Apparently I've just turned into a bad blogger. I can't say for sure I will get back to my regular blogging self anytime in the next century, but what I can do is blog when it's feasible and not blog when it isn't. Sounds fair to me!
Since we last parted ways...
I've suffered the loss of a friend. My friend was Friday Night Lights. I watched all 5 seasons on Netflix and then...felt empty. For 5 seasons I lived in Dillon,TX. For 5 seasons I "cared" about football and the lives of my many "friends". For 5 seasons, I got all caught up in the drama and then....nothing. Empty. I'm trying to replace my friend, but so far nothing has hooked me yet. I will let you know if/when that changes.
Since we last parted ways...
I've traveled to Huntington Beach, CA to visit my brother and sister-in-law. I arrived on Friday, 2/3. Eddie took me to our Surf City Marathon Expo where I stocked up on all sorts of goodies. Have you ever tried the Halo brand sweat bands? OMG! I have never in my life worn a sweat band that truly did not allow sweat to drip in my eyes. Best. Sweat Band. Ever. I also purchased a visor with a built in sweat band, but I've yet to try it out. I then purchased a pair of Experia Cool Max PINK socks which are awesome! We all know how much I enjoy NUUN, so I bought a few cylinders of various flavors to tide me over. Wouldn't you know I would forget my SPIbelt? No worries...I bought a bigger one at this Expo which totally holds everything I need - including my cell phone! =) Yes, I totally dropped a small fortune, but it was well worth it!
After the Expo, we headed to Slater's 50/50 - Burgers by Design. Eddie had been telling me about this place for quite some time. He wanted us to be bold and daring and try the Peanut Butter and Jellousy. We had amazing service and we were even encouraged to each pick out a burger and then they would split both burgers for us so we could each have half of the other's burger. We decided on the PB&J burger (pb, strawberry jelly, bacon, burger on a honey wheat bun) and the special of the month, the Pizza Burger (1/2 beef 1/2 Italian sausage burger, fried cheese sticks, red pepper pizza sauce, and pepperoni on a Ciabatta roll). Though we both enjoyed the pizza burger, we agreed the PB&J burger was the MOST AMAZING BURGER EVER! I might have convinced him we needed to go again to experience it in all of it's glory once more before I left.
Saturday was more or less a chill day with plenty o' carbo-loading.
Sunday was race day. Eddie and April had never done a half before. This was my 8th. I was, of course, walking the race since I have not been running for almost a year now. I have to say that it was probably the most boring course I've ever been on. You may recall that I did the OC Half back last May and the course, though VERY hilly, was fantastic taking us along the beach, cliffside, and through some beautiful neighborhoods. The Surf Side City Half was a different ballgame all together. We started on the Pacific Coast Highway (or the PCH as the cool kids call it) and with the exception of a 2 mile detour off a side road which looped back to the highway, we remained on the PCH through the finish line. Although I did appreciate the beach scene, it wore out its welcome at the 8 mile turn around. I will say that the runners and walkers in the race were incredibly friendly and supportive. The staff members working the race were helpful and sweet dispositioned.
A few cool / mentionable moments. Around mile 3, I met an older couple. We were chatting as we walked and they told me the best experience they have ever had was walking the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer two years in a row and that they looked forward to walking it again this year. What you don't know is that I've been listening to the advertisements for the Houston Walk on 96.5 thinking that this may be something I want to participate in. More on this subject in another post, but needless to say, I took this as a sign I needed to walk the walk! Near mile 4, I hit up a hydration station and disappointingly noticed they didn't have any Vitalyte available. I knew I needed electrolytes to help stave off the calf cramps, so I asked oned of the volunteers and he said he would look for some. I told him thanks, but not to worry about it and kept marching along. He apparently found some and ran it over to me. What a great guy! Then, around mile 6, I was traipsing along and some really awesome girl who was on the other side of the highway about 4 miles ahead of me came running across the median to give me a bracelet and some words of encouragement.
Overall, I was okay with my performance. I maintained a decent consistent pace through mile 8 and then it went completely downhill when the calf cramps blasted me around mile 9. I had a hydration plan of only drinking the Vitalyte at all stations, but the first one didn't have any and then I was only able to find it at the second and third. By the time I hit the 4th station, they were out. I hit up a medic tent around mile 10.5 and got a cup of Gatorade that took me to the finish line, cramps and all. I didn't end my race listening to music, so there is no finishing song on this one.
I think it's time I buy some salt pills to take with me on my journies. =/ Any suggestions of brands?
We pigged out on pizza Sunday evening. I think I was trying to replenish the 2260 calories I burned during the race.
April and I got foot massages on Monday. Then I headed back to Houston on Tuesday.
Wednesday was a pamper-me day. I got a MUCH needed haircut in the morning followed by a 70 minute hot stone massage that I purchased via Living Social a long time ago. Although the massage was relaxing, I have to say that I still prefer my deep tissue torture sessions. ;)
Thursday, I had eye surgery...AGAIN. 6 years ago, I jumped on the lasik bandwagon. Right before I was to have standard lasik surgery, the doctor decided he would prefer to do a procedure on me called Epilasik. This was as a result of my astygmatism and it meant a longer recovery period. I remember being totally miserable for about 5 days or so. Well several months ago I noticed that my vision had changed and since I had paid for a "warrantly" of sorts on my surgery, I was entitled to free touch-ups as necessary. I went through the whole process with Lasik Plus before they determined the procedure would be beneficial to me. This time they decided to do PRK surgery - slightly different than Epilasik and a longer recovery period. I wasn't able to return to work until the next Tuesday and even then...my eyes were not as they should be. My left eye was slightly over-corrected and my right eye was lagging behind. It made for a very unbalanced vision causing me eyestrain and glaring issues. It has since improved, but is still not perfect. My doctor basically told me to have patience.
I'm sorry for the lack of pictures in this post. Not only am I bad blogger, but I'm a terrible picture taker, as well. =/
I have so much more to catch you up on, so hopefully I will get to writing another post ASAP so you can share in my family's excitement!
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Whirlwind Recap
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| What would Christmas be without a decorated goose? |
So, with that I do a quick recap of events.
Christmas
As some of you know, for 33 years, I have spent Christmas in Chicago. With the upcoming arrival of the first grandchild to my parents, our family opted out this year because we couldn't stomach the idea of younger sister Linda having the baby without us being around and we also couldn't stomach the idea of spending Christmas sans Linda and Craig.
We all gathered to my parent's house on Christmas Eve and ate too much food and watched Christmas movies. Older sister Cathy, brother-in-law Jay, and I all decided to stay at my parent's house for the long weekend.
We all gathered again at my parent's house on Christmas Day and ate too much food, watched Christmas movies, and opened up presents from my parents. Normally we would have exchanged our sibling "Secret Santa" presents, but we decided to wait until New Year's Eve so that brother Eddie and sister-in-law April would be able to join us.
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| I lost our competition because my door knob was disproportionate to the door and house. But I'm not bitter...oh no. |
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| The whole line-up - Jay's, mine, my mom's, and Cathy's. Cathy won. Whatever. |
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| Linda, Craig, and Coco just a few days before Ethan's arrival. |
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| My cute mom and dad. |
Nephew time
My nephew, Ethan Edward, was born on December 28th. He was a whopping 10 lbs, 4 oz and measured 21" in length. Linda and Ethan remained in the hospital until New Year's Eve day. Linda started her own blog, so for more info go here.
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| Sweet Ethan on his birth day. |
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| too cute for words |
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| It's hard work being this adorable. |
New Year's
What a great way to bring in the New Year! We got to enjoy our little Ethan and we had Eddie, April, my aunt, my uncle, and my two double cousins - Nicole and Danielle all in from out of town to share in the excitement and anticipation of a brand new year filled with wonderful opportunities! We also had our sibling "Secret Santa" gift exchange, ate too much, watched my dad play Bejeweled, and brought in the New Year in the Spa sipping on champagne.
Freebirding
While my two double cousins, Nicole and Danielle, were in town, I made sure they experienced a burrito the right way - a la Freebirds (vs. the wrong way - a la Chipotle's which they do have at home back in Chicago). Danielle opted for the daintier "Hybird" while Nicole and I want all hungry-hungry hippos and ordered "Monsters". The verdict: those cRaZy girls prefer Chipotle. Whatever.
