Rockin’ Thursday

<p>Happy Friday Eve my blogger friends!!! I’m especially happy for the weekend this week because my dear hubby actually has it off work!! Three cheers for a weekend with my man!! Hip hip hooray! :)</p> <p>I hopped out of bed this morning at 5:10am <strong><u>without</u></strong> even thinking twice about hitting snooze!! The “evil Darci” wasn’t anywhere to be found today!! :) I hit the gym and got in<strong> 35 minutes</strong> on the <strong>treadmill</strong>. I walked at <strong>4.0 mph</strong> at a <strong>4.5 incline</strong>! Great work out on the legs!! </p> <p>I <strong><u>LOVE</u></strong> to read while I workout (if I’m not running)! Right now I’m finishing up the <strong>Shopaholic series </strong>(Shopaholic And a Baby). I know a lot of people weren’t a big fan of the movie, but the books are an easy read and really keep you in it!! I haven’t watched the movie yet, but<strong> plan to</strong> when I finish this book. I’m looking for another <strong>book series</strong> to read next!</p> <p>Drove to the other side of campus to my office building to make my yummy breakfast! It was the usual <strong>oatmeal</strong> with a <strong>small sliced banana </strong>and<strong> chocolate PB2</strong> for <strong>4 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcV7iPds69cyZHk22z3Ty36mZ2Hp1miIAwvw7nrdohXeg6OgkqpJNt49R5fx0I1FZ7zgKqNHq1GmU4k2Ov4rxffirUJ5FGKiSnlFc7W6-suL-q-2FXk9URqSUKfpKRj3hpbitpiC6LXVgj/s1600-h/DSC05930%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC05930" border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbJf1f_g7sbietnDPxKAs_9GBNEWQU1vSJ-wxb7ATwsZPRt-CseNpluDhbQmXwd1GL7A1UPbrhd7eUO5IyVsT_8m_sSWu8k88LcYfCrkHP1LGmZWgaZ1asiHNzbbt82VU_2NEe8LAvSi8/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC05930" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>Work is slowing down a tad so it felt good to <strong>get caught up</strong> on a bunch of stuff today. I had the same morning snack for the 4th day in a row…but it’s<strong> oh so good</strong>!! <strong>1 1/2 c strawberries</strong>, <strong>vanilla yogurt</strong> (<u>hey that’s a change from the previous 3 days</u>!), and <strong>1/4 c grape nuts</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6kOd9CvSgm8a0aag1VEDEoMla1AiA6G7f2ywSwTYP59iaMQ-OoKGAaAVJqLfk4-jey49Q2EXIXY4w4X_kWmPaF7Dyrw1841PvWUIauv1YjHnWA-4YRtUL7tv1lUa5LMMhih6pPHT16u8/s1600-h/DSC05931%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC05931" border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWxOpAIiXvYPeQJ1v6WSLaDmo1m4zMdm2srbu0-BG_LiIy6gAk5Fqket2kfLJomvD4hX7AD0JB_aKrRpcQqvg2iLKDGX895yzqyvhWJRgS2hD_LL8EMXiHzSC1v9Ebp2HUg_oZWk5-YXf/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC05931" width="404" /></a></p> <p>Broke for lunch around 1pm. I wasn’t sure what today so I just kept it <strong>simple</strong>. I had a <strong>chicken salad</strong> on a <strong>thin bun</strong> with <strong>cheese</strong> and sliced up a <strong>golden delicious apple</strong> for <strong>5 points</strong>. If you haven’t tried thin buns (I know there are many other names out there as well) before, you need to…they are <strong><u>VERY</u></strong> good!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLEec1ph0xzKluHNdLR6AefBYwBo2OZrn9HEtyv6ILm-5XjtJO9inFarIOrZxTVkR4bVyzlJeQWhaUqMsql2eLqZpWdo01YT0I3lPaCDDPIPhIE10gTYbw4ANxMvDMYScqqWCF-cfQ11N/s1600-h/DSC05932%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC05932" border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvZPvKeLjDubCDljyy_O7ftTzIrKcHhCFnSSupBLjYOgE3yvmuF7oBHohH6bEhbbP_z9B4oq2PiRaoGVkQ4Tg1JboH2hnAgRjCyg7R4jH6X4nSRGHa8mycGHjxYRHTpnw3BbsECp5lm4g/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC05932" width="404" /></a></p> <p>I wanted something <strong>sweet</strong> after lunch so I had a <strong>peanut butter fiber one bar</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong> on my short little jaunt back to work. And it did just the trick!