Do you ever wake up with a certain craving that you just have to give in to??  Usually its bacon wrapped deep fried hot dogs (I am not kidding, we are probably going to try it this weekend – we saw it on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives and we can’t shake it!)

But this morning I felt like . . . .FRUIT!   So I gave in!  Breakfast comes in at 348 calories, 7 fat, 17 protein, 55 carbs and 8.2 fiber.

Grapefruit, kiwi, grapes, peaches and a slice of natural oven bread with smart balance
Grapefruit, kiwi, grapes, peaches and a slice of natural oven bread with smart balance
with 1/2 cup of Tabasco cottage cheese for my protein
with 1/2 cup of Tabasco cottage cheese for my protein

I snuck in a bedtime snack last night when Tony wasn’t looking!  So in full disclosure, I had a serving of pretzels before bed! 😀

I love skinny pretzels like this
I love skinny pretzels like this

I ate these pretzels while I watched a special on hoarders – people who just can’t get rid of things.  This one woman in particular was so sad, her house was filled to the rim with absolute crap, her son is trying to help her, they load up his van to drop stuff off at Good Will – he’s proud of her!  What does she do then?  Dumpster dives all the way back to her house with a van full of crap!

My dad wasn’t a hoarder, but a packrat.  He felt that in due time, everything that he owned would be put to use.  In fact, when I had a birthday party for Hannah when she was five, we had a fashion show theme.  I needed to put up a curtain between the living room and dining room so as to make a “back stage.”

My dad said “aha!”  He went into the basement and came back with a long skinny piece of wood that he attached to each side of the archway, and then we put a sheet over it to make a curtain.  He said “I’ve been hanging onto that piece of wood for 20 years – I knew it would come in handy one day!”

Morning break is over – its more Azteca Soup for lunch! 😀