Good morning! It's 5:30 am here at the Jersey Shore, most of the tourists are gone and life is slowly returning to normal where traffic is caused by school buses and 5 minutes away is literal. It was a particularly rough summer, not sure if it's because last year there still so much damage from super storm sandy so tourism was light here and yes our economy suffered for it...it's a double edge sword.

It's quiet hardly any cars swooshing by this morning, I can't sleep and have to get up on 30 mins anyway cause my precious grand son is coming. My daughter text me last night and said he took 6 steps...oh boy he'll be running in no time. I'm so excited for him yet a little a sad because this also means with each step he takes he leaves the baby behind. Still happy for him though he tries so hard and really wants to walk.

I talked to my niece/goddaughter last night and she is very excited to go shopping, we're going to go to the Premium outlets, TJ MAXX, Marshall's and Kohl's then to P.F.Changs for dinner, it will be nice to have time with just the two of us. She was so excited I could here it in her voice, her mom (also my niece) is a single mom of 3 and can't really afford to take a family of 4 out to dinner on her budget so they only eat out on birthdays or takeout pizza. Just as well though because all of us here at CK know how unhealthy eating out really is, I'll eat light all day and drink uber amounts of water to offset the sodium, I usually feet the oolong Sea Bass, a tofu or veggie dish when I go there because there isn't one near my house and it's my special treat. I'll probably skip dessert if I have anything I would only allow myself two bites (a sample) and the then let her take the rest home...cutting out the two bite portion size first and packing it away before I eat it so I'm not tempted to eat it all. She doesn't know it yet but I've put some cash aside for this day, I'm going to chip in a $100 on her clothes, she's a freshman this year and I know from my girls how hard high school still is...she'll be so excited I'm sure! I also used the retail me not app to look for I store and online coupons for the stores we're going to because so they're right in my phone and if she wants something in a color not in the store I can get online and usually cheaper so it should be a really good day.

Weigh in is 196 lbs and grand baby just arrived so I must go now.

Have a great day!