A Bump in the Road, WI

Okay, first the BUMP. It was pouring rain when I got up this morning, but Wednesday is my WI day, so I sucked it up and went out for my usual run.  I went 4.1 miles and it was a fairly good run (the rain and overcast felt cool and good compared to summer's usual muggy hotness). After my shower I set off for my WI. I am an every day weigher, so I knew that this morning's weight was not likely to yield a loss at my noon WI. It didn't.  For the first time since the beginning of May, I gained.  Up 3 sticks o' butter, +.8 pounds. Yuck. I hate that.  Maybe it's last week's chocolate extravaganza, maybe it's too many BLT's (bites, licks, and tastes) during cooking, maybe it's a few too many almonds. Whatever. It's just a bump in the road. I'll tighten up on my regime, cut out the extraneous BLT's, put the almonds back in the freezer in the garage and get on with it. The road is still there. I know where I'm going. I know what to do.  Next week will be a different story.

On a happier note, we had the inspection on our new house today and the inspector never stopped raving about what a great house it is and what good condition the appliances/furnace/AC/roof/etc  are in. With our heavy rain this morning, it was a good day for making sure that there are no water problems in the house. There were a few minor electrical things, but we'll get the seller to fix those and be ready to go.  I want to start taking some pix to put together to show potential renters.

I wish I'd had a camera with me on my run this morning. It stopped raining about half way through and it was really beautiful out.  Everything felt cool and fresh and clean. Some of the trees have leaves that are starting to turn. I'm going to take my camera next time and see if I can snap some pix of the beautiful leaves.  I think they're black gum trees. Some of the leaves are a bright crayon red now. Also the sweet gum have dropped some beautiful yellow star shaped leaves. Does this mean that fall is coming??  I sure hope so.

I have the g-babies tomorrow.  E has become fairly reliably potty trained over the past few weeks. Yay!  My oriental carpets are breathing a collective sigh of relief! And I can ditch the remainder of the evil siren m&m's which have caused me to put hand to mouth many more times than I should have in the past few months.  J, not to be outdone, added a third tooth to his collection this week and now has the equipment to give a pretty good bite with both lower and upper action. This is a picture of E, showing off her sticker collection. She used an entire sheet of stickers and put every one on her legs and tummy.

DH is trying to convince me to use biking shoes and clips when I ride. He actually bought me the shoes when we bought my bike, but I've never used them. I'm scared of not being able to get loose and falling, but I know I read blogs that talk about how much more efficient (easier) it is when you do use the clips.  DH has an exercise bike which he uses a lot (while he watches soccer or football).  I never use it.  He thinks I can get used to the shoes/clips while using the exercise bike.  Do any of you all have any advice on this subject?  Do you use them (the shoes/clips)? I like the sound of easier riding, but don't want to fall.  [It doesn't help that the first time DH was showing me how nifty they are, he fell off his bike right in front of me!]  Do you think I could learn to be comfortable with them before our Labor Day bike vacation?

Feeling a little blue about the gain, but going on,

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