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It was an extremely relaxing Sunday. I woke up feeling rested but I still planned to take it easy. We ate a yummy late breakfast. My mom came out later for coffee. I meal planned for the week, then I grocery shopped. I was in bed by 9:00 last night. I’m ready for a full week.  Are you? Yesterday’s eats. I love a chopped salad. Reason being, you get a taste of everything in every bite. I do that with a lot of my meals. Chop and dice into small pieces, slice things up thin. Topping your Oatmeal with a Banana? Slice it really thin and get a taste of Banana in every bite! Avocado? You can get a taste of Avocado in every bite of your meal if you slice it really thin! Chop up your Beef Taco Meat as small as you can, you can add less to […]

What a full and fun Saturday! I was in bed and asleep before 9:30! I had the opportunity to lead two WW meetings yesterday morning and they both went great. The members run the meeting really. These two particular meetings have awesome members that share, support and encourage each other. It was a great morning! I got in a good walk and for the first time this week, I got over 10,000 steps. Yay!   Mike and I went to a graduation party, then took a drive in the convertible and went out for dinner. It was the perfect day for a top down drive. (the car, not me, silly.) After dinner, off to a Cinco De Mayo party. I skipped the food at the party (and the host is my friend Linda, who is Mexican, and she cooked up a beautiful spread of Mexican food!) and I sipped on […]

It was a full and happy day yesterday and now I’m off to lead a couple of WW Meetings. Happy Saturday to you all. Check out my new front license plate. It’s perfect!     Here are yesterday’s eats! I was so busy I almost forgot to eat!! Brunch – 7 SP First Watch breakfast with friends. Two Poached Eggs, First Watch Potatoes (4), Avocado (3) and a small bowl of fruit.   Happy Hour Mocktail – 0 SP Have you tried Spindrift? I think it’s a better version of LaCroix. (Sorry LaCroix) Add a few ice cubes and a pretty piece of fruit. Put your feet up, or leave em down, your choice, and enjoy your zero point beverage! Thanks for the mocktail idea Becky!   Dinner – 10 SP Egg Roll in a Bowl This was REALLY good! Hopefully I get to the leftovers before Mike finds them. I […]

I seem to be having a hard time establishing any kind of a routine at all. It seems harder to get anything done when I’m not working than when I am working. Part of me thinks, “Well, I can focus on that tomorrow”. Part of me thinks, “I am supposed to be resting”. Another part of me is just having a hard time focusing on anything at all. This is what the fridge looks like most days. When I do cook, I shop for just the food I need for the next two days or so because really, nothing sounds good.   I have no real appetite. Nothing taste amazing. I’m doing stretches and taking short walks, but I’m not participating in step bets or doing any walking challenges, and frankly, each time I start to blog, I’m not sure what to say. I am feeling super disconnected from the blog, but […]

I unexpectedly went to Dallas to visit Tess this past week. There was an urgent significance for my trip to Dallas. I called my doc to see if I could go, and I was told that as long as I didn’t carry over 10 pounds and wore compression socks, I could go. I ordered the best compression socks that I could find (I love you Amazon Prime!), put a change of underwear and socks in my purse and went to Dallas. I left Tuesday morning and arrived in time for Tess to pick me up from the airport, then head off to work for the day while I snuggled with Tucker.  Tess took Wednesday off and we spent the day together doing what we do best, dining on patios and hitting up the biggest Target we could find. I came home late Wednesday night. Tess and I had decided that […]

We had a beautiful light snow all day yesterday that went from tiny flakes to huge flakes then back to tiny flakes.  They seemed to melt as soon as they hit the green grass. Pretty and weird all at the same time. I spent the majority of the day curled up in my chair by the fire sipping on coffee or hot tea, shopping for my dream vintage trailer. My butt was numb at the end of the day from sitting, so I went to bed and counted trailers. I love following vintagecampertrailers on Instagram! These are just a few of my favorites and I’m hoping to find one similar. I love how tiny and cute they are.                   I may even buy a cute dress to match my trailer for the fancy camping days. Red dress, red trailer? You know, after a day on the […]

It is so strange how just running a few errands and being out of the house can wear a person out after two weeks of doing nothing. Friday I chilled. Friday night, in the middle of the night, I had to get up two times to change my completely wet clothes. Hot flashes and now night sweats. Hot damn! literally. HOT DAMN! Saturday, Mike and I car shopped. Early last summer I bought a Kayak. I took it out one time before my mastectomy.   One of the things that I am most looking forward to is getting that kayak out on the water when the weather warms up! Getting it on top of my car was almost impossible to do alone, so I was going to need to trade vehicles with Mike if I wanted to take it out. Not convenient. If you have been reading the blog for a while, […]

One of the unexpected surprises of writing a blog is that occasionally companies offer to send free stuff in exchange for a review! I have only said yes to this a few times as I only want to review products that I am actually interested in or products that I think my readers will be interested in. When I got an email from Gear Bunch offering me free leggings in exchange for a review, I said absolutely! I was mostly excited about all of the colorful patterns they had to choose from. I’m talking TONS of choices! When I received my leggings, I immediatley loved the feel of the fabric. Nice and soft. Thin, but not so thin that you could see through them (which I have a few of those!) and thick enough for good support without feeling too tight. They gave me several options to choose from. How cute is this Elephant […]

What a great day! Not only did I get a blog posted yesterday, but now that I can drive again, I met a friend for lunch and ran two errands. It’s the simple things like driving the car and running errands that remind me that life will be back to 100% in no time at all. I came home and rested for a bit, then I hopped on the treadmill for a leisurely mile followed with some arm exercises in hopes of loosening things up. I have some tight areas in my arms and chest that will hopefully loosen up with some regular movement. I listened to my body, didn’t do too much and ended the day feeling great. Not a huge fan of the treadmill, so hoping for some warmer weather soon so I can get outside! For now, this old girl will do.   I haven’t actually tracked […]