Morning, all! I actually got in here before 10 am!
Little Chick, you have a very safe drive (no smooching the DH while he's driving!
) and enjoy the heck out of that wedding! I hope DD's friend is distracted by the goings on and doesn't focus too much on her sad news. Can't wait to see the pics of you looking gorgeous, you BBQ skewer, you!
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Mamacita, I had no idea you are a writer! Good for you! What are you working on? Isn't it frustrating when your job gets in the way of your life?
My coworker and I both enjoy quilting (she's good at it, I'm a novice) and we're always threatening to bring our sewing machines in to work when it's slow!
Crafts and creative work really fuels your soul, I think.
: Hope you get to work on that writing this weekend!
Ruth, you poor girl!
I really hope that wrist heals soon for you! Please take it easy! Maybe a friend can write down the script while you dictate it? I'm sure it will be great! Congrats on the windows...sounds amazing!!!
Jodi, so sorry you have had such a **** week!
I hope the weekend is marvelous to make up for it!!! What a mess with the water heater. Those water leaks can drive you mad! We have one coming through the light in our pantry. It had something to do with ice dams on the roof, but it just frustrates me. I think DH has a handle on it, and I'm going to stay in denial and let him tinker with it.
I hope DD heals well and quickly! So glad you like Cooking Light! My SIL gave me a subscription for my birthday about five years ago and I have loved it ever since! I love that the front of the magazine has a ton of real live articles about health, fitness, and traveling. I'm pouring over the traveling one on London for our upcoming trip to Europe.
Hope you find tons of lovely recipes to try!
I'm finishing off a cup of Red Tea from a dear friend...got my birthday present in the mail yesterday. (my birthday was back in March) She is late, but her gifts are so precious that they are beyond worth waiting for!!!
: This tea is incredible and totally SBD as far as I can tell! It's "Good Hope Vanilla" from The Republic of Tea, and is a Red Tea from South Africa that has even more good stuff than green tea, but no caffeine! It has natural vanilla flavoring, vanilla beans, and natural cream flavoring, and is really yummy!
I didn't go to the gym this morning and am really upset with myself, though I know I shouldn't be. I went to bed too late last night...I got to painting my toenails with little polka dots, and then had to let them dry sufficiently before going to bed. Oy! I know DH must have tried to wake me at 5:30, but I only remember him saying that he had set the alarm for 7:00 and going back to sleep.
I stepped on the scale this morning and it continues to go down...I'm now several pounds below my current weight. One part of my is seriously rejoicing...but I poked around online yesterday and read up on why you should only lose 2 pounds or less a week, and they say that if you lose more, you are actually losing muscle tissue. They say that your muscles need a lot of calories to function and that if you can't maintain them, your body just breaks them down. I'm doing all this exercising to fill up my loose skin (on my arms at least) with muscle, and actually I'm just breaking it back down? Maybe I should be eating more...add in one carb or one fruit to my days and see if that slows it? I am of two minds on this, but leaning towards adding more food to see. I know I should put my stuff in fitday, but I am really balking about it...I hate trying to totally measure stuff. *sigh* Yup, I'm a whiner, having my own pity party about losing weight!!!
I've lost 5 pounds this week and I'm on TOM. That just doesn't seem safe.
Tonight is eat out night...not sure where we'll go. I'm eating leftovers for lunch...tuna fish, coleslaw, 3 bean salad, asparagus with beans and feta (which was not as good as it sounds).
Hope everyone has a much better day that yesterday!