I think those roombas are so cute! I think I would just sit around watching it go! ha ha ha I still have a cleaning lady and I LOVE IT - in fact she is coming tomorrow (and yes I am harrassing everyone to "tidy up" and pick up stuff off floor and counters so she can clean!). Used to have her every week - but cut back since dh is not working - still a bit of a splurge but with 4 bathrooms, 5 bedrooms you can only imagine the time it takes to clean this baby!
Linda - nice to see you checking in - hang in there and try to plan ahead for those non-lunch stresses. Hope you enjoy the roast beef recipe - it is pretty good - let me know what you think!
Angela - are you okay? Did you survive the kids and the treasure hunt?
Was out tonight while dd was dancing and bought a BLENDER - okay a cheap blender and I had a gift card w/some $$ on it - but nevertheless a blender and guess what I made when I got home!! A VICKIE SPECIAL - yes a chocolate banana smoothie (with the sf/ff swiss miss I got on my shopping trip!). It was EXCELLENT - really hit the spot for my evening snack and a great way to get my milk in as I am not a big dairy eater! Wait til dh gets home and gets a load of my new "toy". I thnk I have some frozen fruit in basement freezer - will have to hunt it out and "experiment".
Feeling very tired today - busy day at work and while out tonight I did notice more feeling than usual in legs/hips which I think is due to my lunchtime walking. Tomorrow I will be in (training day at work which we are holding) and supposed to rain so I can take a break.
Also had my pdp (performance discussion) w/my supervisor - and while I was a bit nervous (okay I'm not always up to speed w/things and can fall behind esp when I don't like the task or it's too routine and boring), but the appraisal was quite excellent!!! Made me feel SO GOOD!! - good team leader, very open, great communication style, excellent writing skills, fantastic verbal skills, important part of the team, always helpful w/others! Shall I go on? Do have to work on "project mgmt skills" and I am still finding my way around being a manager, delegating and coaching appropriately - a bit trickier than I thought - altho my 2 staff members are fabulous. Planning to take a "leadership training course for first time managers" - 4 day course - of course current one is already booked so not sure when I can get in!
Eating not too bad (okay I did eat ds's pizza crust after my dinner) but basically acceptable......but definitely bad in the water dept today - maybe only 40 oz? Need to be more diligent w/this.
Passover coming up this weekend - have not invited anyone - altho I do have friends that would love to come??? Not sure if I am up to company and all that cooking and preparing (a bit more elaborate and fancy if we are having guests). I don't really want to stress myself too much. Kids going to their dad's sat night for dinner so we'll have our big "do" sunday night! Should be able to keep the menu fairly "core" altho I do have to eat some matzah (will try and find whole wheat), and drink some wine! I think I will splurge and enjoy a matzo ball in my chicken soup - at least it's after weigh in so will have all my points to enjoy!
Have to be at work supremely early tomorrow am to ensure course setup is a happening thing. Need to make sure trainer has what she needs, room is set up and we have also hired a company to tape the course (told them I need special lighting to ensure I don't look too old - ha ha ha ). Kinda of a waste of a day tho - I have tons of stuff to do, but will spend most of the day at the course or visiting periodically to make sure things are going well.
...and the day ends with a "fun"?? visit to the therapist w/dh - don't think I'll have the strength to deal with all our issues but will do my best!
Time to get ready for bed!
nitey nite!
Frouf