What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu?

btw - your story of being lost just reminded me of the last time I was! It was at the (OH) conference hotel! I got lost on the 2nd floor trying to find my way back to the elevators from the pool! (only for a few minutes, though) But boy - that place was a maze!

Good morning ~ Glad to hear you had a lovely day with your family and churning butter! I see you -TJ's baguette in the background! I love that bread and bet it was awesome with your homemade butter. I had a lovely day with my family, there were 12 of us! It was warm so we ate outside and went for a walk after - just beautiful. As predicted, I was too full when I got home to drink more than a few sips of wine. Today is a different story. Other than walking the dogs, we are staying home making our own Thanksgiving meal, decorating for Christmas and there will definitely be wine! Back to 0 wine on Saturday. The break has been nice and I want to continue on that path. Not eliminating completely, but being selective and intentional and having something to look forward to.

QOTD - These days with GPS I feel completely comfortable going anywhere. Not so much pre-GPS or without MapQuest turn by turn directions - never mind in the dark -total tears. I get lost in parking lots, but that's about all anymore.

Yesterday:

1/2 almond croissant, little bit of everything - no wine, no dessert

Today:

1/2 almond croissant, little bit of everything + wine and my dessert will be sweet potatoes!

Tomorrow:

Turkey sandwich, Turkey dinner

Sunday:

Back to normal menu

Happy Friday!!!

I remember printing off my Mapquest directions...and all the times the roads were updated and the directions were not, lol. I do still use the Mapquest app sometimes, for nostalgia.

Anybody remember the AAA trip tickets? I am dating myself.

Before GPS I got lost all the time. It almost never bothered me because I figured I would find my way evidentially. I was coming home from North Carolina and my sister was driving my car. I used OnStar to get directions. My sister said that she did not trust OnStar and insisted on taking her way instead. We were more than 50 miles in the wrong direction before she gave in and followed the OnStar directions.

QOTD- I seriously have no sense of direction. It took me until I was 25 to figure out that if you know one direction you know the others. When I worked as a telephone installer I would get seriously lost, I-5 runs through the middle of the area that I worked, so lots of streets don't go through and I was usually trying to find new construction that was not in the Thomas Guide. I also had my GPS try to run me into a lake when I was working in Olympia, so you can't even trust them.

The only place we could find to deliver yesterday was Shari's, it was OK but not really Thanksgiving. My Mom had turkey, and I had fish and chips. But first I loaded up all of the things I had left with my Mom. The stacking plastic bins, and plastic shelves full of yarn, and fabric, cat carrier. I haven't unloaded it yet. I'll probably put it in the attic off of my office later today. The guys are supposed to be back to finish the duct to my bedroom today, and they will need to go through the attic so I don't really want to put more stuff in the way.

It's supposed to rain today, I'm hoping it won't since my roommate needs to clear the apartment for the person that he was care taking. She is now in a nursing home, and won't be coming out. He will be taking most of it to the dump, and possibly selling a few things. We need to get the garage cleared so he can bring home the table saw and chop saw (they used to be mine but I gave them to him when I went to Maui, so I get to use them but they are no longer mine, that's life). Of the things I got rid of there are only a few that I really miss or would like back.

I've been reading Your Money or Your Life that White Dove recommended. It will take me a while, but it does make you change your perspective on spending. I will work through the program and see how much I can change, a lot of it I already practice, but need to use the additional tools that they give you.

I'm going to see if I can go to a movie today. I gave up my unlimited pass because I haven't seen many movies this year. But there are a bunch now that I want to see, so I got it back. Will try to talk my roommate into seeing something this weekend, or I'll just go by myself.

Have a great Friday everyone!

I found that book life-changing. It changed my whole perspective on money. I think some of the financial advice they offer is a bit - if not really - iffy (like only buying long-term treasury bonds - and there was also some weird advice for health insurance, as I recall), but their whole way of looking at money was really great. It became so easy for me to walk away from things once I started looking at them in terms of how many hours I'd have to put in at the office to buy whatever it was. Occasionally the item was worth the extra five - or twenty - or forty - or a hundred - "work hours", but often, it wasn't, and I'd walk away. I'm sure I wouldn't be in the financial position I'm in today (e.g., I was able to retire in my late 50s) if I hadn't read that book.

Bueno Dias! Having a great time so far and the house I rented is awesome. I am glad I got my exercise in yesterday because the only other muscles I used after that were chewing and drinking ones. No idea how I put so much in me. But I know it was a lot. Today should be better. Wine tasting all day and since I don't really drink in the daylight, I'll be great until dinner. And we have a fancy tasting dinner tonight I think which I love. Hopefully I'm going to go get on my yoga mat here in a few minutes and get my exercise done. Definitely not comfortable/confident walking in this neighborhood. But it's gated and it I just might do the huge hill driveway a few times instead. Anything to say I have moved today further then the bed to the couch.

QoTD: I am always lost. At least once a week. Sometimes once a day. I constantly say in my head "I was lost but now I'm found ".

Meals are unsure but I will have some leftover salted tri tip for breakfast.

the crew this Thanksgiving:

Have a great weekend. Peace Everybody!

That's a great photo!

Oh, QJB, I am so sorry for all you've had to deal with but yay you (and GPS) for getting through that particular phobia. Brains go strange places sometimes!

Our thanksgiving was fun, low key, with many rounds of telestrations plus all the yummies. It was perfect.

I woke up at 322 this morning so although I gave it 15 minutes to fall back asleep, I did get up, grab a cup of coffee and then hit the road, so it was nice to be home by 12:30 (time change helped). But of course, after I unloaded the car, I decided I was too tired to unpack anything so, that will be tomorrow.

QOTD - I have been lost on 6 continents....and it would have been 7 but someone pointed out I wasn't going where I thought I was when I was in Antarctica, lol. I think the last time was two weeks ago on my trip to Memphis. One day I'll have to tell about the time I got so lost the road ended, that was awesome (really!)

I don't have a menu but will figure something out of the fridge; I only had one coffee this morning and over the course of the drive, I ate a pack of those provolone-salami roll ups.

My pictures are of me and my sister yesterday and my two new pets -- names have yet go be decided. I am so excited for my gargoyle and dragon:-)

Happy Friday everyone!