Happy Friday Gang!!! What a nice comfortable morning it is. I have a list of yard work I want to get done today and hopefully swing by my SIL's to drop off some chicks I hatched for her and get some cages. Other than that nothing much for day one of vacation.

QOTD: Has a movie ever been filmed in your town? I just found out that the new M. Night Shyalaman movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal is being filmed in RI and in the small town I grew up in Chepachet which is less than 10 minutes from where I live now. They are filming in the Old Stagecoach Tavern now called Tavern on the Main. It is known to be haunted. So cool.

B: coffee and glass of homemade beet juice

L: Salad with chicken salad

D: grilled cod and summer squash

30 minutes on the treadmill

Have a great Friday and weekend everyone!!!

Mel I've been thinking about the carnivore diet with maybe a jumpstart with the egg diet since I have so many fresh eggs. Take a look at this You Tube video. These doctors get really in-depth about the carnivore diet in a positive way.

Happy Hump Day Menuers. Boy did it get toasty in the scale house yesterday afternoon even with the A/C on. The trucks started coming in one after another and having to open the little window to get the info from them and then again to give them the ticket when they scaled out really sucked the hot air in. Today I made sure to wear a tank top instead of a t-shirt. I don't like to be sweaty or sticky.

Didn't do much when I got home excep****er the garden. I've been taking turmeric with bromelain again as my right thumb has been bothering me. That stuff really helps with joint pain and inflammation.

QOTD: What do you all take for pain? With all of us having WLS and we all know not to take NSAIDs due to the risk of ulcers and such I've turned to more holistic things and have found turmeric with added bromelain works pretty well. I will also do Epson salt soaks even if it is just my feet. I have also used Emu oil rubs on one of my knees.

B: coffee and 1/2 cup cottage cheese with 1/4 sliced strawberries

L: kale and butter lettuce salad

D: grilled pork burgers

30 minutes on the treadmill

Have a great day everyone!!!

Happy Monday Gang. It was nice to have a three-day weekend, and this is another short week for me going into my vacation week next week. The heatwave officially started yesterday. Thank God for central air. I was doing some gardening throughout the day with taking breaks in the cool house.

Friday we were not able to go strawberry picking because every place was closed for ripening, so I came up with a plan to go mini golfing instead. We had so much fun it was way better than picking strawberries.

QOTD: Who here likes things like mini golf, go-karts, etc.? I haven't been mini golfing or go-karting in years and I told Irvin I want us two to go since the place in less than 10 minutes from us. There is also a place in Somers, CT that has bummer boats, batting cages, mini-golf and all sorts of fun stuff.

B: coffee and1/2 cup cottage cheese with raspberries

L: garden salad

D: chicken loaf with fresh swiss chard

Have a great day everyone!!

Happy Friday!!!! Not sure if I'll be going strawberry picking since it seems like all the places are closed today for ripening. So I'll have to figure something else out to do with my daughter and granddaughter. What a difference in the weather compared to yesterday. It is cool and windy, but I think it is supposed to get into the 80's later on.

The rain held off last night and Irvin was able to go watch the grandkids race. They had a blast and are really into it.

Not sure of a QOTD so if someone has one please feel free to post it.

B: coffee and two eggs over easy with a slice of cheese and avocado

L: not sure depends on what we do today

D: grilled swordfish and salad

30 minutes on the treadmill

have a great Friday and weekend everyone!!

Happy Hump Day Gang. It was a rainy muggy day yesterday, but it went well. Today started off the same way hopefully after a quick storm the sun comes out. Tomorrow night is the grandkids first trial race of the NASCAR midget cars in Thompson and Irvin is so excited. This is another short week for me as I took Friday off.

QOTD: What outdoor activity do you enjoy most? I actually like hiking not that I do it often, but I enjoy going through the woods and finding unusual landmark or structures.

B: coffee and 2 egg bits

L: salad with 1/2 cup cottage cheese

D: pork chop and kale with red onion and blue cheese

30 minutes on the treadmill

Have a great day everyone!!!

Good Monday morning gang. I hope all the dads out there had a nice Father's Day. I made Irvin a beef brisket and angel hair with shrimp and lobster pieces. It was a quiet weekend because Saturday it rained and then Sunday it was overcast and I didn't feel like doing anything. Just did some inside cleaning and cooking.

This week I start twice a week covering the scale for the next 8 weeks, but I get 6% upgrade pay for doing it so that's pretty good. I also have this Friday off and I'm hoping to go strawberry picking with my daughter and granddaughter.

QOTD: What's your favorite fruit? I love all sorts of fruit, but strawberries and golden kiwi's are at the top of my list followed by blueberries and red raspberries.

B: coffee and 1/2 cup cottage cheese with fresh strawberries

L: salad with cut up brisket

D: leftover pasta and seafood

30 minutes on the treadmill.

Have a great Monday everyone!!!

