Month: August 2014

Friday afternoon, I attended a funeral. I, along with many other people in the community, have had the family heavy on my mind since Tuesday, the day they lost their 13 year old daughter, far too early in her young little life. My heart goes out to all of them,  and they are in my thoughts and prayers. I’ve skipped a few pictures these last few days…..but here are some of the eats…. Hug your kids tight today….   Thursday I was in a cooking mood on Thursday. For lunch, I cleaned out the fridge and filled a skillet with red onions, yellow squash and a little olive oil and sea salt. I had a cooked sweet potato that I chopped up and added to it at the end. As I looked at it, I decided it needed a runny egg on top of it! It was delicious. I liked […]

Well, it doesn’t happen often, but yesterday I only took a picture of my breakfast, then I’m not sure really what happened. I had a nice breakfast, walked the dogs, made a few phone calls, and headed out to The Food Truck for my regular Wednesday routine. It was hotter than H E double tooth picks (or double hockey sticks, depending on where you’re from)  in that truck yesterday!! The flies had decided to multiply like crazy around our feet and ankles, and there was literally NO BREEZE whatsoever!!! Before we even opened up for business, I was ready to chug my first bottle of cold water! We were pretty busy, and at the first break, I was STARVING!! I had a Pork Taco with no tortilla, then I had some of Sidney’s awesome Buffalo Chicken, and added the tortilla to make it a wrap. The rest of the afternoon […]

National Dog Day? Thank GOODNESS for Facebook, otherwise I never would have known that it was National Dog Day! These two refused to pose for me, so I had to settle for a nap photo. I mean, it was THEIR day, who am I to interfere in a good nap on the couch? Mishka did manage to open one eye for me though.   The Dog Training – an Update At the beginning of June, I hired a Dog Trainer to help me with Tucker. We have had Tucker now for 2 1/2 years, (Tucker is 5) and house training has always been an issue. It gets better, then we go backwards. Then it gets better, then we go backwards. My house was starting to feel “dirty”, and I hated it. I had decided it was time to bring in a professional. This particular dog trainer had lots of great advice. They […]

Monday included lot’s of “to do’s”. I had errands to run from one side of the city to the other. My new Dog Trainer came to the house in the afternoon. I will fill you in on that tomorrow. I won’t bore you with all of the details, but I was ready for bed early last night, and slept like a baby! Sorry for the short, and lacking in entertainment, post, but I’ve got marinara to make and I’ve been gone all day long. It’s almost dinnertime! Here are yesterday’s eats! Breakfast Peaches and Cream Oatmeal Frothy Coffee 5 PPV   Lunch Salad Bar, Chopped up and some of it in a Wrap! Latte 10 PPV   Dinner An Un-Pictured Amazing Not Your Mama’s Taco Salad Lots of Veggies, Turkey Taco Meat, Smashed Avocado, Cheese 12 PPV We were in a deep conversation while I was making up our plates. […]

Thursday… I exercised and had a good breakfast Thursday morning. I worked a short shift at The Food Truck, and in record time, I drove home, showered, gathered up my things, and hopped in the car to catch a 2:20 flight instead of the planned 4:00 flight. I live 45 minutes from the airport. I pulled out of my driveway at 1:15, and somehow walked onto the plane at 2:15. I really have no idea how that happened, but as soon as it did, I received a text that my 4:00 flight was delayed until 9:30 pm! So, needless to say, I was ecstatic and the weekend was off to a great start! Tess started a new position on Wednesday, and I arrived in Dallas just in time to go see her new office and get a nice little tour. We went to our traditional “first night in Dallas” restaurant, […]

I’m leaving on a flight to Dallas this afternoon to go visit one of the coolest kid’s in the whole world, my daughter Tess, for her birthday. If you’re new to the blog, Tess works for Southwest Airlines, and mom and dad fly for FREE!! I don’t know how I would have handled her moving so far away if we didn’t have the chance to see each other as ofter as we do with the free flights! It really is a HUGE benefit! I worked hard all week to get in a lot of whole foods, drink a lot of water, and exercise. I’ve been in the zone, and I’m mentally prepared to go out of town for the weekend. I’ve packed my walking clothes, and I’ll only be gone two nights this visit. I missed my long walk yesterday, but I did get Tucker outside for a sniff and […]

Yesterday, my body felt tight from head to toe! Thankfully, there is a large variety of Yoga classes that are offered between the two places that I have been going to. One Yoga class that I have tried, and liked, is called Stretch, Relax and Restore. And that’s exactly what you do. It’s basically an hour and 15 minutes of holding long stretches, relaxing, and leaving feeling restored. I did that class yesterday, and it felt great. I took a break from walking yesterday, but I’ll get in a few miles today.  I’m keeping this short so I can get those miles in and take the dogs on a “sniff and stroll” before going to work the Food Truck today! Here are yesterday’s eats! Breakfast Frothy Coffee 1 PPV   French Toast You can click on the link for my recipe, but it’s your basic French Toast, using Trader Joe’s […]

It was a full afternoon of snacking! For some reason, I just never felt satisfied. The snack’s that I listed between lunch and dinner, I consumed from about 3:30-7:30. We didn’t eat dinner until almost 8:00, which is about an hour later than usual. I was home all afternoon, and while I didn’t feel like it was stress eating, I did have a lot on my mind. I kept telling myself to focus on the phone calls I was making, and the task that I was trying to complete, and forget about the food, but I just kept on snacking. While I did not take pictures of the snacks, I know what I ate, and I tracked the points. I fixed Mike leftover spaghetti for dinner. There wasn’t enough for both of us, so I had planned to come up with something quick and easy for myself to eat for […]

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I thought it was going to be a relaxing day, but it ended up being another chore day. I think I am caught up for awhile now though. 🙂 I got in another great walk, and I am really liking what the scale is doing these last few days!     Breakfast All of the Pumpkin items on Pinterest had me craving it before Fall even gets here!! I have another Pumpkin Pancake recipe that is four pancakes for 8 PointsPlus. I created this one without using any greek yogurt, and less oatmeal that is in the other recipe. I think they both taste great though! This recipe makes three pancakes. The real yumminess for both of these recipes, is topping them with Pumpkin Butter!  Pumpkin Pancakes for 3 PointsPlus topped with 1 T. Pumpkin Butter 1 Egg Frothy Coffee 7 PPV   Lunch Morning Star Spicy Black Bean Burger […]