Sistah Pat

The Derby is done! Did you see Mine That Bird??? Was that horse spectacular or what? Talk about an underdog…odds fifty to one. Totally amazing. DH and I were hooting and screaming for her. Not that we bet any money. Just that it’s so wonderful when a totally unknown horse bought for $9,500 runs such an amazing race.

Sistah Pat 2009 is still in the race with Sistah Pat 2008, too. That old nag ought to be easy to beat today. She didn’t even make it to the finish line last year. Took the day off and didn’t exercise. Well, DUH! I think I can do better than that. 2008 was also weighing 187 whereas I’m showing 182. Odds are on me winning this day.

I wrote yesterday evening. Added quite a bit to yesterday’s post but none of it showed up. Don’t know why. Guess it’s out there floating in cyberspace. Didn’t even save it as a draft… Okay, so I’m going to catch up with a couple of you chickies, finish my coffee and hit the treadmill!

1:15 - I am kickin ass and takin no prisoners! Did 65 minutes of step, aerobics, and treadmill. Kept the treadmill at 6% and 3.2 mph for most of the time but everytime I jumped on it and took my heartrate, it would be up around 130 and then it would start to drop down after a few minutes on the treadmill so I’d do some more aerobics to get it back up. The treadmill showed that I burned 490 calories but I know it’s more than that because of the aerobic work. I’m going to get a heart rate monitor today.

3:00 - Went to Walmart.  No, I am NOT paying $3.75 for each tomato plant.  Bought a cheap HRM for $47.00.  Read the review here.  Sounds pretty good to me.  For some reason, Walmart had an entire end cap set up with WW frozen Smart One entrees for $1.00 each.  I bought 35 of them.  Ought to keep me in lunches for a while.  Gotta go now.  I imagine I’ll be spending the rest of the day cursing this HRM while I try to figure it out.

7:00 - I’ll have the surf and surf, please!  I knew DH was going to fry fish this evening.  Big, fat, cod loins in beer batter with cole slaw and french fries.  I could care less about the beer batter, cole slaw or french fries BUT, OMG, big slabs or cod breaded and fried in peanut oil!  I decided to eat very light today so I could have some for dinner.  I took the cod and shook it in a bag with flour, salt, pepper, lemon pepper, and corn flake crumbs.  I shook off as much of the crumb mixture as I could and let her fry!  Saved some of the cole slaw mix and tossed a little Hendricks dressing/marinade over it to make it sweet and sour and it was a lot better than his cole slaw with mayonnaise dressing.  Squeezed a little lemon juice on the cod and had a fabulous dinner.  Don’t know how many calories but I looked up beaded, fried cod today and it’s not too bad without the bun and tartar sauce so I think I’m okay!

I’m feeling pretty used and abused this evening.  It’s 7:15 and I STILL have five grandkids running around.  The house is a wreck, they want something every five minutes, I’m SICK TO DEATH of the cartoon network and wondering where my weekend went…DS left Jake and Scout here while he went to buy a new pair of pants and shirt or his interview tomorrow.  Please, please, please, God, let him get this job.