October 19, 2012

I had to be at work an hour early yesterday morning.  So after getting up, taking a shower, getting dressed, blogging and out the door – I hadn’t fixed anything for breakfast and it was time to go. One of my guilty pleasures?  The sausage biscuit at McDonald’s.  It’s 370 calories, 22 fat, 30 carbs, 2 fiber and 14 protein – and while I know...

I think I am getting into an egg rut for breakfast.  I don’t like overly sweet breakfasts, except for an occasional scone – loves scones – Tony thinks they taste like ass.  I need to make my pumpkin scones again soon! I submitted this picture to Tastespotting and Foodgawker last year – they both said “poor food composition, underexposed, not sharp.”  Phooey – they taste...

My breakfast sammie was so good yesterday, I decided to KERF it and have the same breakfast two days in a row!  On my classy paper plate – breakfast comes in at 387 calories, 12 fat, 31 carbs, 1.5 fiber and 33 protein. I have until November 2nd to get my 170 mile challenge accomplished, and as of Sunday I still had 119 miles to...

We adopted our dog about 12 years ago from a lob rescue.  Before then, I had never had a dog.  Tony, however, grew up having dogs.  I swear it took longer to adopt our dog than it did for me and Tony to get married!  The rescue people were overly cautious about who adopted their dogs.  They even interviewed us separately and asked “is your...

I have never had the cleaning skills as my daughter Hannah.  My Mom and I joke that I don’t know how Hannah came out of me because I was the kid whose room looked like a tornado went through it.  It could be like that for months until I couldn’t stand it anymore and then would do a clean sweep.  It may have lasted a...

Since it rained Thursday night, we had a leisurely morning because we needed to let the roof dry out before I could start more repairs.  I ended up making eggs and sausage, and toast with pepper jelly.  As soon as this jar is gone, I plan to make some homemade – does anyone have a family recipe for pepper jelly?  My Aunt Bea used to...

I had a taste for a bagel, so I stopped at my local grocery store on my way to work – score – the bagels were on sale for .33 cents each!  I went with an everything bagel this time.  Before I left work I microwaved the middle part of my bagel sammie – 1 egg, 2 slices deli ham and a slice of Swiss...

Tony can always tell when I leave the house in a hurry.  I leave cutting boards out with small bits of spinach that didn’t get into my lunch bag, I may leave the refrigerator door open slightly, or leave cupboard doors wide open.  Yesterday I had tons of time, slept great, when all of a sudden I was in a mad dash to get out...

I laughed when I read Roz’s post about having a “McMuff” and then questioning herself on the short name of her breakfast McMuffin! My idea was to shred a baked potato and zucchini, add 2 tablespoons of cottage cheese, and make potato zucchini pancakes.  I really didn’t thing it through that much, but like most things I think of, they always come out awesome in...

I can’t be the only one who keeps the ends of loaves of bread in the pantry.  You take a cursory look at them every once in a while to make sure they aren’t starting to mold.  Or the next thing you know you see this green moldy mass of bread that you somehow forgot to use up. Tony?  He’s a freezer bread guy, and...