Friday, February 28, 2014
For some reason, I woke up when Ron did this morning - as a matter of fact, he woke up with leg cramps before his alarm went off, and his getting up woke me up. I don't know why, and when this happens, it's kinda buggy, because of course I can't go back to sleep right away. This morning, I stayed awake until after 7, then went back to sleep for a few hours. I woke up right before noon, finished my book, and got up.
I played Happy Homemaker for a bit, then worked on balancing our checking account for the month - I try not to wait too long after getting our statement. It doesn't balance, of course, it's off $8.50 and is driving me crazy, so I put it to the side for now and got on the pute. I was planning on getting on the damn exercise bike, but that never happened.
At 5:30, I put on a big pan of cabbage for Ron's supper. I made the dish that I usually put smoked sausage in, but since I didn't know what time to expect him, I didn't put the meat in it. The meat has the most sodium, anyway, so I think just the cabbage, nice and warm, will be enough for him. If not, he can find something else. Or he can wait a bit longer and I'll add the sausage. Whichever he prefers.
When he walks in, he mentions how good the house smells, so he didn't worry about the meat. I was surprised, because he usually likes to chill a bit before eating his supper and all that. Corgan jumped right in, too, and made himself a package of Ramen Noodles for his supper.
When they were all done and out of the way, I went out and made me grilled cheese and tomato soup for my supper. I knew it was kinda high carb and high calorie, but it sure sounded good.
After a couple of hours, we all had some ice cream for a snack. When asked if he wanted ice cream, Corgan had to expound all about ice cream and how he only likes vanilla and strawberry and on and on and on. He must have asked 20 times what kind of ice cream I had. When I asked Ron if he wanted syrup, Corgan had to know what kind of that, too. That child!
As we were eating the ice cream (I had made him a small bowl anyway), he did tell that he had forgotten about butter pecan ice cream, and he did like it, too. Especially with caramel syrup (he couldn't have chocolate (Special Dark!) like me and Grandpa, now, could he? I didn't even know I still had caramel syrup in the fridge!), it tasted really good, and on and on and on.
When I put "all" my food into MFP (no lunch, then supper and ice cream), I was a little over 100 calories over for the day. I can live with that. If I had actually gotten on that damn exercise bike, my exercise would have taken care of those extra calories, but, noooooooo, I had to be lazy.
But, you know what? I quite enjoyed my lovely lazy day.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Running up and down 125 day. Wonderful. My favorite road. NOT
Thursday, February 27, 2014
I woke up today around 10:30, read a little bit, then got up, got dressed right away. I don't usually do that, I usually hang out in my housedresses, or muumuus, or whatever you want to call them, for a little while. But, today, I had to run to both Georgetown and Amelia - at least 10 miles in both direction from my house, so I had to get moving, or I'd never get done.
I did piddle around a little bit, checking banking on the pute and little things like that before I left, but nothing much, so I was on the road by noon. I decided to go to Georgetown first, just because I was going to buy meat there, as well as other groceries, and I could stop back at home and get it in the fridge and freezer before going the other way. That decision made, I went to Country Inn for my breakfast before shopping. I thought about getting that big fish sandwich they have, but in the end, I went with the big breakfast, mostly because I didn't want fries, and sandwiches just don't taste right without fries. (I know, I'm weird. But, I don't like their chili, and that's what I have if I don't have fries.)
After my breakfast, I went shopping. I went to Shopko first. That's the store that used to be Pamida. Well, Shopko itself is now closing, and everything - EVERYTHING - is marked down 10% to 30%, so I thought I'd see what I could see. Yep, I found stuff. Household stuff as well as stuff for the Easter Bunny. Hey, just like Santa, the Easter Bunny can't start too early! When I finally got out of Shopko, I went to SaveALot, which was my original destination, for my groceries. I got meat from the 5-for-$20 stuff (which was why I went there in the first place - they have a much better selection!), I got Ron some cabbage & mushroom and me some turnips, then as I'm getting ready to go, I make a last-minute splurge and get some butter pecan ice cream. I've been craving this for some time and fighting it hard, but finally succumbed.
I got these groceries and stuff home, unloaded and put away, and took off the other way down 125. Fun, fun. Can you say: grit your teeth, girl.
I got down to Walgreen's. I had planned on just driving through, but when I got there, I had to go in to get my prescription - I had to make a pit stop - and I'm so glad I did! I found one of those "as seen on TV" microwave potato cookers! I've been looking for one ever since I first saw an ad for them. I don't get to make us baked potatoes here at home, because I never know what time Ron will get home from work. It's hard to make a good supper in just a few minutes, but I feel Ron deserves a good hot supper after working all day. It helps that he likes to chill a bit when getting home, but, still...
Besides, have you ever tried to clean a microwave after a potato explodes in it? Yuck. That crap gets into every nook and cranny imaginable.
I was so glad to get back home and get back into my comfy clothes for the rest of the day! While I like to drive, I hate hate hate hate hate driving 125 between Bethel and Amelia. Hate it with a purple passion. And then to drive it at that time of day. School buses! Stupid idiots who don't know school bus laws! Ugh!
Ron had some boiled cabbage in the fridge - someone had given him this, I didn't make it - and I reheated it for his supper. When I started to smell it, I told him it was done and get that stinky stuff off the stove! He tried to tell me to let it cook a few more minutes, but I didn't fall for it. Damn, that crap stinks! I'm so glad those other dishes I've been making for him don't stink like that. I made a salad for myself for my supper, because, by God, I'm having dessert tonight! And I did! I even put Special Dark Chocolate Syrup on my Butter Pecan Ice Cream, and ooooooohhh. I'm in heaven!
When I put my food (and exercise - a WalMart Walk - I did walk through 2 stores today) into MFP, I was 225 calories short for the day, so I was very happy with the results of the day. I was worried the ice cream and syrup would really push it over, but it didn't. Even without the exercise, I'd'a been under. I am feeling very good with my food choices today.
And, after all, tomorrow is another day. And that damn exercise bike is waiting.
I woke up today around 10:30, read a little bit, then got up, got dressed right away. I don't usually do that, I usually hang out in my housedresses, or muumuus, or whatever you want to call them, for a little while. But, today, I had to run to both Georgetown and Amelia - at least 10 miles in both direction from my house, so I had to get moving, or I'd never get done.
I did piddle around a little bit, checking banking on the pute and little things like that before I left, but nothing much, so I was on the road by noon. I decided to go to Georgetown first, just because I was going to buy meat there, as well as other groceries, and I could stop back at home and get it in the fridge and freezer before going the other way. That decision made, I went to Country Inn for my breakfast before shopping. I thought about getting that big fish sandwich they have, but in the end, I went with the big breakfast, mostly because I didn't want fries, and sandwiches just don't taste right without fries. (I know, I'm weird. But, I don't like their chili, and that's what I have if I don't have fries.)
After my breakfast, I went shopping. I went to Shopko first. That's the store that used to be Pamida. Well, Shopko itself is now closing, and everything - EVERYTHING - is marked down 10% to 30%, so I thought I'd see what I could see. Yep, I found stuff. Household stuff as well as stuff for the Easter Bunny. Hey, just like Santa, the Easter Bunny can't start too early! When I finally got out of Shopko, I went to SaveALot, which was my original destination, for my groceries. I got meat from the 5-for-$20 stuff (which was why I went there in the first place - they have a much better selection!), I got Ron some cabbage & mushroom and me some turnips, then as I'm getting ready to go, I make a last-minute splurge and get some butter pecan ice cream. I've been craving this for some time and fighting it hard, but finally succumbed.
I got these groceries and stuff home, unloaded and put away, and took off the other way down 125. Fun, fun. Can you say: grit your teeth, girl.
I got down to Walgreen's. I had planned on just driving through, but when I got there, I had to go in to get my prescription - I had to make a pit stop - and I'm so glad I did! I found one of those "as seen on TV" microwave potato cookers! I've been looking for one ever since I first saw an ad for them. I don't get to make us baked potatoes here at home, because I never know what time Ron will get home from work. It's hard to make a good supper in just a few minutes, but I feel Ron deserves a good hot supper after working all day. It helps that he likes to chill a bit when getting home, but, still...
Besides, have you ever tried to clean a microwave after a potato explodes in it? Yuck. That crap gets into every nook and cranny imaginable.
I was so glad to get back home and get back into my comfy clothes for the rest of the day! While I like to drive, I hate hate hate hate hate driving 125 between Bethel and Amelia. Hate it with a purple passion. And then to drive it at that time of day. School buses! Stupid idiots who don't know school bus laws! Ugh!
Ron had some boiled cabbage in the fridge - someone had given him this, I didn't make it - and I reheated it for his supper. When I started to smell it, I told him it was done and get that stinky stuff off the stove! He tried to tell me to let it cook a few more minutes, but I didn't fall for it. Damn, that crap stinks! I'm so glad those other dishes I've been making for him don't stink like that. I made a salad for myself for my supper, because, by God, I'm having dessert tonight! And I did! I even put Special Dark Chocolate Syrup on my Butter Pecan Ice Cream, and ooooooohhh. I'm in heaven!
When I put my food (and exercise - a WalMart Walk - I did walk through 2 stores today) into MFP, I was 225 calories short for the day, so I was very happy with the results of the day. I was worried the ice cream and syrup would really push it over, but it didn't. Even without the exercise, I'd'a been under. I am feeling very good with my food choices today.
And, after all, tomorrow is another day. And that damn exercise bike is waiting.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Appetite! I am hungry!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
I woke up this morning, read just a couple of chapters of my book, and got up around 11:30 this morning. I was pretty proud of myself, seeing what I've done the last few days. I wasn't hungry when I woke up, but I'm usually not, so I didn't think much of it.
I spent the first couple of hours I was up playing Happy Homemaker and doing some paperwork that needed done, then I finally got my lunch - chicken salad and one of Ron's little fruit cups - and got on the pute for the afternoon.
After a while, I realized - hey, I'm hungry for some real food for supper! I went out to the freezer and looked around, finally deciding on pork chops, which I defrosted in the microwave and put on low in my cast iron skillet. Ron and I could figure out sides after he got home, but I thought that would be a good start to a good supper for a change.
Ron finally got home around quarter til six, and just about the first thing he says is, "We still have pork chops out there in the freezer, don't we? I feel like having a real supper tonight." I just said, "Yep."
After a few minutes, he sniffs real big and says, "Do you have something cooking?" I nodded and he said, "Is it pork chops?" I started laughing and he asked who read whose mind? Then he got up, went and puttered around the kitchen. When I went out there, he had started making sides for our supper! He made macaroni and cheese, as well as corn. It was a very good supper, and I enjoyed it very much.
I also ate a nut bar for my dessert, not long after our supper. I'm not sure why, chocolate just sounded good.
I put my food into MFP, and I was over 500 calories short for the day, so I went ahead and put in a bag of microwave popcorn and a glass of milk, then went and made myself that snack, even though it was after 10pm. That put me at about 350 short for the day, and I can handle that. (and then Ron woke up and decided he wanted some of my popcorn! shithead)
I think I may be back to NORMAL. No comments from the peanut gallery! Hahahaahahaha.
I woke up this morning, read just a couple of chapters of my book, and got up around 11:30 this morning. I was pretty proud of myself, seeing what I've done the last few days. I wasn't hungry when I woke up, but I'm usually not, so I didn't think much of it.
I spent the first couple of hours I was up playing Happy Homemaker and doing some paperwork that needed done, then I finally got my lunch - chicken salad and one of Ron's little fruit cups - and got on the pute for the afternoon.
After a while, I realized - hey, I'm hungry for some real food for supper! I went out to the freezer and looked around, finally deciding on pork chops, which I defrosted in the microwave and put on low in my cast iron skillet. Ron and I could figure out sides after he got home, but I thought that would be a good start to a good supper for a change.
Ron finally got home around quarter til six, and just about the first thing he says is, "We still have pork chops out there in the freezer, don't we? I feel like having a real supper tonight." I just said, "Yep."
After a few minutes, he sniffs real big and says, "Do you have something cooking?" I nodded and he said, "Is it pork chops?" I started laughing and he asked who read whose mind? Then he got up, went and puttered around the kitchen. When I went out there, he had started making sides for our supper! He made macaroni and cheese, as well as corn. It was a very good supper, and I enjoyed it very much.
I also ate a nut bar for my dessert, not long after our supper. I'm not sure why, chocolate just sounded good.
I put my food into MFP, and I was over 500 calories short for the day, so I went ahead and put in a bag of microwave popcorn and a glass of milk, then went and made myself that snack, even though it was after 10pm. That put me at about 350 short for the day, and I can handle that. (and then Ron woke up and decided he wanted some of my popcorn! shithead)
I think I may be back to NORMAL. No comments from the peanut gallery! Hahahaahahaha.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Feeling better, and a boost at the end of the day
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
I was woken up today by Ron calling me to find out if I was okay. I said yeah, why and he said, "Because it's one o'clock and I haven't heard from you yet!" ONE O'CLOCK!! I couldn't believe it!! Hopefully, I have slept this not-feeling-good stuff out of me now.
But - I am not hungry, and I even forgot to make me my normal cup of tea before I went down the road to pick up Ron's prescription, and making my tea is what I do every day, first thing, as soon as I get up, after a pit stop. And I FORGOT. Something isn't right inside my brain, that's for sure.
As I got to Amelia, I reached for my tea, which is what made me realize that I hadn't made any. After calling myself a few names, I decided to drive on down to Dunkin Donuts for a tea (they have the best for the best price!), so I did that, and I got myself a couple donuts for my 'lunch' while I was there, also. Probably not the best choice in the world, but the way my stomach has been, I thought if something sounded good, I best go with it. I set the bag on the seat, then got back to Walgreen's, got that done, and then munched on my donuts while on my way home. I was all the way to Bethel before I got the second one finished. Definitely something not right in my brain! Who in their right mind takes that long to eat two donuts?
I got back home, spent the rest of the afternoon on the pute, and when Ron got home, he was all fussing over me. Asking me about how I felt, did I eat, was I gonna eat supper before my TOPS meeting, all that, on and on and on. I was glad I was leaving soon - he drives me crazy when he's like that. I guess I'm more used to taking care of him, instead of the other way around.
I went to my TOPS meeting. Did my weigh-in. I thought that I may have done okay this week, seeing that I haven't felt so well these last couple of days, but I haven't done much exercise, either, so I wasn't sure. But - ta da! - I lost FOUR pounds! <happy dance> I ended up being Loser of the Week! Then, since it is the last Tuesday of February, the Loser of the Month was announced also: Rita O'Toole!! Yep, I won that one also! I was shocked about that. When we weigh in, if we have gained, we put a quarter for each pound into the bank, and the Loser of the Month wins the bank at the end of the month. I counted my bank when I got home, and I won $9.25!! Oh, that will come in so handy, you just don't know.
I made myself some supper, and it was the same as last night, except that Ron ate all the Italian bread, so I had to have our regular bread, the Aunt Millie's Diet Potato Bread, with peanut butter on it, with chicken noodle soup. Then I had 16 pieces of peanut butter M&Ms. I'm glad that bag is almost empty, too! Ron helps a lot there.
Just so you know, I have officially lost thirty pounds since I joined TOPS. Forty since writing blogs and doing myfitnesspal.com, and thirty since joining TOPS. Yay, me!
I was about 350 calories short for the day on MFP, which is okay with me, but I hope I am hungry when I wake up tomorrow.
I was woken up today by Ron calling me to find out if I was okay. I said yeah, why and he said, "Because it's one o'clock and I haven't heard from you yet!" ONE O'CLOCK!! I couldn't believe it!! Hopefully, I have slept this not-feeling-good stuff out of me now.
But - I am not hungry, and I even forgot to make me my normal cup of tea before I went down the road to pick up Ron's prescription, and making my tea is what I do every day, first thing, as soon as I get up, after a pit stop. And I FORGOT. Something isn't right inside my brain, that's for sure.
As I got to Amelia, I reached for my tea, which is what made me realize that I hadn't made any. After calling myself a few names, I decided to drive on down to Dunkin Donuts for a tea (they have the best for the best price!), so I did that, and I got myself a couple donuts for my 'lunch' while I was there, also. Probably not the best choice in the world, but the way my stomach has been, I thought if something sounded good, I best go with it. I set the bag on the seat, then got back to Walgreen's, got that done, and then munched on my donuts while on my way home. I was all the way to Bethel before I got the second one finished. Definitely something not right in my brain! Who in their right mind takes that long to eat two donuts?
I got back home, spent the rest of the afternoon on the pute, and when Ron got home, he was all fussing over me. Asking me about how I felt, did I eat, was I gonna eat supper before my TOPS meeting, all that, on and on and on. I was glad I was leaving soon - he drives me crazy when he's like that. I guess I'm more used to taking care of him, instead of the other way around.
I went to my TOPS meeting. Did my weigh-in. I thought that I may have done okay this week, seeing that I haven't felt so well these last couple of days, but I haven't done much exercise, either, so I wasn't sure. But - ta da! - I lost FOUR pounds! <happy dance> I ended up being Loser of the Week! Then, since it is the last Tuesday of February, the Loser of the Month was announced also: Rita O'Toole!! Yep, I won that one also! I was shocked about that. When we weigh in, if we have gained, we put a quarter for each pound into the bank, and the Loser of the Month wins the bank at the end of the month. I counted my bank when I got home, and I won $9.25!! Oh, that will come in so handy, you just don't know.
I made myself some supper, and it was the same as last night, except that Ron ate all the Italian bread, so I had to have our regular bread, the Aunt Millie's Diet Potato Bread, with peanut butter on it, with chicken noodle soup. Then I had 16 pieces of peanut butter M&Ms. I'm glad that bag is almost empty, too! Ron helps a lot there.
