[Magdalen] 21.5 stone...ugh

[Jon Egger]

My sister in law and her two adult children are coming to spend
Thanksgiving with us.  We usually go out to eat at an IHOP (I know...I
know...).  Dawn's family is loud.  I like quiet.  Lord have mercy, Lord
have mercy.

Grace and peace,
brud

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:25 PM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Diets: new research hints that different people metabolize food in
> different ways - original article behind a firewall, report at
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/11/20/the-diet-study-that-upends-everything-we-thought-we-knew-about-healthy-food/
> .
> In other words, it makes sense to try different diets until something
> works, is palatable, and is reasonably healthy. I'm still working on
> it. Taking out all wheat-oats-barley-rye and all cow-goat-sheep dairy
> is a personal rock-bottom requirement. The rest is negotiable (i.e.
> not life threatening!).
>
> Tomorrow is Traditional Thanksgiving Day for us: 3 of our 4 offspring
> work in the food industry (Manager, Manager/Chef, Gluten-Free Baker).
> We've turned over the menu to the youngest 2 (Manager/Chef & Baker). I
> got the ingredients - heavy on the vegetables, with 1 large turkey for
> adequate leftovers (cold turkey sandwiches!!!).
>
> Non-traditional Thanksgiving scheduling: we're planning 3 Thanksgiving
> dinners with 3 different guest lists. The first is tomorrow, with a
> currently-dynamic list; the second is on Saturday with the oldest son
> and his new family (wife and baby daughter); the third is on Monday
> with the second son and his growing family (his girlfriend, her
> daughter, his son, their unborn).
>
> Food deserts: the closest convenience country store is about 4 miles
> away, so we're almost "downtown" for our rural area. It used to be
> there were country stores in the unincorporated "town centers" out
> here, within walking distance for most of the population. No longer
> true. No public transportation. Cars rule. Seasonally, there are
> options to get fresh produce and meat.
>
> Happy late November to everyone!
>
> hugs too - Cady
>