Tuesday, December 30, 2014
I didn't feel very good when I woke up this morning around 8:30. I played on the tablet a bit, read a bit, and then took a nap. I slept until after 2! TWO!
I still didn't feel real great, and my back is still very stiff - it almost feels as bad as it did right after the fall - but I made myself get up out of bed, although I just moved out into the recliner. After a bit, I made myself get up and do my standing-up exercises after eating the last of the schnecken, but that is all I did today. I did put away a few of the dishes in the dishdrainer, but I couldn't even put them all away. I felt that blah. I did play on the pute after the bout of exercise, but still...
At 4, I went and got myself dressed, so that I could walk out and meet Ron when that time came. I wasn't looking forward to walking, but I knew that I had to do it, or I could start coming up with excuses all the time. So, I walked. I didn't quite make it to the curves, but I did make it past Carol's mailbox, so I was satisfied with what I accomplished today. Carol's mailbox is the minimum acceptance point of my walk. If I don't make it that far, the walk was a total loss. As well as being stiff, my back is creaking today, so as I walked today, I sounded freaky! It's a really strange feeling, as well as sounding. I'm hoping that it's just the arthritis, because the temperatures have dropped in the last couple of days, but it sure feels different inside me this time.
After Ron and I got home, we got to talk to each other for about 45 minutes before I had to leave for my TOPS meeting. I was kinda anxious for my weigh-in tonight, because my Saturday morning loss (on my Wii) was 10 pounds, and all the Christmas goodies have happened, and I wanted to know what the damage was! Luckily, I have only gained ONE pound according to the TOPS scale, which is very good news indeed. One! I can do a happy dance over that!
I get back home after the meeting, and Ron had supper done. He made pork chops, and we had mashed potatoes and green bean casserole left over from Christmas (yeah, I forgot about those when I "spoke too soon" last night), so we had a good proper meal again tonight. I surprised myself by finishing the plate of food he made for me and then going back for seconds! I guess maybe I just needed to eat some real food today, I don't know. About half an hour later, I was back to feeling blah, though, so maybe that wasn't it. I sure felt good for that half an hour or so, though. I am starting to drag ass now, so am preparing myself to go to bed, even though it's a lot earlier than usual.
I don't have anything planned for tomorrow, although I may run up to Georgetown and get Ron's paycheck, just to do something. I think that may be part of what's going on with me. The last couple of weeks, I've been going, going, going, and now I'm not. I'll have to see how I feel tomorrow.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Monday, December 29, 2014
A stiff back does NOT equal a Happy Homemaker!
Monday, December 29, 2014
I slept good last night (and this morning), and didn't wake up today until after 11. After just a bit of playing on the tablet - no reading - I got up. Oh, my back was so stiff! I'm not sure why, but it was. It was like I could barely move, it was so stiff, and it hurt when I tried to move. But I forced myself to do the things I had to do, and it eased up after a while - not much (it stayed stiff all day), but it did ease. I don't know if it was because I sat in the recliner most of the day yesterday, or just because of the weather, or if something else (bad, bad eating...) is going on. It's a little worrisome.
I got a load of laundry (regular clothes) going, and did up the dishes from the weekend. Well, from the holiday and the weekend, but who's counting, right? Along in there, I did my standing-up exercises - I was too afraid to get on the floor and do the laying-down exercises, I might not be able to get back up! - as well as putting some things away that needed put away (from the shopping we did the other day and from the dishdrainer), and got some bills paid that I didn't do over the weekend. I also zapped myself some of the schnecken that Chelle had made for me as a Christmas breakfast surprise for my lunch.
I did two separate loads of dishes. The first one was my fancy Christmas dishes and things like that, which I then put away when they were dry - more climbing around, which did wonders for my back (yes, sarcastic font) - and then a 'normal' load of dishes, which are still in the dishdrainer.
I was ready to get myself dressed at 5 to walk out to meet Ron, when, sure as shooting, I got a text. I told the phone, "No!! I need 5 more minutes!" but it was no good. It was Ron, and he was on his way home. I now had to rush, which was a lot of fun with this stiff back. But I made it out to the curves on Hoover Road before Ron picked me up, so I was very glad that I got that far. I thought there was no way in the world I'd get that far, so I was kinda proud of myself.
We watched Quantum Leap, and when we decided to make supper, we did so. We had ham steaks, buttered noodles, and he had green beans. I had the rest of the veggies left from Christmas. Yay! All the Christmas food is gone now, except for enough schnecken for lunch tomorrow.
We watched Quantum Leap until Ron fell asleep, then I turned on "dead guy" shows for the rest of the night. No football - boo hoo!
I don't have any plans for tomorrow, but I sure hope my back is not as stiff - this does NOT feel good! I have got to get back in some kind of routine, that much is obvious!
I slept good last night (and this morning), and didn't wake up today until after 11. After just a bit of playing on the tablet - no reading - I got up. Oh, my back was so stiff! I'm not sure why, but it was. It was like I could barely move, it was so stiff, and it hurt when I tried to move. But I forced myself to do the things I had to do, and it eased up after a while - not much (it stayed stiff all day), but it did ease. I don't know if it was because I sat in the recliner most of the day yesterday, or just because of the weather, or if something else (bad, bad eating...) is going on. It's a little worrisome.
I got a load of laundry (regular clothes) going, and did up the dishes from the weekend. Well, from the holiday and the weekend, but who's counting, right? Along in there, I did my standing-up exercises - I was too afraid to get on the floor and do the laying-down exercises, I might not be able to get back up! - as well as putting some things away that needed put away (from the shopping we did the other day and from the dishdrainer), and got some bills paid that I didn't do over the weekend. I also zapped myself some of the schnecken that Chelle had made for me as a Christmas breakfast surprise for my lunch.
I did two separate loads of dishes. The first one was my fancy Christmas dishes and things like that, which I then put away when they were dry - more climbing around, which did wonders for my back (yes, sarcastic font) - and then a 'normal' load of dishes, which are still in the dishdrainer.
I was ready to get myself dressed at 5 to walk out to meet Ron, when, sure as shooting, I got a text. I told the phone, "No!! I need 5 more minutes!" but it was no good. It was Ron, and he was on his way home. I now had to rush, which was a lot of fun with this stiff back. But I made it out to the curves on Hoover Road before Ron picked me up, so I was very glad that I got that far. I thought there was no way in the world I'd get that far, so I was kinda proud of myself.
We watched Quantum Leap, and when we decided to make supper, we did so. We had ham steaks, buttered noodles, and he had green beans. I had the rest of the veggies left from Christmas. Yay! All the Christmas food is gone now, except for enough schnecken for lunch tomorrow.
We watched Quantum Leap until Ron fell asleep, then I turned on "dead guy" shows for the rest of the night. No football - boo hoo!
I don't have any plans for tomorrow, but I sure hope my back is not as stiff - this does NOT feel good! I have got to get back in some kind of routine, that much is obvious!
Sunday, December 28, 2014
The last all-day football Sunday...
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Church, lunch, football. A normal Sunday - the last one - because this is the last week of the season. Now the playoffs start!
After church, Ron and I went up to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch. We both got the big breakfast that we like. He traded me his bacon for a piece of my sausage, but other than that, we just enjoyed that meal.
Home to watch football all day, which ended with the Sunday Night game between my Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and we lost. Ugh.
It's okay, we're still going to the playoffs, we just don't have a home game next week. We will go to Indianapolis.
Ron and I munched on our stocking candy, and finished off the turkey and ham from Christmas for our supper. He also had some food left from Red Lobster to round out his meal, too. We did good!
Tomorrow, it's back to Happy Homemaker mode....fun stuff around here...
Church, lunch, football. A normal Sunday - the last one - because this is the last week of the season. Now the playoffs start!
After church, Ron and I went up to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch. We both got the big breakfast that we like. He traded me his bacon for a piece of my sausage, but other than that, we just enjoyed that meal.
Home to watch football all day, which ended with the Sunday Night game between my Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and we lost. Ugh.
It's okay, we're still going to the playoffs, we just don't have a home game next week. We will go to Indianapolis.
Ron and I munched on our stocking candy, and finished off the turkey and ham from Christmas for our supper. He also had some food left from Red Lobster to round out his meal, too. We did good!
Tomorrow, it's back to Happy Homemaker mode....fun stuff around here...
Saturday, December 27, 2014
A wonderful 'Date Day' with Ron!
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Ron and I decided last night that we'd go to the movies today, and that was what we did.
We went out to a very nice lunch, then to the movies. It was a great 'Date Day.'
I woke up this morning to a text from my brother in Kansas. I enjoy hearing from him, but it's always a surprise at 8:30 in the morning, which is 7:30 his time! We had a two or three text conversation, then he had errands to run (at that time of the morning?) and both our days got started.
I did my weigh-in on the Wii, and according to it, I have lost 10 pounds! TEN! I don't see how, but I'm not gonna argue with it! WhooHoo for this week - I'm sure it'll be a different story next week.
We left here around 10:30 to go do our errands and go to lunch before our movie, which started at 1. We stopped at Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, and I found a DVD that was the Dreamworks Holiday episodes (Shrek, Dragon (Night Fury & Hiccup), Kung Fu Panda, and Madagascar) for only ten bucks! TEN! I was really proud of that find! Then we went on down to Red Lobster for our big lunch date.
Man, was that good! We haven't been there in a long, long time and it was superb. We got a combination platter with clam strips, calamari, and cheese sticks for an appetizer, then he got the Admiral's Feast for his meal, and I got the Fish-n-Chips lunch. We had been teasing with the waitress, and I asked her if I should be good or bad with my lunch choice, and she flapped her hand, and said, "Oh, be bad! You only live once," or something like that. So I chose the fried food over the salad. It was not only a good meal, but a fun meal.
We left at 12:30 to get back up to the cinema in time for our movie. We had decided to see the movie Unbroken, and it ended up being not quite what we thought it would be, but isn't that how it goes? It was good - very good, even - but just not as expected.
After the movie, we stopped at Kroger to get Ron some tonic water, and we also found some Christmas stuff that was marked way down, so I picked up some other stuff, but nothing as good as my DVD earlier today.
Back home, we just watched Quantum Leap all evening. We are finally in the final season, and are kinda wanting to be done, but at the same time, really enjoying the episodes! It's a strange quandary to be in.
Ron finished off his meal from Red Lobster for his supper, and I had his salad after adding some of the veggies that we had here to it, making it a lot bigger than it was.
Tomorrow, nothing is planned except church, lunch, and football, as usual. It's the last regular Sunday for football, then the playoffs start. I am gonna enjoy this last full day of football, ending with my Bengals on Sunday Night Football!! Yep, I am gonna enjoy it to the max!
Ron and I decided last night that we'd go to the movies today, and that was what we did.
We went out to a very nice lunch, then to the movies. It was a great 'Date Day.'
I woke up this morning to a text from my brother in Kansas. I enjoy hearing from him, but it's always a surprise at 8:30 in the morning, which is 7:30 his time! We had a two or three text conversation, then he had errands to run (at that time of the morning?) and both our days got started.
I did my weigh-in on the Wii, and according to it, I have lost 10 pounds! TEN! I don't see how, but I'm not gonna argue with it! WhooHoo for this week - I'm sure it'll be a different story next week.
We left here around 10:30 to go do our errands and go to lunch before our movie, which started at 1. We stopped at Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, and I found a DVD that was the Dreamworks Holiday episodes (Shrek, Dragon (Night Fury & Hiccup), Kung Fu Panda, and Madagascar) for only ten bucks! TEN! I was really proud of that find! Then we went on down to Red Lobster for our big lunch date.
Man, was that good! We haven't been there in a long, long time and it was superb. We got a combination platter with clam strips, calamari, and cheese sticks for an appetizer, then he got the Admiral's Feast for his meal, and I got the Fish-n-Chips lunch. We had been teasing with the waitress, and I asked her if I should be good or bad with my lunch choice, and she flapped her hand, and said, "Oh, be bad! You only live once," or something like that. So I chose the fried food over the salad. It was not only a good meal, but a fun meal.
We left at 12:30 to get back up to the cinema in time for our movie. We had decided to see the movie Unbroken, and it ended up being not quite what we thought it would be, but isn't that how it goes? It was good - very good, even - but just not as expected.
After the movie, we stopped at Kroger to get Ron some tonic water, and we also found some Christmas stuff that was marked way down, so I picked up some other stuff, but nothing as good as my DVD earlier today.
Back home, we just watched Quantum Leap all evening. We are finally in the final season, and are kinda wanting to be done, but at the same time, really enjoying the episodes! It's a strange quandary to be in.
Ron finished off his meal from Red Lobster for his supper, and I had his salad after adding some of the veggies that we had here to it, making it a lot bigger than it was.
Tomorrow, nothing is planned except church, lunch, and football, as usual. It's the last regular Sunday for football, then the playoffs start. I am gonna enjoy this last full day of football, ending with my Bengals on Sunday Night Football!! Yep, I am gonna enjoy it to the max!
Friday, December 26, 2014
Merry, Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Friday, December 26, 2014
12/24
Christmas Eve
I got up, finished up the last of my baking for our snack table, and had most of the car packed before Ron got home from work, which was a LOT earlier than either of us thought it would be. He actually made it home around 11am, which was a small miracle in and of itself.
Since he got home so early, we went uptown to cash his paycheck and to go to Frisch's for a bite of lunch, since we knew Dinner (supper) wasn't until 7 tonight. We both got the pork tenderloin sandwich with fries, although I got a cup of veggie soup and he got the broccoli soup. It was a good lunch, and we enjoyed the "quiet time" before the craziness of the rest of the day.
We got back home, got the rest of everything either made or baked (while Ron chilled in the living room, although he claims he didn't nap), and got the car all packed. We took off for Josh's between 4 and 4:30 - closer to 4:30 - getting us down there not long after 5, after a stop for a bag of ice.
We get the car unloaded, everything carried in and put where it needs to go - snacks on the snack table, stocking stuff in a corner, bedroom stuff (quilts and pillows) in the bedroom, etc. - and we are ready for everything to start. We just have to wait for Josh to get home from work, and he is stopping on the way to pick Bert up, so as soon as they get here, we are all ready.
Let the festivities begin!!
Munchies from the snack table, Christmas Dinner at 7pm, dessert about an hour after Dinner was over, fun and games in the living room for the rest of the evening.
After we made sure Corgan was asleep, Santa did his thing, and Bert and I sat and talked for awhile, so it was probably between 2 and 2:30 before I fell asleep.
12/25
Christmas Day
As usual, I was the first one up! I am worse than a little kid! I woke up and went to the bathroom, squinting at the clock at the microwave as I went through the kitchen. It was 6:20!!
I went to the staircase, flipped the lights off and on a few times (okay, a lot of times) because I could not climb the steps to wake Corgan up this year. After about ten minutes, Corgan (and Jean) came downstairs. I like to think my flashing the lights woke them up! We'll never know for sure.
Then we had our 'normal' family Christmas, which takes up most of the day.
Opening gifts from Santa, taking turns, with breaks every now and then, with one big stop to get lunch - which is leftovers - and then opening our gifts from each other.
This outpouring of love for each other is something to see, let me tell you. The gifts all take up a good quarter of the room!
Ron, Bert, and I left to come home around 5. My back was absolutely killing me - I just sat too long. It was on a nice soft couch (love seat), but I just didn't move enough. I certainly didn't want to move, and I certainly enjoyed myself, but once I did move, it just wasn't enough. When I got home, I stretched out on the bed, reading and playing on the tablet while Ron took Bert on home. I even fell asleep and got a little nap in! When he got back, he helped me get things unloaded and emptied, then it was an early night for us.
12/26
Day after Christmas/Boxing Day
I guess this is called Boxing Day, because this is the day you empty all the boxes from Christmas! That's what I'm going with, anyway! That's certainly what I did today, anyway. I got all our gifts under our tree (yes, all across our table), took pictures, and I sorted out our 'stocking' candy and fruit, and all that kind of fun stuff. Unfortunately, I also did some dishes and some Happy Homemaker stuff, too, which is always soooo thrilling for me. (yes, that is in sarcastic font...)
Ron got home kinda early today, too, which was nice to start the weekend. He was home around 3, and since Corgan decided to stay home and play with his new Christmas stuff, it's just me and him for the weekend - whatever shall we do?
We spent the evening watching Quantum Leap. Beats the hell outta Corgan's Most Stupid things! Ron kept starting the next episode, but I know he missed most of them. I could hear him over there snoring. So, next time we watch, we'll watch these again. He's so funny!
He's now "watching" his news and weather....hahahahahahhaahahahaha.....I think this day is over.
Tomorrow, I'll have to see if I can drag him out somewhere, maybe go see a movie!, since it's just the two of us. We shall see. We shall see.
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Friday, December 26, 2014
12/24
Christmas Eve
I got up, finished up the last of my baking for our snack table, and had most of the car packed before Ron got home from work, which was a LOT earlier than either of us thought it would be. He actually made it home around 11am, which was a small miracle in and of itself.
Since he got home so early, we went uptown to cash his paycheck and to go to Frisch's for a bite of lunch, since we knew Dinner (supper) wasn't until 7 tonight. We both got the pork tenderloin sandwich with fries, although I got a cup of veggie soup and he got the broccoli soup. It was a good lunch, and we enjoyed the "quiet time" before the craziness of the rest of the day.
We got back home, got the rest of everything either made or baked (while Ron chilled in the living room, although he claims he didn't nap), and got the car all packed. We took off for Josh's between 4 and 4:30 - closer to 4:30 - getting us down there not long after 5, after a stop for a bag of ice.
We get the car unloaded, everything carried in and put where it needs to go - snacks on the snack table, stocking stuff in a corner, bedroom stuff (quilts and pillows) in the bedroom, etc. - and we are ready for everything to start. We just have to wait for Josh to get home from work, and he is stopping on the way to pick Bert up, so as soon as they get here, we are all ready.
Let the festivities begin!!
Munchies from the snack table, Christmas Dinner at 7pm, dessert about an hour after Dinner was over, fun and games in the living room for the rest of the evening.
After we made sure Corgan was asleep, Santa did his thing, and Bert and I sat and talked for awhile, so it was probably between 2 and 2:30 before I fell asleep.
12/25
Christmas Day
As usual, I was the first one up! I am worse than a little kid! I woke up and went to the bathroom, squinting at the clock at the microwave as I went through the kitchen. It was 6:20!!
I went to the staircase, flipped the lights off and on a few times (okay, a lot of times) because I could not climb the steps to wake Corgan up this year. After about ten minutes, Corgan (and Jean) came downstairs. I like to think my flashing the lights woke them up! We'll never know for sure.
