Geminidream’s Posts
Yikes, dealing with squatters sounds awful. I never put much into our outside decorations because we have so many drug gangs in Spokane that either steal for reselling or just fun, I guess. Haven't heard of much squatting going on here, maybe in the lower income parts of town sadly.
Still wishing the best for you on your apartment hunt and hoping you'll luck into your impossible find.
Good grief, that is really extreme to go after non-working vehicles for taxes. For all I know maybe Washington has been doing that for years already, they love to tax anything and everything here.
QOTD: I can't think of one anymore. In past I'd have said Montana but it has changed too much. And there are too many bugs in the nice, warm states plus their extreme weather woes. We're stuck here now because our kids are settled here and I want to be able to see the grandkids grow up.
B: warm water and my choc/protein/collage milkshake
L: still working on the milkshake
D: Had to make myself try to finish the meat sauce spaghetti with Shiratake noodles from last night. Couldn't eat all of it then because it hurt my stomach. Still hurts today but I made myself eat it.
Last night even the protein bar and sf hot cocoa hurt so I measured a half cup of Chex again to eat dry before I had to take the evening pills. I think the constant antihistamine is part of the problem along with the coffee. Trying to clean up my habits like the coffee. Haven't had any nsaids in a few weeks and just toughing out the knee pain. Must plan food better, I'm only at 300 calories today, 39g protein, 18g carbs and 7 gr. fat.
NSV: For funsies I tried on a pair of white jeans that were a Costco clearance end of summer, size 14. I hoped maybe they'd fit by Spring but they fit now. Yay! Although my Gloria Vanderbilt jeans are a loose 16 and I can't even zip the 14's. What the heck?
The fun this week has been sewing again. No new garments yet but I've downsized two tops, altered two pairs of pants, corrected a bad dart in a new Costco shirt (no woman is built with one facing up and one facing down, haha) and remodeled a sweater and a sweatshirt.
Did you hear about the Amazon-related outage yesterday? It affected many of the various apps they own, I suspect that Nutritionix is one of them. It is back up running just fine today.
Rodeos: I've been to three small town style ones and they were fun, nothing gruesome. Now the Vegas type? I went to one in Montana that was a wannabe and while it was suspenseful it was too loud with too many people for my taste. Lots of waiting around for the riders to get ready and the bull to get ready. None of the riders got seriously injured, thank goodness and no calves or sheep either. The bulls walked away looking rather satisfied with themselves, lol.
B: coffee and my frozen choc/protein/collagen shake
L: still sipping the shake
D: still sipping the shake but plan to have some of my home canned spaghetti/meat sauce with 3 meatballs and Shiratake noodles
Trying to do better abou****er, I've been so cold I haven't had what I should. Trying to just drink warm water.
Sewing finally, catching up on mending and re-sizing clothes. It was a trip trying to get my mom's old F-word serger going. The only times she ever swore at all was the Big Holy Mother word in dealing with her Kitchenaid refrigerator and her Bernina serger which she finally gave up on and gifted to me. I think it is possessed.
You and I would have been besties as little girls! My mom was incredibly supportive of a creative mind and supplied all kinds of sewing and crafting goodies to keep little fingers busy. She sewed beautiful Barbie clothes (which I still have) and I made hats and jewelry for Barbie (I had one real Barbie, one fake-out plus a Francine who had a compound fracture I was forever bandaging, lol). Egg carton bottoms made great hats and purses and the bottom was a great base for Barbie's bed.
Your Granny sounds like my maternal grandma. How lovely that you and she had such a close bond. I'm sorry you lost her so early. My grandma was nicely fluffy and forever on T.O.P.S. which was a glorified recipe swap, I swear. My paternal grandma died when I was 3 or 4 from prescribed amphetamines for weight loss. It worked but Dad speculated it ruined her heart. She was just in her 50's.
'Attitudinous wanna be serial killer' lol...my mom would have loved you. She wasn't very chatty but she was all about correct and creative language. Our home was filled with funny phrases, I miss that so much.
