Happy Friday Eve Gang. I'm posting super early because I know the auditors are going to be at the plant for 7am again. Boy did it get warm yesterday and today we are supposed to hit our first 90 degree day here in CT. We had to put the AC on at work and when I got home Irvin had the central air on and the haze from the Canadian wildfires is affecting the air quality so that isn't helping much. I did more gardening and decided to name the resident garden snake Loki. Not sure if it is a female or male, but as long as it keeps the pests away I don't care. Like I've said before I'm afraid of snakes, but I know they are beneficial to the environment.

I had to order pizza for lunch today and we have an ice cream truck coming for the guys also. Hopefully tomorrow the auditors are only here for a half a day and then things can get back to normal.

QOTD: Do you like sitting in on meetings/conferences? Me not really. I get bored and tired unless I'm presenting something which doesn't happen often. To sit and listen to someone talk really isn't my cup of tea.

B: coffee and egg/cheese wrap

L: pizza

D: grilled chicken (since I didn't make it last night)

Off to get on the treadmill

Have a great day everyone!!!!

Good morning Mel thanks for starting us off. I got stuck in an early morning meeting and just now was able to get on the computer. I didn't expect the VPP auditors to be here before 10am, but there were here at 7am. I ended up working until 4:30 yesterday just to make sure they didn't need anything. Day one went well and we are well into day 2.

When I got home yesterday I worked on getting more things done outside and didn't get back in the house until 8:30. I do love this time of year when the days are longer. My SIL is giving me nine 7-gallon landscape pots to plant more stuff in and I'm giving her some started plants.

QOTD: My perfect weather day is 75 sunny with a slight breeze to keep the bugs away. I like to feel the sun and soak it up while I'm outside it's the best vitamin D around.

B: just coffee

L: catered lunch

D: grilled chicken breast with tossed salad

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Chrissy thanks for doing this. I was so preoccupied with what I was doing on my Friday off I forgot to get back in the house to start the thread.

QOTD: I wish I could handle stress eating better. Some days I do really well and then others I just crash and burn. Then I get mad at myself for eating junk and letting the stress getting the better of me.

Good Monday Morning Gang. Sorry I didn't get on Friday I ended up outside at 6am doing things and forgot to go back inside to start the thread. Thank you, Teenie, for doing it. I had a great long weekend of getting a bunch more stuff done. Yesterday I went to my mom's and helped with the shearing of her two sheep and can I say holy hell those little suckers are strong. I was holding the first one by they back feet and it went well, then somehow I ended up holding the second one by the horns and my sister Missy had the back feet will Amelia sheared her. I'm not sure what my sister did, but we were almost done and she let up on the back legs and Peppa realized it and jumped up. Only I had a death grip on her head so only her backend went up. Amelia said she had the halter and I could let go. I ended up having to hold her by the horns and lean into her so she couldn't move and Amelia finished shearing her back. Fun times not.

Today at work we have to finish up getting ready for our OSHA VPP certification. The plant looks pretty darn good.

QOTD: What's the dumbest way you've hurt yourself? I have so many ways that I've hurt myself, but the dumbest was in 6th grade when we had a field day and we were flying kites. I somehow twisted myself while running and pulled my back muscles. I couldn't walk without extreme pain for almost 3 weeks.

B: coffee and 2 eggs over easy

L: salad with chopped chicken

D: homemade sausage patty on the grill

30 minutes on the treadmill and 10 minutes on the vibration platform

Have a great day everyone!!!

Good Morning Gang. This is going to be quick as I have to cover the scale today. Should be fun. Today is my Friday and it looks like we are going to be getting a Billy Goat he is black, white with brown legs and when we get him I will post pictures.

I'm going to skip the QOTD as I just don't have the time to come up with something, but if someone else has something please feel free to ask it.

B: coffee and breakfast wrap

L: leftover pork ribs

D: tuna salad wrap

30 minutes on the treadmill

Have a great day everyone!!!

Good Tuesday Morning Gang.

Wow can I tell you all how much stuff I got done in the last 4 days. At the end of this post I am going to photo bomb you all. It started with Friday getting the front yard all cleaned up by the house and picked up some hanging plants from Mackey's.

Then Saturday I helped Irvin move a bunch of Hemi motors he had on pallets in the backyard onto a flatbed truck and weed wacked the wall, around the garden, and every place else. Sunday, we moved the big boxes I got from work over to the garden so I can use them as raised beds, started to plant some stuff in the big pots I have along the wall, and weed wacked around the horse and goat paddocks. Yesterday we got a fire going in one of the fire pits and worked on getting the garden all straightened out. I did not want to get up this morning, but I have a short week because I have this Friday off. I did lose 5lbs from all of the work I did with getting over 15000 steps in each day.

QOTD: How was everyone Memorial Day? Mine was great got things done and then grilled some chicken wings and enjoyed a glass of wine. My sister Missy stopped by unexpectedly and she got to see the goats and I gave her some veggie plants.

B: coffee and breakfast wrap

L: leftover chicken wings

D: chicken burgers and salad

No exercise today a bit tired from all the yard work.

Last thing I have to do is power wash the house, but my step-son is borrowing our power washer so that will have to wait. Meisha was watching Mufasa with me Saturday night and was lying on her back for most of the movie. She's such a goober head.

Have a great day everyone!!!

