Could this be any more tempting?!

I awoke very congested these days, and i'm SO hoping that i can kick this bloodless before Sunday. i'm still doing the entirety i can, and at least my throat isn't always sore anymore, however the congestion is riding me crazy!

Jerry and i spent the entire morning and part of the afternoon cleaning the house. It wasn't top notch messy, but we took our time. Rik despatched me a text at 11:00 to say that he and his spouse Cynthia were on their manner to Michigan, and they might be here at around five:00. I commenced wondering that perhaps l.  a. Pita wasn't a great idea--it is a forty minute force, and given that they have been driving here from Wisconsin, the final issue they'd need to do is get returned within the vehicle to go to dinner.

So I modified plans, and made a big pot of turkey chili. i'm actually glad it labored out that manner, due to the fact then I would not must spend a bazillion PointsPlus on dinner.

Angela, the producer of From fat to complete Line, flew in today additionally--she desired to film Rik and that i assembly for the primary time, and movie some extra stuff even as we're all together. Rik, Cynthia, and Angela are all staying at my mother and father' house this weekend, so I went over there to look ahead to them to reach. I delivered the chili with me, and figured we should simply eat there.

Angela arrived approximately a half-hour before Rik and Cynthia. And wager what she brought with her?!

That cookie cake, I youngster you now not, is the dimensions of a big pizza... perhaps even bigger. How within the hell am I alleged to live on track this weekend?! that is my very biggest weak spot--cookies with butter cream frosting. specifically the Mrs. Fields cookie desserts.

Rik arrived bringing all sorts of goodies, too--cheese and sausage, wine, lots of little chocolates, and this first rate pastry known as a Kringle. all of the stuff become neighborhood to him, so of route I desired to try all of it.

that is a Kringle. The vitamins info turned into on it, and for 1/12th of the hoop, it was 220 calories. I had a chunk that turned into a bit smaller, about two hundred calories (6 PP). I should've eaten all of it, because it changed into without a doubt right, but i am trying my great to rein it in this weekend.

So we ate chili and chatted for a long term. i'm in reality happy with the manner I handled my dinner and dessert nowadays. I ate chili, which changed into 8 PP. Then, I had one piece of chocolate covered licorice (a mini piece a couple of inches lengthy), and one mini chocolate protected pretzel. And sooner or later, I had a small piece of the Kringle. So when all was stated and completed, I ate approximately 16 PP.

We have not reduce into the cookie cake yet--maybe the next day. i'm going to have a bit, however i'm going to weigh it out and count number the PP for it. Then with any luck all people else will eat the rest.

assembly Rik changed into exactly how I concept it might be--I didn't experience nervous in any respect, because I already felt like I knew him. we've been speaking on the cellphone and on facebook for a year. the following day, we're going to run  very easy miles inside the morning. Then we are going to jap marketplace in Detroit, observed through the Expo to pick up our race packets.

The nerves approximately the race are truely beginning to hit me!