Slower Weight loss at 50?
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I like your inner Eduardo, Ed!
No special plans...may go out later for bananas, and see if there's any tp to be had. We didn't hoard, and could use a replenishment.
Happy Sunday, everyone.
I am rather fond of Eduardo myself. Sometimes I go in the kitchen with no clue what I will be making, and just scan the contents of the refrigerator, freezer, and cupboard to see what's there, letting that percolate for a bit and then, like magic, an idea or two (or three) will pop up, and in a few minutes I am starting to make something tasty. It might just be mac and cheese, but then again, it could be chili colorado, coq au vin, boeuf bourgignon, crustless quiche...or something totally off the wall that just pops into my mind. I enjoy cooking, unless I am really tired.
There wasn't any TP at Kroger. I didn't need any but couldn't help seeing the still empty shelves.
There WAS some AngelSoft at Walgreen's though! You might try there if your grocery is bare.
I wanted a couple of cans of small red beans, but the canned AND dried beans (and rice) were pretty devastated at Kroger. I didn't need rice, but again, couldn't help noticing. I did manage, miraculously, to get a few cans of pinto beans. I can use those in lieu of red beans for most purposes, though they do have a stronger flavor. I always keep pinto beans on hand anyway. I may find that I have some dried red beans in the pantry. I wanted the canned beans for convenience.
I did get the cereal and milk I went for, though the milk doors in the cooler were looking somewhat bare. And I had no trouble finding the items I needed in the spice aisle.
I had to buy 6 32 oz. Powerade Zero instead of my usual 8-pack of 20 oz. as that was all gone too. And they only had one bottle of my favorite flavor so I am settling for some flavors I am less fond of.
When this is all over, toilet paper, bean, and rice sales are going to tank for months, maybe even a year.
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Howdy all y'all. It's marvelous Monday! A little cooler today with a small chance of rain. I do need to get out for cat food. While I am there I may go around to the other ell of the parking lot and see how crazy it is in Publix, and how hard the hordes of hoarders have hit. And if they happen to have anything I need or want, I can pick that up too.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning all.
Off for a massage this morning.
Will see what else the day brings.
Wishing everyone a good new week. 1 -
Good morning;
As of tomorrow all restaurants in my area will only be open for take-out and delivery.
Is it the same in your area?
So far today, I have washed the kitchen floor, cleaned the litter box, did a load of laundry,
repotted my orchid, straightened the linen closet and gave myself a pedicure.
I am making my corned beef and cabbage today as tomorrow is 9-5 day at work. On days that I have to work until 5pm, I am exhausted. It is still 8 hours, so I don't understand why I should be so tired.
Have a great day!
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Good morning all.
Well,the virus hit Al. Since it hit us late, we seem to be holding numbers down, as we had the chance to make changes ahead of time. We have 22 cases. I am on the county line and one county has 1 case and the other none. Most are around Birmingham. Many restaurants are going to just take out. The shelves are bare including toilet paper also. People are dense sometimes. Bottled water is flying off the shelves. That is stupid. We were wiped out of canned goods and breads. Go figure!! Anti bacterial soap nowhere to be had at all. I think people here are in panic and greed mode and it put them buying supplies as if we were getting a hurricane or tornado. Some flu products are left on the shelves, like ASA, Tylenol, ect..the stuff you will really need.
Schools closed early and then go into spring break. Probably will have to cancel testing. They may need to set up video, though not all students in the country parts have access. My daughter is working that out on spring break. All the colleges are on line now and on break.
We are doing church by video and you tube and will close for several weeks. So glad for the rest from cooking. I only have 3 rolls of TP left but I do have friends who had shopped at Sam's club and hopefully enough friends who were able to grab a roll to share if I get desperate!!
I have to go back to base and get my meds, then will be good for 30 days.
Irene, I think we all thought it would be more like the flu. It is just a more virulent type. I have worked in health care and it truly still took a bit to see how this virus would be factored. Honestly, our system has not been challenged by anything like this since perhaps when polio hit, but before the vaccine. So far it has been not like China so we are holding our own.
Vix, there is a lot of perception to what you say. People would be surprised to realize how much of business is owned by foreign interest nowadays. We do not have the capacity and edge we once had, I do not think.
That being said, I think it is always better to be cautious and not have regrets.
I also am noticing it is starting to hit people in their 30's, 40's, and 50's.
We did have our tickets to Miss Saigon cancelled. Saw that coming. We should get money back.
Jo, I would imagine you are going to be busy for this whole month and maybe more!! Rest as you can!!
This happening has not been all of a bad thing. It is a wake up call. I am sure in the future there will be more things of this nature happening. Tremendous learning experience if we take advantage of it!!
