You are too short? I'm not only too short, but I'm shrinking. I used to be 5' 4" now I'm 5'3". BMI can kiss my ass.

BTW- because of my active life when I was younger, + genetics, strong wide bones and wide frame, BMI is not a good indicator for my body fat%. I need to be at least 5 lbs heavier from my highest normal BMI to be OK. When my body gets to high normal BMI - I'm actually underweight- sickly looking and feeling. Even though I had some skin removed during body conturing surgery- there always would be extra skin on me plus extra fat cells - maybe empty fat cells when I'm at my ideal for me weight, but they are still there, empty, hungry - just looking to get full. Bustards.

Anyway

Qotd: I'm lately into audiobooks mostly, I just have more time to listen to them than sit and read.

Do you like sci-fi? Funny books- pallet cleanser for me laughing outloud -Bobiverse, or "Monster hunter International", or now I'm in a middle of "Exeditionary force" by Craig Alanson series (hilarious)

Dark book but really "Empire of the Vampire" - by Jay Kristof - the book is crazy good, audio specially. The narrator (don't tell Keith) his voice...OMG ...naf said.. it's not your typical vampire book. My sci-fi group on FB strongly recommended it, and I got it. Then I bought a brand new hardcopy- I never - or really selm buy new books, and very seldom hard copy... it's dark and depressing..and it's a first book in series...first and only for now...

From different genre, funny - adventure type - Clive Cusler - his Dirk Pitt series, or Numa...easy to read, or listen to. "Good people wins all the time and Americans are the best".

There are the plenty of Baldacci books. Some stupid but most entertaining. And popular so easy to get in a library. His Camel club series was good. His Vega Jane -YA fantasy (kind of Harry Potter with a young girl as main character). Was cleanand easy to read- listen to. And so on. I don't care about his "Maxwell and King" books, they are rather stupid.

Spy- assassin books- Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn (later Kyle Mills). Or ex military Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Simple, easy to read, and always "good wins against bad" books.

And a detective series with a touch or romance and sci-fi - "Ã--Ã--Ã-- In death" series by JD Robb (aka Nora Roberts). I think there are like 50 of them?

I don't read books- I inhale them. Lol. There are so many I really like for different reasons..

What books you like? BTW-" SK books - I can read - listen to sometimes- maybe one book every 3- 4 months. They are too "heavy" for me in my current life- stress.

Dean Koontz books are ok. His Odd Thomas series is OK. The first book - they made it into a movie so you can start there. Weird..but ok. That's why I read his books- they are all weird. And of course Jack Ryan series by Clancy. They are good, ok, but again- long and full of political issues" so I can handle one every few months. Some are more difficult to get into than others.

As for movies - series- I'm not much in that now. When I work late I often turn on and "watch" (as I'm working - I have 3 monitors at work so one can be sacrificed for a movie when I do something mandane like compile a report, balance books, etc.). The 3 FBI series- FBI, FBI international, FBI most wanted - they are my to go "noise generators" (late in the office by myself- and we do have ghosts - "spirits" in there, that sometimes tried to make me leave). And the Seal team, and Swat team. Older cute matcho buffed guys to look at. Lol. Why not?

Yesterday I just sat around and did almost nothing. I planned to do so many things ...or rather hoped to do.. I did my laundry (personal), plus I re-baked and stripped the roasted chicken from Costco. I have the clean chicken meat that I can make into easy dishes in 15 min - I have some Kevin's sauces that makes plain chicken very good.

And ... in a middle of the day Yesterday I step on a scale that happily showed me below 160... I lose in steps. I was 162.5 +/-2 lbs for close to 2 weeks. Then yesterday- 158.. loss of 4.5 lbs in 3 days. I'll probably would be stuck here for another 2 weeks. That's ok.

Accontability: I finished my strawberries plus started on blueberries... so I had at least 16 oz of berries yesterday. One berry at a time. Ugh. Plus the SIETE chips. Finished the bag. Unless I can control how much I eat of the chips - I may have to stop buying them. I'm not a chip person. Never was, so that is new to me. They are super light, crunchy, and salty just the right amount. But...they hurt my lip now- the stupid fever blister

Lately my IF lasts until 2 or 4 pm at work or home). At work- we have manufacturing in our office building so there are 3 shifts - 11:30, 12, the office people start around 1... I hate prepping my lunch with others looking into my stuff... I hate people leaning over my dishes trying to figure our what I making...and asking me a bunch of questions...or asking to taste it. When I can get my 15 min lunch I don't want to be disturbed..

