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Welcome back from your camping excursion! It’s been a bit lonely around here. Many of our regulars are busy doing LIFE. But they’re missed. 😢1
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Welcome back, Bella. Those freakin' hamsters.
PAV - that was my go to recipe for the stink masters too. We used it a few weeks ago. And then my friend - brand new to dog ownership - told me about how his vet sold him this special shampoo - and I didn't expect it to work - but WOW. Absolutely no (maybe .00005%) stink left after one shampoo. Actually smelled a bit pleasant! Not perfumey but much nicer than his regular eau d'hound.2 -
Ok, so I’m actually only 3lbs up...but it feels like 30lbs!3
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Had a good conversation with Boyfriend and it looks like we're looking at becoming dog parents in September. We have to get the house in order for a dog, including making sure the cats have access to food and water and litterboxes and the dog doesn't have access to their food, their water, or their litterboxes. Planning to get a pittie or a pittie mix from a local rescue or shelter.2
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I have lost count of the number of applications I have put in. Most I 100% qualify for but I did do some "reach" jobs as well. I mean, what's the worse that can happen? They tell me I am not qualified? I already knew that... but I wanted to try.
Now to figure out where I might want to live. Though I can't get serious about apartments until I have a new job.3 -
I think our bodies are so tickled with reduced weight that they respond very dramatically to any weight gain. Glad it was only 3 pounds for you....hope they leave again without too much of a fight.
Pups are great fun, Alexandra. A whole different dynamic from felines! Will have you all on your toes and joyfully occupied.
Fingers crossed, Athijade.1 -
Yesterday was younger son's birthday celebration. Beautiful day, lots of sun (and a big sun umbrella over the table thank goodness) and lots of food. Mostly very healthy - younger son loves healthy food - though too much. And...the highpoint...thanks to Dante's shared trick of putting vinegar into the cooking water, a potato salad that almost perfectly match that of my late mother in law.
Most years I'm down to making that only once a year - for my son's birthday because it is his guilty food love - but until yesterday I had not managed to achieve the texture of hers. I never had the opportunity to ask her because she passed very young, many (30 some odd!) years ago, way before I was thinking of capturing peoples exact recipes. Was a very nice moment, my ex-husband was here too, and we all had a moment of reminiscing about his mom. My guess that is as close as we get to immortality.
Just had a small bowl of that for breakfast - the potato salad, not immortality - nothing like a good vinegary blast to start the day. Lots of eggs in there - so some protein too!
And now its gone. 4 -
Now, you knowi will ask. Though no chance of making over the next few days2
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Me too! Could you please post on the recipe page?
Today started with an early morning gym visit. Doing some housework.
Put together an enchilada casserole for tomorrow. It will percolate in the fridge overnight soaking up salsas and flavors. Then bake tomorrow. Using the oven because we may get some rain 🤞and temps in the low 90s.3 -
Will post - my quanitities are silly though - but you can adjust down.2
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Had a low-key day. I had a restless night due to IBS, and so I had one of those days where napping feels like the best use of...yeah, the whole damn day. Slept from 10 am to 2 pm, got up, ate something, and got the medieval chicken in the oven, as well as the saffron rice, and hauled out bread rolls and the creamed spinach to thaw. So after I got back from picking up Boyfriend, it all came together fast, and to rave reviews. I made a double batch so next time I can just warm it all up and call it a meal.
Now I have to clean up the kitchen cause I didn't do it last night and didn't do it earlier today. Willpower being used to overcome tired. I really don't want to leave it, because it bothers me when things aren't right.2 -
Got a gyro quichecake made, two meals of chicken taquitos made, and a batch of chocolate chip muffins made.
Which means there's now two quichecakes in the freezer, which is how I like it, we can have taquitos Friday as planned, and I have something to eat for breakfast tomorrow.
Tomorrow I have to go to the eye doctor. Hopefully this one takes my insurance. Then I have to come home and make fried pork bits for the month, cause we're out and I want to have something including them on Thursday.3 -
Hope tomorrow finds you feeling better, Alexandra - and that the eye doctor is a success!1
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best of luck with the doc!
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Hot. Windy. Can't open windows due to wind. AirCon is cooling the outdoors since I am in and out all the time trying to play musical things. Bunnies have been nuked... just grabbed a bag of green beans nuked a bit, added some onions and cut up snausage thingy and some canned tomatoes and a bit of canned tomato sauce and run it through... it is... well... something! Veggie bites from Costco consumed in the meanwhile. They are not terrible. But nothing to write home about in my personal opinion. Maybe if I warmed them in the oven they would be a potential tater tot replacement. Microwaved... nothing to write home about. Not a repeat buy item for me! 3
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I need to follow your example, PAV. Hungry - not feeling inclined to prepare anything - a dangerous time. So far not messed up too badly - ate an apple and some cheese but that isn't going to cover me for long.
The veggie bites look tasty - dangerous too! Not low calorie nor filling it seems?2 -
Went to the optometrist today. Discovered I have a cataract starting in one eye, so while it's not to the point of needing surgery it's also something they'll keep an eye on over time. And I was right, my distance vision HAS changed. I intend to get a second pair of glasses because I don't need them until I need them very badly. When I get the new ones I'll see about getting a new prescription in these current frames.
Boyfriend had one of those frustrating days where seemingly everything you do goes wrong, so he ate a comfort-food dinner and went to bed early. And Girlfriend is okay though she is sleeping only four hours at a time. As she said, "I get eight hours sleep every 24 hours, just four hours at a time....Up 8, sleep four."
But I have organizing and tidying to do tonight, and I like to do that, it calms my head down. So that's what I'll be doing. Probably while listening to a lecture on paleontology or anthropology/archaeology.
