Schmoodle - we don't usually have leftovers in our house. There are 5 of us eating so we finish it off most of the time. I made some breakfast cups but I guess I lost my muffin pan in our last move and they turned out terrible in the mini pan with paper cups. Next time, I will use the mini pan, and just cut stuff up really small. I still had half the bowl left so that's what the 5yo, 2yo, and I had this morning.

Chelby - woohoo for 12lbs!

Cyndi - I will have to check the fat, I think I am getting that, just not eating enough altogether.

Ruth - How many calories should the weekly average be? (based on daily need?) I need to make sure I get at least 1600 everyday or else my milk supply might suffer.

SuzyQ - I am sorry to hear about your loss I was sad to see Ruth refer to Lucy's ghost a few days ago. I remember her posting about Lucy when I was here before I got preg with my youngest.

me4life - glad to hear your dog is feeling better!

Sophie - my mom is on facebook, she just got it figured out this week. I say join anyway

sophie, my DD finally persuaded me to join Facebook, and it's a lot of fun! My way of thinking is that if people post things on there, then they must want everyone to know about it. That sounds like an enjoyable hobby, reknotting necklaces. What a pleasurable way to enjoy the afternoon!

SuzyQ, I'm very sorry to hear of your loss.

Afternoon Ladies!

Cottage- I've been meaning ask you, what is it that you do for work?

SuzyQ- Sorry to hear about your pup.

Chelby- I agree this weather is COLD. We're at the same weight now but you're losing much faster than me!

Me: Confession- I cheated BAD last night, but not as bad as I used to binge, and I'm still down 1/2 lb from the day before! But it's okay and I'm back OP today. I made a tom,cuc,onion salad, veggie soup, jello yogurt, & quiche cups. We're have pork parmesan tonight SB style and balsamic asp. I'm due to end P1 on Wed. but since I cheated I may stay on a few days longer. I've only lost about 3 lbs in 1.5 wks which I am not impressed with and I have been following it very closely until my slip up. I'm thinking of staying on P1 until I lose 10 lbs.

Hi everyone! Hope all is well. I haven't logged on in a few days. I've been blah! Hurt my foot and it's interfering with the exercise. :-(

Well I'm going to catch up on everyoe's posts!

Have a great weekend!

Marissa

ellie, I don't know if I've properly welcomed you yet, but WELCOME! To answer your question, I work as a nanny.

Thanks Cottage! That's what I was assuming from your posts but I wasn't sure!

Good morning! It's warmed up a bit - we are now over 0ºF and it almost feels like Spring! We did get 2" of snow just so we don't get too excited.

Not much scheduled today except Church. I'll be reading and sewing plus making a niggles list. I may even do some! This week is going to be busy so I'll appreciate a quiet day.

Hope your Sunday is "sunny" in all ways.

We woke up to a covering of snow, and it's still snowing but warming up to almost 30* today. I DO hope that was the last of those single digit numbers for the winter!

Yesterday was a quiet day for us, too, although I did spend some time with my parents. Mom was making chicken pie and sent home a big piece for Jake, so I didn't have to cook for him. I made myself a fast and easy tofu stir-fry that was delicious!

I have to go out for a few groceries today, and want to do some laundry. I imagine DS and family will come over later for supper, so I'll cook up a roast beef for them and probably another stir-fry for myself since I have to use up that tofu. I wish they made it in smaller packages!

Good Morning!

Every Sunday morning, my family goes to a flea market in North Alabama. It's always fun to see what people drag out. This time of year, vendors visit the big farmers market in Birmingham and bring veggies. It's what the grocery stores buy, just less expensive -- tomatoes $2 a cup instead of $2 a pound. I can't wait till spring when the fresh stuff starts showing up. For me, the first sign of spring is strawberries from Hammond, LA. Yum!

Hope your day is warm, lazy and on plan.

Good morning Chicks I'm enjoying a bowl of crockpot steel cut oats thanks to Murphmithch's find. Yum, can't wait to get to the store that has the unsweetened dried cherries.

Ruth - Enjoy your warm day

Cottage - I freeze tofu sometimes but it does change the texture a bit. Some people actually prefer it that way though so it's worth trying with a chunk.

Chelby - I so miss fresh produce. You will see it a lot sooner than I will!

Sophie - The bike should be here Monday or Tuesday. I'm on Facebook but my DD isn't!

It's very snowy here so although there are now a couple of birds we would love to chase I'm not risking the drive. I drove home from the coast in bad weather once last year and will never do it again if I can help it. It's really scary white knuckle driving over the mountains.

Instead it will be chores - Nessa bars, some kind of food for the week (DP starts her job Tuesday so we need lunches for 2 now!), more laundry more organizing, more cleaning..... You get the idea.

What's on your agenda this snowy Sunday?

Morning everyone! No snow here, but it did get colder than we thought overnight. DH had to wake up and get all the heaters turned on just to warm the house up a bit! It's still cold right now, but not as bad.

Cyndi: I know it'll be more work to prepare two lunches, but what a blessing that DP found a job! I'm glad you're not venturing out into the snow. Enjoy your Sunday!

Chelby: Oh how I love flea markets! We don't have any here, but every once in a while we get to travel somewhere that has a great one and they're so much fun! We have a decent farmer's market, but we rarely get there in time to get anything good.

