Wow This Mini Vaca Is Flying By!

I can't believe its Sunday night already!! Where did the weekend go? I woke up way too early this morning around 6ish but stayed in bed till about 7:30. I got up and made some coffee while checking email and watching the news. I was waiting for Adam to get up to get my oats started, so the minute he was up I was getting my foodage together :) I had my normal bowl of oats (banana, light original soy milk, grape nuts) and my coffee while chatting with Adam as he made his breakfast.

I went to the gym and did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and weights. I came home and we went across the street to A&P for Adam's goodies to make his yummy chilly. Once home He started cooking and I got to scrubbing the bathroom. Tons of fun for a Sunday morning :-P After cleaning and showering I started to get hungry around 12:30ish and made a bowl of Trader Joe's Greek Yogurt with strawberries and blueberries. I also mixed in some Golden Grahams for some CRUNCH! MMMM I also had a big ol' handful of grapes.

I decided to get my butt in gear and print out the labels finally for the save the dates. It took awhile to get the right size font but I finally got it! I then went to the parents house to do laundry, while there I also made some cookies. (forgot my camera since it was charging at home) I made double chocolate chunk and Oatmeal chocolate chip (both by Better Crocker in the pouch)I did try some cookie dough and it was YUMMY! Even though my tummy is way funny lately and this was not a good idea. Mom and I did some bonding over wedding stuff and once my laundry was finally done I came home to Adam watching the Daytona 500. I tried a tiny bowl of his chili that he made with chopped meat and pork tenderloin and it was really good!!! I'm not a huge chili fan but I really enjoyed it alot! I also had a salad to go with it. It had some roasted red pepper hummus, roasted red/yellow peppers, green pepper, cucs, lettuces, croutons and some balsamic vinegar for dressing. This totally hit the spot, I then was cutting up the rice krispie treats that I had made to give some to Joe and ate a small piece (no pic it was shoved in my face faster than you could imagine)hahah

Joe and I had a date to go bowling down the street since they have 1.75 games Sunday night from 7-9. Unfortunately the place was crazy packed and the wait would be forever so we left. I was so disappointed :( Instead I came home and had a piece of Daddy's chocolates the Grand Marnier one. SO FREAKING GOOD!!! I also had a few peanut mm's on the side. Chocolate cravings are out of control since we have tons in the house.. GET IT AWAY!!!!!!! hahah I'm now off to watch some rich bride poor bride.. See you all tomorrow! I've got one more day off!!! :-D

TGIT

Hola :)

Well yesterday was a very busy day, I had work, gym then a class at night for work. I got home around 9ish and relaxed for a bit. I'll do a quick recap of the foodage for ya ;)

breakfast was oatmeal (usual) I also brought hot chocolate since it was snowy and freezing!!! Lunch was Yoplait yogurt and an apple (my belly was miserable something is just not right with it!!) I snacked on a bunch of pretzels to try to settle it before the gym but no such luck! I did 2.25 miles on the treadmill and came home to shower and eat before class. I had some grapes and chex mix while toasting my bread for dinner. I had a cinnamon raisin PB and Jelly sammy on ww. I also had a few pita chips on the side, These Stacy's multi grain ones are GREAT! Then right next to the building where my class was was a Dunkin Donuts so I got a medium decaf hazelnut with skim milk and splenda. MMM Class was on Asthma in the classroom I need 8 CEU's a year. I've got 4 so far ;) When I got home I had to choc chip peanut butter cookies and pretty much passed out.

Onto today, After a great night of sleep I felt well rested but my stomach HATES ME!!! I had a bowl of Kashi Oat Flakes & Wild Blueberry Clusters with a banana, cinnamon and Silk Light Original. I also brought my mug o' coffee with me :)

Lunch was an apple with cottage cheese. I was feeling pretty crappy at lunch so I held off and ate at nap time. I went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the treadmill and some weights. I came home relaxed and got to make some 3 cheese tortellini and had the mediteranean pasta sauce my dad had made.. MMM I also had a salad on the side with some creamy italian dressing. After dinner and doing a few things I made Adam one of those microwave cakes that I make all the time. I tried to make it a bit healthier though and used 3 tbsp of applesauce instead of oil. Adam said he thought it tasted better than with the oil!! WOOOHOO I of course ate a few bites (maybe more than a few) haha and now I'm checking out some flower girl dresses online since we are going to Adam's brothers house Saturday to watch a car race and get haircuts! I will be trying out wedding hairstyles while the boys watch the race. I'm excited!!! Well I hope you all had a great Thursday and have an awesome Friday!!!