Just so you know, I have officially lost thirty pounds since I joined TOPS. Forty since writing blogs and doing myfitnesspal.com, and thirty since joining TOPS. Yay, me!
I was about 350 calories short for the day on MFP, which is okay with me, but I hope I am hungry when I wake up tomorrow.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Another not-feeling-so-good day, but better than yesterday
Monday, February 24, 2014
I still don't feel so good today. I didn't feel good when I woke up, and I stayed in bed reading even longer than I usually do, just because I didn't feel like moving. I woke up around 10:30, and didn't get up until after 1!! I didn't read the whole time, either, I did doze back off a time or two, which isn't like me at all.
When I did get up, I made myself do the dishes that had accumulated over the weekend. Luckily, there weren't many - probably because we didn't have Corgan - and it didn't take long. I was glad, because, man, were my knees weak.
I then sat in my recliner and read some more. And dozed some more. At 4, I finally thought I best eat some lunch, just so I could tell Ron that I ate today. I had chicken salad, on slices of the Italian bread we brought home Saturday night. It was mighty tasty, which surprised me. I thought I would just kinda suffer through it.
After that, I got on the pute and got my games caught up. Ron got home about 5:30, and I had a meeting concerning the ALB to go to which started at 7, so I had to get dressed and leave, even though I didn't particularly want to.
The meeting was interesting, but ended up a waste of time, as the trustees vote ended up in a tie - only 4 of them showed up, not all 5, and so nothing was settled, as they needed a majority vote. So, another meeting will have to be set up, and we, the citizens, will have to do this all over again. What a pain.
I came back home. I told Ron that I would eat supper when I came back, so I made me chicken noodle soup to eat while on the pute. After I ate that, though, I was actually still hungry, or now really hungry, so I made myself peanut butter on a slice of the Italian bread. That hit the spot.
When I put my food into MFP, I was 500+ calories short for the day (surprise!) but I just can't eat any more. My stomach won't let me - I am glad it's keeping what I've given it so far!
And I'm gonna go to bed early tonight, too. It's only 10, but one more round of my games, and that's it.
Good night, everyone.
I still don't feel so good today. I didn't feel good when I woke up, and I stayed in bed reading even longer than I usually do, just because I didn't feel like moving. I woke up around 10:30, and didn't get up until after 1!! I didn't read the whole time, either, I did doze back off a time or two, which isn't like me at all.
When I did get up, I made myself do the dishes that had accumulated over the weekend. Luckily, there weren't many - probably because we didn't have Corgan - and it didn't take long. I was glad, because, man, were my knees weak.
I then sat in my recliner and read some more. And dozed some more. At 4, I finally thought I best eat some lunch, just so I could tell Ron that I ate today. I had chicken salad, on slices of the Italian bread we brought home Saturday night. It was mighty tasty, which surprised me. I thought I would just kinda suffer through it.
After that, I got on the pute and got my games caught up. Ron got home about 5:30, and I had a meeting concerning the ALB to go to which started at 7, so I had to get dressed and leave, even though I didn't particularly want to.
The meeting was interesting, but ended up a waste of time, as the trustees vote ended up in a tie - only 4 of them showed up, not all 5, and so nothing was settled, as they needed a majority vote. So, another meeting will have to be set up, and we, the citizens, will have to do this all over again. What a pain.
I came back home. I told Ron that I would eat supper when I came back, so I made me chicken noodle soup to eat while on the pute. After I ate that, though, I was actually still hungry, or now really hungry, so I made myself peanut butter on a slice of the Italian bread. That hit the spot.
When I put my food into MFP, I was 500+ calories short for the day (surprise!) but I just can't eat any more. My stomach won't let me - I am glad it's keeping what I've given it so far!
And I'm gonna go to bed early tonight, too. It's only 10, but one more round of my games, and that's it.
Good night, everyone.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
An I-don't-feel-very-good day
Sunday, February 23, 2014
I woke up this morning around 4 with terrible stomach pains and in need to get to the bathroom. I was up after that for the next 2 1/2 hours, too afraid to go back to sleep for fear I wouldn't wake up in time to get back to the bathroom, and too tired not to go back to sleep. What a terrible feeling that is in the middle of the night! After at least 4 more trips to the bathroom during that time, I finally drifted off to a half-sleep, only for the alarm to go off at 9. There was no way in the world I could get up and go to church. No. Way.
My stomach was still rocking and rolling, and I explained to Ron the happenings of the night, and he told me to go ahead and go back to sleep, which, surprisingly, I did rather easily. (He got up and went to church without me, letting me sleep, which surprised me, but there it is.) The next time I woke up, it was 1:30 in the afternoon. I got up and went pee - just pee! - and now, my stomach felt better - more settled, but now totally empty. Just hollow, if you know what I mean. Although there was no way in the world I felt hungry!
I went out into the living room with Ron, and just sat in my recliner for a little while. Ron had on NCIS reruns on the TV, and we just watched those. It started raining, then it turned into a snowy mix, then to snow - all within an hour's time, I think. It didn't add up to much, a dusting would be a generous title for what snow we got, but, boy, was it coming down furiously as it was happening! Eventually, the storm blew out our satellite and Ron put in a DVD, so at that time, I moved to get on the pute. Trust me, I have little to no interest in the type of movies he chooses. Although I do look up from time to time, most of them have no storyline or plot and do not interest me at all, and he gets aggravated when I ask him questions, because he's a guy. HA.
Around 5:30, he started making noises about supper - remember, we usually go out for a meal after church on Sundays and that didn't happen today. So, even though it was a bit early for supper for us, we decided to run over to the FeedMill in Felicity for a bite to eat. Even though I still wasn't really hungry, I knew I needed to eat something. And, I do have to keep my hubby happy, don't I?
Off we went. Once there, we couldn't decide what we wanted (of course) and their specials of the day didn't appeal, so it took us a bit to decide what we wanted, and we ended up choosing the same thing in different forms! How funny is that?
I got the Atlantic cod dinner (one fillet) with steak fries and green beans, while he got the pub cod strip meal (3 fillets) with mashed potatoes and green beans. We were on the way home when my stomach starting making so much noise that even RON heard it - and that man never hears stuff like that! I think, though, it was because I was so empty, the food I had put into was starting to go through my system and my system was making noise because it had something to work on. I wasn't in any distress, certainly not like this morning, thank God. My stomach felt more like a rock than like it was rocking and rolling, too. I thought I would be fine, and I have been (so far). I still don't feel great, but I will survive.
Hmmm. That sounds like a song.
I woke up this morning around 4 with terrible stomach pains and in need to get to the bathroom. I was up after that for the next 2 1/2 hours, too afraid to go back to sleep for fear I wouldn't wake up in time to get back to the bathroom, and too tired not to go back to sleep. What a terrible feeling that is in the middle of the night! After at least 4 more trips to the bathroom during that time, I finally drifted off to a half-sleep, only for the alarm to go off at 9. There was no way in the world I could get up and go to church. No. Way.
My stomach was still rocking and rolling, and I explained to Ron the happenings of the night, and he told me to go ahead and go back to sleep, which, surprisingly, I did rather easily. (He got up and went to church without me, letting me sleep, which surprised me, but there it is.) The next time I woke up, it was 1:30 in the afternoon. I got up and went pee - just pee! - and now, my stomach felt better - more settled, but now totally empty. Just hollow, if you know what I mean. Although there was no way in the world I felt hungry!
I went out into the living room with Ron, and just sat in my recliner for a little while. Ron had on NCIS reruns on the TV, and we just watched those. It started raining, then it turned into a snowy mix, then to snow - all within an hour's time, I think. It didn't add up to much, a dusting would be a generous title for what snow we got, but, boy, was it coming down furiously as it was happening! Eventually, the storm blew out our satellite and Ron put in a DVD, so at that time, I moved to get on the pute. Trust me, I have little to no interest in the type of movies he chooses. Although I do look up from time to time, most of them have no storyline or plot and do not interest me at all, and he gets aggravated when I ask him questions, because he's a guy. HA.
Around 5:30, he started making noises about supper - remember, we usually go out for a meal after church on Sundays and that didn't happen today. So, even though it was a bit early for supper for us, we decided to run over to the FeedMill in Felicity for a bite to eat. Even though I still wasn't really hungry, I knew I needed to eat something. And, I do have to keep my hubby happy, don't I?
Off we went. Once there, we couldn't decide what we wanted (of course) and their specials of the day didn't appeal, so it took us a bit to decide what we wanted, and we ended up choosing the same thing in different forms! How funny is that?
I got the Atlantic cod dinner (one fillet) with steak fries and green beans, while he got the pub cod strip meal (3 fillets) with mashed potatoes and green beans. We were on the way home when my stomach starting making so much noise that even RON heard it - and that man never hears stuff like that! I think, though, it was because I was so empty, the food I had put into was starting to go through my system and my system was making noise because it had something to work on. I wasn't in any distress, certainly not like this morning, thank God. My stomach felt more like a rock than like it was rocking and rolling, too. I thought I would be fine, and I have been (so far). I still don't feel great, but I will survive.
Hmmm. That sounds like a song.
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Hot Date Night with Ron
Friday, February 21, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Friday 2/21
I got up early this morning and was on the road just after 10. I was taking my sister to return cable equipment and settle some business matters, and we wanted to get it done sooner rather than later, so we can enjoy the rest of our time (LUNCH!) together. As I drove up to her house, I was amazed at how strong the wind was - it was blowing my car every which way! I had to keep a very firm grip on the steering wheel to keep the car straight in my lane. It was weird, to say the least.
We finally got her business done, and stopped for lunch at the little Mexican restaurant in Mt. Orab. For some reason, this restaurant had been in my mind ever since we had talked about our excursion, instead of my usual choice of chicken and dumplings (you know me!) that is my go-to. Could be because Ron and I had just gone to Crackhead Barrel the day, I just don't know. I suppose I should have asked Ruth her opinion, instead of blithely choosing, but I didn't. After we were seated in the restaurant and perusing the menu, I noticed the troubles she was having choosing and then I realized that she didn't like Mexican! Oops - sorry, Ruthie! She did finally find something, and I had my chimichangas. I had them put the sides in a to-go container, as usual, and an extra chimi on my plate. She did say she enjoyed being there - the decor, the atmosphere, all that, so I guess that is something. I sure learned a lesson, though.
After we got back to her house, I hung out with her and Tracy, her daughter, and chatted for a bit, then I finally headed for home. Ron was going to work late - "one last run" don't you know - so he wouldn't have to work on Saturday, although we had figured he would have to work on Saturday, because of not working on Monday or Tuesday, and we were okay with that. But, now he doesn't have to, and that is great, because we have this great date night planned (Couple's Night up at church) and it would be best if he is rested and not falling asleep.
I took my time going home, stopping at the store as planned - remember, I needed more white chocolate chips - and just enjoying my day out.
When I got home, I got right into getting my baking done. If I do say so myself, my cookies came out wonderful! They - both the strawberry the other day, and now the cherry - are the prettiest pastel pink color, and I did NOT burn any (and the ones just a bit too done were quality-controlled out), with the white chips giving them a very nice look. I am very satisfied with them. The mints look good - the colors came out brilliantly, and the pretzel nibbles I decided to make as an extra were looking good, too. I was very satisfied with my efforts. And, if you cook/bake, you know that isn't always the case.
After Ron got home, we just hung around watching dead guys on TV, and we made fried potatoes with smoked sausage and a small salad for our supper. Neither one of us can seem to wait for warmer weather so we can get back to having salads for supper again! With this cold weather, though, and him working outside all day, he needs warm food at home at night. We used up the last of the potatoes tonight, and man, was it good. I am not looking forward to weigh-in in the morning, though.
I skipped both MFP and writing my blog and went to bed with Ron at 11:30.
Saturday 2/22
I woke up this morning about 9:30, and, of course, Ron was already up (he told me later that he had 'slept in' until 7). I got up, did my weigh-in, which wasn't as bad as I had feared it would be. I even lost a little tiny bit! Then I got on the pute and got my games caught up. A little after noon, we took off down the road to pick up prescriptions and to get the grocery shopping done.
Gasoline here in town had jumped up again, to $3.59, and I am so glad, so very, very glad, that we don't have to get it here in town, because when we got down to Amelia, it was still down, and had gone down again, and was at $3.26!! Bethel just makes no sense - I just don't understand why people still get gasoline here. I do know a few have to - they have no reason to go down the road - but, damn. I guess Bethel leaves it up because people DO buy it. It just makes me so mad!
Other errands done, we went to Bob Evans for our lunch before the shopping, and we both decided on breakfast for a change. Are we weird or what? Don't answer that!
Then, I got my WalMart Walk in while Ron looked for new gym shoes. Lucky man! We finished up and got out of there, lighter in pocket as happens. But, it was needed, so no harm done.
We came home and watched dead guys until time to get ready for our big date night out. We've been looking forward to this, and it's finally here! Couple's Night up at church. Our version of Valentine's Day, if you will. It's gonna be fun. It's Italian Night as well, so the food should be very good, too, as well as not good for either one of us. We will just have to rein ourselves in.
We did have a lot of fun - we had appetizers, the main meal, and desserts. Then we had a guest speaker - her topic was "Marriage is Messy" though her talk was more on cleaning up the messiness of marriage, together, than of how or when or anything like that, that marriages get messy. But with each marriage being different, as well as each person in the marriage being different, even though you are supposed to be in a marriage together, that could definitely be a difficult subject. Her talk was very interesting, and gave different perspectives on different subjects. After her talk, there was a Family Feud game with four of the couples. It was the Elders vs. the Youngers, and the Elders won! It was a lot of fun - to WATCH!!
We came home, with leftovers for supper either tomorrow night or Monday night, and have been watching more dead guys ever since. We like our dead guys!
I have caught up my MFP (yep, I was over today) and now have caught up on my blog.
I hope I didn't bore y'all too very much!
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Friday 2/21
I got up early this morning and was on the road just after 10. I was taking my sister to return cable equipment and settle some business matters, and we wanted to get it done sooner rather than later, so we can enjoy the rest of our time (LUNCH!) together. As I drove up to her house, I was amazed at how strong the wind was - it was blowing my car every which way! I had to keep a very firm grip on the steering wheel to keep the car straight in my lane. It was weird, to say the least.
We finally got her business done, and stopped for lunch at the little Mexican restaurant in Mt. Orab. For some reason, this restaurant had been in my mind ever since we had talked about our excursion, instead of my usual choice of chicken and dumplings (you know me!) that is my go-to. Could be because Ron and I had just gone to Crackhead Barrel the day, I just don't know. I suppose I should have asked Ruth her opinion, instead of blithely choosing, but I didn't. After we were seated in the restaurant and perusing the menu, I noticed the troubles she was having choosing and then I realized that she didn't like Mexican! Oops - sorry, Ruthie! She did finally find something, and I had my chimichangas. I had them put the sides in a to-go container, as usual, and an extra chimi on my plate. She did say she enjoyed being there - the decor, the atmosphere, all that, so I guess that is something. I sure learned a lesson, though.
After we got back to her house, I hung out with her and Tracy, her daughter, and chatted for a bit, then I finally headed for home. Ron was going to work late - "one last run" don't you know - so he wouldn't have to work on Saturday, although we had figured he would have to work on Saturday, because of not working on Monday or Tuesday, and we were okay with that. But, now he doesn't have to, and that is great, because we have this great date night planned (Couple's Night up at church) and it would be best if he is rested and not falling asleep.
I took my time going home, stopping at the store as planned - remember, I needed more white chocolate chips - and just enjoying my day out.
When I got home, I got right into getting my baking done. If I do say so myself, my cookies came out wonderful! They - both the strawberry the other day, and now the cherry - are the prettiest pastel pink color, and I did NOT burn any (and the ones just a bit too done were quality-controlled out), with the white chips giving them a very nice look. I am very satisfied with them. The mints look good - the colors came out brilliantly, and the pretzel nibbles I decided to make as an extra were looking good, too. I was very satisfied with my efforts. And, if you cook/bake, you know that isn't always the case.
After Ron got home, we just hung around watching dead guys on TV, and we made fried potatoes with smoked sausage and a small salad for our supper. Neither one of us can seem to wait for warmer weather so we can get back to having salads for supper again! With this cold weather, though, and him working outside all day, he needs warm food at home at night. We used up the last of the potatoes tonight, and man, was it good. I am not looking forward to weigh-in in the morning, though.
I skipped both MFP and writing my blog and went to bed with Ron at 11:30.
Saturday 2/22
I woke up this morning about 9:30, and, of course, Ron was already up (he told me later that he had 'slept in' until 7). I got up, did my weigh-in, which wasn't as bad as I had feared it would be. I even lost a little tiny bit! Then I got on the pute and got my games caught up. A little after noon, we took off down the road to pick up prescriptions and to get the grocery shopping done.
Gasoline here in town had jumped up again, to $3.59, and I am so glad, so very, very glad, that we don't have to get it here in town, because when we got down to Amelia, it was still down, and had gone down again, and was at $3.26!! Bethel just makes no sense - I just don't understand why people still get gasoline here. I do know a few have to - they have no reason to go down the road - but, damn. I guess Bethel leaves it up because people DO buy it. It just makes me so mad!
Other errands done, we went to Bob Evans for our lunch before the shopping, and we both decided on breakfast for a change. Are we weird or what? Don't answer that!
Then, I got my WalMart Walk in while Ron looked for new gym shoes. Lucky man! We finished up and got out of there, lighter in pocket as happens. But, it was needed, so no harm done.
We came home and watched dead guys until time to get ready for our big date night out. We've been looking forward to this, and it's finally here! Couple's Night up at church. Our version of Valentine's Day, if you will. It's gonna be fun. It's Italian Night as well, so the food should be very good, too, as well as not good for either one of us. We will just have to rein ourselves in.
