Author: Dackel Princess

This week I am thinking about Weight Watchers and how to make the plan work for me. I didn’t do particularly well this week at class, but not because I didn’t stick to the plan, but more, I think, because my choices need a little revamping.

1. Ice Cream. I found a wonderful sugar free ice cream, and I really enjoy it! I measure 1/2 a cup and eat it in the evening. I think perhaps, I need to make this a twice a week treat and not an every night one! Change one.
2. Pop corn is another munchie favorite. But both the sodium in the brand I like, and the carbs, may not be good for daily consumption. So I plan to limit this to every other day.
3. I stopped at the grocery store on Wednesday and bought three different melons. I plan to make a fruit bowl/salad of these melons and some berries.
4. I also bought some flash frozen Cod Loins. These are wonderful. They are nice hunks of Cod, that were frozen right on the ship, after being caught and cleaned. BJ’s have them in their meat section in a frozen food freezer, in the center isle.
5. I also plan to work several hours each day to clean the formal living room, and take all the clothes, shoes, and coats, I have stored there to be donated, down to St. Vincent DePaul. Working in there, will count to a large extent, some extra exercise this week! Thus making it a part of my overhauled WW plan!

Have a great, happy and safe, holiday weekend, here in the States.

It’s our 4th of July, and I bet the traffic up here in the Lakes and Mountains of New Hampshire, will really pick up!

Here we go. Another week has flown by. The beginning of summer, complete with high temperatures and an explosion of growth both in the orchard and the garden. Here’s what else is happening.

1. My darling Greta is really slowing down. The pain medication is working well to keep her comfortable, but my dear pup gets gray/whiter, by the day. I’m not a happy camper when it comes to my doggies getting older.
2. Hubby was busy all day caring for the fruit trees. He came in to eat his lunch, and dinner, and now at 8:30 PM on Thursday night, and he is finally done.
3. I went to the grocery store today and there was a display of fresh corn on the cob. One of my favorites. I went over to check it out, and the husks were moist and fresh looking. I lifted an ear up to my nose, and I swear to God, it smelled fresh!
4. I brought two home and cooked them for dinner. Hubby was teasing me the entire time about the ears smelling fresh, but once we tasted the corn, we knew! Fresh corn on the cob!
5. I will end this week’s Friday Five with an interesting movie I saw this week. “The Age of Adaline”. I had heard that some people really liked it and some did not.After seeing it, I suspect it is mostly a chick flick. It is slow and steady and full of special, intimate, moments. Good acting, good story and a sweetness not seen in many movies these days.

My Friday Five is dedicated to the men who shaped my life, as I was growing up.

1. My Dad. He was an amazingly talented musician and he passed along his love of music to me. Dad was devoted to our community. He played the organ at both the Congregational Church and the Catholic Church in North Falmouth.

He was the Music Director at Highfield Theater for many years. He also was a summer police officer in our town. And when we went to local parks for cook-outs, Dad was the burger-meister! He has been gone a long time now, but I still think of him often and miss his wry sense of humor.

2. My Uncle George. He was the father who taught me everything growing up. How to swim, how to dive, how to bowl, how to care.

When I was about 7 years old I cut my toe badly at the beach and he carried me all the way home! He was not a loud man, but in his quiet loving way, I just knew that I was one of his special kids. In fact, when Hubby and I married, Uncle George walked me down the isle. I miss this sweet, loving, wonderful man!

3. My Uncle Bob. He was fun to be with. But, he required that I act like a mini adult too. That was fine.

I did a lot of things with him and his wife, Auntie Cynthia. I remember being on his boat, or when they took me to their home in Quincy and to museums. And I recall my Uncle once got a monkey. Cute, but it didn’t last for long.

4. My Papa Fred. Another quiet man, who was quite old when I lived with him and Grandma. But he showed me something important.

What real love between a man and woman was all about. I would watch Papa and Grandma sitting on their sofa watching Lawrence Welk. Papa would hold Grandma’s feet in his lap and stroke them gently. He simply adored Grandma, and had all of his life.

5. My Papa Sam, my Dad’s Dad. I didn’t know him as well, but I remember him taking me to the Prudential Building in the summer to listen to the Barbershop Quartets sing.

I remember sitting on his lap and listening to him sing along. He had such a beautiful voice.

 

These 5 men helped to shape the woman I grew up to be. Each special in their own way, and now, each greatly missed.

Happy Father’s Day! I remember you all with love and many memories that make me smile!