Mon 2 Sept

Nice to have a quiet day with no work to get in the way (other than laundry). The cool weather is a nice break as well with highs of 66 predicted here. Maybe we'll get out for a hike after visiting Grandma. Grandma looked really good today, sitting up straight without props and much more with it. She mentioned again feeling sorry about Mick so I told her he was alive and well and she had been mistaken. She was surprised but relieved. She sends you her love. She was quite cold today with the sudden weather change so that her hands and face felt chilly. I was thinking she might appreciate a pair of your hand-knitted arm warmers for Christmas. Cracked open the bottle of Del Fosse Reserve D'Oriane tonight in honor of the passing of Msr. Del Fosse as noted in their recent email. Ahi tuna steaks were on sale at Copps so I used Cook's Illustrated for a good recipe for pan searing them so the inside stayed rare. Nice dinner. No canola oil in the house and craving a brownie. Found a mug brownie recipe using melted butter. Food: 7:30 am Laura's oatmeal w/flaxseed meal, protein powder, 1/2 c blueberries, soy milk, 1/4 med cantaloupe, 99 g blackberries, coffee 12:30 pm Vanilla soy shake, slice 12-grain toast, 1 tsp soft margarine, 1/2 tbl Rose's lime marmalade, 1/2 c 1% cottage cheese w/chives 6:15 pm 4 oz pan seared sesame ahi tuna steak, 2/3 c heirloom rice blend, 1 c steamed sugar snap peas, 5 oz Reserve d'Oriane wine 7:15 pm Mug brownie Exercise: 1:45-3:50 pm Hiking Rib Mt plus tower