05.20.09 Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Snacks

Wednesday was such a gorgeous day!

Breakfast was a bowl of Organic Optimum Blueberry Cinnamon cereal with omega-3's.

My snack was about an ounce of cocoa roast almonds.

Later, I had a Kashi Raspberry Chocolate Fruit & Grain Bar.

There was a retirement party so I had a small plate of fruit too.

My yogurt replacement bar for the night.

Gotta love Del Monte Orchard Select no sugar added peaches!

Stuffed pitas with Friendship no salt added cottage cheese and nsa peaches.

Dessert was Edy's NSA Neopolitan ice cream.

05.14.09 Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Snacks

Cherry Pie Larabar and Strawberries for breakfast.

Cocoa Roast Almonds 100 cal pack snack.

Later on pita chips and hummus for another snack.

Indian Eggplant Curry with Couscous and Broccoli.

A no sugar added ice cream sandwich for dessert.

Mid-afternoon snack was a bag of Hunny Bunnies!

Dinner was a turkey burger with guacamole.

Also, some Baked Tortilla Chips with salsa.

Dessert was a Toasted Coconut Banana Macadamia Nut Bar.

05.10.09 Mother's Day Brunch Cruise

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Only got 4 1/2 hours of sleep...6:30am-11am.

Woke up, showered and got dressed for our Mother's Day Brunch Cruise in Stillwater, MN!

We picked up my mom and sister and headed out to Stillwater. Arrived at 1:15pm and I ran to get our reserved tickets while everyone else got in line to board the boat. We boarded the boat and got a great table next to the window on the second floor! The boat left at 1:30pm and we took many pictures while we were out on the deck...

The Avalon!

Panorama of inside the boat

Me in my seat in front of the window

Dave & I in our seats

The Jazz Band was great! They made the cruise such a joy!!!

We had fun taking photos out on the deck...the boat has three floors, I was pretty much only thinking about how to keep my skirt from blowing up as we were exploring the boat.

The view from third floor rear

Me on deck

Angie & I

Dave & I

My sister Sarah, me and my mom

At 2pm the buffet was on. My first plate was a summer spinach salad with blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, red onion and almonds. Also had some cantaloupe, pineapple, strawberries and watermelon.

My last plate was nice and meaty! Carved roast beef, bruschetta chicken, baked cod with tartar sauce and a pumpernickel roll.

The brunch cruise finished at 4:30pm so we loaded up and headed over to Wallyworld to pick up some ice cream and milk to go with the beautiful Chocolate Fudge Mother's Day Cake my sister made! She works at Sam's Club and they decorated 500 cakes yesterday!

Got back to our house by 5pm and we had cake, ice cream and milk then opened presents. We got my mom $100 in gift certificates to Belladerm Medspa in Maple Grove, MN...oh la la.

03.22.09 Lunch at Kokomo's Island Cafe, Dessert, Dinner & More Dessert!

02.21.09 Lunch at Ruby Tuesday and Dinner at Machineshed

Woke up around 1pm and got ready to go on our Valentine's weekend as we had planned since I worked last weekend. 

Loaded up everything in the truck and headed to Ruby Tuesday for lunch.

Arrived at 2pm and were promptly seated. We had a wonderful B1G1 Free coupon so I ordered the Steak and Shrimp Scampi with Broccoli, Mashed Cauliflower and Salad Bar. And Dave got the 8oz Ribeye with Broccoli, Brown Rice and Salad Bar.

My Salad

My Entree

Cottage Cheese for dessert

Dave

Me

We left the restaurant around 3pm and headed to the hotel to check-in but unfortunately on the way the driver's side front tire blew out on our exit's ramp only a few blocks away from the hotel:( 

A generous onlooker stopped to help us but the police told us we had to drive the truck around the turn and onto the shoulder on the bridge which was even more dangerous. Dave respectfully disagreed and complied and the officer was nice enough to call the highway helper for us.

We waited about an hour for him to show up and once he arrived he was quick and did a great job for us. We were so grateful and tipped him. Checked into our hotel about 4:30pm and were so thrilled to make it.

Lovely room! Comfy king sized bed, 4x6 whirpool tub, huge bathroom with a large walk-in shower, massive desk, decent sized TV and a minifridge/microwave combo with a gorgeous plate of strawberries and chocolate in there for us!

The happy couple

After we checked out our hotel room we brought our things in and put them away and headed back home for the DVD player we had forgotten and a few other things. Stopped in Borders and used my 40% off coupon to buy Gordon Ramsay's new book - Healthy Appetite! Went to Cub next door and bought some fat free ReddiWip to go with those strawberries and sugar free angel food cake we brought with. A six pack of NSA Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwiches. Got a small pack of Diet Coke and a pack of Diet Orange Cream Soda. Also bought some Light Babybel Cheeses and Kozy Snack NSA Cherry Jubilee Pudding. Picked up some Whole Grain Thomas English Muffins since they were B1G1.

Got back to the hotel around 7:15pm in time to put the groceries away and head to dinner for our 7:30pm reservation.

The appetizer we ordered was Stuffed, Breaded Mushrooms with Hidden Valley Ranch dipping sauce.

My portion

Also ordered us two cups of Chili. We each cut a piece of rye bread in half and ate it with our Chili.

The rest of the included appetizers...we divvied up the Coleslaw, Cottage Cheese, Rye Bread and Moist Spice Cake!

My entree - Marinated Chicken Breast with Sweet Potato Fries.

Dave's entree - Prime Rib with Au Jus and Sweet Potato Fries.

Veggies was baby carrots and we split them.

Us enjoying our meal!