We did have a lot of fun - we had appetizers, the main meal, and desserts. Then we had a guest speaker - her topic was "Marriage is Messy" though her talk was more on cleaning up the messiness of marriage, together, than of how or when or anything like that, that marriages get messy. But with each marriage being different, as well as each person in the marriage being different, even though you are supposed to be in a marriage together, that could definitely be a difficult subject. Her talk was very interesting, and gave different perspectives on different subjects. After her talk, there was a Family Feud game with four of the couples. It was the Elders vs. the Youngers, and the Elders won! It was a lot of fun - to WATCH!!
We came home, with leftovers for supper either tomorrow night or Monday night, and have been watching more dead guys ever since. We like our dead guys!
I have caught up my MFP (yep, I was over today) and now have caught up on my blog.
I hope I didn't bore y'all too very much!
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Making and Baking Day
Thursday, February 20, 2014
I got up this morning, as I have been, around 10. I laid in bed and read for a bit before getting up. I will be seeing my sister tomorrow, and I wanted to 'grow' the pile by one more! When I got up, I just piddled around a bit, then got on the pute to catch my games up and all before getting into doing my duties in the kitchen, because once I got in there, I wasn't stopping for a while.
I had my lunch (chicken salad and walnuts) not long after 12, then after that, I got into the kitchen, got the few dishes sitting there done up, and then I got started on the baking and making for this evening's and this weekend's goodies. I needed to make: 2 different batches of pink (for Valentine's Day) with white chocolate chip (1 strawberry, 1 cherry) cookies, some dessert mints, and a cherry pie. I ran out of white chocolate chips - I thought I had some here, but didn't, so I didn't have enough for both recipes. I will have to finish those tomorrow when I return from my running. I did get the dough done up, and it's sitting there waiting for the chips, so it won't take me long.
The last thing I made was the cherry pie for our dessert tonight. We were going to friends' tonight for dinner, and we were bringing that, along with whipped cream, for the dessert. I had just gotten the recipe from Facebook last week, and made it for us last Saturday, but Chelle's oven cooked hot and I burned the bottom. Cooking this one at home, I knew when to turn the oven off and I took it with us still warm, and when we got there, we put it in the oven to stay warm as we were eating and talking. It came out wonderful!! Next time, I will add a bit (maybe even double) more fruit filling, though. Both Ron and I thought it was way more dough than fruit.
She had made a pork tenderloin, real mashed potatoes, gravy (from the 'drippings'!), green beans, and carrots (yes, I avoided those). It was all so very good! We had a great time, just the four of us, talking and crying and laughing and talking some more, and eating and everything. I really needed a night like this.
We all enjoyed the cherry pie, and sat around and talked more, then Ron and I finally came home, in a pouring-down-the-rain thunderstorm a little after 9.
Thunderstorm! In February! Ron was a little nervous. He said it was only a couple of weeks away from the last time we drove in rain like this, and it was daytime then. Translation: The tornado we drove through was on March 1st, two years ago. I told him not to worry, that "it" - meaning the weather - felt totally different. I did, however, drive very slow. I really doubt very much if I ever got above 40mph all the way home! And if you know me, you know that is very, very strange.
Once home, he promptly fell asleep in the recliner, and I got on the pute. The TV didn't even come on, how about that? I also had the end of my V-Day Special Dark bar as a snack while playing my games on the pute. Only took me a week. Blah.
When I put my food into MFP, I was over on calories for the day, but by less than a hundred. 85, I think, or thereabout. If I had gotten off my lazy ass earlier and actually done some exercise, I could have recovered that! But, no, it's a big red number. Phooey. I'm pretty sure Saturday's weigh-in is gonna be a bust, too. I'm not doing so good this time.
I'm hoping we don't lose power overnight, because the wind sure is rocking and rolling out there, but if it does, it does. I will set the alarm on my phone so I can go do my running in the morning. My sister is counting on me! I can do this! I can be useful! I can help someone!
I got up this morning, as I have been, around 10. I laid in bed and read for a bit before getting up. I will be seeing my sister tomorrow, and I wanted to 'grow' the pile by one more! When I got up, I just piddled around a bit, then got on the pute to catch my games up and all before getting into doing my duties in the kitchen, because once I got in there, I wasn't stopping for a while.
I had my lunch (chicken salad and walnuts) not long after 12, then after that, I got into the kitchen, got the few dishes sitting there done up, and then I got started on the baking and making for this evening's and this weekend's goodies. I needed to make: 2 different batches of pink (for Valentine's Day) with white chocolate chip (1 strawberry, 1 cherry) cookies, some dessert mints, and a cherry pie. I ran out of white chocolate chips - I thought I had some here, but didn't, so I didn't have enough for both recipes. I will have to finish those tomorrow when I return from my running. I did get the dough done up, and it's sitting there waiting for the chips, so it won't take me long.
The last thing I made was the cherry pie for our dessert tonight. We were going to friends' tonight for dinner, and we were bringing that, along with whipped cream, for the dessert. I had just gotten the recipe from Facebook last week, and made it for us last Saturday, but Chelle's oven cooked hot and I burned the bottom. Cooking this one at home, I knew when to turn the oven off and I took it with us still warm, and when we got there, we put it in the oven to stay warm as we were eating and talking. It came out wonderful!! Next time, I will add a bit (maybe even double) more fruit filling, though. Both Ron and I thought it was way more dough than fruit.
She had made a pork tenderloin, real mashed potatoes, gravy (from the 'drippings'!), green beans, and carrots (yes, I avoided those). It was all so very good! We had a great time, just the four of us, talking and crying and laughing and talking some more, and eating and everything. I really needed a night like this.
We all enjoyed the cherry pie, and sat around and talked more, then Ron and I finally came home, in a pouring-down-the-rain thunderstorm a little after 9.
Thunderstorm! In February! Ron was a little nervous. He said it was only a couple of weeks away from the last time we drove in rain like this, and it was daytime then. Translation: The tornado we drove through was on March 1st, two years ago. I told him not to worry, that "it" - meaning the weather - felt totally different. I did, however, drive very slow. I really doubt very much if I ever got above 40mph all the way home! And if you know me, you know that is very, very strange.
Once home, he promptly fell asleep in the recliner, and I got on the pute. The TV didn't even come on, how about that? I also had the end of my V-Day Special Dark bar as a snack while playing my games on the pute. Only took me a week. Blah.
When I put my food into MFP, I was over on calories for the day, but by less than a hundred. 85, I think, or thereabout. If I had gotten off my lazy ass earlier and actually done some exercise, I could have recovered that! But, no, it's a big red number. Phooey. I'm pretty sure Saturday's weigh-in is gonna be a bust, too. I'm not doing so good this time.
I'm hoping we don't lose power overnight, because the wind sure is rocking and rolling out there, but if it does, it does. I will set the alarm on my phone so I can go do my running in the morning. My sister is counting on me! I can do this! I can be useful! I can help someone!
Plans change...yes, they do
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
I woke this morning around 10, as I have been doing, which was good, because I had to meet my youngest sister in Georgetown at 12:30. As you may or may not know, she is hard of hearing and she had a doctor's appointment - actually, a surgeon's appointment - and we all wanted to make sure all questions were asked and answered and everything was understood by everyone, most importantly Jean.
After the appointment - which went very well, I really liked this doctor! - we went to Country Inn for some food. She got lunch, and I got the big breakfast. We sat there and talked, a good sister-to-sister talk, for close to an hour and a half, and then she noticed the time. God only knows how long we'd have sat there if she hadn't seen the time! She had to be back to get Corgan after school, and now she had to hurry, and I still had to go to the store, so I decided to go to Save-A-Lot there in Georgetown instead of driving into Bethel and then home. That's the long way around!
I got home, played on the pute for a bit, then Ron got home and was fiddling around with my car out in the driveway and his phone rang. He had left it in the house, so I answered it. It was my brother David, and his truck had broken down and wanted Ron to come and tow it home. I took the phone out to Ron. Soon he came in, and I could tell by the look on his face that we were going back out. He moaned and groaned and cried, but we went and did the rescue.
I drove over to where David's truck was, they hooked the truck up with the tow bar, then Ron drove back to David's place and back home. That was our evening.
When we got home, which was after 8, we both heated up cans of soup for our suppers - him Broccoli Cheese and me Chicken Noodle. He had a peanut butter sandwich with his soup, too. We wanted something fast, and soup is definitely fast!
Not long after that, I made me a bag of popcorn and a glass of milk for a snack. While soup is fast, it's not really filling - lol.
When my food went into MFP, I was just over 200 calories short for the day. which kinda surprised me with that big breakfast and a snack. But I'll take it! Tomorrow should be a good day - I should be able to work in some exercise, too, it's supposed to be warm! Maybe I can walk outside! Yay!
I also get to do some baking and making tomorrow. It's gonna be a productive day! I'm looking forward to it. REALLY looking forward to it!!
I'm so tired of feeling like a loser - it will feel good to feel productive. Yes, it will.
I woke this morning around 10, as I have been doing, which was good, because I had to meet my youngest sister in Georgetown at 12:30. As you may or may not know, she is hard of hearing and she had a doctor's appointment - actually, a surgeon's appointment - and we all wanted to make sure all questions were asked and answered and everything was understood by everyone, most importantly Jean.
After the appointment - which went very well, I really liked this doctor! - we went to Country Inn for some food. She got lunch, and I got the big breakfast. We sat there and talked, a good sister-to-sister talk, for close to an hour and a half, and then she noticed the time. God only knows how long we'd have sat there if she hadn't seen the time! She had to be back to get Corgan after school, and now she had to hurry, and I still had to go to the store, so I decided to go to Save-A-Lot there in Georgetown instead of driving into Bethel and then home. That's the long way around!
I got home, played on the pute for a bit, then Ron got home and was fiddling around with my car out in the driveway and his phone rang. He had left it in the house, so I answered it. It was my brother David, and his truck had broken down and wanted Ron to come and tow it home. I took the phone out to Ron. Soon he came in, and I could tell by the look on his face that we were going back out. He moaned and groaned and cried, but we went and did the rescue.
I drove over to where David's truck was, they hooked the truck up with the tow bar, then Ron drove back to David's place and back home. That was our evening.
When we got home, which was after 8, we both heated up cans of soup for our suppers - him Broccoli Cheese and me Chicken Noodle. He had a peanut butter sandwich with his soup, too. We wanted something fast, and soup is definitely fast!
Not long after that, I made me a bag of popcorn and a glass of milk for a snack. While soup is fast, it's not really filling - lol.
When my food went into MFP, I was just over 200 calories short for the day. which kinda surprised me with that big breakfast and a snack. But I'll take it! Tomorrow should be a good day - I should be able to work in some exercise, too, it's supposed to be warm! Maybe I can walk outside! Yay!
I also get to do some baking and making tomorrow. It's gonna be a productive day! I'm looking forward to it. REALLY looking forward to it!!
I'm so tired of feeling like a loser - it will feel good to feel productive. Yes, it will.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Mission accomplished! Wasn't easy, but it is DONE.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
We were awakened rather early and rather unexpectedly this morning not long before 8. Josh came in and woke us up, saying, "I wrecked the car on some ice and I want you to come out and look at the car." I wasn't sure if he was speaking to both of us or just his dad, but I just let Ron go out to check it out. I assumed (and, yes, maybe that was silly of me) that Josh was okay, since he hadn't come staggering in hollering, calling, asking us to call an ambulance or to check him out or anything. I had the thought that as long as my son was okay, I can always see the car later, and they didn't need me asking silly questions - you know guys always think women's questions are annoying, even if we think they are pretty important.
Ron then let me sleep in this morning until just after 10, which is when I figured I'd get up anyway. The house was quiet when I got up, which was strange. The TV wasn't even on! I soon found him, though. He was outside, putting the brakes on Josh's car, as was planned if it was warm enough. The wind wasn't as vicious as it was yesterday, so he got out there early, which ended up being a blessing in disguise.
After doing a Happy Homemaker stint - I started a load of laundry - I got on the telephone. We needed to get this thing with Ron's license settled today, if at all possible. He needs to get back to work sooner rather than later, you know.
After I don't know how many busy signals, I finally get through to the DMV. They don't have the information. What a surprise, right? I go through the whole explanation again, and she tells me that even though the court has done what they need to do, they have their own processes and it will take 3 to 5 BUSINESS DAYS for them to process this, and it hasn't even come up on their computers yet (from being faxed), so she couldn't even tell me when they could even start on it, let alone when his license could be reinstated. She did tell me that if we wanted to, we could go to the reinstatement office in Mt. Healthy and it CAN be taken care of today, while we are there, but that is the only, repeat only, way it could possibly be taken care of today. I'm trying to write all this info down while I'm talking to her, so I go over all this with her (I can hear her rolling her eyes...lol) and, finally, after thanking her for her help, I hang up. I was on the phone with her over half an hour.
I call the court again and let the woman I have been talking to there know what had been said and she said that they have the paper there for us (the one admitting their error) if we want to come pick it up and go up to Mt. Healthy and the reinstatement office today, but that there was nothing else the court itself could do. It was out of their hands and up to the DMV now, which is what she told me on Saturday morning.
Altogether, all of this has taken more than 2 hours. How depressing.
I call Ron in the house and tell him what I have found out. We decide that we had best make the trip up to Mt. Healthy - which, for us, is at least a fifty mile (one way) trip - if he wants to go to work tomorrow. So, he changes, and I get dressed, and off we go.
We go to Batavia and go through the rigmarole of going in the courthouse just to pick up that paper, then on up 275 we go. And go. And go. (Just to give you a reference point - the Beechmont exit is #65, the Mt. Healthy exit is #36. Yep.) We finally get there, and let me tell you, if you think the Batavia DMV is a madhouse, you better hope and pray you never, ever, ever in your entire life have to go to the reinstatement office!! That place is total organized chaos. There had to be one hundred chairs and they were mostly full - the whole time we were there. People coming and going constantly. Madness. People called to the 'back' by groups of ten, then trickling out. After sitting there for more than 45 minutes, Ron was called and got his license taken care of with no fuss whatsoever. As a matter of fact, the male clerk was impressed with the paper from the court admitting the error (it also waived the fee, thank God), and clacked a few buttons on his computer and -- POOF -- it was done! A paper in Ron's hands saying that Ron O'Toole has a valid driver's license! Yay! He makes his way out of that back room, and after an hour, we are on the road again.
Neither of us had eaten today because of our nerves, so as we were driving back down 275, we were talking about whether or not to stop to eat and finally decided to stop at Crackhead Barrel. Yeah, I could eat some chicken-n-dumplings! And I did, along with hashbrown casserole and corn. Ron got the trout with hashbrown casserole and green beans. We traded half of our veggies, so we both had some of each. Both of our nerves had calmed down considerably after reading that paper saying VALID driver's license, have no fear! He even called Harold at work, and they checked the computer, and it was on there - he's okay for work tomorrow! Oh, hallelujah.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. After 2 missed days of work for Ron, probably a total of 6 or so hours on the phone, and miles of driving on the truck, as well as gasoline we had to put in the truck, we have done the state's job for them and got Ron his license back in one day.
Maybe we should send them a bill for all of our time, his missed wages, the gasoline, the wear on the truck, as well as the damage done to our bodies from the stress all weekend. Hmmmmm.
When we got home, I finally got to see my car. Josh had stopped to trade cars back on his way home from work, so mine was in the driveway. Oh, my poor BengalMobile. Oh, well, it has some character now. All cars need character after a year or so...sigh
Luckily, it's not as bad as my imagination had it being. Also, luckily, I didn't think about it as much as I would have any other day, so that was probably a good thing, too. I'm still so thankful my real baby wasn't hurt! I can replace my vehicle baby, but not my baby son (even though he'll be 35 (!!!) this year) and that thought frightens me.
I had a TOPS meeting tonight, which I probably should have thought of before eating our meal less than two hours ago, and sure as shooting, I had gained three pounds according to their scale. Ah, well. I can deal with that after all this other crap.
I put my meal, and a nut bar into MFP, and - not a surprise - I was over 500 calories short for the day. I thought about eating some popcorn, but it was way too late at night, so I'll take my chances.
Yep, it hollered at me but, you know what? I don't care, not today. I got Ron his driver's license back.
We were awakened rather early and rather unexpectedly this morning not long before 8. Josh came in and woke us up, saying, "I wrecked the car on some ice and I want you to come out and look at the car." I wasn't sure if he was speaking to both of us or just his dad, but I just let Ron go out to check it out. I assumed (and, yes, maybe that was silly of me) that Josh was okay, since he hadn't come staggering in hollering, calling, asking us to call an ambulance or to check him out or anything. I had the thought that as long as my son was okay, I can always see the car later, and they didn't need me asking silly questions - you know guys always think women's questions are annoying, even if we think they are pretty important.
Ron then let me sleep in this morning until just after 10, which is when I figured I'd get up anyway. The house was quiet when I got up, which was strange. The TV wasn't even on! I soon found him, though. He was outside, putting the brakes on Josh's car, as was planned if it was warm enough. The wind wasn't as vicious as it was yesterday, so he got out there early, which ended up being a blessing in disguise.
After doing a Happy Homemaker stint - I started a load of laundry - I got on the telephone. We needed to get this thing with Ron's license settled today, if at all possible. He needs to get back to work sooner rather than later, you know.
After I don't know how many busy signals, I finally get through to the DMV. They don't have the information. What a surprise, right? I go through the whole explanation again, and she tells me that even though the court has done what they need to do, they have their own processes and it will take 3 to 5 BUSINESS DAYS for them to process this, and it hasn't even come up on their computers yet (from being faxed), so she couldn't even tell me when they could even start on it, let alone when his license could be reinstated. She did tell me that if we wanted to, we could go to the reinstatement office in Mt. Healthy and it CAN be taken care of today, while we are there, but that is the only, repeat only, way it could possibly be taken care of today. I'm trying to write all this info down while I'm talking to her, so I go over all this with her (I can hear her rolling her eyes...lol) and, finally, after thanking her for her help, I hang up. I was on the phone with her over half an hour.
