Wonderful Wednesday!

Swazzle

HELLO TO YOU ALL! 

I'm in an wonderful mood today! There are two reasons for that: 1) I worked out for the 3rd day in a row this morning! And 2) I AM -2.2 THIS WEEK!!!! I hit my 5% goal and I'm -8.6 since joining WW! 



I think waking up at 4:15am is getting easier. The workouts, however, are definitely getting harder but that could also be because my whole body is sore from going from doing literally nothing but sitting on the couch to doing T25. It's a good hurt though so I'll take it! 

I'm so ecstatic about my weight loss this week. This is my biggest loss in 1 week since joining which I'm actually ok with. Slow and steady is surely the name of my game! I'm so close to being down 10 pounds!!!!! 

Tonight I'm making buffalo chicken parm and roasted broccoli for dinner and then H's friends will be over for our weekly Survivor "party". I'm going to try really hard to stick to just 2 glasses of wine tonight because I think anything more than that will affect my early-as-fuck wake up call tomorrow and I am feeling way too motivated for that! 

Have a lovely day! 

LizzyTish88

@swazzle Congrats!! You look great! Slow is my game too, but just remember it will all be worth it!

Last night I hung with Tess since BF went to wrestling. I'm so jealous though because BF got to shake the hand of my favorite hunky wrestler! I asked BF why he didn't bring him home for me, lol.

Tess and I snuggled, ordered dinner out, and watched Tomorrowland. It was just okay. Then we watched Dance Moms and went to bed around 10. It was a nice mother/fur daughter night for us, although she didn't sleep with me because she was on the couch waiting for daddy.

I have a few meeting this morning, but I should be around this afternoon to play. Happy hump day!!

PamBeesly524

@Swazzle congratulations! You definitely have reason to be in a wonderful mood. I always forget that Survivor is still on... A couple of years ago H and I went on a crazy streak and binge watched all the old seasons - it was so fun!

@caseface5 I'm assuming Tess is a pet, right? Is she a pup?

I'm totally dragging this morning - it was so nice out yesterday but after my conference I was so drained and didn't run... Now I'm regretting it because I feel like I would have more energy this morning and I think it's going to rain this afternoon. I need some of Swazzle's motivation!

Things seem quiet at work today which is nice because I'll get stuff done. Last night H and I tried a new recipe - we took portobello mushrooms and cracked an egg on top of them, topped that with avocado and cheese and baked it all... Once the egg was cooked we took them out and threw some salsa on the top. It was SO GOOD. I kind of want it again tonight, but I'm sure we'll do chicken or fish or something.

Hope everyone is having a decent Wednesday so far!

Swazzle

@caseface5 - Thank you! I checked on ilostwhat.com today and this week, I lost a carton of ice cream and overall, I've lost a human head! 

@PamBeesly524 - Thanks! H's BFF's ex-gf-type-person is on this season so that's why we all watch every week hahaha. That dinner sounds incredible! I wish I could get H to like mushrooms.

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@Swazzle Congratulations! That's so awesome! You're doing so great!

@caseface5 Who is this hunky wrestler lol?

@PamBeesly524 OMG your dinner sounds sooo good!

Last night was good. DH had to work so it was just Callie and me. She tried squash for the first time and loved it! I love that she is loving her purees. Then she spent the rest of the night getting up on her hands and knees and practicing her crawling lol. Needless to say she was exhausted once 6:30 hit.

Tonight DH was supposed to have another interview with another school but he couldn't find someone to cover his shift at the restaurant. UGH I'm so ready for him to be done with this job at the restaurant come October. I barely ever see him. I hate that his weekends and nights (the only time we get together) are filled with work.

LizzyTish88

@PamBeesly524 Yes, Tessie is my dog lol. 

She finally grabbed her toy the right way this morning and BF got it on Snap.


We got her this mustache toy and it has a ball on it, so it they grab the ball it give them a mustache and she kept not grabbing it the right way. She finally did this morning so we had to get a picture. It's a tad dark but so funny!

jenna8984

@swazzle woohoo that's amazing! considering you're still eating stuff you like, like sushi and wine! I know the T25 kicked my butt for the first month I'd only use the moderator moves but then it gets easier. 

