And Another One Gone

I so wasn't expecting to drop another pound this morning since I rather took the day off...Unexpected rain showers deterred my leaf raking cardio plans and I just couldn't get up the gumption to pound it out on the treadmill. So off I went for a little more semi-successful Christmas shopping (hubby is proving to be somewhat challenging this year--one elusive item I can't seem to find--grrrr) and then home to a few chores and catching up on the DVR (Project Runway--really?? Jeffrey won??? He so should've gone home like three weeks ago and that jacket was UGH-LEE!! Sorry...just my opinion. And Grey's--which has seriously become so patronizing and pathetic this season. Dangerously close to calling it quits...Bah.) I stuck to my food plan and I was actually *hungry*-ish yesterday...I could've slipped, could've nibbled...fortunately there's nothing really slip worthy in the house--hallelujah, my saving grace! Still, I would've expected that scale to read the same as yesterday so was really very happy to see it go down--again!! Yay! Marching on to another day!

And I'm finally getting back out on the water this morning--I've had crazy withdrawal all week long! Then an email came saying there were four vacant seats yet for the open row--which meant I was the only one signed up, which meant if they didn't fill it the row would be cancelled, and I anxiously waited all day for the cancellation call--but it never came and I be outta here in just a bit to hit the bay!! Hallelujah once more!! Off to see my seal babies!!

I did manage to get a little creative yesterday--another horse I've sort of fallen off of with all the holiday hullaballoo and hustle. My brain has just been elsewhere and time hasn't been my friend--just gone and November has zipped by in blurred blink (Thanksgiving is THURSDAY!!) But I wanted a couple Christmas-y bookmarks and none were to be found at my beloved Barnes and Noble, so, alas, I made a couple!

Just simple and cute, a little Sharpie, a little Derwent Inktense, a little bright 'n happy for my Christmas collection on the nightstand...shazah!!

Delight of the Day!

I did say I was a little hungry-ish yesterday...I've been skipping Bob's "Midmorning Power Boosts" since it usually takes me most of the morning to finish my breakfast items. No, I'm not that slow of an eater, I just typically don't have time to eat everything we're supposed to eat before I have to either go workout or shower or get Bug to the bus, so I split my breakfast up through the morning--which also really helps with managing hunger early in the day. Yesterday's breakfast, though, was a veggie omelet and half a cup of blueberries. Ate the omelet--yum--then had these blueberries just hanging around...I'm not a big fan of eating plain old blueberries by themselves. Squishy. Squirty. Neh. Sitting there in a basket on the counter were three rapidly ripening bananas threatening to be made into bread (another *neh* for Skinny Rules) so the brain got to thinking...blueberries and banana smoothie would make a nice midmorning power boost, still in calorie range since all I was adding to the day (which, truth be told was way under calories to begin with...fine since I wasn't out cardio-ing anything) was a small banana and a cup of Silk...So, plop, plop, zip, whirl, blendify those berries, banana and vanilla Silk--oh.my.heavenly.goodness!! Utter deliciousness!! That's definitely staying on the midmorning menu options for now and evermore!

All rightee...it's time to get moving here. Happy Saturday! Happy approaching holiday!! Happy Skinniness!