just for us

You go girl!

I just had to check this out.  I hope my post will work, I'm new to this blog stuff.  I like what Bob Greene says in his book, just move a little more.  That's doable!  So we're not running marathons yet, but moving more is manageable.  So to move more, even if I work out once or twice next week, that's more for me.  A good goal!

Eating, you're much more organized than me right now.  I need to read up on the pyramid and Bob's plan.  I'm sure they're both very healthy.  Are you recording what you eat, and where are you doing that?  I'd like to find an on-line food tracker of some sort...

Did I tell you I have Anne Marie in school only MWF now?  I know we were talking about it, and with finances etc, it just didn't make sense to me to have her gone every day.  Plus I realized wistfully that this is my last year most likely to have flexibility in my schedule with her.  I'm enjoying it already this week, and our relationship seems to be improved too!

I also started a bible study this week, so I will be in the word a little more.  This is great for me b/c I've been very inconsistent since we moved.  I also have the desire to tackle cleaning more, but I think my main focus should be on the Word and my health.  I would like to defeat my weight issue this year, I'm tired of carrying it around literally!  Do you know if we do this consistently this year, we'll most likely have the weight off by the end of the year?  Isn't that amazing to think about?  Good luck!

Even with ribeye

Hi, dear friend, 

Here's our first blog on losing weight. I hope this helps us succeed!! ;-)

Here's my plan:

follow the food pyramid guidlines for portion control

start walking next week

Not too complicated so far! Ha, ha. 

I'm having dinner with my family tonight, and Becky told me she bought ribeye. I also met Dad for breakfast at one of my favorite restaurants here in the Springs. Knowing I was going to want to save all my proteins for the yummy steak, I had granola, fruit and an English muffin for b'fast. For lunch, I was equally disciplined and had 2 tortillas filled with homemade coleslaw of cabbage, carrot and red pepper. It was actually quite yummy! If I still get hungry this afternoon, I have some milk portions leftover and can have some chocolate milk or yogurt. Yeah! A successful day of choices! Good for me!

You asked me about a lowfat salad dressing/vinaigrette. Short answer: no. I try to just use as little as possible. I have heard, however, that several ladies I know really like those new spray salad dressings. Wait, I'm wrong. Ken's Steakhouse (can you buy that brand?) has a delicious low-fat or fat-free raspberry pecan vinaigrette. It is very good!

Good luck! Write soon!

Last few days

So, I did a terrible job taking pics the last 3 days of our exchange. It just kept slipping my mind until the end of the day, but here's what I've got...

Guess what? Did a little laundry - so exciting!

Picked up around the house...

Had more than one snuggle with Egg and Charlie (this one is Egg)

Went to Bible study at Becky's house (my oldest sister who lives here in town) and played with Zachary...

Introduced Ethan (Becky's youngest son - 3 weeks old) to the ladies in our Bible study. Thobe didn't want to put him down!

That's that!

Send me some more!!! xo C

Day 5 in Texas

I had a full day of errands so I packed up early.

First stop:  the doctor's office.  It was a moderately good visit; I would give it an 7 (that's the first time I've given it a number over 2).  The picture below was after; doesn't they lighting just "look" happy?

One of my errands was going to Bed, Bath & Beyond to get a dough hook for my Kitchen Aid.  When I got there, I thought I'd go check out the Kitchen Aid section and noticed that mine (now about 8 months old) should've come with one.  When I asked about it, they told me to bring my old one back and they'd simply give me an entirely new mixer.  Can you believe it?! 

Dinner?
I still was not feeling well last night and Seth was craving pizza
 

Day 4 in Texas

Monday means 3 things:

bread-making and...

menu planning and...

laundry.  I know.  Exciting.
(little known fact: the sound of a flight suit in the dryer makes me want to pull my hair out)

BLT's on yummy homemade bread and crash hot potatoes (from Pioneer Woman Cooks)

And then I worked on the book  more

Day 4 Cindy Monday

I basically did two things yesterday...

...volunteered to work at my local elementary school's book fair. Lots of fun! I'm actually going back today for a couple hours.

I also went to the zoo with my 2 nephews and sister. That was fun, too! Zachary is really beginning to enjoy the animals. And look how cute he is, too.

Day 3 in Texas

Seth's lunch.  I was still sick so I did not get any sushi (we call it sue-chee around here).

This was snack later on in the day.  It proved to be a very bad idea for an upset stomach.

I had an online meeting with a friend regarding a book we're working on.

And this is my newest antique store find; I love moonbeam dishes.  I took the picture because it has my favorite candy Seth just bought me...and I can't eat it:(

The coolest thing I did yesterday was go to the park and feed some ducks.  I forgot my camera though.

Day 3 Cindy Sunday

Not much happened today, and I didn't think to take pictures of some of it. We went to church in the a.m., and had a pastor appreciation potluck afterward. I took crab salad...

After church, we chilled, then we watched the Broncos game (rather disastrous!)

After the game, I picked up my dad and his wife from the airport (pic of car, no pic of them!)

I finished off my weekend with some vigorous relaxing and snuggling with my old cat, Charlie, who seems to actually like his Halloween costume!!! I mean, he fell asleep in it and seemed warm and toasty. ;-)

Day 2 in Texas

Saturday we went to watch private planes drop pumpkins out of their planes onto a target. 

The picture above is a closer image of the one below (to provide some perspective).

A friend of mine and her 19 month old.  She's adorable.

Seth and I ran a bunch of errands afterward and saw this:

How often do you see Santa on a scooter?!
We came home and Seth worked on a project.  He likes doing small, intricate work.

and I was not well, so I slept and played on my computer in the spare bedroom.

Day 2 Cindy (Saturday)

I usually like to spend Saturdays with Tim, but that didn't happen yesterday. He went to work all day (tile he wanted to get laid - wait, does that sound dirty to you?), and I had a lengthy ladies' meeting in the a.m.

I wanted to take pics of the meeting, hoping to get a really cool one, but forgot until the very end. Here's the best I could do. :-) Evocative of a meeting, though, right?

And here's some of the stuff I took with me...

After the meeting, I took Tim to lunch (no picture, boo!), we went to Home Depot, I bought a couple of lights for my kitchen I wanted to take pics of, but my camera's battery ran out. I'll do those today. After taking Tim back to work, I spent most of the rest of the day in complete relaxation on the couch! I fixed dinner later, but as it was leftovers, it wasn't much effort. The end!