I’m Still Growing

Yes it’s true. But it’s my waist that continues to grow. We’ve taken advantage of the Christmas sales to replace most of my slacks and jeans. Today we got some good buys at Belks. I also replaced my ageing beige jacket. I’m bagging up all my tight slacks with a small hope to get back into them someday. Every time I’ve done this in the past except for one I’ve never gotten back down. I’m fighting heredity and medicine now. The Lyrica I’m taking has lost much of its effectiveness and caused such a slew of side effects (appetite, weight gain and lethargy among them) that I’m trying to stop taking it. I can’t do that cold turkey so I’m on a gradual reduction until I stop. I’m hoping to pick up some energy when I get to zero Lyrica. Until then it’s both a physical and mental battle to try to keep from growing.

We also took advantage of the beautiful day to go to Harbordocks.

I took this picture with my Nuvi GPS so it's not the greatest.  You can see a heron in the left center of the picture.  It was all wrapped up in its wings when we arrived. It was cold today. As we ate it gradually woke up.  It scratched its beak, it stretched and finally, after preening for a while stood on 1 foot in the normal heron manner.  It was a nice day to be there and enjoy the view.  The food was great and I got to eat Penny's bread pudding.  The eating continues!