Huh. That's...huh.

Surgery~ma for your mother, Dana, and calm~ma for you.

It sure felt like I was tossing and turning and awake half the night, but my sleep measuring app says I slept pretty good and I'm actually not tired and sleepy now, so maybe I believe it.

Somehow I feel that our recommendations of adding lots of fat and salt to the lentils will defeat Consuela's purpose in making them in the first place!

Hey, I'm not a doctor! I just know lentils need bacon!

Hee. I'm fervently hoping I maintain good cholesterol/blood pressure/whatever numbers like my parents have, considering I had cheese with bacon in it for breakfast....

Bacon and cheese cookies for me. And quiche packed for lunch, which seems healthy to me but is probably cholesterol-iffic since I make it with whole eggs and cream (and more cheese).

Cholesterol must be so much of a genetic lottery, because I (and my mother) have freakishly good cholesterol, despite the fact that we are fat and rather sedentary, while my taller, thin uncle who runs marathons has bad cholesterol and has become a vegan to try and fight it!

I'm in horrible physical shape these days, but my BP, cholesterol, etc. are all top notch.

I told my new doctor this the first time I saw him but I don't think he believed me. Then he called when the blood work was in and he was all "so, your bloodwork numbers are...surprised pause...fantastic."

Though I am supposed to be taking iron supplements which I always forget.

My four closest blood relatives (counting my deceased mother) are all on cholesterol meds. Me, I'm at worst high-normal and I have no real explanation for why. Involuntarily having to avoid all beef- and milk- products might be helping. Certainly not the rest of my lifestyle....

Also, I can make a killer turkey lentil chili, but between the fact that's it's ground dark-meat turkey (cheaper!) and I brown the onions, garlic and turkey in olive oil, it's probably not low-fat enough.

I think I have a problem. I cannot stop looking at the list of 19 mixed breeds that is going around the internet. [link] I need several of them, but I can't stop thinking about squishing the Chusky!

No heat in my office. Was 46 when I got in. Compressor fan or somesuch is out. We are on emergency heat now, but it is gonna take a while to heat us up. grrr.

I need several of them, but I can't stop thinking about squishing the Chusky!

I'm all in on the Horgi.

I don't even want to think about how the Golden and Doxie got together, but that was a very pretty little dog.