Premium Me Award & a recipe review.....

My friend Becky has bestowed this award on me and I must comply.

The rules are that I must post 7 things about myself and then award 7 more of my posse.

Completely random things. Here goes:

1. I have a wicked sense of humor. Sometimes appropriate, sometimes inappropriate. I probably could have gone down the stand up comedian route.

2. I never thought I get married, let alone have any kids. I was perfectly content (or so I thought) at being a gypsy with no ties, nothing to hold me back from just doing my own thing. I pictured myself single, living a fabulous single life with a gorgeous man on my arm at all times. Well, I did get the gorgeous man and as a by-product a gorgeous son who I can't imagine life without.

3. I could eat pizza EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.

4. I was such a groupie back in the 80's. Not that I slept with rock stars (well at least not ALL of them....lol), but I sure liked getting backstage at concerts and meeting them. Made some very fun friends and had A LOT of fun times and I'm very glad that digital photography and camera phones were not around. I'd NEVER be able to run for public office....lol!

5. Scrapbooking is the longest I have ever had a hobby. I alway liked doing artsy fartsy things and even scrapbooked back in high school, but my "art" would ebb and flow depending on what I was into, such as pastels, ceramics, stained glass, watercolor, painting. I've stuck with scrapbooking the longest.....13 years.

6. I am a closet fashionista. Life has played a cruel joke on me. When I was younger I had the body to wear ANYTHING, but no money. Now I have the money, but my age and my body have betrayed me.

7. I'm a beauty product junkie....shampoo, bath products, skin care, makeup. I love trying new things and I rarely stay loyal to one brand. I'm not a snob about it though, as I will use drugstore products as easily as higher end lines. My favorites:

Shampoo: Suave, Garnier
Bath Products: The Body Shop, Bath & Body Works, Basin
Skin Care: Olay, Kiehl's, Jergens
Makeup: Revlon, Nars, Smashbox and Maybelline.

I've been working from home this week as I have been nursing an abcessed tooth and won't be able to get it fixed until tomorrow morning. The dentist put me on antibotics and gave me some heavy duty pain killers to get me by until tomorrow. Needless to say, I shouldn't be driving when medicated, so I've just worked from home this week. It's better than having to call in sick and just lay around and waste sick time, I'd rather use that for when I'm really really sick, like fever, cold and flu sick.

I felt good enough to go to the gym with Fred tonight. We did 30 minutes of cardio, me on the elliptical and Fred on the recumbent bike and then we came home and made Szechwan Beef & Broccoli from The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook. It was really good. Very, very easy.....lean beef, fresh broccoli, onion and szechwan sauce. We paired it was sticky rice, which is not a healthy choice, but I love sticky rice and haven't had it in a long time, so I'm not beating myself up over it.

Forgot to mention when I weighted myself Monday, I was down 2.5 pounds. I don't know if Fred has weighed in or not.

Look who has to be wherever I am...always.... the infamous Mr. Tucker (photo taken last weekend when I was playing in my scraproom)



Now I will bestow the Premium Me award on: Cheri, Janalee, Joellyn(who needs to update her blog..lol), Gina(who REALLY needs to update her blog), Judy, Janet and Becky.