 Tonight after work we're going to pick up the crib. My good friend from high school is giving me hers and I've known her forever so I trust that it's clean and everything like that. Then we're stopping at babies r us to pick up the stroller/car seat combo that my mom bought us off the registry. She lives 1500 miles away so she just had it send to our store to get. Yay!

LizzyTish88

@Swazzle A human head? That's great, I think! JK it's awesome!!

@Southernpeach89 Roman Reigns. Only guy I've ever liked with a ponytail/long hair. 

Sorry your H couldn't get to the interview. Hopefully he gets something soon!

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@jenna8984 You will have to AW the crib, car seat, and stroller once everything is at home and put together!

@caseface5 That mustache is too much! I need something like that for Maddux!

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@caseface5 Yes that man is attractive lol. It's all good, the interview has been rescheduled so there wasn't any harm done but it's just irritating that his 2nd job is hard to work around.

@Twodimes I tried SOOOO hard last night to get a video of her crawling. I couldn't get one where she would do a few steps. Every time she would actually move forward I wasn't videoing it. UGH I'll try again tonight. You have probably already seen this one but this was from Saturday:

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You look beautiful, @Swazzle!!

@caseface5 - What takeout did you end up with?  We had Braum's last night.  I had a mini burger, a small french fries, and 2 scoops of ice cream.  

@PamBeesly524 - Your dinner sounds fabulous, except for the mushroom part.  Those are icky to me since I've been KU.  Hopefully I love them again once this behbeh decides to come out.  If so, I'll be stealing that recipe.  H and I love recipes that use fried eggs!!

@southernpeach89 - What kind of squash for Callie?  I would hate to not see my H very often...  I hope that it's over soon.  

Last night was a much better night for me.  I had to work late, but it ended up OK since I came in to work a couple hours later than normal.  Went home, got some Braum's for dinner, and then we started moving furniture.  The installer didn't grout/fill in around the edges of the baseboards, so H had to call and figure out what was going on.  He wanted to charge us extra for it, but my dad was like, um no, that's part of the job.  So he pumped my H up and we called again and he's going to do it for no extra charge now.  We had to move all the furniture and stuff back into the rooms that are done, leaving room around the perimeter so he could add the grouting.  Then we had to completely clear out the master bedroom and living room.  Our house is a disaster and it will take us forever (aka all weekend) to sort it out.  But only a couple more days!  I ate my ice cream and supervised mostly, besides picking up a few things (dog toys, pillows) and moving them.  

We got done by 8:30 PM and collapsed in to bed.  We moved our mattress into K's room (since we don't have any furniture in there yet) and all of our daily things, so we're living out of there until Friday.

The dogs were so messed up!!  Bella lost her favorite toy, a mini Kong, in all the excitement, so she is obsessively searching for it.  Baxter kept trying to go back into the bedroom and was just worried.  He paced for a long time and then finally settled on the mattress with us.

They are over at my parents' today.  I got a cute picture yesterday when we picked them up to bring them back home.

Normally I have them strapped in, but it was just around the block (a mile drive) so I let them roam free this once.

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@CocoBellaF It was just pureed butternut squash. I texted DH right after she basically licked her spoon because he HATES squash and I told him that he is officially singled out because all of us will enjoy it and he will just have to suffer.

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@TwoDimes - I love Indy!!!  

@jenna8984 - What combo did you get?

@caseface5 - LOVE that picture.  Hilarious!!!!

PamBeesly524

@caseface5 omg she's so cute! The mustache toy is AMAZING.

@southernpeach89 yay for peaches and crawling! I hope she slept well last night after such an active evening!

@jenna8984 definitely AW the new stuff! Do you have bedding picked out for the crib yet?

@TwoDimes Even before I read your post I was like "WOAH her dog has a LONG tongue!" 

