Oh My Aching Back....

The suite that our administrative office is in is going up for sale, there are only two of us up there now...Barb & me, so we'll be moving downstairs to a new office ~ we'll still be roommates which is good because we just laugh & laugh all day!!!

We've been trying to pack things up and get rid of things that we don't need, unfortunately in the medical field charge slips, insurance payments, hospital cards, and anything patient related has to be kept for a minimum of 7 years as it is part of the medical record. We are slowly migrating over to electronic medical record which will be nice for us because, everything will be scanned in....so today we packed up 54 boxes of billing slips and insurance payments and moved them out near the door for the storage company to come and pick up ~ YIKES, my back is killing me!!!

I'm toooo old for that stuff!

We're getting ready for another deep freeze up here, we've been having a heatwave ~ 24 it got up to 24 whole degrees to day!!! Get out your swimsuits!! I'll have to see what's playing a the movies this weekend because I cannot take another night of just hanging around :/

Well, I'm off....going to sit with the heatingpad liek a little old lady :)

Until tomorrow, Be Safe & God Bless!

Yankee Pot Roast.....

This is stick to your ribs GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD & guess what it;s healthy for you :) ~ I'm trying....



It was so nice to come home and just have to serve it up, heat it up & eat it up!!!!! I was in comfort food heaven.

Here is the recipe, very easy.

2 ½ lb lean rump roast
2 large onions
1 lb baby carrots
8 medium potatoes, quartered
1 packet onion soup mix
1 bottle of beer (I used MGD 64 it’s only 1 point for the whole bottle) or you can substitute 1 ¾ cup water
1 ½ tbs balsamic vinegar
1 tbs chopped garlic
Pepper to taste
2 tbs flour
Roasting bag
Day before pour beer into large bowl or freezer bag. Add soup mix and garlic & vinegar, mix together. Pepper up the roast and put it in the beer mix to marinate overnight.
Next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat inside of roasting bag with flour add roast & veggies. Toss together gently so you do not puncture bag. Put bag in roasting pan pop in oven cook 2 ½ - 3 hours until roast is cooked to your liking.
Makes 8 servings @ 1 cup of veggies & gravy and 2 slices of roast (slice roast into 16 equal slices).

Enjoy!

Thank you everyone for your well wishes, I let Billy know that so many folks back her in the States are so proud of him and all of our Guys!

Well, I'm gonna' scoot...Until tomorrow, Be Safe & God Bless!

Promotion........

These two faces were keeping a secret from me.....


Billy's Boot Camp going away party...

Yes, that's right Billy was told during his Christmas 96 that he had earned enough points and that he was going to be promoted about 2 months ahead of schedule, the CWO is scheduled to be on leave at about that time and he wanted to be the one to pin Billy's new Corporal Chevrons on! So, Billy being excited told his dad, but asked him not to tell me just in case something happened, it was pushed back or whatever...well, he called again Friday night to tell his dad that it was a go and that he would be calling me up on Sunday night right after being pinned on ~ he read me his Corporal Warrant, not that I can remember what it said because I was crying to much!!! I am so proud of him!

He is going to use his Grandpa's Chevrons and will have them sewn on his dress blues very soon, he also has his Grandpa's Chevrons that are pinned on the Cammie's and that's what CWO pinned on Billy this morning :)! Grandpa was very happy and also very proud, this is Billy & Grandpa Thanksgiving 2007. Just in case you were wondering, Grandpas name is "Billy" too, he's Jr, Mr. P is III, Billy is IV. His great grandpa was Sr. and was retired Navy, he would have been so proud!



Well, that's it for tonight....Nikky and I are going to schedule some type of girls get together so that we can kick the wedding planning into high gear OH BOY!!!!!! SO EXCITING :) :) :) :)...I can't wait to see her in her gown :)

Tomorrow night I'll post up another healthy dinner option ~ Yankee Pot Roast...

And remember stay tuned for a "Sunny Day Give Away"...details coming soon to a blog near you!

Until tomorrow, Be Safe & God Bless!!

Comfort Food Low-Cal Style.....

Well, if you read my blog last night you know that we had "The Last Supper" ~ and boy was it good!!!! We did play Scrabble and yes I did try to cheat, Mr. P wouldn't let me keep the bag-o-letters near me...he wouldn't let me pick them either ;) he forgot to take them when he ran in the kitchen to grab his cigar cutter.... Z, Q, X all mine!!!


I had to change into my PJ's and robe, I was so cold ~ plus I just love my PJ's & Robe!

We had Cognac & Ginger Snaps with our cigars, I only had a little one, vanilla & brandy flavored...Mr. P smokes those big giant things ~ we call him tony Soprano, LOL!

Well, now let's move on to today.....it's hard to keep "Diet" food interesting so I got a new Weight Watcher cookbook and tried out a few new recipes (I like to cook a few things ahead so that I'm not faced with that when I get in from work)...

Sunday Dinner was....