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Spent the morning having a gut ultrasound. Not emergency just ongoing discomfort that I need to stop blowing off. I’m prone to ignoring things until ....and have a high pain tolerance. Results tomorrow.
I had to fast so hubby and I went to Whataburger for a bacon breakfast on a bun (called a bob). Yummy and calorific much like PAVs egg McMuffin. Only had one! So I’ll be extra careful the rest of the day.1 -
Found out my hysterectomy will be July 20th, so I want to be in as tip-top shape as possible before that--won't be able to do my regular exercise for a while after. Was given the choice of either a minimally invasive robotically assisted procedure or an open procedure that would also include a panniculectomy (tummy tuck). Both procedures are equally likely to be successful at getting rid of the cancer. The minimally invasive procedure has a recovery time of 2-4 weeks, whereas the open procedure is more like 6-8 weeks of recovery, and would not be able to be scheduled quite as soon because two surgeons have to coordinate. Although I would have dearly loved to get rid of the apron of loose skin I have from losing 140 lbs, it is just not worth postponing the surgery and having a longer recovery--I have already had to cancel my vacation and a trip for a family reunion, and if I did that more extensive procedure it would also put my international singing competition in early September in jeopardy. Super hard decision, though. I hope things go smoothly. I would be really frustrated if for some reason the minimally invasive procedure had to be converted to an open procedure after all but because it wasn't planned for, they would not do the panniculectomy. My mind just won't stop. Ugh!5
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jenniferelizabethwiseman wrote: »Found out my hysterectomy will be July 20th, so I want to be in as tip-top shape as possible before that--won't be able to do my regular exercise for a while after. Was given the choice of either a minimally invasive robotically assisted procedure or an open procedure that would also include a panniculectomy (tummy tuck). Both procedures are equally likely to be successful at getting rid of the cancer. The minimally invasive procedure has a recovery time of 2-4 weeks, whereas the open procedure is more like 6-8 weeks of recovery, and would not be able to be scheduled quite as soon because two surgeons have to coordinate. Although I would have dearly loved to get rid of the apron of loose skin I have from losing 140 lbs, it is just not worth postponing the surgery and having a longer recovery--I have already had to cancel my vacation and a trip for a family reunion, and if I did that more extensive procedure it would also put my international singing competition in early September in jeopardy. Super hard decision, though. I hope things go smoothly. I would be really frustrated if for some reason the minimally invasive procedure had to be converted to an open procedure after all but because it wasn't planned for, they would not do the panniculectomy. My mind just won't stop. Ugh!
The minimally invasive is the way to go; that's how they did my tubal ligation, and while I was sore afterwards (plan to make sure you have elastic very easy stretchy waistbands on clothing for a solid ten days) it was very easy to come back from. I feel you on the panniculectomy, though.... I really do! That's the only real spot I have skinfold issues, and I'm still needing to lose another 60 pounds, so it'll get worse before it gets better for me.2 -
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 good info, thanks. Part of my reasoning for not going that way is also that even if I had the panniculectomy, I still hate my upper arms which are very flabby and I have very saggy baggy breasts at this point from the weight loss as well, and any abdominal surgery won't fix THOSE things. I look good in clothes and don't have any issues with infections or sores or anything, and there is no way I am going for plastic surgery on my arms or chest, so...guess I'll keep the lights off when clothes are off.3
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Fingers and toes crossed it all goes well and that they do the most awesome cleanup job EVER!!!!1
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@jenniferelizabethwiseman, once again you prove yourself to be a very wisewoman! Good luck with the procedure - I hope all goes to plan and you make a speedy and full recovery!
Yooly - I hope the results show nothing too concerning! Better to get these things checked out though...2 -
The results are in! I get to keep my gallbladder. Everything looks okay. So it’s probably an intercostal muscle strain located under the ribs. Maybe caused by over enthusiastic weight work at the gym. I just spent a year recovering from a hip bursitis- caused by over enthusiastic walking. 👣
I think my body is trying to tell me “you’re old, so just sit down already!” Bummer 🙄5 -
Happy Canada Day PAV, Laurie and any Canadian lurkers out there!
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Glad you'll still remain attached to your gallbladder Yooly. Heavens, don't slow down! Just be a bit less vigorous!
Oh Canada...The True North, strong and free...
For some reason we used to sing O Canada in our school assembly. I can't imagine why. Perhaps our headmistress was a closet Canuck...1 -
Hey, we will take all the good wishes! Evil bang-bang noise maker people all over the place. Eeeeek! Oh well. Nothing special happening here for the obvious reasons. Hopefully Laurie is having more fun! Our new Canadians originally from Syria were out at the beach I hear... still trying to figure out whether it was a lake beach, a river beach, or sea beach... but it is definitely not a cell friendly beach!!!
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Laurie is having great fun... At a damned river beach today... Felt like a nice little Lake but the water seemed much fresher.
I have the boy for a few days and we're making the most of it before he heads off in a few weeks.
Those fireworks just make the dogs crazy don't they?
Glad for the good news Yooly... Slowing down is no fun 🙁
Wisewoman... Seems like you made the best choice for you. I'm really inspired by your view on the loose skin. It is best to be practical and not to fret too much about it!
Thank you for the Canada Day wishes 😁2 -
Had my annual body skin check today. Looking for any suspicious spots of which I only had one this time. Got it frozen off with liquid nitrogen. 😱 Yow!
I’m still PO’d at having to slow down. 🤯 I spent years avoiding exercise. Now that I can move more freely, apparently I’m getting fragile. But in my head I don’t feel fragile!3 -
Hey... I need my skin checked!!!!
You don't look fragile to me!!!!!!
hmm..... nothing improper or proper intended or implied. It's just that both independent comments are juxtaposed by accident!1
