Mr. Mom

Today I had to meet with my school group at Barnes and Noble to work on our discussion topics. It was pouring down rain, and I had tons of cleaning to do (as always on a Sunday) but knew I was committed to this meeting today. On the way home from our meeting I was thinking about how much I was dreading tackling all the chores I needed to do, plus spend a few hours working on my school work that will be due by tomorrow. I walk through the door and am pleasantly surprised to see that Gabe is still taking his nap. Time to get to work, or so I thought!

Gary had taken care of EVERYTHING for me! This is a list of what he did in the 3 hours I was gone: take the sheets of the bed and put them in the washer, put new clean sheets on the bed, finished washing/drying the sheets then starting a new load, unloaded the dishwasher/filled with dirty dishes, cleaned the garage, finished the second load and started the third, scrubbed the toilets, and vaccuumed the WHOLE house (including the bedroom closets!). There was nothing left for me to do! How did I get so lucky today? Also, I have leftover soup for dinner from last night, so I don't even have to cook dinner tonight! So that leaves me time for this blog entry and fun time to mess around with facebook. However, I do need to start my schoolwork, but when I am done with that I am done for the night. What a wonderful unexpected gift! See husbands-we don't want jewelry and flowers! We just want some good old-fashioned help around the house!

Friday Results

How cute is this cartoon? Anyway, still feeling like a huge balloon, I stayed true to my word and stepped on the scale this morning. Not too bad-188.4. I was still hoping for better results, but since this is probably the worst week of the month to weigh, I will take what I can get. So now since I bought this new digital scale (it keeps track of weight for up to 5 individual people) I have lost 6 pounds. I would say that is in about 5 weeks. Since I started blogging about it, I have lost 3 pounds. To make things clear, I am counting my initial weight with the new scale at 194.4 pounds. So 6 pounds total loss so far. I will be anxious to check next Friday, because I know the results will be so much better. Also, for extra incentive I am allowing myself prizes for every 5 pounds lost. For the first 5 I bought myself some new makeup. I am not sure what to do for the next 5...I have 4 more pounds to figure it out, though. I am thinking I will probably need some new shoes by then!

Perfect Healthy Snack

This is my best healthy snack discovery yet! We have these at work among our healthy eating snacks at the switchboard (a program put on by one of our health conscious employees), so I bought one for the first time yesterday. Wow! It is so flavorful. You can't totally tell from the picture, but that dark brown top layer is exactly like the filling in the Little Debbie Pumpkin Smiley faces they have during the fall season. Then on top of that is a layer of chopped pecans. Yum. The majority is the regular kashi type granola which is equally as tasty. The nutritional info is perfect, too. Only 120 calories, 4 whopping grams of fiber, and 3 grams of fat. This would probably equal 2 Weight Watcher points. Great snack when you have a sweet tooth. I know we all struggle with our weight at some point, so I thought it would be fun to pass along a fun snack choice. I need to check out their other flavors.

On a similar note..
Tomorrow is another weigh in day. I think I am going to officially change the weigh ins to Friday. Analee was right; this way I can splurge on something over the weekend and still have time to make up for it during the week! check in the morning for results-dun, dun, dun...

Results again...

It is that time again. I was scared to step on the scale this morning because I just wasn't feeling thin. Water weight, big dinner last night, etc. So I was sort of happy to see I still lost this week, but not much. Today's weight is 189.0, a .2 loss from last week. I am going to try again Friday when I think I will have lost some of this puffiness and water retention. But I remember this from weight watchers. Some weeks are great, some not so great, and any loss is a loss. I wish I had my old weight chart to look back on and see how the weight loss fluctuated. Anyway, I was hoping for better results, but I will take this small loss. Check back for Friday results-

Gary's Answers

Here are Gary's responses about me to the same questions. Not too bad. A couple could have better answers, but overall I am impressed. Except for #18!!!! Wrong! And about the food I don't like. There is really only one food I don't like-collards


