Sunday rewind

sidenote: I have to quit being so damned surprised every time I come back to my blog and find that I've been awol for a few days.

Nothing much new going on up around here.

Thursday was a very bad food day. Hugh decided that we should eat bar food, and I didn't argue. That night we had a pizza meeting, and I did my share to overeat. We did go on a good walk with the dogs. Had to force Hugh to come with me. We picked a nice bag of black-caps (like black raspberried, I guess.)

Friday - food was much better. I bought some chocolate chip muffin mix, and I made muffins with added zucchini. Wowza! Hugh wanted lemon poppyseed, so I made those as well. Delicioso. Lunch was on the patio - chips, salsa, monterey jack cheese, grapes, cantaloupe. Supper was grilled - chicken breast, shrimp, fish. We also had whole grain pasta. I made tomato/zucchini sauce with my zucchini and fresh basil to go on the pasta. I could eat just the sauce. YUM. Had to use canned 'maters, though.

I forced Hugh to go on a bike ride with me. It was probably not even 4 miles. I had to force him to come with me and continue. It was rather warm, I give him that. But we got 1/4 of the way out there and he started crying and whimpering, "I wanna go back." It was really pathetic, seriously! It tugged on my heart strings, but I refused. I told him he could turn around and go back; that was fine with me. He was too scared. I made him come with me. We found this:

Can you see that that is the skin of a very big snake? It was cool!!! But we didn't linger. Hugh and I made it back to the homefront. I made him talk with me about refusing to do hard stuff. He has been driving his father crazy with crying and carrying on when it comes to doing physical stuff that is too hard or too hot or too something. I think he's afraid of failing or looking dumb or something. I really want him to learn that "Just do it!" isn't a tennis shoe logo. I told him that I've missed out on too many opportunities because I gave up too easily. I dont want that happening to him, cuz cool stuff comes to people who take calculated risks. And he had to admit that the ride was fun.

Saturday - I got up early and walked the dogs. I made another batch of muffins with zucchini and this time some peanut butter. Then we went on a garden tour here in our area. Saw some really cool stuff, and I'm inspired once again to start my own new project. Gonna start digging up the yard to expand my flower beds. I'll be creating a faux fence of these crazy flowers that have taken over my main garden...I can't wait. We then went to the county fair. Hugh wants to join 4-H. I think that could be really, really good for him. He loves building stuff with Legos, so he wants a place to show off his work. We have critters and we garden and we love taking pictures of nature, so I think he has some opportunities to get involved. I never did when I was a kid. Then we ate at a Mexican restaurante. It was pretty good stuff. Then off to Menars, the home improvement store that isn't Lowe's or Home Depot but is Wisconsin-based and damned fine in the area of stuff for fix-ups. I am going to "do" my driveway this week. I have to go out and fish all the weeds out of the cracks and crevices this week. Then I'll hose it down, dry it, and slather on the black driveway goo. Sounds exciting, doesn't it? We came home and mowed the lawn. It was a busy day.

So here I am at Sunday. I've pottied the dogs. I need to have me some coffee, take my pill, wait for an hour to eat. Then I'll be hitting the yard. I have laundry that needs done. Also need to work on the garage and driveway. I hope this finds you all well.

Make it a great day!