THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF PINTEREST

Like millions of others I’ve become a fan of Pinterest. I have enjoyed wasting time on Pinterest especially when I have insomnia. It’s amazing what you can find there. Recently I’ve noticed a trend on Pinterest. It appears some people are confused as to how to lose weight and become healthy.

Many friends have wonderful workout and diet tips pinned. It’s obvious this is something that excites not just my friends but also the general public. The motivational quotes to get you up and moving, reminders that you will regret not working out but you will feel pride in your accomplishments or love yourself in the morning, “right now is the time to move off the computer and begin exercising” are truly inspirational. Once you decide you are going to exercise there is enough exercises to leave even the best personal trainer awed. You are going to find detox ideas, perfect recipes for any type of diet, even entire menus for Thanksgiving for those who are looking to keep their family healthy. Did I mention you can find diets you didn’t even know existed?

What I find ironic is these very same individuals with diet and workout pins have also pinned the best decadent desserts and meals. There are incredible variations of brownies, cookies, cakes, puddings and pies you ever could imagine. If you prefer a cake mix rather than beginning with just a bowl and a pantry full of ingredients you can find out how to convert that ordinary mix into something amazing. Not to be outdone by desserts you can find dinner, salads and bread recipes to make any mouth water. In the food and drink section you will find all the cheesy, buttery, deep fat fried meals your heart could ever desire. How about sweet pork tacos and with spicy ranch dressing, chicken cheesy lasagna, white cheddar and parmesan mac and cheese, spicy Dorito casserole, cornbread mixed with yellow cake mix, cream crepes or strawberries filled with cream,  well you get the idea.

So today I did 8 miles on my elliptical before I planned dinner. What shall I fix? Well without any guilt it will be Cheesecake Factory Chicken Marsala, with a BLT Pasta salad, followed by some Reese's Peanut Butter Bars. Perfect!

Wait, what am I thinking. I will broil chicken with a toss salad and fresh fruit for dessert.

THE INFAMOUS LAPTOP

We have never been high tech travelers. We have our cell phones but don’t text or have apts. I traveled with a Kindle until it stopped working. It was very frustrating because I didn’t have anything to read on my trip.

Recently Kent has been traveling to Los Angeles for a court case. He needed to work with the client, pre court hearings, interviewing witnesses and finally this week was to be the trial. Kent decided that it was time to break out a laptop computer.

 At the first stop of his trip, St. Louis airport security, his laptop was stolen. Security was right there as well as many cameras. Within 20 minutes his laptop was recovered and he was at the gate ready to board the plane to Los Angeles. All was well and he considered himself very fortunate.

Once in Los Angeles the judge informed him that the court was a little behind schedule and their case wouldn’t start until next Tuesday. Kent came home to enjoy family time and get some work done. Kent’s law partner decided to remain in Los Angeles. He would take a few days off and enjoy the cool temperatures (70 degrees) and the beach. Kent left the infamous laptop in his law partner’s room thus avoiding the possibility of losing the laptop while going through airport security.

The next day Kent got the call informing him that the laptop had been stolen by a member of the hotel staff and the hotel was looking into it.  All other laptops in the room were untouched. It appears that we are destined to travel low tech.