MONDAY

So you survived Mother’s Day, and you feel pretty damn good about yourself, right? Then, Monday hits and another exciting week for you to tackle and be challenged by, just what everyone wants after a nice, relaxing weekend. Oh come on, like you have a choice here – Monday does follow Sunday and before Tuesday, live with it!

For once (in recent weeks) I actually was over dressed for my morning walk and that just made me sweat even more. Hey, if sweating is a reducing agent (not saying it is or isn’t) I should be about a size 3 by next week! Hell, I’d settle for a size 12 at this point, and while you smile, let me assure you I am not that far from that size, so thar! Not close either but that’s another story!

Okay, as you have been so patient, how about some national tidbits? Oh just little news items that might interest you or even educate you? Good, because that’s what coming up next!


BISMARCK, N.D. - Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business — if you run a bike shop. Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelers — or buying new ones — to cope with rising fuel prices, bicycle dealers say.

People foods’ that can kill your pet

It feels good to treat your pet to human food every once in a while. Those puppy-dog eyes are hard to resist as they watch you eat and try to convince you that they are starving! It makes you want to give them a taste of everything you eat. But beware: Giving in to those eyes and giving dogs human foods can actually harm them. Here are a few of the most toxic foods that can harm your pet:

Avocados, ,Beer, Nuts,Chocolate,Candy,Caffeine,Grapes and raisins,Onions,Medicine (that which is used by humans)

Tennis News

Djokovic rallies past Wawrinka to win in Rome and Safina beats Dementieva to win German Open -- thar don’t you feel better just knowing this stuff? Imagine in a few weeks it’ll be the French Open and even more Tennis updates – ya I can see your impatience from here!

Weather

You think we have bad or strange weather, feel for these folks: PICHER, Okla. - Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states.

So another week begins and you might as well embrace it -- we don't get another holiday until Memorial day -- then, a 3-day weekend.