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Hi, T,    seems apposite to paste what I just put on the lb board! (Over explanation about education was for US readers!)..

Later today I am going to a Garden Party for a school reunion. School for us usually means 11-18 year old education.

I went to a Grammar School (selective entry so the 20% most intellectually able) and so all the old "girls" will have done well for themselves. And those who aren't high flyers themselves will almost certainly be married to men who are (40 years ago that was the way it quite often went!).

I am going to meet people I have not met for 40 years!! Plus a few I see quite often. But with the ones I haven't seen since I was 18,  I AM NOT GOING TO BE EMBARRASSED BY MY SIZE!  They won't know I have lost weight because I am the same size now I was when I left school - they just never saw me in the middle!

Four years ago, I would not have attended the reunion! Too ashamed! Now i am going with my head held high ready to have a great time!

Thank you, band!

Kate

Cilantro is an herb used in Mexican cooking--it looks like parsley, but has a very pungent odor.  You can probably find it dried in the spice section of your supermarket.

The turkey is a much milder taste than beef, but is better for us because it has less fat in the meat.

Good luck!

Hey, Binty, do you ever do any chili or Lentil soups?  I find that those are pretty easy and I can make up POTSFUL and not only have enough to feed a family, I can have leftovers for myself too.

I like to use ground beef or ground turkey as the base, and then throw in all kinds of beans, tomatoes, onions, celery, cumin, cilantro, and oregano.  Yum!  I'[m working on a potful now that I've gotten 4 meals out of so far!

 

Sux to be in the UK in too early for spring/too late for winter. 

My sister and her hubby live up in Portland, Oregon, which has the same kind of weather as you have.  They got a Wii and use it all the time to play golf--she waxes him!  But he's getting better, since he stopped throwing the controller across the living room!  LOL.

Have fun

OK OK OK--every other day for 45 minutes which comes out to 2 miles a day and gives time for petting the neighborhood pooches who come out to say hello, stopping to admire the sailboats off Twin Lakes Beach, and admiring the spring flowers in gardens as I go by.