Then we had our 'normal' family Christmas, which takes up most of the day.
Opening gifts from Santa, taking turns, with breaks every now and then, with one big stop to get lunch - which is leftovers - and then opening our gifts from each other.
This outpouring of love for each other is something to see, let me tell you. The gifts all take up a good quarter of the room!
Ron, Bert, and I left to come home around 5. My back was absolutely killing me - I just sat too long. It was on a nice soft couch (love seat), but I just didn't move enough. I certainly didn't want to move, and I certainly enjoyed myself, but once I did move, it just wasn't enough. When I got home, I stretched out on the bed, reading and playing on the tablet while Ron took Bert on home. I even fell asleep and got a little nap in! When he got back, he helped me get things unloaded and emptied, then it was an early night for us.
12/26
Day after Christmas/Boxing Day
I guess this is called Boxing Day, because this is the day you empty all the boxes from Christmas! That's what I'm going with, anyway! That's certainly what I did today, anyway. I got all our gifts under our tree (yes, all across our table), took pictures, and I sorted out our 'stocking' candy and fruit, and all that kind of fun stuff. Unfortunately, I also did some dishes and some Happy Homemaker stuff, too, which is always soooo thrilling for me. (yes, that is in sarcastic font...)
Ron got home kinda early today, too, which was nice to start the weekend. He was home around 3, and since Corgan decided to stay home and play with his new Christmas stuff, it's just me and him for the weekend - whatever shall we do?
We spent the evening watching Quantum Leap. Beats the hell outta Corgan's Most Stupid things! Ron kept starting the next episode, but I know he missed most of them. I could hear him over there snoring. So, next time we watch, we'll watch these again. He's so funny!
He's now "watching" his news and weather....hahahahahahhaahahahaha.....I think this day is over.
Tomorrow, I'll have to see if I can drag him out somewhere, maybe go see a movie!, since it's just the two of us. We shall see. We shall see.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Getting the last little bit done...and fighting sugar lows.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
12/22
Cookie Decorating Day!
I apologize for lying to you yesterday. When I was writing yesterday's blog, I forgot that today was Cookie Decorating Day, but it is! Sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, and Rice Krispie trees - oh, what fun it's gonna be!
I ate lunch - a can of my chicken salad - before going down to Ripley to decorate cookies with Chelle, Jean, and Corgan. I took all my colors (pastes), and Chelle made icing with powdered sugar and we had bowl after bowl after bowl of icing all over the table. She had her own colors (drops), but a few of mine did get used. We had a blast, and it took us about 3 hours altogether. It's funny, but you can tell who made what cookie just by looking at them - if you put your mind to it.
I left to come home in time to walk to meet Ron on Hoover Road, hopefully, but I no sooner left there when I started a sugar low. I started munching on the hard candies that I carry in my pockets, and I went up 68 (instead of going down 52 to 133 to go home), thinking that I could get to Georgetown and Ron quicker. <when you have a sugar low, you don't think so great> Eating the candies helped the sugar level off, but it didn't raise it very much, and I knew that I needed to eat pretty damn soon and Ron wasn't answering his phone. I had to come up with an alternate plan, FAST. Since we go to Country Inn pretty often, I thought 'well, I'll go there and get a bowl of applesauce real quick.' I knew that I wouldn't be able to go to a store and walk in and buy - stand in line and all - orange juice or anything, so that seemed to be a workable solution.
I left Ron a message that I would be at Country Inn and went on. He called me just as I was getting there, and tried to talk me into not doing that but going on home. I told him that I needed to eat something, and I needed to eat NOW. As I was talking to him, I was walking in, and I asked for a bowl of applesauce before I even sat down. My hands were shaking sooooo bad! He finally realized that it was pretty bad, and said he'd meet me there. When he showed up, and I was telling him about the low starting and all, he asked, "why didn't you just turn around and go back?" I just stared at him. That didn't occur to me! Turn around? I just wanted to get somewhere! What a dork I am!
Anyway, after eating the applesauce, I felt marginally better, and we decided to go ahead and eat since we were there. He got a cheeseburger deluxe and I got the BLT double-decker and we both got the steak fries.
Having a sugar low just makes me feel like a wrung-out washrag, so when I got home, I plopped into my recliner and stayed there the rest of the night, which was fine because my Bengals were on Monday Night Football. I, of course, watched the game, but this time I watched the whole game instead of going to bed at halftime. I was also texting my son, my 'second' son, and my brother in Kansas all the while, so I was glad my brain was functioning again! Best news of all? My Bengals won! Shocked the whole damn country, but we did it! Yay, us. That win clinched us a playoff berth, too, for the fourth year in a row, so I went to bed a happy girl.
12/23
I woke up this morning at 8:30. 8:30, after being awake until after 2, what with the game (ending after midnight), a phone call from my friend Bert, and then going to bed and playing on my tablet and reading, as I usually do. I just couldn't believe that I woke up that early, but when my brain starts kicking in, I'm awake. No going back to sleep once the brain starts thinking.
I finally got up around 10 and played Happy Homemaker, getting laundry and dishes done. I didn't get to do them yesterday because I left, so it was today or forget it til after the holiday, and I wasn't going to do that to myself. I am not a glutton for punishment! The holiday will bring enough of its own dirty laundry and dishes, I don't need to have extra sitting there.
When that was done, I got dressed and went to pick Bert up and we went shopping after having a late lunch at Bob Evans. She got the Broasted Chicken dinner, and I got the Chicken-n-Noodles dinner. Then we did some damage to WalMart. Well, she did - I just got veggies (for our snack table) and a couple other things. We went today, because neither one of us want to be anywhere near a store tomorrow!
Ron beat me home, so I got to come home and see our house all lit up, and that always makes my heart happy. I got to talk to Ron for a little while, and give him the leftovers from Bob Evans, then it was time for me to go to my TOPS meeting. After my good weigh-in on Saturday morning, I had high hopes for tonight. But, alas, I gained. Phooey! Luckily, I only gained just over a pound - 1.2 pounds - but it's still a gain. Not bad for this time of year, I suppose. At the meeting, each of us were given a 'certificate of accomplishment,' showing a picture of us when we started, and a picture of us now (August). Everyone, me included, couldn't believe the difference in themselves! It's different, when you're living day-to-day, because you can't or don't see or feel the difference, but seeing the pictures sure brought it home. It was a huge boost!!
One of the other members had brought in his home-made fruitcake and shared that with everyone. Oh, my, was that good. So moist and so tasty - it was like no other fruitcake I've ever tasted. It was really good. Absolutely nothing like the dry ol' stuff you buy in the store, let me tell you. He passed around his fruitcake at just the right time, too, because as we were sitting there, I started a sugar low again! What the hell? I can't figure this out! Yesterday, all I did was sit and decorate cookies (yes, not much of a lunch, but since I wasn't doing much...) and today, I walked through WalMart (a much better lunch before). It doesn't make much sense to me. I MUST figure this out - I don't like these damn sugar lows! Luckily, the fruitcake did the trick and everything was fine.
I came home, and Ron and I watched NCIS, which was a rerun. Then he fell asleep and I went out into the kitchen and worked with the veggies, doing what prep I could to get them ready for tomorrow. I didn't really eat any real food, just munched on this and that - which probably wasn't real smart, but nothing sounded good and I didn't have a whole hell of a lot of energy. Sitting and cutting veggies doesn't use much energy, thank God.
Tomorrow morning I am putting together the veggie tray and doing the last bit of cooking that we are taking with us, then when Ron gets home and takes his shower, we'll pack the car and off we'll go to Josh's for Christmas, just as we do every year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
12/22
Cookie Decorating Day!
I apologize for lying to you yesterday. When I was writing yesterday's blog, I forgot that today was Cookie Decorating Day, but it is! Sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, and Rice Krispie trees - oh, what fun it's gonna be!
I ate lunch - a can of my chicken salad - before going down to Ripley to decorate cookies with Chelle, Jean, and Corgan. I took all my colors (pastes), and Chelle made icing with powdered sugar and we had bowl after bowl after bowl of icing all over the table. She had her own colors (drops), but a few of mine did get used. We had a blast, and it took us about 3 hours altogether. It's funny, but you can tell who made what cookie just by looking at them - if you put your mind to it.
I left to come home in time to walk to meet Ron on Hoover Road, hopefully, but I no sooner left there when I started a sugar low. I started munching on the hard candies that I carry in my pockets, and I went up 68 (instead of going down 52 to 133 to go home), thinking that I could get to Georgetown and Ron quicker. <when you have a sugar low, you don't think so great> Eating the candies helped the sugar level off, but it didn't raise it very much, and I knew that I needed to eat pretty damn soon and Ron wasn't answering his phone. I had to come up with an alternate plan, FAST. Since we go to Country Inn pretty often, I thought 'well, I'll go there and get a bowl of applesauce real quick.' I knew that I wouldn't be able to go to a store and walk in and buy - stand in line and all - orange juice or anything, so that seemed to be a workable solution.
I left Ron a message that I would be at Country Inn and went on. He called me just as I was getting there, and tried to talk me into not doing that but going on home. I told him that I needed to eat something, and I needed to eat NOW. As I was talking to him, I was walking in, and I asked for a bowl of applesauce before I even sat down. My hands were shaking sooooo bad! He finally realized that it was pretty bad, and said he'd meet me there. When he showed up, and I was telling him about the low starting and all, he asked, "why didn't you just turn around and go back?" I just stared at him. That didn't occur to me! Turn around? I just wanted to get somewhere! What a dork I am!
Anyway, after eating the applesauce, I felt marginally better, and we decided to go ahead and eat since we were there. He got a cheeseburger deluxe and I got the BLT double-decker and we both got the steak fries.
Having a sugar low just makes me feel like a wrung-out washrag, so when I got home, I plopped into my recliner and stayed there the rest of the night, which was fine because my Bengals were on Monday Night Football. I, of course, watched the game, but this time I watched the whole game instead of going to bed at halftime. I was also texting my son, my 'second' son, and my brother in Kansas all the while, so I was glad my brain was functioning again! Best news of all? My Bengals won! Shocked the whole damn country, but we did it! Yay, us. That win clinched us a playoff berth, too, for the fourth year in a row, so I went to bed a happy girl.
12/23
I woke up this morning at 8:30. 8:30, after being awake until after 2, what with the game (ending after midnight), a phone call from my friend Bert, and then going to bed and playing on my tablet and reading, as I usually do. I just couldn't believe that I woke up that early, but when my brain starts kicking in, I'm awake. No going back to sleep once the brain starts thinking.
I finally got up around 10 and played Happy Homemaker, getting laundry and dishes done. I didn't get to do them yesterday because I left, so it was today or forget it til after the holiday, and I wasn't going to do that to myself. I am not a glutton for punishment! The holiday will bring enough of its own dirty laundry and dishes, I don't need to have extra sitting there.
When that was done, I got dressed and went to pick Bert up and we went shopping after having a late lunch at Bob Evans. She got the Broasted Chicken dinner, and I got the Chicken-n-Noodles dinner. Then we did some damage to WalMart. Well, she did - I just got veggies (for our snack table) and a couple other things. We went today, because neither one of us want to be anywhere near a store tomorrow!
Ron beat me home, so I got to come home and see our house all lit up, and that always makes my heart happy. I got to talk to Ron for a little while, and give him the leftovers from Bob Evans, then it was time for me to go to my TOPS meeting. After my good weigh-in on Saturday morning, I had high hopes for tonight. But, alas, I gained. Phooey! Luckily, I only gained just over a pound - 1.2 pounds - but it's still a gain. Not bad for this time of year, I suppose. At the meeting, each of us were given a 'certificate of accomplishment,' showing a picture of us when we started, and a picture of us now (August). Everyone, me included, couldn't believe the difference in themselves! It's different, when you're living day-to-day, because you can't or don't see or feel the difference, but seeing the pictures sure brought it home. It was a huge boost!!
One of the other members had brought in his home-made fruitcake and shared that with everyone. Oh, my, was that good. So moist and so tasty - it was like no other fruitcake I've ever tasted. It was really good. Absolutely nothing like the dry ol' stuff you buy in the store, let me tell you. He passed around his fruitcake at just the right time, too, because as we were sitting there, I started a sugar low again! What the hell? I can't figure this out! Yesterday, all I did was sit and decorate cookies (yes, not much of a lunch, but since I wasn't doing much...) and today, I walked through WalMart (a much better lunch before). It doesn't make much sense to me. I MUST figure this out - I don't like these damn sugar lows! Luckily, the fruitcake did the trick and everything was fine.
I came home, and Ron and I watched NCIS, which was a rerun. Then he fell asleep and I went out into the kitchen and worked with the veggies, doing what prep I could to get them ready for tomorrow. I didn't really eat any real food, just munched on this and that - which probably wasn't real smart, but nothing sounded good and I didn't have a whole hell of a lot of energy. Sitting and cutting veggies doesn't use much energy, thank God.
Tomorrow morning I am putting together the veggie tray and doing the last bit of cooking that we are taking with us, then when Ron gets home and takes his shower, we'll pack the car and off we'll go to Josh's for Christmas, just as we do every year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!
Sunday, December 21, 2014
A wonderful relaxing Sunday - I'll take it!
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Happy First Day of Winter!
We got up early this morning and drove over to Clermont Mercy Hospital to visit our friend Harry, who had a hip replacement last Monday. He thought he'd be in the nursing home for rehab by now, but the insurance is dragging their feet and he's still in there, so when I last talked to Donna, his wife, she said he was probably more than ready for some visitors. He wasn't at first, because of the surgery itself, and then he was depressed because of not getting to move before the weekend, but anything to cheer him up a bit...
So, off we went, even though it was harder than hell to get up this morning, and we left the house a half hour later than we thought we would. But we had a nice visit with him and that's all that matters.
We then went on to church, and I ended up being the lector for the the Mass, and that's fine with me - you know I love to read! We had to run all the way back out home because I forgot the baggie of ornaments that I had sorted out to get rid of, and I had said that I would take them to church this morning. I didn't want to prove myself a liar! So, after that little side trip back home, we made it in plenty of time.
After church, we went down to the Barn for lunch, since we weren't under pressure to be home by kickoff today - my Bengals are on Monday Night Football this week. I will watch football when I do get home, but I don't have to be there at the very beginning. My brother K.O. and his wife Beth came and joined us for lunch, and we had a fabulous time, sitting there gabbing, laughing, and just enjoying the time together. Ron and K.O. mostly talked about Rumpke (K.O. works there, too), K.O. and I talked football, and Beth and I talked about anything and everything! It was great! We didn't leave to come home til after 1:30, and I didn't mind at all. Of course, the fact that they have big TVs, so we could watch some football didn't hurt, either. HaHa.
We got home and I watched football all day, as usual. Ron made us cheese weenies for supper, and that was that. Our day in a nutshell.
OH - did I tell you that I weighed myself yesterday, even though we're not "Biggest Loser"ing until next year?? Well, I did, and I lost - LOST - a pound and a half! Hip, hip, hooray! I'm excited to see what it will be on Tuesday night now - I want to enjoy myself on Christmas without being too strict on myself!
Tomorrow I am finishing up the wrapping and all, so that Josh can stop and pick it all up on his way home. That's less stuff for us to carry down there with us on Christmas Eve, and I can certainly handle that, because there's less chance I will forget something. My list keeps growing as it is!!
Happy First Day of Winter!
We got up early this morning and drove over to Clermont Mercy Hospital to visit our friend Harry, who had a hip replacement last Monday. He thought he'd be in the nursing home for rehab by now, but the insurance is dragging their feet and he's still in there, so when I last talked to Donna, his wife, she said he was probably more than ready for some visitors. He wasn't at first, because of the surgery itself, and then he was depressed because of not getting to move before the weekend, but anything to cheer him up a bit...
So, off we went, even though it was harder than hell to get up this morning, and we left the house a half hour later than we thought we would. But we had a nice visit with him and that's all that matters.
We then went on to church, and I ended up being the lector for the the Mass, and that's fine with me - you know I love to read! We had to run all the way back out home because I forgot the baggie of ornaments that I had sorted out to get rid of, and I had said that I would take them to church this morning. I didn't want to prove myself a liar! So, after that little side trip back home, we made it in plenty of time.
After church, we went down to the Barn for lunch, since we weren't under pressure to be home by kickoff today - my Bengals are on Monday Night Football this week. I will watch football when I do get home, but I don't have to be there at the very beginning. My brother K.O. and his wife Beth came and joined us for lunch, and we had a fabulous time, sitting there gabbing, laughing, and just enjoying the time together. Ron and K.O. mostly talked about Rumpke (K.O. works there, too), K.O. and I talked football, and Beth and I talked about anything and everything! It was great! We didn't leave to come home til after 1:30, and I didn't mind at all. Of course, the fact that they have big TVs, so we could watch some football didn't hurt, either. HaHa.
We got home and I watched football all day, as usual. Ron made us cheese weenies for supper, and that was that. Our day in a nutshell.
OH - did I tell you that I weighed myself yesterday, even though we're not "Biggest Loser"ing until next year?? Well, I did, and I lost - LOST - a pound and a half! Hip, hip, hooray! I'm excited to see what it will be on Tuesday night now - I want to enjoy myself on Christmas without being too strict on myself!
Tomorrow I am finishing up the wrapping and all, so that Josh can stop and pick it all up on his way home. That's less stuff for us to carry down there with us on Christmas Eve, and I can certainly handle that, because there's less chance I will forget something. My list keeps growing as it is!!
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Closing out a boring week by gearing up for the holiday
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Man, have I been a SLACKER, or what?? Sorry about that!
12/17
Not much happened on Wednesday. I didn't work up enough energy to get on the Wii. I am still a little afraid of doing that.
I did little bits and pieces of housework all day, and I plotted out strategies for finishing our Christmas shopping over the next couple of days. Finish! God, I feel so out of it this year. Not only do I have to get crappy (read: cheap) gifts, I have to space the buying out so much, it's pathetic.
When walking out to meet Ron, I actually made it to our half-mile mark - man, Ron couldn't get there quick enough!
Ron and I went to church for the seasonal penance service, and then home for the evening.
Not a real good day - I was feeling blah by the end of it, but that is not unexpected this time of year.
12/18
Starting to work our plan today!
Ron called me when he got his paycheck, and I went to meet him and get it from him, so I could make our deposit and get some shopping done while he was at work (he doesn't like to go) and get the things we needed for Corgan while Corgan wasn't with us, like he will be on Saturday morning. Let me tell you, it's almost like a plot from a mystery, planning shopping around these male creatures!
