She Says Determinedly in Everyday Ramblings

After a few years of flowers blooming alarmingly early, this year we are back to what in my lifetime is a more normal schedule. Last year this time these tulips were open and quite plentiful. This year with all the rain the tulips and particularly the irises are battered and not open yet. There will be other things that are thriving. The trick is to find out what they are.

The squirrels? The crows? They have been quite plentiful, as well as the cheerful local juncos. Plus we have chestnut-backed chickadees mixed in with the black-capped ones which is a change.

We were all pleasantly surprised to have the rain hold off another day and yesterday S and me had the first walk since midnight on New Years when it wasn’t raining. Frieda was one happy poodle. She is such a healthy cheerful dog.

Carlo was very much not amused when I came home smelling like dog late in the morning though.

Kes has basically been under house arrest for weeks with asthma. Most Honorable is grading so she is braving the wilds of local pollen and driving up for brunch today. We are going to meet at a place where in the past we have only done take out, a deli with rich wonderful food and then come back here. The cats are very excited as they haven’t seen her in a month.

I am still under my goal weight and have been able to maintain that for 2 1/2 years now but the number on the scale is creeping up. I am struggling with some of my eating patterns. Deep lifelong patterns baked in when I was quite young.

It is interesting to think that the foods I eat searching for emotional comfort are very similar to the same foods I found comfort in as a child. I have upgraded them to a bit healthier versions but basically they are the same.

I stay completely away from pasta now though except a few noodles in soup now and then.

What I like about Weight Watchers is that there is nothing I have craved in the last three years that I haven’t had. This last week it was these baked lemon bars. God, they were good! Extravagant in every sense of the word, but oh so good.

There is this perception at my meeting that I am a super adherent to the plan, I think because I am so active, even though I don’t think I am that active compared to oh say runners or dancers or…

We were supposed to tell the person next to us yesterday one thing we were going to do this week when things get slippery and the beautiful well-heeled woman next to me said, “Oh, well you probably don’t have to do anything about this”, and I am like Ha!

I may have a refrigerator full of glass containers full of grapes and carrots and beets and celery but instead I am eating almonds and crackers and snack bars.

Snack bars are so my kryptonite.

This week I am going to get out one of my beautiful cookbooks and select something yummy and shop for it and make it. That is what I told the woman next to me yesterday.

And that is what I am going to do. She says determinedly.

And try not to get too discouraged by the return of the rain.

Last updated March 20, 2016