I got pulled back into work around 9 last night for a couple of hours and then got paged at 4:30AM and worked until 10:18. Now I'm free until the next status call at 1:00PM. So I've just managed to get breakfast and plan to shower, dress and run Brian out for some shoes he needs. It's tax free weekend and he really needs new shoes. I just hope this work doesn't interfere with our scouting plans this evening. Technically I'm not on call any more and I am on vacation next week but I'm a subject matter expert in this area so I've got to help if I can.
Cottage, it IS a zinnia. (Um....there is a title under the picture! )
Oooops! Hey, gimme a break, it was before 7 am when I was looking at it!
Jake wanted to go to The Shady Maple Smorgasbord for breakfast, and I did OK. I had a veggie omelet, SF baked oatmeal and a plate of fresh fruit. But I couldn't resist a few bites of some kind of cream cheese pastry that Jake was eating. It looked kind of like an eggroll, stuffed with cream cheese. Ummmm! Afterwards, we did some shopping at the farm market before heading back home. Monica just called to say she and the girls are coming out after they drop Eric off at the theatre, so it's a good thing I made a pie. I guess much work won't get done in the kitchen today.
I finally SAW a Wii Fit! If we'd gone to Target first instead of Walmart, I'd have it now. I rang the buzzer to have someone come and unlock the door but two people came and one was responding to a lady who got there first. Oh, well, next time maybe I'll get the last one.
On a positive side, I found shoes that fit Brian, shorts that fit me and I'm back in time to get on my conference call to continue working the work problem.
Had a very busy morning at the USO (a large group of guys coming in trying to get to their base 2 1/2 hours away) so I made oddles of breakfast sandwiches. I love cooking at the USO and sandwiches are my favorite to make. Being able to give them choices and seeing their face light up when I say things like bacon, croissant, and avocado makes my morning. I actually had one soldier ask for a 2nd sandwich because it was "so good". It makes me really happy to be part of such a cool organization.
The rest of the afternoon has been spent at Sears (I'm hitting all of them in the area) to look for great deals, and then I was home watching last night's Olympics. Michael Phelps is truly magical! Headed to Mom's tonight with the pups to re-acquaint her with them since she'll be watching them next weekend. Tomorrow will be church, groceries, and The Black Knight. I may also head to Lowes or Home Depot and pick up starter herb plants to plant on Monday. Should be good.
I'll try to check in tomorrow.
ENJOY!
I 've kind of had a scattered unproductive day. I've had a nagging headache all day, probably because I didn't drink enough water yesterday. Trying to make up for it and get rid of the headache, but I think I'll break down and take something for it before the movie.
I got the lawn sprayed FINALLY. It pretty much took me all day. I had borrowed a pressure sprayer from a friend and mixed up the solution and tried that one, but it wasn't working, so went to Home Depot and bought my own hose sprayer, sprayed the whole back yard before I realized it wasn't sucking up the garlic stuff, so fixed it, did it AGAIN, getting it all over myself in the process (and boy does the stuff stink). It'll be worth it if it works on the mosquitoes. The true test will be to get DD out there tomorrow and see if she gets bit.
I made Kierie's warm spinach salad for dinner (with walnuts and gorgonzola), so yummy I ate the whole bag of spinach myself. Good thing I went easy on the nuts and cheese. I had 4 cloves of garlic in there, so I'm sure I smell like a giant walking clove of garlic now, inside and out, but the mosquitoes shouldn't bother me tonight at the movie!
So, I just made myself some Old Bay popcorn, and have my 100 calorie once-a-week dark chocolate bar in my pocket, so I am ready to go to the movies! Have a fun night chicks and Matt!
hi everyone! The conference today was good, but the food was not great. I caved and had a chocolate brownie...which everyone else said was delicious, but it was too sweet and rich for me. I don't think I even like sugar anymore...i would have much rather had a big plate of veggies. Then I had a delicious salad at Red Robin for dinner with my uncle that I haven't seen in a while, so that was nice! Then I came home and watching a bit of the olympics with my mom...watching Phelps get his 8th gold medal! woohoo! And congrats to Torres too for getting a silver at 41 years old!
And...as of this AM I had lost another pound! Anyways, I best get to bed. Family lunch at my aunts house to meet my baby 2nd cousin and then back to state college tomorrow night. Have a Great Sunday everyone!!
TwynnB - hope your on call weekend w/o me is going well!
Schmoodle - warm spinach salad? that sounds delectable!
Goof morning! That's a typo but I'll leave it as I am going to goof off for part of the morning. Claire is picking up the lemon squares, the bulletins for Church and the flowers so I plan to soak in the tub and relax for a while. Disney and I have obedience class this afternoon followed by the post-christening party. Now if the cousins will just stay up at the Island, I'll be able to have an early bedtime.
Did OK at the garden show yesterday with three firsts and several seconds. The crazy thing is one of the firsts was for a stem of red begonias that I grabbed from the porch planter as I was leaving in the morning.
Nice to see so many chickies posting, especially Kara.
Wow Ruth! Hope you get that relaxing evening tonight.
We are off to Maine this afternoon. Luckily the campground has wireless! Remember when camping was roughing it?! Keeping for good weather. So far the forecast looks good but we've had so many nasty storms pop out of nowhere this year that I'm not counting on it.