By the time I met Ron, then got back to 'civilization,' it was after 2, so I needed to eat some lunch. I decided to go to Longhorn and have my almost-perfect salad. After some thought - the reason I was eating lunch was to head off a sugar low - I also had an order of the corn fritters (YUM!), just to have some starch with this lunch. As I went on over to Meijer, I felt fortified for this bit of shopping.
I accomplished this mission, and barely got home before Josh stopped to pick some things up. I did walk out to meet Ron, but didn't get very far today. I was tired, and didn't, or couldn't, walk very fast.
Ron and I watched some Quantum Leap, then I watched Bones (which ended up being a rerun), then football time! He had one of his Chinese frozen things for supper, and I had chicken noodle soup, which we ate while watching TV.
12/19
I thought about going and doing my shopping today, but then decided not to, since I knew that Ron would have to go shopping on Saturday morning, because I didn't get everything done yesterday. I just ran out of time, and HE is the one who still needs gifts, not me! Why run down the road and waste the gasoline if I don't have to? I did run up to Bethel and do some little errands that needed done - you know, the little piddly things that will get done "one of these days." I had Gold Star for my lunch while I was uptown. It was pretty chilly and that warmed me up pretty good!
Back home, I was ready (because I was up and dressed) when Ron texted me that they were on their way, and I actually managed to make it all the way to our half-mile mark! WhooHoo! It seemed to take forever for him to get there, and then I found out that he stopped for gasoline. Well, that will take a bit of time, won't it? But he got the gasoline for $1.99 per gallon for cash, and why pass that up? Under 2 bucks!! Oh, yes, thank you very much!
I had a surprise planned for Ron, and I had the beginnings of the this plot started at home. I had all my Christmas ornaments laid out all over the kitchen table, and Corgan and I were to check them against my list (yes, I am anal enough to have an Ornament List). As we were doing this, an awful lot of ornaments couldn't be found. We finally went back down the hallway and looked through the popcorn tins, and, sure enough, I had missed a tin full of ornaments! Ai yi yi! Well, we found the missing ornaments and then some. After taking a break or two, we finally got "all" the ornaments checked against the list.
As the night went on, we had our supper. Corgan made himself some Ramen noodles earlier, then we all had whatever we wanted during the evening. I finally had some chicken noodle soup around 10. A little late, but when you're busy, you just don't stop to eat unless you have to.
We finally talked Ron into going to bed, and he made Corgan go to bed, too. Hmmmm. I had to piddle around, then make sure he was asleep, then go get Corgan back up to help me. Then we set up the surprise: Ron's own little Christmas tree, with all of his ornaments on it, right in the little corner between his chair and the tall lamp. He has deer, motorcycles, and guitar ornaments, as well as Yosemite Sam and some personalized things. If I can have MY own tree (the sports tree), why can't, or shouldn't, he have HIS own tree, too?
Corgan and I had a blast decorating that little tree! Then Corgan went back to bed, and I shut the house down and finally went to bed, too.
12/20
I felt Ron stirring, starting to get up this morning, so I got out of bed before him and got out here in the living room, where Corgan was already up and playing on the Wii. We wanted to see his reaction to his surprise, you know.
He got out here, said, "What?" and walked over to his chair and sat down. Corgan and I are just watching him. He said, "What?" again and rubbed his face a couple of times. Corgan told him that it snowed and was still snowing. He nodded, and did NOT move the curtain (right beside his chair) to look out. Then he said, "What?" again. I gave up and went to the bathroom. Suddenly, I heard, "Oh, I guess," from the living room, so I assume he finally noticed his tree. I'm not sure if Corgan pointed it out to him or not, but somehow he saw it. Let me tell you, my son and his son got there no-showing-emotion honestly! I could wring all their necks sometimes!
After we all got dressed, we took off to get Ron's shopping done. Our first stop? Cracker Barrel! A bite to eat, and a pecan pie for dessert on Christmas. Corgan had chicken and dumplings, Ron had pork chops, and I had the double meat breakfast. Then, the shopping in the little store - my favorite part!
After that, it was on to Meijer. We thought we had the best chance of finding something on Josh's list there, so that was where we were going to look. We had success at Meijer, not as much as we'd've liked, but we did better than we thought we were going to, so Ron's shopping is done now.
Now, on to WalMart, so I can do the grocery shopping. I could have done it at Meijer, but I don't know where things are in Meijer and I was afraid I'd forget something, so I didn't. I felt more comfortable going to WalMart where I knew where everything was.
Back home, I got groceries put away and the other things sorted - things to take down to their house for Christmas, things to wrap, all those type of things....what a hodge-podge of items we bought today! Then we just got to relax for the evening. Whew!
I went to make supper and discovered that I didn't have one ingredient. Phooey! I decided to go to Felicity instead of Bethel to get it, and when I got there, that IGA didn't have what I needed. Really? Now I have to drive all the way to Bethel anyway! Double Phooey! So...off I go. I ended up being gone for more than an hour, for a quick little trip to the store.
I started a sugar low while leaving IGA and I couldn't get home quick enough! Luckily, besides the hard candies that I keep in my pockets, I had 2 Dum-Dum suckers in my car. When I got home, I checked my sugar and it was 46 then - and that was after candies on the way home! shitshitshit
I gobbled down a dozen or so jelly beans,
I finally get to make our supper - that shrimp dish (made with lemon (juice) and a packet of Italian dressing) and baked. While I was at the store, I also got french fries to go with it, so we had shrimp and fries. I was so washed out for a long time, though. I hate sugar lows so bad!
I just sat here on the pute and played my games, ate my supper, and that was about it for the night.
I'm glad I'm feeling better (stronger) now, but that was a bit frightening.
I thought about doing some wrapping and stuff now that Corgan's been picked up, but I think I'll wait. I just don't feel like it.
Ron and I are probably going to leave early tomorrow and go visit a friend in the hospital before going to church. At least, right now, that's the plan. Then, we're going to the Barn for lunch - and my brother is going to meet us there! Yay! Anybody else want to meet us? They open at noon, and though football starts at 1, my Bengals play on Monday night this week, so I don't have to be home for kickoff.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Man, have I been a SLACKER, or what?? Sorry about that!
12/17
Not much happened on Wednesday. I didn't work up enough energy to get on the Wii. I am still a little afraid of doing that.
I did little bits and pieces of housework all day, and I plotted out strategies for finishing our Christmas shopping over the next couple of days. Finish! God, I feel so out of it this year. Not only do I have to get crappy (read: cheap) gifts, I have to space the buying out so much, it's pathetic.
When walking out to meet Ron, I actually made it to our half-mile mark - man, Ron couldn't get there quick enough!
Ron and I went to church for the seasonal penance service, and then home for the evening.
Not a real good day - I was feeling blah by the end of it, but that is not unexpected this time of year.
12/18
Starting to work our plan today!
Ron called me when he got his paycheck, and I went to meet him and get it from him, so I could make our deposit and get some shopping done while he was at work (he doesn't like to go) and get the things we needed for Corgan while Corgan wasn't with us, like he will be on Saturday morning. Let me tell you, it's almost like a plot from a mystery, planning shopping around these male creatures!
By the time I met Ron, then got back to 'civilization,' it was after 2, so I needed to eat some lunch. I decided to go to Longhorn and have my almost-perfect salad. After some thought - the reason I was eating lunch was to head off a sugar low - I also had an order of the corn fritters (YUM!), just to have some starch with this lunch. As I went on over to Meijer, I felt fortified for this bit of shopping.
I accomplished this mission, and barely got home before Josh stopped to pick some things up. I did walk out to meet Ron, but didn't get very far today. I was tired, and didn't, or couldn't, walk very fast.
Ron and I watched some Quantum Leap, then I watched Bones (which ended up being a rerun), then football time! He had one of his Chinese frozen things for supper, and I had chicken noodle soup, which we ate while watching TV.
12/19
I thought about going and doing my shopping today, but then decided not to, since I knew that Ron would have to go shopping on Saturday morning, because I didn't get everything done yesterday. I just ran out of time, and HE is the one who still needs gifts, not me! Why run down the road and waste the gasoline if I don't have to? I did run up to Bethel and do some little errands that needed done - you know, the little piddly things that will get done "one of these days." I had Gold Star for my lunch while I was uptown. It was pretty chilly and that warmed me up pretty good!
Back home, I was ready (because I was up and dressed) when Ron texted me that they were on their way, and I actually managed to make it all the way to our half-mile mark! WhooHoo! It seemed to take forever for him to get there, and then I found out that he stopped for gasoline. Well, that will take a bit of time, won't it? But he got the gasoline for $1.99 per gallon for cash, and why pass that up? Under 2 bucks!! Oh, yes, thank you very much!
I had a surprise planned for Ron, and I had the beginnings of the this plot started at home. I had all my Christmas ornaments laid out all over the kitchen table, and Corgan and I were to check them against my list (yes, I am anal enough to have an Ornament List). As we were doing this, an awful lot of ornaments couldn't be found. We finally went back down the hallway and looked through the popcorn tins, and, sure enough, I had missed a tin full of ornaments! Ai yi yi! Well, we found the missing ornaments and then some. After taking a break or two, we finally got "all" the ornaments checked against the list.
As the night went on, we had our supper. Corgan made himself some Ramen noodles earlier, then we all had whatever we wanted during the evening. I finally had some chicken noodle soup around 10. A little late, but when you're busy, you just don't stop to eat unless you have to.
We finally talked Ron into going to bed, and he made Corgan go to bed, too. Hmmmm. I had to piddle around, then make sure he was asleep, then go get Corgan back up to help me. Then we set up the surprise: Ron's own little Christmas tree, with all of his ornaments on it, right in the little corner between his chair and the tall lamp. He has deer, motorcycles, and guitar ornaments, as well as Yosemite Sam and some personalized things. If I can have MY own tree (the sports tree), why can't, or shouldn't, he have HIS own tree, too?
Corgan and I had a blast decorating that little tree! Then Corgan went back to bed, and I shut the house down and finally went to bed, too.
12/20
I felt Ron stirring, starting to get up this morning, so I got out of bed before him and got out here in the living room, where Corgan was already up and playing on the Wii. We wanted to see his reaction to his surprise, you know.
He got out here, said, "What?" and walked over to his chair and sat down. Corgan and I are just watching him. He said, "What?" again and rubbed his face a couple of times. Corgan told him that it snowed and was still snowing. He nodded, and did NOT move the curtain (right beside his chair) to look out. Then he said, "What?" again. I gave up and went to the bathroom. Suddenly, I heard, "Oh, I guess," from the living room, so I assume he finally noticed his tree. I'm not sure if Corgan pointed it out to him or not, but somehow he saw it. Let me tell you, my son and his son got there no-showing-emotion honestly! I could wring all their necks sometimes!
After we all got dressed, we took off to get Ron's shopping done. Our first stop? Cracker Barrel! A bite to eat, and a pecan pie for dessert on Christmas. Corgan had chicken and dumplings, Ron had pork chops, and I had the double meat breakfast. Then, the shopping in the little store - my favorite part!
After that, it was on to Meijer. We thought we had the best chance of finding something on Josh's list there, so that was where we were going to look. We had success at Meijer, not as much as we'd've liked, but we did better than we thought we were going to, so Ron's shopping is done now.
Now, on to WalMart, so I can do the grocery shopping. I could have done it at Meijer, but I don't know where things are in Meijer and I was afraid I'd forget something, so I didn't. I felt more comfortable going to WalMart where I knew where everything was.
Back home, I got groceries put away and the other things sorted - things to take down to their house for Christmas, things to wrap, all those type of things....what a hodge-podge of items we bought today! Then we just got to relax for the evening. Whew!
I went to make supper and discovered that I didn't have one ingredient. Phooey! I decided to go to Felicity instead of Bethel to get it, and when I got there, that IGA didn't have what I needed. Really? Now I have to drive all the way to Bethel anyway! Double Phooey! So...off I go. I ended up being gone for more than an hour, for a quick little trip to the store.
I started a sugar low while leaving IGA and I couldn't get home quick enough! Luckily, besides the hard candies that I keep in my pockets, I had 2 Dum-Dum suckers in my car. When I got home, I checked my sugar and it was 46 then - and that was after candies on the way home! shitshitshit
I gobbled down a dozen or so jelly beans,
I finally get to make our supper - that shrimp dish (made with lemon (juice) and a packet of Italian dressing) and baked. While I was at the store, I also got french fries to go with it, so we had shrimp and fries. I was so washed out for a long time, though. I hate sugar lows so bad!
I just sat here on the pute and played my games, ate my supper, and that was about it for the night.
I'm glad I'm feeling better (stronger) now, but that was a bit frightening.
I thought about doing some wrapping and stuff now that Corgan's been picked up, but I think I'll wait. I just don't feel like it.
Ron and I are probably going to leave early tomorrow and go visit a friend in the hospital before going to church. At least, right now, that's the plan. Then, we're going to the Barn for lunch - and my brother is going to meet us there! Yay! Anybody else want to meet us? They open at noon, and though football starts at 1, my Bengals play on Monday night this week, so I don't have to be home for kickoff.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Getting things back on track
Monday, December 15, 2014
Tuesday. December 16, 2014
12/15
Today started early, because I had to get up to be ready when my sister got here. I was taking her downtown to the oral surgeon, and we had to go early, because of rush-hour traffic, school buses, and other unknown things out there. We sure didn't want to be late! Since this is a clinic, we're gonna be sitting there long enough as it is.
We get down there (Holmes Hospital, on the UC campus) and find out that Jean isn't even in the computer! Great! Luckily, she had her appointment paper from the last visit, proving that she was supposed to be here at this date and time, so the receptionist went to ask the doctor about working her in, then she came and told us that Jean would be taken back FIRST (hip hip hooray) and it's all gonna work out okay. I think it worked out even better - if they had gone by the appointment, we may not have gotten out of there until way in the afternoon, and as it was, we got out of there by quarter after 11. We were happy campers!
Since Jean now has no - as in zero - front teeth, we couldn't stop to eat anywhere, but since Jean hadn't eaten any breakfast, she really needed some kind of sustenance. She finally decided that she thought she would be able to 'stomach' a strawberry milkshake from McDonald's, so I drove through the one here in Bethel. I got her the shake, and myself a large order of fries - just about the only thing from McDonald's that I can eat - and came on home. We sat here and visited until she felt stable enough to drive herself on home. She said she felt like the Bumble (in Rudolph) and I told her to behave or I'd throw her off a cliff, because Bumbles bounce! (Yes, I'm a good sister!)
After she left, and I knew she got home okay - yes, I was worried - I laid down and took a nap. I don't normally do that, but this stress-y day was not normal. I got back up, did some of my exercises, then got myself ready for Ron to text me that he was on his way home. He called me a little after 5 - he was still out on a run - picking up a dumpster - and was gonna be late. Real late. Well, I guess I'm not gonna walk today, because I'm not walking in the dark! Bummer.
When he got home, we decided on Hamburger Helper for our supper. While the hamburger was cooking - it was frozen - I had to go uptown to go to the bank to make a small deposit to cover one of those damn automatic withdrawals that I forget about. Arrrggggghhhhh. We don't need this! But it's happening...
Ron watches the hamburger, does his evening paperwork, and gets his shower, all while I was gone. I was impressed! Then we watched Quantum Leap until time for football.
Nothing on the agenda for tomorrow except playing Happy Homemaker.
12/16
I woke early this morning. Early, as in 6:30! I had the alarm set for 8, and I really beat it. I had to call the doctor's office to cancel appointments, because we just plain ol' can't afford to go this week. I got them rescheduled for January, so that's all good.
When I got up, I jumped right into Happy Homemaker mode and got laundry (regular clothes) started. Then, while those were going, I started in on the dishes. There actually weren't all that many - I kept them up as I could while I was making and baking - but there were enough. When the clothes were dry, I got a load of towels done, also, as well as other small piddly tasks around here done. I also got my exercises done - all of them for a change! - made some phone calls, and things like that.
It was a busy, busy, busy kind of day!
I took a shower at 4, thinking that I had plenty of time to get ready before hearing from Ron. Well, I was mostly right. I went to get dressed - warmly dressed for outside - at quarter til 5, and my phone went off. Yep, it was him! I rushed to finish getting dressed, gym shoes on, coat and scarf and all that on, too, and out the door as quickly as possible, since I knew he was on his way.
Amazingly, I made it all the way to our half-mile mark before he pulled onto the end of Hoover Road. I found out that he had stopped for gasoline, and that was what had given me the extra time. Damn, and here I thought I was just doing a good walking job!
We got back home, and I got changed to go to my TOPS meeting. I was kinda dreading this, because I missed last week because of Corgan's Christmas Concert, and I've been to Christmas parties in these two weeks. I've tried to control myself and make good choices, but they are Christmas parties.
I get there and weigh in. SUCCESS!! I have lost 1.6 pounds! WhooHoo! <happy dance> I am so relieved! I feel that I can handle the rest of the holidays now...
Once again, nothing on the agenda for tomorrow. I shouldn't have to play Happy Homemaker too much - I might put away the laundry and the dishes, but that's about it. I guess I'll find stuff to do around here. I might even get on the Wii Fit again now - I feel re-energized!
Tuesday. December 16, 2014
12/15
Today started early, because I had to get up to be ready when my sister got here. I was taking her downtown to the oral surgeon, and we had to go early, because of rush-hour traffic, school buses, and other unknown things out there. We sure didn't want to be late! Since this is a clinic, we're gonna be sitting there long enough as it is.
We get down there (Holmes Hospital, on the UC campus) and find out that Jean isn't even in the computer! Great! Luckily, she had her appointment paper from the last visit, proving that she was supposed to be here at this date and time, so the receptionist went to ask the doctor about working her in, then she came and told us that Jean would be taken back FIRST (hip hip hooray) and it's all gonna work out okay. I think it worked out even better - if they had gone by the appointment, we may not have gotten out of there until way in the afternoon, and as it was, we got out of there by quarter after 11. We were happy campers!
Since Jean now has no - as in zero - front teeth, we couldn't stop to eat anywhere, but since Jean hadn't eaten any breakfast, she really needed some kind of sustenance. She finally decided that she thought she would be able to 'stomach' a strawberry milkshake from McDonald's, so I drove through the one here in Bethel. I got her the shake, and myself a large order of fries - just about the only thing from McDonald's that I can eat - and came on home. We sat here and visited until she felt stable enough to drive herself on home. She said she felt like the Bumble (in Rudolph) and I told her to behave or I'd throw her off a cliff, because Bumbles bounce! (Yes, I'm a good sister!)
