67YKCEB's SparkPeople Blog

Sweet and Spicy Hummus

Wed, 1 May 2013 16:13:40 EST

I didn't really measure anything, just used a eating table spoon and dumped it in the blender.

1 can of chick peas, with liquid
2 spoons of brown sugar
Taco seasoning (I did not measure, just dumped some)
2 spoons of flax seeds
2 spoons of parmesan cheese ..... it needed to be thickened.

blended really good.

I was kind of surprised that it was good. LOL!!
I have no idea how many calories or what the nutrition is .... I just know tha...

When it rains, it pours ......

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:08:38 EST

AND I CAN'T SWIM VERY WELL!!!!!!!!!

I know that stuff happens. I know this. but why must it happen all at once????
And what do I do in times like this??? I hide and eat. So I'm back to drinking cokes and eating chocolate. (I guess I could be doing worse things) I can't do anything about the problems, but I can give myself a moment of feel good junk. The good thing is all of this craziness has kept me moving so my weight hasn't gone up ..... yet.

And next...

Sidelined again .......

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:09:48 EST

One of these times I will realize that I can't go all out till I drop.
This past week has been beautiful. Perfect weather. Thursday I started cleaning up the back yard. Moving stuff from the back of the house. Friday hubby and I went out breakfast, then to Lowe's for my garden wagon and some plants. Then we came home and I put the wagon together, dumped some more dirt on my garden bed, planted my garden, moved some cinder blocks from the front of the house to around back. Saturd...

The joys of jalapeno oil ......

Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:12:43 EST

.... it really should say the horrors of jalapeno oil!
I made that southern salsa yesterday around 2. I didn't make it the way the recipe said, I didn't have corn, so I used baby corn cobs, you know the kind that is in stir fry. And I didn't use cilantro, cumin, salt, oil or the lime juice. Oh and I had to use a can of 3 beans in stead of just the black beans. But it was still good.

So the jalapeno oil ...... I was cutting up all of my veggies (including the corn cobs.), n...

Foggy .....

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 09:57:48 EST

I haven't been sleeping very well this past week, to much stuff running through my brain, to many bad dreams about the world ending, wars, and monsters. I've been having to use sleeping pills so I can sleep. Well last night I had a cup of sleepy time tea, and put my jasmine oil in the warmer ..... and pasted out. Slept all night. 102
I'm not sure if it was the tea or the jasmine, but I woke up at 8, and I'm awake!

So back to the fog. Hubby gets up around...

New recipe ..

Tue, 2 Apr 2013 11:09:56 EST

I saw this last night on the Food channel. This isn't the same recipe that they showed, but it's close. I'm going to have to try it. They also showed a pancake soufflé that hubby is wanting to make this weekend. That also looked good!

Well that's all from me. This weather changing is really kicking my ears around. So glad I have nothing to do today. ..... It's grey, dreary, chilly ..... PJ DAY!!!
Have a great day!
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Southern Salsa
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Went over my calorie limit ...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:28:24 EST

But it was fun!!!
Hubby and I had about a weeks worth of errands to do that we crammed into one day.
Took his truck in for some major overhaul work.
Had an appointment with a mortgage person.
Had an appointment with our financial guy.
Had to decide on flooring, counter tops, appliances, lights.
Look for fruit and nut trees to replace the 3 trees we had cut down.
Had to talk to our bank.
Check on his mom.
Get new clothes.
Lunch.
Desser...

sun shine and flowers

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:38:02 EST

I'm sitting here thinking what have I done in the past few days to blog about.
???????????????
I've been staying within my calories,
been moving my body,
I get to spend 5 days with my hubby,
get to pick out new flooring for my kitchen (my next project!)
????????????????????????????????????????
???
OH!! I KNOW!!!!!

THE SUN IS SHINING!!!! The birds are singing!! The flowers are still blooming!! So I took a trip around my yard to find some t...

We're down by 2 .......

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:25:57 EST

...... I think. LOL!
I did a bad thing, well not really bad, just a human thing. Last summer/fall I lost 10 pounds! Had just 10 more to my goal weight. Then over the holidays I let my guard down and gain it back plus 2. Yes I got sick. And yes I got sick again. But just because I got sick did not mean that I could eat as much food as I wanted to. Or sit on my bottom and do nothing.

But the bad part is that I didn't even keep up with what I was eating. I had no clue ...

Just chillin ....

