Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Today started early, just as planned. I did hit snooze one too many times and had to rush like crazy and not be too late with the first meeting of the morning, but after that, everything - the running around - went pretty well according to plan. There were a few phone-call hitches, but that was because of the holidays, both this week's and last's, and I thought it might throw off this afternoon's meeting, but we worked it all out.
I remembered to stop and pick my friend up, and we got all her shopping done, and I ran my errands, and I got her home when she needed to be back. We didn't have time to have lunch together, but we'll do that some other day. I stopped at Gold Star and had my lunch (my usual 5-way and a coney) before I went home. I got my stuff carried in the house, and was looking over the receipt, checking the after-Christmas prices, when Ron came pulling in the driveway. What!? Well, it IS New Year's Eve, and they really sent people home close to on time for closing for the holiday. Well, how about that!
He goes in to take a nap and I get on the pute. Whee! Can you tell we're an old married couple?
I wake him to let him know I'm leaving for my meeting, and as I'm coming home, I notice the Christmas lights aren't on yet, and think to myself, "guess he's still in bed, and I'll have to plug the lights in" and POOF the lights came on! Am I magic or what? That was too funny! By the time I was pulled in and parked, he had all three plugs plugged in and all the lights were on. That was really cool, let me tell you.
At 6:30, I go in to make our supper. I am making a new dish for us - a shrimp dish. I am making just the dish for tonight, no sides or anything, this first time. In the future, I will make this as the 'meat' of a meal, not the full meal. I have learned that much! It is easy enough - On a cookie sheet, (melt butter first, or lay pats of butter to melt) lay out a layer of sliced lemons (I bought two lemons for tonight - that was just enough for this many shrimp). Next, a layer of shrimp on top of the lemons. (I bought a bag that has 50-60 shrimp in it - that was more than enough for just us two) Over the shrimp, sprinkle a packet of Italian Seasoning (the kind found by the dressings). Bake in a 350 oven for 15-20 minutes. I did forget the melted butter, but I will not the next time, and I will definitely be making this again. It was DELICIOUS!! And that was supper.
As expected, when I put my food (and exercise - a WalMart walk!) into MFP, I was almost 500 calories short for the day, so I felt free to have a few pieces of Christmas candy while watching TV. Since I didn't go over 500 short for the day, it didn't holler at me (yay!) but it was close! After the candy, I'm sure it was no where near there, anyway.
So, five stars for everything today! Stuff accomplished and done, food was excellent, and calories needs were met. Great way to end the year!
See you all next year!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
Slow boring Happy Homemaker day
Monday, December 30, 2013
I slept in this morning. Of course, I stayed up until after three this morning, so that helped with the sleeping-in part. Plus, it was a good sleep. No weird dreams, no get-up-and-pee trips, no nothings - how about that? - I can definitely live with sleeps like that! After I woke up, I started a new book before getting up, which made me not get up until almost noon.
I played Happy Homemaker, doing laundry and dishes. I wasn't really feeling super good, but just kept plodding along, getting things done. I got all the clothes we got for Christmas rinsed out, so we can start wearing them. I also did a load of reds and a load of jeans, as well as getting the weekend dishes all done. I played on the pute between letting loads of dishes soak, as usual. I knew I needed to eat, but didn't really feel like eating - you know what I mean? - so finally, I ate a banana. I did feel a bit better after that, so I also ate a nut bar, thinking maybe the reason I wasn't feeling so good was the start of a sugar low. That didn't really make much sense (I've gone longer without eating) but anything is possible, I suppose. I did feel better, but not much, but I got those bits of housework done and that's good enough for me. Of course, the clothes are still in baskets, but that's a job for another day. As always.
After Ron got home, he did his Wii - he has to do his in the evenings, which is really not a good time to weigh yourself, but he can't do it before he goes to work! - and he's lost a little bit more weight. He's hasn't caught back up to his before-Christmas weight, but he's getting there. He had one of his frozen Chinese things for his supper, and I finally decided to eat the last Hungry Man turkey dinner out in the freezer and get it out of there. I didn't eat the dessert that was in it (a cranberry something - yuck) and I didn't eat the dressing included (stale bread - yuck) and I didn't eat the carrots in the mixed veggies (I picked them out and added a dollop of butter, as a matter of fact), so the calorie count was all skewed, but I just claimed it as it was. My calorie count was gonna be messed up anyway because of the few pieces of Christmas candy I nibbled on throughout the afternoon and into the evening.
I discovered that the Charlie Brown and Rudolph New Year's shows were on tonight, so I watched them, because my football - Monday Night Football - is now over. Booooo. Happens every year around this time. I don't know what I'll do next week. Withdrawal, maybe.
I have to get up in the morning and meet someone at 9am. I haven't had to do that in a long time. It will do me good, I guess. Ha ha. Then I get to run down to the Wals - Walgreens and WalMart. Whooo. What great fun. But it's something that needs done, so I will do it. I will pick up my friend Bert, so she can do some shopping, also. She is hopeful that her car will be done by the end of the week, but I don't know, what with the holidays and all. I don't mind helping her out - it's practically on the way, I just have to remember to turn down her road!
When I put "all" my food into MFP, of course I was way short on calories - over 900! - and got hollered at, but I knew I was really a lot closer, or maybe over, because of the Christmas candy. Nah, not over, not today. I didn't have that much today - there's not that much left!
Today is definitely getting five stars for food! Zilch-o on exercise, cause I sure didn't feel like moving, not one little bit, and only puttered. I got done what I was aiming on doing, and that was that.
I had forgotten to file my FINAL unemployment claim while on the pute last night (I am supposed to file on Sundays), so I did that first thing this morning. My final claim. I don't know what will happen now, but it will happen in the new year, and that's a whole new ball game, right? A clean slate. We shall see.
Good night, dear friends, and if you go out and about for New Year's Eve, be happy and safe and make wise decisions. Hopefully, there will be a DD in or for your party, or you have plans to stay overnight somewhere, because to party with no worries is to party happily! Ron and I will be safe at home, as always, so don't think about us, and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
Love to all. Consider yourself kissed at midnight.
I slept in this morning. Of course, I stayed up until after three this morning, so that helped with the sleeping-in part. Plus, it was a good sleep. No weird dreams, no get-up-and-pee trips, no nothings - how about that? - I can definitely live with sleeps like that! After I woke up, I started a new book before getting up, which made me not get up until almost noon.
I played Happy Homemaker, doing laundry and dishes. I wasn't really feeling super good, but just kept plodding along, getting things done. I got all the clothes we got for Christmas rinsed out, so we can start wearing them. I also did a load of reds and a load of jeans, as well as getting the weekend dishes all done. I played on the pute between letting loads of dishes soak, as usual. I knew I needed to eat, but didn't really feel like eating - you know what I mean? - so finally, I ate a banana. I did feel a bit better after that, so I also ate a nut bar, thinking maybe the reason I wasn't feeling so good was the start of a sugar low. That didn't really make much sense (I've gone longer without eating) but anything is possible, I suppose. I did feel better, but not much, but I got those bits of housework done and that's good enough for me. Of course, the clothes are still in baskets, but that's a job for another day. As always.
After Ron got home, he did his Wii - he has to do his in the evenings, which is really not a good time to weigh yourself, but he can't do it before he goes to work! - and he's lost a little bit more weight. He's hasn't caught back up to his before-Christmas weight, but he's getting there. He had one of his frozen Chinese things for his supper, and I finally decided to eat the last Hungry Man turkey dinner out in the freezer and get it out of there. I didn't eat the dessert that was in it (a cranberry something - yuck) and I didn't eat the dressing included (stale bread - yuck) and I didn't eat the carrots in the mixed veggies (I picked them out and added a dollop of butter, as a matter of fact), so the calorie count was all skewed, but I just claimed it as it was. My calorie count was gonna be messed up anyway because of the few pieces of Christmas candy I nibbled on throughout the afternoon and into the evening.
I discovered that the Charlie Brown and Rudolph New Year's shows were on tonight, so I watched them, because my football - Monday Night Football - is now over. Booooo. Happens every year around this time. I don't know what I'll do next week. Withdrawal, maybe.
I have to get up in the morning and meet someone at 9am. I haven't had to do that in a long time. It will do me good, I guess. Ha ha. Then I get to run down to the Wals - Walgreens and WalMart. Whooo. What great fun. But it's something that needs done, so I will do it. I will pick up my friend Bert, so she can do some shopping, also. She is hopeful that her car will be done by the end of the week, but I don't know, what with the holidays and all. I don't mind helping her out - it's practically on the way, I just have to remember to turn down her road!
When I put "all" my food into MFP, of course I was way short on calories - over 900! - and got hollered at, but I knew I was really a lot closer, or maybe over, because of the Christmas candy. Nah, not over, not today. I didn't have that much today - there's not that much left!
Today is definitely getting five stars for food! Zilch-o on exercise, cause I sure didn't feel like moving, not one little bit, and only puttered. I got done what I was aiming on doing, and that was that.
I had forgotten to file my FINAL unemployment claim while on the pute last night (I am supposed to file on Sundays), so I did that first thing this morning. My final claim. I don't know what will happen now, but it will happen in the new year, and that's a whole new ball game, right? A clean slate. We shall see.
Good night, dear friends, and if you go out and about for New Year's Eve, be happy and safe and make wise decisions. Hopefully, there will be a DD in or for your party, or you have plans to stay overnight somewhere, because to party with no worries is to party happily! Ron and I will be safe at home, as always, so don't think about us, and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
Love to all. Consider yourself kissed at midnight.
Wedding on Saturday, Football on Sunday
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Sunday, December 29, 2013
12/28/13 Saturday WEDDING
Today is a day we've been waiting for! For a long, long time. Traci has lost a ton of weight over the last three years (she's one of those exercise fanatics now - ugh) and she looks and feels FANTASTIC. She was a big reason why Teresa decided to go for having her surgery earlier this year - a big incentive, I think. Traci is the niece that lived with Teresa all those years (or vice versa) and they really support each other.
And, today, Traci is marrying the man she met through an online dating service (plentyoffish.com, if you are interested) 2 years ago, and we have all watched this relationship develop.
When I got up, I did my weigh-in for my Biggest Loser contest. Not that I really wanted to, but...
I gained THREE pounds. Okay, not a surprise. Much better than I thought - I thought it would be at least five pounds! I hadn't done that much exercise, after all. I suppose I can live with this.
For my lunch today, I had a bowl/can of potato soup, made with milk (of course!) and a bacon sandwich on only one slice of bread - three slices of thick-sliced bacon, broken in half. God, counting all this crap sounds pathetic, doesn't it? Three slices of bacon, one slice of bread...jiminy.
Munched on a little bit of Christmas candy throughout the afternoon, but not much, because I didn't know what would be served at the reception, and I knew there would definitely be cake!
At 3:30, we start taking showers and getting dressed for the wedding. Corgan wanted to take the last shower - I don't know why, he just did, but that's okay, just so he takes one. (by the by, he is allowed to go into a church for weddings and funerals, so it is okay for him to go to Traci's wedding with us) I have to try on 3 dresses before I find one that fits comfortably over my boobs. Dammit. How did I wear those other dresses in the past?
Then, Corgan and I had another to-do as we were getting ready for the wedding. Ron, once again, took up Corgan's side. Oh, I was sooooo pissed. More at Ron for not backing me up because I know Corgan will argue with me. But I just had to let him have his way, cause Grandpa said do it his way. Oooooooohhhhhh.
Besides, now we were running about 5 minutes late - and it's all MY fault because I'M arguing with a 9 year old boy. Sigh.
The wedding, of course, was absolutely beautiful!! It was a full Catholic Mass, with the Rite of Marriage in it. Their theme was snow & snowflakes, the colors silver & blue. Gorgeous. Even their cake topper was a snow couple! It was adorable! Each place setting had a cake ball as part of the place setting, with a keyring with 'their' snowflake and "Brian and Traci tie the knot 12-28-13" on it.
At the reception, we had a choice between chicken breasts and prime rib (oh, it was rare! yuck.) and I had 2 chicken breasts. There was a pasta dish with something like spaghetti sauce all over it. I passed on that one. There were small red potatoes - I got 6 (halves), green beans - I got half a spoonful, salad - I got a whole spoonful. I passed on the rolls, too. At the table, I did put butter on my potatoes. Not much, since the whole table (well, my side of the table) only had two scoops of butter to share. That was it. I was rather proud of myself.
I also had a slice - the smallest slice I could find - of wedding cake. It was red velvet! Yum. TOTAL YUM.
The reception went on until 11:30, and, since we are so close to the family, we stayed til the very end. It was close to midnight before we left, so it was probably quarter til one before we got home, because we had to drop Bert off at her house.
12/29/13 Sunday FOOTBALL
Sunday. Church, breakfast, football. Normal, right? Almost.
We still have Corgan, because of the wedding, so Ron has to miss church, and I have to come back and pick them up to go out to breakfast (we are going up to Georgetown, so it's silly for him to meet me uptown) and it's pouring down the rain, too. Yikes.
Anyway, that all goes okay, and we get to Country Inn and order our food (Ron and I each got that big breakfast that we like) and all. Suddenly, Corgan says, "Hey! You see that lady at the door? With the red hair?" Ron and I look. It's his music teacher. We say "Yep. It's your music teacher." It takes a little bit of the wind out of his sails, but not much, and he has to start into a long story. I don't know where he gets that from.....<looking around, whistling>.....and when they seat her party, she walks by our table, so he says hi to her and she says "Hi, Corgan!" and then comes back to the table after laying her stuff down at her table and talks to us for a couple of moments. That was very nice of her. She sure didn't have to do that.
On our way back home, we stop to get gasoline in a can (a kerosene can - he's goofy) for Ron to put in his truck for tomorrow morning. He says the cans are 'interchangable" - my word, not his - and it doesn't matter what you put in 'em. I told him about if it was a full-service station, they would so seriously get into trouble if they put gasoline into a kerosene can, so he should be very, very glad that stations nowadays are pretty much self-serve. Anyway, I knew it was time to turn the radio on to the game, but - of course (this is how it goes) - a good good good good song came on, and I left it on, and I ended up missing kickoff. And the first interception. And the first Ravens field goal. C'mon, Rita! Good thing Josh texted me! We got home about 10 minutes into my football game, and of course, my fellers did NOT have the TV set up on the correct channels for me, so when I turned it on, I still had to futz around with the remote, turning the channels. Good thing I know what channels I need, huh? FINALLY, I am watching my football and the day becomes normal, or mostly, because we still have Corgan. "Watching" football with him is a whole new experience, let me tell you. He did stay in the living room, rooting on the Ravens. Whenever I yelled at the TV, he'd say the opposite - which wasn't UNexpected - but he would never admit that he was, or that he would, watch the game. He's too funny.
My Bengals won! Very handily, too - they showed those Ravens whose house they were in, that's for sure. They are unbeaten at home this year, and they will play a playoff game - HERE - next week. Yes, this week was/is the final week of the season and now the playoffs will begin. Three weekends of playoffs, one weekend off, then the Super Bowl. Then it's over for 'this' year. BooHoo.
His mom came and picked him up a little after 4. They were going to a party with her side of the family - one of the boys is being deployed to Afghanistan - and they still needed to stop and get their own drinks to take with them. Now the day has become normal!
Ron piddled around outside during the afternoon games, and at 5, I put a can/bowl of lentil bean soup on for him for his supper. I put it on low, because we don't usually eat supper until 7 or so, but I thought he might be cold when he came in, and want a few bites before then. It was lower in sodium than a lot of soups, so thought it would be okay for him. He finally came in for good a little after 6, and I told him about the soup. He didn't want to eat it "soup is too salty" but I showed him the can, and proved it wasn't as bad as other soups are, and he finally ate it. Geez. I finally made me a can/bowl of chicken noodle soup, and that was my supper.
Of course, when I put all my food into MFP, I was 500+ calories short for the day, but I had munched on Christmas candy during the football games, so I know I was really most probably over on calories. I did sort out all the gumdrops and put them into my gumdrop & jelly bean jar, and put the chocolates into the freezer, and stuff like that, so I don't have all that much left to munch on now. Just M&Ms, Skittles, things like that, and it won't take long....we aren't doing any kind of weigh-in for TOPS this week, and I guess that's probably a good thing. According to my Biggest Loser contest weigh-in, I gained three pounds, remember? I sure will have to exercise like all get-out this week, because this go-round of the Biggest Loser is coming to an end. Then another new one will start - anyone interested in joining? Only 20 bucks for 12 weeks....great support, good friends, and a chance to win some money! Contact me for more info.
Both Saturday and Sunday are getting five stars for food! I did very well with the food I ate - even though I don't know the calorie count of the candy I munched on, I had so many calories 'open' I don't think that I went over for the day - either day.
Exercise - not surprising - gets zero. There was a little walking on Saturday, but nothing consistent or time-consuming. Sunday, as Sundays go, there was nothing.
My Bengals are playoff bound!!
Sunday, December 29, 2013
12/28/13 Saturday WEDDING
Today is a day we've been waiting for! For a long, long time. Traci has lost a ton of weight over the last three years (she's one of those exercise fanatics now - ugh) and she looks and feels FANTASTIC. She was a big reason why Teresa decided to go for having her surgery earlier this year - a big incentive, I think. Traci is the niece that lived with Teresa all those years (or vice versa) and they really support each other.
And, today, Traci is marrying the man she met through an online dating service (plentyoffish.com, if you are interested) 2 years ago, and we have all watched this relationship develop.
When I got up, I did my weigh-in for my Biggest Loser contest. Not that I really wanted to, but...
I gained THREE pounds. Okay, not a surprise. Much better than I thought - I thought it would be at least five pounds! I hadn't done that much exercise, after all. I suppose I can live with this.
For my lunch today, I had a bowl/can of potato soup, made with milk (of course!) and a bacon sandwich on only one slice of bread - three slices of thick-sliced bacon, broken in half. God, counting all this crap sounds pathetic, doesn't it? Three slices of bacon, one slice of bread...jiminy.
Munched on a little bit of Christmas candy throughout the afternoon, but not much, because I didn't know what would be served at the reception, and I knew there would definitely be cake!
At 3:30, we start taking showers and getting dressed for the wedding. Corgan wanted to take the last shower - I don't know why, he just did, but that's okay, just so he takes one. (by the by, he is allowed to go into a church for weddings and funerals, so it is okay for him to go to Traci's wedding with us) I have to try on 3 dresses before I find one that fits comfortably over my boobs. Dammit. How did I wear those other dresses in the past?
