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[qos]

Last night, my daughter and I ate the small bits of leftovers from our cooking session Wednesday night while my pork loin roast was cooking in the pressure cooker. When the roast ended up a disaster (why don't the directions in either of my books include cook times for a smaller cut of meat?), I got out tortillas and the grated cheese for the first quesadilla I would have had in a couple of weeks. But after a word or two from that inner teacher I mentioned recently, I sighed, put them back in the fridge, and made a protein meal replacement drink instead. My daughter asked to try it, liked it, and asked if I would make one for her in the morning for her to have for breakfast.

Last night I also did my resistance workout and stretching, and had a great phone conversation with queenofhalves about the ritual I'm going to do on Saturday. This morning I did the second getting-ready-for-meditation exercise. (There are three of them.)

And I'm down another half a pound, for a total of 17 pounds lost since mid-December.

It's Friday, I've been invited to an informal dinner party tonight at the house of the director whose office is next to Jeannie's to celebrate the completion of her kitchen remodel, it's payday, I'm feeling loved and valued -- and in a couple of cases told I'm beautiful and desirable -- by those around me. . .

Life is good.

Comments

[queenofhalves]

i'm so glad life is being both less stressful and more exciting for you!

[royalbananafish.livejournal.com]

Go, you!

That's awesome.

[southernselkie.livejournal.com]

That makes me happy to hear. I like my Seeeester happy. :)

[grailquestion.livejournal.com]

I've thought about pressure cookers, but I figured out a crockpot can usually handle most things with less fuss--you just have to plan your timing.

If I had some kind of timer for my crockpot, it would be so much more useful...