Cottage: Mmmmmm....tofu stir fry sounds yummy. I'll have to put that on the menu sometime next month. (This month is already planned and pretty much shopped for.) I hope you have a great day!

Ruth: I'm glad it's "warmed" up for you! It's still colder there than our low today will be. Enjoy church and I hope you get your niggling done!

Me: Boy did we get a TON of things done yesterday! Groceries were bought and were shockingly enough only $93!! We bought a lot, too, so we were surprised. I also stopped by the local Wal-Mart type store and bought some fleece blankets on sale for $4. They're incredibly warm. DH and I got the shed and carport cleaned and organized with no fighting and they both look great. We should have done it sooner! My workout yesterday was KILLER, but DH was sweet and stayed outside to coach me even though he was done working out. I also got all but two rooms cleaned in the house, so I'll be doing those and laundry today.

Today should be fairly low-key. I'll be getting things ready for the week and making my list of niggles made in addition to the above. My family is getting here late Thursday night or early Friday morning. Since I don't want to skimp on workouts after work, I need to make sure I know what needs to get done and when so that the house is ready for them.

Well, the coffee is done, so I'm off to make breakfast. Maybe that'll warm me up a bit!!!!

Good morning chicks, another slow start today. I've managed to get in a load of laundry, make breakfast for the kids (they like a big nasty farm breakfast on Sundays), neaten up the kitchen, and give the cat her medicine, but that's about it so far. Yesterday was my lazy day, but I'm supposed to get stuff done today, so I really need to find some energy, but so far, not happening, even after 2 cups of coffee.

Regarding facebook, I think it's funny that kids my DD's age don't understand that everything they put out there on the internet is for public consumption. I think privacy may be an old fashioned concept. I tell her, if you wouldn't want your boss to read it, don't post it. Anyway, I say go ahead and join if you want to, sophie. If they don't want you looking they can always block you. I'm not on there to spy on her (or the nieces and nephews), but sometimes I do find out things I wish I hadn't!

Chelby- My Mom is in B'ham today, we adore the farmers market downtown.

Cold Weather Folks- stay warm and toasty.

Facebook- It's not just the kids posting inappropriate things, parents & TEACHERS from my son's VERY conservative private christian school are posting pictures that leave little to the imagination. We had to give our "born agian Christian testimony" at on our application to get him in the K-3 class!



High of 65 today!!! DH was hunting this morning as was actually hot!
I had some leftover taco bake for b'fast today. I'm doing a table at church for our woman's touch dinner. My theme is Valentine's day so it's really easy.

Kim -- I visited your blog. I love how your hubby is supporting you. That is great! Support is so important. My DH is doing SBD with me. BUT, he also gained 40 with me during 'our' pregnancy. That is support!

Ellie -- when we go to the downtown farmers market, we also go to Nikki's West. Have you been there? Yum!

I got beautiful tomatoes and lemons at the flea market this morning. No cucumbers today.

Good Morning Ladies- Saturdays are so hard for me to check in so here I am, a day late! Hope everyone had a great Saturday I was busy working wishing I had the day free lol

Ruth- SO nice of you to cook for your friend! I love that! What is a niggle?

Twynn- I need desperately to go through my clothes, unfortunately I already got rid of my fat clothes and now need ot go through and put away my skinny ones till I am able to wear them again! UGH.(I shouldn't say skinny but my less 20lb ones!)

Cyndi- Did you get all your organizing done that you hoped to accomplish? Bird watching is so cool, speaking of which I never put my feeders up since we moved... really need to get on that! LOVe the little horned guy! Beautiful!
SO, do you make your meals ahead for every week for lunches or? Just curious... I usually end up just trying to take leftovers, mostly soups... but would love some new ideas!

Cottage- Hope your visit with mom and dad was lovely! Enjoy time with DS and fam today!

Kim, its amazing how your body will burn or hold on depending on what you are eating!!! Good luck and let us know how it goes!!!! I have been working out this week and every morning I step on the scale to have gained a lb!!! UGH. I know its just water but that is always annoying! I should hide the scale... but I won't
WTG on your list! plan your work and work your plan right?! You are sooo doing that!

me4- Glad to hear the pup is feeling better!

Suzyq- SO sorry for your losses... Jump in here when you're ready! We're always looking for more support!

Schmoodle- hope your lazy morning was wonderful, and dd wasn't too upset!

Barb- hope you got all on your to do list done! Sounded like a lot of running around~!

Chelby- You're doing so wonderful girl! Keep it up! Flea Market sounds fun! I haven't been to one of those in years!

Sophie-

Ellie- not everyone loses as quickly as some, depends on how much you have to lose mostly.. Good for your for jumpking right back on plan!

Marissa- Hope your foot feels better soon!


As for me, this weekend was work on Saturday and going to try to do some organizing today. Need to run to the grocery just for a couple things... as I said before I need to hide the scale! It goes up a lb every day!!!!! I have been working out though and did eat soy sauce with dinner last night and didn't buy the reduced sodium one this time either...oops. Not giving up though. I am really sore from my workout last night. For those of you who have on demand you should check out their fitness part- tons of workouts there! I did Jillian's p1 of the shred program and feel it today! I also did an ab workout... Plan on doing them again today as well! DH is at work a couple hours this morning so I want to workout before he gets home. Then it is going through my clothes time. ugh- been dreading it for a while now.