Hello, everyone. I got to teach art for 1/2 a day this morning. It was great fun because I got to do my own thing, so I used my little decoders. It was just the right amount of time as well because I could leave at noon and get many other things done. Too bad for any of you who didn't come to our house for supper tonight because we had some delicious red lentil soup. I think it tasted better than usual for some reason. Maybe because I've been laying off the sweets and junk food. That always makes regular, healthy food taste much better.

Well, Sally and I didn't make any cinnamon rolls. We made some strawberry-rhubarb pies. We did, however, have some rolls at an Italian restaurant last night. They looked lquite a bit like cinnamon rolls, and, unlike the rest of the meal, they were quite good. For such a high priced meal, I was truly disappointed.

Hey, and now Sally has joined us! Wahoo! Maybe this is going to be interesting after all. Right now I am at the Hilton St. Louis Airport Hotel. John got us this place with one of his nice 'deals.' David is enjoying working on another computer right across from me. I guess nowadays you can find computers anywhere--at least anywhere where more affluent people gather. This place has a nice pool, and D. and I were regretting not bringing some sort of swim wear because the pool is empty.

We loved Jane's house. Nearly every room is decorated with sports stuff. Quite amazing actually that there is so much variety, but I'm sure they have only a sampling of what is out there.

Now, our only biggest problem is getting up before four a.m. and getting to the ariport for a 6 a.m. flight. Whew. Maybe it's time for bed.

More later.

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Hello Brer! You are probably on a plane right now. Good thing Jane has a treadmill so you can keep up on your goal. I think I'll come home this weekend for a visit, and hopefully we can make some more cinnamon rolls!!

Hey! Welcome to Bill. I'm glad I checked my BLOG just before going to Jane's. I'll add more later.

I'm trying to decide what book to take with me when I fly to Jane's tomorrow. I need something that's lightweight. Something that's interesting. I'll probably take two or three books--one that's more ponderous, like one of the books Sally brought home from Newsweek. One is about the Iraq war (do I really want to read about that?)--the other is about how the miracles in Genesis and Exodus can be explained scientifically. That's the kind of book I enjoy reading, but maybe it brands me as a skeptic or apostate or something. I'm more sensative about that nowadays. I know there are a lot of good classics I should read, but all the ones I look at don't seem too appealing. We'll see.

I've been doing very well at my plan to use the treadmill every day. I don't notice that I'm any stronger or any more firm or anything like that. I'm certainly not any less fat, but that could be because sometimes I take just a little pile of chocolate chips and put them on the cup holder and just eat them as I tread. That's pretty counterproductive, isn't it. I don't know how much good I'm doing just treading a fat body along. Maybe that's doing more damage to my heart than just sitting around with a fat body. Hmmmm! The food has got to go. But, I can tell you what the problem is. It's that I've been on two excellent diets where I had all kinds of control and lost 25-30 pounds. Then, I just gained it all back. The second time I gained it back much faster than the first. It's too discouraging to try to diet again with those two big fat failures. It makes me sympathize with smokers or alcoholics.

I'm a little concerned for these movie stars who are gaining and losing weight for parts. I think the body will remember that fatness and it will be much harder for them to lose next time. Or...maybe they just have extraordinary will power. It's long been my contention that many movie stars have a free pass to heaven. Those who keep weight off, that is.

My heaven would be very interesting. It would include people who have conquered difficult challenges--like drug addiction. Maybe it would include everyone. Probably would.

Well, I guess I'd better pack.

I got a little tired of this blog because nobody was joining in on it with me. I wonder if that's what life is like for people who live alone. I wonder how they find things to keep themselves going. I've never lived alone. I don't have a clue.