I call the court again and let the woman I have been talking to there know what had been said and she said that they have the paper there for us (the one admitting their error) if we want to come pick it up and go up to Mt. Healthy and the reinstatement office today, but that there was nothing else the court itself could do. It was out of their hands and up to the DMV now, which is what she told me on Saturday morning.
Altogether, all of this has taken more than 2 hours. How depressing.
I call Ron in the house and tell him what I have found out. We decide that we had best make the trip up to Mt. Healthy - which, for us, is at least a fifty mile (one way) trip - if he wants to go to work tomorrow. So, he changes, and I get dressed, and off we go.
We go to Batavia and go through the rigmarole of going in the courthouse just to pick up that paper, then on up 275 we go. And go. And go. (Just to give you a reference point - the Beechmont exit is #65, the Mt. Healthy exit is #36. Yep.) We finally get there, and let me tell you, if you think the Batavia DMV is a madhouse, you better hope and pray you never, ever, ever in your entire life have to go to the reinstatement office!! That place is total organized chaos. There had to be one hundred chairs and they were mostly full - the whole time we were there. People coming and going constantly. Madness. People called to the 'back' by groups of ten, then trickling out. After sitting there for more than 45 minutes, Ron was called and got his license taken care of with no fuss whatsoever. As a matter of fact, the male clerk was impressed with the paper from the court admitting the error (it also waived the fee, thank God), and clacked a few buttons on his computer and -- POOF -- it was done! A paper in Ron's hands saying that Ron O'Toole has a valid driver's license! Yay! He makes his way out of that back room, and after an hour, we are on the road again.
Neither of us had eaten today because of our nerves, so as we were driving back down 275, we were talking about whether or not to stop to eat and finally decided to stop at Crackhead Barrel. Yeah, I could eat some chicken-n-dumplings! And I did, along with hashbrown casserole and corn. Ron got the trout with hashbrown casserole and green beans. We traded half of our veggies, so we both had some of each. Both of our nerves had calmed down considerably after reading that paper saying VALID driver's license, have no fear! He even called Harold at work, and they checked the computer, and it was on there - he's okay for work tomorrow! Oh, hallelujah.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. After 2 missed days of work for Ron, probably a total of 6 or so hours on the phone, and miles of driving on the truck, as well as gasoline we had to put in the truck, we have done the state's job for them and got Ron his license back in one day.
Maybe we should send them a bill for all of our time, his missed wages, the gasoline, the wear on the truck, as well as the damage done to our bodies from the stress all weekend. Hmmmmm.
When we got home, I finally got to see my car. Josh had stopped to trade cars back on his way home from work, so mine was in the driveway. Oh, my poor BengalMobile. Oh, well, it has some character now. All cars need character after a year or so...sigh
Luckily, it's not as bad as my imagination had it being. Also, luckily, I didn't think about it as much as I would have any other day, so that was probably a good thing, too. I'm still so thankful my real baby wasn't hurt! I can replace my vehicle baby, but not my baby son (even though he'll be 35 (!!!) this year) and that thought frightens me.
I had a TOPS meeting tonight, which I probably should have thought of before eating our meal less than two hours ago, and sure as shooting, I had gained three pounds according to their scale. Ah, well. I can deal with that after all this other crap.
I put my meal, and a nut bar into MFP, and - not a surprise - I was over 500 calories short for the day. I thought about eating some popcorn, but it was way too late at night, so I'll take my chances.
Yep, it hollered at me but, you know what? I don't care, not today. I got Ron his driver's license back.
Monday, February 17, 2014
A nice day with Ron - we still have no Presidents :(
Monday, February 17, 2014
Ron and I got up this morning at 7. Josh was going to stop and take my car and leave his, just in case Ron felt like working on the brakes by himself (and, besides, we didn't want him driving his car with bad brakes!) some time today, and we wanted to have the car warmed up for him. That's what parents do, right? I thought about being mean and turn on the ass warmer, too, but finally decided not too. LOL
After Josh had stopped, Ron stayed up - the TV came on, of course - but I went back to bed and then laid there and read instead of going back to sleep. I was hoping to go back to sleep, but my brain got too far awake. That's what I do - once I'm up, I'm up for the day.
We had made arrangements with Josh to go meet him at his lunch time to get the 'new' brake pads/shoes (whatever/whichever) for his car. The ones he had over the weekend were the wrong ones, so he had to get the correct ones today. We were hoping to have lunch with him also, but he said work was too crazy and he couldn't take that much time. Phooey. So, anyway, we met him at the parts store, got the brakes from him, and then went to lunch ourselves. We finally decided on Bob Evans, mostly because gasoline at WalMart had gone down twenty cents from the time we went past to when Josh drove back the other way, and it was still $3.47 further down 125. We got gasoline in Ron's truck for just $3.29! Yay, us! He is set for the week for gasoline now - IF he gets to go to work this week. sigh
For lunch, though, he had the pot roast sandwich platter, but had a bowl of veggie soup instead of the fries and cole slaw, and I had the chicken n noodle deep dish meal. I hadn't had that in a very long time (giving up the carbs...) and boy, was it good! The only thing I didn't like was that they stuck the biscuit UNDER both the mashed potatoes and the chicken n noodles. UGH!! A soppy biscuit - no, no, no. Yuck. I thought she had forgotten my biscuit and asked for one, but then I 'found' it - ewwwwwww. It was grossssssssss. I do like to use bread to sop up the juice at the end, but totally soaked at the beginning? Nope. Nuh-uh. No way, Jose. I will have to remember that, most definitely.
We came back home and just spent the afternoon the way we spend most evenings. I got on the pute, and he tried to lie down to take a nap, but couldn't, so got back up, came out here and promptly fell asleep in his recliner. He woke up and turned on the TV at 5:30 "to catch the weather" and then slept through it. The man is crazy, I tell you.
Around 7, we started looking for some supper. He finally made himself a peanut butter sandwich, and I had to check what kind of calories I had left - I was sure that my lunch was going to leave me little or no choice for supper, but my lunch ended up only being 700 or 800 calories, so I had plenty of calorie room for some supper. I finally settled on my poor man's shit on a shingle with a 2 servings of pretzels (damn, will I be glad when this bag of pretzels is gone!), as well as the next row of blocks of my V-Day Special Dark bar.
I did very good estimating my calorie count. When I added my supper to MFP, I was just 51 calories short for the day. Just 51! Yay, me. Of course, it didn't help that I didn't get any exercise today, but I can do something about that tomorrow. And I'm sure I'll need to - I'm pretty sure tomorrow will be stressful with phone call that will have little or no results. We shall see. Keep your fingers crossed for me, please!
Ron and I got up this morning at 7. Josh was going to stop and take my car and leave his, just in case Ron felt like working on the brakes by himself (and, besides, we didn't want him driving his car with bad brakes!) some time today, and we wanted to have the car warmed up for him. That's what parents do, right? I thought about being mean and turn on the ass warmer, too, but finally decided not too. LOL
After Josh had stopped, Ron stayed up - the TV came on, of course - but I went back to bed and then laid there and read instead of going back to sleep. I was hoping to go back to sleep, but my brain got too far awake. That's what I do - once I'm up, I'm up for the day.
We had made arrangements with Josh to go meet him at his lunch time to get the 'new' brake pads/shoes (whatever/whichever) for his car. The ones he had over the weekend were the wrong ones, so he had to get the correct ones today. We were hoping to have lunch with him also, but he said work was too crazy and he couldn't take that much time. Phooey. So, anyway, we met him at the parts store, got the brakes from him, and then went to lunch ourselves. We finally decided on Bob Evans, mostly because gasoline at WalMart had gone down twenty cents from the time we went past to when Josh drove back the other way, and it was still $3.47 further down 125. We got gasoline in Ron's truck for just $3.29! Yay, us! He is set for the week for gasoline now - IF he gets to go to work this week. sigh
For lunch, though, he had the pot roast sandwich platter, but had a bowl of veggie soup instead of the fries and cole slaw, and I had the chicken n noodle deep dish meal. I hadn't had that in a very long time (giving up the carbs...) and boy, was it good! The only thing I didn't like was that they stuck the biscuit UNDER both the mashed potatoes and the chicken n noodles. UGH!! A soppy biscuit - no, no, no. Yuck. I thought she had forgotten my biscuit and asked for one, but then I 'found' it - ewwwwwww. It was grossssssssss. I do like to use bread to sop up the juice at the end, but totally soaked at the beginning? Nope. Nuh-uh. No way, Jose. I will have to remember that, most definitely.
We came back home and just spent the afternoon the way we spend most evenings. I got on the pute, and he tried to lie down to take a nap, but couldn't, so got back up, came out here and promptly fell asleep in his recliner. He woke up and turned on the TV at 5:30 "to catch the weather" and then slept through it. The man is crazy, I tell you.
Around 7, we started looking for some supper. He finally made himself a peanut butter sandwich, and I had to check what kind of calories I had left - I was sure that my lunch was going to leave me little or no choice for supper, but my lunch ended up only being 700 or 800 calories, so I had plenty of calorie room for some supper. I finally settled on my poor man's shit on a shingle with a 2 servings of pretzels (damn, will I be glad when this bag of pretzels is gone!), as well as the next row of blocks of my V-Day Special Dark bar.
I did very good estimating my calorie count. When I added my supper to MFP, I was just 51 calories short for the day. Just 51! Yay, me. Of course, it didn't help that I didn't get any exercise today, but I can do something about that tomorrow. And I'm sure I'll need to - I'm pretty sure tomorrow will be stressful with phone call that will have little or no results. We shall see. Keep your fingers crossed for me, please!
Sunday, February 16, 2014
A less stressful day, but it's still on our minds...
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Today was a kinda strange day. For some reason, I woke up at 5:30 this morning. Yep. 5:30. I laid in bed and read, then finally turned the light back off at 8. When the alarm went off at 9, it was like 2 minutes had gone by. Needless to say, I didn't want to get up. But I did.
Off to church we went, and then we went to eat at Campbell's Barn. Today was our church's fundraiser day, so when we got there, we sat with a group of other people from church and it was a fun time. Ron had his chicken (as did others we were sitting with!) and I had the bacon cheeseburger with fries. We had such a good time, with no worries for a little while. We couldn't/didn't talk about OUR problems, and I think that helped relax us a lot.
After we came home, he watched TV and I played on the pute. After a little while, we went in to take a nap, which doesn't usually happen, but since my sleep was so interrupted, why not? The funny thing is, when the alarm went off again 2 hours later, Ron was trying to slip back into the bed - he couldn't 'go to sleep' while lying in bed and got back up, while I slept very well. (And, believe it or not, at just after 10, am quite ready to go back to bed!)
Around 7:30, we started looking for supper. I made myself a Hot Pocket and him one of his frozen Chinese things, so supper was taken care of. We have spent the evening watching game shows and not dead guys.
Yep, we are weird.
I put 'all' my food into MFP, and I am over in my calories for the day! I ate THREE things today - a bacon cheeseburger, an order of fries, and a Hot Pocket - and I had more than 1500 calories. See? It doesn't take much! No candy, no munchies, no nothing. I was going to when I went to bed and read a bit, but I guess I won't now. Jiminy.
Also, when I did my weigh-in this morning (because I forgot yesterday), I had gained 2 pounds. That's a little disconcerting - I thought I probably stayed the same. Bummer.
I am planning on enjoying having Ron home with me tomorrow!! We'll just have to do the worrying later.
Today was a kinda strange day. For some reason, I woke up at 5:30 this morning. Yep. 5:30. I laid in bed and read, then finally turned the light back off at 8. When the alarm went off at 9, it was like 2 minutes had gone by. Needless to say, I didn't want to get up. But I did.
Off to church we went, and then we went to eat at Campbell's Barn. Today was our church's fundraiser day, so when we got there, we sat with a group of other people from church and it was a fun time. Ron had his chicken (as did others we were sitting with!) and I had the bacon cheeseburger with fries. We had such a good time, with no worries for a little while. We couldn't/didn't talk about OUR problems, and I think that helped relax us a lot.
After we came home, he watched TV and I played on the pute. After a little while, we went in to take a nap, which doesn't usually happen, but since my sleep was so interrupted, why not? The funny thing is, when the alarm went off again 2 hours later, Ron was trying to slip back into the bed - he couldn't 'go to sleep' while lying in bed and got back up, while I slept very well. (And, believe it or not, at just after 10, am quite ready to go back to bed!)
Around 7:30, we started looking for supper. I made myself a Hot Pocket and him one of his frozen Chinese things, so supper was taken care of. We have spent the evening watching game shows and not dead guys.
Yep, we are weird.
I put 'all' my food into MFP, and I am over in my calories for the day! I ate THREE things today - a bacon cheeseburger, an order of fries, and a Hot Pocket - and I had more than 1500 calories. See? It doesn't take much! No candy, no munchies, no nothing. I was going to when I went to bed and read a bit, but I guess I won't now. Jiminy.
Also, when I did my weigh-in this morning (because I forgot yesterday), I had gained 2 pounds. That's a little disconcerting - I thought I probably stayed the same. Bummer.
I am planning on enjoying having Ron home with me tomorrow!! We'll just have to do the worrying later.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
A big run-around day
Saturday, February 15, 2014
I got up this morning before 10, because I had to start making phone calls, to try to get this crap with Ron's driver's license fixed. Yeah. Right. On a Saturday morning. Bzzzz. Bzzzzz. Bzzzzz. Busy signal. Busy signal. Busy signal. That's all I got. We finally thought 'well, it's the DMV - if we go over there, they will HAVE to talk to us' so we went over, leaving home around quarter til eleven. Oh. My. God. I could not believe how packed that place was! I would have believed it the first or the last weekend of the month, but not in the middle of the month. Jiminy Christmas. What a freaking mess.
We sat there and waited our turn - it really wasn't so bad, they were on 92 and we were 9 (ugh). It just looked bad because of the title people and the license people - and we finally got up there. She checked the computer. Yep, computer still says his license is suspended. We tell the whole story again, and she makes a phone call, but because we don't know where "she" faxed this info to, or who to, then she can't help us any more than that. She does give us another phone number to call to find out if Ron can work on Monday or not, but is not sure what time they close today, seeing that this number is to an office in Columbus.
We come back home, or rather, head back home, but decide to stop and eat, because it's well after noon now, and we haven't eaten anything yet today. We stop at Frisch's, since it's on the way home. Corgan got the breakfast bar, Ron got that turkey burger and onion rings, and I got a breakfast like Bob Evans' Rise and Shine (2 eggs, 2 sausage links, potatoes, and toast). We did feel a bit better after eating, but not much, and came on home. Ron and Corgan went outside and I started making phone calls.
I got nowhere, but since that was what was expected, I only felt mildly frustrated. When the fellas came in, Ron called his 'boss' and let him know what was going on -- which was nothing, and will continue to be nothing until Tuesday, because of the holiday on Monday -- and to find out what he was supposed to do on Monday and Tuesday. Harold and he finally came to the mutual decision that Ron would be using vacation days for those two days, and boy, are we praying that the state can get everything fixed on or by Tuesday, so he can go to work on Wednesday! State offices, of course, will NOT be open on Monday, the holiday. This is all on them, anyway - we paid the damn ticket! Wonder if they will reimburse us for Ron's missed work hours? HA!
We took Corgan home, and stayed for supper down at Josh's house, as planned. Chelle made lasagna for us all! It was wonderful! I made dessert - a cherry pie - and it baked while we were eating. Unfortunately, it baked about 5 minutes too long and the bottom was very well done. But it was still good. The lasagna - the main dish - was much, much better than the dessert! We adults all sat around the table talking for the rest of the evening, and it was a very relaxing evening, for the most part.
I still don't think it would be a very good idea to take either mine or Ron's blood pressure, though. This day has been very stressful.
I put my food into MFP, and according to that, I was about 50 calories over for the day. I was really over more than that, because I had some of my Valentine candy, too. I didn't put any exercise in, either, and there was some walking today, too, but nothing consistent. So, it should all balance out. I am okay with being within 50! Now, if only I can remember to do my weigh-in!!
I got up this morning before 10, because I had to start making phone calls, to try to get this crap with Ron's driver's license fixed. Yeah. Right. On a Saturday morning. Bzzzz. Bzzzzz. Bzzzzz. Busy signal. Busy signal. Busy signal. That's all I got. We finally thought 'well, it's the DMV - if we go over there, they will HAVE to talk to us' so we went over, leaving home around quarter til eleven. Oh. My. God. I could not believe how packed that place was! I would have believed it the first or the last weekend of the month, but not in the middle of the month. Jiminy Christmas. What a freaking mess.
We sat there and waited our turn - it really wasn't so bad, they were on 92 and we were 9 (ugh). It just looked bad because of the title people and the license people - and we finally got up there. She checked the computer. Yep, computer still says his license is suspended. We tell the whole story again, and she makes a phone call, but because we don't know where "she" faxed this info to, or who to, then she can't help us any more than that. She does give us another phone number to call to find out if Ron can work on Monday or not, but is not sure what time they close today, seeing that this number is to an office in Columbus.
We come back home, or rather, head back home, but decide to stop and eat, because it's well after noon now, and we haven't eaten anything yet today. We stop at Frisch's, since it's on the way home. Corgan got the breakfast bar, Ron got that turkey burger and onion rings, and I got a breakfast like Bob Evans' Rise and Shine (2 eggs, 2 sausage links, potatoes, and toast). We did feel a bit better after eating, but not much, and came on home. Ron and Corgan went outside and I started making phone calls.
