In Search of My Body....Not the One I ATE! Vol. 5: Goddesses are Always on Top!

[SeptemberGirl]

Oh and to answer your question, ughhhhh, yeah I guess it does qualify as the question of the week. I feel it's more of "hey guys look what I'm going to eat this weekend while you're all sticking to your diets" gloating kind of a thing. But, if considering it the question of the week helps you sleep better tonight, well, then consider it the question of the week or day or month.

HA!!!! Bwahahahahahaha!

Oh, let me tell you buddy, I am sticking to my diet! Come hell or high water, or Virginia ham.

Kat, you wanna come for dinner? Meet Jodi a few weeks early?

Oh, yes, I am going with the Pregnant One to the food-fest. Of course! Who else tempts me?

Roddy - grits. Do not compute. What are these grits you speak of?

Kat, yeah the fish. Seems like it might be the best. Or I get a salad, ask for no dressing, and have peanut soup as my entree. And the dessert Steph suggested. Actually, the desserts have more possibilities! Berries and whipped cream, etc.

I am mapping out all the food - dinner for Friday night already picked out. That's going to be at Paul's Deli in Williamsburg.

See? This is like a group exercise in good choices! And I do have a real question of the week, I swear.

 

[HockeyKat]

If I weren't seeing you in something like 3 weeks, I totally would.

Grits are nasty.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Oh - forgot to post results:

strength training - 3 times
cardio sessions - 2 times
pounds lost - 1 pound

we did measurements again tonight and I lost 2" from my bust line, 2" inches from my waist and 2" from my hips. I am up to a total of 20" total lost. So there was some good news today.

Paula, that is fantastic news!

 

[RodK1975]

Liz, you seriously can't not know what grits are?!?!?! (Sorry for the double negative, but it was called for in this situation!)

You've not lived until you've had a couple of lovely and wonderfully salty slices of that Virginia ham with a side of buttery grits with red-eye gravy all over it with a buttermilk biscuit and a large coffee. Breakfast of champions.

They're made from ground corn. I'm not sure else how to explain it to you, but they're one of those foods that if cooked right they're awesome. If cooked wrong, well they're at the other end of the spectrum. Google them for goodness sake.

 

[3DisneyKids]

I don't know what grits are either. Really.

Congrats to everyone on awesome losses and choices! WOO HOO! Chart coming soon.

Liz and her mold! Funny story. So Kat and Liz and I are sitting in the Brown Derby and getting ready to order. And something on the menu had banana in it. And I said, "Oh, by the way, I can't have banana. I am deathly allergic. Like I stop breathing and crap." And then Liz was like, "Oh! I am allergic to penicillan. So if I get rushed to the hospital, tell them they can't give me any! Oh...and no blue cheese either!"

Ok, so it doesn't sound as funny here. But it was like, "wow, we are vacationing together, we should KNOW this stuff about each other in case something happens!"

And that is how I learned of Liz and her blue cheese issues.

And for the record, I have now seen Steph's rash and it is officially gross! Seriously, though, it looks super painful and annoying, so I hope the meds work. I haven't had Kel see it yet!

So on my way home from work I stopped by the Apple store at the mall. Omg, I am so, so, so excited for this iMac now. It is going to be so sweet. It is going to have 1 TB for a hard drive. Not gig. Terra. Is that amazing or what? (Nancy, just zone out for a minute...) So I sent an e-mail to my assistant and asked when the grant money would be available. It is so burning a hole in my pocket.

And of course, I couldn't leave empty handed. I bought the new Shuffle! Have you SEEN them? (1) SO cute! (2) 4gb as opposed to 1gb. (3) The new ones TALK to you now! (4) Volume and other controls are on a nob on the headphone wires. I am not as excited about this part. The headphones are proprietary so that only those headphones will work with the Shuffle. And I lose headphones.

More in a bit. Gotta finish up some work.

 

[princessrunner]

Morning everyone!!

I did 6 miles on the elliptical at the gym due to the rain. This was after waiting patiently for Shelby and her friends to go to the gym and finally getting a hold of her after sitting for a half hour. They did not want to go. Shelby has pitchers/catchers tryouts this week and she does both. Yesterday was all catching for her and man are her legs sore. Tried to nicely tell her that if she had been running like she was supposed to be, that would not happen.