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@PamBeesly524 Yes she did! Thankfully! DH said that he had to wake her up this morning...I miss doing that so much. I leave so early in the morning that it's before she wakes up and she is always so smiley and cuddly. That's my favorite part of her day.

PamBeesly524

@CocoBellaF If I post the recipe link will it gross you out too much? I can always send it later

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Mmmmm, butternut squash.  Callie has good taste, @southernpeach89!!

Swazzle

@southernpeach89 - Thank you! Callie and I have that tired-at-6:30 thing in common, it appears. I'm sorry that your H has been working so much. That has to be really tough. 

@jenna8984 - That's exactly my favorite thing about WW. It's really not a diet. I'm definitely using Tania this week when I need to and not feeling bad about it. Next week I'll try to wean myself off of her. Yay for all of the baby stuffs! Pics when you get it all situated!

@TwoDimes - I made a Plated meal last night and it had mushrooms in it and as I was chopping them, H was like WHAT ARE THOSE. And I was like calm down, child, they're only going on my side. 

@CocoBellaF - Thank you so much! Just a couple more days of craziness around the house and then it'll all go back to normal and your floors will be gorgeous! 

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@Swazzle - YAY YOU!  Congrats, that's awesome!  (Also, thanks for introducing me to ilostwhat.com...)

I have been MIA for so long.  I've missed y'all!  First was the Dubai trip, then Spring Break and my conference, and then trying to put everything back together.  I'm still not caught up but I needed to come back here and see how everybody is and be social!

Things are pretty good, even if I am super busy.  Today I managed to get up to run in the morning, so I'm feeling very awake and ready to get started on my day.  I have piles of grading that I'm ignoring and I'm going to work on some other stuff instead.

Oh, here's a picture of my niece, because babies are squishy and adorable:


I can't believe she's almost a month old already!

T&P, maybe?  There's a small possibility BF and I might be able to get jobs at the same school.  There are two openings, one in each of our areas of expertise, and so we're going to apply and see what happens.  He knows the department chair, so he's sending him an email to describe our exact situation.  This would be...amazing.  He's been overseas for a year at this point with no end in sight, and it's really wearing on him (and on us).  So today I'm working on the application (which is stressful because it involves going to my boss and basically saying, "Hey...I need you to be a reference for a job that's going to take me away from here a year after you hired me and too late in the academic hiring season for you to really find anybody else...").

minskat30

@swazzle - Way to go!!!  You look fabulous and I hope you feel fabulous!

@caseface5 - Tess with a mustache!!!  That picture is adorable.

@jenna8984 - Way to go on scoring a free crib!  I assume it isn't a drop side or anything right?  I'm sure you know those are all deemed unsafe now but my sister didn't so I just thought I would check.

@southernpeach89 - What is Callie's favorite so far?  Still sweet potato?

@PamBeesly524 - That recipe sounds delicious!

@cocobellaf - I'm sorry you are living in a construction land right now but it will all be worth it in the end (that seems to be the theme between us isn't it?).

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I remembered my computer AND my plug this morning so Wednesday is off to a decent start.  Last night I worked out and realized spin is slowly coming to the end of the road for me.  I think maybe *maybe* one more month of it is about all I'm going to be able to do...some lady was so sweet in class though and gave me props for showing up 7 months pregnant.  That was a nice feeling.    All this working out doesn't seem to be doing much to slow the weight gain though...3lb up this week.  I'm ok with it if my doctor is but she said 1lb a week from here on out so we will see what she says and where I am next week.  

Today is a pretty good day.  H might have to stay late in Chicago so I might catch the bus home after the gym since he has the car.  I took a bath yesterday (or swam in my bath I should say) but I might take another one.  Soaking is glorious after several months of not soaking.  Oh and I have to return something from TJ Maxx today too so that might be an excuse to return...and purchase.    

minskat30

@futuremrshistorian - Hello there lady!  Your niece is adorable!  T&P for your BF!

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@minskat30 - I use any excuse I can come up with to go to TJ Maxx.  Returning is the most dangerous because I'm all, "Oh, I'm saving money by returning this, so I need to pick up something else."