Old Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie

1 medium onion, chopped
2 cups of mushrooms (I substituted an additional 2 cups of fresh green beans as I DO NOT EAT FUNGUS)
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp Bells Seasoning
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cups frozen mixed veggies
1 cup chicken broth
3 cups cooked chicken breast
2 tbs flour
1/2 cup fat-free evaporated milk, divided
4 reduced-fat crescent rolls, unrolled ( the package makes 8 rolls, I just sealed the other 4 up and will bake them up to go with dinner, over the course of the week)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Coat large pot with non-stick spray, add onions & green beans (or fungus if you are so inclined), and cook until tender. Stir in seasonings; add mixed veggies, broth & chicken. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.
In a small cup, combined 1/4 of the milk with the flour, stir it into the chicken mix. Cook until thickened, once it thickens up stir in remaining milk cook for another few minutes.
Spray pie plate with non-stick spray, spoon in chicken/veggie mixture. Unroll crescent rolls and arrange around in side of pie plate to form a boarder (there will be a hole in the middle, that's o.k.)!
Bake until rolls are golden brown and filling is bubbly, about 15 minutes.
Serves 6



It was very good!!!

Oh, did I mention it snowed again today....



I am so ready for the beach...which reminds me, I might have to do a Sunny Day give away ~ Stay tuned for more details!!!

Until tomorrow, Be Safe & God Bless!

Send A Man To Do A Woman's Work....

And he'll wear woman's shoes......



Hehehehe, I couldn't resist making this picture!!! I was busy "plating" our dinner & I asked Mr. P to take Ms. B outside (I used to carry her out when she was a baby & I go out with her now every time ~ anytime RAIN, SNOW, HEAT, SUN, WIND....you name it) if you don't go with her she just "fools around" & doesn't do what she is supposed to be doing...and since it had snowed again & we have had snow showers all day Mr. P didn't want to get his dainty lil' feet wet!!! Those size 12's stuffed into my ladies size 7.5's OH MY GOSH!!! I just had tooooo, LOLLOLLOLLOL!!!!

Well, I have been threatening the BIG D word for a few days now so I figured I'd cook Mr. P his "Last Supper" of sorts..... Fillet mignon, baked stuffed shrimp, oven roasted potatoes, green beans almondine & a bottle of champagne, dinner was good… now for~ cognac ~ cigars & a friendly game of scrabble…..Mr. P is in BIG TROUBLE!





I cheat at this game ~ I pick out all of the high point letters, my family finally caught on..I tried to keep the letters in a zip lock bag until the figured out that I looked before I picked ~ now I try to FEEL the letters, I am soooo BAD!!!

Before I scoot, Nikky & Mike gave me a gift card to my favorite store "TICKLES" for Christmas, it's a gift shop & I could just spend hours in there and that's exactly what I did today!!! See what I got....



I just LOVE Vera Bradley bags, I have to admit when it comes to my handbags & shoes I am a snob...sorry it's a vice, I kicked smoking but I can't kick shoes or handbags LOL!

Well, off to BEAT THE SOCKS OFF OF Mr. P ~ HEHEHEHEHE!!!

Until tomorrow, Be Safe & God Bless...

P.S. ~ Cindy or Ganky, please ask Tracy to pass on the names of the video workouts she has??? PLEASE!!!!! :)

French Meat Pie.....

It's customary to have a French Meat Pie or Tourtière on New Year's Day for good luck! So I decided to make one & boy was it GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! I made one for my friend Mary too, her mom passed away last Sunday she had been sick for quite sometime & Mary's son Mark wasn't able to get home from Iraq in tome for the wake, which was tonight and her funeral tomorrow ~ so I thought she could use a bit of luck for the New Year!

It's very easy to make....

1lb ground turkey, beef, or pork

1lb of breakfast sausage

4 large potatoes

2 large onions

4-5 stalks of celery

one 15 oz. can of chicken stock

pepper to taste

Bells seasoning or sage if you don't have any Bells to taste

pie crust (I cheat & use ready made or crescent rolls, I stink at making pie crust)

saute onion & celery in some butter until soft, add chicken stock and ground meat & pork sausage, dice potatoes and toss in. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer, let it simmer away for about 30 minutes. Mash really good with a "masher" add seasoning to taste...If it still seems a little bit "watery" add some instant mashed potatoes to thicken up (a little trick I learned).

Spoon into bottom crust, top with second layer of crust and bake until crust is golden brown ~ very yummy but not very diet "friendly"...



Speaking of diets....I have been doing really well with watching what I eat but I really need to step it up...Nikky has the Wii Fit and she loves it,it's being aired on QVC (I just love the Q) this weekend and I might snap one up!! But I was thinking about walking or just getting moving and motivational music and then it came to me.....USMC Cadence's ~ what else could be more "MOTO", I might download some and see how they sound, make a "mix" of them and use them to do my exercising???? What do you think....

PT

PT

Good for you

Good for you

And good for me...

We'll see....

Until tomorrow Be SAfe & God Bless!

Good Bye 2009.........

Wishing all of you a Happy Healthy New Year, it's going to be a good year, just you wait and see!!!

Until tomorrow ~ Please Be Safe & God Bless!

See you all next year, I was just dying to say that LOL!

Love Ya!