Author: julesfarm@yahoo.com

I love Kansas City!

I have filled my Sunday morning with VERY important things. Facebook, thumbing through my “do it Yourself magazine”, drinking coffee, mostly recovering from a long afternoon yesterday. I went with a girlfriend to the Westport area yesterday afternoon to do a little thrift store shopping, with absolutely nothing to buy in mind, except for maybe lunch. Well, the sun was shining nicely, not a bad breeze, QT coffee in hand, lots of friendly people out and about, and really just a great Saturday afternoon. We had noticed several people walking in groups carrying putters? We assumed there must be some kind of pub crawl that we were oblivious to. There was. We were. More on that later. We hopped from thrift store to thrift store to antique shop meeting great people, buying nothing. Then, there it was. The high chair I have been looking for and had almost given up […]

Crockpot Chicken, Thai Pizza, 3-2-1- Cake

It’s been a crazy, but awesome week! I put my Goals, Obstacles, and Why’s on a big sheet of paper and posted it on my bathroom mirror, right where I see “The Weight of My Weight” every day. It proved to be a successful little idea when I weighed in on Friday! So happy. One of the items on my list? Exercise 5 times a week, no excuses. And I am sooooo good at coming up with excuses. Really they aren’t excuses. they’re real stuff…….see if you can relate. 1) My hair is a mess and I’ll have to shower and fix it before I can go. Then I’ll have to take TWO showers today! I’ll go this afternoon……or tomorrow.2) My favorite workout pants are dirty……from last week…..and I look really fat in this other pair. I’ll do laundry, then go……..probably tomorrow.3) My friends just called and want to have […]

Lots of Peppers today!

Breakfast was yummy and a bit different for me. I am adapting to the Greek yogurt “twang” if you will? This brand seems to be my favorite. Chobani. Today I had the raspberry, 3 PPV. Then I had a banana, 0 PPV, and a mini fat free cranberry orange muffin, 1 PPV. The muffin is Krusteaz brand and I love this flavor and the blueberry is delicious too! The red bell peppers were on sale for .89 cents, so I grabbed quite a few! So for lunch I made a wrap with my tortilla, 2 PPV, 1 T of hummus, 1 PPV, 2 oz of grilled chicken breast, 2 PPV, and LOTS of bell pepper strips! I wrapped it all up and added a few more crunchy veggies! Yum! Then I couldn’t get enough peppers I guess, so I made fajitas with my leftover grilled chicken from the night before’s […]

Face it everyday, for REAL!

So this is what I just made and posted on my bathroom mirror. The print is light, so let me help….. Goals1) 150 lbs2) exercise 5x per week3) do not eat more than my weekly allowed points4) drink 8 glasses water daily Obstacles1) stress and anxiety a) look at this list on my mirror and read it before I eat anything due to stress or anxiety. b) set the timer for 5 minutes and think about what I am stressed about before I eat anything due to stress or anxiety.2) socializing a) always keep within my points. b) only drink alcohol ONCE weekly. Why Am I Doing This?1) my physical health2) my mental health3) become a WW leader4) through WW leader job, be able to contribute more financially “love the life you live, live the life you love”

I love Pinterest, Chicken Chowder

I found this recipe on Pinterest. The site was addapinch.com It’s a chicken corn chowder and it was really yummy on a cold rainy day and 1 C was 4 PPV! These are all of the ingredients. I think cooking can be a lot more fun and a lot easier to start with a clean kitchen and an empty dishwasher! I measured out all of the ingredients and chopped up whatever needed chopping so I could follow the recipe for the first time and know I had everything ready to go! Celery, carrots, onion and garlic in olive oil. Bacon, jalapeño, thyme and flour. Add the chicken! the cream corn thickens it up! Yum! I added a T of sour cream to each bowl ( and added the points) to make it just a bit more creamy. My husband added a little shredded cheddar with the sour cream. Soooo good! […]

Well No Wonder…..

At my last WW Meeting, my lovely leader, Joan, talked about how color can affect your appetite! Here is the information she found on the color “Red”. “It is a very intense and energetic color, red increases blood pressure and stimulates appetite. Ever notice why many restaurants paint their walls a dark red?” She followed this by saying that it probably wasn’t the best idea to have red walls in your kitchen or red plates. Here are my kitchen plates. And here are a couple of pictures of my kitchen. Yip, that’s right. I have red walls AND red plates. At least I have a variety of plates, so I can opt out of eating off of my red plates, but I think I will keep my wall color for a while. Here is the information Joan sent me on other colors and how they can affect your appetite! Looks […]

Good Bye Old Friend

Oh don’t worry. That’s just me being dramatic. I have had this relationship with coffee since my teens. My mom always had a pot of coffee on every morning, and most evenings. It was comforting. It always smelled so good. There was just something about sitting down with a cup of coffee that made everything better. Wait. Maybe it was the pastry or cookies that we had with it that was comforting. Well, whatever it was, it still is, because I have coffee on ALL the time! I drank it black for years. Then out of the blue, I needed a change. I do that a lot. Change things. Move furniture, paint a room, mow the lawn in a circle (true story), rearrange wall hangings, make the sock drawer the underwear drawer, cut all of my hair off, paint my nails purple, add creamer to my coffee! Can you believe […]