Good morning All. Coffees on.

[Aggie1]

A couple of weeks ago I took up rock painting and I drop them off along the routes I take when I walk my dog.

 

Here’s one I made for myself. 
 

I joined a beginners rock painting group on Facebook and 99% of the posters are women. It feels awesome to get and give words of approval from my fellow sisters when we post our recent creations. It just feels right. Guys would give you a back handed compliment. You’d have to seriously be on your guard if you shared anything touchy-feely. I love the freedom to be myself .

[HaraSurya]

I reheated some leftovers from Yule for Thorrsblot and I forgot how good the pork loin was and super simple.

 

Pork Loin

Tony Chachere's Herb and Garlic Marinate

Honeycup Honey Mustard

 

It really was as simply as injecting the marinate, spreading the honey mustard over the loin and baking it at 350F until it reached 145F internally.

[Jackie C.]

That sounds... really good. Oh why do all the food recipes come up when I'm dieting?

 

Hungry hugs!

[HaraSurya]

That Honeycup honey mustard is amazing on pork. I've also made porkchops with it and I'm betting it would make a good ham glaze. It's more like honey with powdered mustard mixed in than the creamy sauce most companies make.

[Jackie C.]

?

 

You get that I'm pretty much living on protein powder and health bars, yeah? I mean my nutritional needs are met but you're showing me food porn. *Whimper*

 

Hugs!

[Mmindy]

5 hours ago, KathyLauren said:

I spent the afternoon wrestling with the snowblower

@KathyLauren, I love working the snowblower, however my driveway and sidewalks are so short that I really don't need one as powerful as the one we ended up with. That being said, I have two elderly neighbors and I always take care of their sidewalks and driveways, only charging them a simple hug. I also clean around the two fire hydrants near my home. I feel Iike a kid figuring out where to strategically throw the snow so it doesn't mess up the appearance of the snow in the front yard. It's like art to me, or maybe an operating engineers challenge. 

 

Hugs, (masked of course)

 

Mindy???

[HaraSurya]

3 hours ago, Jackie C. said:

?

 

You get that I'm pretty much living on protein powder and health bars, yeah? I mean my nutritional needs are met but you're showing me food porn. *Whimper*

 

Hugs!

That made me think of the time the head editor at ArsTechnica decided to be a human Guinea pig for the meal replacement Soylent for one week. He eventually added some peppermint oil and green food dye and said it wasn't bad once you added flavor, but the phrase "horse killing farts" came up at least once.

[Elizabeth Star]

1 hour ago, HaraSurya said:

That made me think of the time the head editor at ArsTechnica decided to be a human Guinea pig for the meal replacement Soylent for one week. He eventually added some peppermint oil and green food dye and said it wasn't bad once you added flavor, but the phrase "horse killing farts" came up at least once.

I think I read that article. He wasn't lying about the gas. I've been drinking Soylent off and on for the last couple of years. The "digestive issues" subsided after a couple of months. I drink the pre-made version and never had a problem with the taste.

 

Speaking of bad gas. I'm happy to report my snowblower is finally working properly. It was a real pita running out all the old gas but it's good now.

[LaurenA]

2 hours ago, HaraSurya said:

That made me think of the time the head editor at ArsTechnica decided to be a human Guinea pig for the meal replacement Soylent for one week.

Wait, your not talking about Soylent Green are you?  You know it's made of people?

[HaraSurya]

1 hour ago, LaurenA said:

Wait, your not talking about Soylent Green are you?  You know it's made of people?

 

Well in the original novella "Make Room, Make Room" by Harry Harrison it was made of soy and lentil.

 

No, it's a consumer-oriented meal replacement drink that's intended to fully replace eating normal food, as opposed to merely supplement it like Ensure or SlimFast. There are similar food replacements for people unable to consume normal food, like due to disability, but they're a specialist medical product, not intended to be palatable and expensive.

[Maddee]

Good morning!

 

The past life is gone. 

Just a sad dream and not worth visiting.

