Super Moon

Did you see it?  It was cloudy/overcast here with a few breaks in the clouds Saturday night.  I purposely slept in Saturday morning so I could stay awake until 11:35pm just to get the best view.  Since going back to work, I can barely stay awake for the 10pm news each night.  I was disappointed or maybe it was the clouds or the hype.  The moon didn't seem any larger or brighter to me.


I took the first photo below from the front yard.  John said the view from the back yard was clear and it was!  Although, there was no way of keeping the trees out of the picture.  Another 29 years until the Super Moon visits again.  I doubt I'll be around.  I'm glad I got to see this time, even with the clouds.

As they say "no news is good news", so I guess I've got good news.  Job is still going well.  There is a lull once in awhile.  I seek out others to help when the lull hits.  I hate being bored and listening to the minutes tick away. You know how it goes, ten minutes can seem like an hour.


I continue to watch what I'm eating and the portions sizes.  Admittedly, I treated myself to a cheeseburger last Friday from Wendy's on the way home.  I haven't had a cheeseburger since our cookout last Mother's day with John's family.  I savored every bite, delicious.  I'm learning to stop trying to diet, it doesn't work, I yo-yo up and down.  Better to make a lifestyle change and allow treats once in awhile, which isn't cheating, as it would be considered on a diet, as long as I don't abuse the treats.  This allows me to feel that I am not denying myself.  It will probably be the last cheeseburger I will have for awhile.  I have stopped journaling my meals.  I know what a portion size is, I've been measuring them for awhile now.  I continue to wear my pedometer daily and record my steps daily.  I enjoy tracking my progress, especially with the additional walking at work three times a week.


At work, May is Get Healthy month.  On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays there is a 20-30 minute walk around the neighborhood for anyone wants to join.  I brought my tennis shoes on Friday all ready to go, then the heavens opened up with rain bringing with it thunder and lightening.  Instead, participants walked the indoor perimeter of the fifth and sixth floors.  Some also took the stairs twice up and down between the floors.  I skipped the stairs.  I haven't been able to navigate stairs very well since my knee surgery.  I'm okay with that, I'm grateful I can walk.  Each participant gets a ticket when they show up for the walk.  At the end of the month there will be a drawing for an undisclosed prize.  The more tickets one has, the better the chance of winning.  For me, it's fun to participate and get outside for a little exercise with the warmer weather here, the prize is a bonus.  I hope our temps remain in the 70s throughout May.  One note, walk participants forego the 30 minute allotted "lunch time" for the walk.  Employees who participated in the walk eat at their desk after the walk and continue working.


I'm loving the warmer weather is finally getting here.  I'm back to eating salads as a regular nightly meal after working out on the elliptical when I get home.  I know, I go a little overboard on the cherry tomatoes, love 'em!

I took a stroll around the backyard the other day and put down more deer repellent and some treatment to keep the bugs off the hostas.  Those bugs can eat holes in the hostas in no time, making their leaves look like Swiss cheese.  I think the hosta the deer got to is beginning to bounce back or maybe just growing a little larger masking the chomped leaves?

Not sure if the repellent is working, maybe it is.  These two stayed in the woods and didn't come onto our lawn.  Of course, they could see me standing on the back deck camera in hand pointed at them.

The Rhododendrons in the front of the house are in full bloom.  I wish they'd stay like this all year, their color is breathtaking.  I planted one in the back yard which blossomed last year, sadly not this year.

Prince Harry will be in town Washington, DC this week to pick up a humanitarian award for visiting wounded soldiers.  I'm sure he needs another award.  I'm looking across the pond in about 50 days when the Olympics start, I love the Olympics!  So, there you have it.  No real news here, but very happy with life, it's all good.  Hope it's all good in your world too.