2 More Days Until My Weekend!!!

Oh how I love short weeks!!! :) I woke up this morning not too hungry.. I made up a bowl of oats (the usual) and forced myself to eat it up since I didn't know how the morning would be. I made a cup of coffee to bring with me on my walk. The morning flew by and it was pretty dark and dingy out so I walked home to pick up my car just in case in started to rain before I got out of work. Lunch was a pear with cottage cheese and some pretzels, I still wasn't hungry and it took me a while to eat it. ME NOT HUNGRY... WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!?!?LOL After work I was off to the gym for a quick 2 miles on the treadmill and a run to Kmart to pick up something for a certain someone for VDAY :)

I came home and checked my email and showered then made up some Garlic Shells by Lipton. These were my absolute favorite growing up, def not healthy but brings back good memories which is all that matters to me ;) We also had dad's home made chicken cordon bleu which was AMAZING! I went back for a little of both after I finished what was on my plate ;) FYI I tore into before the pic because it was held together with toothpicks and we were trying to find em ;)We stopped by the rent's after dinner and went to pick up a few things at A&P since they had grapes on sale !!! 99 cents a pound!! We came home and I was craving nuts so I had a few walnuts and some lime jello and cool whip... mmm Now its time to watch American Idol and be lazy with my sweetie! Hope Ya'll had a great day! I will try to blog tomorrow but I have another class for my CEU's so we will see how exhausted I am when I get home ;) toodles tigers!

WOOHOO For Snow!

Even though its cold out it looks so pretty! The snow is on the trees and I feel like I like in a Norman Rockwell painting! At least until I'm scraping ice off the car for 20 minutes tomorrow! :-P haha

Onto this morning, breakfast was oats (same as usual) and brought a mug of coffee with me. The morning was alittle crazy, we have 4 kids under 2 on Tues and Thurs which makes for CHAOS! Before I knew it it was lunch time, I went out to my car to clean it off a bit and grab my gym clothes so they weren't freezing. I wasn't really hungry for lunch but tried an orzo salad that one of my coworkers made. It was tasty but I tasted it all day long.. :( I also had some of my apples and cottage cheese just because I thought I should eat something.. I was lucky enough to leave at 3:30 today and went right to the gym, I did 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights. I came home and waited for Adam to get in so we could run out to my parents and the supermarket to pick up bananas and salad fixings.

When we got back we made up salads and I had leftover Irish Whiskey Chicken from last week. I also threw in a few sweet potato chips since I saw them in the fridge ;)Thank goodness it was still as tasty as it was the first time :) I got some work done and had some sf lime jello with cool whip and a few chocolate covered peanuts.. mmmmm I got a bunch of home catalogs to check out tonight, so I plan on curling up on the couch and browsing threw those :) I hope everyone had a great Tuesday and if your in Jersey maybe you'll have a snow day tomorrow!!!

The Week From CRAZYLAND!

Ok so I can finally find some time to post! These past few days have been out of control busy. Tuesday I worked 8:30-4 then went to the gym was back at work by 4:45 (quick in and out at the gym) got done at work at 6, came home showered.. inhaled whatever food I could find and was off to the photographer. We booked them! She was GREAT!! and the price was right.. or as right as it could be.. Wednesday was a bit calmer thank goodness Breakfast was a bowl of cereal (Kashi Heart to Heart Blueberry Oats, cinnamon, banana and light original soy milk) and a hot cocoa for work. Because of the snow it was a slower day, and my boss bought us some coffee to warm us up :) Lunch was salad with peppers, onions, cucs, romaine, some roasted red pepper hummus and a light vin that I found in the fridge at work. I also had a ton of pineapple on the side. I did went to the gym and did the treadmill and weights and came home and we decided to go out to din din! :) We're really trying to save $$ with all the money we are spending on the wedding but we had a gift card so we were off :) We went to http://harriganspub.com/ I got a Blue Moon to drink and the Irish Whiskey Chicken. It also came with a nice and yummy salad, I got mine with their tasty Honey Mustard Dressing. (I completely forgot to take pics since Adam was telling me about work) This was so good and much needed relaxing night out. We came home and I had the urge to bake. I made Eat, Drink and Be Vegan's You Got Peanut Butter In My Chocolate Chip Cookies. HOLY YUM! These are amazing!!! My brother stopped by also to chit chat so by the time I was done cleaning up and putting things away it was past my bedtime!

