My Weekly Check-in & A Question
Yes, I have more apple blossoms for you :-) The tree still isn’t done flowering! Though I think I did photograph it at an optimum stage as I was able to capture tiny buds to fully opened flowers and I rarely needed to remove a spent flower from the frame. Sadly, I’ve not taken other photos since that session though. But I’ll console myself with the reality that I’ll have at least one photo day with my sister and the opportunity to capture even more of where I grew up in just six days!
Right now, the focus is on getting as much work as possible done between now and departure and in doing things to keep my body working through this push. With today’s rather chilly and wet day (yay!) I think I’ll be spending much of it knitting with the company of Ally McBeal on NetFlix and one of Lori Foster’s romances on audiobook while sipping much tea. To break up the knitting sessions I think I’ll do some back care yoga to keep things stretched and hopefully relaxed.
I may not get as much work time tonight. I have been guilted into attending a gathering. DH told me the the math department thinks I do not really exist. Previous gatherings have often been on my knitting night and very little will get me to skip my Monday night knitting group. It is my sanity saver. So unless I’m on death’s doorstep or out of the state, I’m there! But I do not have that excuse tonight. Fortunately the host does not have cats so I may potentially get some knitting done while in attendance. They will just have to understand that I am under a tight deadline and thus have to work while I play. I’ll probably be friendly with knitting in my hands anyway. I get pretty nervous in groups where I know only one or two people. In reality it is nice that they are wishing me to come.
Speaking of nice things, thank you all for your wonderful comments on last weeks post! I haven’t got replies out yet :-/ But, please know I appreciate the comments and will likely start ticking off replies between knitting bouts over the next couple of days.
Now, I have something to ask of you guys. My Dad loves his “little girls” and will do nearly anything we ask. We are aware of this so sometimes make use of that fact to benefit mom. They live outside of a small town so there are no fancy health food stores and the like. Just your plain Jane chain grocery stores of the midwest and a couple big box discount stores. Mom has worked with a dietician for a few years now and lost a lot of weight - from a size 28/30 - 6/8. She has done so with a balanced carb diet, much like a diabetic diet. I have a few favorites I’ve found since I started tracking my eating habits that we can get here at our Whole Foods store (and often at other similar type of stores) and mom is wanting to shop at the Minneapolis Whole Foods when they pick me up from the airport. It will kind of work under the guise of my needing to stock foods that work within my current eating plan.
She had me start her a shopping list a few weeks ago! I’m wondering what your favorites things from Whole Foods are that we may wish to add to her list. She is especially interested in lower carb or high fiber options.
On the list so far:
- Tom-Tom’s Turkey Sticks
- Primal Strips Vegan Jerky (lots of protein, but has a decent shot of fiber too and almost perfectly balanced)
- Noosa Yoghurt
- Skinny Crisps (GF, low carb crackers)
- Jalapeno Pecan Pesto
Of course, a few of those things are local products and I’m not sure if we’ll find them at WF in MSP or not. But, we’ll give it a try! Is there anything else we should have on the list?
Okay, enough computing for the moment. Time to get clicking for the day and contemplate what I’ll do for a quick lunch.
