December 16, 2025 Breakfast - Granola Snack - Bagel with cream cheese and fresh fruit Lunch - East Ocean Dinner - Pita Pocket Sandwiches with lamb

December 16, 2025 Breakfast - Granola Snack - Bagel with cream cheese and fresh fruit  Lunch - East Ocean  Dinner - Pita Pocket Sandwiches with lamb

I woke up at 7:00 and watched Squawk on the Street while I dressed. Then at 7:30 I ate a bowl of granola with milk, yogurt, blueberries, and bananas.

Then I drove to the Federal courthouse to attend the CLE on AI given by a Professor at UNM Law School who specializes in AI.

The federal bar sponsored the CLE and provided Dunkin bagels and cream cheese and fresh fruit platters. So I smeared a bagel with chive cream cheese and took a bowl of fruit. I had been craving green grapes and there were lots of them on the fruit platter along with cantaloupe, strawberries, water melon, pineapple, and kiwi. I nibbled through the three hour lecture.

When I returned home I saw a message from Mike, so I called and we met at East Ocean at 1:00 for lunch.

We each ordered dinner portions of our favorite dishes; shrimp in lobster sauce for me and Kung Pao Chicken for Mike.  We caught up on Kit and Joy’s operations and Mike’s running. He thought he will exceed the 1700 miles he ran last year, this year and I described our trip to Japan.

At 2:30 we said goodbye and I drove to El Super to buy produce and enchilada ingredients. I bought cucumbers, red onions, green onions, green beans, broccoli, sour cream, requeson, plain LaLa yogurt, carrots, avocados, corn chips, cookies, and tomatoes.

I then drove home a bit before 4:00 and unloaded by 4:00 and watched most of Ari. Apparently every one is reacting to the nasty things Trump said about Ron Reiner.

Dinner - Suzette had a busy day with Christmas parties at the Center, and forgot a chicken.

At 5:00 the plumbers came to clean the clogged kitchen line and then the furniture store delivered the new king sized bed that is our Christmas gift to ourselves at 5:30.

I took the Red Tail Ridge wines to the basement at 6:30 and then started to make the tzatziki by peeling , seeding, and dicing a cucumber and lightly dusting the cubes with salt. I then added juice of a small lemon, pressed two cloves of garlic, and added 1 cup of Greek yogurt.  Suzette went to the garden and picked a large handful of fresh mint that I chopped and added to the tzatziki while Suzette and Willy put together the new bed frame.

I also checked the market and my portfolio was up marginally by .3%

I opened a bottle of the Red Tail Ridge 2022 Teloldego that was delivered yesterday and chopped lettuce, tomato, and sliced the meat from one of the lamb chops we grilled yesterday and some red onion, while Suzette heated two half pitas and smeared creamy feta cheese inside each pocket.

We then filled each pocket with the ingredients and finally some of the fresh tzatziki. 

We liked the wine. It was ultra smooth .

I watched a re-run of Finding your Roots at 7:00 and then two episodes of House Hunters International and went to bed in the guest room.

I walked4500 steps today with the assistance of two glucose pills, I am making good progress.

Suzette at 9:00 and I at 10:30 after blogging this entry.

Bon Appetit