Day 172: The Day Ami & I Scored Big Time on Craigslist

Bookcases, bookcases for everyone!

• bowl of Multigrain Cheerios in 1% milk (breakfast)
• 2 plain mini bagels w/ salami, water (lunch)
• reduced fat Cheese-its, some TJs pirate booty, a fudgy-fatty, a Smart Kids juice pouch, a piece of Ami's focaccia (snacks at the beach)
• a hot dog, a turkey burger, corn on the cob, lots of water, Sweet & Salty (dinner)
  

Day 171: The Day I FINALLY Rid the Front Lawn of the Dying Azaelas

And oh what a difference! Can't wait until next Spring and the shrubs I will replace them with.

• 2 servings Oatmeal Squares in 1% milk (breakfast, I've been waking up sooo hungry)
• hard salami, lettuce, mustard in a wrap, water (lunch)
• lots and lots of water
• a few bites of Charlotte's tortellini
• lots more water
  
• a salad w/ BBQ chicken, sauteed summer squash, water (dinner)
• way too much Sweet & Salty mix. I think I gave myself a stomach ache
  

Day 170: Our First Trip to the Beach Club of the Summer

What a relief to be cold for once!

• 2 bowls Cheerios in 1% milk (breakfast)
• salami in a tortilla, water (lunch)
• vanilla yogurt w/ wheat germ, water
• 3 slices Adam's super thin-crust pizza, some tortellini w/ marinara, water (dinner)
  

Day 169: The Day We Bid Farewell to Grandma & Grandpa Sota

Adam's parents left today. We -- the kids especially -- were very sad to see them go. I hope we can make it out to see them in Minnesota sometime this year.

• 2 servings Oatmeal Squares in 1% milk (breakfast)
• dry cereal & raisins (sharing Miles' church snacks)
• the remains of my nearly never-ending shepherd's pie, lots of water, a whole bunch of chocolate chips (lunch)
• 2 bananas w/ PB, a Kashi granola bar
• 1 slice BBQ chicken pizza, I'm certain an entire fougasse (made by Ami), some triple cream brie, orange Jell-O w/ oranges, lots of water (Jell-O Sunday dinner @ the Harts)
• DOTW: dark chocolate orange cake w/ homemade dark chocolate ice cream

I don't even want to think about the calories consumed on this brutally humid day.

Day 168: Gay Pride Day at Cherry Grove

A perfect place to bring your mother-in-law visiting from the Midwest. :)

• Kashi granola bar, water
  
• a small portion of the shepherds pie left over from dinner out last night (lunch)
• cherries, kettle corn, a plum, a diet coke, 1.2 kashi granola bar, a grapefruit Izzy, some reduced fat cheese nips
• taco salad w/ 2 tortillas, water (dinner)
  

Day 167: The Day We Got the Great News

... that Adam passed exam 7. HALLELUJAH!! Oh, the sweet relief! He (and I) couldn't be happier.

• 2 bowls Cinnamon Life in 1% milk (breakfast)
• a 1/3 nectarine (Miles' rejected bit)
  
• two slices deli turkey rolled w/ 1 slice deli swiss, a vanilla yogurt w/ wheat germ, water (lunch)
• big handful of tropical trail mix, 1/2 Kashi granola bar, water
• 1/3 of the divine mac & cheese appetizer, a diet coke, about 1/3 of the GIGANTIC (and very tasty) shepherd's pie, bread & spread, a small soft-serve mint sundae (dinner at Public House 49, ice cream at Tina's)

I realize that I have eaten dinner out three times in one week. This is crazy for us. We've just had lots of things to celebrate, I guess. We are going to give up dining out for a few weeks ... or at least try to.

Day 166: The Day Em and I Ran the Wall Street Run

In the nasty, nasty, nasty heat and humidity. A thermometer along the route read 97 degrees in the sun. Y.U.C.K.

• 3.5 pancakes, water (breakfast)
• egg salad on WW toast, a chicken sausage link, water (lunch)
• a cracker w/ brie, an itsy-bitsy cup of banana-spinach smoothie, a cracker w/ cream cheese and a sun-dried tomato (samples at Costco)
• another piece of sausage, lots of water (trying to protein-up before jumping on the train)
• lots more water, a plum, pretzels (snacks at the finish line)
  
• green papaya salad (which I am now officially in love with), seared tuna in a Thai plum sauce w/ wasabi, apples and maybe avocado?, sticky rice (belated birthday dinner at Sook w/ Em post-race)