OK, so I took this picture today with my cell phone and no glasses on, but you can tell what it's all about. Sometimes on the weekend, I can think of all kinds of excuses to stay in my pajamas and curl up on the couch and not do anything but watch tv all day. But my conscience (Copper) sits right next to me and motivates me to get myself moving. So my conscience and I took a walk downtown (by the mission, isn't SLO a great place to be!) and went to the creek so he could have a swim. Today was the day to be in San Luis! The weather was warm and beautiful and it was a perfect day to stop at Foster's Freeze on our way home and get a chocolate dipped ice cream. I haven't had one in years, and had only walked a few blocks before I realized that they are messy! Soft ice cream melts so fast! It was fun but all over my hand.

Even though my day started so late, I got an incredible amount of "stuff" done. After our walk, I cleaned up my deck, planted cilantro and sunflower seeds, gots loads and loads of laundry done, and now I've got some granola cooking in my oven. MMM... My friend Amy at work helped me eat the last batch, and it was that good that I have to make another double batch. I'll post the recipe later.

I realized tonight that the only drawback to living alone is being unable to open some jars, so I have to throw them away, I'll try not to buy anything in a jar anymore, except that when I go places and someone is selling homemade anything (jams, jellys, sauces) I like to purchase some. My favorites have been preserves sold at the flea market on Oahu. Really good...

So how does this all start with a photo of a dog and end up with preserves? You'd have to live inside my head...but there's alot going on already.