She Says She Will
Happy Monday everyone! I hope this message finds all of you succeeding at your dieting goals today. Today is a great day (and for some of us it's about over. Here's to winning the battle of the bulge today!
Yes - I said today. I have to STOP hating myself for going off plan and just acknowledge today. Have you guessed yet what I'm going to say? Yep - I ate off plan over the weekend. Not too bad, but bad enough.
Instead of my snack and dinner on Sat I went out to dinner with my friend Melissa (former singing coach and life coach and diva extradoinnaire). We shared a personal pizza at Willow Street pizza (YUMMY!) and each had salads. I had two pieces of pizza and "forgot" to ask the waitress to box the last 2 that we had leftover. So, not so bad, right? oh - and let me tell you about the square of the Godiva Sugar Free Dark Chocolate that Melissa had with her. One square is 47.5 calories and worth every delicious little delicate bite!
Yesterday I missed my lunch and Anytime bar and opted instead for a breakfast burrito and a beer for lunch at a local Mexican Rest with a couple of friends from church. Yeah - I drank beer with church people, we're all kinda cool that way. The breakfast burrito was yummy too - so at least I enjoyed my cheats.
Big wins this weekend included (get this Steph!) an awesome, amazing, energy filled and FUN experience singing backup vocals for Melissa (check her out at MelissaPhillippe.com). I danced, I clapped, I sang and I cried onstage and loved every minute of it. And yes, I worked up a S W E A T while doing it.
We started rehearsals at 3pm on Saturday with vocals, then the band, then back to just vocals. We had 3 part harmonies and it sounded delicious! We finished up around 7pm and sent everyone home while Melissa and I loaded in her cd table (to sell her wares) before heading out to dinner to catch up with each other. It was so good to see her - I've missed my friend and I was honored and touched to be able to sing with her.
So, now our music director knows I can sing - and he asked me if I liked doing this (backup vocals) and if I'd like to do it again. Of course! I love being back up on the stage singing again (I've been away from it for about 4 years) and many people told me how comfortable I looked and how great we sounded. Yippee!
Oh! How can I forget the Traffic Court incident on Friday afternoon. I found that my DL was up for renewal but that it had a hold on it for an old fix-it ticket from 2002. Court Clerk said to pay $369 or go to court. Well, for a $10 original fine, I opted to go to court to clear this up. The judge was very cool to everyone there and closed my case with a $77.50 fine. Yahoo! Paid that puppy immediately and can no go renew my driver's license. Whew! Gotta love a $300 savings, you know?
This week looks promising to me regarding the diet. Going to lunch with my minster tomorrow, but can easily do a big salad and bring my Jenny dressing. No other big events or dates going on (need to change that - I need a date!).
I'm looking forward to:
Auditioning for a choir director that I have great respect for
Getting rid of more stuff in the house
The new cleaning lady starts this week (no more toilets for me!)
Two birthday parties (and I don't have to eat cake!)
Getting my teeth cleaned (yeah - I like that)
Having a friend over for dinner
Performing a memorial for a dear friend's dad
Seeing Dave Barry (comedian/writer) speak
Wow - seems like alot doesn't it?