Good Morning Gang. Here are some pictures of the reception area the pictures loaded backwards, but we went from a tan to a red. The red is part of our company's color scheme. It actually came out pretty good. We are also getting some rug with our logo. Today is my Friday as I have tomorrow off and next Friday off. I'll have a nice long weekend with the holiday on Monday. I've already done a list of what I want to get done.

I told the guys I would make them so quiche for lunch so I will head up stairs and get started on that in a little bit.

QOTD: Anyone have any plans for the holiday weekend? I'm hoping to get my garden in or at least most of it. And do some extra yard work.

B: coffee and 2 eggs scrambled with feta and spinach

L: ham and cheese wrap

D: baby back ribs on the grill

30 minutes on the treadmill

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!

Good Tuesday Morning gang. We are getting ready to start our Clean Sweep here at work. There are 5 areas that we are working on and myself with a couple of ladies from corporate will be painting the front reception area and planting flowers in the big pots.

QOTD: Do you ever wake up full of energy because you know you'll be doing something different that day? I woke up this morning full of energy and ready to get things done here at work. We are hoping with all the changes that we get top plant for the reception area. Most of the other plants had already updated that area, but here at Lisbon we had not.

B: coffee

L: Catering spread from Mack's Catering will have all sorts of yummy things.

D: If I'm hungry it will be a salad made with spring mix and other veggies

30 minutes on the treadmill

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Good Morning gang. I had a very productive weekend. We got hay, cleaned out all my outside planting pots and weeded out my garlic. We didn't get the Billy goat because someone went and bought both of them which makes me think they are going to be used for food. :( People don't normally buy two Billy goats of the same lines for breeding.

I have a ton of stuff to do today at work to get ready for the next few days and the other person who has a company CC decided to take today off so I have her work to do also which means I have to run to Home Depot for stuff they need for tomorrow's clean sweep event.

QOTD: I'll have to think of something and swing back after I go run the errands.

B: coffee and 2 scrambled eggs

L: 2 crab cakes

D: baby back ribs and tomato/cucumber/red onion salad

30 minutes on the treadmill and 10 minutes on the vibration platform

Have a great day everyone!!!

We it's Friday Eve. Got woken up by a crazy thunder storm this morning. We were all laying in bed when a loud thunder boom and flash of lighting lit up the sky. Meisha jumped up and started barking at the windows as if to say hey we're sleeping in here so shut up. We're lucky she's not scared of thunder and lighting like some dogs are. She even loves watching fireworks. Took one of bags of recyclable bottles to Stop & Shop to cash them in and got $21.10. Between what I collect from work and what we pickup when we go for a walk down our street we usually end up with an extra $100 a month.

QOTD: Do you feel older or younger than you're actual age? Some days after doing a lot of work I feel like I'm 100 years old, but for most of the time I feel younger than 50, maybe not 20ish, but definitely younger.

B: coffee and scrambled eggs with feta cheese and spinach

L: two Crab bite tacos

D: grilled sirloin with grilled zucchini

30 minutes on the treadmill and 10 minutes on the vibration platform

Have a great day everyone!!!

Good Tuesday morning gang. Yesterday was a beautiful day only wish I didn't have to work. The new blades and back tires for the zero turn came in and Irvin will work on getting them installed today so I can get the lawn mowed.

We moved the last 5 meat chickens to the big coop and can now clean out the box truck body so we can move the goats down into the paddock we made for them. Positive they are both pregnant which we are very excited about. I got my potatoes planted and then just worked on little things here and there.

Meisha found a dove in the greenhouse that was stuck in the netting. Instead of hurting it she laid down next to it and waited for me to come over and untangle it. Then I picked it up and let it go. I was proud of her because she is such a good hunter and usually attacks birds, but not this time.

QOTD: What's an animal that scares you? Snakes all the way. For me it's the fact that an animal can move so fast without legs. They are the reason I need to keep the lawn mowed down. I don't like those suckers sneaking up on me. Of course I think I scare them more than they scare me since I scream like a banshee. LOL

B: coffee and scrambled eggs with chopped up brisket

L: 2 chicken tacos

D: grilled spare ribs

30 minutes on the treadmill and 10 minutes on the vibration platform

Have a great day everyone!!!!!

Good Morning gang. We made it through another week. There is very heavy rain expect today in CT 1-3 inches which is kinda a bummer since it has rained most of the week, but I did get 4 flats of veggie plants put out in the little greenhouse and I repotted my eggplant. I'm taking a half day today so I can get the house cleaned up for Mother's day. I'm having my mom over for dinner after we plant flowers at my grandparents and aunt's gravesites. It's something we've been doing for a few years now. For the dinner I'm making French Onion Beef Brisket, loaded sweet potatoes, garlic parm shrimp and if I can find colored carrots I have a recipe for honey glazed colored carrots.

QOTD: Does anyone have any special plans for Mother's Day? I already mentioned about what I am doing with my mom, but Irvin said if there is someplace I would like to go on Saturday to let him know. I think it is supposed to rain half the day so I'll have to think about it.

B: coffee and two scrambled eggs with ham and cheese

L: ham and cheese wrap

D: baked monk fish with sweet potato fries

30 minutes on the treadmill and 10 minutes on the vibration platform

Have a great day and weekend everyone!! And a big Happy Mother's Day to all you mom's.