My Hubbies Birthday

 

Well today my hubby is celebrating his birthday.  We did not to anything too big since our Anniversary is on Thursday and we are going up to Seattle on Friday.  I did tell him he could request any dinner and I would cook it for him.  My fingers were crossed because I was hoping he would choose something I was good at.  Thank God he did.....Ribeye Steak, corn, and potatoes. 

We were watching Good Eats with Alton Brown one night and he cooked up Ribeyes.  He put a cast iron skillet in the stove at 500 degrees until the oven came up to temp.  Then he pulled the skillet out of the oven and put it on the burner.  You cook the steak for about a minute thirty (depending on thickness) on each side.  Then you put the skillet back in the oven with the steak and cook for another minute or two (again depending on thickness).  Then let the steaks rest wrapped in foil.  The steaks come out amazing.


I was cleaning up m pictures and I found this picture.  This was taken while we were camping last year at the ocean.  I walked down first thing in the morning and th whole beach looked like that.  I love the ocean. 

 

 

On a knitting note I finished two projects over the weekend; my grandmothers shawl and a hat for Patrick.  I am not too happy with the hat.  I think it looks like pumpkin on his head.  He is too nice to give any criticism or maybe he is took scared.  I think my Grandma's Shawl came out really nice. 

Well I guess I should go cut Patrick's Birthday cake.

My husband took this picture last night. The big fat one is Neo and the smaller one is #1. I know not very creative but her sister is #2. Neo weights about 18lbs and is about 3 feet long from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail. His tail alone is 15 inches long. We affectionately refer to him as "Fat Bastard". He's not actuall fat he is just big.

I honestly think we would be very very bored if it wasn't for our three cats. They each have their own distinct personality and can liven up a boring night better than any dog could. Neo is the Large and In Charge. #2 is the Bitch. #1 is the one who rides the short bus.

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I found this posters on a website and I would love to have one or two in my office.  Especially since I work on an Army base.

Weight In

So I went to my WW (Weight Watchers) meeting last nite and weighted in. I thought for sure I had put some weight on. I didn't feel that I had followed the program too well. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I was told I was down 2lbs. I would have been happy with a 0 gain 0 loss. That means I am down 21lbs and only 3lbs away from my 10%.

I know have to start thinking what my goal overall is going to be. I have just focused on getting to my 10% in 5lb junks. The high end of my ideal weight is 186. I can't picture myself at that weight. My hubby likes me with a little meat on my bones. I think after my 10% I will focus on hitting 200 and see how I feel there.

200lbs here I come.

Things have seriously changed since my last posting to this. I have been married for four years to a wonderful man and found a new career.

I work for a local community college supporting the Service Men and Women who what to work towards a degree. I love working with these types of students, it is so rewarding.

I have started to knit again, mainly because I am trying to loose weight (20 lbs so far). I figured if I'm hunger pick up my knitting no a cookie.

I have been married for four years to the most awful SOB on the face of this earth :) No just kidding. He just hid an "annoy-a-tron" from some geek website in our house. It is a small microchip that is programmed to make god awful at random intervals. It is on a magnet so it can be hidden anywhere. I can't find it and my shows come on soon.

Know that I have vented back to my knitting. I have started my first sock and so far I don't see what the draw is. Maybe once I get the feel for it and not stress about it so much I will enjoy it. I have my next sock class next Saturday and I hope to be ready to turn the heal. We'll see.

Here it is....