Diet

Wow, 

I started on this chemical free plan with a veggie protein diet, cutting back on meat as well as dairy and taking veggie protein supplements and eating legumes and grains for protein. I was on it a couple months, lost no weight and was still hungry all the time, got bad cravings for meat. It was not working for weight loss, and even tno I felt pretty good being, I kept it gluten free. I could feel the need for meat. 

Then right before I found Paleo I started loosing hair and my nails started getting brittle again. My hair was coming out bad. I started back on meat and went Paleo and it has taken several months for my hair to stop falling out. Just now my hair is starting to stay in again. Veggie protein was not for my metabolic type, I knew this but was so flustered gaining weight again, that I just couldn't take it any more and started a new diet again. Thinking any protein would be protein and would be ok. If you are a meat type of metabolic type veggie protein will not satisfy you and you will still have cravings and be hungry all the time. Mom is fine on legume and grain protein, tho I wish she would cut out gluten, I know her knee swelling would go down if she went gluten free. Gluten is not good for you even if you are a carb type. 

I know this hair and nail problems is because of my weight loss surgery 10 years ago. But it is like a signal for me to know when I am not getting the nutrients I need. I feel lucky to have this signal to tell me when my body is in need. When I am doing something wrong. Everyone else just has how they feel. most of us don't know by that cause all of the chemicals in our food make us feel bad all the time. 

I am having allergy problems here because it is "monsoon" season and all the plants that can bloom are blooming right now.. Will be glad when they start drying up. LOL. will be glad when the heat starts to fade some. 

Wow, missed August

Haven't posted since July, a lot been going on. Went to Sturgis, went to Missouri and cleaned up house, went to Illinois and visited. Stopped at casinos on the way got free or almost free over night camping, got free drinks, got cheap meals. Etc. even played a little, but bout broke even. 

Now in Phoenix, it's too hot to do anything. Exhausting heat, Don is working, I'm supposed to go back to work when they get the new shop going. But now I'm just goofing off. Tired to get direct TV for Coach B4 we went to Sturgis and they didn't know how to install it, then tried here and they still couldn't install it. Dons just gonna get ready and make a Tripod so when they come back Tuesday he can install it.. Stupid DTV people. 

I been trying to get settled in, the dogs don't care, they don't really like the hot ground or the hot rocks in the PP area, but they will survive. Nails didn't feel good today, but she won't poo till Don gets home, so I think she was holding it. Plus they just got wormed the day b4 yesterday so it could have been that. I was gonna cut their hair tomorrow, but we shall see how the day goes. 

We have been wondering a lot.. 

Chesse

Been going without cheese for several weeks now. This weekend Don got some cheese dip and I tasted it, had about 2 teaspoons. Then the next morning, even tho I read the ingredients listed on the omelet in the menu, it had cheese in it. Small cafe near the new shop. So I just ate it instead of sending it back. 

To my huge surprise it was not as GOOD as usual. I think my craving for cheese has diminished due to non eating. We will probably eat at that little cafe often in the future so I didn't want to send back, just remember it say no cheese please. They put jalapeños in it for me yum. I didn't think I could ever survive without cheese but its not as bad as I thought. The very idea used to give me chills. LOL. 

I have greatly limited my diet and I feel better for it. Paleo is the way to go, no swollen joints, no daily painkillers. Whistling and humming all day long. I am so glad I can have standard potato chips or veggies chips, they are not made with the best oils, & are too salty, but they are something I can have for a treat. Boiled eggs make great snacks, but it's hard to have them on hand all the time.

You can find good things at health food stores, such as dressings etc. but plain old vinegar and EVOO is great for you. . 

Don't forget your wheat grass, and freshly ground flax seeds. But are flax seeds ok? They are a grain need to look that up. I want some sunflower seeds need to look them up under Paleo. Flax seeds oil is ok as is sunflower oil.. Hummm, I need the flax for hormone hot flash prevention.. But guys might not need them. 

I haven't weighed since the camper has been getting worked on. Should have weighed last night. But this diet is not about weight so much as it is about feeling good. Not having that puffy look to your face when you look in the mirror.. The cheese didn't kill me this weekend, but even on Paleo it says you can cheat every once in a while.. But when you cheat you can expect low grade headaches the next day, and aches and pains, you can expect to not feel as good.. So you have to decide how much a little cheat is worth.. LOL. 

Your body gets used to being without all those chemicals and grains and when you put them back in it says no you don't.. You gotta pay for that. LOL. I am glad to know that corn chips while not on Paleo is a cheat I can have on occasion without suffering the next day. They chemical free and I'm not really sensitive to corn. So when any restaurant here in the south west gives you wonderful hand made salsa  with home made freshly fried corn chips, I can go head, and know the only payment I have later is that the grain is fattening. 

Why Do You Ride?

People ask all the time to bikers, Why Do You Ride?  So here it is...

Think about it, you get up in the morning to go to work, you have your coffee. Your still tired, You go out and straddle 120 Horsepower on a 600 or less pound two wheeled machine. You hook up your MP3. You start the bike, the vibrations flow through you from your core, You start the music. It pumps loudly around you.. You blood starts to pick up. No longer tired, You pull out of your driveway..

You can go around all the idiots setting in your way on the road, they are turning left and have to cross traffic, but they are blocking the right lane to the point that a car cannot get out. You are turning right because the road is nicer that way..

