Monday, September 16, 2024

Weight 118.2. I thought I ate plenty during our travels but I guess not. I am definitely reducing to the lowest tirzepatide dose on Thursday. If that doesn't stop me from losing then I'll start spacing it out more than a week.

So nice to be home drinking coffee in my sunroom with Justice on my lap and the gas fireplace on. I will probably have to shut it off after 5-10 minutes but I am going to enjoy it while I can. I think this is both Justice and my favorite time of day. I just realized that I will probably only sleep here for another 2 weeks as we are moving my bedroom furniture to DH's house on 10/1.

Sorting and throwing are the key words for today - trash pickup is tomorrow so I want to maximize what is going out in the barrels. How do I get them to take my excess trash barrels LOL?

Have a maximizing Monday!

Liz, I've got no serious advice about how to get the trash folks to take away extra trash--unless you have an absent neighbor whose trash barrels you could co-opt for a week or two. It's easy out here in the country where I have a dumpster they'll empty every week if I fill it up.

We still have a little post-Francine moisture happening that'll continue dripping most of the day. Thus far, we've gotten about 2.5 inches out of this gentle post-hurricane visit. We're always grateful for rain.

Today is hair color/cut day, then a chiropractor visit with the guy my doctor calls "the best anatomist in town."

Mopping continues. I have a very "Diane S" approach to mopping: just do 15 minutes a day. It's getting done. :)

Yesterday we happily mostly did nothing. But dinner last night was surf and turf (shrimp and prime steak) with a whiskey peppercorn sauce, corn on the cob with a chili/cilantro sauce, and skillet-blackened garlic green beans. It's so wonderful to have a partner who's such a good chef!

Oh my, that dinner does sound delicious! Sounds like your DF and I would enjoy a kitchen cook off! I like you approach to mopping!

A wonderful feature in a partner!

We had the first acorn squash of the season from a local farm last night. It was good and did you know you can eat the skin?? I didn't and I've been eating acorn squash my whole life. Here's the recipe. Plus this cooks in 25 minutes versus cooking them in halves.

Today I need go mail my estimated taxes and put the cardboard down in my garden if I'm going to do it. I feel so defeated when I look out there knowing how cool it was when I put it in. Now it's a grassfest with broken cattle panels where a deer got caught inside and was spooked when he couldn't make his way out. Sigh. My thought is to lay down the cardboard and if it doesn't seem plantable next year, I will have it torn down. @#$&ing pandemic! I didn't get here in 2020 and the whole thing went to seed and never recovered.

More good weather. Though the grass anywhere it's not irrigated is brown now. The gallery owner yesterday told me it'll make for a bummer leaf peeper season. The leaves will just fall off and that will be it. Seems a bad storm will do that toon just blow them off. Changing leaves are finicky is seems.

I think that's all for me today. Hope everyone has a good one!

That squash recipe looks awesome. I usually make mine and add lots of butter and brown sugar, I bet this more savory recipe will be more palatable to my "everything is too sweet " taste buds right now. I would be interested in seeing a snap of the barn painting if you have the time and it isn't already wrapped up tightly for transport. The leaves have already started turning color here. Hope they don't all fall off soon'

That recipe looks delicious! I love acorn squash. BTW does it annoy anyone else that you have to read so much blah blah and/or scroll past a bunch of videos to get to the actual recipe these days?

I hate that too! I don't need to know about your aunt May's stamp collection, your elementary school janitor, your feelings on stone fruits just to get a recipe.

On most pages, there will be a link at the top that says "Jump to Recipe". I use those A LOT.

Great acorn squash recipe. Thanks -- just texted the link to my DF.

Too bad about the garden. And yes, COVID screwed up so very much. Sorry about your fall leaves. It's my favorite season of the year. I hope ours down here are good this year. The rain we've just had will work in the colors' favor.

When do you fly back to Arizona?

Enjoy your last bit of time at your home Liz! Must be bittersweet! At least you have a wedding that will be keeping you and your mind occupied! I think it is wise to cut the med dose again. What was your low post VSG? I think mine was 121 and that was too thin for me with my German build!

164.2 today! Just a few pounds from 30 lost and half way to my goal! Still getting close to 1,000 calories without having to force feed myself! I still need to add exercise and finally feel like I have some energy to do so. Will have to develop a program once I take Mom home this Thursday. Getting started is the hardest part. I know I feel so much better with regular activity and I enjoy it once I get into a routine!

Two different meetings today for my Stephen's Ministry. The first one is being part of a podcast to promote the Ministry - feeling very Gen Z about that! The second one is a meeting of all of the caregivers where we share any difficulties/successes we are having and do continuing education! Tomorrow I am supposed to get together with my care receiver for the second time. I'm really enjoying this Ministry in retirement, gives me purpose like my job in healthcare did! I hope to be able to continue it when we move.