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmKZ6Ses5s2lff7sCD569HeFmrnId16U7hln5ANtQcZlMBlo-VlbfxhPPR2mjLnSMsc7bOSHFppKJsNi3UpYuK0h37fMb_RnbpsnA-s-ZLZkUVo0Do-Q99nBBcZQiRiTBuZRFmCJ9KeOT/s1600-h/DSC05933%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC05933" border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGVZCKiR5mUsLTNwP0yDtJQwkroeN5M987URHT8EFCwMnrabOfC8-SusrzCiQs_yHI_cpUHHernGEd9e9z47kqoXUyQNlpLBvXYPA8KsN2I0y1LNSchGwxap0CkbSaHBLIaQhVRZRoTXK/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC05933" width="404" /></a></p> <p>My afternoon was super productive. Afterwards I put on my sweaty gym clothes (from my morning workout!) and went back to the gym for <strong>3rd two-a-day</strong> of the <strong>week</strong>! Tonight was <strong><u>ZUMBA</u></strong>!!! I love this class more and more each time! And I think I pushed myself extra tonight ‘cause I was sweating a whole <strong>LOT</strong> more than I remember from Tuesday!</p> <p>When I got home I got right to work in the kitchen on supper! Another new try tonight! I made <strong>Deep Dish Pizza Casserole</strong>. It was <strong>pretty good</strong>, but I think next time I will <strong>add</strong> some green peppers & maybe some onions to the mix so it isn’t so meaty. I also had a side of <strong>corn</strong> to round out my meal for a <strong>delicious 7 point supper</strong>. <img alt="DSC05934" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGbydjG-pu8JopT6k_VC1JrWymYsYS5egyKtrp66ABBVUNfGI762ZvLNe4CPBz9XxhgT4T-LY6twchqdN0uk-mHacdDc5_Du9bsEcDljZhJOezGLSAGpXzjJKfuXjm_jp0mhT02SI5t96/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC05934" width="404" /><img alt="DSC05935" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrgtMzwst7zfI8hOrwOu6QE7C_MJ2aag3kHx29HYoXZbE2hHfZlhsbeHZG3Xgd_a9VsptwMNS_TLvSs24xwaX0tnB0o5OUz9x4kPW-gbO99Es-b3qjLARgCTwQOo6bkF5efcVjq2g7tt4/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC05935" width="404" /></p> <p><strong><font size="4">Deep Dish Pizza Casserole</font></strong></p> <ul> <li>1 lb ground beef or turkey </li> <li>1 15 oz can tomato sauce (the recipe called for chunky itlaian style…we aren’t fans of tomato chunks tho!) </li> <li>Cooking spray </li> <li>1 10oz can refrigerated pizza crust </li> <li>1 1/2 c 2% shredded mozzarella cheese </li> <ul> <li>Brown meat. Drain if necessary and return to skillet. Add tomato sauce and cook until heated. </li> <li>While meat cooks coat 9 X 13 baking dish with cooking spray. Unroll pizza crust dough and press into bottom and halfway up side of baking dish. Top with meat mixture. </li> <li>Bake uncovered at 425 degrees for 12 minutes. Top with cheese and bake for 5 additional minutes or until crust is browned and cheese melts. Cool 5 minutes before serving. Makes 6 servings. 6 points/serving </li> </ul> </ul> <p>My gym bag is <strong>packed</strong>, supper dishes are <strong>done</strong>, and food is <strong>ready</strong> for tomorrow! Now it’s time for bed!! I feel like a <strong>grandma</strong> going to bed at<strong> 9-9:30ish</strong>…but boy I just can’t get up very well if I don’t go to bed early!! So I think I choose<strong><u> feeling like a grandma</u></strong> over not working out!! ;)</p> <p><strong>THURSDAY’S STATS</strong> <br />POINTS = 19/23 <br />WATER =  116 oz <br />EXERCISE = 35 min walk @ incline/45 min Zumba</p> <p><strong><em>Do you read while working out? Do you have a good series to recommend I start next? (PS I’ve already read Twilight!) What’s your favorite book(s) of all time? </em></strong> <br /> <br />edit: Make sure to over to <a href=" http://enduranceisntonlyphysical.blogspot.com/2010/02/giveaway-oiselle-running-apparel.html">this blog</a> for a wonderful giveaway!!</p>