Hi All! Hope your Monday is going well. Didn't do well with my protein bar/sf hot cocoa plan last evening. Ended up cheating a Dixie cup of Corn Chex cereal dry and a sampler bag of Lesser Evil Popcorn which was definitely not worth the extra 7 grams of carbs. The Bupropion/Naltrexone definitely doesn't work at night anymore. Some people in the Contrave FB group say they completely cold-turkey for a few weeks then start the whole process over again to get over this. I know me, I could rack up a whole lotta pounds trying that.
My ulcer is back full time again, must call the dr for an appt. Various stomach problems run through my paternal family. A younger cousin died from a bleeding ulcer this April. However, I've been cheating with NSAIDs this whole year due to my bad knees. Time to cut that out and behave.
QOTD: The Jolly Molly. The ship's figurehead would be Jack the Pirate Cat and an old fashioned spy glass searching for kibble. Arrgg Matey!
B: nothing
L: an egg beaters/zucchini/red onion concoction and brown rice green tea.
Something is wrong with Nutritionix this morning, perhaps they are updating or having a server issue. Can't log my food yet.
Back to the sewing room to continue working to make it a functional sewing space again. Gray and dreary today which is perfect sewing weather!
Happy Sunday to you too! Hope your pruning is going well. I'm ignoring my garden chores this week to concentrate on getting the sewing room from Hoarder to Productive space.
QOTD: Kitchen is 'Early Grandma' and in my dreams the rest of the house would be Country Swedish. Those dreamy whites and light blues, yellows and punches of red. Alas, the budget has prevented most of that. We have no South-facing windows so my plants are all silk and dustable. I bet your plants are glorious. I need one of those garden signs that says 'The garden looked great last week, too bad you missed it' because it is too easy to ignore it while there are so many other interesting craft genres to do.
You do scrambled egg whites/egg beaters the way I do! When going out with gal pals for brunch I always bring some salsa with me. Have to say I do not have your strength to take the fat out of bacon. If I just have to eat it I'll only have half a full piece.
Since I'm currently on wl meds and know they don't work forever I'm trying my hardest to stick to the macro plan and the worse part is not getting to have all the carbs I ate without a complete care in the last few years. Haven't had any fresh fruit except a blatant, prolonged cheat during the Hermiston watermelon season.
Today? B & L: 1 coffee and a chocolate Premiere Protein rtu shake
D: Maybe a repeat of the so called soup from last night. Less liquid and turkey tonight, only have about 2 ounces left I think.
S: Going to see if the sf cocoa/dense protein bar works again tonight.
Still keeping fingers crossed on the apartment situation for you!
Glad to hear you have potential places to view this weekend. AAA? IG Ellie says, "What the hell!!!" I swear they must get those batteries for about two bucks and make amazing mark-up on them. Happened to our family before too. Aren't Subaru's supposed to be like older Volvos in that they run and run until body parts start falling off.
You have a wonderful attitude toward your surgery, so many people grumble about theirs because it wasn't the magic solution they thought it would be. Killing yourself with your mouth...you said it so perfectly.
B: multiple coffees w/Torani (or DaVinci?) sf syrup and a total of 2 T ff half and half
L: 2 T almond/coconut Redi-Whip on a new recipe iteration of Protein Pumpkin Pie cups. The recipe needs tweaking on the amount and type of sweetener but the numbers on it were great.
D: Found a way to start using up that nasty NorCal Organic Pea Protein by using it in a single portion of soup. This one was 1 c home canned asparagus and the juice pureed, seasonings, 1 c chicken bone broth, 4 oz home canned turkey breast. And of course a big portion of the rest of the turkey went to my cat.
S: Might have found a way around the nightime snack monster by having a mug of sf cocoa and a Pure Protein bar. I can cut it into tiny cubes and make it last a long time.
Crossing fingers, toes and praying tomorrow goes well and you get a home. That bank sounds awful to deal with. Even though nobody posts on the weekends, do pop in and let us know how it went for you.
Ah Friday, yay! After so many random events happening recently, it looks like from today I can forcefully block nearly a whole week for sewing (unless Hubby crabs about the garden cleanup, haha).
QOTD: When you were first post-op did you keep wearing baggy clothes, maybe altering them smaller or did you buy new-new or used smaller clothes? I'd have to go re-read my blog posts here but think I started buying smaller new-new clothes right away. This time around I'm mostly thrifting each size down and am ready to begin altering the biggest clothes that still have nice fabric and also thrifting clothes to wear and to upcycle smaller.