You can go around the people in your way cause you are small you fit. You twist that throttle as soon as you hit an open stretch of road. Your bike goes from Zero to OMG... You are smiling.. You drive safely but defensively. There is nothing like the power you have turned on between your legs. You say why? I say you only live once and WHY NOT!.

That is just the basic need to ride, its not mentioning taking the long way to and home from work cause riding relaxes you, makes you feel good deep inside. Its your paxal.

Then there is the community, the bikers who also know... They understand. Then you have the rallies, the vacations the lifestyle that revolves around 2 wheels. The trips.. The long long trips. It does not have to be a Harley, it used to be, but now bikers are more open to different breeds of bike..

Ride ON and keep the shiny side up.

DDR

Checked out the new DDR shop. It is awesome. Such a better place. Professional. They have signed contracts for price and etc. but closing will take till September. Poor Lonnie is dying to get started on it. But you can't do anything till you close. 

It has nice offices in the big shop building and 2 office buildings separate from the shop. It has a nice shaded area to park the camper in back with storage containers for our stuff. It will be completely fenced in once they fix some fencing. 

The shop is huge and has several bays that most heavy equipment will fit inside, it has swamp coolers on the shop so once you get equipment in they can work in any weather. Don will get a raise and other benefits for moving. He can bring his new mechanic. I don't know what I will do if anything. I won't be needed in the office. There will be plenty for me to do during the switch over phase from the old shop to the new shop. Lots of organizing etc. build some muscles. 

It looks promising, with the new building we will get more work cause we will look more capable. The old place is so small it's cluttered and they don't have an indoor building to work on equipment in. It kinda makes you look bad when you don't have enough room to work. 

Well I will be glad when we finally get settled and get out of flux. Now if the house would just sell.. 

Diet and pool guy..

Well everything is going well. I feel so good, I have been whistling and

Humming again like when I was young. I know it's not lack of stress cause we have plenty of stress, with the house up for sale, the auction of all our things at the house, the camper getting fixed. Moving to Phoenix. Couldn't have much more stress, then add Sturgis trip coming up.. Tiger needs her oil changed. And blah blah.. 

So considering this it has to be my chemical free diet. Have not taken a pain pill in almost a month. Cause I haven't needed it, off my allergy prescriptions except for some OTC Clareaton. Still taking my thyroid meds of course. Getting off grain & legumes has taken all the remaining swelling out of my knee. Paleo Diet rocks health wise. You can feel like a kid again too, just cut out chemicals and go Paleo... 

I went to let the dogs out with no shirt on, and whoops pool guy! 

BARNEY did not bark at him WTF? I think he was snickering little creep. Luckily he was not looking my way, and with the light I don't think he could have seen anyway. But Barney did not do his job. Gina MinPin

One the mechanics was sick yesterday, came home vomiting both ends. I got the hand sanitizer out and started putting it of extra duty, but it sounds like a food provisioning to me, as he is back to work today. 

I hope he feels better, he is a good guy.. We got paid today the office has sent his money to his wife who got her pay card. He didn't get his yet. El Paso mail service thank you. Is ok though he got paid last week so he's not in the poor house. 

Changes

Good morning everyone I am not working today, unless something comes up. Going to swim some laps for exercise later as my elliptical is packed away. 

We are going to Phoenix to take some of our stuff and some of Dennis stuff and put it in the semi trailer cargo trailer conex thing That the boss has gotten for us to store stuff in. Then we will pick up our camper, bring it back here and start loading the trailer again for more stuff moving. We are suppose to be leaving El Paso the end of this month, we need to get our stuff Moved B4 we leave for Sturgis at the end of the month. Dons tools are the biggest thing that needs moved and I imagine we will move his tools in another conex trailer when we start moving things out of the shop. 

The new mechanic is working out pretty good. He seems to know his stuff and is not slow. 

I have been holding back posting some stuff. But Glenn is quitting, when we leave El Paso he would have to go try and work with the office people in Phoenix and he really won't be needed as they already have office people there. It's sad. I really won't be needed in Phoenix either, I don't want them to give me a job just because I am Don's wife. But having insurance is really nice. Working part time is all I am doing now to keep my insurance. 

I don't know if we have the new DDR yard yet in Phoenix, Lonnie is working on getting it lined out but all the wiring was stolen and he wants it either fixed or money to get it fixed knocked off the purchase price.. If he gets it then we will have lots of work for a long time, moving to the new yard, setting up the shop, etc. plus they have been very busy with work and need good mechanics because they are growing, and running out of room in the old yard. 

The lawn people are here, so the dogs have to wait for PP time, but Don puts them out in the morning B4 he leaves. I getting lots of doggie snuggles this morning. Sassy is still in bed, but she wants to get up, she is all the way across the room, so next time I get up she needs to make noise. LOL. 

Don put the trunk back on the Suzuki finally after he broke the brake away bolts when he got stuck in the sand. We tried to get more brake away bolts but the dealers around here don't have them so it got regular bolts. I have to order back brakes for my Triumph, if she didn't go so ft she wouldn't need back brakes. I also need to order her pull back risers, we can get cables while in Sturgis so she don't make my hands sleep anymore. 

