Busy Week

This week has been full of stuff.  All sorts of stuff.

First, Please welcome to our family:

VADER

He looks creepy and glowy on purpose, it suits his personality.  His favorite thing to do is to not move a muscle when you try to wake him up, especially when he's hiding his head under some rocks!!  He does it just to scare me. Silly boy.  Getting a fish was just step one in my scheme to eventually get a dog.....Jamaal will come around some day.

I went to the doctor this week and finally scheduled a date to get my gallbladder out.  We're doing it at the end of this month.  Can't wait to finally eat Chinese food again!!

Speaking of food, this is my lunch today.

See all the healthy stuff?  That's because of three reasons. 

1. Gallbladder

2. Biggest Loser Competition

3. Bountiful Baskets

We started a biggest loser competition at the Cheney clinic, so I joined in.  I was coerced....but after paying my $20 buy-in, and realizing that I really needed to lose this marriage weight, haha, I decided to actually try.  So I borrowed Shaush's weight watchers stuff again, got me some yummy chocolate diet shake mixes and started doing the 30-day shred workout videos again.  Well it has paid off so far because after the week one weigh in I'm in first place!!  I lost 4.76% in one week, which was a whole percent higher than anyone else! Woot!  So now I'm super motivated to win the first place prize which is $200 and just a couple weeks before Christmas!  So, 10 weeks to go, wish me luck!

Also, we bought our first bountiful basket this week. We really weren't sure what to expect, whether the food would be good, or whether we'd even recognize what it was, or if we'd be overloaded with way more than the 2 of us could eat, but actually it seems about perfect, especially having enough fruits and veggies for my competition!  We got a big sack of potatoes, a couple red peppers, a cucumber, spinach, lettuce, apples, strawberries, bananas, grapes, tomatoes, and some weird fruit I can't remember the name of.  I think it's gonna be just the right amount for a week or two and it's pretty much all stuff we would buy or eat anyway!  Loved it.  We'll definitely do it again. 

Also, cuz I need to not eat stuff like this anymore

Although I'll admit that was pretty wonderful. 



Last but certainly not least is General Conference.  I love conference.  I have to work today through both sessions, but I can stream it on my computer and listen when I'm not busy.  And I'm so excited about the announcement about the missionary age lowering! Awesome!  Enjoy the rest of your conference weekend!