Hi chicks,
Work is just bleeding the life out of me. Coming home late. Wasting groceries because I get home too late to cook and DH doesn't want to eat anything heavy at 8pm. I do find myself vegging out in front of the tv with little energy to do more than 1 or 2 small tasks on the list. I'm hoping things will calm down by the end of the week but I don't know. Sure don't want to keep this pace up as it is really cramping my style on things here at home that I want/need to get done. My 14 hour days of living for the company are long over with.
DH made a nice supper of scrambled eggs with chopped ham, onions, green peppers. I made some raisin toast to go with it. It was quite tasty. I let him eat the cranberry oatmeal cookies and I had some sliced fresh strawberries with a glob of chocolate Cool Whip. Oh boy was that good. And it's a low point guilt free WW dessert I can enjoy.
DH and I have agreed we are tired of eating ham. However I did find 2 WW recipes that looked decent.
Ham and Cranberry Salad
1/2 cup cooked lean ham chopped finely
1/2 medium apple of your choice - diced up
3 tablespoons canned whole berry cranberry sauce
1 medium chopped scallion (green onion)
4 slices of whole grain/whole meal bread
4 slices of lettuce - romaine, raddicchio
Combine all ingredients except for the bread and lettuce. Put the lettuce on the bread, slap on the ham salad, put the other piece of bread on it and eat. Each sandwich - 5 points.
I would probably do a half sandwich and combine it with a cup of vegetable soup and some fresh fruit and a cup of green tea.
Drink lots of water afterwards as that's probably quite a bit of salt!
There's also a nice ham and vegetable frittata recipe but DH's scrambled eggs, ham and veggies comes close - tho I would add more vegetables like red and orange bell peppers, mushrooms, asparagus, tomatoes and some broccoli if I was doing it for just me. I told him I could see saving some leftovers and wrapping it in a whole wheat tortilla shell for a breakfast wrap too.
On to personals...
Rennie - you must have way better campgrounds in Ohio than we did in Wisconsin and Illinois because all the places I've been too and our tent too - would not accomodate the CPAP machine. Unless of course you have a camper type deal. Glad you are off the machine now. I hear the good fitting masks are quite expensive and of course the insurance doesn't want to cover them.
Carla - I haven't seen Ju-jubes in years. Eating them would probably cost me $900 per tooth now because I just HAD to bite down on the darn things really hard and then see how long it took to pull my mouth open. I'm sure I'd do that again if I had the little suckers around.
Now don't you go trying that
LOVED the idea of mixing the leftovers in the kitty litter. What did kitty think of it?
I am jealous you are in Victoria. It's so pretty there. Even if it is still kind of cold now. I'm sorry you're not feeling well, I hear there are no chocolate bunnies in BC so you will be safe
Mel - we just have to put our heads together and find something for you that will substitute for the coffee. DH used to drink something call Postum - probably better known as Yuckum if you was really wanting coffee
I could not save you from the Italian Bread other than to race you to the loaf and scarf it down before you got another piece
Consider this - you had your treat, now get back on the high road with us.
Shad - thank you. I don't understand why it's so crazy at work - my life usually parallels yours. Are you working a job and not telling us?
Don't care where we go in April. It's a special month for you so pick a place you'd like to travel to. We will rename it with an A if we have to
Good job at the gym.
Ceejay - are you off the entire week? When is your sister coming?
Michelle - you are doing so well on program, I'm very proud of you. It's a bummer with the diabetes but you can minimize the issues if one takes it seriously as you do. Keep up the good work - you are an inspiration!
Annie - that is scary about the co-worker. I agree with you about being watchful all the time and with Mel about the dirty rotten
who aren't happy just enough to take your money but they have to hurt you too. They even warn us out here not to yell at people on the road because someone might shoot you or ram your car. The world is getting very scary.
Ellen - the potato salad is yours for the having. What kind of blanket are you knitting?
Shad - please send me a pic of the orchids too. And remind me not to put dill on your salmon when we grill it up. No dill, no pineapple, was it no cucumbers either?
Ruth - I do personals because I believe in them, even if it does keep me up too late at night
Hope the knee is doing well.
Hello - Shaker, Painter, Holly. I'm off to sleep - going to be another busy one tomorrow. 'night all.
...AS SOON AS I SPILL MY GUTS! 
PROBLEM SOLVED THANK GOD!
OF MULTI TASKING MY FRIEND!!!
NOW I WISH I HAD SOME BUNNY EARS TO EAT AGAIN AND SEE IF I COULD GET RID OF THIS BREAD! 
OTHER THAN THAT, THE DAY WENT WELL. VERY BUSY BUT GOOD NONETHELESS. EVERYONE SEEMS TO LOOK FOR ME ON TUESDAY NOW....THEY KNOW I COME OUT OF HIDING FOR FOOD SHOPPING. 
THAT'LL LARN 'EM FOR TAKIN' EDVANTAGE OF OUR LIL GAL! 
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right about now. So many things I could fix!
I totally understand what you are feeling...as my work hours/life was very similar when I was in IT. The team I was on didn't understand work life balance....so I found a new team. And working 40 to 45 hours per week is SO wonderful! Good luck on getting things back in balance. I know it's rough. Sounds like you had a very nice healthy dinner anyway. Yay! The Ham and Cranberry Salad recipe sounds really, really yummy! Thank you so much for the nice compliment. I should be thanking you and the rest of the Worldlies. Knowing you ladies are here to support and encourage me really helps me stay on track! 
Thank you all so much!!