The Auctioneer is done taking stuff from the house, it took him 3 days to get it all. I told him we needed our money by the middle of the month so we can pay our Illinois property taxes and use it for vacation, and hopefully enough to buy a storage shed, for the rest of the stuff in our house. I wish the house would sell and we could pay off the truck, which only has a couple months left. 

Well I better go I have lots of stuff to do., 

Long week of sorting

I have been sorting everything for the auction. Lots and lots of things. I put all my spices and silver wear in this old blue Samsonite hard suitcase, it all went good and almost everything fit... And then I tried to lift it.. OMG I swear it weighs 100lbs. 

Anyway I have lots of stuff, I am leaving a lot of kitchen things, my bread machine, which I love but don't need, cause I don't eat bread, even most gluten free bread is grain and I'm trying to avoid grains.

You don't have to have a starch with every meal.. My biggest need is meat. If I go with beans and cut back on meat it just makes me hurt inside ache for meat.. So I switched to the Paleo diet. I have to eat all natural foods as with the other one,  but mostly meat and veggies. Lots of veggies and I can have some fruit too, fruits are good for you. I'm not normally a big fruit eater, but I find eating Paleo I want fruit more. No sugar or corn syrup or additives.  But I wanted banana, and cherries (always want cherries they are my fruit heaven) then I wanted apples. And I even brought some grapes. Haven't ate any yet, but that's cause I just finished my cherries. I know I eat more cherries than I'm supposed too, but they are only around a few weeks then they are gone. So I can't gorge on them all year. LOL. The thing that surprised me is that on Paleo not only do you avoid grains, but you avoid legumes, bean protein and peanuts.. You and have all tree nuts and spices, but not beans or peanuts. I didn't feel right on bean proteins. Eggs are good, tho. But you don't eat dairy. Now I have been thinking I should probably cut out dairy for a while if I want to lose weight, but I just couldn't give up cheese. So I'm doing it, I'm giving up cheese and dairy. I wonder if they make Paleo Cheese. LOL. I found raw cashew butter, it's so sweet you don't need jelly, but I found jelly that has no sugar or artificial sweeteners, it's pretty good. So with Paleo bread I can have a PB&J. Of course that's not something to have every day. I even can't get Paleo bread in El Paso, so that won't be a problem. 

Its supposed to rain again tonight and then in the morning, I was going to stay up late and finish the kitchen packing up the things I'm taking with me, but with rain in the morning I guess i can go to sleep. Won't be starting on the shed in the rain. 

I'm still worried about Barney, I think he's ok.. But I can't go home till I get done here. 

Finished basement

I finished sorting the basement, I put everything not for the auction in the finished room, except the bed and lamp I am keeping for the guest room at Mom's. I can't move those so I labeled them. 

I didn't think there would be that much, but most of it is Don's and the butchering stuff. I'm glad the room is done, so I can just pile everything in there. I guess we will take the auction money and get a storage shed to put at Don's Dads so Don can fill it up. I'm not keeping much, I have some sentimental stuff but not much. Tomorrow I will start on the upstairs, moving the things we want to keep down to that room. 

If I can get the upstairs tomorrow & Wednesday then I can do the shed Thursday. After that I will meet with the auctioneer again and go over everything with him. Then he can sell The rest. I should be able to go back to Don then.. 

We will wait till the house sells before cleaning out that room I am filling. Buy the shed and get it there, then we can move everything I put in that room when we come up to close on the house.. Now we just need a buyer. 

Diet

I went to HiVee when I got to Missouri to get a few days of food, got some mahi mahi and some chicken breast for protein, had to have some organic leeks that jumped in my basket. And I wanted some salad but dressing is all so bad, it all has potassium benzoate in it which is really bad.

HiVee has health /natural food section and I found Bragg vinaigrette dressing. They make Bragg raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar with the mother AKA.. Bragg ACV. One of the best things you can eat health wise, as well Bragg Almos a gluten free soy sauce. Anyway I they have 2 kinds of salad dressing, no sugars, all good ingredients. Everything in the bottle is good for you. I got a bottle and WOW, the olive oil is such good tasting oil for a base, the flavors are good. Now I can get a dressing without having to make something. I like making things, but just picking up a bottle and knowing its good and good for you is a great thing. Thank you BRAGG. Especially not having sugar or agave or any other kind of sugar.. I could find dressing that was all good except it would have corn syrup, so sugars. 

I found one organic dressing with yogurt  but it had one ingredient I didn't know so I ask my phone and there were all kinds of health risk associated with it. Ugg organic does not mean that they didn't add a chemical to the organic goodies they put in it.. Read your labels study. I feel so much better. I was walking back from the restroom at a rest stop Thursday and I wanted to run, just cause I wanted to run back to the truck. Cause I felt like it. For no reason.. That has not happened in YEARS.. like 30 or so years. LOL. 

Got some peanut butter, ingredients:  roasted peanuts. I found raw organic cashew butter with no other ingredients, but it was too expensive. They have toasted sesame seed butter too. All kinds of good healthy butters. Raw is best of course.. And I may get some later on, but the peanut butter is good. I got some low carb Pailo bread, (cant have one without the other) I can't get it in Texas. It's gluten free and only has like 5 natural ingredients with no additives. Is depressing that I can't find that brand in Texas, cause its the only one that don't put added junk in it.. They freeze it so it keeps.. 

Bread is fattening, but my belt holes have moved in some think I am doing ok. I had no idea how many chemicals I was eating.. Help us all.. 