I got nowhere, but since that was what was expected, I only felt mildly frustrated. When the fellas came in, Ron called his 'boss' and let him know what was going on -- which was nothing, and will continue to be nothing until Tuesday, because of the holiday on Monday -- and to find out what he was supposed to do on Monday and Tuesday. Harold and he finally came to the mutual decision that Ron would be using vacation days for those two days, and boy, are we praying that the state can get everything fixed on or by Tuesday, so he can go to work on Wednesday! State offices, of course, will NOT be open on Monday, the holiday. This is all on them, anyway - we paid the damn ticket! Wonder if they will reimburse us for Ron's missed work hours? HA!
We took Corgan home, and stayed for supper down at Josh's house, as planned. Chelle made lasagna for us all! It was wonderful! I made dessert - a cherry pie - and it baked while we were eating. Unfortunately, it baked about 5 minutes too long and the bottom was very well done. But it was still good. The lasagna - the main dish - was much, much better than the dessert! We adults all sat around the table talking for the rest of the evening, and it was a very relaxing evening, for the most part.
I still don't think it would be a very good idea to take either mine or Ron's blood pressure, though. This day has been very stressful.
I put my food into MFP, and according to that, I was about 50 calories over for the day. I was really over more than that, because I had some of my Valentine candy, too. I didn't put any exercise in, either, and there was some walking today, too, but nothing consistent. So, it should all balance out. I am okay with being within 50! Now, if only I can remember to do my weigh-in!!
Friday, February 14, 2014
Valentine's Day, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Happy Valentine's Day and lots of love to you all!
Before I went to bed last night, I tucked Ron's V-Day gift into his work bag. I got him one of those Peach Pies that he really likes, but had to give up because of the sodium count - there's over 500 mgs of sodium in one of those suckers! - but, hey! He had found it once he was at work, and after I texted him that I was up, he called me to tell me he found it (and that he had checked the sodium count again) and that he was happy with that surprise.
I had woken up this morning not really planning to do anything. It was just after 10, and I read until about 11:30, finishing the book and putting it in my give-to-Ruth pile. Then, I got to thinking - it's supposed to snow again this afternoon, starting around 2. Maybe I'd best go and get my weekly shopping done, because Ron sure isn't going to want to go shopping tomorrow morning. So, I get dressed and head on down the road. Lo and behold, it starts snowing just as I get to WalMart! What? It's nowhere near 2 yet! Oh, well. Who believes the weatherman 100% anyway? Not me!
I go in, get my WalMart Walk in, and then decide to get some lunch at Bob Evans. I was feeling not quite peckish, but like I had best eat pretty darn soon, and so I enjoyed the half-sandwich combo (the turkey sandwich and potato soup) and took my time eating my lunch and reading my book. There was no hurry, as the snow had stopped as I was sitting there.
I finally headed home, got the car unloaded and all. Ron called me a little later to say they are sending him out one last time - 3 pm on a Friday, imagine that - so I get in touch with the family in Ripley, and we arrange for me to get Corgan, instead of waiting for Ron to get done with work. So, off I went again, up to Georgetown this time. Corgan and I got back here with no trouble. We even stopped to take a picture of the waterfall just outside of Georgetown - it was frozen solid today! It was very pretty in a funky way.
After we got back home, the snow started again and has not stopped since, so I'm sure it is a mess out there (if you are out, please be careful!) and I doubt we will go anywhere tomorrow, until time to take Corgan home, as arranged.
When Ron got home from work, after six (of course), he walked in and placed a rose in front of me. Oh! I had told him that I wanted Butter Pecan ice cream this year - we are trying very hard to be good. He walked on out into the kitchen and I thought 'Well, okay. I can handle getting a rose.' "That's not Butter Pecan ice cream," I tell him, hoping he can hear the smile in my voice. "Yeah, well," he says, as he walks back into the living room and puts a cellophane wrapped box of chocolates that has a balloon sticking out of the top in front of me, too! Ron!! "That's still not Butter Pecan ice cream," I tell him again. "Yeah, well," he says again as he also puts a giant Special Dark bar down in front of me. I am just looking at him and shaking my head. "You love this stuff," he says. "And I love you," I reply. He also gives Corgan a box of Gummy Bears. He is one crazy man.
I really hated to kill the beautiful mood of the evening, but I had to, because we had some business that needed to be taken care of, and taken care of quickly:
I had got the mail in and had gone through it, put the bills to the side and opened the other stuff, as usual. Ron got an interesting-looking letter, so I checked it out. Get this - HIS LICENSE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED!!!!! Yeah. Remember when his truck slid off Hoover Road, back in December? He got a failure-to-control ticket and all that? Well, he DID NOT show up in court on December 30th, so they suspended his license, as of February 12th (2 days ago already!!). Well, no shit, sherlock - he didn't show up because we PAID the ticket!! I didn't know what to do. I had to wait til he got home (and trust me, I prayed and prayed hard that he wouldn't get pulled over on his way home!) to tell him about it, so we could figure out what to do. There was a phone number on the letter, so we called that number and told them that we paid the ticket and had the receipt. Well, according to "them," the lady said, he did not pay the ticket, and that was why this happened. I assured her we had paid, and told her for about the tenth time that we had the receipt, and she said let her check something else and put me on hold and went away. She finally came back and said that they found that he HAD paid it, that some numbers were transposed, and they would put a paper in his file and blah blah blah. I asked her if he would be able to work on Monday, since he works at Rumpke and drives for a living. She didn't know what to say (surprise) and finally stumbled over telling me that they would fax it to the DMV right away, and for me to call them in the morning and find out what had/has happened with it. We can get a copy of this paper they are putting in his file, also, if we want it.
WHAT A MESS!!!
God only knows what kind of bullshit Rumpke will put Ron through to get this settled. We can only hope that they will let him use vacation days to clear this up. (oh - and remember - Monday is a holiday, too.)
Meanwhile, while I am on the phone, Ron made supper for us. Well, for me and him. Corgan zapped some sausage biscuits for himself. Ron made us some hamburgers, and made himself a can of low-sodium corn. I had veggies left over from yesterday, as well as some of the Puffcorn that was left. Puffcorn is kernel-less (hull-less) popcorn, and I had the cheesy kind! Corgan finished off the bag after I got my serving out of it.
So, the evening ended okay, but I, for one, am very glad that Ron did NOT check his blood pressure tonight!
When I put my food into MFP, I ended up about 600 calories short for the day, but I had Valentine candy and Puffcorn and stuff, as well as all the veggies (which are relatively calorie-free), so I am pretty sure I was really over for the day. But - it is what it is, right? I'll take it!
I filed our taxes tonight, too. Whee! After receiving our state refund and paying our federal, we'll end up with approximately $60.00 for ourselves. Yep. We live right.
Happy Valentine's Day and lots of love to you all!
Before I went to bed last night, I tucked Ron's V-Day gift into his work bag. I got him one of those Peach Pies that he really likes, but had to give up because of the sodium count - there's over 500 mgs of sodium in one of those suckers! - but, hey! He had found it once he was at work, and after I texted him that I was up, he called me to tell me he found it (and that he had checked the sodium count again) and that he was happy with that surprise.
I had woken up this morning not really planning to do anything. It was just after 10, and I read until about 11:30, finishing the book and putting it in my give-to-Ruth pile. Then, I got to thinking - it's supposed to snow again this afternoon, starting around 2. Maybe I'd best go and get my weekly shopping done, because Ron sure isn't going to want to go shopping tomorrow morning. So, I get dressed and head on down the road. Lo and behold, it starts snowing just as I get to WalMart! What? It's nowhere near 2 yet! Oh, well. Who believes the weatherman 100% anyway? Not me!
I go in, get my WalMart Walk in, and then decide to get some lunch at Bob Evans. I was feeling not quite peckish, but like I had best eat pretty darn soon, and so I enjoyed the half-sandwich combo (the turkey sandwich and potato soup) and took my time eating my lunch and reading my book. There was no hurry, as the snow had stopped as I was sitting there.
I finally headed home, got the car unloaded and all. Ron called me a little later to say they are sending him out one last time - 3 pm on a Friday, imagine that - so I get in touch with the family in Ripley, and we arrange for me to get Corgan, instead of waiting for Ron to get done with work. So, off I went again, up to Georgetown this time. Corgan and I got back here with no trouble. We even stopped to take a picture of the waterfall just outside of Georgetown - it was frozen solid today! It was very pretty in a funky way.
After we got back home, the snow started again and has not stopped since, so I'm sure it is a mess out there (if you are out, please be careful!) and I doubt we will go anywhere tomorrow, until time to take Corgan home, as arranged.
When Ron got home from work, after six (of course), he walked in and placed a rose in front of me. Oh! I had told him that I wanted Butter Pecan ice cream this year - we are trying very hard to be good. He walked on out into the kitchen and I thought 'Well, okay. I can handle getting a rose.' "That's not Butter Pecan ice cream," I tell him, hoping he can hear the smile in my voice. "Yeah, well," he says, as he walks back into the living room and puts a cellophane wrapped box of chocolates that has a balloon sticking out of the top in front of me, too! Ron!! "That's still not Butter Pecan ice cream," I tell him again. "Yeah, well," he says again as he also puts a giant Special Dark bar down in front of me. I am just looking at him and shaking my head. "You love this stuff," he says. "And I love you," I reply. He also gives Corgan a box of Gummy Bears. He is one crazy man.
I really hated to kill the beautiful mood of the evening, but I had to, because we had some business that needed to be taken care of, and taken care of quickly:
I had got the mail in and had gone through it, put the bills to the side and opened the other stuff, as usual. Ron got an interesting-looking letter, so I checked it out. Get this - HIS LICENSE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED!!!!! Yeah. Remember when his truck slid off Hoover Road, back in December? He got a failure-to-control ticket and all that? Well, he DID NOT show up in court on December 30th, so they suspended his license, as of February 12th (2 days ago already!!). Well, no shit, sherlock - he didn't show up because we PAID the ticket!! I didn't know what to do. I had to wait til he got home (and trust me, I prayed and prayed hard that he wouldn't get pulled over on his way home!) to tell him about it, so we could figure out what to do. There was a phone number on the letter, so we called that number and told them that we paid the ticket and had the receipt. Well, according to "them," the lady said, he did not pay the ticket, and that was why this happened. I assured her we had paid, and told her for about the tenth time that we had the receipt, and she said let her check something else and put me on hold and went away. She finally came back and said that they found that he HAD paid it, that some numbers were transposed, and they would put a paper in his file and blah blah blah. I asked her if he would be able to work on Monday, since he works at Rumpke and drives for a living. She didn't know what to say (surprise) and finally stumbled over telling me that they would fax it to the DMV right away, and for me to call them in the morning and find out what had/has happened with it. We can get a copy of this paper they are putting in his file, also, if we want it.
WHAT A MESS!!!
God only knows what kind of bullshit Rumpke will put Ron through to get this settled. We can only hope that they will let him use vacation days to clear this up. (oh - and remember - Monday is a holiday, too.)
Meanwhile, while I am on the phone, Ron made supper for us. Well, for me and him. Corgan zapped some sausage biscuits for himself. Ron made us some hamburgers, and made himself a can of low-sodium corn. I had veggies left over from yesterday, as well as some of the Puffcorn that was left. Puffcorn is kernel-less (hull-less) popcorn, and I had the cheesy kind! Corgan finished off the bag after I got my serving out of it.
So, the evening ended okay, but I, for one, am very glad that Ron did NOT check his blood pressure tonight!
When I put my food into MFP, I ended up about 600 calories short for the day, but I had Valentine candy and Puffcorn and stuff, as well as all the veggies (which are relatively calorie-free), so I am pretty sure I was really over for the day. But - it is what it is, right? I'll take it!
I filed our taxes tonight, too. Whee! After receiving our state refund and paying our federal, we'll end up with approximately $60.00 for ourselves. Yep. We live right.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
A totally fun relaxing day
Thursday, February 13, 2014
I got up this morning at 10, got my shower, got dressed and got ready to leave. Then my friend Bert called - she is running late, and can I leave a half hour later than planned? Okay, fine. That gives me time to play on the pute! Yay - always a good thing in my book.
I finally get the car loaded up and left, picked Bert and her stuff up, made the stops I had to make on our way down the road (gasoline, prescriptions, dry cleaners) and we finally get to our friend Teresa's.
That was it for the day. We put all of our goodies out on the table, Bert put the lasagna she made for our 'lunch' in the oven, and we spent the rest of the day at Teresa's. We made total pigs of ourselves on all the goodies, though I was glad I thought to make a super big vegetable tray. When the lasagna got done, it was superb, too! Bert also made us each big Valentine's bags, with lots of different candies (and one 'good, healthy' (raisins) thing) inside. I haven't eaten that much in one day in -- I don't know how long. <and, I must share with you, I am paying for it tonight...> But, oh, it was so nice! So relaxing, us just gabbing and doing what we wanted when we wanted and all. Teresa does babysit her great-niece every day and she was there, but she was fun, too, once she got used to sharing Teresa with us.
We came home after Ron texted me that he was home now, which was after 6:30. We divvied up the stuff that was left, and we hit the road. We made the stops that Bert had to make on the way home (prescriptions, drive-thru) and I got home right around 8.
So. Day over.
I'm not even trying to put all the little thises and thats into MFP. I'm writing my little blog of my big exciting day, and going to bed. I'm tired, believe it or not. Why is it that totally relaxing tires you more than anything (or at least seems to)?
Happy Valentine's Day to you all for tomorrow. I send love to you all. I would hug you all - but I can't afford that much gasoline! Give each other hugs for/from me (and Ron), please. You are definitely thought of!! YOU are a light at the end of my tunnel. YOU keep me going, and I thank you for that.
I got up this morning at 10, got my shower, got dressed and got ready to leave. Then my friend Bert called - she is running late, and can I leave a half hour later than planned? Okay, fine. That gives me time to play on the pute! Yay - always a good thing in my book.
I finally get the car loaded up and left, picked Bert and her stuff up, made the stops I had to make on our way down the road (gasoline, prescriptions, dry cleaners) and we finally get to our friend Teresa's.
That was it for the day. We put all of our goodies out on the table, Bert put the lasagna she made for our 'lunch' in the oven, and we spent the rest of the day at Teresa's. We made total pigs of ourselves on all the goodies, though I was glad I thought to make a super big vegetable tray. When the lasagna got done, it was superb, too! Bert also made us each big Valentine's bags, with lots of different candies (and one 'good, healthy' (raisins) thing) inside. I haven't eaten that much in one day in -- I don't know how long. <and, I must share with you, I am paying for it tonight...> But, oh, it was so nice! So relaxing, us just gabbing and doing what we wanted when we wanted and all. Teresa does babysit her great-niece every day and she was there, but she was fun, too, once she got used to sharing Teresa with us.
We came home after Ron texted me that he was home now, which was after 6:30. We divvied up the stuff that was left, and we hit the road. We made the stops that Bert had to make on the way home (prescriptions, drive-thru) and I got home right around 8.
So. Day over.
I'm not even trying to put all the little thises and thats into MFP. I'm writing my little blog of my big exciting day, and going to bed. I'm tired, believe it or not. Why is it that totally relaxing tires you more than anything (or at least seems to)?
Happy Valentine's Day to you all for tomorrow. I send love to you all. I would hug you all - but I can't afford that much gasoline! Give each other hugs for/from me (and Ron), please. You are definitely thought of!! YOU are a light at the end of my tunnel. YOU keep me going, and I thank you for that.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Getting everything ready for tomorrow...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Today, like yesterday, I slept until almost noon even though I went to bed - and to sleep - 'early' for me. It is a strange thing occurring right now, but I can't worry about it, I can only assume that this is what my body needs. This will also change tomorrow! I must get up and get things together, so I can leave when I am supposed to. I have big plans tomorrow, and I can't let others down, now, can I?
Once I woke up, though, I laid in bed and read, finishing my book, so I really didn't get up until close to one o'clock. One o'clock!! How decadent is that? But, as I've said before, when I have nothing pressing to get up for, why not? All I had on the books for today was a meeting tonight at 7, so...
Once I got up, I piddled around the house, getting things together for tomorrow, and I decided to make us a little something, so I had to run uptown to buy stuff to make this treat. I could have changed my mind, but I'm not a stubborn Schmidt for no reason. So, off I go uptown. After going to the store, I went to the car wash - where I was the only car in line for the automatic car wash! I was quite surprised by that, I thought for sure there would be a pretty long line. But, I got in and through it and on my way back home really quickly, and I was glad for that. It gave me more time to spend making the stuff I want to make!
I get home, check the mail before coming in, and Ron and I have mail from our grandson. Okay, what is this? I am thinking and open it - oh, look! He has sent us Valentines!! How sweet! I 'open' mine, and set Ron's to the side, so he can 'open' (they were 'closed' with Disney stickers) his own. I went on and made the stuff I was planning on making, and then Ron is home. I ate a bowl of chicken noodle soup (yes, that's the first thing I've eaten today) for my supper, then I went to the meeting I had on the calendar. I have no idea what Ron had for supper, probably one of his frozen Chinese things. When I got home from the meeting (at which I ate a handful of Munchos and a couple small lemon bar type cookies), I ate a banana, fixed a vegetable tray for tomorrow, and told Ron about our mail, and he opened his Valentine. They are now on the fridge. <3
As we watched TV (a repeat of the Beatles show from the other night LOL), I made us some microwave popcorn, and had mine with milk. So, when I put my food, such as it was, into MFP, I was 1000+ calories short for the day. Yep, MFP hollered at me. But, it is what it is. That's what today happened to be. We'll see how tonight goes. It's only midnight, but I'm tired and ready for bed already. Strange, but there it is.