Yeah, Nancy, surprising a teen is just a no go!! We tried to surprise her when she was little with a trip to Disney and she cried all the way to the airport because she did not get to go to gymnastics. I should surprise David because he gets way too excited but heck, I'm excited when we can go to Disney!!! I figured Greenfield was a hike for you being nearer to VT than CT. It is a 4+ hour drive for me which really bites because I have to drive the whole way. Mike drives me crazy, that's about it for driving!!

Erika, I think my next laptop will be a Macbook for sure. I love the free one that Shelby has from the school and it is a piece of junk, lol. It works faster, has more applications and is easier to run than I had originally thought. And yay on the Shuffle but I hate the headphones that come with the iPods. They never stay in when I run so that would not work for me. But yay for you!!

Liz, on the food thing, wow, I think I would stick with soup and a salad. The entrees are over the top and too much dressings, soakings and add ons for me. I would also worry about the portion sizing. If it were me eating there, they would hate me because I would ask for dressing on the side, just chicken with no sauces and I would pick my sides with no sauces too. I am terrible in a restaurant. I want it Burger Kinged and my way or no way and yeah, I even send things back when they are not right. No wonder Shelby hates eating out with me.

Roddy, I HATE GRITS!!! You can dress them up and they still taste like something that came back up. I lived in GA for 2 years and they MADE me eat grits. I love Cream of Wheat, but I hate grits!!!!!!! Where is the vomit smilie???

Steph, I have not seen the rash but just from everyone's description, it sounds painful and I hope that they diagnose and treat it properly.

Everyone else!

I have to take Shelby for her sports physical today after school so that interrupts my 9 miles run today. I will have to switch days and do a short run later this afternoon and 9 tomorrow after groceries. Have I mentioned how much time this marathon training takes?? Careful planning is becoming the theme of my life. With the tourney on Saturday, I may have to do a Sun/Mon split on my 22 mile LR but there is rain due on Mon afternoon so again, planning. After the 18 last weekend, the 22 is not scaring me anymore. 26.2 still is, but not 22. I am losing my mind....

 

[lisaviolet]

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I also survived having the "FAMILY" here this weekend! This morning I had Everyone here for breakfast. I made waffles, homemade, and sent everyone home with a brownies.

I so want to go to your place.

As for my long run, I copped out and did it on Saturday instead. It was a great run for me. All 18 miles at once with an average 11:11 pace.



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Fantastic Lisa! Wow.

You two are so cute

So, challenge results. Its not pretty Im afraid:

Tracking - Every Day
Exercise - None
In-Laws Killed - None (Imaginary killings don't count right?)

So, the no exercise. Im afraid Im having major problems with my back again

In July 2005 I had surgery to repair a disc in my back that has split open, and to scrape away the pieces that had flaked off and started to attach themselves elsewhere (nice!). All went well, and Ive been *pretty much* pain free - still the occasional twinge, no hardcore exercising etc.

Well now, the pain is back. Not regular pain, but the pain pain. Im back on the extra strong painkillers and Im struggling to walk. Sitting down, lying down, standing up all hurt
Im worried they will want to do more surgery. Im hoping for physiotherapy again, even though it didn't do a huge amount of good last time. Anything to avoid being laid up for 4 weeks - its so boring!

Sorry for the rambling post - thanks for listening!
Hope everyone is having a great day. We put our clocks forward one hour on Saturday night/Early Sunday morning, man do I miss that hour!

Long post. DId she say long post?

Oh Kelly!!!

That sucks with your back. I'm so sorry. That's awful. Good wishes...

Happy Monday!!!

Remember when I used to LOVE Mondays? Well, that is back! Yes! I am back ON and with a vengeance!

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Gosh it's way too early for me to hear ridiculous statements. Who the hell loves Mondays?

Oh let me see could it be the girl who doesn't need sleep, doesn't nap, eats well, has no hangovers, has a wonder mom, has great legs, showshoes on their honeymoon, never dyes her hair, wins her swimming heat on her first big tri and gives her children the best childhood ever.

Spare me it's much too early for such insanity.

Hey Everybody!

I am back, but exhausted. I decided Saturday afternoon to take off with the kids and go to Cincinnati. I was a bad mom and let them stay up way too late when we made it to the hotel. They slept part of the way. I scored a sweet hotel on hotwire for next to nothing, yeah!!!

