Nothing new going on. No updates. No news. No nothing. I got nothing.

Oh wait...we got flooding. The snow is melting. Which I'm sure will bring more snow. We had a thunderstorm last night. Had I known there were tornado watches.. I would not have slept. I'm still uneasy in rainy/stormy weather. But this Summer, is going to be a good Summer. We are going to make it one.

Snow......again!

This is looking out my kitchen window.

My side yard

My side yard looking out towards the street.

The backyard

Empty bird feeders. I don't think the birds mind right now.

Side porch

Snowy chair



Had a wonderful weekend with my husband. He had to work to Saturday morning but as soon as he got home he showered and off we went. We had to take my daughter to my parents first. We dropped her off and headed to Shipshewana Indiana. Arrived in Shipshewana 2 hours later and checked into a cute little hotel that was built by 16 Amish families. We put our stuff in the room and headed into town to check out some shops. First stop was Davis Mercantile where I had to stop at Lolly's Fabric store to look at some quilt fabric. I picked up a Moda Java charm pack....

Going to turn this into a lap quilt.

After Lolly's we headed out to the General Store where I picked up a cute purse for $9.00

I love the little General Store. It has so many cute things. And great prices! From there we went to a place called Past Times Country Shop where they sold primitives and old fashioned candy. I didn't count points these 2 days so I bought some candy that I didn't eat hardly any of it. After here we went to The Blue Gate Theater for dinner. We had fried chicken for dinner. As an appetizer we had these loaded potato chips that the husband ate most of them.

After this dinner it was back to the hotel room. But first we stopped at the Bakery that is inside the Theater for a couple cookies.

And pies for dessert, that we split. I didn't have any of the one pie as I told the husband to take it to work yesterday.

Sunday morning following Amish tradition all shops are closed. We drove around Indiana a little bit. Went to Elkhart, Dunlap, Bristol, Angola and back through Shipshewana to head home. Stopped at Ruby Tuesday for a late lunch as we didn't eat breakfast that morning.

I had an Avacoda Turkey burger w/bacon and a side of french fries. Also shared some baked mac n cheese. I have to say I could eat one of those burgers again but do without the sides. I think I'll try making my own at home.

So here I am. Tuesday morning. Attempting to get my rear back on track. I've failed to do it since the last time I wrote. I just need motivation. Determination. Willpower. I'm tired of fast food and take out. I know there is no excuse for what I eat when we do go out. I could choose a salad. Or something healthies. A lot of places have low fat, low carb or under 500 plates. I just always choose the wrong thing. My husband says come warmer weather you'll do better. Uh...no I won't. Thats the hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, macaroni salad..all the things I'm dreading. I'll have to try to find healthier versions to make and not buy these products in the store. I can do this. I will do this. I have to do this. For me.

Blah!!

Really feeling blah today. Just in that don't care mood. I don't care about anything. I don't care what I look like. I don't care what's going on. I don't care to do anything. I don't care to eat. Just..BLAH!! No idea what is going on with me today.

I'm planning an outing on Saturday for the hubby and I. We are going to Shipshewana Indiana. It's an Amish town. Shipshewana Indiana We are talking about staying overnight but I don't know. I would really like to. Just don't care about it at the moment.

Diet is well...diet. So far today I've done really good with eating. But it's only lunchtime. Yesterday I blew it! Just like every other day last week. I really need to get myself back on track. No idea what the heck is going on. I did ride my exercise bike the other night for 2 and a half miles. Have I gotten back on it? No. Why? I don't know.

I really need motivation. And willpower. 

I took off my little widget thing on the side as I was disappointed in watching the pounds lost go up. I've done really bad that last few days. I had my daughters birthday and our anniversary all on Valentines day and needless to say, I didn't eat right at all. I haven't eaten right in the last few days. The apples I have went bad as did the oranges. I also started to notice the banana's were starting to go bad. I peeled and froze them before they got any worse.

This morning I am determined to get my butt back on track. I am enjoying a Green Monster Smoothie for 3pts and it contains a serving of vegetables and fruit. I'll get on my exercise bike too today. Last night I rode 2 and a half miles while watching Biggest Loser. I should have rode further but my legs were starting to hurt and burn. That's suppose to be a good feeling I guess but for someone who isn't use to exercise, it just hurts!

I don't know if I should keep track of what I eat on here or not. I am writing it down in a notebook. I was doing that before I messed up. I also have not had any pop. Ok wait. I did have a diet Vernor's last week. Only 1 bottle though. I wanted to settle my stomach. It didn't taste as good as I thought it would. I am back to drinking water. If we go out to eat I was drinking Sweet Tea, Iced Tea or Strawberry Lemonade. The only healthy thing there was the Iced Tea. I'll rethink this eating out. Just stay away from restaurants all together.

I am going out on a date with my husband this weekend. It'll be our Anniversary/Valentines day. It's really hard to celebrate our Anniversary when we have our daughters birthday that day too. She is 11 now but still not ready to share that day with her mom and dad. It's ok though. Someday we'll be able to. But right now she comes first.

Well I'm off to finish to my Green Monster smoothie and ride my exercise bike.