Today, like yesterday, I slept until almost noon even though I went to bed - and to sleep - 'early' for me. It is a strange thing occurring right now, but I can't worry about it, I can only assume that this is what my body needs. This will also change tomorrow! I must get up and get things together, so I can leave when I am supposed to. I have big plans tomorrow, and I can't let others down, now, can I?
Once I woke up, though, I laid in bed and read, finishing my book, so I really didn't get up until close to one o'clock. One o'clock!! How decadent is that? But, as I've said before, when I have nothing pressing to get up for, why not? All I had on the books for today was a meeting tonight at 7, so...
Once I got up, I piddled around the house, getting things together for tomorrow, and I decided to make us a little something, so I had to run uptown to buy stuff to make this treat. I could have changed my mind, but I'm not a stubborn Schmidt for no reason. So, off I go uptown. After going to the store, I went to the car wash - where I was the only car in line for the automatic car wash! I was quite surprised by that, I thought for sure there would be a pretty long line. But, I got in and through it and on my way back home really quickly, and I was glad for that. It gave me more time to spend making the stuff I want to make!
I get home, check the mail before coming in, and Ron and I have mail from our grandson. Okay, what is this? I am thinking and open it - oh, look! He has sent us Valentines!! How sweet! I 'open' mine, and set Ron's to the side, so he can 'open' (they were 'closed' with Disney stickers) his own. I went on and made the stuff I was planning on making, and then Ron is home. I ate a bowl of chicken noodle soup (yes, that's the first thing I've eaten today) for my supper, then I went to the meeting I had on the calendar. I have no idea what Ron had for supper, probably one of his frozen Chinese things. When I got home from the meeting (at which I ate a handful of Munchos and a couple small lemon bar type cookies), I ate a banana, fixed a vegetable tray for tomorrow, and told Ron about our mail, and he opened his Valentine. They are now on the fridge. <3
As we watched TV (a repeat of the Beatles show from the other night LOL), I made us some microwave popcorn, and had mine with milk. So, when I put my food, such as it was, into MFP, I was 1000+ calories short for the day. Yep, MFP hollered at me. But, it is what it is. That's what today happened to be. We'll see how tonight goes. It's only midnight, but I'm tired and ready for bed already. Strange, but there it is.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Back to TOPS!!
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
I slept in today until almost noon. I'm not sure why - I actually turned out the light and went to sleep around 1am 'last night' which is early for me. Oh, well. It is what it is.
I didn't read before getting up, as I usually do, I knew this stuff was waiting for me to do, so I got up and got right into playing Happy Homemaker. Dishes and laundry, as usual. Plain old boring stuff. Finally, I got to where I could take a small break, so I got my lunch - chicken salad and 2 servings of walnuts - and I got on the pute (surprise) and that was just about that. I still got this housework done, but it wasn't quite as pressing on me as it was before. Hahahahahaha. I'm so glad that Ron and I don't really have and/or use that much of either dishes or clothes. sigh
The day went on, as days do and I made a pan of a cabbage dish for Ron for his supper. I would finally get to go to a TOPS meeting tonight (after three weeks of cancellations) and wanted him to have some supper waiting, instead of waiting for me to get back from the meeting. With it still being so cold, he needs to eat some HOT food sooner rather than later. I also managed to ride that damn exercise bike for a mile and a half! Yay, me! I've got the tension so low that I didn't burn many calories, but, by God, I did a mile and a half once again.
At the meeting, I did my weigh-in with some trepidation - after all, it has been a month since we've had a meeting - but, all my worries were for nothing, thank God! According to their scales, I have lost 8.8 pounds in that month! Almost 9 pounds! How cool is that? I will certainly take that. Most certainly. <doing a happy dance, too!>
I got home from my meeting and made my supper. I celebrated with 2 grilled cheese sandwiches - 3 slices of Colby Jack cheese in between the buttered breads cooked in one of my cast iron skillets - and tomato soup. A nice, warm cold-night supper, I thought, and boy, did it hit the spot!
TV, pute for me (in other words - same old, same old in the O'Toole house) and now it's bedtime.
As I put my food into MFP, I was a bit worried because of the high carbs of my supper. I didn't really care, but just a bit because I watch so carefully now. And, yes, I ended up over for the total calorie count on the day. But I've been under the last few days, so I am okay with it. It was not that much, anyway.
Ah, well. As I said not long ago - tomorrow is another day. And maybe another pound gone.
I slept in today until almost noon. I'm not sure why - I actually turned out the light and went to sleep around 1am 'last night' which is early for me. Oh, well. It is what it is.
I didn't read before getting up, as I usually do, I knew this stuff was waiting for me to do, so I got up and got right into playing Happy Homemaker. Dishes and laundry, as usual. Plain old boring stuff. Finally, I got to where I could take a small break, so I got my lunch - chicken salad and 2 servings of walnuts - and I got on the pute (surprise) and that was just about that. I still got this housework done, but it wasn't quite as pressing on me as it was before. Hahahahahaha. I'm so glad that Ron and I don't really have and/or use that much of either dishes or clothes. sigh
The day went on, as days do and I made a pan of a cabbage dish for Ron for his supper. I would finally get to go to a TOPS meeting tonight (after three weeks of cancellations) and wanted him to have some supper waiting, instead of waiting for me to get back from the meeting. With it still being so cold, he needs to eat some HOT food sooner rather than later. I also managed to ride that damn exercise bike for a mile and a half! Yay, me! I've got the tension so low that I didn't burn many calories, but, by God, I did a mile and a half once again.
At the meeting, I did my weigh-in with some trepidation - after all, it has been a month since we've had a meeting - but, all my worries were for nothing, thank God! According to their scales, I have lost 8.8 pounds in that month! Almost 9 pounds! How cool is that? I will certainly take that. Most certainly. <doing a happy dance, too!>
I got home from my meeting and made my supper. I celebrated with 2 grilled cheese sandwiches - 3 slices of Colby Jack cheese in between the buttered breads cooked in one of my cast iron skillets - and tomato soup. A nice, warm cold-night supper, I thought, and boy, did it hit the spot!
TV, pute for me (in other words - same old, same old in the O'Toole house) and now it's bedtime.
As I put my food into MFP, I was a bit worried because of the high carbs of my supper. I didn't really care, but just a bit because I watch so carefully now. And, yes, I ended up over for the total calorie count on the day. But I've been under the last few days, so I am okay with it. It was not that much, anyway.
Ah, well. As I said not long ago - tomorrow is another day. And maybe another pound gone.
Monday, February 10, 2014
A sad, but good morning; a calming afternoon and evening
Monday, February 10, 2014
Today started with me getting up earlier than I have been, to be ready to go to Aunt Dee's funeral with Jean, once she shows up. Corgan's school ended up being on a 2-hour delay, which kinda changed our plans a little, but the funeral starts at 11, and we can't change that, and we really should be there before it begins, as is proper. But - we shall see. She will get here when she gets here, and I must be ready.
I was ready. She got here, made a potty stop, and off we went. We got there at ten til - which I thought was excellent time, considering.
The funeral itself was very nice. It was a Catholic Mass, which, as you know, I am very familiar with. I sat closer to the front with more of the extended family, while Jean sat further back in a pew with our brother David, his wife Kendra, and their youngest daughter Michaela (K'la). I found it a very comforting ritual, though I was kinda surprised that our cousin didn't have someone from the family do/say a more heartfelt eulogy. But, it seemed as though the priest knew her pretty well, and he spoke of her, not in a 'familiar' or personal way, as a family member would have, but in a more general, spiritual way - the way you want your priest to see you. It was nice to think of someone remembering "you" that way...
After the funeral Mass itself, we had the interment ceremony, even though she (the cremains) can't be buried until the ground thaws a little, just because the two go together, and you can't expect everyone to be able to get together again. So, we had the words, and it will happen, just not right now.
We then had a luncheon for the family in the church's school lunchroom. I believe our cousin (Steve)'s wife's family put it together and they did an excellent job. They was a good variety of food, and plenty of it! We could choose between a meat and cheese tray for sandwiches, lasagna, macaroni & cheese, chili, salads and veggies, and they had desserts, too! Oh, we had a great time visiting with family, looking at pictures of Dee's life, and - of course - memories! Oh, the memories...
At the end, Steve urged us to take food home, as there was plenty left, so I brought some lasagna home for supper, as well as two pieces of pineapple upside-down cake.
When we got back here, Jean and I sat and gabbed for a bit - it was nice, just the two of us. No interruptions, no distractions, just gabbing on and on and on and on. We don't get to do that often, and it's kinda eye-opening when it happens, and today was no different. I always feel different, better - more okay (if you know what I mean) - afterward, and YEP, I did today. After Jean left for home, I got on the pute and caught up my games and stuff.
When Ron got home, I warmed up the lasagna, we had supper, we watched TV (him as usual). I got off the pute - were you sitting down? - and worked some more on stitching my quilt. Yipes - I have now finished seven rows of stitches, and have eleven more rows to go. Ugh. Why do I do these things to myself?
I am looking forward to the rest of the week! Meeting tomorrow night, meeting Wednesday night, then Thursday - a day with Bert and Teresa!! Ya-hoo! Supposed to be warm, too - up to the forties! I have a life!!
I gave MFP a miss today - too much hit and miss with the luncheon. I feel good, though, about my choices today. And only the lasagna and the cake for supper. I'm okay with that. And I'm planning on riding that damn exercise bike tomorrow, because I will have a TOPS meeting (first one in a month...eeeeeeeee) - gotta be ready for that!
Today started with me getting up earlier than I have been, to be ready to go to Aunt Dee's funeral with Jean, once she shows up. Corgan's school ended up being on a 2-hour delay, which kinda changed our plans a little, but the funeral starts at 11, and we can't change that, and we really should be there before it begins, as is proper. But - we shall see. She will get here when she gets here, and I must be ready.
I was ready. She got here, made a potty stop, and off we went. We got there at ten til - which I thought was excellent time, considering.
The funeral itself was very nice. It was a Catholic Mass, which, as you know, I am very familiar with. I sat closer to the front with more of the extended family, while Jean sat further back in a pew with our brother David, his wife Kendra, and their youngest daughter Michaela (K'la). I found it a very comforting ritual, though I was kinda surprised that our cousin didn't have someone from the family do/say a more heartfelt eulogy. But, it seemed as though the priest knew her pretty well, and he spoke of her, not in a 'familiar' or personal way, as a family member would have, but in a more general, spiritual way - the way you want your priest to see you. It was nice to think of someone remembering "you" that way...
After the funeral Mass itself, we had the interment ceremony, even though she (the cremains) can't be buried until the ground thaws a little, just because the two go together, and you can't expect everyone to be able to get together again. So, we had the words, and it will happen, just not right now.
We then had a luncheon for the family in the church's school lunchroom. I believe our cousin (Steve)'s wife's family put it together and they did an excellent job. They was a good variety of food, and plenty of it! We could choose between a meat and cheese tray for sandwiches, lasagna, macaroni & cheese, chili, salads and veggies, and they had desserts, too! Oh, we had a great time visiting with family, looking at pictures of Dee's life, and - of course - memories! Oh, the memories...
At the end, Steve urged us to take food home, as there was plenty left, so I brought some lasagna home for supper, as well as two pieces of pineapple upside-down cake.
When we got back here, Jean and I sat and gabbed for a bit - it was nice, just the two of us. No interruptions, no distractions, just gabbing on and on and on and on. We don't get to do that often, and it's kinda eye-opening when it happens, and today was no different. I always feel different, better - more okay (if you know what I mean) - afterward, and YEP, I did today. After Jean left for home, I got on the pute and caught up my games and stuff.
When Ron got home, I warmed up the lasagna, we had supper, we watched TV (him as usual). I got off the pute - were you sitting down? - and worked some more on stitching my quilt. Yipes - I have now finished seven rows of stitches, and have eleven more rows to go. Ugh. Why do I do these things to myself?
I am looking forward to the rest of the week! Meeting tomorrow night, meeting Wednesday night, then Thursday - a day with Bert and Teresa!! Ya-hoo! Supposed to be warm, too - up to the forties! I have a life!!
I gave MFP a miss today - too much hit and miss with the luncheon. I feel good, though, about my choices today. And only the lasagna and the cake for supper. I'm okay with that. And I'm planning on riding that damn exercise bike tomorrow, because I will have a TOPS meeting (first one in a month...eeeeeeeee) - gotta be ready for that!
Sunday, February 9, 2014
A peaceful Sunday
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Today has been a very peaceful day. We all need those every once in a while, don't we?
It started with my getting up and going to church by myself. Ron stayed at home with Corgan, as I did last night, as I did while he went to church.
After church, they met me up at Frisch's for breakfast/lunch, which we ate with some friends of ours. We spent a very nice hour, hour and a half there, waiting to hear from Josh & Chelle. I enjoyed a Big Boy sandwich and a bowl of chili, with six crackers (3 packages). Ron had the turkey burger with fries, and Corgan had the breakfast bar.
We came home, and Josh, Chelle, and Jean met us here, instead of picking Corgan up as I had thought they were going to. After spending a little bit of time here, they all left and it was me and Ron and our dead guys on TV for the rest of the day.
Around 6:30, we went to make some supper. After looking around, we finally decided on hamburgers and macaroni & cheese. Ron made it while I found something different on the TV - all these dead guys, mostly reruns, were getting depressing, believe it or not. I turned on game shows - The Newlywed Game - and Ron and I giggled along with that for a little while, until time for the Beatles tribute show.
We watched that, and OH, IT WAS EXCELLENT!!!!! I can't wait til it comes out on DVD!!!! I will certainly be getting it - or, at least, hoping it finds its way into my Easter Basket! They did an a most superb job with it. Having the clips of the Beatles singing/playing a song, then the segue into a group/singer covering it now. It was very, very well done. Seeing Paul and Ringo singing along with all the people covering their songs was a thrill, too. It sent shivers up and down my spine, just seeing them enjoy their own music so much. And to see all those people, along with those two, dancing and shimmying to the music, was a blast!
If you missed it, I don't know what to say to you. You missed a fantastic show.
As I got back on the pute, and put my food into MFP (I ended up less than 100 short for today, so I didn't get hollered at), I turned the station to TBN to watch 'Jesus of Nazareth' so I think my Sunday is complete.
Today has been a very peaceful day. We all need those every once in a while, don't we?
It started with my getting up and going to church by myself. Ron stayed at home with Corgan, as I did last night, as I did while he went to church.
After church, they met me up at Frisch's for breakfast/lunch, which we ate with some friends of ours. We spent a very nice hour, hour and a half there, waiting to hear from Josh & Chelle. I enjoyed a Big Boy sandwich and a bowl of chili, with six crackers (3 packages). Ron had the turkey burger with fries, and Corgan had the breakfast bar.
We came home, and Josh, Chelle, and Jean met us here, instead of picking Corgan up as I had thought they were going to. After spending a little bit of time here, they all left and it was me and Ron and our dead guys on TV for the rest of the day.
Around 6:30, we went to make some supper. After looking around, we finally decided on hamburgers and macaroni & cheese. Ron made it while I found something different on the TV - all these dead guys, mostly reruns, were getting depressing, believe it or not. I turned on game shows - The Newlywed Game - and Ron and I giggled along with that for a little while, until time for the Beatles tribute show.
We watched that, and OH, IT WAS EXCELLENT!!!!! I can't wait til it comes out on DVD!!!! I will certainly be getting it - or, at least, hoping it finds its way into my Easter Basket! They did an a most superb job with it. Having the clips of the Beatles singing/playing a song, then the segue into a group/singer covering it now. It was very, very well done. Seeing Paul and Ringo singing along with all the people covering their songs was a thrill, too. It sent shivers up and down my spine, just seeing them enjoy their own music so much. And to see all those people, along with those two, dancing and shimmying to the music, was a blast!
If you missed it, I don't know what to say to you. You missed a fantastic show.
As I got back on the pute, and put my food into MFP (I ended up less than 100 short for today, so I didn't get hollered at), I turned the station to TBN to watch 'Jesus of Nazareth' so I think my Sunday is complete.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
A nice quiet day at home
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Ron and I stayed home today, waiting for Corgan to get dropped off. Of course, Ron got up way before I did, and when I woke up, I laid in bed and read for a bit before getting up. He, of course, was sitting out in the living room watching TV through his eyelids. Silly man. He could have been in bed with me, but - no, the TV is much more appealing, don'tcha know? Oh, well - his choice.
I do my weigh-in on the Wii, and I have lost three more pounds! Three! Yay! I am happy about that, because I have not been putting myself out so much for exercise this week. As a matter of fact, since riding that damn exercise bike the other day, I've only gotten walking (and clearing my car of ice) in as exercise, except for the fun of Ruth's driveway the other day. I don't think my heart has recovered from that yet, either. Not necessarily the work of it, but seeing her fall and all. It was heart-stopping, if you know what I mean - seeing your older sister go down - TWICE - and not being able to help her back up. Man.
Anyway, I just get on the pute and play my games and such. They finally drop Corgan off a little after three. They go on to where they are going for the night (which is why we have him tonight) and here the three of us are for the day.
Corgan, of course, like any good 9-year-old boy, commandeers the TV from his grandpa and watches some TV, plays some Wii, pretty much does what he wants, as usual. At least 'Most Stupid' isn't on today. He has found some wild man show on instead. Yay (yes, that is sarcastic).
Ron goes to church tonight, because when we have Corgan on Sunday mornings, we both can't go. If you don't know that story, please let me know and I'll explain it to you. I will go to church in the morning, and then we'll all three go to lunch/breakfast, and while we're out, they will pick Corgan up - at least, that's the plan as I've been told it. We shall see. If not, they'll pick him up at home after we get back.
