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Wow, I would never considered an element like nickel could be in foods to the extent it causes an allergic reaction. Very interesting though, that you could research it, and make some dietary changes. hope it brings you relief from very troublesome symptoms.

121.5 for 3 days in a row. Guess my body is liking this weight right now.

We are in glorious Florida with temps in the lower 90's and humidity isn't bad at all today. If I wasn't wearing layers of compression clothing, the temps would have been perfect. I'm going to try and only wear bike shorts under my clothes tomorrow instead of full length compression stockings and bike shorts under my clothes. Hopefully the swelling won't be too bad. If so, I'll readjust later in the day with the whole garb! I did get some feet swelling from the 3 hours plane ride.

Went to a restaurant called Twisted Lobster tonight. DH had a lobster roll and fries and I had fried clam strips and clam chowder (shared both with DH and I took one bite of his lobster roll). Of course we got Key Lime pie to go and that has already been consumed! When in Florida........

Hope you and Justice had a good walk Liz. I would pack a lunch at the beach club too (it's an actual sandy beach on the water right?). One of my fav meals last time we were in Sarasota was turkey and cheese charcuterie on Rosemary crackers when we took the boys to Siesta Key beach!

Tomorrow we will look at 3 houses in Bab**** Ranch and then on Tuesday will visit 2 different golf communities and look at another 3 homes. Fingers crossed that we will feel at "home " with one of them, an offer will be made and accepted and our house will sell without incident!

Easy to make and with the minor adjustments it is really tasty - possibly better than traditional red pepper hummus!

I meant to pass this recipe on. That skin condition I have where I get blisters on my hands and feet is likely something called dyshidrotic eczema which can be caused by an ingesting a lot of nickel if one is highly allergic. Chick peas and other lentils have high amounts of nickel in them and I used to consume a LOT of hummus. BTW I am super allergic to nickel when it touches my skin - costume jewelry used to make my skin break out in blisters everywhere it touched. So I decided it was worth trying to reduce the amount of nickel in my diet to see if it would help. The jury is still out though I have only had minor breakouts over the last month when I have been avoiding nickel. Because I love hummus as a snack I tried this cauliflower based hummus and I really like it! When I make it I use sesame oil instead of tahini (because tahini also has a lot of nickel) - 1/4 cup sesame oil with olive oil reduced to 2 tablespoons. Based on my first batch, I did the following with the second one and it came out great: doubled the garlic, used 1.5 times the cumin and paprika, added a bit of cayenne pepper, and stirred in chopped roasted red peppers at the end:

Beef barley soup sounds yummy (and healthy).

Good point about me not used to being alone. I actually have never lived completely alone because I was a young Mom, then when the kids had all moved out I was with deceased DH, after he died DS was living at my Cape home and SIL lived with me in Florida. Then I met current DH.