Good morning all. Nothing new to report here, really. I cook, I clean. I'm hovering at the 232 lb. mark; back to walking at least 4 days a week, 2+ miles each. I have been splurging on calories, keeping at around 1500, but I need to go lower to get the weight moving again. My back still hurts if I sit in one position too long, and that is here to stay, I'm afraid. As long as I move around every hour, it's fine.
Tonight we are trying a new recipe: chickpea soup. I have 3 recipes that I'm going to take a bit from and combine to make my own. One has the carrots, celery, onion; one has the tomatoes and the Moroccan spices that I want; and the 3rd has some toasted chickepeas to put on for garnish, which I think will help with some needed texture. I'll toast some flatbreads (no pitas) and I have some crema to put on top if needed (out of sour cream). Hopefully it comes out! I could do a black bean and corn soup, but I think I'll save the beans and make bean burritos later on in the week. We are trying to do meatless at least 2 days a week. I didn't make it to the store this weekend (I was not going to deal with those crowds!) so fresh veggies are low in the house.
I have to go shopping this weekend for fresh veg, dairy, some frozen veg, lunch stuff, and bread. I have enough meat for 2 weeks (maybe longer, with us doing the meatless thing), plus DH was gifted a gc to Hello Fresh and a gc from Honeybaked Ham from work; so we are doing the 2 weeks of HF (using the gc, for 4 people/5 meals, we're paying about $70 each week, so that is ok) starting Dec 7th, and buying a ham with the gc (3 meals at least)...so that will put us thorugh to the end of the year without having to worry about dinners!
Presents are all done. DH and I are not buying for ourselves; upgrading our power supplies on both computers. DS got his bike, and we are upgrading his power supply, case, and getting him a water cool system for his computer as well. DH's bonus will pay down credit cards/medical bills (I have $1400 left to pay for DS's stay in Oct, plus whatever the ER bill is, which is a whole issue in itself); and then pay for us to move. If we rent, it'll be first month/deposit/moving boxes, tape, wrapping paper/movers/utility setups. If we decide to buy, it'll be moving boxes, tape, wrapping paper/movers/utility setups/down payment. We have to decide by Dec 19th what we are doing, so that's going to be fun.
Have a good day all
DazedX3, I'm sorry to hear you are going through all that. Please take good care!
garage to see if it's worth what its going to cost to fix it. She has an older Explorer sitting in their driveway..she has to put tires on it and something else I can't remember..so hopefully she can get that on the road in a day or so..it's always something!
) so I was able to get the house decorated. Before Ds3 went running around, he got back up there and got the tree so I was able to put that up. I started to decorate the outside yesterday but ran out of lights for the landscaping so I'll be headed to the store today. I had to throw out 6 strands of lights, I was not very happy.
Well we all made it through the weekend! 
So we are doing one tonight and I am really looking forward to it!
And funny the boys got everything down but the tree. How was the hospital dinner? We usually get a free meal when working, too. My holiday to work is Christmas this year, so I will find out then. (Not a big fan of our hospital’s food since a food vendor took over. And really miss the older lady who used to pile the food on people’s plates at the end of the day so it wouldn’t go to waste, we’d take it back to the units and everyone dug in, it was fun. Now they portion out everything exactly (and at times it seems it can barely fill a thimble). I generally bring my own food but do enjoy ordering out sometimes if others are putting in an order. At any given time there are food delivery people outside the hospital, even in the middle of the night - one thing nice about being in the city, lots of options of every type of food (and desserts like frozen yogurt or warm Insomnia cookies) imaginable. What’s funny today is seeing more people getting themselves a meal through Uber Eats or something similar - not something really seen until a few years ago.
Carter wearing the hat I knitted.