Don's Mom Hospital

Went to see Don's Mom at the hospital, Kim took her in for chest pain on Thursday night but we didn't find out till Friday morning from Angie. She had a heart attack back in 1987, I don't remember her having one, but at that time no one told us anything, she has a stent in her heart or something and had a lot of damage from that heart attack. She even had surgery but I don't remember if anyone even told us. I was still the crazy unworthy daughter-in-law back then and I think Don was still not getting along well with his Dad. 

We get along better now.. Thank goodness. We knew she had a stent put in one of the veins to her kidney a few years ago cause it was causing high blood pressure, We also knew about her 2 knee surgeries and her broken arm. Just not the heart issues back then. But knowing now makes this all the scarier. 

She and heart pain so bad it took 3 nitro glycerin pills and a nitro patch to get her heart to start behaving and stop hurting. Now she is getting the nitro through a patch. Her doctor wanted to send her home cause the pain stopped. But the Memorial Hospital in Belleville's cardiologist said no. I don't Kline her doctor, they didn't even do a cat scan or an ultra sound or anything and he wanted to send her home. 

Anyway she is having a chemical stress test tomorrow, cause one of her knee surgeries is too fresh for a physical stress test. We won't know anything till after the stress test, the doctor told her it is just step one, and he expects to have to do a scope next, then whatever else is needed. He told her to get comfy she wasn't going anywhere. 

I visited with her a while, I wish I had kept a hold of her birthday gift and brought it with me, but I dropped it off at her house. Oh well, Dad Hill can bring it up with him. 

She is in good spirits and they are keeping her stable, she is not on oxygen anymore like,she was at first, and she feels ok, a little dizzy still, because she is not right. I hope they are careful with her. It's worrying but all we can do is pray.. I will update as soon as I know more.

I'm back in Missouri, got the license for the camper from Illinois. Didn't get my car transferred to Illinois cause I didn't have my loan paper, never would have thought I needed that. Oh we'll, I can transfer that some other time. 

New tablet on TV

Don says why do they have to work so hard o advertise that new tablet. The one with all the dancing and clicking. 

I said because once you have an iPad, you are done, if you break your iPad you just get another, you don't even look or think about anything else. It does it all, work and leisure. Small and light, easy to work. Learns your spelling errors and gets to know how to fix your work. They are trying to get you away from something you are happy with. It's kinda hard.. So they have to make you think they are new and exciting and better. 

It works with Phones cause you get a new one every two years. You already know you want the newest phone etc. but the IPhone is still hanging on hard to the market. I have never had an I phone, only this iPad the iPad has one drawback and that's that it won't play some videos. If they would fix that it would be the best out there and no one who has one would look elsewhere. 

Memorial Day.

Don is working for a few hours and I have to start packing for my trip to Missouri, I have to go to Illinois too so I can get my license for the camper. I sent Illinois an e-mail and ask if I had to have an illinois drivers license to register the camper in Illinois and they said no, just a mailing address. No personal property tax in Illinois which is why we have the truck and the Harley's registered there. But we registered them when we bought them, not after we had Missouri drivers license.   

Since we are mobile it will be good to have them in Illinois. When we sell the Missouri house we will have to register our other vehicles in Illinois too. I sure hope this works as easy as the Illinois e-male question answerer at the ILDOT said it would. 

I have a lot to do to get ready for my trip.. I bought Jesse some milk bones (she can eat them) & some natural chicken strips for the trip. Since she is the only one going along, she can have junk food. LOL. The bones not the strips.. 

Don wanted me to take Sassy but I will have lots of stuff in the truck on the way back and Sassy takes a whole seat up. She don't like going back to her old cage at the house for some reason. Last time she was there she was mad the whole time. She loves to ride, but not be at the old house. No since stressing her out for a few days for nothing. 

They will have Don, and the 2 dogs will have their pen and all their treats. Well I need to do something productive. Later Gators. 

Power out again.

This sucks, second day in a row. If its because of Balloon Fest why was it not out Saturday too, they flew Saturday, Sunday & Today. If it is because of Balloon Fest why were we not notified? A card in the mailbox, something..  If they mailed out flyers to the billing address that would not help us cause that  address is in Phoenix AZ, and no one told us. 

I plugged my power inverter in last night so I could have power if this happened again, and I guess I didn't flip the right switch cause it was at 30% when I plugged in the Internet. Just great. 

Power out

The power is out at the house, I have power in the camper cause I have a generator, but my Internet is down as is my TV, I can blog cause I have an app that let's me blog on or off line for later posting. It's very annoying, I tried to call the electric and they need my account number to even let me though their automated system to ask if its just this house or if its a block wide outage. I don't know the account number or the bosses last 4 of social. Just the address. 

I was able to get Internet but I don't know for how long, Don has this plug in power inverter battery charger, it was at 80% when I plugged in the Internet so we shall see how long I have Internet. Where there's a will there's a way, no TV tho unless I go plug in the TV and that will take away the Internet cause I only have one converter and they are in separate rooms. 

I can always charge the inverter at the camper, or I could run a power cord from the camper to the house. But that's only if we don't get power back soon. All I gotta do is watch the pool, if it comes back on we are in business.

Anyway I can't get a hold of Don and he has Glenn helping him in the field. Once they start making noise it's impossible to reach them in the field. 

