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Last night my hubby and I went to see another minor league baseball game. I am not a sports fan in general, but enjoy going to the Tiger games in Detroit because there’s so much more to do than watch baseball.Maybe it’s just this minor league team,…

Continue reading → Baseball is so Boring

My co-gardener just called and she said the beer slaying of the slugs is working. She said it is amazing how many dead slugs there were in all of our containers this morning when she checked on the garden.Tonight it’s my turn to fill up the containers …

Continue reading → The Beer is Working!!!!

Last night I made my bimonthly trip out to the Amish farm to buy eggs. I get 12 dozen at a time and give three to my friend, and two to my mom and the rest are mine to last me two weeks. We really do go through all the eggs too. John and I eat the whit…

Continue reading → My Eggs come from Happy Chickens

I got a panicked call from my friend about our garden this weekend and did not take her seriously enough. She said we had slugs in our garden. I imagined a cute little snail without a shell just living in the garden. No such luck.We have a total alien …

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I have always heard that buffalo is supposed to be very good for you. It is a lean meat and most often grass fed so it is high in Omega 3s. I found these on my last shopping trip to Trader Joe’s. I thought these were pretty reasonably priced. There we…

Continue reading → Product Review: Trader Joe’s Ground Buffalo Steak Burgers

I have always heard that buffalo is supposed to be very good for you. It is a lean meat and most often grass fed so it is high in Omega 3s. These were pretty reasonably priced. There were four good sized burgers in the packaged and I think they were $5…

Continue reading → Product Review: Trader Joe’s Buffalo Burger

This is the second time I’ve had the meatless balls from Trader Joes. Six meatballs are 3 WW points, which considering their size is a pretty good value. These are precooked so all you have to do is heat and eat.The first time I had them for dinner I…

Continue reading → Product Review: Trader Joe’s Meatless Balls

I got a call from my insurance agency this afternoon. Evidently what the policeman said to me the morning of the accident was not what he decided to write on the police report! While he told me that we were both at fault for the accident, according t…

Continue reading → Car troubles continued…..

Here is a questionable combination: Tuna sandwhich and a grande sugar free mocha from Biggby’s.Every week I have a coffee lunch with one of my most amazing friends. She works at the local hospital and I pick her up we have coffee at Biggby’s and chat a…

Continue reading → Speaking of eating choices

Okay, I’m done with my whining pitty party and moving on. I do not want to stay at this weight, but I don’t feel like I am entirely in control so all I can do is live my life like I plan to live it until the end. Make good eating choices, drink water…

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@!#$*%$#**& (my attempt at an expletive rant)I was up one pound today. My emotions swing from being pissed off to depressed to feeling like a fraud and a loser (and not the good kind). I worked my gate attendant job today so I had plenty of solitu…

Continue reading → Weigh in Report for July 19th

This week I ran over to my friends to work on our cooperative garden. While she cooked dinner, her three children and I went to work with a hoe and pulling weeds. Surprisingly it was time to harvest a few things already. The kids and I stood eating fre…

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Hold on to your coulots everyone.I bought a bathing suit today! I didn’t try it on (I made sure it could be returned though). My friend has a pool and after I gardened the other night I took a dip using one of her old swimsuits. It has been at least …

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My mom is out visiting our family in Wisconsin and my favorite cousins Dee and Amanda were telling her how much they enjoy reading the blog. (Hmmmmmm I don’t even hear from one of them……Amanda!!!!)Mom also tells me that cousin Amanda has dropped…

Continue reading → Shout out to the Wisconsin Crew

The Today show this morning interviewed a family from Brooklyn, New York that had lost their dog and it ended up 850 miles away in Georgia. Their dog was returned to them because he had a microchip imbedded in him that the shelter was able to scan and …

Continue reading → Microchipping Your Pet

I worked out at the kettle bell gym today for the first time in two weeks. That cold really got into my lungs and I hated the thought of coughing all over everyone and leaving my germs all over the bells so I stayed away until I really felt 100%.It was…

Continue reading → Back to Kettle Bell

Michigan is starting to get in good fresh fruit and veggies. Meijer’s has had plums and nectarines (still from California, not Michigan yet) on sale the last couple of weeks that are amazing. The farmers markets that I go to have had strawberries for…

