I agree that having the whole family on-plan is a BIG help!

I didn't realize what size of boat you meant when you were talking about using it. My father used to have a bass fishing boat that we enjoyed on the Ozark lakes. Yours sounds much nicer!

Ok, now what sort of shop are you running? I must have not been paying attention.

We went to a BookCrossing meetup this evening and met some new club members. It was fun, but the meeting was held at a Borders bookstore in the cafe. They had tiny salads and tea that held us poor low-carbers over till we could get something more substantial, but it was a long and grumbly meeting. Bread and coffee shops do not hold the fascination for me that they once did.

Today was my father's birthday and I was an extremely neglectful daughter. I was gone all day and couldn't call him. And, because I had planned on calling him and hadn't thought ahead for a gift, he was not honored by us today. I feel very sad and ashamed for my failing. I am going to call him tomorrow and explain, but it is never the same the day after your birthday. I hope he will forgive me. He is a much better father than I am a daughter and deserves more than I do for him.

He misses my mother a lot. My youngest brother married recently and my father had trouble watching the ceremony. It was quite beautiful and reminded him of his own ceremony years ago.

I had a whoosh yesterday and am finally down below 300 on ALL the scales. That was a happy moment for me. I hope your happy moments continue non-stop through this way of life. I still look forward to changing clothing sizes, but my rings have moved fingers three times now.