Baseball, Basketball & other June Happenings

Hello there Adventurous Friends, greetings from South Dakota. How you doing?  Daughter, Son in Law & all the Grands came for a visit.  It was such a blessing & pure enjoyment having all the kids together to do activities with.  We all had good times together.  

Our area has had some rain but not enough.  Ponds are dry & the grass has not grown much.  Some ranchers are getting desperate for water & hay for their livestock.  An announcement was made the last week of this month that the 4th of July fireworks are canceled this year because the ground is so dry.  

This is my Sentence a Day where I write a little something about each day, wrote in a long drawn out sentence or 2.  I've joined up here with others if you'd like to see what they've been up to.

Kevin discovered baby rabbits out in the
rock garden.  See the little one digging to
get back in the hole underneath the
landscape fabric.  
  

* Tues 1st - Seemed like Monday, enjoyed the long Memorial weekend camping, picnicking, walking & riding, summer is on it's way by the end of the week with temperatures forecasted in the upper 90s, later start time for work this week will be used for spring cleaning, cleaned in the living room.

* Wed 2nd - Changed the sheets on our bed, got the enamelware table set I ordered from Cabalas, washed it up & put in the camper, cleaned in the kitchen. 

Happy Birthday Grand Chandler.

* Thurs 3rd -  Set up a coffee/cider/hot chocolate bar, cleaned some more in the kitchen, paid the water bill, went to drop off items for Grand's summer program/daycare & no one was there, got groceries that included lots of ice cream, put gas in my car.

* Fri 4th -  Turned on some uplifting music & cleaned the bathroom, set up a bathing, toothbrushing & hair combing station for the littlest Grands.

Week 23

Coffee & Legos, wishing we were
at that cabin fishing.

* Sat 5th - Summer has arrived, it's been so hot, cleaned the other bathroom, went to Summer in the Streets, got a burger meal for supper from the fire department's BBQ fundraiser, did some talking & listening to live music, not a big turnout. 

* Sun 6th - Chatted with Walmart, got replacements sent for the 4 items I didn't receive, packed a lunchbox of food for the Grands, picked them up at the airport, did some shopping on the way.

* Mon 7th -  Younger Grand up early to work on Legos, older Grand drove us home after work, made walking tacos for Lions club meeting.

* Tues 8th -  Took Rose to get her 1 year shots & town registration, popcorn & ice cream with the Grands watching Gilligan's Island. 

* Wed 9th -  Went driving with the older Grand, was the piece finder for Lego building with  the younger Grand, there has been so many mosquitos. 

Happy Birth-day Grand Gracie.

* Thurs 10th -  Did some reading & writing with the younger Grand, did some grocery shopping with the older Grand.

* Fri 11th - It's a girl, Grand # 8 was born.

Week 24

* Sat 12th/Sun 13th - Went camping in the buttes, did lots of 4 wheeler riding.

Surprised to see the cactus blooming.

* Mon 14th - Played Trouble with each of the Grands, lost both games.

* Tues 15th - Grands worked on making leather name bracelets.

* Wed 16th -  Finished the bracelets.

* Thurs 17th - Went to the arcade, ate burgers & wings, got groceries.

* Fri 18th -  Daughter, Son in Law & Grands arrived, gave bear hugs to everyone, snuggled baby Grand #8.

Week 25

"I'm making a rainbow."

* Sat 19th - Daughter & Son in Law went on an overnight mini vacation adventure, the rest of us made snowman with playdough, built with Legos, played on the playground, colored, painted, played basketball, rode bicycles to the store & got snacks, the little ones including me took a nap.

* Sun 20th - Older Grands made a cake to celebrate Father's/Mother's day & all our birthdays, younger Grands made a banana pudding to have for picnic.

* Mon 21st -  Daughter & Son in Law took Grands to the waterpark, ate pizza in the park for supper & played on the playground, older Grands went to open field & played baseball with other kids, Kevin & Son in Law helped ump & worked with the kids.

* Tues 22nd -  Had a picnic with a view of George Washington's profile on Mt Rushmore, went to a snake show at Reptiles Gardens.

No petting the snake for me,
how about you?

Do you see George Washington?

* Wed 23rd -  Went rock climbing, roasted hotdogs & made smores, there was slip & slide kick ball, my job was keeping dish detergent on the plastic to make it slippery.

* Thurs 24th -  Daughter, Son in Law & Grands headed home, middle 3 Grands stayed, watched the 1st 3 episodes of Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, snacked on popcorn & m&ms.