After she left, and I knew she got home okay - yes, I was worried - I laid down and took a nap. I don't normally do that, but this stress-y day was not normal. I got back up, did some of my exercises, then got myself ready for Ron to text me that he was on his way home. He called me a little after 5 - he was still out on a run - picking up a dumpster - and was gonna be late. Real late. Well, I guess I'm not gonna walk today, because I'm not walking in the dark! Bummer.
When he got home, we decided on Hamburger Helper for our supper. While the hamburger was cooking - it was frozen - I had to go uptown to go to the bank to make a small deposit to cover one of those damn automatic withdrawals that I forget about. Arrrggggghhhhh. We don't need this! But it's happening...
Ron watches the hamburger, does his evening paperwork, and gets his shower, all while I was gone. I was impressed! Then we watched Quantum Leap until time for football.
Nothing on the agenda for tomorrow except playing Happy Homemaker.
12/16
I woke early this morning. Early, as in 6:30! I had the alarm set for 8, and I really beat it. I had to call the doctor's office to cancel appointments, because we just plain ol' can't afford to go this week. I got them rescheduled for January, so that's all good.
When I got up, I jumped right into Happy Homemaker mode and got laundry (regular clothes) started. Then, while those were going, I started in on the dishes. There actually weren't all that many - I kept them up as I could while I was making and baking - but there were enough. When the clothes were dry, I got a load of towels done, also, as well as other small piddly tasks around here done. I also got my exercises done - all of them for a change! - made some phone calls, and things like that.
It was a busy, busy, busy kind of day!
I took a shower at 4, thinking that I had plenty of time to get ready before hearing from Ron. Well, I was mostly right. I went to get dressed - warmly dressed for outside - at quarter til 5, and my phone went off. Yep, it was him! I rushed to finish getting dressed, gym shoes on, coat and scarf and all that on, too, and out the door as quickly as possible, since I knew he was on his way.
Amazingly, I made it all the way to our half-mile mark before he pulled onto the end of Hoover Road. I found out that he had stopped for gasoline, and that was what had given me the extra time. Damn, and here I thought I was just doing a good walking job!
We got back home, and I got changed to go to my TOPS meeting. I was kinda dreading this, because I missed last week because of Corgan's Christmas Concert, and I've been to Christmas parties in these two weeks. I've tried to control myself and make good choices, but they are Christmas parties.
I get there and weigh in. SUCCESS!! I have lost 1.6 pounds! WhooHoo! <happy dance> I am so relieved! I feel that I can handle the rest of the holidays now...
Once again, nothing on the agenda for tomorrow. I shouldn't have to play Happy Homemaker too much - I might put away the laundry and the dishes, but that's about it. I guess I'll find stuff to do around here. I might even get on the Wii Fit again now - I feel re-energized!
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Celebrating the season!
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Sunday, December 14, 2014
12/13/14
WhooHoo, all you number nerds! The last numerical day this century! There isn't a 13 month, so it won't happen again...
Anyway, on to my day -
I woke up around 8:30, which was even before Ron got up, and then let myself read and play on the tablet before getting up at 10, which is when I had the alarm set for. I got up, and got things ready in the kitchen, then made my Christmas Cake and got it into the oven. When the timer went off, I turned the oven off, then got dressed and made the trip down to Amelia. I had to go to Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, as usual, and I made this trip by myself, so it wasn't a whole lot of fun, but it had to be done.
When I got home, I went to pull the cake out of the oven, so I could make the brownies, and I discovered that the cake wasn't done in the center! Yikes! So I had to turn the oven back on and bake the cake a little longer and throw my schedule all off-kilter. We took advantage of this time to make our lunches - the guys had eggs, and I had a can of my chicken salad while playing on the pute. When the timer went off, I checked the cake once again, and this time it was done, so now things are rolling again.
I made the brownies - the Surprise Strawberry Brownies, or Strawberry Surprise Brownies (I call them both) - which is a chocolate chip cookie under the strawberry brownie in a 9x13 pan. When it's done, while it's still hot, you cover it with glaze. Oh, man, did it look - and smell - good! Next time, though, I think I will make a double batch of brownie, just to make it a bit thicker, and make half as much glaze. The brownie and cookie were sweet enough, it just didn't need that much glaze. Just a little shimmer on the top will be sufficient, I think.
Along in through here sometime, they showed up to pick Corgan up, so he didn't get to help me with the icing and glazing and all. That was a bummer, but...doing things with his family is pretty important, too, so I couldn't complain too much. He'll have the memory of the Rice Krispie trees, and I'm okay with that.
After the brownies were done, it was time to put the icing/glaze on the Christmas Cake. I cheated doing this - instead of making the glaze from powdered sugar, I took the rest of the open can of icing (from where we did the 'garland' on the RK trees) and used that. I divided it 3 ways and made red and green, and left the rest white. I added a few drops of milk, then zapped it for a few seconds to make the glaze, then poured it over the cake. First the red, then the green, then the white. Since the cake was made in a Bundt pan, it made very pretty designs! Only part I don't like, is that it makes very pretty puddles on the cake plate, too. But....
Then we went to our Christmas Party. We had such fun, as we do every year. My goodies were a big hit - especially the RK trees (they all like RK treats a lot, which is why I made them) - and I only brought home half of the cake and a small corner of the brownie. Made me feel good, let me tell you!
Spending a fun evening with wonderful friends does the soul good, and getting cool gifts to bring home, and having the gifts you took get a good reception is a bonus! Have I mentioned that I L*O*V*E this time of year??
We came home late, and I went straight to bed, which needs written down somewhere, because I don't do that often!
12/14
Sunday. Church, lunch, football. Yep, a normal Sunday. After the hustle and bustle of the last couple of days, I relished the "relaxness" of today.
After church, we went to Country Inn in Georgetown for lunch. I got the big breakfast, and Ron got the chicken livers - he wanted something different. Then, home for football! I made it home in time to see kickoff, and then almost missed it because I had the TV all set on ch 12 (CBS), which is where our games almost always are, and then the game didn't come on! Our game was on ch 19 (FOX) today, and that threw me off! But, I found us quickly, and saw kickoff, and the whole rest of the game, where we totally kicked butt! If only we could play like this all the time...sigh.
Ron and I just had soup for our supper, because, of course, we had munched on goodies all day and weren't really hungry.
Tomorrow I get to take my sister downtown for her big tooth-removal appointment. It's not gonna be a lot of fun, but in the end, it's gonna be so worth it for her. She won't hurt any more, and that's a good thing. She's gonna look r.e.a.l. good for our Christmas pictures, though!
Sunday, December 14, 2014
12/13/14
WhooHoo, all you number nerds! The last numerical day this century! There isn't a 13 month, so it won't happen again...
Anyway, on to my day -
I woke up around 8:30, which was even before Ron got up, and then let myself read and play on the tablet before getting up at 10, which is when I had the alarm set for. I got up, and got things ready in the kitchen, then made my Christmas Cake and got it into the oven. When the timer went off, I turned the oven off, then got dressed and made the trip down to Amelia. I had to go to Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, as usual, and I made this trip by myself, so it wasn't a whole lot of fun, but it had to be done.
When I got home, I went to pull the cake out of the oven, so I could make the brownies, and I discovered that the cake wasn't done in the center! Yikes! So I had to turn the oven back on and bake the cake a little longer and throw my schedule all off-kilter. We took advantage of this time to make our lunches - the guys had eggs, and I had a can of my chicken salad while playing on the pute. When the timer went off, I checked the cake once again, and this time it was done, so now things are rolling again.
I made the brownies - the Surprise Strawberry Brownies, or Strawberry Surprise Brownies (I call them both) - which is a chocolate chip cookie under the strawberry brownie in a 9x13 pan. When it's done, while it's still hot, you cover it with glaze. Oh, man, did it look - and smell - good! Next time, though, I think I will make a double batch of brownie, just to make it a bit thicker, and make half as much glaze. The brownie and cookie were sweet enough, it just didn't need that much glaze. Just a little shimmer on the top will be sufficient, I think.
Along in through here sometime, they showed up to pick Corgan up, so he didn't get to help me with the icing and glazing and all. That was a bummer, but...doing things with his family is pretty important, too, so I couldn't complain too much. He'll have the memory of the Rice Krispie trees, and I'm okay with that.
After the brownies were done, it was time to put the icing/glaze on the Christmas Cake. I cheated doing this - instead of making the glaze from powdered sugar, I took the rest of the open can of icing (from where we did the 'garland' on the RK trees) and used that. I divided it 3 ways and made red and green, and left the rest white. I added a few drops of milk, then zapped it for a few seconds to make the glaze, then poured it over the cake. First the red, then the green, then the white. Since the cake was made in a Bundt pan, it made very pretty designs! Only part I don't like, is that it makes very pretty puddles on the cake plate, too. But....
Then we went to our Christmas Party. We had such fun, as we do every year. My goodies were a big hit - especially the RK trees (they all like RK treats a lot, which is why I made them) - and I only brought home half of the cake and a small corner of the brownie. Made me feel good, let me tell you!
Spending a fun evening with wonderful friends does the soul good, and getting cool gifts to bring home, and having the gifts you took get a good reception is a bonus! Have I mentioned that I L*O*V*E this time of year??
We came home late, and I went straight to bed, which needs written down somewhere, because I don't do that often!
12/14
Sunday. Church, lunch, football. Yep, a normal Sunday. After the hustle and bustle of the last couple of days, I relished the "relaxness" of today.
After church, we went to Country Inn in Georgetown for lunch. I got the big breakfast, and Ron got the chicken livers - he wanted something different. Then, home for football! I made it home in time to see kickoff, and then almost missed it because I had the TV all set on ch 12 (CBS), which is where our games almost always are, and then the game didn't come on! Our game was on ch 19 (FOX) today, and that threw me off! But, I found us quickly, and saw kickoff, and the whole rest of the game, where we totally kicked butt! If only we could play like this all the time...sigh.
Ron and I just had soup for our supper, because, of course, we had munched on goodies all day and weren't really hungry.
Tomorrow I get to take my sister downtown for her big tooth-removal appointment. It's not gonna be a lot of fun, but in the end, it's gonna be so worth it for her. She won't hurt any more, and that's a good thing. She's gonna look r.e.a.l. good for our Christmas pictures, though!
Friday, December 12, 2014
Getting stuff done!
Friday, December 12, 2014
I woke up this morning around 9:30, and didn't get up until 11, as usual. But, since I knew that I had things to do, I made myself get up and get going. To start the day, I jumped into Happy Homemaker mode and did the dishes, because I knew that I was going to dirty up a lot more before the day was over. After that chore was done, I wrapped and wrapped and wrapped - all the stuff that I had bought while shopping yesterday. I had to get it done, because we get Corgan on Friday nights! I wanted Josh to stop and take the box of wrapped gifts on home with him as he went home today, so I had to get that done before anything else.
Then I started thinking - why should I make these goodies by myself, when Corgan is going to be here, and he can help me? We can make wonderful memories of "cooking" or "making" stuff together, right? So I put off the making and baking so that he could help me. I did keep busy all day, though. After the wrapping was finally done, I just did general clean-up and I also got a little bit of my exercises in there, too. I took a lunch break (I ate a can of my chicken salad) and played on the pute a bit, too.
Josh stopped and got the gifts, and not long after, Ron called me to say that he was waiting for them to bring Corgan to him. As we talked, they pulled in, so as soon as we hung up, I finished getting ready and started walking. Since I had plenty of warning, I actually made it to our half mile mark! I was pretty proud of myself - I haven't made it that far in a long, long time. It sure was getting dark, though, and I was glad to see and hear his truck pull onto the end of Hoover Road!
When we got home, we quickly had to get things together to go on a rescue run. My sister, whose car Ron had worked on when she was here, has had a flat tire, and she needs a new tire. Her quasi son-in-law David will not put the donut on for her (he thinks they are dangerous) and she can't afford to keep putting air into the tire that keeps going flat - IF she can get to the air - so something must be done. Unfortunately, the tire Ron has isn't on a rim, so he is taking it so that David can fix it up for her. Ron can't do it unless her car is here, where all his tools and equipment is, and that's not going to happen because of both of their work schedules (she works third shift). So, we are taking the tire up to David, and hopefully he will get it fixed and onto her car without delay. But -- we shall see.
After that, since we were so close to Mt. Orab, we went on up to that little Mexican restaurant up there for our supper. Yum! Let me say that again - YUM! I had the chicken chimichanga, with the sides on a separate plate and a second chimichanga, that I usually get, and since Ron was with me, he got to eat the sides instead of me bringing them home to him. He had the chimichanga jalista, and Corgan had the quesadilla El Camino Real (the name of the restaurant), and both of them really enjoyed what they got tonight. We ate the hell outta the chips (and salsa - Corgan loved the HOT) and even brought home what was left of the third basket of 'em.
Once home, Ron fell asleep in his chair and Corgan and I made Rice Krispie Christmas trees for the party Ron and I are going to tomorrow night. They came out pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. We had a lot of fun making them, and I think they are cute.
Then Corgan finally turned on the TV - Most Stupid, what else? - and I got on the pute. Now it's a typical Friday night.
Tomorrow morning, I'll bake my Christmas Cake and I'll let Corgan help me ice and decorate it. It's gonna be fun! He is a little artistic - he did the 'garlands' on the Rice Krispie trees - so we'll see how the cake turns out. I'm sure it's gonna be pretty, no matter what.
I'm also making Surprise Strawberry Brownies - they will be very colorful!
Have I mentioned that I L*O*V*E this time of year??
I woke up this morning around 9:30, and didn't get up until 11, as usual. But, since I knew that I had things to do, I made myself get up and get going. To start the day, I jumped into Happy Homemaker mode and did the dishes, because I knew that I was going to dirty up a lot more before the day was over. After that chore was done, I wrapped and wrapped and wrapped - all the stuff that I had bought while shopping yesterday. I had to get it done, because we get Corgan on Friday nights! I wanted Josh to stop and take the box of wrapped gifts on home with him as he went home today, so I had to get that done before anything else.
Then I started thinking - why should I make these goodies by myself, when Corgan is going to be here, and he can help me? We can make wonderful memories of "cooking" or "making" stuff together, right? So I put off the making and baking so that he could help me. I did keep busy all day, though. After the wrapping was finally done, I just did general clean-up and I also got a little bit of my exercises in there, too. I took a lunch break (I ate a can of my chicken salad) and played on the pute a bit, too.
Josh stopped and got the gifts, and not long after, Ron called me to say that he was waiting for them to bring Corgan to him. As we talked, they pulled in, so as soon as we hung up, I finished getting ready and started walking. Since I had plenty of warning, I actually made it to our half mile mark! I was pretty proud of myself - I haven't made it that far in a long, long time. It sure was getting dark, though, and I was glad to see and hear his truck pull onto the end of Hoover Road!
When we got home, we quickly had to get things together to go on a rescue run. My sister, whose car Ron had worked on when she was here, has had a flat tire, and she needs a new tire. Her quasi son-in-law David will not put the donut on for her (he thinks they are dangerous) and she can't afford to keep putting air into the tire that keeps going flat - IF she can get to the air - so something must be done. Unfortunately, the tire Ron has isn't on a rim, so he is taking it so that David can fix it up for her. Ron can't do it unless her car is here, where all his tools and equipment is, and that's not going to happen because of both of their work schedules (she works third shift). So, we are taking the tire up to David, and hopefully he will get it fixed and onto her car without delay. But -- we shall see.
After that, since we were so close to Mt. Orab, we went on up to that little Mexican restaurant up there for our supper. Yum! Let me say that again - YUM! I had the chicken chimichanga, with the sides on a separate plate and a second chimichanga, that I usually get, and since Ron was with me, he got to eat the sides instead of me bringing them home to him. He had the chimichanga jalista, and Corgan had the quesadilla El Camino Real (the name of the restaurant), and both of them really enjoyed what they got tonight. We ate the hell outta the chips (and salsa - Corgan loved the HOT) and even brought home what was left of the third basket of 'em.
Once home, Ron fell asleep in his chair and Corgan and I made Rice Krispie Christmas trees for the party Ron and I are going to tomorrow night. They came out pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. We had a lot of fun making them, and I think they are cute.
Then Corgan finally turned on the TV - Most Stupid, what else? - and I got on the pute. Now it's a typical Friday night.
Tomorrow morning, I'll bake my Christmas Cake and I'll let Corgan help me ice and decorate it. It's gonna be fun! He is a little artistic - he did the 'garlands' on the Rice Krispie trees - so we'll see how the cake turns out. I'm sure it's gonna be pretty, no matter what.
I'm also making Surprise Strawberry Brownies - they will be very colorful!
Have I mentioned that I L*O*V*E this time of year??
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Makin' this ol' body work...
Thursday, December 11, 2014
For some reason, I woke this morning just before 6. SIX! What the heck? I read a bit, played on the tablet a bit, then decided to try to sleep again. I told myself to only sleep for an hour, because I had things to do, and it was 8:30 already, and I drifted off.
I woke back up at 11! That was a little more than an hour! Ai yi yi! But it's okay, because I'm not really on a schedule, I just wanted to get things moving a little earlier, but my brain thinks differently at night than it does in the morning, I guess.
I got up, got dressed, got the car loaded, then called Ron to see if he had gotten his paycheck yet, and to see if I could meet him somewhere to get it so that I could make the deposit, so I could actually get things accomplished today. He was taking his lunch up in Georgetown, so I had to go in that direction first, and that was a bit of a surprise. He was also halfway through his lunch (he only gets a half hour), so I had to get moving! Good thing we know those back roads, huh?
He was waiting for me, not very patiently, even though I got there in less than 20 minutes, and did our exchange - I got his paycheck, and he got a kiss. Actually, I got a kiss, too, so I got a double prize! (I'm cracking myself up!) Then, he went back to work, and I went to cash that check, make our deposit, and spend some money. That's always fun, right? (NOT.)
First of all, since I hadn't eaten, I stopped at Country Inn and enjoyed a double-decker BLT with steak fries. I needed energy for the shopping I was about to do! Then, it was on to Bethel, where I went to the Post Office, dropped clothes off at the Free Store, went to BP for a drink and a pit stop, then on down to WalMart for the grocery and Christmas shopping that needed done. It's not just groceries, either, it's buying stuff to make desserts for a Christmas party we are going to on Saturday evening, too. I got plans, man!
I get done, and am ready to check out - which one of the THREE open checkout lanes do I want to get in? Oh, that bugs me!! Why can't they open some aisles when people are three and four people deep in line? Finally, just after 4, I have the car loaded and am headed for home. Just after FOUR. That means I was shopping for 2-1/2 to 3 hours. No wonder my back is barking at me! And I still have to carry everything in when I get home - ugh. Oh, well. It was my choice, so I can't complain too much.
