WOOT the weekend update

1.There have been more donuts in my life during the last two days than there have been in like the whole last two years. GAH!  Krispy Kreme's at work - I ate not one, not two, but three. ^$^%$^$!  I KNOW.  Then there were more donuts on Saturday.  They torment me.  They need to leave me alone.

2.  I went for a wonderful swim on Friday night.  I swam right up until the pool closed at 7:30.  Part of me felt like I should have gotten out earlier, even if just a few minutes earlier, but most of me was like I NEED EVERY MINUTE IN THIS POOL.  Obviously, that part won.  45 minutes of laps and drills.  Felt like a million bucks when it was over.  I am loving the combo of cardio + resistance that a pool workout provides.

3.  My neighborhood is awesome.  It's about 55 years old and we don't have a homeowner's association, but we do have a listserv and lots of concerned folks.  Some of them got a grant together for us to get some landscaping done at the entrance to our little corner of heaven, and we had a work day today to do the planting.  I spent 3 hours out there digging up grass, digging holes for plants, planting plants, and shoveling mulch.  This is also wear some of the aforementioned donuts of doom were lurking.  :-)  But I had a blast in the chilly sunshine, and I'm truly grateful to make my home in a place full of unique, caring folks.  Check out some of our work:

 4.  I learned last night that you cannot blindly follow the directions on a package of corn taco shells.  I mean, I think I knew that before, but I was reminded of it when I hit 45 seconds, threw the taco shells in the microwave, and walked over to my washing machine.  I started to smell something funny, and by the time I got back to the kitchen, the darn taco shells had caught fire!  WHOOPS.

I guess my microwave is stronger than the average microwave.  I tossed these burned shells out and decided to forego warming the rest of the shells.  They aren't a bad calorie deal at 50 calories a pop.

That's it for my brief weekend update.  I need to head into the office for a few hours today, finish some edits that I didn't complete last week.  Weekends go even faster when you have to spend part of them finishing work you didn't get done during the week.  Imagine that.


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