Sorry to do this to you, ladies, but I really just need to vent a little bit here.

Don't ever ever ever ever EVER even think about ordering slipcovers. I have had mine for a year now, and I must retuck and try to put them on better daily. They look sloppy and wrinkly no matter what I do. I have washed and dried them, using inordinate amounts of fabric softener to try to make it easier to work with. I have looked up every website that is out there that offers slipcover advice. It doesn't work. So what you are left with is a slipcover that looks completely sloppy and should anyone try to sit down, just pops on off anyway. I hate slipcovers with a passion today.

Sorry about that, but Drew is in Boston this week and I don't have any one else to unload that on right now.

Thanks for listening, well reading, I guess! :)

Well I managed to sneak in here. No really my MIL hasn't arrived yet. She should be here soon. She is staying with us until Thursday. It should be fun. She loves me! She only has boys & I'm the first girl attached to the family so we have a lot of fun!

As for being proud, I am really proud of my relationship with DH. I grew up in a broken home & I would call my Dad dysfunctional & my Mom still is damaged thanks to him (after being divorced for 15 years!) When I was dating I really didn't want to end up with someone like my Dad & I made a few mistakes but then I met DH who is like no guy I'd ever dated before. Well we moved in after 4 months (much to our parents horror) & here we are 6 years later, married & very happy! Nobody thought it would last but we compliment each other very well with our strengths & weaknesses. One of my biggest fears is not succedding at this so I'm proud at how its working out so far. BTW you know how "they" say you marry someone like you parents? Well DH & my Mom are so much alike it just cracks me up!

Lexxy Happy Birthday Girlie! Hope you day is full of happiness!
Daphne, technically it was over two weeks. I did wi last week & it showed no change but it was TOM so I know I was down then too. Welcome to our group btw!
Amber I think your life sounds lovely!
Laura I don't think that's money grubbing at all. I grew up in a financially unstable home too so I find that stuff really important too.
Jayne & Becky, good thing to be proud of. Really family is all we've got that will really last us.
KT :drill: stop being nice to your ex! You don't owe him anything. I don't know anyone who turns their phone off at night either just in case of an emerg.
Emily, make a nice low point quesadilla with lots of veggies maybe some chicken breast & a little cheese. That's what we're having tonight-yummy!

Anyway enough of this monster post. Hopefully I'll find some time to pop in here over the next couple days. Everyone have a super OP day!

Ok, I am embarrassed to admit this BUT I am without my George Foreman this week while housesitting and I am wondering how you do quesadillas on the stove :o :( yikes this is embarrasing. I am mainly asking what goes in the pan before the quesadilla?? Oil, Butter, Cooking spray???? Thanks for the idea Rina and I will check out the recipe thread too!

I'm sure I'll forget someone - I do apologize.

Rina - glad that you enjoy your MIL. BTW - congrats on the 6.5.

KT - why are you being so nice to someone who wasn't that nice to you (near the end)? I shouldn't comment, I never talk to ex's after the break so I don't know what it takes to be friendly with one.

Becky - what about PAM? Although, before the George, I used to do them under the broiler.

Jayne - thanks for the advice on the slipcovers! I've actually been seriously considering them 'cuz I HATE my couch and chairs and I'm not much fonder of CB's sectional. Feel free to vent about the household while Drew is gone - I'll tell you all about my dying trees in exchange.

I need to take lessons on family from you girls. I really need to learn to be more accepting of CB's family. I try but I'm not succeeding and we've started arguing over it during the last few weeks. UGH!

Laura

I want the quesadilla recipee! I love my George grill and want to get the bigger one sometime.
What am I proud of? I am proud that I was able to leave an abusive relationship 4 1/2 years ago. It cost me everything including my Son but I am alive and happy now. I am proud that I have no credit cards and that my Son who is almost 17 knows that I love and adore him He knows that I did what was best for him at the time. He has grown up to be a sweet, caring, loving young man. I guess Tony aka my :angel: :bb: is what I am most poud of today.
Oh my leader admiitted she saves most of her calories for her dinner. I have been trying to spread them out over the day but I have somany points that right now it is hard to eat them all. Last night I used a lot of Ranch to get to my points even. I also ate a container of grape tomatoes. How can Ilove tomatoes so much?
Daphne

Ooh I found a recipe on allrecipes .com for chicken quesadillas that I am going to try. I am sure everyone else already has one but I am a novice at this cooking stuff so if it is delish I will let you know. Hey btw where is kieri today??? Well back to work.

Becky, go ahead and use the recipe you found if you want. But I'm still going to give you my quick and easy quesadilla recipe. :)

Take a tortilla. Heat up a nonstick pan over med. high or so. Spray the tortilla with pam and smack it pam-side down in the pan. Take some cooked and diced chicken breast (the Louis Rich stuff is really good in this), some grated cheddar and/or jack cheese (make it lowfat if you want) and sprinkle these over the tortilla. I'd use maybe 1 oz of chicken and 1/4 cup of the cheese. Spoon some salsa (Chichi's is a really good one here) that you have drained all the liquid out of on top of everything. Spray another tortilla with pam and place it on top of the whole thing, pam-size up this time. Check the bottom tortilla by lifting it up a little bit with a spatula. If it's goldeny brown, turn it carefully, so you don't lose all the good stuff in the middle. Let it cook until all the cheese is melted and gooey and nummy.