Rockin’ Thursday

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Birdfeeding in Wintertime...Memories in the Making.

<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryjTXFXLYGSDkT-yzguro-3_w_2XDalHHjYJ2pi1_e4PSywbu9Gey54Smp-hfG1VmAXwgLbOdxTGol2HYZ7_eK80oUpdHtIY6GgYEQObSzg-68Xa73WQpX-dQb0fOp8yJhawT-VnxpM51/s1600-h/IMG00016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryjTXFXLYGSDkT-yzguro-3_w_2XDalHHjYJ2pi1_e4PSywbu9Gey54Smp-hfG1VmAXwgLbOdxTGol2HYZ7_eK80oUpdHtIY6GgYEQObSzg-68Xa73WQpX-dQb0fOp8yJhawT-VnxpM51/s200/IMG00016.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I just got back from a nice, albeit short, vacation in Florida.  I'm always struck by the diversity of birds that I see at my mom's verses my own home, especially in winter.  For goodness sake, she has Painted Buntings at her feeders all winter long!! And, on a trip to the grocery store, you will likely see Sandhill Cranes in the parking lot! Lucky!  </div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My first exposure to bird feeding was actually through her parents, with whom I was very close, and who my daughter is named after.  My grandfather was the avid bird feeder.  He had feeders on his back porch all winter long and he'd sit and eat breakfast at the kitchen window and watch the many visitors.  He had an old Golden Guide to Birds, which I inherited when he passed away.  I've kept it in a special place because it has wonderful little handwritten notes and newspaper clippings in it that he kept, all related to birds.  It wasn't until I went to college and took my first ornithology class that I realized that my grandfather was a bona fide bird nerd, just like the rest of us.  I smile when I think of that because I believe he would have loved that title.  My grandmother was not as interested, but she continued to feed the birds long after he passed.  I think she had just as many fond memories of him sitting at that window with his cup of coffee as the rest of us did and probably couldn't bear to stop.  </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcc3xtIuJGuEBnhsQ72b4GlQZz8_aDLyKPZbJ_CxFCCeFFvvB21s11F_6bzpUhmNP4Jgu6c3PvRXbD9y21dbKdkKl3aykksUnGWTm3UKiRds7DnyjNF9X3UawXpRscANRchjxZJJG9VK5-/s1600-h/IMG00055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcc3xtIuJGuEBnhsQ72b4GlQZz8_aDLyKPZbJ_CxFCCeFFvvB21s11F_6bzpUhmNP4Jgu6c3PvRXbD9y21dbKdkKl3aykksUnGWTm3UKiRds7DnyjNF9X3UawXpRscANRchjxZJJG9VK5-/s200/IMG00055.jpg" width="200" /></a>My daughter now has a feeding station outside her bedroom window.  And, even though she's a toddler, she gets excited when the downy woodpecker comes to the suet feeder.  She loves the little goldfinches and chickadees too.  I keep a list of our visitors hanging on a tack next to her window, kind of a house list so to speak.  And Grandpa's bird guide is in the top drawer of her dresser waiting for her to be old enough to carefully flip through the worn pages and pick out what birds are at her feeders now as compared to what he was seeing way back when.  </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We'll probably always feed birds at our house.  And I hope my daughter has just as many fond memories of those birds and our time together as I do of my mom and my grandparents.</div><br /><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshsRYB0B5gTxmw-LNGcITIxkZUjoOU3EXW4IN4QKBiD4VZOktsrL6pcn64AAkFbC-WpUIKgP9hy_aWPWEXsFGxXvapGnAV7Pn-QgUKViomVCHIBIp5bt7LCHplFFJa6udVnyF9Ul3v2uW/s1600-h/232%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshsRYB0B5gTxmw-LNGcITIxkZUjoOU3EXW4IN4QKBiD4VZOktsrL6pcn64AAkFbC-WpUIKgP9hy_aWPWEXsFGxXvapGnAV7Pn-QgUKViomVCHIBIp5bt7LCHplFFJa6udVnyF9Ul3v2uW/s200/232%5B1%5D.jpg" width="146" /></a></div>February is <a href="http://www.birdfeeding.org/">National Birdfeeding Month</a>.  <br /><br />February 12-15th is the <a href="http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/">Great Backyard Bird Count.</a> 