* Fri 25th - Had another hotdog roast to use up leftovers, 72 degrees F & no bugs, perfect evening.

My favorite kind of dinner party.

Week 26

* Sat 26th - Everyone pitched in to do laundry & tidy up the house, walked with Rose & watched the Grands play basketball.

* Sun 27th - Went to the lake, started watching the Harry Potter series, played Trouble with Grand, won 1 out of 4 games, a thunderstorm rolled though in the evening, the rain sounded so good.

* Mon 28th - Worked on laundry & watched an episode of Camp Cretaceous with Grands before work, seems Grands are surely changing clothes at least 3 times a day, open field baseball after supper, watched the 2nd Harry Potter movie, fell asleep & woke up at the ending.

* Tues 29th -  Kevin cooked fish for supper, I made root beer floats, older 2 Grands went to open gym & played basketball with other kids, younger Grand finished a Lego set, we played several games of Trouble & watched the 2nd Harry Potter movie again.

* Wed 30th -  Grands prepared chicken in the crockpot for supper, cleaned up after the Lions club sponsored blood drive then went up to the field to watch Grands play ball, played several games of Trouble while everyone got their shower, had ice cream & root beer floats while watching Camp Cretaceous.

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how about you?

Camping & other May Happenings

Hello there Adventurous Friends, greetings from South Dakota. How you doing?  This is my Sentence a Day where I write a little something about each day, wrote in a long drawn out sentence or 2.   Here are others I've joined up with if you'd like to see what they've been up to.  It's been so dry in our area, the grass started going back dormant before some if it turned green.  We upgraded our tent camping to a slide in camper on the back of a truck.  Let's see what other happenings went on this month.  

Silent auction item I bid on &
quickly lost out on.

Week 18

* Sat May 1st - Kevin planted our tators, went to a fundraiser benefit, bid on some items in the silent auction & ate supper, started watching Survivor season 20 - Heroes versus Villains.

* Sun May 2nd - Happy to have to use the windshield wipers while getting much needed rain, went walking & fishing in the canyon, got brunch at Hardees, got supper at McDonalds, rain drizzled all day.

* Mon May 3rd - Participated in Lions club activity doing trash pickup on the side of the road then had a meeting at the restaurant, selected scholarship winners.

Happy Birthday to Moma, pictured here
with the youngest Grand, celebrating
with Daughter & Grands having
a pineapple upside down cake, one
of my favorites.

* Tues 4th - Ate asparagus from the garden, wrapped in bacon & baked, our 1st harvest of the season, the deer are eating the rhubarb, they never bothered it before.

* Wed 5th - Good to walk to work again, working in town for at least the rest of the week, watched Notting Hill along with several episodes of Survivor. 

Over the hill to work I go, no green
leaves yet.

* Thurs 6th - Had a pizza picnic, walking & a scavenger hunt out out the lake.                    

A friend shared this on facebook.  It was something 

fun to do on my Thursday evening walk while Kevin

fished.  I found all the items on the list. - wild parsley

yellow wildflower; dandelion leaf, fern type leaf, briar

leaves; red straw;  spiderwebs in the outhouse; a black 

bird flying; jet vapor trail & clouds in the sky; long boat

dock; green cactus growing; geese & ducks birds 

swimming in the lake; water levels were down in the 

lake; smushed purple can; fire ants crawling on an ant hill.

* Fri 7th - Went to the greenhouse after work, got some flowers & vegetable plants.

The flowers are so pretty, what to get?
Marigolds, petunias & coleus. 

 

Week 19

* Sat 8th - Heard a lawn mower running on my walk home from work, fresh cut grass is one of my favorite smells, got caught up on a few things in the house, did several loads of laundry, washed the sheets on the guest bed, opened the mail, balanced the check books, made rhubarb muffins & put some in the freezer to have when Daughter comes.

Happy birthday to my little Rosie.

                  

* Sun 9th - Did some stock up shopping at Walmart, looked at trucks & campers, we're talking about upgrading our tent camping to a slide in camper on the back of the truck, my glasses fell out of the car & got ran over, Kevin was able to fix them.

Hotdog in a leftover cheddar
cheese taco shell.

* Mon 10th - Kevin made a purchase agreement for us to get a slide in camper, the search is on to get a truck to put it on, watched several episodes of Hoarders & Tiny House Nation.

