chocolate

The raspberry 3 Musketeers are in my hot little hands.
They are pretty good, really sweet though.

puzzled

Literally!
We kicked the puzzles ass last night, so we are on our way to Wal-Mart to buy another one. LOL.
Yes I know, we are so exciting.

I am getting so excited about going to Portland this weekend.
I need to start packing!
Oh and my boss is letting me off early on Friday for my birthday.

Hey I got my appeitite back. Both good and bad I guess.
grrrrr.

I am sooooo in love with Starbucks right now. I love to go there everyday. They are starting to recognize me. My favorite drink is a fat free white chocolate mocha. Its not really WW friendly so I usually get one of the skinny lattes instead.
I cant wait to get a laptop so I can go sit inside Starbucks with my computer and be cool like everyone else.

quick blog

Lost 2.8 lbs this week.
Total of 16.6 lbs.
7 weeks.

If anything is going my way right now, I guess the weight loss would be it.

I've been pretty quiet lately. But I have been somewhat distracted by the jigsaw puzzle that's spread out all over my dining room table.
Its a picture of like a bunch of chocolates. LOL.
I put it together and I want chocolate.

Cuz I had a bad day.....

er, I mean week.
Started out great. I loved Monday and Tuesday.
Work was going awesome until Wednesday at lunch.
Shit hit the fan while I was gone for lunch, and I have had to feel the effects of it all week since then.
Hung out with an old friend tonight and that was nice.
But now I am back at home and my tummy is rumbling!
Need to eat.

regularly schedule ww update

Down another 3.6 tonight for a total of 13.8 in five weeks.
I feel like I have really curbed some (not all) of my eating habits.
#1 is, I eat WAY LESS at work then I used to. This is big for me, as I used to bring in snacks at the beginning of the week that were intended to last me the whole week and they would only last a day. Yikes! Oh well, I have lots to keep me busy at work, and I dont need to eat constantly.

I dont have much to talk about, so here is a silly pic of me....


 

Dear readers,

I am sorry my blog has been totally boring lately.

I promise a good post soon, maybe after WW tonight.....

beatiful sunny day

I feel like taking some pics.
Who wants to play with me?

Is today Monday?

Wow guys.
What a weird week.
I cant even tell you just how off it has been.
Work has been mad crazy and some things are happening there that are just blowing my mind for real.
This WW thing. Not doing so good right now. I gotta get back on the wagon, but everytime I try, someone pulls it a bit further away from me, and I fall flat on my face.

Happy V day everyone!

Potentials....

I have started a list of potential places to eat at and/or visit while in Portland.
Check them out and vote on your favorites.

Pastini/ Sounds like a lovely little Italian pasta place. Good food? sure, sounds great. Original? probably not so much.

Sweet Basil Thai Looks good. Throwing this one in for a little diversity.

Chayote Grill A little southern, mexi feel.

Oregon Culinary Institute Be guinea pigs for aspiring chefs. Could be interesting.

Portland City Grill If you want your mouth to literally water, check out their menu. A little spendy, but happy hour looks really promising. Very reasonable during happy hour.

Virgo and Pisces A horoscope themed resaurant and bar. Looks cute, no menu though.

Rock Bottom Brewery Been here once before a long time ago. Good food, good atmosphere.

The Greek Cuisina I've heard its pretty fun.

Touche Cute place located in the Pearl District. Prices seem fair, looks like they have a little something for everyone.

The Melting Pot Anyone who has never wanted to eat here is nuts. I have never eaten there myself, but their menu makes my toes curl.

This is just a start to what I have found. See why its such a big decision? LOL. If anyone has been to any of these, feedback is appreciated. So ladies, start checking them out.

Stars for Amy!!!

About the weigh in. I was totally sure I had either lost .1, or gained. But I was wrong, I actually lost 1.4, which was enough to put me over the 10 pound mark and get me another 5 lb star. My little booklet is looking pretty sparkly with them 2 stars. Hey, 2 stars in 4 weeks is good in my opinion.

About my weekend. Gee, wish I had some pics to share, but hey I'm a big loser who doesnt take pictures. But anyway, omg it was so much fun. I laughed SO hard. We all talked like sailors, and ate like pigs. LOL. The chocolate, and the crockpot chicken was the bomb. I cant wait to do something like that again.

About CKC. Can you say excited? I have been busy online researching the area and looking for a cool restaurant for us to have a good dinner while we are there. I am finding a lot of cool stuff that I want to check out, and I think we would all enjoy. There should be plenty of photo ops that weekend, so I have NO excuses. Girls, please FORCE me to use my camera everywhere we go. I even have an ugly camera strap now so I can wear it around my neck. See, no excuses. NONE.

