No Carbs and Strep Throat

Fruit tarts....yum...

Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!!  I'm home sick with strep throat today.  Blah!  What's worse is that I had taken today off as a vacation day not knowing how this infection would knock me over mid-week.  Boo! Thank goodness for nice nurse practitioners and antibiotics.  :-)

Hope you all have a good weekend full of fun things to do.  The weather here is iffy today and will be tomorrow too so that plus my feeling like _____ will probably prevent me from doing much.  It's raining and snowing here but the snow isn't sticking yet.  Worried more about ice.  Hopefully, spring will decide to show up early.  Like in February.

It's Day 7 of The Whole Life Challenge for me and so far so good!  I've pretty much eliminated all their no-no foods from my diet.  I have to say, I don't miss the carbs as much as I thought I would.  I crave them less now.  So, that's a small victory!  I'm also doing my best to go to the gym more (averaging twice a week instead of never) and do a bit of yoga daily.  Haven't managed to get in my 50 oz of water a day but I'm almosttttttttttttttt there.  I'm hopeful I'll get that done soon.  A friend at work introduced me to the My Water app for the iPhone.  I think that'll help me stay on track better and not realize at the end of the day that I'm way behind.  I do miss fruit tarts and dessert.  I still crave a Milano cookie from time to time.  Like during the latest Downton Abbey episode (not sure why).

A good buddy of mine runs a Air BnB place in Pulaski called 132 Guesthouse that my husband and I visited during Christmas break.  It's gorgeous inside!  I wish I had taken pictures of her living room when it was decorated for Christmas because it was so beautifully done.  The giant fir tree made the house smell wonderful and she had a little train set circled around the tree that we could play with.  She has 4 rooms available and a nice multi-story back porch.  She's hosted European tourists, a Washington Post reporter, and people driving through SW VA on their way to Tennessee and West Virginia, among others.  So, if you ever find yourself driving on I-81 and need a place to rest your head, check it out!