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Good morning all and Happy Tuesday,
The weekend went alright. I spent time with a new friend and that was really nice. I also checked out a farmers market and started walking an additional block/walk. A good friend got up to 5 miles and I hope to walk with him eventually.
I'm still grieving my relationship ending. Paula sent me an email yesterday, which is the first communication door in a month. It was asking how much money she owed me and was short.
QOTD- I love Ethnic food in general. My favorite is usually whatever is in front of me. I'm going to go with Northern Thai; vibrant, simple, herbaceous, bright mix of ingredients. I've also been digging Chinese Food from Chengdu, the capital in the Sicuan province. I'm so blessed to be living in a city where you can find any ethnic food you can think of.
B: Coffee with protein shake, 1/2 bagel and lox.
L: 3 baby back ribs, tomatoes& salt.
D: Maxwell's Trading. Talking my sister out for a nice dinner. I'm excited to have dinner with my sister. I'm grateful that we're close.
Speaking of rodents, there is a rat hole in the Roscoe village neighborhood. Today, we bow our heads to the rat immortalized in the pavement.
HW: 371 SW(8/9/21): 324 CW: 208 lbs 0 lbs til goal of skin reduction surgery. I'm still looking for a new plastic surgeon.
"I wonder if pizza thinks about me, too."
Happy Tuesday Gang!! It's a nice crisp, cool morning here in CT. I'm out in the scale house and there is a dead rat or mouse somewhere because it stinks out here. I will have to get a flashlight and pull up the floor to see if I can find it. For now I have the door and windows open. Not much else going on.
QOTD: What's one of your favorite ethnic foods? I love all types of food so it's kind of tough for me to decide, but if I can find true authentic Mexican or Thai food then I am all over it.
B: coffee and bacon, egg and cheese muffin
L: ham salad stuffed hot peppers
D: smoked pork chops
Heading to the Y after chores.
Have a great day everyone!!
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
Hugs! I'm so sorry for the loss of your pretty little feral. Hopefully it was a quick passing for her. Loved the cartoon and the photos.
Hope that cyst on your jaw is just temporary and will resolve on it's own without $$$ dentistry.
Happy Monday! I missed you all but it has been hell to get this far in recovery. There are people who undergo nose surgery just to tweak their profile??? It is T Minus 20.50 hours today; nothing will keep me from the postop appointment tomorrow to get the splints, stitches and packing removed. This has been a real mental challenge but on the plus side I haven't hardly eaten at all and most days only 200-400 calories. Who wants to eat when you only get air via your mouth? Not me. Hubby deserves sainthood for putting up with me the last 6 days. Although, he never noticed the deep purple bruises on my face till yesterday. I've been putting Arnica gel on them since they popped up.
QOTD: It would be a gnome for me, they are so cute. But my lawn do-dads are all in the backyard: a huge concrete turtle with a baby, too many commemorations of cats we've lost, a good amount of rusted steel artwork. The best is a 7' tall steel rose Hubby had made by a local artist for an anniversary gift. (hoping I can attach a picture)
Today's food:
B: almost a pot of coffee with 80 calories of assorted creamers.
L: A Pure Protein bar. Had to take very tiny bites so that it didn't take long to chew and get air again.
D:A Premiere Protein shake. Ya'll...they gifted me FOUR boxes of them as a thank you for posting, I was floored!
S: 1/2 c plain nonfat Greek Yogurt with some vanilla and a packet of sweetener.
Can't wait to post tomorrow with no splints, no stitches, no packing!
on 9/15/25 6:01 am - Amarillo, TX
Good morning Jennifer and all. Why aren't some of y'all posting? Join in if you can!
I have an appointment today for my b12 shot. Other than that it's a quick trip to the thrift store to drop off a donation of clothes from my moms closet.
we had a rough Friday. One of the feral cats wa**** by a car right in front of our house. She was the prettiest tortie I'd ever seen but wouldn't let us close o her yet. Very young adult cat. We cried the whole time burying her. I tell ya...sometimes a tender heart is hard to live with.
i'm having an issue with my mouth...some kind of cyst in my lower front jaw. My denture rides on it and it's sore to begin with. If it doesn't improve today a dentist visit and more debt is in my future. Yay.
QOTD: my mom has both! LOL. I'm not terribly into lawn stuff except wind spinners.
food this weekend was wild.
B: egg, sausage, cheese and coffee
L: no idea yet
D: chicken thigh and salad.
if you have a cat you know this meme well!
Happy Monday Gang. What a productive weekend. I had Irvin pull two shrubs out of in front of house. Then I washed the front of the house and planted two rose bushes. I offered to clean one of the throw rugs with my companies logo on it as the uniform company doesn't do those rugs. Smoked a much of meats, watched the boxing fight on Netflix, and did some burning in the firepit. I'm tired today.
QOTD: Would rather have garden gnomes or pink flamingos on your front lawn? I'll take the gnomes. I'm actually almost 1/2 way done with the one I'm redoing. Hopefully will have it done before Halloween.
B: coffee and smoked pork and eggs
L: pizza as we have some corporate people coming to the plant
D: leftovers of some sort as I have a few things to choose from
Have a great day everyone!!!
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
Sorry I haven't been posting much lately--life hit me hard and I've been busy taking care of my brother. ð?'?
Here's today's meals:
ð?¥' Breakfast: Spicy Avocado Toast
ð?¥-- Lunch: Buffalo Cauliflower & Chickpea Salad
? Dinner: Baked Cod with Cajun Spices
QOTD: I would go back in time, I'd make better choices in my life.
Any cat I tried to rescue and find a home for ended up being my cat for years. My husband told me there were cat paw prints on his truck. I asked him what he wanted to do about it and he said, "buy catfood". He fed it on the deck for months and it would not come close enough to pet it.
It was a cold winter day and in the middle of a blizzard. The cat came to the back door crying loudly. It had been attacked by sometime and had numerous open wounds. I let it inside, gave it food and water and a box with a space heater close by. I did not expect it to make it through the night. It was still alive in the morning and we took him to a vet. They patched him up and neutered him. The bill was over $1000. He was no longer afraid but wanted to attack my little female cat. I had to use a lot of Feliway. There were several more vet trips and all $1000 ones as he had a lot of injuries.
I accepted him as my pet. He lived about eight years, then got cancer and I ended up having to put him to sleep. He was a cute pet who loved to ride in the car and to go for walks.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Jen glad work went well and you seem more relaxed today.
When I was younger, I wished I could go back and talk to people like Abe Lincoln. Now I would love to see the future. As long as I could come back if it is horrible. I believe there will be time travel someday and that would make life very different.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
on 9/12/25 6:36 am - Amarillo, TX
Good mornin y'all.
Kind of a busy day ahead. Thrift stores and my mom wants to try and find a file cabinet. Also a certain dollar store.
I'm having patches of plaque psoriasis come on on each elbow. I'm stuck wearing shorter sleeved shirts for a while it seems. It's very painful. I haven't had any in years! Guess it's the stress.
we are leaning towards trying to keep momma. It'll all depend on what happens when she is healed up totally and how they all get along. I would suck big time at rescue. None of the rescues even returned calls or messages. Super disappointed in them honestly. We don't want to and won't put her back on the streets. She is to lovable for it. Her eyes are almost healed and her belly looks really good and is healing well. She's also really attached to me too.
QOTD: I don't know that I would use it honestly. I think our future is cloudy. The hate needs to stop on all sides of the issues. Until then things will be in turmoil. The past has a lot of bad things too.
B: egg, cheese, sausage and coffee
L: we might be going out to eat with my aunt
D: ????
