Tuesday

jenna8984 · December 2015

@minskat30 The wedding is at my uncle's house about 45 minutes north of Phoenix and all my friends live in Phx. Sending all the love to Raj today, he will be fine and fantastic and amazing! also good luck telling your boss, hope you find the right time.

@untouchablets yaaay to your own class!

@misskittydanger sorry about your cavity but at least you can get it fixed and not hurt anymore

@labro OMG. I need to be adopted by a southern family. My mom has never baked a cookie in her life and therefor never taught me how. One time I tried like the premade grocery dough and even managed to fuck that up

[Deleted User] · December 2015

jenna8984 said:

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@labro OMG. I need to be adopted by a southern family. My mom has never baked a cookie in her life and therefor never taught me how. One time I tried like the premade grocery dough and even managed to fuck that up

Oh man!!! You have got to remedy that, quick! There is nothing like a fresh, hot, gooey homemade cookie right out of the oven.

labro · December 2015

@jenna8984 Well I'm glad you fucked up the pre-made grocery dough shit because that stuff is gross.

Baking is so easy! You just follow the instructions!!

[Deleted User] · December 2015

Actually, FYI, the Nestle chocolate chip cookie dough is supposedly egg-free and safe to eat during pregnancy... cookie dough FTW!!!!

Swazzle · December 2015

@labro - YUMMMMMMMMMMM!

Our list of cookies on Saturday so far:

Chocolate chip oatmeal (me)
Double chocolate mint (me)
Peanut butter
Oatmeal raisin
Sugar with peanut butter
Sugar with jelly
Sugar with kisses
Chocolate chip x2
Gingerbread

jenna8984 · December 2015

labro said:

@jenna8984 Well I'm glad you fucked up the pre-made grocery dough shit because that stuff is gross. Baking is so easy! You just follow the instructions!!

hahhahaha I swear to God I have gone on so many tangents about that because every time I follow the instructions they burn. So I do less time and temp like people suggest and they are either raw or still burnt. cookies, muffins, rolls, you name it LOL

[Deleted User] · December 2015

Send me cookies please!!!

BTW, does anyone have a recipe for pasta with a balsamic sauce or drizzle? I'm finding lots of pasta salads on Pinterest, but I was thinking like a hot pasta dish.

labro · December 2015

@CocoBellaF OR you make your own!

You're welcome in advance.

http://www.food.com/recipe/no-bake-cookie-dough-truffles-194116

I also told @Swazzle about THESE beauties. Same recipe, but you shape them into footballs and dip them in melted chocolate.

Swazzle · December 2015

@jenna8984 - I'm not a baker by any means (seriously, have you heard about my green scones before?) but I had the same problem when I lived in my apartment. I think the oven cooked way too hot and I didn't have great baking sheets either which I'm sure didn't help. My oven now is a good one and I have something decent to put things on while baking and it's helped immensely!

labro · December 2015

@jenna8984 That's super annoying. I had a terrible oven at a house I rented in college. I couldn't trust the oven temp. dial so I bought a thermometer and hung it in there to see what it actually was and just baked according to that. For me, whenever I bake a batch of cookies the first pan takes the longest (like chocolate chip cookies they recommend 9-11 minutes so the first batch usually ends up being the full 11 minutes), and then all the other batches take around 9 minutes. I never mess with the temp. because I don't want them to be undercooked. I'd rather bake them for less time/more time and just watch them carefully.

[Deleted User] · December 2015

@labro - There is no cooking at my house right now. The smell of food cooking triggers a puking episode.

We are surviving on take-out and drive-thrus, and H will cook himself a few things to eat during the week while I'm asleep with the bedroom door shut. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to bake my own cookies and shove them in my mouth while they are still hot and fresh. *drool*

@Swazzle is right about the oven and baking sheets. It makes a HUGE difference in baking!

eilis1228 · December 2015

P&R because of a meeting in a few minutes...

@minskat30 Thinking of you and Raj today! Please keep us updated on his surgery! I also really hope you're able to tell your boss your good news.

