I can't imagine getting in the water without a wetsuit--especially up north! The only times I've been in the ocean and have thought it a comfortable temperature was in Hawaii and Costa Rica.

My golf game was cut short this morning and I'm not sure if I want to go back tomorrow. They need to replace some aging sprinklers on the course and have chosen this summer to do it, so they closed holes 5 through 13. We played 1-4 and 14-18 for 9 holes. Can you imagine that I lost 5 balls! Sometimes I can go a whole 18 with the same ball. Not today. I did manage 2 pars, but the rest was absolutely horrible. I guess golf will be on hold until October (normally we don't golf July-September as it is just too hot). We were hoping to get a couple more weekends in. Oh, well.

Thanks for the welcome Megan and others... I'm gradually losing those last few pounds and continuing in near-cleanse mode: no gluten, so sugar, no chocolate. It's obvious I will also need to keep a close watch on grains when they DO return. And chocolate... hmm... just before the cleanse I discovered some incredible Fair Trade dark chocolate. I'll have 100 calories a day max in a week or two, a homeopathic dose by my standards!