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!
*added - why I hate the scale - I've gained 3.5 lbs in 2 days. Really?! Unless I have a hump that I haven't noticed it seems unlikely. Grrrr. Glad I'll be away from the beast for a few days.
Morning Ladies and Matt! Yesterday was pretty uneventful, cleaning and laundry in the morning along with picking about 100 cherry and yellow pear tomatoes. Then ventured off to an antique store with DH. I'm looking for a table an chairs for my kitchen. The table I have is to big, and not so much antique are vintage and not in a good way! Oh I found plenty I wanted just not at a price I wanted to pay unless you count the coca-cola table and chairs that would have meant a full paint and wall paper job as it wouldn't go in my blue kitchen! Thats ok, it just a another reason to keep looking!
Today is much the same, I think I am going to make some broccoli salad to use up some of my tomatos from yesterday along with some steaks on the grill.
Oh I splurged kind of last night, I had gotten some peaches at the grocery, cut one up with some oatmeal and SF syrup and popped in the microwave and then topped with a small amount of SF Butter Pecan Ice Cream, omg!
Ruth, congratulations on your prize winning flowers! I hope you enjoy a relaxing day after the flurry of activities!
Cyndi, have a great camping trip!
Yesterday turned crazy, with all the kids and grandkids here. Monica brought up a crate of cherries, and we put up several jars of brandied cherries, with a lot of sampling along the way. She also brought a lovely box of Heirloom tomatoes that taste heavenly! It was fun to have everyone here, but Jake and I didn't get done any work that we had planned.
We're not expecting anyone to drop in today, and I came downstairs to find Jake already laying out the wall tiles and figuring which ones will need to be cut. I have at least a couple of hours until we can start making noise, though, so I'm just relaxing and enjoying my coffee and 3FC.
Good Morning. I have my sister over and niece. We went to pick up a HUGE chocolate lab. I swear he has st. bernard in him, he must weigh 150 with paws as big as Jade's head! He loves jade... I'm having a hard time keeping him off of her. Becky is going to take Biko home with her. I was going to keep him but it's just too much!!!!! If I do get a second dog it will either be a puppy or a foster. He' is a great dog though, Jade has snipped at him (when he tries to get on her in a sexual way) and he doesn't snip back. He loves to play as does she. But jade will have none of him being near me! lol.... My sister is in love with him and I know her kids will love him too. She does have a jack russell, and i told her he playing iwth it, he jumps and afraid that club of a paw might kill her russell! I do have to wash the kitchen floor and run the steam cleaner from the drool of him,, YUCK! But he's such a gentle boy! But at 8 yrs old we were a little scared! But he's got so much energy!
So just a hello this am.l Sis and I are gonna take the dogs to the park and let them get exercise this am before she has to go back home.
Sigh. Yesterday was a helacious (sp?) day at work! It finally ended at 1 am....with a phone call at 7:30 . Don't you hate it when you can't go back to sleep? I normally go for a jog on a Sunday morn before the family gets up, but b/w work and a cold....I'm too tired!!
I thought I'd give an update on my coworker (not Matt), the one that I thought was doing SB the wrong way...tried to tell her that an iceberg lettuce salad with a sprinkle of ham and cheese was not the way to go. She told me yesterday, she's giving up on SB, switching to WW w/points.
I told her that it's not for everyone...but I really felt she didn't do it right. She responded she did exactly what the book said. I think back to the way I did it the first time, and it was different than this time (which, by the way, today was the first day the scale said 20# total gone!!! It's gotta be one of those "swings", too soon to change the ticker, but delightful to see anyway!!). It reinforces that I do believe I wouldn't have been nearly as successful (well....unsuccessful) without this forum.
I'm a wee bit tired. After minimal "celebrations" lately, my body decided to wake me at 1:30 for not one, but two! That's a miserable wake-up call. Got all the way back to bed and then my stomach went nuts again and I had to get back up. And I didn't even lose any weight from it! Grrrrrr.
Tom and Little Guy are over at Tom's mom's place, sitting and having coffee this morning (Tom, not Little Guy.) So.... I have a quiet morning to myself? I got a new SELF magazine in the mail yesterday (along with 8 bills.... sigh) so I have something to read even!
May take Little Guy to the last day of the IL State Fair today. Not sure though. He saw it on TV and wants to go on the swings ride (which is actually one I can ride, being that my stomach is pretty wimpy.) I'm one of those freakish people that can spin in circles all day long at warp speed, but if you drop me more than 10 feet,
Otherwise, not a lot going on. Think I'm going to get my tea going and start reading my magazine while I have a nice quiet house. Hope everybody has a great day!
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Oooops! Hey, gimme a break, it was before 7 am when I was looking at it! 
The Black Knight. I may also head to Lowes or Home Depot and pick up starter herb plants to plant on Monday. Should be good.
Ruth! Hope you get that relaxing evening tonight.
. Don't you hate it when you can't go back to sleep? I normally go for a jog on a Sunday morn before the family gets up, but b/w work and a cold....I'm too tired!!
I got a new SELF magazine in the mail yesterday (along with 8 bills.... sigh) so I have something to read even!