Birdfeeding in Wintertime...Memories in the Making.

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Le contrat unique d’insertion (CUI)

<BR><br />Depuis le 1er janvier 2010, le nouveau « contrat unique d’insertion » (CUI) est entré en vigueur. <br />Ce contrat prend la forme du <strong><a href="http://www.travail-solidarite.gouv.fr/informations-pratiques/fiches-pratiques/contrats-travail/contrat-unique-insertion-contrat-initiative-emploi-cui-cie.html" target="_blank">contrat initiative emploi (CUI-CIE)</a> dans le secteur marchand</strong> et du <strong><a href="http://www.travail-solidarite.gouv.fr/informations-pratiques/fiches-pratiques/contrats-travail/contrat-unique-insertion-contrat-accompagnement-emploi-cui-cae.html" target="_blank">contrat d’accompagnement dans l’emploi (CUI-CAE)</a>, dans le secteur non marchand</strong>. <br /><br />Il a pour objet de faciliter l’insertion professionnelle des personnes sans emploi rencontrant des difficultés sociales et professionnelles d’accès à l’emploi. <br /><br />Il donne lieu à une convention conclue entre l’employeur, le salarié et, selon le cas, Pôle emploi agissant pour le compte de l’État, ou le président du Conseil général.<br /><br />Le contrat unique d'insertion peut prendre la forme d'un <strong>CDD</strong> ou d'un <strong>CDI</strong>, la durée hebdomadaire du travail doit être comprise entre <strong>20 et 35 heures</strong>.<br /><br />Pour en savoir plus : <ul><li><a href="http://www.travail-solidarite.gouv.fr/informations-pratiques/fiches-pratiques/contrats-travail/contrat-unique-insertion-contrat-initiative-emploi-cui-cie.html" target="_blank">Fiche pratique CUI-CIE</a><br /><li><a href="http://www.travail-solidarite.gouv.fr/informations-pratiques/fiches-pratiques/contrats-travail/contrat-unique-insertion-contrat-accompagnement-emploi-cui-cae.html" target="_blank">Fiche pratique CUI-CAE</a><br /><li><a href="http://www.travail-solidarite.gouv.fr/formulaires/insertion/contrat-unique-insertion.html?var_recherche=CUI" target="_blank">Formulaires relatifs au contrat unique d’insertion (CUI)</a><br /><li><a href="http://www.circulaires.gouv.fr/pdf/2009/11/cir_29980.pdf" target="_blank">Circulaire DGEFP n 2009-42 du 5 novembre 2009 </a>« relative à l’entrée en vigueur du contrat unique d’insertion au 1er janvier 2010 »</ul>

Le contrat unique d’insertion (CUI)

Depuis le 1er janvier 2010, le nouveau « contrat unique d’insertion » (CUI) est entré en vigueur. Ce contrat prend la forme du contrat initi...

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