The dogs an I are just setting here, I took my vitamins and now we are just chilling. 

Beautiful day here,

But then again it's almost always a beautiful day here, if you have to complain about the weather here then you are just weird. 

Don wants me to go to Missouri next week, I have to get a auctioneer out to look at the furniture and stuff, he said he will give me an offer on everything and I can take it or he will take it to the auction and get a percentage. Don thinks our stuff is worth more than I do, sure it's nice newer stuff, but you don't get newer prices for your stuff once you have taken it home. We have a nice garden tiller, a mower, chainsaws etc. I guess we need to take some of the money and buy a shed to put at Mom's to put what we are not ready to part with in. 

Moms house was supposed to be done so a guest room could take one of the beds out of the house and we could keep our deer heads on the wall in that room. They have to be in a climate controlled area. I hate to take them to Texas and put them in the dormitory house, cause we know we will have to move them again. We could sell some of them, we have 5. But I can't part with 2 of mine, and Don won't part with one of his. 

I don't know but I think he wants me to take the truck and trailer, I really hated driving that trailer empty back to Missouri the semis whip it when you pass them and its empty. I don't mind going in my car. I'm not going to be on the road over the holiday weekend, it's bad enough with all the trucks on those roads.  There really isn't that much stuff to bring back here. We have some trophies of vipers, and some pictures on the walls, they don't need to come here. 

I want my food processor, so I can make hot sauce. I want my bacon presses, my flat iron grill. My iron pan that is made for Spanish rice and sea food pan that I use for everything cause its iron and not chemical laden like the non stick rectangle pans. It's pretty big not sure it will fit in my oven:-((  I would bring my oster blender but its gotten to where it barely runs so it can go. I guess my bread machine can go, health wise I don't eat much bread, not even the GF kind. It's a very nice bread maker.. 

I have more clothes at the house, but there are only a few I need to keep. Don has already taken all his tools and clothes out. He has his collectables, his motorcycle toys. Those need boxed up. I need to get Grandma's accordion, if Moms house was done I would take it there, but I don't know what to do with it now. I suppose I could have Lavonne keep it. Then there is my XT500 Yamaha enduro Don found a new carburetor for it.. I still have the 100 Yamaha enduro too, I hate to see it go cause Daddy used to ride it. But it's not that valuable and it's just setting. The XT500's have a following, they are worth about $6000 restored. That's one of the things to put in the shed we need to get and put at Moms. I guess it needs to be big enough for Don's boat too. 

Well I guess I better take my vitamins in case Don calls me into work so I don't have to choke them down. 

Diet and day. 5-23-13

I weighed a day early and I only lost .6 of a lb this week, I guess the honey and GF bread along with  the weekend cheats got me. 2 sodas one at the rally and one later this week, and a couple beers at the rally. Beer does not have artificial sweeteners but it has yeast. The bread probably has yeast. I thought I found a Nice lime & pepper sauce but it has sodium benzoate in it which is a cancer causer and bad for you. If you see something that says no need to refridgate after opening it probably has that in it so don't use it. Read your labels. I so want to find a nice hot sauce with no vinegar in it, but you just can't. Vinegar is good for you, but I just want one without it, I have eaten half my jar of Trina's hot sauce. I guess I should just make my own too, it's not like there is a shortage of fresh peppers in El Paso, LOL. I have a nice Cook brand bullet grinder here. My food processor is still in Missouri, another thing to remember to get next time.  

No cheating this week. Those pork skins and pork belly with the skin I got at Ranchers Market, probably didn't help, but I could not help it, I was drooling just thinking about how close I was to the store at the Mini Dealer. It's a good thing that store Is on the south east side of town. Suppose to be cutting back on meat.. But hay all that cheatinig and I still lost .6 of a pound so what am I bitching bout, I didn't gain. Just goes to show if you really want to loose you have to eat the good food.. It's not about amounts as much as it is what.. Of course fasting in the mornings helps keep the amounts down. 

Off work today, I need to get a truck inspected and then go to the state police and get a paper signed. But the truck is not ready, it has to be inspected by one of our mechanics and make sure it will pass the inspection. 

So with no work today I'm going to get some vitamins at SAMs, then go to Home Depot and get some screws for our cabinets. The latches make you pull so hard on the doors if you are not very careful you jerk them open and over extend the hinges, then the screws get stripped out. I have learned to be careful,  but it only takes one visitor, or an accident to mess um up. I leave the doors I use constantly just almost latched so I don't have to pull them open. Is all about going down the road and not opening, so they need to be that way. These are just a little extreme. We didn't strip the screws, they were already stripped, they used wood glue With the same screws to try and fix um, but you need bigger screws with your wood glue to do it right. 

Sassy is taking it easy this morning, the dogs are snuggling under a blankie. 

Well it's time do do something constructive, like get on my Tiger and go shopping.. Sounds like A plan. 

Work today 5-22-13

Have to go in at 9am. Paperwork and then some looking for leaf springs. We are trying to get a new mechanic and now we are out of work again. Everyone took the week off for the holiday I guess. I go in today and do some stuff, but probably won't work tomorrow. No need for me to work with nothing coming in. I have some sorting and inventory I could do, but until we get our contract there is not much use in doing that. 

