Yesterday was a different Thanksgiving but it was fun. Because we had originally planned to go to San Antonio, Texas all of the kids had a spouse Thanksgiving planned that were close. But, they all agreed that they could come in the evening.
We got up and went walking and then I worked at getting some pie crust made. In the past I have made about 10 pies but this year I only planned to make two so life was easier this year.
After I got the pie crust baked we went to have lunch at a restaurant. Larry wanted Chinese but there were not any open that we usually go to. So we went to Golden Corral but there was a line about 20 feet long out the door so we didn't want to go there. We went to Marie Callenders but they had a 35 minute wait so Larry didn't want to stay there. We went to Sizzler's and there was not a line there so we ate there. I had a steak and shrimp dinner and Larry got Salad Bar and then we ate half of each others.
Kirsten texted me that she was ready to come over as we finished up dinner so we went home immediately after lunch.
I went home and started the pie filling. We also put a turkey breast in to cook so we could have Turkey and Rolls when the kids came over. I bought the rolls.
We also had the TV on a" Castle" marathon on TNT. I was surprised that Larry did not turn it to football as he watched the football at the restaurant.
I made a banana cream pie and a coconut cream pie with splenda so Larry could eat it. It was actually quite good. Kirsten brought two pumpkin pies and an assortment of drinks left over from John's family dinner. Heather brought a dutch apple pie and Michelle brought a pumpkin dessert that was topped with pecans and some sugary topping. They were all good. We had the Turkey and rolls with cranberry sauce and cream cheese. It was fun to have the variety.
Taylor brought a game called 'Stuff the Pig' that she had a good time playing with Ryker and Kallise. Erick and Heather had a new game called "Logo" that the Adults played and the older kids played with the Nintendo and the toys downstairs. We had a great time playing the Logo game and the kids seemed to have a good time also. We had a great time and I did not have to kill myself making a bunch of food that we didn't need. And we had more left overs today than we really needed.
I was too tired to write last night so I just went to bed after they left but then I spent about an hour looking at Facebook on my Nextel.
Today we got up and went to the gym. I walked 2 miles and did 5 machines and went .2 miles on the elliptical. When we got home we ate lunch and then I began working on the curriculum I am writing.
I was able to finish Chapter 12 today and get it sent Dana at Northridge Learning Center. I spent the rest of the afternoon studying about the essential types of promotion that I need to write about now. I read until about 5 p.m. and then we ate dinner. As we were eating I realized that we had plenty of left overs for us with the pie that the others left and our turkey and rolls. In fact we had so much food that I ate 53 points! More than double the points I have for a day. Of course I ate three pieces of pie today and one piece is about 9 pts!
We watched a rerun of Elementary while I walked right after dinner.
Larry worked in the yard today raking up pine needles we got from the neighbors at the last windstorm. Then he mowed the lawn to pick up other things. I was thinking that a year ago he would not have been able to do that. It is so exciting how much losing weight on Weight Watchers and getting active has helped us to find the energy and good health we had lost before. We owe Kirsten a great deal for inspiring us to go to Weight Watchers.
Chiska Williams brought the quilt today, that she made for Nathan and Sara from squares that different family and friends sent to her. It is so cute. She really put a lot of time into it. She was a friend of Nathan and Sara's when they went to London. She said that she got to be friends with Nathan because he was the closest to her in age and he came to talk to her when the girl talk with the younger girls got to be too much.
I read some more tonight after we ate and I walked some. So I spent about an hour and a half reading again. Then I walked while Larry watched Pawn Stars. So I was excited when I got 5 pts for activity. Then I recorded my points and figured out what was going on there while we watched the news. I am up until 11:30 again but life is good.
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