Great Entertainment

Our friends (family) from California were here and we kept busy all week:

Day one - We spent most of the day in Dunnegan, an Amish community and visited several of their businesses, a discount grocery store, bulk surplus store, variety store, greenhouse, cabinet maker and of course a bakery.  We did come home with donuts and peanut butter cookies, after all I did need to put a little weight on.

Day two - I had three WW meetings that day so Jan took Steve and Reva to Independence Missouri, it's only about 120 miles from us and toured the Truman Presidential Library, the Truman home and several other historical sites,  They all came home extremely tired but had a great time.

Actual newspaper showing the wrong presidential winner

Day three, four and five - We went to Branson and had a great time, we went to 3 shows, the first one was the Hughes Brothers.  A great family show, and boy do I mean family, 5 brothers, their wife's and over 30 children are all on the stage at times singing, dancing and playing musical instruments.  The oldest brother alone has 14 children.  The second show was called Jerk, a group from Sweden that I was told did a lot of different percussion routines using everyday materials.  When they first came out they did a hard rock number and everybody looked at me like what did you get us into, they did redeem themselves and when it was over we were entertained, however, I don't think any of us would go see them again.  The third show we saw was called The 3 Redneck Tenors which I would definitely see them again as we all laughed for 2 hours straight.  We took a tour on The Duck, an amphibian vehicle that toured the Branson strip and then went into Table Rock Lake for a short cruise, a good time was had by all.  Of course we also found some pretty good eats  while we were there.

Group photo getting ready to board the Duck

The Branson Belle, dinner theater while cruising the lake we'll have to try this next time

While in Branson we went to the Fudgery to watch them make fudge, and of course have samples

Days six and seven - I don't remember exactly what we did but those days flew by, we had a great time and was sad to see them leave.  Two years was just way to long and we will do whatever is necessary to see them and spend some quality time with them  before 2 years goes by again.

So long, farewell........

My blog will be posted on Thursday evenings for now on as I have been assigned 3 meetings at Weight Watchers on Tuesday and 3 on Wednesday, only so many hours in the day.  Weigh-in this week was fine as I needed to gain a little weight and that I did, 1.4 pounds and happy about it.  Now I need to maintain that weight which I am working diligently to do.  Jan had a small gain and was happy also as we did overdo a few times last week.  What made last week work for me was tracking everything I ate even while on a short vacation, I has a great time, didn't deprive myself of anything and was satisfied with the results.  That's what we are suppose to do while on a vacation or staycation, make a plan, be prepared and enjoy yourself.

Sorry, no food find this week, no time to go shopping, however I have a recipe which will be great for the 4th of July.

Red, White, and Blue Fruit Skewers with Cheesecake Yogurt Dip

Servings: 24 • Size: 1 skewer, 1 tbsp dip • Calories: 85 • Fat: 1 g • Carb: 16 g • Fiber: 1 g • Protein: 3 g - Makes about 24 - 28 skewers

Ingredients:

For the cheesecake dipping sauce:

·         4 oz 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened

·         1 cup fat free Greek yogurt

·         1 tsp vanilla

·         1/4 cup raw sugar

For the skewers:

·         14 oz angel foods cake, cut about 1-inch cubes

·         72-84 medium strawberries (about 3.5 lbs) stems removed

·         1 pint blueberries

·         24 to 28 skewers

Directions:

In a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese with yogurt, vanilla and sugar. Mix well until sugar dissolves; set aside.

Thread 3 strawberries and 2 cubes of cake onto each skewer, alternating between strawberries and cake. Finish each skewers with 3 blueberries. Place finished skewers on a platter and refrigerate until ready to eat.

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