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| Nicole with her spinach Monster |
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| Danielle with her wheat Hybird |
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| A toast to the New Year - Freebirds style! |
Wedding
What does a year look like without a family wedding? I don't remember. We have had one every 1 to 1.5 years in our family for the past 5 years. This year, we all gathered in Springfield, IL for my cousin Anna's wedding to her new bride, Nicol, on Jan. 14th. I have two words for you: Photo Booth! Have you ever been to an event with one of these things? OMG - soooo fun! My cousin Rachel and I kept going in there - sometimes by ourselves and sometimes with a group and laughed the night away.
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Chicago
I was supposed to drive back with my family to St. Louis to grab our flight back to Houston, but work duties called me to Chicago instead, so I caught a ride with double cousin Nicole and her boyfriend Justin back to Chicago. I spent the next 3 days in meetings designed to improve the operations of our company. Have you ever spent 3 full days in meetings? Wow - it was really hard for this girl with A.D.D. who is used to multi-tasking the days away.
Now what?
Those of you who "listen" to me FB or Twitter, know that I like My Fit Foods. I'm just sooo not in a cooking mode right now. I haven't been for quite a while, actually. My Fit Foods has fresh prepared meals you can just pick-up, warm-up, and eat. I've gained back a lot of the weight I had lost. I'm not happy about this, but not being happy about it doesn't change the situation. I've tried to restart South Beach time and time again and I keep failing. My mom thinks this is because I enjoy life's challenges and I already conquered South Beach (um...before the weight gain) so now I need a new challenge. Younger sister Linda and her hubby, Craig, have started Weight Watchers Online. I've decided to follow in their footsteps - so basically I'm food tracking and I'm eating most of my meals via My Fit Foods. I'm kinda squashing most of my racing for now because I've not been training and it's becoming a bit of a joke (that isn't funny). I have plans to get back into the groove, one mile at a time.
So...please forgive me for getting behind in my blogging and blog reading. I will make a concerted effort to stay on top of such things moving forward!
Cheers to a Happy and Healthy New Year!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Baby Shower!!!
Saturday evening was the baby shower for Linda and Craig! Isn't Linda a cute preggo?
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| Linda at almost 30 weeks |
Our mom put a lot of thought into the decorations. Here are just some of them:
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| front view of the "diaper cake" motorcyle my mom made |
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| side view |
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| rear view |
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other side view |
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| Baby Craig - couldn't get the pic to rotate. =/ |
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| Baby Linda |
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| pouting Linda? nah...it's a pouting Kimpossible that was put up on the board in error. no worries, it was later removed. |
Games were played, but not your typical baby shower fare. Ever seen the show Minute to Win it? 5 games were chosen from the tv show, but instead of having 1 minute to complete the task, the guests were competing against each other.
We played "Hanky Panky" which had the players empting Kleenex boxes one tissue at a time as fast as they could go.
We played "Baby Blockin'" which had the players stacking 5 baby blocks on top of each other upon a paper plate placed on their respective heads.
We played "Baby Bottles" which had the players drinking 4 oz. of beer or soda (their choice) out of a baby bottle.
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| Hey lookie there...it's Melissa from beerrunner - she represented the girls! |
We played "Separation Anxiety" which had the players sorting M&Ms by color in a specific order one by one.
And...last, but not least, we played "Jingle in the Trunk" which had the players wiggling their bodies to displace 5 jingle bells from inside a Kleenex box tied to their wastes.
It was fun to see so much participation - from both the guys and the girls!!!
We had appetizers of jalapeno poppers, taquitos, fruit salsa with pita chips, chips & queso, and of course a fruit salad.
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| carved with love by Kimpossible! |
Of course it wouldn't be a party without cake. We had a caramel tres leches cake and a chocolate tres leches cake courtesy of Rao's Bakery.
And...let us not forget the party favors:
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| candy "bar" party favors |
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Here is what they received courtesy of me, Cathy, Jay, Eddie and April:
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Beaba Babycook  |
All and all, it was a wonderful baby shower! Congrats to Linda and Craig on the upcoming arrival of their baby boy!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Venting...
