Busy Weekend ;-D

Hey bloggies ;)

How's it going? Sorry I haven't been around It was a busy weekend and today I ran around in the morning and vegged out/baked this afternoon... Sometimes you just need to shut off the technology and enjoy quiet!

I start out with yesterday's eats..

After Friday night's fun of a jager shot before we left and 2.5 beers I was hurting a bit in the morning.. yes I am a LIGHTWEIGHT!!!!! hahah and a cheap date ;) Breakfast was Kashi Raisin Spice Heart to Heart oatmeal with a nice mug of coffee.. MMMI went to the gym to try and sweat out some of the beer and did a quick 2 miles (this was a tough 2 miles on 5 hours of sleep). I then went to my parents just to say hi and ended up baking up some brownies for them.. and eating lots of batter.. This can cure any hangover.. hahaha I came home showered and got ready for the fundraiser/chinese auction for Adam's cousins' cheering squad. Before leaving I had some lunch of Tuna with reduced fat mayo and red onion mixed in and half of a sweet potato with salsa... YUM YUM!!!

I had a diet coke once we got to the bar for the auction, since the thought of alcohol made me quesy.. We then decided to go out to dinner to the best pizza place at the Jersey Shore! http://www.peteandeldas.com/ We left around 5 to get there as soon as we could.. since the wait is usually INSANE! For the first time in a long time we only waited maybe 5 minutes and got a table!! We were very excited... Adam got a salad since he was hungry and I picked a bit on it until our delish pizza.. We got peppers/mushrooms on the whole pizza and Adam got sausage on his half too. I had 2 pieces and was SO FULL!! but oh man was it good and totally hit the spot :-D We then went and walked around Target and hit up Wegman's for some food for the week :) I came home and snacked on a brownie but forgot to take a picture... OOPPS haha

I'll be back in a bit with today's post!!!

BACK!

Hi Guys! I'm back :-D

Things have just been a bit nutty here... but oh well.. that's life right? I'll start off with last night since we celebrated Adam's Birthday with his family. We went to the http://www.thehickoryhog.com/Home.htm in Point Pleasant NJ. We have been there once before and the food is great! They give HUGE portions.. I wish I would have taken pictures, but my mind was on other things.. and trying to happy.. For our apps we got the onion loaf which is onions rings but in the shape of a loaf! I had one little onion ring since I really try to not each too many fried things.. I also tried a bit of a spicy pub pickle which is a fried pickle, this was actually pretty good.. and then we got some bbq nachos, they were great! I had a few chips and it came with pulled bbq pork on them and cheese and hot peppers.. MMM I was full just after snacking on those!! hahah I got the Mango BBQ Pork it comes with cornbread and 2 sides I got tator tots and hot cinnamon apples. This was AMAZING! but way too much food for a unhappy/stressed belly. I brought TONS of leftovers home so we will be eating these again, and I'll have some pictures for ya ;)

Onto today, I had a bowl of Kashi Blueberry Oat Clusters, Trader Joe's Raisin Bran and a banana with cinnamon and skim milk. I also brought my coffee with me on my walk to work today. The morning flew by and was great! The kids were so cute and good today.. (KNOCK ON WOOD!) Lunch came and I was starting to get hungry, so I had a light Wegman's blueberry yogurt with some of my homemade granola and pineapple on the side. One of my coworkers made a pistachio cake so I tried a couple bites of it.. it was really good so I took the recipe (Adam loves pistachios). I walked home and snacked on a 2 handfuls of grapes and was off to the gym. I did 2 miles on the treadmill and weights and came home. Adam and I then ran to see daddy and say hi! I just had to give him a big ol' hug.. We then went to Dunkin Donuts so I could get the kiddies munchins for St. Patrick's day :)

We came home, I showered and made up a salad with romaine, cucs, green peppers, red onions, roasted red peppers, croutons, and tuna. I put some Catalina dressing on it (this was my favorite dressing growing up!) I got some things done around the apartment and sat down with a brownie and frosting. JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED! I am now off to digest and catch up on blog reading.. Hope you all had a great day! See you tomorrow.

I Need to Buy a New Car ASAP!

