{Determination}

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.

Hope & Faith pave the paths that lead us to our goals.

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor.

It is such a beautiful day!  The weather is great and it is a perfect day to get my tomato plant started...

With a late night, we all got into watching "The Wizard of Oz" and went to sleep very very late.  Scooter was a bit whinny this morning but she should be ok by lunch time.  (For her teachers sake, I hope she is).

Daily PP: 40

Weekly PP: 34

Activity Points: 7

I am really into my book at the moment, so I went with my sausage sandwich with turkey sausage again this morning.  I wanted something I could eat and be able to read at the same time.  I am hoping to finish the book before the movie comes out.  What book am I reading?  "Something Borrowed" by Emily Giffin  Loving it!!  I also love my Kindle (Have I mentioned that?!?!).  Oh why do I love my kindle so much, well I can download a book without having to wait on it at the library.  Also, I can take as long as I want to in reading it because it does not have to be returned to said library.  I also really like my special secret that I recently discovered that allows me to find book for a really cheap price.  :)

Oh yeah, my breakfast...

Breakfast: (10 PP)

-1 turkey sausage patty (2 PP)

-2 slices of bread (4 PP)

-1 slice of american cheese (2 PP)

-3 T. hazelnut creamer (2 PP)

To the day and all that may happen....

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So far it has been an inside, doing housework kinda day... I am just wondering were all this laundry is coming from.  I wash, dry, and fold... then BAM! more dirty... so I wash, dry, and fold... BAM!.. when will this stop.  E went to get us lunch so that I did not have to worry about making anything.  He went to Arby's and I got to try the new Buffalo Jr. Chicken Sandwich.  It was good, love the spicy.

Lunch: (18 PP)

-1 Buffalo Jr. Chicken Sandwich (8 PP)

-1/3 large curly fry (6 PP)

-1 1/2 t. ranch dressing (1 PP)

-1/2 Jr. Ham and Cheese Melt (3 PP)

-1 banana (0 PP)

Ok so I am having issues with my BLT's again.  The ham and cheese was Lovey Man's, he did not finish it, and so I did.  Not a good thing.  At least it was not that hurtful in my day so far.

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No snack and no exercise

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I have been a bad bad girl.... 


I had this for dinner....

Chicken White Pizza (Bacon on 1/2, Hot Sauce on 1/2)

This was not on the plan for today.   I had a recipe, ingredients, and was about to start cooking, when I got outnumbered.  The chanting of Pizza Pizza Pizza! started and so we got it.  But I even took it one step further and ate 1/2 a brownie.  :(  It was yummy but sooo wrong.... upside is that it was thin crust.


Dinner: (20 PP)
-2 1/2 pieces of Buffalo Chicken pizza (17 PP)
-1/2 brownie (3 PP)

Tomorrow is a new day.... I hope I have not totally wrecked my week.

Totals:

Daily PP used: 40

Weekly PP used: 8

Activity points earned: 7

Activity points used: 0

Tomato plant - Day 1

So here is my tomato plant ... it has been transplanted, feed, watered, and sulfur powdered...

We tried last year but it did not work.  We did not use the sulfer power and the fungus + the bugs had a nice time on our plant.  So this year, I am making sure that doesn't happen this year.  Take that fungus and bugs!!

The variety of tomato I am hoping to grow - beefsteak

WW Tip...

I saw this tip on WW Twitter...

 "Accomplishment is easier if we feel good about ourselves! Put up a list of 5 great things about YOU in visible place for a self-boost."

So need this right now!

Busy day...

Today has the potential to be a busy day... nothing truly planned but lots of things that can be done.

Daily PP: 40

Weekly PP: 38

Activity Points: 5

I had my sausage sandwich this morning but I changed it up a bit.  I used turkey sausage instead of pork sausage.  It was good.  I could taste a slight difference.  Not sure if the taste difference was actually there or all in my mind.

Breakfast: (10 PP)

-1 turkey sausage patty (2 PP)

-2 slices of bread (4 PP)

-1 slice of american cheese (2 PP)

-3 T. hazelnut creamer (2 PP)

Let's see what my day holds....  Oh there is Lovey Man, he is up early today.  I hope he has a great day.

