2. I finally got around to posting a recipe at The Virtual Kitchen, the severely neglected food blog started by Suzanne and me back in 2007. Funny, neither of us had posted anything there since 2007. This is an easy and yummy dinner - go check it out!
3. Speaking of food, I'm still able to eat the meal above while on my dress diet. What's a "dress diet", you ask? Well, it's basically an incentive program I set up to lose the extra fifteen pounds I'd gained over the last year or so. My skirts were tight. I popped the button on my jeans six months ago and have been holding them up with a safety pin ever since. So, having not purchased a pretty dress in almost five years, I told myself....if I lose five pounds I get to buy a new dress. If I lose ten, I get to buy 2 dresses. So far I've lost seven pounds and bought myself dress #1, a retro-inspired number that makes me feel like Donna Reed!
4. I'm learning to knit while making my first scarf. Jenn sent me a link to this site, which has been extremely helpful! Knitting is fun, and it's very relaxing...
5. ....but I'm not sure I'll knit beyond this scarf. I'm finding myself interested in too many things. There's so much I wan to learn and do, which certainly makes life enjoyable, but in order to really get good at something I need to focus. And with the new school year starting up I'd like to put most of my time and energy into fun and lively, wonder-filled days for all of us, while honing down my personal interests to sewing almost exclusively.
6. Hopefully there won't be much time for sewing though. Should a baby enter our lives this year....
7. I had something else....but Madeleine's got the scissors!
Have a great weekend, and be sure to see Jen for more Quick Takes!
7 comments:
I can't believe you updated the virtual kitchen! OK, now I'll have to do something there. Your recipe looks delish!
Can't wait to check out the new recipe. It looks wonderful. I hope no damage was done with the scissors...Continued prayers that a new baby will enter your wonderful family this year.
Have a great Friday!
Oooh, we want pictures of the pretty dress! :)
Congrats on the weight loss! Please pray for me as I resume dieting...I was recently diagnosed with an underactive thyroid, and put on medication. (the weight simply was not coming off, despite faithful diet and exercise) I was exhausted, very high cholesterol, etc. Anyway, your meal looks delicious, and congrats again!
So, I get the purpose of the diet but what did you actually DO to lose the weight? And like Margaret I want to SEE the new dress. Maybe it will motivate me!
Lois, I mostly reduced my beverage intake. I realized most of my calories consumed were through drinks - lemonade, juice, soda. I stopped all of that and replaced with water (and a squeeze of lemon to make it taste good). So now I really am drinking about 8 glasses of water a day! And though I ate anything for dinner I reduced breakfast and lunch to solely fruit and vegetables. In fact when I first started I'd bought huge bags of brussels sprouts (which I loved) and ate those alone for lunch. A week of that and now I can't eat brussels sprouts anymore. :)
I'm not recommending anyone eat that way - I do believe complex carbs and a little protien are needed in every meal - but I'm the kind of person that needs to see results fast in order to persevere.
Momof2boyz1, I hope the meds do the trick. My MIL suffers the same problem. I am pausing this minute to pray for you.
Congrats on the weight loss. I would love to see the pretty dress.
I checked out the recipe, it looks delish.
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