the amazing adventures of jen14221

weekend weigh-in

I lost 1/2 of a pound this week.  Bite me.

 

Hard.

 

saturday bobbio photo

I went to a surprise 40th birthday party last night.  Everyone is turning 40 this year.  Including me, bitches!

 

That's the birthday boy in a giant 'fro on our necklaces.

  

And that's me with some of my high school girlies.

friday booze photo

I love Premier's Double Up for A Buck week.

 

It's still like $300 worth of booze.

That giant bottle in the front left of the cart is Asti Spumante.  So trashy!

Come about 11pm next Saturday I'll be drinking that Asti shit right from the bottle.

random thoughts on a thursday

I loathe BJ's.  Why do they make me show my receipt as I walk out the door?  Is it to make sure I'm not shoplifting anything?

I bought two more Tweeds items at TJ Maxx today.  Living in the '90's, baby!

Peter is going away this weekend to visit his girlfriend family.  Me and Will, all alone, all weekend?  Could be fun, could be not so fun.  We'll see.

Working from home = snacking all the live long day.  Also, doing laundry and taking naps.  And making bottlecap trays.  Working from home is awesome!

I think that's about it.

in which my child is forced to eat a new food

My kid is a strange one.  He won't eat pizza, he now rejects french fries, and will consume pasta only with butter.  No sauce, no parmesan cheese, no sprinkly green Italian seasoning.

He will eat baby carrots and green beans, and corn if threatened.

He will eat plain chicken breast (like from a grocery rotterisserie chicken) but only if I melt butter on it and serve it with ketchup for dipping.  He will eat mac & cheese but prefers the pricey stuff that comes in fucked-up shapes like Pokemon and Spiderman.  

He will eat fresh mozzarella balls if served on fancy toothpicks.  He will eat scrambled egg if forced-fed.   Yesterday, he (without much protest, surprisingly) tried a piece a bacon and gagged on it before he could spit it out. 

He would happily eat nothing but chicken nuggets for the rest of his young life if allowed.  Preferably from Burger King, where he can get a lame Kidz Bop CD along with his meal.  Peter and Will sneak the toys and shit from the kid's meals into the house so I won't know how often they eat there while I'm away.  Kind of like how I have my eBay stuff shipped to my mom and dad's in Williamsville. 

Yesterday, he consumed 3/4 of a mini-cheeseburger.  Nine grams of protein in one of these babies.  Progress.

weekend weigh-in

I lost two pounds this week.  I AM AWESOME.

 

As you can see, I have only two weeks to lose 22.5 more pounds to reach my goal of 90 total.  Not gonna happen.  Still, I AM AWESOME.

friday kid photo

Today was the LONGEST DAY ever.  Will had no school (Lockport school system, you are - once again- on my shit list) and he was reluctant to turn away from the Wii for even a few moments.  After awhile, I forced the kid to join me outside to enjoy the gorgeous weather.

We ended up going to Mickey D's for lunch (note to self: you cannot finish an entire Big Mac.  You may try, but you cannot) and to Niagara Produce to buy some seeds.  Coming in the fall: Will's Pumpkin Patch.

(God, please let those pumpkin seeds produce at least one pumpkin.  Thank you.)

We also played the longest game of Bingo ever, in the backyard.

 

He sure is cute here, but cut to several hours later when he got mad that he lost at Wii Boxing, threw the nunchuck on the floor and nearly stomped on it before I whisked his skinny ass upstairs and into bed.  Cue giant sobs.

There will be no Wii playing tomorrow, at all.  I am a mean mom!

i got nothin'

• Last night, I ordered a $22 glass of Cabernet Savignon at the Four Seasons Hotel.  It tasted much better than the free glass plastic cup of red wine I had at the Embassy Suites Manager's Reception.
• I started using Retin-A on my face in an effort to look 'less like 40'.  Apparetnly, this skincare regime works by making all the old skin on your face dry up and flake off.  It's not pretty.
• $8.50 for eight (pretty substandard) Buffalo Wings is lame.
• I am working from home all next week.
• I need a pedicure.  I'm going for one right. this. minute.

weekly weigh-in

I lost two pounds this week.  Hooyah.

 

I'm less than 25 pounds from my goal weight.  Yay me!

friday kid photo

I broke down and bought a Wii last night. 

Will enjoys kicking ass in boxing.  He's pretty good at bowling and baseball too. 

 

I actually bought the Wii Fit a month or so ago, and I'll probably hook it up sometime this weekend.  Coming soon - Jen14421: Wii Yoga Expert.