no-bake weekend
April 25, 2011

Since my Sunday was going to be tied up with the whole Easter thing, that meant Saturday must be devoted to housework. So for the first weekend since I got the KitchenAid, I did no baking. I'm starting a diet today anyway, so that's probably a good thing. I'm baking next week, though--got to get the scotchies and gingersnaps in the mail to Arizona.

I don't have a ton to say, today. I didn't sleep well at all last night, and am feeling kind of "puny", as Auntie would say. Called early and moved my chiro up a week, since I was in so much pain last night. I got in at 4:45 this afternoon, so let's hope it helps and I sleep better tonight. And that I can move, so I can lose some of this poundage.

Yeah--I'm starting a diet. Weight loss program. Whatever. Going to try to shed some of this poundage, since it's making me miserable. I am a really big woman, and I am generally okay with that. But I know from years of experience that the line between feeling okay in my body or feeling miserable is firmly drawn. And that I passed it 11 bounds ago. I can't really afford a new wardrobe, either, so failure is not exactly an option.

Made it through Easter with my parents, P&E, and JR. I was having a minor meltdown in the am, over my weight gain and trying to find a pair of slacks that still fit. (Quitting smoking has given me another 15 pounds I don't need.) That, in turn, had me jonesing for a smoke, so I went online and posted an affirmation that I would not spend my Easter Sunday agonizing over wanting a stupid cigarette, and that settled me down. Also, I did manage to find something to wear--my biggest navy slacks, and a short-sleeved, fine-guage sweater in heather pink. From last year, and I only wore it once because back then, it was too big!

But we had a nice time at the Polish Center, and the food was very good. Bought my mom an Easter basket with flowers instead of candy--a yellow raffia basket with two potted miniature roses tucked in it. Found it at Sam's for less than $20. She was pleased.

After dinner, we saw the folks off from the Polish Center and headed over to P&E's for a short visit. E was pumping JR for lessons in how to close the deal (she is a very new car sales rep, he's a very experienced--and very good--one) and P took us on a tour of his brewery and winery (a/k/a the spare bedroom) culminating in had a tasting of his latest beer and his first wine. The beer was excellent--a sort of Spotted Cow clone that was just lovely. And his first wine, a reisling, was absolutely a success. On the semi-sweet end and quite drinkable. He gave me a bottle to bring home, advising me to give it another 20 days and then pop it.

We visited for a while and then headed home to spend the rest of the day relaxing. Talked to the family in Phoenix, and the Packers jersey was every bit the hit we'd hoped it would be. According to Auntie, the Midwestern Division of Easter Bunny Industries really came through.