Geminidream’s Posts
Crossing fingers, toes and praying tomorrow goes well and you get a home. That bank sounds awful to deal with. Even though nobody posts on the weekends, do pop in and let us know how it went for you.
Ah Friday, yay! After so many random events happening recently, it looks like from today I can forcefully block nearly a whole week for sewing (unless Hubby crabs about the garden cleanup, haha).
QOTD: When you were first post-op did you keep wearing baggy clothes, maybe altering them smaller or did you buy new-new or used smaller clothes? I'd have to go re-read my blog posts here but think I started buying smaller new-new clothes right away. This time around I'm mostly thrifting each size down and am ready to begin altering the biggest clothes that still have nice fabric and also thrifting clothes to wear and to upcycle smaller.
B: decaf coffee and SF Torani syrup
L: decaf coffee and a caramel Premier Protein rtu shake
D: 1 c FF Greek yogurt with 1/2-ish teaspoon of SF Jello powder
Was going to have a Costco protein bar to hold me over this evening but Hubby has eaten them all. Oh well.
Hope you have a great weekend!
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.
Hi or maybe I should say 'Good Evening' since I'm here so late. Didn't sleep well last night, our elderly kitters has been having some bad days and it was a bad night last night. Almost thought we'd better make "The Decision" today. But in the morning she was better, even did her morning sprinting. So I fell asleep around 4 and slept late so the whole day was off kilter. Hit my fav two closest thrift stores for a pair of jeans to fit (nada) and some actual fabric plus clothes to use as fabric. It's been an all-dairy day today. I'm going to try hard to behave myself this evening. eek
B: tall mug coffee, 1 T powdered creamer
L: 1 wedge Laughing Cow Light cheese
S: a chocolate protein shake in between shopping stops
D: another LC wedge, 1 oz cheddar "sneaked" making dinner for Hubs, 2 T refried beans also sneaked cooking (not a good habit!!!),1 c nonfat Greek Yogurt w/1/2 tsp sf orange Jello powder
S: ? Coming up only at 66 gr protein and a 1,037 calorie deficit so I might have another protein shake?
QOTD: Every year lately the city sends around solicitors pushing their solar program. But you end up with a damaged roof, heavily in debt and you don't even own the power you produce. It goes to the city and you get credits towards your bill and what you owe the city for the panels. Every municipality is different of course. I like the concept but don't think it is as Green as we've been told. Just think of the environmental pollution of constructing those batteries and panels and after they've been used, they aren't usually recycled because of lack of specialized facilities. Didn't anybody think ahead to the impact those used parts were going to have on the environment?
Hope your dental appointment went well.
Onward to Friday!
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!
My gosh my grandma would love, love, love those cartoons! She had one she kept in the early 70's of one of those old women in a mini skirt and her husband was saying something like 'Dangit, Ethel! I told you no mini skirts!' And of course her boobs were hanging out the front. She showed it to EVERYBODY who came to visit, lol. I miss that woman so much.
Yikes your rental situation sounds so stressful! I'm not a fan of being around big crowds but I would face them in New York to be able to go to Mood Fabrics or the Fabric District. But I hear you need to go there with several thousands of dollars because it makes a sewist want to buy all the pretties. And I'm sorry not to have been following the news in this cleaning frenzy, didn't even know about your flooding. How awful and the situation with the boat house neighbor too.
My weekend through to Tuesday morning was full of full-on stress cleaning and organizing just to be able to have a dear friend come visit. She'd never, ever be judgy about my mess but with three families' worth of furniture and belongings (inheritances) it looks like a hoarder house here and makes me ashamed. You'd never know I've been steadily decluttering bit by bit for the last three years.
So sorry you get such bad headaches, I did for decades and know how it disrupts your life. Don't miss those suckers now since my hysterectomy. Hope yours will ease up once you get a new apartment and finish up with the old house.
Monday's meals were:
B: my choc/protein/collagen shake
L: 10 cashews (does that count as the Guilty Confession?)
