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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 15:15:33 GMT
Good morning all.
Pat,sending healing vibes for your migraine.I was fortunate enough only to have them off and on for a year.They seemed to leave as quickly as I first got them but the yr in between was rough.
Susi,Good luck at WI
doordie,I'm glad you and kitty are feeling better.
I finally got off my butt yesterday and was able to do 40 min on my exercise bike and it didn't make the knee worse.Today I go back to Curves and am looking forward to it.Planning on eating OP today.
Have a great Wednesday all!
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Post by DebDoesWW on Feb 15, 2017 15:22:07 GMT
dina so glad you didn't have any issues with the flight and weather. I bet they are loving that snow, sorry about the horrible circumstances for being there though. Hugs
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Post by diva49 on Feb 15, 2017 15:33:13 GMT
<whispering> Good morning, all...
I'm IN.
I've reached the mostly-better stage. Good thing, bcz we are supposed to go to a NJ Devils hockey game via train tomorrow night (the Kressling's middle-school band is playing beforehand) and I really don't want to have gut problems when I'm out and about like that.
Breakfast is done. Lunch is planned. The baby back ribs are in the crock pot for dinner.
Time to look in the DayJob Inbox... <bleckh>...
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Post by pamthomas46 on Feb 15, 2017 16:23:32 GMT
Checking in. Getting back to a normal routine. It's wonderful to all be together once again. The sun is bright, skies are blue, and temps heading to the 60s. A good day to be out running errands, racking up steps and working out. Have a great day everyone and thanks for your prayers and positive thoughts over the last month.
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Post by cyndee on Feb 15, 2017 16:30:04 GMT
Pat, I'm sorry about the migraines. I've had several in the past, but not regularly. I was lucky. Anyway, I don't want a migraine, but I do wish I craved salads and broccoli. It would do me some good.
Medications have made it tough for me to get going in the mornings. One I called my doctor about yesterday and told him I was stopping the morning dose (I also take some at night). I basically said for him to only call me if he had major objections to my plan. He did end up calling anyway, but said I could proceed with my plan. So this morning I am a bit more awake than in past weeks, but then I had to take another med as an "as needed" that also makes me tired. I hope to get rid of what makes me need that "as needed" med. Being tired all morning through 3 pm is not good at all.
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Post by hpeterson1951 on Feb 15, 2017 17:39:22 GMT
OK, I only have a 4 day week, but I'm ready for it to be over. I have my teacher observation next Thursday. For the past years I've been writing papers- non-clinical supervision. This year I'm on the Clinical supervision plan.
Just found out today I have some papers I need to fill out (on google docs of course) The supervisor will review them, give me input at our pre-conference (Which is actually just her typing into google docs). This all need to be done before Thursday at 9:00 when she observes.
I am NOT doing it this weekend. It's a day weekend and DH and I are going to Corning NY. So I need to do it fast. I hate being told bout things last minute. She never would have told me if I didn't ask today why I hadn't received the paperwork.
This type of thing drives me nuts!
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Post by zazzles on Feb 15, 2017 19:44:06 GMT
pbnj , hope your headaches soon will be gone for good. We will all tiptoe around here until they are.
The day is totally gray here. Rain is anticipated to start later this evening and continue for a week. Sick of it. The lack of sunshine has me feeling depressed.
Today it was time to change my CGM sensor. They are stated to need changing every week, but everybody uses them for two weeks or longer. I used mine for two weeks, so I figured it was time.
After getting that job done, I headed out early to our senior center to use the fitness center. I pedaled a recumbent stationary bike and did some leg presses. That helps the blood sugar drop and stay low for the day. Yay.
Then I hit the grocery store for some vegetables and was on the lookout for corned beef. At $6.99 a pound the chains can keep their corned beef! It'll go on sale either before or after St. Pat's day for sure. Meanwhile, I went back to Costco where I got a nice corned beef round last week; this time I bought two. I think I'm addicted.
I cooked the corned beef in the InstantPot. 1-3/4 cups of water in the bottom; insert rack; place corned beef on rack—it's okay to stand it up if need be; cook on high pressure 90 minutes, kill the warm cycle when it starts, and let the pressure release naturally. It was the best corned beef I've ever cooked! Like I said, I think I'm addicted.
Sadly the corned beef won't be ready for lunch, so I'll have to figure out what lunch looks like.
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Post by lmenglish on Feb 16, 2017 1:07:24 GMT
zazzles, my family loves corned beef. I'll have 2 crockpots going on St. Patrick's day for 11 people. When the twins made their First Communion, the teacher was teaching them it was a special meal. The home work was for me to cook their favorite dinner which I thought would be pizza. Oh no, they wanted corned beef and this was the end of April, hard to find but I did!
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Post by zazzles on Feb 16, 2017 3:34:36 GMT
zazzles , my family loves corned beef. I'll have 2 crockpots going on St. Patrick's day for 11 people. When the twins made their First Communion, the teacher was teaching them it was a special meal. The home work was for me to cook their favorite dinner which I thought would be pizza. Oh no, they wanted corned beef and this was the end of April, hard to find but I did! Linda, do you do anything special to lower the saltiness? A friend asked me about that. Today I soaked the corned beef twice for 15 minutes, dumping the water after each soak but that didn’t seem to have an impact. I researched on the Internet and found instructions that said to cover with water in a dutch oven and bring to a boil, discard water rinse, repeat a 2nd time, and then cook. I may try that with the next one.
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Post by lmenglish on Feb 16, 2017 12:16:44 GMT
Have to confess that I never try to reduce the salt zazzles, Mike. No one has salt issues even though I have cut way down on salt. We just eat and enjoy!
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