Sunday, April 27, 2025

119.8 - up .6 pounds for no reason as I definitely ate on the lower side yesterday. Contradictory bodies!

Good day yesterday fitting in all the planned items, brief naps (DH and DSD) in the afternoon, then a nice dinner out at the Beach Club.

Today's itinerary (which we have of course per DH's request) is the bus trip to breakfast at 7:30, Justice walk, beach for a while, then down to the town just south of here (we were north yesterday). We will probably go to the local cider brewery there then out to dinner somewhere in the area.

Have a seasonal Sunday!

You two are marvelous hosts! Sounds like you've planned a great visit. And nice touch planning nap time.

After our coffee yesterday, DH said let's stop at Costco and get the laptop you wanted. So I did it, I bought an Apple Airbook. I love it! Its like I got a new window into the world. At home, I do my surfing on a kindle or my phone, both are woefully underpowered for serious searches like travel planning.

The sun was out in full force again, so I turned my porch chair directly into it's path, and lifted my face up into the rays. Oh, it feels so good.

I talked to my Aussie sister for about an hour last night, so good to catch up. She has her naturalization ceremony in a couple of weeks. I hope citizenship gives her more protection coming through customs. She's the one who got detained once and sent back to Australia. Because of that, she usually gets more aggressive questioning and inspection when she comes back from visiting her grandchildren.

Today's tasks include reading the paper and sipping tea. Maybe one load of laundry. Theater tonight, and school tomorrow.

Congratulations to your Aussie sister!

I loved my Airbook but now it is tool old to upgrade the OS or Safari so I had to retire it. I decided that my iPad was sufficient for me (with MS Word and Excel on it).

I was going to buy an older one, but I was worried about how long it would be supported. I figure this newest model should be good for about 7 years.

Good plan!

124.6, still down. I actually ate over my calories yesterday, coming in at 1,399.

We had a very nice date night last night with a sushi dinner, lemon drop martini at a fun bar and then the Foreigner Tribute band. As DH says, there were a lot of grey hairs there! They joked that they would have an intermission halfway through so we could all take our evening meds!

Speaking of meds, I took my shot today even though my weight is a bit under goal. Will continue to try and up the calories a bit. Tonight's shrimp with cheesy grits should help!

Cloudy, gloomy day. It might hit 60 today. More clouds tomorrow with a chance of rain. The Midwest has a high chance for some pretty bad storms tomorrow including hail and tornadoes. The bad stuff is supposed to miss us. Hope it misses my Mom and my brother and Diane in the Twin Cities!

Church this morning and then kind of a lazy day since then. Took a little nap since last night we were up past our normal bedtime.

Think I might work on the dreaded Etsy site this afternoon!

We're already getting severe weather warnings etc. I'm confused though how we would get tornados because it is neither hot nor humid. Mostly I hate big storms because the parking lot at school is vast, flat, tree less and on a hill, perfect for a lightning strike. That parking lot has threatened death, or at least broken bones so many times with it's thick covering of ice or making my umbrella into a potential lightning rod. Time to retire :)

It is time to retire! Hopefully, no tornadoes or lightning strikes!

That sounds like scary weather but like DD commented it seems weird without heat and humidity.

Greetings all

Sunny and windy here. Did my usual leisurely coffee and ate a slice of pizza for breakfast. Not ideal but filling. I went to the gym and did my walking. I am still on a Prince kick but the iPhone seems to want to mix it up with old Beatles stuff. Oh well.

And when did the NFL draft become such a big thing? For weeks there has been nothing but that on the tv at the gym. It is still on. I get that the sports networks need something to broadcast but geez.

Skipping the studio today. It will be kiln day tomorrow.

You guys that keep your calories to 1200 or so are amazing. I used to do that and it's hard to imagine now.

yep Liz, amazing that Dexter is relaxing. Or more likely, distracting from the ways of the world.

Yikes DD what a hazardous parking lot. Agreed, time to be rid of that. Nothing quite like a midwestern thunder storm for drama. Oddly we don't get a lot of that here - just plain old rain. Yay for the new MacBook air. They rock. We are an all apple household.

At the gym I noticed they had body composition tests for $15. Obviously not the kind where you get under water like I did 15 years ago. I am intrigued but also afraid. Remembering my mammogram report "almost entirely fat".

Well if I am lucky I can get DH away from the aliens and come help me with the deck garden getting ready for the sweet peas. Wish me luck.

Diane S