Then, Corgan and I had another to-do as we were getting ready for the wedding. Ron, once again, took up Corgan's side. Oh, I was sooooo pissed. More at Ron for not backing me up because I know Corgan will argue with me. But I just had to let him have his way, cause Grandpa said do it his way. Oooooooohhhhhh.
Besides, now we were running about 5 minutes late - and it's all MY fault because I'M arguing with a 9 year old boy. Sigh.
The wedding, of course, was absolutely beautiful!! It was a full Catholic Mass, with the Rite of Marriage in it. Their theme was snow & snowflakes, the colors silver & blue. Gorgeous. Even their cake topper was a snow couple! It was adorable! Each place setting had a cake ball as part of the place setting, with a keyring with 'their' snowflake and "Brian and Traci tie the knot 12-28-13" on it.
At the reception, we had a choice between chicken breasts and prime rib (oh, it was rare! yuck.) and I had 2 chicken breasts. There was a pasta dish with something like spaghetti sauce all over it. I passed on that one. There were small red potatoes - I got 6 (halves), green beans - I got half a spoonful, salad - I got a whole spoonful. I passed on the rolls, too. At the table, I did put butter on my potatoes. Not much, since the whole table (well, my side of the table) only had two scoops of butter to share. That was it. I was rather proud of myself.
I also had a slice - the smallest slice I could find - of wedding cake. It was red velvet! Yum. TOTAL YUM.
The reception went on until 11:30, and, since we are so close to the family, we stayed til the very end. It was close to midnight before we left, so it was probably quarter til one before we got home, because we had to drop Bert off at her house.
12/29/13 Sunday FOOTBALL
Sunday. Church, breakfast, football. Normal, right? Almost.
We still have Corgan, because of the wedding, so Ron has to miss church, and I have to come back and pick them up to go out to breakfast (we are going up to Georgetown, so it's silly for him to meet me uptown) and it's pouring down the rain, too. Yikes.
Anyway, that all goes okay, and we get to Country Inn and order our food (Ron and I each got that big breakfast that we like) and all. Suddenly, Corgan says, "Hey! You see that lady at the door? With the red hair?" Ron and I look. It's his music teacher. We say "Yep. It's your music teacher." It takes a little bit of the wind out of his sails, but not much, and he has to start into a long story. I don't know where he gets that from.....<looking around, whistling>.....and when they seat her party, she walks by our table, so he says hi to her and she says "Hi, Corgan!" and then comes back to the table after laying her stuff down at her table and talks to us for a couple of moments. That was very nice of her. She sure didn't have to do that.
On our way back home, we stop to get gasoline in a can (a kerosene can - he's goofy) for Ron to put in his truck for tomorrow morning. He says the cans are 'interchangable" - my word, not his - and it doesn't matter what you put in 'em. I told him about if it was a full-service station, they would so seriously get into trouble if they put gasoline into a kerosene can, so he should be very, very glad that stations nowadays are pretty much self-serve. Anyway, I knew it was time to turn the radio on to the game, but - of course (this is how it goes) - a good good good good song came on, and I left it on, and I ended up missing kickoff. And the first interception. And the first Ravens field goal. C'mon, Rita! Good thing Josh texted me! We got home about 10 minutes into my football game, and of course, my fellers did NOT have the TV set up on the correct channels for me, so when I turned it on, I still had to futz around with the remote, turning the channels. Good thing I know what channels I need, huh? FINALLY, I am watching my football and the day becomes normal, or mostly, because we still have Corgan. "Watching" football with him is a whole new experience, let me tell you. He did stay in the living room, rooting on the Ravens. Whenever I yelled at the TV, he'd say the opposite - which wasn't UNexpected - but he would never admit that he was, or that he would, watch the game. He's too funny.
My Bengals won! Very handily, too - they showed those Ravens whose house they were in, that's for sure. They are unbeaten at home this year, and they will play a playoff game - HERE - next week. Yes, this week was/is the final week of the season and now the playoffs will begin. Three weekends of playoffs, one weekend off, then the Super Bowl. Then it's over for 'this' year. BooHoo.
His mom came and picked him up a little after 4. They were going to a party with her side of the family - one of the boys is being deployed to Afghanistan - and they still needed to stop and get their own drinks to take with them. Now the day has become normal!
Ron piddled around outside during the afternoon games, and at 5, I put a can/bowl of lentil bean soup on for him for his supper. I put it on low, because we don't usually eat supper until 7 or so, but I thought he might be cold when he came in, and want a few bites before then. It was lower in sodium than a lot of soups, so thought it would be okay for him. He finally came in for good a little after 6, and I told him about the soup. He didn't want to eat it "soup is too salty" but I showed him the can, and proved it wasn't as bad as other soups are, and he finally ate it. Geez. I finally made me a can/bowl of chicken noodle soup, and that was my supper.
Of course, when I put all my food into MFP, I was 500+ calories short for the day, but I had munched on Christmas candy during the football games, so I know I was really most probably over on calories. I did sort out all the gumdrops and put them into my gumdrop & jelly bean jar, and put the chocolates into the freezer, and stuff like that, so I don't have all that much left to munch on now. Just M&Ms, Skittles, things like that, and it won't take long....we aren't doing any kind of weigh-in for TOPS this week, and I guess that's probably a good thing. According to my Biggest Loser contest weigh-in, I gained three pounds, remember? I sure will have to exercise like all get-out this week, because this go-round of the Biggest Loser is coming to an end. Then another new one will start - anyone interested in joining? Only 20 bucks for 12 weeks....great support, good friends, and a chance to win some money! Contact me for more info.
Both Saturday and Sunday are getting five stars for food! I did very well with the food I ate - even though I don't know the calorie count of the candy I munched on, I had so many calories 'open' I don't think that I went over for the day - either day.
Exercise - not surprising - gets zero. There was a little walking on Saturday, but nothing consistent or time-consuming. Sunday, as Sundays go, there was nothing.
My Bengals are playoff bound!!
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Bring on the weekend
Friday, December 27, 2013
I forgot to tell you all some news yesterday - I do apologize for that, and let me fix that.
My sister has landed that job! She will start Monday! All of the work we have put into the last couple of weeks has been worth it, praise be! I am so happy for her! She will still have to buy herself a pair of steel-toed shoes, and get to and from work until her first paycheck, but there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel for her now.
Today, I woke up around 10. I finished the book I've been reading, then got up. I played around, paying bills and fun stuff like that - my checkbook won't balance, it's off by $2.00 and was driving me crazy and I finally made myself just G.I.V.E. I.T. U.P. Do you know how hard that is for me?? Ugh! $2.00!! It's GOT to be right! It's got to!! I had to go down to Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, and stop at WalMart for a few items - and hit the after-Christmas sales - so off I went, $2.00 be damned!
I was smart enough to go to Bob Evans to get some lunch before hitting WalMart. This time, I truly did get lunch. I got the half-sandwich and soup combo, choosing the turkey and bacon sandwich, and the potato soup. That should give me the energy to get through WalMart! I am certainly hoping to head off having a sugar low in the afternoon, too. No more Sunshine Skillet for this chickie!
Before I got my little bit of shopping done - I was in the checkout line - Josh texted me that they are leaving their house to bring Corgan up to us for the weekend. I let them know that I am not home, and to wait until I get there, because I have stuff for them. You don't think I only buy stuff for me and Ron, do you? C'mon! I actually beat them here by about 3 minutes - how funny is that? They drop Corgan off, gather what I am giving them, show off the videos (on their new machines) of Corgan playing in the park with his remote control helicopter - you know, the one I got him for Christmas - and then go ahead and leave again. So, it's me and Corgan. He is thrilled, don't you know. Yeah. I get on the pute. He plays his DS. We are bonding quite well, thanks. Luckily, Ron gets home from work in about half an hour.
Ron and I weigh ourselves this evening - first time since Christmas! - he gained a little over 2 pounds, and I gained five and a half! I usually weigh myself first thing in the morning, so I am hoping some of that is because it is so late in the afternoon, and I guess I will find out in the morning when I do my "official" weigh-in for the week. Ouch!
We just spend the evening hanging out, they go outside for a bit but it gets cold pretty quickly so they come back in, and they play on the Wii. I even played a game of 100-pin bowling with them once. Then, finally, it was just TV time, and Ron was soon watching through his eyelids, as usual, on a Friday night. I made Ron some of those cabbage steaks he likes to go with one of his frozen Chinese things for his supper. I had an egg sandwich. Corgan had a bowl/can of soup, then a yogurt, then this, then that.....boys!
When I put my food into MFP, I was over 400 calories short for the day, but I had also munched on Christmas candy and had NOT put that into MFP (how can you put that in piece-by-piece? nuh-uh, ain't happening...), so I figured I am either just at the breaking point, or have broken it! Definitely have to slow down on the candy now...
Five stars for everything today! Food was good - even calorie-wise - and exercise was okay. I got in a WalMart walk, even though I didn't get back on the damn exercise bike.
Looking so forward to the wedding tomorrow night...it's gonna be beautiful!
I forgot to tell you all some news yesterday - I do apologize for that, and let me fix that.
My sister has landed that job! She will start Monday! All of the work we have put into the last couple of weeks has been worth it, praise be! I am so happy for her! She will still have to buy herself a pair of steel-toed shoes, and get to and from work until her first paycheck, but there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel for her now.
Today, I woke up around 10. I finished the book I've been reading, then got up. I played around, paying bills and fun stuff like that - my checkbook won't balance, it's off by $2.00 and was driving me crazy and I finally made myself just G.I.V.E. I.T. U.P. Do you know how hard that is for me?? Ugh! $2.00!! It's GOT to be right! It's got to!! I had to go down to Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, and stop at WalMart for a few items - and hit the after-Christmas sales - so off I went, $2.00 be damned!
I was smart enough to go to Bob Evans to get some lunch before hitting WalMart. This time, I truly did get lunch. I got the half-sandwich and soup combo, choosing the turkey and bacon sandwich, and the potato soup. That should give me the energy to get through WalMart! I am certainly hoping to head off having a sugar low in the afternoon, too. No more Sunshine Skillet for this chickie!
Before I got my little bit of shopping done - I was in the checkout line - Josh texted me that they are leaving their house to bring Corgan up to us for the weekend. I let them know that I am not home, and to wait until I get there, because I have stuff for them. You don't think I only buy stuff for me and Ron, do you? C'mon! I actually beat them here by about 3 minutes - how funny is that? They drop Corgan off, gather what I am giving them, show off the videos (on their new machines) of Corgan playing in the park with his remote control helicopter - you know, the one I got him for Christmas - and then go ahead and leave again. So, it's me and Corgan. He is thrilled, don't you know. Yeah. I get on the pute. He plays his DS. We are bonding quite well, thanks. Luckily, Ron gets home from work in about half an hour.
Ron and I weigh ourselves this evening - first time since Christmas! - he gained a little over 2 pounds, and I gained five and a half! I usually weigh myself first thing in the morning, so I am hoping some of that is because it is so late in the afternoon, and I guess I will find out in the morning when I do my "official" weigh-in for the week. Ouch!
We just spend the evening hanging out, they go outside for a bit but it gets cold pretty quickly so they come back in, and they play on the Wii. I even played a game of 100-pin bowling with them once. Then, finally, it was just TV time, and Ron was soon watching through his eyelids, as usual, on a Friday night. I made Ron some of those cabbage steaks he likes to go with one of his frozen Chinese things for his supper. I had an egg sandwich. Corgan had a bowl/can of soup, then a yogurt, then this, then that.....boys!
When I put my food into MFP, I was over 400 calories short for the day, but I had also munched on Christmas candy and had NOT put that into MFP (how can you put that in piece-by-piece? nuh-uh, ain't happening...), so I figured I am either just at the breaking point, or have broken it! Definitely have to slow down on the candy now...
Five stars for everything today! Food was good - even calorie-wise - and exercise was okay. I got in a WalMart walk, even though I didn't get back on the damn exercise bike.
Looking so forward to the wedding tomorrow night...it's gonna be beautiful!
Friday, December 27, 2013
Christmas Eve, Christmas, and the day after
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Thursday, December 26, 2013
12/24/13 Christmas Eve
Ron was off work today. I don't remember the last time he was off work on Christmas Eve - probably never, or not since he's worked at Rumpke, anyway. It was a great pleasure having him home!
We slept in that morning, and when we got up, I took a bath - yes, a bath - and shaved my legs. I admit that I don't do this very often in the wintertime, but just before Christmas is one of those times, and we ARE going to a wedding on Saturday and I'll probably wear a dress then. So...it was time.
When my friend Bert was cutting my hair yesterday, I reminded her that she is always invited to share Christmas with us, and she said that she might actually come this time. I was stunned! She usually just says 'okay' and that's that. I told her that I need to know as early as possible, so Josh could stop and pick her up on his way home from work, and he would get off of work early today. So, she called me this morning, and said that decided that she WOULD come and join us! Yay! She's coming!
Josh was going to pick Bert up to bring to us, so we could all drive down to his house later. Not long after he dropped her off, we loaded up the car and took off. Time for Christmas to start! We get to Josh's. First of all, we do our weigh-ins. We decided back in July to have a Biggest Loser contest that would end on Christmas Eve and we would each buy a $20 instant lottery ticket and whoever lost the most weight would win all the lottery tickets. Josh lost 6 pounds, Jean lost 8, Ron 12, Chelle 14 and me 23! So I won! Yay, me! I scratched off the tickets and I won $150. on 3 different tickets!! Then, we all just hung out and enjoyed the snack table (YUM!) and I had brought some games - the same ones I had at the Altar Society Christmas Party - and we played those while Chelle was getting dinner on the table. I had forgotten that I had a trial run at Thanksgiving on the 'third verse' game, though. So, we didn't get to really play that one. Bert and Corgan both gave it a shot, but didn't do very well. Then came dinner - which was WONDERFUL. They also had wine for us, and a fancy juice for Corgan and Jean. It was a super time together. Then we all just hung out together some more, until time for Corgan to go to bed. He put out his goodies for Santa (even though he 'knows' - he still doesn't know all the magic) and trotted off and we read and whatnot until the magic hour. Bert and I stayed up talking and, at 2, realized that we had forgotten to put the breakfast casserole in the crockpot and went out into the kitchen, got out the crockpot, and put that all together, trying to be quiet, just like teenagers, I'm sure. We finally got it done, and I finally got Bert to get into the chair where she was sleeping and that we were going to get up in 4 hours, we've got to get to sleep! She had been drinking, and she tends to talk and talk and talk when she drinks, just like some other people I know and love.
12/25/13 CHRISTMAS
I overslept. Every year, I wake the house up at 6 am. I can NEVER sleep past 6 on Christmas morning. I am the biggest kid ever on Christmas morning. I admit it! I love it! Didn't happen this year, and I don't know why. I don't really remember falling asleep, but I remember turning off the light, then I hear feet on the steps and Corgan talking to Grandpa in the bedroom (I was on the couch in the living room). Here it is, quarter after 7, and Corgan is asking Grandpa should he wake me up? Usually he isn't allowed in the living room until Mom and Granny are ready with the cameras, so he had to ask someone for permission. I can't believe that I OVERSLEPT!! OMG!! Oh, well, I'll never live that one down.
Christmas went as Christmases do. Around nine, we munched on the breakfast casserole. Around noon, we munched on dinner leftovers. All afternoon, we munched on dinner leftovers. Finally, we loaded up and headed for home before dark. We certainly didn't want to meet any deer out running before settling down for the night, now did we?
We got home, got the car unloaded, and then ran Bert home. We got her stuff all carried in and came back home. I got all our stuff arranged under our little tree, which to my mind is where Christmas presents belong for a few days. I also did up the few dishes that were dirty. I don't know why. I knew I would have plenty of time tomorrow, but I felt like it, so I did.
We were both very tired, so we went to bed around 10:30. Something different, for sure!
12/26/13 The day after
I woke up today around 10:30 and laid in bed, finishing the book I've been reading. When I got up, I actually got on the damn exercise bike and rode it for a little over a mile. It's been such a long time since I've done that, my legs didn't feel so good. I really need to get back in the swing of things! Ugh.
I got on the pute and got all my pictures loaded up, and started labeling them. I was deep in that project when Ron called me - he's getting off work already, do I want to meet him uptown, and we'll go pay his ticket today? WOW. Okay. We can do that. The tentative plan had been for me to do it tomorrow, but - why not?
I finish (where I'm at) and close the pute down, then get dressed and off I go to meet Ron. We go and pay his ticket, then decide to run up to Eastgate. First we went to the car wash there in Batavia because he still had on his stinky work boots and he could rinse them down in the car wash (are we cheap or what?) and then - up the hill we went. We went to Golden Corral for a very late lunch, then over to Sam's Club for cases of water. As we were leaving Sam's, we noticed the sign saying that gasoline was $3.12 for Sam's Club members, so it was like "YES!!" because gas had gone up to $3.45 every else around. 3.12!! I filled my car up, and usually I only put 20 bucks in it at a time. Then we went over to Meijer's and I hit the after-Christmas sales. I stocked up on cards and wrapping paper for next year! Nothing like getting stuff for next to nothing, right?
We headed home and I almost forgot to stop at IGA to let him pick up his truck. Too funny!
We finally both got home, got stuff carried in, and got the Christmas lights plugged in. We watched my new movie "The Lone Ranger." If you've not seen this, you should. It's a really fun movie to watch! Johnny Depp, as usual, does an excellent job, and there are a few twists and turns you don't expect. And, of course, a few things happen that can only happen in the movies! But it's real fun to watch.
Supper tonight consisted of candy from our stockings. Nice, right? Neither of us were really hungry and neither of us really wanted any food - we just picked. Lunch was so late - after 3 - and lasted so long - you know how those buffets are! - that it really was enough food for all day.
I played on the pute all night, all through the movie and beyond. I got my games caught up, and I got the pictures all done and some posted. I am very happy with today!
I didn't put my food on MFP. I had meant to - I had meant to get everything back on schedule today, but then we went to Golden Corral. That shot that in the butt. I rode the damn exercise bike this morning, and meant to ride it again tonight, too. Phooey. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow. Tomorrow IS another day, you know.
Today is getting five stars for everything! Food was excellent - there was probably too much, but it was good. I did get some exercise in. A mile on the damn exercise bike, and some walking in stores as well. I, well we, accomplished some things today, too. Life is good - I've heard that somewhere.
