Hello, everyone! JB and I just returned last night from a week in Quebec to visit family and attend a reunion. We had such a great time...laughing until our cheeks hurt and enjoying several days of boating down the Ottawa River. One of my cousins has a pontoon boat so that I could step right onto it without climbing, which is great since I need two complete knee replacements in the near future.

I ate carefully but did have tiny portions of naughty stuff. However I could not take my daily fluid pills (for my lymphodema) as that means constant trips to the bathroom...really a nuisance when you are away from home. I got weighed when we got home to see a five pound gain but I suspect that, in two days and regular fluid pills again, it is mostly water and will correct itself to my normal weight.

It is extremely hot, humid and dry here..we have a complete fire ban here...no campfires, open BBQ pits, no fireworks...rain is desperately needed in this area. My garden is dead...no rain for three months. Living in the country, we collect our own water so we canno****er the gardens.

Today, we are back to normal...everything is unpacked and washed again. I brought home several huge eight pound capons (frozen) and will use them for a family BBQ on Sunday.

Plans for today,

BREAKFAST: protein drink

SNACK: banana

LUNCH: business meeting...planning a salad with grilled chicken since I know that restaurant's lunch menu

SNACK: unknown, maybe a yogurt

DINNER:  lean ground beef (Salisbury steak) & veggies & salad

BEDTIME SNACK: protein drink

I have a busy day with multiple stops. We got double-charged for an $86.00 grocery bill (charge card) so I have to get that taken care of too and stop for more skim milk powder for my protein drinks plus buy ingredients for my IMPOSSIBLE CHEESEBURGER PIE for a POTLUCK LUNCH on Saturday. I try to get as much done one one trip as possible then rest the next day as my legs/knees will be screaming by then.

Now it is back to the drawing board (literally)...clients need their illustrations for their books.

Have a wonderful and safe day!

Hi Ladies,

I just got online. I didn't get dressed until 3 pm. I'm sad today. It's the anniversary of my mother's death.

Breakfast egg whites ham and cheese omelet and string cheese

Lunch cottage cheese,  red pepper, and baby carrots

I ate 2 snickers bars ugh

Supper chicken bites and corn on the cob

Snack no sugar added fudgesicle, Greek yogurt with chia seeds and cantaloupe. 

I'm glad I haven't had any problems with my wls.  I feel bad for you that has problems.

Everyone have a good evening

Yvonne

Hey Halab,

I am here but so busy.  I am hiring new tutors and getting them trained and getting ready to head out to Yellowstone...it's a busy time. Plus the stomach issues are driving me nuts.  I am going for a CT scan but the surgeon said it probably won't show the scar tissue...and he is advocating for outpatient exploratory....I am thinking he is right on that one. 

Breakfast today was loaded oatmeal

Lunch was blackeyed peas and squash

Dinner tonight will be fish.

I am getting my hair cut this evening too so I cannot wait to get this mess up off of my neck. Yesterday, I pickled four gallon jars of cucumbers. I swore I wasn't going to do it but my daughter sent me a large basket of cucumbers and garlic so I had to do something with it or let it rot. I had already given the larger cucumbers away....I saved my large pickle jars and surprisingly the lids still sealed.  I will give them to her because the kids love pickles.  

Well, let me get back to work.

Ladies, where are you guys hiding?   Like Glenda the good witch to her little people: come out; come out; wherever you are.....

Hey Linda and Julia,

I am feeling much better today than in the past week but I am very careful what I eat. We drove down the mountain to spend the afternoon with our grandkids...Mr Mathew's birthday is the fifth but we celebrated today. We got him his own drone, and he was very happy. Of course, it only flies like 150 yards from where he controls it but it does take pictures and videos so he said his project for gifted and talented first semester will be to do an arial map of their home town....

Linda, you will love WY. My niece has a ranch in Douglas and on our way to Cody, we will stay a few days with her and dig around for fossils, of which are abundant where she lives.  

Today, I had a very soft boiled egg for breakfast and lunch I ate some potato soup. Dinner was a little better--tuna salad.  I snacked on pretzels and watermelon. 

Ladies, enjoy the fourth.  

good morning

My last day in Dallas. Friday I got in,checked into my hotel and then drove to my daughters.  Hung out a while then went to dinner. I had a grilled shrimp salad. It was very good.,mixed greens, corn,pistachios, carrots, and shrimp. Was much to big. I ate the shrimp then maybe a fourth of the salad. My daughter and SIL had a softball game at 9pm. It was fun. My elder grandson was playing with a few boys and got hit in the nose. Result.....nose bleed.  Recovered quickly.  Yesterday we went to see finding Dory. It was good. Today I'm fulfilling requests.  I'll take the boys to KFC for lunch then to Joe's crab shack for dinner . The younger wants crab, the elder is picky and I'll hope the children's menu has something he'll eat. I'll call ahead to see.  Tomorrow I start my journey to Wyoming. I am getting in my steps and watching my food choices. I packed my scale, does anyone else travel with a scale? I have to or I'll have no idea where I am results wise.  

Well ladies, keep doing what we're doing and stay the course. 

Later