Day Two...

Day Two and still going strong with the LOAD challenge at BPS.

I am not good at being hungry, it sucks and it's making me kind of grumpy.

Leslie tells me that this feeling of starvation and deprivation will go away in a week or two so I'm hoping I can hang in there because right now all I want to do is make that box of brownie mix in my cupboard so I can eat it with a spoon.

Today was the last day of winter break for the kids so we spent the whole day in our pajamas. We (yes even me for a little while) played video games, and watched TV and played on our computers. It was only about 8 degrees outside.

I also made the boys some tshirts with the Avery Iron-On Transfer paper and Star Wars images they picked out online.

Here's some pictures of my very happy boys with their very cool mom creations

The long sleeve tshirts I got at walmart for $4- so pretty economical considering what I would have spent on actual "star wars" wearables. I think I've created a monster though, LOL, because they have found about a million or so other images they want me to make tshirts out of .

For dinner I made Chicken Paella (the Weight Watcher's version) which surprisingly got good reviews from everyone. Here's the recipe

Chicken Paella

made in a slow cooker

Ingredients
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thigh(s), four thighs
2 medium tomato(es), chopped
1 medium onion(s), chopped
1 medium bell pepper(s), chopped
1/2 cup canned chicken broth
3 medium garlic clove(s), chopped
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp ground turmeric
1/3 cup frozen green peas
2 cup cooked white rice
Instructions
Place chicken, tomatoes, onion, pepper, broth, garlic, oregano and turmeric in a 4-quart or larger slow cooker (crock pot). Cover and cook on low setting for 5 hours.
Add peas and rice; cook, uncovered, until peas are tender, about 15 minutes. Yields about 1 1/2 cups per serving (includes 1 chicken thigh per serving

In other news, Rob saw and read my blog for the first time today, apparently he had some time to kill at work because he said he read it in it's entirety. ummmm ok.

Rob " Wow, I feel like I don't know you as well as I should know you."

Me (there is nothing I don't vocalize, but he has a habit of tuning me out) "Do you live here?"

Rob "huh?"

I rest my case.

One of my New Year's Resolutions is to be more grateful so

today I am grateful for

sleeping in until 9:15 (that hasn't happened in forever)

having time to hang out with my boys

spending the day in my pj's

the boys thinking I'm the coolest because of the tshirts I made them

a new healthy recipe that everyone liked

night everyone

It's 2008!!!!

Two hours into the New Year and here I am... Rob and the boys are watching a boy movie, and I couldn't wait to get my first layout done and uploaded to the LOAD Challenge hosted by BPS and Lain at Scraphappy...!!

Here's a picture

I took some pictures of the four of us holding up our written down New Years Resoutions, and decided to start the Challenge with a page about them. Maybe, just maybe this will inspire me to stay with it for more than a week. Last year I began wanting to lose 15 pounds, I even got an elliptical machine for Christmas, but then I sprained my ankle and decided I'd rather use it to hang laundry on while I ate chocolate chip cookies .... this year it's more like 20....must have been all that napping and pie...

Rob challenged me to lose the ok well 17 pounds...I'm going to say how much I weigh...maybe that will help me be more accountable...here goes

137

I want to be 120

I also want to be healthier and for all of us to eat better so I'm going for a whole lifestyle change

could one of you remind me of this in about 3 or 4 days when I'm grumpy and going through sugar withdrawl?

Anyway....ok Rob's challenge...he said if I made it to my goal by the end of May he would give me money...since I like to spend it so much this is a pretty good motivator for me...so I have high hopes

so I joined Weight Watchers Online today which you can do right now for free for 7 days at this link

and found out that I get a pathetic 19 points a day....I still need to watch the video and figure it all out. If anyone else who visits me here is trying to lose weight also, leave me a comment so we can link to and support each other...I'll need support when chocolate is taunting me with it's happy little brown chocolateyness

Of course I needed something cute to keep track of my points and keep handy in my purse so I used Lain's idea to make this

she has very good instructions, with witty "Lain" commentary on her blog.

I have cleaned up my scrap area and I'm ready for the New Year!!

Well that's all I've got, I'm getting sleepy...see you well, probably later today...