My sister's baby shower is this weekend. It's gonna be so fun (even though it's a couples shower and I'm not part of a couple). I had to throw that in there - ha!
My siblings and I like to group our money together to buy presents for whatever gift bearing occassion is coming our way - it's just how we roll. The baby shower is no different. We decided how much we were wanting to spend so that I could pick out the gifts accordingly.
Strategically I stalked the registry to determine the best use of our combined money. I settled on 3 things, but I can't tell you which 3 things in the off-chance younger sister Linda is reading this (sometimes she gets bored, you see).
I headed on over to BabiesRUs during my lunch break to purchase the items. Well, wouldn't you know that first and foremost the store didn't even have one of the items despite the registry claiming it did. Second hit was that if they did have it, they were selling it for $23 (plus tax) more in-store than on-line. WHAT?! WHY?! Obnoxious. I then went to the second item I planned on purchasing and discovered it, too, was more expensive in-store than on-line - by $14 (plus tax) this time. I asked an employee what the deal was and she said that sometimes there are sales on-line. Oh, okay. Obnoxious.
My strategerie was for the purchase of those three items because of their combined cost. I like to maximize the funds. So, I felt compelled to stick with those items in lieu of switching up the gifts to meet the money-goal, if that makes sense. I have no doubt I would have encountered similar issues with other products anyway.
I then went back to my office...and purchased those 2 items on-line for a savings of $40 (this time including tax). One of them I can even pick up at the very same store I visited during lunch. What's the point of any of this other than just to annoy your customers?
Oh and in case you are so very worried about the 3rd item, I bought that through other means altogether. Don't ask. Just trust me...it was the right way to go. And...no, there is no danger of someone buying it off the registry, so we are cool. Promise.
UGH...and now they sent me an automatic email with the shipping address for the one item directly to my sister. I don't want it sent to her house - I specified my work address for shipping. I've had it with BabiesRUs!!!
I will post pics and all that jazz from the baby shower on Monday!
My siblings and I like to group our money together to buy presents for whatever gift bearing occassion is coming our way - it's just how we roll. The baby shower is no different. We decided how much we were wanting to spend so that I could pick out the gifts accordingly.
Strategically I stalked the registry to determine the best use of our combined money. I settled on 3 things, but I can't tell you which 3 things in the off-chance younger sister Linda is reading this (sometimes she gets bored, you see).
I headed on over to BabiesRUs during my lunch break to purchase the items. Well, wouldn't you know that first and foremost the store didn't even have one of the items despite the registry claiming it did. Second hit was that if they did have it, they were selling it for $23 (plus tax) more in-store than on-line. WHAT?! WHY?! Obnoxious. I then went to the second item I planned on purchasing and discovered it, too, was more expensive in-store than on-line - by $14 (plus tax) this time. I asked an employee what the deal was and she said that sometimes there are sales on-line. Oh, okay. Obnoxious.
My strategerie was for the purchase of those three items because of their combined cost. I like to maximize the funds. So, I felt compelled to stick with those items in lieu of switching up the gifts to meet the money-goal, if that makes sense. I have no doubt I would have encountered similar issues with other products anyway.
I then went back to my office...and purchased those 2 items on-line for a savings of $40 (this time including tax). One of them I can even pick up at the very same store I visited during lunch. What's the point of any of this other than just to annoy your customers?
Oh and in case you are so very worried about the 3rd item, I bought that through other means altogether. Don't ask. Just trust me...it was the right way to go. And...no, there is no danger of someone buying it off the registry, so we are cool. Promise.
UGH...and now they sent me an automatic email with the shipping address for the one item directly to my sister. I don't want it sent to her house - I specified my work address for shipping. I've had it with BabiesRUs!!!
I will post pics and all that jazz from the baby shower on Monday!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
*sigh* ... another "Kim"
I pulled another "Kim" today. What is a "Kim"? Well...usually it's when I do dumb things seemingly for other people's amusement, an Aggie moment kinda thing. In this case, my "Kim" made my dudes at work sad. I feel a little guilty about that, I really do.
