Day 815: Each Day

 


🖤 Get well soon Tommy ! #teamrivs #RageOn 🖤



"Make each day your masterpiece."  

~ John Wooden ~






Today is day 815 of Nutrisystem. There's not a lot to share so I'm going to deviate from the norm and not psychoanalyze a thing. Today was a casino day with my mom. I didn't get to sleep until well after 3 am so it was after 10 when I woke up this morning. After a quick breakfast of waffles with sugar free syrup and a toasted coconut vanilla yogurt I was out the door ! It was a gray and rainy outside so it was a perfect day to spend inside at Turning Stone casino. Seemed like a lot of other people had the same idea ! We beat the crowd and had dinner at Upstate Tavern where I indulged in the beer special, some kind of tangerine ale. It was pretty good ! My dinner was a burger with bleu cheese, caramelized onions, bacon and a whiskey glaze. It was delicious ! I had broccoli instead of fries and I only ate the bottom half of the bun. A few of mom's fries might have made their way onto my plate as well. We shared our favorite dessert, a warm butter cake with pecans, caramel and chocolate sauce accompanied by a scoop of vanilla ice cream and some whipped cream. I skipped the usual trip to Opal's, so there was no sweetened coffee drink or cookie today ! Calories are unknown and tomorrow I'll be back on Nutrisystem for the week. We had a fun day but came home losers. Oh well .. you can't win every time you go ! Before the casino I made a side trip to Villa Verona winery to snag a case of my favorite wine, aptly named Miss Sassy Pants ! It's my older sister's favorite too so I got a case for her as well. It was just bottled on Thursday so it's probably the freshest wine I've ever bought ! It's a moscato but it's light and not super sweet. I don't drink much but when the weather gets warmer I do enjoy a glass of wine in the evening so I'm all set for this summer. Miss Sassy Pants is their best selling wine so you have to grab it when you can because it sells fast. The bad news here is I reinjured my shoulder getting the wine out of the car when I got home. I didn't really think about the fact that 12 bottles of wine was going to be heavy. I'm still going to try returning to a modified upper body workout on the Total Gym this week but I plan to lower it to Level 2 and go very slow. We'll see how that goes !


That's it - that is my day in a nutshell ! I didn't get any formal exercise despite my best intentions (eye roll) but tomorrow is another day. All in all I enjoyed my weekend, even if I didn't check much off my "to do" list. Chilly temps have returned and the wind is blowing like crazy, so I can't wait to climb into my nice warm bed after a hot shower ! Looks like we'll be back in the 50's by Tuesday but I don't see any porch days for a while. 

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