So I'm still sticking to my healthy eating kick, albeit in fits and starts. I'm doing pretty well over all. I would estimate that I've lost 15 pounds. I saw myself on camera this past weekend and didn't completely hate my appearance (just sorta). I have to share with you the greatest thing ever...

100 calorie Hostess Cupcake Packs

They are yummy chocolate goodness and I know exactly how much I'm eating, calorie-wise. It's a divine snack, and not much of a cheat. I love love love them so much. I do much better at this stuff if I let myself have small treats. Less apt to fall completely off the wagon... like I did on Saturday.

You see, I had my fellow Altered Art Chicks over all day Saturday for an altered art play day. Stupid me didn't prepare properly, so instead of getting all glue and ink-covered, I made some updates to the site. Needed to be done, so I felt it was time well-spent. Anyway, I bought snacks. Because when one creates, one needs fuel, right? So we ate WAY too many Cheetos and cinnamon Sun Chips and stuff like that. Yeah, I know. Bad, bad, bad. That's what I meant when I said I fell off the wagon. But I think doing that every once in a while isn't bad.

So Melissa alternated between doing stuff on the computer and actual paper crafting endeavors. Audrey came prepared with a project box full of stuff to work on -- chipboard stars, happy birthday cards... she was a woman with an altered art-y mission. As per usual when the Chicks gather, we laughed a ton and got a lot done. And had a blast. And learned that chipboard is a big fan of Audrey's! Who knew??????

So Friday night, I was playing on my computer late late late and put together a playlist for myself. I call it "Sing Along With Neil." And it's up on iTunes if you wanna give it a spin. It's my favorite Neil Finn songs to sing along to (yes, my title for said list should have already been a giveaway, huh?). I'm a car singer. Love to sing in the car. Love to make up new harmony lines each time I sing along with a song.

I'm not a good singer by any stretch, but I don't totally suck either. So I like to think that someday, when Neil pulls me up on stage (as he's been known to do on many occasions [not pull me specifically up on stage... would be nice, but it hasn't happened yet... I meant that he does often pull audience members up on stage]), I can impress the entire audience with my mad harmony skills. It's not the full playlist -- not all of the songs I selected are available on iTunes. But it's about half of them. I believe you have to have iTunes to listen. But it's a great mix. Go ahead and listen and let me know if you come up with any good harmony lines. I'm always up for some new ones! And if you ever see me singing my heart out at a red light, you can be fairly certain I'm harmonizing with Neil!