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Good morning all on Advent 4 2021. In the bran tub of life this morning is a doozy. Wonderful to hear from you @jjraak and I hope you are keeping Whitty safe in what appears to be the Omicron capital as well. @gennepher thank you for sharing the creative which I liked very much. Not that I'm ungrateful for all your creatives just that some obviously boil my bacon more tenderly than others. Rummaging deeper in said tub, Swipey pulled out a 5.2 (boderline break even for all the negatives of LC eating in my mind); the combination of 3 gym sessions, a wonderful Advent anthology, eating my salad earlier and the love of God seem to have produced better sleep leading to resting pulse back in a recognisable range. I tried this with my normal salad and some halloumi "chips" as my meal yesterday. Once the vinaigrette had worked on the pastry - not a perfect "swap" but ok- all was very good IMHO. The ingredients aren't Frankensteinish - no palm oil or obvious chemicals except almost certainly on the crops and in the beef; the fat spooks me somewhat but the carbs are good. At the bottom of the tub is my share of the family bug. Almost 92 yo MIL here for lunch today and family currently here for Christmas lunch - I'm very ambivalent about that but think John 10:18 covers the situation. Look, I'm odd okay? Bear with, bear with. No Frost here either:angelic:
 
ianpspurs said:
Good morning all on Advent 4 2021. In the bran tub of life this morning is a doozy. Wonderful to hear from you @jjraak and I hope you are keeping Whitty safe in what appears to be the Omicron capital as well. @gennepher thank you for sharing the creative which I liked very much. Not that I'm ungrateful for all your creatives just that some obviously boil my bacon more tenderly than others. Rummaging deeper in said tub, Swipey pulled out a 5.2 (boderline break even for all the negatives of LC eating in my mind); the combination of 3 gym sessions, a wonderful Advent anthology, eating my salad earlier and the love of God seem to have produced better sleep leading to resting pulse back in a recognisable range. I tried this with my normal salad and some halloumi "chips" as my meal yesterday. Once the vinaigrette had worked on the pastry - not a perfect "swap" but ok- all was very good IMHO. The ingredients aren't Frankensteinish - no palm oil or obvious chemicals except almost certainly on the crops and in the beef; the fat spooks me somewhat but the carbs are good. At the bottom of the tub is my share of the family bug. Almost 92 yo MIL here for lunch today and family currently here for Christmas lunch - I'm very ambivalent about that but think John 10:18 covers the situation. Look, I'm odd okay? Bear with, bear with. No Frost here either:angelic:
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pie looks interesting and ingredient list has a green light - price of a row of houses up here. No one lays it down like you.
 
ianpspurs said:
Good morning all on Advent 4 2021. In the bran tub of life this morning is a doozy. Wonderful to hear from you @jjraak and I hope you are keeping Whitty safe in what appears to be the Omicron capital as well. @gennepher thank you for sharing the creative which I liked very much. Not that I'm ungrateful for all your creatives just that some obviously boil my bacon more tenderly than others. Rummaging deeper in said tub, Swipey pulled out a 5.2 (boderline break even for all the negatives of LC eating in my mind); the combination of 3 gym sessions, a wonderful Advent anthology, eating my salad earlier and the love of God seem to have produced better sleep leading to resting pulse back in a recognisable range. I tried this with my normal salad and some halloumi "chips" as my meal yesterday. Once the vinaigrette had worked on the pastry - not a perfect "swap" but ok- all was very good IMHO. The ingredients aren't Frankensteinish - no palm oil or obvious chemicals except almost certainly on the crops and in the beef; the fat spooks me somewhat but the carbs are good. At the bottom of the tub is my share of the family bug. Almost 92 yo MIL here for lunch today and family currently here for Christmas lunch - I'm very ambivalent about that but think John 10:18 covers the situation. Look, I'm odd okay? Bear with, bear with. No Frost here either:angelic:
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Thanks @ianpspurs
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5.0 this morning. We are being really lazy this morning so fbg was an hour later than usual. Interesting that DP didn't kick in.

7 year old granddaughter has tested positive on a lateral flow test. She isn't really showing any symptoms so hopefully it will be a mild case. The whole family have done PCR tests and are waiting for the results.
 