Irene, you have a pure and gentle heart!! For us who believe and pray..it is also a rare opportunity!!
Forgive the length!! Take care and be wise!!
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Jo, yes our governor did the same. Be careful at work. Stay healthy.
Jan, probably good your in person church activities were cancelled. And it will be a nice break for you from all that cooking. As you said, better safe than sorry.1 -
Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! I have given Lilo her Tuesday shot, and REQUIRED subsequent treats.
I have a doctor's appointment myself this morning. At least I think I do...I checked the website for that office and they haven't posted anything saying not to come in. But then, they do infusions and such there, as well as other medical things, and infusions can't exactly be done online. I'm just going in to discuss some bloodwork and be looked at. I guess it COULD be done online but he may want to look at places I am wouldn't be exactly comfortable with showing online...there's usually some pressing and poking here and there, and the old "does this hurt" sort of thing. I am sure I could to my own pressing and poking but he might have to trust me without actually witnessing that part. LOL. After this I shouldn't neet to see this one for at least 6 months or so.
My endocrinologist, on the other hand, has closed the door to patients, at least through the end of the month, saying they will have virtual office visits instead, to discuss what would have been normally done in the office, and asking patients to self check vitals (temp, pulse, BP, glucose) and upload their readings from their device. I suspect some patients will have a learning curve on some of that, being used to just handing their device to the staff for transferral of the glucose history. I have been emailing mine for years. And, fortunately, don't have another appointment with the endocrinologist for several months, having seen him fairly recently.
It should be another warm day with some chance of precipitation.
I will start my corned beef when I get home from the doctor, so it can cook for several hours. This year my cabbage will be in the form of sauerkraut. I have some marble rye in the freezer, and if I remember, I can stop on the way home and try to get some Swiss cheese so I can make a Reuben sandwich or two from some of the corned beef. I can let Eduardo make the dressing.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning all.
Good luck with the doctor, Ed. My rheumatologist sent email saying how they were doing extra cleaning and disinfecting, going so far as to disinfect the clipboards between users, door handles, etc! I don't have an appt with them til June. Will see how things are then.
Have fun cooking. I'm not doing anything special for St. Pat's Day.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Traffic was light on the way to (and from) the doctor's office. All my bloodwork looked fine. He said it was time to refresh my Pneumovax, so we took care of that while I was there. My left arm will, no doubt, be sore later, though it's not bad now. I'll get the other Pneumonia vaccine next time, in 6 months or so.
I was able to stop at Publix where everyone seemed to be eyeing one another warily as they perused the slim pickings. The fresh meat, eggs, milk, toilet paper, beans, and rice were all pretty much wiped out. I didn't need any of those things, but thought it interesting how the hoarded items are going. I mean, not everyone has a whole lot of room in their freezers for a whole lot of meat, so I suspect there will be a LOT of meat being cooked up in the next few days.
My supply is good on that, and we could probably get by without venturing out now for a couple of weeks. I DID manage to score a few cans of small red beans, and pink beans, in the latino food section. Goya brand, and not particularly cheap, but I got half a dozen cans, four red and two pink, which, with the rest below, brings my canned bean stock back up to where I normally have it. I also managed to get one can of black beans, two cans of hot chili beans, and a can of Mexican style beans, corn, and bell peppers. J may get that Mexican style can as most of a vegetarian supper tonight, with maybe some kind of potato.
I did find some Swiss cheese, though not the store brand, so again paid name brand price. Tillamook is a good brand though so I don't really mind.
My corned beef is going in a slow cooker, with a few carrots and a potato. I will heat some sauerkraut later and dinner will be served, for me anyway.
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Good afternoon;
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
Ed-glad your blood work was fine.
My follow up appt. for next Monday was cancelled. I also had a mammogram on the same day which was also cancelled. My next appts are scheduled for May. The woman I spoke with said they were only taking patients with fractures and follow up after surgery until May.
My store was relatively quiet today. We will be closing at 8pm instead of 11. We are all out of TP again and very little water.
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful weird Wednesday! It's supposed to be warm and possibly rainy today. There is a fog advisory right now, but who is going anywhere anyway? I guess the garbage trucks need to be careful not to run into each other.
It was very foggy yesterday too, even in the late morning when I was driving to and from my doctor's appointment.
Dinner last night was corned beef brisket, potato, carrots, and sauerkraut. Breakfast was some steel cut oatmeal with blueberries, a small cup of diced peaches, sausage links, and scrambled eggs. For lunch I am planning a Reuben sandwich. I have the dishwasher running, and plan to do some house cleaning today, and take a nap if possible.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
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Hey, here are 10 museums you can tour online, to help ease the stir craziness! The page may be slow to load. I am having some trouble with it today but it was fine yesterday.
