AtomicMrX

My Topsy Turvy Tomato plants are really growing with all the rain we’ve had this past week. The gardens are really enjoying the rain as well.

I got the Wii Fit and have been using it every day. It is a good work out for a person like me (totally out of shape). The Yoga and Strength exercises are really making my thighs work! I can feel it and then some! I have really good balance and posture (at least that’s what my Wii Fit Instructor keeps saying) I just need to work on my core so I have better balance. I tend to sway when the exercise requires me to balance on one foot. I just need to build up the muscles in my feet. I use to have fairly strong feet in college but that was over 25 years ago (I AM SO VERY OLD! - sigh).

Jaki is loving the backyard. She runs around out there whenever we are working on the gardens and stuff. We don’t leave her back there unattended because there are some VERY big dogs that could (and have) jumped our fence and would easily think she is dinner.

Shannon put a lot of time into our gardens and it shows! I will take some pictures and post in the next week!

I used Mr Clean on the floors yesterday and I am very impressed! I use to use Pine Sol and thought it was good but we used it all up and I happen to have some Mr Clean left over from apartment days (over 5 years ago) so I used it instead. The floors have never been so clean, shiny, and feel great on the ol’ bare feet! The Pine Sol would tend to leave the floors sticky if you got the ratio off on water to product.

I had a great concoction last night. I wanted a smoothie and I didn’t have all the ingredients to make a Weight Watchers recipe so I made one up base on it. It was like a shake and kind of like sorbet. Very good and I ate the whole thing (I need to make a smaller batch next time!). Here is the recipe and it is very easy and simple.

1 package of Sugar Free - Fat Free Instant Vanilla Pudding & Pie Filling mix
16 oz package of whole frozen Strawberries
2 Cups Skim Milk

This makes 2 rather large servings or 4 one and a half cup servings (I went with one humungous serving!).

In a blender, put the milk, Vanilla Pudding & Pie Filling powder mix, and frozen strawberries; blend on high (scrapping down the sides often) till nice and smooth. This will thicken as it sets because of the Vanilla mix. It’s part of the Core plan for me so I don’t know how many points it would be for the Flex people.

It was so good - I thought I was cheating! I also bought a Chocolate Fudge Pudding & Pie Filling mix and can’t wait to try that one out!

Work has been very slow which is very unusual. We are normally doing over time because of the political season and the Memorial Day holiday - but we are not. We barely have work to keep us busy during the work day! I hope things pick up a little bit more as we get closer to election day!

I downloaded a free demo of DS Crosswords and it was a lot of fun. Made me think about spelling (which I’m horrible at) and wasn’t too hard to make me feel discouraged. It’s a cheap game too… only $20! That is unusual! I think I may pick it up - I need to keep this old brain a thinking and a little practice at spelling words correctly wouldn’t hurt either!

It was so boring at work. Our work flow has dramatically dropped. We were sitting around with not much to do. So I opted for a half day vacation. I’m using it up pretty early in the year but that’s okay.

I will cut my hair today and get a lot done this weekend. I hope the weather permits the soil to dry out a bit. We need to get some plants and seeds into the ground soon!

I will definately be spending some time at the computer this weekend. My copy of PREY (MAC version here, and PC version here ) came in the mail today (I knew it was a good thing to take off work early!). I can’t wait to play it and see where the story goes.

We have had Gold Finches visiting our Finch feeder. I saw four at one time eating, which took all the open slots on our little feeder. They were very VERY yellow and cool to watch. I think we’ll have a lot more birds at the feeders this summer. It will be one year (about) since I put them up so they pretty much know it’s gonna have food and is a safe place to eat. I put up a little black fence around the base of the deck. Jaki was going under there and I didn’t want her to get hurt or anything while under there. Also cats in the neighborhood were “lurking” under there trying to get the birds at the feeder. I had to put a stop to all that. Plus it adds a nice touch and kind of finishes off the look of the deck. It will help the flowers to grow out away from the deck instead of under it since Shannon planted everything right up to the edge of the deck. Pictures to follow once we get more plants in the ground.

Time to cut my hair, excuse me, and have a great weekend everyone!