I Apologize.

I've been too busy posting fun stuff or not posting at all. I have not abandoned my weight loss efforts. I just got a little lazy. I'm truly going to have to keep track because it's so easy to "forget" when it's not immediately on my mind. Saturday we walked to Eastern Market. I just checked it out on Gmaps and we went about 4 miles. Its hard to tell because we walked through the market and back tracked a few times. i think we may have walked further. It's a little under 2 miles just to walk there. So round trip was at least 4 miles not counting...oh, whatever. You get the point! This morning I walked over to the Secretary of State (DMV for the rest of the country~I don't know why it's the SOS in MI?) to renew my license plate. Only 2.5 weeks late. Oops. Do you KNOW how tempting it was to take that $89 go to Target? *sigh* Then over to the Library to get my very own Library card. Yay! After grad school I swore I was never going in to a Library again. As life would have it, I caved. After all, the Library is FREE! I like free these days and the Skillman Library is 1/4 mile from my apartment. By the way, that was a 2 mile walk round trip.

OH, oh, oh I almost forgot what a fun day we had yesterday! Went over to this little marina right on the Detroit River. It's located just west of Chene Park where St. Aubin ends at the Detroit River. The sign at the park entrance calls it the Tricentennial Park and Marina. SO pretty!! Me, Jane and Bev went over with our blankets and books and lounged on the grass under a tree. Since we're all apartment dwellers downtown we decided this would be our new "back yard". So relaxing. I'm excited about all of the little gems I've been discovering in Detroit! Have a told you how much I love living here? I know. I probably need my head checked!! After that we went down to the Concert of Colors festival and saw Aaron Neville perform. I feel akin to him because he's from New Orleans. I can't say that I love his voice but his band is spectacular! I really enjoyed listening to the music. Need I mention it was FREE? I should change the name of this blog to reflect finding FREE things to do during unemployment!

I just found out on Friday that one of my dearest friends, Kim, is getting married! Kim has always been like my sister. We met in 1983 when I was 9 and she was almost 11. We lived a block from each other and were always together growing up! She has been with her boyfriend, Rob for almost 10 years and though they've had their ups and downs they always pulled through. I'm so happy for her! I get to help with the planning and I'm in charge of decorations so I've got a job on my hands. It's going to be a simple backyard ceremony. I LOVE and encourage this idea because I think weddings are over-rated. I compare weddings to what has happened to Christmas...we seem to forget the meaning and obsess too much on the material aspect of such an important celebration! I'm behind her 100%. Congrats, Kimmeh!
Here's the most recent picture of Kim and I. We took this one afternoon a few weeks ago after we colored our hair and did pedicures! Then we drank wine. Heeheeee. Salon 506: Make your appointment today!


Now I leave you with some photos I took at the marina with my Blackberry.