I will be back later. Have a good one.

Hi Amiee.

Challenge:
Well....overall I am still in the hole for this challenge. 1st week I gained 1.8 lbs, this week I lost 0.6 lbs, for a delightful net gain of 1.2 lbs. I know what I need to do, though, so I'm jumping back on the program wagon right now.

Makes me feel a little better to know that I'm still down 6 lbs since I started this thing in February. Just a little....

So my plan for the week is to exercise 4 times, snack healthy, and to carry all this good eating and exercise through the upcoming weekend (instead of this food frenzy that the past few weekends have become).

Hope everybody has a great Monday!

Good plan Lisa! Good to see you.

 

[lisaviolet]

Thanks for all of the positive comments on my progress photos. When you look at it that way, it is amazing what losing some pounds can do to your appearance. I am thrilled with the results so far and am now pysched to keep going.


Paula

You should be psyched. It's absolutely amazing.

Hair looks cute anyway. I was just curious. I adore your curls.

Nancy is a cutie though isn't she? .

Yes, she is. And funny Paula have you noticed she's ignoring our compliments on her looks.

LisaPR--nothing really to report about the pain. It literally just sort of came on. I went for a SHORT run one day and the next day I woke up and was just sore--it felt like I had never worked out a day in my life and then they day before was like I had spent the day working out on the BL ranch. Just like, WT F muscle soreness.

Nancy--I know it isn't normal! And it is really painful. As in if I didn't have to go up on campus today, I would pop one of my left-over vicodin painful. But like when I pulled the hamstring, there is no one thing I can point to. I didn't twist or torque anything. I didn't fall. I didn't push too hard on a run or try to lift weights that were too heavy. I am baffled.

And I don't think Lyme because it hasn't been warm enough up here for tics yet, but also, it is just muscle pain in my legs only. Nowhere else.

I have one thought. Nancy and LisaPR, I would love your input. So several months back I went to my running store and got fitted for new sneakers. The Sauconys that I brag about all the time. OMG, love them. Best out-of-the-box sneaker ever. Ran on them for months and had 0 problems. Never a blister. So it was time to get a new pair. I wanted the exact same shoe. I had a $25 off coupon from Sports Authority, so I ordered them from there.

And seriously, ever since then, I have been having pain of some sort. First the hamstring, and now all of the other stuff (primarily the other leg...groin, adductor, abductor, and quad). At first I thought that maybe this leg is acting up since it spent so much time over-compensating for the hamstring pull on the other leg. But now I am thinking shoes.

So I checked my shoes. And while they are the exact make and model and size I was running in (and loving) before, they are wide width. My first pair aren't. Do you think this small difference could be causing all of this?

Amiee--I have done a lot of those idea, thanks! I have to tell them before we get to the actual airport, since the airport is a fairly long drive for us.

The problem is that since we have surprised them so many times, if I did something like 20 questions, it would be the FIRST question they ask.

Here is an example from one of the times we surprised them. Every Sunday is family day for us, right? Has been for years. So we always have a big Sunday breakfast and ask the kids what they want to do for Family Day. And they always shout, in unison, "Go to Disney." And Jeff and I always laugh and say yeah, right, "The park or the beach, take your pic." Or whatever. Sometimes it is bowling or the movies. Small stuff. So for the surprise trip when we left on a Sunday, when we asked what they wanted to do, as predicted they yelled "Go to Disney!" So I just said, "Ok, hop in the car, we are leaving RIGHT NOW." It was awesome.

But it also means that they are really hard to surprise!

So sorry about the pain Erika. That's frustrating.

As for the kids. Once again, I want to come live there. As in relive my childhood at that house.

Okay, friends. I have a question. If anyone is bored or has time or anything and wants to help me figure out what to eat on this menu, I'd loooove your suggestions. I'm not as concerned about money as I am about good choices. I have ideas, but this menu is a toughy and I'm dong some planning for the weekend.

http://www.history.org/visit/diningexperience/kingsarms/

BTW, I put the peanut soup recipe in my WW points calculator and it's 9-11 pts per bowl. Wowza! I used to always get that when I went there!

And yes, Williamsburg is a place I've been a lot. Don't ask.

