Sunday, May 17, 2009

Nummy!

I know I haven't been all that consistent with the domestic part of my entries. Although goodness knows, I have been very domestic at home. Almost to the point of too domestic...

However, I made this meal tonight and while D complained about the onion (as per usual), this turned out fabulous, so I had to share. Oh and don't try to tell me it's unhealthy - it tastes too good to be equivalent to a salad, but I don't care. Life is all about moderation and variety.

Bacon Potato Chowder (from Campbell's Slow Cooker Recipes)
Makes 8 servings
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 3-4 hours

4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled (or get the jar of bacon pieces from the salad dressing aisle and estimate)
1 large onion, chopped (about 1 cup) (I only used half of a medium since D hates onions)
4 cans (10 3/4 ounces each) Campbell's Condensed Cream of Potato Soup
4 soup cans milk
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 large russet potatoes, cut into 1/2 inch pieces (about 3 cups) (I used 3 large potatoes and next time I will probably use 4 - make sure you cut them small)
1/2 cup chopped fresh chives (mine were fresh from the garden)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (I used a shredded pizza mix cheese)

1. Stir the bacon, onion, soup, milk, black pepper, potatoes and 1/4 cup chives in a 6-quart slow cooker.
2. Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours or until the potatoes are tender (hence the cutting small).
3. Add the cheese and stir until the cheese is melted. Serve with the remaining chives.

What a perfect meal for a blistery day like today. :)

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Shush girl, Shut your lips, Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips

Oh... yeah... you read that right. I heard this song by 3Oh!3 about a week ago and I had to look at D and ask if I had heard what I thought I had. I had. What truly sucks is the rest of the song is quite catchy, I just can’t believe that one part. The video really doesn’t help the song either. Sheesh. I mean, is it mysogynistic, it is just assholic or is it truly a stroke of genius... guess which one I am betting on?

On another note, I have been spending a lot of time on YouTube. Dang that website can be addictive. I found something new to grab my highly sexual, sarcasm loving self… LICD (Least I Could Do). Here is a video for you to enjoy…



I know – why does the lyrics above drive me nuts and yet Where’s the Head? Makes me laugh… it just does… Heehee.

While you are at it, you may as well also check out You’re just a…


And Why won’t she leave


Teehee.

Sunday, May 03, 2009

I'm not trying to be fabulous, but it just keeps happening…



Yes – Fabulous is me!!! The good news is I have finally earned my next pair of socks!!!! Yeah. I have a pretty picture of me wearing them…

Aren’t they cute?!?

The bad news is after wearing them for hardly 5 hours, they both have holes in them…Sighhhh! Good rewards are hard to find! So I will have to sew them and then wear them some more. Cause I earned new socks!!! Whoohoo! (And if you have no idea what I am talking about – it means (knock on wood) the second digit on my scale has finally changed and my cursed plateau has been broken! I ROCK!!!)

Back to the good news – I think I mentioned earlier than April 9 was the final day of my 100-day exercise. If you recall, that is where on day 1 you do 1 pushup (whatever) and then work your way up so by day 100, you are doing 100 pushups. But of course, being me and having the high standards I have for myself, I did pushups, crunches AND squats. And to add to the difficulty, April 10 was supposed to be day 100, but since I was out of town that day, I wanted to finish my 100 early, which mean for the last 10 days I was doing an additional 10. So on day 99, I was actually doing 109 squats, pushups AND crunches. Yeah me! The outcome – I spent this Friday night and Saturday afternoon helping A&J move and set up their house and today I did some yard work AND I am not dying of pain. Before this exercise (pun intended), I would have been so sore today, I couldn’t have moved, but I feel great! So what did I learn from this? I can fit in time for movement. I can do things I never thought I could do. During the last part of the 100-day exercise, I also started doing Turbo Jam which is amazingly fun. And finally, after so much trying, today I got to earn a reward and my socks made me happy. Teehee.

I am still doing 20 squats, crunches and pushups every morning. And I have been trying to maintain my half hour walk during my morning work break. Then doing Turbo Jam after work. As well as getting 10,000+ steps a day. I am awesome during Monday through Friday. And then the weekend comes and I am not so good. But that is okay. I will continue to work on improving myself and see where things end up.

In case, you are wondering why I haven’t discussed this more. I think this article really sums it up for me. I have always been leery of telling people what my goals are. I understand the Law of Attraction means telling the Universe about your desires, but does that really mean telling everyone? A few select people in my life know about my goals. I am happy with that. So while you may not be able to celebrate the entire journey with me, I will let you know of the milestones (like earning my new socks!) and tell you how I did it. And trust me, I am doing it the hard way. I am a firm believer this is a lifestyle change. It should not be easy, it should not be fast and I should be kicking and screaming throughout. Because in the end, acceptance of the changes I make as well as learning what I am not willing to give up will help me be who I want to be. And I shouldn’t need discipline to maintain my goal, my life. It should just be my lifestyle and I should automatically make any adjustments without whining about it. If I want cheesecake, then I will have it. It means I need to step up my work out and/or watch what I eat over the next couple of days. Whatever.

Plus I have high expectations and I set high, well, lofty goals for myself. If I fail those, I should be the only one who is disappointed. I don’t want to set myself up for failure by feeling obligated to others. I know I will rebel if I feel I need to be something for someone else and that will lead to self-sabotage and failure. I know this, I accept it and thus I keep my mouth fairly shut.

I feel so bad for Kirstie Alley. She makes these lofty goals. She succeeds and is rewarded for it, but the second that attention is over she reverts to what she was. She was on Oprah this week and even Oprah was giving her the look. Y’all know the one – when your friend hears you out and says they will support you, but in her eyes you can see she doesn’t think you can do it. Kirstie admitted on teh show once she was in the bikini, pretty much that day, the exercise equipment was removed from her living room, put into the garage and she built a dining room in the living room instead. And she wonders why she gained the weight?!? Out of sight, out of mind. Eating instead of exercising. Pick a theme – either way, she tells everyone she wants these big changes and once it occurs, she has no reason to continue, so she doesn’t. I wish she would just be happy and instead of trying to be thin by November or February, she would just choose to be healthy for life. I commend her when she loses the weight, I just think she is so concerned on the end result she misses important parts of the journey.

Okay, enough with the thinking. Whew! Let’s go back to talking about my cute socks!!!! Heehee.

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