Ah...good for you, SRS!

Andrea, twice in one week, 75 miles each way, that's a LOT for your neck of the woods. I'd love a night drive like that; I'll bet it will be beautiful. There are some good tai chi/qi gong stretches that really help the back and shoulders, esp. after sitting in one place for as long as that drive. Oh, and it helps with BP, too.:-)

If you search youtube for "Lee Holden" you can see short snippets of his qi gong videos. I have several of them. Working my way back, I am using his Qi Gong for Seniors at the moment. It doesn't look as though it would do a lot, but it has very subtle, deep effects. There are some specific videos for the back, too.

Jeepers, Sins, anything you need to hang onto for your new, svelte self? That's neat to find extra clothes!:-)

I've lost a couple of more pounds. Been doing so much more. Today, we ran some errands, then went to a garden center where I knew I could find my fav. annuals for hummingbirds: Torenia aka Wishbone Plant. When I have one in a pot on my front stoop, up on a plant stand, I can see hummingbirds visiting almost every day while I am at my desk. They just seem to love them. So, we bought two of them.

Came home, potted them up, had my son help move the iron plant stand out to put them on and there they are...they look so pretty. I wasn't sure i would put them out at all today. We have been having wind storms with enough dust to block out the mountains around us...just swirling clouds of dirt everywhere with gusts up to 40-60mph. It's been awful, but has died down a bit this early evening, so I'll leave them out for the night. If it is windy tomorrow, I may bring them for the day. I have been so much more active. Walking into and out of all of the places we went, today, whereas, even a month ago, I would have waited in the car for Rog and just enjoyed the ride.

Our son decluttered the yard for us some more by mowing the front grass, then weed-whacking. I'd asked him to whack the weeds in the driveway. I heard him, but had my feet up while reading on the bed for a few minutes. I got up a little later, went out to water, and let out a cry, "Oh, no! He whacked my sweetpeas???!! (They are against the white picket fence alongside the driveway by the front gate.) Just then, he walked in the backdoor looking unsure. So I told him what he'd done and of course he didn't know. They had weeds right beside them and he thought they were weeds, too. He gathered the almost in bloom stalks and I put them in a jar of water. I am sure the plants will come back, don't know if they will bloom this season, though. At least, if the stalks root, I'll have more plants. This is the same kid who, with his sisters, dug up a cactus and a sagebrush, crammed them in shallow tupperware dishes with dirt tucked in and drew me a Happy Mother's Day card to go with them. Can't get too mad, nor stay that way.:-)

We will be doing more inside the house, tomorrow. I wrote too soon about the wind. It's baaaaaccckkk!