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Thursday, December 26, 2013
12/24/13 Christmas Eve
Ron was off work today. I don't remember the last time he was off work on Christmas Eve - probably never, or not since he's worked at Rumpke, anyway. It was a great pleasure having him home!
We slept in that morning, and when we got up, I took a bath - yes, a bath - and shaved my legs. I admit that I don't do this very often in the wintertime, but just before Christmas is one of those times, and we ARE going to a wedding on Saturday and I'll probably wear a dress then. So...it was time.
When my friend Bert was cutting my hair yesterday, I reminded her that she is always invited to share Christmas with us, and she said that she might actually come this time. I was stunned! She usually just says 'okay' and that's that. I told her that I need to know as early as possible, so Josh could stop and pick her up on his way home from work, and he would get off of work early today. So, she called me this morning, and said that decided that she WOULD come and join us! Yay! She's coming!
Josh was going to pick Bert up to bring to us, so we could all drive down to his house later. Not long after he dropped her off, we loaded up the car and took off. Time for Christmas to start! We get to Josh's. First of all, we do our weigh-ins. We decided back in July to have a Biggest Loser contest that would end on Christmas Eve and we would each buy a $20 instant lottery ticket and whoever lost the most weight would win all the lottery tickets. Josh lost 6 pounds, Jean lost 8, Ron 12, Chelle 14 and me 23! So I won! Yay, me! I scratched off the tickets and I won $150. on 3 different tickets!! Then, we all just hung out and enjoyed the snack table (YUM!) and I had brought some games - the same ones I had at the Altar Society Christmas Party - and we played those while Chelle was getting dinner on the table. I had forgotten that I had a trial run at Thanksgiving on the 'third verse' game, though. So, we didn't get to really play that one. Bert and Corgan both gave it a shot, but didn't do very well. Then came dinner - which was WONDERFUL. They also had wine for us, and a fancy juice for Corgan and Jean. It was a super time together. Then we all just hung out together some more, until time for Corgan to go to bed. He put out his goodies for Santa (even though he 'knows' - he still doesn't know all the magic) and trotted off and we read and whatnot until the magic hour. Bert and I stayed up talking and, at 2, realized that we had forgotten to put the breakfast casserole in the crockpot and went out into the kitchen, got out the crockpot, and put that all together, trying to be quiet, just like teenagers, I'm sure. We finally got it done, and I finally got Bert to get into the chair where she was sleeping and that we were going to get up in 4 hours, we've got to get to sleep! She had been drinking, and she tends to talk and talk and talk when she drinks, just like some other people I know and love.
12/25/13 CHRISTMAS
I overslept. Every year, I wake the house up at 6 am. I can NEVER sleep past 6 on Christmas morning. I am the biggest kid ever on Christmas morning. I admit it! I love it! Didn't happen this year, and I don't know why. I don't really remember falling asleep, but I remember turning off the light, then I hear feet on the steps and Corgan talking to Grandpa in the bedroom (I was on the couch in the living room). Here it is, quarter after 7, and Corgan is asking Grandpa should he wake me up? Usually he isn't allowed in the living room until Mom and Granny are ready with the cameras, so he had to ask someone for permission. I can't believe that I OVERSLEPT!! OMG!! Oh, well, I'll never live that one down.
Christmas went as Christmases do. Around nine, we munched on the breakfast casserole. Around noon, we munched on dinner leftovers. All afternoon, we munched on dinner leftovers. Finally, we loaded up and headed for home before dark. We certainly didn't want to meet any deer out running before settling down for the night, now did we?
We got home, got the car unloaded, and then ran Bert home. We got her stuff all carried in and came back home. I got all our stuff arranged under our little tree, which to my mind is where Christmas presents belong for a few days. I also did up the few dishes that were dirty. I don't know why. I knew I would have plenty of time tomorrow, but I felt like it, so I did.
We were both very tired, so we went to bed around 10:30. Something different, for sure!
12/26/13 The day after
I woke up today around 10:30 and laid in bed, finishing the book I've been reading. When I got up, I actually got on the damn exercise bike and rode it for a little over a mile. It's been such a long time since I've done that, my legs didn't feel so good. I really need to get back in the swing of things! Ugh.
I got on the pute and got all my pictures loaded up, and started labeling them. I was deep in that project when Ron called me - he's getting off work already, do I want to meet him uptown, and we'll go pay his ticket today? WOW. Okay. We can do that. The tentative plan had been for me to do it tomorrow, but - why not?
I finish (where I'm at) and close the pute down, then get dressed and off I go to meet Ron. We go and pay his ticket, then decide to run up to Eastgate. First we went to the car wash there in Batavia because he still had on his stinky work boots and he could rinse them down in the car wash (are we cheap or what?) and then - up the hill we went. We went to Golden Corral for a very late lunch, then over to Sam's Club for cases of water. As we were leaving Sam's, we noticed the sign saying that gasoline was $3.12 for Sam's Club members, so it was like "YES!!" because gas had gone up to $3.45 every else around. 3.12!! I filled my car up, and usually I only put 20 bucks in it at a time. Then we went over to Meijer's and I hit the after-Christmas sales. I stocked up on cards and wrapping paper for next year! Nothing like getting stuff for next to nothing, right?
We headed home and I almost forgot to stop at IGA to let him pick up his truck. Too funny!
We finally both got home, got stuff carried in, and got the Christmas lights plugged in. We watched my new movie "The Lone Ranger." If you've not seen this, you should. It's a really fun movie to watch! Johnny Depp, as usual, does an excellent job, and there are a few twists and turns you don't expect. And, of course, a few things happen that can only happen in the movies! But it's real fun to watch.
Supper tonight consisted of candy from our stockings. Nice, right? Neither of us were really hungry and neither of us really wanted any food - we just picked. Lunch was so late - after 3 - and lasted so long - you know how those buffets are! - that it really was enough food for all day.
I played on the pute all night, all through the movie and beyond. I got my games caught up, and I got the pictures all done and some posted. I am very happy with today!
I didn't put my food on MFP. I had meant to - I had meant to get everything back on schedule today, but then we went to Golden Corral. That shot that in the butt. I rode the damn exercise bike this morning, and meant to ride it again tonight, too. Phooey. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow. Tomorrow IS another day, you know.
Today is getting five stars for everything! Food was excellent - there was probably too much, but it was good. I did get some exercise in. A mile on the damn exercise bike, and some walking in stores as well. I, well we, accomplished some things today, too. Life is good - I've heard that somewhere.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Christmas Eve eve was a happy day!
Monday, December 23, 2013
I woke up this morning around 9:30. Hooray - a decent time for me!
I ran uptown to get a bag of ice, picked up the three things on my little list, and headed for home. Halfway home, I realized - I FORGOT THE ICE! Geez! The very thing I went uptown for! Guess I'll go back uptown later, imagine that.
I made up the little treat I was making for my friend Bert, who is going to cut my hair for me this afternoon, so it's not so shaggy. It doesn't look bad, but the shagginess is driving me crazy, and it's getting just long enough to blow in my face, and that's what led me to cut it in the first place. I get on the pute and get my games caught up and just piddle around until Bert calls me and tells me she is ready for me to come over. In the meantime, I have managed to get things packed & ready and have thrown away one of my lists! Yay! I feel as though I have accomplished something! Of course, the last couple of things went from that list to the bottom of another list, but - hey! - I got rid of a list, and I feel good about that.
I got to Bert's, ran her up to Bethel for an errand, then got back to her house for my haircut, which took til chose to 3:30, which was fine. I didn't have to be home until 4:30 - Josh was stopping on his way home from work, and I also had to stop in Bethel for my ice. sigh. My clippers hadn't seen the light of day in probably oh, 15 years or so and they needed a drop of oil to run correctly (lol - too funny) but then they worked just fine.
As I headed for home, Ron texted me that he is headed for home, and did he need to stop for ice? or did I get some this morning, but I let him know that I was almost at the store now, just go on home. We got home at almost the same time - he was backing into the driveway as I got there. How cool is that!
He had some news, too. He is NOT WORKING tomorrow! Wow. Will be a little tough on the paycheck next week, but we will love having him with us (and not falling asleep!) for the whole day. Okay, I, not we, for most of the day. Picky, picky.
I went back uptown at 6:30 to do my weigh-in for TOPS for this week - remember, I missed last week because of Corgan's Christmas concert - and I have lost 4.4 pounds. FOUR! Even I am impressed with that! Didn't expect that large of a number....I am going to totally enjoy Christmas now!
Came home and made Ron a new dish for supper. Cook 6 slices thick sliced bacon crisp (I did this yesterday), and break into pieces. He shredded half a head of cabbage for me. Cook egg noodles (half a bag) in a saucepan. I cooked chopped onions in the bacon grease, then added the cabbage, after a couple of minutes, added the bacon pieces, too. You could probably add whatever spices you want here - garlic, s&p, etc. Let them all cook together as the pasta finished. Then add the pasta to the mix. (I was using my big cast iron dutch oven-like skillet.) Let cook together long enough to get warm together. He liked it!! He complained about the bacon in it, at first, but he said it all tasted just fine together. Of course he thought I cooked too many noodles, too - he always does.
For my supper, I made a grilled cheese with 3 slices of Colby Jack cheese and a bowl/can of tomato soup - the yellow tomato soup. It was very yummy! I then splurged and had the Jell-O that was left when I made the dessert cups for the party. I had put it in bowls in the fridge, and was probably about a cup of green and a cup of yellow (yes, lime and lemon, and, yes, two separate bowls) Jell-O. Yes, with a squirt - just a squirt, I don't like much - of Reddi-Whip on it.
When I put everything into MFP, I was about 250 calories short for the day, even with dessert.
Five stars for food today, slacker me gets nothing for exercise.
This is my last blog until after Christmas. I will be much too busy over the next two days to even be on the computer.
I wish each and every one of you a very special and blessed holiday. I hope you receive what you wish for the most. I thank each of you for the gift of your friendship.
I woke up this morning around 9:30. Hooray - a decent time for me!
I ran uptown to get a bag of ice, picked up the three things on my little list, and headed for home. Halfway home, I realized - I FORGOT THE ICE! Geez! The very thing I went uptown for! Guess I'll go back uptown later, imagine that.
I made up the little treat I was making for my friend Bert, who is going to cut my hair for me this afternoon, so it's not so shaggy. It doesn't look bad, but the shagginess is driving me crazy, and it's getting just long enough to blow in my face, and that's what led me to cut it in the first place. I get on the pute and get my games caught up and just piddle around until Bert calls me and tells me she is ready for me to come over. In the meantime, I have managed to get things packed & ready and have thrown away one of my lists! Yay! I feel as though I have accomplished something! Of course, the last couple of things went from that list to the bottom of another list, but - hey! - I got rid of a list, and I feel good about that.
I got to Bert's, ran her up to Bethel for an errand, then got back to her house for my haircut, which took til chose to 3:30, which was fine. I didn't have to be home until 4:30 - Josh was stopping on his way home from work, and I also had to stop in Bethel for my ice. sigh. My clippers hadn't seen the light of day in probably oh, 15 years or so and they needed a drop of oil to run correctly (lol - too funny) but then they worked just fine.
As I headed for home, Ron texted me that he is headed for home, and did he need to stop for ice? or did I get some this morning, but I let him know that I was almost at the store now, just go on home. We got home at almost the same time - he was backing into the driveway as I got there. How cool is that!
He had some news, too. He is NOT WORKING tomorrow! Wow. Will be a little tough on the paycheck next week, but we will love having him with us (and not falling asleep!) for the whole day. Okay, I, not we, for most of the day. Picky, picky.
I went back uptown at 6:30 to do my weigh-in for TOPS for this week - remember, I missed last week because of Corgan's Christmas concert - and I have lost 4.4 pounds. FOUR! Even I am impressed with that! Didn't expect that large of a number....I am going to totally enjoy Christmas now!
Came home and made Ron a new dish for supper. Cook 6 slices thick sliced bacon crisp (I did this yesterday), and break into pieces. He shredded half a head of cabbage for me. Cook egg noodles (half a bag) in a saucepan. I cooked chopped onions in the bacon grease, then added the cabbage, after a couple of minutes, added the bacon pieces, too. You could probably add whatever spices you want here - garlic, s&p, etc. Let them all cook together as the pasta finished. Then add the pasta to the mix. (I was using my big cast iron dutch oven-like skillet.) Let cook together long enough to get warm together. He liked it!! He complained about the bacon in it, at first, but he said it all tasted just fine together. Of course he thought I cooked too many noodles, too - he always does.
For my supper, I made a grilled cheese with 3 slices of Colby Jack cheese and a bowl/can of tomato soup - the yellow tomato soup. It was very yummy! I then splurged and had the Jell-O that was left when I made the dessert cups for the party. I had put it in bowls in the fridge, and was probably about a cup of green and a cup of yellow (yes, lime and lemon, and, yes, two separate bowls) Jell-O. Yes, with a squirt - just a squirt, I don't like much - of Reddi-Whip on it.
When I put everything into MFP, I was about 250 calories short for the day, even with dessert.
Five stars for food today, slacker me gets nothing for exercise.
This is my last blog until after Christmas. I will be much too busy over the next two days to even be on the computer.
I wish each and every one of you a very special and blessed holiday. I hope you receive what you wish for the most. I thank each of you for the gift of your friendship.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Up til 3:30, then up at 9:30...l o n g day for sure
Sunday, December 22, 2013
MY BENGALS DID IT!! WE ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW!!
I can't sing, either.
Yay!! Yay!! Yay!! We clinched a playoff berth today! I'm so excited, I just can't hide it...
The day started when the alarm went off at nine. After hitting snooze three times, we got up, got dressed and got ready for church. Remember - our clocks in the bedroom are set twenty minutes fast. So, hitting snooze three times gets us up right at whatever time it was set at! We are sneaky that way.
After church, we went up to Georgetown and got our lunch, which was breakfast. We were going to go over to Jungle Jim's to a wine tasting/sampling, but decided we really didn't want to drive in Eastgate this last weekend before Christmas, so we didn't go. We each had one of those big breakfasts with two sausage, two bacon slices, two eggs, potatoes, and toast. Yum, and I actually got home in time to see kickoff!
Football was very good today - the early games, anyway. Of the nine games, I only lost two of them. I picked the winners of the other seven! WhooHoo! That's definitely a change. AND my Bengals clinched a playoff berth - how exciting. Three years in a row! Makes those dismal years of the eighties and early nineties a distant memory, right? Still there in the old brain, but not right in front, as it is at the beginning of every season. Then came the late games. There are only five of those. Well, this old chickie ended up missing four of them! Three teams - who usually NEVER, or very rarely, lose at home - lost at home (thanks, guys) and so I ended up losing six games on the day. Sigh. Tis okay, though, I beat Ron. He missed seven. LOL
For supper, I heated up the leftover chicken and rice dish that I brought home from the party last night, and I zapped/steamed Ron some green beans to go with his. I had a banana with mine.
I did up all the dishes tonight, also, during the night game, so it's one less thing for me to worry about tomorrow. I have to get all of our stuff together for the big trip to Josh's and I can't let myself worry about little stuff when I have so much big stuff going on the next couple of days! I think I already have 3 lists going...
Plus, my older sister has some extra problems going on right now, but she is so far away that I can't really help her, but I am trying to, and want to, but I don't know what else I can do and can also only help when and where asked. So, I have to keep 'on the lookout' and be ready if and when she needs me, and I can do something for her, then I must be ready TO do that 'something' for her.
When I put my food into MFP today, I was near my number (300) calories short for the day, but I am okay with that, especially since it's Sunday and there isn't a speck of exercise. Did I mention that I got jeans out of the back of my closet to wear? It's my Christmas gift to myself!! I'm so excited, I just can't hide it....
I still can't sing.
Five stars for food! Zero for exercise!! Five for my Bengals!! Zero for my gambling skills!!
Oh - btw - just in case anyone will be busy this week and not able to read my blogs this week -
MY BENGALS DID IT!! WE ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW!!
I can't sing, either.
Yay!! Yay!! Yay!! We clinched a playoff berth today! I'm so excited, I just can't hide it...
The day started when the alarm went off at nine. After hitting snooze three times, we got up, got dressed and got ready for church. Remember - our clocks in the bedroom are set twenty minutes fast. So, hitting snooze three times gets us up right at whatever time it was set at! We are sneaky that way.
After church, we went up to Georgetown and got our lunch, which was breakfast. We were going to go over to Jungle Jim's to a wine tasting/sampling, but decided we really didn't want to drive in Eastgate this last weekend before Christmas, so we didn't go. We each had one of those big breakfasts with two sausage, two bacon slices, two eggs, potatoes, and toast. Yum, and I actually got home in time to see kickoff!
Football was very good today - the early games, anyway. Of the nine games, I only lost two of them. I picked the winners of the other seven! WhooHoo! That's definitely a change. AND my Bengals clinched a playoff berth - how exciting. Three years in a row! Makes those dismal years of the eighties and early nineties a distant memory, right? Still there in the old brain, but not right in front, as it is at the beginning of every season. Then came the late games. There are only five of those. Well, this old chickie ended up missing four of them! Three teams - who usually NEVER, or very rarely, lose at home - lost at home (thanks, guys) and so I ended up losing six games on the day. Sigh. Tis okay, though, I beat Ron. He missed seven. LOL
For supper, I heated up the leftover chicken and rice dish that I brought home from the party last night, and I zapped/steamed Ron some green beans to go with his. I had a banana with mine.
I did up all the dishes tonight, also, during the night game, so it's one less thing for me to worry about tomorrow. I have to get all of our stuff together for the big trip to Josh's and I can't let myself worry about little stuff when I have so much big stuff going on the next couple of days! I think I already have 3 lists going...
Plus, my older sister has some extra problems going on right now, but she is so far away that I can't really help her, but I am trying to, and want to, but I don't know what else I can do and can also only help when and where asked. So, I have to keep 'on the lookout' and be ready if and when she needs me, and I can do something for her, then I must be ready TO do that 'something' for her.
When I put my food into MFP today, I was near my number (300) calories short for the day, but I am okay with that, especially since it's Sunday and there isn't a speck of exercise. Did I mention that I got jeans out of the back of my closet to wear? It's my Christmas gift to myself!! I'm so excited, I just can't hide it....
I still can't sing.
Five stars for food! Zero for exercise!! Five for my Bengals!! Zero for my gambling skills!!
Oh - btw - just in case anyone will be busy this week and not able to read my blogs this week -
MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!
Christmas Party!