I was pretty proud of getting everything that I did get, and of what I am going to do with it all. I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!
Ron texted me when he was coming home, but I still had my phone on vibrate, so I missed it. Well, I saw it, but I was late. I started walking and he pulled up to the stop sign at Hoover, so I just turned around - I wasn't even to the end of our property yet. Yep, I was quite the slacker there. Oh, well, my back wasn't happy with me anyway, so...
Once back in the house, I finished putting away the groceries and sorting 'making' stuff and gifts, and then we decided on cheese weenies for supper, and watched Quantum Leap while making and eating supper. At 8, I watched Bones, then turned on football.
Tomorrow is a "making and baking" day, and I'm looking forward to it! I'm trying some new things, and I'm anxious to see how they come out.
For some reason, I woke this morning just before 6. SIX! What the heck? I read a bit, played on the tablet a bit, then decided to try to sleep again. I told myself to only sleep for an hour, because I had things to do, and it was 8:30 already, and I drifted off.
I woke back up at 11! That was a little more than an hour! Ai yi yi! But it's okay, because I'm not really on a schedule, I just wanted to get things moving a little earlier, but my brain thinks differently at night than it does in the morning, I guess.
I got up, got dressed, got the car loaded, then called Ron to see if he had gotten his paycheck yet, and to see if I could meet him somewhere to get it so that I could make the deposit, so I could actually get things accomplished today. He was taking his lunch up in Georgetown, so I had to go in that direction first, and that was a bit of a surprise. He was also halfway through his lunch (he only gets a half hour), so I had to get moving! Good thing we know those back roads, huh?
He was waiting for me, not very patiently, even though I got there in less than 20 minutes, and did our exchange - I got his paycheck, and he got a kiss. Actually, I got a kiss, too, so I got a double prize! (I'm cracking myself up!) Then, he went back to work, and I went to cash that check, make our deposit, and spend some money. That's always fun, right? (NOT.)
First of all, since I hadn't eaten, I stopped at Country Inn and enjoyed a double-decker BLT with steak fries. I needed energy for the shopping I was about to do! Then, it was on to Bethel, where I went to the Post Office, dropped clothes off at the Free Store, went to BP for a drink and a pit stop, then on down to WalMart for the grocery and Christmas shopping that needed done. It's not just groceries, either, it's buying stuff to make desserts for a Christmas party we are going to on Saturday evening, too. I got plans, man!
I get done, and am ready to check out - which one of the THREE open checkout lanes do I want to get in? Oh, that bugs me!! Why can't they open some aisles when people are three and four people deep in line? Finally, just after 4, I have the car loaded and am headed for home. Just after FOUR. That means I was shopping for 2-1/2 to 3 hours. No wonder my back is barking at me! And I still have to carry everything in when I get home - ugh. Oh, well. It was my choice, so I can't complain too much.
I was pretty proud of getting everything that I did get, and of what I am going to do with it all. I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!
Ron texted me when he was coming home, but I still had my phone on vibrate, so I missed it. Well, I saw it, but I was late. I started walking and he pulled up to the stop sign at Hoover, so I just turned around - I wasn't even to the end of our property yet. Yep, I was quite the slacker there. Oh, well, my back wasn't happy with me anyway, so...
Once back in the house, I finished putting away the groceries and sorting 'making' stuff and gifts, and then we decided on cheese weenies for supper, and watched Quantum Leap while making and eating supper. At 8, I watched Bones, then turned on football.
Tomorrow is a "making and baking" day, and I'm looking forward to it! I'm trying some new things, and I'm anxious to see how they come out.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Mission accomplished!
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
I woke up this morning around 7:30, but convinced myself to lay there and doze until after 9, when I let myself wake up enough to read and play on the tablet. Then I got up at 11 and worked on our Christmas cards. And worked on them. And worked on them.
And I got them done! Then there was the fun of putting the return address labels and stamps on all the envelopes. Whew, that's almost a bigger job than choosing and signing all the cards, and addressing the envelopes - almost. My back hurt so bad by the time I was done that I went and laid back down as I ate my lunch (3 slices of cheese, dry roasted peanuts, celery, and cherry orange tomatoes). I also let myself take a nap, how about that!
When I got back up, I just piddled around the house until time to walk out and meet Ron. He texted me a bit earlier than I expected, and I had to rush to get ready and get out the door, so I didn't get very far down Hoover Road, but I did get some walking in, and that's a good thing.
I made us a shrimp meal for supper. I just take a bag of shrimp (I used medium shrimp this time), and thaw it out. Instead of using a cookie sheet, I used a casserole dish (shrimp is much closer instead of spread out) and covered the bottom with lemon juice. The recipe calls for real lemons, but I can't keep real lemons around here, not with Corgan coming up every weekend - he eats them! - so lemon juice it is, then put in the shrimp, then sprinkle a packet of Italian seasoning over all of the shrimp. Bake in a 300 degree oven for about 45 minutes (or a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes). Then I baked a tube of biscuits, and that was supper. Not much, but it was nice and hot and very satisfying. And GOOD!
We were watching Quantum Leap as supper was cooking, and as we ate. We continued watching QL until 9, when I watched Criminal Minds.
And that was my day.
Tomorrow I get to run errands - post office (gotta mail those Christmas cards, and a box or two!), drop off some clothes at the used clothes store, and some shopping for a Christmas party on Saturday night. All labors of love, don'tcha know?
I woke up this morning around 7:30, but convinced myself to lay there and doze until after 9, when I let myself wake up enough to read and play on the tablet. Then I got up at 11 and worked on our Christmas cards. And worked on them. And worked on them.
And I got them done! Then there was the fun of putting the return address labels and stamps on all the envelopes. Whew, that's almost a bigger job than choosing and signing all the cards, and addressing the envelopes - almost. My back hurt so bad by the time I was done that I went and laid back down as I ate my lunch (3 slices of cheese, dry roasted peanuts, celery, and cherry orange tomatoes). I also let myself take a nap, how about that!
When I got back up, I just piddled around the house until time to walk out and meet Ron. He texted me a bit earlier than I expected, and I had to rush to get ready and get out the door, so I didn't get very far down Hoover Road, but I did get some walking in, and that's a good thing.
I made us a shrimp meal for supper. I just take a bag of shrimp (I used medium shrimp this time), and thaw it out. Instead of using a cookie sheet, I used a casserole dish (shrimp is much closer instead of spread out) and covered the bottom with lemon juice. The recipe calls for real lemons, but I can't keep real lemons around here, not with Corgan coming up every weekend - he eats them! - so lemon juice it is, then put in the shrimp, then sprinkle a packet of Italian seasoning over all of the shrimp. Bake in a 300 degree oven for about 45 minutes (or a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes). Then I baked a tube of biscuits, and that was supper. Not much, but it was nice and hot and very satisfying. And GOOD!
We were watching Quantum Leap as supper was cooking, and as we ate. We continued watching QL until 9, when I watched Criminal Minds.
And that was my day.
Tomorrow I get to run errands - post office (gotta mail those Christmas cards, and a box or two!), drop off some clothes at the used clothes store, and some shopping for a Christmas party on Saturday night. All labors of love, don'tcha know?
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Disability Appeal phone call and a Christmas Concert
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Today, during the day, was pretty much a normal day. I woke up, played on my tablet and read for a bit, then got up and played Happy Homemaker. I got all the laundry, that has been accumulating in baskets, finally put away. I had to - I was out of baskets! I hate when that happens, because that forces me to do the job I hate the most. But, I survived.
I went into Corgan's room to take the sheets off the bed to wash, and I discovered the drawers in his chest of drawers were so stuffed that they wouldn't close, so I went through them and cleaned out some old outgrown things and folded what was left. That boy! He laughs at Grandpa and Granny for taking care of their clothes "like that," then look at what he does with the few clothes he has here. Tsk, tsk. Oh, well, he will learn.
I did the load of laundry - towels, sheets, etc. - while putting away all the clothes in the baskets, then when those were finally dry, I re-made his bed, so he'll never know it was un-made (unless one of you guys tell him)!
I also worked on our Christmas cards some more, getting about 3/4 of the way done. I stopped to eat some lunch, but couldn't find anything I wanted. You know how that is? Nothing just looked good, or right, or whatever. I ended up eating some - a serving - of walnuts, and that was it. I just couldn't make a decision about anything else.
At 1:35, I got the phone call I've been waiting for. The lady from the lawyers to help me file my appeal. She asked me all the usual questions about how am I doing, has anything changed, and all that. Then she told me that this next appeal will go in front of a judge. Which, in and of itself, is not a big deal, but they are so far behind (and/or overbooked), that it could be anywhere from 12 to 24 months before it can be scheduled. Yes, another year or two to even be scheduled. She did say that this is usually when awards are usually made, and she did ask a lot more intensive questions this time. So, except for the time thing, it sounds hopeful this time. But - I must wonder - if a stroke, a heart attack, and a broken back aren't enough for them, then do I really, seriously have a chance? - should I just stop this 'nonsense' and start a job search again? I don't see how, or where, I could work, but IF I start looking, maybe something would fall into my lap. But, I went ahead with it, so I must wait. We will get through it, we will.
I spent some of the afternoon putting things together to take down to Josh's tonight. Ron's clothes to change into, plates and serving bowls for Christmas Eve, things like that. I kept a running list in my head - I know, dangerous - and must have walked up and down my hallway a zillion times, getting something else. But, finally, I thought I was as ready as I could be and went and took my shower, then sat down at the table to work on our Christmas cards until it was time to get myself dressed. When my cell phone alarm went off, I went and got my glad rags on, then worked on the cards until Josh got here to pick me up.
Off we went, and Chelle had supper on the table when we got down there. She had taken some leftover chili and done something to it, then topped it with cheese and baked it. It was pretty tasty! Soon enough, though, it was time for us all to leave to get Corgan to the school on time for his Christmas Concert.
The concert was very nice. The 4th grade went first, which was a surprise to me - I thought the younger grade(s) always went first - but I guess it doesn't matter in the long run. Corgan got to both sing and play the recorder (which is a plastic clarinet-looking thing that sounds like a flute), and he was so proud to have earned the honor to play the recorder - not everyone in the class does. My camera's batteries died, and Ron had the second camera, so I had to go back to our seats and get my tablet out of my purse, and use that to take pictures. It was the first time I had/have done that, and I was a little nervous about how they'd come out, but they came out okay. I also took a video on the tablet, and that was definitely a first! Now, my problem is getting all the pictures from the tablet to my pute so I can share them. That is gonna be fun. NOT.
Nothing planned for tomorrow except for finishing up the Christmas cards. I will not be a Happy Homemaker tomorrow! Yeah, right - there's always something...
Today, during the day, was pretty much a normal day. I woke up, played on my tablet and read for a bit, then got up and played Happy Homemaker. I got all the laundry, that has been accumulating in baskets, finally put away. I had to - I was out of baskets! I hate when that happens, because that forces me to do the job I hate the most. But, I survived.
I went into Corgan's room to take the sheets off the bed to wash, and I discovered the drawers in his chest of drawers were so stuffed that they wouldn't close, so I went through them and cleaned out some old outgrown things and folded what was left. That boy! He laughs at Grandpa and Granny for taking care of their clothes "like that," then look at what he does with the few clothes he has here. Tsk, tsk. Oh, well, he will learn.
I did the load of laundry - towels, sheets, etc. - while putting away all the clothes in the baskets, then when those were finally dry, I re-made his bed, so he'll never know it was un-made (unless one of you guys tell him)!
I also worked on our Christmas cards some more, getting about 3/4 of the way done. I stopped to eat some lunch, but couldn't find anything I wanted. You know how that is? Nothing just looked good, or right, or whatever. I ended up eating some - a serving - of walnuts, and that was it. I just couldn't make a decision about anything else.
At 1:35, I got the phone call I've been waiting for. The lady from the lawyers to help me file my appeal. She asked me all the usual questions about how am I doing, has anything changed, and all that. Then she told me that this next appeal will go in front of a judge. Which, in and of itself, is not a big deal, but they are so far behind (and/or overbooked), that it could be anywhere from 12 to 24 months before it can be scheduled. Yes, another year or two to even be scheduled. She did say that this is usually when awards are usually made, and she did ask a lot more intensive questions this time. So, except for the time thing, it sounds hopeful this time. But - I must wonder - if a stroke, a heart attack, and a broken back aren't enough for them, then do I really, seriously have a chance? - should I just stop this 'nonsense' and start a job search again? I don't see how, or where, I could work, but IF I start looking, maybe something would fall into my lap. But, I went ahead with it, so I must wait. We will get through it, we will.
I spent some of the afternoon putting things together to take down to Josh's tonight. Ron's clothes to change into, plates and serving bowls for Christmas Eve, things like that. I kept a running list in my head - I know, dangerous - and must have walked up and down my hallway a zillion times, getting something else. But, finally, I thought I was as ready as I could be and went and took my shower, then sat down at the table to work on our Christmas cards until it was time to get myself dressed. When my cell phone alarm went off, I went and got my glad rags on, then worked on the cards until Josh got here to pick me up.
Off we went, and Chelle had supper on the table when we got down there. She had taken some leftover chili and done something to it, then topped it with cheese and baked it. It was pretty tasty! Soon enough, though, it was time for us all to leave to get Corgan to the school on time for his Christmas Concert.
The concert was very nice. The 4th grade went first, which was a surprise to me - I thought the younger grade(s) always went first - but I guess it doesn't matter in the long run. Corgan got to both sing and play the recorder (which is a plastic clarinet-looking thing that sounds like a flute), and he was so proud to have earned the honor to play the recorder - not everyone in the class does. My camera's batteries died, and Ron had the second camera, so I had to go back to our seats and get my tablet out of my purse, and use that to take pictures. It was the first time I had/have done that, and I was a little nervous about how they'd come out, but they came out okay. I also took a video on the tablet, and that was definitely a first! Now, my problem is getting all the pictures from the tablet to my pute so I can share them. That is gonna be fun. NOT.
Nothing planned for tomorrow except for finishing up the Christmas cards. I will not be a Happy Homemaker tomorrow! Yeah, right - there's always something...
Monday, December 8, 2014
A relaxing day, then back to the grind
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Monday, December 8, 2014
12/7
Typical Sunday. Church, lunch, football.
After church, we went up to Georgetown for our lunch. We both had the big breakfast that we like, and we even managed to get home in time for kickoff! Wow! The Bengals game was good until the fourth quarter, and then they quit playing for some reason. So, sad to say, they ended up losing. Getting tromped, as a matter of fact. But - it is what it is, and there is always next week.
I reheated the rest of the Johnny Marzetti for our supper, and we ate around 6:30. Johnny Marzetti tastes just as good the second day!
I went to bed at halftime during the night game, as I usually do, and my nice relaxing day is over.
Tomorrow it's back to Happy Homemaker....such fun. NOT.
12/8
I woke this morning around 8:30, and didn't get up until going on noon, as usual. I wasn't looking forward to playing Happy Homemaker, so kept putting it off. I did, however, finally get up and get started on all this housework. I got a load of towels going, and then started in on the dishes. Ugh. There were so many of them - what the heck did we do over the weekend? I worked on our Christmas cards instead of playing on the pute during the soaking times.
Around 1, I remembered that I needed to go down and pick up Ron's other prescription, so I finished up where I was in the dishes and drained the water. I got myself dressed, then turned the dryer back on the full time, and took off to get this errand done.
I got Ron's prescription, then went to Bob Evans for a bite of lunch - I got the country fried steak meal, but I brought the soup home for Ron to have for supper - and then I went to WalMart to pick up boxes to pack, wrap, and send out a package. Too bad I was too dumb to remember this on Saturday! But it's done now, and that's a good thing.
I got back home, got the box(es) packed, wrapped, and packed, all ready to mail out on Thursday. I did a load of regular clothes, since the towels were dry now, and I ran another sinkful of dishwater to work on more of the dishes. I actually got them ALL done, too! I felt rather proud of myself for that - I didn't think it was gonna be possible, not all in one day! I worked on our Christmas cards some more during the soaking times, and I do believe that I've passed the halfway point. Whew! I am hoping to get them in the mail if not tomorrow, then on Wednesday. My mail runs so late, I'm hoping tomorrow, but we'll see.
Ron didn't get home until almost 6:30, so he didn't get to go to church with me. Mass started at 7, so I only got to talk to him for a few minutes before I had to leave. Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception - celebrating when Mary was conceived to be 'full of grace' and, ultimately, the Mother of Jesus.
When I got home, he had eaten his supper (the soup I had brought home and had left warming on the stove for him), but I wasn't hungry yet. He finished watching whatever he was watching, then I turned on football.
I finally made myself some supper around quarter til 10. I made a package of Ramen Noodles, shrimp flavor, and I added chia seeds, sunflower seeds, and celery seeds to the bowl I mixed it all up in. I also added some butter to moisten it up a little. It was tasty!
Tomorrow will be putting laundry away - I'm out of baskets - and finishing up (hopefully) our Christmas cards. Then, Josh will stop and pick me up and it's off to Corgan's Christmas Concert! That's always a lot of fun! Ron will go straight from work, and then we'll come home together. I love this time of year!
Monday, December 8, 2014
12/7
Typical Sunday. Church, lunch, football.
After church, we went up to Georgetown for our lunch. We both had the big breakfast that we like, and we even managed to get home in time for kickoff! Wow! The Bengals game was good until the fourth quarter, and then they quit playing for some reason. So, sad to say, they ended up losing. Getting tromped, as a matter of fact. But - it is what it is, and there is always next week.
I reheated the rest of the Johnny Marzetti for our supper, and we ate around 6:30. Johnny Marzetti tastes just as good the second day!
I went to bed at halftime during the night game, as I usually do, and my nice relaxing day is over.
Tomorrow it's back to Happy Homemaker....such fun. NOT.
12/8
I woke this morning around 8:30, and didn't get up until going on noon, as usual. I wasn't looking forward to playing Happy Homemaker, so kept putting it off. I did, however, finally get up and get started on all this housework. I got a load of towels going, and then started in on the dishes. Ugh. There were so many of them - what the heck did we do over the weekend? I worked on our Christmas cards instead of playing on the pute during the soaking times.
Around 1, I remembered that I needed to go down and pick up Ron's other prescription, so I finished up where I was in the dishes and drained the water. I got myself dressed, then turned the dryer back on the full time, and took off to get this errand done.