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/igKSKBBnEBSGKg?hl=en1 -
Good morning all.
Just called my sister...she's about 25 miles from the center of the earthquake near Salt Lake City. She was fine, but did feel the rocking and rolling this morning.
Sunny with a high of 56 this morning.
Congrats on your good blood work results, Ed.
Jo, I hope you don't mind your appts being postponed. I think a lot of places are really trying to minimize contact. Be careful at work. I figure the tp issue should ease up after all the hoarders get overloaded. Not getting bottled water, our public water supply should be good.
I wonder if people will look at things differently after going through this. It seems that a lot of our values have been skewed lately.
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I had really promised myself that I would have at least one nice Reuben out of this year's St. Patrick's day corned beef. I may manage another, but here is the bulk of today's lunch, pre-assembly, and post-assembly (pre-Om-Nom-Nom). I did have a nice salad with it but there wasn't anything special about that.
For J I prepared a huge salad with two boiled eggs and some cheese as the protein.
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Hello!!
Kind of quiet though a little noisier than the last few days. I do not understand people getting tons or any bottled water for that matter, unless it was their habit. Nothing wrong with the water systems. My daughter brought me toilet paper, and found germ x and some wipes. I found toilet paper too, so now I am a hoarder!!
We have 39 cases now in Al. But we were able to hunker in place earlier than most states. We were lucky. They are testing hospital employees now. My friend has one confirmed case at her hospital from the ER. So we will see. Seems funny not to see her. I have kept up with small group and some of the church. Our preacher is doing a 4 minute facebook every mid day. He sang to us this morning, too..Pretty good voice.
I will try to get to a few drive thru places to keep the economy rolling somewhere, lol..
Is the post office doing anything different? Anyone have to go yet?
Also a good post about wiping your gas handle when getting gas.. Did not think of that, actually.
Jo, Stay vigilant! But you sure are needed..!!
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday. Foggy now but we have an ekpected high of 81! No chance of precipitation. It is expected to cool down a bit going into the weekend.
As far as I know, I don't have to go anywhere.
I had some corned beef scrambled with eggs as part of my nutritious breakfast. I have one plate of corned beef hash left from last night's dinner, and it will be eaten today. And there is enough corned beef left to make one more nice Reuben, which will also be eaten today. One of them will be lunch and one will be dinner.
After that, the left over sauerkraut will be eaten for a meal or three with a smoked sausage that is waiting in the meat&cheese drawer of the refrigerator. I knew there was some reason I bought a two pound bag of sauerkraut for St. Patrick's day. J doesn't care much for sauerkraut so I knew going in that I would be eating the whole bag.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning all.
That Reuben looks delicious, Ed! Saurkraut is very healthful, lots of good biotics.
Jan, good that you were able to hunker down early and not a lot of cases in your state. There are at least 85 in MD as of yesterday, and it's a tiny state. Blooming fast. We were able to get a 6 pack of toilet tissue yesterday, which will tide us over for a while.
My house is getting cleaned today. I'm so glad I am able to hire someone to help with that.
It's foggy here, and some rain this morning, high of 73 today, and 77 cloudy tomorrow before it cools back down a little.
It's the first day of Spring, early this year, so Happy Spring, everyone!
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Howdy all y'all. It's fabulous Friday! Another warm day with 20% chance of rain. I noticed that in addition to some of the grocery stores, Target is having a "senior hour" on Wednesdays, for the first hour of shopping that day. Target opens at 8:00. And the Publix near me is right next door to the Target so if that Publix is letting seniors only shop from 7:00 to 8:00 then I could conceivably hit them both next Wednesday to look for any needed items.
Except that, like many, I would have trouble actually getting out the door that early for either one of them. And why just on Wednesday?
I suppose if the need is great enough, one could manage, and it is nice to have another senior perk available, albeit somewhat inconviniently so.
I hope they can actually have enough security to keep the other rampaging hordes out of the stores during those hours and that said hordes will be understanding and not mob the doorways, endangering us seniors.
Nothing on the agenda today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning all.
I saw the info about the senior hours at some stores, but decided for now to leave those to the less able bodied. I was able to pick up a pack of tp at Walmart yesterday, by going to the service desk in the back of the store. There were a few packs and limited to 1. I think it should tide us over til the hoarders have their fill.
I washed all the bedclothes and throws we are currently using, comforters, quilts, etc. I even washed a pair of sneakers to wear in the house, take off my outside shoes in the mudroom.
Not much planned for today. Glad I have some exercise equipment in the basement. We've been using that.
