• 13:25 Have insurance, but they don't pay for vaccines. Doctor and clinic refuse to give them to me because I have insurance. What is wrong here? #
• 13:29 I should just stop paying the mortgage and insurance premiums. Then maybe someone could help me... #

Wonder of Wonder, Miracle, Miracle

I don't know how, and I checked twice, but this morning I weighed 176 lbs!

So, next Saturday's goal: 175 lbs.

• 11:00 Playing on the ground with my boys, Why don't I do this more often? It is so relaxing. #

• 08:06 First day of school for my little one. (Tear.) #
• 12:55 Paying bills. #
• 17:23 Some old lady just yelled at my children at the library. When she noticed me, she gave a sheepish smile and slunk away. #
• 17:23 Help me not become a crotchety old lady when I grow up... #
• 21:12 Sleepy. #

A Day Late (and a few dollars short...)

What a great surprise this morning. I made the goal after all.

177 lbs. Today.

Goal: next Thursday, 176 lbs.

• 08:38 Didn't make the weight goal for today, thanks to the hiatus to Utah. Curse you vacation munchies. #
• 11:52 Did pilates with HY. EZ and ASH added resistance by taking turns sitting on my head/abs the entire time. #
• 12:29 Signed the boys up for "build and grow clinics" at Lowes in September. Thanks for the great idea, Jill! #

• 16:27 Trying to get things done. #
• 16:30 Started a food journal-ing blog today. www.greeneyeddebonadiet.blogspot.com #

• 15:01 Back to the old grindstone. Back to the old diet. #
• 15:32 Life is so sweet with little children. With them the whole world is filled with treasures and wonders. "Look, Mom, another semi-truck!!!" #

Celebrating Little Victories

Made cookies for the neighbors yesterday.

Avoided dough and finished product (mostly).

Got out some creative energy with the boys, without breaking the diet.

Down one more pound: 178 lb!

Goal: next Wednesday, 177 lbs.

BTW

179 lbs. Today.

Goal: next Friday, 178 lbs.

Confession #14

The other day I went to a workshop about green cleaning products. It got me thinking about my cleaning products at home. And I came to this shocking realization:

I don't clean my house very often, if at all.

Seriously, the 409, Windex, everything...are probably still the same bottles of cleaning supplies that I purchased when I first moved here over three years ago (with the exception of toilet cleaner, wipes, and Mr. Clean magic erasers).

Juxtapose this with my almost compulsive need to have everything "picked up" and "put away." It gets really bad sometimes. Like, for example, the other day HY said to me, whilst in the midst of playing with blocks, "Mom, please don't put the blocks away yet..."

Hello?

Now, if only I could channel some of this obsessive energy towards some loftier goals like exercising or reading scriptures.

Chilled blah blah blah blah blah with blah blah blah...

For the last couple of weeks I have been thinking about making some summery gazpacho type item to accompany dinner. It just sounded good...some chilled, fresh tasting soup to counter the BLAZING heat outside.

So yesterday Hy and I whipped one up. (Literally. We whipped it up using a blender. Outside. Because the babies were asleep and my blender sounds like a small jet plane getting ready to takeoff. Good times.)

It was supposed to be grand: Chilled Cucumber Soup with Fresh Dill; perfectly complementing dinner (Grilled salmon, rice pilaf, sauteed summer squash) and rounding out the menu (only 70 calories per 1/2 cup!). And when it was finished it was quite beautiful. But the taste...

Well, it tasted just like what went in: watery cucumber puree with dill and buttermilk. I was somehow hoping that the combination of ingredients would mesh together and make some wonderful culinary combination.

Umm no.

Aaron finished his entire bowl--mostly out of generosity to me--but I couldn't stomach it (and chalked it up to saving calories).

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So funny. I have all these great ideas and try to get all fancy and froo-froo, and really, sometimes it is just gross.

Tonight we are having chicken soup and biscuits. A winner all around.

Philippines, Cebu City

Wow Meridith! Congratulations!
I am still crying today.

More evidence that I need to lose a few...

10 year high school reunion