And there is a break 2-2:45... ugh. So I often wait until 3 to reheat my lunch. Or 3:30

There are "innocent questions " but when you are bothered by them every day, it's annoying. The expectation that someone would pop into the kitchen "because your food smells so good" is really annoying. Yes, people have no boundaries- they would lift the cover of the skilet witn me present there to see "what I'm making ". No boundaries. Even though I'm a boss. Then they bombard me with questions how I make it. Ugh. Absolutely hate that. Or, as I'm slicing an avocado they stay and stare and tell me they love avocado and ask if I'm going to eat the whole thing. Really. I'm out of ideas how to correct that.

They share some foods between each others... so they expect me to share also. But what they eat- i.e. pizza, cakes, cookies, bread, etc. - is not something I want to eat.

I probably need to address the issue with their manager. He can tell them to leave me alone when I'm in the kitchen prepping my lunch.

Menu

Liquids- coffee tea water electrolytes

Lunch: eggs? Maybe frittata... but I really want to bake the bacon today to have a grab and go pieces.

D: something with chicken or liver - I may just have liver and spinach, and hopefully I can make liver pate...(I like liver and when I crave it- drooling - means I need the iron and minerals)

S: rest of the blueberries, cheese, maybe some belgium endive for crunch

I really hope I can do some cooking- baking- prepping today.

And we need to set up Keith's work space downstairs. He twisted his ankle and getting up and down the stairs to get to his cave - where he works remotely from, is aggravating his ankle. Based on my experience with injury like that - it may take a 6 months before he can heal that. Injuries like that in "people of certain age" takes longer to heal. It can be arthritis or sprain, strain of ligaments- all of these combined. We have ankle braces, lidocaine patches, k-tape, red IR light, plus he gets acupuncture plus... A complete healing still can take 6-12 months. 6 months to improve by 90% the next 10% - takes another 6 months based on my experience with pulling, twisting or slightly teared ligaments (full recovery- no residue pain). So best if we set his office downstairs for at least 6 months.

We will see. He is stubborn so often reluctant to change. I never push him, just suggest, then suggest some more...and offer to help. Then I back off.

I'm so sorry about the fall. What most people who are not in pain don't know is that any extra injuries to us can get the pain well above the "normal levels". It sucks. And it takes a while for things to get back to the same pain as we deal with everyday.

I'm glad you and your mom decided to stop going to that house at least for a while. The dust, debris, plus any type of animal remains- feces can seriously affect breathing and bring on more allergies.

Often hoarding is brought by mental issues and a few shows I saw about hoarding- the main hoarder would have a fit about cleanup.

Maybe they don't care if the kids are taken from them for good?

Hugs and best wishes.

I have a Canadian citizenship so the UK king/queen is also our king/queen. But I have no desire to watch the celebration. I don't have a lot respect for the current UK king, so I don't really want to watch that.

I skipped OFFICE work yesterday. I was very tired, it took me forever to wake up, then I was just super grouchy. Any little things irritated me. So I stayed home, irritated myself only (and Keith- a little bit), and took care of a few things from home. Worked app 6-7 hrs total remotely. Next week would be interesting. Very busy. Plus I have bunch of appointments.

I had a consultation with a laser person to see if she can use that to shrink - close some capillaries- blood vessels on my face- my cheek. I have an appointment in 2.5 weeks. It's not even that expensive, $100 per treatment, and if the procedure doesn't work, she is not going to charge me.

My lip condition is slowly improving. After just 2 applications of the Rx cream, it stopped spreading, and it stopped hurting/burning all the time. It still huts if I touch it, or accidentally bump it. But I can drink from a cup now. I had to use a straw all the time. I forgot how bad the fever blister can get. But...it would take another week to heal it completely. Great.

Not sure what I will do today. I went to bed early and got up late. In bed 11 rs, slept at least 8 full hours. Sleep is one thing I can count on.

Qotd???? No question...

Menu:

Liquids

L: something- maybe salad with chicken or frittata.

D: I really want so roast beef

S: cheese, strawberries, apple. Maybe some SIETE chips.

I really want to cook today. I want to make ghee, keto cloud bread and buns, egg white tortilla, and liver pate. Plus I have some pork shoulder to cook, plus need to disassemble roasted chicken, and check some meat in the fridge. Toss it or use it in a dish.

I hope I can do that this weekend.

Just cats or brisket and cats... I'm easy...

Some people shouldn't be allowed to cook - reheat.

There was a lady (in her late 50s) that worked for us for a few months. It was someone's birthday and I bought pies for the whole office because that what he wanted.

