Mornin' All!

we're taking my brother back to the airport this morning. I'm bussing back because Greg has to go to work afterward. I was planning to get off the bus downtown or on campus and walk around a bit before hopping back on the bus and heading back home, but it's supposed to start raining around 11:00 and rain all day, so..maybe not. I'll probably just take the bus all the way back home (haven't been on our new and improved route beyond downtown yet - it's fabulous that we can now get all the way to the airport on our neighborhood bus line (no bus changes involved!))

QOTD: I'll have to think about this. The only thing that I can think of now is some name that's not a legal name + a nickname. In other words, I'd want my legal name to be the same as what I'm actually called. My legal name is Patricia, which I never use, and I cringe every time someone calls me "Pat". Not that "Pat" is a terrible name, but it's NOT my name, and I get really tired of correcting people. I'd also have to have a one-syllable first name since my last name is four syllables. Otherwise the complete name would be way too long. I'll have to give this some thought and circle back.

B: plain skyr with blueberry/lime compote, thin slice of Danish rye bread with light whipped butter and cherry butter, coffee with half & half

L: either veggie chili or a small grain bowl

S: yogurt bark and/or Lesser Evil popcorn

D: we have leftover pizza but I may do something else. I'm not a huge fan of leftover pizza. Maybe whatever I don't eat for lunch I'll eat for dinner

have a great day, everyone!

Good Morning! Sorry you didn't sleep well and I hope you feel better soon. I'm leaning towards making a job offer to one of the applicants, maybe today. I don't really too much overlap with the person leaving and new person joining so I'm trying to be strategic and thinking maybe having the new person start 1/2 days where she is just with me training but not taking up my whole day.

QOTD: I always wanted to go by middle name, Lynne. There were a few male Kellys in my elementary school and I hated that, also Smelly Kelly got old really quick.

TSS: 10 years 7 months

B: SF latte, 3 turkey sausage links, and an orange

L: Turkey and cheese sticks, oikos yogurt and some fruit

S: A piece of fruit and yogurt

D: Soy chorizo,eggbeaters, zero net carb tortillas, a banana, and 2 mini York peppermint patties

ES: Protein ice cream and carbmaster toast

E: 1/2 hour elliptical and 2 miles on treadmill

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1433 Protein:121 Carbs: 118 Fat:66

Have a great day!

Hey gang we are halfway through the week woo hoo. I had a crappy night of sleep due to not feeling good. My nose is so stuffy that it was causing me to have coughing fits, so I went out on the couch which has recliners to try and get some sleep. Meisha was concerned that I wasn't in bed, so she had to come check on me and then stayed on the couch with me to ya know protect me if something was outside. Really all she did was snore. I have to run out to Walmart and grab some more allergy meds and get some Nyquil to sleep.

I have an appointment with my weight loss center Friday morning, but I think I'm going to reschedule it only because I don't feel good.

QOTD: If you could give yourself a new first name what would it be? While I have no issues with Jennifer, I have always loved the name Evelyn.

B: Coffee

L: chicken soup

D: chicken loaf

No treadmill just don't have the energy for it right now.

Have a Marvelous day everyone!!

Hi All -

I do check in here and read postings occasionally, but I think I need to get back into it. It's been a crazy few months. We had to move my mom into assisted living (her dementia was getting worse, and she needed more help (I'd hired people to come in an hour or two every morning - which worked for a while, but as of last fall, she needed more support)). Then I was supposed to have my right hip replaced last December, but it had to be rescheduled twice because of another medical issue I had that had to be resolved before he'd do the surgery. And then we lost two of our cats - eight days apart. But now I've finally had my hip surgery (and am doing great!), and spring is here (well - almost - it's still pretty cool today), so things are looking up!

I'm hoping I'll drop a couple of pounds because it's common to have a slight metabolism boost after having a major surgery (your body expends a lot of energy healing itself). I haven't been on the scale yet, though. Weight loss is so slow these days that I'd be disappointed if I've just lost half a pound, which is probably realistic. But we'll see. I'm hoping, too, that with this new and improved hip, I'll be a lot more active.

I've been pretty good with eating since having the surgery (three weeks ago), but I just downed a bunch of chocolate. I was thinking we're going out for pizza tonight (my niece's boyfriend's b-day), so I'm going to blow it anyway, so what the hell? I'll just eat this chocolate. This is thinking I used to have before RNY. Hopefully these thought will be out of my system after today. If my metabolism is in fact higher than normal right now, I'd better take full advantage of that, because that little boost doesn't last forever.

QOTD: the only thing I know I'm allergic to - or at least react to - is some kind of adhesive they use in surgeries. It was horrible during my arm/breast lift. I thought I would die from itching. The surgeon put me on prednisone for ten days since there's no way he could have removed the surgical tape the day after my surgery. It's in my MyChart that I'm allergic to surgical tape - and I told the hip surgeon as well as his PA about it, and they said they'd use a type of tape that people tolerate well, but guess what? Hives the next day. At least it wasn't itchy and they were gone after a couple days, so it was an improvement. But still..

B: plain skyr with blueberry/lime compote, coffee with half & half

S: iced latte made with SF syrup, Salvadoran quesadilla (my brother's in town - he wanted to go to this Salvadoran coffee shop near my house)

L: small "grain bowl" - roasted sweet potatoes, lentils seasoned with taco seasoning, 1 T avocado, cottage cheese, tahini, hot honey

S: Lesser Evil popcorn, way too much chocolate

D: 1-2 pieces of pizza

It's late in the day, so hopefully everyone had a great one!

QOTD- Mold, mildew, dust mites and minor to cats. But I'll never get rid of my cats. But I was tested years ago, so who knows now.

Rainy and windy and possible thunder and hail coming this way.

I finished the pantry, and moved most everything into it. It's not ideal but it gives me more space. It's harder to add water to the espresso machine, but it will work. My kitchen is really small and doesn't have enough cabinet space. So I was using the Kallax shelf from Ikea in the dining room to store the excess, that doesn't fit in the cabinets. There really isn't any way to enlarge the kitchen without spending a ton of money so it's not happening. I'm not sure how the previous owners with 4 kids survived with this kitchen and tiny dining room, but they lived here for 50 years.

I need to get to work.

Have a great day everyone!