* Tues 11th -  Made a pot of chili for supper during lunch break, counted 18 in the herd of deer that hangs out in our trees & scavenges the garden, neighbor up the road said they saw 32 deer & they're putting a fence around their garden, started watching Dances with Wolves, a part of the movie was filmed in the canyon where we go fishing.

* Wed 12th - Made a taco for supper using a hotdog & leftover chili, finished watching Dances with Wolves & ate popcorn.

* Thurs 13th - Facetimed with Moma & the youngest Grand, Moma is making baby Grand # 8 a quilt, she talked about the gas shortage in her area due to the hacked pipeline, had a picnic & walking up at the pond.

* Fri 14th - Kevin brought home our (new to us) truck & camper, took it for a test spin up the road, joined truck camper's facebook groups, excited! 

Our new camping pal is a 1992 Palomino, hail damaged on
the top & one side, pops up, need different tie downs & a
 few other things.

Week 20

Still frosty in the mornings, not risking planting
these in their containers yet.

* Sat 15th - Got materials for slip & slide kickball, went to Lions club bingo, won some marigold plants & $5.00, helped clean up.

* Sun 16th - Went fishing up in the canyon again, all roads were open for summer recreational use, rode up to the lake, fished & walked some more, ate a burger from Culver's for a picnic supper in the city park.

Rose & I walking around the lake while Kevin does some extra fishing.

I noticed a little green in the trees
on my walk to work.

* Mon 17th -  Gathered bedding & a few other things to go in the camper, went to Lions club meeting, worked on preparing bottles for Happy Day Award drawings.

* Tues 18th -  Cleaned in the camper, made the bed, got overwhelmed where to put stuff in the drawers & cabinets, need some baskets.

* Wed 19th - Cleaned in the camper some more, rounded up some baskets & had better luck organizing stuff, got the water hooked up.

* Thurs 20th - Cleaned in the camper a little more, rounded up a cutting board to put over the sink to have more workable counter space when needed, Kevin worked to hook up the fridge, there is an extra wire, what to do with it, watched youtube videos of camper wiring & organization ideas, it rained, Yay!

* Fri 21st - Final touches were completed in the camper, got the fridge & furnace hooked up, saving up Cabala's points to get an enamelware table set, it rained some more, Yay!  Yay!

Week 21

Chokecherry & current in bloom, wildflower
book read that the berries from both these shrubs
can be used to make pemmican along with jams,
jellies & wine.  

* Sat 22nd -  The tubs are full of rainwater to use to water the garden, Yay! Yay! Yay!  Rose was up early sick, too much people food, took our camping pal on our 1st overnight outing together, got set up then took a ride in the side by side, did some walking & exploring, sweet pea (prairie goldenpea) was blooming.

* Sun 23rd -  It rained some more, slept good, no leaks in the camper, everything worked, did some reading & relaxing, packed up & went home after lunch, tornado watch throughout the evening.

Foggy, rainy, windy & cold morning; reading & watching
the geese, there are some goslings out there.

No one noticed or cared that I hadn't
brushed my hair while camping because I
forget to bring a brush & comb.  

* Mon 24th - Got about 3 inches total of rain according to the talk around town, our yard looked vibrant green & scruffy around the edges, Kevin mowed, the deer have ate all our lilac bloom buds that are within their reach, ordered battery candles, collapsible dish drainer & some other things for the camper, had a taste sampling of a variety of Japanese sweet treats at our friend's house.

 

* Tues 25th - Saw several yellow finches in the neighbor's yard on my walk home from work, no dandelions in our yard for the birds to feast on since Kevin just mowed.

There's a robin's nest way up there
too high for me to peek inside. See
the tail sticking out?

* Wed 26th - Planned weekend camping menu, hamburgers to kickstart summer's arrival, met Kevin at the grocery store after work & we stocked up on drinks that were on sale, watched Wish Man.

* Thurs 27th - Daughter was having contractions, she was hoping to wait a few more days till graduations & awards ceremonies were over, she laid down & the contractions stopped, so at least a day or 2 more till Grand #8 arrives. 

Moving on up to high school.

Moving on up to kindergarten.

Moving on up to 1st grade.

* Fri 28th - Checked in with Daughter 1st thing, she was getting ready for the baby shower I hosted, hatching soon farm theme, made spam salad, tator salad & deviled eggs for weekend camping picnics. 

