Happy Friday Everyone!
Sorry I missed the live last night. Hubby was home and down with the sinus crud (yes! Again! Prayers appreciated!!) He's better today but still far from 100%. But good enough to filled the sprayer and then tag/band 2 new-born calves. One more to go and we'll be done with Spring Calving! (Can I get a Alleluia and an Amen!)
Life goes on for me. I have a mild version of what he has and only had to stay home and sleep one day.
We're keeping it carnivore, mostly. He did have chicken tortilla soup last night. (His go-to when sick with a cold/sinus.) I had Shrimp Alfredo over Egg White Noodles. it "scratches that itch" for pasta.
Tonight it was 1/3lb burgers on Chaffles. Yum!
I got my LMNT Lemonade Gift Pack today. I tried the Pink Lemonade. It is too sweet and yet subtle for me. The grandkids will love it. I do like the regular lemonade salt.
And I found the sparkling cans at my local Walmart. I got the Black Cherry. It is very good. But mercy! They are expensive. It'll definitely be a treat. I can do the packets and sparkling unflavored water as a good-enough substitute on the regular.
So that's what's going on here. We've had Hot temps in the 80s near 90 this week and now the front has come through and we're going to drop into the 20s tonight.
I'll cut and paste this into the comments in case it gets cut off.
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 Friday!! Thanks to everyone who hung out on the livestream last night. One of the topics that came up was snacking. Ideally, we don’t snack at all, remember, “A snack is always an emotional event.”
However, we know those snacky moments sometimes happen, so it’s good to have healthy foods on hand so you don’t end up choosing snacks that throw you off track. We talked about lots of snack options on the stream last night if you need some ideas. What’s your go-to snack foods?
It's not always steaks on my plate, although I could eat them forever. The price of good steaks has continued to rise so I like to mix in some budget days to save up for steaks. Yesterday was a great example. This meal was probably only a couple bucks. Makes it easier to have a more expensive meal tomorrow. Sidenote, this meal was fantastic! (Burgers and pork belly)
What are some of your strategies to keep things in budget and still enjoy the good stuff?
