Happy St Patty`s Day 2016

*231* <---guessing cause scale needs battery

  What a beautiful day it has been so far. I have been in slug mode for the past couple days for whatever reason. This morning I had to have a abdominal ultrasound and afterward, I just felt like doing stuff. I am being careful to not over do. I will know the results on Monday. He wants to look at my pancreas and the spot on my liver. I am just going to go with the flow.
 

black one done last year

  I have all the plastic pots, big and small out on the patio. They will be scrubbed and on a less windy day, they will all be spray painted in bright colors. I did a couple last year with Rustoleum spray paint and they look really good. I have a couple blues, green, and a fuchsia. I want to pick up a yellow and maybe a purple. They cost $3 a can. You can spruce up your old plastic stuff and it looks really good.
It will be a nice little project. They will all have herbs in them. The bigger ones will have cherry tomatoes. There are a couple more in front that I have to empty and bring out back.  What other colors should I do?

       I did not buy corned beef this year. I cannot eat it and why stink up the house unnecessarily. I have pork chops marinating with garlic, black pepper, and spices. I have some steak strips marinating for this recipe I am trying out today, Low sodium Chinese Pepper Steak. I will do some white rice in the cooker and make a corn bread in the cast iron. I have been very bad with my food choices lately in terms of my brain. I have been all about my fucked up gut and threw my brain off in the corner. She didnt like that. Today she gave me a real taste of last year. Oh boy did I figure it out quick. I have my group that I will be more active in. We have all been lax with our low sodium for our iih. Hopefully this recipe will be a keeper and I will find others. I will be purchasing a new charcoal grill end of this month so i will be able to have lots of healthy grilled things too. Mmmm

So life isnt great but I choose not to mope about it. I am going to keep myself busy. If I could only stay up in my room and clean it. I have clothes to donate. And the room has to be switched around. I want all this done before it gets hot. 
Baby steps though...
I hope you enjoy your day of Irish. Have a green beer for meh!

Fat As I Am

*243*


   I am 243 this morning.  This is with clothes on so you know I weigh like 2-3 lbs less then that but I will stay with what the scale says. For a little while there I was not following my food protocol. I was essentially falling off the sodium/junk food wagon. I wasnt going crazy but my head and scale were whispering to me. Girl, knock that shit off! You have to lose weight and protect your eyesight. You are not gonna do that while eating bread or pickles.  I lost 4 lbs so I am back on track. My goal is to be 210 by Christmas. We shall see. 

   Perla is doing so much better. The medication has shrunk the inflammation below her eye, made her stinky breath go away, and put a ton of pep in her step. It is like the meds added a few years to her. She is acting like a youngin. It is a pain to dose her but it is worth the twice a day fight. She has to finish this bottle and another bottle. It wont fix her but it will make her feel better while we decide what to do about her teeth.

It is warm today. Thankfully not humid. I always have a bunch of stuff to do. Especially now that Hubs is back to work. It isn't like the adult children will help me. That would take them away from watching tv, having iintellectual conversations, and treating me like a maid/cook/chauffeur. Yeah. something is gonna change with that.
  I paid bills, and replaced hubby`s work shorts. That is all the money I have spent. So far so good. I have a new motto: Dont count yer chickens!! I wont spend it cause who know what will come up. My kids wont help bill wise so we have to economize and hope the frugality makes them so crazy that they move out. I could dream it. That is just as good for now.
I have to go...see the dog needs to go out but the two adults are too busy talking to do it while I try to type. They actually turned to look at me as to why I havent taken her out yet cause they are oh so busy. Grrrrrrr


Have a great Tuesday!