Hi Fierce Watulans! I hope you all had a nice Valentine's day or weekend!
Bee we have fish in our freezer too! We eat fish at least once a week. And hubby will always say, "You know, if we lived in Florida we could eat fresh fish everyday." And I would love that because fish is my meat of choice. Hubby has an identical twin who lives near the family in Florida and he is always sending hubby pictures of the fish he's caught. Like, really nice big fish. Makes hubby jealous. Obviously he can only do lake fishing since we're inland. For about 3-4 years in a row we spent a week in Canada catching Walleye. They were so much fun catching! And eating! Nothing's better than just pulling them out of the water and eating them then and there. And yes, I'd love some of your fish! How fun and tasty would that be!!
Kim we don't really do anything for Valentine's Day either. Hubby used to buy flowers, but like
ChelePA,
Cataddict, and
Kittybug I thought it was ridiculously expensive and not worth it, so he stopped. I'd rather have a new dvd than flowers, so I ordered "Double Down" for myself.
We would occasionally go out to dinner it would be crowded and the food iffy (might be good, might not be.) Sometimes we'll exchange cards, but mostly we'll have a really nice meal with a nice red and tasty dessert. Last night we pan seared halibut then put it in the oven to finish baking. We roasted asparagus and made a white wine lemon garlic sauce with dill. And leeme tell ya - it was DE-LISH!! I told hubby that meal was better than any we would have eaten out. We opened a nice bottle of red wine and had hot fudge sundae cake with Tillamook ice cream.
ChelePA good for you for staying strong and resisting the M&M temptation. I also love peanut M&Ms and can plow through them quickly. March is coming and you'll be able to dive into that bag! And I know your daughter's cards are just priceless. What a gift and treasure.
Hugs to Winston! Hope you're getting rested!
Kittybug your chili recipe sounds DIVINE!! It has all the spices I love! I'm on my way with spoon in hand!
I bet it's one of those dishes that gets better and all the flavors meld. I love spicy and flavorful! I'm one of those "more is better" people, so I'm always dousing on spices. Hubby is going to do Tax Max this week since we are stuck indoors. Yuck. No fun at all. Good luck!
Cataddict, yes the weather has been horrible here. We haven't gotten above freezing in about a week and are getting snow and ice. Our wind chills are below zero and will just keep dropping. Hubby and I will open the front door just to see what sub zero temps feel like. We look at each other wide-eyed and say, "THAT'S COLD!!" and quickly close the door.
This morning he said, "not a great day to be a squirrel." I said, 'Nope." HA!
It does get below freezing but it usually warms up during the day or doesn't last this long. We're not going to get above freezing until the weekend. I know for ya'll up north this is the norm, but for we southern folks, it isn't. It's been almost 7 years since we've had a winter storm this bad. And speaking of bad, there was a MASSIVE 133 vehicle pile-up last week stretching a little over a mile. 18 wheelers, pickup trucks, cars, delivery trucks - all just a mangled mess. 6 people died and dozens injured. It happened around 6 in the morning with temps in the 20's. It took forever cleaning it all up and responders were worried about people trapped in their vehicles suffering from hypothermia. It was the worst wreck I've seen around here. One survivor said the roads were fine, until the were not. My guess is black ice. There have been lots of other bad wrecks all over the metroplex too, but that one is the only on the news is showing since it was so massive. So very tragic.
And yes, you definitely need to try Growingannanas's workouts. I'm still feeling the 30 Min Leg Workout With Weights, Dumbbells Low Impact Glutes And Quads workout I did on Saturday! It is worth doing if you want a great lower body workout. I agree that the music fit the workout, just not my thing. I think it was some of the words and one of the songs toward the end seemed so repetitive. But it did work with the workout and agree about wanting something new - for workouts and music. I don't care about cool either. Love being out of that stage of life!
And like
Bee and
ChelePA, Caroline, Heather, and Annanas workouts seem slower - going deeper into the move, isometric holds, etc. so they don't always feel that hard...until later. Boy do they really catch up! So for me they're creeper workouts that creep up on you later. I'm liking the change of pace - new workouts, having DOMS, different music (even though I may not like the music it usually fits the workout). I'm going to keep them in my rotation. Speaking of a rotation...
Cataddict and
Kittybug thanks for your rotation ideas. I think this will be mine.
*Metabolic Monday- Katami 4x4 + yoga (this week - I Am Change 1)
*TwoFer Tuesday -Caroline, Heather, Growing Annanas combo
*Wednesday - Katami 4x4 (this week - I Am Change 2)
*Thursday - Cathe Live
*Fun Friday - whatever the group is doing
*Surprise Saturday - probably weights since most of the week is metabolic; or maybe cardio -step, etc. Who knows? It will be a surprise!
*Slow Sunday - yoga
So looks like
Cataddict,
Kim and I (if my dvd arrives on time) will be doing Double Down for Fun Friday, even though it might not be so much fun. Anyone's welcome to join us!
Hugs and waves to everyone!
Garrie, Horusosiris, FOLV, KateTT, Nathalie, hope you are all doing well!