From KT – August 7
Yo!
It is about 11 pm on Wednesday night, so forgive me for a quick one. We had a great 86th birthday dinner for my mom tonight, at our Wisconsin cottage, the area where I have been coming every year since I was born. Incredibly relaxing place for me to be, especially with family. We in fact decided we are going to try to renovate part of my mom’s cottage so she has a shot at coming back next year—we need a nursing home type bathroom and bedroom type set-up, plus 24 hour caregiver support, plus rotating siblings to perhaps allow her another visit next summer, maybe even for a month. That would be an amazing gift to give her.
I had an orange for breakfast, I may have already reported that. I had smoked turkey with 3 servings of broccoli and cauliflower at lunch, some of it with spicy bbq sauce. I also had a cup of blueberries. Trust me it is Match the Mayor that is provoking these kind of lunches at the cottage! But I am enjoying them, much more than I would have expected.
For dinner I grilled big ribeye steaks, and had a big one myself, with 6 or 7 ears of corn. To be honest I think corn on the cob for me is as much a delivery vehicle for salt and butter as it is a corn experience, but I do love the taste of sweet corn and order it often when it is on a menu. Colt, the chef at La Casa del Mundo headquarters, also makes a mean sweet corn sauce! So I will leave it to Village Vitality to score the corn at dinner.
On the exercise front I did a low intensity 60 minute bike ride, with virtually no stretching or other exercise to go with it. I ended up working too many hours to do more, although I did have a wonderful 1 hour walk with Denise, and I did get a painful deep tissue massage which hopefully will allow me to run again tomorrow morning without cramping or pulling a muscle.
Tomorrow we fly back to Denver. I hope you each are having a good and successful week, including lots of Colorful Choices!
One for all! KT
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Daisy Gonzalez said,
August 7, 2014 @ 9:26 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR MOM! BLESSING ALWAYS!
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Angela Rotter said,
August 7, 2014 @ 9:45 am
Hello from Maryland !
I wish your Mom the best. I am writing to share that Wednesday was also my Mom-n-law’s Birthday… 76. The whole family enjoyed good eats at a nice restaurant. Ordering can be challenging, especially for my husband since he is recovering from a fairly recent heart attack ! The waiter graciously shared the nutrition content of all menu items in a nice binder might I add. I was considering the veggie burger with salad until I read that it contained a whopping 1918mg of sodium ! what the hey ?! We settled on the Ahi Tuna Salad sans wontons… yum. 🙂
As far as the exercise goes… none for us yesterday, however I think the activity planned for my upcoming Army Reserve weekend will make up for missing the gym yesterday.
Thanks for your posts !
Angela
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Maleah Grover said,
August 7, 2014 @ 3:18 pm
All the best to your mom & family.
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Leslie Tighe said,
August 8, 2014 @ 6:00 am
Happy Birthday to your Mom, How great you are able to celebrate with her. continued good health be with her.
so I started ! ta-da ! Exercise / workout routine again, I havent been since May, I admit I had to MAKE myself go but once I was there it was o.k. been eating well though, lots of veggies and fruits. It’d be nice to have that sweet corn sauce recipe! I do LOVE sweet corn as well , we have it for dinner most every night. continued success everyone on your journey to better health.
Leslie
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Response From KT said,
August 18, 2014 @ 9:10 pm
Daisy Gonzalez said,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR MOM! BLESSING ALWAYS!
KT said, Many thanks !! kt
Angela Rotter said,
Hello from Maryland !
I wish your Mom the best. I am writing to share that Wednesday was also my Mom-n-law’s Birthday… 76. The whole family enjoyed good eats at a nice restaurant. Ordering can be challenging, especially for my husband since he is recovering from a fairly recent heart attack ! The waiter graciously shared the nutrition content of all menu items in a nice binder might I add. I was considering the veggie burger with salad until I read that it contained a whopping 1918mg of sodium ! what the hey ?! We settled on the Ahi Tuna Salad sans wontons… yum.
As far as the exercise goes… none for us yesterday, however I think the activity planned for my upcoming Army Reserve weekend will make up for missing the gym yesterday.
Thanks for your posts !
Angela
KT said, thank you for serving our country! kt
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