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:14:54 EST

This weekend I have done nothing. I mean nothing. I haven't even cooked supper. It's been rainy, dark, dreary, windy, chilly for the past few days and I think that has dampened my mood. .... I'm not sad or anything, just kind of blah. I watched 5 hours of tv Saturday night. .... 5 hours straight! curled up in bed! Today .... Nascar and Walking Dead. .... Oh wait! I did help hubby fold some clothes and I rode my exercise bike for 25 minutes. But that is all. But I've kept my calorie...

THE PROJECT!

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:45:41 EST

Finally!! It's done!! I still got a few stacks of paper that I need to go through and take care of. But it is done and I like it!

This the before. messy, messy ...

And this is my hodge podge shelves .....

And my poor foyer. ..... it has to house all of my projects messes ....

Well I really didn't want to talk to him (Mr. D.), Mr. D can be a downer and usually talks about the people that we wo...

On to plan C .....

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:53:00 EST

Or is it D? No wait I think I'm at H now.

Redoing this office space is ..... well... it is keeping me crazy busy and thinking. Thinking cause I keep having to change how I want, no wait, how I have to do this.
First was the boards ... I wanted wall to wall shelves but would have to get 10 foot boards and then cut down to 9 and a half. And they were like 3 dollars more than the 8 foot boards. So I got the 8 footers.
Then the painting ..... At first I was going to do...

I'm starving!!!

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:15:42 EST

Note to self ..... DO NOT HAVE HOT CHOCOLATE WITH BREAKFAST!!! I have been starving all day. At no point today have I've been full or even not hungry. .... and it's only 3:45 in the afternoon!!!!!! Looks like it's veggies and more veggies and more veggies for supper tonight. Cause I'm all ready at my calorie limit! AND STILL STARVING!!

I got up this morning with the intentions of running to a couple of stores before my lunch date. Well that didn't happen. I have a dead batte...

Change of plans.

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:21:25 EST

Well hubby is home today so that means if I'm a nice wife I will stay out of his way and let him rest. He has been working 10 -12 hour days, 6 days a week for 4 weeks now and is dogged tired and all he wants to do is sit and be in front of his Xbox. (he might get 2 days off this week, woo hoo!) ..... And because I am such a nice wife I'm not going to vacuum. I'm going to move to plan B. Which is my new book shelves.

I have to unload the old ones. Clean off the desk. Move s...

Best corn on the cob ever!!

Fri, 8 Mar 2013 19:09:12 EST

I couldn't think of how to let as many people as possible know this wonderful way to fix corn on the cob, so I'm doing it this way.

While at the store today I meet a Gentleman that was buying some bell peppers and corn on the cob. His hands were full, mine weren't so I got that awful plastic bag for him and and held it open while he put his corn in it, and told me the best way to cook it.

You cut off both ends and leave the husk on and microwave it for 3 minutes per co...

What a short day!

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 19:32:56 EST

Today started off pretty much normal. ... and I wasn't dizzy, so that make 3 days in a roll! I had just finished eating my bagel when my daughter came in and we were talking about her going to summer youth camp when my phone rang. It was my big brother. no big deal he calls a lot. Till he ask if I could come and get him cause he just wrecked his motorcycle.

Panic!! oh wait ..... He's talking to me so that means that he is ok. So he tells me were he is, I throw on some clothes ...

How to be supportive while pigging out.

Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:04:35 EST

...... I had to ask myself that a few weeks ago. And the answer that I came up with is that you really can't without being a hypocrite. And I really hate being a hypocrite. Kind of like that saying "do as I say, not as I do." Which is another one of those things that I hate.

How can I sit here in my chair and be supportive while I'm eating chocolate, drinks sodas, munching on chips and crackers and GAINING weight? I'm sorry, to me that's like an over weight fitness trainer ...

Product review ... powder peanut butter

Mon, 4 Feb 2013 14:55:03 EST

Had to run to the store today for a few items and I saw this new display for healthy eating stuff. So I stopped to see what was there and I saw this jar with a tan powder in it with "PB2 with premium chocolate" on the label.

So I read " Savor the secret of chocolate PB2. Superior quality peanuts are first slow roasted then pressed to remove 85% of the fat and oil. We then blend the finest cocoa beans for a...

Bragg liquid aminos ...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:50:03 EST

..... all purpose seasoning from soy protein.

