Ladies who Lunch

lol
I thought that was a cute title :)
And so not what you would normally use to describe our group of ladies.
Dedicated. Moms. Workout buddies. Athletic women.
...but not "ladies who lunch"  ;)
But that's exactly what we did today... and it was soooooo funnnnnnn!
I had a ball with some good friends from my gym, at my good friend, Lori's, house. Yummy food. Good conversation. Great company. Couldn't have been better :)
Here is a photo, or several, to commemorate our day and also a much-requested recipe of the Cucumber Sandwiches I brought.



Cucumber Sandwiches:
8 oz. cream cheese (I use 1/3 fat free, full fat free would also work)
1 package dry Ranch dressing seasoning
1/2 teaspoon Dill (seed or weed, whichever you have)

Cream together.
Spread on Pumpernickel or Rye 'cocktail bread'
Put a sliced/peeled cucumber slice on top.
Sprinkle with more dill if desired for a 'pretty look'
Enjoy!



A little blurry, but (almost) the gang's all here :)
Jen, Shelley, Rene'(me), Lori, Brooke, Deb




awww, me and my hero... the lady who started me on my 20 pound weight loss journey several years ago!




Jen and Shelley... our two beloved, very-much missed, instructors!




Brooke and Rene'   :)
 (p.s. this is a great shot because no bellies or thighs! lol Big THANKS to whoever snapped this one lol)




Deb and I, but she's cheating by standing on a step, because there is no way she's taller than me! lol :)




our host, Lori, who is the one friend I have here who actually is my height :)
Such a gracious host, thanks so much for putting this day all together!




And last but not least, me and my best bud, Jen!

It was a wonderful time together and a lot of fun reminicing went on :)
We will certainly have to do it again soon!

Out of the mouths of Babes...

We opened the pool yesterday, and of course both girls are just 'itching' to go swimming. We know its not ready yet (we need several warm nights and some sunshine to warm it up enough to swim), but the girls never seem to grasp this concept... as soon as that cover comes off, they want to go IN! Doesn't matter what the temperature is outside, or in the water, or whether the chemicals are right or not. They just want to go in.
Well, today I knew it was still too cold, but the water was clear so I said that yes if they wanted to go swimming they would be able to (I figured they'd jump in, see how cold it was, and we'd be done with this ...for a few days at least). So, as W [who I need to explain turned five at the end of October, and we close our pool in mid-October every year] as she is doing her chores as fast as possible so she can go swimming, Daddy teases her and says something about her excitement for going swimming, and she EMPHATICALLY replies,

"But DAD, I haven't been swimming since I was FOUR!!!!"

LOL

Yes, I guess that's true. And leave it to W to be sure to point out that pertinent fact as a very important piece of information that we certainly should not have forgotten  lol.

She cracks me up.

Yes, she did go swimming (T decided to play with her new science kit instead) and surprisingly she stayed out there longer than I had anticipated.

More blogs

If you haven't noticed, I've been blogging more on here. Reason being is that it is so darn quick and easy to upload pictures from my phone and my new computer. So the quicker I get them up here the greater the chance that I'll post them and show u what we've been up to.
Strangers won't care, and my friends may even get bored. But I know my mom who lives far away loves seeing pix of her granddaughters and hearing what's going on , and since I'm better about sharing this via this medium rather than a phone call or a disc of pix in the mail... Mom, turn on your computer and keep reading!   :)
So most of this is for my mom and family to stay connected, but if my friends enjoy the posts (and comment, I love those!) I'm really glad too :)
If you want fitness stuff or life-lesson stuff check out my other blogs, since this one is primarily focused on family happenings :)

http://www.runningwithrene.blogspot.com/
http://www.guides4life.blogspot.com/