Happy Friday! I am feeling very restored after a more relaxed day yesterday. I went to the sauna and went tanning, did a Costco run (which I love) and mostly just hung out with the kids. It felt soo good to have some grilled steak and chicken and just sleep in my own bed!
Today we have a little family adventure and are taking the kids to an indoor skydiving place (fun fact they have weight limit, and before Carnivore Chris and I both would have exceeded that and wouldn't have been able to do this). Then tonight Penelope has a piano recital.
What are your plans for the weekend? Any temptations you foresee or situations you are nervous about?
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
Happy Wednesday!! It was so great to see so many people checking in yesterday and posting, I love reading that and catching up on how everybody is doing. It definitely feels like everybody is mentally ready to wrap up June and re-kick things off for July!
There's something that's really motivating about checking in with a group and posting for accountability, so I encourage you to do that throughout the month. We also can help to encourage you or help to give you some tweaks if you're feeling lost. Remember you don't have to go through this alone!!
What is your non-negotiable goal for July?? What is that one? Simple thing that you can focus on to help give you a daily win and help you build some momentum this month?
Tonights dinner for the family is smoked chicken thighs. Always a crowd favorite. I figured I better redeem myself after last nights left over casserole. Today the kids and I went to the lake to cool off from this heat wave. Great choice! They had a blast I am really looking forward to vacation.
What's for dinner/supper for everyone tonight? Farmer chose waffles &bacon. I am having leftover chicken thigh and bacon or sardines. Making chicken salad for lunch tomorrow.
And finally took our the last of the 2024 beef to can up. 3 chuck roasts and 5# of hamburger. I'll do that tomorrow evening or Friday.
Who else gets Friday off as a holiday?
