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The Verdict!

I survived two weeks of no sugar. On the 15th day, I had a brownie, which wasn't as good as I was hoping it would be so perhaps the two-week detox worked.

On to February --> Drink more water.

January 28, 2010... Note to self: Keep looking for pedometers.

New Year's Resolutions

So instead of having one resolution that would have been put in place on January 1, 2010 that will probably last all of three-weeks, this year I decided to do monthly resolutions that will hopefully turn into lifestyle reality. Not sure what each month will be at this point, but so far so good.

For January, I decided to work out at least four times a week and eat less sugar (cookies, cake, brownies). A coworker, who is a fitness buff, suggested that I go through a two-week sugar detox. He had done this previously and it worked for him so why not. Today marks day 12, only two days to go.

For February, I'm going to drink more water. Currently, I don't drink nearly enough.

For March, I'm going to start taking at least 10,000 steps a day, but before that buy a pedometer.

April - December - to be determined.

Some of these will include more date nights, saving more, and taking vitamins.

January 16, 2010... Note to self: Research pedometers.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

So this year with Keith being able to come home, I decided to put up the tree, with the help of mom and dad, and decorate Bruno in the process.



December 5, 2009... Note to self: Stay away from Walmart during the holidays.

Thanksgiving

Here are a couple of pictures from Thanksgiving this year.

Mom, Dad, Gene and Bee


Bee


Mom and Gene


Cooking with Jim, Mom, Dad and Bee

Bruno's Signature Look

One ear up, one ear down.


December 4, 2009... Note to self: Ask Santa for some coordination for Christmas.

A different take on meatballs

Florentine Meatballs
(adapted from Rachel Ray)


Here's what you'll need:
1 box frozen spinach
1 1/3 lb ground turkey
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 large egg
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup grated Parm cheese
3/4 cup bread crumbs (I used Panko)
Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Here's how to make:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Defrosted spinach and ring out water.
Place turkey in a bowl and make a well in the middle of it.
Add the spinach, garlic powder, egg, milk, bread crumbs, Parm cheese and salt and pepper to taste.
Mix well and form into 12 large balls.
Place on a non-stick cookie sheet & drizzle with virgin olive oil.
Cook for 20 min in the oven until cooked through.

I topped them off with a little marinara sauce. Next time, I'm going to try Italian breadcrumbs. These seemed to be missing something. The recipe did call for onion, but we all know my aversion to those.

November 15, 2009... Note to self: Eating three meatballs is one too many!