This morning, I had two solid hours of stressful dreams, in which I was either weeping or wrathful, and woke up frustrated so I didn't get up and exercise. I figured I'd do my hour-long yoga DVD when I got home from work.
I got home from work and dinner was already ready so I decided not to delay it by exercising. I told Matthew we'd go to the mall after dinner and walk around it as exercise. So, that's what we did after dinner.
Little did I realize that we would get very very hungry while we were out and little did I remember that Red Robin had just opened in the mall. Oops.
It's a falling off the wagon type of thing but I'm not going to beat myself up about it...it happens.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
You Are What You Eat
I've become a big fan of the BBC show, You Are What You Eat, that is hosted by the holistic nutritionist, Gillian McKeith. I bought two of her books, You Are What You Eat and Slim for Life, and read through them both to get an idea of what the plans looked like and what the grocery list would look like.
The grocery list was quite long and included a ton of produce (39 celery stalks, 53 carrots, 12 cucumbers...just for one week) and it included a lot of produce that is only available in the organic section, here. Organic isn't necessarily a bad thing; it's just more expensive and we are trying to cut costs right now until we can get rid of our mortgage.
The people on the television show, who are from the UK, always say that the food they buy for this plan saves them money. However, it was almost 3 times what we normally spend.
So, we'll stick to the plan mostly to the letter this week and when I plan for next week, I'll include more of the items that are cheaper, yet still healthy, like lentils and split peas.
The grocery list was quite long and included a ton of produce (39 celery stalks, 53 carrots, 12 cucumbers...just for one week) and it included a lot of produce that is only available in the organic section, here. Organic isn't necessarily a bad thing; it's just more expensive and we are trying to cut costs right now until we can get rid of our mortgage.
The people on the television show, who are from the UK, always say that the food they buy for this plan saves them money. However, it was almost 3 times what we normally spend.
So, we'll stick to the plan mostly to the letter this week and when I plan for next week, I'll include more of the items that are cheaper, yet still healthy, like lentils and split peas.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
The Stupidest Person Alive?
Let me preface this story by saying that today is my second day of not having any caffeine at all since we are starting a new healthy eating plan tomorrow (more about that, later) and I'm not thinking entirely clearly without the caffeine buzz (I won't give in. I won't give in...)
My mom came over with my grandmother (her mother) today and brought some leftovers (chicken and pastry) from our family dinner last night. We sat around and talked for a while and got hungry so I decided I'd pop the casserole dish with the chicken and pastry into the oven. She had aluminum foil on top of the glass casserole dish with the plastic traveling cover. I peeled the plastic cover off, then the aluminum foil and then put the plastic cover on and popped it all into the oven.
A sane person would see the problem here. However, I did not.
A few minutes later, my mom went to check on the oven and found that the plastic cover had melted (doh!). She put on my oven mitt and peeled the plastic off the glass as best she could and we threw the plastic lid away.
Luckily, we caught it before it touched the food at all.
/sigh
My mom came over with my grandmother (her mother) today and brought some leftovers (chicken and pastry) from our family dinner last night. We sat around and talked for a while and got hungry so I decided I'd pop the casserole dish with the chicken and pastry into the oven. She had aluminum foil on top of the glass casserole dish with the plastic traveling cover. I peeled the plastic cover off, then the aluminum foil and then put the plastic cover on and popped it all into the oven.
A sane person would see the problem here. However, I did not.
A few minutes later, my mom went to check on the oven and found that the plastic cover had melted (doh!). She put on my oven mitt and peeled the plastic off the glass as best she could and we threw the plastic lid away.
Luckily, we caught it before it touched the food at all.
/sigh
Friday, September 26, 2008
A Cat Story
This morning, I got out of the shower and go into the kitchen to put my lunch together and get breakfast where Matthew is making tuna salad. I hear Mischief whining like crazy.
Matthew says, “He's mad because I won’t give him tuna"
“Why?” I respond
“If you want him to have some, you give it to him."
So, i grab a small piece of tuna and look around…no cat. Then, I realize the whining is muffled which is somewhat confusing so I look around some more and realize that it sounds like Mischief is outside.
I mention that to Matthew.
Before we can check the door, we hear something leap up and scratch the door. We had ignored his whining so long, Mischief jumped up and hung onto where he could see in the window.
