HELP! I've never baked a potato!

Yes. It's true. Unfortunately for my husband, I have never baked a potato! Can you believe that I've survived almost 32 years without baking a potato?? Baked potatoes are not high on my list of favorite foods...so that is my excuse. Now that I have a very skinny husband to fatten up, I best get cracking on improving my culinary skills! I had to call my mother this morning to ask how to bake a potato. :) I think she nearly fell out of her chair and/or dropped the phone. I even took NOTES! :) Never, ever forget to poke your potato with a fork before cooking! When I posted this on Facebook, my friend, Diane, suggested I make twice baked potatoes because they are "twice as nice". I must be a glutton for punishment because I have found a recipe for twice baked potatoes and am going to try that tonight. So the menu tonight includes brats, twice baked potatoes and green beans. Sounds a heck of a lot better than my bocca burger and carrots for lunch!
Two miles: I've moved up to walking two miles with Leslie Sansone! Today was only my second day of walking two miles. Man alive that work out kicks me in the rear. It feels SO good though when I'm done! I am a little nervous about the three mile but I'll just have to cross that bridge when I get to it!

Next week I have my doctors appointment with my primary physician. It's just my annual "upstairs/downstairs" appointment. No real concerns to discuss with her except preparing my body for the road ahead. I will have her do my blood work again as some of my numbers were not that good last year-cholesterol was borderline high, sugar was high but not high enough for diabetes (they called it sugar intolerance) and I think that was it. I hope everything turns out OK! We'll see. I've only been on the diet/exercise routine for almost two weeks. Not sure if that will make a huge impact on my blood work yet. I'm catching up on my DVR because I spent last week in Rugby, ND with my parents. It was a great week of just playing with the puppies, getting some work done, and visiting with them. We didn't do a whole lot because I just wanted to be anti-social and stick around home. Anyway, I was watching the View from last week where they had an entire show about infertility. Once woman was talking about the struggles of going through multiple IVF cycles. She said she gained 10 pounds per cycle. UFF! Even more reason I need to stick with this diet and exercise routine. I'd SO appreciate any and all prayers with that!

It's a beautiful Monday in North Dakota! The temperature is 26 ABOVE zero and the sun is shining. I've enjoyed having my windows open. I can't wait until spring and summer when our geese and ducks come back to the pond!