Hearts of Palm

I finally tried the Natural Heaven hearts of palm noodles from Amazon (Instagram recommendation).  Wow -- they are fabulous.  No taste when you cover in sauce and meatballs.  Texture is chewy -- more like pasta than zoodles.

Entire package is 70 calories -- only one ingredient.  You can heat it in a pan or just pour the warmed sauce over it.  It's fully cooked.  Total fantastic option if you are GF or wanting lower carb option.  

It's also fantastic if you ARE cooking regular pasta too.  This doesn't require any extra work.  Winner for dinner (I haven't had a rhyme in a long time).

Later today I'm trying the non-alcoholic spirits from SeedLip.  I'm making a mock-tail for fun and I have a pint of fresh squeezed lime juice.

And ... drum roll ... great news for today THE FENCE CAME EARLY.  Installation happening today (fingers crossed).  Youngest is coming over to help because my back is bad.  I'm so excited I can't stand it!

Eldest and DIL are on hold again.  Another COVID positive from a colleague at work for our DIL.  Ugh.  But we all are on the same page -- safety is the PRIORITY so we canceled them over today.

Youngest will leave with a box of goodies for his hard work.  Those pillows I got from Amazon are awesome.  I ordered him a couple of sets (we all love pillows in our family).  Also, he covets my drinking glasses from PB.  I never liked them -- too heavy and slippery.  The glasses I ordered should be arriving in a couple of weeks.  Since I don't use the PB ones, I packed up a bunch for him to take now.

A late lunch after fence install is Hawaiian pork I made a couple of months ago (thanks, FoodSaver) with the fixings for pork soft tacos.  Coleslaw, homemade pickles, homemade brown salsa and lime/cilantro rice.  TJs ice cream sandwiches for dessert.  I have to pass on the ice-cream, but I'm going to make frozen berry yogurt in my Vitamix. 

I looked for the egg wraps from TJs to use as a taco shell -- no luck at my store ... BUT, I found celery root wraps and they are AWESOME.  Crunchy, but pliable because they're paper thin.  Found them by the salsas and dips.  Refrigerate only and the date was about 2 weeks out.  15 calories for 2 (size of a small tortilla shell). 

I cleaned the kitchen and all the bathrooms yesterday.  Set my back off ... of course, but it's done for a couple of weeks.  Dusting tomorrow and floors next week.  I'll figure it out.  It was a productive day all around.

My mood is better again today.  Cold showers??  Hormones leveled out??  Having a plan??  Being productive??  Who knows.  Hope this sticks around for a little while though.  The rollercoaster is exhausting.  

I finished Sea Wife (Amity Gaige).  It was a fast, fun read but the ending fizzled to NOTHING.  Absolutely nothing.  The suspense was for an ending that didn't deserve any suspense at all.  Bummer.

I'm starting Boys Life (Robert McCammon).  Here's the deal -- recommended by a fellow foster on Facebook who did that "nominated to post my favorite books."  BTW, I HATE those nominated posts, but she's an avid literary person (writes, reads, performs) and THIS BOOK was her favorite of all time.  It's out of print so I ordered used and it's a LITTLE paperback.  Remember those?  It'll be tough to read the font and hold the book (yep, real thing LOL).  But when this kind of person says this kind of thing about a book, I listen.  Wish me luck navigating the vintage paperback hah!

I'm still working through my Enneagram books too.  Chapter here and there.  It's really fascinating the deeper you go.

On hold are the 2 antiracist books (I read one, two more to go).  I need something lighter still.  They are on the nightstand and when I finish the Enneagram books, I'll start one.  I like to have a fiction and non-fiction going, but more than that gets distracting.

That's my weekend in a nutshell.  I hope I have good FENCE news to report tomorrow.  Even if there's a hiccup, it's still a step closer (so I'm telling myself).  

Stay well.  Later gators.