Hope this holiday weekend was a good one for all

Sunday, September 1, 2013
Monday, September 2, 2013

Happy Labor Day to all!!  Whether you actually still labor at a paying job or not, it is now the end of summer.  Hope this holiday weekend has been a good one for everyone.

We got our SUMMER project done on Sunday.  Whew!  Just in the nick of time - we cut that one close, didn't we?  LOL  We got the white gravel on Saturday, so on Sunday afternoon, Ron, with help from Corgan, got it poured out and the zoo animals moved back over to their renovated home.  Yay!  I got the ten or so blooms and greenery out of the square flowerboxes and put the baby mums I bought out into them, so they are ready for fall, also.  I still have to do the long flowerbox, but nothing has bloomed in it for a while - nothing - so it won't make the yard look lopsided.  The sedum by the fence is starting to get a bit of color - it's one of those that is green for a long time, then finally turns a dusky pink, then pink.  Another type of sedum has come up over in front of my columbine, too.  I didn't even know it was there!  It is purple, almost in a round ball shape.  It is very pretty, too (well, duh...) and sets off that corner nicely.  The mimosa trees look like they have pea pods hanging on them, they look funny.

I have eaten terrible - well, I have eaten good food, but a terrible amount of food - these last two days.
We ended up throwing together a cookout on Sunday when they came to pick Corgan up.  So, I ate a hamburger, 2 brats, potato salad, devilled eggs (3? 4? who counted?), green beans - good green beans, with ham & potatoes in them! - a spinach ball, and an Oreo ball or two for dessert.  I also found a recipe for Christmas trees made with Reese's Cups and Hershey's Kisses (and white chocolate, but I used icing, instead) and I made those with a patriotic theme (red, white, & blue sprinkles), too.  I ate ONE and that was plenty!  After we ate, we came in the house, and Josh, Jean and I played Jeopardy on the Wii.  Josh, as usual, was beating the tar out of us.  When we played Final Jeopardy, they both bet all their money, I bet all but 200 of mine.  All three of us got it wrong. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I WON!!!!!   I laughed at 'em!!!!!    I won with 200 dollars - nanner nanner boo boo!!
Then, after they left, I ate another big bowl of green beans!

Today, we went to friends' for a Labor Day get-together.  They have a 'ribs' get-together every year.  YUM.  They know that I don't like barbeque sauce, etc. and always make me some plain ones, too.  <<how nice is that?>>  They also have a little bit of chicken (yes, again, some plain, for me), metts (polish and italian sausage) and brats, and we all bring side dishes.  So, once again, I had potato salad, devilled eggs (again, who counted?) and a spinach ball.  I also had baked beans, a tomato-onion-cucumber salad (only I didn't have any of the cukes), and lots of MEAT.  Probably other stuff, too, but I can't remember now.  LOL  We had Oreo balls, a dump cake and ice cream for dessert. This lasts all day, so the same foods were both lunch and supper.  Yep, yum and yum.  Wonderful day, wonderful friends, wonderful time!  Brought leftovers home for tomorrow, too!

I weigh in tomorrow night at my TOPS meeting.  Sigh.  This is not gonna be good.

These two days get three stars for food, and zero for exercise.