I wonder how much I can lose by March 1st......

Thanks Stacy

I dont want real food anymore.
I want these.
I wanted to eat them for breakfast.
Brat.

 

Oh and word is that they are coming out with RASPBERRY ones for Easter!!!!!

Twas the night before cropping....

and all through the house...

HAHA!!! Well all is good here. Had an awesome friday, as good as it could have gone I suppose. I am getting excited for breakfast tomorrow and getting some scrapbooking done. I think I am really ready to just....... make something...... with pictures. Seriously, I havent made an actual layout in months. Ugh, that thought is just so hard to grasp right now.

I have been struggling a bit this week with weight watchers. Its not the food that I am having a problem with, its remembering to actually EAT it! I think I went 3 days of this week without breakfast, and that is just so unlike me. I just get so busy at work that by the time I even realize I am hungry, its already lunch time. I know that I should never skip breakfast. And the water thing, I dont even want to go there. I have never had a problem with water, I love the stuff, but lately I just dont drink it. Tomorrow I am going to drink tons of water. I HAVE to!!! All weekend!

The kids are spending the weekend with their mom. Sort of a trial thingy, we'll see how it goes. They are staying at their aunt and uncles house though, so there is responsible supervision available at all times incase anything shady happens. I am glad for them, they need this time with her, although we already miss them.

Well I still have to cut up the brownies(WW friendly), and the veggies. Then hit the sack.

Good TV night

Wednesday nights are my favorite night for TV. I get to watch Idol, Moment of Truth, and Project Runway!!!

I almost always never make it through the whole episode of Project Runway, but I just love that show and I am going to keep watching as long as Christian is still there because i LOVE him!

So ya, its a good night for lounging....

Its time for lie detector now...

peace.

the slap heard round the...uh scrap world.

Well here it is! LOL!
Watch and discuss.....

Bummer, I guess the clip got yanked.
I am sure there will be another one floating around again soon.

ill.....

So yesterday I started coming down with a bad cold. I am pretty sure its leading to a sinus and ear infection. I had to work today because my only counter person was out of town for training. We'll see how tomorrow goes. I just really feel like crap. On top of that Harley woke up with the pukes this morning. Seems like she is snapping out of it though, and keeping toast and crackers down. Good.

Weighed in again tonight. Down another .8 pounds. My goal is to get to 10 pounds by next Monday's weigh in. I think I can lose 1.2 lbs this week. I have our meals planned out, and I have to be careful on the weekend, but I think I can do it. Especially if I can work EXTRA hard on my water intake.

I am SO looking forward to some girly time this weekend. Seems like forever since we have all hung out, and I miss them all so much. Should be a lot of fun, and I know I will be talking about it more and more as it gets closer.

That bed is calling my name!

Peace.

Lookie what I got!

 

Dennis knows that I have kinda been in a slump lately, especially when it comes to having visiters over. And when he invited people to come over today without asking me he knew I was a little upset, so he brought these to me brighten my day. I think they look so pretty on my dining room table.

Today we had homemade hamburgers and roasted potato wedges. The potatos rocked, but the hamburgers were very dry, cooked on the George Foreman grill. Probably wont do that again, esp with EXTRA lean burger. oooops.

Watching the Super Bowl now. Good commercials, Tom Petty, oh ya!!!

When the day goes by too damn fast....

What do you do?

I havent gotten enough accomplished today and now its already 6pm!!! I am freaking out now, what did I do??? We got up and got ready and since my 11:00 Starbucks date cancelled on me, Dennis said he would be my date to Starbucks. So him, Harley and I went down there for a while and sipped on good drink and had some coffee cake. Then we ran to the store, well 2 stores, Harley to brownies, picked her up, goodwill drop off, folded 3 baskets off laundry, unpacked the box from storage, washed all the new silverware.....and now here I am. Sitting here with my favorite (and only) Starbucks mug, with my new Celestial Seasonings chocolate raspberry bliss tea, and getting ready to go to a pampered chef party tonight.

Still need to go back to the store for the forgotten garbage bags, so I can sweep and clean out the cat box.

Tomorrow Dennis's dad is coming over for the super bowl and I am going to make homemade hamburgers (turkey for me) and oven baked potato wedges.

What we had to drive in

 

 

This is the reason it took us so long to get home from Portland.
It was yucky.