January 24th & 25th

We're just going to skip the 21st - 23rd, okay? Okay. It's not that I ate horribly, in fact, for the most part, I didn't eat all that much. When I did eat, it was soup. Soup makes me feel less sad. And I just don't have that many jokes about chicken noodles.

Saturday, I slept through breakfast. Then we headed to Lost Rhino for lunch because they have beer. I had a salad with avocado, a handful of nuts, beer (Rhinoel, specifically), and water.

I had a few of Chris' nachos and pretzels. Here he is looking sad. I think it was because he ran out of beer.

Then I went over to Amy's house so Amy, Diana, and I could talk about All the Crazy People. Which took 4 hours because we know LOTS of crazy people. (Not YOU, of course.)

Diana made us a 250 calorie Mexican pizza, which tasted just like the one from Taco Bell. Ingredients were a flatout wrap, fat free refried beans, 2% cheese, Taco Bell taco sauce, tomatoes, and red onions. It was very yummy. Thanks, Diana! #dolo She and I also split a Cran-brr-rita and diet 7-up. Because when you talk about crazy people, you must have pink drinks. It's a rule.

Exercise was Piyo. I should have had breakfast and more water, but I was doing the best I could. For makin' the most of what you've got to work with, we'll give it a Princess Anne. You know, back when she cared.

Sunday I got up for breakfast, then fell asleep on the couch. Nothing like taking a nap immediately after getting up. Continuing our beer trend, we went to Lost Rhino, where we had Non-Shame-Squad-Approved chips & queso and beer. It was yummy.

Then I ate about half of the below pictured pork loin with salsa, black beans, and brown rice.

Then I had another nap. For dinner, I made this super yummy dinner from Skinnytaste--asparagus, eggs, and bacon in a mustard vinaigrette.

Exercise was 35 minutes on the bike and Fitsugar's 10 minute abs. So a better day, but not the best day. We'll give it a Zara, looking perplexed.

Freezer Meal #2 - Maple Pork Tenderloin with Apples

This is the second part of my foray in to freezer meals - the first part can be found here for Cheesy Shells and Italian Sausage. Today we're making a pork and apples recipe adapted from The Pampered Chef. I love this one--it's so easy to assemble in advance, most of the ingredients you likely already have, and it couldn't be easier to fix the day you want to eat it (dump stuff in pan, bake). So yummy. And pretty. Maple Pork Tenderloin with Apples For this you'll need the ingredients below. You probably have the oil, vinegar, garlic, brown sugar, mustard, and bags in your pantry! You can also easily divide this recipe if you usually only cook for 2-3 people at a time (that's what I do when I make it). 2 pork tenderloins , about 2 pounds total - they can be expensive, so pick these up on sale 3 apples - I prefer honeycrisp but use what you like, or take one of these suggestions 1 small red onion 1/4 cup canola oil 1 clove garlic , press...

Freezer Meal #1 - Cheesy Shells and Italian Sausage

A month ago, a coworker invited me to a Pampered Chef Freezer Meal party. I will admit that I went in to it with a little bit of an attitude: " I'm going to have to buy all their seasonings and the meals will be full of processed goo and not taste great ." Four hours of fun, three glasses of wine, $170 for groceries and seasonings, and 14 meals later, I was happily proved (mostly) wrong. Here's how my thinking changed: 1) I'm going to have to buy all of their seasonings - well, yes. This is a service they're offering after all, and I felt like the $70 was more than worth the ideas and ingredients I got, plus not having to do the dishes and getting a free dinner was a bonus! I discovered a few ingredients I would have normally given the "side eye" to, like cherry balsamic vinegar, which costs the same at the grocery store as it does from The Pampered Chef. 2) The meals will be processed - I was expecting lots of Cream-of-Something-Soup r...

Write a Resume that Lands You Interviews

I've shared this advice over the years, most recently when a number of friends & colleagues found themselves hunting for jobs. Both then and now, I've had people reach out to me to say "oh my gosh, this really works!" or "I applied to a TON of jobs, didn't get any call backs, but then got an offer within WEEKS of putting this advice into practice." So look, I'm not some sort of job application sorcerer, and I'm not saying that the current job market doesn't have challenges because it does. I'm just a lady who used to be a recruiter that noticed which applications made it to the interviewed short list and which ones didn't. If you've read my advice before, I've updated it with advice for covering a Covid furlough/layoff, how to use ChatGPT to write resumes and cover letters, and why Indeed Easy Apply is hurting your chances. And yes, this does take some initial time investment up front, as well as customizing resumes and ...

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