Good morning Slims!

Answers to the Ice Breaker Question lead me to think we are all homebodies. Me too.

@jellytree - yes, I usually go out and walk 3 miles on my lunch hour. And I usually take a 5-10 minute break in the morning and again after lunch. I didn't do any of that for the whole month of January. It's been very stressful.

I think a lot of my boss's foul mood stemmed from her "Dry January". I didn't realize she was doing that. But I was talking with her husband Andy and he mentioned that she'd had a really bad day at the office (as did all of us that day because of her!) and he thought they might get to enjoy a glass of wine together that evening, but she told him not until they were officially on vacation. So that would explain a lot. She didn't intend to make it for the whole month, because she planned to have drinks while on vacation. Hopefully she will be in a better frame of mind when she gets back next Monday. So now, I'll get to deal with Gregg. He's just returning from a 3-week vacation, but he's walking into a mess because of the check fraud on our bank account, and the bank is not letting us make remote deposits, so he's going to have to go to the bank every single day. He won't be too pleased about that, but I'm hoping he's in a good mood after his vacation. He's going to see that I bought a new printer, and he won't be too pleased about that either.

-Mica

@micaroo4 It is beyond frustrating that the cops can’t do anything. I did offer to punch my niece in the face and blame it on him. Thanks for your prayers!

@AprilRaineyBattle, I love your icebreaker answer because that is exactly what I would choose! Power to the jigsaw!!!

@Katmary71 I am sending you good vibes that you hold strong at the BBQ! It’s always occurred to run into people you used to deal with and didn’t end on great terms. Do you mean you need to pay $1000 to join? Any charity you choose to work with is going to be very lucky to have you!

@AmbersWay Thanks for the sympathy. I also do much better avoiding bread. Although I eat mostly sourdough, which doesn’t seem to affect me nearly as much.


Good morning! Well, we got my niece and the kids here. We pray that he will leave on his own and that we don’t have to drag this drama out. It’s not going to end well for him, that I guarantee. The bummer is that tomorrow is a holiday, and we are getting snow on Tuesday, so getting the eviction will take extra time. Joe and I are going to church this morning, and I will stay for a few minutes after to do payroll, so I will have to go this week. My wrist hurt so much yesterday that I finally decided that no matter how much money I’m spending on family and the dog, I must spend some on myself, too. I need my hand!! So, I have an appointment next Friday to get another shot. My happy news is that despite the drama, I did not give in to any stress eating and kept to my no sugar/snacking challenge. I’m feeling good, and as of this morning, I’m down 8.2 lbs. I’m on fire!!

@TeresaW2024 I had been wanting one, too, but I never brought it up to my husband because we have two other ice cream makers lol. But the other day, he said, "You know what I want for Christmas? A Ninja Creami!" and I said I've been wanting one, too, let's get one! We got ours at Sam's Club, it was a good deal and came with extra ice cream pints. Aw no. I'm sorry about the niece's POS man. I can't believe they can't do anything about him. I'm sure you are really stressed. Big hugs and thinking of you and your family. I'm glad to read this morning that you got your niece and her kids out safely. I'm glad you are going to get another shot. Wow, great job on your loss!

@Digger61 @morenin Congrats on the losses!

@AprilRaineyBattle Ah ok. Thank you! That sounds like a nice way to spend an evening.

@Katmary71 Oh no! I'm sorry you are in pain. Are you still doing your special teas? That is very steep to join the rotary. I do not know anything about the friends of the library organizations, I only worked for the public library system for 9 months and I was only a library assistant at the time, here is an article about them: https://action.everylibrary.org/how_to_be_a_better_friend_to_your_library It would be fun to volunteer for one! Your evening ideas sound fun!

@AmbersWay Thank you so much! I am doing really well so far, no problems with fixating on foods or cravings. I am eating to fuel my body not eating for food. I like your ideas for a nice evening. Especially the fire pit!

@jellytree Thank you! My desk was cleaned and it looks much better! I just need to find something to do with the box of crap I took off it lol. Exactly! Yay for no overtime! I have the same type of thing with books. There is just no place for them all lol. There are different schools of thought to organizing books (I am a librarian by day), you can do it any of the ways you mentioned. Some people organize by color (I hate that idea lol, how would you find anything?). The important thing is whatever system you choose, you need the books FINDABLE. My books are not organized, ironically. Because I get so many and they come and go (I take ones I already read or don't want to the used book store for credit). I don't bother organizing them. I only have one bookcase (which is why I have piles of books all over), so it isn't hard to find a book I want. Good job with the activity!