Work decided this year that they wanted all of our service centers to provide a breakfast or lunch or ice-cream kinda shindig once a month or so in appreciation of our employees. This is relatively easy for most of our service centers as their head counts are significantly lower than mine. So, I am faced with the challenge of coming up with a shindig that will benefit as many of my dudes as possible without being too pricey.
My father and I decided to do a lunch this go-around. At first I thought about ordering a honey baked ham and then making baked beans, buying some potato salad, bread, and condiments. Then I saw the cost of a 1 1/2 hams and freaked out! For the same amount of money, I could go to Rudy's BBQ and get 15 lbs of meat, potato salad, beans, bread, pickles, onions, jalapenos, and iced tea. Oh...and the best part - no work on my behalf.
I ordered up the goods on Monday for pick-up today. My father and one of my dudes went to get the grub. I decided to serve it since the dudes have little to no control when it comes to food and I needed to make sure there were enough leftovers for those out on jobs today. They asked about the onions and jalapenos and I looked at everything we had and surmised Rudy's forgot to send it. Silly Rudy's. The guys were sooo disappointed. Poor dudes!
After everyone ate, I went to put away the leftovers and couldn't believe I had a whole pan left of potato salad. Those on jobs will be so excited. I decided to put the little bit of remnants from the other pan of potato salad into the full one to consolidate and imagine my shock when this:
turned out to be this:
Instead of more of this:
My "Kim" was that I assumed POJ was really POT and meant "potato salad" instead of "pickles, onions, jalapenos".
Poor dudes indeed.
The ones out on jobs will have a plethora of POJ, but hardly any POT. =/
*sigh* I need to keep my "Kims" in check.
Work decided this year that they wanted all of our service centers to provide a breakfast or lunch or ice-cream kinda shindig once a month or so in appreciation of our employees. This is relatively easy for most of our service centers as their head counts are significantly lower than mine. So, I am faced with the challenge of coming up with a shindig that will benefit as many of my dudes as possible without being too pricey.
My father and I decided to do a lunch this go-around. At first I thought about ordering a honey baked ham and then making baked beans, buying some potato salad, bread, and condiments. Then I saw the cost of a 1 1/2 hams and freaked out! For the same amount of money, I could go to Rudy's BBQ and get 15 lbs of meat, potato salad, beans, bread, pickles, onions, jalapenos, and iced tea. Oh...and the best part - no work on my behalf.
I ordered up the goods on Monday for pick-up today. My father and one of my dudes went to get the grub. I decided to serve it since the dudes have little to no control when it comes to food and I needed to make sure there were enough leftovers for those out on jobs today. They asked about the onions and jalapenos and I looked at everything we had and surmised Rudy's forgot to send it. Silly Rudy's. The guys were sooo disappointed. Poor dudes!
After everyone ate, I went to put away the leftovers and couldn't believe I had a whole pan left of potato salad. Those on jobs will be so excited. I decided to put the little bit of remnants from the other pan of potato salad into the full one to consolidate and imagine my shock when this:
turned out to be this:
My "Kim" was that I assumed POJ was really POT and meant "potato salad" instead of "pickles, onions, jalapenos".
Poor dudes indeed.
The ones out on jobs will have a plethora of POJ, but hardly any POT. =/
*sigh* I need to keep my "Kims" in check.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Where in the World is KIMpossible?
I know, I know...I've pulled a disappearing act. I'm back, though. So that's what matters, right?
This is gonna be a hodgepodge of stuff. Bear with me.
I know I owe y'all (and me) a checkpoint, but well...big shocker here...I haven't been quite as dedicated and diligent as I planned. Back on the wagon, though, so I guess it can be said that at least I don't give up. =/
My brother and sister-in-law planned a vacation to Jamaica. A flight from Los Angeles (where they live) means a necessary lay-over. They were able to manage an overnight one on Friday, 9/30, which allowed for my entire family to celebrate older sister Cathy's birthday. We went to Perry's Steakhouse and had a most wonderful meal followed by this:
and maybe a little bit of:
Afterwards, Cathy opened up her presents. My siblings went in on the gift thing with me, so we were able to get her some Brighton jewelry that she wanted and perfume. Here is my cute packaging:
Oh and in other news, I chopped off all my hair.