D: a egg-bite style concoction of Egg Beaters, 1 Amylu breakfast sausage, 1 lite cheese stick and 1/2 a zucchini sauteed in 1 tsp real butter.
S: a Magic Spoon mini bar that is similar to a Rice Krispie Treat, not bad and almost satisfied the habit of wanting something sweet in the evening. I can tell the Contrave isn't working as well because I didn't have even that amount of craving for months.
So now that there was a fabulous visit with my friend and my house hasn't recrappified itself yet and I can actually see my dining room table I'm ready to dig into a sewing marathon for new clothes. Not allowing myself to read but when I do the next up is a vintage book called 'The Window at the White Cat' by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Published in 1910. It will be fun to imagine everybody in clothing of that era that was so glorious on Downton Abbey. It seems to be a crime novel.
Going to try to get caught up here on the forum and keep caught up! Hope you had a great Tuesday.
Gorgeous tub and cabinets. I hope you got good news on the apartment, it looks stunning!
Hoping you don't have pumpkin guts all over your house today, I remember that mess well lol.
Have you ever gotten any relief from those little home TENS units? My PT recommended one before my shoulder surgeries and when it gets angry from being abused I drag it out again. Relief doesn't last forever but I still appreciate it. Hope your shoulder will calm down and really hope you get a call from the surgeon's office!
How do they create those agate sheets? Acrylic with ground bits or maybe a shellac? Its been awhile since I've seen any of those at my local thrift stores.
Your Tange is so pretty! How old is he? I hope we can get to know our new Feral Ginger enough to get him scanned (but he's skinny and I think he was abandoned) and maybe convince him to shred his Feral Card. He just doesn't seem as wary as the other Ferals. It would be a big surprise if it was a she.
Hope you have a great weekend.
Hi, we made it to the end of the week! We've been having light frosts every evening, glad I got in 95% of the garden. Today I have to trim the shrubs in the front and then get the peppers harvested. Looks like today is the last day in the 70's and the cold temps move in. Hope your storm isn't bad.
QOTD: None, the sequels are always disappointing to me. Tv franchise would be Star Trek and all it's spin-offs definitely. But the movies got kind of stupid.
Going to try to eat better today.
B: coffee w/FF 1/2 and 1/2, bottled protein shake
L: Small salad w/ hard boiled egg, lowfat dressing and 5 ginormous grapes.
D: An egg-bites style dish I prepped last night with 1/2 zucchini, 1 LF mozz stick, 1 Amylu breakfast sausage (can't wait till I've used those up, they are awful) and 1/2 cup Egg Beaters.
LS: another bottled protein drink. Chocolate or caramel??? Maybe the caramel and mixed with some decaf chai.
Wish I could figure out how to add a picture better, we DO have a new feral. Pretty but skinny ginger. Looks like we'll be able to gain his trust, hopefully. Then we'll check him for a tattoo or signs of ballage/deflation. We'd seen a ginger in the company of a neighbor's black kitty a few years ago so we want to see if he's a newbie or maybe was a former pet. :(
Hope you have a great weekend.
Hi, sorry to be missing your posts since Tuesday. It has been a tiring few days and somehow I've got to miraculously get the house spic n span when there is no room to put anything away and also be working outside on the Autumn landscaping chores while the weather is still nice (expected to turn sour soon). Felt so down last night that I kind of binge ate on sugar free chocolate---not horribly but apparently it was enough calories that my body decided the famine is over and I dropped a little this morning. It was only 603 calories for the day but a whopping 46g carbs when my doctor said not to go over 20. I should be freaked out that the Contrave didn't take away the urges but it felt mostly like a pity party and not a pharma failure. But overall I'm having trouble keeping the carbs low this week.
QOTD: Our house is a 50's Rancher with minimal insulation in the walls so I put the heat on when it gets in the 60's outside now. But that may be because of losing weight again and getting cold so easily. I wake in the morning having dreams set in snowstorms and Hubby is as comfortable as can be.
B: My protein/collagen shake.
