Good post- Halloweenie morning Menuers !

Hope some of U attended great partiez n we can virtually enjoy them thru Ur storiez :)

Sitting in front of a City Panera bread remarking that they have the NERVE not to open till 8 - the Long Island ones open the doors at 6 lol.

Plans today starting in an hour - visit every apt with a giant terrace in d area and apply.

Eat better than yesterday, go to Chiropractor and see an exhibit or musical something. Oh and sign up for free City- paid gym membership.

b- have a basic largely untouched dinner - mashed potatoes, beer battered cod , cold Jambalaya sausage chicken n rice soup lightened w chicken broth.

Problem is I hate cold food and most breakfast foods too - but I wont starve. Yesterdays egg salad w arugula was delicious, have a half ham n cheese croissant and 1/2 an almond pastry too .

l- Spanish buffet w Whole Foods salads. Chicharron ! ( just the twice fried pork belly MEAT part - this is still fattening !) Spanish harvest soup w yucca, corn on the cob n potato .

Filling from beef potato empanada ( a little crust )

Saag paneer ( Indian creamed spinach , tabouleh , pickled n caramelized onions , Korean cucumber salad w sesame seeds n carrot kimchee .. beet salad

d - probably leftover bites from lunch and Whole Foods cold sesame noodles w cucumber

decaf coffee and ff milk ****tail

guilty bites - mashed potatoes in middle of the nite about 1/2 cup , apple jacks cereal ( several handfuls ) half savory n sweet croissants ( I think those count as dinner )

Started basic financial conversation with Dad in which he pumped me for information, twisted it around to make me sound like an idiot and repeated it to the first person he saw ( my Mom) .

I dont know whether I should be happy he finds me fascinating ( What a fool I am is pretty much his main subject of conversation ) ...

Perhaps eventually we can mutually show our financial cards in a third party tax professional's setting Im of course gonna have to pay for.

Im pretty much happy w th way things r going - completed and submitted apartment application for the Favorite yesterday and going to apply for another terraced modern waterview in minutes Ive already seen.

Asked for appointments all day an hour apart - Ive learned to overbook cuz these spoiled agents very rarely confirm . Yep got there apartments empty and or locked ... agents nowhere 2 b found

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Good mornin y'all.

busy day ahead here. I need to go to Walmart unfortunately. I'm sure my mom wants to go to the thrift stores too. I need to fit in somewhere washing a load of clothes. I think the kids are coming over this evening in their costumes. We made cake pops yesterday and got some special Halloween cookies to put in their goodie bags. First time I've made the pops and they were just a simple ok. I had half of one. I did have a half one of the cookies too.

I am waiting for the referral for a rheumatologist still. I am anxious about it. I've ordered a few anti-inflammatory diet books and I'm thinking the Mediterranean diet is the way to go. My hands have been aching so badly so I ordered some of those fingerless compression gloves. I am going to need to change some things but I can do this.

QOTD: definitely vampires. But neither really scare me. Now clowns are a different story.

B: unfortunately a small donut

L: were thinking a turkey sandwich with stuffing and a tiny bit of cranberry sauce (firehouse subs has one that we've been pinning for so we're making our own! Even have some gravy. Decadent? Yes but leftover like stuff is my fav part of thanksgiving dinner

D: maybe something lighter.

Happy Halloween!! Of course I can't post a meme because my laptop won't let me copy and save. Any who. We are getting ready to head out to the Underground Prison Jack-o-Lantern event. I'm getting the route set up for the places we are going to today. I'll have picture on Monday.

QOTD: Which scare you more Zombies or Vampires? Zombies for me. The dead coming back to life is just freaky.

B: coffee and eggs and steak

L: not sure

D: baked fish and potatoes

Have a great day and weekend everyone!!!

Happy Weekend Eve to you then. Hope you get all your projects finished. Hope your clambake went well and no rain until after. Before I quit working our store had an event like that but we just got hot dogs and catered sides.

QOTD: Not a city wide event, no. But at the agri-tourism area nearby (Greenbluff) many farms offer their own harvest celebration events every weekend during October. I try to get out there with family every year to get a quart of local honey. It normally ends on Halloween but maybe they'll extend it to this weekend this year. Then they gear up for the Christmas events. Fun for families that like to cut a fresh Christmas tree.

Couldn't fall asleep till 5 this morning so my menu is off kilter.

B: a cup of Pero w/1 T of Cremora and a packet of sweetener.

L: Another homemade egg bite, only one left after this. With meds for dessert.

D: 3 oz chicken breast, 1/2 cup FF cottage cheese, a zero net carb tortilla, salsa.

S: Protein shake

Today's plan is to try an experiment with my "Contrave". Missed the Naltrexone last night so I took it plus half of this morning's Bupropion to see if it works better. There has to be a way to get back to the relief from head hunger it gave me in the beginning. Luckily it is gray and gloomy today so I can make up that protein shake and sip all day while sewing and staying out of the kitchen. I may steal your chili idea for Hubby, it is so nice to get the house filled the aroma of that in the crockpot bubbling away.

Hope everybody's Thursday is great!

Grassfed lamb ! Grassfed beef ! You're SO lucky !!!

I finally sent out FIVE batches of bank statements , letters of recommendation and salary proofs , ID s you name it these gosh darn NYC landlords require it .

Total waste of DAYS of precious time ... and mostly for nothing - good apartments get instantly snapped up by the over organized OCD sufferers ( same phychological group as the landlords Im convinced )

No marriage license yet but getting NY State ID anyway ... with partial maiden last name .

Phones still not werking - nasty manager at ATT phone store wont even let me use their phone to call insurance so they unblock mine .

Give some people a little authority ... theyll show U their azz ... and true personalities .. UGLY.

Dad called me today said theyre returning to FL Dec 2 ... well teeth will cost him a lot more there . But I wont let them be pulled so have no clue how this will work since crowns n screws are apparently illegal dental procedures in the US .

I doubt this is actually true but multiple US dentists have said this to me ... and refused to work on my mouth !

Not only do I refuse to pay $8000 per tooth I absolutely refuse to pull out perfectly healthy roots and teeth to replace them with artificial roots ( implants ) . Thats NUTS !!!

b- coffee latte sf ff tea latte one small piece pistachio baklava

l- Chinese eggplant beef snowpea stir fry Im adding barely cooked tiny corn and fresh peas to . Pork flied lice ... wonton soup w scallions

d- cant think that far ahead but probably salads