My Son's First Meal

My son made is first meal using this video...

 

I thought I did not like Asian food, but after eating this delicious Chicken Chow Mein, I realized that I just don't care to go OUT for Asian food. I love this recipe and look forward to experiencing more Asian home cooked meals.

Running with Sally

Gold River Morning Run

My Men Fishing

Taken by my son at the river

New Year's Day Dinner

Writing about my efforts is helping me keep my mouth shut. 🙂 New Year’s Day went really well, and dinner, at 4:30, was delicious. Even so, as the evening wore on, I was tempted a couple of times to eat something more. But, then I kept reminding myself that if I am going to write about it tomorrow, I don’t want to have to say that I messed my second day. 🙄

I ate 6 green olives throughout the afternoon. For dinner, I had delicious prime rib and onions, and salad with mayonnaise and lemon juice. And that’s it. Yay. I made it through the first day of 2020!

Having you all there for me helped keep me strong and on track. Thank you, my darling family, for your support. 🥰

Happy New Year!

New Year's Day 🙂
Yesterday, I was not going to eat until 6:00 but ate at 5:30. I made beef pot pie and fresh bread for the fellas, and just had to taste that pot pie. I made pie crust for Thanksgiving pies and had some left that I froze. Having never used frozen pie crust before, I was not sure how good it was. That’s my excuse. I wanted to know if it was any good, and it was – very good. My tasting added up to a small pie serving, more than it should have been. (I did walk 8 miles – that probably burned about 450 calories. I told myself it all balanced out. 😁) About an hour later, I ate a slice of that hard to pass up homemade bread with mayonnaise and two slices of deli roasted turkey. It was very filling and felt like too much to eat; however, that did not stop me from eating again. Around 8:00, I ate and tangerine, and later, a banana. So much for eating a low carb diet! 🙄 But today IS a new day, a new year. Hopefully my choices will be better today. And there you have it. I am here writing this because 🤭 I am hoping that by having to openly confess all will force me to make the right choices and make a difference, reaching my goal.

I was planning on going to bed at 8:00, but my son showed up, looking for a bit of New Year’s Eve celebration. I had stayed up the night before building a puzzle and only slept three hours.

I thought I should try and stay up for him, but I got comfortable on the couch and fell to sleep around 9:00. I woke around 10:00 and he was gone. Poor guy, not exciting action here. If I had not stayed up the night before, I could have made it to 12:00, but I did not know he was going to come.

This morning, my husband and I ran two miles and walked 4. I won't be able to make my 8 mile goal today because my knee is bothering me a bit. Sad as it is, I think it would be wiser not to push it.  Life happens. However, I do plan to keep busy and that should add extra steps.

And tonight, prime rib is on the menu. I AM having some of that (LCHF plan allows that)! But I will pass on the mashed potatoes and gravy because I am going to be good today.😇

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all! 😀

Pro LIfe Baby's Voice Buttons

My brother makes these buttons.

If anyone wants one, I will send them one.

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Independence Day 2019

Photos from my sons phone

What a perfect day – the weather was pleasant, around 88°F.

Late morning, we headed up the mountain to Pollock Pines, CA 

to watch a small town parade with an old friend.

That evening, we had a traditional 4^th of July dinner celebration.

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Corn on the cob

Potato Salad

Chips

Hamburgers on the grill

Watermelon

Ice Cream

(Sorry, No Apple Pie)

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I fell to sleep watching The Patriot, had to rest up for the late night fireworks.

The show started at 9:45 PM – 19 amazing minutes of fireworks.

It was a wonderful 4^th of July holiday.