So Many Happenings...

Since I've last blogged, so many things have happened! So, I'll give an update according to the date. Brace yourself, it's a long post!


Saturday, 3/13:


Brandon and I decided to venture to Springfield that evening because I needed to pick up some make-up and face wash. After dinner, we went to the mall and walked around. After the mall, Brandon spotted a near-by pet store called Pet Land. He wanted to go in and just look around, but I knew if we went in, we would want to buy an animal. We've always wanted a dog and have talked about it many time. However, we currently are renting, and at the beginning, our land lady told us, "No pets." The bit of information of "no pets" just wasn't ringing a bell in our minds at the time, and we decided to go in and check it out. Right away, we went towards the puppies. There were so many cute puppies! I wanted to take every one of them home with me. We instantly saw two dogs that we gravitated to more so than the others: a yorkie-poo and a yorkie. The yorkie-poo (mix of a yorkie and a poodle) was so tiny and cute! The yorkie was bigger and older than the yorkie-poo and was much calmer. An employee of Pet Land came up to us and asked if we wanted to hold a puppy. I said, "No, because if I hold it, I'm going to want it." However, we ended up holding the yorkie. He was so calm and collected, and he never barked one time! We decided (without thinking about the "no pet" rule) that we wanted him. The employee wrote up the paper-work to get us our new puppy!!!! We were so excited. We decided to pay for him over 4 separate checks because puppies are expensive!!!! When we were about to pay for him, the store manager came to us and told us their system was down and couldn't accept checks at that moment. He told us that we could put down a deposit and come get him tomorrow. So, we put down the deposit and left with no puppy. 


Sunday, 3/14:


We had a lot going on Sunday without having to add in going to pick up our new puppy. We decided to get up early and go pick him up first. We arrived at Pet Land, and their system was working! Here's our new puppy: 

Chester Taylor Reed 

We left Springfield at about noon and headed straight for West Plains. There was a birthday party for Brandon's 2nd cousin, who turned 2, in West Plains, and we went to it. I didn't take any pictures because I rarely do. That is something I wish to improve on. Anyways, we had fun at the party and then enjoyed some quality time with him mom and grandparents. Everyone got to meet Chester! After we chatted for a while, we knew we had to go home at a decent hour to get some rest for the beginning of the work week. 


Friday 3/19 - Sunday 3/21:


I woke up Friday morning, and I decided to weigh myself. I hadn't worked out for an entire week. I also didn't weigh myself on Tuesday for my weekly weigh-in. I needed to know what I weighed and how much I gained (I knew in my heart that I had gained.). I got on the scale, and I LOST 5 LBS since I first began dieting!!!!! I was stoked!!!! Friday night was a low key night for us. A friend at work invited us to go to her church and listen to a local band play. We were going to do that but changed our minds later on. We ended up going out to eat at a local Mexican restaurant and going back home. I started not feeling well, so I went to bed early that night. Brandon had a friend come over, and they played video games ALL NIGHT LONG. I woke up Saturday morning at 6:30 to let Chester go potty, and I found them still playing games. They continued playing until 8:30. All three of us then went to McDonald's for breakfast. After breakfast, we came home and took a nap. I still wasn't feeling the greatest. Once again, I went to bed early that night. My throat was hurting and was feeling full. I didn't like it one bit. I woke up Sunday morning with NO energy and no motivation to do anything. I ended up laying on the couch all day sleeping. 

Monday, 3/22:

When I woke up this morning, I still wasn't feeling the greatest, so I decided to stay home from work. I SHOULD have went to urgent care to be seen by a doctor; however, I decided not to. I know I had strep throat. I've had it so many times in the past that I know my symptoms of strep throat, and I know what I need to treat it. Luckily, we had some antibiotics in our medicine cabinet left over from past prescriptions; therefore, I just took some of them. I'm so glad I took the antibiotics because I feel so much better!!!!! By this afternoon, I was up and around, paying bills, cleaning, doing laundry, doing dishes, and making dinner. For dinner, I made Baked Creamy Bacon Wrapped Chicken and Potatoes. Here's the recipe:

3 Chicken Breasts (all cut in 1/2)
6 Potatoes
12 slices of bacon
2 cans cream of mushroom
1 cup of milk
2 tblspns of sour cream (I used fat free and they were BIG tablspns)

In a bowl, combine the cream of mushroom, milk, and sour cream. Cut potatoes in small-medium sized quarter pieces and put in a 9X13 baking dish. Wrap 2 pieces of bacon around each breast half and place over potatoes. Pour cream of mushroom mixture over the bacon wrapped chicken and potatoes. Bake @ 375 for 1 hr & 20 minutes (or until chicken and potatoes are done). ENJOY! 

Here's what it looked like (Sorry, but I already ate some of it!)

I hope everyone has had a good Monday. GOD BLESS!