Getting back on track…

The past week I have been fighting a sinus something…and finally today I’m feeling better. The bathroom is coming along somewhat slowly…but all I have left to do is paint the vanity drawers and doors, get new hardware and attatch them. Then clean up my mess…

With all the recent rain the tomato plants are becoming giants!…lots of green ones on them.

My eating habits are under control and I don’t have to eat large amounts of food to feel satisfied…I think 5 pounds have been lost just this week…without trying to lose weight, just through healthy eating…

Today breakfast was:
smoothie of , 1 apple, 1 banana, rice milk and some almond butter.

Lunch:
Salad containing, assorted lettuces from our garden, cherry tomatoes from my sister’s garden, black olives and herbs of thyme and parsley. Olive oil/apple cider vinegar dressing.

Snack:
Watermelon and handful of walnuts.

Dinner:
Fried zucchini using cornmeal fried in olive oil.

Now I want to get a henna tattoo! Really, this is where I will be ordering from…and how old am I now? Your never to old!!!!

Veggies

With Richie gone, I had to do the grocery shopping. Which is something I really don’t like doing. But I stayed within my budget and for only $30.00 I purchased:
Fuji apples, over-ripe bananas, turnup greens, romaine lettice, 4 tomatoes, 2 summer squashes, 2 big onions, shelled walnuts (I splurged here, $6.00!), rice milk and by mistake (because I didn’t have my glasses with me…) I bought a $4.00 bag of grapefruit. I thought it was a bag of big lemons…they were yellow! Grapefruits are not a fruit that I care for…aaarrrgggg…oh well.

The weather has finally cooled off some and is in the 70’s right now. Even with a slight breeze…it feels heavenly.

I’m doing my week with NO t.v. Usually I don’t watch too much. And for about 3 years I didn’t even have one (by choice). When my middle son went away to college I gave him the tv and VCR. It was my way of getting rid of the “time waster” and help him out. Without a tv, I painted more, gardened, went out with friends and started making jewelry seriously. And of course spent mega time on the computer! The computer became the substitute! So this week I will be limiting my time on-line. Just check email once a day (instead of a million times!) and to surf a couple of websites I like to visit and write here. And that is it….

So…this week will be one of lawn mowing, no fireworks watching (it is too dry and they are all cancelled), working a few hours (this is my semi vacation month! Yay!!!!), and getting back into the exercise habit. It is good to make some new habits and throw out some of the outdated, bad for me ones.

More later…
cheers

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” - Dr. Seuss