Twas the Saturday before Christmas...

and I am sitting at work doing nothing waiting for the phone to ring with someone on the other end wanting to buy a house! It ain't happening!

I am out of here at 5 though as we have confirmed dinner plans with my Canadian neighbors for tonite. Last night Steve and I got some Chinese food and it did not go down well at all! I had about 3/4 of a BBQ Spare rib and 1/2 of a dumpling and that was all she wrote! Stuck! Not sure but I suspect it was the dumpling.

Tonight we are going to the Plantation Bar and Grill which is a great little Bistro about 1 mile from our house. They opened up last June and I have not been disappointed in the 5 or 6 times we have been since. To have a place that is this good within walking distance is unbelievable actually! Normally, we have to drive at least 20 miles to get to a decent restaurant. I kid you not. Even for a bagel, 20 miles! There are places closer, although not that much closer, 10 miles maybe? This is also the place where I had that unbelievable S'mores Bread Pudding, remember? Oh, man...why did i think about that?

My scale is definitely responding to my more protein, way less carbs plan and I am very happy about that! I'm not sure what I will be having for dinner tonight but I'm thinking a little steak and salad. So far my day looks like this:

B: 1 hard boiled egg
L: 3 oz. Tuna salad
S: Click Espresso Protein Drink

Calories: 312
Protein: 42

I went to the gym this morning for a step class and the instructor was 20 minutes late! The front desk came in after 10 minutes to say that she called and couldn't find her car keys but was on her way. Normally, I would not have had a problem with this but this particular instructor is late every single Saturday by at least 5 and sometimes 10 minutes. A bunch of us regulars did not buy the "lost keys" excuse and said something to management. There is a big sign on the door to the fitness classes asking that members be on time, and ready to work-out 5 minutes prior to class start time...we feel that if we, the paying members are getting there on time, the instructor surely should be there. This particular instructor is fairly new, maybe 2months? If this is putting her best foot forward, we are all in trouble!

I am usually the one telling others to calm down, breathe, but today I was pissed. It was a rainy Saturday morning and I would have loved to stay in bed a little longer but I got up and out and made it to the class on time. For what? We ended up doing only 20 minutes of what is usually 45 minutes of a step class and 20 minutes of weights. Some of the others even asked her to do more step and less weights and she just did what she wanted! Than, she even complained that because of Christmas and New Years being on Saturday, she would be making less money this month because the gym is closed. If she keeps it up, we will not be going to her class anyway and she will not have a class!

When I came home from the gym, I made a double batch of chocolate chip cookie dough for my hubs. He has been patiently waiting for me to make them and I just never got around to it since I baked two weeks ago. So, I made the dough, chewed my gum (this trick works great and I dont eat the dough!) rolled up 3 logs of dough in parchment paper and I will be baking them for him either later tonight if we get home early enough or tomorrow after I get home from work in the afternoon. He is so good to me...the least I can do is make him his cookies. I put them in the freezer and he takes out 3, not 2, not 4, but 3 cookies every night and has them as dessert! Who does that? In my past life, I would take 4 cookies. 2 is not enough and 3 is an odd number! This is why he is thin, folks!

3 more days and we are off to Long Island for Christmas! I cannot wait. We are getting there on the 21st which is my daughter Jordan's 20th birthday! I cannot believe she is that old! I, on the other hand, feel & look better than I did 20 years ago...Thank you Band!!!!!