Can't Wait For Superbowl Commercials

Happy Sunday everyone!

So is everyone as excited for the commercials tonight as I am? And Bruce is doing the half time show :)

But onto the eats of yesterday... Went to the gym and did 2.5 miles on the treadmill then hit up the parents to do laundry and bake them some brownies (and eat way too much batter) :-D I then came home put all my shiznat away and showered and made up some yummy yogurt. I had a Fage 0% with strawberries and blueberries. I also mixed in a ton of Grape nuts for some tasty crunch. Once Adam was home we ran to the library to pick up books for work and to get my ring cleaned. ITS SO SHINY AGAIN :-D When we got back we snacked on some Herr's pretzels and relaxed and did some wedding stuff..

Then it was time to make the dinner, Sloppy Joe's made with that tasty sauce we get from http://www.suziehotsauce.com/ We also used 99% ff ground turkey in it. I made up some sweet potato fries also and put mine sloppyness on a sandwich thin and had a pickle with it. MMMM so so good!

We had our "date night" so we walked around the dollar store and then hit up Barnes and Nobles. I picked up a bunch of trashy magazines and a decaf coffee at starbucks. I also had 2 bites of Adam's Blueberry Scone. We came home and I tried to figure out our new dvd player. This took forever :( I might have had a twix while getting frustrated.. haha

This morning I woke up a tad before 8.. woohoooo I made up a bowl of oatmeal with banana, soy milk, cinnamon and grape nuts. I also snacked on some grapes while making it. I'm trying to lay off to coffee today since I have a sore throat and I feel like I've been drinking it too much lately.

Today I'm going to do some cleaning, hit up the gym, look at new cars and go food shopping before the game comes on. See ya later :-D

Oh and here is Mr. Popcorn making our dinner.. Isn't he nice?!?

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!

CARS STINK!

Hey All!

How was your day? Mine was rudely interrupted around 5:15 because my bladder was about to burst, unfortunately Adam was in the pottyroom getting ready for work. I finally jumped up and yelled to him to get out ASAP! I was floating.. hahahah It took along time to go back to sleep and then the alarm was going off before I knew it. Breakfast was another delish bowl of oats, same as yesterday I think I may be addicted. Not a bad thing to be addicted to I think?

I of course brought my mug of coffee with me and had a few cheerios at snack time with the kiddies. Lunch was a cup of Pacific Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato soup. MY FAVORITE!! I had some Wheatables on the side and some cantaloupe and honeydew. I had 2 of my kiddies go home sick today :( looks like a tummy virus is running around my classroom!! NOT GOOD AT ALL! I made an appointment for Saturday at David's Bridal and called about my car while the kids were napping. I found out that its the computer that's causing my cars problems and I have to take it to the dealer. Looks like an expensive problem!!! At afternoon snack I had a couple handfuls of Froot Loops and a cup of peppermint tea. I was then off to the gym and did 35 minutes on the treadmill while watching wife swap. I came home and picked up Adam and picked up my car after shelling out 100 bux or them to tell me they couldn't fix it :( UGH

We decided to lay low tonight and relax (not that I relaxed at all!) My stomach isn't feeling too swift so I just had a Chobani Vanilla with lots of frozen berries with a bunch of Honey Nut Cheerios. I also had a couple of handfuls of grapes while trying to figure out what the feed my face with!!! I also had a few olives and pretzels too, I was craving something salty after that sweet dinner. I figured since I was going to be home I'd bake Adam some cookies Double Chocolate Pecan Chippers from The Everyday Vegan. I tried one and boy were they good! Adam liked them too. After cleaning up the kitchen I noticed a "smell" near the garbage, I have no idea what it was but needless to say a trip to the dumpster later. I have the garbage can soaking with bleach in the shower overnight. That made me start cleaning out drawers in the kitchen, so needless to say I just sat down to relax around 9ish. Only 2 more days to go and then its girls night out Friday for Happy Hour and to see the band playing our wedding :-D

I hope you had a great day, see you all tomorrow!

I just realized I never took a picture of the tasty cookies, I'll try to remember to take one tomorrow before I inhale them ;)

Another Fun Filled Day of Baking :-D

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!