I got Ron's prescription, then went to Bob Evans for a bite of lunch - I got the country fried steak meal, but I brought the soup home for Ron to have for supper - and then I went to WalMart to pick up boxes to pack, wrap, and send out a package. Too bad I was too dumb to remember this on Saturday! But it's done now, and that's a good thing.
I got back home, got the box(es) packed, wrapped, and packed, all ready to mail out on Thursday. I did a load of regular clothes, since the towels were dry now, and I ran another sinkful of dishwater to work on more of the dishes. I actually got them ALL done, too! I felt rather proud of myself for that - I didn't think it was gonna be possible, not all in one day! I worked on our Christmas cards some more during the soaking times, and I do believe that I've passed the halfway point. Whew! I am hoping to get them in the mail if not tomorrow, then on Wednesday. My mail runs so late, I'm hoping tomorrow, but we'll see.
Ron didn't get home until almost 6:30, so he didn't get to go to church with me. Mass started at 7, so I only got to talk to him for a few minutes before I had to leave. Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception - celebrating when Mary was conceived to be 'full of grace' and, ultimately, the Mother of Jesus.
When I got home, he had eaten his supper (the soup I had brought home and had left warming on the stove for him), but I wasn't hungry yet. He finished watching whatever he was watching, then I turned on football.
I finally made myself some supper around quarter til 10. I made a package of Ramen Noodles, shrimp flavor, and I added chia seeds, sunflower seeds, and celery seeds to the bowl I mixed it all up in. I also added some butter to moisten it up a little. It was tasty!
Tomorrow will be putting laundry away - I'm out of baskets - and finishing up (hopefully) our Christmas cards. Then, Josh will stop and pick me up and it's off to Corgan's Christmas Concert! That's always a lot of fun! Ron will go straight from work, and then we'll come home together. I love this time of year!
Saturday, December 6, 2014
A busy couple of days...
Friday, December 5, 2014
Saturday, December 6, 2014
12/5
Waking up this morning was strange, mainly because I could hear someone here in the house. It took me a second or two to remember that my sister was here! Then, instead of lazing in bed like I usually do, I got up and spent some time with her. I also did up some dishes and left her alone to "do her thing" on her laptop and the rest of the morning flew by. I did manage to get in a plug for her to come stay with us - I warned her that I was going to - but, as sisters do - I don't think she listened. As I expected, but I had to try.
After she left, I took the dish I made for the funeral luncheon up to church and got that delivered. After that, I went up to Gold Star and had some lunch. It's been a while since I've had chili and it tasted good! I went back home and got things together so I could leave at 4:30 to go down to Josh's because there is a 'Winterfest' festival-type thing going on tonight, and we are all planning to go to it. All except Ron, of course, because we can't plan on him to go anywhere with us because of his work.
I got down to Ripley, and we all went to the festival at the school, and it was fun! A lot of walking around, but it was all okay with me. We posed for a picture with Santa, saw the ornament that Corgan made on his 4th grade tree, and I stuck my face through the hole in the Ice Queen (or was it the Snow Queen) cutout and Chelle took my picture, and a lot of little things like that. Corgan played a lot of the little games they had (us grown-ups knew better) and we just had a good ol' time for a couple of hours.
Corgan and I came on home after that, and, man, was that a harrowing ride! Foggy and drizzly rain and nasty....was I glad when we got here! I also commandeered my own TV to watch 'A Very Grammy Christmas' and it was good in the beginning - when they sang Christmas songs. When they (the singers) all started singing 'their' songs, and not Christmas songs anymore, I didn't like the show any more. That was disappointing. When it was over, Corgan took the TV back over, and I went to bed.
12/6
I got up this morning to the alarm going off at 8:30. Ugh. But I had to go over to Eastgate to do my final weigh-in for this go-round, and I had to get my lazy ass moving!
First of all, we (yes, I made Ron and Corgan go with me) met with Jody so that I could pass on the chocolates that were left over after I had sorted out the ones for our stockings. Jody had asked for help in 'adopting' or 'sponsoring' a family for Christmas, and we don't have the money to help, but I figured that the extra chocolate would help - it would keep that family from having to buy any.
As we were leaving town, since Bethel's Down Home Christmas was going on, Santa was in the middle of the road by IGA/Skyline/Speedway, and we stopped (as all traffic did) and I gave Corgan some change to give. As we stopped, Santa comes over to the car and booms, "CORGAN!! Can I have a smile??" and man, oh, man, I would have loved to have seen Corgan's face! (He 'knows' the truth about the jolly old man.) But to have this Santa walk up and call him by name....oh, that was good!!! Ron and I teased him about it all day.
My final weigh-in?? Blah!! I have gained weight since the beginning. Ah, well, I guess it's a good thing we're not starting the next one til next year. Maybe I can figure out something to kick-start my weight loss again. I just don't know what is stopping me. I just can't get a plan to work for me right now. I am flummoxed.
After my weigh-in, we (yes, I made Ron and Corgan go with me) went to Golden Corral. We got there just at the changeover from breakfast to lunch, so we only got charged for breakfast, and we got to eat both - what a piece of luck!
After eating, we headed for home, but we had to stop and visit both the Wals first - Walgreen's and WalMart. At Walgreen's, we picked up prescriptions and at WalMart, a few groceries and one of the gifts from the Giving Tree at church (we get two tags - a boy and a girl - every year). Then, finally, we could come on home.
I got my Sports Tree put up, and Corgan even helped. He had said he wasn't going to, because he wasn't going to put any Bengals anything on any tree, but then he put up ornaments and things that were generic football/sports, not specifically Bengals. Except the candy canes - they are Bengals, but he loves hanging candy canes, so he wanted to hang those and I let him. We had fun!
When that was done, he watched TV and I got started on our Christmas cards. Started. On.
Josh and Chelle let us know when they were on their way (they had gone to Trader's World), and I made Johnny Marzetti for our supper, The timing worked out great, and we ate our supper about ten minutes after they got here. They had gotten a pineapple upside-down cake on markdown, and we enjoyed that for our dessert.
Then we sat around and talked for a bit, then they gathered up their stuff and left.
I worked on our Christmas cards some more while watching/listening to It's A Wonderful Life, and now I hear my bed calling me.
Can't wait for the nice relaxing Sunday...
Saturday, December 6, 2014
12/5
Waking up this morning was strange, mainly because I could hear someone here in the house. It took me a second or two to remember that my sister was here! Then, instead of lazing in bed like I usually do, I got up and spent some time with her. I also did up some dishes and left her alone to "do her thing" on her laptop and the rest of the morning flew by. I did manage to get in a plug for her to come stay with us - I warned her that I was going to - but, as sisters do - I don't think she listened. As I expected, but I had to try.
After she left, I took the dish I made for the funeral luncheon up to church and got that delivered. After that, I went up to Gold Star and had some lunch. It's been a while since I've had chili and it tasted good! I went back home and got things together so I could leave at 4:30 to go down to Josh's because there is a 'Winterfest' festival-type thing going on tonight, and we are all planning to go to it. All except Ron, of course, because we can't plan on him to go anywhere with us because of his work.
I got down to Ripley, and we all went to the festival at the school, and it was fun! A lot of walking around, but it was all okay with me. We posed for a picture with Santa, saw the ornament that Corgan made on his 4th grade tree, and I stuck my face through the hole in the Ice Queen (or was it the Snow Queen) cutout and Chelle took my picture, and a lot of little things like that. Corgan played a lot of the little games they had (us grown-ups knew better) and we just had a good ol' time for a couple of hours.
Corgan and I came on home after that, and, man, was that a harrowing ride! Foggy and drizzly rain and nasty....was I glad when we got here! I also commandeered my own TV to watch 'A Very Grammy Christmas' and it was good in the beginning - when they sang Christmas songs. When they (the singers) all started singing 'their' songs, and not Christmas songs anymore, I didn't like the show any more. That was disappointing. When it was over, Corgan took the TV back over, and I went to bed.
12/6
I got up this morning to the alarm going off at 8:30. Ugh. But I had to go over to Eastgate to do my final weigh-in for this go-round, and I had to get my lazy ass moving!
First of all, we (yes, I made Ron and Corgan go with me) met with Jody so that I could pass on the chocolates that were left over after I had sorted out the ones for our stockings. Jody had asked for help in 'adopting' or 'sponsoring' a family for Christmas, and we don't have the money to help, but I figured that the extra chocolate would help - it would keep that family from having to buy any.
As we were leaving town, since Bethel's Down Home Christmas was going on, Santa was in the middle of the road by IGA/Skyline/Speedway, and we stopped (as all traffic did) and I gave Corgan some change to give. As we stopped, Santa comes over to the car and booms, "CORGAN!! Can I have a smile??" and man, oh, man, I would have loved to have seen Corgan's face! (He 'knows' the truth about the jolly old man.) But to have this Santa walk up and call him by name....oh, that was good!!! Ron and I teased him about it all day.
My final weigh-in?? Blah!! I have gained weight since the beginning. Ah, well, I guess it's a good thing we're not starting the next one til next year. Maybe I can figure out something to kick-start my weight loss again. I just don't know what is stopping me. I just can't get a plan to work for me right now. I am flummoxed.
After my weigh-in, we (yes, I made Ron and Corgan go with me) went to Golden Corral. We got there just at the changeover from breakfast to lunch, so we only got charged for breakfast, and we got to eat both - what a piece of luck!
After eating, we headed for home, but we had to stop and visit both the Wals first - Walgreen's and WalMart. At Walgreen's, we picked up prescriptions and at WalMart, a few groceries and one of the gifts from the Giving Tree at church (we get two tags - a boy and a girl - every year). Then, finally, we could come on home.
I got my Sports Tree put up, and Corgan even helped. He had said he wasn't going to, because he wasn't going to put any Bengals anything on any tree, but then he put up ornaments and things that were generic football/sports, not specifically Bengals. Except the candy canes - they are Bengals, but he loves hanging candy canes, so he wanted to hang those and I let him. We had fun!
When that was done, he watched TV and I got started on our Christmas cards. Started. On.
Josh and Chelle let us know when they were on their way (they had gone to Trader's World), and I made Johnny Marzetti for our supper, The timing worked out great, and we ate our supper about ten minutes after they got here. They had gotten a pineapple upside-down cake on markdown, and we enjoyed that for our dessert.
Then we sat around and talked for a bit, then they gathered up their stuff and left.
I worked on our Christmas cards some more while watching/listening to It's A Wonderful Life, and now I hear my bed calling me.
Can't wait for the nice relaxing Sunday...
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Blessings of the season...and my back hates me
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Thursday, December 4, 2014
12/3
Today was a day of wrapping things up - baking and making-wise - because the Altar Society Christmas Dinner is tonight, and, while I know what I'm making, I must get them done. One more trip to the store - this time to Felicity - for last-minute stuff, and I am ready to get started. I didn't realize, though, that it was going to take quite so long to get them finished. I took turns standing and sitting, hoping to not stress my back, but I don't think it worked.
By the time it was time to go the the Dinner, I was already hurting, and then was the party itself. I was sitting and standing, doing a lot of things (I am treasurer, you know) that needed to be done and I didn't want to just sit there.
Needless to say, by the end of the night, my back was really putting up a fuss, and I was dawg-tired, boss.
I got home, and my sister came over, because she is having an angiogram in the morning and I am taking her. At this point, it is not known if she is going to have to stay in the hospital overnight or not - it's going to depend on what they find during the procedure. We shall find out! She has to be there at 7, so we'll have to leave here by 6, and that's gonna come awfully early!
12/4
Today was such a fun (yes, this is said in sarcastic font) day. Up at the buttcrack of dawn, after not getting to sleep until around 2, was the beginning of it all. We made it down to the hospital in plenty of time, and she got checked in and all and the waiting started. Her procedure wasn't scheduled until 9, so why she had to be there at 7, we have no idea. They finally took her back, and I sat there and waiting a little over an hour until they brought her back. Her heart doctor came in and talked to us both - they found nothing wrong in her heart - the pressure is fine and all that - and there are NO blockages, so no stents needed to be put in, which was very good, but it also left the question: why is the right side of her heart enlarged? The doctor didn't know, but he didn't really seem too very worried about it, since there was nothing found wrong.
After she had laid there flat on her back for the requisite 2+ hours, they sat the head of her bed up. After about an hour of that, they got her up into a chair. We thought she'd have to sit there for an hour or more, but about 15 minutes later, the nurse came in with her discharge info and we got to leave (after she got dressed, of course), so that was a nice surprise for us.
Josh had let me know that he was going out making deliveries and how soon were we leaving? I arranged with him to meet us at IHOP, cause Ruth and I were really hungry - it was after 1 by then - and he met us there. So it was a nice little lunch for the 3 of us. What a pleasant surprise - a second blessing on this day - and after the small disappointment of 'there's nothing wrong with Ruth's heart' (once again), it was very welcome! Not that we wanted something to be wrong with her heart, but it would have been nice to get some kind of answer.
By the time we got back here, Ruth had decided to just stay here tonight. She was told NOT to drive for 24 hours, and the choice was staying here or we could drive her car, as well as ours, to her place and then we'll come back home. But there isn't good reliable 'help' at her house, so she decided to stay here. We had totally forgotten about the after-care of an angiogram! We were so concerned about getting her there, and what to do if she was going to stay overnight (get stents), we just didn't think of what would happen if she didn't stay! We are dorks!
When we got here, Ron was already home from work - yes, the 'winter' stuff is truly starting now - and he had been puttering around with Ruth's car. He is so funny - it's like he just can't rest when he comes home early.
After a bit, I realized that I had forgotten to stop at the store to get the ingredients for the 7-layer salad that I am making for a funeral luncheon up at church tomorrow. So, I have to run back uptown and do this bit of shopping, then come home and make up the salad - and I also make up a separate dish for us to have with our supper tonight. Square fish patties, potato salad, and 7-layer salad - that was our supper tonight.
I got on the pute, and have caught up my games, and have now caught up my blog. Yay!
My bed is calling me, and it's not even halftime.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
12/3
Today was a day of wrapping things up - baking and making-wise - because the Altar Society Christmas Dinner is tonight, and, while I know what I'm making, I must get them done. One more trip to the store - this time to Felicity - for last-minute stuff, and I am ready to get started. I didn't realize, though, that it was going to take quite so long to get them finished. I took turns standing and sitting, hoping to not stress my back, but I don't think it worked.
By the time it was time to go the the Dinner, I was already hurting, and then was the party itself. I was sitting and standing, doing a lot of things (I am treasurer, you know) that needed to be done and I didn't want to just sit there.
Needless to say, by the end of the night, my back was really putting up a fuss, and I was dawg-tired, boss.
I got home, and my sister came over, because she is having an angiogram in the morning and I am taking her. At this point, it is not known if she is going to have to stay in the hospital overnight or not - it's going to depend on what they find during the procedure. We shall find out! She has to be there at 7, so we'll have to leave here by 6, and that's gonna come awfully early!
12/4
Today was such a fun (yes, this is said in sarcastic font) day. Up at the buttcrack of dawn, after not getting to sleep until around 2, was the beginning of it all. We made it down to the hospital in plenty of time, and she got checked in and all and the waiting started. Her procedure wasn't scheduled until 9, so why she had to be there at 7, we have no idea. They finally took her back, and I sat there and waiting a little over an hour until they brought her back. Her heart doctor came in and talked to us both - they found nothing wrong in her heart - the pressure is fine and all that - and there are NO blockages, so no stents needed to be put in, which was very good, but it also left the question: why is the right side of her heart enlarged? The doctor didn't know, but he didn't really seem too very worried about it, since there was nothing found wrong.
After she had laid there flat on her back for the requisite 2+ hours, they sat the head of her bed up. After about an hour of that, they got her up into a chair. We thought she'd have to sit there for an hour or more, but about 15 minutes later, the nurse came in with her discharge info and we got to leave (after she got dressed, of course), so that was a nice surprise for us.
Josh had let me know that he was going out making deliveries and how soon were we leaving? I arranged with him to meet us at IHOP, cause Ruth and I were really hungry - it was after 1 by then - and he met us there. So it was a nice little lunch for the 3 of us. What a pleasant surprise - a second blessing on this day - and after the small disappointment of 'there's nothing wrong with Ruth's heart' (once again), it was very welcome! Not that we wanted something to be wrong with her heart, but it would have been nice to get some kind of answer.
By the time we got back here, Ruth had decided to just stay here tonight. She was told NOT to drive for 24 hours, and the choice was staying here or we could drive her car, as well as ours, to her place and then we'll come back home. But there isn't good reliable 'help' at her house, so she decided to stay here. We had totally forgotten about the after-care of an angiogram! We were so concerned about getting her there, and what to do if she was going to stay overnight (get stents), we just didn't think of what would happen if she didn't stay! We are dorks!
When we got here, Ron was already home from work - yes, the 'winter' stuff is truly starting now - and he had been puttering around with Ruth's car. He is so funny - it's like he just can't rest when he comes home early.
After a bit, I realized that I had forgotten to stop at the store to get the ingredients for the 7-layer salad that I am making for a funeral luncheon up at church tomorrow. So, I have to run back uptown and do this bit of shopping, then come home and make up the salad - and I also make up a separate dish for us to have with our supper tonight. Square fish patties, potato salad, and 7-layer salad - that was our supper tonight.
I got on the pute, and have caught up my games, and have now caught up my blog. Yay!
My bed is calling me, and it's not even halftime.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Yup. Busy day, getting ready for the season...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Boy, was today a long, busy day. It started when I woke around 9:30. That part was still relaxing, since I read and played on the tablet for a bit. I had to get up, though, and be down at Kroger by 11:30 to meet Pam to pick up all the 31 stuff. Get up, get dressed, and get driving!! Ai yi yi! Nothing to it!
After I had met Pam and I got that taken care of, I went to Bob Evans for a bite of lunch. I had the $10. country fried steak meal with a potato soup starter and I brought my dessert (a cookie) home. I did have to stop at IGA for the ingredients for the dishes I am making for the Altar Society Christmas Dinner tomorrow night.
When I got home, though, that's when the fun started. First of all, I put a pan of beans on for us to have for supper tonight, then I started about ten different projects. Wrapping gifts, making dishes, etc., etc., etc. all afternoon long. I even got to do my exercises today, and, man, did it feel good to do them! At 5, I stopped to get my sweats and gym shoes on, ready for when Ron texted that he was on the way home. He finally texted at quarter after 5, so that was pretty good timing. I threw my shirt and coat on and took off walking, but I didn't quite make it to the curves on Hoover Road - he didn't text me til he was on 774, the silly man. It was a good walk, though. I sure have to get back in the hang of it!
