HI LADIES ~ well, we had a bit of
this AM, but gray clouds moved in by noon. I fell asleep on my couch after I posted in here last evening, and then woke up in the middle of the night. I came by to read, and post; and wrote a note to my Aunt, but then finally got back to bed about 4:30 AM. Of course, then I ended up sleeping in later -- 9:15 which is later for me as I usually get up between 7 and 8 AM.
Since this was our rest day, I wasn't too upset about that though. Just took my time and moseyed around with my coffee. I splurged and had a bagel with PB this morning; a nice treat now and then. I find if I don't eat a good breakfast now, that I feel too hungry later in the morning. We decided to go for a drive this afternoon for awhile even though it was cloudy, but the rain didn't fall.
A friend of DH's is building a new house, so we went out to see how it was progressing. He has to tear down his old place first though and then they are bringing in a prefab bungalow to replace it. They are still in the tearing down phase yet, but they do still have to the fall.
Anyhow, we went out to a favorite couple of lakes that we used to go to in the past; one of them, had 6-7 or more large camping trailers parked all around the shores but no-one was there; and one fellow was fishing at the dock by his car. We used to go out there to look at the lake and yak becuz it is so peaceful, so I hope they aren't planning on leaving all those trailers out there year round becuz they are taking up all the land in front of the lake so no-one else can use it, which isn't the way it is supposed to be.
This is free public land and is supposed to be available for everyone to use throughout the season. We will go out again another time when it isn't a holiday weekend, and hopefully most of them will be gone (as I know a few of them are being left there year-round even though the government has told them not to do it). We are not pleased with people who hog the shores along all the public lakes up here: it's not very considerate -- esp for those of us who can't afford a cottage on a lake. Well, I guess that's my rant for this month.
Anyways, we had a lovely dinner when we got home; I had sirloin steak with sauteed veggies and DH had a boneless center-loin pork chop (his favorite). We had a treat while we were out -- we had our dessert in the afternoon for our snack: we had a medium ice cream cone at a favorite spot that we hadn't been to for awhile. That's a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon; we wouldn't do this normally though. We only have 96% fat-free ice cream at home and in 1/2 cup measured amounts; it's our one indulgence. We have given up chips, and nachos, and hickory sticks, and popcorn, and many other treats; so we are doing really well, I think. Kudos to us ...
HEY PURPLE ~ sounds like you were up late tonight too; sorry you lost your post. I am getting more precautious these days; if I notice that my pc is acting slow or in any way odd, I save my post BEFORE clicking on the "submit reply" button. This has saved me many times.
Sorry to hear your DH is having problems with his gums; it takes time to get used to those plates for sure. When my DH got his bottom ones, his mouth was too swollen so they didn't fit; now they are way too big so he doesn't use them anymore. I wish it wasn't so expensive to have them fixed; the price is way too high now.
Today, I totally rested except for going out; but will do some other things like my stetchie bands today. I did do my tummy tucks and leg squats this AM; plus a few other toning exercises as well (credit moi). On my new plan, Sunday is now my rest or take it EZ day; I only do what I feel like doing. I'm doing more stuff on the other 6 days of the week instead.
That bird looks alot like our yellow or canary finches that we have over here. We had some here tonight; one was kind of greenish (probably a female) and the other was bright yellow with black markings (probably a male or another kind of gold finch). The tree outside our kitchen was covered with finches, sparrows, and young starlings tonight. We still have some blackbirds and the mourning doves are still coming here today as well.
We had cooler temps today; it stayed around 60F. The birds were here on and off all day and evening, so DH put out a little extra food as they always seem to return here if the temps start to get a bit colder. We couldn't believe how high one of the lakes we visited was; probably from all the recent
. We could see the lake from the road as we were driving by; it reminded me of the shores we went to when we were young in the southern part of the province off Georgian Bay.
YES, VAL ~ Congrats on losing even
1 lb ... it all counts, so take it!!! Last time I weighed the scale said I lost 3 lbs, but that may have been water as I tend to retain lots of water (from 3-5 lbs and more).
Well, that's all the news from here for now; time to put my legs up for awhile. Will have some tea later too. Take good care ladies and have
A MARVELLOUS MONDAY ... ROSEBUD