Happy Friday!! We made it to the cabin yesterday with mostly no issues (Angus only threw up once on the drive). It's definitely going to be an adjustment to here with him. It's almost like bringing him home for the first time. A whole new house and so many sites and smells, it's going to take some time for him to calm down. We assumed that coming into this weekend so we didn't really make any plans, and are just hoping to take it slow and help get him adjusted to a new place. (All the new animal sleeps are driving him extra wild!)
But we brought enough meat with us for the weekend and we plan on just taking things slow and enjoying our time together. Do you get some extra time off this weekend? What are your plans for Memorial Day weekend (or the weekend in general if you're not in the US)?
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 Monday!! Today is the last day of August, tonight I am doing a Livestream on YouTube to kick off our September Beast Mode Carnivore Challenge! Before we kick off a new month we need to make sure we reflect on the last month so we can set the right goals for September.
August reflection questions:
What went well this month?
Where did you get stuck?
What will you do differently to not make the same mistakes in September?
Hope you can make it to it, it's at 8pm EST
Happy Sunday! I definitely haven't slept much but the girls have had an amazing time. They all go home after church today. I grilled hamburgers and hot dogs yesterday and cooked up 5 pounds of bacon to go on their burgers and to prep for breakfast this morning. A lot of them still ended up with stomach aches from eating too much junk throughout the weekend (from snacks they brought and meals at the church). I gently reminded them as they were complaining they didn't feel good that "maybe you could take a break from the sugar and it might help you feel better." Not sure if it was sinking in though. At least I did my part though to make sure they got in a little bit of protein and I only gave them sugar-free drink options as well.
I will need to spend a LONG time cleaning today but first I might need a nap. 🫠
Livestream tomorrow on YouTube to kickoff the Sept challenge, so be thinking of what goals you want to set. Have a great day!
