Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
I AM BACK! THEY DIDN'T KEEP ME, AND NO BEARS ATE ME!
As a matter of fact, once again, I didn't even SEE a bear. Phooey!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
I don't remember all the details of the day, but I got over to my friend's a half hour later than I had planned (what a surprise, right?) - and Ron got home in time to KISS ME GOODBYE!! I was thrilled! We got on the road around 6 (we had to wait for all the women who had to work that day and all that), and we stopped for supper at a Cracker Barrel in London, KY and I had chicken n dumplings. A lot of us ordered that, and only my side of the table got 'em! I guess the waiter helping out got our orders in a bit quicker than the dude on the other side. Anyway - they ran out and the ones on the other side had to choose other food. We all laughed and laughed about that. We got down to our cabin in Pigeon Forge (I know, not really Gatlinburg) around 11:30, and got everything carried in, picked out our bedrooms and stayed up talking til about 2. Whee! WE'RE HERE!!
I did read an entire book on the trip down. Yay, me!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Today, we had breakfast there in the cabin. We had bacon and sausage patties, biscuits & gravy, fried or scrambled eggs (your choice), pretty much every breakfast food except potatoes. It was tasty and the company was exceptional! After that, which was well past noon, we went out to the SkyBridge (for me) and, at the same facility, ziplining for some of the others (namely, my friend Teresa, who had said if she lost 100 pounds after her surgery, she would zipline this fall) and oh, did we have fun! I took a zillion and a half pictures and it was a gorgeous fall day and oh, oh, oh. Wonderful! I am so glad it worked out that way, cause MAN were some of the zipline places down there exPENsive!
We went back to the cabin for supper and we enjoyed a dish that one of the girls (I know, women! but I've known them since......and they are 'girls' to me, just like MY family's girls) had made, frozen, and brought with us. It was a poppyseed chicken dish, and boy was it yummy! We had a rice side dish, green beans and broccoli as two separate veggie dishes, and yum yum yum.
Then, we stayed up talking and drinking and playing games & cards, as well as watching Christmas movies or listening to Christmas music on the TV, just as we did the night before. Around 1, people started drifting off to bed. Being the geezer that I am, I was one of the first (actually, I think I was fourth...lol). The youngest ones stayed up til 4.
Friday, November 22, 2013
When I got up, I hung around the cabin in my flannel nightgown for a while until it was decided what we were going to do today. As you know, I don't eat breakfast, so around noon, I finally made me some salami fold-ups. These are like salami roll-ups, but since it's casual, you don't bother to roll them up - you just fold them in half! I made me a dozen - yes, I counted. I also had a new snack. Some flat-ass pretzels. I had never seen them before - they are called 'Pretzel Crisps' and they look like pretzels that have been run over by a steamroller and squished flat. Not at all hard as a rock, but very tasty and crunchy. There are 11 in a serving. After lunchtime, it was time for our outing - a shopping trip to Gatlinburg. Yay! I was so looking forward to this - of course, I thought I'd have a bit more spending money for Christmas shopping, but Norton decided to do its automatic renewal on my credit card in early November, so I had little-to-no open credit - but still. There is a little 'hidden' section of shops in Gatlinburg called 'The Village' and if you have not found these/this treasure, please do so the next time you are there! The beauty of this little place (unbelievable), and the shops (kisses fingertips into the air), but just as we left the cabin, it started to rain. RAIN. No way, Jose! But, yes, it was a quite dismal trip into Gatlinburg itself now. We did walk through The Village, and a little way down one side of the Parkway, but it was miserable, and we knew that the Ski Lift would not be running, so we didn't even bother to walk that far. Phooey! I did buy a couple of things, and took a few more gazillion pictures (well, maybe only a hundred) and we didn't hang around town very long. Back to the cabin for a fun evening. Then, we decided to go out for a nice supper. Okay, Friday night, tourist town, dinner hour(s). Yeah. I wasn't a fan, but okay. Why not? We went to one place, asked for a table for 9, and they tell us '45 minutes and our biggest table only holds 8, so we'll have to separate your party.' WHAT? Jiminy Christmas, you've got to be kidding! A couple of us walked down to another place just a couple of buildings down, then texted back 'they'll seat us immediately and all 2gether' so we left our vehicles in the first places parking lot and walked over to the second place! Ha! Served them right. I really liked this second place - the atmosphere, the waiter was super cool and teased with us and all (and he carded each and every one of us, too - and the youngest of us is/was 33! The ones that ordered drinks, that is) and it was great. It had the rustic look and old-timey signs and oil cans and stuff like that, and was a very comfortable place. This place was called J.T. Hannah's and I would definitely recommend it - for families, for couples, for big parties, for anyone! I ordered loaded potato skins for my food, and got 1/3 of another girl's steak and shared my skins with her and one other. It was a delicious meal! We got back to the cabin and it was hot tub, card & game, movie & music time again until whenever-the-hell time in the morning.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Today, the girls got up and got ready to go to the Christmas Store. Now, this is just about my most favorite place in the whole wide world. BUT - I decided not to go with them. I have been there the last two years, in November, and I was there in June. So, I made the decision to stay in the cabin and in my warm flannel nightgown and not get dressed quite yet. Boy, was it a hard decision - it just about killed me. But, in the end, I think it was a good decision for me. After a little while, I made me another dozen salami fold-ups (casual setting, remember) and a serving of flat-ass pretzels for my lunch.
