Idgie, I read some of your journal, so encouraging for me to keep at trying to be 100% compliant. It is a goal of mine and reading someone's journal where they are doing so inspires me to keep at it.
July 27, 2018
Hubby's car broke down the other day, the first day he took our granddaughter to practice driving (she just got her permit to drive). It was an experience for her to have a car break down while she was driving. Hopefully we'll get the car back today, because I was planning a camping trip for Sunday at a park that is a couple hours away. If the car's not back, then I'll have to stay local.
I've been sleeping in the back yard. Last night I discovered that I need a warmer sleeping bag or more layers on a cool night. We finally got a break from the heat and now I am wimpy because of the cooler weather.
I will say that camping out in the backyard is not as relaxing as going away from home. Being so close to home takes away that sense of adventure and relaxation. Do those two go together?
On the way home from dropping hubby's car at the shop, I drove through the state park to see how many people were camping (I like to go when not many people are there). Hubby kept saying how he wished he could do that with me, secretly I am glad that he does not think he can camp because that would take away my "me" time. I am going camping because I need to get away and not have to do things for anyone else and to not listen to someone go on and on and on about whatever he thinks I need to know. Sometimes I get so tired of his monologues and his thinking I really care about this topic or that topic.
I had to chuckle the other day when he was on the phone with an Amish guy (Did you know the Amish have phones? I did not until we stopped at a roadside bake sale and hubby got to talking to the couple.) The guy wanted to buy a gas powered refrigerator and since he did not have internet, hubby said he'd do the research for him. Anyways, I heard hubby telling the Amish guy how he ought to farm.
I am on the Beck Diet Solution Day 3 - (I wonder how far I'll get before I forget I am doing it and stop the exercises) One of the things that is mentioned is that one has to make time to "diet" and then in the back of my mind I hear Doug Lisle's voice saying that to eat a whole food plant based diet takes a lot of time and energy, but it is worth doing so. You know, part of that motivational triad of wanting to conserve energy.
Yesterday, I made Sloppy Lentils - so yummy. I made extra lentils so I'll be making some more to freeze today. I sort of made up the sauce recipe and wanted to do 1 batch first. So much for freezing what I made, hubby and I ate over half the mixture. Now, if I would have taken the time to prepare a salad first, perhaps I would not have had so many sandwiches (I ate 4).
I have a race on August 4th and my pace has been super slow whenever I have been running. This is going to be my first race in a new age group, I'll be in the 60-69 group. Imagine that -a 60 year old and trying to keep pace with a 16 year old granddaughter. She has not been running much lately. In track she went to the throwing group and they weren't running as much as the sprinters. And she has not been running with me on my runs. The last race we did, it was too hot and she did not do well.
I know I'll be eating sloppy lentils for at least one of my meals, I'll go pick some greens from the garden. I planted chard and I am not sure what to do with it. Maybe use the leaves for the wrap for lentils?
Any ideas as to what to do with chard?