I went swimming this morning for the first time since I broke my elbow. I felt so sluggish, so when I got back home I counted the weeks and it had been 16 weeks (exactly) since I last swam. No wonder I was so slow. I only did 1200 yards. I've mentioned before that I was a swimmer growing up, so doing that little is like asking a golfer to play 2 holes or a marathon runner to run a 5K. It wasn't much. But let me tell you- it totally kicked my butt and I've been tired all day. But the good news is that I didn't drown, which is always a plus. Even with 2 lifeguards there, I doubt they are up for rescuing someone at 5:30 in the morning.

I was driving home from a friend's house last night at about 9:30 and it was pitch black. She lives out in the country, so there are no ambient light or street lights, just the moon and stars. Oh yeah- and the glow of wildfires burning in the area. Ok. So it's dark. I drove past this house that was all lit up with rope lights on the porch. It looked really pretty and made the house look nice. But the thing is, I've noticed this house before because of it's huge front porch and, in the light, the house is not that nice. It's a little rundown, there's trash in the yard, the driveway is all dirt.

I had a a half hour drive to get back home, so my mind starting wandering and the aforementioned house got me thinking about how much better things look in the dark. People. Clothes. Makeup. If that's the case, why aren't dressing rooms darker? I've also read that you'll eat more when it's dark, which is why many restaurants have dim lighting.

So if everything is better in the dark, why does everyone push for daylight savings? Shouldn't we just embrace the extra hour of night and think "for this 6 months, I'm going to look better and so is my house?" Maybe I need to change all the lightbulbs in the house to 40W or just not replace them when they burn out. (Yes, I know, regular lightbulbs are terrible and we shouldn't use them. Sorry, I'm not replacing them with CFLs until they burn out, so deal with it.)

You've heard of "the dog ate my homework," right? Well, in this case, the dog ate my shoes. And they are (were!) my favorite flip flops.

I keep forgetting that Morgan is a puppy because he's so big. He has a shoe fetish- it's the 3rd pair of shoes he's destroyed since we got him. Sigh. It was hard to throw these away.

Your smile for the day:

The hummingbird nest in one of our trees.

Took the kids miniture golfing and one of them decided that this was a home for orphan princesses. Where do kids come up with that stuff?

We have a couple windows in our shower. The bottom of them are 5ft. high, so no one can see anything. Two of the windows look out over the front of our house. One looks out over the neighbor's roof, and it's the one you face when you are standing under the water.


And guess what happened? I totally flashed the DirectTV guy. Our neighbor just moved in and it was a Saturday morning. I was in the shower and the DirectTV guy was up on the neighbor's roof. Oops. I figure that if I saw him, then he probably saw me. When I told my husband he just laughed.

In the spirit of sugar-free, here's what I've eaten in the past 2 days.

June 1:
Breakfast- minibagel with natural peanut butter, black coffee
Lunch- Italian chicken sandwich (Ciabatta bread, grilled chicken fingers, basil, roasted red peppers, mayonaise. Leftovers, not from a restaurant), watermelon, low-fat string cheese, water
Snack- apple, water
Dinner- whole wheat spagetti with spagetti sauce (from a jar), mixed green salad, 1% milk

June 2:
Breakfast- Cheerios, 1% milk, black coffee
Lunch- veggie pasta, low-fat string cheese, watermelon, bagel chips, water
Snack- apple, tortilla with natural peanut butter, water
Dinner- Beef stew (beef, carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, various spices), red wine

I know, I know- there's sugar in wine. Sorry, I'm not giving that one up. And yes, I need to eat more veggies.