Month: May 2015

I’ll just start by saying that yesterday was a lot of fun and a Perfect Saturday! A friend came over for coffee, then we headed to downtown Overland Park to the City Market. It’s small compared to downtown Kansas City’s market, but they have a lot to offer, just on a smaller scale. My friend and I noticed a long line at a tent, so we stopped to see what must be so good that there was such a line! It was for toast.  This toast…… They also had Pour Over Coffee, (you can see them making it behind my toast!) which I love! The toast was amazing. We had them cut ours in half so we could share it, and I did share a couple of bites of mine with some friends that we ran into! I’m guessing on the points, but it really was worth standing in line […]

I’ve literally spent the last 3 days at the Verizon store in an effort to help my mom enter the texting world so she can keep in contact with my brother. Mom can now text, and send and receive pictures. Miracles do happen. My older brother (haha, my only brother) sold his house and everything that he owns last year and lived in his camper for one year to prepare for a new journey in his life. This is him, learning how to use his iPhone. Also…a miracle. He prefers the simpler things in life, hence the camper.   He left three weeks ago to head to the east coast and start a new life of camping and beaching it! This is his home! (I think this picture was at a KOA campground is N. Carolina?)   He calls her Stella.   This is the rear end of the trailer […]

I did some shopping yesterday! The last time that I went to Jazzercise, I knew I would have to buy new shoes before I went to another class. Walking Shoes are NOT Jazzercise shoes!  And speaking of walking shoes, those babies had a few miles on them and it was time for a new pair! Good shoes are important!   I bought a pair of workout pants at TJ Maxx a couple of weeks ago that I love! They are fairly high waisted and the waist band is wide, so they stay up when I’m jumping all around! I found a few new pairs to jump up and down in! Now I’m really ready for my 5 Week Challenge! I walked one mile in my new Walking shoes, and I jumped up and down in my new pants while wearing my new Jazzercise shoes! I ate some yummy food, and went […]

It’s so much fun to write a blog post when I’ve had a really successful and healthy day! It felt good just writing my blog yesterday morning knowing I had a goal for the next five weeks. On Tuesday, I walked 6 miles with a friend in the afternoon and watched Extreme Weight Loss on Tuesday night, so I was feeling energetic and motivated to set some goals. Yesterday, I worked at the food truck, and I did end up eating my lunch there. I ate a burger with no bun, no cheese, no mayo, but I enjoyed it with the avocado corn relish that we serve on one of the burgers. So, while I had planned to not eat at the food truck, what I ate was a good choice, and I kept within my points for the day. After work, I took the dogs on a walk. The route […]

I’m starting a Five Week Challenge today that includes a food and fitness plan. If you are new to the blog, let me update you on my weight loss journey.  I reached my goal of 160 (actually a little below that) in July of 2013. I stayed there for about 6 months, and then found myself back in the mid 160’s through 2014. At the end of the 2014 holidays, I found myself at 179. I worked hard in January 2015 eating 26 points a day on Weight Watchers and I joined Jazzercise and continued to practice Yoga and walk. At the end of the month, I felt great and weighed 172. My body (not me so much) LOVES 172! The first week in February, I broke my collarbone, lost all motivation, and have remained at around 172 since. I haven’t been to a meeting since April 10th! I’ve been […]

It was such a great weekend! My daughter came home for the weekend from Dallas and she brought the boyfriend! We had a lot on our agenda for the weekend, (including a 5K) but mostly, we were excited to get to spend time together and Tess wanted to introduce Manuel to Mike and her siblings. Mike and I picked up the kids late Thursday night at the airport and came home to get settled in for a nice long weekend. We had a beer and a good little chat before finally getting to bed late! It was a late night for Mike, considering he is usually in bed by 9:00! Friday, Tess and I wanted to show Manuel as much of Kansas City as we could, so after a healthy breakfast and a somewhat relaxing morning at the house (there was an emergency trip to the vet), we headed out for […]

I know that there are several varieties of these cookies all over Pinterest, and I truly think that if you like Oatmeal, and you like Banana’s, then you can’t mess these up. Since my daughter and her boyfriend will be here for a long weekend, I wanted to have something sweet around the house that I could snack on without eating a bunch of sugar and going way over on my points! I came up with these, and they hit the spot! We’ve got a busy weekend planned so I know getting a blog posted over the next few days is highly unlikely, but I’ll take pictures all weekend and do my best to not eat and drink too much! Looking forward to the 5K Saturday morning! We are picking up the kids at 9:00 tonight and I am SO excited to have them here!  “love the life you live, […]

Everything that didn’t get done on Monday, got done yesterday….along with the Tuesday “to do” list, AND….the Wednesday “to do” list! Oil changed, a menu made for the weekend, groceries bought, fridge cleaned out and stocked and a clean house! All I can think about is what a great weekend it is going to be with my daughter and her boyfriend here at the house! They are coming in Thursday night, then Friday is a full day of Kansas City stuff, Saturday is the 5K at the Chiefs stadium, and Sunday is family day at the house with grandparents and siblings stopping by for coffee or lunch and to hang out and meet the boyfriend! As productive as yesterday was, I ate too much bread, and I didn’t get to Jazzercise.  It’s rainy and chilly outside right now and I am leaving soon to work at the Food Truck. These […]

 While Mishka, my 13 year old pup, was getting groomed yesterday, I got a text from the groomer. “Found a couple of fleas” The really weird thing is, I dreamt all night long that ants were crawling all over me and I kept waking up scratching! The dogs sleep with us. Basically, I was now disgusted for the rest of the day. Still am a little bit. I spent a lot of time cleaning yesterday. Then….. Mishka got sick. Vomiting, diarrhea and shaking. We went to the vet. I had a ridiculous reaction to all of the cats there and sneezed 150 times over the next few hours. Misha either was shaking or sleeping on my lap for the rest of the day. Now it’s boiled chicken and rice for the next two days for her, I felt like the parent of a sick infant trying to comfort her all day yesterday. I […]

I’m having some issues with my blog. My “Subscribe” option under my picture on the right seems to completely disappear some days.  If you’d like to subscribe, and you see that option to the right under my picture, then please try and hopefully it will work now! There also seems to be an issue with me finding “Comments” when you lovely readers take the time to comment! Please know that if you’ve been so kind to take the time to comment on my blog, that I am not ignoring you, I’m just having issues. I love it when readers comment!  So please continue to do so and hopefully I will get all of the bugs worked out! OH! Speaking of bugs! I had whacky dreams all night long last night that ants were crawling on me, and the groomer just sent me a text that she found a couple of fleas on […]