1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
Friends or 90210

2. You're out to eat, what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Ranch

3. What's one food he doesn't like?
pinto beans, beans in general, doesn't like the texture

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order?
Diet Coke

5. Where did he go to high school?
Voorhees. NJ

6. What size shoe does he wear?
8 1/2

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
plastic Walmart bags

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
BLT from SUBWAY

9. What would this person eat every day if he could?
pizza with mac n cheese

10. What is his favorite cereal?
Lucky Charms

11. What would he never wear?
mini skirt

12. What is his favorite sports team?
EC U

13. Who did he vote for?
Obama

14. Who is his best friend?
Gina

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do?
tie between not putting dishes in dishwasher and not picking up clothes

16. What is his heritage?
Polish

17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake?
cupcakes

18. Did he play sports in high school?
No, she cheered. Cheerleading is not a sport

19. What could he spend hours doing?
crafts

20. What is one unique talent he has?
extreme multitasking

Husband Quiz

I answered these questions for a quiz on Facebook sent to me from Ally. The only one Gary said I got wrong is the cereal, but he couldn't give me a better answer, so technically that is right! He eats Cinnamon Toast Crunch ALL the time! I am going to send this to him to fill out about me and I will post the results later. I am scared to see what he puts down! Somehow I'm thinking it won't be quite as accurate as Analee's!!!!



Here's a chance to see how well you really know your husband. Go to Notes and click on new note. Cut, paste and fill in the answers!

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
either the news or the History Channel

2. You're out to eat, what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Never gets salad! On the rare occasion-Catalina

3. What's one food he doesn't like?
Too many to list: mashed potatoes, watermelon, strawberries, bagels!
Meat and potatoes man

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order?
Sweet tea

5. Where did he go to high school?
Jamesville High School, Jamesville, NC

6. What size shoe does he wear?
14!!!!

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
he collects everything..shark teeth, old bottles, you name it

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
Subways Spicy Italian footlong on Italian herb bread with mustard, toasted

9. What would this person eat every day if he could?
Boss Hogs BBQ

10. What is his favorite cereal?
Cinnamon Toast Crunch

11. What would he never wear?
Muscle shirt

12. What is his favorite sports team?
Carolina Panthers or Ind. Colts

13. Who did he vote for?
Barack baby!

14. Who is his best friend?
Female me, male William

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do?
nag, nag, nag, he wishes I would turn the shower knobs all the way off! drip, drip, drip

16. What is his heritage?
Cherokee/English

17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake?
Strawberry with cream cheese frosting or lemon with lemon icing

18. Did he play sports in high school?
Yes! Football

19. What could he spend hours doing?
Messing around in the barn/garage...wait he already does that!

20. What is one unique talent he has?
He can repeat a joke or story word for word like no one else!

Coughing

Poor Gabe has this terrible deep, congested cough that sounds like pure rumbling in his chest. It's awful, and I think it is getting worse. He tossed and turned all night and every time he would cough he would start crying. It's one of those coughs that if he could just cough up the phlegm like we can, he would be alright. I wish we could give him some medicine, but I know that is totally out of the question now. I will still probably give him some Tylenol tonight to help him sleep. He hasn't had a good night's sleep since Sunday. Also, maybe the humidifier with the Vicks vaposteam will help. I heard you can give honey, but I think that is more to suppress the cough than to help make it more productive. Does anyone have any other home remedy ideas to pass along?

Then I made the number one cardinal mistake of reading about this on the Internet. I was just looking for some tips, but after searching now I am worried it could turn into something more serious. I will wait it out until this weekend then see how he is doing. Luckily there is no fever-just a terrible cough.

On a separate note, he goes to the dermatologist tomorrow for a check up on his little patch on the back of his neck/head area. We know it will have to be surgically (gulp!) removed, but I guess we will find out when tomorrow. That is a day I am already dreading. I don't know how you do it, Analee!