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Today started out to the sound of rain pounding on the roof. Rain! A week ago, we had a nice covering of snow everywhere. A beautiful, picture-postcard Christmas snowscene, all ready for the holiday. Pppppffffffttttt. Out the window with that! 60+ degrees and rain now. Ugh! This is NOT Christmas weather! It. Just. Ain't. Right.
Anyway, I got up around 10, got a shower and got dressed. Ron and I had a bit of running to do - prescriptions, blah - and got that all done and had lunch at Bob Evans. I had their half-sandwich combo for my lunch, while he had a breakfast. We got back home just before 3, and I ran around like a chicken without a head, getting stuff down for the Christmas party we are going to tonight. I am making desserts for the party, and I was going to make individual pineapple upside-down cakes, but that fell through, so I made a Christmas cake instead. It's a white/red/green cake made in a bundt pan, with white and green glaze icing, with sprinkles on it. It's really pretty both inside and out. I had also spent all week making jello (in the clear cups) so that each cup had three different colors in it, and I had bought ReddiWip to squirt on top, instead of trying to blop Cool Whip, if wanted. I also kinda got adventurous and had made a Christmas bark, with candies all in/on it, and candy cane & chocolate hearts. These are small candy canes put together to form a heart, then melt chocolate and pour in the middle to hold 'em together. They were kinda cute, too.
When it was time to get ready for the party - I had a spare 5 minutes - I splurged and dug out some of my 'sexy jeans' from the back of my closet. You know, the ones I haven't been able to wear for x number of years because I gained weight again? When I did my weigh-in for the Biggest Loser contest this morning, I had officially lost 30 pounds now, over the last 6 months, and I thought - what the heck? Let's try... And - I fit into them! So I wore them!
We had a wonderful time at the party. We didn't expect otherwise, it's always a good time with this bunch of people. Ron and I both didn't pay a lot of attention to what we ate - everyone brought a dish or two to the meal, just as we did, and we had no idea what was in what, so counting anything was impossible. We did eat reasonable servings, and did not munch much, but we did not skimp, either.
We got home a little after midnight, and, of course, I got on the pute and he turned on the TV. 3 hours later, I'm still here, and damn, is that alarm gonna go off early in the morning!
Everything is gonna get three stars today!! Excellent food, decent exercise. Hey - I fit into my 'sexy jeans'!!!
Today started out to the sound of rain pounding on the roof. Rain! A week ago, we had a nice covering of snow everywhere. A beautiful, picture-postcard Christmas snowscene, all ready for the holiday. Pppppffffffttttt. Out the window with that! 60+ degrees and rain now. Ugh! This is NOT Christmas weather! It. Just. Ain't. Right.
Anyway, I got up around 10, got a shower and got dressed. Ron and I had a bit of running to do - prescriptions, blah - and got that all done and had lunch at Bob Evans. I had their half-sandwich combo for my lunch, while he had a breakfast. We got back home just before 3, and I ran around like a chicken without a head, getting stuff down for the Christmas party we are going to tonight. I am making desserts for the party, and I was going to make individual pineapple upside-down cakes, but that fell through, so I made a Christmas cake instead. It's a white/red/green cake made in a bundt pan, with white and green glaze icing, with sprinkles on it. It's really pretty both inside and out. I had also spent all week making jello (in the clear cups) so that each cup had three different colors in it, and I had bought ReddiWip to squirt on top, instead of trying to blop Cool Whip, if wanted. I also kinda got adventurous and had made a Christmas bark, with candies all in/on it, and candy cane & chocolate hearts. These are small candy canes put together to form a heart, then melt chocolate and pour in the middle to hold 'em together. They were kinda cute, too.
When it was time to get ready for the party - I had a spare 5 minutes - I splurged and dug out some of my 'sexy jeans' from the back of my closet. You know, the ones I haven't been able to wear for x number of years because I gained weight again? When I did my weigh-in for the Biggest Loser contest this morning, I had officially lost 30 pounds now, over the last 6 months, and I thought - what the heck? Let's try... And - I fit into them! So I wore them!
We had a wonderful time at the party. We didn't expect otherwise, it's always a good time with this bunch of people. Ron and I both didn't pay a lot of attention to what we ate - everyone brought a dish or two to the meal, just as we did, and we had no idea what was in what, so counting anything was impossible. We did eat reasonable servings, and did not munch much, but we did not skimp, either.
We got home a little after midnight, and, of course, I got on the pute and he turned on the TV. 3 hours later, I'm still here, and damn, is that alarm gonna go off early in the morning!
Everything is gonna get three stars today!! Excellent food, decent exercise. Hey - I fit into my 'sexy jeans'!!!
Saturday, December 21, 2013
I am still feeling that sense of accomplishment...
Friday, December 20, 2013
Today, when I got up just after nine, I called my friend Bert so she could start the phone calling and all she needed to do to get her car towed this morning. I was afraid to start anything at home - dishes, laundry, wrap gifts, make goodies, or whatnot, because if Bert called back, I'd have to leave and didn't want to leave something half done. So, I just played on the pute.When it was going on noon, she hadn't called me back and I was starting to get worried - AAA doesn't usually take quite that long, so I called her back. Ha! She was just getting up! She stayed up late last night (she does that - she 'sleeps' about like I do) and when I called her earlier, I hadn't noticed that she wasn't awake when she spoke to me. Anyway, things were just now getting going. Whew, I was glad. I mean, it wasn't like it was a cold, icy, or snowy morning or something and they were going to be busier than busy. I could not figure out why it was taking them so long, but now I knew, and it was a big relief to know that.
She called back just a few minutes later, so I finished getting dressed and took off. We got down to her car, and the 'tow truck' driver was in a little pickup truck. He had been told that this call was for a jumpstart! Great. Now Bert has to call AAA back and put in a request for a tow - which is what she did the first time, but that's NOT what came through - and we have to sit there and wait for the 'tow truck' driver to really come back in a tow truck. What a total waste of time! I did run back down to WalMart and put gasoline in my car ($2.98!!) while we were waiting, which helped kill some of the time, but geez. We still sat there for over an hour waiting for him to get back. Sigh.
After her car was safely on the tow truck, it was after two. I had not eaten yet, of course, so I told Bert that I really needed to go get some lunch. We decided to go to Gold Star in Bethel, where I had my usual 5-way and a cheese coney.
As a side story, something else was going on also - I had a message to, for, and from Ruth about MultiColor and this job she's hopefully getting. She got an email with an attachment (the MultiColor application) that she could not open at the library, and she had forwarded it to me to try to open for her. After opening the email, I had to print the application, then Ruth has to fill it out, then I have to scan it and send it back to them for her. No big deal, right? Well, remember - Ruth lives in Winchester! 36 miles away from me. So, how am I going to do this, while I'm rescuing Bert today? I can't go in two directions at the same time. I just can't, no matter how hard I try. Ruth's phone can receive and send texts - although it takes a little while - but I didn't know that until I went up there the other day. So we texted this morning to figure out a plan for today. She finally said that she would come up with gas money somehow and come here, to my house. I told her that I should be back from Bert's rescue by the time she gets here.
Well, obviously, I wasn't. I had her meet us up at Gold Star instead of my house. Wasted a bit of her gasoline, but I couldn't help that in the end. As we sat in Gold Star, she filled out the application, and I will do the scan and send back.
So - does that count as two rescues today? Even though Ruth had to drive here? Maybe a rescue and a half? I don't know, but I did get both of those things accomplished.
Ron got home from work before I got home from taking Bert home. We both had errands here in Bethel, so after our late lunch - and sitting and playing with Ruth's grandkids - it took another hour before I got Bert home. I surprised Bert with a plate of Christmas goodies when she got out of the car to go in. I love the look on people's faces when I do that!
I spent the early evening wrapping all the Christmas gifts all over the kitchen table. I was glad to get that job over with. I don't know why, I do enjoy the wrapping and all. I was just so ready to be done with this batch for some reason. I guess because I knew finishing up would make me be done! And it is true - I am done! I just have the goodies to finish up tomorrow, and then - TA DA - totally finished!!
A little after 8, Ron made our supper. I don't know what he made for himself, but he made me a peanut butter sandwich. Yum. That was it. Just chunky peanut butter. No munchies, no nothing.
When I put my food into MFP, I was almost 300 short for the day. I guess I like that number, I seem to hit it an awful lot. I really should look into changing it.
Today is getting five stars for everything. Food - excellent. Exercise - running to and from the car doing all the errands, yep. My hip tells me I got some walking in!
Accomplishments - YES!! I know that I did accomplish at least four things today!
Today, when I got up just after nine, I called my friend Bert so she could start the phone calling and all she needed to do to get her car towed this morning. I was afraid to start anything at home - dishes, laundry, wrap gifts, make goodies, or whatnot, because if Bert called back, I'd have to leave and didn't want to leave something half done. So, I just played on the pute.When it was going on noon, she hadn't called me back and I was starting to get worried - AAA doesn't usually take quite that long, so I called her back. Ha! She was just getting up! She stayed up late last night (she does that - she 'sleeps' about like I do) and when I called her earlier, I hadn't noticed that she wasn't awake when she spoke to me. Anyway, things were just now getting going. Whew, I was glad. I mean, it wasn't like it was a cold, icy, or snowy morning or something and they were going to be busier than busy. I could not figure out why it was taking them so long, but now I knew, and it was a big relief to know that.
She called back just a few minutes later, so I finished getting dressed and took off. We got down to her car, and the 'tow truck' driver was in a little pickup truck. He had been told that this call was for a jumpstart! Great. Now Bert has to call AAA back and put in a request for a tow - which is what she did the first time, but that's NOT what came through - and we have to sit there and wait for the 'tow truck' driver to really come back in a tow truck. What a total waste of time! I did run back down to WalMart and put gasoline in my car ($2.98!!) while we were waiting, which helped kill some of the time, but geez. We still sat there for over an hour waiting for him to get back. Sigh.
After her car was safely on the tow truck, it was after two. I had not eaten yet, of course, so I told Bert that I really needed to go get some lunch. We decided to go to Gold Star in Bethel, where I had my usual 5-way and a cheese coney.
As a side story, something else was going on also - I had a message to, for, and from Ruth about MultiColor and this job she's hopefully getting. She got an email with an attachment (the MultiColor application) that she could not open at the library, and she had forwarded it to me to try to open for her. After opening the email, I had to print the application, then Ruth has to fill it out, then I have to scan it and send it back to them for her. No big deal, right? Well, remember - Ruth lives in Winchester! 36 miles away from me. So, how am I going to do this, while I'm rescuing Bert today? I can't go in two directions at the same time. I just can't, no matter how hard I try. Ruth's phone can receive and send texts - although it takes a little while - but I didn't know that until I went up there the other day. So we texted this morning to figure out a plan for today. She finally said that she would come up with gas money somehow and come here, to my house. I told her that I should be back from Bert's rescue by the time she gets here.
Well, obviously, I wasn't. I had her meet us up at Gold Star instead of my house. Wasted a bit of her gasoline, but I couldn't help that in the end. As we sat in Gold Star, she filled out the application, and I will do the scan and send back.
So - does that count as two rescues today? Even though Ruth had to drive here? Maybe a rescue and a half? I don't know, but I did get both of those things accomplished.
Ron got home from work before I got home from taking Bert home. We both had errands here in Bethel, so after our late lunch - and sitting and playing with Ruth's grandkids - it took another hour before I got Bert home. I surprised Bert with a plate of Christmas goodies when she got out of the car to go in. I love the look on people's faces when I do that!
I spent the early evening wrapping all the Christmas gifts all over the kitchen table. I was glad to get that job over with. I don't know why, I do enjoy the wrapping and all. I was just so ready to be done with this batch for some reason. I guess because I knew finishing up would make me be done! And it is true - I am done! I just have the goodies to finish up tomorrow, and then - TA DA - totally finished!!
A little after 8, Ron made our supper. I don't know what he made for himself, but he made me a peanut butter sandwich. Yum. That was it. Just chunky peanut butter. No munchies, no nothing.
When I put my food into MFP, I was almost 300 short for the day. I guess I like that number, I seem to hit it an awful lot. I really should look into changing it.
Today is getting five stars for everything. Food - excellent. Exercise - running to and from the car doing all the errands, yep. My hip tells me I got some walking in!
Accomplishments - YES!! I know that I did accomplish at least four things today!
Friday, December 20, 2013
A sense of accomplishment today
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Today, I woke up around 9:30. No wake-up-and-go-back-to-sleeps. Just wake up and get up. I had tentative plans for today. Get to WalMart, maybe Meijer or Target, and get our Christmas finished. Food, gifts, the whole shebang. Get finished. It's all got to come out of this paycheck, so does it matter if I buy it today or wait until Monday? I didn't think so, and I don't particularly want to be in the stores over the weekend or on Monday (or even Tuesday! eek) AT ALL.
So, off I go. I decided to just go to WalMart. I just didn't feel like driving all over the place. My headache has been a bit worse than usual the last couple of days, and driving doesn't help. I love driving most of the time, but when I feel this way, I just don't. So I didn't. I did go to Bob Evans first for my lunch. We all know you shouldn't shop on an empty stomach, right? Three hours, a lot of dollars that I shouldn't've spent, and throbbing sore feet later, I was done. Our Christmas is complete! Well, except for all the wrapping and the making of the dishes and all. But - it's all bought!
I got back home, got it all carried in, the bags emptied and things put away (as put away as they're going to get) and try to settle down to play on the pute for a bit. Ron called. He's going to the bank, then coming home. That's good. After Mondays, Thursdays - paydays - are his worst days. And it's still kinda early, not even getting dark yet. I was going to really enjoy this time until he got there. Well, the peaceful time didn't last very long. My friend Bert called me. She is down at Kroger in Amelia and her car won't start. Can I come and get her? I ask her if she can wait, because Ron is on his way home, and it would be better if he can come, too. After all, he is the car dude. She said that would be great and she will wait for us, because she'd rather drive her car home if she can.
I called Ron to find out where he is, then went uptown to meet him. We went down and rescued Bert. Her car seems to have blown the fuel pump. Bummer. We unload her car, putting everything in the truck, and then take her on home. She and I make arrangements for me to take her back to her car in the morning so she can get it towed away and, hopefully, get fixed.
When we get home, I decide to go ahead and make some of the Christmas goodies I was going to make tomorrow tonight, so that I could take them to Bert and her mom tomorrow (gets a little more of them out of my house!) when I go over to pick her up. So I bustle around, doing that, and around 6:30, I start feeling a mite peckish, so I check my sugar, and yep, a sugar low (59). Phooey. I guess no more Sunshine Skillets for me. The last couple of times I've had them for lunch, I've had sugar lows. Something needs to change, and I guess I know what. I will have to check out the omelets or something. I eat 6 jelly beans, and finish up the goodies, and then have myself some supper. I had chicken salad, pretzels, and a banana.
There is no football on tonight. Boo. Ron and I don't like anything on on Thursdays, which was good because of football, but what are we gonna watch now? We end up watching game shows all night. LOL Are we lame or what?
When I put all my food into MFP, I was just over 300 short for the day. Yay! Back to normal! Of course, having some exercise to put in there for a change didn't hurt.
Today is getting five stars for everything!
I got so much accomplished! I feel very proud of myself. We are pretty much ready for Christmas - I still have to wrap, but I can finish that tomorrow or this weekend. Most of the goodies are done now, and will keep. I rescued a friend who needed help. Very. Good. Day.
Today, I woke up around 9:30. No wake-up-and-go-back-to-sleeps. Just wake up and get up. I had tentative plans for today. Get to WalMart, maybe Meijer or Target, and get our Christmas finished. Food, gifts, the whole shebang. Get finished. It's all got to come out of this paycheck, so does it matter if I buy it today or wait until Monday? I didn't think so, and I don't particularly want to be in the stores over the weekend or on Monday (or even Tuesday! eek) AT ALL.
So, off I go. I decided to just go to WalMart. I just didn't feel like driving all over the place. My headache has been a bit worse than usual the last couple of days, and driving doesn't help. I love driving most of the time, but when I feel this way, I just don't. So I didn't. I did go to Bob Evans first for my lunch. We all know you shouldn't shop on an empty stomach, right? Three hours, a lot of dollars that I shouldn't've spent, and throbbing sore feet later, I was done. Our Christmas is complete! Well, except for all the wrapping and the making of the dishes and all. But - it's all bought!
I got back home, got it all carried in, the bags emptied and things put away (as put away as they're going to get) and try to settle down to play on the pute for a bit. Ron called. He's going to the bank, then coming home. That's good. After Mondays, Thursdays - paydays - are his worst days. And it's still kinda early, not even getting dark yet. I was going to really enjoy this time until he got there. Well, the peaceful time didn't last very long. My friend Bert called me. She is down at Kroger in Amelia and her car won't start. Can I come and get her? I ask her if she can wait, because Ron is on his way home, and it would be better if he can come, too. After all, he is the car dude. She said that would be great and she will wait for us, because she'd rather drive her car home if she can.
I called Ron to find out where he is, then went uptown to meet him. We went down and rescued Bert. Her car seems to have blown the fuel pump. Bummer. We unload her car, putting everything in the truck, and then take her on home. She and I make arrangements for me to take her back to her car in the morning so she can get it towed away and, hopefully, get fixed.
When we get home, I decide to go ahead and make some of the Christmas goodies I was going to make tomorrow tonight, so that I could take them to Bert and her mom tomorrow (gets a little more of them out of my house!) when I go over to pick her up. So I bustle around, doing that, and around 6:30, I start feeling a mite peckish, so I check my sugar, and yep, a sugar low (59). Phooey. I guess no more Sunshine Skillets for me. The last couple of times I've had them for lunch, I've had sugar lows. Something needs to change, and I guess I know what. I will have to check out the omelets or something. I eat 6 jelly beans, and finish up the goodies, and then have myself some supper. I had chicken salad, pretzels, and a banana.
There is no football on tonight. Boo. Ron and I don't like anything on on Thursdays, which was good because of football, but what are we gonna watch now? We end up watching game shows all night. LOL Are we lame or what?
When I put all my food into MFP, I was just over 300 short for the day. Yay! Back to normal! Of course, having some exercise to put in there for a change didn't hurt.
Today is getting five stars for everything!
