First, a quick update on my Cutting Out Sugar exercise. After a two week experiment I decided to continue and see where it takes me. Initially I lost 7 and now 10 lbs, given I don’t know what I weighed when I started. I am at 240 and counting. I learned from EMMA, after an inquiry that my consumption of Whole Milk could be contributing to what my current weight is. I drink a lot of milk, I love milk, if milk were whiskey I would be drunk all day. So I am going to check out what’s going from Whole Milk to 2% does.

So last Friday night my wife and friend, Evangeline, (an International Grad student from India) were making 100 Chocolate Chip Cookies for a Syrian Women’s Meal at church the next day. Not exactly the environment you want to be in when you are cutting out sugars. We are legendary when it comes to making CCC’s. We sold them for 18 years at the annual Custer Street Fair prior to COVID. Now the fair is long since gone.

I considered myself as not having done to bad in that I only had two that night, but then they bought the left overs back and I had two more…and two more, until a dozen or so had been consumed. No more making cookies…

This just in

I had my neighbor drive me down to the hospital to retrieve some medicines (that total over $3,000.00) and as I extricated myself from the van/car I immediately noticed a remarkable improvement on my gait. I was walking as if I could walk a considerable distance. It was if I had gotten my ability to walk again. There wasn’t any wood to knock on so I kept it to myself. I’m anxious to tomorrow to get here so I can test the distance to see if it is definitely in improvement or luck.

Memories

If you have been on Facebook any length of time you are receiving Memories, perhaps on a daily basis. What I appreciate about them is the reflection they provide to the years gone by. You see your children grow up all over again. They remind you of some of your favorite pictures you’ve taken and bring back the good times you have had down through the years. They also recall old friends who sadly have passed away and you remember how you enjoyed them and their comments.

As we close out yet another year, here’s to the memories.