It's partly cloudy today and supposed to reach a high of 77! May go out for a walk later.
Back to highs in the 50s tomorrow.
Have a good day, everyone. Stay healthy.
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Irene....haven't heard from you for a while...are you ok?0
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Good afternoon;
I went to pick my prescription at Osco's which is located in Shaw's and they were only letting
a limited number of people in the store. Since I work for Shaws, I was able to go right in.
I asked why and was told that there were so many people in the store, that it violated the fire code. When I was leaving work today I noticed police presence at the exit. I hadn't heard of any incidents in the store, maybe just a precaution..
Our store will be open to seniors on Tues. and Thurs. from 7-9.
Ed-your sandwich looks good minus the saurkraut.
Vix-The Y, where I go to the gym, has virtual exercises that you can do. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet.
Jan-I was able to get TP yesterday, but not hand sanitizer. I have been wearing gloves at work.
Today they announced over the PA system "employees it is now time to wash your hands."
They did this every hour.
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Jo, be careful out there. Sounds like you and your store are taking pretty good precautions.
It's just amazing how long this virus can hang in the air, or sit on surfaces. No wonder it is so contagious!1 -
Well, I finished off the last of the St. Patricks day sauerkraut today, having it with smoked sausage and potatoes at lunch and supper. We are very low on fresh vegetables so I may have to venture out at some point for that or just make do with frozen. Or maybe actually take advantage of grocery delivery?
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Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying Saturday! And another warm day with 20% chance of rain.
I might get to some housework today and maybe inventory the wine.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning all.
Ed, we're kind of taking it one day at a time. Haven't been anywhere but my daughter's in the last couple of days. Probably won't go to the grocery until we need a lot of things, then just stock up again. (Or have it delivered, depending on what's going on).
We don't intend to hoard, we probably have enough in the house to last 2 weeks if we can't go out or get anything.
I didn't want to think anything like this could happen. Yet here we are.
I always have things I can do around my house, and sometimes I don't need to do anything, and I'm fine with that.
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Good morning,
Well, so far I have not got my oral Diabetes medicine. I had gone Thursday and forgot that they were closed for training, and I just was not going again on Fri., weekend or not. So cutting my carbs and going on Monday. I should be getting lots done, but kind of lazy. I did haul my plants out of protection instead of just opening the cedar garden box they were in. That is something.
I think we are at 103 in our virus count. My friend's floor will become the covid floor and she works tonite. She was tested but has not had results yet. They have 2 patients for now whose results are not back yet. We will see. She is not too excited about the switch on her floor, but she is a trooper and will be there. Her Dad is in hospice, so she will not be with him as she usually is. Depending on her test, she might can visit with mask from a distance. But once she is at work, she may not be able to. Odd times..This generation does not realize sacrifices made like in WW-2 or how long it takes to implement a difference for millions. Should be interesting. We have not begun to peak yet in Al. but most people get it. Prepared for the long haul.
I adore being at home. I miss church, but not my group with the cooking. I can call everyone to chat!!
Glad you bought some TP Vix, however you could!! Sandwich looked great, Ed. I am still eating sandwiches from the small group non meal!! I am having a stuffed pork chop tonite though, stuffed meagerly with one carb, lol...
Jo, Sounds like you have job security also. I have heard of the police in other areas, too. Seems to depend on just where you are and probably the population, I guess!! Rest well and do not become overtired!! Eat those immunity foods!!
You are missed Irene!!
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Well I spent some time doing my wine inventory today and the catalog is now corrected and updated to show all 64 current bottles. It was showing about 9 too high when I started so I had to determine what I had used and not deleted from the spreadsheet. And I drank some while eating dinner and then finishing up the inventory which reduced it by one, from 65 actual bottles to 64 now. LOL.
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Good morning;
Well yesterday was not as crazy at work, maybe the buying frenzy is slowing down.
The company has given us a $2.00 dollar an hour raise until this pandemic is over.
They will also pay us 2 weeks salary if we get Covid-19 or have to be quarantined because a family member has it. I am off for the next 2 days to regroup for the next round. I could work, but I think rest is more important than the extra money.
Ed-That is quite the wine collection. Enjoy!
Jan-Could you have your medication delivered to you? The pharmacy I deal with with mail it.
I hope your friend get good news. It make me sad that she can not be with her dad at this time.
Vix-We probably have enough food for a month. My husband has always believed that we should have extra incase of an emergency. I guess he was right.
I just heard on the news that we have had 535 testing positive for the virus. Last I heard there were about 60-65 hospitalized.
Irene-I hope you, George and Annie are doing ok?
Today I plan on doing a little house work and try to get out for a walk. It will be in the high 30's today.
Have a good day and stay safe!
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