After they got back, and as the day progressed, we decided to go to some kind of a show that night. In the end, only five of us went, no way near all eleven of us, but...oh, well. We were going to see the Magic of Christmas in the WonderWorks building. Sounded interesting, and it was something different. We had $4.00 off coupons, too. We got there, got in line (whee!), and finally got up to the window. 'Oh, the Christmas show doesn't start until the day after Thanksgiving.' Well. We had noticed that none of the signs around us were mentioning the Christmas show, just the regular one, and I sure am glad we asked! We wanted a Christmas show! We left, telling the poor girl in the window that their ad needed a bit better wording, or at least dates, because it's IN the coupon book NOW but NOT available. We then decided to go to the Country Tonite Show, because they knew it was the Christmas show, because they'd been there before, and that's what we did. I am not a country music fan, but I can handle it for a little while, and country singers usually sing Christmas songs very well. And I'm definitely okay with that! It was/is also a much longer show than the magic show and we didn't get back to the cabin until close to midnight. It was a very, very enjoyable evening. Since we had eaten any supper, though, I was starving, and as soon as we got back, I made myself a huge lunchmeat sandwich. Four slices of ham and a slice of cheese on one bread, four slices of turkey and a slice of cheese on the other, and -wham- there's my sandwich. A serving of flat-ass pretzels to go with it, and I was a happy camper once again. I think I finally went to bed around two. I think I finally finished my second book along in this time (although it may have been last night...).
Sunday, November 24, 2013
We got up this morning, got the vehicles packed, and hit the road by 9:30. Man! We had talked about stopping and ziplining again on the way out of town, but it didn't happen. We DID stop at the Russell Stover store, and I managed to spend more money there than I had spent the whole trip so far. That's kinda funny. The only thing I bought myself was a dark chocolate covered strawberry and it was super yummy! Back on the road, and now the vacation is over. Awwww. On the way home, near Lexington, we drove through an Arby's for our lunch. I got a large order of potato cakes and two regular Roast Beef sandwiches. I take the bun off one and have a huge double-meat sandwich and throw the bun out for the birdies. They do get a bit hungry this time of year, ya know. We get back to Teresa's just after 3, and now the trip is over. Man. So glad to come home, but so sad it's over! I'm sure you all know the feeling. I had texted Ron, and he is pulling in just behind us (great timing!) and we get all the luggage and stuff situated and take off for home - after a stop for KFC, because we are that far down 125, and Ron does love his chicken.
As soon as I got home, I turned UP the thermostat - Ron had it only 65 degrees in the house, and boy, could I tell it when I walked in! He sits in his chair, under 2 blankets, and won't turn up the heat. MEN!
I was happy to be home! I turned my football on...yes, even though my Bengals were on bye, it's still a football Sunday.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Ron's on vacation this week!! Yay!! No calls on our time - unless we put them there - and we can do what we want, when we want.
I weighed myself when I got up this morning before I got dressed. According to the Simple Test on my Wii, I gained .7 of a pound. I think I can handle that!
Today, we have doctor appointments. Ron has his DOT physical, and I have my three-month sugar check. My HbA1c number was: (drumroll, please) 6.3!!!!!!! Yay, me!!
Ron 'flunked' his physical. His blood pressure was too high. It was 157/93. Doc changed his med and he'll go back in two weeks and try again. We had a good long talk about sodium in foods and all that. Sigh.
Then, we went to meet our friends at Olive Garden for lunch, as we had planned. Our dr appts were at ten, so we planned to meet at noon. We got out of the dr at eleven! I couldn't believe it! It had to be because Ron was with me - I don't think I have ever gotten out of there in less than an hour and a half in my life! I thought that we would just squeak by getting back over to Beechmont by noon, but, nooooo, we end up with an hour to kill. Sheesh! We managed to do just that, and got to OG, and lunch lasted til 3. It was a lot of fun. Ron had the Tour of Italy, and ended up not liking the Chicken Parmesan part of it, and I had the Shrimp Mezzaluna, as usual. I had three and half (I tore the ends off) breadsticks, too. They are pretty tasty, and I can't resist when I first get there - you know, when they are warm. We got our salad 'dry' and ranch dressing on the side, and I brought home all the salad that was left, and since we stopped at WalMart on our way home and bought all the veggies for Thanksgiving, I had a very nice salad for my supper.
When I put my food for today into myfitnesspal, I was over 300 calories short. Wow! I was very pleasantly surprised with that! And I'll take it!
Thus, today is getting five stars for food and three stars for exercise (I did get a WalMart walk in!) - back in the swing of everything full-force tomorrow!!
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