Matthew opened the door and he flew inside and down the hall.
Matthew says, “He's mad because I won’t give him tuna"
“Why?” I respond
“If you want him to have some, you give it to him."
So, i grab a small piece of tuna and look around…no cat. Then, I realize the whining is muffled which is somewhat confusing so I look around some more and realize that it sounds like Mischief is outside.
I mention that to Matthew.
Before we can check the door, we hear something leap up and scratch the door. We had ignored his whining so long, Mischief jumped up and hung onto where he could see in the window.
Matthew opened the door and he flew inside and down the hall.
A Quiz (Thanks, Meg!)
Here is the new 2008 edition of getting to know your family and friends. Here is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. Some of you may get this several times; that means you have lots of friends. Have fun and be truthful!
1. What is your occupation right now? Benefits Specialist for a local government
2. What color are your socks right now? clear ;)
3. What are you listening to right now? The 3rd season premier of Heroes
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Ginger Lemon Cremes
5. Can you drive a stick shift? no
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? A retiree about her insurance
7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? of course
8. How old are you today? 31
9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? none
10. What is your favorite drink? diet mountain dew
11. Have you ever dyed your hair? many times
12. Favorite food? fries
13. What is the last movie you watched? Baby Mama with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
14. Favorite day of the year? Christmas
15. How do you vent anger? I cry
16. What was your favorite toy as a child? my swing set
17. What is your favorite season? autumn
18. Cherries or Blueberries? cherries
19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? Comment here so I know if you put it on your blogs!
20. Who is the most likely to respond? dunno
21. Who is least likely to respond? dunno
22. Living arrangements: just moved back to my childhood home that is next door to my paternal grandmother
23. When was the last time you cried? a week or so ago
24. What is on the floor of your closet? clothes and shoes
25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to? /shrug
26. What did you do last night? went to wal-mart then played WoW
27. What are you most afraid of? spiders
28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? Cheese
29. Favorite dog breed? border collie
30. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
31. How many states have you lived in? 1
32. Diamonds or pearls? metal
33. What is your favorite flower? stargazer lilies
1. What is your occupation right now? Benefits Specialist for a local government
2. What color are your socks right now? clear ;)
3. What are you listening to right now? The 3rd season premier of Heroes
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Ginger Lemon Cremes
5. Can you drive a stick shift? no
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? A retiree about her insurance
7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? of course
8. How old are you today? 31
9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? none
10. What is your favorite drink? diet mountain dew
11. Have you ever dyed your hair? many times
12. Favorite food? fries
13. What is the last movie you watched? Baby Mama with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
14. Favorite day of the year? Christmas
15. How do you vent anger? I cry
16. What was your favorite toy as a child? my swing set
17. What is your favorite season? autumn
18. Cherries or Blueberries? cherries
19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? Comment here so I know if you put it on your blogs!
20. Who is the most likely to respond? dunno
21. Who is least likely to respond? dunno
22. Living arrangements: just moved back to my childhood home that is next door to my paternal grandmother
23. When was the last time you cried? a week or so ago
24. What is on the floor of your closet? clothes and shoes
25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to? /shrug
26. What did you do last night? went to wal-mart then played WoW
27. What are you most afraid of? spiders
28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? Cheese
29. Favorite dog breed? border collie
30. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
31. How many states have you lived in? 1
32. Diamonds or pearls? metal
33. What is your favorite flower? stargazer lilies
Monday, September 22, 2008
Update
Starting my fifth week of my new job. Man, has this month flown by! I'm loving my job and loving my new 30-minute drive to work. Instead of filling my gas tank every other day, I can, ideally, fill it up every ten days or so.
We visited our old house in Clayton for the first time in a month, yesterday. Everything was as it was left except for the grass which was very very tall...We tried to mow it all but our lawnmower was giving us trouble so we did what we could in the time we had and decided we'd just have to leave it.
That's all for now. Happy Autumn Equinox to everyone.
We visited our old house in Clayton for the first time in a month, yesterday. Everything was as it was left except for the grass which was very very tall...We tried to mow it all but our lawnmower was giving us trouble so we did what we could in the time we had and decided we'd just have to leave it.
That's all for now. Happy Autumn Equinox to everyone.
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