Good morning gang. We did again another week in the books. The scale printer is still down and IT doesn't know when they will have remote access to reinstall the printer driver. I must have gone back and forth to the scale house about 6 times, and I had 10,000 steps in by noontime. I emailed all the haulers to let them know that I would be emailing tickets to them today since I can print them off from my computer.

I am so very glad that it is Friday. Irvin and I might be going to watch the grandkids do their first race tomorrow if the weather permits. His son messaged him and asked him what size t-shirt he wears because he is ordering pit crew shirts. The shirts will be orange with a big racing flag on the back and the front will have McLaughlin Racing on it. He's so excited and like a kid in a candy store. He just loves anything to do with cars.

QOTD: Does anyone know what the fear of Friday the 13th is called? I do, but I want to see who else knows. While many people are superstitious of Friday the 13th I for one have always found it to be a lucky day. Case in point I bought a $1 scratch ticket yesterday but waited to scratch it today and I won $5. It might not be much, but it is a win.

B: coffee and breakfast wrap

L: salad with grilled chicken

D: baked cod with fresh baby kale, red onion, blue cheese, and EVOO

30 minutes on the treadmill

Have a great Friday and weekend everyone!!!

Morning gang. Halfway through another week and finally see some sun. Of course this weekend is going to be a total washout. Really getting sick of the rain especially on the weekends my only time to do a lot of stuff outside.

I had a meeting with my plant manager and the lead FA1 and we talked about scale coverage late yesterday. I will be covering from 7am to 4pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I do have my fourth of July week off. I found out that when you are out on FMLA you do not accrue PTO time so Renee is going to be in for a rude surprise when she finds out she is not going to have 30 hours of time off that she thought she would have. I also found out that she was bragging to other co-workers that she could have only taken 2 weeks out since the procedure she was having done wasn't very invasive, but she wanted the Summer off so she could ride her new motorcycle. You know what they say Karma is a *****

QOTD: Have you ever just spontaneously bought something because you thought it would be useful? I didn't, but my husband did. Last Winter he bought the goats this huge, heated dog mat because he thought they would be cold. It is still in the box.

B: coffee and 2 scrambled eggs with cheese and onions

L: salad with cottage cheese

D: ribs on the grill

30 minutes on the treadmill

Oh Mel I bought that tapestry and I plan on hanging it up in my office. When it comes in I will take a picture.

Good morning gang. Boy I just can't catch a break at work. Here I thought things would be quiet for a while only to find out they dropped the ball on who was going to cover the scale house while our scale attendant is out on medical leave. I get told when I walk in that I'm going to have to help out and cover a lot of the 8 weeks she's out. I'm going to be honest I don't have time for this bull**** I keep getting pulled to do this or do that and then get **** from corporate when stuff isn't done on time. Well guess what I can't be in 5 different places at once, doing 5 different things. And they wonder why I get pissy and snappy at some of them. You will only push me so far and then it is FAFO what I am capable of. They say patience is a virtue no it isn't that's a lie.

Anyway I've been harvesting strawberries every night from my strawberry patch, and they are the sweetest ones I've ever had. It's supposed to be a rainy day, so I won't be doing much when I get home.

QOTD: Would you just leave a job without giving a notice? While I have always given at least a 2 weeks' notice or even more. Today I just wanted to get back in my car and go home. One thing I hate is not being told something ahead of time regardless if it is something at work or at home it drives me crazy and puts me in a sour mood for the day.

B: coffee and 2 scrambled eggs with a slice of deli ham

L: tossed salad and cottage cheese

D: hot dogs and beans

30 minutes on the treadmill

Have a great day everyone!!!!

Good Monday morning gang. Here's to the start of another week to tackle things. We have two new hires today that I have to onboard which isn't all that bad, but it's nice when I only have to do one at time since I only have one training computer, but I'll figure something out. Saturday I did a bunch more planting while Irvin went with one of this granddaughters and grandsons to a NASCAR go-cart class that the two of them will be joining and Irvin was asked if he wanted to be part of the pit crew. Yea that was an exciting time for him. He also went back yesterday to watch some of the racing so the kids could understand what was going on.

Late yesterday was one of my nephews wedding in South Kingstown. I picked my daughter up and we got there at 4:30 1/2 hour before it started. I stayed until 8:30 as I had to be up early this morning. The wedding was nice, but I got stuck sitting between my stepfather and oldest sister both of whom I can't stand being near. It took everything in my power not to stab them both. They kept reaching back and forth in front of me because he was showing her his trailer in Maine and how much work he's done to it. I had asked her if she wanted to switch seats, but she was "no why do I want to sit next to Paul". Um I don't know because you're stuck up his ass and always defends him over your own mother. Anyways I was smart and didn't drink anything bu****er.

QOTD: Do you have a family member or members that you could go the rest of your life without ever seeing them again? Yes I have two as noted above.

B: coffee and two eggs with onions and cheese

L: tossed salad with cottage cheese

D: grilled chicken and zucchini

30 minutes on the treadmill

Have a great day everyone!!!!

I swear it is the goat and rabbit poop that is making a different this year with the plants.