OMG. I adore Williamsburg. Adore it. The trees. I so love the trees.

And I go on ghost tours every time - by myself - Jean refuses. Oh how I love that area.

I should bring out my pics.

For those who don't know - just in case - the outside area becomes an open stage with reenactment going on everywhere before your eyes. You are part of it.

One year we went was the first year they did things from the slaves perspective. Anyway this slave Peter talks about running and this child, in the open air audience to it, yells "run Peter run. I have a gun at home for you!!!!" The mother was mortified and said, "oh he must be talking about a water gun". :

 

[lisaviolet]

Here we go:

Your ongoing talk before I left about your Girl Scout cookies. So I return from buying a beach umbrella from the store that must not be named. And I pass a GS cookie sale and laugh at some of your fascination. Then I enter our car and look down and there is it a box of shortbread GS cookies. Jean thought it might be nice to have a box. . She endlessly complained that they were not Girl Guide cookies. I forever have to remind her it is a different country and we did go through customs to get in.

So here's the best one:

We're in this outlet parking lot and I go "Coach. OMG. There's Coach" Smiling about all of you. And suddenly I hear from "I need garanimals to dress myself" beside me - "WHERE? WHERE? WHERE?" at the top of her lungs. I'm like WTH is going on? Have aliens taken over her body?

And then my brain clicks on and I go "oh" and calmly explain "Jean, Coach is not a sports store". :

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

Morning Everyone, I am heading to Saranac Lake ( see paula we would have seen a lot of each other.. just saying those DAM bosses of yours)
Ty is having 22 scratch test done at the allergist today! JOY! the kid is petrified of needles!
We all have colds here! I am coughing and sneezing! So aren't the boys ... I think Sam is my only healthy one!

Ok need to get kids to school and get ready to leave!
Have a great DAy Everyone!

 

[lisaviolet]

Liz, you know that Williamsburg is about 3 hours from here, right?

Lucky you Kat.

HA!!!! Bwahahahahahaha!

Oh, let me tell you buddy, I am sticking to my diet! Come hell or high water, or Virginia ham.

Kat, you wanna come for dinner? Meet Jodi a few weeks early?

Oh, yes, I am going with the Pregnant One to the food-fest. Of course! Who else tempts me?

Roddy - grits. Do not compute. What are these grits you speak of?

Kat, yeah the fish. Seems like it might be the best. Or I get a salad, ask for no dressing, and have peanut soup as my entree. And the dessert Steph suggested. Actually, the desserts have more possibilities! Berries and whipped cream, etc.

I am mapping out all the food - dinner for Friday night already picked out. That's going to be at Paul's Deli in Williamsburg.

See? This is like a group exercise in good choices! And I do have a real question of the week, I swear.

Oh Jodi. So excited for her.

If I weren't seeing you in something like 3 weeks, I totally would.

Grits are nasty.

Hey! I understand the nasty.

But not to Kat but everyone I thought grits were millet. Are they not? Millet, not grilts, is great for skin. Has silicon or something in it that is great for skin.

Morning everyone!!

I did 6 miles on the elliptical at the gym due to the rain. This was after waiting patiently for Shelby and her friends to go to the gym and finally getting a hold of her after sitting for a half hour. They did not want to go. Shelby has pitchers/catchers tryouts this week and she does both. Yesterday was all catching for her and man are her legs sore. Tried to nicely tell her that if she had been running like she was supposed to be, that would not happen.

Yeah, Nancy, surprising a teen is just a no go!! We tried to surprise her when she was little with a trip to Disney and she cried all the way to the airport because she did not get to go to gymnastics. I should surprise David because he gets way too excited but heck, I'm excited when we can go to Disney!!! I figured Greenfield was a hike for you being nearer to VT than CT. It is a 4+ hour drive for me which really bites because I have to drive the whole way. Mike drives me crazy, that's about it for driving!!

Erika, I think my next laptop will be a Macbook for sure. I love the free one that Shelby has from the school and it is a piece of junk, lol. It works faster, has more applications and is easier to run than I had originally thought. And yay on the Shuffle but I hate the headphones that come with the iPods. They never stay in when I run so that would not work for me. But yay for you!!

