Wed 18 Dec

Couldn't get the lights on the artificial tree to work so gave up and bought a different one. Unfortunately, when you wait late in the season, the selection is poor and the one we got is butt ugly. It is a narrow tree for smaller spaces and just looks weird, but hey, it's a tree. I thought about getting a real one but I didn't have the oomph to see if the lights in the attic still work and to string up the whole tree. This will have to do. Michael recommended we go to Bottle Stop and get a large bottle of Speedway Stout and "age" it til Dad's birthday. Sounded like a good destination for our evening walk. Food: 6:45 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain flaxseed cereal, 1/2 c light original soy milk, 1/2 grapefruit, 102 g blackberries, coffee 12:30 pm 1 med slice Domino's cheese pizza, 1 med slice Domino's sausage pizza 1:30 pm Mucho yummy snacks made by Heather 6:00 pm 3/4 c pulled pork, 12 oz skim milk, 2 almond cookies Exercise: 4:50-5:50 am The Firm Cardio and Weight Training DVD 6:25-7:45 pm Walk with Dad to Bottle Stop in Park Ridge