Disgustingly delicious

This post goes out to all of you who love food! Delicious, fattening, tasty food!

I made an amazing dessert last night that I found on a blog I read faithfully! Who's read the Pioneer Woman's blog? If you haven't than you're are missing something! She has a gift for blogging and her Black Heels to Tractor Wheels love story is amazing. It's the story of how she and her hubby "Marlboro Man" (no, he doesn't smoke) met, fell in love, married, and started a family.

She also has a section of her blog for recipes. The most delicious, mouth watering, picture including recipes you could imagine. It was in this very section that I found a naughty little recipe for Apple Dumplings.

I've been dying to try them for about 3 weeks now, but our hectic schedule just didn't allow it. So, finally last night I decided to just do it!

I peeled, cut, melted, mixed, rolled and baked these sinful bites and when they came out of the oven I let them cool. After 5 minutes I couldn't wait any longer. I put two in my bowl, plopped some Cool Whip on top and took a bite!

*insert choir of angels*

It was so good I wanted to curl up in a corner and eat the whole thing myself! Unfortunately, my hubby saw them cooling so I knew I couldn't get away with it. He, of course, couldn't wait to try them and I warned him before he took a bite too. His first words were, "Oh, wow!" If that's any indication of how good they were.

So, many thanks to you, Ree! I love your blog, I love your cooking, I love your love story and thank you for starting all of it and sharing it with us!

Unfortunately, I won't be making these very often because I still have my two children hanging on to my belly, hips and butt! I need to run them off, but maybe this will be my reward for all the hard work! That and new clothes.

Right, Apple? *wink*

R-U-N spells "I don't think so"

If the title doesn't give me away then I'll just come right out and say it.

I don't like to run.

I've never liked running. Never been a runner. Would run to save my life, but not for fun. Have run with my kids, but it's more like a pathetic jog. I just don't like running.

But.......(sigh)

I'm going to start running. I have 15-20 extra pounds of baby weight that I need to drop. I'm tired of seeing it around my middle and having to cover it up. It's not horrible, but I see it in every picture and I don't like it.

Coincidentally (or not) two people in the past two weeks have started running and one has lost an amazing amount of weight within the two weeks we've seen each other. My other friend just happened to mention at home group that she started running as well. A sign?

So....fine...I'll do it! I don't have to like it though. And I'm not starting out by running. I'm going to walk, jog, run, pant, heave, crawl and then work myself back up to walking again! That's how I work when it comes to running.

Anyway, I want to start this week and begin with a 15 - 20 minute "session". We'll see how that works out. HA!

My friend, Amy, mentioned she found this website that has a running program. Guess what the title is. "The Couch to 5K Running Plan". So, I'm not that bad...I definitely would like to be that bad that I'm on the couch all the time, but I'm not that lucky! My kids seem to keep me off of it. Maybe because they know I'd try to sneak in a nap! Their smart like that.

I figure with a title like that it has to be my kind of running plan, right?

So, here is where you come in. I need motivation. I need a push off the couch. I need the kick in the pants that Apple is so good at *wink*. I need to be reminded that the belly jiggle just isn't going to jump off by itself. Nope. It won't. I've been trying to coax it off, but it won't listen. So, darn it, I'm going to run it off!

Go get your pom-poms, your cheerleader outfit, your bull horn and start getting on my case because I need it. If I'm not annoyed with you then you're not doing your job! I need to be annoyed (in a loving way, of course!)

T-minus 20lbs...and counting!

Quote of the Day

"When I buy cookies I eat just four and throw the rest away. But first I spray them with Raid so I won't dig them out of the garbage later. Be careful, though, because that Raid really doesn't taste that bad." ~Janette Barber

Why, do you ask, did I choose this quote for today? Because apparently that is what I need to do in order to stay away from the junk food! This past week has been horrible as far as my eating habits. Don't get me wrong I've eaten some good food, but I've eaten a LOT more bad food (at least more than normal for me).

For example, Thursday, would you like to see what I demolished...in an hour!?!

(This was taken after the first bar was eaten ~ this is the second bar)

I think I ate the second one the next day. I shared it with Afton so it really wasn't that bad, right?!

Well, that was all well and good until I went to the store last night. I was doing great until I walked past the blue and eggshell wrapping & the music started playing! (Get it...Symphony...music!)

Needless to say, that gigantic candy bar didn't have a chance. It's sitting in my cupboard right now waiting to be eaten at the perfect time. Is 7:45am too early?