The Good, The Bad and The Painful – The 4th

Wasn’t that a nice number to see on the last post? I’m sure I’m not there now; I’m actually scared to weigh. I have a quarterly weigh-in for the Scaleback Alabama program on Wednesday or Thursday. I know I’m still down 10 pounds but I don’t think I’m an onederland number this week!

We had a great 4th. Sweetie Pie and I were at the pool for at least 2 hours every day. Friday, Sweetie Pie and I ran some errands and were in the pool by 2:30. Not only did Sweetie Pie finally get a haircut, I bought the Williams Sonoma daisy cupcake pan. Sweetie Pie wanted the caterpillar cupcake pan that was on sale. We got home and went to the pool we finally trudged home from the pool around 5:30.

On the 4th, we were at the pool by 10:30 and made it home around 3:00. Then we grilled out steaks and hot dogs. We also had fresh corn, baked beans and rolls. For dessert, we had flag sugar cookies with ice cream and caterpillar cupcakes. We then enjoyed the fireworks in Helena.

Yesterday, we were only at the pool for two hours because some big, black clouds rolled in and it actually rained!

The bad part of the weekend was that I ate and ate and ate! Diet – what diet? I ate sugar cookies with ice cream squished between them – Yum – I ate grilled steak – Yum – fresh corn – chips – Just yummy! Now, I’m back on track and ready to go. I didn’t walk or run or do anything this weekend. After spending hours at the pool, I just wasn’t up to it. However, while in the pool (I’m not a great swimmer) Sweetie Pie and I would kick from side to side and I would make sure I was always jogging in place and I did lots of arm exercises with the noodle and kick board. Also throwing Sweetie Pie into the water used some muscles!

The painful – I got sunburned – again! Apparently with the shift of body fat, I have new tender parts that my bathing suit does not now cover. On the 4th even Sweetie Pie got too much sun even though I coated his face and body with sun screen. On Sunday, we both swam with our shirts on.

The funny – while trying to stay up for the fireworks on Saturday, Sweetie Pie got an ice pack and kept putting his feet on it. At one point, The Hubby put the ice pack down the back of Sweetie Pie’s shorts. Turning the tables, Sweetie Pie turned around, aimed his rear at The Hubby and started making machine gun noises. Asked what he was doing, Sweetie Pie said he was shooting frozen toots at The Hubby. We all died laughing!