Strawberry Fields Forver

Ok, maybe not forever, but it is strawberry time again! Blasers opened for picking this morning and we were there! It was not well known that they were open yet as they did not really know when they were opening for sure until this morning! We had actually decided to head out to the zoo this morning and when we saw that they were open, we decided to stop and pick a few. The zoo could wait.

It was a great morning for picking too - warm, but not too hot and there was a nice breeze. There were probably only about a dozen people out in the fields so we had our pick of rows.

The berries looked great this year! Plenty of them ripe, but even more still waiting to ripen for picking later. It did not take long for us to pick 2 full flats of berries. in all... 25 pounds of berries picked in less than an hour!

Sicne we still wanted to stop at the zoo really quick, the berries were going ot have a short wait in the car - at least it was not too warm out yet!

Winter is not done yet

Obviously winter is not done with Wisconsin yet! It is amazing to watch the news tonight and see how much snow the southern part of the state is getting - especially sine we did not get any additional snow fall today! It was unbelievably windy, but no snow! Granted we have had our share of snow this winter, but nothing compared wtih what others parts of the state have recieved - falling at the rate of 1-2 inches per hour in some areas today! To get an idea of the snow in some part of the state, check out one of my friends journal entry on her blog for today. click here Nothing is every simple or "normal" in the life of Maggs!


Well, it has been officially 5 days on the BiosLife Slim. It seems to me that I have been noticing that I have been feeling fuller and eating less at each meal. I definetly have noticed that I have been snacking less during day! Just need to pay attention to the evening snakcing more. As of today I am officially down 1.6 pounds since last Weds. It seems like we are moving in the right direction!

Today I found 2 new fruits at Super Wal-Mart. The first was Start Fruit, which I had heard of before and never had the chance to actually try. The other was a Pummelo. Have NEVER heard of these before! It looks like an oragen or grapefuit but bigger - MUCH bigger! Almost like a grapefruit on steroids! This one measured about 5 inches in diameter! We have not cut into it yet to see what it is like. I will post details once they become available!

Lets just hope that is keeps going in that right direction!