Hi, Happy Wednesday! Glad you found that dead rat...that couldn't have been healthy to breathe. Your crisp days and possible rain sounds so cozy. Autumn is the best season but goes by too quickly. It lasts about a month then brown, dreary days till January. We do get a skiff around Thanksgiving and feel Christmassy but our Dec. 25th is usually gray and dry lol. But January starts the snow season. The internet prognosticators think we'll get below average snowfall next year. We'll see.

Yesterday's stitches, cast, splints etc. removal appointment was painful, wonderful and tiring, surprisingly. There was a good bit of rota-rootering the sinuses and I was worthless the rest of the day. It did lay to rest one of my lifelong fantasies: a suction machine to clear my sinuses during a head cold. Yeah, i won't wish for THAT ever again. LOL

QOTD: No tv for me, my entertainment is YT videos and I've been on a sewing video jag lately. So, I'd be in a sewing room and maybe one with a longarm quilting machine. Better than a zombie show to me.

B: coffee and 2 T sf choc/caramel Coffee Mate that I need to finish up

L: my protein/collagen chocolate shake

D: the other half of the Amylu's chicken patty from last night, cucumber Sunomono (made SF) and a big portion of sauteed zucchini.

LS: the same thing I planned (but didn't eat) last night 1 c nonfat Greek yogurt with vanilla and artificial sweetener. Haven't met my protein goals the last week and always mean to eat yogurt to bump it up but usually don't want anything else in the evening.

This morning's excitement...the scale. Today: 176.6 which makes a total of 51.8# lost. Four months on the generic of Contrave, it has worked a miracle for me. Time to start sewing some smaller clothes. The initial regain depressed me so much that after a few years I donated all my small size clothes and patterns. To re-buy them on the secondary market would cost a fortune now that the future of printed patterns is grim.

Hope you all are having a great day. I'm enjoying breathing again!!!

Happy Hump Day Crew!!! Halfway through another week. Another nice cool morning here in CT. We are supposed to get some rain showers today and then the weather is going to turn pretty nice for the rest of the week and weekend.

I found the rat yesterday it was in the outside closet in a 5in x 5in hole. The guys still can't believe I found it since four of them have been looking for it since Friday. I keep telling people that I'm a detective, but they just don't believe me. LOL Now the scale house doesn't stink anymore.

I finished smoking the pork chops and ground up 8 lbs of pork for sausage or hamburgers.

QOTD: Where would you be if you were stuck in the last TV show you watched? Thankfully I haven'****ched any zombie shows lately, but the last one was Twisted Metal on Pea**** So not as bad as a zombie show, yet everyone still wants to try and kill you. Oh boy. I need to star****ching nature shows with nothing deadly in them.

B: tea and 3 egg bites

L: leftover yankee pot roast

D: grilled chicken thighs

There is an estate sale down the road from me 3-7pm that we are going to run over to when I get home. Then we will hit the Y.

Have a great day everyone!!!

Good mornin y'all.

Not a lot going on. I'm feeling VERY rough. Not sick but not well either.

i'm hoping to get my room straightened up a bit but it's hard with momma in my room. We'll be going to petco to see if they have stuff for her eyes. Pretty sure it'll end up in a vet appointment for her. Pretty sure it's just allergies or a little bit or an infection. Worried a bit as she doesn't deserve to have it. No one does though I guess,

QOTD: I love true Mexican and Thai as well. Mexican food here is awesome so it's not hard for me to get. Thai is a little watered down here. There is a lot of refugees here so it's not too bad though.

B: egg, sausage and cheese...coffee

L: ????

D: ????

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!!

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!