Going Down, Down, Down......

     It's the start of a new week, and we're back at the marina with our fishing buddies.  It's a beautiful day today, with temperatures in the low eighties and lovely breezes wafting through the marina from the mountains to the east.  Today, we celebrated Harold's birthday at our favorite dim sum place in Honolulu.  It is really delicious!  Dim sum works out for me because several dim sum items contain very few carbs, so I can enjoy them without exceeding my daily limit.  We had an excellent week, and we got a lot accomplished.  Steve built a really nice kitchen island for the Mango Shack, and it's working out great!  It holds all of our dishes, pots, and pans, so we created plenty of room for an old new stove that I bought used, but it's in excellent shape.  Our menus are working out exceptionally well, even though we share some of our meals with the guys.  We're trying to cook out at least once every weekend and have one or two meals together during the weekdays.  We are looking forward to returning to Birch Bay in about a month because we plan to spend some time with Stefani and family in November or December when travel is not so expensive.  I've been making carne asada each week, and the guys absolutely love, love, love it.  Asada is definitely keto friendly for me, and I totally enjoy the spicy marinated meat.  I usually make carne asada bowls for Steve and me smothered with onions, shredded cheddar cheese, an egg on top, and finished with a dollop of sour cream.  As always, we love Hawaii life.  This coming week we plan to find a new trail to drop off one of our little blessings for the www.blessingsinbottles.com site explorers.  We'll place it along the trail for a hiker to retrieve.  We've been going to 24-hour fitness every single day and working out.  I do my walk there, and Steve swims, but I also get into the pool at the end of my exercise routine because it feels so refreshing.  I'm concerned because my right leg is a little sore, but I'm hoping it will just go away and not be anything serious.  We're planning to install a fan on our Lanai because it gets kind of hot when we don't have breezes coming down from the mountains.  Something to stir the air makes all the difference in the world on these warmer days at the end of summer before fall sets in.  I can tell that Steve loves to be here with the guys and at the marina with his friends.  It feels good being together and enjoying time with one another.  We still managed to stay out of each other's way, and everything is working well.  The great news is my weight is continuing to go down, down, down incrementally, but I'm still losing, and it makes me very happy.  I've just got to continue to do more of the same and hope everything rocks steady.  Of course, anything can come out of left field at my age and knock me off my horse, but I plan on continuing to function and live my best life as I become less fat every day.