One of my cousins is a diabetic and he wants to control it with his food intake and not insulin. A couple of years ago he started changing the way he was eating and did really good. I think he got off his insulin even.
Well the other day we were on face book and was talking he mention that he has gained back some weight and his diabetes is acting up again. And we started talking about different foods that we need to star...

13 Healthy foods to try in 2013 ....

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:27:42 EST

I was on Pinterest and saw a pin ... "7 cheap recipes that use chickpeas" and it was from Sparks. So I opened it ....... OH MY GOODNESS!! There's 76 different recipes!!

There's recipes for Bison
and Buckwheat
and Cauliflower
and Chickpeas
and fresh chili peppers
and fresh picked berries
and grapes
and kale
and lean pork
and miso paste
and multi grain pizza dough
and new-to-you ancient whole grains
and two-for-one ...

I broke down....

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:42:21 EST

And had a glass of liquid calories. ....... 39 well a 12 ounce can.

Between the sugar screaming at me and my stomach getting upset cause of my vitamins I had to do something. I knew that just eating a piece of fruit would not work. (and a little worried that that might come back up.)

Since having the flu when I take my vitamins in the morning I get sick. I'm not sure why. At first I thought it was a new one that was causing the problems, so I stop taki...

Time to get back on track ....

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:12:23 EST

And relose the weight that I gained over the holidays from the weight loss over the summer and then lose the other 10 to 15 that I want to get rid of.

Kid is back home.
I'm feeling back to myself.
Nobody else got the flu.
Holiday junk food is gone .... I ate it.
To cold outside to make new book shelves that I want.
Don't have the money for any inside make overs.

Hmmmmmm sounds like I don't have any excuses not to get back on track.

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The flu has come and gone.

Fri, 4 Jan 2013 15:54:45 EST

Well I got the flu. Kind of figured that I would since my daughter had it before Christmas. I starting getting a sore throat on Monday. Really thought I was getting strep, which I get a lot. So I'm watching a movie with hubby and son and feeling worse and worse. I take some Tylenol and went to bed at 7. I slept like crap. So I get hubby up at 7am to take me to docs, still thinking it's strep.
Well I don't have strep, I got the flu. YAY me! Got some meds. Went to bed. Hubby woke...

Happy New Year!!

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:12:43 EST

First ...... I want to wish everybody a happy new year. I hope that all of you stay safe tonight and if you do drink, please, please don't drive. My wish that 2013 is full of laugher and happiness. I hope that you have good health and that you reach all of your goals. I hope that you have everything that you need and a few of what you want and that your cup is running over with love.
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Second ..... What I want to accomplish today ....
Get the Christ...

My sewing project. .... with pictures

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:47:08 EST

Background .... My mom is a quilter, you know the kind that just makes you wish and dream to be half as good as that person. Well she has sewn for as long as I can remember. When the 5 of us kids were little she made a lot of our clothes. Yep she is that good. Well she taught me and I took that class in High School so I know what a needle is.

So last spring she wanted to go to a Quilt Museum that is in Paducah, KY, about 2 hour drive. She didn't want to go by herself and I was...

woke up with a bad attitude .....

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:59:49 EST

Well this morning for some reason I have a bad attitude. ~maybe cause I ate half of a pecan pie last night and I feel guilty. ~ ..... It was so good! Hubby makes me one every year .... yep just for me. He made it on the 22, so I'm really surprised it lasted this long. I was sitting here playing Sims3 and eating it out of the dish ~ which is a bad thing ~ and before I knew it there was only a few bites left and I didn't see any reason to put it back in the fridge so I ate them too.
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Out and about and other thoughts .....

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:56:57 EST

First I am really enjoying my fitbit. If you can afford one that records your sleep you should get it. Seeing how often I move or get out of bed at night is eye opening. I'm thinking about getting hubby one, just so he can also keep up with his walking and sleep. My fitbit told me that last night it took me 8 minutes to fall asleep and I wok up 26 times. One of them was when hubby woke up to go to work, the other 25 times I don't remember. So far today it says that I've taken 3000 + st...

What is this white stuff on the ground?

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:18:22 EST

Good morning sparkers!! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with their families and friends.

Here in the south it started raining around 3 in the afternoon. And it was still raining when I went to bed. And it was cold and windy. Well the radar showed snow to the west of us, but that doesn't mean a whole lot. A lot of times when a storm hits the Mississippi river, the river sucks out all of the moisture so we don't get anything. But this morning, at the crack of dawn, hub...

