Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Slice of Life: Coffee not the way I like it

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I'm sure I'm not the only one who gets regular messages about what to eat, when to eat, how to eat, supplements to use, supplements not to use... Especially now, as I'm trying to rebuild atrophied muscle, I've been paying attention to protein and ways to sneak in a little more here, a little more there. 

Has anyone else been listening to Mel Robbins podcasts? I haven't listened to many, but I did catch a recent one with Dr. Stacy Sims. On it, Dr. Sims shared about her morning beverage. She mixes protein powder into her coffee, and she described it as much like a latte. Caffeine AND protein? Brilliant. 

I'm going to admit here that my morning coffee is usually delivered to me (shout-out to husband Garth), and so I shared the idea with him.

"Maybe mix it into the milk," I suggested, and then pour the coffee over it. 

Garth brought the potion up, delivering it to my nightstand, and the aroma, was, well, a little disappointing. Not the usual Starbucks Verona. Instead, well, a little fake vanilla-y. 

I took a sip, and a clump of undissolved protein powder stuck to the roof of my mouth. Despite repeated efforts, that stuff stuck. I got myself a spoon and went to work stirring and dissolving. I drank the protein-laced coffee, but the morning java didn't hit like it usually does. 

Since then, I've tried small dosages and eliminated the flavor element. I've also upped the shrimp, chicken, and egg intake so that I can justify a return to coffee au naturál. If anyone elso has sneaky ways to up the protein intake, my aging muscles would welcome them! 

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Slice of Life 2025: How did he find it?

On Tuesdays, Two Writing Teachers hosts the Slice of Life. Everyone is welcome to share writing and comment on others in this special community. 

  

 



Last month during the SOLSC, I wrote a post about my dad's cars. I'm not private about my writing, and many of you know that three of my daughters slice in the March community. We talk about each other's writing a lot in our family, and we almost always comment on each other's writing. 

On that post, a comment surprised me! 


JC3 would not be recognized by anyone but me, but I knew exactly who that was! My mother reads all of our posts; she must have mentioned it to my brother. 

       

                                                   

Okay, do I believe my mother who also reads our blogs? I definitely don't believe that typing the beginning letters of my blog would get you there. J-U-S-T has too many much more likely hits than mine. I texted him, curious. 



I have to say, he is not only very right, but also very funny. And yes, he's showing up in a slice. 

On a more serious note, I think about this event in conjunction with today's quote from Ann Lamott. Writing is a connecting and powerful force in this unbalanced world. 










Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Slice of Life: An interesting Monday morning for NYT games

 On Tuesdays, Two Writing Teachers hosts the Slice of Life. Everyone is welcome to share writing and comment on others in this special community. 

  

 

Spoiler Alert: Answers to yesterday's Wordle and Connections included in this slice. 

Content Alert: Inappropriate innuendos

As I do every morning, I began my morning puzzles with Wordle. For reasons I won't get into, I started with PAINT. Not good. STARE? Still not good. And even a dumb mistake caused by playing too quickly so I could get to some slice reading. When I got to my fifth guess, I was reasonably certain of the answer, but surprised at the choice of words. I mean, I know the word has multiple meanings, but still, I was a little surprised. 

Our family shares the daily Wordle results, and, since Julia and I were the early players, I laughed at her text:


Thinking about the teacher I know who usually plays Wordle with his class, I figured he could explain the meaning of BOOTY if he had to. Yes, some of the kids would have some previous experiences with that word, but I could envision the possible giggles being manageable. 

Then I played Connections. Again, I was a little wide-eyed at the purple category. _____ PLAY? Horse, screen, word, and... wait for it... fore? C'mon NYT! It couldn't have been 3-point? Or childs? How about re? FORE??? 

I sent one of my colleagues a warning about Connections since his class loves to play. 



Booty and foreplay would be a tough double whammy for a Monday morning! Here's hoping no one had to deal with that!