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Your breakfast bowl looks yummy and your hydrangeas are beautiful. Sorry you have high temps again. Ours have been a roller coaster so far, have yours? This summer it seems like Mother Nature said, 'Hold my beer!' That or she's off her meds.
QOTD: Probably some Nonna in Italy made this first and it has a real name but I thought I invented it: White Spaghetti or Day-Before-Payday Pasta. Hubs was a one-striper airman, we lived on the economy in Germany and I wasn't working; one day before payday there was only some butter, a partial sour cream and Kraft parm in the fridge. I boiled and drained what was left of pantry spaghetti noodles, returned to the pan, added s&p, butter and the sour cream. When it was all melty some parm went in then shook more on it at the table. Not healthy but it fed us and we've made it often ever since just 'cause we like it. It's nice not being that poor anymore, haha.
The grandkids came over yesterday and it was a chaotic whirlwind, so much fun. My breakfast shake lasted till around 2 and I finally ate again at 7 when they'd gone and we'd cleaned up. Weird meal: 1/2 c. ff cottage cheese, 3 oz poached chicken breast and an unremarkable veg. Still trying to hit 30# gone (only three pounds away!) so I'm being strict.
B: Choc. Protein/Collagen/Almond milk shake with a generic Miralax my dr. wants me to switch to. So far, no tummy pain.
D: It was supposed to be a frittata, ended up a scrambled mess: 1/4 cup egg substitute, 1 medium zucchini diced, 2 pieces turkey bacon, diced. Some Alpine Touch helped. Way behind on protein, calories and fat today so later for a snack a Fairlife shake for the macros.
Therapy again tomorrow. Tri(To-Get)Care wasn't paying the bill and the therapists billing dept. were trying to come after me for $500. The bill trouble was worth it -finally resolved- and I've made really good progress that I never believed would happen. I don't have to go down stairs backwards holding the rail for dear life or pull myself up by the rail. PT exercises getting better but I still don't do the DUI Walk well. That should get better.
Have a nice evening and I'll see you tomorrow.
I bought a home that ended up being too much for me to take care of when I started losing strength. At 70 I started having issues with the stairs and had to told on to the railings and pull when i walked up the stairs. I had stairs and some rooms were lower than others. After a few falls and broken bones, I put the home on the market and got a one floor condo. It makes like so much easier to have the issues with the place taken care of by the HOA. I look out the window and see them mowing, trimming, shoveling snow, painting or fixing the roof and I am happy I am not doing it.
I finally retired about a year ago. My bills are lower with the condo, but I was scared to death. You still spend money when you are retired. I now need help with laundry because my washer and dryer are upstairs and I don't want to carry laundry up and down the stairs. I pay someone to clean the house. I sold my car and stopped driving, so I have to pay people to take me to appointments. All things that cost money and that I did not anticipate when I felt stronger.
One thing that might help is that housing has gone up and you might be surprised what you can sell for. Also talk to the bank about reduced interest rates. My nephew go his home loan reduced to 2%. These are all tough decisions so take your time. What I did was retire and then work part time for extra money.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Your food and flowers all look so beautiful. I have not invented anything but am experimenting with grits. I have not gotten the taste I want and have gotten in restaurants. I have used water, milk, cream, butter and cheese and none of my attempts tastes good to me. But it is fun trying.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
That is an amazing story about the shark and this cold will make sure you never forget it. I once was invited to dinner with a black family. I always heard them talk about chitterlings and put some on my plate. I took one bite and felt like I was swallowing urine. I walked over to the trash can and put the rest from my plate in the trash. Nobody said anything but I am sure they were annoyed. I just could not eat the rest of the food, which was excellent with those things on my plate. You did the right thing to pass on the shark.
Jim, you may need some penicillin or a steroid to completely get rid of your cold. Hope it resolves on its own.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
on 7/15/25 9:16 am - Amarillo, TX
Afternoon y'all.
quick post from me. My mom had an appointment this morning and we're fixing to head to a certain grocery store for tangerines that are on sale for my mom.
Nothing much to do today. Some stuff around the house. That's about it. Not feeling the greatest but it is what it is.
QOTD: other than baking I rarely follow official recipes. I make up a lot. Something it works sometimes it doesn't. I make egg bowls with hard boiled eggs, turkey sausage and cheese. Sometimes some bruschetta that I get from Walmart. Sometimes pickle relish.
B: burrito and coffee
L: ??? Maybe some of the roast with street taco tortillas
D: ??????
have a good one y'all!
I would have passed on the stinky shark too!
QOTD- My breakfast is pretty much boring, Greek yogurt and raspberries when they are reasonable.
