There's a nip in the air



It's 7 am and 36 degrees this morning.  When I went to bed last night @ 11pm it was 68 degrees.
Fall is in the air!

Have a Great Day!
Colo Junkett



College Bound

 

My favorite blog sites are all blogging about back to school parties, getting the kids back into routines.

At my house we have been having the peace out people, I’m college bound get together.  It is not unusual to have kids coming and going from my house on the weekends, but I’ve had kids at my house every night for a week! It took my daughter a week to get together with every one of her friends one on one. She is acting like she moving to another country and never see them again, she is only going to be 3 hours away. 

Beginning a  parent a see how our children mature and grow. I had always thought that my daughter would be so excited about moving out, that would be the only thing on her mind, but in reality she has noticed that all of her friends since grade school will also be moving on and that friendship start fading  away as all the friends are moving on their own adventures.

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

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,Friends

Fall is approaching

All the blogs I follow are talking about stocking up for winter baking.
Funny thing is, I recently started working at a Kroger branch store in the bakery department and I have had a dozen customers, asking to purchase, used icing buckets, to store their oat, flour or sugar in.
Have a great Day!
Colo Junkett

Curb Cruzing

 

As you know I have my oldest daughter and her boys staying with me for a while. and every time they visit, I’m trying to find a place for the boys to nap without being disturbed. Friday is ” THE YARD SALE DAY” in my community, so today I went curb cruzing  looking for a bed that would fit somewhere, remember my house is only 1200sq ft.  I found a bargain, it’s a little use but it will get the grandson in there own bed.

Funny thing is, the lady that gave me the bed was not having a yard sale, she was going through her moms things trying to decide what would go to storage and what should be given away.  Her mother had recently been moved into a nursing care facility.   The bed was in her truck and got rained on before she had time to get into storage so she felt she couldn’t ask money for it.

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

Monsoon Weather

In my neck of Colorado, we have really been get the affects of the monsoon the weather men are calling it.

I wake up to blue skies but by afternoon the dark cloud are moving in with wind and lighting by evening it's blue sky just as the sun is setting.  The next day I wake up to rain and thunder by noon the sky is clearing by evening the dark clouds start rolling in with wind and lighting.
So...This weekend I plan to go south a few 100 mile to get some sun


Do you have plans for the weekend?

Have a Great Weekend
Colo Junkett

Independence Day

I had a stay in town day and it was wonderful! See what went on in my little town.

Veterans AmourGuard

High School Band

You have to have decorated bicycle in a parade

and tractors

Toy Tractors



After the parade the Veterans put on a free BBQ for the community.  It was a GREAT day!



Fireworks!!!

It was a great Day!

Colo Junkett

July Food Management

July Food Management

Wow! It’s already July,my exercising is not going so will but I think the food management plan is going good.

This month I’m going to try to watch the amount of wheat product I use in my meal planning (bread, pasta, cereal, crackers.
Of course I’m still battling with ice cream we’ll see what happens this month.

Sunday Dinner
7/3 beef and broccoli, brown rice
7/10 Taco Salad- lean elk burger, shredded lettuce, Colby jack cheese, tomato, chopped onion, salsa, corn chips
7/17 Grilled Chicken breast, white rice, tossed salad
7/24 Shrimp, Baked Hush Puppies, Slaw
7/31 Beef Kabobs, Vegies, Rice Pilaf
 
Monday Dinner
7/4 Chef’s Salads with Hard boiled Eggs, Ham, Turkey, etc
7/11 white bean and trimmed ham crock-pot soup with wheat thins, celery sticks filled with light cream cheese
7/18 Elk steak, green beans, tossed salad
7/25 left over chicken, Cherry Tomato Salad

Tuesday Dinner
7/5 Roasted Garlic Onion Chicken, Peas. Mixed Vegetables
7/12 elk steak Stroganoff, Peas, egg noodles
7/19 Roast Beef, Red Potatoes, spinach greens
7/26 grilled pork chops, rice, and asparagus


Wednesday Dinner
7/6 elk burger patties, Green Beans, Tomatoes with Cucumbers
7/13 Crockpot: Shredded Pork wheat pita Sandwiches
7/20 BBQ Elk Roast Sandwiches
7/27 Spaghetti, tossed green salad

Thursday Dinner
7/7 Crockpot Steak San Morco, Buttered Noodles w Herbs, Peas
7/14 Goulash (I USE ½#elk burger, ½# lean beef burger
7/21 Crockpot: Peppered Beef Tips, tossed salad
7/28 Taco Salads in Baked Bowls

Friday Dinner
7/1 Grilled Cheeseburger, Fruit Salad
7/8 Grilled Chicken, Steamed vegies
7/15 Biscuits & Gravy, Scrambled Eggs
7/22 Chicken Stir Frye, Rice
7/29 Tuna Pasta Salad

Saturday Dinner
7/2 Chef Salad
7/9 Left over roast, tossed Salad with extra goodies
7/16 crock-pot beef Roast, potatoes & carrots
7/23 lean meatballs, spaghetti, Salad
7/30 Blackeye Pea Salad

My breakfast consisted of coffee, lite creamer, wheat bagel with peanut butter or hard boiled egg
And for lunch a choice of salad or soup or ½ wheat pita sandwich made of leftovers.
I hope this helps.

