So I'm finally RETIRED!! YAY!!
Last official day at work was April 30, and while I still take calls and email requests for help from the new gal, that will be phased out soon too, since I intend to do some traveling soon, going to the beach etc. Still very busy with Mom, taking her to the doctor for X-rays and MIRs has been exhausting, she fell and didn't break anything, thank the Lord, but still in pain and taking pain medication, which causes even more confusion and sometimes hostility. My sister has been big help, so we will all go the beach together and drag Mom along, she can sit on the porch and watch the waves, the warmth does her good.
And I can tell that my daughter is gearing up to get heavily into the consignment thing, she is working at the sales (and I get to baby sit ….), which adds up points or whatever you want to call it, which gives her more resale value for the items she will sell. I'm cleaning out my house, to see what I can give her to sell, it's amazing what people will buy! And she also resells things she has bought, like a set of Le Creuset pots and pans she bought for $45, and resold for $150 on Craigs list, which was still a bargain, they looked brand new.
I want to live a simpler life, with less clutter and stuff … something that seems common for people who lose loved ones early in life. I have lost many people I loved, and always wind up saving mementos to hold onto, valuable things sometimes, and some not so much monetary value, but very valuable to me. It's somehow connected to weight I've read, which makes sense, holding onto all these items over the years could definitely be partly responsible for holding onto extra weight.
Aside from that, I'm just enjoying sleeping in and eating clean, no temptations in my home, so nothing to throw me off track. That has been so freeing! I love bacon and eggs right now, and eat that almost daily, also made a very low carb Cheesecake, so yummy and filling, a piece for breakfast can get me through the day until dinner. I love pork rinds and stocked up at Aldi's - 99 cents a bag and the best I've had, ever. I make a little dip with sour cream or mayo with a bit of Siracha - so YUM!!
We are planning our Mother's Day menu, daughter having us all over and probably will make one of those Protein Lasagnas from Maria Emmerich's recipes - Keto Adapted - along with a Caesar salad, and I want to try a Strawberry short cake with Oopsie roll recipe. Should be easy!
Look forward to catching up with the posts here, I still have lots to learn, always! So glad to have time now, to spend on the computer, rather than sitting in that stinky office, lol! More later ….