Whatcha Eating Today VSGers? Monday, 1/15/18 (MLK Day in the US)

Happy Monday! Is is 44 degrees here in Florida. If I didn't have a group to walk with I'd stay snuggled under my furry throw, but I'm going to put my down vest and gloves over my walking clothes in a few minutes.

QOTD: What is (or was) your dream for retirement? What would you do/where would you go? DH and I had talked about renting in a different warm place during the winter every year (other countries like Costa Rica, Aruba and different parts of the US like Arizona, California). We are unable to do that because of DH's Alzheimer's as he needs to be somewhere familiar, so we adapted it to be a single place in Florida (where it is usually warm).

1 year, 10 months post-op

B: eggs, cottage cheese and Canadian bacon

L: tuna salad, pickles and cottage cheese

D: taco meat with some sort of veggie (lettuce didn't sit well with it last week)

S: nut thins and hummus, yogurt

My internet connection has been out for over 12 hours, so no coffee and OH for me this morning! It's bitter cold here this morning, -15 or so. I've got the kids at work with me today since they are off school and Jon is traveling.

QOTD: Jon and I hope to travel. I could really see myself buying a tiny house/piece of land wherever we considered home to be and then buying an RV and traveling. I'd also really like to see Europe though too, so it may be more of an Airbnb here and there situation. For so long I had this feeling of dread at the idea of getting older. The combination of being a previous smoker, plus being diabetic, plus being MO meant that I doubted I was going to make it until retirement. But, I have much more hope now!

11 months post-op/Maintenance/133.4lbs

M1: Coffee, PP, Miralax, HC

M2: Egg, Sausage, Cheese

M3: Chicken Breast w/ Mayo

M4: Chicken Thigh

M5: Yogurt w/ PB

E: Not today, I couldn't even do my Yoga this morning because the internet was down. I have my kids with me at work and am working a half day.

The people we bought our Florida place from decided to travel North America by RV from now on.

It's Monday and both the guys have off today. I don't, since online schooling doesn't come with vacations, but Lance and I are spending another day at the movies anyway. Today it's Proud Mary and The Post.

QOTD: Once I start working in my field, I plan to do that for as long as I'm capable. As for physical location, my family is hoping to move to a suburb of Philly by 2020, so my plan is that, when the time comes both in terms of age (55+) and in terms of finances, we'll move to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in that area. If we get a 30-year mortgage in PA, hopefully we'll be able to sell to move to the CCRC by the time I'm 70 at the latest.

1: protein shake
2: protein bar at the movies
3: Pressure Cooker Beef Carbonnade (Belgian Beef Stew), I might roast some potatoes for the guys, since I happen to have some potatoes left from another recipe this week

liquid and vites: on track, or else!
exercise: yoga!

Thanks for the recipe - looks and sounds delicious.

What did ya see, was it good?

I remember when I couldn't fit in a movie theater seat and went to a few extra movies once I found out I fit again :) Gotta love to NSV's

It was tasty!

Over the course of Sunday and Monday I saw: Phantom Thread, Proud Mary, The Post, and I, Tonya. My partner is a cinephile.. so I end up seeing a ridiculous number of movies each year.

It is cold again here and tonight is another rare freeze for Jacksonville. Today, we are tearing apart the living room, dusting and shampooing the carpet. Yay!

QOTD: I am working toward actually being able to retire. Travel does not interest me, so I'll definitely stay put. I look forward to having time and money to do the things I love (crafts, ceramics, crocheting, reading, etc.) I'd also love to have the time to volunteer. Having the house paid off is the major goal.

M1: Coffee, PP vanilla

M2: Eggs, miso, tilapia soup

M3: LO ribeye

M4: Mock lasagna (no noodles) (found out I didn't have the cheese to make this yesterday)

M5: Shrimp

S: Jerky or other protein forward snack if needed.

E: Nothing formal. Cleaning...

Water/Vits: on track

Happy Monday! I am in the office today since we are doing a projector installation and the AV tech is LATE! Annoyed that I got up and made the effort to get here and now he's late. SIGH.

QOTD: I'd just like to retire early enough that I'm still able to do things. We'd like to travel and live on a beach somewhere.

B: coffee w/HH and egg white bites

S1: 1/2 a protein shake

L: TBD - was hoping to be home by lunch but now that this guy is late we shall see

S2: 1/2 a protein shake

D: turkey white bean chili

Good morning,

Qotd I always wanted to move where it was warm but it probably won't happen. I'll probably move to a senior citizen apartment building when I turned 62.

B ham and cheese omelette and string cheese

L tuna, cottage cheese and honeycrisp apple

D hamburger patty and broccoli

Have a good day

Good Morning Everyone!

Got home from Palm Springs via Las Vegas last night at about 10:00pm. Most of the new snow that happened while I was gone melted so it was easy to get in my car at the airport and in my house. I had a great vacation, 10 days was not enough. The flight from Montana to Las Vegas was smooth sailing, was able to use the seat belt and had a lot of room to spare. Made it through the airport both ways without a wheelchair, major NSV! Palm Springs was as lovely as ever, 72-77 degrees everyday! Did a lot of eating out at all my favorite places with leftovers for the next day. Did some shopping, exploring the desert and a lot of relaxing. I did not want to come home, but now that I am here I do have a new appreciation for where I live...a lot less people:-)

QOTD-My plan is to live in Palm Springs, I am able to move into the community where my aunt and uncle live in 4 years(Senior living community with minimum age of 55). A lot of this depends on my mother and my uncle's health here in Montana. I would keep my home here, Palm Springs would be for the winter.

B-Oatmeal(no food in the house, leaving to get groceries soon)

L-tbd

D-tbd

E-Pick up my dear sweet Emmy, I missed her while gone. Will take late afternoon walk with her if it is not too dark.

Happy MLK Day, I hope everyone has a great day!