Happy Sunday! If you didn't know TikTok was banned last night, I have never had a TikTok account so it doesn't affect me at all, but I do know it's impacting a lot of people. Were you on TikTok at all? Apparently there are rumors Trump will allow them to extend operations for 90 days until they workout a long term plan once he takes office on Monday. We don't make things political in this group but it will be very interesting to see how things change overall with the new administration. We already see things shifting with the banning of Red 3, and hopefully we can get the rest of the food dyes out of our foods soon! And I think the Make America Healthy Again movement is going to really start building some positive momentum.
Today we are making my favorite meal, the skirt steak, chicken thighs, and shrimp on the griddle. Thankfully I am still off work tomorrow for the holiday, I am excited to catch up with everyone on a Monday night Livestream at 4pm pst/7pm est (since it's a holiday we'll start a little earlier). Have a great day!!
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 Saturday!! I am headed to Las Vegas today for a few days for work, we are scoping out conference venues for next year's big kick off. Bummer to be traveling for work on the weekend but Tuesday is Nathaniel's birthday so thankfully I'll be home by then (I get home late Monday night). I haven't been to Vegas in a while, and am not particularly thrilled to be going 😂 but thankfully eating won't be an issue.
What are your plans for the weekend?
Happy Friday!! How is your week going? I'll keep my post short so it doesn't get cut off 🤪 Do your weekends tend to throw you off track? Do you feel like you "deserve a treat" on the weekends? Does that throw you off completely? What temptations are you expecting this weekend and what can you do to avoid them? Hope you have a great Friday!!
Happy Thursday!! I made it home last night, but I am only home for a couple days before I have to leave again on Saturday.
Apologies also for all the issues we've been dealing with in Locals. There aren't as many people posting lately but I know a lot of that is because people aren't getting notifications (I know I am not, so it's possible I am missing your questions too), and when we do post the posts are cut off.
After this trip I have this weekend I am going to do some research and see what options we have for a different platform. I don't want to use Facebook or other traditional social media sites, I like that this is outside of social media and can be less distracting. If you have been a part of other groups in different platforms that you like, feel free to share them and I'll do some research.
Busy work day today but at least I am home and can be walking on my walking pad during my meetings. Hope your have a great day!!