Liz, on the food thing, wow, I think I would stick with soup and a salad. The entrees are over the top and too much dressings, soakings and add ons for me. I would also worry about the portion sizing. If it were me eating there, they would hate me because I would ask for dressing on the side, just chicken with no sauces and I would pick my sides with no sauces too. I am terrible in a restaurant. I want it Burger Kinged and my way or no way and yeah, I even send things back when they are not right. No wonder Shelby hates eating out with me.

Roddy, I HATE GRITS!!! You can dress them up and they still taste like something that came back up. I lived in GA for 2 years and they MADE me eat grits. I love Cream of Wheat, but I hate grits!!!!!!! Where is the vomit smilie???

Steph, I have not seen the rash but just from everyone's description, it sounds painful and I hope that they diagnose and treat it properly.

Everyone else!

I have to take Shelby for her sports physical today after school so that interrupts my 9 miles run today. I will have to switch days and do a short run later this afternoon and 9 tomorrow after groceries. Have I mentioned how much time this marathon training takes?? Careful planning is becoming the theme of my life. With the tourney on Saturday, I may have to do a Sun/Mon split on my 22 mile LR but there is rain due on Mon afternoon so again, planning. After the 18 last weekend, the 22 is not scaring me anymore. 26.2 still is, but not 22. I am losing my mind....

Baseball or Softball Lisa. Is she good? I was always in awe of catchers.

I played softball my entire childhood. That and tennis. Lived on the tennis courts at one point. I have no idea why or when I gave tennis up. Shame.

 

[lisaviolet]

Morning Everyone, I am heading to Saranac Lake

Another place I've been many times. On the way home from Quebec.

Steph, I think I told you this but I noticed big changes, for the worse, the last time through. Sad like the economy's issues were really showing on the entire route.

 

[goofyfan-12]

Morning Everyone, I am heading to Saranac Lake ( see paula we would have seen a lot of each other.. just saying those DAM bosses of yours)

Steph - you have no idea how true those words are right now...

Good luck with the tests.

Hi to everyone else. I am in an extremely foul mood today so there is not much in me to say right now other than I am fine and can't wait to see everyone's challenge results once Erika gets them tabulated (that is if we can get her away from her new shuffle).

Have a great day everyone! I'll check in later.

Paula

 

[princessrunner]

Okay, eeeeewwwwww, Steph, that rash is angry looking!! It does not look like impetigo because of the confluence (the blisters running together). It also does not look like poison ivy or oak. It almost looks like a nasty case of hives! I think they have it right though, it looks like a plant-based type rash. Did you use any oils or creams in the tanning bed that were new? New cleaning formulation on the bed? Anything you came into contact that was new?

Lisa, she is good. She is good at everything darn her. She is a pitcher just because they need her. Out of the box, zero practice or coaching, she just pitches 67 miles an hour underhand. She also catches. She is strong and nimble and they love that. Her home is third base though. She has a gun for an arm and can smoke you out on a bunt before you even get halfway there. They love her up first and bunting on or walking or hitting just get on base. They send her to steal when the ball does not go past the catcher. It is just phenomenal to watch. I played softball from 6th grade on. Before that little league with the boys. First girl to ever make the all star team. Shelby played little league until 5th grade. Pitched, struck out the boys, left em crying in their cleats.

 

[princessrunner]

Paula,

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Lisa PR, I totally ask for things on the side. Why not? I'm paying for it! And really. It's not the Chef's Table. If it was I'd sit there and eat the tiny creations but I'm just another patron.

What's Shelby want to do with the rest of her life? Does she have any ideas yet? I"m curious.


Lisa V - on the Coach store. Love it! And the Minions of Satan, aka GS cookies. And you hit Erika on the head! Monday-loving girl! But me, too. Now that I am restarting on Monday, I like it.



See, this is what happens. I don't quote and I lose my thread of thoughts.

Ugh.

Have to go to the gym. Slept and am still super tired. WHY am I so tired???

 

[princessrunner]

Shelby's ambition is to have a job that she can wear sweat pants every day... No seriously, she is thinking phys ed teacher, coach, and then comes to physical therapist if it was not so much work. Hey, she's 14, work is a 4 letter word right now.

She wants to do something sports related at this point. She did throw out architect this year which kind of threw me too. They have to chose a path for high school as in medical, law, etcetera as they have specific course loads designed with your goal in mind. She is like but then again, she is only 14.