It never happened.

[KathyLauren]

12 hours ago, ElizabethStar said:

Speaking of bad gas. I'm happy to report my snowblower is finally working properly.

 

You win the Smoothest Segue of the Week award! ?

[Bri2020]

Good morning ladies! 3rd mug of liquid life from the goddess and I still haven't gotten off the couch.  The elliptical is across the room feeling lonely and wondering if I will ever make it over to her. lol

 

[Jamie68]

18 hours ago, Bri2020 said:

I think I have some past things to work through.  Last night I had a dream where I was walking my dog- but it was a mix of my childhood dog and my current one. I was presenting as my current self. I walked up to some men and handed them the leash and they took the dog to go put to sleep. I started to cry and turned to walk away and my mom was there to comfort me and we hugged (she passed 20 years ago)  I woke from the dream absolutely sobbing like I've never done before.  My wife obviously can sleep through a tornado with her ear plugs in because I couldn't control my grief for an hour and she never woke up. I'm glad because there wasn't anything she could do and I hate waking her. She NEEDS her sleep. lol. 

I'm pretty confident I grieved appropriately when my mom passed but my recollection of my past  isn't too good since going through a bunch of ECT when I was really depressed.  I do know that I wish my mom could have known me as Bri though.  I think she would have loved having me as her daughter.  As for the dog symbolism, I'm not sure there. My parents got rid of our dog when my dad came down with emphysema. I suspect they had him put down but no one ever fessed up to it. "went to a farm" statement was all we got.

And now I'm a mess again just writing this out.... 

I think your mom came to you to help you let go of the past and start new with her blessings. 

That's what I get from your experience. My mom came to me in my sleep after she passed when I was 7. I'm 68 now and it's still fresh in my mind. Love has no barriers. Not even death. 

Jamie 

[Jamie68]

16 hours ago, AgnesBardsie said:

Audrey. You are making me tear up! I had a similar experience. I just accidentally did a function in Facebook which creates a movie out of selfies and I can clearly see Agnes’ eyes looking back at me. Even with a variety of facial hair styles like sideburns and a full beard. I tried to mask the boy but the girl keeps looking back at me saying “what the hell are you doing!” LOL

I hope you replied, just what I'm supposed to be doing. 

Jamie 

[Jamie68]

14 hours ago, Mmindy said:

@KathyLauren, I love working the snowblower, however my driveway and sidewalks are so short that I really don't need one as powerful as the one we ended up with. That being said, I have two elderly neighbors and I always take care of their sidewalks and driveways, only charging them a simple hug. I also clean around the two fire hydrants near my home. I feel Iike a kid figuring out where to strategically throw the snow so it doesn't mess up the appearance of the snow in the front yard. It's like art to me, or maybe an operating engineers challenge. 

 

Hugs, (masked of course)

 

Mindy???

Ha, that's funny.  I have about 25 feet of sidewalk and only use 5 feet of it.  Still, I have a snow blower and a brand new 54 inch Cub Cadet with a plow on it.  I just drive around plowing sidewalks for the fun of it. 

Jamie 

[Jamie68]

2 hours ago, Bri2020 said:

Good morning ladies! 3rd mug of liquid life from the goddess and I still haven't gotten off the couch.  The elliptical is across the room feeling lonely and wondering if I will ever make it over to her. lol

 

When you do start using it, be careful not to do too much.  I did some ballet exercises with my wife for the first time a while back and laughed about how I didn't even feel it.  The next morning when I got up, I walked towards the door and within 5 seconds I fell to the floor and couldn't get up for about 10 minutes of massaging my butt and legs. 

Lesson learned, LOL. 

Jamie 

[Jackie C.]

2 hours ago, Bri2020 said:

Good morning ladies! 3rd mug of liquid life from the goddess and I still haven't gotten off the couch.  The elliptical is across the room feeling lonely and wondering if I will ever make it over to her. lol

 

 

Ooh! I didn't get to do my elliptical today. I have a pending doctor's appointment and I'm not allowed to exercise for an hour before and for two hours after. You can REALLY work your butt on one of those though. There's hope for your backside yet!

