Maryann - glad you are feeling better.
Congrats on your anniversary! Wow, 42 years!!
Rhonda - Are you kind of combining calorie cycling with Core? Hope it goes well for you, congrats on sticking to your plan.
Paula - Core pumpkin cake?
that sounds delish! You sound like you're going to be very busy for the forseeable future!
Sandra - I hope hunting is over for your sake too!
Donna -
Hurray for sticking to your plan! Chai + vanilla creamer sounds yummy... wonder if you could make it lighter by adding milk and a tiny dash of vanilla extract, and maybe some splenda?
Sloan - We just had snow this morning too, strangely enough. I never expect it this early in the year. it won't stick around, anyhow. As for what I'm making, well, let's see... I can't remember my whole plan but here are a few things:
-homemade spice rubs for my dad who likes to grill (will make different ones for different meats and put in small tins purchased from Michael's),
-a breakfast-themed gift basket for stepmother with homemade granola, syrup, jam, and maybe a big mason jar with ingredients for scones or muffins,
-knit hats for itty bitty nephew,
-cookies in pretty Christmas tins for many people,
and this one's my favorite:
-I'm photoshopping photos of my 4 year old niece into other photos of famous places and will turn them into a kind of kid's book about her traveling the world!
I am also making little glass marble magnets and homemade truffles for stocking stuffers.
Actually, here is one place I got a lot of ideas from:
DIY Christmas Gifts at Get Rich Slowly
Well I was OP yesterday, which felt nice. I tried to go have a run on the treadmill but when I looked in our little gym thing there were all these random 20 year old guys hanging out in there in jeans and coats and such... OBVIOUSLY not working out... who knows what they were doing. Anyway, it made me self-conscious, so I went back home. Turned on TurboJam in my living room, got 3/4 of the way through it before DH called needing to be picked up.
I got a half hour in but it would have been nice to finish it. Guess I just wasn't meant to have a nice workout yesterday!