Day 120 & 121 - Blue Plaid and Dark Gray Knee Socks

It was negative degrees yesterday with a windchill of -20. Seriously!!! That's absurd! I left the house for an errand but that was it. It made me so scared to go outside. That most certainly was the coldest weather I've ever been in. Today we had some snow, but it wasn't bad. Suppossed to have a big storm tomorrow night and another 8 to 10 inches of snow. Ug!

Day 118 & 119 - White Sleep Socks and Stripes

Don't have a good excuse for missing the last few days. All the snow shoveling and cold has kinda worn me out and made me especailly lazy. Oh well...

Day 117 - Mismatched Black

Not much to report for today.  My walk to the gym this morning was pretty treacherous.  The sidewalks are covered in a layer of ice. Tried to at least get the ice off my sidewalk cause there's more snow expected for tomorrow. 3 to 6 inches. Eww!! I don't really mind the snow, but I don't like having to shovel more than once a week. That's pushing it.

I swear every time Miles sees the camera he wants to get his picture taken. How could I resist? He's so cute! And Mia's back on her pillow in the background. She's been there for the majority of the day. Really being a cat mush be such a hard life..

Day 116 - Stripes

Mia has gone back to sleeping on her couch pillow. You can see her beyond my feet. She laid off for a while cause I didn't have the right pillow on that side of the couch, but now she's back to her spot :)

I have what some say is a strange habit, but it makes me so happy. Just this morning I thought about how great it is. Took a nice hot shower this morning after the gym. Enjoyed a nice cold diet pepsi while in there. It is such a great feeling. The hot water hitting my outside, then taking a big drink of a cold pepsi. It's great! I almost always take a beverage into the shower with me. And I don't get why people think it's weird. The hot and cold together are a great mix. It's not like my drink gets shower water in it. My shower here has a perfect spot on the window ledge free from the water of the shower. 

Even just drinking cold water in the shower is great. And a super cold beer is almost as good as the Diet Pepsi. Really there's not much that doesn't taste good in the shower. I reccomend drinking a beverage in a bottle or a can.  Glasses are much harder to control. And I'm always afraid of dropping the glass. It's ok to do if there's a sink or ledge outside the shower you can put the glass on. I think everyone should try it, at least once. Maybe you'll become a shower drinker too. Or at the very least stop thinking I'm so weird :)

Day 114 & 115 - Double Pink

Note: Simon grooming Miles on the left



One yucky day in the neighborhood today. Snow, Rain, and Ice. Good thing I haven't had to go anywhere today :) Played some Monopoly on the Wii. Made some soup Mushroom, Tofu, and Noodle Soup for lunch. And dinner of Spicy Chicken Stew is in the crock pot as we speak.

Spent some time watching movies yesterday. I don't think I will ever be someone who likes the Classics. Watched The Bridge Over the Rive Kwai and From Here To Eternity. I couldn't really get that much into either.  Also watched the new Alice In Wonderland. That one at least held my interest, but the story wasn't what I thought it would be. The whole movie was pretty weird actually. Not sure why it got nominated for any Golden Globes.

Watching Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squekquel now. It's as ridiculous as I expected it to be, but at least it's somewhat entertaining. I always liked the Chipmunks growing up. And there was an animated movie Bridget and I used to watch all the time about them Hot Air Ballooning across the world collecting dolls filled with jewels and cash. I can't remember the name of that movie. I kinda wanna watch it again. The new cartoons don't have anything on the old 80's cartoons.

Day 113 - Brown Stripes

Sunday again. Off to bowling in a few hours. Missed last week cause of my arthritic thumbs. Not sure I'll gonna be any good today, but we'll see. Then it's sushi for dinner time. Wahoo!!!

Did a whole lot of cooking yesterday. Made some Baked Potato Soup from scratch. It wasn't hard but just time consuming. Totally worth it though. I also made some homemade pretzel breadsticks. They were pretty labor intensive. Rolling out dough, baking, submerging in boiling water, more baking. They totally turned out great!!! I ate WAY too many of them. Have some to eat leftover too.

Bowling here I come... Let's hope I don't injure my thumbs anymore.

Day 111 & 112 - Blue Polka Dots and Gray Eights

Missed posting yesterday. Had a tiring trip to the grocery store. Carrying in groceries in the winter isn't fun. Made up for the lack of grocery fun by going out to Mexico Lindo for dinner with Steph. Had some Sangria and of course, Chips and Queso. Ended up playing some cards and Apples to Apples afterwards. A good time for sure. Haven't really done anything yet today past cooking lunch and some reading.

Time for Friday's Top Five. I'm a day late, but whatever. So here goes: Top Five Things I Most Frequently Buy at Grocery Store

1. Diet Pepsi - I could die without it. Usually get cans and 24oz bottles.

2. Bananas - I don't think I have ever been to the store without buying a bunch of bananas. I eat at least one a day.

3.  Mushrooms - Even if a recipe doesn't call for them I add them. Anything that has vegetables can benefit from some mushrooms. Got a package of wild mushrooms this time to make a Mushroom soup this week. I always buy the whole mushroooms instead of the sliced.  Feel like they are more versatile since I can cut them in whatever size I want.

 

4. Cheese - I always buy at least one bag of shredded cheese. Yesterday I bought 3. I mostly get the Chedder and the Mexican blends. Really cheese makes EVERYTHING better. 

5. Chicken Broth - Lately I find myself buying it every time I go since I have been making so many soups. I use it in a lot of my Weight Watchers recipes too.