More Tennis on TV

   Both Canadians are through to the third round at the U.S. Open but both matches were real nail-biters. Raonic is suffering from a back injury but he has to recover for his next match on Friday. Bouchard was very up and down, losing the second set in a very one sided tie break. But she did manage the win in the  third set at 7-5.

  That is basically all I have done today since getting home from my stint behind the counter at the Senior's Centre at 12:45. I did have a swim before lunch but have barely been out since then. It is really hot out there!

    Another chicken concoction for dinner tonight, this one involving corn and mushrooms as I try to use up all the leftovers.  

A New Exercise Program

   Not much to report today. I was at the tennis courts by 8:10 to set up for the morning play. I got a half set in with the early birds before the courts started to fill up. As it was forecast to be quite hot, most people arrived before 9:00. We had all six courts today as the youth camp is over so we didn't have too long to wait for the changeovers. I got another two sets but had to hang around until noon to clear up.

   A quick swim before lunch and then got the U.S. Open on TV for a couple of hours. No major matches but several of the women seeds are out already. I had another swim later in the afternoon and sat outside for a while to dry off. Too hot for gardening but I did water the plants.

   I plan to make a chicken salad for dinner as I still have lots of white meat left from the chicken I roasted on the weekend. I'm going to use Lidia's recipe using celery, orange and yellow peppers, and tomatoes. Then douse it in a tasty homemade dressing. I have mint and parsley from the garden and the leaves from the celery for the green stuff.

    I read online today that a couple of km. walk after dinner, even at a low speed, will result in weight loss! Hard to believe but I plan to give it a try for a couple of weeks. Hopefully it will be a bit cooler by then.

P.S I threw a few walnuts and some dried cranberries into the salad. It was delicious!

U.S Open Starts

   Two weeks of tennis on TV coming up. Both Canadians are playing today and one is through to the second round quite convincingly. Fingers crossed for the other!

   Bridge this afternoon - Pinky and I couldn't get any good cards but did manage to take some hands with skillful strategies. However, Marie and Diane were the overall victors.

   Leftover chicken for dinner. I will fry up the roast potatoes with some onion, and cook a corn cob. Easy peasy!

   

Still Summery

   The day started out cool but warmed up considerably as the day progressed. A set of tennis with Susan, Kathy and John - Susan and I were the victors today but it was close - 7-5. Cut the grass before lunch, requiring a swim after. The water is still on the chilly side but, as we are forecast 30C by Tuesday, it should be a warm week. Probably the last this summer.

   Watched the last day of the IAAF Championships from Beijing this afternoon. Canada did quite well this year with 7 medals, two of which were gold (in Pole Vault and High Jump). Of course, The U.S. and Jamaica dominated the short distance events and Ethiopia and Kenya dominated in the long distance events.

   Leftover salmon for dinner tonight. I cooked a whole chicken yesterday and had it cold again for lunch today, so don't need a big dinner.