Still Going Strong on my healthy eating!

Well here it is monday morning and I didn't want to get out of bed very bad. But slowly and surely I climbed out. I got in my workout clothes, had a big drink of water and headed down stairs to exercise. I did my hour of Leslie Sansone Walk DVD. It felt so good when I was finished. I then headed up stairs cleaned a few things up and got ready for Weight Watchers. I had struggled a few days this past week and was sure I would gain at this weigh in. I wasn't terrible, mind you, but I did some cooking and it was that darn pumpkin chocolate bread I made on Saturday that I thought would surely foul me up. I had even thought of not going, but I had told myself that this time I was not going to miss even if I thought I had gained or had a bad week. That was all the more reason to go and get the support I needed. Well I went and I lost 1.6 pounds. I was totally surprised. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it was a loss and it made me so happy. I am on my way and I have recommitted myself this week to not bake and eat right. I will be going to Ogden on saturday and so I need to eat right and save extra points for a bit of a splurge on that day. I feel so good and I am proud of myself for continuing to hang in there. So many other times I have just given up!

Erin and Delphia came over today and we had a fun day. We went to the scrapbook store and then to Costco's. Then we came home and had lunch and then Phia went for a nap and Erin and I did some paper crafting. I did a cute paper snip-it turkey. He turned out cute. He is not quite done. I will post him when he is finished. Then we made dinner. We made pizza. It was Chicken Barbeque Pizza and it was delicious! Then we took Delphia on a walk over to the church to collect fall leaves so that she can do some leaf etchings with her mom tomorrow.

Tomorrow Ashley and the girls are coming to visit for the day and I am looking forward to that. We are going to Gardener Village to see the witches in the morning and then home. Ashley has her doctor appt. tomorrow and so I will watch the girls for her. Well life is good and I am happy. What more could a girl ask for?

On Tuesday Erin and I went to Pebbles in my Pocket Scrapbook store and we were just in a looking around mood. We saw these cute Give Thanks blocks and decided we wanted to make them. So Erin took a picture with her cell phone so we could remember how they looked. We then had Shane cut the wood for us and Erin put together the kits of paper ect. and planned to have a get together with Ashley on Thursday. We met at Erin's on Thursday and did our craft thing. It was fun making them. We had a lot of fun! I think they turned out cute. We then got the girls dressed warm and went to a park. It was a big park, with fun things to play on. There were three parks to choose from and so we asked Ashley which one she preferred, because two of them have bathrooms and one doesn't. Ruby usually has to use the bathroom when we take her to the park. Well, she figured that because Ruby had just used the bathroom that she would be o.k. and so we could go to the one with no bathroom. So off we go with Phia and Emma in the stroller and Ruby walking with us. When we get to the park then Ruby tells us..."Mom, I need to go to the pee." So I voluteered to take her over to the tulie bushes. Well she didn't have to go and so back we went and they played awhile, having a lot of fun. Then Ruby tells her mom..."Mom I have to go poop!" Ashley told her she was going to have to hold it and so she did and luckily she didn't have an accident and when we got back to Erin's she didn't have to go. Oh, the life of little children. It was a fun day and we all enjoyed being together. I stayed at Erin's for dinner and then went to Ashley's to see her new furniture and get my small cooler. I then headed home and just plainly relaxed. Ahhhhhhh!

Last night when Shane came to the house to pick Erin and Delphia up, we told him that we needed wood cut out for our project and so after he had some dinner we all went out to the cold garage to watch him cut some wood for us. Well Delphia didn't have a warm coat to go outside with and so I got her my girls camp hoody and rolled up the sleeves and put it on her. She looked so cute we just had to take a picture of her. It was pretty funny! She loved wearing it and she called it her "hoody blanket". We all laughed!



I am going visiting teaching this morning and last night I made up these cute little treats to take to the ladies that we visit. They were fun to make and I think they turned out really cute. Just a little "Witches Brew" to brighten up their day and maybe warm up there tummy's on cold night. Hee! Hee! Just a little good witch humor.

Also in my last blog I said that I had made a delicious soup/chili for dinner. It is a weight watchers recipe and is only 1 pt. for a cup of it. I wanted to share the recipe with everyone because everyone in my family loved it and even Lyndon loved it. He normally doesn't like anything with green peppers in it. So here is the recipe and I hope you will give it a try. It is the best...

VEGETARIAN CHILI

1 can kidney beans, drained
1 can great northern beans, drained
1 can black beans, drained
1 can chopped/stewed tomatoes
1 small can tomato sauce
1 chopped and diced green pepper
1 chopped and diced onion
1 garlic cloves, finely chopped or pressed through a garlic press
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon cumin
1 cupwater

Place all ingredients in a large pan and mix well. Then let simmer on a low heat for 30 to 40 minutes. Serve with lite sour cream and low fat cheese. It is so good. I hope someone will try it and tell me what they think.

I have weblos today and have some things to get ready for that today too! I have a pretty full day, but that is o.k. and it keeps life interesting. Speaking of life being interesting here is a quote for the day. I love it!!!

EVERYDAY IS A SPECIAL DAY,
A DAY IN WHICH TO GIVE
THE VERY BEST WITHIN YOU
EVERY DAY YOU LIVE!

I think this is so true and I hope to live that way everyday! Happy day everyone who reads my blog!

Fun day of shopping and cooking!