Week 22

* Sat 29th - Set up camp, listened to the frogs & crickets, the propane fridge wouldn't stay lit due to the wind, went riding. 

* Sun 30th - Went exploring around camp, discovered gumbo lilies in bloom, went riding & had a picnic, burgers for supper, watched Andy Griffith on portable dvd player.

* Mon 31st - Played frisbee with Rose, went for a ride, had lunch, packed up & came home.

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how about you?

Walking for Wellness - Week 8

 Hello there Adventurous Friends, this is where I'm keeping up with my eating & walking  activities in attempts to get my weight & cholesterol back down.  I had to/was able to put my belt in the second notch hole. Yay!  Previously, I could barely get it in the 1st notch.  Kevin said it was a good thing he made that banana pudding or else I would of had to use the 3rd hole.  Haha!  Not funny.

Here's my plan & lets see how I did this week.

• Eat smaller portions, take smaller bites, chew more 
  
• Eat varieties of all the foods I like & not deprive myself
• Eat a variety of fruits & vegetables, at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day
• Stop eating when full
• Walk more
• 1 small sweet a day, if any
• Drink more water
• No snacks after supper

* Sat

Breakfast - almond crunchy honey oat cereal with grapes & banana

Lunch - fish, fries, carrots, garlic texas toast, sweet tea, banana pudding

Supper - ate a late lunch, wasn't hungry for supper

Snack - made rhubarb muffins & sampled 2

Drinks - one cup of coffee, water, tea

Exercise - walked to work

* Sun

Breakfast - 1/2 of grilled bacon, egg & cheese sandwich

Snack - single serving pecan pie, got very tired & sleepy after eating that sweet thing

Lunch - 1/2 of a chicken tender meal with mashed tators, gravy & a biscuit meal, coke

Supper - ate a late lunch, wasn't hungry at suppertime

Drinks - one cup of coffee, water, coke

Exercise - dog walks, made extra trips up & down the stairs putting away laundry

* Mon 

Breakfast - 1/2 slice of pizza, 2 eggs & a banana

Lunch - chicken salad made with a leftover chicken tender along with some grapes & the other 1/2 of tator gravy & biscits

Supper - pinto beans, pumpkin, a small salad & pork tenderloin

Snack - ice cream

Drinks - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - extra trips up & down the stairs, walked to work, walked during work break, evening longer dog walk

* Tues

Breakfast - 2 eggs, cinnamon roll, pumpkin

Lunch - 1/2 grilled bacon egg & cheese sandwich, salad, grapes, fries

Supper - chili using leftover pinto beans, salad, grapes, saltine crackers, nilla wafers & peanut butter

Drinks - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - parked down the street for extra walking to get to work, walk during work break, dog walks

* Wed

Breakfast - leftover pork tenderloin, 2 eggs & a piece of garlic texas toast with strawberry jam

Lunch - salad, grapes, chili

Supper - taco made of a hotdog & chili with salad & grapes on top, topped with a spoonfull of ranch dressing, peanut butter, nutella & cool whip on graham crackers

Snack - popcorn

Drinks - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walked to work, walked during work break, dog walks

Kevin cooked the hotdogs for our Thursday 
picnic supper on his little camp stove.

* Thurs

Breakfast - almond crunchy honey oat cereal with dollops of cool whip, Kevin mentioned we needed to eat the cool whip before it got freezer burnt so he put it on our cereal 

Lunch - 1/2 peanut butter & strawberry jam sandwich, mixed berries, 3/4 of a single serving of pringles chips

Supper - picnic up at the pond - hotdog in a cheddar cheese taco shell topped with chili, onions & ketchup; 1/2 of a single serving pringles chips & a can of coke

Drinks - one cup of coffee, water, coke

Exercise - walked to work, walked during work break, walked around pond

* Fri

Breakfast - honey bunches of oats cereal

Lunch - 1/2 of a pb&j sandwich, mixed berries, 1/2 single serving of pringles chips

Supper - pizza with mac & cheese tv dinner

Snack - hungry that would not go away so ate graham crackers with peanut butter & nutella

Drinks - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walked to work, dog walks

Dog walk out in the trees with Rose. 
No leaves on these trees yet.

Walking for Wellness - Week 7

Me walking out at the lake with
my shirt not gaping open.  I'm 
so happy about this, I'm making
this my profile picture.