After Ron gets home from church, we go outside to play for a bit. To put it a little better, Corgan played and Ron and I stood there and watched him. It was quite fun, really. Corgan got to the creekline every time he went down the hill on the sled! Every time. This ice/snow was great to sled on! It was a little on the scary side to see him going that fast toward the creekline, but he was very aware of where it was, so we knew he would stop in time. But, man, did he ever scoot down that hill f.a.s.t.!! He also tried 'snowboarding' down the hill with his little homemade snowboard. He made it himself from an old skateboard, and he said that it worked just fine at home. It did NOT work here. But it was fun watching him try.
The guys will probably go out tomorrow, while I am gone to church. During daylight - may make some difference, may not. Maybe he can see what he's doing different or something.
We came in and made us some supper. Ron had one of his Chinese things and the leftover beans, and Corgan and I each had two packages of sausage biscuits. We are living big, aren't we? Corgan watched a couple episodes of Mythbusters, and then it's back to the wild man crap. Sigh. Please. Give me dead guys any day of the week.
After a bit, Ron and I split a bag of microwave popcorn and I, of course, had milk with mine.
I went to MFP and did all that - I finally figured out why it's hollering at me at 300 calories short for the day, too. It's because I lowered my calorie count. Having a lower calorie count, and still being that much short, it's much worse for me (not getting the 'nutrition' I need), so it hollers at me sooner. So, now I need to figure out how to rearrange my eating once again. I am looking forward to Spring, so we can go back to salads more often. I like warm foods too much right now.
And, yes, I was 300 calories short again today. 311, to be exact.
This winter sure is beautiful. I love the ice sculptures we have been given to enjoy this past week, and will miss them as and when they crack and crackle away. I enjoy watching my grandson play in the snow. I think it all very picturesque. I just look and look out the windows whenever possible. Oh, the grandeur! I really love that this winter has been a true winter - we haven't had one in a quite a few years.
But I do miss the salads, isn't that strange? I know I'm strange, you don't have to tell me.
Ron and I stayed home today, waiting for Corgan to get dropped off. Of course, Ron got up way before I did, and when I woke up, I laid in bed and read for a bit before getting up. He, of course, was sitting out in the living room watching TV through his eyelids. Silly man. He could have been in bed with me, but - no, the TV is much more appealing, don'tcha know? Oh, well - his choice.
I do my weigh-in on the Wii, and I have lost three more pounds! Three! Yay! I am happy about that, because I have not been putting myself out so much for exercise this week. As a matter of fact, since riding that damn exercise bike the other day, I've only gotten walking (and clearing my car of ice) in as exercise, except for the fun of Ruth's driveway the other day. I don't think my heart has recovered from that yet, either. Not necessarily the work of it, but seeing her fall and all. It was heart-stopping, if you know what I mean - seeing your older sister go down - TWICE - and not being able to help her back up. Man.
Anyway, I just get on the pute and play my games and such. They finally drop Corgan off a little after three. They go on to where they are going for the night (which is why we have him tonight) and here the three of us are for the day.
Corgan, of course, like any good 9-year-old boy, commandeers the TV from his grandpa and watches some TV, plays some Wii, pretty much does what he wants, as usual. At least 'Most Stupid' isn't on today. He has found some wild man show on instead. Yay (yes, that is sarcastic).
Ron goes to church tonight, because when we have Corgan on Sunday mornings, we both can't go. If you don't know that story, please let me know and I'll explain it to you. I will go to church in the morning, and then we'll all three go to lunch/breakfast, and while we're out, they will pick Corgan up - at least, that's the plan as I've been told it. We shall see. If not, they'll pick him up at home after we get back.
After Ron gets home from church, we go outside to play for a bit. To put it a little better, Corgan played and Ron and I stood there and watched him. It was quite fun, really. Corgan got to the creekline every time he went down the hill on the sled! Every time. This ice/snow was great to sled on! It was a little on the scary side to see him going that fast toward the creekline, but he was very aware of where it was, so we knew he would stop in time. But, man, did he ever scoot down that hill f.a.s.t.!! He also tried 'snowboarding' down the hill with his little homemade snowboard. He made it himself from an old skateboard, and he said that it worked just fine at home. It did NOT work here. But it was fun watching him try.
The guys will probably go out tomorrow, while I am gone to church. During daylight - may make some difference, may not. Maybe he can see what he's doing different or something.
We came in and made us some supper. Ron had one of his Chinese things and the leftover beans, and Corgan and I each had two packages of sausage biscuits. We are living big, aren't we? Corgan watched a couple episodes of Mythbusters, and then it's back to the wild man crap. Sigh. Please. Give me dead guys any day of the week.
After a bit, Ron and I split a bag of microwave popcorn and I, of course, had milk with mine.
I went to MFP and did all that - I finally figured out why it's hollering at me at 300 calories short for the day, too. It's because I lowered my calorie count. Having a lower calorie count, and still being that much short, it's much worse for me (not getting the 'nutrition' I need), so it hollers at me sooner. So, now I need to figure out how to rearrange my eating once again. I am looking forward to Spring, so we can go back to salads more often. I like warm foods too much right now.
And, yes, I was 300 calories short again today. 311, to be exact.
This winter sure is beautiful. I love the ice sculptures we have been given to enjoy this past week, and will miss them as and when they crack and crackle away. I enjoy watching my grandson play in the snow. I think it all very picturesque. I just look and look out the windows whenever possible. Oh, the grandeur! I really love that this winter has been a true winter - we haven't had one in a quite a few years.
But I do miss the salads, isn't that strange? I know I'm strange, you don't have to tell me.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Ready for the weekend
Friday, February 7, 2014
I got up today, ready and willing to get things ready for the weekend. I had a few errands to run, but nothing strenuous. Then Ron called me - he had gotten a lawnmower and wanted me to meet him to get the mower off of his truck. No biggie. I was going down the road anyway.
I go on down the road. I stop in to talk to Diane - and stayed there for over an hour and a half! My feet were already tired before I left. Am I crazy, or what? While I was there, I got to talk to my sister-in-law Beth, and then another friend came in, too, so it wasn't just me and Diane the whole time - that's a good thing, I tell you! I finally get on down the road and run my errands, then stop at Bob Evans for some lunch (the half-sandwich combo with potato soup) before going into WalMart for - are you ready for this - bread and milk! How funny is that? Yep, that was all I needed today. After all that shopping yesterday, I needed bread (the WalMart in West Union didn't carry the kind of bread that Ron and I like) and then Ron opened the last gallon of milk last night, so I figured I might as well get another gallon, because once they're open, they only last about three days.
After WalMart, I came on home and got the car unloaded - yeah, the milk was real heavy - and checked the mail and all that. Oh, the drive home down 133 was so beautiful! The sun shining on the trees full of ice was just spectacular - like driving through a glass fairyland or something. Just so gorgeous, but it's so hard to describe. The ice won't melt quite yet, either, even though the sun is shining on it. It's still only 20 or so degrees outside!
I got on the pute, and that is where I spent the afternoon. I got my games all caught up and did what I normally do, then I got started on doing our taxes for last year. Real fun, you know, seeing that I was unemployed and all. Ugh. I didn't get the last W2 until Wednesday, and yesterday was out, so today was the big day. It turned out just about the way I thought it would. No windfall to get us out of this hole we are in. Nope. We couldn't get that lucky. We will just about break even. sigh
We aren't getting Corgan tonight, but will get him tomorrow, and have him tomorrow night into Sunday. A little bit different for this weekend, but that's okay - keeps us on our toes. And if we get this snow tomorrow, he'll have a blast playing outside! Ron and I enjoy watching our TV shows tonight (instead of the 'Most Stupid' things Corgan chooses) and then, for our supper, we made fried potatoes with smoked sausage and corn in it (a one-pan meal, all made in a cast-iron skillet). It was very good!
While watching TV, I had myself a snack. I had some walnuts! I had bought them yesterday while shopping, and boy, were they tasty. I will be glad to start having them with my lunches again. I was getting very tired of pretzels, although I still have just under half a bag. Eating proper servings is a pain, let me tell you. They last way too long!
As I put my food into MFP, I had the sinking feeling that I was about to get hollered at, and I was right - MFP sure is getting picky. I used to have to be over 500 calories short for the day before it hollered at me, but not any more. I was about 350 calories short for the day, and it still hollered at me - and I didn't even put any exercise in! I guess that's a good thing, in a way, but still...
I got up today, ready and willing to get things ready for the weekend. I had a few errands to run, but nothing strenuous. Then Ron called me - he had gotten a lawnmower and wanted me to meet him to get the mower off of his truck. No biggie. I was going down the road anyway.
I go on down the road. I stop in to talk to Diane - and stayed there for over an hour and a half! My feet were already tired before I left. Am I crazy, or what? While I was there, I got to talk to my sister-in-law Beth, and then another friend came in, too, so it wasn't just me and Diane the whole time - that's a good thing, I tell you! I finally get on down the road and run my errands, then stop at Bob Evans for some lunch (the half-sandwich combo with potato soup) before going into WalMart for - are you ready for this - bread and milk! How funny is that? Yep, that was all I needed today. After all that shopping yesterday, I needed bread (the WalMart in West Union didn't carry the kind of bread that Ron and I like) and then Ron opened the last gallon of milk last night, so I figured I might as well get another gallon, because once they're open, they only last about three days.
After WalMart, I came on home and got the car unloaded - yeah, the milk was real heavy - and checked the mail and all that. Oh, the drive home down 133 was so beautiful! The sun shining on the trees full of ice was just spectacular - like driving through a glass fairyland or something. Just so gorgeous, but it's so hard to describe. The ice won't melt quite yet, either, even though the sun is shining on it. It's still only 20 or so degrees outside!
I got on the pute, and that is where I spent the afternoon. I got my games all caught up and did what I normally do, then I got started on doing our taxes for last year. Real fun, you know, seeing that I was unemployed and all. Ugh. I didn't get the last W2 until Wednesday, and yesterday was out, so today was the big day. It turned out just about the way I thought it would. No windfall to get us out of this hole we are in. Nope. We couldn't get that lucky. We will just about break even. sigh
We aren't getting Corgan tonight, but will get him tomorrow, and have him tomorrow night into Sunday. A little bit different for this weekend, but that's okay - keeps us on our toes. And if we get this snow tomorrow, he'll have a blast playing outside! Ron and I enjoy watching our TV shows tonight (instead of the 'Most Stupid' things Corgan chooses) and then, for our supper, we made fried potatoes with smoked sausage and corn in it (a one-pan meal, all made in a cast-iron skillet). It was very good!
While watching TV, I had myself a snack. I had some walnuts! I had bought them yesterday while shopping, and boy, were they tasty. I will be glad to start having them with my lunches again. I was getting very tired of pretzels, although I still have just under half a bag. Eating proper servings is a pain, let me tell you. They last way too long!
As I put my food into MFP, I had the sinking feeling that I was about to get hollered at, and I was right - MFP sure is getting picky. I used to have to be over 500 calories short for the day before it hollered at me, but not any more. I was about 350 calories short for the day, and it still hollered at me - and I didn't even put any exercise in! I guess that's a good thing, in a way, but still...
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Oh, I got some EXERCISE in today...ugh
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Today started with my alarm going off, and me getting up, getting a shower and all that, then taking the time to dry by hanging here at home - playing on the pute, of course - then leaving to go pick up my sister and take her to the grocery store. Now, normally is not such a big deal, but remember - we just had a tremendous ice storm a couple of days ago and the roads and all are not the best just yet. As a matter of fact, they - except for the main roads - are quite a pain in the ass!
It took me OVER half an hour to clean the car off so I could leave. I didn't even realize it, either. The driver's side was clear, and that was all I saw from looking out the front door. When I went out to start the car, I just jumped in and started it, then ran back in the house. When I went to leave, I had to take the rubber piece off that Ron had so kindly put over the windshield for me - and that was when I discovered the rest of the car was still encased in ice. Yeah. Not fun at all. But, I finally got it done and got going after doing the rocking thing to get out of my parking spot - and then I had to go the long way, because I couldn't even see where Hoover came out onto 133! Evidently it's not been plowed, scraped, salted, or anything. I. couldn't. even. see. the. end. of. the. road. Terrible!
I took my camera with me, just in case I saw anything that could be an "interesting" picture - and I saw plenty - but could not stop and take any pictures, so those scenes will have to live forever in my mind. I wanted so bad to stop but just couldn't, not by myself. Phooey! When I got to my sister's, I was so surprised by the mess in her yard. I knew a branch had fallen on her house, but shee-it! It was bad. I couldn't even pull into her driveway, either - it was pretty solid ice. She came out, and off we went.
We went to West Union. We went to Save-A-Lot, WalMart, and then stopped at Dollar General when we got back to Seaman, too. Yep, I got a WalMart Walk in today. And then some. Just ask my hips.
After shopping, I just stopped in the road, turned my flashers on, and we unloaded my car, and lugged her groceries up her driveway, both carrying bags and in her little cart (we call it a 'Mamma cart' because it's just like the cart our grandmother used). She fell twice while doing this - breaking through the ice right beside her driveway. Luckily, she did not get hurt. I guess she fell just right. It sure was scary to see, though! I felt bad because I couldn't help her get back up, either. I told her to catch her breath before getting back up, but she didn't want to sit in the snow & ice, and that made a lot of sense, too. She got back up and we - her daughter Tracy helping, too - got all the groceries in her house and I went back out to the car. I got my camera and took pictures of Ruth's house and yard, just because it was so much worse than I had expected.
I also managed to take some pictures on the way home, too. Some came out and some didn't, but you can expect that when you take pictures going down the road. Some places - like the waterfall outside of Georgetown - I did stop, turn on the flashers, and get out and take pictures.
Oh - as I was on the way to pick Ruth up, I got a call from one of our uncles. Another of his siblings - our Aunt Dee - has passed away. She is the third of the twelve siblings to go on to their reward. The second to have passed away from cancer (one was from heart problems). So, as well as driving and enjoying the scenery, I was calling my siblings, because I thought that kind of news should come from a sibling - and should come from a voice. I also had to do it before I got to Ruth's, because I still had to tell her, too, and I had to figure out HOW to do that task. And, of course, I ran out of time. But, I managed it. I did the last of the phone calls while walking through the grocery stores and she wasn't beside me. A bit sneaky, yes, but necessary in this case. I did tell Ruth on the way back home from shopping, when I thought her mind was clear enough to accept this news.
Finally, I got back home. I was very glad to get back home. It was a long day, with a lot more physical exertion than I am used to - and no lunch, although I did have a Little Debbie Football Brownie after I bought them at Save-A-Lot. Better than nothing, I figured.
Luckily, my Ron had supper done! He had made crab cakes for us, and was making his cabbage steaks as I came in. I just ate the crab cakes with a serving of pretzels for my supper.
Then I ate popcorn and milk.
Then I ate a nut bar.
When I put my food into MFP, I was about 900 short for the day - so I put in the popcorn & milk. That brought it down to just under 800. So, I put in the nut bar, and that put it down to just over 600 short for the day, but I can't eat anything else. I just can't. I only claimed a WalMart Walk (155 calories burned) for my exercise today, too - usually that particular exercise only gets around 100 calories burned. Ah, well. It is what it is.
I'm tired.
I'm going to bed - after I check on all my games again.
Today started with my alarm going off, and me getting up, getting a shower and all that, then taking the time to dry by hanging here at home - playing on the pute, of course - then leaving to go pick up my sister and take her to the grocery store. Now, normally is not such a big deal, but remember - we just had a tremendous ice storm a couple of days ago and the roads and all are not the best just yet. As a matter of fact, they - except for the main roads - are quite a pain in the ass!
It took me OVER half an hour to clean the car off so I could leave. I didn't even realize it, either. The driver's side was clear, and that was all I saw from looking out the front door. When I went out to start the car, I just jumped in and started it, then ran back in the house. When I went to leave, I had to take the rubber piece off that Ron had so kindly put over the windshield for me - and that was when I discovered the rest of the car was still encased in ice. Yeah. Not fun at all. But, I finally got it done and got going after doing the rocking thing to get out of my parking spot - and then I had to go the long way, because I couldn't even see where Hoover came out onto 133! Evidently it's not been plowed, scraped, salted, or anything. I. couldn't. even. see. the. end. of. the. road. Terrible!
I took my camera with me, just in case I saw anything that could be an "interesting" picture - and I saw plenty - but could not stop and take any pictures, so those scenes will have to live forever in my mind. I wanted so bad to stop but just couldn't, not by myself. Phooey! When I got to my sister's, I was so surprised by the mess in her yard. I knew a branch had fallen on her house, but shee-it! It was bad. I couldn't even pull into her driveway, either - it was pretty solid ice. She came out, and off we went.
We went to West Union. We went to Save-A-Lot, WalMart, and then stopped at Dollar General when we got back to Seaman, too. Yep, I got a WalMart Walk in today. And then some. Just ask my hips.
After shopping, I just stopped in the road, turned my flashers on, and we unloaded my car, and lugged her groceries up her driveway, both carrying bags and in her little cart (we call it a 'Mamma cart' because it's just like the cart our grandmother used). She fell twice while doing this - breaking through the ice right beside her driveway. Luckily, she did not get hurt. I guess she fell just right. It sure was scary to see, though! I felt bad because I couldn't help her get back up, either. I told her to catch her breath before getting back up, but she didn't want to sit in the snow & ice, and that made a lot of sense, too. She got back up and we - her daughter Tracy helping, too - got all the groceries in her house and I went back out to the car. I got my camera and took pictures of Ruth's house and yard, just because it was so much worse than I had expected.
I also managed to take some pictures on the way home, too. Some came out and some didn't, but you can expect that when you take pictures going down the road. Some places - like the waterfall outside of Georgetown - I did stop, turn on the flashers, and get out and take pictures.