Well at least I can get some stuff Done around the camper. They haven't called about our warranty work yet. They have to get approval and then get the stuff ordered. We already feel at home in Penny. She is much more of a home than the toy hauler. Much more comfortable, even the dogs like her better. I can stay up and watch a show after Don goes to bed or read and not bother him. 

Well am supposed to be in at 9 and it's 8:13, so I better get off here. 

Got some work today, so that's good. Found the leaf spring hangers, had to order them from Pa. So they Are on their way. Went to the cat dealer and took back cores, no parts ordered so no parts in. They did order some parts this afternoon, but they won't be ready till Friday at the earliest. 

Went to Souper Salad they used to be gluten free friendly, every day you had one gluten free soup, and 2 of the salad mixes were gluten free, then all the regular goodies, now no gluten free soup, and they started putting croutons in their Cesar salad, and Asian crispy noodles in the other salad. Both loaded with wheat. Only the bare lettuce (which is better for you anyway, cause you don't know what's in their dressings) but still it is disappointing. Their marinaded mushrooms are made with vinegar and oil and seasonings not supposed to have any bad stuff in the marinade, they are good. It's still a good place to eat, but I miss the gluten free soup, I know it's probably got bad chemical preservatives in it, but a little wouldn't be bad. Not like we eat there a lot. 

I just plopped EVOO on my salad and a little red vinegar. Some sun flour seeds. 

Back to the grind

Had a nice weekend, nice ride, chilly morning out after a nice night in the hotel. The Rally was kinda lame just a few vendors, no free booze at the casino. Free drinks but not booze. But we had a relaxing ride, a very nice room with an amazing view off the balcony. Relaxing night in the room

Then we saw this awesome car, Don was drooling. 

We got pictures taken of us as we rode in, here's Don. 

Then her is me on Tiger, I didn't have a riding photo with Tiger. I wish my reflective jacket had been zipped more but I am smiling for once. 

We wanted to do some more riding touring of the area, but we had to get home cause we had things to do in the evening at home. 

Off we go,

We are going to a rally at the Inn Of The Mountain Gods Casino in Riudiso New Mexico. I can pronounce it but I can't spell it and neither can my iPad.  Anyway Don is still sleeping and I am up, I took my vitamins, got a good start on my coffee and am working on my protein psyllium husk powder, I need to get done before Don gets up. Jesse is keeping me warm.

The dogs will be in their pen and the mechanics who are here are going to let them out for PP's and feed um. Sassy will be in her air conditioned house with plenty of extra food and water for a one night trip. Don found a MaCaw on Craiglist buy the cage get the bird free. He's quite a Gorgeous bird and worth more than $500 they asking, but we don't have room for nother bird. I guess we could do it with  Sassy's double stack cage, but she dose not like a it very much. I told Don that bird would have a lot of issues if they are trying to get rid of him. But he needs a home a good home too. He is beautiful & he looked sad in the photo. I know we could make him a lot happier. Sigh. 

Nails slept on the couch last night. When she gets up and tries to come to bed later they don't want to let her on the bed, I stay up a little after Don goes to bed, & she stays with me, (I think she thinks she might miss a snack) she goes to sleep and don't always wake up when I go to bed, then if she wakes up alone later she cries cause the other dogs won't let her jump up on the bed in the dark. So I guess she just stayed on the couch.. Better than waking everyone up later trying to get on the bed. Now she is in bed with Don and Barney

 

I packed everything yesterday and shaved my parts I couldn't find the window cleaner for my bike, Don had it in his side bag. I guess I'll take Tiger she gets like 49 MPG, Viper gets like 38, she is a pig. I am always making Don stop for gas with Viper, when I have Tiger I'm like what we stopping for, oh you need gas already. LOL. If he's paying attention he knows when Viper is low. 

Viper handles the wind much better than Tiger, and she doesn't put my hands to sleep. I need pull back risers for Tiger. Viper already has gotten all the ergonomic things put on her. Tiger still has stock bars. Tiger also needs crash bars and front foot rest to reach perfection. But now that I have my beautiful windshield she is good to go. Tiger is fun. 

Hope everyone has a. Great weekend. We hope too. 

Weekend ahead

There is a bike event at The Inn Of The Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, New Mexico. So looks like we are jumping on the bikes Saturday and heading there, it's not too far.. Just get out and ride and check it out. Races, and rally, vendors and events. 

Ozzy on CSI, "I don't remember 1986" LOL. 

I wish I had the same un worn out body I had in 1986, but Im not up for going back, except for having Daddy and Grandpa, and Nina, and Granny back. 

Anyway I went shopping for the guys to have food to eat in the house, I got hamburger and then made them 2 boxes of hamburger helper, they ate it all.. And 4 big buns made into garlic bread, also all gone. They still have the freezer to raid, and the goodies I put in the fridge. 

Well gonna watch TV 4 while. 

Diet

Well I feel great, bed late up early, peppy. But have I lost any weight? Not supposed to weigh till Friday.. I didn't get to work out Sunday cause Don made me work so hard in the cargo trailer. I did not get to work out yesterday cause after I had the pool room cooled off Don came home and wanted supper so I had to rush a shower and then go cook. He had steak, a huge loaded baked potato (I brought home front he seafood restaurant Sunday that i didn't eat), and 2/3 a can of green beans with onion butter & real bacon bits. 

I tasted the steak which over cooked while he was in the house taking a shower and talking to the guys in there. It was tender and tasty, but over cooked. Not extreme but gray inside. I ate my toasted greens and veggie protein and a few green beans. I had a few almonds after Don went to bed. & a couple slices do Daikon radish. When I got home from work I made my self some chicken breast with black eyed peas, and lotsa veggies. I thought I would eat the rest for supper with Don but didn't want it. It's still in fridge, it will be my after work meal today, it's very good, but after eating my toasted veggie protein, Im not as hungry. 

For some reason it takes me longer to get out of the house and on the road when I'm riding my motorcycle to work. I have been almost late to 3 mins late . Ugg I gotta figure this out or my boss (Don)  says I'm gonna get fired. LOL. Every day I say I'm leaving earlier, then the garage door goes down about the same time. I think I have everything ready to go, but whoops I forgot this or that. Sigh. I realty hunk I have remembered everything this morning and I'm starting earlier out the door. When Glenn gets back I can't be cutting it so close, it's unprofessional at the least. 5 mins before 9 is not time enough to get my bike locked up and get started. 

So I'm done screwing around on here.. 

Nother dream

Dreamed that had leg cramp, got up and got potassium, then dreamed had leg cramp got up and got potassium, then again dreamed had leg cramp and got up and got potassium. Finally actually woke up had leg cramp and tried or ignore it, would not go away, got up and got 2 potassiums, forgot to chew one, didn't go away, had to get up get nother potassium and chew, take drink swallow.. Then in about 30 seconds cramp went away. But by then I was way to wide awake to enjoy my morning in. Sigh. 

When it gets warm in El Paso I have to take extra potassium B4 bed or I pay for it with leg cramps. I don't know why it doesn't do that to everyone but it sure does it to me. 

work

Setting in the office waiting for NAPA, and waiting till noon to call on our parts that are supposed to all be in at noon. Its18 lines on 11 pages, that's 118 parts or so. Lots of parts to go through if all the orders are in.

We are getting 2 mechanics from the Phoenix shop to help. We need to get some mechanics hired for here, things are looking up but we don't want to hire any new mechanics until we are sure we are going to get the new contract.  Its hard, Don was called out to review 2 or 3 new jobs today. We should have help by Monday.

I helped Don take the articulation apart on a 988H loader this morning in the shop yard. it was quite a delicate job. they have to come apart so far and only so far, too far and you will ruin the hoses. not far enough and you cant line bore them. New pins needed, the frame is cracked in several places from one of the pins being frozen. I don't know if the auto lube was bad, or if they just didn't make sure it was getting grease properly or if they persons did not not grease them according to schedule. Proper greasing saves the company much money. But we do not so standard Maintenance, that is done by their fleet maintenance people. If they don't do their job we have more to do on our end.

We have been setting not working and the machines have been working even with problems that cost more money to fix the longer they are broken. It just does not make since. But now if they start putting us back to work again, we will be hammered with work from all the time we were setting and the machines were running without care.

We were worried that we might loose El Paso, I hope it all works out. we like it here. & the money is good when we are working. 

Thursday

Well don made me help him unload the cargo trailer some, we got the ammo safe out and the ammo back inside. I wish we had more in it, but we have quite a bit, a good start for the zombie apocalypse. The gun safe is still in the trailer, we will need help with it, have to take all guns out, then move it to the garage, then put them back in. It is much heavier than the  ammo safe.

Once we get everything moved and have the auction at the house in Missouri we could leave the safes in the cargo trailer as we will be mobile. But since we have a place to put them that is solid while we both work here, they don't need to be mobile. It's hard to steal a heavy safe, but not if it's in a trailer. The gun safe is fire proof, but the ammo safe while strong is not fire proof. 

We got a lot of things out and Don stored them in the camper. He has a hard time letting got of clothes, I wanted to throw away an old small woman's sweater and he said ill wear that. I was like no you won't , it's too small and it's a woman's. LOL. goofy guy. 

He has a stack of t shirts he is going to give to Larry to pass around. They are event shirts and people will wear them. But he has so many. Better get to work. 

Wednesday 5-7-13

Lee left a roasted chicken in the fridge, then texted me and told me to eat it B4 it went bad because he went to Phoenix. It is on my diet, but not that much chicken, have to keep it down to a normal serving. I am making brats for Don, so the chicken will keep me from eating the brats, so I guess that's a win. 

Plus roasted only has the chicken fat. 

Worked 4 hours today, but probably won't need to work tomorrow, Don made the parts order forms and I checked them coded them and sent them in. I wish we would get a decision on our contract, we were so busy B4, I had to work every day and run parts and now we don't know what's going on one day to the next. We like it here, & we like the jobs, so we are waiting. Don can work anywhere so we are not worried, but it's just stressful not knowing. 

Rode the Suzuki to work so Don could leave the truck in the yard hooked to the cargo trailer. The Suzuki is such a nice bike, but we don't need it. Now the Suzuki can stay in the shop in the corner for a while. Angie is going to ride it at Sturgis. 

Well not much else going on, turned on the swamp cooler in the pool room, it had the baffle still in it, so Don went up and took it out, so I will see if its cool in there when I go in. I have to go in the house and take a shower and put the clothes in the dryer, so if its cool ill do my workout before my shower. 

That's all folks. 

