Restaurant and Grad Class #2

Well, restaurant #2 was Joe & Joe's in Pearl River. Big portions of food, mostly Italian style, and it was yummy! The BF and I enjoyed it but think we still prefer the food at another Italian place up the road.

I had a great time this past Sunday at the Pearl River parade, my friends are great! I can't say I watched a lot of the parade but the social aspect of the day was fantastic. Plenty of Guinness and sunshine. Diet...what diet?

Tonight Officer BF and I will be heading upstate with the possibility of a 3rd new restaurant. (Yay!) There will definitely be relaxation time, which I desperately need. It was tech week here for our middle school show so I'm tired. Staying at school until 8 is wearing on me but it's almost spring break!

Plans for this upcoming week off...running, gym time, catching up on DVRs, healthy cooking and rest. There's the possibility of a trip to Cake Boss in Hoboken and hopefully some time with the girls also. Oh, and that all gets ended with 2 days of graduate class #2...woo hoo!!

Restaurant #1

Finally, a new restaurant!

I went out with Katie last night, to Woody's Parkside Tavern in Sparkill. It's restaurant week so for $28 each we had an appetizer, dinner and dessert. The food was excellent and the company was outstanding! I had steamed clams in a red curry broth, homemade papparedelle in a duck ragu and a spiced pear and ginger bread pudding. (Not such a good meal for the diet!) We also had a waitress who cracked us up, she was so chatty and conversational about everything. She was also very focused on "her boss" who she referred to at least a half dozen times. It was refreshing to hear an employee talk so nicely about their employer.

I made it to the gym Monday...Thursday is looking like my next chance to get there. Thursday is also parent-teacher conferences at school so it'll have be a quick workout. Saturday is going to be New Class day! Not sure what it's going to be yet, but maybe spinning.

Diet is going alright. I haven't gained any lately, just trying to get through this week with that goal. Starting Friday it's back on the "losing" track.

One more bag going to Goodwill is in the car and ready to get dropped, just have to do it.

Oh, Deer?

March 2nd Update....February go the best of me but I'm back on track. However, I made some awesome cakes (Andy's b'day cake is the pic today.) went on a great mini-vacation with the BF and ate EVERYTHING! I'm starting to feel much better today so I'm here for an update at the end of month 2. The BF is very supportive and we're trying to support each other. My resolutions 1-3 line up with stuff he wants to accomplish as well so it's nice to have a partner. Maybe it's time to share this blog with more people...

1. Lose 20 lbs
I'm still at 6 down...14 to go. I started back at the gym today after a week's break.

2. Cook 20 new recipes, 10 of them must be healthy.
So far I've cooked 6 new recipes, the icing for class is definitely NOT healthy, but it's useful. The brussel sprouts, beef burguignone (sp??) chicken spinach wraps and

3. Run a 10k in under 1:03
I've had pneumonia the last week or so. I got back to the gym today and have started strength training on top of cardio. I'm hoping that will help me in the big picture but I HATE it right now!

4. Read 20 books that qualify as literature, not brain candy.
"Gung Ho!", "The Spanish Bride", "The House of the Seven Sisters", "The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry" I'm also trying to start a book club which will help in this endeavor. Next up...The Winter Prince. I've actually been trying to get through it for a few weeks but reading for grad class and life overall gets in the way.

5. Try 10 new classes at the gym or workouts
Starting some strength training....

6 Complete 20 credits towards my 2nd masters degree
I am in the middle of my first 3 credit class and registered for the next. I'm hoping to take 3 more classes over the summer to get myself to 15 credits by the time school starts in the fall!

7. Be able to play at least 10 chords on guitar
Oh lord....so totally haven't started on this one!

8. Give away at least 10 bags of stuff to charities
I've given away 1, started a 2nd bag which I'm hoping to give away soon.

9. Try 10 new restaurants
Very behind on this one...mostly because of resolution 10!

10. Spend 10-20 minutes every week working on budgeting in an effort to save more and spend less.
I'm doing pretty well on this one! I still look upside down because of the classes I paid for so far but I'm planning to be better about saving and have opened a 2nd savings account to help me organize my $ better. I'm feeling better about my finances even though they don't show improvement quite yet.