After a long week, I choose to reward myself by eating out and having some wine. (ok those who know me, know I love wine and most likely had more than my fair share) I stayed up really late like in to the moring late. Then repeated the same regimine the following day. By Sunday morning, I had completely exhausted my phyisical body with the diet pollutants and was laid up with some version of sore throat. What the heck?!? These were expressed goals I wrote down so I could find my way to thin...in short, I fell off the wagon. This week I am resolved to get back at it....starting now!
"Falling off the wagon" - found from "Phrase Finder"
Also from the archives (search under "fall wagon" for other theories):
ON THE WAGON - "The original version of this expression 'on the water wagon' or 'water cart,' which isn't heard anymore, best explains the phrase. During the late 19th century, water carts drawn by horses wet down dusty roads in the summer. At the height of the Prohibition crusade in the 1890s men who vowed to stop drinking would say that they were thirsty indeed but would rather climb aboard the water cart to get a drink than break their pledges. From this sentiment came the expression 'I'm on the water cart,' I'm trying to stop drinking, which is first recorded in, of all places, Alice Caldwell Rice's 'Mrs. Wiggs of the Caggage Patch' (1901), where the consumptive Mr. Dick says it to old Mrs. Wiggs. The more alliterative 'wagon' soon replaced cart in the expression and it was eventually shortened to 'on the wagon.' 'Fall off the (water) wagon' made its entry into the language almost immediately after its abstinent sister." From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
Ingredients
8 slices bacon
1/4 cup butter, melted
3 cups croutons
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
6 eggs
1 3/4 cups milk
1 bell pepper (any color), diced
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Cook bacon as directed. Drain, crumble and set aside.
Melt butter in the microwave, or in a small pan on the stove over low heat. Spray a 9×12 inch baking dish with vegetable spray. Place croutons in the bottom of the dish, and drizzle with melted butter. Sprinkle with grated Cheddar cheese.
Crack the eggs into a bowl, whisking to break up the yolks. Add milk, peppers, mustard, salt, and pepper, and beat until well-combined. Pour over the croutons and cheese.
Store in refrigerator overnight.
Next morning, preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Remove from fridge and sprinkle bacon on top.
Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to stand 10 minutes before serving.
But it is the sounds of my babies that truly dictate my time. The small movements that rustle the sheets as they stretch in their beds before waking. The heavy breathing as Addie attempts to wake fully. The rush of Tori's legs as she makes for the potty, slamming the bathroom door behind her. Rainier's happy jingling collar tags hitting his silver bowl each time he laps up water. And my all time favorite sounds that makes me jump to the ready is, "mommy." What a beautiful way to start my day!
]]>Stevens Pass Ski Resort is sponsoring a free movie night at the Leavenworth Festhalle. This TGR film showcases the awesome terrain at Stevens Pass and they want locals to come and see it! All ages are welcome. Proceeds will benefit LWSC. Beer will be sold.
We are trying to give recipe and menu ideas each Wednesday. Let me know if this is of interest. If not, we will go back to blogging. Thanks- Becky
Ingredients
24 oz (1 1/2) lbs chicken breast
14.4 oz can diced tomatoes with mild green chilies
15 oz can black beans
8 oz frozen corn
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
14.4 oz can fat free chicken broth
- 3 scallions, chopped
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp Cumin
1 tsp cayenne pepper (to taste)
- salt to taste
Instructions
Combine chicken broth, beans, corn, tomatoes, cilantro, scallions, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, cayenne pepper and salt in the crock pot. Season chicken breast with salt and lay on top. Cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 6 hours. Half hour before serving, remove chicken and shred. Return chicken to slow cooker and stir in. Adjust salt and seasoning. Makes 8 servings.
]]>I have stuck pretty close to the diet of lean protein and high vegetables. Only here and there have I let myself indulge.
My kids see a difference too! Tori said that I looked healthy. I asked her what she meant. And she said, "I don't know, you just look happy. Are you happy?" "Yep!" I answered. I feel good and I am happier than I was 4 weeks ago. It is starting to have a trickle down effect on the rest of my life.
For those of you new to this blog, I started a seperate blog on getting fit. I hit an all-time wieght (just shy of my delivery wieght of my second baby) and realized that at 34 I better get this weight down before I get much older.
In the process, I have found that I need to set time aside for me. I have some pretty significant obligations to others such as kids, home, work, this website - but I have to take care of me first if I want to be efficient at any other tasks. Here is the link to that other blog - Becky's Journey to Thin
]]>The main theme of this book is about divided loyalty…
Marshall comes home from college with his first real girlfriend, Ada. Always having been interested in religion and spirituality, Marshall feels that he has finally found what he is looking for in Ada. Ada’s background is vaguely defined in the book, but as the reader, you get the impression she was raised in a very fundamentalist, communal sort of religious upbringing.
Marshall’s family is very excited to meet Ada, especially his 12-year old sister Megan. Megan’s character suffers from severe food allergies which apparently preoccupied Marshall’s parents for most of his young adult life. The turning point of the novel is when Ada convinces Marshall to feed Megan some peanut butter cookie while they are on a boating trip. This, of course, sends Megan into anaphylactic shock.
As the story progresses, this family is torn apart as they struggle to survive the unimaginable…how do you love both children equally when one purposefully poisoned the other? The husband and wife are divided, the son and mother are divided, the girlfriend and boyfriend are divided, and it doesn’t stop there. This is a very moving book that focuses on the reconciliation of forgiveness and faith.
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