Happy 4th of July!

Steve and I have had a VERY busy weekend thus far!  Saturday was spent out on the motorcycle.  We had a very nice day together and had lunch at Aunt Catfish on the Intracoastal Waterway.  Beautiful view!

I spent Sunday morning baking this Coconut Creme cake that I turned into a 4th of July cake and I made a sausage bread as we were going to an Italian 4th of July BBQ at our friends house later in the day.

My Blueberries had a mind of their own and didn't sink nicely into the icing as there was a thick layer of coconut in the icing.  However, no one complained later in the day when they were eating it.

Steve and I headed to the beach around 11 and stayed until 2.  It was gorgeous at the ocean...we had a really nice time.  He is so funny, he loves the beach, sitting in a chair reading his book and then he gets bored and wants to take a walk.  We did that a few times and my stipulation is that we have to walk in the water!  Probably not a problem to most but my husband likes the temp of our pool at 90 degrees and believe me, the ocean, even in FL does not get anywhere near 90.  He was a good sport though and actually went in up to his knees.

We headed over to our friends house around 4.  The reason it was an Italian BBQ was because we had meatballs and ravioli's!  They are too funny....it was Sunday so it was a pasta day.  Holidays be damned!  I had 1/2 of a meatball and not quite a whole ravioli.  Steve was happy to finish what I didn't eat.  We had a great time and got home around 10.  Just in time to watch Nancy Grace and catch up on the Casey Anthony Trial.

The funny thing is, my friends had some friends over from Long Island and they are also hooked on the trial and we were watching it in between innings of the Mets game.  It is crazy that they are going strong right through the holiday weekend.  The case was finally turned over to the Jury today around noon.  It will be very interesting to see how long they take to come back with a verdict.  I pray it will be the right one and little Caylee can finally rest in peace.  My heart breaks for her grandparents and her uncle.

My niece is staying with me for a few days.  My sister went home yesterday and Elayna is going home Thursday.  Dinner tonight is Chicken/cherry tomato/red onion-kabobs and a really good watermelon, tomato with Arugula salad.  Light and delish!  Than its off to the fireworks at the Flagler Pier!

My weight is still not budging....I am seriously thinking my body is done losing.  You know what?  If it is, I am ok with it.  I am in the best shape of my life and as long as I keep exercising I can only get toner. I did realize though that the past few days, being out and about, I have not been getting in all my water and my protein has hovered in the 60 g range which although that is my doc's target for me, I lose better when I eat 80+ g of protein.  Today I went back to basics...water, water, water and be days end I will have about 100 g of protein as I've had 2 protein drinks.

Thats about it....hope everyone is having a safe and happy 4th.