Swazzle

@futuremrshistorian - You can thank @caseface5 for it! She posted it here last week  Your niece is so precious! Lookit those cheeks! 

@minskat30 - Thank you! I am feeling really good today! You are seriously incredible for working out AT ALL 7 months pregnant let alone doing freaking spin! You're like super woman! 

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@minskat30 YES!! She goes CRAZY for sweet potatoes. She grabs at the bowl and spoon and just wants to face plant it lol. It's so funny. It gets everywhere though so I have to make sure she isn't wearing white.

jenna8984

@futuremrshistorian what a sweetie pie! Get your work done so you can come play! And omg good luck on the jobs that would be so great to finally live in the same place

@cocobellaf We went with the Baby Trend X because it has a jogging stroller rather than a regular one with one big front wheel. Nice work getting those a-holes to come back and finish their job!

@twodimes I want to snuggle that doofus so badly!

@southernpeach89 Do you make Callie's food yourself or buy it? My friend makes all of hers, I think I want to try that.

@swazzle I don't remember which video it's on but I literally laughed when Shawn T expected me to do a spider push-up like with one arm and one leg. I was like "these videos are for couch potatoes Shawn- we can't do that!!" After a few weeks, H started being able to but I never could.

@pambeesly524 I don't want a traditional bedding "set". I bought a plain navy quilt and registered for plain grey and navy sheets. Easy Peezy.

@caseface5 Ok my man with long hair/ pony tail that I love is Oliver Peck (google him). But yours is way sexy too lol

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@jenna8984 Sometimes I do if I have time. On week nights it's hard because she eats right when I pick her up from the nanny's house so I will usually pick up some food that has already been pureed unless we have leftovers. So I will cook sweet potatoes and puree them or mash up bananas and throw them in the blender. It's pretty easy but if you don't have time it can be a little hectic trying to make sure you have all of that prepared ahead of time.

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@jenna8984 - Yeah, these jobs came across my desk yesterday morning and I started jumping up and down and squealing.  We've been looking for anything that will get him out of what he's doing now, but these would be a dream come true.

Swazzle

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@futuremrshistorian what a sweetie pie! Get your work done so you can come play! And omg good luck on the jobs that would be so great to finally live in the same place

@cocobellaf We went with the Baby Trend X because it has a jogging stroller rather than a regular one with one big front wheel. Nice work getting those a-holes to come back and finish their job!

@twodimes I want to snuggle that doofus so badly!

@southernpeach89 Do you make Callie's food yourself or buy it? My friend makes all of hers, I think I want to try that.

@swazzle I don't remember which video it's on but I literally laughed when Shawn T expected me to do a spider push-up like with one arm and one leg. I was like "these videos are for couch potatoes Shawn- we can't do that!!" After a few weeks, H started being able to but I never could.

@pambeesly524 I don't want a traditional bedding "set". I bought a plain navy quilt and registered for plain grey and navy sheets. Easy Peezy.

@caseface5 Ok my man with long hair/ pony tail that I love is Oliver Peck (google him). But yours is way sexy too lol

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@minskat30 - We are living somewhat parallel lives, aren't we?!  Also, I put the scale away.  I was starting to stress about how much weight I was gaining, and it wasn't healthy.  So no more scale for me.  I'll close my eyes at the doctor's office, too.

@futuremrshistorian - I hope it all works out for you guys.  Is it anywhere near his kids?

@jenna8984 - I love the navy and grey.  That was one of our color schemes if we had a boy... Navy, grey, and green.

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@CocoBellaF - Unfortunately no.  It's actually still overseas...the difference being it's a slightly safer place, and we would be together.  It's hard right now--his kids are basically grown (19 and 21), so without knowing if they're going to move or whatnot or where they're going to end up it's hard to make decisions based on them.  Being in academia, though, would give us a good schedule and the ability to make a long trip home every year.

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Ahhh, gotcha @futuremrshistorian.  I hope it all works out!