 Hello there Adventurous Friends, this is where I'm keeping up with my eating & walking  activities in attempts to get my weight & cholesterol back down.  Ice cream, banana pudding, coke & southern style sweet tea were my weaknesses this week, though I was able to put my biggest size work pants way back in the closet to never be worn again, I hope, because they were too uncomfortable loose & baggy. Yay! 😍 

I had one bowl of ice cream instead of having a bowl with every meal.  I'll do the same with the banana pudding Kevin made.  I'll have one serving with supper instead of several servings throughout the day.  When/if I have coke or tea, I have 1 glass or can instead of having refills.

Here's my plan & lets see how I did this week.

• Eat smaller portions, take smaller bites, chew more 
  
• Eat varieties of all the foods I like & not deprive myself
• Eat a variety of fruits & vegetables, at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day
• Stop eating when full
• Walk more
• 1 small sweet a day, if any
• Drink more water
• No snacks after supper

* Sat

Breakfast - slice of pizza & an egg

Lunch - Nutella, peanut butter & banana on crackers

Supper - benefit fundraiser meal - pulled pork sandwich, baked beans, macaroni salad

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks, walking out at the lake

I put on a button up top to go to the benefit & didn't bust out of it like I did the last time I put it on, probably last fall.

* Sun

Brunch - 1/2 of a frisco breakfast sandwich from Hardees & several of Kevin's hash rounds since mine were not in the bag. 

Supper - 1/2 of a big mac & fries from McDonalds with a smaller coke, cookies

Drink - one cup of coffee, water, coke

Exercise - walking & fishing in the canyon, extra trips up & down the stairs folding & putting away laundry instead of carrying everything all at one time.

Didn't get a large coke & sip on it all day like I've done the past couple Sundays.  I did get a coke with supper but it was a smaller one.

My unique trash find was this
steering wheel cover.

* Mon

Breakfast - almond crunchy honey oat cereal topped with strawberries

Lunch - other 1/2 of big mac & fries along with a small salad

Supper - Lions club meeting at local restaurant - 1/2 hot hamburger meal & a coke - another can of coke was brought to me at the table & I said "no thanks".

Snack - ice cream

Drink - one cup of coffee, water, coke

Exercise - walk during work break, dog walks, Lions club activity doing road side trash pickup

We had never heard of a hot hamburger until
moved to the midwest - hamburger & mashed
tators with gravy on top.

* Tues

Breakfast - almond crunchy honey oat cereal & strawberries

Lunch - other 1/2 of the hot hamburger

Supper - spaghetti made with ground pork, asparagus - 1st harvest of the season from out of the garden & a salad

Snack - cookies & ice cream

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walk during break, dog walks

* Wed

Breakfast - almond crunchy honey oat cereal & strawberries

Lunch - leftover spaghetti & asparagus

Supper - leftover spaghetti & asparagus, a small salad & sweet tea.  Kevin surprised me & made a pot of tea.  I had one glass with no refills.

Snack - cookies & ice cream  

Drink - one cup of coffee, water, tea

Exercise - walked to work, walked during work break, dog walks

* Thurs

Breakfast - almond crunchy honey oat cereal & strawberries

Lunch - leftover spaghetti & several bites of asparagus

Supper - pizza & coke

Snack - banana pudding, nilla wafers were on sale, Kevin got ingredients & made the banana pudding, another sweet surprise

Drink- one cup of coffee, water, coke

Exercise - walk during work break, walking out at the lake

* Fri

Breakfast - leftover slice of pizza with an egg on top

Lunch - last of the leftover spaghetti & grapes

Supper - fish, fries, salad, grapes, texas toast & banana pudding

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walk during work break

Walking for Wellness - Week 6

 Hello there Adventurous Friends, this is where I'm keeping up with my eating & walking  activities in attempts to get my weight & cholesterol back down. The weather was nice, so there were longer sunshine dog walks with Rose.  I parked at the end of the street, so there was extra walking to & from the office.  I think I did good keeping my portion sizes in tack.  Good thing I bake a limited number of cookies, there is no end to the numbers of cookies I would have ate.

Here's my Plan:

• Eat smaller portions, take smaller bites, chew more 
  
• Eat varieties of all the foods I like & not deprive myself
• Eat a variety of fruits & vegetables, at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day
• Stop eating when full
• Walk more
• 1 small sweet a day, if any
• Drink more water
• No snacks after supper

* Sat  

Breakfast - crunchy raisin bran cereal

Lunch - pizza, salad & coke

Supper - bbq pulled pork, salad, 1/2 serving pringles chips, peanut butter & nutella crackers

Drink - one cup of coffee, water 

Exercise - dog walks

Snack - popcorn

Walking around in a campground
getting in some extra walking while
Kevin got in some extra fishing.

