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It is another pretty but cold day with mostly blue skies, I should be outside putting the garden to bed but Hubby is away for a few hours so I'm having fun bustling around and making as much noise as I want, haha!
QOTD: I've been stocking up shelf stable foods for the usual food drives this season, the Scouts and USPS. We've got many great opportunities to help folks here besides SNAP. There is 2nd Harvest, Caritas Foodbank, The Salvation Army just to name a few. Plus we have a couple of non-organized neighborhood-level food 'banks' as well as many of those little glass-fronted cabinets like the little book exchanges. The opportunity to help is all over our city and outlying areas. I can't afford to donate big checks but it is very doable to just buy a few extra items all year to help.
B: Genmaicha tea, a protein pumpkin pie cup (made a stupid change this batch and they aren't very good)
L: will probably have another of my homemade egg bites, need to get them out of the freezer.
Dinner: Some way to gag down more of that dry chicken breast and not use a ton of carbs.
Snack: a Pure Protein bar and some decaf green tea
It took long enough but I finally got out of the 70's so I have to work hard to get through the 60's. Loss is really slowing but then again I've been sloppy adding more carbs than the dr. wanted. Going to start saving my pennies for some lipo on my upper tummy. The fat is hanging on stubbornly there and it sticks out further than my bustline, ugh.
Hope everybody has a great day, I'm off to work on more sewing projects. Instead of just one, why not work on five?!
QOTD- I know that a lot of people will be hurt by this heartless shutdown. I know that the food pantry's are stretched pretty thin before this. I'm so angry with those people that don't think this is a crisis. Making people work without pay and they just don't seem to give a **** how many people they hurt.
Cool and foggy this morning, it's only supposed to get up to 58 today. I guess it really is getting to be fall.
My roommate has a job, he starts next Tuesday. Hopefully he will be happy and this one will last for a long time.
I see the ortho today and have PT tomorrow. I'm hoping it won't hurt too bad.
Not much else going on, the same old things.
Have a great day everyone!
Has anyone heard from QJB or Grim? I've missed them.
5'5" Age 67 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 171.7
on 10/29/25 6:14 am - Amarillo, TX
Glad things ent well with the BBQ! I am slightly jealous...ok a lot.
Well the doctor says I have rheumatoid arthritis and could still have lupus. He is sending me to a rheumatologist. Looking forward to getting this all going so hopefully there is something that will help eventually. It may take a while..long long while to get an appointment.
today we're picking up a heater for an elderly cousin. She broke her shoulder 4 weeks ago and doesn't drive anymore anyway. She gave us the mola yesterday. Her house is huge and an old boarding house. So she can't afford to heat the whole house, only the rooms she lives in on the lower floor.
we might do a few other things but I don't know. I'd like a relaxing day if possible.
QOTD: since I am on disability I get snap benefits here in Texas. After paying my bills and such I have 300 left for a whole month so I count on the stuff. BUT not nearly as much as a lot of folks. I won't starve. It is a situation that makes me too angry to put into words.
B: eggs, sausage cheese and coffee
L: ????
D: fish and shrimp spring rolls
Happy Hump Day Gang!! The BBQ was a success yesterday. The food was really good especially the steak tips. Tomorrow we have the clambake that everyone is looking forward to. They started the demo on the closets. The guys are taking the wall out that is in between them and making it one big closet for storage. It is much needed. I'll have to do a Home Depot run with one of the guys to get some supplies.
I have today and tomorrow to work and then Friday off. I'm really looking forward to it as I have a whole agenda planned besides going to the underground prison.
QOTD: What would you do to help those who are going to be affected by the potential non distribution of SNAP benefits? While yes there may be some people who abuse the system and lie about their situation. I know that there are many people in the US *****ly on them to feed themselves and their families. Between the elderly, the disabled, and families who parents do work, but still qualify because they just don't make enough money. I plan on asking my Plant Manager if we can purchase a few extra turkeys along with sides to hand out to a few families for Thanksgiving.
B: coffee and protein shake
L: leftovers from yesterday since I ordered a ton of food
D: Ham and gravy
Hitting the Y and then sorting out peppers that I had to pick out of the garden.
Have a great 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
Phones STILL not working !
- bites big mac
- salad trader joes chinese crunch ( about 1/3 )
- small shrimp in hot sauce salad
- cucumber avocado salad
- chicken soup about 1 pint
- coffee ****tail w skim milk
- bread w hummus n scallions
- bites of margherita pizza from Whole foods
on 10/28/25 4:39 am - Amarillo, TX
Good mornin folks.
Yesterday's doctors appointment went well. He listened. He ordered the test. Unfortunately I do have some inflammatory disease but not sure which one. I should hear from the office today or this week. It also shows I likely have a uti. Which I suspected it was starting. My iron is good but other things show anemia. That could be part of lupus or RA. While I am relieved to know I'm not crazy and something is wrong it is still sobering. So likely adding another doctor to the list...at least. Information is power they say,
Today it's cold and very windy. We're supposed to have our first freeze tonight and hard freeze tomorrow night. My body doth protest,
QOTD: BBQ from a place here. I love good BBQ and this place killed it. That luau sounds so decadent! Yum!
B: eggs, cheese, sausage and coffee
L: burrito
D: ???? Thinking I might make a tortilla soup mix I have,
Good Tuesday Morning Menuer's. I am waiting for the catering company to show up for our first Employee Appreciation Day. I'm getting the hoodies together for each employee along with some sort of electronic charger that our corporate office sent each facility. It should be a fun day.
I've been working on cleaning out the basement so I can setup a grow tent that we are turning into a meat cooler for hanging different types of Italian meats like Capicola, Prosciutto, Soupy, and Pancetta. I've always wanted to make them and now I have the space and items needed to make the "cooler".
QOTD: What's the best catered food that you've had? We get a lot of catering at work for different events and I think the best one we've had was the Hawaiian Luau last year. They came on site and cooked a whole pig with all the fixing's. Everyone loved it.
B: just a coffee because there will be a ton of food for lunch
L: catered BBQ
D: probably nothing because of lunch LOL
Water aerobics at the Y.
Have a great 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
Hoping it went well with your PCP. They definitely should listen when a patient has a family history issue that should be monitored.
The bracelet (or choker?) is beautiful. You are so talented and patient to attach all those tiny pieces into a work of art.
Yikes, that does not sound like an appealing situation. Eek, whenever it happens I hope it goes well.
