We had interesting an Halloween evening. It was unseasonably warm here yesterday--up in the 70s. The kiddos started coming around 6:30 and between that time and about 8:15, we had about 65 little goblins. But the winds were starting and by 9 p.m. it was raining so hard the street was literally a river. We were under tornado watches until midnight. Our neighbors up the street still have the smaller gutters that they put on these houses when they were built in the early 70's, and the wind blew everyone's gutters full of leaves. These neighbors also still have the original windows, I think. So they ended up with water coming in on the front side of their house. Then around 11, we noticed that the street lights were out, and the houses across the street were totally dark. Fortunately, we are on different transformers and we kept power.

I didn't get many steps yesterday, so I tried to watch my intake and had less than 200 calories in chocolate last night, which is a triumph because we had a lot of it around. But I still went in the red 170 calories--about the amount of chocolate I ate. Hubby is going to PA at the first of the week to visit a cousin and I'm sending all the remaining candy with him.

We are up in the air now about the World Series parade on Saturday. It is the flooded neighbors we were planning to go with, and they may have other matters to attend to. I'd like to go if the weather is nice, and that should involve a lot of steps and a lot of standing.

Lois, my weight is up and not budging. I know I'm not walking as much, so I need to get back on track. I also wonder if the stress I've been under at work has affected me more than I realize. I think it's more l likely that getting 5-6 hours sleep a night is taking a toll on my metabolism. While hubby is in PA, I hope to get to the mall, even though seeing all the closed stores makes me very sad. Redevelopment is coming in a big way because that is such as valuable piece of land. I just hope that whatever comes there includes some safe indoor walking spaces.

Glad you had a good time with Rhea. And I hope work settles down for you soon. Now that baseball season is ending, I am going to start setting activity goals and logging them here to keep me motivated. Those few weeks I committed to at least 8000 steps a day and checked in here regularly were the best weeks I've had in a while. Got me down below 142 for the first time in ages--but I didn't stay there very long, and now I'm at my highest in ages again.