Have a great Day
Colo Junkett

P.S.
As of today I have lost 4.5 and have kept it off for 2 months.

July Celebrations

Activity list of July Celebrations:

• July 4th-Independence Day
• Nat’l Hot Dog Month
• Nat’l Baked Beans Month

Celebrate July at the fullest!

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

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RED WHITE and BLUE

It’s time to get out the Red, White & Blue décor for the month of July!

Banners, Flags, wind socks, luminaries, garland, table center piece, front door wreath.  

Here it all is packed up in the garage

           Here it is put out.  Happy 4th of July!

 

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

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June Food Management

It’s the first Monday of the month and I thought I’d share my meal planning.  I’ve started walking for 30-45 minutes a day, my weight has been fluctuating 4-6 pounds but my measurement is still the same, what gives?

I’ve changed my snacking to Special K protein bars and Special K protein shakes

Sunday Dinner :

•  6/5- beef and broccoli/brown rice
• 6/12- Taco Salad- lean elk burger/shredded lettuce/Colby jack cheese/tomato/chopped onion/salsa/corn chips
• 6/19- Grilled Chicken breast/white rice/tossed salad
• 6/26-  Crockpot: Peppered Beef Tips/tossed salad

Monday Dinner:

• 6/6- Chef’s Salads with Hard boiled Eggs/Ham/Turkey/etc.
• 6/13- white bean and trimmed ham crock-pot soup with wheat thins/ celery sticks filled with light cream cheese
• 6/20- Elk steak, green beans, tossed salad
• 6/27- left over chicken/Cherry Tomato/onion/green bean Salad

Tuesday Dinner:

• 6/7- Roasted Garlic Onion Chicken/Peas/Green Salad
• 6/14- Elk Steak Stroganoff(low fat mushroom soup,low-fat sour cream), Peas/Wheat Egg Noodles
• 6/21- Turkey Kielbasa/Steamed Cabbage/Steamed Red Potatoes
• 6/28- Grilled Pork chops/Wild Rice/Asparagus

Wednesday Dinner:

• 6/1- elk burger patties/Green Beans/Tomatoes with Cucumbers
• 6/8- Crockpot: Shredded Pork wheat pita Sandwiches
• 6/15- Spaghetti/tossed green salad
• 6/22- Salad
• 6/29- Crockpot Pepper Steak/Brown Rice/Peas

Thursday Dinner:

• 6/2- Goulash (½#elk burger, ½# lean beef burger)/Green Salad
• 6/9- Taco Salads on a toasted wheat tortilla
• 6/16- Baked Chicken/Green Mixed Salad
• 6/23-Beef/broccoli/rice
• 6/30- Ham/Spanish rice/green&red pepper

Friday Dinners:

• 6/3- Hamburger on a thin wheat bun/lettuce/tomato/onion
• 6/10- Chicken quesadilla/rice/
• 6/17- thin wheat bagel/Scrambled Egg/canned pears
• 6/24- Chicken Stir Frye/Rice

Saturday Dinner:

• 6/4- Chicken Fajitas/low fat tortillas
• 6/11- Crockpot Roast beef/green salad/baked potato fries
• 6/18- Grilled Salmon/Brown rice/green salad w/Italian Dressing
• 6/25- Grilled Chicken/Red Potato Kabobs/Fresh Vegies

My breakfast consist of coffee, lite creamer, Fiber One Cereal with 2% Milk, and a piece of fruit.  For lunch a choice of salad or soup or a 1/2 wheat pita made of leftover meat.

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

P.S.

As of today I've lost 4.5 lb and mantaining

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June Celebrations

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
- Theodore Roosevelt

Activity list of June celebrations:

• National Ice Tea Month
• June 4th-5th-Colorado Free Fishing Weekend
• June 14th-Flag Day
• June 15th-18th-Whittle of the Woods Community Festival
• June 19th-Father’s Day
• June 21st-First Day of Summer

Let me know what are your June Celebrations are.

Have a wonderful Day!

Colo Junkett

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