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The bad news is my car is still not drivable after last month’s car accident. I thought I was close but when I took the new wheel to be aligned, they discovered another $500 worth of repairs that needed done (tie rods, bushings, ball joints, bolts). …

Continue reading → Car Troubles Stress Me Out

Whoo Hoo, the compost pile is a brewin’. I have had to shred some paper to add to the pile as I came to understand that my ratio of green waste to brown waste was off. I guess you are supposed to have 3 parts brown waste, to 1 part green waste. Green…

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Betcha thought I’d fallen off the face of the earth didn’t cha? More on that in another post.Today I was down 3 pounds! Yippee. ONe more pound and I will be back to my lowest weight which was the 2nd week of boot camp when I lost 7 pounds.So what did I…

Continue reading → Weigh in Report for July 12th

Well the holiday is over and it was jammed packed with activity. John and I went to a local minor league ball game on Thursday, went to see the Bay City Fireworks on Friday with his family, and I worked Sat and Sunday as a gate attendant for our local …

Continue reading → Back to Work

Did anyone catch the evening news last night? On NBC nightly news the American Academy of Pediatrics is now recommending to start screening children as early as age two if they are considered high risk (family history or are overweight) for high choles…

Continue reading → Cholesterol Problems in Children?

Well, I’d love to tell you I had a great loss this week, but I actually gained 1.8 pounds this week. I totally fell down on the job. I “thought” I had been eating well, but honestly did not track or write down much. I also didn’t go to kettle bell or d…

Continue reading → Weigh in Report for July 5th

This is my drink of choice from Biggby coffee that just opened up near where I work. This is the first “real” coffee shop in this town. They had their grand opening last week and I am ashamed to admit this……but …….I went every single day la…

Continue reading → Grande Sugar Free Skim Mocha No Whip

I called my dear friend Diana today and she told me that she was officially made a Weight Watchers lifetime member this week. I am so proud of her. I think she lost just under 40 pounds total. She and her husband joined WW the same week that I did.I…

Continue reading → Is it easier when you have more to lose?

I had a big fender bender on my way to work this yesterday morning. What a way to start a Monday. The end result is that the sheriff deputy found us both at fault which since I have PLPD insurance means that none of my damages will be covered. Mini…

Continue reading → Friends and Coworkers

Not feeling very talkative today as yesterday I stayed until after 10 pm and helped with end of quarter inventory and ended up working a 14 hour day. Pretty tired today considering I got less than 6 hours sleep last night before I need to turn around …

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“Don’t just count your years, make your years count” –Ernest MeyersToday is my 36th birthday. I cannot even begin to tell you how different my life is this year from last. This year, I actually feel 36 (or a bit younger) instead of 65. I can??…

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Low lights first. I went to an auction looking for a new bike. I found a decent one, and decided I would go as high as $40 for it. I wandered around following the auctioneer watching the other items go when I looked behind me and there was a second …

Continue reading → Weekend High lights and Low lights.

Well, I am encouraged to say the least. Today (after not officially weighing in for two weeks) I am down .4 pounds. I was really expecting a big gain from the fudgefest last weekend. I did get right back to the game plan of 1800 calories per day, but s…

Continue reading → Weigh In Report for June 21st

I subscribe to daily emails from Hungrygirl.com. I love the different recipes and tips that I get in my email each morning. Last week they gave me bad news. A reader wrote in questioning the nutritional information on one of my very favorite Trader Joe…

Continue reading → Nutritional Information—Trustworthy?

We planned another early day for Saturday. We caught the very first ferry to the Island at 7:30am. Most of the passengers on that ferry were people who worked on Island. Motorized vehicles are not allowed on the island. I felt sorry for the constructio…

Continue reading → Mini Adventure Vacation —-Day 2

Deb and I had a great time on our first mini adventure vacation last weekend. We left her house at 7am on Friday and made it to Mackinaw City about 10:30am. We started the day out shopping and wandering around the many shops. The smell of fudge permeat…

Continue reading → Mini Adventure Vacation—Day One

I received a surprisingly harsh message from a reader in response to my post called WW Rant. Maybe I need to explain my ever changing belief system when it comes to food in my life. I was told to drop my “holier than thou” attitude and get off my…

Continue reading → Wow! Kind of Harsh!

