August 28th, 2009

Nature's Path Optimum Blueberry Cinnamon Flax Cereal with Calorie Countdown

Garden Salad with Lowfat Mozzarella

Turkey Burger on an Arnold along with mixed veggies

Cupcake from my golden birthday on August 27th

August 25th, 2009

Sweet Potato Waffles with sugar free syrup

Chicken Tenders, few onion rings and mixed veggies at Norman Quacks

Chewy Chocolate Cherry Bear Naked Bar with a Blueberry Raspberry Fuze

06.11.09 Lunch, Dinner and a lot of work!

Hi all, I had quite a tied up Thursday...

Got to sleep in until 2pm, woke up and made lunch which was Eggplant Curry with Chicken and Broccoli and Whole Wheat Naan.

Dessert was Edy's NSA Triple Chocolate Ice Cream.

Went to my mom's to clean out one of her sideyards because she's going to let me store the boat and convertible there:)

Rented a nice, big dumpster

It's always great to dejunkify things.

I look pretty tired and blah in the pic but I sure got a lot done...

Me conquering the junk!

Ended up going to the ER cause Dave slashed his finger cutting up brush:(

My mom made grilled chicken and veggies with a Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi.

My mom's puppy, Rosebud has gotten bigger in only a week...so cute.

05.24.09 Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Snacks

 Woke up at 9am to get ready for church...dressed down more than usual.

Ate an EAS Cookies 'n Cream Protein Bar for breakfast.

Came home and changed and went over to my mom's to finish landscaping.

We had leftover BBQ grilled chicken sandwiches on Arnold Wheat Thins.

I had a bag of Annie's Chocolate Chip Bunnies for my snack:)

Dinner was KFC grilled chicken and veggies.

Had an NSA ice cream sandwich for dessert later on.

03.29.09 Breakfast, Wendy's lunch and Tabbouli Pizza Dinner

02.11.09 Breakfast, Lunch at Ruby Tuesday & Dinner at Denny's

Got in 8 hours of sleep 10pm - 6am. Woke up and got ready to go to my aunt Elsie's house. Grabbed a Banana Bread Larabar to eat in the van on the way over.

Arrived at my aunt's house and went into her office space and started transferring files off her old computer and then disassembled it and got the space prepped for the new one we were going out to get at Best Buy.

Left for Best Buy around 10am and got there and found the computer package she wanted...HP A6750y, 22" monitor and 3-in-1 printer. The sales associate was a rather petite girl so she needed to get a male associate to bring the computer and monitor down from the storage area. Also bought an ethernet router and a flash drive. 

After we loaded everything up my aunt treated me to lunch at Ruby Tuesday! One of my absolute favs!!!

Chicken White Bean Chili

Plate of Salad

Cottage Cheese with Sunflower Seeds

After we ate we headed back to her place and I unpacked and setup her new computer and copied all of her files back onto it. She just went from Windows XP to Vista so it was pretty simple to configure it.

Then she decided we should call Comcast and cut back on her Cable TV and get her setup with high speed internet. So I called and got her Cable bill knocked down $20 and the high speed internet special was $20/month for 3 months and they said we could go pickup a self install kit. She got me a Quaker Chewy Granola Bar for the road.

So we headed over there about 3pm since they closed at 5pm and while Elsie was in Comcast picking up the self install kit I got a phone call from my mother about my grandpa.

The Care Center that was my grandpa was staying at called to inform us that he was in really bad shape and might only have a few hours at most. 

So Elsie came out with the install kit and I told her the terrible news and I rushed to get her back home.

Then I went to pick up my mom from an appointment and we hurried to get to the Care Center.

We arrived at 4:55pm and were grateful to see that he was still with us. The nurse had told him we would be there by 5pm and he held on for us to be there with him and say our goodbyes...he couldn't speak and he has been blind for a long time but we could tell he knew we were there because he squeezed our hands. 

Sadly, he passed away at 5:12pm and it was really hard for me because I have never actually seen someone die before my eyes. My loss was a great sorrow. My grandpa was a very religious man and he is at peace now.

