Pam- The candy cane sounds YUMMY!!!! Kind of grossed out by the egg nog and pumpkin spice.
TTFN
Well.... I thought the same thing.... but I finally tried the candy cane last night and it was by far the least appealing. The best one was the egg nog flavor, believe it or not. Pumpkin spice tasted like a scented candle sort of. Not terrible, just weird. I would buy the egg nog flavor again, but not the others. I think I'll just stick with lemon or lime for now.
Good Wednesday morning everyone.
I think I got my grocery shopping done. I have a half day today so will come home and make an apple pie. Ds is supposed to make the pumpkin cheesecake. If he doesn't then I will also do that tonight. I think I also have to make some cookies tooTurkey needs to go in about 6 tomorrow morining. Potatoes go in the crockpots about the same time and then stuffing will go in about 8. I can sit and quilt while things are cooking which is nice.
The only disappointing thing about tomorrow is the my mil is still in the hospital. The 2 to 3 days did not incllude the weekend that she was in. They also felt that since she is usually uneasy on her feet that after being in bed for 5 days she should be in rehab before she comes home. So dh has said we are going to bring her some food. That is why I am making the cookies.
If I had my way I would not be cooking and bringing these people food. I am the dil and I am doing all the work. Dsil's bf does nothing. I told dh that if the bf goes towards the turkey to cut more meat dh is to trip him. He did that two years ago and hacked large chunks out of the bird. Then we were not getting any more nice slices. Besides I really don't like him. He is over their house ALL the time and does nothing to help around the house (They have been dating for over 15 years). My sil's don't cook at all and two of them don't even help clean up
Okay enough said. I must keep positive.
Dona.... I think we all understand when you are venting. You do so much for the family.... it is natural to start feeling unappreciated, taken advantage of etc. You do a great job always keeping it positive despite all of that. I'm sure that they appreciate it.
Think about the routines you have in your life. Routines can be big or small. What routines do you have? How do you feel when they are interrupted in any way?
I am definitely a person who thrives on rules and routines. I could talk for hours about that!
I have two different routines, depending on if it is a work or no work day, and whether it is a morning swim practice day or not.
If I have a "plan" in my head for the day and things don't go right, I get peeved, but I think I work around it pretty well.
This chick did a 5K! Took me 90 minutes at 2mph and I burned 264 calories according to my pedometer. I would of done it outside but we were getting wind gusts up to 20 mph!! Yeah, I didn't want to get swept away to Oz
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Nice job!!
We sat out on our patio and had dinner. It was a nice night and we sat and talked about holiday memories from when we were growing up. Now, granted we have a fairly large age gap between us but it was still fun. I told Alan it'd be nice to start that as a Thanksgiving eve tradition, eating on the back deck.
You never know when you are starting a new tradition, but that definitely sounds like a nice one!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy Thankssgiving Everyone
Apple pie and pumpkin cheesecake is made. The turkey is going in oven in a few minutes.
Yesterday afternoon I made the apple pie and made up chocolate chip cookie dough and walnut cookie dough. I will bake those as the turkey cooks. I need to get the potatoes into the crockpots and make the stuffing.
Ds1 made the pumpkin cheesecake after dinner last night. He and his gf are very slow workers. Ds2 and I went out to see the new Muppet movie and ds1 and gf were still cooking when we got home. They also made pumpkin muffins. It was fun to go out to the movies. I haven't been in a while. The movie was fun a mix of old and new. Not an oscar winner but a great way to spend a few hours.
Have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving
How was the movie? I'm still contemplating the Dis-meet/movie that is planned for Nashua, but no one on this thread seemed interested.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Have to go and get started cooking but wanted to get the QOTD up:
QOTD:
It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without stopping to think about what you are thankful for. I am sure everyone is thankful for family and friends and health and jobs but what are some less obvious things that you are thankful for? It is easy to just rattle off the common ones, so take a minute to really think of 3 things in your life that may just be meaningful to you or that maybe you take for granted.
Obviously I'm grateful for my DH's health this year.
I'm grateful that my kids are doing well in school and that they try hard to get good grades.
I'm grateful that I have made such wonderful friends here on the Dis!!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!
Sweet potatoes are in the oven, green bean casserole is up next on my list. Mom is doing the turkey and stuffing.
For dessert we are having birthday cake and pumpkin pie.