* Sun

Brunch - sausage & egg biscuit with jelly from Hardees, coke

Supper - shared a whopper & fries from Burger King with Kevin, coke

Snack - hot fudge sundae from Dairy Queen

Drink - one cup of coffee, water, coke

Exercise - walking & fishing in the canyon 

Maybe a little too much coke while on our outing, Kevin got me a large one & I sipped on it all day instead of the water I brought.

The road was open for foot traffic & bicycles
since there wasn't enough snow for snowmobiling,
 though this one section was still covered with snow.

 

 

* Mon

Breakfast - leftover 1/4 sausage burger patty with cheese on it, egg & cinnamon apple slices

Lunch - bbq pulled pork, leftover egg from breakfast, single serving of pringles chips

Supper - taco salad, cookies

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks

Soup day at the garage

* Tues 

Breakfast - 1/2 of a single serving turkey pot pie with veggies, egg & cinnamon apple slices

Lunch - cup of beef noodle soup

Snack - chewy dip bar

Supper - fish, fried tators & carrots

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walk during work break, longer sunshine dog walks

* Wed

Breakfast - crunchy raisin bran cereal & mandarin orange slices

Lunch - taco

Supper - taco salad

Snack - popcorn

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks

* Thurs

Breakfast - almond crunchy honey oat cereal, mandarin orange slices

Lunch - taco

Supper - Pizza & coke

Snack - ice cream

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walk during break, yard work at the office picking up pine cones, dog walks & a long one after supper

* Fri

Breakfast - almond crunchy honey oat cereal, banana slices

Lunch - a slice of leftover pizza

Supper - fish, salad, tators & ramps

Snack - ice cream

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walk during work break, dog walks

Walking for Wellness - Week 5

Hello there Adventurous Friends, this is where I'm keeping up with my eating & walking  activities in attempts to get my weight & cholesterol back down.  I got in 2 good walks this week & drank more coke than planned.  I noticed my wedding band & shoes are looser, not what I was thinking about, though it's something noticeable.

Here's my Plan:

• Eat smaller portions, take smaller bites, chew more 
  
• Eat varieties of all the foods I like & not deprive myself
• Eat a variety of fruits & vegetables, at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day
• Stop eating when full
• Walk more
• 1 small sweet a day, if any
• Drink more water
• No snacks after supper

* Sat

Breakfast - 1/2 of a single serving sausage & gravy pot pie & an egg, gave one egg to Rose

Lunch - bbq pulled pork sandwich & single serving pack of pringles chips, ate late & hungry, ate the whole sandwich instead of just 1/2 of it, was at the point of being overfull

Supper - none, still satisfied from eating a late lunch

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Snack - popcorn, 2 dum dum suckers & 2 packs of fun size m&ms at bingo

Exercise - walk during break, dog walks

Didn't get in a veggie or fruit, that's how easy it is for me to not eat them

* Sun

Breakfast - sausage, egg & cheese sandwich, mine was no bread & no cheese, 1 piece of sausage, an egg & apple slices 

Lunch - Hardees chicken tenders & fries shared with Kevin, apple pie, coke

Supper - 1/2 whopper, fries & coke from Burger King

Drink - one cup of coffee, water, coke

Exercise - lots of walking & fishing

Too much coke while out.

* Mon 

Breakfast - sausage & egg biscuit

Lunch - other 1/2  of leftover whopper burger & trail mix

Supper - meat, veggies, fruit, bread, pickled okra, carrot cake & chocolate ice cream provided by fellow Lions club member, good eats, ate too much though didn't overstuff

Drink - one cup of coffee, water, coke with supper

Exercise - not much except for dog walking just long enough for Rose to do her business

Coke for supper was comfort drink after long busy day at work, seems if I have a lot of coke one day then the next day I crave it.

Soup from the garage, hit the
spot on a cold snowy day &
since I didn't have any breakfast.

