Two whole pounds gone! (and lots of pictures...)

My mantra the last month has been "slow and steady wins the race". Well, I stepped on the scale this morning to see it display 212.5. So, two more pounds down. Hey, I'll take it! No complaints here. Must have been all the walking I did yesterday at my docent shift. I took some great pictures this time around; this is a picture of a shovel-nosed guitar fish. It's a species of ray that ranges from central California to the Sea of Cortez. There's more information at wikipedia. He washed up on his own, no one had caught him illegally.

Of course, I saw a ton of sea stars. Here's a few pictures:

There was *one* sea urchin:

Overall, it was a good day. It was overcast and misty, so not too incredibly busy. We ended up taking the table down an hour early. Which was perfect timing for me, because that's when the inlaws showed up! So we got to play in the surf for a while. I would have had more pictures, but my battery in my camera died.

We started that puzzle of Las Vegas this weekend. I had started one night earlier in the week and got the border finished:

Jeremy took the picture from an odd angle, so it looks upside down, but it's really right side up. We sat down at the puzzle for a bit during the weekend, and a couple of hours went by before we knew it. We actually got most of the puzzle finished:

Now Jeremy is working on the black sky, because it just gives me the shakes. The pieces all look the same shape, and they are all black. How does that make sense?? Anyway, I'll post a picture of it when he finishes it (it's not going to look too different than what you are seeing now) and then I'll also post a picture of our next puzzle. It's actually three puzzles that go together to make one photo. It's pretty cool, and it was on sale at Michaels - for $2.97! Each puzzle is 500 pieces. That's quite a steal, if you ask me!

Tonight we are going Red Pin Bowling at Saddleback Lanes. I'll be sure to let you all know how we do. Jeremy usually does better than me (he has a higher average). But the last time we went I won 3 of 4 games (2 games and total pins)! Anyway - I'll be back!