Crisis Averted

They are evil. I don’t care how cute those little girls are in their cute little green vests with their cute little smiles and their sweet little voices. They are evil- do NOT be fooled. Their weapon of choice? Sweet, delectable, luscious, delicious, sometimes chocolatey, sometimes gooey, sometimes crunchy, but always tastey - COOKIES. And not just any cookies-Girl scout cookies at that.

Well, its that dreadful time of year. Again. And actually it hasn’t always been dreadful, but in years past, I didn’t have a care in the world. I bought a box of cookies for each flavor I craved, and ate them whenever I felt like eating a cookie. This year, however, I cannot afford to fall back off the wagon for a stinkin’ cookie, no matter how good they are. And they are good. But I know if I buy a box of cookies, I will eat ALL of them. And its just not worth it. As I walked past the little table set up outside the grocery store this evening, I felt really good telling the little devil who asked me if I wanted to buy some girl scout cookies today, “Sorry, not today.” I did feel a little bad for not being able to help support her and her little devil girl scout troop, but at the same time I reveled in the fact that I made a good decision for my health, and I withstood the test thrown into my midst. Either that or the stomach bug I am recovering from still has a hold of my appetite and still has cravings for all things yummy suppressed.

Yeah, I think I’ll just stick with the first answer.

Quick Update

Not much has been going on here. Grace started back at school last week and was SOOOO excited to show all her friends and teachers her teeth. Nate's been as active as ever (but he's sooo cute though).

As far as weight, I am the same as I was last week, which is good considering I ate 2 pop tarts (they are 200 calories and like 10 grams of fat--EACH!!), a bunch of cookies, and some Chinese food (which has a ton of sodium, in addition to the calories and fat). So I will take the no loss, no gain number. This week I'm getting back on my WW points plan, and I'm really making an effort to hit the gym. This morning I took a Salsa class at the gym and LOVED it. It was so much fun. It was only 30 mins and the time just flew right by. I know it sounds like nothing, but it was such a great workout. Everyone in class was huffing and puffing away, even the instructor. My gym offers this class every Mon, Wed, and Fri mornings, and they also have it one or two afternoon/evenings. I am going to plan on hitting the M, W, F classes. Also, another location of my gym has a 60 min Salsa class on Tuesdays so I may try to make that when I can. So I will keep you posted on both the eating and the working out.

Yesterday a city that neighbors mine had a Farmer's Market. They are doing this like once a month from Dec-Apr. Yesterday was my first time there and it was really cool. There were only like 5 booths at most of people with actual produce, but the atmosphere was good. I bought bananas, strawberries, pears, sweet potatoes and some wholesome bread (the people selling the bread have a bread store not too far from Grace's school, so thats kinda neat). Man the strawberries were so yummy. I am really not a big fan of strawberries. I usually have to top them with whip cream or sugar to eat them, but these I could eat plain. VERY good. I wish I would have bought more, since what I bought is almost gone. I can't wait until the next Farmer's Market, especially since I have been really disappointed with the grocery store's produce and the prices are either the same or cheaper than the store. I also found out my city is supposed to be starting a Farmer's Market soon, and theres another Market I want to hit that runs every Saturday not too far from here either.

So that's pretty much it for now. I'll blog again soon.

*****UPDATE: I just read that my city's GREEN MARKET will be open every Sunday starting from Feb 2nd until the end of April. And on top of that, they are only featuring local growers (I suppose from my city, which is strange since I didn't think there were any farms for miles and miles) because they want to help support the local economy. I hope their produce is yummo!

Growing up.....Even Faster

Grace lost the second tooth today. Look at how her smile looks now!!

Growing Up

It's hard to imagine that 5 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and one day ago Grace was born. Now she runs, and jumps, and skips, and rides her bike, and goes to school, and talks back to her parents. And today she's lost her first tooth. The one right next to it is soon to follow, as well as one of the top teeth is in the starting stages of "looseness." She is just growing up so fast, I can hardly believe it. To make matters worse, I have been there to witness all the firsts both Grace and Nate have experienced, except for Grace losing her tooth. She was with grandma and grandpa which is WAY better than if it happened at school, however, I still cried because I missed out on a "first" and I'm not used to that at all. Guess I'm a certified, bona fide mush pot.