I'm beat! It's heading towards 7 pm. I barbecued chicken and veggies for dinner, and that was as much as I could manage after eating.The kitchen is a bit of a mess from all of my other cooking projects, but it will wait.

Hubby put up our new ceramic outdoor sculpture. A photo is attached. We love it! It's sort of like a bird bath (I'm sure one will go there and poop on it), but its value as a grounds sculpture is the main appeal to us. We choose it because it is like a broken eggshell within a broken eggshell. The whole piece has a textural design that is sort of like tree bark, but also like bird's feathers. It is placed next to our house's side entrance in a little garden area. We drove to Bohemia last weekend to pick it up. The ceramic artist made it just for us. She's wonderful! We also bought a bowl she made for my husband's sister, as well as a small sculpture I put in my kitchen. By chance, that artist made a lovely piece that my sister-in-law gave us some years back. She confirmed it was her work.

Tomorrow I will weigh myself again. I did so last Sunday and saw that I had gained a lot of weight. I'm hoping I shed a good amount. I've been tracking and pre-planning all of my meals these last seven days. I stayed within weight loss ranges every day. Obviously any loss will likely include some water weight loss, but some will be fat. I feel less bloated.