CWCEBMEY's Apr 2007 CalorieKing Blog

Lilacs

Wednesday, April 25th 2007

Today, I cut some lilacs and bridal veil from my yard. I put them in a can (sort of looks like a milk can) and brought them in for our secretary. They looked so nice, I think I'll cut some more down for me to enjoy at home. Nothing smells as fresh and spring like as lilacs.

I grew up in San Diego. It doesn't get cold enough to grow lilacs (well up in the mountains it does). So my first experience with lilacs was when I moved to Denver. One Spring morning, when I was about 27, I had my...

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It's Tuesday, but I'm going to think it's Monday.

Tuesday, April 17th 2007

I am treating today like a Monday. So far, so good. I tried to find some carrots to snack on at work. The salad bar had everything but carrots. So I grabbed the watermelon. Lunch will be a chicken breast and salad. Dinner will be something, maybe corn chowder and salad. . . or leftovers.

I cut some fresh lilacs this morning. I added some bridal veil and WOW. . . they look fabulous and smell WONDERFUL. I brought them in for a friend. I will cut some more for the weekend for myself....

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Monday!

Monday, April 16th 2007

Like every Monday of every week, it seems to be the day to get back on track. Why Monday? Why not Saturday? There are only 52 Mondays in the year, so no wonder I'm not more successful with exercise and dieting. If I only start over once a week, that means that the other 313 days of the year I'm probably not doing what I'm supposed to be doing. 14% of the year, I behave. But to be honest, I know that there are other days of the week that I do behave. . . so this boils down to the 80/20 rule...

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