Ramble-o-rama

Let's see...what can I blog about tonight?

Miscellaneous ramblings you say? OK...

Tonight is the first night that I feel hungry. The Jenny Craig Personal Pan Pizza is vile and completely unsatisfying. Blah. I choked it down and then had a salad, but that is one mofoing meal I will never purchase again. I am munching on carrots as I type this, so all is good in the world again.

Frankie has one more day of hockey camp and then his summer begins. Nicholas was supposed to be in camp this week, but a high fever for 5 days kept him home. God help me.

Julian's nose is MUCH better. It's just red now, as he chose to pick the scab off entirely. Gross.

Work is good. I had my mid-year performance review today and I am proud of my accomplishments thusfar. YAY me.

We finally had sun today. I had to work through it, but it was nice to have the sun shining through the window for once this summer.

This weekend is cottage weekend at Jim and Karen's. The weather is supposed to suck on Saturday, but not so bad on Sunday, so hopefully it's not a complete wash.

I have designed a new tattoo, which will be added to the one on the small of my back. I have an appointment to meet with my tattoo artist tomorrow afternoon (YAY half day summer Fridays) and then he will tweak it for my inking on Monday. I am taking a vacay day for it and I am very excited. It is a memorial tat for my sister, Joanne, and I will share pics on Monday night.

What else? Hmm...

The neighbs still rock. We have been spending lots of time with them...well, Jules and I anyway. If it't not hockey, it's soccer, and Jules is a nightmare at the arena/field, so Joe takes Frankie and Nicholas to the sports and Jules and I hang with the neighbs.

So, my peeps, there you have it...a schmorgaspord of ramblings. Nothing in particular, but everything in general!

Jenny Craig ... Day Four

I am VERY impressed with Jenny Craig. In fact, she is truly my new BFF!!!

Honestly, the food is fantastic. The portions are much bigger than I thought and they taste SO good. I have yet to have something I don't like. AND...according to my scale, I have already lost FIVE POUNDS! That's five pounds that I didn't have to drink away like on Weight Watchers. With Jenny, I drink two regular bottles of water a day and, if I'm thirsty, I drink more. If I'm not thirsty, I drink less. Weight Watchers had me drinking all day and I hated it.

Today's menu:

Breakfast:

Pancakes and a veggie sausage with Jenny Craig's Lite Syrup...SCRUMPTIOUS!
Timmy's coffee

Snack:

Honey Peanut All Canadian Bar
Water

Lunch:

Macaroni and chesse with carrots and green beans
Water

Snack:

Plum

Dinner:

Turkey and garlic mashed potatoes with green beans and cashews and gravy
Salad
Wine

Snack:

Diet Pepsi
White Cheddar Popcorn

I am telling you...it truly is THAT easy.

Some of the other things I have eaten are: Honey Mustard Pretzel Sticks, Sunshine Sandwich (like an egg McMuffin, but even MORE delicious!), Breakfast Scramble (scrambled eggs with cheese, turkey ham and potatoes), Beef Barley Stew, Chilli with Beans, Cheese Curls (cheesies), Swedish Meatballs and Noodles (to DIE for)...each item tastes better than the last! It's almost too good to be true!

Anyway, the true test will be on Saturday morning when we weigh in at the Jenny Craig Centre. Stay tuned!

It's the way boys roll...

This weekend, I went to Walmart and picked up a mega bouncer. It is one of the best investments I have made.

Alexander, one of our neighbours is here playing with Nicholas and Julian. I captured a few seconds of "boy play". Man oh man...they are rough and tumble.

Baby Hands

Favourite Photo. This week, on TUESDAY, 7/7/09, the theme is A FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPH. Post up one of your favorite photographs and a caption that tells the audience about it.

Praying or playing,
Clapping or snapping,
Nothing compares to
a baby's hands...

Jenny Craig...the first 24 hours

I am loving Jenny so far. I know it's oly day two, but her food is SO good and I haven't felt hungry!

My day's worth of food yesterday:

Breakfast:

Jenny's Fruit and Granola cereal with one cup of 1% milk
Timmy's coffee with 1/2 a cream and one sweetener (sweetener is something I will have to get used to...it changes the entire taste of the coffee)
Bottle of water

Morning Snack:

Jenny's Honey Nut All Canadian Bar
Bottle of Water

Lunch:

Jenny's Broccoli and Cheese Potato <-- this was exceptionally yummy!
5 raw mushrooms (mmmm! LOVE mushrooms)
Bottle of Perrier water

Afternoon snack:

2 apricots
2 crackers
Glass of wine

Dinner:

Jenny's Roast beef and mashed potatoes...again, DEEEELISH!
Big bowl of salad
Glass of wine (I walked for 15 minutes with this kids this afternoon, so I earned my second glass)

Evening Snack:

Jenny's Cheddar Cheese Popcorn....SCRUMPCIOUS!!!

Honestly, I am amazed at how good the food is. I thought it would be tiny portions of freeze-dried crap like all the other frozen foods like Lean Cuisine and Wegith Watchers, but it is really, REALLY good...and very hunger satisfying!

I am not cut out to be a SAHM

for reals peeps...I am about ready to torture and kill one of Nicholas or Julian.

Today has been the day from hell.

I wanted to make it a special day for the three of us while Joe and Frankie went dirtbiking, but thanks to Nicholas' fever, we have been housebound all day. FTLOP, I am about to commit suicide...ok, not really, but only because Joe is on his way home. I tried to count on my neighbs, yet none of the effers were home. MIL went out with SIL for the day and Mum is at a cottage this weekend. I have been completely alone ALL effing day. Julian slept for a whole 40 minutes this afternoon and has been a whiny SOB since his short nap.

OMG peeps...calgon...TAKE.ME.AWAY.

OK Jenny...let's DO this!

I started on my Jenny Craig diet this morning. Here's hoping I can actually stick with this diet...

Wish me luck!