"Twas the Night Before Christmas"

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:17:27 EST

A Visit from St. Nicholas
BY CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds;
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a lon...

Thoughts on Christmas past.

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:22:17 EST

Yes I'm up early. I woke up at 7 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep, I just went ahead and got up. Made some cinnamon crescent rolls (crescent rolls with cinnamon, brown sugar and butter inside of them. Rolled up little end to big end.) checked out face book, emails, got caught up on sparks, showered, so now it's blog time. (oh and I only need 140 more points to my next level.)

We didn't go to church again this morning, I haven't been in a month. With daughter getting...

Just getting the points

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:52:42 EST

I'm 200 points from my next level so .... that's what I'm doing , just bloging to getting to get the points. Don't really have anything to rattle about today.

Oh my daughter is in the kitchen!! YAY!!! She has been in her room for 7 days straight with the flu. She is much better today. But still not over it. And with Christmas in only 3 days we will be missing the family get togethers. ...... And I'm ok with that.

Don't get me wrong I love my family and even hub...

Where did the year go?

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:01:59 EST

I had to run to the store this morning and not really thinking about it being almost Christmas .... like in 4 days!! When I pulled into the parking lot and saw that it was full it really hit me that this year is almost over. Where did it go? What did I do with it? I can't say that it was wasted on working, cause I quit working last Christmas. So what did I do with it?

I joined Sparks in January and met some wonderful people.
I lost 10 pounds ..... then gained back 4. <...

Lessons learned from cleaning

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:11:25 EST

Good morning ya!! Well I guess it's really afternoon.
I learned something yesterday while cleaning my bathroom. (that I didn't get cleaned all the way.) I really don't need more storage. I just need to throw away the junk.

I spent all day yesterday in my bathroom. Well not every minute. Castle was on all day yesterday, so I was watching that and cleaning and waiting on the kid with the flu. (She is being nice to the rest of us and staying in her room, but that means...

cleaning house ......

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:24:33 EST

I hate cleaning my house. I mean I really REALLY HATE IT!! To the point that I put it off as long as I can. There are just so many other things out there that I want to do other than clean some thing that is just going to get dirty again. And since I'm the only one in this house of 4 adult humans and 6 animals that cleans ....... Well gets rather frustrating.

I've known people that love to clean. To the point that that is all that they do. And I can not understand that. ...

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:02:55 EST

I just want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa or whatever you celebrate during this holiday season.

I know in my neck of the woods it's unChristian to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." Well I think it's very Christian to recognize that there are other holidays going on at the same time as the celebration of Jesus birth. And to wish somebody Happy Holidays is wishing them a happy time, a joyous time in what ever Holiday they c...

and the numbers go up ......

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:16:40 EST

What happens when you order pizza, make brownies .... 3 times, buy a 5 pound bag of chocolate, drink hot chocolate and cokes?

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Leaked fixed ....

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:53:49 EST

Wow I can't remember when I was on here last. It's been a bit crazy here.
A few years ago we discovered the rain would come in under my son bedroom exterior wall. Not every time it rained, just sometimes. And it started after we had siding put on our house. I call them and had them check it. And they said that it wasn't from the siding. So I called a contractor to come out and find the leak. He thought that it might be coming from the siding so he used some caulking and charged m...

Selenium .... Are you getting enough?

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:19:41 EST

I'm not. and I take a 7 vitamin supplements.

Today when I logged my breakfast of frosted flakes (I know bad choice.) and my lunch of apple and peanut butter, I looked to see where my nutrient level was. I didn't think it was too bad. I had numbers on everyone of the nutrients. Then I added my supplements. And I like those numbers even better.

But my Selenium was low, 27 percent. I only have 1 more meal and snack left for the day, I don't think I could get 73 per...

Just a day.

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:51:21 EST

Today is Sunday. A nice quiet day. With a cold front coming in. Rain should be here in a few hours. Hubby is asleep. He was watching Napcar. And I'm just sitting here with the tv on and surfing the net.

My church meets in a metal building that during the week is filled with inflatable jumpers. Well with this cold front coming in, it's nice and windy today. This morning while the band was playing and everybody was singing everything was normal. But when we stopped to pray .....

just some pictures of my hats.

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:00:49 EST

One of my friends asked if I would post a picture of my hats. So instead of just posting them, I'm doing a blog of some pictures .... that way I get the extra points. LOL!