B: decaf coffee and SF Torani syrup
L: decaf coffee and a caramel Premier Protein rtu shake
D: 1 c FF Greek yogurt with 1/2-ish teaspoon of SF Jello powder
Was going to have a Costco protein bar to hold me over this evening but Hubby has eaten them all. Oh well.
Hope you have a great weekend!
So sad that you are having another rough day. Sure wish there was a doctor or clinic to help you feel better.
You and your brother were cuties!
I follow a YT'er whose channel has been about him building a cabin out in the Canadian wilderness ('The Outsider') and he has the coolest solar setup I've ever seen...a whole structure just to hold the panels and the best angle for his property. If we had a large enough yard that would be the way to go so the roof doesn't get ruined. But like you said...rain and hail. We get some whopper windstorms here in E. Washington. Not so much the hail that often but it always impresses me.
Hi or maybe I should say 'Good Evening' since I'm here so late. Didn't sleep well last night, our elderly kitters has been having some bad days and it was a bad night last night. Almost thought we'd better make "The Decision" today. But in the morning she was better, even did her morning sprinting. So I fell asleep around 4 and slept late so the whole day was off kilter. Hit my fav two closest thrift stores for a pair of jeans to fit (nada) and some actual fabric plus clothes to use as fabric. It's been an all-dairy day today. I'm going to try hard to behave myself this evening. eek
B: tall mug coffee, 1 T powdered creamer
L: 1 wedge Laughing Cow Light cheese
S: a chocolate protein shake in between shopping stops
D: another LC wedge, 1 oz cheddar "sneaked" making dinner for Hubs, 2 T refried beans also sneaked cooking (not a good habit!!!),1 c nonfat Greek Yogurt w/1/2 tsp sf orange Jello powder
S: ? Coming up only at 66 gr protein and a 1,037 calorie deficit so I might have another protein shake?
QOTD: Every year lately the city sends around solicitors pushing their solar program. But you end up with a damaged roof, heavily in debt and you don't even own the power you produce. It goes to the city and you get credits towards your bill and what you owe the city for the panels. Every municipality is different of course. I like the concept but don't think it is as Green as we've been told. Just think of the environmental pollution of constructing those batteries and panels and after they've been used, they aren't usually recycled because of lack of specialized facilities. Didn't anybody think ahead to the impact those used parts were going to have on the environment?
Hope your dental appointment went well.
Onward to Friday!
Sorry to miss Monday and Tuesday. I was cleaning like a madwoman for a visit yesterday. It was lovely and now I have a tidy home for a few more hours, haha. Going to start in on my planned sewing binge.
QOTD: Scented candles. Tried the wax melts when they first got popular but didn't have room to store a warmer for every fragrance I wanted and it was so wasteful (and annoying) scraping out one scent, cleaning the burner just to change scents. Small candles take up so little space and I really only use them in Autumn and Winter anyway. Open windows give such a better fragrance.
B: I'm currently chewing a hot protein shake made with prot. powder and coffee. It was very well blended but when you heat protein powder you know how it gets all nasty clotted. No amount of blending takes that away. I'd forgotten about that and will not be repeating this meal.
L: Still working on chewing down that nastiness. (Edit: It went down the drain; those teensy little clots clung to my throat and made me cough.) I'll prob. have a Premiere rtu shake.
D: 10 shrimp, a sauteed zucchini and maybe half a cup of FF Greek yogurt w/sf Jello powder.
S: Guessing either a bottled protein shake, cup of sf hot cocoa or something to help me combat this new habit of wanting something sweet before bedtime. This has got to stop or it will just become a gateway to worse things.
Hope you all have a great day!
My gosh my grandma would love, love, love those cartoons! She had one she kept in the early 70's of one of those old women in a mini skirt and her husband was saying something like 'Dangit, Ethel! I told you no mini skirts!' And of course her boobs were hanging out the front. She showed it to EVERYBODY who came to visit, lol. I miss that woman so much.