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We decided to try a new place for lunch today.  It is a soul food restaurant.  By looking at the menu, it seems more appealing to me than anyone else in my family.  Oh well, I hope they enjoy it.  Not sure what I am gonna get, I will wait to see what looks good.

Lunch: (19 PP)

-1/2 baked turkey wing (5 PP)

-1/2 c. cooked cabbage (1 PP)

-1/2 c. green beans (1 PP)

-1/3 c. sweet potato souffle (7 PP)

-1 piece of corn bread (5 PP)

Ok, so the sweet potato souffle was not the wisest choice but I only had 1/2 of the serving.  I also counted PP for the cabbage and the green beans because I did not totally know how they were cooked but I had a pretty strong guess.  So I am the only one that enjoyed our meal.  Not that it was that great, but I would eat there again.  Scooter ate most of hers but was not totally enjoying it, E did not eat anything but the Mac&Cheese, and Lovey Man did not eat any of it.  Oh well, we tried something new.  Sometimes it works and other times it does not.  Maybe we all will like the next one.  :)

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I had Cheez-it's for a snack today.  Yummy.. I haven't had them in the while.

Snack: (4 PP)

Scooter went over and played with her bestest.  I walked her over and then we walked back.  So yeah, exercise.   We also went to WallyWorld because I needed a few things, mostly the Sunday newspaper for my coupons.

Activity Points: 2

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So after a somewhat busy day, we are having tacos.  But not just any tacos, X-treme Tacos.  :)  Which I love, because they are spicy and I love spicy.  What makes them X-treme is the hot salsa and spicy ranch dressing on them.

Dinner: (11 PP)

-3 crunch taco shells (4 PP)

-1/3 c. ground beef 80/20, seasoned  (2 PP)

-2 1/c t spicy ranch (1 PP)

-1 T hot salsa (0 PP)

-1 T cheddar cheese, shredded (1 PP)

-3 t sour cream (1 PP)

-lettuce and tomato

-1 Graham Ice cream sandwich (2 PP)

Very good day!!!  Time to get the kiddios heading toward bed.  School day for Scooter and another day of playing for Lovey Man.

Nighty Night all!!

Totals:

Daily PP used: 40

Weekly PP used: 4

Activity points earned: 7

Activity points used: 0

Saturday... once again..

A day with no plans and lots of potential... the gray clouds are a bit of a damper on the possibilities of the day.  But I am sure we can find something to do today.  I realized today that I missed my college roommates anniversary yesterday but I told her Happy Anniversary today.  So that works right?!?!  I hope so, WOW, it has been 16 years since they got married.  Holy cow!  I can't believe it... seems like only yesterday the 3 of us were roommates.

Daily PP: 40

Weekly PP: 38

Activity Points: 5

Breakfast: (6 PP)

-1 c. Special K cereal (3 PP)

-1/2 c. Silk Vanilla Soy Milk (1 PP)

-1 banana (0 PP)

-4 T. Italian cream creamer (2 PP)

It seems that I am bad about getting into a routine.  I think it is because once I get familiar with something, I like to stick with it so that I am not taken by surprise.  So now that I know the PP values for the cereal, I am not looking for something different for breakfast. I will make myself a promise.... I promise to make a different breakfast for myself tomorrow.  Then calculate the PP values.

Now off to see what the day will become....

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We all went out to lunch today.  I have be craving chinese and so went to the chinese buffet.  I know what you are thinking, "Oh no, not a buffet!"   But I did really well.  I did not eat any of the rice or lo mein.  I stayed away from most of the fried choices - like sesame chicken, orange chicken, sweet and sour chicken/pork, egg rolls, etc.  So now you are thinking, "Did you eat anything?"  Yes I did, I had a sampling of things that looking good like, teriyaki chicken, hong kong chicken, pepper steak, black pepper chicken, hot and spicy shrimp, steamed oysters, small bowl of egg drop soup, etc.  The big thing was that I ate a salad first and then had fruit for dessert.  I only allowed myself one plate for the sampling.  So I was ready for that buffet before I even went in the restaurant.  The other thing that helped was that I was able to look over the choices has I help Scooter make her selections.  I feel really good about my choices and the fact that I did not let the buffet beat me.  

