I finished my garden! (Minus a small corner because I had run out of newspaper. Again!) It needs some more plants, but it's a huge improvement from what it looked like before I started working on it. I wish I had taken a "before" picture.
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| Tex-Mex Turkey Burrito |
Last weekend was a big 3 day weekend for everyone, and I spent a good part of all three days at work. Hooray! That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy myself however. Friday night after finishing laying down the mulch, a friend and I made dinner and watched Water for Elephants. It was a great movie!! I want to read the book now. For dinner I wanted to make something healthy so I made Tex-Mex Turkey Tacos! The recipe calls for beef, but I chose to use turkey. And the only tortillas I had were 12 inch so they were a little bigger then a taco, but still delicious! Yum! I've been putting the left over mix on top of lettuce and eating it for lunch.
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| Greek Pasta Salad |
Sunday I went to a cookout and had far too much to drink. I paid for it dearly during my entire 9 hour shift on Monday. But I got to make my favorite pasta salad and everyone seemed to love it. I'm glad I remembered how to make it since I never write any recipes down. I used wheat pasta, fat free feta and light olive oil and vinegar dressing. Pasta salad without all the heavy mayo? Yes please. (I'll just pretend I didn't wash it down with a couple cupcakes)
Today I tried Zumba for the first time. It was fun, and quite a work out, but boy did I feel silly. I had two left feet, my arms were flailing around and yea, it wasn't pretty. I definitely caught on to kick boxing much easier, but I'm not going to give up. It'll get easier as I learn the moves. Tomorrow I'm going kayaking! I can't wait. It's something I've been wanting to do for a long time and a friend has an extra one so we're going to go out on the Pawtuxet River tomorrow. I better go buy sunglasses and sunscreen in preparation...
I'm thinking of joining an online dating site thing. I've always had a negative opinion of them but the majority of single guys I know now are either too young, unmotivated, douche bags or just...not right for me. I don't know how else I'd really meet anyone. I'm certainly not interested in trying to find anyone through the bar scene and all of my friends are married, engaged or living with their bf or gf. That doesn't leave me with too many avenues to explore. I don't NEED a relationship but it would be nice to feel crazy about someone again and know they're crazy about me too. A friend, a lover, someone to enjoy life with. I'm not in a rush I just think maybe I should be putting forth some effort instead of expecting someone to fall in my lap. Meh...we'll see.
On another note, I've been taking much better care of myself. My eating is still on and off but I started stretching everything morning and night again and really want to try new forms of exercise. Even just stretching makes a huge difference in how I feel. I'm not as stiff and achy and I just feel younger. It's amazing how 5 minutes twice a day can make such a huge difference. Tomorrow I weigh in and I'm hoping I'll be back to where I was at the end of the Biggest Loser competition. I'll try to remember to write tomorrow about my kayaking trip and weigh in.
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