Listening to Wild by Cheryl Strayed.   I like her honesty.

Yesterday, volunteered at Home Tour.  Sat at a house in our neighborhood to greet people and make sure they either put on paper booties or took off their shoes.  As a volunteer, I could have gone on house tour also but why bother?  I didn't even take a look at the lovely house I was stationed in, only venturing from my doorway chair to quickly use the bathroom.  Won't volunteer again on the weekend or at the Home Tour - not my style.

Family is making annual pilgrimage to Salman Raspberry Ranch this year.  Me, I can buy frozen raspberries at Trader Joe's so I stay home and reap the fruits of their labor.  Besides, I have to get up early tomorrow for a volunteer task that will occupy most of the day.

I will go with them next weekend to Rancho de las Golondrinas Harvest Fest - crowded, hot but at least it's family time!

Made brownies yesterday - cocoa powder, garbanzo bean flour, applesauce, honey, date sugar, vanilla extract, natural peanut butter, almond butter, soy milk, rolled oats.  They actually taste good - even husband likes them - but after we use them up, I need to start eating less green tea, cocoa powder and honey. Need to try to adhere better to OmniHeart diet to improve my cholesterol profile.

Cool, cloudy and drizzly.  Guess I should be happy after the sweltering days of summer!

Friday hike was local on White Rock streets so we could attend grand opening of new White Rock Visitor Center.  The new visitor center is beautiful! Hopefully no runaway cars will bang into it like happened with the old one twice!!  Spouse and I decided not to stay for the blah-blah-blah dedication and the wonderful spread of food given as a reward for attending.

Instead, we ate at Lee's.  I got the homestyle tofu with cashews.  Saltier than I'd like but delicious and I didn't eat all the sauce - only what clung to the food.
They don't have brown rice so I skipped rice.  Also skipped the soup and egg roll.

Felt sorry for obese elderly woman who could barely walk but came in for take out from their buffet.  She told waitress she comes in every day.  Too bad White Rock doesn't yet have a hot meal program for seniors.  They have to go 10 miles to Los Alamos to get a hot lunch.  Poor thing didn't need all that salt and calories when she already looks all swollen!

Signed up to volunteer at home tour tomorrow.  Ay yi yi - the agency sponsoring called to remind me and tell me about the list of rules that I'm supposed to tell people - no bathroom, no food, no picture-taking, no cell phones, no touching anything (have I forgotten any?)  Reciting the rules and handing out booties are my main duties - ay yi yi!!  I'll skip this next year!!