Hey there... I woke up again before my alarm clock today :( I know its good to wake up without an alarm but I wish I was sleeping longer ya know? I got up and got ready.. made a bowl of Kashi Oat Flakes & Wild Blueberry Clusters with cinnamon, banana and light soy milk. I also had the usual cup of coffee for workage.. I went out to my car and guess what!!!! IT WOULDN'T START!!! Needless to say I was not a happy camper. I dropped my gym clothes back off in the apt and walked to work. It was very very chilly but I just said forget it, I'll walk back at lunch and pick up Adam's car. The morning went by pretty quick (thank goodness) and it was time to walk back home to pick up the car. I got back to work and ate my Light and Fit Lemon with cantaloupe and pretzels. YUM YUM. At snack time this afternoon I had some more pretzels just to munch because I felt like a bottomless pit today! (I'm thinking b/c the stress of the car) I then got out around 3:45 WOOHOO for getting out early, and went to the gym. I did 30 minutes on the treadmill and weights and came home. When I got home I had about 2 handfuls of these tiny grapes we picked up at Foodtown this week. We did leftovers again since our fridge was filled with them. I had Annie's Mac and Cheese with tuna, on the side I had a pickle too :) tuna with pickles is one of my perfect meals.

(I have no idea why the mac and cheese uploaded sideways!)

I also had some of the roasted veggies that Adam had. I ate them cold out of the container.. They were quite tasty! We ran out to pick up some salads to have with dinner tomorrow night. My dad gave us a chicken dish that he made to try. (He wants me to make cheesecake for him this weekend so he's bribing me with dinner) Works for me!! When we got home I had 2 more of those yummy choc choc chip cookies, only 3 more left.. Thank goodness!! Tomorrow is a girls night out so I'm off to read some magazines and relax! tomorrow is supposed to be toasty! 45 degrees WE'RE HAVING A HEATWAVE HERE IN JERSEY!! hahah Have a great night and see you all tomorrow :-D

GRRR TO VIRUSES!!

I just don't understand why people have to create viruses for computers! This must be my 5th one since I moved here a year and 4 months ago.. Its getting annoying! I've been trying to do virus scans (which I am currently doing) after playing on here for hours wondering why its been acting up lately.

Enough complaining I'll recap the rest of my day for ya ;) At the gym I did about 30 minutes on the treadmill and some weights. I came home had some pumpkin spice trail mix and hit the shower to get ready to go food shopping. We ran to Target to pick up a gift for the party tomorrow and some Kashi cereal since it was 2 for $5!! i got the Blueberry Oat one which I haven't tried and my favorite Kashi Go Lean Crunch :-D We then went to Wegman's for our Lunch Date/shopping. I got the usual Super Yogurt Parfait and Adam got 2 slices of pepperoni pizza, we split a diet coke. I also had a bite of his pizza IT LOOKED SO TEMPTING!! MMM No picture though, I forgot since I was starving! lol

We came home unpacked the groceries and Adam turned on the Eagles game. I got to Lesson Plans which took forever! I just had no ideas, and all my websites were NOT helping me :( I started getting a headache and felt so sick. I took some Advil and finished up my work and relaxed on the couch for a bit. Before I knew it it was time to fix up some grub, I made some Annie's mac and cheese with tuna. This totally hit the spot, after I practically liked the bowl I went back and had 3 more forkfuls of mac. While trying to figure out my stupid computer I snacked on 2 cookies. Now I'm off of this thing to let it finish kicking some virus booty ;) Hope you all had a wonderful weekend :-D

Relax On My Day Off?!?!? NOPE!

I was up at 8 this morning and checked my email and brewed up some coffee. I decided on a bowl of oats with cinnamon, banana and some soynog. YUM! I then got to baking for NYE, I decided on a very easy recipe from Bisquick:

Quick Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cookie baking with Bisquick® mix eliminates the additional measuring that comes with scratch baking.
Prep Time:1 hr 20 min
Start to Finish:1 hr 20 min
Makes:About 4 1/2 dozen cookies

1/2
cup butter or margarine, softened
1
cup packed brown sugar
2
teaspoons vanilla
1
egg
2 3/4
cups Original Bisquick® mix
1
cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
1/2
cup chopped nuts, if desired
1.
Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, mix butter, brown sugar, vanilla and egg. Stir in Bisquick mix, chocolate chips and nuts.
2.
Onto ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart; flatten slightly.
3.
Bake about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Heat oven to 400°F.
Nutrition Information
1 Serving: Calories 70 (Calories from Fat 30); Total Fat 3 1/2g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 100mg; Total Carbohydrate 10g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 6g); Protein 0g

I left out the nuts and used m&ms instead of chocolate chips since I had an evil bag of them taunting me ;)

I scrubbed the shower and got my tiny hiney off to the gym :-p I watched Rachel Ray and switched over to Married With Children (I love this show!!) during commericals. I did about 2.5 miles and then did some weights. I came home and putzed around then got in the shower, I love being able to have no time constraints! I tried to figure out what I wanted for lunch and decided on tuna with some mayo and celery on a ww English muffin with a pickle. My favorite lunch ever!! I then had to try out my cookies.. to make sure no one gets sick on NYE of course ;) I had 2 and then was in the mode of eating crap so I had 5 chocolate covered peanuts. I have now "shut" the kitchen until much much later!! I'm now catching up on some blogs and watching Made on MTV. I know I'm going to start to go stir crazy soon, something else will be getting cleaned in the near future :-P

Hope you having a wonderful Monday, see you tonight for dinner.