I got so much accomplished! I feel very proud of myself. We are pretty much ready for Christmas - I still have to wrap, but I can finish that tomorrow or this weekend. Most of the goodies are done now, and will keep. I rescued a friend who needed help. Very. Good. Day.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Boy, do plans change!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
I woke up this morning - just like yesterday - a little before 7. And, just like yesterday, I made myself stay in bed and go back to sleep (and today it wasn't the weird dream stuff, thank God) and then I woke back up a little after 10. That's more like it! Actually, anything after 8:30 would have been okay, but -- hey! I have no real plans for the day, just finish getting the laundry put away, run up to the store, just putter around all day and play on the pute, of course, all those kind of things.
When I got up, I didn't even leave the bedroom. Since all the baskets of clean clothes had been carried into the bedroom yesterday, I just stayed in there and started hanging and folding until all the baskets were empty. I do not enjoy this job, not at all. Then again, I don't enjoy many household jobs at all.
When I got out to the living room, the message light was flashing on the phone, and for some reason, I decided to go ahead and check it and clear it off of there. I usually just let it go and I'll check before I go to bed at night, but the feeling was strong, so I checked it. There was a message for my sister about a job! Her cell phone isn't working right now, and she's waiting for her replacement, so we are using my number as a message number for her, so this was pretty important. I'm glad I listened to my strong feeling about getting the message! Now to figure out how to get the message to HER. I come to the dag-blasted conclusion that I must drive up to her and tell her in person. Winchester. Ugh. So much for my 'plans' for the day. Good thing there weren't any!
I had to go back to the bedroom and get dressed -- so much for hanging out in my housedress all day -- and make my tea and head out.
When I got to Ruth's house, SHE WASN'T HOME!!! I nearly had another heart attack! Now what? She was just at the library yesterday (and I had checked the library's parking lot when I drove by, anyway) and she wouldn't waste the gasoline to go there two days in a row. Where could she be? She wasn't at her daughter's either, I had looked there as driving past. I thought maybe she had run up to the gas station not far from her house. I drove up there. Nope. I called our youngest sister, almost in a panic. "She's not here! Any ideas?" Nope, she had no ideas. I told her I was going to go get some lunch, and then she suggested some stores that Ruth likes to go to close to where I was going. Good idea! So, I swing the car over three lanes to the left turn lane (I was going to turn right) to go that way and check there. Nope. We got off the phone, and I went to lunch at Cruiser's Diner. I finally chose to have a classic club sandwich and french fries as my lunch. They are the nicest people there!
After eating my lunch and a potty break, I went back to Ruth's. YAY! She is there! Whew! I am so relieved. I go in and explain everything to her, and we decide that she will drive her car to my house, then I will take her on down the road to get done what she needs to get done. (Her driver's window is off the track and needs fixed, and since it's warm today, she can drive it to our house, and hopefully Ron will get home in time to fix it so she can drive it home -- warm and dry -- tonight.)
It didn't really take very long, but it seemed so though it was forever. But, when we got back from going down the road and Ruth got her stuff all done, Ron did have her car done! Yay, Ron! I love that man so much.
When we came in the house, I let Ruth get on my computer while I made supper. Seeing that she has very limited computer time any more. Even when she goes to the library, they kick her off the computers after a while, I saw no reason why she shouldn't be able to be on mine for a bit. It's not like I wouldn't be on my pute later or tomorrow. I made us all Johnny Marzetti for supper. I even had 2 slices of bread & butter with mine. Hey, you gotta clean the bottom of the bowl up with something, right? Then, I let her take what was left home with her because Ron and I sure don't need leftovers around the house (good as they are!), now do we?
She finally left for home around a quarter til nine, and managed to get me a message about an hour later that she made it. I was glad, and hope she stayed warm. At least I know the window was up, and she didn't freeze! I do feel that the day wasn't a total bust. Things got accomplished!
Unfortunately, when I put my food into MFP, I was over on my calorie count for a change. Only by just over a hundred, but still over. Ah, well. I knew, having had fries for lunch, and then the butter breads, that it wouldn't be good.
Food is getting four stars today -- it was very high-carb, but very yummy. Exercise didn't really happen, except walking back and forth to and from the car many times.
I woke up this morning - just like yesterday - a little before 7. And, just like yesterday, I made myself stay in bed and go back to sleep (and today it wasn't the weird dream stuff, thank God) and then I woke back up a little after 10. That's more like it! Actually, anything after 8:30 would have been okay, but -- hey! I have no real plans for the day, just finish getting the laundry put away, run up to the store, just putter around all day and play on the pute, of course, all those kind of things.
When I got up, I didn't even leave the bedroom. Since all the baskets of clean clothes had been carried into the bedroom yesterday, I just stayed in there and started hanging and folding until all the baskets were empty. I do not enjoy this job, not at all. Then again, I don't enjoy many household jobs at all.
When I got out to the living room, the message light was flashing on the phone, and for some reason, I decided to go ahead and check it and clear it off of there. I usually just let it go and I'll check before I go to bed at night, but the feeling was strong, so I checked it. There was a message for my sister about a job! Her cell phone isn't working right now, and she's waiting for her replacement, so we are using my number as a message number for her, so this was pretty important. I'm glad I listened to my strong feeling about getting the message! Now to figure out how to get the message to HER. I come to the dag-blasted conclusion that I must drive up to her and tell her in person. Winchester. Ugh. So much for my 'plans' for the day. Good thing there weren't any!
I had to go back to the bedroom and get dressed -- so much for hanging out in my housedress all day -- and make my tea and head out.
When I got to Ruth's house, SHE WASN'T HOME!!! I nearly had another heart attack! Now what? She was just at the library yesterday (and I had checked the library's parking lot when I drove by, anyway) and she wouldn't waste the gasoline to go there two days in a row. Where could she be? She wasn't at her daughter's either, I had looked there as driving past. I thought maybe she had run up to the gas station not far from her house. I drove up there. Nope. I called our youngest sister, almost in a panic. "She's not here! Any ideas?" Nope, she had no ideas. I told her I was going to go get some lunch, and then she suggested some stores that Ruth likes to go to close to where I was going. Good idea! So, I swing the car over three lanes to the left turn lane (I was going to turn right) to go that way and check there. Nope. We got off the phone, and I went to lunch at Cruiser's Diner. I finally chose to have a classic club sandwich and french fries as my lunch. They are the nicest people there!
After eating my lunch and a potty break, I went back to Ruth's. YAY! She is there! Whew! I am so relieved. I go in and explain everything to her, and we decide that she will drive her car to my house, then I will take her on down the road to get done what she needs to get done. (Her driver's window is off the track and needs fixed, and since it's warm today, she can drive it to our house, and hopefully Ron will get home in time to fix it so she can drive it home -- warm and dry -- tonight.)
It didn't really take very long, but it seemed so though it was forever. But, when we got back from going down the road and Ruth got her stuff all done, Ron did have her car done! Yay, Ron! I love that man so much.
When we came in the house, I let Ruth get on my computer while I made supper. Seeing that she has very limited computer time any more. Even when she goes to the library, they kick her off the computers after a while, I saw no reason why she shouldn't be able to be on mine for a bit. It's not like I wouldn't be on my pute later or tomorrow. I made us all Johnny Marzetti for supper. I even had 2 slices of bread & butter with mine. Hey, you gotta clean the bottom of the bowl up with something, right? Then, I let her take what was left home with her because Ron and I sure don't need leftovers around the house (good as they are!), now do we?
She finally left for home around a quarter til nine, and managed to get me a message about an hour later that she made it. I was glad, and hope she stayed warm. At least I know the window was up, and she didn't freeze! I do feel that the day wasn't a total bust. Things got accomplished!
Unfortunately, when I put my food into MFP, I was over on my calorie count for a change. Only by just over a hundred, but still over. Ah, well. I knew, having had fries for lunch, and then the butter breads, that it wouldn't be good.
Food is getting four stars today -- it was very high-carb, but very yummy. Exercise didn't really happen, except walking back and forth to and from the car many times.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
A busy morning at home, an enjoyable evening out
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
First off, let me tell you something that I forgot to tell you yesterday. Remember that I told you that I was forbidden to get on the Internet on my own computer? I did finally figure out that little problem (all by myself, too!) and it was just a silly thing. Josh had given me a tip or two to try, and when I got home from the library, I did try them, but they didn't help. I remembered seeing an email from AOL saying that I was past due in paying them for December, which didn't make sense, because they are supposed to be an automatic withdrawal - and I don't have many of those, because I don't like them - but I had not noticed that it had not been taken out. I only check my banking every couple of days, and match my checkbook up to it, and write down things I've missed. (I know, I know...) Anyway, I checked back, and sure enough, there was no December payment to AOL. Well. I called the bank to ask if they have any idea what or why. Everyone is out to lunch or on conference calls, and will call me back. Of course, it's not gonna be easy, is it? About a half hour later, I get the call back, and she tells me that the last payment was November's.
Luckily, though, when it comes through, it comes with a phone number and she gives me that number so I can call them and ask all the questions I want - I love my bank ladies! - and hopefully, find out answers. So, I call AOL and the answer? My card on file expired the end of November. They hadn't been able to reach me by phone (and that's our fault, too, because we aren't answering the home phone, especially if it is a 800 or 877 or some such number. Only if it is local or recognizable.) and, so, no payment and no AOL, and that is my Internet connection. I give them my new information, and all is cool. Whew!
Now, today. I woke up at 7. SEVEN. I made myself just lie there and I eventually dozed back off and I didn't wake back up until after 10:30. It was one of those freaky sleeps, with weird dreams and hearing things and all that, that I used to do all night long. Man, am I glad that doesn't happen now!
I got up and played Happy Homemaker - all the things I normally do on Mondays, but didn't do yesterday because of all the happenings and my doctor appointment. Dishes, laundry, blah, blah, blah.
I also played on the pute and got my games all caught up, too. Can't forget that!
Josh stopped to pick me up on his way home from work, because tonight is Corgan's Christmas concert. It was supposed to be last night, but was postponed and rescheduled because of a snowflake or two. Wow! In December! Them changing it has made me miss my TOPS Christmas party now. Booooo! I have had perfect attendance at TOPS since I've started going, and now - phooey - missing the Christmas party. I just can't believe it, but - that's life. My grandson's 'performances' are more important!
So -- no weigh-in to report tonight. Sorry.
They made a chicken/rice dish for supper, which wasn't too bad. They chose that for the sodium for Ron, which was very generous of them. Chicken and rice neither one have no sodium, and the gravy that gets added is not that bad, either. It was not that bad a dish either calorie or sodium counting! I thought it was a little weird, putting beef gravy in a chicken dish, but it wasn't my dish so I didn't say anything.
Off to the concert we went, and it was very good. Corgan is in third grade this year, and - believe it or not - he could still fit into the suit that was bought for him for the wedding we went to last summer (2012) in Oregon!!! Now, I know the suit was just a bit large for him then, but - wow. No one, not a single one of us adults, thought he would fit into it when he chose it as what he wanted to wear tonight. It's a very nice suit.
After the concert, Ron and I came on home (Ron was very tired. He had to go straight down there from work and was almost late) and he fell asleep pretty quickly in his chair. I, of course, played on the pute.
I was over 500 calories short for the day, so I had a packet of sausage biscuits (2 sandwiches) as a late-night snack. Probably not a really good choice, but it sure sounded good to me, and boy, did they taste good! That put me at just over 300 short for the day, and I'm okay with that.
I'm giving food five stars, and exercise isn't getting any stars. Surprise.
First off, let me tell you something that I forgot to tell you yesterday. Remember that I told you that I was forbidden to get on the Internet on my own computer? I did finally figure out that little problem (all by myself, too!) and it was just a silly thing. Josh had given me a tip or two to try, and when I got home from the library, I did try them, but they didn't help. I remembered seeing an email from AOL saying that I was past due in paying them for December, which didn't make sense, because they are supposed to be an automatic withdrawal - and I don't have many of those, because I don't like them - but I had not noticed that it had not been taken out. I only check my banking every couple of days, and match my checkbook up to it, and write down things I've missed. (I know, I know...) Anyway, I checked back, and sure enough, there was no December payment to AOL. Well. I called the bank to ask if they have any idea what or why. Everyone is out to lunch or on conference calls, and will call me back. Of course, it's not gonna be easy, is it? About a half hour later, I get the call back, and she tells me that the last payment was November's.
Luckily, though, when it comes through, it comes with a phone number and she gives me that number so I can call them and ask all the questions I want - I love my bank ladies! - and hopefully, find out answers. So, I call AOL and the answer? My card on file expired the end of November. They hadn't been able to reach me by phone (and that's our fault, too, because we aren't answering the home phone, especially if it is a 800 or 877 or some such number. Only if it is local or recognizable.) and, so, no payment and no AOL, and that is my Internet connection. I give them my new information, and all is cool. Whew!
Now, today. I woke up at 7. SEVEN. I made myself just lie there and I eventually dozed back off and I didn't wake back up until after 10:30. It was one of those freaky sleeps, with weird dreams and hearing things and all that, that I used to do all night long. Man, am I glad that doesn't happen now!
I got up and played Happy Homemaker - all the things I normally do on Mondays, but didn't do yesterday because of all the happenings and my doctor appointment. Dishes, laundry, blah, blah, blah.
I also played on the pute and got my games all caught up, too. Can't forget that!
Josh stopped to pick me up on his way home from work, because tonight is Corgan's Christmas concert. It was supposed to be last night, but was postponed and rescheduled because of a snowflake or two. Wow! In December! Them changing it has made me miss my TOPS Christmas party now. Booooo! I have had perfect attendance at TOPS since I've started going, and now - phooey - missing the Christmas party. I just can't believe it, but - that's life. My grandson's 'performances' are more important!
So -- no weigh-in to report tonight. Sorry.
They made a chicken/rice dish for supper, which wasn't too bad. They chose that for the sodium for Ron, which was very generous of them. Chicken and rice neither one have no sodium, and the gravy that gets added is not that bad, either. It was not that bad a dish either calorie or sodium counting! I thought it was a little weird, putting beef gravy in a chicken dish, but it wasn't my dish so I didn't say anything.
Off to the concert we went, and it was very good. Corgan is in third grade this year, and - believe it or not - he could still fit into the suit that was bought for him for the wedding we went to last summer (2012) in Oregon!!! Now, I know the suit was just a bit large for him then, but - wow. No one, not a single one of us adults, thought he would fit into it when he chose it as what he wanted to wear tonight. It's a very nice suit.
After the concert, Ron and I came on home (Ron was very tired. He had to go straight down there from work and was almost late) and he fell asleep pretty quickly in his chair. I, of course, played on the pute.
I was over 500 calories short for the day, so I had a packet of sausage biscuits (2 sandwiches) as a late-night snack. Probably not a really good choice, but it sure sounded good to me, and boy, did they taste good! That put me at just over 300 short for the day, and I'm okay with that.
I'm giving food five stars, and exercise isn't getting any stars. Surprise.
Monday, December 16, 2013
A very frustrating couple of days
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Sunday 12-15-13
This was mostly a normal Sunday. It was kinda weird, though, because my Bengals were not on until the night game, and I'm sure not used to that!
After church, we went up to Georgetown to have our breakfast, and we each had the big breakfast that is so yummy. BUT - I forgot to tell them that we wanted toast instead of pancakes, so we got stuck with the pancakes. Yuck, but okay.
Ron and I wrapped the Christmas gifts we had shopped for on Saturday, so I really didn't watch a lot of the early games, either, which - trust me - is not normal, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. We loaded the gifts into Ron's truck, because we are going down to their house tomorrow night for Corgan's Christmas concert and we can get the gifts to 'where they belong' and all will be good. I get to see the end of the early games, and watch the late games.
For supper, I had a bowl/can of chicken noodle soup, with Better Cheddar crackers, a turnip, and a banana. I don't remember what Ron had - probably one of his frozen Chinese things.
Our game, the night game, was a disaster. From the very beginning. There is no other word for it.
I went to get on the pute after halftime - seeing that the game was soooo interesting - and my pute kept telling me that I was FORBIDDEN to get on the Internet!! What??? I tried every little trick I could think of when I have getting-on-the-Internet troubles, and nothing worked, but, then again, I had never been forbidden by my own computer before! Jiminy Christmas! Finally, I just turned the pute off and watched the end of the game (and the news/weather that followed) in solitude and misery.
Monday 12-16-13
I was awakened this morning by my cell phone ringing at 4:30 this morning. It was Ron. His truck is in the ditch on Hoover Road. There is a curve there, but the truck wanted to go straight on the ice, so - it went straight. Right square between a telephone pole and the guide wire. | \ Yep, that's how much room there was. NONE. Luckily, no real damage to either him or the truck, except small dents and dings on the truck and just to his pride. The tires had nothing to grip onto and were just digging deeper holes and getting buried and buried and not going anywhere, so that sucked. I called AAA and went out to help however I could, which wasn't much, but I had to do something. We walked and walked back and forth between that last driveway, where I parked the car, and the truck, I don't know, maybe 5 times altogether. I just couldn't believe that he fit inbetween those two! He was so very lucky, that - if this had to happen, it happened like that - he could even get OUT of the truck!
When the tow truck got there, the driver checked things over, then told us that there was damage and he couldn't pull it out, and we had to call the state patrol. Oh, come on! We were certainly hoping to avoid that. But, no, we've got to call them. Sigh. How the hell long is it gonna take for them to come all the way out here at almost 6am? It's already been way over an hour waiting for the tow truck just to come out from Bethel! We sit and wait and wait and wait some more, and finally, the patrolman shows up. When he gets there, I go ahead and call AAA back, so they can get the tow truck back on its way, cause God only knows how long it will take for him to get out here this time, right? Luckily, before Ron is finished writing his report and receiving his ticket for failure to control (c'mon! give us a break!), the tow truck is back. The truck was pulled out with minimum fuss - I guess the tow truck driver knew what he was doing - and Ron drove it back home.
He called Rumpke to let them know what was going on, and they still wanted him to come in, but he told them that he was too worked up over this and needed to calm down for a while - and they know that he has been having blood pressure troubles - and they finally accepted that he is NOT coming in now, but they were not happy with him. They thought he should just shake it off and come on in! They are idiots.
We went back to bed until the alarm went off, time to get up for me to go to my neurologist appointment.
We got word that Corgan's school was cancelled today because of the snow and ice, and thus, the concert tonight would be, also. Well. What are we gonna do with a truck full of gifts now? Maybe the concert will be re-scheduled. Or there's always next weekend, but we'll have to carry them all back into the house. Ugh.
The neurologist appointment went great, I suppose. He 'promoted' me to only coming in once a year now! I guess that's a good thing, but next month I will be applying for disability, and how is that going to look? Sigh.
