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Winter squash of all kinds...so yummy! Cease and desist further squash peeling by cutting squash in half, pull seeds, then oil, grease, butter (which ever way you prefer) the exposed flesh and season. Place flesh side down onto a baking sheet or heavy cast iron and roast in oven till tender. The air cavity will keep the squash moist while baking and the squash will all but drop out of the skin as you scoop it out. For an extra treat, mash and prepare as you might a twice baked potato, restuff into the peel and rebake.
Paula, FYI, my ring size went from 7 at 150 pounds to size 6 at 135 pounds to 5.5 at 128 pounds.
You might want to wait a bit. in the meantime you can buy on Amazon some plastic thingies that serve as temporary ring tighteners.
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
Peps, I'm getting bids from two national piano moving companies. I agree--the specialists do it best. And today I found two qualified movers who will get my piano to "the civilized world," i.e., no gravel roads, from whence the national guys will take it from there.
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
Liz, continue to be fair weather boaters. No need to take unnecessary risks.
I started thinking about Christmas get togethers too. I took last year off, and we went out to dinner Christmas Eve. My kids prefer a meal at home, even if it's just us. I think I'm up for it.
Training today. All I can say is thank all that is holy that I am retiring, because there is some nonsense being thrown down. I am going to serve as an interim co department chair while my injured friend is out on medical leave. I'm doing that because I want to do what I can to help set a better course next year for my students and my colleagues.
My parents have told my brother he doesn't need to stay any longer. But yet my Mom is sending texts about she doesn't know what to do, and my Dad is being crazy. Sigh. Every other senior in my family, grandparents, great aunts, uncles, moved to independent or assisted living at the appropriate time. My Mom's brother did so when he turned 80. The question I've asked all my life: why can't they be normal? I've dealt with their crazy and their immaturity my whole life. Now its amplified.
Okay enough of that. When I was in Costco they had containers of cubed butternut squash for sale. I steamed some, mashed with a fork, and seasoned with a dab of butter and a sprinkle of brown sugar. Delicious. Thank you Costco, cause I hate trying to peel butternut squash, but I do love eating it!
No school tomorrow. I'll sleep in until 8am, go vote, come home for breakfast, then head out on my 120 mile round trip to get my hair cut and colored. It's freeway all the way, so not too bad of a drive. No snow predicted.
152.6. 40 pounds lost and soon (hopefully) to be normal BMI. The 40 lb. loss necessitated a trip to the jewelers to resize my ring. Went from an 8 to a 6.5. Hopefully the additional 20 I plan to lose won't come off my fingers! They had to send it away to get it done so I will be without my ring for a month. I'll just wear my ring from late DH as it fits well.
Next stop today was a trip to Home Depot where we ordered a new dishwasher. Next step was the flooring store to discuss getting luxury vinyl plank flooring. Flooring guys will come to the house on Wednesday to measure and discuss options/pricing. We also went to a furniture store to look at new dining room tables but may wait on that one for now!
On our way to a neighboring town (about 30 minutes away) to go to our favorite sushi place!
Busy day for us for sure!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
I volunteered! Happy to help out. 3rd grade... Could teach it in my sleep!
It sure was a malleable Monday! Good for you!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
They threw you into a gen ed elementary room with no warning? Indeed a malleable Monday! The kids got a good deal. :)
Oh my, it's Monday! And a malleable Monday it had to be! I got to my first school to find out my first class had no teacher and no sub. So, I stepped up and took over. Got the kids, did morning stuff and then got into the music lesson. By 9:00 am, still no sub so I continued on as a sub. The office alerted the teacher of my next class I would not be coming. Was kind of fun for me to see that I still "have it" by creating a writing lesson on the fly and watching the students dig into it. By 9:40 the sub arrived and I went back to business as usual. I'm already at school #2 for the day and on my lunch break.
Weight was down another 1.5 pounds today. Not sure what that's about or if it will stick, but it felt good to see that I am only a tenth of a pound from my next mini goal - at least today. My range is headed in the right direction. Making grown up choices that correlate with my weight goals is paying off....DUH... Just have to keep it up. One foot in front of the other... I get to celebrate today that I am down 61 pounds from my high weight last December. Pretty cool for not "dieting".
Found a new protein shake that is a Fairlife knock off. It is called Nurri. I got it at Costco. It's the same ultra filtered skim milk that Fairlife uses for its shakes. I think I prefer the Fairlife, but the Nurri is a less expensive alternative and does have a pleasing taste. Just not as wonderful as Fairlife, IMO.
Ann, may I recommend a separate piano mover for your piano? Yes, it will likely be more costly, but piano movers specialize in moving those instruments and will do a much better job overall.
I have my first little cold of the school year. I could feel it threatening last week, and thought I had it beat, but yesterday the scratchy throat came back with some minor chest congestion and a tiny cough. I'm not feeling sick, just a little tired, so it's nothing major. I will have to hold off on my flu vaccine though. I was going to get that done this week, but I'll wait until next week now.
Not much else other than a workout and trimming on Buster on the books for today. Oh, I did get all the items on my mini list of chores done yesterday. That was fulfilling!
Much like the areas from which CC and Liz hale, California has convenient drop off locations in each county. I believe it is now a state law that each county must provide some type of disposal for all those things.
If you have a Best Buy nearby, they will take one item per day from any individual dropping off old tech. Might check that out, too.
