What's on your Wednesday Menu?

I hope the project work ends up better than you expect it to be.

I feel for you on the project. The last couple of years before I retired I was in charge of a horrible technology project where bad decisions were made at every turn. When the technology options were voted on, the prioritization committee chose what they thought was the cheap option vs the right one. The cheap development option used a team that never brought anything in on time and never included all features. When the project started getting behind and the quality suffered as was pretty much guaranteed, everyone was finger pointing. So I was glad to get out of it when I retired. When they asked if I wanted to contract at a high rate with a schedule/location fully my choice and continue running the project I said a big NO THANKS! I was lucky that I had the option to do that.

Since this is months not years, I am just putting up with it, but early retirement has crossed my mind many times these last few months.

Good Morning! JB- that vacation plan sounds awesome. One summer I took Tues and Thurs off for like 6 weeks to break up the daycare situation for Emily and it worked pretty well. The only downfall was that my covering partners didn't end up covering things very well for me because the mindset was "well Kelly will be back tomorrow so it can wait".

Accountability: On plan

QOTD: Not at all. I have done one of the DNA kit things for fun.

TSS: 5 years 9 months

B: SF latte, eggbeaters and turkey sausage links

L: TJ Mahi Mahi burger lettuce wrapped, SF. jello with cool-whip, and baby carrots

S: RGF bacon breakfast sandwich and Carbmaster yogurt

D: BBQ bacon turkey burger on cloud bun, green beans, sliced fruit, and 2 squares dark chocolate

ES: Low carb pita with cream cheese and SF jam, Homemade Greek yogurt with SF syrup and cup fiber cereal

E: 6 mile run, stepper, bike ride totaling about 2 hours

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals: 1580 Protein:131 Carbs:103 Fat:73

Have a great one!

I had my DNA done last year and it came back 100% Irish. My father was born in Ireland and most of his family stayed there, so I have lots of cousins to see when I visit there. There was a story I heard growing up about my great grandmother. She was said to be an evil woman who locked her husband outside during a blizzard and he was found frozen to death the next morning.

In my research, I learned that my great grandfather was a bricklayer who worked building the sewers in Boston. I found his death record and that he had died in a hospital in Boston. The cause of death was typhoid fever and he died in August. That ruled out the story that he had come home drunk and Bridget had locked him out in the cold.

After I did my DNA, I was contacted by one of Bridget's nieces who now lives in England. She said her Aunt Bridget was a wonderful lady who took care of many elderly people. I think genealogy can be a lot of fun and a great hobby.

in the little that I've done, I've run across some family secrets. Like a few divorces - some were married young and divorced after a year or two - and then went on to marry someone else whom they stayed married to for life. I'm not even sure their kids knew - my mother certainly didn't know about these previous marriages of some of her relatives (don't know about my father since he's passed). But divorce was hugely stigmatized back then, so I'm not surprised it was hidden. Also, I found out my great grandmother was three months pregnant when she got married. Horrors! My mother and uncle were shocked when I told them - and they said their mother would have been shocked as well (my grandmother being kind of a Victorian prude!). No one else in the family knew this. But the baby she was pregnant with died at age four, when my grandmother (the second child) was an infant. I found the first child's death certificate, as well as my great grandparent's marriage record, and noticed the kid's birthday was six months after they got married. It's hard enough to keep an infant who was born three months early alive today, let alone 100 years ago - so she was almost certainly pregnant before she got married. Whoops! Anyway, it's kind of fun to stumble across things like this...

Good morning JB and Menuers,

Well if that Meme is the truth I shall be spared. No weight gain here.

I just love the way life slowed down though. I have not felt rushed about anything. There is no where to go so how could I feel rushed. I was telling my mom on Saturday we don't even have to get out of the pool to go to a wedding or graduation party. It is so nice not to have to do for others and do for myself. I actually am loving life in these times.

QOTD: I am Polish Slovenian on my Mom's side and Italian on my Dad's side. I am a Member of the Son's of Italy and the SNPJ (Slovenian organization) I would say I am connected to my heritage when it comes to traditions and definitely in the way I cooked pre surgery. I miss most pasta from the Italian and I miss perogies from the Polish and Slovenian side.

Accountability: I thought I did great but the scale stayed the same.

TSS: 2 years 5 Month 16 day 136.2 (lowest 130.8)

CB: Dark roast coffee with SF ID Caramel Macchiato w/Miralax and Fiber

MS: Oikos Salted Caramel triple zero Greek yogurt, fresh strawberries,Carrot cake desert hummus

CB2: Dark roast coffee with SF ID Caramel Macchiato

L: chicken chili, Asian slaw

D: Maybe just brats and some Mock potato salad. .

Water and vitamins: On track. I take a Bariatric advantage Ultra multi w/iron I use bariatric advantage Calcium chews and my blood work has been good. My B12 has been High so I cut my sublingual to every 3rd or 4th day. And I have now added 500mg of Magnesium

Exercise: Plan is a 3 mile run

Everybody have a Great day.

Brightest Blessings,

Chrissy

Do you ever get to have actual fresh pasta (that you make or someone else) or perogies? I am starving just thinking about both of them!

Oh I make them myself. I make ravioli, gnocchi, home made noodles for pasta and for lasagna, Perogies my own egg noodles for haluski, perogies. You name it I've made it. Hence the need for WLS.

That sounds...flat out amazing.

I would absolutely love to learn how to make pasta. Skinner pasta and I are very friendly, but I have this intense desire to make and EAT parppadelle pasta...