I'm trying to lose weight. I mean I could try harder, but I'm still trying... I'm holding steady at 7 pounds.
That's it.
At least I'm not gaining, right?
Well...
For Mother's Day, John ordered these brownies for me again. (my favorite are the toffee and the caramel)
When I opened them up, I just looked at him, "I'm trying to lose weight, remember???"
I happened to look on the wrapper at the calorie count - over 400 calories for ONE brownie!
He got them for me last year, and I ate them like there was no tomorrow. No wonder I gained weight after I had Jonah!
400 calories!!! Yikes!!
There was another box to open as well, and before I could open it, John had to give me his speech (like he always does before giving me a gift, and I've now realized that when he does this, I know he's spent too much money, because he's trying to justify why he got it for me...).
His speech went something like this:
"You are so stressed out, and you do so much for our family, and I want you to be able to relax more, and this will help you do it..."
I open it, and it's a Nook Color.
I just looked at him again.
"When am I going to have time to read?" (You can call me a mean wife if you want, but the first words out of my mouth were not, 'thank you.' I'm a pretty practical person when it comes to bigger ticket items, and this did not seem practical.)
John tries to give thoughtful gifts - his thoughtfulness; "It has a light so you can read in bed (which happens far less than I'd like, but when you go to bed at 2AM you can't really make time to read) or on our car trips," "you can search the Internet," "I was going to get you a new GPS (ours broke... John broke it), but you can use this as a GPS too," "it has kids books on it too," "you can read magazines," "and you can use it in Jamaica." (we're going to Jamaica!) All very thoughtful sentiments.
The conspiracy: One - John likes to give me gifts that he wants too, and Two - I've decided John really wants me to look like I'm five months pregnant for the rest of my life; he wants me to sit on my rump and read my Nook while I eat 400 calorie brownies...
So, I need your help on what to read on my Nook for my trips this summer. Give me some of your favorite books, must reads, enlightening reads, motivational reads, inspiring reads! Along with your recommendations, could you give me a movie rating on the book?
Thanks for helping me, and John thanks you too as he tries to keep me well read, and well "rounded."
3 comments:
my friend is a big reader and she has a list of books she's read on her blog w/ her report on them... here is a link
http://ncbrownfamilyblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Book%20Report
Welcome back, I've missed your posts! I'm stuck at 12 pounds lost and Jeff eats Magnum icecream bars by my side each evening. Nooks are awesome, I have one and if I ever figure it out we can lend/borrow books to each other for FREEeeee! And, finally...I'm always on the prowl for a good book, but haven't had a hearty one in awhile. Wait, one more thing...dug up some pictures of us back in the day, so embarrassing! I'll try sending you some.
John is sweet and thoughtful. I just read "The Help" and really enjoyed it. In fact, I can't tell you the last book I read--not a big reader and really haven't made time with everything else going on in life. But, I heard good things about it and it was one of those books that I didn't want to put down. For not being a big reader, I read it pretty quick. AND, a movie is being made of it...I saw the ad for it and wanted to read the book before I saw the movie. I have heard "unbroken" is good too--it's a WWII book I believe. I'd like to read that sometime soon.
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