The One Full of Momentum

First things first…

Now that they have let the cat out of the bag, I want to offer a huge shout out and WOOOOHOOOO to two fabulous girlies for their courage and recommitment to themselves and their healthy journeys.  Angie and Lynn took a big leap this weekend!  Check out their posts for all the details.

And onto my Sunday…

It actually turned out to be a good thing that I skipped the craft fair and tackled my to-do list.  Let’s revisit…

• dust
• finish vacuuming
• laundry  (last load drying now)
• banking and budgeting
• groceries
• wrap gift – take to post office (x2!)
• self-manicure (while watching AR)
• tackle stack of magazines  (in progress)

WooT!

Hopefully I can keep this momentum going.

While I worked, I snacked on coffee and a Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffin…

Later some plain yogurt with sliced banana and Kashi Honey Almond Flax cereal…

A leftover Larabar to tide me over through grocery shopping (under $30 this week!!)…

And a couple of clementines when I got home…

Dinner was inspired by the bag of local beets I have in the veggie drawer.  While flipping through the latest Rachael Ray magazine I found a recipe for a ricotta and beet pasta dish, so thought I’d give it a whirl.

It was OK.  The beets weren’t cooked enough (by following their directions) and I find it a bit bland (this happens frequently with RR recipes)…

It was labelled four servings but I got at least 5, maybe 6 out of it.  I froze some of it so hopefully I can season it up and make it a little more tasty in the future.

After all of the standing, bending, carrying, cleaning, cooking, and puttering today my neck/arm is VERY angry with me…so my evening consists of hugging my heat pack and trying to find a reasonably comfy position to lay in on the couch.  :(

Thankfully I have decaf tea, leftover Monster Cookies, and The Amazing Race to keep me entertained…

See you bright and early tomorrow morning y’all! (*snicker*)

Soggy Saturday

Yesterday’s weather can only be described one way…YUCKY!  Although it was still warm, it was grey, foggy, dismal and wet.  Boooo.  I had things to do though, so ventured out in spite of Mother Nature’s bad mood.

Slept in and got a late start so decided to forgo food and coffee at home…fine with me…Starbucks stop!

Double tall non fat vanilla latte, banana chocolate chip multigrain loaf…along with some Sookie Stackhouse and a little Rachel Ray.  The ladies and I had a nice leisurely sit in a comfy chair.  :)

Afterwards I headed for the mall.  I was on a mission for new luggage.  Nothing fancy, but a matching set that isn’t broken would be nice.  My extra large suitcase has been busted for ages and after Toronto I decided to let it die.  My regular suitcase is a zillion years old and owes me nothing, and since the retractable handle broke on the way to Winnipeg I decided to bury it with the other one.  Unfortunately Sears had nothing I was willing to pay for and Bentley didn’t have any matching sets that I liked (I’ll take a PASS on the zebra stripes or hot pink thank you very much).

Instead I managed to sidetrack myself in clothing stores.  hehe.  And not the clothing stores that sell the waterproof Spring/Summer jacket I was supposed to be looking for.  ;)

After an hour or so I could tell my “breakfast” was wearing off so I quickly made my way through Wal-Mart and Superstore, then headed for home.  I was proud of myself for not making any impulse purchases while shopping while hungry.  Instead, when I got home I dove into the fresh local strawberries sitting on my counter. 

Then immediately got to work on dinner.  Nicole at Another One Bites the Crust has been working her way through Rachel Ray’s Big Orange Book, which reminded me that I’ve never made anything from that book…so I leafed through it the other night and decided that this gloomy weather called for Chicken & Biscuit.  Basically it’s a take on chicken pot pie for one.  Sounds good to me!

Possibly one of the easiest meals ever.  This is the extent of the actual prep work (yes I separate knives for the chicken & veg)…

And it allowed me to buy this deeeeeelish box of cheese scones (I was going to make my own Bisquick biscuits, but these were so fresh and yummy looking!)…

 

Mine:

Hers:

Not a bad resemblance!  Definitely tasty comfort food…next time I think I’ll try fresh veg though because I’ve become a frozen veg snob.  :)

For the rest of the evening I just did a few loads of laundry and looked after my back while laying on my couch.  I squeaked in about 5 minutes of easy yoga exercises and although they felt good at the time I don’t think they helped.  I really could do cat-cow all day long though…love those!

I watched the movie One Week with Joshua Jackson and really enjoyed it.  Good story told from the heart and because it is all Canadian landscapes I just loved to watch it.  Oh, good soundtrack too.  And excellent Gord Downie cameo.  :)  Check it out.

Dessert was simply 1/2 a banana chopped up with organic vanilla yogurt and the last of my sticky granola bars.

If you had one week to change your life, what would you do?

I can’t say for sure, but there’d be a trip to Spain in there…