Happy birthday and !!!!! I'm going to go make pancakes for . Sorry , but they'd get all soggy before they got to ya!! ;)

Woohoo! Down another 1.8 for a total loss of 17.2 pounds – yay me! Currently losing at a rate of 1.4 pounds per week. Wish there was a way to safely lose, oh, 25 pounds in a week. That'd be cooooool. LOL

OK, so I have a sooper-sekrit weight loss journal <gasp> () that seemed like a good idea, but now it&apos;s starting to annoy me. I&apos;ve never been able to run multiple personalities online (this journal was originally anonymous) and it&apos;s starting to feel like that. But I can&apos;t decide whether to keep it separate or not. On the one hand, it&apos;s a separate place to post about dieting ups and downs without clogging up this journal. On the other, it&apos;s more difficult to keep up with those things because of switching logins. So basically, I&apos;m waffling and I need y&apos;all…

This was dinner last night. So yummy, and so easy! 1 1/2 tsp butter or margarine, melted 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1/2 pound) 1/2 tsp cornstarch 1/4 tsp ground mustard 1/4 cup orange juice 2 tbsp orange marmalade 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 – Melt butter in 8-inch skillet or 3-quart saucepan over medium heat. Cook chicken in butter about 15 minutes, turning once, until juice of chicken is no longer pink when center of thickest piece is cut. 2 – While chicken is cooking, mix cornstarch and mustard in small bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. 3…

Dinner tonight: Orange glazed chicken Rice Green beans Dessert: Angel food cake w/ banana, watermelon, fat-free cool whip and a smidge of chocolate syrup. Then watching the Matrix on dvd!! Tomorrow night, Matrix:Reloaded on dvd. Then Wednesday (my DH&apos;s birthday) hopefully a matinee of Matrix:Revolutions and dinner at a restaurant of his choice. Z Tejas, I believe. Life is good.

OK, word to the wise: If you have ingrained packrat tendencies, do not marry another packrat. On the other hand, at least we don&apos;t fight about the piles and piles of miscellaneous junk lying around. So, in an effort to put sheer fear and adrenaline to work for us, we invited Rob&apos;s parents to our house for Turkeyday. If we can pull this off, it means that we can have other people over sometime! Started work in October, deadline 11/19: bathroom 1 (master) – clean bathroom 2 (guest) – clean bathroom 3 (downstairs) – clean bedroom – books away bedroom…

Toys ?R&apos; Us ad riles anti-drug campaigners By The Associated Press – 11/01/03 WASHINGTON (AP) – A Toys ??R&apos;&apos; Us television commercial, which features the company&apos;s mascot, Geoffrey the Giraffe, inhaling helium from a balloon, has drawn the ire of anti-drug campaigners who say the ad sends a dangerous message to children. “Any portrayal of inhalant use is bad, especially when we&apos;re reaching out to younger children who are at most risk of abusing inhalants,&apos;&apos; Charles Curie, administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said Friday. The ad campaign has finished its rotation and will not be…

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention this last night: I tried haggis. It wasn&apos;t that bad, really. Someday I&apos;ll try it for real, in Scotland. :)

I&apos;m trying to get all my Livejournal friends&apos; locations plotted on a map – please add your location starting with this form.Username:(Then get your friends to!) In other news, we just got back from the Austin Celtic Festival. Fantastic music, neato crafts, etc., etc. The Rogues were fabulous.