Tomorrow is Friday AND Valentine’s Day!  Yay.

I’m so excited and love that Valentine’s Day falls on a Friday this year. 😉

Well, I have to say I was so happy to hit 2,000 likes on my Facebook page recently.  Woo hoo.

Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have supported and “liked” me.  I appreciate it more than you know.  Seriously, every single little “like” makes me smile.  THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

BUT, I have to vent for a sec…

I really LOVE Facebook as a personal user.  It’s so much fun to connect with so many people and peek into the lives of long lost friends.  I love it.

However I really DON’T love Facebook as a business user.  Yuck.  They really have serious issues.  For example, I have over 2,000 people who have liked my page, but lately Facebook’s only been showing my posts to 100 to 200 of those people!  Don’t you think that’s crazy!??

Yes, Facebook wants me to PAY them to show my posts to people who have already liked my page!  That is so jacked!!  Yes, it bugs me really bad.

Sooooo, if you have “liked” my page and would actually like to see updates when I post them, then here’s what you do….

• Visit my Facebook page here.
• Then hover over the button that says “Liked.”
• You will see a drop down menu  appear with an option that says “Get Notifications.”
• Click on that and then you will actually be able to see my updates in your News Feed!

I hope that made sense.  I’m seriously so bugged at Facebook.  I even thought about shutting down my page altogether because I don’t want to play their little game.  Can you tell I’m bugged!??  Yes.

Anyway, moving on to happier things!

I made a really yummy dinner tonight that I loved!  I had some leftover turkey in the freezer, so I decided to make a Turkey Pot Pie!

It’s not pretty, but it was awesome!

I used a recipe I found online at CookingLight.com.  It was a bit of a pain to make, but it turned out so yummy!

Cooking Light calculated this recipe to be 310 calories per serving (1/8th of the recipe), which is great for such a large portion!  It tasted wonderful too and every bit as good as a full fat/calorie version.

Next time I make it, I may even decrease the salt and crust a bit to make it even healthier.  We’ll see….

I served it tonight along with some fresh pineapple.  My kids gobbled it up and a few of them even had seconds.

I actually went back for seconds too.  It was such a yummy comfort food meal!

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I also helped my little cute kindergartener make a Valentine’s box today too.  He told me he wanted a “Batman box” and here’s what we came up with…

I obviously helped with the Bat, but he loved decorating with all the stickers.  He was quite proud of himself.

I took several pictures of my cutie patootie with his box, but my poor child doesn’t know how to smile naturally.

He’s a doll.  LOVE this kid!

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I went to lunch with my mom and sister (and a couple of our kidlets) a couple days ago for an “after birthday” outing.  We went to California Pizza Kitchen and it was divine!

I actually shared a pizza and salad with my mom.

We got the Pear + Gorgonzola Crispy Thin Crust pizza (Bosc pears, sweet caramelized onions and hazelnuts, topped with chilled field greens in housemade Gorgonzola ranch) on a whole wheat crust AND a small Caramelized Peach salad (Field greens, spinach, warm caramelized peaches, cranberries, red onions, toasted pecans and Gorgonzola tossed in housemade white balsamic vinaigrette.)

Holy crap, I’m here to say that is some of the best food on the planet!  That pizza is absolutely heavenly!

Seriously, if you have a California Pizza Kitchen near you, you HAVE to try that pizza.  Ahhhh-mazing.

Sadly, the pizza packs a 1420 calorie punch, but it is HUGE!  My mom and I each had two slices and took the rest home.  The salad is only 450 calories, but I imagine most of those calories are in the dressing.  Next time, I’ll ask for it on the side.

We had a fun afternoon and went shopping at the mall for a bit afterward.

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I also have to say that I WENT TO THE GYM with Kev on Tuesday night and I loved it!  I just went to the Golds Gym Express because it’s a lot closer to my house.  I absolutely killed my upper body and then I ran on the treadmill for a mile.

My shoulders, back and triceps have been so sore!  I’m hoping to get on a more regular gym schedule soon.  I think I’ll still stick with some home workouts and The Express Gym though for simplicity and time’s sake.

Oh, and I snapped a cheesy pic of Kev and I after our workout…

Yes, I know we’re dweeby.

Well, it’s late and I need to hit the hay.  I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine’s Day tomorrow!  AND, if you’re single and don’t have a special Valentine, I hope you still have a wonderful day spent with people you love. 😉

Oh, and I LOVE you all!  Soooo, if you don’t have a Valentine, you can claim me. 🙂