Sunday, 8 Feb 2009. Visited Grandma Glennie this afternoon and cooked pizza. She is well, complains of pain in her hip when she puts weight on it, thinks it's the neuropathy. She plans to visit the doctor reference the hip as soon as things settle down from another family member having a mastectomy. We spent about an hour and a half at her house in the downtown Phoenix area and then headed home around 5:30pm.

Colin planned to play little league this spring but the league has games on Tuesday and Thursday that occasionally go to 10:00 or 11:00pm and we decided we're not that motivated to keep him (and the rest of us) up that late on school nights. He hits the ball well and has greatly improved his throwing and catching skills so if he's interested when he's 9 or 10 we'll pursue it. Eight seems a bit early to get that involved in a sport.

We've been eating the grass fed beef recently procured via cheeseburgers and steak & salad. It requires a deft touch cooking and ample seasoning but the health benefits are motivating. We're in pursuit of recipes that will break from the burger and steak menus now so we don't get bored with the familiar standbys. Tomorrow's menu is meatloaf. Lisa continues to read 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and we plan to expand our garden this spring.