Menu Plan Monday...a day late

Monday: Hamburgers with chips
Tuesday: Crunchy tacos
Wendesday: Spicy Oven Fried Chicken with salad
Thursday: Soup and sandwiches
Friday: Chili rubbed Pork Chops with green beans

Okay, so I was a day late. The reason for the soup and sandwiches almost every week is that Michael goes out one night a week usually and I don't like to cook for just Cameron and myself.

I FINALLY got my biology test back today that I took on the 16th. I totally did NOT want to see my score when the girl next to me called my name. I didn't feel good about this test at all. I was very excited to see that I received a 93! I got an A! One point lower and it would have been a B. However, if it wasn't for the 7 points of extra credit I would have had a B anyway. Thank goodness for those extra credit points.

I had my WI last week and lost another 1.4 pounds! I am down 6.6 pounds altogether now. I would have done better, but we ate out 3 times last week! They said I must have made some good choices since I didn't gain anything. I think I did too.

Our new addition!

Meet Lucy (at least that is what we think her name will be)

She is a rat terrier. She is 8 weeks old. It's hard to take pics of a moving pup!

Chicken Recipe for Kim

Oven "Fried" Chicken

1/2 cup fat-free buttermilk
1/2 cup cornflakes, crushed
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2 pounds chicken parts, skinned
4 teaspoons canola oil

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F, spray a large baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Pour the buttermilk into a large shallow bowl. On a sheet of wax paper, combine the cornflake crumbs, flour, salt and pepper. Dip the chicken in the buttermilk, then dredge in the cornflake mixture, coating completely. Place the chicken on the baking sheet; drizzle with oil. Bake 30 minutes, then turn the chicken over. Bake until cooked through, 15-20 minutes longer.

Enjoy!

It's Menu Plan Monday just a few hours early...although, if you are on the East coast it is already Monday!
Monday: Oven Fried Chicken with potato wedges
Tuesday: Oriental Chicken Salad
Wednesday: Grilled Salmon with asparagus and salad
Thursday: Spaghetti with meatballs and salad
Friday: Soup and sandwiches

Enjoy!

It's been a week!

Time sure does fly right on by! I never did get my menu up for this week and I am not going to do it this late in the week. You will have to wait for next Monday when I will attempt to post it.

I had my WI this morning and I am down 5.2 pounds! I haven't felt good this week so I wasn't getting in all the food I should be eating, but I still managed to lose weight! Hooray!

I had to take my biology test today. There were 12 questions I pretty much had to guess on. If I got them all wrong and everything else all correct I will have a 76% on it. Not good! There were some extra credit points too so those should help if I get them correct.

I am not doing much today. I need to try to get better. My head feels like crapola! I've been dealing with a sinus problem since Monday and it is making my head and teeth hurt. I hate feeling like this. I was the same way a few weeks ago too. I thought I was over getting sick for the season. Oh well.

So for my agenda today:
Clean house
Read biology lab for tomorrow
Read chapter 7 in book
Watch some shows I have tivo'd
Relax

First Tooth

LOST!

Cameron has been waiting and waiting to lose is first tooth and it finally happened. When he was about 5 I told him he would lost his first tooth when he was 6. Well, 6 came and left and no sign of a lose tooth. He remembered what I had told him and then told me that I lied. I told him I didn't lie, but most children do lose their first tooth around the time they are 6. Yesterday was the day and he was so excited! When I picked him up from school he told me that it was bleeding and that he had twisted it. I told him I would pull it when we got home. He wasn't too keen on the idea, but I told him it wouldn't hurt, but it would bleed. So, he put his head in my lap, I had my kleenex and I just put a finger under it and yanked. It was out. He said hey don't pull it that way, it hurt. Then I told him it was out and he had to feel it to believe me. Then we had to clean his mouth out and put some gauze on the site to stop the bleeding. He put his tooth in a bag and right under his pillow it went!

I'm a LOSER!

