Today is the first day I weighted in under 170. My official weigh in according to my nice Withings Scale was 169.7. That was a big phycological barrier to cross for me.
Today I also took a sick day. I am still trying to recover from my cold.
Personal
Test Cake
MC has been experimenting with cake for Teagan’s upcoming first birthday. This weekend she made her first test cakes. One was in a duck mold. it looked horrible but tasted perfect. The other one was a traditional cake that also tasted fantastic. MC is really good at this cake stuff but her decision to start a baking hobby is a challenge since I am dieting.
I was eating so much of that awesome cake that we had to throw out what we had left over after giving away a ton of it.
Lunch With My Mom & Sister
Today was my mom’s birthday. When talking to my sister last night she mentioned that she was going into the city with my mom for a show and they were going to grab lunch. I pointed out sarcastically that I work in Times Square and I also have been known to eat lunch. She didn’t know why she didn’t think of asking me but we made plans to get lunch.
We met up at an italian restaurant around the corner from my office. That was coincidental since my mom got a recommendation from a friend to go there. We had a nice lunch. I had Veal Parm. It was good to see both of them especially since I wasn’t going to see my mom for dinner on her birthday.
A New Media Center Unit
Today I put together furniture for the media center. When we found out we were haivng a baby we knew that part of baby proofing would require us to replace my old media center. What I had was open and had glass shelves. We bought a new unit with drawers. I was able to put the power strips and everything inside the unit so only a few wires go out of it into the outlets. We can also get baby proofing stuff to lock the doors on the front of it.
We hoped to have this built sooner but when we got it the base piece was broken. Crate and Barrel was really cool and sent us the replacement part with little hassle. We spent most of Teagan’s nap assembling it. MC then played with Teagan as I moved all our electronic gear to the new enclosure. I am very pleased with the results!
Now all I need to do is finally order my new TV so I can get it mounted on the wall above this unit.
Sushi Tasting Menu
Tonight MC and I finally used a Travelzoo discount MC got me for Fathers Day. It was something like 75% off a 6 course tasting menu at a very well reviewed sushi restaurant. I didn’t know until last night it was in the Katano Hotel were Joe & Karen got married. We scheduled for our baby sitter to stay late with Teagan and we went out to dinner.
The location in relation to our offices wasn’t optimal since there was no direct subway so we ended up walking in 90+ degree heat to the place. The exercise was great but the heat was brutal.
I didn’t realize it was a tasting menu when we I got the present. Generally I am wary of them because i am picky. This time it was generally good. There was something for me to eat in every course. I was even a bit adventurous and tried some new stuff. I am not a fan of eggplant. The food was very good. I was just still hungry after the meal before desert. I ended up ordering 3 pieces of ale cart sushi. I even splurged on a $13 piece of fatty tuna. It was well worth it. Very tasty. The entire meal was very tasty. I am not sure if we would do it again especially since the full price meal would have been a huge bill, but we were both glad we did it.
Out of Town Guests
Friday MC’s sister in law Cathy came to visit. She hasn’t seen Teagan since before she was 6 months. She lives far enough away that trips are difficult. We meet her in Bryant park and then took the subway home. MC and Cathy went to dinner and I put Teagan to bed. After they got back from dinner we hung out and talked a bit.
This morning we were all tired because Teagan was up for over an hour at around 1AM or so crying. She is typically a great sleeper and a great baby but we think she was teething. She kept us all up. Once we were up we all went for breakfast. The french cafe place we wanted to goto was busy so we ended up at an irish place that does breakfast/brunch. MC and I have walked past it before but never tried it. I had an omelette. It was good. We all shared scones. They were ok, but the ones at the farmers market i typically get on Sunday’s are much better. Teagan was great at breakfast and sat in her stroller almost the hole time. After breakfast we walked Cathy to the subway and said our goodbyes. I grabbed a Cappuccino at Starbucks (one ding against the breakfast place was they only did regular coffee). From there we ran one or two errands and then went home and feed Teagan lunch.
In the afternoon we ran out again to goto the grocery store. MC wanted to look for fresh food to use to prepare meals for Teagan. We ended up opting not to get anything and will use Fresh direct since it looks like they had better stuff. On the way home I ran over to the Liquor store and got some Pimms. I wanted to get some for a while since I really liked the taste when I had some in the UK last year. Thankfully the store by our apartment had some and we just bought the rest of the ingredients and the grocery store. I made one to have at dinner and it was very tasty.
We made fish and potatoes for dinner. I tried tuna instead of the usual sword fish i like. I was not as big of a fan with the tuna. I will go back to sword fish next time.
Hung Out at Home
We took our last day of the 4 day weekend and decided to relax a bit. We went out to the farmers market near austin street and got breakfast. We sat and ate in the shade in the park. It was nice, even if it was super hot.
We decided to spend most of the day at home and try to unwind before the work week started. Teagan however didn’t get the memo. She was crawling everywhere. This weekend she figured out she can use her new crawling skills to get all over the apartment. We do not have any baby gates up yet so we have to follow her around the apartment when she goes off on any adventures. Until this weekend she has been great so far and only stayed in her play area. After running around MC and I decided to finally order the baby gates and some additional safety gear. We were held up because we have an opening by her play area that is over 80″ in length. We didn’t want to drill holes into molding but no friction mount system will work on a space that large. We (MC) figured out a compromise that will get us to drill holes in the walls avoiding the molding.
In the late afternoon MC took Teagan to the pool but couldn’t get in since it was so hot and the pool was at capacity. She ended up in the park using the sprinkler. They both had fun even if they couldn’t goto the pool. It was a nice end to a great activity filled weekend.
Brunch With Family
We went to MC’s cousin Brian’s to see her Aunt, Uncle, and several cousins especially two from out of town and their toddler! We don’t get into Manhattan that often with Teagan so it was nice to get out. MC’s cousin’s apartment was really nice and they had a great spread from Fresh Direct for brunch. It was good to see her family. Some we just saw at our place for brunch but others we haven’t seen in over a year. it was great to catch up. It was nice to get Teagan to meet her little cousin.
After brunch we headed right home since there was a chance of rain and Teagan needed to eat and nap. Thankfully she napped a bit on the way home.
Drinks With Rich at The Station House
Even though I was feeling sick earlier in the week I was hoping I was up for making it out for dinner/drinks with Rich. His wife told me he would be solo this weekend since she was going away with the kids. It was a perfect time for him and I to meet up. Once I realized I was still up for meeting up we settled on a new place in the neighborhood to try out. The Station House menu looked good so out of the several new places we looked at we decided to check it out.
We haven’t hung out in months so it was good to get together and just have a drink and grab some food. I stuck with my typical Jack and coke. Even though their menu was very interesting I opted for a burger. I have been dieting so a good bacon cheeseburger was a nice splurge. I also tried the fried snickers desert. It was not as good as I thought it would be but the burger was very good.
Odd Bug The Las Few Days
I have had an odd bug the last few days. I would be fine most of the day but then get really sick feeling towards the end of the day. It started about Wednesday, and got worse on Thursday but today wasn’t as bad. I dont know what it is. I haven’t felt sick enough to take a sick day but I came close. I am hoping I feel better tomorrow so I can go hang out with Rich.