The Care Center wanted us to pack up his things and bring them back with us. Grandpa set up a prearranged funeral so the Care Center called them and got everything in order. We loaded his belongings in the van and brought them back to my mom's house.

My mom hadn't eaten all day so we went out to Denny's to collect our thoughts and talk about everything.

Garden Salad

Chicken with Double Veggies

Ciabatta Toast

After dinner we headed back to Elsie's to tell her about what happened and to finish up with the computer stuff. She gave me a lovely Valentine's Card that cheered me up and also thanked me for helping her pick out and setup her new computer. I had found a Valentine's Day Card for her with a English Spaniel that looked just like her dog Springer on it and a small tin of assorted chocolates.

Drove my mom home and I had a massive headache from balling my eyes out so she gave me some extra strength Tylenol and I headed home and to try and get some sleep.

Got home and decided I needed a bowl of ice cream so I dished up a cup of Edy's No Sugar Added Cookies N' Cream. What a rough, sad day for us all :(

02.07.09 Dinner Catered by Green Mill at the Plymouth Playhouse

Left work at 3:45pm and went home and got dressed for the party. I wore a Navy Blue Rachel Pally Dress and Dave wore a very nice sweater. 

We left around 4:30pm and didn't get out to Plymouth until 5:20pm. From 5:30pm until 6pm it was social and we greeted my boss Larry and his wife JoAnn and sat at the table with the HP3000 folks and sales reps...Dan B and his wife, Dan H and his wife, Steve, and Richard. There was some interesting conversation taking place.

Me at our table

Dave sat to the right of me

It was time to eat dinner at 6pm. There was a lovely catered buffet set out for us. Antipasto, Caesar Salad, Bread & Butter, Shrimp Linguini, Roasted Potatoes, Roasted Vegetables, Steamed Rice, Turkey with Gravy and Roast Beef with Gravy.

For my first plate I plated about a cup of antipasto, some caesar salad, about 2 cups of roasted veggies, 2 slices turkey breast and 2 slices of roast beef with minimal gravy on them. Had a Diet Coke with the meal.

Went up for a second plate with about 2 cups of veggies and 2 slices of turkey breast. Drank my ice water.

For my two plates l I estimated on FitDay (1300 calories, 35g fat, 37g fiber, 112g protein)

After we were done eating dinner it is customary to draw for gift cards...there are many $10 ones, lots of $25 ones and not so many $50 ones, and only 3 $100 ones and there must have been about 100 or so coworkers there. 

We had to walk up to the front and announce who we were, who we brought and what department we worked in. I went up to draw and got a $25 gift card to SuperAmerica. Dave drew a $25 gift card to JCPenney's...then I confiscated it...since I'm the war department;)

Then around 7:30pm we headed down to get seated for the show...Church Basement Ladies: A Second Helping. 

It was an outrageously hilarious play about a pastor and four church ladies, a really old granny, a nosey farm wife, a mother in her 50's and her recently married, pregnant daughter. Pictures weren't allowed in the theater.  Lots of typical Minnesotan Lutheran Church lady humor. We laughed so much we couldn't feel our cheeks after the play.

After the play we went back up for after dinner drinks and dessert. I had a Diet Coke and passed on the dessert since there were very large portions and even if I had split it with Dave I wouldn't feel too great afterwards.

Since there were still two sets of $25 gift cards and one $100 gift card we put our name tags in a bucket for drawing...and I actually won another $25 gift card to Holiday and another $25 gift card to JCPenney's! I was so excited!

Then it was time to go and we said our goodbyes to the coworkers we sat with and my boss and his wife. They always throw an excellent party!

Headed back home and stopped at Dave's mom's place and visited her for about a half hour since it was pretty late. She loved the dress and earrings I was wearing. She thought Dave looked pretty spiffy too.

Ended up getting home around midnite...since I passed on the dessert at the party I dished myself up a cup of Edy's No Sugar Added Cookies N' Cream:) (240cal, 9g fat, 4g fiber, 6g protein) This brings my calories to 2,300 for today...we'll see how the scale reflects tomorrow morning;)

Only getting 5 hours of sleep tonight...but it was well worth it!