I'm going to try to stay on plan today. According to the Biggest Loser Tuesday the average American eats over 4000 calories on Thanksgiving day. That is not good!!! So this morning I had a yogurt and now I'm going to go run while the potatoes cook. At least that way I can eat a little of everything and it not feel so bad. Dinner is at 2 so I'm hoping to squeeze in another run or maybe a walk with the kids after dinner.
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Happy Belated birthday! I hope it was a happy one! Sorry I wasn't here on the day to send my wishes. But I thought of you a lot, especially since it was Dbrother's b.day as well. Nice job getting in a run while th potatoes were cooking!
I totally forgot to update everyone on the soda ban. Today was the day they got to drink it again. DS15 didn't feel well from being sick so he's not sure if it effected his crumminess level, DS11 said he felt kind of pukey after and then was spastic the rest of the day. DS10 said he felt a little gross and it didn't seem to effect DD.
While I'm sure I will allow soda on occasion in the future it certainly made them think of other options. It was a challenge at some places when just about all they had to offer was soda. It was a good experiment. I however refuse to drink soda again. I feel so much better, no bloated stuffed feeling, clearer thoughts, and the headaches have just about subsided.
Today is the start of the Fast food ban, that is definitely going to be a challenge.
If you can put the idea in their heads that the soda is what made them feel lousy (even if it wasn't), you can make a good connection for them that might make it easier for them to resist soda in the future.
Best of luck with the Fast Food ban! It will be tough, but you can do it!
When I mentioned the Dunkin Donut ban to DD she 'bout had a melt down! She will really miss her decaf iced mocha lattes!!!
Hello fellow losers. I'm Deb and I'm your coach for this week. I just got home from Black Friday shopping, we started at 9 PM last night
12 hours later we've successfully conquered all the stores in our area
I plan to take a nap soon, but wanted to pop in with the question of the day.
Did you get the free Disney snowglobe at JCP? DSIL got me one!!
Friday QOTD: Were you able to stay on track over Thanksgiving. Share you successes and your setbacks as we may all learn something from your day.
I feel that I was very successful. I had ham and turkey with no gravy or dressing, some mashed potatoes, but loaded my plate with carrots instead of mac and cheese, casseroles, etc. That was hard to do as we had a big celebration and there were 20 plus dishes to choose from. I allowed myself dessert, but had a very small sliver of chocolate cream pie (1/4 of my normal size and one tablespoon full of a rasberry, angelfood cake dessert. We made a McDonald's stop around 2:30 this morning and I had a grilled chicken sandwich with no french fries. When I got home I made a bowl of oatmeal to fill me up. Hopefully I won't show a weight gain. This may be my most successful Holiday ever.
Glad to hear you had such a successful day!!
Friday QOTD: Were you able to stay on track over Thanksgiving. Share you successes and your setbacks as we may all learn something from your day.
Overall I was reasonably successful staying on my written plan for both days that we celebrated. I definitely had a few more sweets last night than I had originally planned. But I did NOT indulge in any beer or wine either day, so I suppose it was a bit of a swap of calories. And both days started with healthy, OP breakfasts and included exercise, so overall I'd say it was successful.
Next year's plan needs to include a healthy evening snack or meal. That was my downfall last night... we didn't have a dinner planned, since our big meal was at about 2pm.... but by 8 pm I was hungry again and the piece of toast and tea I had just didn't cut it and I ended up eating some sweets I should have skipped.
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Well.... my toast is sitting in the toaster getting cold. I need to get my breakfast eaten NOW since my belly is really growling.
I'll try to talk with you all later!..........................P
I happy to read about your Turkey day. 
I would say that I'm 90% done with shopping. There were a few things that weren't available in our area so I'll have to order online or travel to a city before Christmas. 
And a big BL welcome to our new coach this week, Deb! 
You and your family are rocking the no soda/no fast food thing. 
I got one at Fred Meyer.
I'm in on the PIP plan starting tomorrow. 
on 40 lbs!
We may be between 19 and 31 in age, but we will never give up our kids' table.
We went back to JCPenney to shop for my dad and BIL, but were not very successful. We didn't have a plan for them, so no big deal. We went to A.C. Moore, but my sister didn't find what she needed. She is trying to make my mom a piece of jewelry for Christmas and they are both being fussy. 
We went to Macy's and I got a new pair of jeans there. I'm not exactly happy with the numerical size, the I love the fit! 
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