Being an After

Those are two suits of armor laying in the back of the pickup truck    The things that you see when you walk around this neighborhoos.  

I’ve been around and tracking all week except for yesterday when I did not fall off the wagon, but I jumped off it.  My mental fatigue finally caught up to me, and I just wanted to go and try to make myself feel better by eating.  Did that work?  Heck no, and last night as I lay in bed with indigestion I wondered when I will ever learn.

Back on track today and I thought I’d done pretty good until I remembered the sushi I had with dinner.  Still not bad, and I will sleep so much better tonight.

I bought salmon at Wegman’s in one of their Club Packs. There were six pieces of salmon in the bag. It is delicious. I quit buying salmon at BJ’s because it became too expensive. So this was a nice treat! And a meal with no bread or potatoes. That is so light and refreshing, too.

Over my target, but a good day. And we even got in a walk. I was freezing at first, but by the time we were almost done I’d warmed up.

Tomorrow is a big day here. Go Pats!

Saturday, February 04, 2012

I am not a food photographer because the picture in the recipe looks so much better than mine, BUT this was a delicious sandwich.  But I ate too much bread today, and ran short on my points.   It was all good food though, so no regrets!  Dinner was cabbage and eggs – the 1 tablespoon of real butter makes this dish!

Now my laptop is giving me headaches.  It is a relatively NEW, less than 6 months old, replacement for my odl HP that I though had died.  It turned out that the HP is alive and well, and aside from the fact that it overheats terribly, it’s a more dependable machine than this piece of junk.

I should have just bought a Mac, but I was trying to save a dime.  This computer, however, was not a low priced model, so I did expect it to work longer than it has.  I just got (of all things) a blue screen of death.  And I regularly have to reboot the machine because the keyboard goes totally nuts.

I think it may still be under warranty, so I may see what I can do to get it repaired.  I did not buy a Best Buy extended warranty plan though, so I’m likely out of luck.

Tomorrow is my son’s appointment with the new neurologist.  He had a rough few days, finding out this weekend that his ex, who he still considers his wife, has had a couple of dates.  This about sent him over the edge, and there is nothing a mother can do to make this better.  I know he can work through it, but in the meantime he is suffering from a broken heart.    And still nothing from the job interviews.

No exercise today, except for some tough mental fatigue.  And I chose my word of the day for The Daily Challenge as “stressless”.  Must have jinxed myself, because it’s been anything but.  

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Time is flying here.  First month of 2012 is almost behind us.  Yesterday I got some more wonderful lean hamburger from Trader Joe’s.  So we had a steak and potatoes dinner.   Well it was hamburger steak, who can afford the real deal anymore?  I am shocked at the price of meat these days.  It makes it very tempting to think of going back to a vegetarian/vegan diet.  I think we’ll wait until winter is over, since we don’t exactly have a lot of local fresh fruits and vegetables during this time of the year.

I did make the most delicious salad with lunch today.  And my vegetable soup was excellent, too.  Now if I can only remember what I did for when I make soup next.  

Jan asked if I was getting ready to quit using Picasa, and I’m not.  It’s just that I’ve been so inconsistent about how I store my pictures there and I’ve broken so many links by moving or deleting pictures, that from now on I want to host all my blog pictures right here.  I have successfully fixed all my broken links and moved all the pictures that I had just linked to to Picasa Web for, so I can delete, move, rearrange my Picasa Web Albums now without breaking anything.

I did not sleep well last night at all, so I am hoping to remedy that tonight.  And then I told my boss and colleagues at work that I’d come into the office on Wednesday.  One of the gals is rearranging her usual day to work from home so that she can be there, so I can’t just not show up.  I had checked and our weather on Wednesday is supposed to be warm(er) so I’ll drive over.  That means that tomorrow night I probably won’t sleep well either since I’ll be afraid of oversleeping on Wednesday morning.  It’s always something!

I attempted to do a Walk Away The Pounds DVD today.  I got most of the way through it, until the phone rang.  I certainly could not continue walking with Leslie and talking on the phone, so I didn’t finish.  But at least I got in some movement.  Today was cold and very windy.  Maybe tomorrow will be warm(er) and I will walk outside with Don.

Monday, January 30, 2012