SherryeB's Journal, 17 July 2020

We heard an acquaintance (a good friend of a friend of our's) had been diagnosed with Covid yesterday. Today we got news he's been hospitalized & is on a ventilator.
We also heard that another friend who has been pretty much behaving as if all is normal said he wouldn't wear a now required mask at Walmart (our only local grocery store)....he would drive to a town a few miles away & shop at the grocery store there. Both Kroger & Publix....our other options....have announced they'll require masks starting next week. Our friend is in his 70's & is being treated for heart issues & still is very cavalier about it all. Hubby & our neighbor (friend) have refused multiple invitations to golf or hang out with him. Hubby & I ran into him & his wife in town in June when we were going to have dinner. They invited us to join them & another couple for dinner & Hubby declined....said we wanted to eat alone as I had just returned from my Dallas trip. He really didnt want to sit at a table with them & be potentially exposed. It is sad we can't socialize like normal, but I wish he'd wise up & be more careful. I told Hubby, he'd probably end up being fine in spite of it all 🙄

Hubby cut the grass (our little patch at the side of our house...the rest of our property is "natural") today & I got into the garden beds along the side of the house & trimmed & pulled out a bunch of volunteer growth...baby nandinas & other vines & stuff. We have vinca planted in there along with Nandina, a Knockout Rosebush & a Pyrecantha. It wraps around to the front of the deck where I have herbs & assorted flowers. It's hard to avoid all the volunteer stuff that just sprouts up. It got hot & I really worked up a sweat. Hubby had finished mowing & weed eating long before I finished 😐 It was in the 90's today.

Dinner tonight is a tossup between pork chops & Pizza.

143.0 lb Lost so far: 29.8 lb.    Still to go: 8.0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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1867 kcal

Fat: 63.63g | Prot: 66.94g | Carb: 206.15g.   Breakfast: A.1. Steak Sauces And Marinades A1 Steak Sauce,  Watermelon, Einstein Brothers Bagels Sesame Bagel, Great Value Havarti Semisoft Cheese, Splenda Naturals Made with Stevia Extract, Kroger Italian Style Sweet Creamer,  Milk (Nonfat),  Coffee,  Peach,  Strawberries, Smithfield Boneless Center Cut Pork Loin ,  Raspberries . Lunch:  Honeycrisp Apples, Sargento String Cheese Mozzarella Cheese Snacks, Triscuit Smoked Gouda. Dinner: Marconi Hot Giardiniera,  Cucumber, Athenos Natural Crumbled Feta Cheese,  Green Leaf Lettuce,  Tomatoes,  Merlot Wine, Tuscan Garden Balsamic Vinaigrette, Private Selection Mediterranean Vegetable Thin Crust Pizza, Kentucky Legend Brown Sugar Smoked Ham, Safies Home Style Sweet Pickled Beets. Snacks/Other: Christie White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie,  Sweet Cherries (Queen Anne, Bing). more...