Taste Like Chicken Monday Joke Day 7/1

Thanks for the start, Chele. Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit! Warm and humid here as well. I guess people in Dayton had a busy weekend and drained the ATM. Don't know that I have heard of that happening. Hope it was refilled if you went out later. Good idea to get the yard work done early before the heat comes in full force this afternoon. Enjoy the salmon salad. Here's your first joke: Two dogs wearing their finest collars entered a bar. After ordering, they noticed that all the other dogs in the bar were not wearing collars. That's when they realized they were in a STRAY BAR.

Linda, I'm amazed that you can even grow cucumbers there as dry as it is. Do you have some planted in the shade? LOL on 106 sounding good. I know you don't seem to be having rain now, so what's your typical humidity? Do you have any watering restrictions where you live?

It's a shame your DN was in Japan when Trump was, Kathy. I hope he was able to go back after the president left to see the things that were closed the first time. When will he come home? Did you get some rain? Has the Sarahan dust cloud moved on, making you more susceptible to inclement weather again?

Becky, is it raining at your house today? Did you get to walk outside? I hope tracking calories will work for you, after so many years of counting points. I was never totally comfortable with the points concept because there were so many variables that didn't seem to be considered, plus WW changed their methods when they changed programs, so I had to wonder if that was partially responsible for it being less effective for people when they went to a newer program.

How was the birthday celebration, Liz? Enjoy the musical. I didn't realize they had turned some of Meatloaf's discography into a musical. Great gift, Gary!

Like Chele, I worked outside for a while this morning. I added Black Kow and soil to a couple of garden beds and could use a couple more bags of soil for the larger bed, so that will have to wait. I transplanted the holy basil and split into a couple of pots and also transplanted the cilantro that may not make it. I am thinking about taking cuttings from the French tarragon and my 15+ year old oregano to see if I can get them to root. Might do that this afternoon. After I finished gardening, I swam almost 600 yds. The water felt a little coolish (which was great) after all my physical activity, but warmed up quickly. Dale swam earlier and said it felt like bath water to him. I plan to cook green beans for Dale this afternoon. He bought a couple of lbs of them at the orchard yesterday. I placed a 2nd CSA order this morning because I decided I wanted to roast some vegetables. So I will have eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onions, garlic, and purple sweet potato. Now I'm hungry, so I guess I'll have a tomato sandwich.

Let me end this with another dog joke:

A man walks into a bar with a dog.
The bartender says, "You can't bring that dog in here."
"You don't understand," says the man. "This is no regular dog, he can talk."
"Listen, pal," says the bartender. "If that dog can talk, I'll give you a hundred bucks." 
"The man puts the dog on a stool, and asks him, "What's on top of a house?"
"Roof!" "Right. And what's on the outside of a tree?" "Bark!" "And who's the greatest baseball player of all time?" "Ruth!"
"I guess you've heard enough," says the man. "I'll take my $100 in twenties."
The bartender is furious. "Listen, pal," he says, "get out of here before I belt you."
As soon as they're on the street, the dog turns to the man and says, "Do you think I should have said 'DiMaggio' instead?

Good afternoon chicks and thanks for the start Chele.

Chele - I'm no good with jokes so I won't even attempt.  The weekend was fine albeit very soupy on Saturday and showers off and on yesterday.  I actually napped for a few hours off and on yesterday which was a strong sign that the lack of sleep during the last 2 weeks caught up with me.  No paella on Saturday night; we decided to have take out.  The show is not until August 3rd so I have a wait but am looking forward to the music.
How is the hip today?  Good that you backed off the mowing of the front.  My left hip is very unhappy lately and the right knee isn't too far behind.<sigh>  I have my 2nd injection tomorrow afternoon so we'll see how that goes.  Nice pickins from the market for you.  I got some good white nectarines and some nice Washington cherries yesterday.

Karen - how is the whiny Ms. Arya doing today?  You were a busy cook today without a doubt.  Sounds like you accomplished quite a bit of gardening as well.  I am taking Friday off so that is something to look forward to this week.  Zoe's surgery is scheduled for 12th and I have her tail cleaned and bandaged once again with a new restock of vet tape.  

Linda - those temps are just brutal to me.  It's 87 in the city today and that's just about intolerable.  

Waving to Becky, and Kathy!  Hope you both are having a good day without too much weather drama!! 

Here goes in support of Chele and Karen:  Ciao for now~


Q: Why was the dog stealing shingles?

A: He wanted to become a woofer!

Liz, glad you were able to check in. Groan on the joke. I knew you could do it. Good luck with the injection tomorrow. Will you get another Unna boot?

Enjoy your birthday dinner, Linda, and holiday at your brother's. I guess the original polo shirt has now been returned twice. YIKES on the veggie recall. It looks like TJ's is the only place in TN that has any of them. Most of my veggies right now are coming from the CSA.

Kathy, when will you get to see DN to hear all about his trip?  I heard a variation on your joke. The neighbor said my dogs were chasing people on bikes. I told him my dogs don't even have bikes. PP worked for me for a couple months. I was never on Momentum. I did lose 70 lbs on the original WW (back in the liver and onions days). I agree that you and many others were more successful when points and calories were more closely aligned.

I'm happy to hear you're taking Friday off, Liz. I hope St. Crazy will leave you alone. I saw something on the news about a bill in NY that if it passes an employee can only be contacted in their off time if they are on call. Would that change anything with your situation or will they just ignore it?

For some reason, my back started acting up this afternoon and I have the TENS unit on. Probably had something to do with the gardening and especially hauling bags of soil and Black Kow. I hope it doesn't mess up things at Osteo tomorrow.