After going to the doctor, we had to go to Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, then we went to Bob Evans, and I texted Josh to see if he could join us. He works not 10 minutes away from there, and it was lunchtime, so - why not? He didn't answer right away, but then got back with us not long after we got there, and he did come down and join us, and that was a nice lunch. We haven't been able to have a meal, just the three of us, for a long, long time. Quite enjoyable. Ron and I each had a Rise n Shine breakfast, his with toast, mine with banana nut bread. Josh had a burger. Ha! Lunch for lunch! What a concept!! When we were done, we transferred the gifts from the truck over to Josh's car, so that, at the very least, this was accomplished today. Yay!
I stopped at the library to use the computer and still had some troubles, but finally managed to get on and check things out and do the basic things that needed done. Ron just sat at one of the tables and played his DS, so I knew he was warm and content, if not pleased with where he was. I did what needed done (my unemployment!), got the emails sent that needed sent, and just did what I could in that small amount of time. It's no way near as comfortable as being at home, but it gets stuff done, so - it works!
We stopped at the bank, so I could make a deposit (of checks) at the ATM. There was a car at the machine, then another one, then me. The la-de-da truck pulled in, backward like it does, and bullied its way up to the machine. It barely let the vehicle in front of me go up and do what it needed to do. Then it was my turn - and I'm the only vehicle there - but the guy is standing there and he tells me that he's got to put money in the machine. I tell him that I am going to make a DEPOSIT. He says, no, he's got to get this money in there. Once again, I said, I'm making a DEPOSIT - of CHECKS. I DON'T need any money right now. But he absolutely refused to let me go to the machine. He said no, I should go into the bank and do my deposit. I said, well, can I get through here then so I can PARK? And I sure hope he could hear the sarcasm in my voice. Cause that truck was sure blocking everything. He gestured to the driver, and he grudgingly backed up a couple inches. I am trying to get the truck through there, and he tells me, "You're gonna hit the curb" just before I do and I shot him the evil eye and said "well, there's NO ROOM on the OTHER side." Man, how I wished the tire would have BOOOOOMed and blown and we would have had to sit there and would have been all THEIR fault, but that was just me being spiteful. I really am very glad the tire didn't blow. That would have been the capper!
We got back home, and Ron started complaining of being cold. He actually said he started being cold in the library, and just couldn't get warm, and this is worrying me, because that man doesn't get cold. I am figuring it's still his nerves, or some kind of reaction, but damn. He went and got a quilt off the bed and covered up there on his recliner and has dozed all evening.
At 7, I made him a Hot Pocket, some (frozen) green beans, and a serving of walnuts for his supper. For mine, I zapped two packets of sausage biscuits. There are two in each packet. I then took the sausage from one and put onto the other and had one double-meat sandwich, for a total of two sandwiches, not four. I also had some mini pretzels, and that was supper.
I got to put today's food into MFP - I decided not to worry about yesterday's - and I ended up just short of my calorie count. Of course, when I put in the Rise n Shine breakfast, it says 'with toast' but I didn't have toast, and that should have knocked some calories off. But I was too lazy to put each part of the breakfast up separately, so I must suffer the consequences. So, I get credit for all those carbs. Ah, well, I'll live.
Today, all in all, was a sucky day. I told someone that was Friday the 13th - we were just a couple of days late!
I think everything will get four stars.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Sunday 12-15-13
This was mostly a normal Sunday. It was kinda weird, though, because my Bengals were not on until the night game, and I'm sure not used to that!
After church, we went up to Georgetown to have our breakfast, and we each had the big breakfast that is so yummy. BUT - I forgot to tell them that we wanted toast instead of pancakes, so we got stuck with the pancakes. Yuck, but okay.
Ron and I wrapped the Christmas gifts we had shopped for on Saturday, so I really didn't watch a lot of the early games, either, which - trust me - is not normal, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. We loaded the gifts into Ron's truck, because we are going down to their house tomorrow night for Corgan's Christmas concert and we can get the gifts to 'where they belong' and all will be good. I get to see the end of the early games, and watch the late games.
For supper, I had a bowl/can of chicken noodle soup, with Better Cheddar crackers, a turnip, and a banana. I don't remember what Ron had - probably one of his frozen Chinese things.
Our game, the night game, was a disaster. From the very beginning. There is no other word for it.
I went to get on the pute after halftime - seeing that the game was soooo interesting - and my pute kept telling me that I was FORBIDDEN to get on the Internet!! What??? I tried every little trick I could think of when I have getting-on-the-Internet troubles, and nothing worked, but, then again, I had never been forbidden by my own computer before! Jiminy Christmas! Finally, I just turned the pute off and watched the end of the game (and the news/weather that followed) in solitude and misery.
Monday 12-16-13
I was awakened this morning by my cell phone ringing at 4:30 this morning. It was Ron. His truck is in the ditch on Hoover Road. There is a curve there, but the truck wanted to go straight on the ice, so - it went straight. Right square between a telephone pole and the guide wire. | \ Yep, that's how much room there was. NONE. Luckily, no real damage to either him or the truck, except small dents and dings on the truck and just to his pride. The tires had nothing to grip onto and were just digging deeper holes and getting buried and buried and not going anywhere, so that sucked. I called AAA and went out to help however I could, which wasn't much, but I had to do something. We walked and walked back and forth between that last driveway, where I parked the car, and the truck, I don't know, maybe 5 times altogether. I just couldn't believe that he fit inbetween those two! He was so very lucky, that - if this had to happen, it happened like that - he could even get OUT of the truck!
When the tow truck got there, the driver checked things over, then told us that there was damage and he couldn't pull it out, and we had to call the state patrol. Oh, come on! We were certainly hoping to avoid that. But, no, we've got to call them. Sigh. How the hell long is it gonna take for them to come all the way out here at almost 6am? It's already been way over an hour waiting for the tow truck just to come out from Bethel! We sit and wait and wait and wait some more, and finally, the patrolman shows up. When he gets there, I go ahead and call AAA back, so they can get the tow truck back on its way, cause God only knows how long it will take for him to get out here this time, right? Luckily, before Ron is finished writing his report and receiving his ticket for failure to control (c'mon! give us a break!), the tow truck is back. The truck was pulled out with minimum fuss - I guess the tow truck driver knew what he was doing - and Ron drove it back home.
He called Rumpke to let them know what was going on, and they still wanted him to come in, but he told them that he was too worked up over this and needed to calm down for a while - and they know that he has been having blood pressure troubles - and they finally accepted that he is NOT coming in now, but they were not happy with him. They thought he should just shake it off and come on in! They are idiots.
We went back to bed until the alarm went off, time to get up for me to go to my neurologist appointment.
We got word that Corgan's school was cancelled today because of the snow and ice, and thus, the concert tonight would be, also. Well. What are we gonna do with a truck full of gifts now? Maybe the concert will be re-scheduled. Or there's always next weekend, but we'll have to carry them all back into the house. Ugh.
The neurologist appointment went great, I suppose. He 'promoted' me to only coming in once a year now! I guess that's a good thing, but next month I will be applying for disability, and how is that going to look? Sigh.
After going to the doctor, we had to go to Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, then we went to Bob Evans, and I texted Josh to see if he could join us. He works not 10 minutes away from there, and it was lunchtime, so - why not? He didn't answer right away, but then got back with us not long after we got there, and he did come down and join us, and that was a nice lunch. We haven't been able to have a meal, just the three of us, for a long, long time. Quite enjoyable. Ron and I each had a Rise n Shine breakfast, his with toast, mine with banana nut bread. Josh had a burger. Ha! Lunch for lunch! What a concept!! When we were done, we transferred the gifts from the truck over to Josh's car, so that, at the very least, this was accomplished today. Yay!
I stopped at the library to use the computer and still had some troubles, but finally managed to get on and check things out and do the basic things that needed done. Ron just sat at one of the tables and played his DS, so I knew he was warm and content, if not pleased with where he was. I did what needed done (my unemployment!), got the emails sent that needed sent, and just did what I could in that small amount of time. It's no way near as comfortable as being at home, but it gets stuff done, so - it works!
We stopped at the bank, so I could make a deposit (of checks) at the ATM. There was a car at the machine, then another one, then me. The la-de-da truck pulled in, backward like it does, and bullied its way up to the machine. It barely let the vehicle in front of me go up and do what it needed to do. Then it was my turn - and I'm the only vehicle there - but the guy is standing there and he tells me that he's got to put money in the machine. I tell him that I am going to make a DEPOSIT. He says, no, he's got to get this money in there. Once again, I said, I'm making a DEPOSIT - of CHECKS. I DON'T need any money right now. But he absolutely refused to let me go to the machine. He said no, I should go into the bank and do my deposit. I said, well, can I get through here then so I can PARK? And I sure hope he could hear the sarcasm in my voice. Cause that truck was sure blocking everything. He gestured to the driver, and he grudgingly backed up a couple inches. I am trying to get the truck through there, and he tells me, "You're gonna hit the curb" just before I do and I shot him the evil eye and said "well, there's NO ROOM on the OTHER side." Man, how I wished the tire would have BOOOOOMed and blown and we would have had to sit there and would have been all THEIR fault, but that was just me being spiteful. I really am very glad the tire didn't blow. That would have been the capper!
We got back home, and Ron started complaining of being cold. He actually said he started being cold in the library, and just couldn't get warm, and this is worrying me, because that man doesn't get cold. I am figuring it's still his nerves, or some kind of reaction, but damn. He went and got a quilt off the bed and covered up there on his recliner and has dozed all evening.
At 7, I made him a Hot Pocket, some (frozen) green beans, and a serving of walnuts for his supper. For mine, I zapped two packets of sausage biscuits. There are two in each packet. I then took the sausage from one and put onto the other and had one double-meat sandwich, for a total of two sandwiches, not four. I also had some mini pretzels, and that was supper.
I got to put today's food into MFP - I decided not to worry about yesterday's - and I ended up just short of my calorie count. Of course, when I put in the Rise n Shine breakfast, it says 'with toast' but I didn't have toast, and that should have knocked some calories off. But I was too lazy to put each part of the breakfast up separately, so I must suffer the consequences. So, I get credit for all those carbs. Ah, well, I'll live.
Today, all in all, was a sucky day. I told someone that was Friday the 13th - we were just a couple of days late!
I think everything will get four stars.
Sunday, December 15, 2013
It's a Princess Party Saturday!
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Today started way too early. I was up last night (with Corgan) until 1:30. Well, he made it til a little after midnight, when a new Mythbusters show started, and I let the whole show finish before turning off the TV and making him go to bed - which he did, fully clothed and on top of the bedding. Silly boy! But at least he was in the bed and not in the recliner, I suppose. Then I went on to bed, read a bit, then off to snoozeland.
Well, guess what time I woke up this morning? SEVEN!! I just couldn't believe it. Seven. I tried to snooze some more, but it didn't work, and I was up by eight thirty. Sheesh.
We decided to make us all some breakfast, so we got bacon and sausage out of the freezer and Ron cooked them on the griddle. Corgan wanted to cook the eggs on the stove, in a cast-iron skillet, and he did cook the first two (before Ron had even gotten the meat started!), and made a total mess of them. First of all, he didn't warm up the pan, then he broke the yolks, then he tried to turn them over before they were ready - oh, you get the picture. Anyway, they were done enough, but way too early, and he ate them before anything else has cooked. By the time everything else was done, he said he was hungry and wanted 'real' eggs and would Grandpa make him some on the griddle, too? We laughed. We had tried to tell him, but he had wanted so bad to be the one to make the eggs. Poor little fella.
We all enjoyed our breakfast together then.
One of our good friend's daughter's 3rd birthday party is today. Steve is my son's best friend, and we've always called him our 'second son,' so this makes Evie kinda our 'second granddaughter.' She just totally loves the Disney princesses - her favorite is Belle - and, thus, a Princess Party today. We don't get to see them nearly as often as we'd like, since they live on the other side of Cincinnati now, but it was certainly worth the drive for the party today. Brandy did a very good job getting all this together. Steve may have helped her, but I know darn well she did the bulk of it! The food, the cake, the Princess decorations and all - it was all great! Josh, Chelle, and Jean met us in Amelia - we were getting the oil changed in the truck while we had the chance - and we all rode together, as there is not a lot of room in their driveway. Chelle had opened this morning, and was tired, so we only stayed around 2-1/2 to 3 hours, so she could get home and get some rest.
Then, Ron and I went Christmas shopping! I couldn't believe that he actually agreed to go, but he did!
We went over to Meijer's and wandered around and around there. A couple hours and a four sore feet later, we were as done as we could be for tonight. We decided to go to Roney's (formerly Roy Roger's) for a bite to eat - we don't get over there very often - before heading home. We both knew this day's "counts" for food - calories for me, sodium for him - was shot to hell, what with breakfast, the birthday party and now supper, so why not? Oh, how we enjoyed it!
Damn, do I love those Double Rs!! Sorry, Lucky Rs now.
I had already made the decision that I was going to "forget" to do my MFP tonight. All the little bits and pieces from the birthday party are just too hard to put in there, and I'm lazy. LOL
I certainly got my exercise today. Might not be official exercise, but by golly, it was exercise! So exercise is gonna get four stars, and so is food. I'm sure I was over on calories, but damn was it good! Even the birthday cake!
Today started way too early. I was up last night (with Corgan) until 1:30. Well, he made it til a little after midnight, when a new Mythbusters show started, and I let the whole show finish before turning off the TV and making him go to bed - which he did, fully clothed and on top of the bedding. Silly boy! But at least he was in the bed and not in the recliner, I suppose. Then I went on to bed, read a bit, then off to snoozeland.
Well, guess what time I woke up this morning? SEVEN!! I just couldn't believe it. Seven. I tried to snooze some more, but it didn't work, and I was up by eight thirty. Sheesh.
We decided to make us all some breakfast, so we got bacon and sausage out of the freezer and Ron cooked them on the griddle. Corgan wanted to cook the eggs on the stove, in a cast-iron skillet, and he did cook the first two (before Ron had even gotten the meat started!), and made a total mess of them. First of all, he didn't warm up the pan, then he broke the yolks, then he tried to turn them over before they were ready - oh, you get the picture. Anyway, they were done enough, but way too early, and he ate them before anything else has cooked. By the time everything else was done, he said he was hungry and wanted 'real' eggs and would Grandpa make him some on the griddle, too? We laughed. We had tried to tell him, but he had wanted so bad to be the one to make the eggs. Poor little fella.
We all enjoyed our breakfast together then.
One of our good friend's daughter's 3rd birthday party is today. Steve is my son's best friend, and we've always called him our 'second son,' so this makes Evie kinda our 'second granddaughter.' She just totally loves the Disney princesses - her favorite is Belle - and, thus, a Princess Party today. We don't get to see them nearly as often as we'd like, since they live on the other side of Cincinnati now, but it was certainly worth the drive for the party today. Brandy did a very good job getting all this together. Steve may have helped her, but I know darn well she did the bulk of it! The food, the cake, the Princess decorations and all - it was all great! Josh, Chelle, and Jean met us in Amelia - we were getting the oil changed in the truck while we had the chance - and we all rode together, as there is not a lot of room in their driveway. Chelle had opened this morning, and was tired, so we only stayed around 2-1/2 to 3 hours, so she could get home and get some rest.
Then, Ron and I went Christmas shopping! I couldn't believe that he actually agreed to go, but he did!
We went over to Meijer's and wandered around and around there. A couple hours and a four sore feet later, we were as done as we could be for tonight. We decided to go to Roney's (formerly Roy Roger's) for a bite to eat - we don't get over there very often - before heading home. We both knew this day's "counts" for food - calories for me, sodium for him - was shot to hell, what with breakfast, the birthday party and now supper, so why not? Oh, how we enjoyed it!
Damn, do I love those Double Rs!! Sorry, Lucky Rs now.
I had already made the decision that I was going to "forget" to do my MFP tonight. All the little bits and pieces from the birthday party are just too hard to put in there, and I'm lazy. LOL
I certainly got my exercise today. Might not be official exercise, but by golly, it was exercise! So exercise is gonna get four stars, and so is food. I'm sure I was over on calories, but damn was it good! Even the birthday cake!
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Running-around, busy busy getting-stuff-done day
Friday, December 13, 2013
I woke up this morning at 8. EIGHT. Almost right on the dot. My clock in the bedroom is set twenty minutes early, and it said 8:01, so.....there. Phooey. Needless to say - my eyes are burning and I am so ready to go to bed tonight, and it's "only" 11:30. Plus, I had another sugar low this afternoon and ran around all day - I went to WalMart twice, and up to Georgetown - the store that used to be Pamida - once. As well as making Ron and Corgan make a craft instead of sitting on their butts watching TV (or playing Wii), it was a pretty big day. Go, go, go. (no, not gadget...lol)
When I got up, I decided to run back down to WalMart to get Corgan some Warhead candy canes for the craft I had planned for us to do tonight. He loves Warheads! They must be his favorite candy, although he is starting to complain that they aren't sour enough anymore. Crazy child. I did walk through the store again - why not?, right? - and also picked up a few more Christmas items (of course). Afterward, I was going to go straight home - it was only 10:30 - but then decided to go ahead and treat myself to breakfast once again. We don't have 'extra' money very often, and I can spend a little on myself, can't I? So, I went to Bob Evans and had the Sunshine Skillet and banana nut bread (once again) before going home.
Once home, I just played on the pute for a while - like all afternoon - until Ron texted that he was going to work late, so I called Chelle and asked her if she wanted me to get Corgan, or just wait til Ron was finally off of work for him to come get him, and she said if I wanted to drive to Georgetown, they would meet me up there. So, I got dressed again and took off for Georgetown. We met at Shopko - the store that used to be Pamida - and wandered around in there, looking at their Christmas stuff.
We paid for the stuff we bought, and Corgan and I headed for our house, and they headed for their home.
Ron finally got home after 6. I had talked to him earlier about possibly going Christmas shopping for him tonight because there is supposed to be possibly 2" of snow falling overnight, and continuing until tomorrow afternoon, with an accumulation of 4" total. If that happens, we sure won't be able to go shopping tomorrow morning! When he came in, he washed up, changed his clothes, and off we went. Guess where we went - yep, back to WalMart.
We got a very good start on his Christmas shopping, but since we left the lists at home, we didn't get very much done. We are idiots! After the shopping was done, we went over to the Barn for some supper. He, of course, got the chicken dinner - and so did Corgan - and I got a bacon cheeseburger, with mashed potatoes, instead of the fries I get at lunchtime.