We were talking about this over the weekend, Mike and I that is. When I was in HS, we had sports and they were in their respective seasons and yeah, you had summer camps that you could attend but there was a clear line between sports seasons. Same with school. You had college, business and vocational course lines depending on where you were heading. Now, with sports, each one has the potential to be year round and they WANT you playing year round in THEIR sport. You need to specialize in that. School too, you need to nail down your future plans in middle school in order to get on the right path in HS for your career choice. You have to specialize. I keep saying, Shelby is only 14 and at 14, if you asked me what I wanted to be I would have probably told you a truck driver, long haul. Now, I hate just moving Mike's trucks and I wish I had become a nurse practitioner or PA or therapist or something else along those lines. But I did not decide that until after HS and well into my real life.

 

[3DisneyKids]

OMG, LisaV I so love you for that. Thanks. Made my day.

LisaPR--you are right about the time drain it takes to train! Phew! Sounds like you are doing great, though!

Steph--good luck with all of the illness and rashes and allergies and everything else you have going on there. It gets so hard when the seasons change like this.

Dawn--Dawn! We want pictures of the remodel! We want pics! We want pics! We want pics! (You have to hear this...you know, like a crowd would chant at a game or something! ) Since the basement is done, you HAVE to post pics of that. Have. to. And even though the kitchen is in progress, post those, too! I mean, we have Paula! Architect in the house! And Liz and Lyz who both have great decorating sense. Me? I am decorating challenged, truly, but I do love to see what others do. So post 'em! (And if you think LisaV and Lyz get bad and demanding, you ain't seen nothin' yet! )

 

[AKASnowWhite]

She thinks Blue cheese is GROSS! I think its YUMMY!!!!!!

Another vote for gross and another penicllin allergy, fyi.

I'd have the romaine salad, no dressing. Stuffed mushroom. YUM. And I'd ask what the fish was. Either would have fish or that pork chop. None of the desserts excited me enough to "spend" my calories/points on. I'd skip it.

Oh - forgot to post results:

strength training - 3 times
cardio sessions - 2 times
pounds lost - 1 pound

we did measurements again tonight and I lost 2" from my bust line, 2" inches from my waist and 2" from my hips. I am up to a total of 20" total lost. So there was some good news today.

SO proud of you Paula. You are totally workin' your program

(Nancy, just zone out for a minute...)

note to self. When E tells me to "just zone out" I should listen. I continued to read and heard "blah blah blah....shuffle"

After the 18 last weekend, the 22 is not scaring me anymore. 26.2 still is, but not 22. I am losing my mind....

Oh, the 26 isn't so bad. It's that last .2 that'll kill ya'

Yes, she is. And funny Paula have you noticed she's ignoring our compliments on her looks.

And then my brain clicks on and I go "oh" and calmly explain "Jean, Coach is not a sports store". :

Hi to everyone else. I am in an extremely foul mood today so there is not much in me to say right now other than I am fine and can't wait to see everyone's challenge results once Erika gets them tabulated (that is if we can get her away from her new shuffle).

Hope your day improves, Paula

Dawn--Dawn! We want pictures of the remodel! We want pics! We want pics! We want pics! (You have to hear this...you know, like a crowd would chant at a game or something! )

Yes. We need something to be excited about around here. Please let us live vicariously thru your remodel. Please?

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Today was my training session. I was supposed to get my body fat tested. Well. It didn't happen.

Erin (my trainer) had ordered new callipers probably 6 or 8 weeks ago. They were back ordered, or not currently available, whatever. So it took a while. Now, the company apparently indicated to her that they had shipped last week. From Virginia. and they didn't arrive. From VIRGINIA to Ct. They could have been delivered by freakin' pack mule and they should have made it here.

Anyway. My workout was awesome. I must have told her at least a dozen times how much I hated her today

And I know things are changing. My weight is down, my clothes fit better, I feel better. all good things. So, my body fat will get tested whenever. Although it woulda been nice to have a "before" number to see what progress I have made. Again - just me being anal with my numbers



It's a beautiful sunshiney day here today. I'm going to go out and work on some spring yard clean up. The rest of the week is supposed to be gray, cold and rainy so I need to take advantage of the weather while I can.