Is It Friday Yet?

Hiya Everybody!

I woke up feeling extremely yucky this morning! I looked in the mirror and my whole face was all puffy! WTF? I made myself eat a bowl of cereal (Fiber One Honey Oat, Honey Nut Cheerios, banana, cinnamon, and Light vanilla 8th Continent) even though I wasn't hungry at all, but once I started eating I didn't want to stop! SO SO WEIRD! I also brought a mug of coffee with me on my way to work (I walked since it was so warm out!) The day was quite busy and I felt like I didn't stop. I walked home at lunch to pick up my car since one of the teachers were out and I might have had to stay late. I ended up getting out around the same time as usual though ;) Lunch was Dannon Light and Fit with 1/2 an apple and some pineapple. MMM I also had 2 big handfuls of froot loops, gosh I love these things! After work I went to the gym and did 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights. When I got home I got some things done around the apartment before Adam got home. While doing some stuff I had a handful of peanuts. Then all of a sudden our power went out! My brother called to check in with us (he's a jr firefighter) so he had his pager on and told us a transformer blew up a few towns a way. This caused complete chaos!!! Luckily our power was out for only a few minutes, once we got all the candles lit it came back on.. hahah but my parents and Adam's mom didn't have it for over an hour. Once it went back on we hurried to heat up some dinner just in case it went out again. I had Mac and Cheese with a half can of tuna in it. This totally hit the spot! Carby goodness :-D (I forgot a pic since we were rushing) We then went over to my parents and Adam's moms to check up on everyone. Once back I broke open a Sugar Free Double Chocolate Jello pudding and put some light whipped cream on top. It was one of those days where I just wanted junk! I feel lousy and carbs and chocolate make it all better ;) I'm now relaxing on the couch with Adam as he watches the news.. I hope everyone has a wonderful night! see you tomorrow :-D

WILD TUESDAY!

Hello All!

Today was nuts! Too many little ones and not enough grown ups makes for a tough day! To start out I had a bowl of Kashi Go Lean Crunch and Fiber One with banana, cinnamon, and Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze. I also brought a big old mug of hot chocolate to keep me warm on my walk this cold morning. Up until lunch I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off, it was NUTS! I wasn't really hungry for lunch but knew the afternoon was going to be crazy too so I stayed and ate my Yoplait yogurt and apple (which I forgot to picture). I also had 2 chocolate chip cookies at snack time since I was frustrated. I walked home and had some walnuts and got ready for the gym. I went and did alittle over 2 miles and came home to get started on an apple cakeish dessert for Adam. I wish I remember where I had gotten the recipe from to post it but I'd want to give credit where credit is due. If I figure out where I got it from I'll post it because it came out GREAT!

I wasn't too hungry for dinner since I ate tons of the apples I was cutting up and some of the darn cake batter. Its just too tempting even though I wasn't hungry.. hahah

For dinner I heated a frozen Weight Watchers mac and cheese that has been in the freezer forever! I had some leftover tuna salad that I mixed in with it. It actually hit the spot even though it wasn't anything great at all. I think I just wanted something warm and comforting.

I was then off to the library to get some books for the kiddies and came back to cut up the cake to give away. We are keeping a few slices and I'm giving some to Adam's mom and my family. GOTTA KEEP THE SWEETS AWAY!!!!!

Well hope everyone's day flew by like mine! See ya'll tomorrow :-D

Sunday Funday

Ok it was another busy busy day today!! I was awake at 6:30 which gets on my nerves! I wake up at 7:30 during the week but on the weekends I somehow can't sleep past 6:30. What is the deal?!?!? I got up around 7:30 and read some blogs and just sat in the quietness :-D When Adam woke up around 8:30 I was definitely ready for some breakfast. I had a cup of Irish Cream Coffee (we got this at Wegmans and its awesome!) I also had 2 low fat Aunt Jamima waffles with some margarine and sf syrup, I also had about half a banana on the side. The pic is only showing part of it. I was hungry and ate some of it before I pulled out the camera ;)

We were then off to the mall to do some registering at Macy's. By the time we were done it was around 1 and we were both starving! I got a ff Chocolate Banana Vivanno from Starbucks, at ate more than a few bites of some yummy pizza Adam got from Sbarro (I love their pizza!)