Yikes your rental situation sounds so stressful! I'm not a fan of being around big crowds but I would face them in New York to be able to go to Mood Fabrics or the Fabric District. But I hear you need to go there with several thousands of dollars because it makes a sewist want to buy all the pretties. And I'm sorry not to have been following the news in this cleaning frenzy, didn't even know about your flooding. How awful and the situation with the boat house neighbor too.
My weekend through to Tuesday morning was full of full-on stress cleaning and organizing just to be able to have a dear friend come visit. She'd never, ever be judgy about my mess but with three families' worth of furniture and belongings (inheritances) it looks like a hoarder house here and makes me ashamed. You'd never know I've been steadily decluttering bit by bit for the last three years.
So sorry you get such bad headaches, I did for decades and know how it disrupts your life. Don't miss those suckers now since my hysterectomy. Hope yours will ease up once you get a new apartment and finish up with the old house.
Monday's meals were:
B: my choc/protein/collagen shake
L: 10 cashews (does that count as the Guilty Confession?)
D: a egg-bite style concoction of Egg Beaters, 1 Amylu breakfast sausage, 1 lite cheese stick and 1/2 a zucchini sauteed in 1 tsp real butter.
S: a Magic Spoon mini bar that is similar to a Rice Krispie Treat, not bad and almost satisfied the habit of wanting something sweet in the evening. I can tell the Contrave isn't working as well because I didn't have even that amount of craving for months.
So now that there was a fabulous visit with my friend and my house hasn't recrappified itself yet and I can actually see my dining room table I'm ready to dig into a sewing marathon for new clothes. Not allowing myself to read but when I do the next up is a vintage book called 'The Window at the White Cat' by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Published in 1910. It will be fun to imagine everybody in clothing of that era that was so glorious on Downton Abbey. It seems to be a crime novel.
Going to try to get caught up here on the forum and keep caught up! Hope you had a great Tuesday.
Gorgeous tub and cabinets. I hope you got good news on the apartment, it looks stunning!
Hoping you don't have pumpkin guts all over your house today, I remember that mess well lol.
Have you ever gotten any relief from those little home TENS units? My PT recommended one before my shoulder surgeries and when it gets angry from being abused I drag it out again. Relief doesn't last forever but I still appreciate it. Hope your shoulder will calm down and really hope you get a call from the surgeon's office!
How do they create those agate sheets? Acrylic with ground bits or maybe a shellac? Its been awhile since I've seen any of those at my local thrift stores.
Your Tange is so pretty! How old is he? I hope we can get to know our new Feral Ginger enough to get him scanned (but he's skinny and I think he was abandoned) and maybe convince him to shred his Feral Card. He just doesn't seem as wary as the other Ferals. It would be a big surprise if it was a she.
Hope you have a great weekend.
Hi, we made it to the end of the week! We've been having light frosts every evening, glad I got in 95% of the garden. Today I have to trim the shrubs in the front and then get the peppers harvested. Looks like today is the last day in the 70's and the cold temps move in. Hope your storm isn't bad.
QOTD: None, the sequels are always disappointing to me. Tv franchise would be Star Trek and all it's spin-offs definitely. But the movies got kind of stupid.
Going to try to eat better today.
B: coffee w/FF 1/2 and 1/2, bottled protein shake
L: Small salad w/ hard boiled egg, lowfat dressing and 5 ginormous grapes.
D: An egg-bites style dish I prepped last night with 1/2 zucchini, 1 LF mozz stick, 1 Amylu breakfast sausage (can't wait till I've used those up, they are awful) and 1/2 cup Egg Beaters.
LS: another bottled protein drink. Chocolate or caramel??? Maybe the caramel and mixed with some decaf chai.
Wish I could figure out how to add a picture better, we DO have a new feral. Pretty but skinny ginger. Looks like we'll be able to gain his trust, hopefully. Then we'll check him for a tattoo or signs of ballage/deflation. We'd seen a ginger in the company of a neighbor's black kitty a few years ago so we want to see if he's a newbie or maybe was a former pet. :(
Hope you have a great weekend.
