Sunday Check in

Morning, everyone.

I didn't grade a single paper yesterday. Stupid me - now I'm in a pickle. I have have have to do all of them today. I am a super-procrastinator. Ugh. Grading essays is the part of my job I like least. And writing is the thing all my students need the most. I'll quit snivelling and get to it soon.

Yesterday was a good day. I put a turkey breast - yes, Sheila love, more meat - in the slow cooker. YUM! I had turkey and my experimental squash ravioli for supper last night. And some Bird's Eye (I think) Digestive Health vegetables. Later in the evening I had Fiber One carmel delight - try it! It's good stuff. It was a really good food day for me.

Points: 32 (yay, I was under!)
Activity: 30 minutes Denise Austin DVD, 20 minutes Wii Fit. I did the 10 minute hula hooping which cracks me up, makes me sweat, and leaves me pooped. I am determined to best my best number each time which forces me to work hard to accomplish that. My legs are killing me still from doing Leslie Sansone's Walk Strong 30 minutes the day before - whodathunkit? I need to do it again today so I can work those muscles again. I'm rather skeptical about Ms. Leslie, but I may still become a true convert. I did like that workout.

Why so much cooking lately? Well, I always feel pressed for time to do everything that needs doing. If I can cook things ahead and prepare from leftovers, that is a ton of time saved. We are talking 21 meals here, people. Imagine the variety I can achieve having a pork roast (2 lb) a beef roast (1.5 lb) and a turkey breast cooked and ready to go. All I have to do is find a veggie or other side, heat and go. This evening when I get home from retrieving that Hugh, I will prepare 5 lunches to take to school this week. No floundering and scrounging. I can weigh and measure, cover, and stack. Then each morning I can grab and go. I even bought some bagged pre-fab salad to put into containers. Grab and go!

Experiment ravioli: The wonton wrappers worked, but I wouldn't need to make this again. The squash is fabulous cooked with finely chopped onion and garlic. Then I added ricotta cheese to cream it up. Delicious on its own. I also had it over pasta. It was great. I should go get a couple more squash so I can have this on hand. It's yummy and healthy and feels like comfort food. My son loves eggrolls, so I will use the remaining wrappers for that. I played around with fillings and got him to eat cauliflower and sweet potato because he thought they were just cabbage and carrot. And instead of frying the eggrolls, I sprayed with olive oil spray and baked them. He liked that a lot.

Okay, I'm out. I have to refill the coffee and head for the couch with my papers. I will do at least 30 minutes walking today and some kind of Wii workout as well. Maybe just yoga today. I can't wait for spring. Over night we got freezing rain. Everything is glazed like a fresh donut this morning.

Make it a great Sunday.

linda