We were then off to get our haircut at Adam's brothers' house. His wife cuts our hair so while Adam was getting his done I watched his nephew play wii. Then it was my turn, I just got a trim since I want it nice and long for the wedding. We then went over to my Aunt's house since it was sort of on our way home and I haven't seen them in awhile. We hung out there and munched on a few chips and talked. I started to get a headache around 5:30 and realized I need FOOD!!! So we came home and I had leftover Annie's Mac and Cheese with a half can of tuna and some red peppers on the side. OOPPS I realized that I was so hungry I forgot to take a picture! I started to feel better, it was definitely a "hi I need food headache" We then went to my parent's and Adam's moms to drop off leftovers from last night for both of them to try. I was finally home for good around 6:45 after going since 10:30 this morning and was ready to relax. I lit a new candle I got from Yankee Candle (Autumn Leaves) and am eating a chocolate chip cookie and drinking some water. Gotta rest up for another work week!

I hope everyone had a nice Sunday! See you tomorrow night :-D

Another Busy One!

Hi all!

Here's my recap of my busy day :-D

breakfast was the usual cereal Special K, banana and cinnamon with LF soymilk and my big old travel mug of coffee. I drove today since we were supposed to get rain in the early afternoon. For lunch (it was pizza day for the kids) the teachers got an antipasto, so I had some lettuce, sundried tomatoes, peppers, olives (both black and green) one piece of some type of salamish type meat, and alittle ham/turkey that was rolled.Didn't have my camera with me for the salad. I put some of the dressing that came with it on too! I was pretty good and I enjoyed it for a different lunch, on the side on had my pineapple that I had brought for lunch.

After work I ran to the gym and did about 2.25 miles and came home and got in the shower. It was then time to start on dinner, which was Annie's Mac and Cheese with tuna for me. Adam had the mac and cheese with 2 turkey hot dogs, I tried a bite and they were YUMMY! OH and we also each had a pickle on the side, I saw them in the fridge and NEEDED one.. hahah

We then ran to Wegman's because we planned out some meals for the weekend (this is a very rare thing for us to plan more than one meal!!) I came home and did a few things and ate a chocolate chip cookie and some peanuts, they were calling my name. The cookie and peanuts were in my belly before I realized I forgot to take a picture.. OOPPS! I am finally relaxing and I'm pretty pooped! I can't wait for tomorrow at 3:30!!

Hope everyone had a great Thursday! One more day to go!! :-D

Repeat Dinner

Well I'm no fun! I had a repeat of last nights dinner because I enjoyed it and because I hate to waste food! I was on the phone with my cousin for over and hour giving her and update on our uncle and doing some wedding planning :) she's my matron of honor! I'm finally relaxing and watching Friends. Adam (the fiance) is on his way home from work and we will be off for some foodshopping so he has something to eat for breakfast tomorrow. We are then going to stop by the bowling alley where my friend is in a league to show her my ring (she's one of my bridesmaids) I have a feeling its going to be an early night! hope you have a good one! Only one more day until the weekend! :)

EXCITING NEWS!

I ended up walking to my parents house again, because I can not sit still! I had some pictures I had printed up come today so I brought them over to my mom and hung around for alittle and munched on some grapes. When I was walking back home some creepy guys that I had seen when walking to the parents were still lurking and the one had a TERRIBLE pick up line for me. I hoped on the phone with my cousin and kept walking! Once home I decided on some Annie's mac and cheese and some leftover tuna salad. It was so good and really filled me up to the point that I thought I would burst!

Then the boyfriend called and decided to go out to grab him some food since he got home so late. We decided on a place called surf taco, since he had never had it before. I wish I had taken pictures, since I did try some but there was something else on my mind. The beautiful ring that he gave me! I knew it was coming, but still it made me cry! It's so beautiful :) We then had to go to the parents to tell them the BIG NEWS. I cried like a baby, but it was happy tears. So now its time to start planning my fall 2009 beach wedding!

Made up for it lunch

I went to the gym for about an hour. walked on the treadmill for about 40 minutes at an incline then did some upperbody lifting. I felt pretty good! Then I ran home to get ready to run out shopping with my brother. He needed a new battery for his phone so we went to verizon. After that he wanted some pizza from the place he works at so we went there and hungout for alittle. I ofcourse had to pick at some crust that he didn't want. He's the one who needs to be bulking up for football. I DO NOT need to be eating when I'm not hungry! he dropped me off at my apartment and it was after 1 so it was time to make some lunch, since now I was so hungry from smelling the amazing pizza. I made some albacore tuna with lowfat mayo and put about a third of the can on a whole wheat english muffin with a slice of fat free cheese and toasted it. I have been craving a tuna melt for weeks. I had to have some pickles with it and a few hummus chips (they are made from chickpea flour) and a pretzel. It was very yummy and made up for the not so hot breakfast :)