Rooster October 13, 2010

I went out to eat lunch with some friends last week in a nice restaurant. I hadn't been there in a long time. It is in a nice old house with a great patio for dining. It is in a little town by where we used to live---2 blocks long and a community park and community center. This town is known for the fact that they have all these roosters and chickens running around. Roosters can be pretty loud when you have more than one. I happened to have my camera around so I took a few chicken pictures. Also the lunch was very good.
So glad you can "have your cake and eat it too." Your trip sounds so great and you can do it and all the other things that you wanted to do. Plus you get to see Norma and me!!! Everything worked out good!

Am I coming apart or did I lose my head? October 19,2010

Do sometimes you feel like you are falling apart or you've lost your head (with your mind in it)?? There are days like that for me.I thought that I was losing it last night when I couldn't get that password to work. But not today, I think I got everything together or was I just LUCKY!
On my first camping trip I went to this art gallery in the middle of nowhere. No houses, town or anything close by. Her place reminded me of Kenny's. No tractors, just lots of stuff all over. Everything everywhere. Nobody was there. Most of her art that she was selling was in ceramic pots and similar things. They were beautiful and the prices ranged from $5.oo to $200 or $300. As I said no one was there. There was a pot to put your money in or credit card number and write down what you bought. There was lots of money there. Very trusting people.

Mono Lake Overlook October 18,2010

I was going to blog last night but went to bed at 8:30. Our church had a potluck yesterday, I felt like I ate too much so I thought omelet would be good for dinner. Then there was one piece of green tomato cake left, has coconut on top. Both eggs and coconut gives me diahrrae and stomach problems. But there are times I really want a omelet, seldom ever have coconut and I know I will suffer for it. Anyway, I got lots of rest. I have a doctor's appointment this morning about my hand which is looking much better and the rash on my arm.

I like your enthusiam about your Avon. Having goals to shoot for makes it so much easier and when it is monetary it really is easy. We are alike when it comes to competition. Mine was more channeled into sports. You are right about daddy, you can do what you want and be at the top with it. I also see that with Phil. It is like something that drives us. No matter how old we get, we will always have a goal. Age is only a number, right now my number is pretty high. (I can't find my mail in voter's ballot). I am going to ask the doctor about about B12 for memory.
We got our first real rain yesterday. I love a little bit of rain, sorta like the summer rains in the south.

Marisa, me and Andrea October 16,2010

What do they feed kids these days??? I must live in a land of giants! I had to stand on my tip toes to tap Marisa's boyfriend on his shoulders. It was fun tonight doing the pictures of the girls and their friends. They were all so excited and so pretty.Nobody had a date in that group except Marisa. I think it is great that you don't have to have a date to go to the dance. It was interesting that their dresses were all about the same but different.
I made a green tomatoe pie today. It was ok but I don't know if I will make more. I did make a good tomato sauce for the spagatti squash out of the red tomatoes. I was out in the garden for about 3 hours trying to clean out the summer plants (mostly tomatoes). Maybe I will plant some winter veggies.
I got the books back from Robin tonight. She said she ordered yesterday and I will tomorrow. Good luck!

Granny Smith apples October 8 ,2010

I started this yesterday and forgot to save it before I left it so here I go again. I have to do something with the apples, and the tomatoes. It has been in the 90s so I don't want to do much cooking.
I guess you are getting in your walking. Sorta like the politicians. I will be glad when the election is over. I still have to figure out all the little things to vote for.
I am glad you could get back on the blog., You will probably be so busy for this campaign that I won't see you again for a few weeks. Robin has my book but I see her tomorrow night when I go take some pictures for the girls and their friends for homecoming dance.
I went out to lunch today with a couple of friends. It was good and pretty fattening so I decided to eat today. I was doing pretty good the last few days. Since I couldn't write this down, not knowing calorie count, I decided to go ahead and eat what I wanted today. Hopefully, there aren't too many days like this.

2 bedroom tent October 12, 2010

The gray tent is 2 bedrooms. Can you imagine camping in that? I didn't go in but I could imagine a whole house set up in it. They are a young couple who love to camp.
I found a way on line to record what I eat and have it broken down into calories, fat, protein, fiber, carbs and sugar. I can usually do better if I am accountable to something. It is almost 11:30 and this is when I feel like snacking. NOT TONIGHT! I don't want to have to write it down. The web site is www.fatsecret.com I had nutrition today and that is where I found out about the web site. We got a list of how much fructose is in fruit and they wante you to stay at 25 grams or less. It counts up fast.

Birthday cake October 11, 2010

We always have a tennis luncheon on the months that someone in our group has a birthday. Another lady and I have one in September but we celebrated the 4th of October. This was our cake. It was pretty. I didn't have any though but I had a cookie.
I didn't do too much today. A recovery time. I must have been dehydrated. I have had so much water today and I am still thirsty. Also sleepy. I am going to bed Just wanted to let you know I am still alive.