in regards to FOOD:

I can eat breakfast any time of the day. Most often it’s cereal or a glass of carnation instant breakfast in milk. For me either of those are a very common dinner. Occasionally I’ll go on streaks of making eggs and toast for supper or just toast with peanut butter and jelly and a big glass of milk. I drink a LOT of milk. If they served it cold enough and skim in restaurants I’d order it over a soda 9 times out of 10. I NEVER skip breakfast in the morning. Lately I have pop tarts stashed in my purse or desk drawer in case I don’t have time to stop for lunch. I truly can eat breakfast type foods all day.

I also truly believe that the healthiest way to lose weight or maintain a decent figure is to eat when you’re hungry and stop eating when you’re full. Sortof along the lines of the increasingly popular 3-hour diet. I’m pretty good at the eating only till you’re full thing. I HATE that stuffed feeling so I have no problem leaving food on my plate when I know that eating it will only make me feel miserable. When I went to Mexico with my boss last December she said I was a disgrace to the all-inclusive vacation. LOL All that free food and I’d barely finish a plate full. In fact I RARELY finish any meal ordered at a restaurant. Quite often the waitress is concerned that something was wrong with the food ‘cuz it barely looks like I touched it. It’s not a dieting plan on my part, I’m just truly stuffed and can’t eat anymore. I’m not as good at eating when I’m hungry though. I tend to get busy doing things and don’t take the time to get something to snack on or break for lunch. I’m always searching for easy snack type foods to have handy to keep the metabolism going when I’m just too busy to take a break.

I don’t like onions which tends to make me seem picky since they seem to be used in cooking sooo often. But really they’re the only thing I just really don’t like. It’s mostly the texture, so finely chopped and cooked in with something doesn’t bother me so much but raw in any size or amount – yuck!

My favorite type of food would probably be italian. All of my favorite restaurants are italian. I like any kind of meat on my pizza but no veggies. I like chinese food but have to be in the mood for it. I’m pretty much always in the mood for a chicken caesar salad.

My mom makes the best Sunday dinners on the planet evidenced by the fact that all 5 of her kids along with their families are there most every week. It’s by far the healthiest meal I eat each week.

I’m not much of a desert person but I’ll travel 3 hours for a piece of New York style Cheesecake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream on top from the Cheesecake Factory.

I think that pretty much sums it up. :)

So apparently today is the time change here in Michigan. I know there are some places who don’t do this and I truly wish here was one of ‘em. Actually I love the fall time change but this one sucks! This one means that tomorrow morning instead of having to be to work by 8 am I in essence have to be there at 7 am according to the clock in my head. UGH! I don’t even care that we get an extra hour daylight at night. I’d rather have my morning. Oh well, hopefully I can get myself to bed a bit earlier and adjust that way.

Disney on Ice was a riot yesterday. I even made a cd of songs for the kiddos from the show and put all our photos together to one of them in a slide show. You can view it here (I think it’s the middle slideshow). The last photo cracks me up. The kiddos were all exhausted and fell asleep on the way home so when I was getting photos of them in the car on the way home the last photo was what I got of Manda and Kyle driving next to us. :)

And, as promised, one of the LOs I picked for the spotlight artist feature in Digital Memories Magazine. Have you gotten it yet?! I’m on my second time through and love every page. Anyway, this particular LO I did a LONG time ago pretty early on in my digi-scrapping obsession but it’s still one of my absolute favorites. I think because I somehow captured Paige’s personality in both the pictures and the LO. Gotta love it when that happens. :) Gotta run to lunch at mom’s but I’ll look up the exact credits and post them here as soon as I get back. If I remember right the papers and ribbons are Jen Wilsons, the jellies are Dawn’s, the flower and alpha are Ali’s and the notebook paper and clip are Gina’s. I’ll find links though this afternoon. :)

Have a great Sunday!

Just a sneak peak of the LOs I’ve been keeping in hiding for the release of the lastest Digital Memories Magazine. I downloaded my copy last night (along with an AMAZING collection of goodies for being a featured artist) and it was SO fun to see a 2 page spread full of my adorable neats right in the middle of the magazine. So honored to be featured along with some of my absolute favorite digi-scrappers. Anyway, these are just sections of the pages because I think I’m supposed to wait a month or so to post them in their entirety but I really am excited about how they turned out. I think the one of Selah is my favorite because the coloring and balance of it just came together really really cool.

In other exciting news, this morning I get to go with some of the neats to see Disney on Ice. Yay!! I’ve been to Disney on Ice probably 4 or 5 times but missed it last year and there’s a whole new group of neats that have never been. I’m taking Paige and Corbin and we’re joining Manda and Kyle with the girls and Kimberly with her girls. I’m hoping they allow cameras so I can try and get some fun pics to scrap.  :)

And I want to thank everyone who left such sweet comments yesterday about the anniversary of Jacob’s death. Or those of you who even just said a little prayer for our family. I know I struggle to comment on things like that and I appreciate any thoughts and prayers or even just those who actually took the time to read the post at all. It’s always difficult for me to decide whether to post my thoughts or feelings on Jacob because I know it’s such a sensitive subject. I never even know just how to word things. Something like the ‘anniversary of his death’ sounds so terrible to me. On our family blog I listed the date as the ’2nd anniversary of Jacob’s heavenly arrival’. Anyway, I spent the day working at my sister’s office in the morning, then going to the office in Grand Rapids for a big lease closing after which we decided to celebrate with nachos and a drink around the corner from our office. (I think the first time I’ve gone out for a drink since the digital scrapbooking convention in October.) Had a bit of a breakdown on the drive home and then went to my mom’s for pizza and hanging out with some of the family. A much needed reminder of just how blessed we are. My parents are hooked on Deal or No Deal so we all went down to watch that on the big screen while the kids played with the billion toys down there. I would’ve won $750,000 by the way. The rest of the family would’ve taken the banker’s offer already at only $17,000 and a hummer. Kay, got way sidetracked there but I just really wanted to thank everyone who took the time to read yesterday. I posted about it because it didn’t feel right not to but I promise those of you who happened to just start reading my blog that it won’t always make you cry.

I’m thinking the next edition of ‘betcha didn’t know’ will be on eating habits. And mom, I’m pretty sure these will be no surprise to you. :) I also had to pick 3 favorite past LOs for the Digital Memories Magazine and since those are previous posts I think I can share the whole LOs here so I’ll include those in the next post too. Gotta start getting ready for Disney on Ice right now. :)