I decided this hairstyle looks better straight than curly, so I've been straightening it daily. There is the fast way - round brush - and then there is the slow way - Chi. Nine times out of 10, I do it the fast way.
Oh...and I'm embarrassed to say I blew off my first race. I did not end up doing the Beach Palooza 5K obstacle course on 9/24. I woke up that morning and was just not feeling it....the drive all the way to Galveston by myself...the fact that the only friend I knew who was racing it had a time slot a couple of hours before mine...and finally that I want to be able to run a 5K outright again before I sign up for another.
I have my See Jane Run half coming up on Sunday. My training has, of course, not been as I had hoped for, but I am still excited. I will be leaving on Friday after work to enjoy a nice leisurely Saturday meeting up with friends from days gone by (college) and perhaps even a blogger meet-up later that day. My father's birthday is also on Sunday, so I will high tail it home after my race to celebrate with my family.
I had some Chinese food at family lunch and this was my fortune:
Can I substitute "dogs" in place of "children" since I don't have kiddos yet? No? That's okay cuz I don't think I would ever call my dogs the most wonderful - haha! I do love them dearly, though.
This past Saturday, we all ended up hanging out at my parent's house - swimming, eating, and watching the dogs play. On Sunday, my dogs were both dead to the world. Besides breakfast at 6am and a prompt return to bed, Penelope didn't join the world of the living until 3:30pm. Yikes!
I have a slight obessesion with Tai Pei's wonton soup. I eat it almost every day for lunch and I buy it in the frozen section at Walmart. Don't judge me.
Another slight obsession I have is with dystopian and/or post-apocalyptic novels. I just can't get enough!
We are planning young sister Linda's baby shower. It's going to be so fun. My mom has made a motorcycle "diaper cake". Wait until you see it! I've been commissioned to make a watermelon carriage like I did for Melissa's baby shower and I'm also making fruit salsa to be eaten with cinnamon & sugar pita chips. I love party planning/preparation! So fun!
I've been watching Medium on my Netflix. Oh my goodness, it's so very good. I'm half way thru with season 6 (out of 7 seasons). I've picked out my next show once I finish. It's gonna be Friday Night Lights cuz my parent's swear by it. Have you seen it?
Okay, that's all I have for you for now. I better start catching up on reading all the blogs I've been neglecting!
This is gonna be a hodgepodge of stuff. Bear with me.
I know I owe y'all (and me) a checkpoint, but well...big shocker here...I haven't been quite as dedicated and diligent as I planned. Back on the wagon, though, so I guess it can be said that at least I don't give up. =/
My brother and sister-in-law planned a vacation to Jamaica. A flight from Los Angeles (where they live) means a necessary lay-over. They were able to manage an overnight one on Friday, 9/30, which allowed for my entire family to celebrate older sister Cathy's birthday. We went to Perry's Steakhouse and had a most wonderful meal followed by this:
and maybe a little bit of:
Oh and in other news, I chopped off all my hair.
I decided this hairstyle looks better straight than curly, so I've been straightening it daily. There is the fast way - round brush - and then there is the slow way - Chi. Nine times out of 10, I do it the fast way.
Oh...and I'm embarrassed to say I blew off my first race. I did not end up doing the Beach Palooza 5K obstacle course on 9/24. I woke up that morning and was just not feeling it....the drive all the way to Galveston by myself...the fact that the only friend I knew who was racing it had a time slot a couple of hours before mine...and finally that I want to be able to run a 5K outright again before I sign up for another.
I have my See Jane Run half coming up on Sunday. My training has, of course, not been as I had hoped for, but I am still excited. I will be leaving on Friday after work to enjoy a nice leisurely Saturday meeting up with friends from days gone by (college) and perhaps even a blogger meet-up later that day. My father's birthday is also on Sunday, so I will high tail it home after my race to celebrate with my family.
I had some Chinese food at family lunch and this was my fortune:
Can I substitute "dogs" in place of "children" since I don't have kiddos yet? No? That's okay cuz I don't think I would ever call my dogs the most wonderful - haha! I do love them dearly, though.