Today Erin and Delphia came over at about 10:15 a.m. Erin gave her dad the payroll stubs so he could pay his employees and then we loaded Delphia in the car and off we went shopping. We first headed up to Pebbles in my Pocket. It is a scrapbook store. We saw a lot of cute ideas and got a cute craft idea that we are going to do at Ashley's home on thursday. I will post pictures when we get them done. Then we wanted to go to Cottonwood Mall. Well we couldn't find it and think that it is not there anymore. So since we were so close into Salt Lake, we decided to go to Trolley Square. We decided we were hungry first, so we stopped at a Wendy's after a bit of running around trying to decide where to eat lunch. I was a good girl and had a grilled chicken sandwich and a side salad.

Then we were off to find Trolley Square. Neither of us have been there in a long while and so we needed to call Todd to tell us that we were going in the right direction. We were only one block off from finding it. We got parked on the south side of Trolley Square and got on the elevator and walked across the bridge that crosses the street into Trolley Square. Delphia loved looking down and watching the traffic. Then we found ourselves a restroom and then we were off on our shopping spree. We went into the kids store that has all the cute things for kids and their bedrooms. I can't think of the name right off hand now. Delphia loved this big rocking horse they had in there and it was hard to get her off. We distracted her with something else and made it out of the store without to much trouble. We then walked down to Williams Sonoma. It is a fun store if you love to cook and I love to cook. I bought some silicone halloween cup cake holders and they are so cute! We also went upstairs to the Salt Water Taffy store and bought some taffy and carmel. It was just fun walking around. We then went back to the car and drove to Orson Gygi's. It is also a fun store for all things cooking. I love that store too! Erin bought some halloween cookie cutters and some cute purple and orange silicone cupcake holders and then we decided it was time to go. Delphia was a little trooper and was so good while we shopped.

Then we came home and put Delphia for a nap. I had found a recipe for a pear tart and Erin and I decided we wanted to make it. So between the two of us we got it made, got our soup and cornbread made for dinner and then we relaxed for a bit. Lyndon arrived home at 5:00 p.m. and then we had dinner. It was delicious. We did the cornbread muffins in the silicone holder and they turned out so good. They just popped right out of the holder. I love them!!!! The pear tart was so good too! Thank goodness it all got eaten. I have to admit that I had to have a small piece. It is something I would make again. I got the recipe off a site called: www.kitchensimplicity.com She has some great recipes. Then we got dishes done and Lyndon went to his meetings.

Erin and I then put our craft kits together for thursday and Shane is going to cut the wood out for us. It will be a fun project. Well it has been a fun and very full day. It has gone by fast. I guess it is time to head to bed. Goodnight!

My weigh in was great!

I went to weight watchers this morning and wasn't sure how well I was going to do. Weekends are hard for me, but I really tried. I lost 2 pounds! Hurray! Each loss is a loss in the right direction! Slowly but surely I will get to my goal weight. It isn't always easy. I have to really concentrate on writing everything down that I eat in my food journal. It really does help.

We had a wonderful conference weekend. We enjoyed our company from California (the Jury family). We had Phillip and a couple of friends and Courtney Kiffer and her room mate Amber come for the second session on sunday afternoon and watch with us. It was fun to have them all there. We then had dinner together and visited. It was really nice weekend!

Fun day with my daughters and grand-daughters!

Yesterday Erin and Ashley came to visit with their daughters. Ruby, Emma and Delphia love playing together and they love to run through the house chasing each other. We all had lunch together and just visited. I got a potatoe salad made and made some cookies too! Mind you I only had a half of a cookie. I am still doing well on my eating and exercise plan. Then Jed came to the house to pick Ashley up and they were going to the B.Y.U Football game together. I was watching the girls for her for the evening. We had a fun evening together.

Todd, Megan and Chloe came over about 7:00 p.m. and Erin was still at the house and so we all had a fun visit. The grand kids played together and then later Todd and Lyndon went downstairs to watch some the B.Y.U. football game. I got Emma to bed by 8:00 p.m. and Ruby to bed by 9:00 p.m. They were exhausted and so was I. It is fun to have them over and we had a fun time. Then at 11:00 p.m. Jed and Ashley arrived to pick up the girls. We saw then off and then headed to bed ourselves.

Our company, the Jury family, got home late last night too. We have enjoyed having them here. They had a busy day yesterday and it sounds like they have a lot on their agenda today as well.

I am off to watch conference now. It should be a good one.

These are the Halloween decorations I put up today. It was fun decorating and putting it all out!




Well today has been a much nicer day than yesterday was as far as weather goes. The sun is out and the sky mostly blue, but it was quite cold this morning. It has warmed up a bit. I went this morning and had my hair done and it feels great. It is always nice to get it cut and have some color put back in it. I feel like a new woman! I am also doing well on my diet today. Lyndon took me to lunch and we went to Chick-fil-a. I checked out the points for their menu and was able to find a healthy sandwich and had a side salad with it with fat free dressing. It feels so good to be in control. Then I got home and flew through my house getting it all cleaned and then set out all my halloween decorations. It was fun to put them out. I love decorating for Halloween and Christmas. They are my favorite holidays of the year! We also have company from California coming to stay with us. They are the Jury's. The mom and her daughter and son. They are from Spencer's last area. Before he left the area he emailed us and asked if they could stay with us for the weekend because their ward was having a youth conference thing up here and they needed a place to stay. So they will be here tonight. It will be fun to visit with them. They have a pretty busy schedule, but I'm sure we will get time to do some visiting.

Last Saturday we went to the pumpkin festival in Ashley's old neighborhood. We picked out pumpkins and took some fun pictures and here are some of them. We had a lot of fun!