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I bitch an awful lot on this blog. About my job, my weight, my recent tour of hospital hell. But today was the kind of day that makes you happy to be alive. And I feel compelled to remember it forever on this blog.

I spent most of the day with my hubby, who is no doubt the love of my life. The weather here was glorious today: Temps in the low 70s, no wind, bright sunshine in clear skies. It was not the kind of day you should spend indoors if you have any choice in the matter.

Hubby and I took a walk through our ‘hood. We chatted with some neighbors then wandered back to our house where he mowed the grass and I cleaned the nose-print art on the windows of his SUV.

We packed a picnic and drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The most glorious color of the season was last weekend. This weekend there were still a few gold and crimson leaves on the trees, but most were now brown and crunchy on the ground.

This is what it looks like at peak color:

The lack of brilliance was hardly noticeable today. It felt so great just to be up in the hills and surrounded by the trees, we didn’t mind if the best they had to offer was now decaying under our feet.

We came back home just enjoyed being together. We did little mundane chores. We had dinner: Gnocchi with mushrooms sauteed in what typically would be a brown butter and wine sauce, but is now a Smart Balance Heart Healthy Spread and wine sauce; roasted asparagus and a Caesar salad.

If I ever feel deprived because I now have virtually no choice but to eat healthier, I will remember this day. This day spent with him. And I will remember that I want thousands of more days to spend with him.

I will eat healthier. I will get off my fat ass and exercise. I will take my pills.

I will do it to have a thousand more days, in any kind of weather, with him.