And Now For Something Completely Different!

Fred is going on hiatus for a week or so, while we bring you this from your sponsor.
Momma's gone to the Fat Farm!
I just arrived here today at Pritikin Longevity Center in beautiful Miami, Fl.
The idea here, as far as I can tell so far, is to exercise a person to death whilst giving multiple lectures, and feeding them rabbit food.
I arrived and was whisked on a fast paced tour of  the Center which is situated at the Doral Marriott.

BP was taken, and off we went to the room. Note the lamentable absence of Gallo single serving and the presence of (shudder) water.
Here is my view of the golf course

Next, off to get some lunch. Oh my, what they serve here! It seems that the norm is to fill a huge salad bowl up with lettuce and vegetables and eat that! There was also a veggie lasagna that was full of chopped brown stuff...kinda tasted like baked day old beans and mushrooms.......was not a fan of that!  That explains the big bowl of lettuce/vegetables...the other stuff is a bit, shall we say, untasty.

You can have a nice water with lunch, sparkling or still!

Next, I raced off to the MD who gave me a quick once over and pronounced me healthy enough to proceed, despite those pesky major joints.

Next off to the exercise room to learn how to use a machine (NU STEP?) and sign up for one, or preferably more, classes.

At this point, I am wondering if I have completely fallen down the rabbit hole.... I don't think that this is the place for me...

They don't believe in caffeine here, but I have been down the withdrawal road before, and have absolutely no desire to repeat it. Besides, some days, caffeine is the best part of a day, no? So, I did figure out a way around it---called the front desk and told the to bring me a coffee maker, coffee, and sugar and creamer.....Uh oh, rebelling already! But at least I can crawl out of bed tomorrow.

The day is jam packed. Even since I arrived, I have missed classes on Nutrition Priorities, Diseases of Affluence, a cooking school, and an aerobics and pool class! The pressure is already overwhelming.

So, I am closing to head over to "Snack", then Label Reading, then dinner, then Fueling the Healthy Body.

Yowza.

Taste of Boca

Set up

The Taste of Boca went on, and splendidly, in spite of nasty weather. As in so many years before, we got three hours of  clear skies between 6 and 9 PM.

The line 30  minutes before the doors open

TAXI

Steve Chapin

Big John Wallace

The Groupies

Guess who's coming to visit?

Oops, guess they heard about the cool weather we have been having here.

"THE SEASON" is starting here. Lots of welcome visitors will be arriving within the next couple of months. This merry duo is coming to enjoy the tasty treats at "The Taste of Boca"

Aren't they just cuter than buttons?

The Taste takes place on the Gulf at sunset, with every kind of food AND FREE BOOZE --ALL YOU CAN DRINK!

Here is the icing  on the cake: This event supports the Harry Chapin Food Bank  AND the Steve Chapin band flies in for it. They rock!

HAPPYHAPPYJOYJOY!!!!!!!

OK,  it's probation only, but, hurrray!!! we went to the dog park for FIVE minutes of fun.

Oh, Joy and Rapture!

It's a Dog's Life

Well, I guess this is proof that Life for Fred has about gotten back to normal
Boca Style:

Five Months ago, Sun Valley style:

Need to rent a Barge?

The benefits of weight loss

Old Fred was getting a bit chubby last year, so he had to go on an exercise/weight loss plan...... although the knee injury has definitely put a kybosh on the exercise part of the plan. When Fred was a baby he loved to hide under the high bed here. But as the pounds packed on, he could no longer fit.

Well, he was thrilled to find out last week that he can now den away under the bed again!

If you steal some clothes, it can get super cosy!

Course, ya gotta bring the ball

If you get right in the middle, no one can reach you, especially if you have a stolen sock or something like that. There was that one time when I ate a sock whole, and then threw it up, whole, five days later.

Pretty cute, huh?

Ouch!!! Still a tight fit.

No. NOT Goofy

Momma got a brand new camera!

Cute

Cute with flash

cute, but on the davenport

Wistful

Bigger, stronger, faster, smarter, and better looking

Done, and asleep.

And now, for some birds!

This heron's territory is the Redfish hole in my backyard.

These birds enjoy the sandbar past which the dolphins have been "romping" (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)

Another Fabulous First; Back on the Bay

Now, obviously, the bay is not nearly as fun as playing fetch the ball,  but, it's pretty good after two and a half months of misery.

Life is good.

For the first time since New Year's Day it will be above normal!

We live and die by the Weather Channel here in SW Florida.
Today, we could go outside and just do Lab stuff, Like:

Check out a tree

Next, drop the ball into the pool and try to figure THAT out:

Yep.  it's a pool.

Ball's in pool.

yep. it sure is.

UH Huh

Not taking my eyes off of it

yep it's there

Hey Winston, You're an English Springer Spaniel.....can you get it for me?

No? It's still there

HA! Got it!

Let's start all over again

How exhausting was that????