L: 1 cup nonfat Greek Yogurt w/cinnamon and 2 sweetener packets
D: 2 slices lowfat chicken lunchmeat chopped well and warmed in 2 T Arby's sauce, 4 big mushrooms sliced and sauteed in 1 tsp real butter
Congrats on the new great grandbaby!
Wow, I'm tired just reading about your weekend! Hope your week is good and uneventful.
Hi, hope you had a good weekend. Our weather turned to Fall and it was a scramble to get as many of the veggies salvaged as possible. It has taken several days but all that is left out there are the peppers and they are under a frost blanket but can't wait long.
QOTD: My maternal Grandma. My mom wasn't a touchy-feelie kind of person and I got so much affection from my Grandma. I miss that woman every day. Mom too but in a different way, more like a pal.
It is totally soup weather here but awfully hard to eat when you are counting macros. Going to make hubby a pot of chicken and homemade noodles soup and will just have some broth before the noodles go in then get measured chicken from the freezer, Shiratake noodles and make just one portion. Not tomorrow...it will be a scramble day. Meeting up with out of town family while they are here for a funeral and then dashing to the surgeon's office for them to check my nose. It feels like cartilage has moved where it shouldn't and I'm having a hard time breathing from one side where there was never any problem before. Cross your fingers for me that it is nothing or just an easy fix.
I had two crashes Sunday from reactive hypoglycemia...it has been years since that happened. Tried to follow my usual schedule today and have been just fine.
See you late tomorrow.
B: My protein/collagen shake. Brrr
L: 5 Cashews (not hungry)
D: 1/2 c egg substitute, 2 Amylu breakfast sausages and 1 slice of Kraft American singles.
LS: May have a cup of Greek Yogurt to boost my protein.
Oh my goodness how I could snuggle that Chonk! We have one feral who looks that size but sadly she is long haired and badly matted because we are the Devil Incarnate and aren't allowed in her presence. She's still holding a grudge from her TNR ten or so years ago. I've always been terrible remembering numbers.
We don't have a trail cam but need one, we are having a new visitor to the feral's feeding station who is cleaning the food completely. I think it's a new racoon, we haven't seen any new ferals. Maybe it's a bear.
Hi! I've totally missed seeing what you've said about redoing the chairs at work. Are you re-doing the wood finish or re-upholstering the seats? My mom's dining room chairs really need to be redone but without Joann Fabrics now there isn't a place to buy the foam locally so I can feel the quality. If you're replacing cushions could you say where you got it?
It is a beautiful Fall day here with bright blue skies and crisp temps. So instead of working on putting the garden to sleep I'm going to sneak away to our nearest thrift store. The pair of pants I turned down now has possibilities in my mind so crossing fingers they're still there. I'm having fun upcycling garments.
QOTD: Nutritionix, a freebie that has been easy for this technophobe.
The scale still isn't moving. I'm projecting good thoughts and can just imagine stepping on it one morning and it will really move to make up for being sluggish now.
B: my protein/collagen shake. That is going to have to change soon because it makes me too cold.
L: not hungry
D: Hopefully the last serving of the beef cubelets and veggie 'soup'.
LS: The Problem Child. Maybe a cup of FF, SF Greek yogurt and a scoop of Fuzzy Navel again. That was really delicious yesterday and a good protein punch.
Have a great weekend, hope the weather is perfect for watching Mason's football.
I'll second the recommendation to ask them about Contrave or the generic form which is Bupropion and Naltrexone. In the first 24 hours it was like a switch was flipped in my brain that shut off the food noise, improved my mood and my outlook on life to include feeling hope again after so many years living with regain. It does have a lot of unpleasant but temporary side effects, I gritted my teeth and am now down 51 pounds since May. This was the first time I really logged like you are doing and am counting macros.
Hope you'll get some help at the clinic to find something else to try that will work for you. Please come back and let us know what you decide to do.