Lunch: (20 PP)

-Chinese Buffet Sampling (18 PP)

-3/4 c. egg drop soup (1 PP)

-Salad (0 PP)

-1 T. Ranch dressing (1 PP)

-1/2 c. Italian cucumber tomato salad (0 PP)

- Fruit (cantaloupe, oranges, pineapple) (0 PP)
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Lovey Man decided that he did not want his animal crackers, so I had them. It was only 4 so not like I ate the whole box.


Snack: (2 PP)


We went to the park for a bit but not long enough for me to gain any activity points.  The reason being that it started to rain.  It is not a huge deal that I did not get any activity points, we got outside for a bit and played, that is more important.
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Dinner was spaghetti again; however, I do love my homemade sauce so having it again so quickly is ok with me.


Dinner: (12 PP)
-1 1/4c. cooked vermicelli (6 PP)
-2/3 c. spaghetti sauce with meat (4 PP)
-1 Graham Ice Cream Sandwich (2 PP)


The day ended well.  It looked a little scary I know when I mentioned buffet but if you are careful like I was, you can eat buffet and still remain within your points.  As you will see in my totals, I only used my daily PP and I did not use any of my weekly.  Yeah Me!


See you ya'll tomorrow!!

Totals:

Daily PP used: 40

Weekly PP used: 0

Activity points earned: 5

Activity points used: 0

It’s Friday, Friday Gotta get down on Friday...

Ok ok.. so that song is stuck in my head for some reason.  It is a new day, the 2nd day of a new week and things are gonna be great!  Right?!?!

Daily PP: 40

Weekly PP: 44

Activity Points: 3

So not sure if the variety breakfast is working or not, so gonna try and keep it up this week.  I am starting with cereal and seeing where that takes me.  :)

Breakfast: (8 PP)

-1 1.3 c. Special K cereal (4 PP)

-2/3 c. Silk Vanilla Soy Milk (2 PP)

-1 banana (0 PP)

-4 T. Italian cream creamer (2 PP)

Well I ran out of my creamers yesterday, which was perfect timing because of my grocery shopping.  So I got a hazelnut and an Italian cream.

Got ton 'o stuff to do today.  Small errands to run, my friday scheduled housework, softball game, and maybe some playtime in the park.  Oh and I need to go to WallyWorld for a couple of things, blah, I hope I can get in there at the right time to get in and out, without having to wait forever.  *fingers crossed  

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Lovey Man and I were out running tons of errands, so we decided to have lunch at Frank and Linda's Restaurant.  I got the chicken finger basket and he got a corn dog.  


Lunch: (24 PP)
-3 chicken fingers (14 PP)
-7 steak fries (3 PP)
-Salad (4 PP)

• lettuce (0 PP)
• tomato (0 PP)
• onion (0 PP)
• bell pepper (0 PP)
• 1 T. cheese (1 PP)
• 1 1/2 T. french dressing (3 PP)

-1 T blue cheese dressing (3 PP)


We went to Lowe's, Walmart, and Kroger.  I did make it at the right time at Walmart, so it was an in and out trip.  Woohoo!!!
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No Snack - too busy!


I get activity points for the shopping.   


Activity Points: 2
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Scooter had a softball game.  They won  11-10!!  Scooter scored the winning run!  So proud of her.  Because of being at the ballpark, we are eating Subway tonight.  Mostly because of the B1G1 coupon.  :)


Dinner: (14 PP)
-6" Turkey with cheese on wheat (8 PP)
-spicy mustard (0 PP)
-1/2 T lite mayo (2 PP)
-bag of Doritos (4 PP)


Currently not much planned for the weekend, we will see what ends up happening.


Time to start working in getting everyone ready for bed.  See you all tomorrow.

Totals:

Daily PP used: 40

Weekly PP used: 6

Activity points earned: 5

Activity points used: 0