I had had a sugar low around 4, and had munched on this and that, including a banana while driving to Georgetown (I can't remember the other stuff!) and I just don't get it - when I have Bob Evans for breakfast - or lunch - on Sundays, this doesn't happen. Why is it happening now? Strange. But, since these are the only two days I am doing this, I am not particularly going to worry about it.
We came back home after eating our supper, and then we got to make our craft. We had so much fun making those little candy cane wreaths! Corgan really liked the Warhead candy canes, Ron didn't particularly care one way or the other, and mine were just regular ones. Ron's were pastel sour things, by the way. I tried to get a variety of colors! It took us about 45 minutes or so to make these, and we left them on the table so the glue could dry. It sure better be dry when we get up in the morning! We used tape where we could, but sometimes, good ol' Elmer's Glue is what hits the spot.
The fellas did a good job on theirs, considering that they are fellas. Of course, I preferred mine - and my color scheme - the best one when they were all done. <blush>
Then, the guys got on the TV and I got on the pute. Yay! Fun evening! Fun family time!
When I put all my food - and the exercise - into MFP, I was 300+ calories OVER for the day. OVER! Wow - and I couldn't even remember the snacks I ate when I had the sugar low! Oh, well, I guess that will happen every once in a while.
I may have been over on calories, but today is getting five stars for everything!!
I woke up this morning at 8. EIGHT. Almost right on the dot. My clock in the bedroom is set twenty minutes early, and it said 8:01, so.....there. Phooey. Needless to say - my eyes are burning and I am so ready to go to bed tonight, and it's "only" 11:30. Plus, I had another sugar low this afternoon and ran around all day - I went to WalMart twice, and up to Georgetown - the store that used to be Pamida - once. As well as making Ron and Corgan make a craft instead of sitting on their butts watching TV (or playing Wii), it was a pretty big day. Go, go, go. (no, not gadget...lol)
When I got up, I decided to run back down to WalMart to get Corgan some Warhead candy canes for the craft I had planned for us to do tonight. He loves Warheads! They must be his favorite candy, although he is starting to complain that they aren't sour enough anymore. Crazy child. I did walk through the store again - why not?, right? - and also picked up a few more Christmas items (of course). Afterward, I was going to go straight home - it was only 10:30 - but then decided to go ahead and treat myself to breakfast once again. We don't have 'extra' money very often, and I can spend a little on myself, can't I? So, I went to Bob Evans and had the Sunshine Skillet and banana nut bread (once again) before going home.
Once home, I just played on the pute for a while - like all afternoon - until Ron texted that he was going to work late, so I called Chelle and asked her if she wanted me to get Corgan, or just wait til Ron was finally off of work for him to come get him, and she said if I wanted to drive to Georgetown, they would meet me up there. So, I got dressed again and took off for Georgetown. We met at Shopko - the store that used to be Pamida - and wandered around in there, looking at their Christmas stuff.
We paid for the stuff we bought, and Corgan and I headed for our house, and they headed for their home.
Ron finally got home after 6. I had talked to him earlier about possibly going Christmas shopping for him tonight because there is supposed to be possibly 2" of snow falling overnight, and continuing until tomorrow afternoon, with an accumulation of 4" total. If that happens, we sure won't be able to go shopping tomorrow morning! When he came in, he washed up, changed his clothes, and off we went. Guess where we went - yep, back to WalMart.
We got a very good start on his Christmas shopping, but since we left the lists at home, we didn't get very much done. We are idiots! After the shopping was done, we went over to the Barn for some supper. He, of course, got the chicken dinner - and so did Corgan - and I got a bacon cheeseburger, with mashed potatoes, instead of the fries I get at lunchtime.
I had had a sugar low around 4, and had munched on this and that, including a banana while driving to Georgetown (I can't remember the other stuff!) and I just don't get it - when I have Bob Evans for breakfast - or lunch - on Sundays, this doesn't happen. Why is it happening now? Strange. But, since these are the only two days I am doing this, I am not particularly going to worry about it.
We came back home after eating our supper, and then we got to make our craft. We had so much fun making those little candy cane wreaths! Corgan really liked the Warhead candy canes, Ron didn't particularly care one way or the other, and mine were just regular ones. Ron's were pastel sour things, by the way. I tried to get a variety of colors! It took us about 45 minutes or so to make these, and we left them on the table so the glue could dry. It sure better be dry when we get up in the morning! We used tape where we could, but sometimes, good ol' Elmer's Glue is what hits the spot.
The fellas did a good job on theirs, considering that they are fellas. Of course, I preferred mine - and my color scheme - the best one when they were all done. <blush>
Then, the guys got on the TV and I got on the pute. Yay! Fun evening! Fun family time!
When I put all my food - and the exercise - into MFP, I was 300+ calories OVER for the day. OVER! Wow - and I couldn't even remember the snacks I ate when I had the sugar low! Oh, well, I guess that will happen every once in a while.
I may have been over on calories, but today is getting five stars for everything!!
Friday, December 13, 2013
A busy, busy Thursday
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Today, I DIDN'T wake up at 8:30 in the morning! YAY!! I did wake up around 7 to go pee, and thought to myself then "ugh - hope I don't get up in an hour or so" but then, next time I woke up, it was after 10, so I was very pleased with that. I still don't understand all that, but I am not going to fret over it. I finished the book I was reading - hey, I can't let Ruth run out of books, now, can I? - and got up right before 11.
I decided that I should go to WalMart today and get what little bit of grocery shopping I need to do done before the weekend, so if we do go Christmas shopping (you just don't realize what it's like, trying to get Ron to go Christmas shopping...) this weekend, then we won't get the groceries and the Christmas stuff all confused. That kind of stuff is so very easy to do, and our money is scary enough right now. Ron gets confused easy enough, too!
I went to the Post Office here in Bethel to get more Christmas stamps. They are out of all except the dumb old ornaments. You know, the ones they've had for the last ten years or so. I just can't believe it! They complain about not having enough money blah blah blah but they can't have what people want??? Yeah, okay? Do they know what happens to businesses that don't keep their buying public happy? Yeah, they fold. Sheesh. So, now I have to go to the Post Office in Amelia. Okay, I can deal with that. It will give me a good excuse to go to Walgreen's, too. I can always look around there and maybe find a thing or two to buy.
I went to Walgreen's first - it was the farthest away - and then went to the Amelia Post Office. I wanted the Mother & Child and the Gingerbread House stamps. Well, they are out of the Mother & Child ones. Un - BE - lievable!! "Oh, they are the most popular one." Hmmmm, well, that should tell you something! Duh. I got the Gingerbread Houses and left, but was not happy. I wonder if I should write a bitch letter?? LOL
Then I went back to WalMart, although I did stop at Bob Evans and had my lunch first. I do know better than to go shopping without eating first. I had the Sunshine Skillet and banana nut bread.
I got my shopping done, making sure I got a full 'WalMart Walk' in and then some. I probably walked that store over twice, if not more. I was feeling pretty good, and the only thing I forgot, which was not on my list, was Colby Jack cheese. Yep, I felt good.
Back home, got the car unloaded and stuff put away, and onto the pute for a nice afternoon.
Ron got home a little after 5. Much better than the before 4 that's been happening all week. I am not looking forward to next week's paycheck, let me tell you. Ugh. Ah, well, his work always slows down a bit in the wintertime, but, still, not yet, please - 2 more weeks!
He'd been home about half an hour and I suddenly - and I mean suddenly - had a sugar low. I did NOT have any of the symptoms that I usually do, I did not know it, and it was very, very weird. I don't know what even made me think of checking my sugar, but I am glad something did. It was 42. FORTY-TWO. That is not good. No way, no how. I got my handy-dandy jar of jelly beans and ate 25 of 'em. I ate the first 10 or so very quickly, but then slowed down and ate them one by one. It was pretty frightening. I didn't feel 'normal' for about an hour, and I still can't figure this out - why? I didn't do anything extra strenuous or anything (unfortunately), I didn't eat any strange food. I just don't know - I guess it just happens sometimes.
When I got to feeling 'normal' again, we made our supper. We made Ron those cabbage steaks (cabbage slices brushed with olive oil, garlic & onion powders mixed together and baked) and he had one of his frozen Chinese things. I had a fried egg sandwich, some cherry orange tomatoes, a turnip, and a banana. I know, we live a wild life!
When I put my food into MFP, those damn jelly beans made me within 100 calories of my day's allotment! Without them, I would have been 300+ again. Phooey! Oh, well. I guess I have to hit that number every once in a while, don't I?
Everything is getting five stars today!! Everything happened, and everything was manageable, and all was good!
Today, I DIDN'T wake up at 8:30 in the morning! YAY!! I did wake up around 7 to go pee, and thought to myself then "ugh - hope I don't get up in an hour or so" but then, next time I woke up, it was after 10, so I was very pleased with that. I still don't understand all that, but I am not going to fret over it. I finished the book I was reading - hey, I can't let Ruth run out of books, now, can I? - and got up right before 11.
I decided that I should go to WalMart today and get what little bit of grocery shopping I need to do done before the weekend, so if we do go Christmas shopping (you just don't realize what it's like, trying to get Ron to go Christmas shopping...) this weekend, then we won't get the groceries and the Christmas stuff all confused. That kind of stuff is so very easy to do, and our money is scary enough right now. Ron gets confused easy enough, too!
I went to the Post Office here in Bethel to get more Christmas stamps. They are out of all except the dumb old ornaments. You know, the ones they've had for the last ten years or so. I just can't believe it! They complain about not having enough money blah blah blah but they can't have what people want??? Yeah, okay? Do they know what happens to businesses that don't keep their buying public happy? Yeah, they fold. Sheesh. So, now I have to go to the Post Office in Amelia. Okay, I can deal with that. It will give me a good excuse to go to Walgreen's, too. I can always look around there and maybe find a thing or two to buy.
I went to Walgreen's first - it was the farthest away - and then went to the Amelia Post Office. I wanted the Mother & Child and the Gingerbread House stamps. Well, they are out of the Mother & Child ones. Un - BE - lievable!! "Oh, they are the most popular one." Hmmmm, well, that should tell you something! Duh. I got the Gingerbread Houses and left, but was not happy. I wonder if I should write a bitch letter?? LOL
Then I went back to WalMart, although I did stop at Bob Evans and had my lunch first. I do know better than to go shopping without eating first. I had the Sunshine Skillet and banana nut bread.
I got my shopping done, making sure I got a full 'WalMart Walk' in and then some. I probably walked that store over twice, if not more. I was feeling pretty good, and the only thing I forgot, which was not on my list, was Colby Jack cheese. Yep, I felt good.
Back home, got the car unloaded and stuff put away, and onto the pute for a nice afternoon.
Ron got home a little after 5. Much better than the before 4 that's been happening all week. I am not looking forward to next week's paycheck, let me tell you. Ugh. Ah, well, his work always slows down a bit in the wintertime, but, still, not yet, please - 2 more weeks!
He'd been home about half an hour and I suddenly - and I mean suddenly - had a sugar low. I did NOT have any of the symptoms that I usually do, I did not know it, and it was very, very weird. I don't know what even made me think of checking my sugar, but I am glad something did. It was 42. FORTY-TWO. That is not good. No way, no how. I got my handy-dandy jar of jelly beans and ate 25 of 'em. I ate the first 10 or so very quickly, but then slowed down and ate them one by one. It was pretty frightening. I didn't feel 'normal' for about an hour, and I still can't figure this out - why? I didn't do anything extra strenuous or anything (unfortunately), I didn't eat any strange food. I just don't know - I guess it just happens sometimes.
When I got to feeling 'normal' again, we made our supper. We made Ron those cabbage steaks (cabbage slices brushed with olive oil, garlic & onion powders mixed together and baked) and he had one of his frozen Chinese things. I had a fried egg sandwich, some cherry orange tomatoes, a turnip, and a banana. I know, we live a wild life!
When I put my food into MFP, those damn jelly beans made me within 100 calories of my day's allotment! Without them, I would have been 300+ again. Phooey! Oh, well. I guess I have to hit that number every once in a while, don't I?
Everything is getting five stars today!! Everything happened, and everything was manageable, and all was good!
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
A nice lazy day
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
I woke up this morning as I have been - around 8:30. I just don't get it. Why am I waking so early? True, the phone starts ringing that damn early, but I am awake before the phone starts ringing. It does not wake me up - I am already semi-awake by then. It makes no sense at all to me. Maybe if I got to sleep before midnight or something, but - no, I don't. It's one or one thirty, so -- I just don't get it. Oh, well, I guess I don't have to.
I got up around 10 after reading a bit. I got all the gifts we had bought so far wrapped and ready to send home with Josh tonight, then just came out and got on the pute and played around for the afternoon. At one thirty, I got my lunch - chicken salad and walnuts - and that was pretty much it for the day. Didn't do a darn thing.
When Ron came home around four thirty, we decided to watch some Christmas shows and soon weeded out some DVDs we don't want any more. Maybe we are getting old or something! We soon got tired of changing the DVDs all the time and went back to watching TV. God! We ARE getting old!
At seven, we made our suppers. He had a frozen Chinese something, which he added broccoli to, and I had potato soup, which I added tuna to. I also had a serving of the flat-ass pretzels, and finished off the salami I had in 'salami fold-ups' and two slices of Colby Jack cheese.
I then watched Criminal Minds and CSI - I do love my dead guys!
Putting my food into MFP, I was 500+ calories short for the day, so I finished off the bag of the pretzels as a snack, which put me down to only (close to) 300+ for the day. I really should have worked in some kind of exercise today, but I'm kinda glad I didn't. Eating more now makes me feel like a pig! And being able to say that makes me feel good, too!
Five stars today for food. Zilch for exercise. Sigh.
I woke up this morning as I have been - around 8:30. I just don't get it. Why am I waking so early? True, the phone starts ringing that damn early, but I am awake before the phone starts ringing. It does not wake me up - I am already semi-awake by then. It makes no sense at all to me. Maybe if I got to sleep before midnight or something, but - no, I don't. It's one or one thirty, so -- I just don't get it. Oh, well, I guess I don't have to.
I got up around 10 after reading a bit. I got all the gifts we had bought so far wrapped and ready to send home with Josh tonight, then just came out and got on the pute and played around for the afternoon. At one thirty, I got my lunch - chicken salad and walnuts - and that was pretty much it for the day. Didn't do a darn thing.
When Ron came home around four thirty, we decided to watch some Christmas shows and soon weeded out some DVDs we don't want any more. Maybe we are getting old or something! We soon got tired of changing the DVDs all the time and went back to watching TV. God! We ARE getting old!
At seven, we made our suppers. He had a frozen Chinese something, which he added broccoli to, and I had potato soup, which I added tuna to. I also had a serving of the flat-ass pretzels, and finished off the salami I had in 'salami fold-ups' and two slices of Colby Jack cheese.
I then watched Criminal Minds and CSI - I do love my dead guys!
Putting my food into MFP, I was 500+ calories short for the day, so I finished off the bag of the pretzels as a snack, which put me down to only (close to) 300+ for the day. I really should have worked in some kind of exercise today, but I'm kinda glad I didn't. Eating more now makes me feel like a pig! And being able to say that makes me feel good, too!
Five stars today for food. Zilch for exercise. Sigh.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
A very odd mid-week day
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Today was going to be a little different, because of Ron going back to the doctor to finish his DOT physical. If you remember, he had flunked the blood pressure part of this 2 weeks ago. Now, 2 weeks is not a lot of time to get blood pressure down, but we did what we could with his diet, and he took the medicine he was supposed to, so -- we'll see.
I woke up right around 8:30, and read until quarter til 10. I got up and got started on finishing the Christmas cards. I wanted to get them in the mail when we went out today, and I was more than halfway done, then had to do the stickers, the return address labels, and the stamps.
I had gotten done with them, and had gotten thru the 'stamping' of the out-of-state cards, and was working on the in-state-but-out-of-town cards when Ron texted me that he was on his way home. WHAT?? It's barely past noon! That's not right - he was going to work til one or so...something is funny in the town of Dodge! Rumpke doesn't let him come home any earlier than they have to, trust me. When he got there, he said that with all the boxes (dumpsters) being frozen, he would not have been able to go pick one up, get back to the dump & dump (dig all the frozen garbage out...) it and return blah blah blah. So -- he got to leave an hour earlier than expected! What an unexpected surprise! Not great for next week's paycheck, but we'll deal with that then.
He went ahead and got his lunch - he ate some of my walnuts (NO sodium) and 2 of the pop cakes - took his shower and just chilled, sitting in his recliner and playing his DS (trying to 'nap' ya know) while I finished up the cards. I finally got through with the in-town cards at quarter after one - not bad, I had estimated one o'clock! I got my lunch - a serving of walnuts, then went and took my shower, got dressed for the cold outdoors, got all the cards packed up into their groups to drop at the Post Office, got all his paperwork ready to go, and refilled my tea and all that fun stuff. I figured we would leave at 2, and at 5 after, we pulled out of the driveway!
We were doing so well on time that we did one of our planned 'after' stops on the way - we stopped at Jungle Jim's. All we needed was more of the Pop Cakes, and we ran in and got them, and were back out in less than 10 minutes.
At the doctor's, we (okay, he and I tagged along) were called back to the exam room. The nurse had Ron weigh himself first and he's lost 16 pounds in these two weeks. I guess the diet part is working! Now to find out about the blood pressure part... She does his blood pressure. Nope. The bottom number is very good, but the top number is only down 4 points since 2 weeks ago. FOUR. That's it. Ron and I are both dumbfounded. How can that be? His little machine at home is showing much better numbers than that! It must be White Coat Syndrome. It must be. She writes it down on a sticky note and goes away. I hand Ron his DS and read my book some more. A hundred years later, when Doc comes in, he checks it again - with the manual thingy and not the machine - and now it's down 10 points. That's still not enough to be a passing number, but it's now in the 'workable' range.
Doc peruses Rumpke's paperwork and finds out that he can sign Ron's certificate for ONE year, not two, and so he does that. We all discuss what can be done now, and he says just stick with what we are doing. 2 weeks just wasn't that long of time to - or for - the higher dose of medicine, and the better diet, to really kick in. It helped, yes, and it was a good, a very good, start, but just hasn't been long enough. He wants to see Ron back in 2 months to make sure everything is working now (i.e.: another follow-up). Since I already have an appointment in February, we set up both appointments together.
Well.
His appointment was at 3:30, and we didn't get out of there until after 5. Long, long doctor visit. I'm so glad that our doctor likes us, and spends a lot of time taking care of things like this WITH us.
