October 2011 in Photos

Spent time with my best friend since 4th grade 10-1-11 and many other childhood friends at our 25th class reunion.

Sarasota Pride with Friends 10-22-11

25th Class Reunion Oct 1,2011

8 foot tall Lego Man washed ashore on Siesta Key Beach

New Nail Color For Oct. Man of LaMancha 

New Pink Purse 

Sarasota Pride Fest 10-22-11

Dakotas 6th Birthday 10-19-11

Dexters 3rd birthday 10-30-11

DJ's 2nd birthday Oct 16,2011

Cards win World Series for 11th time!!! 10-21-11 (beating the  Texas Rangers)

25 years

Last weekend was my 25th class reunion. It was funny to me that people either changed so much that I would not have been able to pick them out of a lineup or they were almost exactly the same as they looked in high school.

Since graduation there have been marriages, babies, divorces, boob jobs, affairs, cancer, moves, new careers,bankruptcies,foreclosures,new homes, life changes....yet thru it all we remain the same tight knit group that hung out back in the 80's! Some may be more medicated now, others less. and some that need to be! 

I found myself on the side lines more now than I used to be. Getting out and dancing, humping, groping could not have felt more uncomfortable to me. I don't know where I lost that carefree girl from the 80's but one thing was for sure..she is gone. OMG does that mean I grew up? Nahhhhhhhhhhh must be something else..lol

Some of the high lights or low lights depending on how you see them:

• Changing clothes in the street
• The limo ride 
• Underwear being put up the school flag pole
• Finding out some classmates "wax" (and not just the girls)
• Explaining lesbian sex to a group of drunk straight girls
• Having your best friend get in trouble for dry humping the bands speakers
• Drinking more beers in one night than I've had in four years combined

25th Class Reunion!

Holy cow!! How can it be that I graduated high school 25 years ago?? I still feel  act 25 on most days! (or younger)

I'll be back next week with plenty of stories and pictures...This will be the first reunion I've made it back for, should be interesting! :)

Did you go to your class reunions? Do tell!

Update on E-Mealz

Now that I've tried e-mealz for a few weeks let me tell you what I think.
Before I joined I had been on the first two weeks of the Atkins diet again. It always works for me but I get so bored that I quit. This time I have a goal in mind..my 25th class reunion in September so I figure it's now or never with the weight loss. As of this morning I'm down 11 lbs!

I was at the two week mark of Atkins and getting pretty tired of eggs and kielbasa for dinner every other night. I also am not a great cook and either is Vic so our diet pre-Atkins was take out and restaurant food much of the time.  So when my sister told me about e-meals and said that they plan a menu for you each week and even print out the grocery list I was intrigued to say the least. Finding out they had a low carb plan just was icing on the cake (oh God how I want a cake about now!!)

So I joined and printed out my first two weeks meal plans. There were things that I knew we would not probably try (Fish) and others that looked really easy. I combined the two weeks to come up with five meals that I knew we'd try. We went to the grocery store and spent around $60 for five meals worth of foods...great deal! You can pick a plan and use Walmart, Publix, Kroger I believe and others...or "any store". We choose Walmart  even thou we buy our meat at Publix. It doesn't really matter other than if you pick a specific store they will try and plan your meals around what is on sale that week so you get the best value...which will save you $$ in the end.

The first meal we tried was buffalo chicken with a honey dew melon as the side. It was delicious! what I liked most is that it was so easy!! Being a non chef I really appreciated the directions to beat/flatten the chicken before you put it in the olive oil. I always worry about cooking meat and not getting it done enough, but it turned out great in the time that they said it would!

The next meal we tried was turkey slices wrapped in a low carb tortilla shell with chopped pecans,and shredded cheddar cheese, dried cranberries and shredded lettuce..they were good and gave me the idea to use the same ingredients with tuna ...so we've had a few meals with that idea now..Great for a light dinner or lunch!

If you want to check it out for yourself there are sample menus and shopping list, here is the link!