06.21.09 Brunch at Ruby Tuesday and Father's Day treats at home

Father's Day 2009 - we went to church and then headed over to RuTu...

Made myself one of my typical salads with spinach, peppers, cukes, shrooms, chickpeas, feta and about 10 garlic croutons.

Next was a mini-salad and some cottage cheese with sunflower seeds.

Went home for gift opening and had sugar free chocolate pie and ice cream!

Later we snacked on Whole Wheat crackers and a cheese tray.

Cheddar, Swiss, Havarti, and Gouda...my favorite definitely being Gouda!

My portion of cheese...tried a square of each and 4 whole wheat crackers.

Later on I made some Spanakopita and I ate four pieces of it.

Ran over to my mom's at the last minute to help my sis with computer stuff and she dished me up a cup of Blue Bunny NSA Banana Split Ice Cream!

06.10.09 Breakfast, Lunch at Applebee's and Dinner at Arby's

Hey everyone! It's Wednesday and I'm off work at 3M until Monday night! Woohoo!!!

Woke up at 2pm and made some Palak Paneer with Organic Brown Basmati Rice with Chicken Breast and warm Whole Wheat Naan Bread.

My portion of the Palak Panner and Naan with some Tangerine Strawberry.

Dessert was some no sugar added Chocolate Breyer's Ice Cream.

Lunch was at Applebee's for my sister's 22nd birthday!

The first thing she ordered was a Strawberry Smoothie. Looked delish!

Sarah and the gift I got her.

Sarah and the pretty butterfly popup card I gave to her.

Sarah with the card and $25 Target gift card.

Sarah with the notepad and pens I bought her.

Sarah with the Nordicware Butterfly cakelet pan she loved that I got her!

I had the Chili Lime Spinach Salad which was only 5 Weight Watchers pts.

My mom and Sarah

Me and Sarah

After Applebee's I took my mom and Sarah to Maggie Moo's for Ice Cream.

Mom - Caramel Fudge Swirlpool, Sarah - Better Batter Cake Carnival.

I had the Mango Sorbet:)

Arby's Freebie Wed - the first Arby's we went to was out of chicken!

Cheers!

Woodbury was well stocked...got a Arby's Roast Chicken Club.

12.24.08 - 12.28.08 Holiday Break, Dinner at Romano's Macaroni Grill

I had a really nice Christmas Break it was wonderful to eat great food and see our family and friends!

We had Christmas Eve at my mom's house. 

We arrived early to help with some of the prep work. Here's Angie plucking grapes.

We had Ham with Mustard, Rolls, Goulash, Three Bean Hotdish, a Veggie Tray, Potato Salad, Deviled Eggs, Cantaloupe and Grapes.

We had cupcakes for dessert. I only had one:)

My mom made some punch with Orange Juice, Diet 7UP and some Orange Sorbet. 

It was a really nice Christmas meal. After that we opened presents while my sister played Christmas songs on the piano.

After that we took a drive downtown Saint Paul to see the Christmas lights.

                                    Rice Park

                                    Mears Park

We celebrated Christmas Day at our new house we'll be moving to. 

We made a pasta bake with Dreamfield's Penne Pasta, lean ground beef, celery, onion, no sugar added tomoto sauce and reduced fat cheese. 

For dessert we had NSA pumpkin pie and NSA vanilla ice cream. 

We watched the season finale of Biggest Loser since we hadn't had time to. We were so happy that Michelle won - she really deserved it!

Later on we snacked on some of the delicious Pumpkin Bars my mom made!

My stepdaughter Angie and I went shopping the next day for after Christmas Sale deals. 

We ate at Romano's Macaroni Grill because we had a coupon for a free appetizer. We ordered the stuffed mushrooms for the appetizer and Angie got the Portobello Chicken and I got the Skinny Chicken with tomatoes, broccoli & asparagus.

Saturday morning at my laptop I had an Apple Pie Larabar.

For lunch we went back to work on our new place and had the leftover pasta bake and NSA pumpkin pie and NSA ice cream.

For dinner we overindulged and went to Old Country Buffet. I started with a small taco salad, then I had a plate fish and green beans, then a plate of steak with horseradish sauce and roasted red peppers and for dessert I had a fat free, sugar free ice cream bowl with apples mixed in.

Sunday morning I was at my laptop again and had a Cherry Pie Larabar.

For lunch I went over to my mom's to help her setup her new HP printer. She fixed me a large salad with ham, mozzerella cheese, green peppers, cucumbers, and Mrs. Dash. I also had some leftover Three Bean Hotdish, a Diet Dr. Pepper, and another one of those Christmas Cupcakes pictured above.

Later on we had Angie's cousin Alyssia over and went to our favorite Chinese Buffet, China Chef. I ate way too much there. I tried to eat more of their lighter fare like Ginger Chicken Broccoli, Steak and Mushroom and Shrimp Stir Fry but I ended up having quite a few eggrolls, cream cheese wontons, and a little Sesame Chicken. For dessert I had pineapple, peaches and a few Almond Cookies with vanilla pudding.