Onto today, I woke up ready to go. I had a bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart Blueberry Oats with banana, cinnamon and soy milk. I skipped out on the coffee today and felt pretty darn good :-D We got out for about 15 minutes today and it was great to get the kiddies out in the fresh air. Lunch was a bit of the anti pasto that we got since it was pizza day for the kids. It wasn't anything great so I had my dannon light and fit also and some pineapple. At snack it was a chocolate chip cookie that wasn't so great, but I wanted chocolate!! hahah The afternoon was WILD and I was stuck there past 4 ( I won't get into the wonderful details but we were changing lots of kids clothes b/c of sickness)

I went to the gym and did about 30 minutes on the treadmill and came home to relax........... FI
NALLY!!! I had a Lean Cuisine Panini since I didn't really want to think about cooking or figuring out what to eat. This was the Chicken Tuscan and boy was it good! I had it with some pretzels on the side. I also might have had some pickles and peanuts too ;)

Desert was the rest of my Jello White Chocolate Sugar Free Pudding and 3 chocolate covered peanuts.

I'm off to watch American Idol and Hell's Kitchen with Adam and call it a night! Hope you all had a good one and I promise to see you tomorrow :-D

MIA And Free Snacks!!

Hey guys! Sorry for being MIA for so long, Friday I ended up getting the wonderful stomach virus that was going around school :( I sucked it up and still went out for girls night hoping that the beers would settle the stomach or just get rid of it all.. Here's a recap of Friday's eats..I also baked Adam one of those yummy microwave cakes! (trying to take my mind off of the ouchy belly)


Unfortunately neither happened and after coming home at 2:30 am I was MISERABLE on Saturday! A mix of hungover and stomach virus DO NOT MIX! (Just a word of advise) lol

Needless to say I didn't go to the gym on Satuday, I had a bowl of cereal (usual mix) and went to the parents house to do laundry and I baked a chocolate cake for them. I snacked a bit there on chex mix.. since when I was eating I wasn't nauseous anymore. I came home and made up a lunch of Fage 0% with Strawberries and Blueberries and some Golden Grahams mixed in. This was way too heavy for the belly :( I was uncomfy all afternoon! Dinner was homemade pizza on a Flat Out. It had part skim mozz, roasted garlic tomato sauce, peppers and mushrooms. THIS TOTALLY HIT THE SPOT! I also snacked on some grapes and pretzels. After dinner I had 2 chocolate cookies. It was a very early night to bed and woke up feeling much better!

Sunday I had a scrambled egg whites with some laughing cow cheese melted in. I also had a half slice of Arnold Double Oat bread on the side with some butter. MMM Of course I had my mug of coffee to energize me :) I then was off to the gym for 35 minutes on the treadmill and some weights. I came home showered and got ready to go to Trader Joe's for the very first time! We don't have any near us so we drove an hour north to go to one. This place was PACKED!!! It was also pretty small. We were a bit disappointed, but we did get a 3 dollar bottle of wine (white zin) and a 6 pack of TJ Beer to try. We also picked up a few other things to try out, at least we got some fun things :-D We then came home and relaxed for the rest of the afternoon, which was much needed. I completely forgot to take a pic of lunch but we picked up a bagel with cream cheese for Adam on the way up so I had 3 bites of that and a oatmeal raisin Power Bar. I love those they are one of my favs ;) Dinner was leftovers from dad, grilled chicken with tomatoes, black olives, capers, we put it over some pasta and had some salad on the side. For dessert I whipped up some sugar free white chocolate jello pudding. I used 1 cup of skim milk and one cup light 8th continent since I finished up the skim milk, it tasted very yummy!

Today's eats was Oats for breakfast (banana, cinnamon, water, soy milk, grapenuts) and brought my mug of coffee to work. At snack time I had 2 animal crackers (they were calling my name) haha Lunch was Light and Fit yogurt with apples and pineapple on the side. This did not like my belly and it made noises all afternoon! I had a handful of pretzels hoping that would calm it but no such luck! I went to the gym after work and did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and came home. When I got home I saw I got a surpise from FoodBuzz!! I got the new Quaker True Delights to try :-D When I try them I"ll let ya know which is my favorite!!!! I promised Adam I'd make him grilled cheese tonight so we both had that for dinner. We made it on Arnold double oat bread, this bread is so good and filling! On the side I had some pretzels, and a pickle. I also had a few spoonfuls of Adam's Campbell's Select Harvest Italian Wedding Soup. We ran some errands and came home, once home I had some pudding from last night and a few chocolate covered peanuts. SO GOOD! Its now time for me to do some abs and watch some Monday night tv :-D Have a great night and see you tomorrow!

MMM Crunch Yogurt and Couscous!

BUT NOT TOGETHER DON'T WORRY ;)

Hi everybody!

How's your day going? Mine went pretty well today. I started out waking up at 4:45 when Adam's alarms went off :( I got up and did a potty run and thankfully fell back to sleep after I made Adam get his butt out of bed. hahah I finally woke up at 7:30 for real and got ready and made my bowl of oats. It had soynog, banana, cinnamon and some Back to Nature granola. I also brought a mug o' coffee with me to get me through my day.

