I'm looking at my food diary and deciding what shift in eating to try next. For a few days I'm skipping all soy, to see what that does. But what I probably really ought to do is stop all caffeine, and stop all diet pop. Even though it has Splenda, not nutrasweet (can't tolerate that stuff), I know there are parts of my daily diet that I ignore but that probably aren't great. And they add up price-wise. I made a big jar of green tea to put over ice (I always have some kind of iced tea in the fridge, but for now it's green tea, not black).
I'm also going to let the wine rack sit un-filled for a while. I think I'll pick up some sparkling cider at Sams and fill the rack so it looks nice, but I also really need to take the red wine out of my diet. I've meant to, but it was too easy to just have a glass with dinner. I need to switch to my preferred summer white wine (Gerwurzaminer, or some such spelling, a Riesling) but I'll put that off for a little while.
We're hitting about 98o each day now, so I do some yard work, but pace myself and work also indoors. I have plans to rearrange some furniture and figure out what extra pieces I can actually get rid of (sell via Criag's list, most likely). I'll eliminate the useful but not needed modern pieces first. Always leave the disposition of antiques for last!
Maryanne, good luck with the woodchuck and the dog! My two dogs are such sweethearts. The power company guy had to come into the yard this week. He knocked and let me know that the transmitter on my electric meter wasn't working, so he'd have to read it. The dogs greeted him like a long lost friend. I told him I'd had the radio meter put in when I first got the pit bull because I didn't know how the meter readers would respond to this dog. He gave her a big head rub and scratch under the chin and said "we can read body language. This one is not a threat." I'm so glad to see people can see beyond the breed!
This afternoon I stood barefoot in the dog wading pool while that pit bull climbed in, and as she lay there, my ex squatted down and splashed water all over her. Talk about a pampered pet.