It's supposed to be 93 today, I will try to keep the house cool. I hate closing the blinds and drapes but with a 2 story house it's the only way I can keep my bedroom cool. The A/C works great but to get my bedroom cool the downstairs is almost arctic. I have multiple sensors so in the afternoon I switch to the one in my bedroom so it gets cool. My bedroom window faces East so it gets the morning sun, I hate to deprive the kitties of their sun time so I leave the blinds open. I know spoiled kitties. I honestly hate closing the blinds and drapes, I look out the window and watch the birds. I have large trees around me so there is always something going on.
My wrist is really aching today, I really do need to lower my desk. But I will need help to do it.
I'm struggling with trying to figure out how to retire. Between my Social Security & pension I barely have enough to cover my house payment. I know it's my fault for buying a house, but at the time I didn't realize the payment would be so high. My insurance and taxes have increased so the escrow account cost goes up each year. I also invested money in improvements a new furnace and A/C, I had to extend the duct work upstairs as the only heat was ceiling heat. I also replaced the 4 windows that needed replacing. It's much quieter and stays warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. At this point I'm not willing to invest any more money in this house. I don't think it will be my forever home, as the stairs and broken bones attest to.
I just keep trying to figure out how to actually retire. I know that I'm not alone in this, but at the moment it seems like an insurmountable problem.
Sorry for the negativity.
Have a great day everyone!
5'5" Age 67 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 172.9
Oh no! Feel better Jim.
RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150
Good Morning! I am trying to post before my day gets away from me. It's going to be hot here today too so I will stay inside and be thankful for A/C.
QOTD: I guess I can count Emie Pie's egg salad for those that remember that. (basically egg salad but using cottage cheese and everything but the bagel seasoning.
My menu is the same today and excerise is done with water and vits non track.
Have a great day all!
RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150
Good morning, everybody!
Apparently, the Greenland Shark has no kidneys. Consequently, when it filters its blood, it does so by sweating the Ammonia and Urea out through its skin. Basically, it sweats what we pee. Because of this , the Greenland shark meat had been considered inedible by humans for many years.
Greenland and Iceland can be harsh places to live, so you can imagine that if a 1,000 pound shark washed up on a settler's beach, that they would try and find ways to process that free protein. Various hanging and pounding techniques were tried but nothing seemed to work. One farmer gave up and decided to bury the stinky shark down by the beach, to at least get rid of the smell. To his surprise, 6 months later, his dogs dug it up and brought it home to eat. With some experimentation, the farmer learned that 6 months of burial followed by some farmhouse hanging led to a semi-edible shark product. Emphasize semi.
To this day, the Icelanders eat this rotten, fermented shark, along with a shot of flavored liquor. They claim that it is great for warding off colds. But let's be clear, it smells like a litter box. Anthony Bourdain described it as the worst thing that he ever ate.
On one of our excursions, they passed out the liquor and fermented shark. I took and overly aggressive sniff and decided, absolutely not. My older son said:
"C'mon Dad, it keeps you from getting colds."
and I said:
"I never get sick, I don't need to eat the smelly shark."
Uh-oh. Pride goeth before the fall.
Two days later I woke up with a sore throat. I'm now on day 12. The worst of chest congestion is over. My eyes are no longer crusted together in the mornings. But I still get tired easily, and there is a least some Coughin' O' The Green every day. Now Marilyn and my youngest have it.
I can't say that I am pining for the fermented shark , though.
QOTD: nothing comes to mind, but your looks great. And of course Emeipie Egg Salad.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: Roast Beef
Dinner: Pasta
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 59 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good Tuesday Morning Gang. Today is the start of another heatwave here in the great Northeast. I'm in the scale house nice and comfortable with the A/C. We have a mid-year water wash on boiler 1 today just a routine maintenance thing it shouldn't even take 24 hours and the boiler will be back on-line. When I got out to the scale house I noticed the outbound scale guardrail was leaning in apparently overnight when we got a lime delivery the driver hit it and pulled it out of the cement.
Had another great night at the Y. Irvin was set and ready to go when I got home from work. I did a hike through the Costa Rican rainforest while he did weight machines and the stair stepper. We then hit the lap pool and finished off in the hot tub. I forgot how many muscles one uses while swimming, but I was able to do a total of 24 laps.
QOTD: Do you ever "invent" a food? I've started making what I call a breakfast salad bowl on the weekends. It consists of butterleaf lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, avocado, cottage cheese, soft boiled egg and homemade sausage. Very tasty and filling.
B: coffee and 2 soft boiled eggs
L: salad with 2 chicken salad stuffed peppers
D: grilled chicken burgers
30 minutes on the treadmill and then swimming
Have a great day!!!
My breakfast bowl and my two Hydrangeas. The pink one is finally blooming.
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
