9/12 & 9/13

Let's start this out with my food!  Going to attempt to post again to help keep me on track for this week.  :D

Breakfast:  2 medium wildberry muffins, 2 eggs (fried with oil spray), strawberries; coffee

Lunch:  1 slice cheese pizza, large spoonful of veggie/pasta salad, 4 large strawberries; zero calorie fruit punch water

Snack:  Kashi fruit and cereal bar; coffee

Dinner:  Romaine salad with strawberries, goat cheese, pecans, and greek dressing; spaghetti; wine

Dessert:  LC ice cream with vanilla wafers and caramel

Snack:  Potted meat and pretzels (yeah.... sounds gross as all get-out, but I was STARVING!  My stomach was physically growling and I couldn't go to bed)

OK, I will add the other stuff as the day goes on.  :D  I am going to do better this week now that the majority of the outside work is done.  Well, that I can do while hubby is off.  He goes back on nights day after tomorrow, so no heavy labor.  We might get a bit more done today (I HOPE!) and then I hope to be doing caulking and paint tomorrow.  At least caulk.  There is a LOT of caulk!  TONS!  But hopefully no crazy heavy manual stuff after today.  I'm swelled up like a blowfish even with tons of water!  No eating out today, either.  Going to eat at home and eat better cals.  Speaking of, I need to run to the store today at some point along with working on the house and working on housework.  We're burning through fruit and veggies like water!  Of course, my parents were here over the weekend, so I think my Dad partially cleaned me out.  He eats a lot of fruit.  But even the veggie stores are down.  I think I will hit the store once I decide what to do for dinner.  Oh, and once I clean out the fridge.  It's kinda full!

Wow.  Sounds like a lot to do today so I better get to it.  Not to mention, my 1yr. old is already getting into EVERYTHING.  UGH.

OK, so far today hasn't been awful... wasn't great either but wasn't awful.  And I don't expect tomorrow to be MUCH better because it's.... DATE NIGHT!!!!  I will probably be fine at dinner, it's the dessert that will kill me!  Even though we usually share dessert and have coffee.  So, may not be tooooo bad.  :D  But it's date night... and I can't wait!  Just some time to spend alone with the hubby.  Although, I think we will end up going Christmas shopping... Yes.  Christmas shopping!  We want to go ahead and try to get a few things now so that we aren't spending like mad closer to Christmas.

**Update**  We ended up not doing date night.  Our sitter thought we meant Tuesday night instead of Monday night.... which is fine!  I'll be happy just to go out!  Dinner was ok last night as was dessert.  But my late night snack, well, I probably should've had something healthier.  But I was just SO hungry and craving something.  I couldn't believe how loud my stomach was growling.  I haven't had that in a LONG time.  But I ate the small can (which is one serving) and a handful of pretzels and drank a big glass of water and was fine.  So weird!  The hubby says he thinks we're all off from the weird work schedule.  He's probably right.  He goes back on nights tomorrow so our schedule will probably go back to 'normal'.  His one week off throws us both off since we're not use to it.  But at least this time we got a lot done!  We hope to hang the last few pieces of siding today and then get it painted over the next few weeks.  Originally, we were going to do all the painting, but I am starting to think about hiring someone just so it is done and over.

You see, we've worked on this house non-stop for about 4yrs. now.  And I am ready to be DONE.  Seriously.  My brain is just about fried out and I need a break.  So, hiring someone is sounding good.  The outside of the house is almost done at this point so that would knock it out much quicker if we could hire someone to do the painting.  Then all I'd need to do is repair my flower beds and finish the one side bed.  At that point, both side yards and the front would be done and all that would be left is the backyard.  It's super tempting.  But money doesn't grow on trees and well.... we are young and capable now so I feel like we should do it ourselves.  If you aren't able to whether because you don't know how, don't want to, or physically can't that's one thing.  But we're none of those.  So, I feel like we should just shut up and do it.  LOL  But I'm tired and just want it done!  LOL

Ok, now that I've moaned on and on and on....  I should probably get to wrapping this up.  I need to lay youngest down and then get to the store while hubby does a few things outside.  Then we have lunch with his family, pick up oldest from school, visit with family, teacher conference, back home and date night.  BUSY BUSY BUSY.  Hope we can get it all done.  If not, oh well!  Them's the breaks!  LOL  We'll do what we can and the rest will have to wait... again.  LOL  Hope all you chicks out there are doing all right.  I've noticed fewer and fewer posts and comments.  Even if you aren't doing well or doing great, drop a line now and then so we all know you're still alive!  Our weight is important, but so is all the other stuff that affects it.

Speaking of 199.5 this AM.  I hope the bloat is starting to go DOWN!  Guess we will see what comes on Sunday.  I am hoping for a loss.  A good loss since I was up this last Sunday from bloat.  The Sunday before that was 197, so I'd really like to see 195.x.  195 flat would be AWESOME since that would put me at 2lbs. down, but we will see how it goes.  Not going to worry too much either way.  Ok, this is it for today chicks.  Will post my food in another post tomorrow.  :D