Daniel Practicing Retinoscopy

Today, we went down to the campus so Daniel could practice Retinoscopy for a big test he has on Monday.

The best part about being married to a future eye doctor, is that Daniel gets to practice on me. So I have the priviledge of having a light shown in my eye for the next 4 years. YAY!!

Dieting

Daniel and I decided that this would be a perfect time to start out right. Eating right, that is. Since our fridge and cupboards were empty, it would be the perfect time to fill them with good food. We also decided to start the South Beach Diet. It is seriously the best diet we have ever been on. The weight is just melting off.

There are 3 phases in the diet. In the first phase, no fruit, sugars and carbs. Only low fat diary, lean meats, eggs, and veggies. It was different at first, but once we got the hang of it, we really became creative. And I made some fantastic discoveries.

Who said your salad has to have boring dressing? We were excited to find that we can still have our favorite dressings, because they come in 'fat free'.

We found this juice that is sugar free and 0 calories, unlike Crystal Lite which has 5 calories. And the wonderful sugar free Jello, at only 10 calories.

But the best discovery of all, is the sugar free Fudgsicles. Oh my goodness!! It's like heaven on a stick. When you are sugar deprived, you have no idea how good it tastes!

We have been following this eating plan for 4 weeks now, and still going strong. Lets just pray that we can continue to hold strong!!

Daniel's First Day of School

I felt like a proud mama sending my boy off to his first day of school. It's so exciting that we are actually here. I never thought this would ever happen, but here we are!! Hallelujah!!

He needs 2 bags for all his books. How sad!?!

The Omaha Zoo

Daniel and I went to the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo on our way to Tenessee. I have been there a few times, but it was really exciting to show Daniel everything. We were there for 4 hours and still didn't get to see everything. The place is huge, and really amazing. I only posted about a third of the pictures we took. Didn't want to bore you to death.

Do you see the egg??
There was this tunnel that you could walk through that had these fish
and sharks swimming all around you. It was pretty amazing!

It was the perfect day, and we had tons of fun. We would have spent longer there, but the pet holding room closed at 5pm. I was so glad that they had a place to keep pets for those visitors who were traveling. Because if they didn't, we wouldn't have been able to go!