Oh I'm so sorry to hear about your fall and the painful injuries. Glad you have a recliner to get some rest in without as much pain as the bed causes. Have you tried Arnica products before? The surgeon who did my sinus gave me the pill form, which I'd never heard of...just the gel. Amazon has both forms. First time I used it was for bruising after breast reduction surgery...the lipo that Dr. did made it feel and look like a baseball bat beating. Arnica gel really healed the bruises faster than he'd ever seen. Sure hope that is a product you aren't allergic to as it is considered a natural homeopathic remedy.
Hope whatever methods you can find comfort from will help the healing time pass quickly.
Hi, Happy Thursday! Cool and overcast here. Forecast says we'll have a light frost by Sunday evening. That will bring on the rest of the Autumn colors. Yay! Hope your heatwave isn't too hot. I love pulling out all the cozy clothes for this time of year but now, they don't fit haha.
QOTD: I used to but now with losing weight again I'm cold almost all the time (except for hot flashes). Hubby's preference is to have the bedroom window open all year except snow season.
B: Splurge! 2 cups of coffee (1 was decaf) with 2 T half and half in each cup. It tasted so delicious!
L: FF, SF Greek Yogurt with 1 scoop of Syntrax 'Fuzzy Navel' protein mixed in. Also delicious!
D: I'll make myself eat a repeat of last night's dinner (the sorta-soup of roast beef bits w/veggies) and plan for the evening food noise which has come back.
Back to the sewing room to work at getting it all cleared to sew some new clothes.
Melody, it is so hard to be around someone who has those days. My mom did it for several years and it took a toll on her. I imagine you don't have a lot of opportunity for respite care but hope you grab every opportunity for it that comes along.
Crossing fingers you'll get that appointment in good time and that they'll help both your shoulder and hip.
It was so kind of you to donate some of your jewelry pieces to the rescue. And gorgeous photo of your kitty.
Hi, sorry to be so late in the day AGAIN. Every evening I swear I'm going to get here earlier yet it doesn't happen.
Accomplished a task I've been avoiding...canning the yellow pole beans. The garden is at a point where the plants all know it is Autumn even though we haven't had a hard frost yet. Well, except the peppers who are going gangbusters still. Tomorrow I'll get a floating row cover on them for warmth. The beans are getting tough...I'm letting the Helda make seeds and podding them to freeze to add to soups. The yellow beans are an F4 I think so no sense trying to save seeds, just wanted to get the last used up. Not that I need more canned beans, I'm the only one who eats them and there are several year's worth in the pantry.
QOTD: Not quite yet but it feels so close. When we see big clouds of those annoying gray midges I'll really know it is Fall.
Still on my plateau, le sigh.
B: my usual protein/collagen shake
L: not hungry
D: Made myself eat 3 oz lean roast beef chopped in teensy tiny cubes into a soup consisting of roasted carrots, green beans, a little onion, and approx. 1 cup beef broth. For dessert one Chocxo 'Cookies and Cream' cup. Must hit up Amazon to order more.
Hope to see you earlier tomorrow.
Melody, what a beautiful piece of jewelry that is! You have skill and talent for bringing out the best in your materials.
Your poor foot! Have you had arthritis set in where the break was? Maybe that is why the changing weather makes it hurt again.
You were so thoughtful and kind to prepare so much food for that picnic, I bet it was all delicious. Since you never got thanked by the adults for all that loving effort I hope at least you got to bring all the leftovers home.
So sorry I missed participating Monday. And so very sorry you injured yourself over the weekend. Is it really bruised now? Even if it isn't I hope you have some Arnica gel on hand to help the deep muscle tissue heal.
QOTD: When I was a noob at the warehouse job my area was automotive and hardware. I stocked all the dusty, dirty, heavy stuff and I didn't wear work gloves then. I was bringing down a Craftsman large circular saw from the top shelf (on my ladder step cart), it slid out of my hands and landed straight on my face breaking the cheek bone right under my left eye. Had a black eye and it was tender there for months. Just had sinus surgery to repair the serpentine, flattened sinus that may or may not have been caused by the accident or was just genetic.