If you used the Manny's FF tortillas, you could get away with this for 4-5 points. Not too bad for a lunch or a dinner. You can even smear it with FF sour cream!

I use zucchini and black beans with a little cheese in the quesadilla. Massively low pointage especially if you use corn tortillas instead of flour.

I might need to try Jayne's though...sounds yummy!

Laura

Hi all! It's been busy today! Sorry I haven't posted before now! I did a ridealong with a police officer last night for a story so I came in late, then went to interview a detective for the same story. It's about bilingual police officers whose language skills are being needed more and more with the growing Hispanic population in this area.

Anyway, thanks for the advice about teaching! I'm not afraid of working a lot, because I work a lot now as a reporter, and I'm already used to not making a lot of money. I've thought for the past several years, though, that I'd like to work with kids. My high school English teacher, who also got me interested in journalism, was the greatest teacher. And I've done a lot with teens while working with newspapers, mentoring journalism workshops and stuff like that. My bachelor's degree is in English lit and journalism so maybe there's something out there for. I'm going to start researching it. I'd like to get a master's, but not sure we can afford it right now. And since I haven't been at my job for a year, I can't get the paper to reimburse any college classes I take. Sigh.

I actually feel a little better since yesterday. I guess it was getting involved with my story that did it. But I just know I feel a whole lot better being away from the office than in it. This place suffocates me. I might get my clips and resume together AGAIN and send them out, just to see what happens. The journalism job market isn't the greatest right now, though.

Lexxy: Happy birthday!:dancer:

I had a mushroom quesadilla yesterday. Yum-MY! It was at a Mexican restaurant. I've made :chicken: and cheese ones at home though.

OK, the proud question. If you asked me yesterday, it would have been that I was proud I didn't rip somebody's head off! But seriously, the thing I'm proudest about is that I finally realized my career wasn't everything in life and decided it was just important to have a happy home life, too. I spent the years after college working to death and often getting physically sick because of it, and lo and behold I wasn't married until 30 and now I feel like I'm on a timeline to have kids before I'm too much older. I try not to work more than eight hours a day, if at all possible, and I don't volunteer for weekends as much as I used to. My time with my DH is very important to me. I suspect some of what I'm feeling these days has to do with the fact that I'm tired of the whole work-all-the-time gig.

And now, back to work! :eek:

Busy Day today...
 

Hey everyone. Well, I finally ate on program yesterday and journaled every morsel of food! Today is going fairly well too, but I do have to manage eating at my In-Laws this evening for dinner. They are straight off the boat Italian and cook like crazy. Trust me...my first big weight gain had to do with eating over there 1-2 times a week with the hubby. Now we are down to 1-2 times per month! It usually takes me all week to recover and get on the scale for weigh in.

Jayne - What is BBIAM? Great advice on teaching and you have thankfully saved me from making a big mistake with slipcovers! I hate my couch and it is on it's last legs (no cushion) but a new couch is so expensive.

Laura - Glad you threw in the flip side of teaching. I have friends who have either side of the coin. I also considered teaching, but keep stepping away from it.

Lexxy - Happy Hatch Day:dance:

Rina - Great loss!!!:cp:

Daphne - You SHOULD be proud of leaving an abusive relationship. I definetly feel that women are the stronger sex. We handle obstacle after obstacle and come out shining! You go girrrllll!:bravo:

Amber - Why would you EVER leave San Diego???:?: My Hubby and I are from New York and moved to San Francisco for 2 years. We LOVED IT. Now that we have been back in New York for 4+ years, we are contimplating going back. We hope to be there in a year if all goes well. Obviously the housing market isn't something to take lightly...be we want to be "transplants"!!!

Kim - I am surprised at how much we have in common. I played soccer since I was 6 yrs old. I was starting-line Varsity all four years of H.S. I also did cheerleading...but since I was built like an Ox...I always had to be the base:lol: I am also in a REALLY BAD JOB. I have been in Advertising/Marketing for the past 8 years with an International Marketing BS degree. Busting my butt and pretty successful at it. But there is a difference between doing your job well, and being happy at it. Unfortunetly I realized that this job isn't for me. I would much rather open a cafe and go to Culinary school...which hopefully comes true. I also didn't get married until I was 28 (but thankfully to an AMAZING MAN), now I am 30...no house, no babies, and now I need a new career. It is pretty freightening to realize that all that education and breaking through the glass ceiling brought me to this spot of nowhere, but we women are strong and we always recover! At least I know what I DON'T WANT.:lol:

Ok, this post was too long....Catch everyone later.

~Cuba

I just made me a yommy salad today. I took a bunk of lettuce, a can of Albacore packed in water and the juice of 1 lemon, I added a serving of baked lays for some crunch. It was so good! I did get lemon all over me and need to change shirts whenmy other tank is dry.
I am going to go to the store tomorrow and get some lo-fat, fat free or corn tortillas or what ever ones I see and some cheese. Dinner will be something to figure out now.
I have a question. Do you all plan your day out each day or plan as you go? I know some people plan a week ahead. I am doing good if I have 2 meal ideas planned ahead or dinner planned by 5PM :lol:
Daphne