The Weekend Wrap Up for the End of September

Saturday was spent...

• Meeting up with my sister to give her part of her Christmas present early. We were shopping together at Bailey's when we found two sets of tips for cake decorating for a great price. I got them for her and put them away for a Christmas present, but told her she could have them early if she needed them for something. She's going to use them to make a cake for my niece's birthday party. Here's a picture of the invitations my sister made:

• I then went shopping for groceries and other necessities. I actually looked around a quite a few stores first and bought nothing. I'm looking for some sneakers for everyday wear. I have a pair for walking/jogging and didn't want to use them for anything other than working out. The cheapest pair I found that were okay were $10 at K-mart, but I found a pair for $15 that I like better.

I'm a sucker for the black and pink color combination.

• I spent the rest of Saturday lounging, doing a few things around the house, and some dog grooming. I was still feeling pretty tired from being sick.

• My husband cooked us a dinner of baked chicken, wild rice, and acorn squash.

Sunday was spent...

• I did some chores around the house such as laundry, dishes, cleaning the kitchen, cleaning the bathroom, and mowing the yard.

Dirty kitchen after cooking dinner

Clean kitchen the next day

I hang a lot of my laundry up to dry instead of using the dryer.

My nicely mowed and pooper-scooped front yard.

• I made sure to spend plenty of time resting while watching TV and playing Song Pop on Facebook. ;)

Other bits of randomness...

• I love 97.1 The Drive. Not only is their music great and they talk a lot less than other radio stations in the morning, but they send you free stuff in the mail. I recently got a card with Jagger on the front and a luggage tag inside.

• I also stopped a couple of garage sales. There were tons of them this weekend. I am trying not to buy frivolous things, so I got a couple of clipboards for my classroom at the first garage sale. The second one I bought nothing at and the last one I found a few tops for $3. The black tie-dye one fits, but the other ones are much smaller. I will fit into them someday!

Getting the Small Things Done

I'm happy to say that I'm down to 194.6 today which is one pound in a day! I'm assuming it is mostly water weight, but I'll take it. The eating has been better today as well which you'll see in the pictures below.

I spent today doing some small projects and chores around the house such as:

• finally patching some holes in the kitchen walls. They still need sanding an maybe some more filling later.

• I finally hung up the two boards I got on sale at Meijer's to keep track of what I'm eating for meals and snacks.

• I hung up a shelf in the kitchen for a lamp to light my dark corner with the cabinet where I store most of my dishes.

• I hung up a new solar LED lighted address sign on the front of the house. Due to not wanting to show my address to the whole world, here is the picture of the box so you can see how nice it looks.

• I finally finished painting the bottom of the shelf for the great room and attached the hooks I painted to the shelves.

Before it was black with green sponge painted on it.

After it is aged copper to match my picture frames.

• I made some calls and appointments.
• I did some dishes in the dishwasher and by hand.

• I ran cleaner through my washing machine because my clothes came out smelling funny.
• I then did some laundry since I only have three pairs of jean shorts/capris that fit right now and they were all dirty.

Here are the eats for today:

Breakfast

Snack

Lunch

Snack: Forgot to take a picture, but I had the strawberry shortcake frosty from Wendy's.

Dinner

Snack

Take Out the Papers and the Trash...

If you don't know those songs lyrics, it is from "Yakety Yak" by The Coasters. It fits for my day today, because I've been doing errands and chores almost all day. If you have never heard the song, or maybe you like it and would like to hear it, here is a link to a YouTube video with the song.

As for the whole weight loss thing... Today I weighed in at 189 which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I've been off track since the end of the school year in May. Then I went on vacation right away (there will be more posts about that to come). I was back for two days (which I used to get ready for a garage sale) and then left for a mini vacation with my Aunt Susie to see Roger Waters perform The Wall at Wrigley Field (There will be a separate post for that too!). I was finally back home for good this Saturday evening. Sunday I spent grocery shopping and running errands. I finally feel that now I can regain my focus on losing weight, eating right, and working out.

Sunday night I spent some time rereading my Six Week Body Makeover eating plan. I know it pretty well, but thought that since I've been off track so long it would do me good. I also need to work on an exercise plan. Until I get one written up, my focus is to keep busy and moving. I will also focus on healthier meals and finish eating whatever snacks I have in the house before working on better snacks.

I cooked my healthier version of pizza today for lunches this week.

It has turkey pepperoni, green peppers and red onions as toppings. Yummy!

As for all the chores I did today, here are some pictures to recapture my productiveness today:

Paid the bills

My cleaned out fridge

Take out the trash

Did some laundry with the help of the sun

Got some new mousse to try to recreate the wavy look I had when I got my hair cut

Picked up Boo from my father-in-law's house to dog sit during the day today

I also picked up her playmate Peter (the black and tan one)

I wrapped my Father's Day presents (there are two for my dad because one is a birthday present)

I went through made a list and organized my presents box. I like to buy things on sale or if I see something that looks like someone and save them for a holiday. It makes it so much easier and I save a ton of money.

What the presents box looked like after I organized it

I also organized my closet in my Kami room in the basement

I cleared off all my husband's stuff from the dining table and put it away





My Sunday of Dishes and Laundry

I started Sunday by sleeping until 8:00. That usually never happens because my dogs get me up between 5:00-5:30. Then I surfed the Internet and wrote my first post in a long time. The rest of the morning was spent cleaning up the kitchen and doing some dishes.

Yes I have a dishwasher, but it was full and I wanted to get all of the dishes done. I had to bite the bullet and wash by hand too.

I went to Red Lobster with my husband and father-in-law for lunch and got my usual Tilapia.

The afternoon was spent finishing up the dishes I started in the morning and doing laundry. It was 95ish degrees, so it was a perfect day to hang laundry outside to dry.

My hubby and I also clipped the dogs nails and tried to do some more hair cutting. Lilly's tail is really badly done, because she decided to squirm around mid-cut and my hubby didn't stop. Hopefully all this dog grooming can get finished on Monday.

Sunday evening was spent going on a walk and watching some Holmes Inspection. I'm a HGTV and DIY network junkie. Basically all I watch besides singing shows and What Not to Wear is home improvement and real estate shows.

Food for the Day

Believe it or not, this meal is under 500 calories. It is a small Strawberry Delight smoothie and an Iron Grilled Turkey Sandwich. Get it without mayo and bacon to make it under 500 calories.

I also may or may not have had some candy as I was watching Holmes Inspection...