It was early to bed last night and I woke up before the dogs this morning - that doesn't happen often! Cinnamon was not happy about being roused from the foot of the bed so early, poor dear. Supposed to be nice again today, and I've been working around the house this morning and will head out into the yards in a little while. My weekly organic gardening radio program is on right now (I have pointed out to him that he does this program at a time when lot of people should be out in the yard, not in the house listening to the radio!)

A load of laundry is going, and it looks like spring cleaning is beginning. I've put the mattress pad in (usually gets washed a couple of times a year) and pulled the duvet cover off of the down comforter. I'll put it back on and store it until next winter. It got quite a lot of use this year. I haven't used the clothesline for a while and I forgot to take the clothespins down last fall, so I'll probably pull that old batch down and toss them or see if any are still usable. They get kind of tattered out in the weather.

I've cleared off more stuff from the flat surfaces in the kitchen, trying to either recycle, shred, or file. I think I've spent as much time indoors as I can stand on this pretty day so I'll get my gear together and work on the potato beds and get some more herbs planted. I'm always trying to get rid of the lawn/turf and have a couple of beds that will be ground cover. Oregano is good, as is thyme, and it is the thyme I'll start with. I have a few bedding plants to put in, and I can simply transplant more oregano from the kitchen garden down to the curb garden. If I can convince this to spread onto the existing lawn and kill it off, I'll let it. :)

This is a fasting day, and this begins this year's push to reach my target weight. I gained back about five pounds during the winter (I haven't stepped on the scale, I can tell by how snug some of my trousers are) and need to take that off, making a total of 20 to lose this year. I lost 35 last year and wondered how the alternate day fasting would work once I reach my target weight. I think it would simply shift to a two days a week fasting to keep from adding on weight and continuing to try to eat as healthy as possible. For anyone dropping in now and not aware of the routine, this information from Dr. Michael Mosley on a UK program called Horizons gave me the information and inspiration to use this method of weight loss. It helps to get some good exercise every day along with the fasting.

SRS