Good morning, and Happy 4th of July weekend to everyone!!
I had a pretty productive past couple of days getting ready for our prefireworks cookout tomorrow. I'm not big on yard work, so had a lot to do, and we cleaned out the garage, and am working on cleaning out the playroom. I washed down the porches and all the outside furniture last night, and this morning baked some congo bars, and cleaned the kitchen. Ds has a party this afternoon, and I'm on call, but even if I get called, I'm feeling like I'm in good shape. Our side street is all dirt, so but nothing I can do about it, so I'm not stressing. It's just dusty when people drive up it, but we can have our waterballoon fight in the front street. One year we had thunderstorms and we might have some tomorrow, so I decided not to wash the floors til after the party.
I thought I'd catch up a little and at least answer the qotds.
Karen-We sat on our porch for breakfast and when I went online and saw your post, I decided to come back out on the porch to catch up. It's is beautiful here.
Hope the whole country has sunshine and warmth for the holiday.
Sue-thanks for coaching this week! We walk down for the fireworks usually right before they begin. I'll put our blankets down early in the morning, though last year, people were putting them down the night before, so I might do it tonight. We go right down the end of bayview ave beside the fenced in field, and that way we get an easy exit home right after, and we sit on my front porch and watch the mass exodus, and all the neighborhood illegal fireworks. Someone just told michael that they were illegal and he couldn't believe our neighbor would be shooting off illegal fireworks.
Friday's QOTD - With everyone going places and attending parties this weekend, does anyone have any foods that they make that are on the healthier side, or that they alter to make them healthier? If so, please share.
Friday's Disney QOTD - Have you ever been to WDW, DL or on DCL during the 4th? If so, was there anything special about that trip that you enjoyed?
Our party does have some healthy choices, mainly fruit and garden salads, vegie dip and fruit platter, and chili. We have burgers and hotdogs, potato/pasta salads, and an ice cream sundae bar for dessert. I made congo bars to go with that. Pina coladas are the blender drink of the day. A challenging day, and I'll over do the calories, but as the hostess, I do find I'm not eating as much as if I were a guest because I'm making sure there's enough of everything out.
I haven't been over the fourth, but it sounds amazing. We did go last august, and after our hot summer here, was amazed at how tolerable the heat was, and having thought before I would never go in the summer, I would definitely go again.
GOOOOODDD MORRRNING LOOOSERRSSS!!!! ZZZZzzzzzz
QOTD, Thursday June 30th: After dinner and before bed is a REALLY tough time for me. What do YOU do after dinner in order to stay on plan? Do you have a snack? What is it? A rule that you can't eat? A drink of water? How do you fight those little demons that say "eeeaaaatttt" when you're watching tv or doing whatever you do at night??
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Disney QOTD, June 30th: What's that one thing that really makes you feel like you're at Disney? A ride? A special walk down Main Street? A treat?
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Evening snacking is tough for me too. I find myself eating sometimes to stay awake and finish a show rather than just going to bed. I need to journal and write it before I bite it. I know I should have fruit, but it's not usually fruit I'm craving, so I like to have popsicles, or ice cream treats. A jello pudding. But really what would be smart is to go to bed.
Magic express is one of my favorite parts of a disney trip. Once I check my bags in Boston and know I don't need to do anything else with them, I know I'm on my way and am on vacation. I don't mind flying, so really that's when my vacation starts. I do love the me bus going under the wdw sign, and our third trip, my friend thought I was nuts, because we were in the front row of the bus, so I was so excited to have such a great view of the sign and got a great picture for once. I think once we're checked into the hotel, and michael is jumping on the bed, I know we're there.
QOTD - What's one thing that you could start doing or continue to do better with on your road to dieting/maintaining success?
Disney QOTD - It's been really nice and sometimes even hot out this week. What's one drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) that you realy enjoy at WDW/DL and where do you find it?
Journal, journal, journal. That is key for me. I have slacked again this week, and realistically know I won't do it til tuesday, so tuesday i'm back to work, and will start journalling again. The other thing I've been pretty good about getting my exercise in, and that has been keeping my weight steady. I know if I can be consistent with journalling and exercise together, I can see a loss, so after the weekend, I'm going to stay focused for the next 7 weeks before my vacation in august.
Margaritas in mexico. From the stand out front, usually, but after the princess, it was so nice to have dinner with Lisa, and toast with a margarita. I had a couple, and got giddy, but it felt great.
Michael would have said the frozen cokes at Pop, if they hadn't gotten rid of them.
Well, back to being productive. Have a wonderful day and a fun weekend.
God Bless America!!!