Just When I Thought

Mark was out of town last week--preliminary work on the Cedar City temple.  He worked out of Salt Lake and I stayed home.  Silly me, thinking I could eat a little bit of ice cream and stay on my program.  (It was Rocky Road, by the way, not even my most favorite).  I bought it for Mark, but he didn't have any.

About 1/2 way through the half-gallon carton, while watching TV (always a big mistake!), I decided enough was enough.  I threw the rest away (it was mostly marshmallow anyway, ugh).

So, when we went out to dinner last night and he expressed his desire for some of his Rocky Road ice cream, I had to confess that there wasn't any left. (sigh)

I'm happy to say I ate much better for the rest of the week.

I continue to work on Grandma Bartholomew and Great Grandma Riley’s history.  I’m learning a few things I didn’t know before, which makes this journey interesting.  I also decided to pull out a book I wrote and finished in 2000, while taking a class with the Institute of Children’s Literature.  It was fun reading it again.  I’ve become interested in polishing it for publication.  However, it will need some updating.  It’s amazing the technology even in 13 years. 

So I’ve learned how to get to and from the Ft. Lauderdale airport.  It’s a lot easier than I thought it would be.

It’s been interesting trying to find places to eat out that offer gluten free choices.  Last night we went to Pei Wei.  They had a sweet and sour that was gluten free.  It was pretty good.

Friday when I went out to the car to pick Mark from the airport, I happened to notice a baby duck near the back of my car, just sitting there.  When I went around the back to take a look, there was a whole group of them plus the mother under the back end of my car.  I had to start it up to get them to move, but I’m so grateful I saw that baby!  Had I pulled out with them all under there I’m sure I would have killed some of them and I would have been devastated.  That was a tender mercy.

We see those duck “families” everywhere.  It doesn’t matter how often I see them, they are still absolutely adorable.  It has been raining so much here that there are many puddles close to the road where they go to swim each day.  And when they go anywhere, they are all lined up in a straight line, following their mama.  Too cute!

Can you see the iguana?

That mother has a HUGE family!  I counted 17 little ducklings!

Aren't they adorable?