...when cold and snow don't blow...

I had the most horrible respiratory process going on for over a week ... it seems like there was an invisible faucet attached to my nose that was left on around the clock while my head exploded with congestion and my body decided it just wanted to rest and sleep and sleep and rest ... I hated the tired, dragging, fatigued feeling ... then the snow came and kept coming and coming and coming .... at one point I decided to just get up and get out there and help the guys with the shoveling ... breaking a sweat in the cold made me feel much better .... DH treated me to an awesome bowl of spicy chicken feet soup from Maxine's Jamaican restaurant and it hit the spot ... it took me right back down memory lane and to home to where my nana would make the most awesome soups (chicken feet, cow foot, fish head with dumplings and veggies and ground provision) to treat the common colds according to her ... the stuff worked ... more-so for the TLC that she put in it and the special attention that we got while she doted on us .... awesome childhood memories... the soups were delish believe it or not... although when I make chicken feet soup now my DD and DS say ewwwwwwwwwww.... 

So while I was down a bit I added shoveling snow to my exercise routine ... biceps and triceps are feeling it still ... and when I got home from work on Friday I was greeted with a HOT FLASH getting out of the car .... YIKES.... the snow blocking the shed in my backyard came in so totally handy ... hey why not put it to good use? I took off my coat while the flash crawled up from my toes to my head taking my breath away so I just sat down on it YUP on the snow and just picture AWd while I was at it ... why not? .... awesome Rx for an old sista having a hot flash LOL....

if you can't beat it join it the saying kinda goes .... even if it means building an igloo in our backyard as my awesome neighbor and her husband did and here I am while its being constructed using an empty recycling bin in which the snow was packed in to make awesome blocks ... I took a picture with one of her awesome daughters a lovely munchkin that I enjoy loving and spoiling as I do not have grandkids of my own but my awesome toy poodle Pierretta will be having a liter next month so a fury grandma I will be...

I got up this morning to discover that it had snowed a bit overnight and we are expecting another 5-6 inches tomorrow on top of the mounds of snow that we have not gotten rid of yet YIKES! anyhow we will take it in stride ... and while we are at it why not enjoy????

A bad cold tried to knock me down for a few days ... I shed a few pounds above the waist where I don't need to lose another ounce I wi**** would wear off the caboose or the thighs but that is okay ... I am still within my maintenance range 7 years post op and maintaining ... and loving it....

This is just another goofy post ... staying on track in maintenance for life ... 7 YEARS POST GASTRIC BYPASS... thanks all and OH for allowing me to share .... SNIPPETS OF MY JOURNEY...

Your post gave me a bit of a giggle and smile...we buy about 200 chickens a year from a humane and cage free farm and we are always offered the feet for soup and I pass 99% of the time. But I did take a few feet once...and a toe nail floated up and that about did it for my kids...they ran running from the kitchen when that was in the pot. HA! :)

LOL .. we cut the toenails completely off though .. no chance of me ever eating a toenail .... The first time I made chicken feet soup here in the USA my daughter said I scarred her for life when she peeked into my pot to see what was cooking then my son took a look and asked what all the 'little hands were' LOL.... My husband - Mr GarbageGut as we call him ate a dollop of it not knowing what it was - asked for seconds and said it was delicious that is until I told him what he ate - he would not eat it again he says because of the 'concept of feet' ... he had a cold the other day and I offered up some and he said 'not thanks' I'll get you some though.... I love love love chicken feet soup ... it is my favorite....

Every year after Christmas my Mom would take the leftover Christmas ham and boil all the meat off the bone and make ham dumplings.  She would serve it up with a cast iron pan of cornbread.  No wonder I was fat! LOL  But you talk about something that tasted so good.  Have mercy on me just thinking about it.

ahhhhhhhhhh the broth is sooooooooooooooo delicious in this soup Steve .... are you still on liquids? I am soooooooooooooooo happy to see you on the loser's bench..... here is a yummy bowl of my fave soup....

I can't believe you wore those heeled boots in the snow, I am wearing combat boots and nothing else, I am so scared to fall again.  I hate winter now.