I'm all about the bandwagon

The last couple of nights we've watched my recording of the previous nights Conan Obrian show during dinner. The first night I was, a little let down, it seems so squished together... I loved that he had Jack White on the show though. But last night, or I guess technically the night before, was HI lerious. I kept cracking up. I have a now new found respect for Tom Hanks, and that Taiwanese interpretation of CoCo's show was pure gold. I loved how they depicted all the guest with bongs... Anywho... I've never watched his shows, clips of it sure, and every now and then I would flip onto it for a few minutes. But I was never a hard core CoCo fan. I started riding the wave of following him on Twitter, being outraged on his behalf for what went down before, and now, I've got his TBS show on my DVR.

Last night I did more zucchini with mustard, plain baby carrots cooked, chicken breast cut into strips with a little cumin on them, and white rice with soy sauce. Oh, and of course a big mixed salad. All in all about a 600 calorie meal. Very full and satisfying. I was also able to avoid any kind of dessert or treat afterwards. Hard boiled egg and oatmeal with raisins for breakfast this morning, and my big ass cup of tea.

I had been blissfully ignoring the calories of the sugar that I put in my tea, but today I looked it up. 15 calories in one packet of C&H sugar. Break my damn heart why don't you.

I put 6 packs in my tea this morning, but I'm planning on slowly backing off.

I also watched the 2nd episode of The Walking Dead last night while I played Angry Birds on my Droid. Still enjoying it mightily, I don't know if I'll ever get bored with zombies...

I've got to say though, AMC is doing it very well. They're approaching it with such seriousness and tact. It's a really good drama, that just happens to involve Zombies.

They'll start naming children after me...

I made a truly amazing discovery last night. 

I've decided to go on a uber low calorie diet until Thanksgiving. (I need to lose about 15lbs to fit into my Dickens costume)

I got home late last night, and in preparation had earlier asked my honey to go food shopping for me. I had decided to make my first low calorie meal and planned on pan grilled Talapia, steamed zucchini, steamed broccoli and a large tossed salad with Low Fat Catalina dressing. After everything made their way onto plates, I wandered around in the kitchen a little lost for a while, trying to decide how I would dress my veggies. I couldn't put butter on them as I normally would, I didn't think spices would quite cut it, and I'm so not into the whole drown everything in katsup theory. In a flash of inspiration and desperation I grabbed the bottle of spicy brown mustard and made a couple squirts onto my veggies. What a revelation. It was so tasty, and such a great compromise calorie wise. I can't tell you how excited I am. You should definitely try this with your dinner tonight...

My non-existant child stepped on a crack

We've been in the new house for a week exactly now. The first full night in the house I broke in the kitchen by making Mini Irish Carbomb Cupcakes and Garlic Deviled Eggs (Vampire Repellent) for my companies Halloween luncheon. Things went very smoothly despite my exhaustion. I love making these cupcakes, not just because of how damn good they are, but because of how amazing everyone's reactions to them make me feel. The look of delightful surprise when they taste the kick of whiskey, and the groan of pleasure for the amazing Irish Buttercream frosting. Mmmm. I'm drooling already. I actually had 2 for breakfast before I put them out for everyone else. Yum yum yum.

Saturday morning before the cable guy came, I threw my back out helping Jay move the TV's. I was in bed all Saturday, all Sunday and all Monday. Monday I went to the doctor and got some good drugs. I'm up and about now, but I still have this ache that's just killing me. No bueno. There was so much I wanted to get done on the house this weekend, and about 5% of it happened. I'm looking forward to being completely mobile again so I can finish unpacking and get back to life.