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(also known as my too frequent journal posts)

last night after work i met a friend to go see 2012.  we were given free concession tickets once we got there for free pop and popcorn.

i stared at mine for awhile. i pondered whether i should get some.  i mean, it's free.  free stuff is almost always pretty awesome, even if i don't much like popcorn.  but it was free!  .

..and then guess what i did?

i threw that bitch out.

edit: i threw the ticket for popcorn out.  never got popcorn...

Well. Tomorrow is officially American Thanksgiving.

This poses not a Turkey eating problem for me - but a goal problem. At my thanksgiving mid October I promised that by the time the US started wolfing down turkey that I would be reaching my ultimate goal (127) and would be behaving like a goddess. A gym attending, healthy eating pinacle role model of healthy living.

I haven't.

And worse - I"ve gained. My trendline is on the increase and I haven't applied myself. I dont' even have other excuses really. I was just a lazy lazy unmotivated girl.

And I haven't gotten back on that horse.  And soon it is Jamaica all you can eat/drink and then Christmas at home and then partying at my house for new years...

and then the annoying surplus of gym rats that take over every January 1st.

I am thinking the next two months at least are not going to be good for getting back on the horse. And I don't even know how to fix that with the low motivation. So maybe I just won't for now. I really can't complain sitting under 135. But I still know I can do better and thats the part I hate - settling for less!

I feel really good this week.  I dusted off my treadmill on Sunday and I actually used it at home!  Then Monday night I did it again!  Yesterday I walked at lunch, did intervals on the treadmill in the afternoon and some strength training.   Then I had Girl Scouts with my step daughter last night and we went to a food pantry and packed up Thanksgiving boxes.  The process wasn't that great there were 3 of us adults and 30 boxes to do.  The pantry lady wanted the turkeys in the bottom with the 5lb bag of potatoes, so 20 - 25 lbs went in first and then we carried these boxes around the room while the 14 girls each put their one item in whether it's a can of cranberry or a bag of carrots, finish, and repeat 9 more times!  I honestly am having a hard time lifting my arms today!  Then to top off my exercise I hit a huge sale at Kmart this morning and did a full mad dash run from end to end of the store getting everything I wanted!  (12 megapixel, 5x zoom digital camera with lcd screen for $70!!)

The only thing I need to be careful of is the double Thanksgiving dinners I'm doing tomorrow!  I'm going to my MILs for noon dinner (actually I'll be there in the morning to help her cook because she's still recouperating from a major surgery) Then we'll be going home and I'll be cooking a full dinner for my family for 5pm!  (yes, his family was invited to come to our house and they chose to have their own separately but threw a fit when we weren't going to go!)  So, for the first meal I'll have no problem the menu is riddled with corn and I'll only be able to eat the turkey and the potatoes and that's IT!  So low cal there!  For my meal I'm making as many low cal options as possible and I've already calculated my calories out and I'm going to be strong!!! Just to be safe though I think I'll do my 'official' weighin tomorrow morning instead of Friday like the last few weeks!!

Oh, also as an update, I got the results from my biopsy and it was just a lipoma (fatty tissue) !!!!!!  So, phew all that worrying for nothing and I'm all set!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my USA friends, and haha to my Canadian friends because I have a 4 day weekend :) lol

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My Pumpkin Chocolate Spiced Pie! I tried a little sliver (as you can see) and it's not award winning in my books so it's going to work. I've decided on a graham cracker crust pumpkin pie with a pecan strussel topping.

And YES! I'm going with the caramel for my chocolate pecan pie. I just can't not.

In my fridge I now have the dough for my pecan pie (which is SO beautiful. The butter was cold and broke up into perfect pieces. It's going to be so flaky and good, I can tell!), my graham cracker crust for the pumpkin, and the pecan strussel for my pumpkin. Oh and that beautiful bread. I've been havin fun today :)

You know food is an art to you when you make something and go "oh my god that's gorgeous!" like I did with my crust. Ha. Okay now off to watch Twilight with Ezra.

Our anniversary party was Saturday night at the local Country Club, food was great, company was wonderful and the decorations were lovely.  Daughter-law did the decorations and had a CD made of the story and pictures of our life together, had music from the 50's in the background.  It was fabulous, so well put together, I appreciate it so much. It brought tears to most every-ones eyes.  They had a tribute to Bills brother who was his best man and sister- in law who have both past on.  My sister-in-law was my best friend.  They were married 3 months after we were and their son was born 3 months after ours was born.  We vacationed together and stayed very close. They both had a horrible death, He had ALS and she died with MRSA after heart surgery.  It was awful, we had gone out to Arizona to be with both of them for the final weeks.  Terrible.  Before that we went out several times to visit when they were in good health and had a great time.  We both had big fifth wheel campers and spent time together camping during the summers when they came back east.

