Precooking, More Ikea and Some T-Giving Pics

Yay! So glad you all had wonderful Thanksgiving holidays! It was fun reading your blogs and seeing how each of you celebrated - some with a break, some squeezing in exercise, some vegan, some balancing treats with cardio - very interesting to see how we all celebrated a holiday that has a lot to do with food. :) Here I am, backing up again - short nutshell - here it goes starting with some pics!

Pupper love - my sister Devon with her Sadie girl!

Me with Mr. Reuben!

Mom with Momo and Reuben!


My brother-in-law Zach!

Austin being goofy

My adorable sister!

Me loving on Reuben, naturally!

Austie! (I was in a candid mood - forgive me!)

Yes, that is all of the pictures I took during the t-giving holidays. I realize I suck... Onward and out to....

Saturday: Woke up to Bacon/Egg/Cheese sandwiches! Was feeling pooey and allergy/sinusy so I stayed home and vegged while Austin went back to his grandparents for lunch. While he was gone, I had spaghetti and some of Devon's amazing cream cheese brownies! Austin got back and we showered and got ready to go see Andy and Monica's new townhouse! Before we left I had another snack - triscuits/cream cheese, then we split a leftover serving of enchilada casserole! Then we were off to Smyrna - LOVED their new place. So pretty and brand new - woo! There, I had lots of champagne, 2 vodka drinks and 2 beers. I also had lots of Trader Joe's oyster crackers - amazing! So glad Mon showed us those and had us over! Stacy/Shane came by, too, and we crashed over with baby Reuben in tow. I ended up at 2,382 calories, 233 carbs, 49 fat grams and 89 protein grams. Here's what I ate.

Sunday: Woke up at Andy/Mon's and headed home! Made a supreme pizza when I got home, had two slices of it, and hung out with Austin!

Then we split up - me to TV and Austin to video games! I snacked on popcorn and had some more bites of my sister's cream cheese brownies! Around 5 I was hungry again - Taco Soup for me! With some corn chips, pico de gallo and sour cream. Around 9 I went back down for one more slice of pizza. Heaven! What a wonderfully lazy day.... gotta love them sometimes! I ended up at 1,599 calories, 45 fat grams, 205 carbs and 83 protein grams. Here's what I ate.

Today: Woke up, worked for a bit then headed out! Took the rug back to Rugsmart, went to Ikea for hall closet items and half bath items (can't wait to set it up!). The weather got bad, so I headed back home and met Austin for lunch - spaghetti again - woo! Then I worked around the house - making beds, doing, laundry, doing dishes, cleaning out drawers/cabinets/cubbies and tossing a TON of stuff! Around 4 p.m. I headed to the gym and walked 5 miles burning 252 calories. Then I headed back home and made 4 servings of chicken fried rice, 4 servings of quinoa with garlic chicken and veggies, 4 servings of easy red thai curry chicken, 6 servings of brunch pizza squares and 4 servings of summer garden pasta - WOO! Then it was shower time, folding laundry time and a little bit of blogging (now) before bill paying time. Quite a Monday, especially for a vacation day! Oh well, I did exactly what I wanted so what more can you ask for?! I'm done munching, and ended up at 1,551 calories, 190 carbs, 48 fat grams and 105 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

I can't BELIEVE today is the last day of November. OMG - where DID the month go??! I'm super pumped about December though, mostly because of: more time off, setting up our Christmas tree, my mom and sister's birthdays, our friends Kelly and Ryan's wedding, meeting Mary and Jimmy's baby Emma and Crystal and Jason's baby Grady and the list goes on - this is going to be a great month! What are you looking most forward to in December?!