Well pictures did not post in order.

Yesterday we went to the beach with my neighbor and had a great day. I've been going to this particular beach my entire life. Yesterday the kids got ice cream from the truck and we went on a walk before returning to our blankets. On our walk we discovered trails that I never knew existed. We turned to check it out and discovered boardwalks that had signs explaining about all the plant life and their benefits to the wild life. The boardwalks led to a nature center. It had 2 outdoor tanks, one of them contained some sea creatures from the harbor and the other one had some plant life. Inside the nature center there were a few tanks with more sea creatures - shrimp, crabs, puffer fish, other fish that we find in our waters. They also had several interactive touch screens throughout the center where you can learn about all the marine life and wild life. I began speaking to one of the workers. She shared that the center was opened sometime in the 80s. Basically this has been there since I was a kid and I had zero idea it was even there. It was an amazing experience.

I went over my calories yesterday. We have to go food shopping and I didn't have food to pack for the beach. We stopped at Tropical Smoothie Cafe to get wraps. My daughter (vegetarian) and I always order the hummus vegetable wrap. She always gets hers with no hummus and avocado, I always get mine without cheese. At the beach I bit into my wrap and noticed it wasn't that flavorful. I assumed it was a new worker who made it differently. It wasn't until the very end of the wrap that I noticed all the cheese melted in with the rice. I double checked the wrappers on our wraps. The one I ate definitely said no cheese and my daughter's wrap said no hummus no avocado. Whoever put the wraps together made them correctly but put the wrong sticker on the wrong wrap. I was upset with the error but thankfully my stomach is not paying the price.

@Carla_wfpb
I love the peach that you drew!

@Marilynsretired
I am sorry to hear that you struggle with several health issues. Wishing you the best.

@mihani
Ohhhh thanks for mentioning it. I have a yoga book. I should take that our and try doing poses on my own. I would love to go to yoga classes but it just is not in the budget at the moment. I did find one yoga workout on Youtube that I enjoyed but oh my goodness was it challenging. I was struggling to move from one pose to another fluidly like the instructor was doing. I took my time and did it at my own pace. But boy was it challenging. Not to mention I was quickly reminded of the one less than desirable aspect of yoga - the gas. Thank goodness I was in the comfort of my own home because the sounds that were coming out of my body would have been horrifically embarrassing if I was not alone in the comforts of my own home.

Thanks for sharing your lentil soup. It sounds similar to how I make mine. I never thought to add potatoes or liquid smoke.

@bisky
I love the pictures you shared of the trip. It sounds like you had a wonderful time!

@magic71755
You're welcome for the bean info. When you try it out please share how it worked for you!
Congrats on the treadmill increase. That is fantastic. You are doing so well!

Here are some pics for you bisky! I mentioned that our north shore is rocky because it is the sound not the ocean. In this picture someone was driving a car that goes in water. I’ve never seen one before and thought it was unique. The land you can see in this picture is Connecticut. Some days it is visible and other days it is not. It takes about 1.5 hours to get across the sound to CT by ferry. Later in the week we have a trip planned to one of our south shore beaches. I will share pictures after I go so you can see how different our shores are.

A view of the water from the trails and a pic of us on our walk

I missed some posts!

@JNettie73 awesome pics! sounds like a great day filled with fun discoveries!

@bisky Congrats to Brooks!! Just a bit of random coughing, nothing noteworthy if not for our weirdo dog
I will use a print on demand service for whatever I decide to make. They handle all of it and there's no minimum purchase.

Nanc, your kitchen plans sound good. There's never enough room for all the gadgets and "stuff" we have is there?

Bisky, glad to hear you are feeling better now. Yay for Brooks!

JNettie, awesome pics! Thanks for sharing.

Carla, yikes that was my first thought was oh no, another surgery for Ruby. Glad to hear she's doing better now and hope that Rader is on the mend.

This is a quick hi. Was in the office until almost 6:00 then made a quick grocery run. Need to eat something light because it's so late. Probably half a pita with some hummus and lettuce.

I bet it feels so good having your kitchen all set up and organized, Nanc! Too bad about your work schedule not changing the way you hoped. Nice TM stats!

Radar is at the animal hospital due to the cut on his tail. We think he'll need stitches. Ruby is getting around okay but she is more sore than usual. We're going to give her a few more days and see how she's doing.

Now for the good news: the smoke has cleared! We are all ready to be able to walk around outside again.

I've decided to start having my smoothie at 10 a.m. instead of waiting to eat until 11. While I'm struggling to get back on track, I've noticed that waiting too long makes bad decisions more likely!
(sipping my smoothie here @ 10 am )

Oh, Carla... what a mess. Poor Radar. Good heavens, try to do something fun and nice for the dogs and look what happens. Give them both a hug from me.

Nanc, yay for having everything all organized.

Another late day in the office then ran a couple errands. Going to eat a little something and go to bed early.

I haven't been posting my meals because they have been totally random lately. Mostly smoothies and oats, canned baked beans with ezekiel toast, salads, hummus and veggie pitas.

I forgot to add one of the light house