 

Hugs!

[Jamie68]

Will be coming back from Iowa city soon. Talk later. 

Love, Jamie 

[KymmieL]

With forecast of rain changing to snow. the ol' sun is shining brightly. Go figure. We need a good week long blizzard. We are so dry.

 

3rd patch on today. haven't noticed any changes but I am no expecting much I haven't been on it a week yet.

 

Work is a PITA Only three of us for the past week to run the counter. One guy was on vacation. We have one person we are doing background checks on. Our company sucks, our entry level parts person starts at 9.50 an hour for full time. You cannot live on that. Heck even at assistant manager I am making less than 13. If it wasn't for my VA disability I couldn't survive.  

 

Hugs, to all.

 

Kymmie

[Ivy]

Been trying to change my morning routine a bit.  Still have the coffee of course

One of my hobbies is writing.  But I had fallen into just a lot of doomscrolling with my cup[s] of joe.  Then, later I wouldn't be able to do much more than look at a blank screen.

I started looking at my work-in-progress with that first cup and am actually getting something done.

I guess the world will go on without me obsessing over it just as well.

And I'm a bit less depressed.

 

Got sun here, but still cold - for here.

[Bri2020]

1 hour ago, KymmieL said:

With forecast of rain changing to snow. the ol' sun is shining brightly. Go figure. We need a good week long blizzard. We are so dry.

 

3rd patch on today. haven't noticed any changes but I am no expecting much I haven't been on it a week yet.

 

Work is a PITA Only three of us for the past week to run the counter. One guy was on vacation. We have one person we are doing background checks on. Our company sucks, our entry level parts person starts at 9.50 an hour for full time. You cannot live on that. Heck even at assistant manager I am making less than 13. If it wasn't for my VA disability I couldn't survive.  

 

Hugs, to all.

 

Kymmie

Can't imagine those wages. I start my receptionists and spa assistants at $15/hr but living in the DC area is WICKED expensive so that isn't even enough to survive on.  These positions typically go to part timers who are either retired or in college (or living at home with parents). If you live here frugally and want a one bedroom apartment by yourself you pretty much need to make about $20/hr minimum.

[Audrey]

Good (late) morning everyone, hope you all are well on this Wednesday. I would be embarrassed to admit how many cups of coffee I've consumed so far. Feeling a little out of sorts because my usual morning routines have been disrupted by the weather... it's not possible to use my usual paths for exercise that I would normally. I had a spectacular fall on ice one winter that I wouldn't care to repeat. I don't belong to a gym and I never will, it's a thing I have. Wishing I had the space for exercise equipment of my own in my apartment but alas. I did manage to do a little skiing in the park before the snow got trampled by the kids sledding and making snow sculptures.

 

OMG don't get me started on the crazy cost of living here in NYC. A small fortune is practically necessary to exist here. (Why am I still here? Oh, right...)

 

@AgnesBardsie Sorry about bringing up some emotions with my sharing! Those glimpses into the past can be emotional minefields. I should have known better than to go looking for that stuff, but I've always been someone who writes a lot and keeps everything she's ever done. My old personal journals are most likely in storage at my mother's house in Oregon, and next trip there I'm sure I'll go looking for them now that I've started transitioning. I know there's so much about my gender questioning in them. Maybe my mother has read them already and that's why she's possibly giving me signals that it's safe to come out? Food for thought.

 

Back to work now. Have a fabulous day, everyone! ❤️

 

Love,

~Audrey.

[Maddee]

Good morning.

 

Today I am focused on the present things with subtle living excitement in my center.

I don't think it's upset stomach-that is a separate sensation

 

Also, I have increased my wimpy coffee from 12% to 25% caffeinated.

[Aggie1]

Feb 5, Agnes has a dentist appointment, and she is not planning to remove her nail polish!