What's on your Wednesday Menu?

Happy Hump Day Gang!! I woke up feeling much better this morning. Not sure what was going on the other day. I did have my annual eye exam and my right eye is the same and my left eye had a slight variance. Everything else checked out OK.

Last two things I have to do is a dental appointment and my annual physical. We have two tours today at work and not much else going on that I'm aware of.

QOTD: Do you like scented candles or scented waxes to burn? Since we can't have a lite flame in the office I have a small wax melter. Every time someone comes in the office they ask me what I'm baking. Like really does it look like have an oven in the office to bake pies? LOL

B: Coffee and protein shake

L: Last of the chili

D: roasted turkey, stuffing and gravy

Hitting the Y tonight for some weight training.

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!!

Good mornin everyone. Sorry I miss3d yesterday,

I went to get a copy of my CT scan yesterday and we did some errands. November 10th can't get here soon enough. Some days are easier and some days are like pulling teeth. Today I see my psychiatric provider. I missed my last one due to the flu. He'll preach to me about everything, I'll shut down and everything will stay the same med wise. I've had an incredible amount of sadness lately. I just can't shake it. It's a daunting feeling but I'm unwilling to give in.

my mom is wanting to go out and about afterwards. I would rather come home. She'll win. I need to work on some jewelry for my boss for next years shows. So at least there is no rush or deadline for these. I'd like to pay off the dental bill by my birthday in February! So I'll be making a lot to help with that.

we've decided to do a joint gift for Christmas of a vacuum cleaner. We haven't decided on a budget but my guess would be 200 all together. This way my mom doesn't feel guilty and my feelings don't get hurt. She refused to learn how to shop online lol. I am easy to get things for if people would listen to who I am. I told her that money would be great this year if she wants to do more than the vacuum so I can pay off the dental stuff.

QOTD: not overly. I get headaches for most. I do prefer the wax over candles as having the amount of critters we do i'm afraid the house would burn down.

B: breakfast pita and coffee

L: ????

D: undecided as well

Good morning all and Happy Tuesday,

It's rainy, the sky is cloudy, it's a brisk fall day. The trees in my backyard have just starting to change colors. Awesome. And it is treatment day. I'm looking forward to resting later today. Maybe I'll even be able to get some sleep.

QOTD- scented candles but I do have a couple of wax melts. I currently have a burning leaves scented candle.

B: Dannon Light and Fit Coconut yogurt. Coffee.

L: ??? Prolly skip

Snack after treatment: chicken salad.

D: Rib tippers.

Last night, I did a thing:

Vegas calling.

Sorry to miss Monday and Tuesday. I was cleaning like a madwoman for a visit yesterday. It was lovely and now I have a tidy home for a few more hours, haha. Going to start in on my planned sewing binge.

QOTD: Scented candles. Tried the wax melts when they first got popular but didn't have room to store a warmer for every fragrance I wanted and it was so wasteful (and annoying) scraping out one scent, cleaning the burner just to change scents. Small candles take up so little space and I really only use them in Autumn and Winter anyway. Open windows give such a better fragrance.

B: I'm currently chewing a hot protein shake made with prot. powder and coffee. It was very well blended but when you heat protein powder you know how it gets all nasty clotted. No amount of blending takes that away. I'd forgotten about that and will not be repeating this meal.

L: Still working on chewing down that nastiness. (Edit: It went down the drain; those teensy little clots clung to my throat and made me cough.) I'll prob. have a Premiere rtu shake.

D: 10 shrimp, a sauteed zucchini and maybe half a cup of FF Greek yogurt w/sf Jello powder.

S: Guessing either a bottled protein shake, cup of sf hot cocoa or something to help me combat this new habit of wanting something sweet before bedtime. This has got to stop or it will just become a gateway to worse things.

Hope you all have a great day!

1. Yesterday

• brunch - Beef brisket all fat removed w italian au jus gravy, portobello mushroon pieces and caramalized onion, scallion greens ( put on just after cooking Chinese and chef style . Ditto for the fresh parsley ( though some tiny stem pieces ( i use scissors more than knives in my kitchen ) helped add flavor to the gravy.
• Fat free Hollandaise sauce made w ff half n half , freeze dried butter solids, pepper and scallion greens and dill added last minute.
• Oven roasted brussels sprouts w caramelized onion , garlic seasoning and fat free cheese sauce .

homemade soup - mix of squash, vegetable and chicken turmeric farro from Pret enhanced w pepper parsley scallion freeze dried butter and pepper.

• snack - a chocolate rugelach
• guilty pleasure - wine spritzer w sugar free prebiotic soda ( Poppy)
• Also snacked on lime / spicy plantain chips in bed - finished bag . Lesson there - do not bring fattening snacks to bed !

Today - kind of out of sorts - viewed tiny-terraced apt in Chelsea in a 936 !!! apartment building. GIANT ! No views and same price as everywhere else but with only one bedroom. Also no on street parking in the very busy area.

Incidentally the air in midtown is less breathable than the South Bronx lol!

The graveyard apartment is taken I feel like a kid whose candy was stolen lol!

I'll apply again tomorrow for the yellow/ orange backup in South Harlem ( good air , leafy neighborhood parkbsteps away but no amenities in building whatsoever . Excellent onstreet parking.

Theyll accept me as will Da Bronx I believe after emailing w the agent .

B - creamed spinach w/out cream about one cup

toasted in oven pulled pork Pret burrito ( about half )

w fresh salsa enhanced w fresh parsley, cilantro , green part of scallions as dipping sauce for the wrapper ( about a cup ) ,

roasted corn n pepper salad ( 1/2 cup )

homemade fat free coleslaw ( shredded cabbage w fat free ranch dressing lemon if you want it and pepper )

a few bites of chocolate mousse cake

usual ff sf lattes

lunch / dinner - bean sprout salad w spinach tomatoes sesame oil

a few bites of sesame chicken

a few bites of Korean sliced pork ( tasty but oily)

marinated shrimp ( about 5 )

chocolate rugelach ( one )

herbal tea

I think Ive decided to accept the challenge of the Bronx apartment . I KNOW its counterintuitive but parks ARE planned ( I and other like me - paying high rents for the waterfront ) can help make these plans a reality .

The noise level all nite last nite was outrageous from an endless line of garbage trucks getting weighed on their way to the waste burning plant .

Imagine all the cancer causing plastic in those trucks polluting the air !!!

I have some ( predictably outrageous ) ideas how to make MY air better - talk about that tomorrow !

Gnite

I cant burn anything ( smoke makes me choke lol! ) but I can and do love organic scent essences like jasmine , lemongrass, sweet orange and bergamot .

I just dab them on my wrists and neck like perfume and Im surrounded by a cloud of uplifting yum !