Happy that my daughter's home is alcohol free, she's been thru "H" and back in that area but it was interesting the 3 18 yr old college girls and my 15 yr old grandson had a long discussion on MJ, medicinal and recretional. One girl is from seattle and that state along with colorado are open MJ country. So far I don't think either grandchild has dipped in the MJ world and temptations are huge. These children were happy to be around an open minded grandma. Good to talk openly with our children. I told them I'd like to have some oil for the joints but that I would NOT smoke it. Grandkids father died at 55 and he tested everything in his life.

Loved your post. Sometimes you just have to indulge and be happy. Life is too short to abide by all the "rules" all the time. ONE day of letting 'er rip sounds like a good thing to me.

I figure if ONE day of eating what tastes good instead of what is good for me is going to kill me, then maybe it is time to go anyway. When you think there are 365 days a year with maybe 2 or 3 meals a day, then ONE let her rip meal sounds small and OK in the grand scheme of things. (As long as it is not TOO drastic and detrimental to one's health conditions.)

Sounds like you also did it without heaping a bunch of "guilt" upon yourself. GOOD for YOU !!!

If I had gone to a family dinner, I may have done the exact same thing but I may have tested my blood sugar upon returning home and then put myself on a guilt trip. Glad to hear you skipped the meter and allowed yourself to enjoy the indulgence.

Don't work too hard on that yard work. You spread the meal out over many hours, so spread the yard work out over many days.

That sums up my feelings perfectly, H. Thanks for the kind words and understanding my "sin."

I am indeed spreading out the yard work over several days. I got a lot done yesterday, and hopefully by end of day tomorrow, I'll be winterized and ready to hibernate.