Carol - Come on girl....spill...I want to know about those grilled sweet potatoes too!

Carol_ I want to know also..I love sweet potatoes.
dmpls_ how is hubby feeling today??
rat_ my jalapeno peppers are in high demand right now.Everyone around me has been calling trying to get them since the stores have pulled them. Maybe I should start charging for them. I have given away most of them and have only kept a few for myself.
Monica _check out the weight watcher string cheese. It only has 50 calories and I love it for snacking if i need something to stay with me.

gonna go take a nap..I love being lazy!
debi

Only 3pm and I already have 48 oz. of water down. I tried the Crystal Light Sunrise orange flavor...it's supposed to taste like orange juice but I think it tastes like Tang. But I like Tang so that's fine with me :D

I think today might be a bit of a lazy day for me, too. I just put a load of laundry in but that's probably the extent of my daily activity! Fiance wants to go see the new Batman movie so we might do that.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday...I will be back in a while if I have more to say; I guess there's just not a lot goin' on with me right now. Later, ladies!

Monica keep an eye on sodium content in drink mixes.....I tend to mix it weak so I have some flavor but not full strength. like 2 bottles of water to one packet......some of those sugar free ones have sodium in them as well as aspartame which is horrible for most people.

DMPLS-Ya know, I never thought about looking at those packets to check the sodium levels. You are a smart lady. I guess I never looked at the back of the box thinking of sodium. I am going to have to go to the cabinet and check to see what kind I have now. What do you think about splenda or stevia?

Monica-did you get a lazy day? Go see the Batman movie yet? We went last weekend to the drive-in and watched it. It was pretty good. Hubby asked if I wanted to go to the drive-in tonight but we had already seen the movies playing. We couldn't really afford to go anyway. He is out to San Diego M-W and then Fri-Wed or Thurs. to Atlanta. Always going somewhere.

O.K. well dinner is almost finished in oven so I need to get the rest finished up. later, Penny

Greetings Chickies!!

My Fios is back up and I have internet, tv and phone. Took the guy 5 min to reconnect me at the main box. Guess it got accidently removed during some other work.

I did get the front garden mostly weeded. My hamstrings and calves are screaming at me. I have to mow the lawn tomorrow.

After weeding and some floor sweeping, I took the golden retrievers down to the Bark n Bubbles doggie wash about an hour away in VA. The Golden Retriever Rescue Education and Training (GRREAT.org) was having their charity wash. Charlie, the 4 yr old, was rescued from there. The dogs were overly excited and were estastic to be around at least 10 other goldens at the same time getting washed. The smell of wet doggies has permeated my brain. Charlie was a great boy in the tub, but Buffy acted as if someone was torturing her (no sounds, just numerous escape attempts). I found that Buffy had created a nasty hot spot on her inner thigh, so I've been doctoring that this evening. The entire process took 2 hours and we were all exhausted at the end. Both dogs slept the entire way home and after eating their supper, are now passed out on the kitchen floor. It was wonderful being able to nose kiss so many spoiled goldens at the doggie wash. I was in golden heaven!! As you can tell, I have a soft spot for those type fuzzies.

Hugs and Luv to all!
Ratkitten

oh!! DMPLS, I'm glad you told the waitress and called the manager as well. It seems they were reactive to your tomato complaint and did all the right things. I hope your hubby is feeling better!

Hugs,
Rat

The gourmet sweet potatoe recipe (NOT) is overly simple. Partially bake the sweet potatoe in the microwave - maybe 2-3 minutes. Cut in 3/4 inch slices and season to taste - I spray a little olive oil nonstick spray and then chilli powder on usually - I also like cinnamon with a sprinkle of brown sugar splenda. Grill for about 4 minutes a side. It is truly one of my very favorite things. Looks great on a plate alongside a nicely grilled zucchini half (olive oil spray, garlic, sometimes parmesan, sometimes some fresh basil or tarragon).

No nap for me today - I hope I can wind down and sleep tonight. My trainer came by this afternoon and sat by the pool urging me on in my exercises. He looks great (he had 27 pounds of excess skin removed on June 25 - lower body). He will have his legs done next although right now he is waffling on that - I'm not sure he thought about recovery from a 9 hour surgery. He is loving the benefits but struggling to learn who this new person is. Sound familiar?

I spent 3 hours at Kohls this morning and came home with a carload - nothing for me though dangit. Wonderful wedding present for tomorrow, equally nice baby shower and honeymoon shower gifts for next weekend. DH ended up with a few things too. I hate shopping so I do it all at once. Thank goodness for the discount coupon.

A month or so ago I mentioned a mini-goal of a dress I'm wearing to the wedding. The goal was for it to fit great, not just good. I'm anxious to see how it fits tomorrow - I'll keep you posted.

Sweet potatoes are ready - no - I'm not sharing (but I'll gladly cook you another one).

Hugs to all,
Carol

an update...the baby who was born at 23 weeks didnt make it. He fought hard but lost his struggle this evening. Keep the mom and dad in your prayers.
The twins are doing great.
I am having trouble knowing i get to have a baby shower for my dil when my best friend jsut lost her grandbaby. GOd knows what is best but its hard for us to understand at times like these.
Eating has been really good today but i am slacking today on my water..got in a little exercise but its so hot.
I need to pick the garden but dont feel like it tonight..so I think i will jsut go to bed.

Carol: I was inspired by all the talk of grilled sweet potatoes. Unfortunately we have no grill. We have a huge George Forman but no room for it....we have considered taking it to the porch and running an extension cord. maybe another day. Tonight I made a half turkey breast with lemon and garlic and an herb rub, cooked up some portabello mushrooms with a flavored olive oil blend, steamed some veggies and made a yam and sweet potato in the oven by quartering them each into spears, spraying them with a little olive oil and drizzling them with heirloom baslamic vinegar. Everything was delicious...even if I did totaly butcher the turkey when I was cutting it. It still tasted lovely. DH and I are really struggling to recommit ourselves right now to better eating and getting back on track with WW. We both want to lose and need to lose...but we keep getting sidetracked and frustrated.

We are going to see Dark Knight next weekend..so no spoilers please!!! I am doing another market research study tomorrow...the last one was about cars and I made $175 and tomorrow it's about a new TV pilot and I'll make $125. My ONLY fear is they asked for our shirt sizes because we have to wear sensor vests that measure our heart rates and the largest they had was XXL...hopefully a men's XXL which should fit me. I would be mortified if I was dq'ed for being too big :(

Back to work on Monday...where did my vacation go???

Well tonight we had youngest DD's old chorus teacher over, he moved to Florida last year & got married......they were in town and DD along with her best friend (also from chorus) set up this huge surprise get together with the rest of the class and this years chorus production on DVD! We had a HOUSEFULL! DD made salad, deviled eggs, baked beans, two different desserts and Dh BBQ burgers & hotdogs they had a blast watching themselves on the DVD......then they broke out the American Idol on the playstation! LOL it was alot of fun! with almost 20 people here tonight it was a madhouse! They were all singing and shouting LOL

Dh is feeling much better and refused to go get checked out today since all his issues were gone today.

I will definately be making me some grilled sweet potatos!!! along with that grilled zucchini!!! I like the idea of cooking them a bit first in the nuker since they are soooooo hard to cut into pieces(the sweet potatoes)

Dh is working on his Meatballs right now since the party just ended a few mins ago........he already had his sauce & all assembly of the baked ziti stuff complete now he just has to bake the meatballs (yes bake....LOL they usually weigh about 1/2 a lb each!) I will take some pictures of them to show you all!

Penny-Stevia is the best I think although it is very expensive, Splenda is good also.......I've suffered from Migraines for years........untill I discovered the remove of aspartame removes most of my migraines! I buy the cheaper version of Splenda at Walmart it starts with an A LOL

ttyl

Anne - great picture. I can really see the difference - time to get into some smaller clothes though my friend. Isn't it strange - I struggle also to put on clothes that fit but once I do I feel so much better and they flatter the figure better than baggy.

Penny - water?

Debi - so sorry about the little one. Enjoy the shower today and take comfort in your faith.

Hugs,
Carol

It's Sunday so you don't have to move your bodies but please drink your water and most of all SMILE.

Hiya my Peeps,

Debi, hugs and prayers to the family of the 23 week old. I'm glad the twins are doing great. I'm not doing well with hydration either. Yay for your jalapenos being the fav!! Good thing they grow fast, huh? My dad used to grow sweet banana peppers at the same time and some of them would end up hot.. we think because of the jalapenos he grew.

Julee, your menu sounded heavenly!! Vacations go by too fast, don't they? This is the first summer in a long time that I have a bunch of movies I want to see, including the Dark Knight. I also love animation and want to see WallE and I heard Mama Mia was wonderful. Then there was Hancock (I'm a Will Smith fan).

DMPLS, you house sounds like the place to be!! What wonderful energy to have all those singers in the house and then the surprise for the old chorus teacher. I'm trying not to dr00l thinking of 1/2 lb meatballs.. hehe.

GGG, thanks for the sweet potato pointers!! I'm afraid I didn't move much yesterday.

The doggies are playing and wrestling. Buffy is feeling better now that she's on antibiotics and some steriods for the really bad hot spot on her thigh. I still have to stop her from licking it. She's confined to the indoors today. If she doesn't quit, it's the conehead therapy for her!!!

Penny, I never checked those mix-ins for sodium either.. hrm. I do know they are acidic and will bother my sensitive teeth, so I started limiting them.

Monica, Hope you had a great Saturday! I didn't even do laundry.. ugh.

Tex, you and me are gonna try the sweet potato thing, right? I need to hit the grocery store today among all the stuff I haven't done this weekend.

I need get some of those all natural frozen fruit bars when it's so hot. The low cal frozen fruit thingies have a chemical in them that I'm allergic to, so I have to stay with natural fruit juice. I should make my own (like I used to). Where did all my time go?!

Hugs and Luv to all,
RK

rat_ my mom told me to plant my hot peppers away from all my other type of veggies..she said once my grandfathers tomatoes were hot.LOL I did have a volunteer tomato plant come up this year..it is a cross between a grape tomato and a reg..they are all the size of golf balls. It came up where my grapes tomatoes were planted last year.
I have my 64 ounces jug of water by me today and will finish it and do another one...
Have a good day everyone..im trying to find my house before i have to get ready for the shower.
hugs
debi

Good Morning,
Well another WI day. Yeah -2.4 lbs.!!!!!! I just had to check in and let ya know.
Debi-another tomato plant and the same size, I would probably get them mixed up. That's a big water jug, good for you. Enjoy your day and hopefully it won't be too hot.
Ratkitten-Glad you had a good day at the dog wash! Sounds fun!
DMPLS- Your daughters event sounds like the times my kids have here! Enjoy them even though they are a very busy time. My house has been full many times and I am sure that there will be more. I enjoy them too!
Carol-No water yet today but getting ready to. Thanks for the reminder!
Julee-Enjoy Dark Night next week. I am sure that the shirt will fit fine. I worry about things like that too when asked for a size.
Well, hubby is cleaning out a corner so I better help if I want the weights set up. He just got the stationary bicycle working again for those inside rainy days! Yeah! He had WI yesterday, -4.5 lbs.!! He is happy to be losing again. He had been at a hold the last month. Younger daughter stayed the same, not sure how older one did, she is at work. Check in later, Penny