Snack

I have been making

2 tbs oil, coconut, or safflower, or non toasted sesame. (Coconut oil is best)

1/2 tsp hot sauce (optional)

One scoop MRM veggie protein, (no artificial sweeteners in it) (either flavor, but I prefer vanilla)

One scoop wheat grass powder

3 tbs psyllium husk (pure no added stuff)

3 tbs freshly ground flax seed (grind in coffee grinder right before use)

Sprinkle some black salt to taste (lowers blood pressure)

I add some ground dried mushrooms, they help boost your immune system.

Now that you have this healthy mix, you can put it in a hand hammered well seasoned wok and lightly toast it, you can use non stick pan, but most of them have bad things in them. The oil makes the wok work perfectly for this. Stir constantly and don't over toast, just toast on a high heat till you have gotten the oil mixed into it well. 

It's a little grainy tasting, and the psyllium husk make it a little sticky, don't over toast or over cook or you will loose a lot of nutrients. But I like it better then drinking the psyllium husk which become like slimy gruel. This mix swells so you feel full, and you eat it very slowly because if the way it is. If you try to rush it you could choke, make sure you have water handy, cause of the stickiness, and make sure you chew and swallow a little at a time. Drink a lot of water with it (better yet lemon water sweetened with Stevia in the raw) I swear it taste good. LOL. 

It you over cook it you can kill the nutrients, so here is a photo if it just right, you don't want too loose the green color, if it starts to turn brown you have over cooked it. It will have a few lumps in it from the oil but you smash them as best you can so they mix in, a few will stay that's ok. 

Two reasons for toasting, 1 is that it taste much better. 2 is it stabilizes the flax seed, flax seed likes to go bad very quickly after being ground. An hour after grinding and it's not good for you. But if you want to take this with you for lunch or snacking, toasting will help slow that down. I put mine in those little twist off tops of BPH free plastic containers. Let it cool before putting the lid on, then put it in the fridge,  keep it cool if possible. 

Also because of the flax seed do not make more than you will use the next day, you can mix all the dry stuff together for quick toasting, but the flax needs of be as fresh as possible. It takes no longer than making supper at night. It's for your health and you are worth it. 

Penny

I have named our 2005 Alfa See Ya Leisure Penny. I found part of a cover in a drawer that had Penny embroidered on it, I don't know what it covered but it was vinyl. She cost a pretty penny as well so it fits.   If I was creative I would cut out the name and frame it and hang it somewhere.. 

We got her on Saturday the 27th of April 2013. Here is her picture.

New blog journal

I suppose it's fitting to start a new blog journal instead of a story board, or Barney_Dog blog also Barney_Dog on twitter. 

It's fitting to start it now that we have our new class A Diesel Pusher motorhome, it didn't take long it come up its a name for it. Just seemed to fit. 

The dogs are sleeping, Sassy the amazon bird is wanting her cage open but I can't reach it from here. I am setting in the recliner, I may have to go in to work today and take the big hose truck to Don if he needs it. 

Haven't been working much lately, they said 3 weeks we would either get crazy busy or we would not. As if that makes any since. Still waiting in the mine to decide if we get a new contract or not. 

I got to ride my motorcycle to work yesterday but it was kinda windy and not much fun till I got almost back to the house, then I wanted to keep riding. As soon as I had rode to where the wind was blowing again I'm sure I would have wanted to go back, so I came on home and got my stuff done. 

New diet is also on line, I have been eating a lot of psyllium husk I think it must swell inside you as well as clean you out, cause I swear more has been coming out than is going in. I have been eating very little, but, well you get the picture. At least it's not suppose to have any caloric effect. Been eating wheat grass powder, and veggie protein, found some with no soy hormones. I get 22grams of protein for 130 calories, not bad. Flax seed has more calories but is supposed to help regulate my hormones, at my age I need it. Trying to cut our most meat and cheese. Some of my favorite things, cutting out all processed foods, all artificial sweeteners, thank God for Stevia in the raw. I need a lot of protein my weight loss surgeon said about 90 grams a day, so that makes it hard to loose weight. If I did 4 of the 22 grams making 88grams I would have 520 calories, then the oil I'm supposed to eat, usually coconut oil, has lots of calories. I am going with 2 veggie protein's a day 2 wheat grass with it, so I get 44 grams, then I try and eat some beans with peas and other veggies for more. Then either tuna, or chicken.. It was crazy craving the first couple weeks. The cravings have slacked off, but the diet is not really helping weight. I feel great.. But I wanted to loose weight as well as get healthy. I know I am taking in a lot less calories now than i was eating meat and cheese every day, so this makes no sense. I guess my body needs to adjust. I hope the cravings stay away. 

If I don't get enough protein my hair starts falling out & my nails get brittle. I just got them both back in line, I found a collagen pill at SAMs and it has really helped my hair and nails. If I could get by on less protein with the oil and Collagen then I could loose weight, but I'm so afraid to cut back on protein. I though maybe veggie protein veggie calories would not be as bad, but it appears they are. 

I need to look into soy and female hormones cause I know this recent weight gain is hormone related, my age and all. They have a soy protein in bulk at the health store, a lot of protein with fewer calories, I thought of adding a serving of that a day with my non soy protein.. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try it. 

Seems like Sabotage is always there, the cooling in the pool room is not working and my elliptical is in. The pool room, when I get off work and want to work out its like a hundred in there with all the windows.