Feed Sixteen Monkeys on $3 or less!

It was our turn to bring a snack for the kindergarten class today. I needed something I could pick up from the store that was healthy and kid friendly. I love apples, but bananas are my new best friend. At 49¢ a pound, I was able to buy seventeen (sixteen kiddies and one teacher) bananas for $2.75! WATCH OUT! This may be the snack I pack every time! As the check-out lady filled my snack bag with bananas, I told her that I knew a lot of monkeys; it wasn't too far from the truth.

At the gym, after my banana business, I was huffing it hard on the treadmill. I slowed to a walk at one point and the elderly gentleman next to me, who had stopped walking minutes before, told me I had made him tired. (Hehe, men tell me that all the time.) Then he gave me a very nice compliment; he said, "You're in good shape" and I said, "Oh, I know I am!" JUST KIDDING! Actually, I thanked him heartily. I especially appreciated his wording. It wasn't a "looking good" or "that's hot" pseudo-compliment. Being in "good shape" alludes more to heart, lungs, and muscles; I considered it to be a huge compliment. But, I'll save the sarcastic Oh-I-know-I-am responses for the compliments on my appearance. That should be fun.