@Swazzle and @labro I agree with @minskat30-- you both are fabulous and beautiful, but it's really great that you're both joining WW to work on overall fitness. You're both going to kick ass! I know it!

@MissKittyDanger Recipe for those Reese's cookies please! Reese's are basically my crack.

@CocoBellaF I'm sorry you're having such a rough time lately.

My coworker said she craved chocolate milk ALL THE TIME with her first pregnancy, so apparently that's a normal-ish thing?

@wink0erin Good luck with the inspection! Crossing all appendages that it goes well!

@labro DROOLING over all those cookies you guys will be making. OMG.

@peaseblossom55 I had really weird dreams last night too. Must be something in the air. ;-) I have also been craving cookies non-stop... there are so many amazing cookies this time of year. You deserve a cookie at lunch today!

@beachyone15 I think wine on a Monday night is a great idea! It would definitely have been the highlight of my night as well.
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LOL so much for getting into the routine this week! Yesterday was all sorts of crazy, and I only remembered to eat anything at all around 9pm. Oops. Hoping today is better!

My coworker is playing her 90's R&B radio station again. SO MUCH BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC! I love it.

H worked until 8 last night, and then we watched Fixer Upper (our new favorite show) while Zoey dozed. Nice and relaxing Monday night.

We bought a heated mattress pad and a really soft, fancy pillow for me at the BBB registry completion thing Sunday night. I never ever want to get out of bed. Ever. Waking up is so hard now.

labro · December 2015

@CocoBellaF I mean, it's cookie dough so there really isn't a cooking smell per se but I also don't have pregnancy nose.

I just hate all that pre-packaged cookie dough junk.

[Deleted User] · December 2015

@eilis1228 I am all about the chocolate milk right now. Yum. And please for more Zoey pictures.

[Deleted User] · December 2015

@labro - I'm not a huge fan of the pre-packaged stuff either. If there is no smell, I might be able to get away with it though!! I'll check it out, THANK YOU.

labro · December 2015

@eilis1228 @minskat30 Your words are seriously so kind! But I am at least 70 lbs overweight. So yes, while WW is a fitness thing...it's also definitely a weight loss thing. I need to get to a healthy weight otherwise I'm going to screw myself in a few years if I haven't already. Both sides of my family have heart problems, cholesterol issues, etc.

Swazzle · December 2015

@eilis1228 - I asked for a heated mattress pad for Christmas! I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally hope we get it from someone. I mostly love them at night, when getting into bed because it's so cold in the bedroom.

jenna8984 · December 2015

Ok well I gave up a few years ago, now I want to give baking another try! I will get a nice cookie sheet too since mine are pretty crappy. I usually only use them with foil for roasting veggies.

@eilis1228 90s R&B is where it's at!!

@cocobellaf I have been trying to make myself eat a bunch of fruit in hopes that later on my cravings will be fruit (instead of sweets). Don't know if it's going to work...it might backfire and turn me off of fruit haha

minskat30 · December 2015

@labro - I selfishly just want you to be as healthy as possible then because I

you and want you posting on this board until old age with me....but you are still hot.

@eilis1228 - A heated mattress pad sounds divine.

@cocobellaf - Blech, even the thought of cooking food makes me gag. H cooked Indian food yesterday for lunch and when he picked me up after work I could still smell it on him and in the kitchen...I was not pleased. I have to cook tonight (chicken tacos) because H is out of food and I promised I would. I am not looking forward to it. I find if I drink something sugary while I cook it helps though so sparkling grape juice, here I come!

