What's on your Tuesday Menu?

Good Morning everyone. Posting super early as I have to cover the scale today. We have a waterwash on boiler 1 and our scale attendant is out this week her half-sister passed away unexpectedly which is very sad. So I have to go in for 6am.

Irvin's doctor's appointment went great his A1c is down from 8.7 to 6.2 and his doctor was super happy. She didn't push any meds or vaccinations on him which is good, because he likes to do things naturally and doesn't have much trust in big pharma at all. Today is his birthday he's 67 and I'm making him shrimp and lobster scampi with grilled sirloin and he wants squash pie for dessert. I have the butternut squash in the instant pot so that will be ready before I leave for work. You guys know me what ever I can make from scratch I do.

QOTD: Speaking of work do you like your job? I've had a few over the years, but I've been with Wheelabrator/Win-Waste for 15 years and hope to be with them for at least another 15. While I have days that I question why I'm there I do like and enjoy my job, I just don't like dealing with co-workers who don't do their jobs.

B: sliced lamb and eggs

L: buffalo chicken wrap

D: sirloin and scampi

Exercise will be walking back and forth from the scale house to the office that should be at least equal to 30 minutes or more on the treadmill.

Have a great day!!!!

Good mornin everyone!

yesterday I was supposed to have a doctors appointment. When we pulled the car out of the garage one of the tires was really low on pressure. So I had to reschedule and we went to a tire place. Turns out it had a nail in it. They fixed it for free! Woot! Afterward we went to Sam's for a few things. Today looks to be a grocery day. I'm not feeling all to great. But I've got stuff to do today. I am hoping for a nap midday or at least to be able to lay down for a bit.

I was gifted a subscription to the calm app. I am loving the soundscape options at night. I am going to try some of the meditation stuff soon.

QOTD: I am on disability but I do enjoy chainmaille a lot. It's the closest i've got to a job.

B: oatmeal and coffee

L: chicken and maybe some creamed spinach

D: not sure on this one.

That's awesome they fixed the tire for free. Some place will charge you $20 to take a nail out and plug it.

Meditation is so relaxing at night. We've done it off and on for a few years and recently have committed to doing every night. We actually use Youtube and we listen to 10,000 hertz sounds. Supposedly it helps to heal the body. Does it? I don't know, but we both sleep pretty well and Irvin was one not to sleep well at all so it does something. He has a back injury from 2017 that has always caused him to only sleep a few hours, but since the middle of December he's been sleeping a good 7-8 hours solid and if he happens to get up during the night to use the bathroom he can fall right back to sleep. That's something he wasn't able to do in the past. I hope the meditation helps you Mel.

His lower blood sugar may be helping with his sleep also.

That's a possibility. I'm just glad he's not tossing and turning all night.

i will be 77 in April and just quit working last February. I have been so fortunate to have always had jobs that I loved to do. When I look back, that was partly because I had a husband to support me if I did not work, so would not have stayed at a job that I did not like.

I worked as a secretary when I got out of high school. I went to beauty school at night and after I got my hairstyling license I worked doing that until I was 35. My husband and I had a shop together. We paid for our own hospitalization and back in 1969, that was $19 a month.

The cost of that and other benefits kept going up and I told Joe that one of us was going to have to get a job that had benefits. I ended up going to college for computer science, got a job with General Motors when I graduated, and worked there until i retired at 62.

After a few years of travel and fun, I decided I needed something to supplement my income. Taxes was ideal, because it could be a few months a year. I became an enrolled agent with the IRS and then went to work for Intuit TurboTax working from my home.

I enjoyed the work and the people and worked from January to April 15, then had the rest of the year off. Last year I started feeling too tired to work and ended up quitting. I guess co-workers that were not efficient were just a fact of life to me, and I never let it bother me. I just concentrated on doing a good job myself.

Good Morning! Happy birthday to Irvin and great news with the A1c. I am working through some stuff for year end and hope to get closer to wrapping things up on that by the end of the week.

QOTD: Overall I'd say that I do. There are aspects that drive me crazy but I think that's going to be with any job. I'm grateful for trust the owners have placed in me to allow me to grow.

TSS: 10 years 4 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: RGF spinach and ricotta cannelloni, a banana, and dark chocolate

ES: Protein ice cream and carbmaster toast

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

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1489 Protein:145 Carbs: 127 Fat:57

Have a great day!

Good morning, everybody!

Congratulations to Irvin on the 6.2. I am trying to get from 7.0 down to below 6.5, that is why I am doing the monitor.

Another bad game last night. The Sunday night game was good, but 5 out of 6 of the first round games were bad. Hopefully next week will be a lot better for the divisional rounds. The college games have been fantastic, but there is only the National Championship, next Monday night, left.

Somebody at our gym is organizing participation in a half marathon April 5th. The problem here is the weather. Right now, it's too cold and dark to run outside (and probably will be until late February). The treadmill that we have in our gym is the no motor type- I haven't ever run on it. I am going to think about it and maybe research what a training program looks like.

QOTD: Over the course of my career, I have enjoyed it. But i am ready to retire now. My official retirement date is 9/30/26, but if I get an offer for 9/30/25, I may take it.

Breakfast: Corned beef hash

Lunch: Roast beef sandwich

Dinner: hamburger

Have a great day, all!