Day 58: Friday

WEIGHT: 157.5

BREAKFAST: 1 slice homemade WW toast with SB and tuna salad, a banana, and a glass of skim milk

SNACK: popcorn

LUNCH: tuna salad in a WW Deli Flat with raw string beans and an apple

SUPPER: 3 open-faced cheese and tomato broiled sandwiches, a glass of milk

DESSERT: 1/2 a glass of merlot

EXERCISE: 30 minutes around the block and I jogged to the corner store and back.

Day 57: Thursday

WEIGHT: 156.6

BREAKFAST: 1 slice homemade WW toast with SB and tuna salad, a banana, and a glass of skim milk.

SNACK: popcorn

LUNCH: tuna salad on a WW Deli Flat with raw string beans and an apple

SUPPER: 1/2 a quesedilla, and the toppings off 1/2 a frozen pizza (yuck!). 2 glasses of merlot.

EXERCISE: I walked around the block for about 35 minutes.

SNACK: 5 pieces of crud

The Falling Rock: Pinkham Notch, NH

Took this picture Sunday morning on our way up through the notch. It had rained all day Saturday so the blue sky was such a treat.

We always called this the Falling Rock but I think it's real name is Glen Ellis Boulder. It really shows up better if you enlarge the picture.

I actually hiked up there about 20 years ago and ate lunch on the rock. It is definitely not falling!

Check out more skies from all over the world at SkyWatch Friday.

Day 56: Wednesday

WEIGHT: 157.7

BREAKFAST: 1 slice of homemade WW toast, SB, seafood salad, a banana, and a glass of milk.

SNACK: 6 Triscuit Crisps with natural peanut butter

LUNCH: Seafood salad on a WW Deli Flat, raw string beans, an apple

SUPPER: Low Fat cream of mushroom soup with skim milk and tuna on 2 slices of homemade WW toast, leftover carrots from Monday, and a glass of skim milk.

EXERCISE: After school it was beautiful so I walked to the PO to mail the Reporter to my mom, stopped at the bank, then walked up Main Street to the Library, then back home. (And all that way, carrying a bag with 4 books in it!) It felt wonderful!

SNACK: I got hungry about 7:30 and had 5 pieces of crud (cheese curds)

Day 55: Tuesday

WEIGHT: 157.6

BREAKFAST: 1 piece of WW homemade toast with SB and seafood salad, a banana, and skim milk

SNACK: popcorn

LUNCH: seafood salad in a WW Deli Flat, raw string beans

SUPPER: 1 quesadilla: WW tortillas with cheese, onion, green pepper, leftover chicken, salsa, and sour cream

EXERCISE: Walk to the Post Office, hairdresser's, and IGA after school.

Last Week

Had a good week: Kylie came to visit!

The first prompt I gave the kids for their nature journals was to focus on something in nature and find a way to connect it to their lives.

The second day they had to sketch and journal about something beautiful and something ugly.
The third day we went for a long walk and settled at a park. They had to find one thing and make a list of anything else that is the same color. Then they had to write a poem using as many of those color words as possible.

The fourth day found us walking down a snowmobile trail. Once we found a place to write, they had to pick something and tell what it looked, smelled, tasted, felt, and sounded like. then let that lead into a poem.

On the fifth day, they had to write an acrostic poem using the letters of their name. I used my maiden name, for a change since I've done this many time before with my poetry kids. They had to find a connection between nature and their own lives.

On the last day, we climbed quite a ways up a mountain before finding a place to sit and write about endings in nature and endings in their lives.

Day 54 of The Diet: Monday

WEIGHT: 157.5

BREAKFAST: 1 slice of homemade WW toast with SB and seafood salad, a banana, and a glass of skim milk

SNACK: popcorn

LUNCH: seafood salad in my homemade WW bread, raw string beans.

SNACK: 3 pieces of crud. This is pronounced "crut" with a french accent. The meat market near us occasionally gets it from Canada and some came in today. It's cheese curds, I guess. It tastes sort of like mozzarella but has a drier texture and a more buttery flavor. Love it!

SUPPER: Chicken breast with Vidalia onion dressing poured on top for the last half hour of baking, baked potato with SB (I even ate the skin and put SB and sour cream in it. Not the best but so good!), carrots, and a glass of skim milk.

EXERCISE: a brisk 45 minute walk plus I jogged twice to the store.