Good morning, everyone!

Winter lasts so long, but it feels like Spring just flew by. The first day of summer is a week from Friday.

We had a good weekend, 10-K on Saturday and we went out to dinner on Sunday. Marilyn and my youngest are driving one of her cars down to Florida, starting on Sunday, so we decided to do an early Father's Day celebration yesterday. I got Jambalaya and had some Crème Brûlée for dessert.

Today I am in the office and have my swimming class this afternoon. It's kind of a pain driving from the city to my house and then from my house to swimming. But I can't get my wetsuit zipped on my own.

QOTD: We are pretty far from our families, so I would actually like to see them a bit more. But not too much.

Breakfast: bagel

Lunch: catered

Dinner: Jambalaya

Have a great day, all!

Good Monday morning gang. Here's to the start of another week to tackle things. We have two new hires today that I have to onboard which isn't all that bad, but it's nice when I only have to do one at time since I only have one training computer, but I'll figure something out. Saturday I did a bunch more planting while Irvin went with one of this granddaughters and grandsons to a NASCAR go-cart class that the two of them will be joining and Irvin was asked if he wanted to be part of the pit crew. Yea that was an exciting time for him. He also went back yesterday to watch some of the racing so the kids could understand what was going on.

Late yesterday was one of my nephews wedding in South Kingstown. I picked my daughter up and we got there at 4:30 1/2 hour before it started. I stayed until 8:30 as I had to be up early this morning. The wedding was nice, but I got stuck sitting between my stepfather and oldest sister both of whom I can't stand being near. It took everything in my power not to stab them both. They kept reaching back and forth in front of me because he was showing her his trailer in Maine and how much work he's done to it. I had asked her if she wanted to switch seats, but she was "no why do I want to sit next to Paul". Um I don't know because you're stuck up his ass and always defends him over your own mother. Anyways I was smart and didn't drink anything bu****er.

QOTD: Do you have a family member or members that you could go the rest of your life without ever seeing them again? Yes I have two as noted above.

B: coffee and two eggs with onions and cheese

L: tossed salad with cottage cheese

D: grilled chicken and zucchini

30 minutes on the treadmill

Have a great day everyone!!!!

It can be so so tricky. The Thai place we go to frequently finally has a rice free dish that isn't deep fried and loaded with sugar. They called it an Atkins bowl. Basically chicken, beef and shrimp stir fried with a ton of veggies. The sauce wasn't sweet or thick.

You can call ahead to ask them about the cornstarch. They may be able to suggest something suitable for your needs. It never hurts to ask.

That's wonderful! I'd forgotten about using them for saute...this year that might be something I actually use now that I'm finally eating healthier. Thank you!

Shrimp with vegetables or broccoli or beef with broccoli might be good choices. But they might thicken their sauce with cornstarch. It can be hard when your diet is that restricted.