today's accomplishments and this weekend's trouncing

as you know, last week we bought some new pans. as chris and I have been talking about eating better, being active and just generally healthier, I decided to make a start today. last night we went grocery shopping...and for the first time in a long time I went with him. and I had fun! I wore comfy shoes so my feet wouldn't hurt, we had a list, and I had a couple ideas of things to make so I had a plan.

this morning, I made an omelette. friends, I have never made an omelette, nor did I have any idea how to do it. but I did it. I even made toast, cut a banana, poured some beverage, and shared all of it with chris. this may seem insignificant to you, but it was a big deal for me. I probably walked around saying "I made an omelette!" five or six times this morning. and the omelette wasn't even bad! it had green peppers, tomatoes, onion, fat-free cheddar cheese, eggs, salt and pepper, and some chicken I skillet-ized last night (using the lisa method)!

(the lisa method involves boiling frozen chicken and then just tearing it up and throwing it in a skillet to fry it, just without oil...the trick is throwing it correctly)

So anyway, that's today's accomplishment. i know we're barely in the afternoon, but it's enough of an accomplishment to just stop there for the day and raise my hands in victory :)

and here's me and liz on our bone-chilling white pine excursion on saturday. praise the almighty for dam dogs being open.

this past weekend my folks came down to visit. lately they've started staying overnight at our apartment complex in a guest suite. so basically they get to stay in an apartment overnight, complete with kitchen and furniture, TV and dvd player. they love it. we go out and buy food, they bring some down, and we just hang out. it's like a getaway for us all :)

this time, we roped dad into a foursome game of scrabble. his scrabble skills are legen-

wait for it...

-dary. so this was like our own form of mythbuster ;)

first of all, I apparently was behind in my drink quota.

dad is thinking hard (and maybe trying to pretend he's not falling asleep, I'm not sure!) but he comes up with great words like "whore," and "ho," "sob" (which we still believe he meant as an acronym!) and "gay." and THEN, only the second word into the second game, he throws out "zen" for a whopping 32 points. we played two games, and he beat us badly each game. no one else's score came close. he claims we're all smarter than him, but so far the scrabble record is

Dad: 2

Everyone else: ZERO

chris' patented cheese puff maneuver

and some pre-game meditating