Our buddy Ralph S. brought a watercolor he had painted with with him when he came to visit at Thanksgiving time. He put it into a nice frame, and presented it to us as a visiting gift. We loved it. It is the top painting in the image at the left. He painted another watercolor while we was here and left that with us, too. We liked it as much as the first one so Lorena found a nice frame and mounted it. We are now trying to decide where to put them in the house. It has dawned on us that we need to get him to do a piece for our Mexico house.
Day: December 10, 2023
I am now below my pre-Thanksgiving weight. I even ran out of notches on my belt so Lorena picked me up a new one yesterday. One thing I have been doing that I think has helped a lot is walking every day instead of walking just four or five days per week. Previously, I had gotten to the point where I would only lose weight on my fast day, but now it seems like I am losing a little weight every day–maybe 1.5 to 2 pounds per week. It might be that I am just taking back off the stuff I put on over Thanksgiving. Only time will tell. My next big hurdle is the back-to-back celebrations for my Graduation then a week with Christian and Kelly for Christmas. There will be way too man good opportunities to make bad eating choices between now and the end of the year.
This photo is of the same prickly pear cactus as the one from this post yesterday. It was a good thing Lorena stole her two tunas when she did because the next time she went by, all the rest on them were gone!