A bit scary here.......

I am sure you are seeing Baton Rouge on the national news.  It is surreal here.   We never thought anything like this would happen here.  The thing most people are talking about is where the heck is our mayor?  Kip is generally a guy who loves to get out among the people.  He is a huge supporter of CAAWS and is always at the parade, working closely with Frank and Greg. 

We were going to head down to the Farmer's Market in Baton Rouge this morning but thought the better of heading into town.  There are sporadic protests that crop up in places and we just didn't want to be involved in them.  So we went to Denham Springs instead, the  next town over toward New Orleans.

It is not a large,  but the prices are assuredly better.  Okra, tomatoes, carrots and corn.  We needed more sugar free bread and butter pickle anyway.  So that was a plus.  We stopped at the Fruit Stand and got Louisiana peaches, some pears and blueberries that were so cheap I bought 4 gallons of them!

I love the little farmer with his truck garden!  The veggies are so sweet and ripe!

Later in the afternoon we went to Best Buy.  Why? you ask.  Because FRANK lost his Fitbit.  Can't remember where in the heck he put it, or if he put it somewhere, or if it fell off.  So for the last two weeks we have torn this house apart looking for it.  I put a Tile on his keys but that won't work on a  Fitbit!  That is another $150 I could have used at a REALLY fancy restaurant!

We did go to BoneFish Grill on Friday with friends.  LOVE that place.  It is where we went to get lobster for my birthday.  I am going to shock you here, I ordered FISH.  I generally hate fish, but this sounded so delicious.  It was tilapia stuffed with crab, shrimp, scallops and lemon caper butter.  It was almost as good looking as our server guy.  Oh, he must work out by the size of those arms!  Too bad I don't have another daughter to marry off!

After dinner, we were driving home and I asked Frank to stop at the Honda Dealer and talk to Mike about new  cars.  I am  still on the fence about what to get.  I looked at 5 year cost projections for hybrid vs straight gas cars.  Actually the gas cars are cheaper to operate by a couple hundred dollars.   My driving pattern is such that my 2006 Honda CR-V has only 47,000 miles on it.  Frank is another story.  He has had 4 Hondas (2 vans, 2 sedans) in about 15 or 16 years.  He drove each of them around 300,000 miles each.  And has had no problems other than normal wear and tear. 

He currently drives a 2014 Accord that has 130,000 miles on it! 

And you know what?  Never had an accident and only had two speeding tickets, both in notorious Louisiana speed traps (Bunkie and Golden Meadows).  The cop in Golden Meadows told him if he paid the $45 fine right there he could just go right on.  So he did!

I do miss my little red sports car, but I guess that is impractical for grandchildren.  Dogs don't really care, I could fit two 125+ pound Swissys and Chloe the Smelly Basset in my Prelude, and they were happy a clams!

Maybe tomorrow I can quilt something........

Is it THURSDAY Already?

OMG.........I can't believe it is Thursday already.  I got the download from Fitbit that confirmed I walked about 40.13 miles during the week prior.  Somehow I once again found 23 stairs and climbed them!  One week I am really going to find stairs and show Mr. Fitbit what stairs really are!

I am down 20 point something pounds.  All the walking, building muscle and eating like I did last night makes the difference. 

Every month before the CAAWS Board meeting we meet at dinner.  Gives us an informal talking and relating platform.

Last night we went to Qdoba, which I thought was a healthy Mexican place.  The burrito I usually eat there is like 1750 calories! Yikes.

So I settled for a Drunken Chicken Soft Taco......ONE............and unsweetened tea with lime.

220 calories.

I thought I was going to be really hungry, but I was not.  once I got over the idea that I was depriving myself of my favorite meal, i was OK.  I told Frank that now I don't eat 1700 calories in a whole DAY!  He was mildly impressed.  (He's been skinny all his life.)

I had a FF yogurt before I went to bed and was perfectly fine with that.

I feel better and have more energy (believe it or not I am just plain lazy) but.......I still love to eat! 

What I miss is eating until I am full, and having sweet desserts!

41 Miles Further Down the Road

I am going to work on some additional tree blocks today.  TGFR - Thank the gods for Roomba!

We had a party over the Memorial Day weekend and a bunch of our friends sat around the fish pond and barbecued beef and chicken.  The best part of the meal was a huge fruit bowl for dessert.  You can have a healthy BBQ! 

When I am busy, I never remember to take pictures!

I am always surprised at the distance I walk in any given week.  But even more so is the floors climbed.  I am not sure how it is measuring that.  When we went to the casino, we went up a few escalators and a few sets of stairs, then back down when we left.  And we were on top of the levee! 

But not 26 floors worth!

May 23, 2016 to May 29, 2016

WEEK'S MOST ACTIVE DAY Sat, May 28

TOTAL STEPS 92,669 DAILY AVERAGE 13,238 steps BEST DAY 19,206 steps TOTAL DISTANCE 41.11 miles DAILY AVERAGE 5.87 miles BEST DAY 8.52 miles TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 26 DAILY AVERAGE 4 floors BEST DAY 6 floors TOTAL CALS BURNED 30,410 DAILY AVERAGE 4,344 cals BEST DAY 5,213 cals CALORIES IN VS OUT -17966 WEEKLY TOTAL 30413 cals burned 7197 cals eaten -5250 plan deficit

This is what my Fitbit Week Wrap Up looked like

It may never look like this again!
			WEEK'S MOST ACTIVE DAY Sat, May 7 WEEK'S LEAST ACTIVE DAY Mon, May 2

TOTAL STEPS 99,478 DAILY AVERAGE 14,211 steps BEST DAY 16,337 steps TOTAL DISTANCE 44.13 miles DAILY AVERAGE 6.30 miles BEST DAY 7.25 miles TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 23 DAILY AVERAGE 3 floors BEST DAY 7 floors TOTAL CALS BURNED 31,958 DAILY AVERAGE 4,565 cals BEST DAY 6,490 cals CALORIES IN VS OUT -22721 WEEKLY TOTAL 31961 cals burned 9240 cals eaten

Last week's step winners 1 QuiltSwissy 99,478 steps Last week's badges