When we got back home, I took a shower and got ready to go to my TOPS meeting. To my dismay, but not to my surprise, I gained half a pound this week - .6 to be exact - and I'm glad that's all it was. We are going to have our Christmas party next week, and that should be fun.
I got back home, and Ron and I enjoyed the beans (yeah, right) and butter bread while watching NCIS. Unfortunately, it was a rerun, and then when NCIS:NO was a rerun, too, we put Quantum Leap in.
Nothing planned for tomorrow but more of what was done today. The Altar Society Christmas Dinner is tomorrow night, so I do have to have some things done by then, so that will take some of the pressure off.
My sister is spending tomorrow night, too, because the day after she is getting a procedure done down at Anderson Mercy early in the morning and I am taking her. We'll have a good visit!
Boy, was today a long, busy day. It started when I woke around 9:30. That part was still relaxing, since I read and played on the tablet for a bit. I had to get up, though, and be down at Kroger by 11:30 to meet Pam to pick up all the 31 stuff. Get up, get dressed, and get driving!! Ai yi yi! Nothing to it!
After I had met Pam and I got that taken care of, I went to Bob Evans for a bite of lunch. I had the $10. country fried steak meal with a potato soup starter and I brought my dessert (a cookie) home. I did have to stop at IGA for the ingredients for the dishes I am making for the Altar Society Christmas Dinner tomorrow night.
When I got home, though, that's when the fun started. First of all, I put a pan of beans on for us to have for supper tonight, then I started about ten different projects. Wrapping gifts, making dishes, etc., etc., etc. all afternoon long. I even got to do my exercises today, and, man, did it feel good to do them! At 5, I stopped to get my sweats and gym shoes on, ready for when Ron texted that he was on the way home. He finally texted at quarter after 5, so that was pretty good timing. I threw my shirt and coat on and took off walking, but I didn't quite make it to the curves on Hoover Road - he didn't text me til he was on 774, the silly man. It was a good walk, though. I sure have to get back in the hang of it!
When we got back home, I took a shower and got ready to go to my TOPS meeting. To my dismay, but not to my surprise, I gained half a pound this week - .6 to be exact - and I'm glad that's all it was. We are going to have our Christmas party next week, and that should be fun.
I got back home, and Ron and I enjoyed the beans (yeah, right) and butter bread while watching NCIS. Unfortunately, it was a rerun, and then when NCIS:NO was a rerun, too, we put Quantum Leap in.
Nothing planned for tomorrow but more of what was done today. The Altar Society Christmas Dinner is tomorrow night, so I do have to have some things done by then, so that will take some of the pressure off.
My sister is spending tomorrow night, too, because the day after she is getting a procedure done down at Anderson Mercy early in the morning and I am taking her. We'll have a good visit!
Monday, December 1, 2014
'Back to normal' is NOT fun....no, not at all...
Monday, December 1, 2014
Today started off as my normal days have been - waking up between 8:30 and 9, reading and playing on the tablet until after 11, then getting up. When I got up, I got right into playing Happy Homemaker, getting a load of laundry (regular clothes) and then finishing up all the dishes from over the weekend. Yay - I felt so good finally getting all of those damn dishes done! I must have done more dishes in the last 5 days than I did the whole last month, I swear.
Between bouts of dishes, I had to make phone calls and get some business done, and I got everything accomplished that I set out to do, and that made me feel good, too. That was as far as the 'feeling good' went, though, because after that, I just seemed to be treading water. I started to do this, and I started to do that, but I never seemed to get anything done. I'm sure I did, but it just didn't seem like I did. I still have Christmas cards to write up, Christmas gifts to wrap, a Christmas tree to decorate (the sports tree that I put on one end of the kitchen table), mail to get ready to go out - now that I've bought the correct envelopes, reports to write before Wednesday, so on and so forth. Trust me, I've got quite a list!
At 3:30, I was ready to take a break and do my exercises, when Ron called me and said he was done for the day and could I meet him uptown? Rumpke, of course, rejected the physical card from his DOT physical and he needs to take a new one over for the doctor to fill in and sign (again). Wonderful! We should have known. So I get myself dressed, gather him up some clean (good) clothes, and off I went. We get over to Eastgate, and guess what? That doctor isn't in today. Yep, that's how our luck runs. Neither one of us had even thought to call and ask THAT question...
Are we dorks, or what? He will have to stop in later, I guess. We come back home, going over to 125 and stopping by KFC to bring chicken home for our supper - it was too early to eat then.
We get home, after a stop at WalMart for the envelopes and boxes I needed, then watched Quantum Leap, getting ourselves chicken when we were ready for it. Ron didn't even make it through the first episode....poor guy. He is exhausted. He did wake up long enough to pretend he saw the whole episode and to eat some chicken, but then he zonked again.
Hopefully I'll be able to get more things accomplished tomorrow. We shall see.
Today started off as my normal days have been - waking up between 8:30 and 9, reading and playing on the tablet until after 11, then getting up. When I got up, I got right into playing Happy Homemaker, getting a load of laundry (regular clothes) and then finishing up all the dishes from over the weekend. Yay - I felt so good finally getting all of those damn dishes done! I must have done more dishes in the last 5 days than I did the whole last month, I swear.
Between bouts of dishes, I had to make phone calls and get some business done, and I got everything accomplished that I set out to do, and that made me feel good, too. That was as far as the 'feeling good' went, though, because after that, I just seemed to be treading water. I started to do this, and I started to do that, but I never seemed to get anything done. I'm sure I did, but it just didn't seem like I did. I still have Christmas cards to write up, Christmas gifts to wrap, a Christmas tree to decorate (the sports tree that I put on one end of the kitchen table), mail to get ready to go out - now that I've bought the correct envelopes, reports to write before Wednesday, so on and so forth. Trust me, I've got quite a list!
At 3:30, I was ready to take a break and do my exercises, when Ron called me and said he was done for the day and could I meet him uptown? Rumpke, of course, rejected the physical card from his DOT physical and he needs to take a new one over for the doctor to fill in and sign (again). Wonderful! We should have known. So I get myself dressed, gather him up some clean (good) clothes, and off I went. We get over to Eastgate, and guess what? That doctor isn't in today. Yep, that's how our luck runs. Neither one of us had even thought to call and ask THAT question...
Are we dorks, or what? He will have to stop in later, I guess. We come back home, going over to 125 and stopping by KFC to bring chicken home for our supper - it was too early to eat then.
We get home, after a stop at WalMart for the envelopes and boxes I needed, then watched Quantum Leap, getting ourselves chicken when we were ready for it. Ron didn't even make it through the first episode....poor guy. He is exhausted. He did wake up long enough to pretend he saw the whole episode and to eat some chicken, but then he zonked again.
Hopefully I'll be able to get more things accomplished tomorrow. We shall see.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Ah, blessed relaxing Sunday...
Sunday, November 30, 2014
The last day of November - watch out, world, here comes December! Are you ready?
I didn't sleep well last night. I'm not sure why, but I didn't even turn off my light until after 1, then I woke up at 3 something and never really fell back asleep after that. Some little dozy sleep, but not a real deep sleep, so today has been a fight to stay awake.
Other than that, it's been a normal Sunday: church, lunch, football.
I was lector at church this morning, and the other person (the second lector) didn't show up, so I ended up reading both of the readings. I have been not using my walking stick when I know the terrain, and I was pretty proud of myself, getting around church - even the one step up to the lectern - without it. A few people even told me that I was getting around really well, too! It sure made me feel good. December 4th will be 7 months, but it feels like forever sometimes.
We went to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch. Ron got his fried chicken, and I got the big breakfast. Man, was it good! Then home for football. I did miss kickoff, which is nothing new, but we got home at about 5 after 1, so I didn't miss much. It was a pretty exciting game, with us winning by only 1 point. Crazy! I did really good with my football picks, too - I had missed 1 on Thursday, and I only missed 1 on the early games today. WhooHoo! Then I missed 1 of the late games, too, so I've missed a total of 3 games for the week, and there are only 2 games left. Sigh. It'd be nice to win a nice big football pool for a change, but I'm not holding my breath.
Ron went outside to work during the late games, and (for some reason) checked the mail. I don't know why we didn't yesterday, but we didn't, and - lo and behold - we have received our first Christmas card! It just reminds me that there is something else I need to do...
Ron made cheese weenies for our supper. He ate the rest of the pasta salad with his, and I had potato chips with mine.
Tomorrow - back to the same ol', same ol'. Happy Homemaker Day, and decorating for Christmas here in the house.
The last day of November - watch out, world, here comes December! Are you ready?
I didn't sleep well last night. I'm not sure why, but I didn't even turn off my light until after 1, then I woke up at 3 something and never really fell back asleep after that. Some little dozy sleep, but not a real deep sleep, so today has been a fight to stay awake.
Other than that, it's been a normal Sunday: church, lunch, football.
I was lector at church this morning, and the other person (the second lector) didn't show up, so I ended up reading both of the readings. I have been not using my walking stick when I know the terrain, and I was pretty proud of myself, getting around church - even the one step up to the lectern - without it. A few people even told me that I was getting around really well, too! It sure made me feel good. December 4th will be 7 months, but it feels like forever sometimes.
We went to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch. Ron got his fried chicken, and I got the big breakfast. Man, was it good! Then home for football. I did miss kickoff, which is nothing new, but we got home at about 5 after 1, so I didn't miss much. It was a pretty exciting game, with us winning by only 1 point. Crazy! I did really good with my football picks, too - I had missed 1 on Thursday, and I only missed 1 on the early games today. WhooHoo! Then I missed 1 of the late games, too, so I've missed a total of 3 games for the week, and there are only 2 games left. Sigh. It'd be nice to win a nice big football pool for a change, but I'm not holding my breath.
Ron went outside to work during the late games, and (for some reason) checked the mail. I don't know why we didn't yesterday, but we didn't, and - lo and behold - we have received our first Christmas card! It just reminds me that there is something else I need to do...
Ron made cheese weenies for our supper. He ate the rest of the pasta salad with his, and I had potato chips with mine.
Tomorrow - back to the same ol', same ol'. Happy Homemaker Day, and decorating for Christmas here in the house.
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Doing what this vacation was meant for...shopping!
Saturday, November 29, 2014
I woke this morning around 9:30, and just laid in bed reading and playing on my tablet until noon. Yay! Back to normal!
Ron was outside, putting the candles down the driveway, so it was pretty much a normal Saturday, except Corgan wasn't here. Once I got up, I did my weigh-in. I was very happy to see that I had LOST some weight - only .2 of a pound, but, by God, it's a loss! - and then I did another load of dishes. This is only about the fifth or sixth since Thursday. I will get them all caught up pretty soon - I will!
When we were both done with our respective jobs, we left to go get some lunch and to get some Christmas shopping done. With all of our appointments during the week, we didn't get that accomplished, and with football tomorrow, today is it. Ron wasn't real happy about it, but he knew it needed done, so off we went.
We went to Longhorn's for our lunch, where we both had salads for lunch. He had the salmon salad, and I had the almost-perfect chicken strawberry salad. We also had the corn fritters, and the waiter brought us bread, too. Ron asked for a bowl of peanuts, too, to munch on while the food was cooking. He was hungry! After we ate, we went over to Meijer to do some shopping, and we got quite a bit done in there, including all the chocolates for our stockings, which is my department. I get the chocolates, Josh & Chelle get the non-chocolate candy.
On the way back, we stopped at Kroger and got Ron's tonic water. Then it was on to WalMart, where we finally found the replacement bulbs for the lights around the house. Who knew it was gonna be so hard to find them this year? I also picked up a few groceries, and a new Bengals ornament for my Sports tree, which I will get put up probably on Monday.
When we got home, we got all the groceries carried in and put away. I sorted out the chocolates, dividing out enough for us (our stocking) - two or three of each color wrapper of each kind of candy - and put the rest to the side to pass on to someone who needs it, as I usually do. Then we watched Quantum Leap until time for bed. While watching, we each had something for supper. He decided he wanted more Waldorf Salad, so we made him a bowl of it real quick, and a bit later, I zapped the end (the rest of...) of the Skyline Dip that I had brought home from GGG and had chips and dip for my supper.
And bedtime is early tonight - us poor old geezers are tired tonight!
Tomorrow is our day of rest - church, lunch, football - and we are looking forward to the normality of it! Then he's back to work and I'm back to my normal blahness of day-to-day, which is fine, because that is my life nowadays. I'll take it over the other option - and I've seen other options!
I woke this morning around 9:30, and just laid in bed reading and playing on my tablet until noon. Yay! Back to normal!
Ron was outside, putting the candles down the driveway, so it was pretty much a normal Saturday, except Corgan wasn't here. Once I got up, I did my weigh-in. I was very happy to see that I had LOST some weight - only .2 of a pound, but, by God, it's a loss! - and then I did another load of dishes. This is only about the fifth or sixth since Thursday. I will get them all caught up pretty soon - I will!
When we were both done with our respective jobs, we left to go get some lunch and to get some Christmas shopping done. With all of our appointments during the week, we didn't get that accomplished, and with football tomorrow, today is it. Ron wasn't real happy about it, but he knew it needed done, so off we went.
We went to Longhorn's for our lunch, where we both had salads for lunch. He had the salmon salad, and I had the almost-perfect chicken strawberry salad. We also had the corn fritters, and the waiter brought us bread, too. Ron asked for a bowl of peanuts, too, to munch on while the food was cooking. He was hungry! After we ate, we went over to Meijer to do some shopping, and we got quite a bit done in there, including all the chocolates for our stockings, which is my department. I get the chocolates, Josh & Chelle get the non-chocolate candy.
On the way back, we stopped at Kroger and got Ron's tonic water. Then it was on to WalMart, where we finally found the replacement bulbs for the lights around the house. Who knew it was gonna be so hard to find them this year? I also picked up a few groceries, and a new Bengals ornament for my Sports tree, which I will get put up probably on Monday.
When we got home, we got all the groceries carried in and put away. I sorted out the chocolates, dividing out enough for us (our stocking) - two or three of each color wrapper of each kind of candy - and put the rest to the side to pass on to someone who needs it, as I usually do. Then we watched Quantum Leap until time for bed. While watching, we each had something for supper. He decided he wanted more Waldorf Salad, so we made him a bowl of it real quick, and a bit later, I zapped the end (the rest of...) of the Skyline Dip that I had brought home from GGG and had chips and dip for my supper.
And bedtime is early tonight - us poor old geezers are tired tonight!
Tomorrow is our day of rest - church, lunch, football - and we are looking forward to the normality of it! Then he's back to work and I'm back to my normal blahness of day-to-day, which is fine, because that is my life nowadays. I'll take it over the other option - and I've seen other options!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (...and Black Friday...)
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Friday, November 28, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope yours was as fun and as blessed as mine was!
11/27
The day started early - I had the alarm set for 8, so that we could get up and get things moving before going to church at 9.
When we got back from church, we got the turkey into the oven and started in with the peeling of potatoes and all the other cooking stuff that needed to be done in the next 4 or so hours. I turned the stereo in the kitchen off (the station I have it on had started playing Christmas music) and turned the TV on to watch and listen to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I knew Santa showed up at noon, so that was a good 'timer.' We usually eat at noon, but had to put it back a little this year, because Chelle had to work until 11:30. That was no big deal, even if it was a little odd. Josh let me know when they were on their way, too, so I had things ready. I had the snack table ready and I had the table set for dinner. I just had to wait for them to get here, so I could get all of dinner onto the table nice and hot.
And I did it! I got dinner on the table just after 1. We all gorged and had a great time together.
When dinner was over, Thanksgiving was considered over, as usual. They all went outside to take down the Pilgrims and put up the Christmas lights - which includes our Nativity scene and a snowman out by the mailbox - around the house. I stayed in to not only do up some of the dishes, but to change the inside of the house from Thanksgiving/Fall to Christmas, too. I got the bathroom changed over, and started in on the living room, but that takes awhile, so I didn't get all done.
They came in just before 5, and we had our dessert - peach and pecan pies, and a pumpkin roll that Chelle had made, all topped with Cool Whip, of course. Then they went home, leaving Corgan here for his spend-the-night night on Thursday this week instead of Friday.
11/28
I woke up at 8:30 this morning, and by 10, I was up and re-heating all the leftovers. I wasn't sure what time to expect them to show up - I just knew "lunchtime" - and I wanted the food to be ready, because the plans for the day were to have a lunch of leftovers here, then go get their Christmas tree, take it to their house, and be there for the rest of the day, which would include supper.
When we were done eating lunch, I packed up the little bit (mostly veggies) that was left to take with us to help with supper, and then we all dressed in our warm clothes and off we went.
I did pretty darn good walking through the tree farm, but they found their tree the quickest they've ever found their tree! It was a good rousing walk, too, and it was good for me. We took lots of pictures all around the tree farm and the little shop, recording our fun day.
Getting to their house, I parked my ass on the couch and stayed out of the way while Ron helped Josh get the tree in the house, and then Chelle was making supper. I'm no dummy!
Chelle made pork chops, twice baked (mashed with cheese on top) potatoes, and other odds and ends, as well as the veggies. It was a very good meal! We chowed down, almost as much as yesterday.
After that, we watched the Grinch, then Ron and I came home.
It's been a long, long couple of days, but they have been very satisfying days.
I'm almost afraid to get on the Wii in the morning.
Friday, November 28, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope yours was as fun and as blessed as mine was!
11/27
The day started early - I had the alarm set for 8, so that we could get up and get things moving before going to church at 9.
When we got back from church, we got the turkey into the oven and started in with the peeling of potatoes and all the other cooking stuff that needed to be done in the next 4 or so hours. I turned the stereo in the kitchen off (the station I have it on had started playing Christmas music) and turned the TV on to watch and listen to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I knew Santa showed up at noon, so that was a good 'timer.' We usually eat at noon, but had to put it back a little this year, because Chelle had to work until 11:30. That was no big deal, even if it was a little odd. Josh let me know when they were on their way, too, so I had things ready. I had the snack table ready and I had the table set for dinner. I just had to wait for them to get here, so I could get all of dinner onto the table nice and hot.
And I did it! I got dinner on the table just after 1. We all gorged and had a great time together.
When dinner was over, Thanksgiving was considered over, as usual. They all went outside to take down the Pilgrims and put up the Christmas lights - which includes our Nativity scene and a snowman out by the mailbox - around the house. I stayed in to not only do up some of the dishes, but to change the inside of the house from Thanksgiving/Fall to Christmas, too. I got the bathroom changed over, and started in on the living room, but that takes awhile, so I didn't get all done.
