I was really looking forward to this dinner...

Fondue w/ Apple Brandy

The dippers
baguette
asparagus
cherry tomatoes
homemade potato chips
pretzel rods
bacon wrapped chicken w/ spinach

It looks very yummy and delicious right!?!? It was a big disappointment :( The cheese and alcohol didn't blend together well and it separated as soon as I took it off the stove. I was pretty bummed. The cheese was expensive(Gruyere $16/lb) and I couldn't find the second cheese Emmentaler so I subbed Swiss for it. Next time I will do my usual cheddar/Colby and beer, it always comes out great! The cheese was also VERY salty, I could feel my feet swelling by the time I got up from the table, not a good thing. The bacon wrapped chicken was a new to us dipper, but we both really liked it and will definitely be adding it to our usual dipper list.

I am not sure how much she actually ate, but Hailey really enjoyed this dinner. We gave her a plate with a few of all the dippers and a small bowl of cheese, so she wouldn't dump over the pot and she just went to town. She really liked the pretzels and the tomatoes, towards the end she started eating the chips. She put as much in her bowl as she could and was "cooking", it was hilarious! Christopher of course wouldn't even try it, so he had a hot dog.

Mail round up for the week

I am not sure why I have choosen Tuesdays to be the "start" of the mail week, but anywho....

1 mens Dove deoderant
1 men's Dove body wash
1 $1 off coupon for each of the Dove products
$2 Subway giftcard, this was from Shamrock farms milk company. They had a promotion on FB for free milk, however it isn't sold in stores near me, so they sent me the SW card because they carry indivial Shamrock milks in the restuarants :)
1 free coupon Temptations by Jello
1 $1 off coupon for Temptations by Jello

200 under 200

So, way back when, I was all excited when I got the Hungry Girl 200 under 200 cookbook, however I haven't actually made anything from it til this week. Heres the first 2 recipes:

Scoopable Chinese chicken salad

Obviosously I ate this as a sandwich, which I am sure blew the under 200 cal out of the water, but it was good. I also don't think I got a full serving on the sandwich, so maybe it evens out?? I altered the recipe slightly, but I was happy with the out come. Robert hasn't tried it yet, so not sure what he is going to say yet, it does have a lot of veggies for him.

Bacon-bundled bbq shrimp

This one I have made twice in less than a week! Does that tell you something :) I made it for Bunco Friday night and then again for a appietizer theme lunch party Monday. Both times it was a hit and my hubby complained that I wasn't feed them all to him :)

Todays eats

Breakfast:
Banana
Cinnamon toast crunch cereal bar

Lunch:
1/2 serving of cream or wheat w/ butter, sugar, and a little blueberry jam
2 thin slices toasted Itilan bread w/ blueberry jam

Dinner:
Scoopable chinese chicken salad sandwich w/ swiss
cool ranch doritos

Snacks:
1/2 a 100 cal bag of popcorn(Hailey ate atleast 1/2!)
2 handfuls of mini Robin Eggs

New Challenge

The whole reason I started this blog was to be an accountable place for me to track my weight loss. Weather anyone is actually reading or not, if I have to own up to what I have eaten and how much I have moved everyday I do better! That being said, its time I get back to it. Last time I lost 19 lbs in 10 weeks. A friend from school has challenge me and several others to lose 10 lbs in the next 30 days. I am not sure if I can do it, but I am going to try. I REALLY need to lose some serious weight! Maybe I will be able to get into a routine and stay with it this go around. So starting today I will be posting daily eats again.

So proud of my boy!

This is the letter Christopher wrote(traced) to his friend Ryleigh who lives in Canada! He did a very good job and I am hoping having a pin pal will encourage him to write more, right now it gets pretty hairy when we are working on his actual letter writting practice. We met Ryleigh while in FL back in November visiting my aunt. She was down with her mom visiting her Gma and we actually ran into them 2 out of 3 days on the beach and they played soo well. Christopher talks about her several times a week still, and asks when he will get to see her again :) Such a sweet boy! He told us not to long ago he wanted to go visit her and when I said it would take us probably 2 days to drive there he said "that's ok Mommy, me and Hailey will sleep in the car for you!" I love that kid!

Mail round up for the week

This week wasn't quite as good as last week and actually all this stuff came the same day so it was a great mail day for the one day!


Apple a day response:
2 $0.40 off Luzianne tea products

Other good stuff:
A whole patch of Gerber coupons
a free pack of Stride gum
a free pyrex pot holder(I have no idea how I got this :))

Did anyone else get good mail this week?