Day one on South Beach diet.

Might as well tell the world I am on a diet. Who knows, it might make me last longer than 1 day. It'll help me keep track, too.
So I was 153 lbs this morning. I have till July 16 to get gorgeous, because that's when I leave for my trip to Latvia, and I always feel fatter in Latvia than I do here, ha ha ha! Of course I have procrastinated till the last possible moment... So my goal for the next two weeks is to stay away from all sugar and starches, it's supposed to let me lose about 10 pounds or so. If you know me, you know I am addicted to sugar. Which is how I got into this mess. So that will be hard. I'll also go for daily walks. I walked for 1 hour today. Wish me endurance.
I had two eggs w/fat free cheese for breakfast and spaghetti squash with turkey lunchmeat for lunch. Oh, and a string cheese for a morning snack. And I just snacked on oberto beef jerky. OK, I'm off to read more of the South Beach diet book. :)
And I'm not translating this post into latvian because I don't want the latvians to know I'm fat! :D

Daarzniecinjsh Little gardener

Jaunaa telts New tent

Ja neskaita lasiishanu, Kevina vieniigais hobijs ir kempings. Shopavasar mees dazhu labu sestdienu pavadiijaam iepeerkoties. Tie, kas labi paziist Kevinu, zina, ka ar vinju iepirkties nemaz nav tik viegli, jo vinjsh apbraukaa visus iespeejamos veikalus, saliidzinaadams cenas, lai atrastu leetaako un labaako produktu. Nesen mees iegaadaajaamies 4 saliekamaas gultas, par ko es nesuudzos, bet izraadiijaas, ka tikai triis no taam saiet muusu teltii. Taadeelj pagaishsestdien mees iegaadaajaamies jaunu telti. Izmeegjinaashanas peec uzlseejaam to seetaa, un taa ir diezgan milziiga. Tagad vareesim komfortabli kempingot, ja tikai buus vietas kur to milzi uzsliet! :)

Kevin's only palpable hobby that I have been able to notice so far (other than reading) is camping. We have spent several weekends this spring shopping around for camping supplies. If you know Kevin, you know he won't buy anything unles he has compared prices at 20 different stores first and made sure he is getting the best deal out there. So it takes drive and determination to shop with him... :) We got some neat camping cots a while back, which is awesome, nobody likes to sleep on hard ground, even if you are supposed to get close to nature etc, you still could use some padding between you and the nature when it comes to sleeping... Unfortunately, only three of the four cots fit into our old tent. On Saturday we fixed that problem by getting a new tent! We set it up in the yard to try it out. It's awesome and huge. Now we can camp in comfort, as long as we can find a spot big enough to set it up on! :)

Ciinamies ar teeti! Wrestling with dad! Teetis pievaareets! Finshed him off!

Nila draudzinjsh Rains Neal's buddy Ryan

Nila skolinjaa vienu dienu bija iipasha diena, kad vareeja gjeerbties vienaadaas dreebees ar draugu. Te nu ir redzams Nils ar draudzinju Rainu! Tiirie dviiniishi!
Neal and Ryan, buddies in school, on "dress to match your friend" day. They look like twins!