And I feel better already! It was in the low fifties yesterday and is supposed to be in the mid-fifties today. Yesterday it felt downright tropical to me! (Stop laughing, Island Girl!!!!!) ANYway, after all the busy-ness last weekend (daughter’s baby shower that had a cast of thousands, and at which she received everything and more that she will possibly need for those two little munchkins) I went to her house afterwards with my other two daughters, and we helped put the finshing touches on the nursery, which is beautiful, and the men spent some time puting together the double stroller, swings, a co-sleeper (Didn’t have THOSE when I had my babies, let me tell you) high chairs, etc. THEN we ordered Chinese food from one of the best Chinese food restaurants on the east coast (which just happens to be in Worcester!) - non-greasy, non-MSG delicious! (And I ate some, yes I did). Sunday was pretty much more of the same. I also went over and cooked dinner for them a couple of nights after I got home from work during the week. My daughter’s ankles and legs are swelling some, and she needs to be off them as much as she can.

So, we’ll be bringing dinner over again today, but yesterday I had a chance to get back to my regular routine, which was nice. I headed out to do the grocery shopping, made a few stops at my fave clothing-type stores and bought a few nice things for myself for spring. Got home, DH helped me put everything away, and then we headed over to Home Depot to get some plants and some ceiling fans. I want them (the fans) hung in the master bedroom and the guest bedroom. And, DH has put narrow glass shelves across my two kitchen windows 4 shelves on each window) and I have a variety on plants on them, but wanted a few more (in honor of spring approaching) so we got some potted plants, too. We’ll wait a month or so for the outdoors plantings - New England is a little quirky in that you can be in the midst of glorious spring weather and wake up one morning to a snow storm. My birthday is mid-April, and there has been snow on my birthday a number of times over the years.

Anyway, after leaving Home Depot, we drove up to the reservoir in a neighboring town and got out and walked a bit and enjoyed the sunshine. Then we took ourselves out to supper and stopped at a fabric shop where I found some gorgeous stuff to make into a runner for my dining room table. 40% off the usual $39.99 a yard, and all we needed was a yard, so I was quite pleased with myself at my masterful bargain shopping.

Then home to a Netflix movie and a bowl of low-cal butterscotch pudding with lite whipped cream and Fiber One cereal sprinkled on top. Yum. I have, incidentally (Tah-daaaaahhhhh!) lost another pound and a half this past week. Yay,me.

Now I am off to the kitchen to make us our Sunday morning blueberry pancakes (from Fiber One pancake mix & fresh blueberries), sugar-free maple syrup, and turkey breakfast sausages. If you haven’t tried the Fiber One pancake mix, I highly recommend it. It takes a little juggling to get just the right amount of water, but once you get a consistency that you like, it’s easy to do. Okay. my mouth is watering just typing this. I hope we get out for a walk again today. That walk around the reservoir yesterday was utterly glorious!

Keep the faith, you lovely people, you -

Hugs,

Z