I had my list ready for things to get done today, so I was up and at em by 8. I got all the ingrediants out for my brother's birthday cake. I made up some coffee too, while I was getting things ready. I decided I wasn't hungry for breakfast yet so I enjoyed some coffee and then got to baking.I used this recipe :

HERSHEY'S "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" Chocolate Cake Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
Directions:1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans. 2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans. 3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING. 10 to 12 servings. VARIATIONS:ONE-PAN CAKE: Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Heat oven to 350° F. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely. Frost.THREE LAYER CAKE: Grease and flour three 8-inch round baking pans. Heat oven to 350°F. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost. BUNDT CAKE: Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan. Heat oven to 350°F. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely. Frost.

I then had an apple with cottage cheese for breakfast and some peanuts after I was done with that. (The picture of the cottage cheese came out horrible) Once I got the cake out of the pans I went to the gym and did 3 miles the fastest I have ever done before :-D I'm not a runner so I just walk as fast as I can. I did it in about 41 minutes and I had the incline up to about 11 & the whole time. I was pretty happy!

I came home and got to frosting the cake and figuring out what I was going to have for lunch. After finishing up the cake and cleaning up I dragged my stinky butt into the shower and cleaned up the linen closet. Lunch was a Vanilla Chobani with tons of berries and lots of Honey Bunches of Oats. MMMM Then I wanted something even sweeter, hahah so I had 2 more of those darn mm cookies. I got the apartment vacuumed and now I'm relaxing for a bit. I am going to my parents around 5:30 for dinner and cake for Joe's BIG 18th!! I'll be back tonight to show ya the tasty eats :-D

Here's the finished product, I can't wait to cut into this bad boy!!!

Are you ready for NYE? What are your plans?

Good Day Goes Bad!

Hi All

So today started off on a good foot! I slept well with the help of some Tylenol pm ( I had a headache that would not go away last night!) I woke up at 8:30 and decided to skip the gym today since I had gone everyday since last Sunday :) I had some cereal (the usual mix) and coffee and vacuumed. I showered and was off to my parents to do some laundry and hang out. I came home around one after a little snacking on grapes and a piece of dad's famous candies. I unpacked the laundry and made up some Chobani Vanilla with frozen berries and Back To Nature Blueberry Apple Granola. YUM!!! I also may or may not have had another chocolate ;) I was then off for my massage... It was AWESOME and much needed, now if they weren't 70 bux I would get them more often!!!

Here's where it goes bad :(

I came home and was thinking I hadn't had not gotten a bill for my car insurance so I find an old bill and call... To find out it was cancelled!!!!!!!!!!!!!WTF?!?!?! Then I realized it would have been due the end of November! I have been mailing it in since I moved marking the moved box for my change of address.. and they never changed it.. Well I never got my bill and that means no driving my car for me :( I'm very very angry now! So much for my relaxation! UGH!! Needless to say since I'm a spaz I've been crying and complaining. Adam thinks I'm nuts and told me not to worry.. but I'm so good with paying bills and all of that.. I'm always super early.. so it just gets me upset. Even though it wasn't my fault. I'm now sitting around being cranky.. Maybe I'll bake alittle.. I do know that we will be going out to look at Christmas lights tonight!! I think I'll stop at 7-11 and pick up a coffee.. That should make me happy :-D Hope your having a great Saturday!

See ya after dinner!

Why Do The Weekends Fly By?

Hi There All! Boy am I full and sleepy. All I wanted to do was eat today, and eat I did. I'll start with breakfast, I had 1 egg white and 1 egg scrambled with some Kraft FF Cheddar Cheese and lots of ketchup. I also probably had about a pound of grapes while deciding on breakfast, I was STARVING this morning! Thanks to the shot and beer last night! AHAHI also had a mug of Holiday Spice coffee and a half a piece of whole wheat toast on the side.(I had started eating then realized I needed a picture!) I ran to my parents to drop some stuff off and ate a chocolate chip cookie that had just come out of the oven. MMMMM We went to Harry and David to pick up Adam's Dad a xmas present and walked around a bit. We were home early so I did some cleaning and baking! Lunch was a plain Chobani yogurt with frozen berries, and lots of Back to Nature granola (apple blueberry) I also had some of Adam's Wendy's french fries.. YUMMY! Then it was baking time! I made my mom's favorite peanut butter cookies:

1 box yellow cake mix

1/4
cup packed brown sugar
1/3
cup water
1
cup creamy peanut butter
1/4
cup shortening or vegetable oil
2
eggs
Granulated sugar
1.
Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick cookie sheets). In large bowl, beat cake mix, brown sugar, water, peanut butter, shortening and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
2.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar and, on ungreased cookie sheet, place 2 inches apart. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in sugar.
3.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.
Nutrition Information:
1 Serving: Calories 90 (Calories from Fat 40); Total Fat 4 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 90mg; Total Carbohydrate 10g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 6g); Protein 2g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 0%

I also added semi sweet chocolate chips in since Adam thought it sounded good ;) Unfortunately I ate way too much cookie dough, so I'm not feeling too wonderful! That's what I get!! hahah

I got some work done for school and relaxed. Then decided on dinner, I had a big bowl of salad with tuna and Newman's Own Asian Sesame dressing. I also had some pieces of a sweet potato that I had microwaved (the thing was HUGE) and some reduced fat wheatables and pickle slices. So random I know!! HAHA I also ate 2 of those cookies I made!

Needless to say I'm very full and uncomfortable right now but I enjoyed every single bite ;)

I hope you all had a great weekend! See you tomorrow, its gonna be a late one for me since now its winter sports season and my brother is on the bowling team. This is one sport I totally understand (I was on the team in hs too I'm a big dork I know ) So I'll be running there right from work!

Already Sunday!?!?!?

Where'd the weekend go? If anyone can find it please return it to me ;)

I realized I haven't posted all week! Yesterday I was in a funk because I had to babysit and I was kicking myself for saying yes, but I know with the wedding on its way I need to make some extra $$$. It was an easy night and I started reading a great book so it made my night fly by :)

Here's the recap of the weekends eats!

Saturday before the gym I had 1 egg and 1 egg white with some mozz cheese scrambled in the microwave. I also had a small piece of pork roll that Adam couldn't eat :) YUM YUM I also had a big cup of coffee with lots of milk.

I was then off to the gym to do my normal 2 miles on the treadmill and I did some arm and back and leg weights and went to the parents to do my laundry. I felt so guilty not going to my brother's football game but it was FREEZING OUT! I came home cleaned and finally ate some lunch around 2ish since I snacked on way too much chex mix at the parents house.. haha.. I had a Dannon Light and Fit with pineapple, apple, and a some cheerios.

Dinner was at babysitting so I don't have a picture but I finally ate around 6:30, I still wasn't hungry but I had to start an hour long process of putting the kids to sleep around 7 so I didn't want to be starving. I had one of the new Lean Cuisine flat breads, it was the philly chicken one and it was great! It really hit the spot, the kids were like is that good? It looks yummy.. haha too cute!! I also snacked on 2 cookies while there, I was bored and needed something sweet.

Today I was up at 7 but stayed in bed until 8ish, got up and put on some coffee. Breakfast was Honey Bunches of Oats with almonds, Kashi Go Lean Crunch, cinnamon, banana and light vanilla soy milk. I had my Caldwell mug with lots of milk and coffee again :-D What a great way to start the day.

We then were off to Staples to get my kids turkey place mats laminated, it cost 41 bux!!! how crazy is that?!?!?! We then went to the mall and got some clothes at Aeropostale since I had a coupon for 30% off! I got a new pair of skinny jeans and some pj pants :) While there I had some of Adam's fries that he got from the foodcourt since I wasn't really hungry yet. When we finally got home at 2:30 I was starving! We were sitting in traffic which made me very unhappy.. I had a vanilla Chobani with some apple blueberry granola and some pineapple on the side (I ate some before I took the picture).

I then made some banana bread since we had a few brown bananas to be used up!! I used the Vcon recipe and it came out quite tasty. I got some stuff done for work and made dinner which was from http://happyherbivore.com/ they are oil free and came out great! I was alittle worried because they were really thick but very very tasty :) We put blueberries in them too. I had 2 and a small one that looked too cute not to eat. HAHA any reason to eat more pancakes ;) I also had a sausage that Adam couldn't finish, I haven't eaten breakfast sausage like the frozen kind he had in a long time and even though I know its not too great for me it tasted great! haha I'm am finally sitting down and relaxing.. WOOOHOO I had a fun size snickers bar after dinner for a chocolate fix. I'm now off to watch Bridezillas and be a bum!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! See you tomorrow and enjoy your short week!