Tomorrow I am leaving for my first “active” vacation. One of my very dear friends and I are driving up to Mackinaw and taking a ferry to the Island and riding bikes for the day and then doing some hiking the next day in St Ignace. There fore I will no…

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I went to a weight watchers meeting last night but didn’t weigh in. One, I was wearing jeans and I had eaten popcorn so I knew the scale would be skewed. Plus, I knew if I weighed in and saw a gain I would attribute it to my increase in calories and …

Continue reading → Weight Watchers Rant

Living in Michigan means at least a thunderstorm per week during the summer. Out of our seven dogs, we are fortunate that only Haven is afraid of storms. I am always on the lookout for new ideas to help Haven cope so I will share what I know about this…

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Boy, lots of improvements this year in our corporate gym. Not only did we get our new piece of equipment (the Matrix Accent) but yesterday I noticed that there was a mini fridge and it was stocked with fruit, veggies, and bottled water. How neat is t…

Continue reading → A fridge in the Gym?

I eat a salad every day for lunch. Last week I had a sub at subway and I think the carbohydrates really made my workout suffer later that afternoon. So I will stick with my salad.I used to use romaine and add chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes, and lots of b…

Continue reading → Variations of a Salad

As I mentioned earlier I had tickets to a Tiger game on Saturday. Well, actually John (my husband) had tickets to a Tiger game with a couple of our friends and then had the opportunity to work so I was the lucky recipient of the ticket. First off, I ad…

Continue reading → Play Ball!

I wasn’t able to weigh in this week as I had to be at the dog show to administer the AKC Canine Good Citizen test starting at 7am and my last dog was at 11am. I was grateful that I had planned to go to a Tiger game that afternoon so I had a reason to …

Continue reading → No weigh in report for June 7th

Yesterday was my 14th wedding anniversary. Since next year is a milestone year we are planning to go to Vegas to celebrate our 15th. So far the plan is to renew our vows with an Elvis impersonator.John and I planned to go to Applebee’s for dinner and…

Continue reading → Budgeting the Calories

My wonderful friend with the dietetics degree was so nice to take time out of her super busy (read 4 children and a bustling daycare) to do all the calculations for me to know how many calories my body really requires. Here is much of her email to me.S…

Continue reading → I should eat how many calories??????

I tried out another “camp” (I won’t call it boot camp, as I don’t think it’s a much like what I just finished.) Blaine is a personal trainer and she is also certified in nutrition. You can join her camp or do one on one personal training se…

Continue reading → Another “Camp” and a Metabolism Lesson

I loaded up my bike this afternoon and went to my favorite park (same place I CC ski in the winter). I have a little back pack that I stashed some water, my cell phone and a map of the park (don’t want to get lost like I did this winter skiing).What a …

Continue reading → How Many Calories for Bugs?

There are two dishes I always go back to. They are both good for you, and low in points. I thought I would share them from you. This first recipe is called cabbage roll casserole. I got it out of one of the gooseberry patch cookbooks and then tweake…

Continue reading → A couple of my favorite recipes

Thanks to all who commented on my post yesterday. It really means a lot to have the input of so many other wonderful women. I am hoping to get more input from the dietician, and in the mean time I have gone back up to my normal 29 points per day. I …

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Guys, I am really at a total loss of what I am doing wrong. I gained yet again this week. I was up 1.2 pounds today. So according to WW my total boot camp loss was 3.8 pounds.Here are the basics of what I am doing. I am eating about 1200-1300 calories …

Continue reading → Weigh in Report for May 31st

I am having such a great time with kettlebell class. Wednesday we lugged and threw around sand bags as well as worked out with the bells. She told us that we are actually called giriveks (the Russian word for a kettle bell practitioner). It is such a …

Continue reading → Kettlebell Rocks!

Today I finished sealing the deal on changing over the cleaner we use in the factory to clean the floors.About two months ago a salesman from Biosolutions approached me about this “green cleaner” that they developed along with the EPA. This new cle…

Continue reading → I affected “Green” change