Only-Child Syndrome

Back in the saddle ....

I’m FAT! There is one thing that this relationship has done is s p r e a d my waistline. Now, I won’t go tell you that I’m HUGE as there is no comparison yet to me and a house but I have been much less disciplined with food, exercise etc. SOOOOOOOO what to do, what to do...

I’m not going on some crazy fad diet, I at best have a whole 10lbs I want to lose but I am going to try something that I read about and see if it encourages me to eat less … A FOOD Diary! Now I know you are cheering out there, because you want to know what I’ve consumed for a whole week, but I’m just going to snap pictures and go from there.

This of course is starting … TOMORROW because today is a school night and therefore tomorrow is shopping cart night in which I re-up on all the freshness in my house.

Apparently this whole picture nonsense will make you think about going back for seconds and or that cupcake that is calling your name.

We shall see!

Black Friday Blues …

I have done nothing today. When I say nothing, I mean I haven’t moved from bed and TV. I thought earlier about moving, maybe going to get some late lunch early dinner, and totally determined that it was a waste of time.

I had thought about heading out of town tomorrow and forgot that I have to donate platelets tomorrow so that kinda kills my road trip mood. There is something to be said about having your blood sucked out of one arm and put back in the other that just doesn’t scream head out of town. I will tell you however that it does make you a cheap date when your all done.

I don’t really have anything of interest to say. Thanksgiving was great. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. The type of laughter you can only have with people who have known you since before you could drive. I ate lots but stayed away from the sweets. I guess that’s one bonus point in my lack of self control when my meal plan is concerned.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day, and didn’t suffer to much of a Turkey hangover. I also hope at least someone out there went and spent enough cash for me too in celebration of BlackFriday.

Thanksgiving Day Woes …

First let me give a shout out to my man Brett Farve who has proved even me wrong about his old ass returning to the game again this year. He continues to play well enough to win, and at the end of the day that is a lot more than most teams can say.

Now if I could only decide on my offering for Turkey Day. Most years I’ve been able to show up 30 minutes before dinner and just eat, but this year I was asked to bring something. This doesn’t bother me in the least because I LOVE to cook.

The issue comes in that when trying to coordinate with a family of 5 sisters, and their parents, and their husbands, and their children, being the single, single one sometimes isn’t the easy place to be. Right now I’m looking at appetizers and deserts and am waiting on the final commit list from the rest of the family to see where I can fit in.

Spending Thanksgiving with this family every year gives me the sense of big family that my only child life has never afforded. They are funny, and noisy and nosey and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I loved every minute of it. It is also so much fun to see all the kids. Every one of them is growing so very fast and will be grown before you know it.

Yes, no matter what it is I end up brining to dinner. It really is the family time that I am thankful for, the food just happens to be a bonus.

aaaaHA found it!

 

 

It's a lil blurry but thats Baron's Spice #59. I can’t even begin to explain how EXCITED I am to finally have this spice in my cabinet. The things it does to Sea Bass should be illegal :

Sundays

Sundays in my mind are by far the worst day of the week to be single. You miss the morning coffee and paper, or brunch and mimosa buzz before noon. Mind you, those things can always be done alone but when done with the right person it makes it all that much better.

For a while Sundays were girls day, and that has picked up again. It’s Mexican food, and silly conversation. It’s good advice, bad ideas, and overall a weekend in review.

Sundays were a big weakness with Wanderlust. We had a very chill Sunday routine that allowed both of us to avoid the loneliness that Sundays can bring on. There was coffee, sports center, followed by a day of snacking and trash talking over NASCAR. It was anything but glamorous, but there is something to be said about a Sunday nap for no good reason. Throw in a my Kyle Busch victory dance and well you couldn’t go wrong.

Today Sunday was something new, and lovely. They were Sunday mimosas, underwear shopping in the gayborhood, and driving around looking at houses at random. There were discussions about bounce houses, and accents. There was lots of laughing, and smiling. Lots of smiling. I like the lots of smiling. It’s something to easily get used to.