We drove north to the tulip festival near Mount Vernon. Unfortunately, the tulips did not cooperate. Later in the day we found a few a nice display of tulips at a greenhouse.

Leap is a Pacific Tree frog and is our first pet. About as small as a finger nail, leap lives in a spacious vase.

Fun random work photos.

We toured the beautiful locks with Andre and Carrie. Gorgeous day.

Today we volunteered for the Troll Stroll. The Troll Stroll is an annual event in Fremont that takes hundreds of walkers to bars throughout Fremont. After we volunteered we had free tickets! I visited five or six bars while Sunny shopped. After leaving the last bar it started to pour down rain – we had to run to our car – Sunny drove home. I never realized how many distinctly different bars there are in Fremont. I enjoyed the experience and will be coming back.

Sunny and I volunteered at Fare Start this morning. Fare Start is a volunteer-run kitchen that prepares food for twelve shelters in the area. We prepared hundreds of meals consisting of burritos and cantaloup.

Another trip around Greenlake. The cherry blossoms are gorgeous this time of year.

Bastille is a great French restaurant in Ballard. The ambiance is perfect, and the food is good. Bastille never fails to remind me of Paris.

Growing up I knew that fried food was bad for you, but I did not know how bad. I’ve been on Weight Watchers for about two weeks now and my eyes have been opened to how bad fried food is. I found information here that compares fries to a baked potato. The article claims that Wendy’s large french fries is 420 calories and 20g fat, while a large baked potato is 278 calories and 0.4g fat. This was a surprise to me – when I add a hamburger to those fries I’ll have eaten nearly an entire day’s worth of calories! No wonder I’ve gained weight! In the past I would eat a burger and fries for lunch and a big dinner, which would probably be twice the amount of food a healthy person should eat. I’m starting to realize that I have some bad eating habits to break. I hope you also find this helpful.