Well, I don't have much in the way of pictures to post and we haven't done much this week. We took Kim to John's Incredible Pizza last night, got her, me and Bec in for free, and the total cost for the 8 of us was about 20 dollars... talk about Incredible! LOL... Whoohoo. We had a good time. We ended up going to the Dollar Tree beforehand, we were supposed to meet up at 7:20, but Kim got a ride there, and her ride decided to detour to her house to change before they came, so we decided it would be easier to kill time beforehand than try to sort out how we'd get her the free meal, when she needed a kid to get it (it was a Mother's Day promotion). So at the Dollar Tree we found some really neat sea salt mixtures, one was a BBQ mix, and the other was a Pizza and Pasta mix... they're basically sea salt with other spices mixed in, and they have grinders. So we tried those today, and YUM...
We have been working on modifying our diets some more. Jerry is having veggies every day. We cut up a watermelon this morning and left it out all day for everyone to snack on, and that worked GREAT, because it's gone. It was GOOOOOOOD watermelon, but we ate it a couple of days after buying it, so that may be why. I am probably going to have to do a tiny bit of shopping tonight, because Jerry's out of coffee and creamer, we ate 5 cucumbers in 3 days and are out, we're nearly out of milk... yea. We've gone through a CRAZY amount of veggies. We also finished off a pound of strawberries, and I'm not sure if we still have any grapes left or not. And I probably need to buy some oranges, because I totally forgot them the last time I went to the store. We do enjoy our fruit around here. The kids, however, are getting SICK of vegetables. I've been preparing Jerry a veggie tray just about every day and we've been eating plenty of salads before our meals. Plus, I've simply been trying to find ways to add veggies into things, but I don't typically "hide" them, I just add them into things I might not normally. Like tonight, I made tuna noodle casserole, and it didn't call for any veggies, but I added in frozen broccoli and cauliflower. It was good, but probably had a TON of carbs. If I'm going to lose weight, I can't be eating like that too often. I did get out for a short bike ride this morning, and I've asked for the WII Fit for my birthday, which gives him about 5 weeks or so to find it. I hope he can, I hope he remembers. It can be hard to find. I KNOW for a fact that it's much easier to lose weight when you're exercising than it is when you are just dieting.
On Monday, Alex has her first birthday (WHAT? Where did the year GO?) and on Tuesday, I am going to go in and have some labs done on me to check my blood sugar, my thyroid, and I'm not totally sure what else. Then, at 10, Alex has a doctor's appointment, and then at 2:30, she has an eye doctor appointment. We went on Thursday, but there was a problem with the insurance, so I had to clear that up, and I had to reschedule. At first they were going to give me an appointment that was FOUR WEEKS out! AGH! I've been waiting FOUR MONTHS for this appointment! I don't think I could take another month. I even said in my most "Oh NO" voice "A MONTH?" which was when the office manager found me an appointment next week. Thank goodness. And we're definitely good for the insurance, I already cleared it. Sigh... I just want to know what's going on with her eye.
Well, I guess I'll get to bed and wrap this up. Sorry for the lack of pictures as of late. I'll try to get some in the next couple of days.