almost five

I drove to the middle school today to walk a mile on their track. I did four laps in 16 and one half minutes. After that I walked miles two, three and four and three fourths downtown on the track that runs across the Missouri River Bridge. It was glorious weather but very humid. I was dripping sweat when I got back to the library where my car was parked. Tomorrow I may not walk at all as I am invited out of town to a party.

This is the first year in a long time that I failed to de-bud the rose bushes and I can't believe how they have bloomed out. The pictures were taken earlier this morning before rain showers. The middle pic shows my little side-kick who follows me everywhere these days. He considers himself king of the whole neighborhood!



walking

I have been walking four miles every day this week except for yesterday. I attended a funeral; my first one so far this year. Sometimes they come in waves you know. This particular funeral was Catholic. I love their ceremony and music and even the incense. Earlier this morning I was called to sub tomorrow in third grade, one of my favorites but I had to decline. They're putting in my new kitchen cabinets and I want to be here!

happy earth day

A redbud tree taken at the Greenway parking lot; I meant to post this on Friday, the true Earth Day but I am a firm believer that Earth Day should be celebrated everyday of the year.

submarine movie

I couldn't sleep last night so I stayed up until two watching a submarine movie on AMC. I have always liked movies about submarines and this one was haunted which made it even better. Today I walked three and a half miles downtown and took the track that leads across the Missouri River. I also did laundry and bought a new pair of Brighton earrings. I couldn't resist!

the classroom

Do I miss them? A little bit...but this week so far I have walked twelve miles, had a three hour lunch date with a dear friend yesterday and this morning after walking, I returned my broken Brighton bracelet back to the little boutique that I had originally purchased it and they are going to replace it. Oh yes, I couldn't resist, I had to buy a new one as well.

I've started something new

I've started cleansing my face with oil. This is something I've wondered about for awhile and since have done some research, I've decided to give it a try. True, it's only been a week but I think I can say my skin appears to be more youthful and that's a good thing. My "cleansing concoction " is two ounces of Castor oil, one half ounce each of grapeseed oil and jojoba oil. What sold me is this:  even if your skin is dry, it still has oil on it and oil attracts oil. Plus, I've always had relatively good skin, I just want to keep it that way.