Good Morning! Back to reality after a great time off. This week will go by fast though. I know today will be trying to play catch up but it was so worth it. And, I've joined royalty with my first crown yesterday (a follow up from my dentist appt a few weeks ago). I have a few more appointments to get through to be done with this round.

QOTD: I've never had to travel for Thanksgiving. I can't imagine having to be in an airport this week.

TSS: 10 years 3 months

B: SF latte, 3 turkey sausage links, and an orange

L: Turkey and cheese sticks, light and fit yogurt and some fruit

S: A piece of fruit, protein puffs and yogurt

D: TBD

ES: Protein ice cream and carbmaster toast

E: 1/2 hour elliptical and 2 miles on treadmill

V/W: On track

Totals: TBD

Have a great day!

G'Afternoon!

my life seems like a whirlwind lately - and it won't let up for a while, unfortunately. I have my hip replacement surgery on Dec 18th and am looking forward to spending several days in my pajamas just reading and watching movies (and getting up to walk around the house several times a day, I'm guessing - they want you using the thing right away). Before then, in addition to everything else, I have to get this house in order. We'll have a cat sitter coming in every day to help DH with the cats. All four get meds, but I may only be able to handle one of them for a while after my surgery (he's easy-peasy - never puts up a fight). Two of them can be a huge struggle to medicate and I'm not sure I'll be able to do it will standing with a walker - and a third is good with meds in general but gets subcutaneous fluids, and I'm not sure I'll be able to do the fluids for the first couple of weeks. So at least we'll have help - but I don't want her to see this messy house!

QOTD: there will only be three of us this year (me, DH, and my mom), so I'm getting take-out dinners for us. So I won't be making anything. I'm actually kind of relieved - making Thanksgiving dinner is a lot of work!

coffee with half & half

rye crumpet with light butter and jam

plain skyr topped with cooked, diced apples in homemade SF apple butter

protein shake

Lesser Evil popcorn

probably taco filling with tomatoes, plain Greek yogurt, and salsa for dinner

have a great rest of your day!

I have waited five hours for the eye specialist in his office. He comes in from Cleveland a few times a month and there is a long list of people waiting to see him. He is wonderful, so worth the wait time.

I made my brined turkey breast this weekend and it is really good. I love turkey, but often would get it too dry. This is nice and moist and full of flavor. Thanks Teenie for the recipe. I am making stuffing from Stove Top and adding celery and onions fried in butter. I made homemade cranberry sauce and will also steam some asparagus. The turkey will do me for a few meals this week.

I will be with family on Thanksgiving and will probably eat the ham instead of turkey. Not doing anything special but so happy to be with them. I love cheese but rarely buy any. I just go some asiago cheese to have for snacks for a while.

I find ham salad too sweet and next time I make it, I will use dill reli**** is cold and cloudy here, 48 degrees. But I am really enjoying fall this year. My Dyson vacuum kept stopping on me and I spent the morning completely taking it apart and cleaning each piece. I finally found a clog and it is definitely from my newly adopted cat. His fur is so fine it clogged up inside the vacuum. Hopefully won't happen again but at least now I know how to fix it.

I love cheese. I bet that French market has some really amazing cheeses. Years ago I had an imported sheep cheese from France that was so strong, but delicious.

I just ground up the cooked pork pieces, added some finely chopped onions and avocado mayo with some salt and pepper. It kind of reminds me of deviled ham in the can.