I didn't do well this week, went to lunch with friends a couple days, the party and we had our friends that came from Fl. for the party for dinner last night plus all the left over food from the party came home with me as we purchased it by the platter so everything was packed up for me to bring home.  I took half down to my sons and gave a neighbor some but till was a lot left here.  I thew out the mac and pot salad today as that doesn't keep more than a couple days.  It is getting under control now I don't like extra food in the house as it is to much of a temptation.   Someone gave us a fruit basket, Bill open the small bag of jumbo cashews then decided he couldn't eat them because of the lack of teeth on the top and left them on the counter.  I left them alone for a couple hours than had a few , a hour later a few more, took a couple days but they are now gone and I ate everyone of them.  Anyway I was 198.5 last Wed. and this morning I was 202.  Bad weekend and this week is not over yet, still have another obsticale to get though.  Hope I can at least maintain.  We will see

that one of the guys in the boardroom for the meeting today looks a lot like matt damon.

clearly, this is big news.

*begins plotting on how to convince him to move to vancouver and get married*

I was thoroughly spoilt yesterday.  Here's a rundown of the birthday loot. 

BF: Gourmet Hot Chocolate + Mug + little whirry milk frother thingy.  2x books.  1x DVD. Cute as bichon beanie (because I keep whinging about wanting a bichon puppy). 1 x rather large and tasty box of chocolates. Lovely silver hoop earrings. 

Mum (and sister by proxy): Cute calendar with photos from my graduation in May.   Super cute pyjamas with cupcakes on.  Goooooorgeous rabbit fur wrist cuffs (like sleeveless gloves).  She knows I'm a sucker for fur.

BF's parents: Book about herbs and what to do with them.

Aren't I lucky?   It somewhat eased the pain of turning another year older.  Haha.

Now, as for diet front. Oooooh BAD.  I am feeling incredibly bloated and yuck at the moment.  Mostly from too much birthday pizza and chocolate.  I have a huge grocery order getting delivered tomorrow and am madly craving fruits and veges so the following are on their way:

Fruits - Granny smith and Jazz apples.  Bananas.  Grapes.  Pomegranate.  Melon.  Pineapple.  Strawberries.  Grapefruit.

Veges - Tenderstem broccoli.  Leeks.  Mushrooms.  Onions (red and white).  Carrots.  Potatoes.  Stirfry mix.  Frozen veges (assorted).  And later on in the week I'll pick up some cabbage and other bits and pieces. 

I foresee some rockin' fruit salads and stirfrys on the horizon. And some rockin' weight loss.  YEAH!

PS - feeling too lazy to upload a pic properly but here are all the reasons I want a bichon!!! (I miss our bichon at home like crazy).

If you want something done right - do it yourself.

This relates to everything.

As horrible as this sounds:
I want to catch swine flu so I can not come to work for a couple of weeks and just sit on my couch. However this flawed plan would ruin my vacation plans, make me feel shitty AND destroy the whole getting things done right motto above...  So perhaps I will pass on this plan. Its just the one solution I can think of to get my ass on a couch.

and That my friends is all I have time for today.

Roadrunner is officially mah beotch...just sayin'...:)  I am the queen of the interwebs.  Kathygator 11/19/09  

Florida is a random bitch!   Crazydiamondchrysalis  11/19/09  

Must take Herculean strength not to get excited with me. So many others have failed.  Bugghair 11/19/09  

What do you mean "break out" the disco ball.  It was hanging in the living room where it always is.        Splitrail 11/19/09  

In reality, I have a protein shake and an apple.  Reality sucks.  Chat is better.  Sharpshootinstar 11/20/09  

*dives into chat and slams door*Holy crap am I ever glad to see you guys   Rosieblue 11/23/09  

*chambers a round in the shotgun*I'll shoot whoever's bothering you.  Just point me in the right direction.    Pavlovcat 11/23/09

It's the skinnies.  I was battling the skinnies, and one came after me with her clacking skeletal fingers and her banshee wail.  *draws a shuddering breath*      Rosieblue 11/23/09  

GoGo Gator Hawtness!  Runesplendor 11/23/09  

Mele Kalikimaka  i think this means cranberry a$$hat in Hawaiian  Watergirl 11/24/09  

So I just went to the bathroom.  And it's TTOM, so, you know, it looks like I slaughtered a chicken in the toilet.     Pavlovcat 11/24/09  

Go make yourself feel better and rub up against the coolest car in the parking lot.  So that it will then be yours.  The owner will just instinctively come out and hand you the keys.  Merry Mensies Pavy.   Bigbhoo  11/24/09  

*notes how awesome Canadians are*  Buggyhair 11/24/09  

sneaky.  i am sneaky.  sssh.    Starlitocean 11/24/09  

Is that the new food pyramid?

Chocolate

 M       e     a       t

W       H      I       S      K      E       Y

(it won't format the way I want it to :( ) Pretend that this is a pyramid  Trhawley 11/24/09

Ya know, I'm in charge, and guess what, I never wrote a bill of rights.  Only a fool would do that.  Why on Earth would you give anyone rights when you can hold onto them yourself?  Dnrothx 11/24/09

What happens now is that Boss should go to Boss' Boss and say: "Um, the reserve fund is unchanged because the dinkus in the other office hasn't updated their system with how they're going to spend the money."

This should be good. :D  Dnrothx 11/24/09