Mon 6 Sept

Had a wonderful weekend in Minneapolis and a great birthday. Kurt and Barb took us to a fun place, the Sample House, for dinner. Had a really good burger and excellent fries w/parmesan. Let Bob eat some, but had to tell him to stop 3 times because he thought he could eat them all. Got birthday texts from both of my children! Michael's was at bedtime because his phone was dead all day and he was out on the lake with Taylor's family. Laura's came on the drive to Mpls and was very pleasant. It was great to get back to the Fair this year. It was quite uncrowded when we got there around 9 am. No line at the crepe place! They didn't have asparagus this year, but we had mushroom and Swiss crepes that were equally delicious. I had Island Coleslaw w/teriyaki chicken at lunch which was a bed of three huge scoops of coleslaw with little pieces of chicken and sauce laid across the middle. I tried mightily and shared some with Bob, but I just couldn't eat that much coleslaw, even though it was very good with mandarin oranges and pea pods mixed in. Nitro ice cream with hot fudge was dessert. The only other food we indulged in was the bucket of Sweet Martha's cookies to bring home. We got all fresh cookies in ours, so I indulged in probably half a dozen before I put them aside, but I might have eaten a few more in the car on the way home. We stopped at Costco on the way out of town to get glucosamine and chocolate cupcakes for my birthday. Fell into bed just past 8:30 last night from exhaustion from walking around the fair. Close to 20,000 steps on the day after a similar count the day before from a walk with Kurt and Barb and a walk to church. Didn't get up this morning til about 7:15 am. Feeling more normal today. Food: 8:10 am Cherry danish, 102 g blackberries, coffee