snow..blech!

Its snowing out. It was supposed to go from snow to rain before this evening. NOPE! Its snowing hard, and the plows didn't come out until 8:30. Which made my drive home from the airport at 7:00 really fun.

I was smart and got my snow tires put on last week -- however they only put on 2 of 4 because the other 2 weren't good anymore. I haven't bought new ones yet, so driving with 2 snow tires on the back and 2 summers on the front (in a front wheel drive) was an experience. I was doing well until the hill right before Lower Sackville when I went off the road (almost).

Big thank you to the random guy from IMP (who I didn't get the name of!) who was the first driver after 20 minutes of me being stuck who stopped to help. He pushed me on my way again and followed me part way with his blinkers on just in case. Yay for good samaritans!

yummy new sammie

I'm back :) Trip to YYC was great, and a day shorter than it was supposed to be, which was even better. AND I got upgraded to business class on the flight home, which was completely awesome!

Because things were cut short, I didn't get to the pool for the one night that I was there. By the time my boss and I got finished training, and headed back to the hotel, and checked in and ate dinner, the pool was closed. Boo :( But I think I managed to eat ok, ordered salad instead of a regular side with my meal, water to drink with dinner instead of wine. So I'm happy with how it went.

G and I had a laid back weekend. We got together with our upstairs neighbors and played Cranium on Friday night -- SOO much fun, I definitely want this game for Christmas. On Saturday I slept until 12:30 (ops!) and we had another couple over to watch the UFC fights (oh joys...catch the sarcasim?)

I tried a new idea for dinner on Saturday night, since we decided to eat at home instead of going out. When I was in Calgary, I had a reallly yummy quesidilla at Joey Tomatos, so I tried to replicate it at home - it was fantastic.

Spinach tortilla, with a small amount of pesto, goat cheese, BBQ chicken and roasted red peppers. Grilled on the stove until the cheese melts and gets all smooshy. YUM!

Dinners are planned for the week:
Tonight- WW crockpot sour cream salsa chicken
Tuesday: Crockpot black bean and smoked sausage
Wednesday: Baked Ziti
Thursday: Kickin Chicken and Rice
Friday -- who knows!

I start WW at work on Thursday and will be recommiting completley to writing down what I eat. I've been gearing up now for the past few days, but come Thursday I really need to buckle down and do this. 5 lbs by Christmas, thats my goal!

till next time

Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood!

Another gorgous day here in Nova Scotia. A little chilly, but sunshiny and bright, which I love. Particularly when I get home before it gets dark. My body likes me much better when I get some sunlight in my day.

Todays eats:
B: 2 slices of whole wheat bread with peanut butter and lite double fruit jam
L: wholegrain pita with chicken mole/rice mix, 10z of lite chedder cheese and TBSP lite sour cream
D: greek chicken kebabs, roasted balsamic veggies with feta, whole grain pita with tzatiki. Yum!

I'm excited because I've joined WW at work starting Thursday with 14 of my co workers. Unfortunately I can't start until next week, as I'm away this week. But hopefully its the support system I need.

I'm headed to Calgary tomorrow until Friday to do some Respect in the Workplace training. Travelling is always my toughest time eating and exercising wise. But I have my swim suit packed (the hotel has a pool and my ankle is still a little stiff) and I've got some all bran bars and fruit source bars for if I get stuck in the airport. So we shall see how it goes.