Update: The vet tech called and said they are taking Rajah into surgery now...I should hopefully get a call from the surgeon in an hour or two if all goes well. That was right when my review was so someone on my team switched spots with me (he has a review spot scheduled with our boss this afternoon...he's the nicest guy ever).

labro · December 2015

@jenna8984 @southernpeach89 was eating clementines by the pound when she was pregnant! I think she mostly craved fruit and ice cream over everything else. I don't know if what she ate in that first trimester had much to do with anything. I know I had a girls night with her one time and she was all about ordering a stuffed crust pizza....so yeah.

labro · December 2015

@TwoDimes Omg those Rollo treats look to die for!!! I guess I'll be adding my Christmas baking to the holiday decor AW thread. I definitely do not have the patience for decorating a tree shaped cookie with sprinkle ornaments. Nope, those suckers get dumped on and that's the end of it! So you guys can all laugh at my 5 year old decorating skills.

jenna8984 · December 2015

@swazzle @labro if you're looking for a healthy treat, everyone at my work seems all amazed by my frozen bananas. You just slice them like you would for a fruit salad and freeze in ziplocs. Eat them still frozen and they aren't rock hard at all, they are all creamy like eating froyo.

bethsmiles · December 2015

@Swazzle - I know how you feel with being overweight and just wanting to finally lose it! I will do well for a month and then gain it back, then do good again, and then fail again and it so incredibly frustrating because I don't know how to keep the motivation going. I hope you reach your goals with weight watchers!

ETA: I think you are gorgeous

Swazzle · December 2015

@jenna8984 - Even better than that? Freeze the bananas and then pop them in the food processor with peanut butter or nutella or cocoa powder and you have ice cream

MissKittyDanger · December 2015

@eilis1228 should be the first slide, super easy

http://www.refinery29.com/best-christmas-cookies#slide-1

minskat30 · December 2015

jenna8984 said:

@swazzle @labro if you're looking for a healthy treat, everyone at my work seems all amazed by my frozen bananas. You just slice them like you would for a fruit salad and freeze in ziplocs. Eat them still frozen and they aren't rock hard at all, they are all creamy like eating froyo.

Interesting! I do this (freeze banana slices) for H's protein shakes I make him in the morning so they aren't watered down with ice but still cold. I never thought about eating the slices frozen from the freezer though. Sounds yummy and I have some waiting for me tonight in the freezer.

minskat30 · December 2015

Swazzle said:

@jenna8984 - Even better than that? Freeze the bananas and then pop them in the food processor with peanut butter or nutella or cocoa powder and you have ice cream

Ha! You posted this when I posted my reply to it too...this is pretty much H's protein shake with milk...frozen banana, milk, protein powder and peanut butter. A dash of honey too is nice.

[Deleted User] · December 2015

@minskat30 sparkling grape juice sounds pretty good! Thanks for the idea!

@jenna8984 - I don't think what you eat in your first tri affects any cravings. I've had no cravings so far, just aversions. But eat healthy while you can!!!

Pizza with a white sauce sounds pretty good, maybe we'll end up with that for dinner tonight!!

AlPacina · December 2015

labro said:

Basically everyone should come to @AlPacina's and my house for Christmas.

@labro - FTFY

@swazzle - I'm having a tough time with the 10 pounds I've gained since quitting smoking. I think I might have on of those weight loss new years resolutions this year. The weight shows up so fast but takes forever to go away! Good luck with this round of WW. You are one gorgeous woman!

@minskat30 - You and Rajah are on my mind today. I'm sending you lots of internet love!

@untouchablets - Puppy classes sound like the GREATEST THING EVER! You are so freaking lucky.

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Hi ladies!

I am so jealous of all your baking days! My family doesn't do anything like that. My grandma makes cookies for everyone for Christmas every year, and they are absolutely delicious. I really have no idea what they're called though. She calls them something like "Broomakaka", and Google returns no results, haha. But everyone gets a bag as their present.

I'm glad I checked my e-mail yesterday afternoon because BF's present (luggage) got delivered on our front portch and it turned out the box said exactly what the present was, and had a big picture on the side and everything. Another plus was that I had EXACTLY the right amount of wrapping paper on the roll to wrap up the big box. So there is now a single present by the tree. I also bought a big bow to put at the top of the tree because it is too tall for my topper that I typically use.

We also watched American Sniper last night. Bradley Cooper is one delicious hunk of man.

labro · December 2015

@AlPacina LOL I am dying at your present story. My mom and dad conveniently live 20 minutes away so I just have all of H's presents delivered there. Then I go over and wrap them in secret and bring them back to our house to go under the tree.

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