This is just a basic black. I think I used Caron simply soft. I love that yarn. Don't like the price, but I love the softness.

This one I think is a c...

fitbit ....

Wed, 7 Nov 2012 14:28:54 EST

I'm thinking about giving myself a fitbit ultra for christmas. for those of you that have one,
do you like it?
Is it accurate?
Do you have problems connecting on line?
Is it worth the money? (cause I can buy a lot of clothes for 100 bucks.)
any other thoughts?

Thank you so much for your input. I'm really on the fence on this one. I have the Nintendo Ds game Walking, but it doesn't always read my movements. .... especially when I'm riding my exercise b...

85 hats

Tue, 6 Nov 2012 18:44:41 EST

For years I was crocheting baby blankets and giving them away. Then 2 years ago I started going to a new church and asked the Pastor if he would like to give visitors with babies a blanket. Well he said that there really wasn't a need for that and that we weren't getting a lot of visitors with babies. He suggested that I make hats and give out to homeless people. Well he hurt my feelings, cause I wanted to give blankets out at church, not go running around trying to find somebody that wo...

The back yard ...

Sun, 4 Nov 2012 16:36:58 EST

We have a nice big chain linked fenced in yard. And I thought it would be nice and pretty to let the honey suckle grow on it. Then not only would it smell wonderful but it would be green and would give us privacy. (since we live in the burbs.) That thought would have been great if I had maintained it. Well I didn't. So instead of just having honeysuckle growing we also had trees and wild grapes, wild rose bushes, morning glories .....

A couple of years ago hubby and son cl...

My front yard ....

Fri, 2 Nov 2012 15:45:57 EST

I've seen these pictures of these fields (big yards) that are covered in flowers and have always thought it was pretty but knew that hubby would not like it and would mow them over. The other day I came across another picture of a field of purple flowers and it had the name of the flowers and said that they were an early spring flower and gone before mowing season. ....... ?????

The other day while I was picking up the rest of the mulch that I needed to finish the flower beds I...

Breakfast .....

Thu, 1 Nov 2012 12:22:09 EST

This morning I was wanting some thing ..... but not my post GrapeNuts cereal or oatmeal. So I decided on an egg .... But how?
Then I came up with this. ....

1 large egg
1 ounce of milk
7 grams of garlic & butter croutons
2 slices of honey ham lunch meat
1 ounce of shredded cheese.

Mixed the egg and milk together, add croutons, let soak.
Diced the lunch meat. Added to egg then cooked in a non stick skillet.
Sprinkled with the shredde...

So .... who won?

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:27:31 EST

Today has been a nice quiet day.
We made it to church this morning ... yay!
Started me a stewy soup to eat for the next couple of meals, the kind that has a little bit of everything in it.
Took my laptop into the living room to watch Nascar with hubby. .... That way I could do some sparking and be with him and watch the race. Just me and him, nice and quiet. He kept getting bored so he would go into the other room and play on his pc, then come back and check the race whil...

My day with my hubby .....

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:56:07 EST

Last night I went to bed around 9, well I should say I past out around 9, Benadryl does that to me. So I woke up early this morning .... 8:30. While I was laying thinking about getting up, cause it was cold and the bed was soft and warm, I was thinking about seeing if hubby wanted to go to Starbucks for coffee and a scone when he got up. The more I thought about it, the better it sounded. After a little talking into we head out. But instead of pulling into the Starbucks he pulls into Bo...

My voice ....

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:22:50 EST

I have a voice!!! Well ..... I have noise!! Sounds like a seal ..... with a motorcycle mixed in. Hubby says it's my "sexy voice." He so ain't right. I'm feeling way better and Hubby went back to work and stayed. He feels better too.

Today I actually did something! SURPRISE! hehehehehe!!

Way back when I had to get a new toilet for the hall bath because is was leaking onto the floor. Well the water got under the vinyl flooring so all of that had to come up a...

I love fall!!

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:30:19 EST

The sky is a bright clear blue.
The trees are brightly colored.
The air smells fresh and clean.
I love to sit and watch the leaves dance their way to the ground.
Watch the breeze pick them up and send them across the yard.
Or listen to them as they run across the road.
I love the chill in the air.
But I hate the storms. The wonderful violent thunder storms that bring the tornados. I guess that is the bad with the good.

Yep that's it. ...