When we left there, because of no lunch, we were hungry, so we went to Cracker Barrel for a very early supper. Ron chose the lemon pepper trout, and I, of course, had the chicken and dumplings. His sides were a sweet potato and mine the hashbrown casserole. We both had the green beans, and we both refused the bread (biscuits or cornbread). After eating, we shopped a little (of course!) then left.
We stopped at Office Max on the way out, instead of going all the way up to Staples on Beechmont as we had planned, to get the ink for my printer. Yay! Another stop out of the way. One more to go - and I just might make my TOPS meeting in time now - you know, the one that I'm going to be back way in time for - in time to get Ron home and pick up my bag with my books and all in and go back uptown to? Yeah, that one. Sigh.
OK, driving back toward Bethel from Eastgate around 6pm is not fun, especially not when you know you are now running late. But I persevered. Our last stop was at Walgreen's. I had a small list of 3 items to run in and get. Just three, one of which was a birthday present for a 3-year-old. I knew just what I wanted, and just where it was in the store. Guess what? Yep. It's not there. I had to improvise! Then they were out of the second item, and I let it go, and they had moved the third and I had to ask someone. Ugh! I finally got done, got everything paid for, and left. Okay, 20 til. I can do this.
I need to be at the TOPS meeting to weigh in by 7pm - the meeting itself starts at 7, and you must weigh in before the meeting starts. I did it! I squeaked in at 6:57! Man, was it close! Of course, I had none of my books or anything for the meeting, but I was there. Poor Ron had to sit out in the car, but I couldn't help that. He's a big boy, he can handle it. As it was, there were only 5 of us there - I was the fifth - and we cut the meeting short. 5 members out of 20 is not a very good showing, and does not make for good decisions or agreements.
Getting home, I finally got to play on the pute today while Ron watched TV through his eyelids as usual. I can't complain, though, he did wonderful while we were out!
When I put all my food for the day into MFP, I was so short (UNDER 1000 calories for the day!) that I went ahead and made myself a bag of microwave popcorn for a snack and got together a snack for later when I go to bed, to enjoy as I read. I am still over 300 short for the day, but much better than before!
Food is getting five stars today, and exercise two. I did a bunch of walking - fast walking - even though I can't take credit for it.
I am sure glad today is over, let me tell you.
Today was going to be a little different, because of Ron going back to the doctor to finish his DOT physical. If you remember, he had flunked the blood pressure part of this 2 weeks ago. Now, 2 weeks is not a lot of time to get blood pressure down, but we did what we could with his diet, and he took the medicine he was supposed to, so -- we'll see.
I woke up right around 8:30, and read until quarter til 10. I got up and got started on finishing the Christmas cards. I wanted to get them in the mail when we went out today, and I was more than halfway done, then had to do the stickers, the return address labels, and the stamps.
I had gotten done with them, and had gotten thru the 'stamping' of the out-of-state cards, and was working on the in-state-but-out-of-town cards when Ron texted me that he was on his way home. WHAT?? It's barely past noon! That's not right - he was going to work til one or so...something is funny in the town of Dodge! Rumpke doesn't let him come home any earlier than they have to, trust me. When he got there, he said that with all the boxes (dumpsters) being frozen, he would not have been able to go pick one up, get back to the dump & dump (dig all the frozen garbage out...) it and return blah blah blah. So -- he got to leave an hour earlier than expected! What an unexpected surprise! Not great for next week's paycheck, but we'll deal with that then.
He went ahead and got his lunch - he ate some of my walnuts (NO sodium) and 2 of the pop cakes - took his shower and just chilled, sitting in his recliner and playing his DS (trying to 'nap' ya know) while I finished up the cards. I finally got through with the in-town cards at quarter after one - not bad, I had estimated one o'clock! I got my lunch - a serving of walnuts, then went and took my shower, got dressed for the cold outdoors, got all the cards packed up into their groups to drop at the Post Office, got all his paperwork ready to go, and refilled my tea and all that fun stuff. I figured we would leave at 2, and at 5 after, we pulled out of the driveway!
We were doing so well on time that we did one of our planned 'after' stops on the way - we stopped at Jungle Jim's. All we needed was more of the Pop Cakes, and we ran in and got them, and were back out in less than 10 minutes.
At the doctor's, we (okay, he and I tagged along) were called back to the exam room. The nurse had Ron weigh himself first and he's lost 16 pounds in these two weeks. I guess the diet part is working! Now to find out about the blood pressure part... She does his blood pressure. Nope. The bottom number is very good, but the top number is only down 4 points since 2 weeks ago. FOUR. That's it. Ron and I are both dumbfounded. How can that be? His little machine at home is showing much better numbers than that! It must be White Coat Syndrome. It must be. She writes it down on a sticky note and goes away. I hand Ron his DS and read my book some more. A hundred years later, when Doc comes in, he checks it again - with the manual thingy and not the machine - and now it's down 10 points. That's still not enough to be a passing number, but it's now in the 'workable' range.
Doc peruses Rumpke's paperwork and finds out that he can sign Ron's certificate for ONE year, not two, and so he does that. We all discuss what can be done now, and he says just stick with what we are doing. 2 weeks just wasn't that long of time to - or for - the higher dose of medicine, and the better diet, to really kick in. It helped, yes, and it was a good, a very good, start, but just hasn't been long enough. He wants to see Ron back in 2 months to make sure everything is working now (i.e.: another follow-up). Since I already have an appointment in February, we set up both appointments together.
Well.
His appointment was at 3:30, and we didn't get out of there until after 5. Long, long doctor visit. I'm so glad that our doctor likes us, and spends a lot of time taking care of things like this WITH us.
When we left there, because of no lunch, we were hungry, so we went to Cracker Barrel for a very early supper. Ron chose the lemon pepper trout, and I, of course, had the chicken and dumplings. His sides were a sweet potato and mine the hashbrown casserole. We both had the green beans, and we both refused the bread (biscuits or cornbread). After eating, we shopped a little (of course!) then left.
We stopped at Office Max on the way out, instead of going all the way up to Staples on Beechmont as we had planned, to get the ink for my printer. Yay! Another stop out of the way. One more to go - and I just might make my TOPS meeting in time now - you know, the one that I'm going to be back way in time for - in time to get Ron home and pick up my bag with my books and all in and go back uptown to? Yeah, that one. Sigh.
OK, driving back toward Bethel from Eastgate around 6pm is not fun, especially not when you know you are now running late. But I persevered. Our last stop was at Walgreen's. I had a small list of 3 items to run in and get. Just three, one of which was a birthday present for a 3-year-old. I knew just what I wanted, and just where it was in the store. Guess what? Yep. It's not there. I had to improvise! Then they were out of the second item, and I let it go, and they had moved the third and I had to ask someone. Ugh! I finally got done, got everything paid for, and left. Okay, 20 til. I can do this.
I need to be at the TOPS meeting to weigh in by 7pm - the meeting itself starts at 7, and you must weigh in before the meeting starts. I did it! I squeaked in at 6:57! Man, was it close! Of course, I had none of my books or anything for the meeting, but I was there. Poor Ron had to sit out in the car, but I couldn't help that. He's a big boy, he can handle it. As it was, there were only 5 of us there - I was the fifth - and we cut the meeting short. 5 members out of 20 is not a very good showing, and does not make for good decisions or agreements.
Getting home, I finally got to play on the pute today while Ron watched TV through his eyelids as usual. I can't complain, though, he did wonderful while we were out!
When I put all my food for the day into MFP, I was so short (UNDER 1000 calories for the day!) that I went ahead and made myself a bag of microwave popcorn for a snack and got together a snack for later when I go to bed, to enjoy as I read. I am still over 300 short for the day, but much better than before!
Food is getting five stars today, and exercise two. I did a bunch of walking - fast walking - even though I can't take credit for it.
I am sure glad today is over, let me tell you.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Getting my house Christmas-y today!
Monday, December 9, 2013
I didn't wake up today until almost 11am! ELEVEN! It has been quite a while since I've done that - and, boy did it feel good. If you remember, I didn't sleep Saturday night, and, of course, on Sunday, I watched football. I tried to nap - honest Injun, I did - but it just didn't happen. I did turn the game off early last night. It was a foregone conclusion who was going to win, so I didn't need to watch the entire fourth quarter. Thus, to bed 'early' on a Sunday night. I didn't even read. I took my pharmacy-full of pills, turned of the light, snuggled right in and - ZOOM - that was all she wrote.
Unfortunately, not long after I got up, I realized that I - for some reason - I had woken up with one hellacious headache. Now, because of blessed medicines, my headaches have been under very good control for a long time. For this to be bad enough to be noticed so soon is kinda disturbing. Number-wise, it is a 7 or 8. Luckily, it is not a stabby-type headache, just a dull throbbing aching one.
I started in on the job I had pegged for this morning - getting my inside Christmas stuff hung up! I went through my popcorn tins, got everything out, and got to work. I hung it all except the things I couldn't reach and couldn't climb to do - Ron will do it when he gets home, because he doesn't want me to hurt myself - and then (surprise), I took pictures of it all to share with my friends.
Then I worked on our Christmas cards some more. I'm pretty proud of myself. I'm about 3/4 of the way done now, and will finish up tomorrow morning. Ron has a doctor appointment, and we'll be able to go to the post office in town and get them mailed when we go out. Yay!
I stopped for lunch at 1:30 (chicken salad and walnuts) and got on the pute, got my games all caught up and piddled around for a bit.
After a while, my head was still hurting, so I got off the pute, threw a load of towels into the washer, and did the weekend dishes. There's nothing like playing Happy Homemaker on a Monday morning (afternoon, now), which is what I normally do.
I put in a Christmas cartoon (Miser Brothers' Christmas) and got on the damn exercise bike. I thought I could just pedal away the whole cartoon, but I just couldn't. Couldn't. I did ride for eleven minutes and a mile and a half, and I guess that's better than no exercise. I definitely have to get back into the swing of that. Boy, did my legs hurt! Here's hoping I do better tomorrow.
As I was sitting in my recliner watching the end of the cartoon, Ron walked in! I couldn't believe it! It was very early! Not even 4:30. That certainly doesn't happen often, most especially on a Monday. Mondays are his worst days. This week may be in trouble....yipes.
I got him to hang the Christmas things that he needed to hang, and he did, with no questions. I think I'll keep this feller! My house looks very Christmas-y inside and out now!
We heated up what was left of the venison stew for supper tonight. We did just have bread and butter - I learned that lesson!
When I put all my food into MFP, I was over 700 short for the day. Yes, it hollered at me. No, I don't care. My head hurts too bad. I really didn't even feel like eating supper, but didn't know how to explain that to Ron, so I did eat. He already knew something was up, and had asked me about five times, "What's wrong?" I did tell him just a headache, but still.
Today is gonna get five stars for both food and exercise! Yay! I got off my fat ass and did something!
I didn't wake up today until almost 11am! ELEVEN! It has been quite a while since I've done that - and, boy did it feel good. If you remember, I didn't sleep Saturday night, and, of course, on Sunday, I watched football. I tried to nap - honest Injun, I did - but it just didn't happen. I did turn the game off early last night. It was a foregone conclusion who was going to win, so I didn't need to watch the entire fourth quarter. Thus, to bed 'early' on a Sunday night. I didn't even read. I took my pharmacy-full of pills, turned of the light, snuggled right in and - ZOOM - that was all she wrote.
Unfortunately, not long after I got up, I realized that I - for some reason - I had woken up with one hellacious headache. Now, because of blessed medicines, my headaches have been under very good control for a long time. For this to be bad enough to be noticed so soon is kinda disturbing. Number-wise, it is a 7 or 8. Luckily, it is not a stabby-type headache, just a dull throbbing aching one.
I started in on the job I had pegged for this morning - getting my inside Christmas stuff hung up! I went through my popcorn tins, got everything out, and got to work. I hung it all except the things I couldn't reach and couldn't climb to do - Ron will do it when he gets home, because he doesn't want me to hurt myself - and then (surprise), I took pictures of it all to share with my friends.
Then I worked on our Christmas cards some more. I'm pretty proud of myself. I'm about 3/4 of the way done now, and will finish up tomorrow morning. Ron has a doctor appointment, and we'll be able to go to the post office in town and get them mailed when we go out. Yay!
I stopped for lunch at 1:30 (chicken salad and walnuts) and got on the pute, got my games all caught up and piddled around for a bit.
After a while, my head was still hurting, so I got off the pute, threw a load of towels into the washer, and did the weekend dishes. There's nothing like playing Happy Homemaker on a Monday morning (afternoon, now), which is what I normally do.
I put in a Christmas cartoon (Miser Brothers' Christmas) and got on the damn exercise bike. I thought I could just pedal away the whole cartoon, but I just couldn't. Couldn't. I did ride for eleven minutes and a mile and a half, and I guess that's better than no exercise. I definitely have to get back into the swing of that. Boy, did my legs hurt! Here's hoping I do better tomorrow.
As I was sitting in my recliner watching the end of the cartoon, Ron walked in! I couldn't believe it! It was very early! Not even 4:30. That certainly doesn't happen often, most especially on a Monday. Mondays are his worst days. This week may be in trouble....yipes.
I got him to hang the Christmas things that he needed to hang, and he did, with no questions. I think I'll keep this feller! My house looks very Christmas-y inside and out now!
We heated up what was left of the venison stew for supper tonight. We did just have bread and butter - I learned that lesson!
When I put all my food into MFP, I was over 700 short for the day. Yes, it hollered at me. No, I don't care. My head hurts too bad. I really didn't even feel like eating supper, but didn't know how to explain that to Ron, so I did eat. He already knew something was up, and had asked me about five times, "What's wrong?" I did tell him just a headache, but still.
Today is gonna get five stars for both food and exercise! Yay! I got off my fat ass and did something!
Sunday, December 8, 2013
A GOOD 'bad' Sunday!
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Today started out really weird.
I did not sleep last night. I stayed up watching mushy Christmas love movies all night. ALL night. Til 6am. Yep. 6. Then I made myself close my eyes when the next movie started, so that I could possibly sleep a little before Ron woke up and hollered at me. I did succeed, and he woke me up a little after nine, so I got a little over 3 hours of sleep. Whoo freaking hoo. Oh, well, some days are like that - I should sleep tonight then, right? Or maybe sneak in a nap during the afternoon game...maybe. We'll see how the day goes.
Off to church we go. The roads (we only go on 133 and 125, which is kinda nice) are okay. Starting out was not the greatest in the world, because they don't treat 133 much, but 125 - the main east-west thoroughfare through town - was pretty clear. The church lot, which was beautiful yesterday afternoon, was completely covered over. The maintenance man, who worked outside all by himself all day yesterday, all that work, down the drain. Phooey. But...what can we, mere mortals, say or do? The Higher Power calls these shots, not us. We must deal with it.
After church, we do not have to go anywhere but home, and that is where we go. Back home. We make our own breakfast. Eggs have no sodium, so they are okay for Ron to eat. Potatoes have no sodium, so we make our own hash browns (which were awful - I didn't eat mine). We did learn that homemade must - MUST - cook a lot longer than what we thought. The sausage does contain sodium, but since we had busted the package and re-packed them in baggies, we don't know how much. Ron had 3, and I had 4. Sausage, eggs, hash browns, and toast. Breakfast. We got it done just in time for football!! Excellent!
We were making venison stew for supper - we had gone to the store yesterday (in Felicity!) to get Low Sodium cans of vegetables for it - and we put the meat on when we got done with breakfast. I cooked the meat in an iron skillet, then got the meat and the potatoes in the big pot right around 2. I added the veggies at 3:30, then made biscuits at quarter til 6, so we ate pretty much right at 6. Man, oh, man - was it good. I had a big ol' bowl!! I figured it was about 3 cups' worth. The biscuits were killer, though. I should have just stuck with bread and butter. Ugh.
When I put all into MFP, I was 500+ calories over for the day - and, yes, it was the biscuits! Geez. I have got to remember stuff like that. We don't buy the diet bread for nothing...smh.
I am giving today four stars for food. I'd say five, but I did go over on calories, and I'm not happy about that. Exercise, once again, especially for a Sunday, gets nothing.
Today started out really weird.
I did not sleep last night. I stayed up watching mushy Christmas love movies all night. ALL night. Til 6am. Yep. 6. Then I made myself close my eyes when the next movie started, so that I could possibly sleep a little before Ron woke up and hollered at me. I did succeed, and he woke me up a little after nine, so I got a little over 3 hours of sleep. Whoo freaking hoo. Oh, well, some days are like that - I should sleep tonight then, right? Or maybe sneak in a nap during the afternoon game...maybe. We'll see how the day goes.
Off to church we go. The roads (we only go on 133 and 125, which is kinda nice) are okay. Starting out was not the greatest in the world, because they don't treat 133 much, but 125 - the main east-west thoroughfare through town - was pretty clear. The church lot, which was beautiful yesterday afternoon, was completely covered over. The maintenance man, who worked outside all by himself all day yesterday, all that work, down the drain. Phooey. But...what can we, mere mortals, say or do? The Higher Power calls these shots, not us. We must deal with it.
After church, we do not have to go anywhere but home, and that is where we go. Back home. We make our own breakfast. Eggs have no sodium, so they are okay for Ron to eat. Potatoes have no sodium, so we make our own hash browns (which were awful - I didn't eat mine). We did learn that homemade must - MUST - cook a lot longer than what we thought. The sausage does contain sodium, but since we had busted the package and re-packed them in baggies, we don't know how much. Ron had 3, and I had 4. Sausage, eggs, hash browns, and toast. Breakfast. We got it done just in time for football!! Excellent!
We were making venison stew for supper - we had gone to the store yesterday (in Felicity!) to get Low Sodium cans of vegetables for it - and we put the meat on when we got done with breakfast. I cooked the meat in an iron skillet, then got the meat and the potatoes in the big pot right around 2. I added the veggies at 3:30, then made biscuits at quarter til 6, so we ate pretty much right at 6. Man, oh, man - was it good. I had a big ol' bowl!! I figured it was about 3 cups' worth. The biscuits were killer, though. I should have just stuck with bread and butter. Ugh.
When I put all into MFP, I was 500+ calories over for the day - and, yes, it was the biscuits! Geez. I have got to remember stuff like that. We don't buy the diet bread for nothing...smh.
I am giving today four stars for food. I'd say five, but I did go over on calories, and I'm not happy about that. Exercise, once again, especially for a Sunday, gets nothing.
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