They came in just before 5, and we had our dessert - peach and pecan pies, and a pumpkin roll that Chelle had made, all topped with Cool Whip, of course. Then they went home, leaving Corgan here for his spend-the-night night on Thursday this week instead of Friday.
11/28
I woke up at 8:30 this morning, and by 10, I was up and re-heating all the leftovers. I wasn't sure what time to expect them to show up - I just knew "lunchtime" - and I wanted the food to be ready, because the plans for the day were to have a lunch of leftovers here, then go get their Christmas tree, take it to their house, and be there for the rest of the day, which would include supper.
When we were done eating lunch, I packed up the little bit (mostly veggies) that was left to take with us to help with supper, and then we all dressed in our warm clothes and off we went.
I did pretty darn good walking through the tree farm, but they found their tree the quickest they've ever found their tree! It was a good rousing walk, too, and it was good for me. We took lots of pictures all around the tree farm and the little shop, recording our fun day.
Getting to their house, I parked my ass on the couch and stayed out of the way while Ron helped Josh get the tree in the house, and then Chelle was making supper. I'm no dummy!
Chelle made pork chops, twice baked (mashed with cheese on top) potatoes, and other odds and ends, as well as the veggies. It was a very good meal! We chowed down, almost as much as yesterday.
After that, we watched the Grinch, then Ron and I came home.
It's been a long, long couple of days, but they have been very satisfying days.
I'm almost afraid to get on the Wii in the morning.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Thanksgiving Eve.....and the work begins
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Thanksgiving Eve
I "slept in" this morning - my first normal day since my vacation and all this crazy running around to doctoring. I woke up before 10. Blah. Even though I knew Ron was out here in the living room watching TV, I just laid in bed, reading and playing on my tablet until going-on-noon, as I usually do. Mainly because I knew, once I got up, the shit was gonna hit the fan, and I was right. Not 5 minutes after I was up, he was running the sweeper and I was doing dishes. Talk about jumping into Happy Homemaker mode! I usually stay out of his way when he gets bit by the cleaning bug, but today - I can't. So, I just stay in the kitchen, doing various things (including making the pasta salad for tomorrow) and let him cut loose in the living room. He vacuums and dusts and so on and so forth, and keeps going and going and going. He nags me to come in and clean around my recliner, saying that he doesn't want to mess with my stuff, and would rather I did it myself. Finally, I had no more excuses and I had to go do it.
After that, I went back into the kitchen and chopped veggies for our snack table tomorrow. Veggies, veggies, and more good veggies. He came out and offered to help me, but I sent him back in the living room. He finally got it done to his satisfaction, and decided to stop for the night. Thank God!
He made us some supper - he zapped me some chicken noodle soup, and he found himself something in the fridge. I finished up the veggies I was doing, and cleaned up the table. After eating, I got my Blue Willow china down out of the china cabinet and washed, ready to set the table in the morning.
My back is NOT thanking me for any of this today - not after the first couple of hours - and I am ready to call it a night.
I think we have the house as good as it's gonna get, and I've got as much prep done as I can do today. We are as ready as we can be. Tomorrow will start at 8am - getting the turkey into the oven, so we can go to church at 9.
A very Happy Thanksgiving is wished to you all.
Thanksgiving Eve
I "slept in" this morning - my first normal day since my vacation and all this crazy running around to doctoring. I woke up before 10. Blah. Even though I knew Ron was out here in the living room watching TV, I just laid in bed, reading and playing on my tablet until going-on-noon, as I usually do. Mainly because I knew, once I got up, the shit was gonna hit the fan, and I was right. Not 5 minutes after I was up, he was running the sweeper and I was doing dishes. Talk about jumping into Happy Homemaker mode! I usually stay out of his way when he gets bit by the cleaning bug, but today - I can't. So, I just stay in the kitchen, doing various things (including making the pasta salad for tomorrow) and let him cut loose in the living room. He vacuums and dusts and so on and so forth, and keeps going and going and going. He nags me to come in and clean around my recliner, saying that he doesn't want to mess with my stuff, and would rather I did it myself. Finally, I had no more excuses and I had to go do it.
After that, I went back into the kitchen and chopped veggies for our snack table tomorrow. Veggies, veggies, and more good veggies. He came out and offered to help me, but I sent him back in the living room. He finally got it done to his satisfaction, and decided to stop for the night. Thank God!
He made us some supper - he zapped me some chicken noodle soup, and he found himself something in the fridge. I finished up the veggies I was doing, and cleaned up the table. After eating, I got my Blue Willow china down out of the china cabinet and washed, ready to set the table in the morning.
My back is NOT thanking me for any of this today - not after the first couple of hours - and I am ready to call it a night.
I think we have the house as good as it's gonna get, and I've got as much prep done as I can do today. We are as ready as we can be. Tomorrow will start at 8am - getting the turkey into the oven, so we can go to church at 9.
A very Happy Thanksgiving is wished to you all.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
What a week! And a happy ending, too!
Wednesday, November 19 - Sunday, November 23, 2014
Monday, November 24, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
I'm baa-aaack!! Did you miss me? Yeah, I didn't think so. Haha.
11/19 - 11/23
My little trip to Gatlinburg. GGG - Girl's Gatlinburg Getaway. A total of 8 women, together in a cabin in the mountains. Fun, fun, and more good fun. Christmas movies playing constantly, or Christmas music playing. Shopping every day, if you chose. Jammie day, if not. Dixie Stampede - the Christmas show, of course - as our big "night out." Playing cards, games like Yahtzee or Left-Right-Center, or playing on electronics in the evenings. So relaxing....
What happens in Gatlinburg stays in Gatlinburg, though. Sorry.
11/24
When Ron and I say "together," we mean it. Today, we had colonoscopies together. Well, not exactly together, but both today, scheduled 15 minutes apart. My sister Jean was our driver home, cause we couldn't be driver for each other, darn it! (It was a lot of fun last night, doing the prep after I got home - and, yes, we only have one bathroom. It wasn't so bad, really. Just a couple of near-misses, that's all.) As soon as we left Anderson Mercy, we headed straight to IHOP, cause Ron and I were hungry. Hun-GRY. We each had a small breakfast, then Jean drove us home, and we crashed for the rest of the day.
When we got up, we had a small supper. I don't remember what Ron ate, but I had a can of chicken salad. Then I watched football. There were 2 games on, one started at 7, the other at 8:30. I actually stayed up and watched the whole game instead of going to bed at halftime.
11/25
Today, Ron and I each had doctor appointments. Me for my 6-month heart check-up, Ron for his DOT physical, which he has to pass to be able to drive. This time last year was when we found out about his high blood pressure.
Off we went to my appointment first. Back down to Anderson Mercy we go! To the left (in the parking lot) this time, back to the doctor's offices, and I get signed in and all. It was kinda funny - I froze their computers up! I could only shake my head. I'm an innocent bystander!
Getting called back, I get weighed (no surprise there), my blood pressure taken (it was 98/62!!), and all that. My pulse was 65, so I joked with the nurse that my heart was beating, but I had no blood pressure. They didn't seem all that worried over the low BP, but I was. When the doctor came in, he did all the listening, poking, and prodding as usual, then at the end, he asked the nurse what my BP was. I told him as she was looking it up, and his first reaction was, "Oh, that's a little low." Then he looked at my chart and muttered, "You're not taking much medicine," which I assumed meant specifically for BP, because I sure take plenty of medicine, let me tell you. He muttered to himself some more, then, waving his hands over the chart, told me, "We'll just leave all the medicine as it is. You can come back in 7 months this time." And that was that.
Makes me wonder how low BP has to go before they start really worrying.
Ron's appointment was in Eastgate, so we then went to O'Charley's for our lunch. He hadn't been there in forever, and he really enjoyed it. He got a big ol' salad, and I got the half BLT sandwich and potato soup combo.
We got to his appointment, and - hip, hip, hooray - he passed! The DOT physical says that to pass, your BP must be under 140/90. His was 140/86. So, he passed by the skin of his teeth, but he passed, thank God!
So, now comes the dilemma - is what we are doing to lower HIS BP hurting MINE? And how do we raise mine up a little? The only thing I can think of is for me to salt my food like crazy. We eat mostly the same things! It's very odd...
On our way home, we stopped at WalMart and bought the rest of Thanksgiving Dinner. He just looooves to shop <yes, that was sarcastic font> so it was a lot of fun to walk through the store with him.
After that, we stopped at Bert's so that Ron could get her gas cap off of her car. She wants to drive her own car, can you imagine that? It takes him maybe - maybe - 2 minutes. She 'paid' him with devilled eggs that she had made for him. (Gee, thanks, Bert...)
Our next stop was Subway, to pick up sandwiches for our supper tonight. We haven't had Subway in a long, long time, and they just sounded good.
We got home, got the groceries carried in, and I had a sugar low, so I ate a couple of his devilled eggs and a few snack crackers. Then I was off to my TOPS meeting. I wasn't really looking forward to this meeting, because of my little vacation, but it is what it is. Luckily, happily, I have lost almost a half pound - .4 to be exact - so I guess the hammer will drop next week, unless I get off my lazy ass and not let that happen. Yep. Happy Thanksgiving. Right.
I get back home and enjoy every single bite of my seafood and crab sandwich and Ruffles. Every. Single. Bite.
And that's been my week. Hope yours has been just as good for you.
Nothing planned for tomorrow, except getting the house ready for Thursday and doing some food prep. A lovely stay-at-home day with my hubby!
Monday, November 24, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
I'm baa-aaack!! Did you miss me? Yeah, I didn't think so. Haha.
11/19 - 11/23
My little trip to Gatlinburg. GGG - Girl's Gatlinburg Getaway. A total of 8 women, together in a cabin in the mountains. Fun, fun, and more good fun. Christmas movies playing constantly, or Christmas music playing. Shopping every day, if you chose. Jammie day, if not. Dixie Stampede - the Christmas show, of course - as our big "night out." Playing cards, games like Yahtzee or Left-Right-Center, or playing on electronics in the evenings. So relaxing....
What happens in Gatlinburg stays in Gatlinburg, though. Sorry.
11/24
When Ron and I say "together," we mean it. Today, we had colonoscopies together. Well, not exactly together, but both today, scheduled 15 minutes apart. My sister Jean was our driver home, cause we couldn't be driver for each other, darn it! (It was a lot of fun last night, doing the prep after I got home - and, yes, we only have one bathroom. It wasn't so bad, really. Just a couple of near-misses, that's all.) As soon as we left Anderson Mercy, we headed straight to IHOP, cause Ron and I were hungry. Hun-GRY. We each had a small breakfast, then Jean drove us home, and we crashed for the rest of the day.
When we got up, we had a small supper. I don't remember what Ron ate, but I had a can of chicken salad. Then I watched football. There were 2 games on, one started at 7, the other at 8:30. I actually stayed up and watched the whole game instead of going to bed at halftime.
11/25
Today, Ron and I each had doctor appointments. Me for my 6-month heart check-up, Ron for his DOT physical, which he has to pass to be able to drive. This time last year was when we found out about his high blood pressure.
Off we went to my appointment first. Back down to Anderson Mercy we go! To the left (in the parking lot) this time, back to the doctor's offices, and I get signed in and all. It was kinda funny - I froze their computers up! I could only shake my head. I'm an innocent bystander!
Getting called back, I get weighed (no surprise there), my blood pressure taken (it was 98/62!!), and all that. My pulse was 65, so I joked with the nurse that my heart was beating, but I had no blood pressure. They didn't seem all that worried over the low BP, but I was. When the doctor came in, he did all the listening, poking, and prodding as usual, then at the end, he asked the nurse what my BP was. I told him as she was looking it up, and his first reaction was, "Oh, that's a little low." Then he looked at my chart and muttered, "You're not taking much medicine," which I assumed meant specifically for BP, because I sure take plenty of medicine, let me tell you. He muttered to himself some more, then, waving his hands over the chart, told me, "We'll just leave all the medicine as it is. You can come back in 7 months this time." And that was that.
Makes me wonder how low BP has to go before they start really worrying.
Ron's appointment was in Eastgate, so we then went to O'Charley's for our lunch. He hadn't been there in forever, and he really enjoyed it. He got a big ol' salad, and I got the half BLT sandwich and potato soup combo.
We got to his appointment, and - hip, hip, hooray - he passed! The DOT physical says that to pass, your BP must be under 140/90. His was 140/86. So, he passed by the skin of his teeth, but he passed, thank God!
So, now comes the dilemma - is what we are doing to lower HIS BP hurting MINE? And how do we raise mine up a little? The only thing I can think of is for me to salt my food like crazy. We eat mostly the same things! It's very odd...
On our way home, we stopped at WalMart and bought the rest of Thanksgiving Dinner. He just looooves to shop <yes, that was sarcastic font> so it was a lot of fun to walk through the store with him.
After that, we stopped at Bert's so that Ron could get her gas cap off of her car. She wants to drive her own car, can you imagine that? It takes him maybe - maybe - 2 minutes. She 'paid' him with devilled eggs that she had made for him. (Gee, thanks, Bert...)
Our next stop was Subway, to pick up sandwiches for our supper tonight. We haven't had Subway in a long, long time, and they just sounded good.
We got home, got the groceries carried in, and I had a sugar low, so I ate a couple of his devilled eggs and a few snack crackers. Then I was off to my TOPS meeting. I wasn't really looking forward to this meeting, because of my little vacation, but it is what it is. Luckily, happily, I have lost almost a half pound - .4 to be exact - so I guess the hammer will drop next week, unless I get off my lazy ass and not let that happen. Yep. Happy Thanksgiving. Right.
I get back home and enjoy every single bite of my seafood and crab sandwich and Ruffles. Every. Single. Bite.
And that's been my week. Hope yours has been just as good for you.
Nothing planned for tomorrow, except getting the house ready for Thursday and doing some food prep. A lovely stay-at-home day with my hubby!
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Getting it done so I can go away...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Happy Birthday to my brother David!
David is child number 5 - and he is 52 this year. His is the last birthday of the year, now that Daddy is gone.
There are six of the eight in their 50s now!!
Today was pretty much a normal day, except that I had to rush to get things finished so that I can leave with an easy mind tomorrow. I had to get the Altar Society things finished up, get my 31 party closed, finish up the dishes and laundry around here, as well as finishing the packing (toiletries, etc.) that I could - I do still need stuff tomorrow morning - so it was rush, rush, rush all day long. I also had to go out and brush all the snow off of Ron's truck, so that I could drive it today. Man, what a job that was. I am not tall enough to reach the windshield or anything, so I can just brush it with the broom. I took the remote off the keyring, then started it and let it run for half an hour, locking it when I went back in the house. I am not as dumb as I look! Voila - the windshield was clear!
I went to leave to meet Pam to close out my 31 party, and discovered that our banking was messed up, so I had to make a side trip to Georgetown - which is in the wrong way. Won - der - ful!
I made it to the meeting with Pam, and got that done, and got myself some lunch - at 4 in the afternoon - at the Bob Evans down in Cherry Grove, which is where we were meeting. I had the half sandwich combo, getting the turkey bacon melt sandwich and a loaded baked potato. I figured that would be my only meal today, so it would all work out.
I had asked Josh to meet me at my house after work, and I had to rush to get there not long after he did - and the traffic lights didn't help me on the way home! Damn red lights. He helped me figure out the things (answered the questions) I was worried about on my tablet, since I was leaving and didn't want to have to ask him long-distance, and then he left for him. He gave me a big hug before leaving, and that was nice!
Ron, who had taken my car again today, got home around quarter after 6. It was good to see him before going to my TOPS meeting. I don't always get to, and this week, every minute we get to see each other is precious.
Going to my meeting, I weigh in, and am glad to see that I have lost weight - around a pound and a half! WhooHoo! <happy dance!> I had been a little worried, after "just" eating, but I guess it turned out okay...
I get back home, and get right back into the finishing touches. Good thing I have my list to go by and know what still needs to be done. I love crossing things off of lists!
But I am mostly ready, and will be ready in the morning. I HAVE to be!
I will talk to you all when I get back - enjoy the peace and quiet. I will be enjoying the peace and quiet of the Smoky Mountains. I will miss Ron, but he will survive. He's a strong man.
Love you all, and many blessings are wished to you.
Happy Birthday to my brother David!
David is child number 5 - and he is 52 this year. His is the last birthday of the year, now that Daddy is gone.
There are six of the eight in their 50s now!!
Today was pretty much a normal day, except that I had to rush to get things finished so that I can leave with an easy mind tomorrow. I had to get the Altar Society things finished up, get my 31 party closed, finish up the dishes and laundry around here, as well as finishing the packing (toiletries, etc.) that I could - I do still need stuff tomorrow morning - so it was rush, rush, rush all day long. I also had to go out and brush all the snow off of Ron's truck, so that I could drive it today. Man, what a job that was. I am not tall enough to reach the windshield or anything, so I can just brush it with the broom. I took the remote off the keyring, then started it and let it run for half an hour, locking it when I went back in the house. I am not as dumb as I look! Voila - the windshield was clear!
I went to leave to meet Pam to close out my 31 party, and discovered that our banking was messed up, so I had to make a side trip to Georgetown - which is in the wrong way. Won - der - ful!
I made it to the meeting with Pam, and got that done, and got myself some lunch - at 4 in the afternoon - at the Bob Evans down in Cherry Grove, which is where we were meeting. I had the half sandwich combo, getting the turkey bacon melt sandwich and a loaded baked potato. I figured that would be my only meal today, so it would all work out.
I had asked Josh to meet me at my house after work, and I had to rush to get there not long after he did - and the traffic lights didn't help me on the way home! Damn red lights. He helped me figure out the things (answered the questions) I was worried about on my tablet, since I was leaving and didn't want to have to ask him long-distance, and then he left for him. He gave me a big hug before leaving, and that was nice!
Ron, who had taken my car again today, got home around quarter after 6. It was good to see him before going to my TOPS meeting. I don't always get to, and this week, every minute we get to see each other is precious.
Going to my meeting, I weigh in, and am glad to see that I have lost weight - around a pound and a half! WhooHoo! <happy dance!> I had been a little worried, after "just" eating, but I guess it turned out okay...
I get back home, and get right back into the finishing touches. Good thing I have my list to go by and know what still needs to be done. I love crossing things off of lists!
But I am mostly ready, and will be ready in the morning. I HAVE to be!
I will talk to you all when I get back - enjoy the peace and quiet. I will be enjoying the peace and quiet of the Smoky Mountains. I will miss Ron, but he will survive. He's a strong man.
Love you all, and many blessings are wished to you.
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