* Tues

Breakfast - just coffee, still full from supper

Lunch - cup of soup - sausage, potatoes, kale

Snack -  1/2 pb&j sandwich

Supper - fish, sweet potatoes, blackeye peas & cornbread muffin, cookies

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walk during work break & dog walks

* Weds

Breakfast - 1/2 single serving beef pot pie & an egg

Snack - other 1/2 of pot pie & an egg

Lunch - left over fish, sweet potatoes, blackeye peas & cornbread muffin, cookies

Supper - left over pull pork, sweet potatoes, black eye peas & cornbread muffin, apple sauce & trail mix

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks

* Thurs

Breakfast - crunchy raisin bran cereal

Lunch - chicken salad on crackers

Supper - pizza with added onions & green peppers, coke

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walk in the hills

* Fri

Breakfast - crunchy raisin bran cereal

Lunch - leftover pizza & an egg

Supper - grilled sausage burgers with cheese, pork & beans, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, applesauce, made mine a salad, no bread, 1/2 the burger & a spoonful of ranch dressing, Kevin had coke & no coke for me.

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walk & during break in the office

Walking for Wellness - Week 4

Hello there Adventurous Friends, this is where I'm keeping up with my eating & walking  activities in attempts to get my weight & cholesterol back down.  I didn't get in a lot of walking this week, though tried to keep eating smaller portions under control & there was cookies made & eaten.

Here's my Plan:

• Eat smaller portions, take smaller bites, chew more 
  
• Eat varieties of all the foods I like & not deprive myself
• Eat a variety of fruits & vegetables, at least 1 fruit & 1 green vegetable a day
• Stop eating when full
• Walk more
• 1 small sweet a day, if any
• Drink more water
• No snacks after supper

* Sat 

Breakfast - cinnamon life cereal & strawberries

Snack - none

Lunch/Veggies - salad containing mac & cheese & trail mix, spoon full of ranch dressing

Supper/Veggies/Sweet - grilled deer steak, small portion, okra & carrots, Kevin's birthday cake & ice cream

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks, intentional extra trips up & down the stairs while doing laundry & putting stuff away

* Sun

Breakfast - omelet biscuit from Hardees, brought my one cup of coffee from home

Lunch/Veggies/Sweet- single pattie butter burger, fries & coke, lettuce & tomato, ate 1/2 burger & fries, didn't have a refill of coke

Supper - other 1/2 of burger & fries

Drinks - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise not much, dog walks just long enough to get business done, cold & windy, walked while shopping

Snack - birthday cake & ice cream when got home from shopping, was tempted to get a chocolate sweet snack while shopping to have while riding but didn't, didn't get refills on my one med size coke cup having several opportunities.  Didn't overeat, didn't feel stuffed or bloated. Yay!

Fruit - none

* Mon

Breakfast/Fruit - cinnamon life cereal & strawberries, ate small portion, put a little cereal back in box

Snack - none

Lunch/Veggies - leftover over Sat supper, grouse, mac & cheese, okra & carrots, small portions of each all together in a small container

Supper/Veggies/Sweet - cleaned up leftovers same as lunch along with a little salad & side of birthday cake & ice cream

Drinks - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - dog walks, walked during work break

* Tues

Breakfast/Fruit - cinnamon life cereal with strawberries

Snack - none

Lunch - cup of chili 

Supper/Veggie/Sweet - 1/2 grilled egg, pulled pork & cheese sandwich; salad, cake & ice cream

Drinks - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - extra walking putting away laundry & stuff, walked during break

No snack after supper

* Wed

Breakfast/Fruit - cinnamon life cereal with orange slices

Snack - none

Lunch/Veggie - other 1/2 of grilled sandwich & salad

Supper/Veggie/Sweet - turkey, pasta, carrots, peas, 1/2 pb&j sandwich that Kevin didn't eat for lunch

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - walk during break, dog walks

* Thurs

Breakfast/Fruit - cinnamon life cereal & apple slices

Snack - none

Lunch/Veggies - small container of leftovers from supper, turkey, pasta, carrots, peas

Supper/Sweet - pizza, coke & cookies

Drink - one cup of coffee, water

Exercise - cold & raining, didn't go for our Thursday walk outing, walked during break, dog walks

* Fri

Breakfast/Fruit- crunchy raisin bran cereal, apple slices, a second cup of coffee, the Keurig didn't give me a full cup, made a 2nd cup for the road

Snack -none

Lunch/Veggie/Sweet - leftover slice of pizza, salad, coke & cookies

Supper/Veggie - turkey, pasta, carrots & peas

Drink - 2 cups of coffee, water

Exercise - walked during break, dog walks

No snack after supper

This is where I did most my walking this week.