The state came for our inspection of the Nursery School! I answered the door and was like OH BOY! I ran around the school and let everyone know, cause I'm nice like that ;) I helped the one teacher who was alone get her kids set to go outside and then was back to my class. It went really well but we were glad when she was GONE!!! :-D Lunch was a Breyer's Yo Crunch Light with Vanilla Yogurt and Oreo pieces.This is so good! Not my usual yogurt so it was a treat :) I also had a bunch of strawberries on the side. Snack today was goldfish so I had a handful of those around 2 with the kiddies. After work I was off to the gym, I did about 30 minutes on the treadmill and some weights. I came home and relaxed for a bit since I got out of work a little earlier today, I snacked on some nuts while watching the end of Oprah.

Adam and I had Chicken baked with Fiber One as bread crumbs and we had this delicious couscous with mushrooms in it :-D This dinner was great! After dinner I went to the library to get some books for the kids and then came home and made some popcorn in my new microwave popcorn popper!!! Healthy popcorn that is way cheaper than buying the micro bags ;) It was so good! I sprayed some I Can't Believe Its Not Butter on it, and we chowed down!!! (we inhaled it so quick I forgot the picture) I then got to painting pretzels for a project I'm having the kids do at the end of the week. I am finally relaxing watching The Real Housewives of Orange County. Just the way I'd like to end my Tuesday.

I hope everyone had a great day! See you tomorrow ;-D

LAST DAY OF FREEDOM!

UGH back to work tomorrow!! Those 13 days sure flew by, I hate how 13 days go by with a blink of an eye and 1 hour at work can seem like 13 days!! What is that?!?!? lol anyhow back to my eats of today, since yesterday I kinda bummed out ;)

This morning I was up and at em around 8:15, I started making coffee and decided on the eats of the morning. I had my usual bowl of cereal (Fiber One Oat Clusters with Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze, cinnamon, and a banana) and a big cup of coffee that I could not finish I was off to the gym before 10 since I needed gas too. I did about a half hour on the treadmill and some weights, I was in a hurry since we had lots to do today! I came home and showered, got ready and was off to the supermarket. Let me tell you they must have been giving food away and we missed it because the store was PACKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had to drive all around for a couple minutes before finding a spot. IT WAS NUTS!!!!! We ran around as fast as we could just so we could get out of there, which makes me sad since I like to look for new things and take my time. Once home we were starving so I had tuna (leftovers from last nights dinner out) which I made into a tuna sandwich with reduced fat mayo on a sandwich thin with pickles and some pretzels. I also had a cookie after waiting for my brother to come over so we could go to the outlets near our house. We walked around and the boys bought a few things, I was sad because I could not find anything I wanted! So then I decided I wanted a new watch and they have a fossil outlet there so we went in and I found one for 40 bux!! So I used my Visa gift card from Joe and bought it :-D We then came home and relaxed for a few, Adam started cooking and I cleaned up a bit around the apartment. We had a salad with some chicken parm and pasta. YUM!! I also had a very small glass of Pinot Grigio. It totally hit the spot, it was nice to have a quiet meal at home. We were going to do it last night but had no energy to go food shopping and cook. So after trying 5 restaurants we got some dinner out ;)I just made some microwave cake that I've made a few times before. I had a few BIG bites while typing up addresses into the computer so we have them for the Save The Date cards we need to send out soon!

Well I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Do you have any fun plans for the week?

I think we might be meeting with the minister this week!

Whooops!

I completely forgot to take pictures today! This morning I just couldn't get my A$$ in gear, I knew with our Holiday party this morning and about 17 kids it was going to be CRAZY!! My breakfast was the usual Fiber One Honey Clusters with a banana, cinnamon and lf vanilla soy milk. I also brought a mug of much needed coffee, unfortunately it was too sweet (way too much stevia today). The party went great, and the kids were really good! I took lots of pics but can't show you them :( I got some great gifts and way too much FOOD!!!! HAHA Lunch was a Dannon Light and Fit and an apple. One of the parents brought in a veggie platter so I had some carrots and dip. Yea for healthy food :-D After work and sitting in tons of traffic to drive less than 2 miles to the gym I did 2 miles on the treadmill and lifted. I stopped off at the parents to drop off some goodies to them and got home around 5:30. I sat around looking through my gifts (I'm such a kid!) then had my leftover smothered chicken from Applebee's on Saturday. I also had a cookie. We then ran to the mall since there were boots I wanted that were on sale at Macy's, it wasn't as crowded as we expected THANK GOODNESS!! I didn't get the boots, they just didn't feel right. We did though go to Old Navy and I got a sweater and fleece for 25 bux!!! We came home and I had 2 chocolate covered pretzels. I think I may give all my food gifts to my mom to bring to work on Friday. There is so much of it and I don't want it in the house!! HAHA I hope everyone has a great Christmas Eve Eve :) See you tomorrow!
Do you have any plans for Christmas Eve?

