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October 3, 2016

Important Food-Related Update: Halloween is coming up, and I need one of you to promise to make this costume for your child.  Let me know if you need paper towel tubes.  I will supply them.

Breakfast was salmon and cream cheese on pumpernickel toast.  Because who doesn't love some smoked fish for breakfast?  Snack was a homemade latte.


Lunch was leftover brisket (thanks, Hot Jewish Lawyer!), mashed sweet potato, half an apple, cucumber and grape tomatoes, and a Ghiradelli chocolate square.  Snack was a banana.

Dinner was healthy-ish nachos, made of 20 tortilla chips, bean dip, cheddar cheese, and jalapenos with a side of carrots.

I'm still on a physical therapy exercise regimen due to an injury, which my trainer and I describe as "Senior Citizen Workouts."  There's lots of stability balls involved.  Also, I decided that since I'll be writing about her a lot, trainer needs a blog name.  Her favorite animal is elephants, and sometimes she makes me jump on those elephant stand thingies, so now she's Elephant Trainer(tm).  She probably feels like it some days because I'm so uncoordinated.

ANYWAY, she's also crafty, and she made this bulletin board at the gym.  Isn't it nice?

And, because I'm uncoordinated, today I knocked my water bottle over and it got all of her papers soaking wet.  Here she is, trying to figure out what I'm supposed to do next, all while reading water-logged pieces of paper.

Today was my first day back at work after a week and a half, and look at one of my employees got me!  Awwww.



Finally, as you end your day (or begin it, I don't know your Facebook habits), here's a thought.  Lord knows I need the reminder of this early and often.



Overall, we will give today a K-Middy.  Girl's got a nice lookin' collar bone.


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