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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Ode to Old Friends

So I haven't been doing so well on my new year's resolutions. A little more than a month in and I have been unable to pick up smoking, I've been reading lots of Eating Well magazine, which has prevented resolution #2 as well. All this Eating Well reading has also helped me to shed a few pounds. So, with this recent shedding has come some new habits, and with new habits, well, some old ones had to go, so here's my ode to some old friends I've said sinara to:
1. Braums' Brownie Fudge Sundae with chocolate ice cream no nuts
I have sadly missed our weekly rendezvous.
2. Weekend pitchers of Sweet Tea (or pancake syrup as Trav likes to call it)
3. Bacon Grease, my flavor full, crisping go to. I heart breakingly bid you a do.
4. Krispy Kreme Donuts. (Now just Krispy Kreme Donut)
5. 2 Meat Combo Plates with sides at (insert any local BBQ joint here), now I'm stickin' to just a sandwich plate and 1 veggie
6. Bread, Cinnamon Rolls, Sticky buns, Cinnamon toast, parkerhouse rolls, biscuits, cornbread, basically any warm carb that could be exponentially better with hot butter on it
7. Butter (Land o Lakes has called the house several times wondering why their sales are down)

Well old friends, we're not done for good, I'm just taking a sabbatical, a short hiatus until my waist line is back to reasonable digits. So Goodbye for now, but we'll meet again later, I'm certain of it,

Sadly yours,

Laundry Day

I love laundry day at the Olsons. No matter how many days have past, as soon as Maddie & Jason see one of their belongings in the clean clothes basket, so begins "Thank you Mommy for cleaning my super hero shirt!" "Oh thank you mommy for washing my monkey skirt!" As so on with almost every piece of clean laundry. A visitor might be under the assumption I only do laundry once every couple of months by the gratitude expressed, no so. Every week. Same song & dance, I just love it.