I love the meme! Don't know how you handle the cicadas they would drive me nuts!

My roommate got a job, so maybe things will be better. I had 19 hours paid last week, which is good since I haven't had a paycheck in almost 2 months. I did finally get money from Paid Leave Oregon, so I'm not totally broke. I can cover my house payment for this month. I hate living paycheck to paycheck but that is my reality.

It's not supposed to be as hot as the last couple of days, high 90's is too warm. Especially when trying to keep my 2nd story bedroom cool at night. To keep it cool the downstairs is cold. I've been thinking about selling my house, but honestly I don't think I can afford the interest rates now and don't want to move again. The stairs and I are not friends, I really want a single story house.

My neighbors, the ones with the rooster were playing very loud musi****il about 10:30PM on Saturday, my roommate had talked to them a couple of days before and basically they told him too bad call the cops. Why is there always one neighbor that makes everyone else's life a living hell? Not looking forward to the 4th, I despise fireworks and have PTSD so it just sucks. The city of Portland has banned fireworks but I don't think it will do any good.

Have a great day everyone! I miss QJB and Grim has anyone heard how they are doing?

Hi! Today was payroll day 1 and with the holiday in the mix I'm not ready to hand off the ones I've been handling during the training phase for the new team member so it was pretty busy but went by fast.

QOTD: During the week, eat in with the normal breakfast and lunch items and for dinner we usually barbecue or make some sort of protein on Sunday that gets us through the first part of the week. Usually the weekend we tend to eat at once or twice.

Typical breakfast lunch and snacks for me and dinner is soy chorizo with a little bit of cheese and zero net carb tortillas. Exercise, vitamins, and water all checked off for the day!

I hope everyone had a great day!

Hi Mary, thank you for starting the Tuesday post. Being new here I feel like it isn't my place to do that and besides, I still can't figure out how to add pics to posts.

Your Door Dash sammies sounded good and it leads me right to the QOTD answer: We never get takeout and only eat out once or twice a year. We are just too cheap, lol. I can make Arby's at home with my Instant Pot, beef deli meat cut as thick as we want and some seasonings (bouillon powder, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper). Their sauce is in the grocery stores here now so it makes a cheap meal. For our anniversary, there is one Chinese place we love so usually we go there. I refuse to have the stink of deep frying in my house so I don't attempt to cook Chinese. And besides, our family joke is that Hubby is 'Restaurant Death'...we can take him to any wonderful restaurant and that meal will be awful.

It has been very sad around here, the whole community is in mourning for the two firefighters who were murdered and praying for the third who is in the hospital. All the flags are at half-staff. My son-in-law is a firefighter in the Spokane Fire Department and I can't wait to give him a tight hug the next time I see him.

Today is another follow-up with the ear, nose, throat Dr. Trying yet again to get him to fix my broken nose but doubt it will be successful. I've actually stretched the left side of my face from pulling the skin away from the nose to help open it up better. He says fixing that would make my nostril problems worse. I just want to be able to breathe normally.

Getting so close to Onederland again (5#!) so I'm trying to do what exercises I can and keeping control of fats and carbs. I should set up a ticker again.

B- The same SF chocolate protein/collagen shake.

L- Probably nothing.

S-1.5 cups of watermelon

D-Might thaw one of my egg substitute and turkey sausage packets and have that on some lettuce or raw Red Russian kale.

LS-Chia water again and a hard boiled egg.

Have a blessed day!

sorry for posting the thread as I didn't see your's Mary before I did! Deleted it and wanted to thank you for getting us started!

Hoping Jennifer is enjoying her vacation!

No sure what the plan is for today. I have some errands to run, like the bank and a few things at the grocery store. I also need to pay a few bills online.

My mom had a bit of a breakdown last night. I was yelled at?a lot. Not necessarily about me but I was the only one here. It was a very stressful event. I hope she is going to handle things better today. It?s going end up with her getting a mental health evaluation ordered by the police. Our police are pretty useless on this side of town. Our neighbor was having oral sex in their driveway and it set her off Sunday and then yesterday something just really set her off. If you?re the praying type please send a few up for calmness.

I found a great deal on a bird feeder with a web cam in it for my moms b-day this month. If I?m being honest I?ll enjoy it just as much if not more! We have a pair of cardinals that sometimes come visit. They aren?t exactly common here. We have mostly starlings, grackles and sparrows. A few finches too. It?ll be really fun I think. I also got her a solar fountain to put in her bird bath!

QOTD: we don't go out a lot. My mom gets a hamburger about once or twice a month and we may get Thai sometimes. Sometimes I get a fresh salad kit from Sam's like what's on my meal plan for lunch. I couldn't make it from scratch for what cost of what I got. I do use frozen stuff for breakfast a lot.

B: breakfast burrito and coffee

L: spinach salad with strawberries, blueberries, walnuts and feta

D: pork street taco with tomato, onion and maybe some lettuce.

here are some old photos I took that I reworked with a program I didn?t have at the time.

the spirally one is a morning glory before it blooms!

I wil! go ahead and start because Jennifer is on vacation. I don't have any cute meme. It has been hot with lots of rain and rweather alerts about severe thunderstorms. Lots of people have lost power and internet from the storms. I ordered some Doors ash this see that was surprisingly good. A beef brisket sandwich from Army's that I added their barbeque sauce and a sandwich from Honey Baked Ham that had a glaze and a barbeque sauce and dill pickles. Half of that is waiting for me to have for lunch.

Cooking for one person is a challenge. But I will make ribs for the Fourth even though I will be at the pool at the country club and order food there. Some of my family will be there and I love to watch the kids in the pool.

Question of the Day: Do you prepare meals at home, go out to eat, or order takeout during a normal week? I fix most meals at home and go to really nice restaurants a few times a month. I order door ash when I don't feel like cooking or want to try something new. I often order a child's portion which is plenty for me and usually about $12. I still give sane tip I would give for adult serving and don't have leftovers.

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