MMM Applebees

Ok since I had a yucky day, Adam decided to take me to Applebees after we went and looked at some Christmas lights :) I got a Blue Moon and the Smothered Grilled Chicken which is A grilled chicken breast smothered with sautéed mushrooms, peppers, onions, and melted Monterey Jack & cheddar cheeses. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. I got mine thought without the cheese since my tummy is not a fan. I ate about half of the chicken all of the most of the veggies and a few bites of the potatoes. I also had 2 of Adam's shrimp that he got with his steak and some of his salad. We then got coffee, I got a decaf so I can sleep and Adam got dessert which was the Chocolate Mousse
Decadent Oreo® chunks, chocolate mousse and whipped cream make this a rich and creamy treat. I also had 2 bites of this.. YUM!! We came home and I needed to bake, since I had the urge since this afternoon. I went to my Vive Le Vegan Cookbook and made up a batch of Double Chocolate Almond Explosion Cookies without the almonds. I used peanut butter and chocolate chips in it. Adam just tried one and he is in love with them! He can't believe they're vegan except for the chocolate chips! I'm so happy when people enjoy what I make :-D Totally made my night! I'm off to relax and go to bed so I can be up early to get my arse to the gym! After all my eating today I really need it ;) Have a wonderful night!!

Can't We have 4 More Days Off?!?!

HIYA!

Well today was quite the lazy day after we got home, I felt like such a bum but I have to admit it was nice. I know with the holidays on their way the next 4 weeks will fly by extremely quick!

Around 6ish I decided on having some leftovers from daddy, it was chicken Marsala with some egg noodles and a salad on the side (took the pic after I started eating). I wasn't very hungry at all and kinda just felt blah, I'm thinking since I didn't exercise today and the rainy weather just didn't help! Dinner really hit the spot though and I had seconds and thirds on the noodles. HAHAH... Dessert were 2 super charge me cookies, I completely forgot to take a picture! I really need to get my hiney in gear :-P

Well I'm off to look at some craft books for ideas for the kiddies for Christmas, see you all tomorrow. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT!

Wow 4 Day Weekends Even Go Too Fast!

Hi everybody!
Hope your having a great Sunday!
I'll do my quick recap of yesterdays eatings:
Breakfast before we left New Hope was a cup of coffee from the Inn and then we walked to Starbucks and I had the Perfect Oatmeal with dried fruit again. Once home and situated I had a bowl of plain Greek yogurt with pumpkin, honey nut cheerios and lots and lots of frozen berries. I also had a handful of peanuts after I was done with my yogurt. We ran out to some stores to stock up for the week and I picked up some allergy meds since they have been killing me this past week!
Before dinner I made up one of my http://megeats.blogspot.com/2008/10/apple-crumble.html and it came out even better this time! I ofcourse ate lots of apple pieces while making this and some of the batter ;) YUM!

Dinner was a whole chicken we bought a Shoprite with a salad on the side and some potatoes, mushrooms, onions and peppers that Adam cooked up in foil in the oven with some woreshire sauce, butter and garlic. IT WAS GREAT! I ate this like someone was taking it from me even though I was pretty full from all the apples I had eaten ;)We went for a short walk up the street when the rain stopped and then came back and I did some stuff for work. I cut up 20 brown paper turkeys for work tomorrow! HAHA fun times! For dessert I had a huge piece of my pumpkin fudge and a couple bites of the apple crumble while cutting a piece for Adam. We then vegged for the rest of the night watching some tv :)

2 More Days To Go!!

Hiya!

I finally had a good night sleep last night :-D I woke up and got ready and had the usual breakfast of Kashi Go Lean Crunch, Wegman's Oats and Honey with strawberries, bananas, cinnamon and skim milk. I also bought a big old travel mug of peppermint hot chocolate which totally hit the spot on another cold and windy day.

At work today one of the little girls mom had a baby so she brought in chocolate covered pretzels which I of course had to have one of!!

Lunch was a GIGANTIC apple with cottage cheese, silly me took a pic of the apple but forgot one of the cottage cheese. I also had a few cheese its since that is what snack was in the afternoon ;)

I then went to the gym and did 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights. I then came home and made Adam and I dinner!!! I made chicken in foil with some salsa in the oven. I also had a salad with roasted red peppers, romaine, onions, zucchini and croutons with Newman's Own honey mustard dressing. YUM!

After dinner I had a brownie that was quite tasty!! I was extremely full but it was calling my name as usual. My brother just stopped by so we are bonding and just blabbing.

I hope everyone has a great night :-D See you tomorrow.