Friend Making Monday

A Short Survey

1) What is your favorite household chore? And what is your least favorite?

cleaning the livingroom. I hate cleaning the bathroom....yuck!

2)What is your favorite city?

Gatlinburg TN

3) Have you found real love yet?

Yes I have! And on Valentines Day we will be married 17 years. 

4) What's one thing you eat almost everyday?

an apple, seriously, I do. I have a bowl of them on my diningroom table. 

5) What was your last thought before falling asleep last night?

This snowstorm we are getting tonight through Wednesday. 6-15" of snow and maybe ice.

6) What's the worst injury you had as a child?

I was riding a bike on a busy road at 11 and a car hit me. Thankfully I only required 3 stitches above my left eye but it swelled up to the size of a golfball.

7) Will you/have you worked out today?

Sure will. I'm cleaning house. Does that count?

8) Do you tweet? If so, what's your name?

Yes! I'm missybrew

9) List three things you wouldn't want to live without:

My family, my Blackberry and my laptop

10) Hold old were you when you had your first kiss?

I was 12 I think. He was the cutest red headed boy. But the kiss was nothing like I thought it would be. He had braces and he tried to french kiss me. I however had my mouth closed expecting a quick peck. Nope, he was thinking differently. Needless to say we didn't kiss ever again.



Weigh in day...

down 1.4lbs since last week. Total of 16.2 lbs so far. 29 days without pop.

I would have liked to lost more but I know there won't always be weeks like the first or second week. If there was we'd all be skinny by now. Either way it's a loss and I'm taking it. This week is going to be tough. I have my sons birthday on Monday. We all know what that means...cake! I will cut myself a very very small piece with very little ice cream. I'm more worried about the birthday dinner. He wants these Au Gratin Potatoes I make with ham and cheese. They are very good. I got the recipe for Betty Crocker. I wonder if I can find it lightened up. I'll have to look into that.

Also this week my husband will be making his chili. It's the best! I'll have to limit myself to that. We usually eat that for a couple days but I will limit it to 1 day and 1 bowl. Sure hope I lose next week.

I just tried a Portobella Mushroom burger. Yum!! I made it myself at home. I cooked up some onion, part of the mushroom stem and spinach. Top the mushroom with all that and baked it for 10 minutes. Added some reduced fat cheddar cheese and served it up on a Arnold Sandwich thin. First time I ever had one.

Went to a Toledo Walleye hockey game yesterday. We've never been to any kind of hockey game so this was a first for us. Loved it! We all had a good time. Saw some fights break out. And saw a guy win a 2010 Jeep Wrangler buy slapping a puck into this hole no bigger than the puck, from 80 ft away! It was awesome.

I don't have any pictures of the guy winning the Jeep. I put the camera away for a while as I was trying to concentrate on the game. I pulled it out for the last few minutes of the game. Darn!

Took the kids to Jimmy Johns afterwards. I am more impressed with Subway than I am JJ's. The subs/sandwiches were ok but I like being able to order what I want it. And the only wheat they have is in bread. When I order a sub I expect it to come on a sub loaf. I don't think I'll go back there. And If I do, it won't be for awhile.

Friend Making Monday

Answer each question using only one word...

1. Where is your cell phone? CHARGING

2. Your most significant other? WORKING

3. Your hair? MESSY

4. Your mother? NICE

5. Your father? SWEET

6. Your favorite? CHILDREN

7. Your dream last night? NON-EXISTENT

8. Your favorite drink? WATER

9. Your dream/goal? HEALTHY

10. What room you are in? LIVINGROOM

11. Your hobby? QUILTING

12. Your fear? DARK

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? HERE

14. Where were you last night? SLEEPING

15. Something that you aren't? AWAKE

16. Muffins? BLUEBERRY

17. Wish list item? MAKEOVER

18. Where you grew up? OHIO

19. Last thing you did? SUB

20. What are you wearing? PJ'S

21. Your TV? OFF

22. Your pets? OUTSIDE

23. Friends? FEW

24. Your life? OK

25. Your mood? TIRED

26. Missing someone? NOPE

27. One place that I go to over and over? WALMART

28. Something you want: HOODIE

29. Your favorite store? WALMART

30. Your favorite color? GREEN

Weighed in this morning and I'm down 3.6 since last week. I stepped on the scale several times to make sure it was right. So since I started this new journey on the 1st of January I am down 14.8 so far. Thinking about a 15lb goal reward. I want a pedometer. A good one. Something that will tell me how far I've walked and how many calories I burned. Any ideas?

I cheated yesterday. Well not really cheated. We picked up Little Caesar's pizza last night for dinner. I stayed within my points. No loss or gain on the scale this morning. Immediately after eating I got heartburn. I didn't think I would as I hadn't had any food like that in 18 days. Boy was I wrong! And the stomach ache that followed was so not worth that pizza.

Today I'm back on track and eating the right healthy foods. The scale has stayed the same since Saturday so I changed my breakfast routine in hopes of seeing that number go down.

FMM: A Survey

1.Why do you blog? I've always wanted to blog but wasn't quite sure how to get started. I thought my weight loss journey would be an excellent way to get started. 

2.What is your favorite TV show? Like Kenz I love White Collar too! Along with CSI: Miami, NY and CSI. I aslo enjoy Desperate Houswives and Brothers and Sisters. 

3.What's the first thing you drank this morning? For the last 4 days I've been drinking a Green Monster smoothie. Usually though I have some sparkling water.

4.Are you married, single or in a relationship? I'm married and will be celebrating our 17th wedding Anniversary on Valentines day along with our last born child's 11th birthday.

5.List three of your hobbies. I'm trying to get into sewing. I inherited my grandmother's sewing machine in November and then bought a new one so that my daughter and I both had one. Photography is another hobby. Love taking pictures! I'm also trying my hand at beads. We've made a few bracelets but nothing too impressive yet.

6.What do you like most about yourself? My eyes. But only when I have makeup on do they sparkle..lol.

7.List a couple of your favorite sites: Twitter, Facebook and Craigslist. I also enjoying reading several blogs. 

8.What's the last book you read? Debbie Macomber Cove Series.

9.Can you whistle? Yep I sure can!

10.List your favorite pro sports teams. Colts! I love Peyton Manning <3

11.What's the last thing that made you smile? stepping on the scale this morning and seeing another pound gone

12.Do you prefer mayo or mustard? Mustard....0 pts!

13.Do you have a crush on someone? Just my husband. Oh! And Donnie Walhberg....Blue Bloods. 

14.Do you get up early or sleep in? If I have to be up early then I get up otherwise I'm usually up no later than 9AM

15.Do you attend church? Not regularly. I do go occasionally although it's been quite some time. I have thought about going again.

16.Would you rather see a movie at home or in the theater? Theater...that means date night and no kids! 

17.Was there a teacher or authority figure that ever truly stood out to you? No

18.What is your favorite game? Monopoly, but it takes forever for someone to win...lol.

19.Cupcake or potato chips? Can't I have both? :)

20.Tell us something random that we wouldn't know to ask.  I'm not really sure on this one.