Catching up

I haven't posted for a few days. My sister was visiting. I don't have a problem with my sister reading most of my posts. But she doesn't need to read all of your private entries which she would do over my shoulder, if I got on when she was not occupied elsewhere. It was a very quiet visit. Phoenix was having record heat so there was no sightseeing to be done. We did a couple of jigsaw puzzles together. She doesn't watch much TV except for PBS (both her choice and the general rule of my niece's house where she now lives) so we watched old episodes of Bones and Castle on DVD which I think she enjoyed. We also went to Harry Potter 7.2 which she hadn't seen. I wasn't expecting as much and the usual minor cuts to trim running time if anything were an improvement. My sister enjoyed it which is what really mattered. We went out to eat, which she doesn't get to do much in Tucson, about four times. I cooked more than usual, nothing exciting - tacos, frittata and so on - tasty and hopefully healthy stuff.

I lost about 15 pounds during August, just cutting back on what I eat, especially snacks. Cheryl/Soulfulspike told me she was on a diet in July and I noticed the larger-sized clothes I'd been buying the last year or so weren't fitting very well anymore. So I decided it was time to cut back. It's not a real diet. I just eat only at meal times, try to eat a wide variety of things when I do eat, and try not to overdo it at mealtime. I think I look older with my face less pudgy, but I think it's done me some good. I wouldn't mind losing another 5 to 10 pounds, but won't try to get really thin.

( Cut for the sports )