Good morning everyone from a damp and misty morning here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of avocado with bacon, an egg and a side of halloumi chips rolled over the line at 5.1

Mrs Miggins arrived safely home from her trip on the ocean waves on the jolly P&O Iona. She produced two negative tests yesterday - one on board ship and one at home. Still the PCR one to send off tomorrow - it’s a strange way to lose weight, giving up a few cells at a time. Youngest son and family arrive today for a week of fun and frolicks. Big delays this morning, not enough koffy in the can so had to dig out another bag - Machu Picchu this time - very Peruvian. Things are getting a bit frosty down in Mordor but not in No10 it seems. Lots of advice incoming on how to eat your sprouts - do we eat them naked? I will be grating mine and mixing with lardons, garlic and a splash of balsamic.

Art bit - a clump of trees and a flock of birds. Hope you all have a splendid Sunday, I need another koffy.


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dunelm said:
pie looks interesting and ingredient list has a green light - price of a row of houses up here. No one lays it down like you.
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"price of a row of houses up here" Oh, perlease. Do be brief, slice us a lemon John.:angelic: I seriously doubt those £100 notes in your mattress are as comfortable as memory foam:playful: I liked the rejoinder to my biblical reference - brilliant. Knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing has dogged 3 generations in England. LC has "hidden costs" and isn't cheaper than "normal" and certainly not "clean eating." The health costs are my own cross to bear, my choices. The emotional ones and disruption to family life are morally unfair of me to impose on others, JKP especially. She was content with those choices so money very, very well spent. Price of a decent coffee? far less than a beer or "double," surely? Thanks for the artwork.
 
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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a damp and misty morning here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of avocado with bacon, an egg and a side of halloumi chips rolled over the line at 5.1

Mrs Miggins arrived safely home from her trip on the ocean waves on the jolly P&O Iona. She produced two negative tests yesterday - one on board ship and one at home. Still the PCR one to send off tomorrow - it’s a strange way to lose weight, giving up a few cells at a time. Youngest son and family arrive today for a week of fun and frolicks. Big delays this morning, not enough koffy in the can so had to dig out another bag - Machu Picchu this time - very Peruvian. Things are getting a bit frosty down in Mordor but not in No10 it seems. Lots of advice incoming on how to eat your sprouts - do we eat them naked? I will be grating mine and mixing with lardons, garlic and a splash of balsamic.

Art bit - a clump of trees and a flock of birds. Hope you all have a splendid Sunday, I need another koffy.


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Glad the tests were negative @dunelm
Great clump of trees and swarm of birds...
 
Krystyna23040 said:
5.0 this morning. We are being really lazy this morning so fbg was an hour later than usual. Interesting that DP didn't kick in.

7 year old granddaughter has tested positive on a lateral flow test. She isn't really showing any symptoms so hopefully it will be a mild case. The whole family have done PCR tests and are waiting for the results.
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Hugs for granddaughter - via zoom/portal/duo/MS teams/facetime. Primary schools really are superspreaders both our grandchildren who attend seem to have brought home an unwanted gift for their parents.
 
ianpspurs said:
"price of a row of houses up here" Oh, perlease. Do be brief, slice us a lemon John.:angelic: I seriously doubt those £100 notes in your mattress are as comfortable as memory foam:playful: I liked the rejoinder to my biblical reference - brilliant. Knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing has dogged 3 generations in England. LC has "hidden costs" and isn't cheaper than "normal" and certainly not "clean eating." The health costs are my own cross to bear, my choices. The emotional ones and disruption to family life are morally unfair of me to impose on others, JKP especially. She was content with those choices so money very, very well spent. Price of a decent coffee? far less than a beer of "double," surely? Thanks for the artwork.
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So that’s why I get a bad knights sleep. I will resolve to give the pie a go. At 3.99 it is a little bit overlapped on a standard Pi.
 
Good Morening all, it seems hugs are required all round, droves of folks falling under the covid cosh, Me and me’s hope you / they have no lasting effects.
@jjraak nice to see you are ok , stay well we ageing greasers must stick together.
Stay safe, stay well, stay apart.

Here in Tilehurst Towers nothing is now planned and possibly for once our plans might come to fruition.
 
Good evening all. Late posting today. :angelic: fbs at 8am was 9.7. Have my HbA1c blood test tomorrow. Expecting it to be sky high based on my run of high readings. Stay safe and well and enjoy the week ahead everyone.:)
 
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