Wahoo! I had my weigh in and lost! I lost 2.8 pounds...I was hoping for more, but considering I didn't work out at all I'm good.

Today is a day of cleaning. I am determined to get my scraproom clean. I haven't had too much motivation to do it and things keep piling up in here. I will do it after I get home from picking up Cameron in a few minutes. The rest of the house won't take too long to pick up since it usually is pretty kept up.

Sorry

I forgot to post the Monday Menu list...so here it is a few days late


Monday: Soup and sandwiches
Tuesday: Parmesan Chicken with brocolli and salad
Wednesday: Shake & Bake Chicken with green beans and salad
Thursday: Spaghetti with meatballs and salad
Friday: Turkey Chili with cornbread

I got my test back on Tuesday! I got a 98!! I was so thrilled. I am not looking forward to the next test I am taking next Friday. There is so much information and the instructor was so motivational when she said that most people do not do well on the second test. She says it is the hardest one. I guess I will be doing LOTS of studying this weekend and all next week to prepare.

I'm going in to meet with an advisor today because I had them evaluate my former college classes to see what will transfer. I ended up having 37 credits transfer and I won't have to take the psychology or English, but I think I really should take the wrting class because I haven't written anything for a class since 1992! I am sure there will many papers I will need to write during my schooling and I could use all the help I can get. So, essentially I am going today to see what they advise.

I have my WW weigh-in tomorrow. I think I have been doing pretty good. I guess only tomorrow will tell.

I am still working on Beary's sweater. I'm almost done with one arm then I have to start the other. It isn't hard once I get started, but I am using the smallest needles possible when I first start the arm and it really hurts my hands!

Bears sweater

Here is the little sweater I am working on for Cameron's bear Beary. I tivo Knitty Gritty on DIY network and watched a bunch of them after class yesterday. So, I downloaded the pattern, ran to Roberts for some sport weight yarn and came home to start knitting. I stayed up until 2:00 in the morning trying to fix something I messed up on, but ended up starting over this afternoon. So, here it is so far...it is a pretty red, but looks pretty orange on my screen.

Hello!!

Not too much to report today. I took my test last Tuesday and won't know the results until this Tuesday hopefully. I liked it when I took my math tests I could just get the instructor to correct it when I was done, but I can't do that with this one. Oh well, I just have to wait a week or so to see how horrible I did. Actually I didn't find the test too difficult, but that sort of scares me. I could have either done really well or really bad. Alot of the class thought the test was pretty hard.

I would love to report that my scraproom is all cleaned up and organized, but it really looks worse than it did in the picture last week. Hopefully I can work on it today. I had plenty of time to work on it yesterday, but I ignored it. Both Cameron and Michael were gone Friday night and Cameron came home last night. We pick up Michael at the airport tonight. Cameron went to Moab to go jeeping with a friends family. He had fun, but he said he thought they were going to die. He must have gotten that from Cindy! She told me she is never going to do that again...I guess I really don't want to know what happened. Michael has been in Orlando since Friday for a business conference. He says he can't wait to be home.

I finally took the plunge and joined Weight Watchers. I am hoping that you all will be seeing less of me now. I've just been so bummed about my weight for so long that I just had to do it. I prepaid for 10 weeks so I need to stay commited. I know I can do it!

I know I said I didn't have much to report and here I am rambling on and on and on. On that note, I booked us a short trip to Disneyland next month! Cameron is so excited! We were supposed to go last March, but Michael had his accident in December so it was postponed. We are driving and only staying for 3 nights, but I think that will be plenty of time and we can always go again if we need to some other day.

I've been knitting again. My fingers are aching from lasts nights adventure. I finally finished a scarf my mother-in-law wanted me to make so now I am just making something fun. I'm trying my hands at a fair isle sweater for one of Camerons teddy bears. I will post pictures along the way. This is my first time using 5 needles to knit with. Talk about confusing.

Ok, I am done. I am going to shower, get to the grocery store and come home and watch The Devil Wears Prada!