I asked her to set up the conference room for the birthday celebration and reheat the pies in the oven (to crisp up the flaky tops and bottoms). Since she didn't know how to operate the simple oven we had, he placed the 3 pies in the microwave. With the metal/aluminum shells they were in. One of top of the other. When that caught on fire inside the microwave, she left the kitchen and closed the kitchen doors because it was sparkling and making noise. Yeap. Really.

The smell and noise from behind closed doors attracted someone's attention. It's a miracle she didn't burn the whole building. We had to replace the microwave and the cabinets above and besides the microwave.

She was let go right after we dealt with the fire. Her excuse " nobody told her you can't put metal in a microwave " (she had one at home) and she didn't know how to operate our "cheap" oven. So it was the office fault, not hers.

She applied for unemployment and was denied (she only had 2 months continued work history in the last 5 years). She tried to sue us for wrongful termination, but she couldn't find a lawyer who would take her case for free- or for proceeds from winning the law suit (people who knew her in RL told me about that later on).

I had some really special people in the office...but she was special...

OK... WOW....Ok then...

Wow Love them. Pretty then, pretty now... You haven't change much. Maybe except the backpack.

Love it.

Our IMAX + regular screen theater is 5-7 min from us. For popular movies - one of us would swing by and get tickets in advance. Since i like large screen, or IMAX, those tickets are supper pricey. I would hate to pay more to get it on line.

Good morning.

My fever blister from hell is still giving me troubles. It hurts so badly. I didn't have an outbreak in over 20 years so I most likely don't have antibodies to it, and it rages. Ugh. It feels like my back pain is nothing compared with the burning stinging lower lip. Drinking through straw is still a joy (not). Ugh. I sent my doc a message to get me some Rx meds for that stuff, but it didn't show up in Costco pharmacy yet. I take natural antiviral supplements, and use special otc creams but they just moisturize the area so it won't crack and bleed.

QOTD: I'm a sci-fi fanatic, so I've seen all the movies, and then some. Not cartoons. I like children cartoons.

I hate lines, so I never stood in line to buy a movie ticket. And I hate crowd's, so we often wait at least a week from a premiere to see a new movie. Any movie. One of the movie was running in 3D imax near us, and I was after back surgery, so I was not supposed to sit in place for over an hour. We got tickets to see the movie, and we got them in the last row, so I could stand up every 30 min or so to walk in place and wiggle my butt. (Movement was important to prevent scar tissue and spinal nerves adhering (again) to the bones.

Today I'm having a consultation on laser to close broken veins and capillaries on my face. I have a bring red splotches on my face, the veins right under the skin. Rosacea. I wonder what they can do with that and how much $$ it would set me off.

That area often gets seriously inflamed during Rosacea flair, and it's not only cosmetic issues but also preventing more damage. It's my left side - the driver window side, so probably also sun damage. Earlier this year I put UV coating on my car windows so that should help with future skin damage. As we age, melanoma can occur rather fast and spread. Sun in SC can be brutal.

Menu:

Liquids

Late lunch: probably frittata...easy and I can take small bites. (Can't open my mouth really wide).

D: roast beef- I didn't have that yesterday so plan it today.

S: strawberries, apple? Cheese.

Yesterday I did have much to eat overall and late evening decided to get some grain free chips. They were carbs and delicious, but the salt on them (not a lot) git into the federal blister and that burned, stinged...I had to apply ice to reduce the pain. Ugh. But that stopped me from having more. Keith was surprised I was eating "his" chips, until I showed him that they were chips I bought for me, and just forgot to tell him they are "special".

I know he would like them, but he has gazillion other chips at home I don't eat, so I know he won't touch them. He is very thoughtful when it comes to food I can actually eat and enjoy- he won't touch it.

This is the way.

When the bed is very uncomfortable in a hotel - I sometimes asked for a second thick blanket, or a second comforter. I would remake the bed and place that under the the sheet. Or use the comforter under the sheets and just a sheet and a blanket as a cover.

They are funny stories about cigarettes'.. I always hated when people would try to get a cigarettes from me.

Specially in Poland, during depression time when you not only needed small coupons and money to buy food, but also - cigarettes. I always had them, because my mom worked for a cigarette company and she would get me "seconds" - bad "runs" of cigarettes the factory did not sell commercially. I was able to eliminate the worst "offenders" by asking them for some later on pretending I was out of mine. Those who shared with me - still had an "open credit" but some were so selfish, entitled, that would tell me that they had "last few and that they can't spare any". You could buy cigarettes on a "black market", often for 2-3 or more times than the "regular" price. There were also the very nice and EXPENSIVE "American cigarettes" that people could buy (black market, or specialty stores for foreigners ..and politicians) Fun times.

OK. Can you show him how not to do it? You know he probably would have a house one day.