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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 […]

  This was a little different than the Pumpkin Pancakes that I have made using more oatmeal, and greek yogurt. They were less points, and more dense. But I do like both! The “icing on the cake”, (pardon the pun) is the Pumpkin Butter on the top! You really need a good Pumpkin Butter to make these complete! “love the life you live, live the life you love”

It felt really good to wake up on a Saturday morning not feeling bloated and puffy from the alcohol and snack’s that I might have consumed Friday night.  I’m leaving Thursday night to go visit Tess in Dallas for her birthday, and I know that we will go out. I just need to make a plan this week to really minimize what I do so that I don’t come home from that trip feeling all blahhhhh…….then frustrated. Saturday was a full day of yard work, lunch and a little afternoon shopping with my mom. We had some unexpected things come up in the evening, so dinner was weird, and all I could really think about was……I could use a drink. Then I thought…..what do people that don’t smoke and don’t drink, do when they get stressed out? I wasn’t in a place where I could take a walk, and nobody […]