Hi, sorry to be missing your posts since Tuesday. It has been a tiring few days and somehow I've got to miraculously get the house spic n span when there is no room to put anything away and also be working outside on the Autumn landscaping chores while the weather is still nice (expected to turn sour soon). Felt so down last night that I kind of binge ate on sugar free chocolate---not horribly but apparently it was enough calories that my body decided the famine is over and I dropped a little this morning. It was only 603 calories for the day but a whopping 46g carbs when my doctor said not to go over 20. I should be freaked out that the Contrave didn't take away the urges but it felt mostly like a pity party and not a pharma failure. But overall I'm having trouble keeping the carbs low this week.
QOTD: Our house is a 50's Rancher with minimal insulation in the walls so I put the heat on when it gets in the 60's outside now. But that may be because of losing weight again and getting cold so easily. I wake in the morning having dreams set in snowstorms and Hubby is as comfortable as can be.
B: My protein/collagen shake.
L: 1 cup nonfat Greek Yogurt w/cinnamon and 2 sweetener packets
D: 2 slices lowfat chicken lunchmeat chopped well and warmed in 2 T Arby's sauce, 4 big mushrooms sliced and sauteed in 1 tsp real butter
Congrats on the new great grandbaby!
Wow, I'm tired just reading about your weekend! Hope your week is good and uneventful.
Hi, hope you had a good weekend. Our weather turned to Fall and it was a scramble to get as many of the veggies salvaged as possible. It has taken several days but all that is left out there are the peppers and they are under a frost blanket but can't wait long.
QOTD: My maternal Grandma. My mom wasn't a touchy-feelie kind of person and I got so much affection from my Grandma. I miss that woman every day. Mom too but in a different way, more like a pal.
It is totally soup weather here but awfully hard to eat when you are counting macros. Going to make hubby a pot of chicken and homemade noodles soup and will just have some broth before the noodles go in then get measured chicken from the freezer, Shiratake noodles and make just one portion. Not tomorrow...it will be a scramble day. Meeting up with out of town family while they are here for a funeral and then dashing to the surgeon's office for them to check my nose. It feels like cartilage has moved where it shouldn't and I'm having a hard time breathing from one side where there was never any problem before. Cross your fingers for me that it is nothing or just an easy fix.
I had two crashes Sunday from reactive hypoglycemia...it has been years since that happened. Tried to follow my usual schedule today and have been just fine.
See you late tomorrow.
B: My protein/collagen shake. Brrr
L: 5 Cashews (not hungry)
D: 1/2 c egg substitute, 2 Amylu breakfast sausages and 1 slice of Kraft American singles.
LS: May have a cup of Greek Yogurt to boost my protein.
Oh my goodness how I could snuggle that Chonk! We have one feral who looks that size but sadly she is long haired and badly matted because we are the Devil Incarnate and aren't allowed in her presence. She's still holding a grudge from her TNR ten or so years ago. I've always been terrible remembering numbers.
We don't have a trail cam but need one, we are having a new visitor to the feral's feeding station who is cleaning the food completely. I think it's a new racoon, we haven't seen any new ferals. Maybe it's a bear.
Hi! I've totally missed seeing what you've said about redoing the chairs at work. Are you re-doing the wood finish or re-upholstering the seats? My mom's dining room chairs really need to be redone but without Joann Fabrics now there isn't a place to buy the foam locally so I can feel the quality. If you're replacing cushions could you say where you got it?
It is a beautiful Fall day here with bright blue skies and crisp temps. So instead of working on putting the garden to sleep I'm going to sneak away to our nearest thrift store. The pair of pants I turned down now has possibilities in my mind so crossing fingers they're still there. I'm having fun upcycling garments.
QOTD: Nutritionix, a freebie that has been easy for this technophobe.
The scale still isn't moving. I'm projecting good thoughts and can just imagine stepping on it one morning and it will really move to make up for being sluggish now.
B: my protein/collagen shake. That is going to have to change soon because it makes me too cold.
L: not hungry
D: Hopefully the last serving of the beef cubelets and veggie 'soup'.
LS: The Problem Child. Maybe a cup of FF, SF Greek yogurt and a scoop of Fuzzy Navel again. That was really delicious yesterday and a good protein punch.
Have a great weekend, hope the weather is perfect for watching Mason's football.
