The Weight of My Weight

Lots going on today. We might be helping Kate get home this afternoon with baby Charlotte, and I still need to shovel her car out of the driveway, so I’m keeping this short today. I didn’t make it to my WW meeting yesterday morning. I was sleeping…… I did not weigh this morning when I woke up. I feel a little puffy. We leave Wednesday for the beach and I am really looking forward to vacation. I bought new swimsuits for this trip and I went through my closet briefly the other day looking at a few things to wear in the evenings. The scale can really do a number on my mood, so I likely will not weigh before we leave. I feel good right now, and I’d like to continue feeling good the remainder of the days here before we leave. I plan to exercise on vacation (beach […]

Charlotte Anne  Born on February 6th at 4:58 p.m. 7 pounds, 5 ounces 20″ Long     This is her mom, Kate. (and me!)   I don’t think I can put into words today all of the emotions that I have experienced over the last few days. A few days before Charlotte was born, I found out that I was going to get to be IN the delivery room with Kate! I was super excited, but I kept reminding myself that things might change, there might be too many people around, we might be over the limit on people allowed in the room, who knows…… I tried to not let myself get over excited. Kate spent the night at our house, along with our Daughter-In-Law, Jordan, the night before Charlotte was born, which we will forever refer to now…..as Charlotte’s Eve. The weather hadn’t cooperated too much, and it seemed […]

It was another Snow Day……which meant fighting staying away from the pantry. While pondering what all I would get done for the day (and knowing shoveling would fall into the day somewhere for activity points) a girlfriend called to see if I wanted to go Four Wheeling!! You Betcha!! Okay, actually she called to say that she was getting out of the house in her pick up, and would I like to join her? So I did! We ran a few errands, had lunch out, then came home to shovel. But before any of that happened….I made these!    So, like I said….pulse just a few times. Too much pulsing makes for runny batter…..   Should look kinda bubbly…..   Pour onto heated skillet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, and add a few blueberries to the top of each pancake. Cook for about 3 minutes. I only cooked two at […]

A “Snow Day” has had a lot of different meanings throughout my life. When I was a kid, a “Snow Day” was a really big deal and an unexpected day of fun! As a mom, a “Snow Day” meant I had to use a vacation day to stay home with Tess, but still, an unexpected day of fun…..now, a “Snow Day” basically means….. the floors are going to be a mess after the dogs go in and out all day long….. But for some strange reason, I still feel a little excitement inside me when our school district rolls across the bottom of the TV screen. Maybe that feeling never goes away. Maybe I’m just weird.   After Mike and I took Kate to the hospital yesterday in the crazy snow, (for one last check up before she deliver’s baby Charlotte on Thursday), we stayed in and had soup and hot […]

I enjoyed a gorgeous and beautiful 73 degree Friday afternoon in Dallas, and came home to an icy 18 degree Monday in Kansas City. The last 24 hours have been a bit of a whirlwind! First of all, I have rear wheel drive and if we had the snow on the ground yesterday, that we have now, I never would have made it home from the airport! So thankful the snow waited for me to get safely home….. Now, to the big stuff. Our daughter, Kate, was scheduled to go to the hospital Wednesday morning to be induced! Baby Charlotte is on her way!! Due to the arctic blizzard predictions, the Doctor thought it best to delay things until Thursday. Knowing what the weather predictions were…. and the drive Kate had to the hospital, we all decided that it would be best if she came here on Monday and spent […]

Let me start with……I spent over an hour and a half yesterday morning writing my blog. I talked about The Life Changing Loaf of Bread that I made on Thursday. I’ll tell you more about it next week when I make it again! I talked about how much fun I had at the airport while I was waiting for Tess to pick me up when she got off work. I inadvertently was talking about my daughters’ love of football because there was a lot of Super Bowl chat around the bar. After the 31 year old lawyer beside me, (that does live in Dallas) expressed interest in my daughter, I took that opportunity to give him a great “Mom” quiz about what kind of a guy he was?? After the questioning, and the other guys around the bar jumping in with questions of their own, (thank you friendly strangers at […]

(Revised to SmartPoints 9/25/16) You will want to make the Warm Cinnamon Apples filling to put in this Quesadilla. I found these Gluten Free, Brown Rice tortilla’s at tSprouts Grocery Store. They remind me more of a pastry? They’re a little flaky…..and they are 4 SmartPoints. I sprayed one of the tortilla’s with nonstick cooking spray. I put it on the hot skillet. I made my Warm Cinnamon Apples, and put them on half of the tortilla, leaving a few out to sprinkle on the top.    I browned the tortilla for just a few minutes….then, I don’t know how ordinary people flip their quesadilla’s, but I use my “Pig Cutting Board” that my Great Grandfather made. Don’t you think he’d be proud? I lay it on top of the tortilla, apply pressure with my hand, and flip the pan really fast with my other hand. Then just slide it from the […]

  (This post has been revised on August 4, 2014, to include my Homemade Marinara that I promised that I would make when tomatoes were in season!) Tuesday was a day filled with lots of food and unexpected, really good food! I could talk (write…type…blog….whatever) about some of the food I ate yesterday….all day long, but I’m getting this written late today, and it’s almost time to start writing tomorrow’s post, so I’ll try to make this short. Yeah, yeah, yeah….Your Welcome. After doing 21 days of “Gluten Free Dairy Free” at the beginning of January, then doing my weird little experiment that included cheese and crackers, then going back to just a regular diet of healthy eating, I’ve realized it was a lot easier for me to eat less points when I was really paying attention to the “No Gluten No Dairy” thing. So I am going to continue […]

(This post was modified on April 19th, 2014. I had previously miscalculated the points. This recipe has been modified and is now correct.)   I do love a pancake for breakfast (or any meal, really). Since I’ve been reading blogs and looking on Pinterest for recipes, I’ve discovered all sorts of different ways to make an easy, healthy, low point pancake. You really can’t mess these up either. It’s Banana’s and Eggs, just in a bunch of different combinations with lots of yummy additions to the banana’s and eggs! I made one the other day called a Three Ingredient Pancake! That one was just as tasty as this one, but that was several little thin pancakes, and this is one, big nice and thick pancake! Peanut Butter Packed Pancake! Pancake = 4 PPV Pancake with Toppings = 6 PPV   Ingredients 1/4 Dry Oats 3 Egg Whites 1/2 Ripe Banana, mashed 2 […]

(Revised 1/11/2018 to WWFreestyle) Sunday we celebrated Amiyah’s (our Granddaughter) 4th birthday with a few friends and family. It was a “Frozen” theme, but being all out of the 4 year old loop, I didn’t really know anything about “Frozen” until the party.   Her cake was super cute!   Her mom always does such a great job decorating!     There was even a Photo Booth! Kinda….. Thanks Uncle Jake!     Of course, Amiyah had to approve all photo’s….. Then there were lots of presents and a good time was had by all!   Now, let’s talk food…..  I was trying to get a lot of protein in today, so I started the day with egg whites and quinoa, then I made this really tasty Tuna Salad for lunch!  Sweet & Chunky Tuna Salad This would be great over a bed of lettuce served with a nice little chunk of […]