Pickled Showers

Mmmmm pickles!!!  Guess who actually pickled cucumbers?  People you might think of would be your great aunt Bessie, your grandparents and someone other than me.  Well, if you jokingly said, "Kush, *giggle giggle* Kush pickled cucs.  LOL!!!!!!"  You should sit down for this, but you would actually be right!  I know what you are thinking, "WTF???"  It's amazing the things you try when your spouse wants to try a new hobby, especially a spouse who loves creating delectable nom noms.  ^_^  The delectable nom noms, known by common folk as pickles, shall be ready in another 2.5 weeks.  *sigh*  Too long if you ask me.

All in all it was a pretty interesting process and I look forward to pickling more cucs and other vegetables.  Rend eventually wants to can meat.  I'm nervous to try that endeavor because pressure cookers can be pretty dangerous.  Exploding hot water would be a teeny weensy frightening.  >_>  However, my brother has had canned meat and he said it is sooooo good!

So my bestie is getting married in October.  ^_^  I am super excited for her!  Her future hubby is a really great guy AND he is a nerd.  He plays video games and magic, so that is enough nerd cred for me.  I don't like him just because he is a nerd, but it does make conversation a lot easier.

I am putting on the first shower for her this weekend.  This shower will be family, my mom and me.  I plan on cutting up veggies, getting some deli meat, cheese and buns so everyone can make their own sandwich.  Simple and yummy.  I'm also going to make the famous orange salad my fam loves and a delicious ramen noodle salad.  A co-worker makes and it is always a hit.  I'm excited to eat it.  I probably shouldn't, but I can put the recipe in the tracker on Weight Watchers and figure out my points.  See?  I can still have delicious things while being on my diet, I just have to measure it out and track my points.

Ooo, such a good transition!  I may have to use this optimistic transition to tell you that I have lost 35,4 lbs!  Oh yeah!  I was so proud of myself.  I lost 3.4 lbs in one week.  I wish I could do that every week, but it isn't healthy. . .   Blah blah blah.  I admit, I do want to lose the weight in a healthy manner.  Not to mention the fact of loose skin when you lose it too quickly.  Sadly I will still have that issue when I lose more, but I hope that it won't be as bad as it could have been.

It's the end of the night for me, so I am going to finish my packing and go to bed.  *yawn*  I've been so tired lately.  I'm looking forward to tomorrow because it is Friday.  I'm not looking forward to the long trip up north, but such is life.