So the scale is starting to come back down again. Really getting myself on track this time. Again. I'll have more discipline this time. And willpower.

My exercise bike arrived yesterday. I had my son put it together for me. I rode it a few times last time just at various times. No real riding. Until we watched The Biggest Loser than I rode it for 2 miles. Better than none. I'm not used to it yet so hopefully as I go along I'll ride further and further.

Had our monthly meeting last night for the B.O.D. Squad ladies. I made Chicken Tostada's and they were delicious. The girls brought french toast and banana cream pie...both were yummy. I really enjoyed spending time with them.

Starting to warm up outside. Can't wait to get out and walk too. Got Ruby (my car) back yesterday. She looks brand new again. The body shop even cleaned her out on the inside. She smells so clean. I need to pick up some seat covers soon as her seats really show the dirt.

Need to pick up an ice cream cake this weekend too. My daughters 11th birthday is Monday along with hubby and I's 17th Anniversary. Where has the time gone?

I seem to be finally back on the wagon. Well, yesterday I was. Today we will see how it goes. Yesterday I lost 1.4 lbs. I'm sure TOM has not helped either. I just want that badge over there to say 16 again. It will. Just going to take me some time to get there. I can't wait for my exercise bike to get here so I can start riding it. It is way too cold to be outside here. Only 5* this morning. Brrr!!! This girly is not going outside in that!

Ouch!

Fell off the wagon. Not sure how much weight I put over the weekend. It seems I've done nothing but run all weekend long. Friday our taxes were deposited. Yep bill paying and what not. Went shopping. Well not shopping. I was on the hunt for my Valentines/Anniversary present that my husband said he would buy me.

Yep, a NookColor. I've been wanting one since it came out. I told him that when it came time for taxes since it was close to our Anniversary that that was what I wanted. I called several stores and everyone was out. Barnes and Noble sight said it would be 2 weeks before it was shipped out. I have no patience. I wanted it now! Well after calling another store that was 30 minutes away ..they had one! So off we went to get it. Woohoo! I love it! So does he. He plays Sudoku on it.

Saturday we got up early to take his car to be fixed. I followed in our other car. His car needed front brakes and struts. It had been sitting for a month or so while we waited for taxes. Again everything depended on those taxes right now. So we get to the mechanics and it's going to take around 5 hours, ugh! So we decided to take our chances and head to the Allstate Claims Center. See hubby hit a deer last week with our new car. Poor Ruby looks horrible.

$1900 damage right there. See part of the deer tail. He's pretty sure the deer survived as it ran off. Anyway the claims center was able to get us early. Thank goodness! Because we had a surprise snowstorm...again! 3-5" of snow and I swear it all came down at 1 time. I've never drove in snow that deep. So I was petrified. Well we get done at the Claims Center and go to lunch at Chili's. I should have ordered something healthy but I didn't. Bad on my part. Ran to Target looking for a cover for my Nook and can't find one I like or want to pay that much for one. So we left and headed back out into this........

Yeah, not fun. Get back over and pick up his car. Drove it down to the tire place as it needed a rear tire. So we left it there and went to another store behind the tire place. Hubby gets paged to the front, its the tire place. Seems when they pulled the car in the brake went all the way to the floor. A brake line busted. Not one that the mechanic had just done. A different one. So we have no choice but to leave his car and pick it up today. With a new brake line and tire. $$$$$ more of that going out the door. Get home run oldest daughter to her boyfriends house as he is not driving out in this. We probably shouldn't have either but we did. Went to visit my in laws who live down the road from us. Hubby proceeds to get my car stuck in their driveway. Took his dad, uncle and me to push the car out. It's out, it's facing town, lets just go grab dinner. Yep another not so healthy option. Came home ate and stayed the rest of the night.

Sunday we got up and picked up my parents and headed out grocery shopping. Dad will drive in this weather but it's been around 17 years since he had. They've lived in Florida for 17 years and just moved back a year ago. This lead to eating at Captain D's. Not healthy again.

Stepped on scale this morning.......it screamed! It said get off. Get back on that wagon. And stop eating all the crap! So here I am. Getting back on this wagon. Determined that after we pick up his car tonight and drop mine off at the Body Shop we are coming back home to fix dinner. I don't care how long it takes! I'll continue to eat and count points while I wait for this.....

That's right. I ordered myself an exercise bike. No excuses to not exercise now. So while I watch my shows, The Biggest Loser, I used to be Fat and Heavy, I'll be pedaling my a#$ off. I have a Wii Fit but after awhile, I got bored with it. Maybe I need new games. Doesn't matter. I love to ride bikes and this will be my cardio workout. I'm ready. Time to get back on the wagon! Oh and I still have not drank any pop except what was in my Lo Cal Cherry Limeade from Sonic on Friday. That's it!

Alright well, this is the longest post I've ever written but thats how my weekend went. How was yours?

Friend Making Monday

Did you watch the Superbowl?  If so, did you enjoy it?  If not, what did you do instead?

I watched the Superbowl. It was a great game! Close there for a little while but the Packers came back and took the win. GO PACKERS!! While I was watching the game I placed an order for a NookColor Leather cover and skin protector. And I ordered my exercise bike.