Taste Like Chicken Fri-YAY 5/8

Good luck with the plants, Chele. Monday might have been a better day for Iggy to have taken off so the plants could have gone in as soon as they arrived, unless your weather will still be cold and rainy then. Good luck with maintaining your sanity today. Is Iggy just feeling cooped up to make him more restless? Dale used to get that way sometimes when he was stuck in his office for days on end.  At least you're getting some cooking done. We usually have good luck here with UPS but it was the exact opposite at the other house. Do you get much fruit from your mulberry or do you basically leave it for wildlife? Yes, Buck and Abby should be interesting next week. He would jump back in with her in a heartbeat and, hopefully, her coming back means the same for her. I wonder if she and Maddie will be new coworkers. That could also be an interesting dynamic, regardless of which way the romance goes. I may break down and get a hair cut as soon as I can. My shop is fairly small and many times it's been just my stylist (the owner) and me. On the other hand, I think I will wait a while on the dentist. I heard this morning on the news that they will not be able to use the gizmo they use to remove plaque because it sends aerosol droplets onto surfaces and they will have to take it off manually like in the olden days. Scrape, scrape, scrape! I'm trying to determine alternatives for lower body strength training so I can avoid the gym. Nice that Silver Sneakers means I don't have a monthly membership to pay. We typically didn't go to sit-down restaurants anyway, but will do salmon tacos from my favorite place for my birthday for pick up. I downloaded a bunch of Mediterrasian recipes from the website. Have you read Blue Zones? Pretty interesting information. I've tried so many diets that haven't worked, so I think I'll give this a shot. I did find some wild caught tuna yesterday at Publix and I have some wild caught salmon in the freezer, so I have a little head start on where I want to go with this. Sometimes I think I just need to stop reading about diets and stick to something to see if I can find one that will work. It can get so confusing.

Becky, I feel better about going to a hair salon than I would about tanning or nail salons. How's the ankle/foot doing today? You don't have PT again until next Wednesday? How's the reopening going there.

Amen on the meme, Linda! When will things start to reopen there, or has the plan been pared back due to the local data being used, as opposed to Trump's head metrics?? How long do you think it will be before you and Bob feel safe going back into a restaurant? What was on your agenda today? Did have outside stuff to do this morning?

Kathy, they are talking about an inch of snow on Clingman's Dome Sunday morning. We might also have a frost, and it's way past the average last frost by about 2 weeks. Weird year! Is your weather more seasonal than ours is? They closed a couple of lanes of traffic through Gatlinburg to use for pedestrians, which means more traffic backup on the remaining lanes. Not a place I would be going this weekend. Is the pond filling up any? Are you seeing different wildlife with the warmer weather? How is WW going for you during all the time at home?

Did you work last night, Denise? I know what you mean about it typically being quieter at night. But some of the really nasty stuff like trauma can happen in the wee hours, so that can make more work for you. How's WW going for you?

Liz, you made it to Friday. I hope things are improving each week. Get some rest this weekend. How are things going at Gary's place? How are the pups doing?

I've had a busy day so far. Workout is done, loaf of bread is baking for Dale, I fixed chickpeas in the IP, and made a couple jars of Sauerruben, which is fermented shredded turnips. I'm trying to increase my fermented foods and I think this should be kind of like coleslaw when it's done. I also split a block of tofu and have part of it marinating to put in the air fryer for dinner and the rest is in the fridge as scrambled tofu. I fixed a really good salad for lunch--kind of a Greek salad with a bed of kale and power greens from the CSA, some of the chickpeas, kalamata olives, a green onion, about 1/2 oz of feta cheese, and my favorite TJ's FF balsamic vinaigrette. I also had a statewide Zoom meeting. Not much planned for the afternoon. This is the newsletter deadline so I better get some things turned in. In the spirit of Linda's meme, with the current situation, those of you on the thread are the people I interact with the most. I can't get together with my friends in NC and don't see my local friends that much these days either. Thanks for always being here.

texasless91, Weight Watchers is going pretty good im on the green plan you get 30 pts I like it cause you get a lot of points. Its kind of nice where I work I work in the
family birthing up in the babies so I don't have to work in the er thank god . Im in a good area