Favorite Treat

My afternoon snack is my favorite treat-2 rice cakes with cream cheese and all fruit jam.  It's funny how you get in a rut eating the same thing; but it sure is easy.

The Day After The Fourth...

.....which would be the 5th :) I had a nice swim at 6:30 this morning. I keep going earlier and earlier.  I wake up and can't sleep so I just go swimming.  I almost had the pool to myself. I love the routine of it now.  
I was in major pain all morning and called the doctor for the report on my tests.  They had it, but he hadn't read it yet so they so they said he would call me back-NADA.  How did I know that would happen?!
I feel a little better this afternoon.  Had two miniature biscotti for a snack this afternoon-first sugary white carb thing intentionally eaten in two months.  It's what I felt like eating. I am liking my Tazo green tea with mint-I make it iced and it is so good.  Sometimes I add a dash of REAL LEMONADE@
Speaking of sugar, we are having a hard time getting hummingbirds to our new hummingbird feeder.  We see them on the flowers, but they don't land on the feeder too much or too long. 
Tomorrow is the day-before the BIG DAY of my birthday-I have to feel better by then!!  I promised myself.

The 4th Dinner

All in all dinner was pretty good.  We had grilled burgers, waffle fries, cut up fruit, spaghetti salad and cake that Karen made for dessert.  I had 2 bites of the cake that I shared with Joy Boy. 

Red, white and blue flowers from the garden

Festive tableware from my favorite store-Target :)

Riles getting ice tea for everyone

Grilling burgers

Riles got a new haircut

Happy Birthday America

Sparklers

Joy Boy on the "big boy" swing

Aren't I Phones great?  Kris sent me this picture of Megan.  How do these girls look so grown up???

                          

Perfect Holiday Meal

                              
If I had to choose and could eat anything I wanted, this would be what I would choose for a 4th of July meal.  We came pretty close to this with my 2nd brother and his wife one year.  Drum roll.....Grilled burgers, potato salad, baked beans, fruit salad, frozen Margareta's, jello cake with strawberries and blueberries decorating the top like an American Flag and s'mores later on.

Fourteen Pounds.......

and counting. The test yesterday went down (so to speak ha ha) without a hitch.  It wasn't fun and I was there for 3 hours...but its over.  Still dealing with some pain, but I figure I have to get all the barium out.  They gave me some yucky fizzie stuff and told me not to burp---Are you kiddning????  That's one of my main problems!!!
So now I have lost 14 pounds since May 1st.  It doesn't seem fair to congratualate me when I have not felt well for two of those weeks.  Now I have another problem-all my clothes are too big.  But I will save them because you know when I hopefully feel better, I am going to gain some of that weight back.
The pool was quite busy this morning for 7:00 a.m. I did my stint and it felt great!

Waiting.....

I am sitting in the x-ray department @ the hospital waiting for some tests-upper GI and small bowel to specific. I get to drink barium which is definately NOT on my diet!! I could take up to 4 hours to go through my small bowel. I am not a patient person-so this will be an exercise in patience! Anything to get to the bottom of my pain and gas problems. It has not been a fun time.

Frappachino

I have no idea how to spell that word so that was my best shot!! It doesn't even show up on spell check. 
I am going have a few tests to determine where my stomach pain is coming from.  If you want to lose a lot of weight quickly-don't eat!!!! There, that's it in a nutshell. 
I do feel a tad better today so stopped at Tar-get's Starbucks and a lady in front of me ordered a green tea frappachino and that sounded good to me so I ordered one:  "A tall unsweetened green tea with skim milk and a little whip."  It tasted really good and I am sure I needed the calories.  Hey, this might be my new summer drink. 
Nice lunch on your anniversary ha!