A - Z of Me

I snagged this from an awesome friend....

A. Age: 44

B. Bed size: King

C. Chore that you hate: Um... all of them?! seriously now, dishes and... oh right one thing

D. Dogs: Shadow - my beautiful border collie... my golden retriever passed away this year :(

E. Essential start to your day: Being or at least feeling organized

F. Favourite colour: green and blue

G. Gold or Silver: Gold

H. Height: 5' 5"

I. Instruments you play: recorder (haha) a tiny bit of piano

J. Job title: Domestic Engineer, e.g. wife, mother, farmer, nurse, maid, cook, ... you get the idea

K. Kids: 3 - 2 girls 1 boy

L. Live: In southern BC -

M. Mother’s name:  Eleanor

N. Nicknames: THAT I will not tell :P

O. Overnight hospital stays:  a couple...

P. Pet peeves:  When ppl put dishes on top of the counter instead of in the empty dishwasher

Q. Quote from a movie:   "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!"

R. Right or left handed: right handed

S. Siblings: 3 brothers

U. Underwear: underwear? HA

V. Vegetable you hate: turnips

W. What makes you run late:  ppl who want things as I am about to leave on time

X. X-Rays you’ve had: a few - mainly to find pnemonia

Y. Yummy food that you make:  that debateable and personal preference

Z. Zoo animal:  didn't we already talk about my kids? HAHAHA

Wedding shower and Christmas dinner

This weekend has been a busy one... I made it through a wedding shower and my first Christmas dinner... now I have already made it through 2 Christmas parties!  But today was a dinner at my house.  I over ate a bit but I made healthy choices and that's what matters right? :) 
My next dinner (at my house) is on the 26th... just hoping i get through these holidays with staying the same weight.  If I lose that would be a bonus...

Made it through

I have made it through some hurdles... not listed on my previous post.
I had a Christmas party on Dec 1st - I went off slightly but nothing to be ashamed of...
Came home to find a Caramilk  bar taped to my cupboard door... hubby decided to be sweet to me.. and well... it was bitter sweet ...
When I had left for the party I left a note saying what was for dinner... hubby added his "Thank u Sweets" and taped the bar...

I decided it could stay taped to the cupboard - it has been REALLY tempting some days - and it drives my kids CRAZY that I am not eating it!  They want it and I say NO. 
So proof that it is still on my cupboard as of Dec 6th...

You may have noticed that there is a chunk of paper out of the corner! No I did not EAT it! lol  My darling eldest daughter wrote "way to enable her Dad!"   I thought it to be a nasty remark beside my thoughtful hubby's "Thank u sweets" so I ripped it out.
As I write all this down I am thinking of taping that bar solely to the cupboard and when I reach goal I will eat it... by then... who knows? Maybe I won't want it at all!

Oh and that ain't all!
I had yet another Christmas party tonight.  I took a veggie platter as it was potluck.  I made sure I had loads of veggies and garden salad then had a tiny bit of a few other things... it looked like a lot on my plate but it was all lettuce!  I also took my water bottle and while others were having punch and "added' punch... I had my water.  I did allow myself one tiny chocolate chip cookie and an almond chocolate cookie that was even smaller than the small first cookie...

So... tomorrow is WI... time will tell if I did well or not... here's to hoping the scale is nice to me!