Hi all. I had a fun day yesterday: I ran around doing errands and getting groceries most of the day until I went to my book club meeting at 5. It's a silent book club (https://silentbook.club/ ) where basically you read whatever book you want to read and meet and talk about what you are reading and then we silently read for about 90 minutes. We met at a wine bar and I had coffee, my first caffeinated coffee since surgery. It was a really nice group. At first, I thought it was a mistake to come: there were already established cliques and couples. My husband didn't come with me. I sat beside a nice and welcoming man. After we introduced our books and read silently, there was a socialization period. I talked with 3 other people that were super nice and we discussed how hard it was to make friends as an adult. It was a wonderful experience. After that, I picked up my husband and we went for more coffee. It was fun.
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Sunday
SW 232.2
PW:228.8
CW: 227.8

I’ve been giving it a good go this week. Thought I’d see a bigger loss but I’ll take what I can get.
I’m finding raw carrots are my gastro’s enemy. Really thought that would be a good switch. Generally things like lettuce and veggies don’t like me.
Try again this week.

@sleepygirl79 You're doing great! I think raw veggies are challenging to digest unfortunately. I tried for a long time eating huge salads and I've learned I do a lot better with cooked or smaller salads.

@trooworld Congrats on the Ninja Creami definitely share what you make I'm curious! I do still do my special teas it helped a lot last night. Thank you for the link, with our local library also having a seed library it would be awesome to help out there. Your experience with the reading group sounds like it turned out well despite feeling a little cliquish at first. It is real awkward and challenging to make friends as an adult. It's funny I was thinking when picturing the perfect night home how much I appreciate the friends/family I can quietly sit in a room reading with, I think that's when my mom and I get along the best. I put the pilates bar on my wishlist, maybe that will be a future reward. Wow 24lbs since surgery is awesome you're doing incredible!

@TeresaW2024 Thank you! Yes the Rotary membership fee is $1000 a year, she gave us a free card to come to a meeting and breakfast and I couldn't help but think not giving out free breakfasts at a restaurant would save a good $500 right there! I'm glad your niece is safely with you, I hope he's evicted fast! Definitely get the locks changed if she owns the house. Like @micaroo4 was saying my Dad has had good luck with finger surgeries, he's had more than one but they've all helped (computer engineer so used his hands a lot). Way to go on no stress eating I'm proud of you and your 8.2lbs less this month woohoo! Things are good with my roommate, she's only here during the week and we're both readers and like similar TV. Oh no I”m sorry to hear Maggie.

@micaroo4 Oh that makes sense if you boss tends to drink a lot to be having a tough time this month. I hope she's in a better mood next week to help with Gregg's return and possible issues. Oh no I'm sorry to hear about the ashwaganda and not being able to sleep. Hugs on the boss situation, you can probably all use a break from one another.

@jellytree I don't personally have a greenhouse but the food bank farm I volunteer with shares the local high school's greenhouse (I wish it was mine I'd live in there!). That's awesome your cherry tomato plant is still going! I've done that with peppers before but not tomatoes. I'm glad it's a tasty one that IS good luck I think you have at least a green thumbnail. I kind of have a book system which is alphabetical but I have so many books it's one large group alphabetical fiction ones in the closet, one bookshelf cookbooks, one bookshelf gardening and herbs, then stacks, piles, and another bookshelf of “to be read” ones. When my roommate moved in she asked if I liked to read and I asked if she'd peeked in my room as I have about 100 books in stacks on my headboard. You'll have to share your chosen system!

@morenin I'm glad you're able to try phentermine again and hope it's just what you need. Yikes that's a lot of snow shoveling you're definitely not lacking for exercise!

@AprilRaineyBattle I love your choice of a relaxing night that sounds awesome!

@bethanie0825 Feel better!

Hi friends, think I'm finally caught up! I'm going to check out the menu before we go out. I'm planning to enjoy the meal and dessert but not overdo it. Worked out this morning, did some cleaning, and ran errands I need to sign my brother's card and scramble. Have a great night and happy Monday!

Weigh In Sunday Jan 19
SW 175
PW 168.2
CW 168.8

Username: jellytree
Weigh-in day: Mondays
PW: 216.7 lbs
CW: 216.3 lbs