Now is the winter of our discontent

I slept on my knee funny and it is killing me! As in, limping, skipped my lunchtime walk… pain! Getting old ain’t for sissies….

My son has apparently gone from adorable youngster to surly teen at record breaking speed. He is grounded after getting into a tiff with my mom last night and marching out of the house. ARGH! This is doubly frustrating, because it is his fall break and he was supposed to be with grandma & grandpa, and now he’s skulking about at home. I swear, there are times I have no idea what that child is thinking…. Oh that’s right, he’s 11 – he’s not! Most of the time he’s fine, but then he gets into one of these moods and it nearly always ends in tears.

I am so not interested in exercising – watching a movie sounds like sooo much more fun. I know, I enjoy the exercise when I do it, but getting my butt in gear is feeling tough right now.

It’s fall – this means beautiful trees, cooler weather, and an insatiable craving for cheese! Saints preserve us!

The up side to rainy weather (other than the fact that I enjoy a nice rain) is that the clouds keep the heat in – this morning it was 48 when I got up to walk. Woo hoo!

I bet the folks at the gym have put my picture on a milk carton.

Baked cottage cheese (with a bit of mozzarella & egg white mixed in) over broccoli and topped with tomato sauce and a dash of parm isn’t a terrible way to eat cottage cheese. Lasagna its not, but its pretty good. Never let it be said I’m not stubborn! The stuff is so cheap and convenient that I am determined to find ways to eat it.

I am so excited about going to the Smithsonian next month. Some friends are meeting us for a museum & lunch, and then Friday night we are meeting up with a high school friend of the hub’s & his family. They haven’t seen each other in a while and I’ve never met them, so that’ll be nice.