Scale Back Alabama: Wk 4

Ok, I seem to be trending at only 3lbs lost, grrrrrr! Hopefully, as a co-worker mentioned, I'm losing inches first rather than pounds. That works for me too, so we will see.

Antique Roadshow

One night my husband was watching one of those Antique Roadshow episodes. This prompted him to try another attempt to research our painting that was originally his grandparents. He was able to get someone to interrupt the signature on the painting. So, we now know that painting was done by an Italian artist by the name of Ercole Magrotti. There is not a whole lot of information on the web about him, but we do know he lived from 1890-1967. The painting is not worth huge dollars, but possibly about $800 due to the size. That is probably the most expensive painting that I/we will ever own!!!!

Yard Work

It was a beautiful Saturday, cause the sun was out!!!! I got to do a little yard work cleaning up the flower beds. Our Lenten Roses should be starting to bloom in the next month so I was trying to fix their beds. Also, got to let the dogs play outside with their toys for a little while. Now, I have very sleepy dogs!

Scale Back Alabama: Wk 3

Did not do good at all this week. I didn't even attempt to weigh either.

Tulips

This weekend I noticed that my tulips are starting to come up out of the ground! I can't wait to see what colors I end up with due to us planting a bag that contained an assortment of colors.

Recycling

Today we dropped off some of our recyclables, aluminum and plastics, for the first time at a center located downtown. I feel like I have done something good! It seems like every time I empty a plastic bottle, I'm checking to see if its a 1 or 2 plastic. Looking forward to expanding on my knowledge about recycling and doing my part to communicate to others to get them on board too.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

It was nice having Valentine's Day on a Sunday, cause I got to spend the whole day with my husband! No big plans for us this year. But we did grill filet mignon and asparagus to have with a baked potato and delicious red wine. My hubby does nice work in the kitchen!

Valentine's Day the Movie

Saturday night, Kim and I headed to the movies to see Valentine's Day. This is the movie that had a ton of stars in the cast. It was a cute and funny romantic comedy! I loved the bloopers at the end too.

Tortugas

Last night my husband and I stopped by Tortugas to eat dinner. We had some cheese sticks and ordered a meat pizza which was REALLY good. We will be back for more pizza!

Snow!!!!

Thursday night the weathermen were still reporting that Bham was still in the running for snow. However, at that point they were saying it would be here during the wee hours of the morning. Unfortunately when we woke up Friday morning, there was no snow. So, off to work we went. But, it did start snowing around 10am. I watched it fall from the 16th floor of our office building. A few of us even went outside to play; um I mean take pictures. Then we got the word, the company was going to close at 1pm. Yeah!!!!! Now, I'm at home with all the blinds open so we can see the snow fall.

Are you for real?

The other day I was on the escalator in the food court at work and I overheard these two men who were behind me talking. The one guy asked if Valentine's Day was this week and the other guy stated, "No, its next week. I think the 18th." What???? I thought I should correct him, but decided not too.

Important To Note . . .

that today my husband said " I should of listened to my wife." I asked for that to be put in writing from him, however I don't think I'm going to get it so I have to blog about it for my future reference needs :-)

Scale Back Alabama: Wk 2

Well, didn't do as well this week. Only down one pound for the week with a total of four pounds all together. I did splurge on my diet/healthy eating with it being Super Bowl weekend. Changed my workout to now include me jumping rope. Hoping for better results for the third week.

Super Bowl 44

My husband and I watched the Super Bowl game, Saints vs Colts, as we ate our hamburgers and fries. I was pulling for the Saints and he was pulling for the Colts. I was excited to see the Saints win this game!!! There were a few commercials that were funny, but my favorite was the Dodge Charger commercial.

Bachelor

I don't know why I continue to get sucked into watching the Bachelor, but I do. I have been following along each week. At this point, I think the final two will be Ali and Tenley. But, I have been reading Reality Steve's blog and he has a different prediction.

Scale Back Alabama: Wk 1

Well, I managed to eat healthier items along with smaller portions with some time spent on the elliptical at night. During this week I did suffer from a migraine and migraine "hangover" the next day which impacted my workout schedule for two days. Plus, I have my husband (aka the hungry monster from the weight watchers commercial) making bacon, eggs and orange rolls for breakfast. But, one week into the program I have lost 3 lbs!!! My target goal is 10 lbs, but I would prefer 15-20 lbs.

Thanking My Husband

Yeah, this weekend my husband bought me the New Moon soundtrack!!!! Listening to it as I drive, I mean creep and crawl along 280, to work.

I want that!

I heard on the news that Helena will have a recycling program with Allied Waste where you can get rewards points to places like Publix, Bed Bath and Beyond and other retail places based on the amount of recycling one does. I am so jealous!!!!