What I Ate Today

   A nice, easy day today - no rushing around, just a bit of kitchen clean-up and some ironing then a quick run to the store for fresh croissants where I also got some lemon ginger tea. Can`t wait to try it!

    Lighter on the food today - breakfast was a cheese and mushroom omelet, orange juice, toast and coffee. Later in the morning I put on a pot of vegetable soup for lunch. It had lots of chopped veggies (carrot, onion, potato and cabbage) and chicken stock, which I blended when cooked - no salt added! I ate that with a slice of cheese and a couple pf crackers. There will be enough to last me for lunches all week.

    During the afternoon I roasted a red pepper (they were really cheap this week) for my croissant lunches. I also used up a tub of sour cream (low fat, of course) to make an onion and chive dip which I had with celery and red pepper sticks and half a naan bread. Then dinner was a piece of salmon which I flavoured with honey and lemon - really tasty - with which I had corn and peas. No dessert but I might have a clementine later. I still have some chocolates left for a secret indulgence before bed!

More Busy, Busy

   I have been neglecting my blog mainly because I have been out for the past three nights at various Rabbie Burns events. Thursday was a demo at a retirement home and Friday was a roast beef dinner, complete with the `Address to the Haggis`, dancers, a sing-a-long of Scottish songs and a marvellous performer - a tenor with the most amazing voice who sang show tunes. I saw lots of old acquaintances and had a great time!

   Today I needed a rest from all that activity and also from overeating. I won a door prize at the Friday dinner - a box of chocolates, just the last thing I need after indulging all week, but I will eat them nevertheless!

   On Friday I had a meeting with Angela, the President of the Don Mills Tennis Club. I should have twigged I was being ambushed but didn`t have a clue until we had been talking for 10 minutes. Then it hit me that the executive of the club had decided to reduce the number of courts for Kaffeeklatsch, the program that I run. I protested vehemently but to no avail. It seems to be a done deal. Now I will have to cope with all the complaints from aggrieved members when they have to wait for a court! It`s a drop-in program and we usually have 6 courts. In the two summer months the Junior coach usually gets one court for his summer programs but now they have allocated him two courts. The Kaffeeklatsch members will not be pleased! When they complain (and they will) I will just refer them to Angela and let her deal with the flack.

   Just my usual Saturday activities (laundry, grocery shopping) plus a couple of household chores - I have really been neglecting things recently. My grocery bill was only $15 today, mostly fresh fruit and veg. I plan to eat parsimoniously this week and maybe lose a few pounds.

Busy, Busy

   I had a really good sleep last night after a couple of nights when I either had trouble dropping off, or woke up ridiculously early. Yesterday I woke at 5:00 a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep. As a result I was nodding off in front of the TV by 9:00 p.m. So I headed up to bed and slept until 4:30 a.m., got up for a couple of minutes then went right back to sleep until 7:00 a.m. for a total of 10 hours!

   Just as well as I had a really busy day today, leaving for my first fitness class just before 9:00 a.m., then another half hour workout at 11:15 followed by my stint in the kitchen at the senior's centre. After I finished there I stopped off at my book club to mostly just listen to the others' comments even though I had read the book. It was "Punishment" by Lindon McIntyre. A good discussion.

   This evening I had one more demo and it went well although, again, I had trouble finding the location and then finding somewhere to park! I am really thinking about bowing out of the demo team - there're a few younger dancers joining so I won't feel I am letting the team down by leaving. We need 8-10 dancers for each demo.

    Now my feet are aching - I think I'll need to soak in the tub before I go to bed.

Disaster!

   I am such a doofus! I completely misunderstood the instructions from Muriel about cooking the haggis and it went spectacularly wrong. Suffice to say, it was like a rock instead of moist and juicy but people ate it any way so it can`t have been so bad. In the process of digging it out of its skin ( a tough job) the ladle snapped and the plate skidded onto the floor and broke. Luckily the haggis landed skin side down so I was able to retrieve it and refill the bowl. I am reheating the remains - the proper way - for my dinner tonight and hope it will taste better.

   Another doofus thing today - I was due at a demo this afternoon and left in lots of time but got completely lost. I saw a part of downtown that I had never been to before. I managed to arrive on time (barely, thank goodness I left early) but was quite shaken up with the stress of negotiating my way there. Luckily I didn`t have to do too many dances so pulled it off. Only two more demos this week and then I am done!

   Leftover haggis, mashed potatoes and cabbage for dinner and then a quiet time in front of the TV