This past Saturday, we all ended up hanging out at my parent's house - swimming, eating, and watching the dogs play. On Sunday, my dogs were both dead to the world. Besides breakfast at 6am and a prompt return to bed, Penelope didn't join the world of the living until 3:30pm. Yikes!
I have a slight obessesion with Tai Pei's wonton soup. I eat it almost every day for lunch and I buy it in the frozen section at Walmart. Don't judge me.
Another slight obsession I have is with dystopian and/or post-apocalyptic novels. I just can't get enough!
We are planning young sister Linda's baby shower. It's going to be so fun. My mom has made a motorcycle "diaper cake". Wait until you see it! I've been commissioned to make a watermelon carriage like I did for Melissa's baby shower and I'm also making fruit salsa to be eaten with cinnamon & sugar pita chips. I love party planning/preparation! So fun!
I've been watching Medium on my Netflix. Oh my goodness, it's so very good. I'm half way thru with season 6 (out of 7 seasons). I've picked out my next show once I finish. It's gonna be Friday Night Lights cuz my parent's swear by it. Have you seen it?
Okay, that's all I have for you for now. I better start catching up on reading all the blogs I've been neglecting!
Friday, September 2, 2011
(Chocolate) PB2 Review
Have you heard of PB2? I hadn't until recently and when I did, well you bet your bottom dollar I had to get me some.
We all know how amazing peanut butter tastes (or any nut butter, for that matter). We love it, but we don't love the calories and fat that comes with it.
I typically eat Simply Jif. It has 190 calories and 16 grams of fat per every 2 TBSPs. Yikes!
Now let's look at PB2:
Yes, that's only 45 calories and 1 gram of fat per 2 TBSPs. Wowsers!!! Now a warning, though...it only has about 1/2 of the protein. My Simply Jif has 8 grams and as you can see PB2 has only 4 grams.
How do they make this happen?
Bell Plantation removes 85% of the fat calories by a special process without the use of chemicals. There are also no preservatives/additives in this baby! PB2 comes in a jar and is powdered in appearance. You mix 2 TBSPs of the powder with 1 TBSP of water and VOILA! Instant PB!
I tried the chocolate PB2 on a Sara Lee 90 calorie English muffin and combined it with Sugar Free Polaner Blackberry Preserves (yes, raspberry or strawberry would have been better, but I didn't either of these with me).
I purchased my PB2 via Amazon.com because I only wanted to try it - as opposed to committing to a 4-jar pack on the Bell Plantation website without knowing whether or not I would like it. The price does come out to be cheaper per jar (even with shipping charges) if you want to buy it in bulk through Bell Plantation. It comes in chocolate and regular.
I thought it tasted delicious and I, for one, am thankful to have a less caloric PB on hand since I'm counting my calories and every one is precious to me.
Has anyone else tried this? Thoughts?
We all know how amazing peanut butter tastes (or any nut butter, for that matter). We love it, but we don't love the calories and fat that comes with it.
I typically eat Simply Jif. It has 190 calories and 16 grams of fat per every 2 TBSPs. Yikes!
Now let's look at PB2:
Yes, that's only 45 calories and 1 gram of fat per 2 TBSPs. Wowsers!!! Now a warning, though...it only has about 1/2 of the protein. My Simply Jif has 8 grams and as you can see PB2 has only 4 grams.
How do they make this happen?
Bell Plantation removes 85% of the fat calories by a special process without the use of chemicals. There are also no preservatives/additives in this baby! PB2 comes in a jar and is powdered in appearance. You mix 2 TBSPs of the powder with 1 TBSP of water and VOILA! Instant PB!
I tried the chocolate PB2 on a Sara Lee 90 calorie English muffin and combined it with Sugar Free Polaner Blackberry Preserves (yes, raspberry or strawberry would have been better, but I didn't either of these with me).
I purchased my PB2 via Amazon.com because I only wanted to try it - as opposed to committing to a 4-jar pack on the Bell Plantation website without knowing whether or not I would like it. The price does come out to be cheaper per jar (even with shipping charges) if you want to buy it in bulk through Bell Plantation. It comes in chocolate and regular.
I thought it tasted delicious and I, for one, am thankful to have a less caloric PB on hand since I'm counting my calories and every one is precious to me.
Has anyone else tried this? Thoughts?
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