Progress

I really had gotten away from monitoring my weight loss and rejoined WW online back in August. It just wasn't working though. Some days I would track, other days I wouldn't, and it was getting me no where. So I decided that I was one of the people who need to go to meetings every week to help motivate me, inspire me, and keep me accountable since someone else was going to be seeing my weight on the scale. I found a great meeting with an awesome leader near my new apartment. Last week was my first meeting and I went back for my second this morning. I lost 2.4 lbs this week! Woohoo!!! And that was with Halloween and all the stress of registration and packing and school and no exercise. So with that new motivation I'm just gonna keep on keepin' on and see where it takes me.

Friday Fun

The Big Ten

Now y'all know that I am a huge Ohio State Fan, but I have to say that Joe Paterno steals the show in this commercial for the Big Ten Network!

Happy Halloween

I know I post this every halloween, but it's one of the best. The Worst Witch is one of my all time favorite Halloween movies. Fairuza Balk, Charlotte Rae, Diana Rigg, and Tim Curry - and Tim Curry sings!

Friday Fun

Thursday Recipe

Pumpkin Pie is one of my favorites - and this is the time of year when all manner of recipes start showing up on the interwebs. I stumbled on this one the other day for a pumpkin pie cupcake. I cannot wait to make these!

Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes
Ingredients

2/3 cup all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 15-oz can pumpkin puree
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup half and half (or evaporated milk)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper or silicone liners.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice
In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and half and half until well combined. Add in dry ingredients and whisk until no streaks of flour remain and batter is smooth.
Fill each muffin cup with approximately 1/3 cup of batter.
Bake for 20 minutes. Cool cupcakes in pan. They will sink as they cool.
Chill cupcakes before serving. Top with lightly sweetened whipped cream.

Makes 12

My Ink

Did I tell y'all that I got a tattoo this summer? When I was home for vacation in July, my sister and I got matching tattoos. It was her idea, but I had been toying with the idea of getting a tattoo for awhile, I just couldn't think of the right thing to get and since you know, it's PERMANENT I wanted it to be the right thing. My sister went to Aruba in May for vacation. She called me from the beach one day and said, "I think we should get matching tattoos before I move to California." To which I promptly replied, "Are you drunk?" She said "No, I think we should get the Italian word for sister." Cue the "Awwww" moment. I had to give her credit - it was the perfect idea. So in July, we headed up to Federal Hill and a lovely young man at a very reputable tattoo parlor inked my wrist. Oh man it hurt! It was worse than a pinch. It was like a cross between a pinch and a third degree burn. Fortunately, it was quick. The inside of the wrist is apparently one of the most painful areas to get a tattoo. I concur. I haven't regretted it once, although sometimes I look down at my wrist and I forget that I have it and think what is that? For all the pain though, I think I might want another one...