We have been on the Mediterranean Diet (National Lutheran Schools Week has been a challenge for me) for two weeks and Heidi came up with this delicious and colorful meal tonight.

Even Liam agreed 👍 that it was pretty darn good!

As well, we have been eating Overnight Oats in various flavors for breakfast mixed with almond milk with good results.

At lunch today I had a sweet orange pepper with hummus and it was fantastic!

The Town House is back open!!! New ownership and Jade is the manager. Let the good times roll!!!

Since it was breakfast I didn’t get any, but, they did have peanutbutter pie. 🥧

After some productivity around the house, Heidi and I got another winter hike under our belts. 41 degrees and no wind made the 2.2 Trail #6 hike very enjoyable.

As well, we got in the hot tub while the 🌞 sun was shining. A wonderful Sunday.

Heidi was explaining frozen fog at dinner and I immediately knew what she was describing. I had stopped on the way to school this morning to take this interesting picture. However, I didn’t know it was called frozen fog. Proud to say that Heidi and I, along with our friend Stephanie Lambring, we are life long learners! You never know, “frozen fog” may be a Jeopardy answer some day.

Tomorrow is the fourth snow day this week and I have a daily challenge to be productive.

To prepare for snow day #4 we had 🥓 Bacon, BBQ Cheesebugers 🍔 on a 🥨 pretzel bun, Tater Rounds, and Knorr 🍜 noodles. Restaurant Quality!

As for the productivity for tomorrow, my idea 💡 of productivity and Heidi’s don’t always match up. I hope to exercise and continue the Man Cave organization project. Although it includes listening to 🎼 music and playing with sports cards, it can be work. Unfortunately, Heidi has to brave the elements while myself and the dogs stay in the cozy house. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

On a roadtrip to See the grandkids, via Costco, we added on lunch at Squealers.

The meats 🍖 were excellent and we are pretty sure we will dine there again.

We had to order more fried biscuits as Lawson was very fond of them.

Located on the Ohio River in Jeffersonville, the Cast Iron Steak House is a quality restaurant with great appetizers, 🍺 drinks, and entrees.

I finished the weekend with a round of December ⛳️ golf, not mention pitching some BP (batting practice) to Lawson this morning before ⛪️ church.

After Lawson hit, he wanted to pitch to me. He said, repeating my coaching, “ level cut, level cut” and even stopped, picked up the bat, looking at me and said “level swing.” When I made contact, he was truly excited for me. 😊

Heidi, the clear leader of this unit, is exhausted and in bed by 8:30. Thank goodness for her!!! Shd hosted the Hackman Christmas Saturday and we went to the Melloncamp Christmas 🎄 at the Joe Jackson Hotel 🏨 in Vallonia. Cool spot for a gathering. Conveniently located across the street from The Bluebird.

Finally, I had lost 12 pounds on Weight Watchers since September and have gained 8 of the back in the lady two weeks.

Nina’s Kitchen was open for a late brunch on Sunday night. She just couldn’t think of anything to fix so she did breakfast. 🍳

I started with the pink fluff. Some combination of jello, cool whip, bananas 🍌 and strawberries 🍓. Whoop! Whoop!🙌

The pie slice is a quiche with spinach, eggs 🍳, 🥓 bacon and 🧀 cheese. Yep!👍

Then came the biscuit and gravy 🥘 casserole. Biscuits covered with gravy, sausage and cheese. Boom 💥!

It might not be on Weight Watchers, but since I hiked the pinnacle and skipped lunch, I think I might be ok.✅

We started the day with a hike along Lake James at Pokagon State Park. Then it was on to Marblehead Lighthouse on Lake Erie.

We had lunch at The Galley. And come to find out from our waitress, JoJo, it is the walleye capital of the world.

We shared these huge filets and also had some clam chowder. All was delicious!!!😋

We drove on to Cuyahoga Valley National Park 🏞️.

We will further explore the Cuyahoga Valley tomorrow.

What a day!!!

We had some good food at Jed’s, however, the highlights were Oubache and Chain O’ Lakes State Parks.

We started at Oubache and hiked the CCC Challenge. Five miles of searching, climbing, hiking and learning about the Civilian Conservation Corps.

We also hiked 1.7 miles at Chain O’ Lakes and are spending the night at Pokagon State Park and hiking in the morning before traveling to Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio Saturday.

Heidi had over 20,000 steps today while I had 19,000. More of the same tomorrow.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace.