s been a really busy and fun past couple of days with more fun to come today!
I’ll keep this short because there’s lots to do this morning!
On Thursday, I got to spend the whole day with my “Little Sis”, Samone. Samone and I were just matched up in the Big Brother Big Sister Program at the beginning of May, then she was out of town for the month of June, so I’ve missed her and I was eager to get back to seeing her on a weekly basis. We decided to spend the day together at my house. I had dinner plans that evening, and I was taking an appetizer. She thought it might be fun to make Fruit Kabob’s, so check out the awesome job she did completely by herself! She said she loves to be in the kitchen! We were meant to be together!!
She worked her little tail off while I made green beans!
We spent the rest of the day playing in my makeup, laying in the hammock in the backyard, playing XBOX and a little Ping Pong. I’m already looking forward to spending the day together next Thursday!
Mike and I were invited to dinner Thursday night with the group of friends that we went on our wine trip with in May. We hadn’t been to their house before, and everything about it was awesome! They bought an old farm house in the late 80’s and have done all sorts of amazing things to the house and to the over 20 acres that it sits on.
They have horses, there is a lake with a sandy beach area, they have a canoe and a kayak. There is even a stocked lake with an area for fishing……where I caught my FIRST FISH EVER!
They had a big long table outside where we had an amazing dinner followed by a wine tasting!
There was so much great food! I passed on a lot of the dishes, and tried to load up on my green beans and the salad.
After dinner we all walked down to the lake………
……where we sat around the fire, fished, chatted and enjoyed more wine!
I did lose track of points while wine “tasting”, and I felt it when I woke up on Friday!
After doing a little running around, I decided I needed some greasy food, so I went to Sonic where I ordered a cheeseburger and a small tot. Right as I was taking my first bite of cheeseburger ( I have no idea when the last time was that I ate fast food! ), I looked up the WW points!
Can you believe it??? 19 Points for a Cheeseburger! The small tots were 6 points!
I decided the best thing to do was to only eat half, so I did. I tore my cheeseburger in half. I counted out half of the tater tots, which was only FIVE tots!! Then I threw the rest away! My tummy felt much better and I was really happy that I didn’t eat all of that. I won’t be going back to Sonic for a long time! Maybe never?
A few of the people that we had our wine dinner with were meeting at the lake on the 4th, and Mike was working, so I packed a cooler, grabed some veggies, and headed out to meet everyone at the lake! Several of the group have boat slips right next to each other. I had never been before, and now I can’t wait to go back! They had a big spread of food, so again, I passed on a lot of the choices, and went with the veggies that I took, and ate mostly shrimp. I only had two drinks with a little vodka, then had water and diet ginger ale for the rest of the day!
Everything tasted so good!
I think with all of the food challenges I’ve had over the last couple of days, I’ve done pretty well. We have dinner plans tonight too, so I’ll chose breakfast and lunch wisely today.
I hope you all had a Safe, Happy and Healthy July 4th!
Have a wonderful weekend!
“love the life you live, live the life you love”
