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I have been procrastinating on cleaning my office. When I am not working it tends to become a place to put things down and forget about them. Today is completely going to be for that project. My dream is to someday have nothing on my To Do list but don't believe that ever really happen.
For most of my life, meal planning has mostly been looking at resturant menus. Since the COVID lockdown, it has been Ubereats, Doordash, and Grubhub. I am working on changing that and doing more home cooking so I can control what goes into it. Also facing how much I really spend delivery charges, tips, and pretty inflated prices when you order meals online.
Yesterday I made a cabbage soup with ground beef, cabbage, tomatoes and onions. It turned out really watery and bland so I went online to see what to do with soup that is too thin. One sites suggested a roux. Something I never tried before. It is just heating up butter and stirring in flour. I gave it a shot and was amazed how much it helped the soup.
I have been watching cooking shows and trying to get my food to taste better and keep me more interested in preparing and eating meals. In the past, I would have ordered something delivered if my cooking disappointed me. I concentrated on work and other activities most of my life and cooking was a boring task. Now I have time to play with cooking and learn techniques. It is fun.
QOTD: Do you like to try cooking new foods or pretty much stick with the same items everyday?
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
It is Friday Eve woohoo so close to the weekend. The mornings have been rather chilly here in CT and going out at 5am to milk a goat kinda sucks in the cold. I told my husband time to breed her and dry her up for the Winter. Since goats are pregnant for 5 months that will give me time to rearrange my milking area and get a machine hooked up instead of hand milking.
Each night I have decided to take 20-30 minutes and do some sort of cleaning/organizing in the house. Last night I cleaned an area that had different types of wrapping paper thrown around it. I threw some of it out and the rest got rolled up and placed in an old hamper. While it doesn't seem like much my husband noticed right away.
QOTD: Who still uses protein drinks or powder as a meal replacement? The first year after my revision I would drink 2 protein drinks a day, but then kind of stopped doing that. The last three weeks I've been adding collagen protein to my morning coffee and just today I decided to start taking a premier protein shake with me to work as a replacement for my breakfast.
B: protein shake
L: salad with sliced chicken
D: not 100% sure, but I might make some more bok choy soup
Have a wonderful 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
It's amazing!
RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150
I use mine mostly for frozen vegetables that you steam in their package in the microwave. It works well for me because the packages are small and quick to cook with no pan or water.
I never thought about that reason for the two-week rule but it makes a lot of sense.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
The two consecutive week rule is also a good way to uncover malfeasance and process problems.
I?m not from the pre-microwave era but I didn?t. Get my first one until it came with the house I bought in 2013. When I moved here, I had the choice of a really pretty hood or a built in microwave and I went with the hood, lol. I use mine for popcorn and that?s about it..I used to use it to warm up my Everoast deli chicken but after the boar's head recalls, not so much, lol
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
This is a good policy! We do still have bereavement and jury duty as separate and there's a whole parental leave policy as well. We are also on the only 6 day observed holiday and the stretch from January to May is so so so long, lol
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
I was self-employed for years and I had to make taking a vacation a priority. I made plans carefully ahead of time and committed to doing them just like another job. Not feeling well does suck the joy out of life. I have had different vitamin deficiencies that have really made me feel bad. I only take vitamin D if my blood count shows that it is low. There was a point where I was taking a lot of it. All of this becomes such a balancing act. Sometimes I feel fine and then the blood work shows problems. I hope you feel better and enjoy life more. Say hello to your kitties from their Aunt Mary.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I have not had any PTO or vacation time for the last 8 1/2 years. I used to have a ton of time off but I'm a contractor now and if I don't work I don't get paid. I do get 40 hours of sick time a year that is a mandate from the state of Oregon. I really miss time off with pay, I haven't been on a vacation in 8 years. The last time I tried to go it was the start of Covid and they closed down Disneyland so basically we flew down and back and got soaked it rained so hard and there was no way to get out of the rain. I really do need a vacation and I really want to retire.
QOTD- Probably the air fryer. No shakes for me Optifast traumatized me to much to ever want a shake or smoothy. I gave away my Ninja. I never used it and it took up too much space. I wouldn't be interested in the Creami either I'm not that much of an ice cream fan.
I did another blood test yesterday, trying to see if my vitamin D levels are still high. I haven't seen the results yet. Next week I do a bone density scan. I just haven't been feeling good lately. I can't find anything that brings me joy, I don't think I even remember what joy is.
I'm done with politics, it may be bad coming up but hopefully it won't impact my life that much. I'm not going to move out of the country, I really can't so I'm stuc****il I can figure out something.
We are now at a flood alert for urban and small stream flooding. After a long dry summer it's to be expected. Most people are relieved that the rains have come. Fortunately I no longer live on a creek.
I gotta get some work done, I've been procrastinating and struggling with this job I'm doing. This too will finish sometime.
Have a great day everyone!
5'5" Age 67 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 172.9
It will be 15 years this December that I've been with my company. Ironicly my work anniversary is also my birthday which this year I will be 50.
We start off with 2 weeks PTO time and 48 hours of floating holiday time. Since we are a part of the trash industry, we only get 6 holidays off and the rest are made up with floating holidays. Then at 5 years we get another 2 weeks of PTO time and at 10 years we get another year of PTO time. So, if one makes it to 10 years with the company you end up with 5 weeks PTO time and 48 hours of floating holiday time. Bereavement, jury duty, military, and anything else has their own time off policy. We do have some pretty good benefits here.
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
Get Rudy certified as an emotional support animal. Then they have to let him on the plane. You can do it online.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
