Tee-Pee'd

 

This morning's walk, and I was quite surprised at finding one of my neighbors' house got TP'd.  I didn't know folks still did that!  I chuckled at first, then felt sorry for them, because I could see what a cleanup job this would be!  

And it made me think about the one time I TP'd something.  My family was camping at Yellowstone Park.  It was a family reunion and all the aunts and uncles were there.  My own family slept in the tent trailer, but I slept in the camper shell on the pickup ... us teenagers need our privacy! 

Early one morning, Uncle John knocked on the camper shell and whispered "come out and help me!" We proceeded to TP our campground, winding around trees and the campers.  We giggled and ran around making sure each camper had something on it!  Funny, I don't remember anyone's reaction to all of this, but I remember having to clean it up.  

Other than that, it was an uneventful walk, followed by a day full of doing chores, another long evening walk, and the end of another weekend.   Why do weekends pass so quickly?

Lifestyle, Update

It's been a few days since I took the time to actually write.  I've been in a mode of taking care of myself, mostly working on my lifestyle changes.  I cut back by 250 calories each day, and have managed to finally drop three pounds -- nothing to really write home about, but every inch of progress is a step in the right direction.

My daily walks. .....  and here's Sadie again, scratching at me to pet her.  She hates when I get in a writing mood.  Or maybe she's so spoiled that she thinks all of my waking hours should be *her* time.  lol

Back to daily walks:  I'm walking 37-40 minutes pushing Sadie in her stroller, we cover nearly 2 miles in that time, and it feels really good to have that accomplishment each day!  At the same time, I'm making sure that the foods I eat put me at a good point on the nutrient scale via the Samsung app.   I've cut back my Diet Coke to one a day.  I'm drinking my Plexus Slim Pink Drink.   How long can I keep this up?  It's not easy but I keep telling myself that I'm eating to live, not living to eat.

After my last checkup, I'm on the borderline of having high blood pressure.  I know that dropping weight, exercise an cutting back on sodium is the answer to keeping it low enough so that I don't have to go on meds. 

So for now I try to remember:    A little progress each day adds up to big results!