Big business day today - all dressed up in " little schoolgirl " navy blue n white outfit . The miniskirt will have to be changed out to an ankle length one to deal w the Orthodox Jews lol.

b- Hamptons - egg whites w ketchup salt n pepper n hot sauce n salsa

fruit salad

breakfast potatoes ( pan roasted red potatoes w peppers fairly dry about 1/3 cup )

fat free yogurt

tea n coffee ff sf

snack - crispy small waffle made in hotel , meat off 2 pieces crispy bacon , maple syrup 1/2 & 1/2 with sugar free imitation maple syrup . Same great taste , half the insulin insult lol

L - a couple of largeish shrimp w green salsa, radish kimchee bites

s- pina colada smoothie ( 2/3)

d- ff milk ****tail , bit of pecan/ cranberry roll

Struck out on one Brooklyn 1 bed apt though Im not sure its permanent.

Staying here because

1) it got too dark to see the basement flooding in LI

2) I need to BE here to get GODAWFUL apt real estate agents to comply sending me applications etc and tours .

This process is SO difficult and seemingly endless.

You think youre done and then they dont approve you for some minuscule usually incorrect reason like " too many late payments" on my credit report when Im paying a year upfront - so the entire lease amount is guaranteed to go to the landlord - and they misread the credit report which only contains three late payments total ( only listed as 30 , 60 and ninety delinquencies nine times because I only managed to pay them after three months struggling to do so)

This only happened because I borrowed for the first time ever in my long life towards a car from Santander bank who will neither accept payments at their branches nor ever answer the phone as humans ( only through malfunctioning AI )

I Could Not make a payment though God knows I tried !

Grrrrr ....

I need a HOME ! God PLEASE hear me !

Please wish me luck tomorrow ! I need a HOME where I can take a bath , sleep peacefully ( not in a car ! ) and perserve food in a refrigerator !

So sad that you are having another rough day. Sure wish there was a doctor or clinic to help you feel better.

You and your brother were cuties!

I follow a YT'er whose channel has been about him building a cabin out in the Canadian wilderness ('The Outsider') and he has the coolest solar setup I've ever seen...a whole structure just to hold the panels and the best angle for his property. If we had a large enough yard that would be the way to go so the roof doesn't get ruined. But like you said...rain and hail. We get some whopper windstorms here in E. Washington. Not so much the hail that often but it always impresses me.

Good mornin y'all.

Not much happening today. That I know of anyway. I'm feeling rough as usual. I think that'll never change ha.

I might go to Walmart later or a different grocery store. I need a few things.

QOTD: done right yes, all in on it. I don't think roof ones are the best. It also depends on the area. High wind areas they can be dangerous. A lady in New England somewhere was killed by a panel blown off the roof of a car port. I live in an area where high winds are VERY common not to mention the hail we get. I wouldn't get them on my house...maybe our big shed. All in all I think things will get better because some things need to be improved upon.

B: egg pita sandwich and coffee

L: half an enchilada

D: haven't decided.

my brother and me in the mid 80's.

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 !

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!