Sat 5 Jan

Things on the to-do list for the day include laundry, taking care of bills/paperwork, and some grocery shopping before the Packer game tonight. I plan to crack the bottle of Veuve Clicquot for the game - maybe it will inspire the Pack to victory! I may pick up a cut of beef brisket and give braising a try this evening. I've been anxious to do this but it's not easy to find beef brisket here. I may need to try Costco next time I get there if it isn't available locally. Yay! I finally finished all the paperwork that I've been putting off for awhile. What a load off my back. And the last load of laundry is in the dryer, so shower and shopping is all that is left of chores. Found a nice piece of beef brisket but will wait til tomorrow to braise it. Tonight I decided I want to make chili. At least one Packer game a year ought to have an accompanying pot of chili. And won't it go well with champagne? Dug out an oldy moldy exercise video today just for kicks. Slow-paced with lots of Pilates, an old-fashioned jazz warmup and weights. Food: 8:00 am Laura's oatmeal w/flaxseed meal, protein powder, 1/2 c frozen blueberries and soy milk, 1/2 grapefruit, 104 g blackberries, coffee 10:30 am Lindt coffee truffle, tea 12:45 pm Smoothie w/3 rings fresh pineapple, 1 large banana, 1 clementine, 1 c frozen berries, 6 oz raspberry Greek yogurt, 1 Effie's pecan nutcake 3:45 pm 1 c Holidrizzle white chocolate peppermint kettle corn 6:45 pm 6 oz champagne, bowl chili, 1 tbl shredded cheddar, 1 tbl light sour cream, 28 g pita chips, 2 tbl artichoke jalapeno dip, 26 g sugar cookies, 1 pc fudge 7:15 pm 6 oz champagne Exercise: 4:15-5:40 pm All-In-One Workout video