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It's Spring...officially...

Another winter behind us officially.  Unofficially, we're still in the trenches, although there was a hint of spring weather yesterday.  Easter is less than two weeks away, and naturally, I'm looking forward to the weather being more spring-like.  The nice thing now is that it's getting dark out later, and it won't be long before we're doing our workouts outside again.  Really looking forward to that!

Bender Reunion...

I had a wonderful time at the Bender reunion last Saturday night.  It was held at Molly Macguire's Pub in Clark.  The place was packed (it was St. Patrick's eve).  There were about 10 or 12 of us, and the classmate who organized it (Denise) recognized me in the crowd.  She was very enthusiastic about us all getting together and though it's been many years, you can see the resemblance to how we looked as young children.  We had a great time talking and sharing stories and catching up in our lives.  Unfortunately, and probably not all that uncommon at reunions, we learned of classmates who have had serious health issues or have passed away.

Paleo Diet and Workouts...

Things in Paleoville continue to move along.  I had fallen off the wagon over the weekend, but I'm back on track.  The weekends are the "Achilles Heel" and it's very difficult to remain strict with the plan; weekdays are much easier.  We're in Week 10 now and I haven't completely decided how strict I'll be following the Paleo plan at the conclusion of Week 12.  I'm going to take it a day at a time, maybe relax it a bit, but stay close to the path.  The Caveman Culinarian's prepared meals will again be in order in a week or so.  The food he put together last week was very convenient and quite good (I'm sort of missing it because I'm back to cooking in earnest this week!)  The workout schedule won't change of course, and I'll continue to do my five days of training a week (4 days during the week, and Saturdays).

Paint project in the sun porch...

I finished up the painting in the porch the other day.  It looks so much better.  The furniture isn't back in place - Al is going to steam-clean the carpeting in there on Saturday before we put the stuff back.  We have plans to score an electric fireplace by next fall - we're looking for a white one, and hopefully be able to find something nice to pop against the slate-gray wall.

So, that's about all the news that's fit to print for now; the battery on the laptop is winding down...
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