Oh - as I was on the way to pick Ruth up, I got a call from one of our uncles. Another of his siblings - our Aunt Dee - has passed away. She is the third of the twelve siblings to go on to their reward. The second to have passed away from cancer (one was from heart problems). So, as well as driving and enjoying the scenery, I was calling my siblings, because I thought that kind of news should come from a sibling - and should come from a voice. I also had to do it before I got to Ruth's, because I still had to tell her, too, and I had to figure out HOW to do that task. And, of course, I ran out of time. But, I managed it. I did the last of the phone calls while walking through the grocery stores and she wasn't beside me. A bit sneaky, yes, but necessary in this case. I did tell Ruth on the way back home from shopping, when I thought her mind was clear enough to accept this news.
Finally, I got back home. I was very glad to get back home. It was a long day, with a lot more physical exertion than I am used to - and no lunch, although I did have a Little Debbie Football Brownie after I bought them at Save-A-Lot. Better than nothing, I figured.
Luckily, my Ron had supper done! He had made crab cakes for us, and was making his cabbage steaks as I came in. I just ate the crab cakes with a serving of pretzels for my supper.
Then I ate popcorn and milk.
Then I ate a nut bar.
When I put my food into MFP, I was about 900 short for the day - so I put in the popcorn & milk. That brought it down to just under 800. So, I put in the nut bar, and that put it down to just over 600 short for the day, but I can't eat anything else. I just can't. I only claimed a WalMart Walk (155 calories burned) for my exercise today, too - usually that particular exercise only gets around 100 calories burned. Ah, well. It is what it is.
I'm tired.
I'm going to bed - after I check on all my games again.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Enjoying my stuck-at-home day
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
I took pictures out the front and back doors of the ice last night around midnight before I went to bed. The maple tree in the front yard was all bent around and stuff, like it was in pain. The branches nearly touched the ground from the ice encasing the branches. The back door itself had a sheet of ice on it, too, but I couldn't figure out how to take a decent picture of that. The back door!
I went on to bed, and slept decently. I did wake up to go pee as Ron as getting ready to leave. I ended up staying awake until Ron called me to say that he had made it in okay. Then, because of being awake in 'the middle of the night' like that, I ended up sleeping until damn close to noon. Which is okay, because I have no reason to be up, anyway. But I really shouldn't be sleeping so late, because that makes me not want to go to bed that night...
What a vicious circle that starts to be.
I got up, took a bunch of pictures of the ice through the windows and just out of doors and stuff - I didn't dare really going outside by myself! After that, I did very little all day. I put beans on for our supper tonight. I played on the pute, although I did ride the damn exercise bike a little bit today - not very long, my legs just couldn't handle it and my heart was beating pretty good, too. I really must get back into the swing of getting on that damn thing. I wasn't really ever hungry, but munched on a nut bar for my 'lunch.'
Josh stopped in on his way home from work - at about 2:30. They had lost power, so everyone got to go home early for a change. He is my quasi-compute dude, and when I have small problems, he does what he can for me. So, I had to get off of the pute, so he could do his magic. While he was here, I went outside. To 'check the mail' you know, but I had the camera with me and it took me about twenty minutes to walk out to the mailbox and back. LOL
After Josh left, and I could finally get back on the pute, I had fun with all the pictures I took, as well as ones I had received from some of my siblings in other places of their yards. Boy, let me tell you - this was some storm!
After Ron got home, we had the aforementioned beans for our supper, and I went all-out and made biscuits to go with them. Because I hadn't eaten a real lunch, I had a nice big helping of them, and three biscuits, which I slathered quite generously with butter.
When I put all my food into MFP, I was under my calorie goal by just 69, but, by golly, I was under! I'll take it!
Looking forward to getting out a little tomorrow - I sure hope I'll be able to get into my car. That might be a job and a half. Ugh.
I took pictures out the front and back doors of the ice last night around midnight before I went to bed. The maple tree in the front yard was all bent around and stuff, like it was in pain. The branches nearly touched the ground from the ice encasing the branches. The back door itself had a sheet of ice on it, too, but I couldn't figure out how to take a decent picture of that. The back door!
I went on to bed, and slept decently. I did wake up to go pee as Ron as getting ready to leave. I ended up staying awake until Ron called me to say that he had made it in okay. Then, because of being awake in 'the middle of the night' like that, I ended up sleeping until damn close to noon. Which is okay, because I have no reason to be up, anyway. But I really shouldn't be sleeping so late, because that makes me not want to go to bed that night...
What a vicious circle that starts to be.
I got up, took a bunch of pictures of the ice through the windows and just out of doors and stuff - I didn't dare really going outside by myself! After that, I did very little all day. I put beans on for our supper tonight. I played on the pute, although I did ride the damn exercise bike a little bit today - not very long, my legs just couldn't handle it and my heart was beating pretty good, too. I really must get back into the swing of getting on that damn thing. I wasn't really ever hungry, but munched on a nut bar for my 'lunch.'
Josh stopped in on his way home from work - at about 2:30. They had lost power, so everyone got to go home early for a change. He is my quasi-compute dude, and when I have small problems, he does what he can for me. So, I had to get off of the pute, so he could do his magic. While he was here, I went outside. To 'check the mail' you know, but I had the camera with me and it took me about twenty minutes to walk out to the mailbox and back. LOL
After Josh left, and I could finally get back on the pute, I had fun with all the pictures I took, as well as ones I had received from some of my siblings in other places of their yards. Boy, let me tell you - this was some storm!
After Ron got home, we had the aforementioned beans for our supper, and I went all-out and made biscuits to go with them. Because I hadn't eaten a real lunch, I had a nice big helping of them, and three biscuits, which I slathered quite generously with butter.
When I put all my food into MFP, I was under my calorie goal by just 69, but, by golly, I was under! I'll take it!
Looking forward to getting out a little tomorrow - I sure hope I'll be able to get into my car. That might be a job and a half. Ugh.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Getting ready for the White Death once again
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
I woke up this morning just before 10, and laid in bed reading until almost 1. Once again, with no plans, there was no reason to get up, so why bother? Although, once up, I did decide to run uptown for my lunch and to do a couple of errands - that were not important - just because a new storm (which could be rain, sleet, snow or ice, depending on where you live according to the weathermen) is moving in tonight. And if I feel trapped in the house, it feels different than not choosing to go anywhere. It's weird, I know, but there it is. I also got a phone call that my TOPS meeting for tonight was going to be canceled - not that it was going to be bad to go, but it was supposed to be bad come time to go home! So, 3 weeks in a row with no meeting. This has been very strange.
So, I went uptown and did those piddly errands and had lunch at Gold Star. That 5-way and cheese coney sure tasted good, and I enjoyed them. I also had every intention of coming home and either getting on the damn exercise bike or doing some Wii training, but of course, it didn't happen. After I got back home, I realized that I should have gone to the store and picked up a couple things. Not that we really needed these things, but they would come in handy if we end up frozen in. I texted Ron and asked him if he could stop at the store, but he said no, so I ended up running back uptown to get the stuff. Another half hour gone...
By the time I got back home, I was beat. I got on the pute and that was that. I waited for Ron to get home, and to hear that others were home. It was a worrisome afternoon. Ron did finally get here, and not long afterward, the snow started. And it came down fast and furious!!
We made some pork chops for our supper. I just cooked them in a cast-iron skillet, not bothering with any coating, or to make anything else. We don't make them like that very often, and forget how good they are when we DO make them!
We just watched TV all evening, checking out the windows every now and then - it was weird to hear the icy rain hitting the kitchen windows, let me tell you! - to check on what it looked like outside. I don't like it when the 'storm's are backwards like that! We can also tell by how fast the cars go by out there on the highway, too, how bad it is, and as the evening went on, they got slower and slower. I'd say they are going about 25 mph or so when they go by now.
Around 9-9:30, I made myself a bag of microwave popcorn and had a glass of milk with it.
When I put my food into MFP, I was just shy of being 100 calories over for the day. I am glad I lowered my calorie count, but I think I'm gonna have to buckle down and get moving on my exercise, so that I can be within the 1500 calorie count every, EVERY day and quit being so paranoid about it. Oh - and I thought of a motivation for myself. It's a little - ahem - intimate, so let's just say that I want to give Ron a very nice 'gift' on his birthday on March 21st, okay? But, at least I've thought of something now! I've got something to work toward!
Be safe, everyone, and please make a wise choice tomorrow when it comes to driving on the icy roads.
I woke up this morning just before 10, and laid in bed reading until almost 1. Once again, with no plans, there was no reason to get up, so why bother? Although, once up, I did decide to run uptown for my lunch and to do a couple of errands - that were not important - just because a new storm (which could be rain, sleet, snow or ice, depending on where you live according to the weathermen) is moving in tonight. And if I feel trapped in the house, it feels different than not choosing to go anywhere. It's weird, I know, but there it is. I also got a phone call that my TOPS meeting for tonight was going to be canceled - not that it was going to be bad to go, but it was supposed to be bad come time to go home! So, 3 weeks in a row with no meeting. This has been very strange.
So, I went uptown and did those piddly errands and had lunch at Gold Star. That 5-way and cheese coney sure tasted good, and I enjoyed them. I also had every intention of coming home and either getting on the damn exercise bike or doing some Wii training, but of course, it didn't happen. After I got back home, I realized that I should have gone to the store and picked up a couple things. Not that we really needed these things, but they would come in handy if we end up frozen in. I texted Ron and asked him if he could stop at the store, but he said no, so I ended up running back uptown to get the stuff. Another half hour gone...
By the time I got back home, I was beat. I got on the pute and that was that. I waited for Ron to get home, and to hear that others were home. It was a worrisome afternoon. Ron did finally get here, and not long afterward, the snow started. And it came down fast and furious!!
We made some pork chops for our supper. I just cooked them in a cast-iron skillet, not bothering with any coating, or to make anything else. We don't make them like that very often, and forget how good they are when we DO make them!
We just watched TV all evening, checking out the windows every now and then - it was weird to hear the icy rain hitting the kitchen windows, let me tell you! - to check on what it looked like outside. I don't like it when the 'storm's are backwards like that! We can also tell by how fast the cars go by out there on the highway, too, how bad it is, and as the evening went on, they got slower and slower. I'd say they are going about 25 mph or so when they go by now.
Around 9-9:30, I made myself a bag of microwave popcorn and had a glass of milk with it.
When I put my food into MFP, I was just shy of being 100 calories over for the day. I am glad I lowered my calorie count, but I think I'm gonna have to buckle down and get moving on my exercise, so that I can be within the 1500 calorie count every, EVERY day and quit being so paranoid about it. Oh - and I thought of a motivation for myself. It's a little - ahem - intimate, so let's just say that I want to give Ron a very nice 'gift' on his birthday on March 21st, okay? But, at least I've thought of something now! I've got something to work toward!
Be safe, everyone, and please make a wise choice tomorrow when it comes to driving on the icy roads.
Monday, February 3, 2014
A SUPER Weekend!
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
First off, let me apologize. I forgot to write my blog on Saturday night. We had the Quarter Auction that night, and by the time we got home, my ankles, feet, hips, and back hurt so bad that I went pretty much straight to bed.
Saturday 2/1/14
I got up earlier than usual on a Saturday, because I had running to do for the Quarter Auction. I could smell cooking. I just assumed that the guys were making themselves eggs for their breakfasts. When I got up, I found out that my assumption was most certainly true, but that Ron also got started on making the ribs for tomorrow night! He likes to cook them halfway, so it doesn't take so long on Super Bowl Sunday.
Around noon, we take off down the road, as planned. I soon get a text from Josh, wanting to know if we are out and about. I tell him yes. He then wants to know if we want to meet them for lunch at Hibachi. I laughed and laughed. Ron and I KNEW, just knew, that if we ever got him (okay, them) in there, they would like it! Looks like we were right (damn - parents being right.) once again. We say okay and just like that - change of plans.
We end up having a very nice - long - lunch down at the Hibachi Buffet, instead of Bob Evans as planned. I stopped at BE on the way home to pick up the donation for the QA as I was supposed to.
We got back home, but not for long, because I had to be up at the church (in the Center, actually) for the QA early, and we are only taking one car. So, off we go again.
We had a blast at the QA. Corgan and Ron each won once; Corgan a big waffle iron and Ron a big sun catcher. I stood and walked and stood and walked and did what needed to be done, whenever and wherever. Oh, and I sold split-the-pot raffle tickets (which did wonderfully well. The split was $127.50 each) too. After helping with the clean-up and counting up the money, I was so ready to come home! I hadn't eaten any supper, and it was time. I was hungry, tired, and sore, but it was a great evening!!
When I got home, I ate 6 slices of toast and had some milk. Yep, some supper. Then, off to bed. I didn't even read.
Sunday 2/2/14
I got up at my normal time on Sunday. I didn't want to, but I did! My feet and ankles still hurt soooo bad, but I grit my teeth and went on. I went to church, and to the store afterward. I got the few items I wasn't able to get in all my running before then. I also got us stuff to make for breakfast when I got home!
I got home, Ron made breakfast, I checked my pute, and we ate breakfast and then finished getting the house ready for the evening onslaught.
Evening. Super Bowl time. People start showing up. Food is ready, the table is just waiting for their donations. Finally, the last one arrives. I get the rest of the food on the table, Ron gets the ribs & wings out of the oven. And everyone digs in.
And the game goes on. And ugh. What a game. Not the championship game I envisioned. But, it's over now. All my friends will be glad we can now 'have a life' on Sundays again.
It started snowing about the time people started arriving, and they had quite a drive home. Luckily, it was just snow and they all made it, though some had a better drive than others. I just thank God all made it okay.
Monday 2/3/14
Today, I woke up around quarter til 10, and just lazed in bed reading. I hadn't been able to do that for a couple of days, and I quite enjoyed it. At least, until my back started hurting. Then I had to get up.
I played Happy Homemaker and got the dishes all done. All the football dishes, as well as the pans the ribs and wings were in and things like that - I got them all done! I was kinda proud of myself. I got me some lunch (my chicken salad and the rest of the Hibachi peanuts) and then, I finally got on the pute and got my games all caught up. I stayed on the pute the rest of the afternoon.
Some time during the afternoon, I got a text from my sister. My niece has been hit by a car!! It took a couple of texts to get the story, but evidently she was uptown (in Winchester, from their house) and somehow or another, she got hit by this car. She was taken to the hospital by squad, got x-rayed and all that, and - very luckily - nothing was/is broken. She was released and went home with her mom.
My family is sure using up their share of mini-miracles this weekend!
After Ron got home, we had supper. I have no idea what Ron had, but I had the rest of the snausages (the BBQ soaked cocktail weenies) and the plain wings. I also had a banana and some salted nuts. And all of the Super Bowl food is gone. Gone, I tell you!! We did very good cutting way back this year.
When I put all my food into MFP today, I was about 350 over for the day, but I can live with that, I do believe. I really don't see how, with most of it being protein, but that's what it said. So - I will start my exercising back up tomorrow. I will! I promise. Nothing else on the calendar for quite a while, so I have nothing else to look forward to, so I might as well do something for myself.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
First off, let me apologize. I forgot to write my blog on Saturday night. We had the Quarter Auction that night, and by the time we got home, my ankles, feet, hips, and back hurt so bad that I went pretty much straight to bed.
Saturday 2/1/14
I got up earlier than usual on a Saturday, because I had running to do for the Quarter Auction. I could smell cooking. I just assumed that the guys were making themselves eggs for their breakfasts. When I got up, I found out that my assumption was most certainly true, but that Ron also got started on making the ribs for tomorrow night! He likes to cook them halfway, so it doesn't take so long on Super Bowl Sunday.
Around noon, we take off down the road, as planned. I soon get a text from Josh, wanting to know if we are out and about. I tell him yes. He then wants to know if we want to meet them for lunch at Hibachi. I laughed and laughed. Ron and I KNEW, just knew, that if we ever got him (okay, them) in there, they would like it! Looks like we were right (damn - parents being right.) once again. We say okay and just like that - change of plans.
We end up having a very nice - long - lunch down at the Hibachi Buffet, instead of Bob Evans as planned. I stopped at BE on the way home to pick up the donation for the QA as I was supposed to.
We got back home, but not for long, because I had to be up at the church (in the Center, actually) for the QA early, and we are only taking one car. So, off we go again.
We had a blast at the QA. Corgan and Ron each won once; Corgan a big waffle iron and Ron a big sun catcher. I stood and walked and stood and walked and did what needed to be done, whenever and wherever. Oh, and I sold split-the-pot raffle tickets (which did wonderfully well. The split was $127.50 each) too. After helping with the clean-up and counting up the money, I was so ready to come home! I hadn't eaten any supper, and it was time. I was hungry, tired, and sore, but it was a great evening!!
When I got home, I ate 6 slices of toast and had some milk. Yep, some supper. Then, off to bed. I didn't even read.
Sunday 2/2/14
I got up at my normal time on Sunday. I didn't want to, but I did! My feet and ankles still hurt soooo bad, but I grit my teeth and went on. I went to church, and to the store afterward. I got the few items I wasn't able to get in all my running before then. I also got us stuff to make for breakfast when I got home!
I got home, Ron made breakfast, I checked my pute, and we ate breakfast and then finished getting the house ready for the evening onslaught.
Evening. Super Bowl time. People start showing up. Food is ready, the table is just waiting for their donations. Finally, the last one arrives. I get the rest of the food on the table, Ron gets the ribs & wings out of the oven. And everyone digs in.
And the game goes on. And ugh. What a game. Not the championship game I envisioned. But, it's over now. All my friends will be glad we can now 'have a life' on Sundays again.
It started snowing about the time people started arriving, and they had quite a drive home. Luckily, it was just snow and they all made it, though some had a better drive than others. I just thank God all made it okay.
Monday 2/3/14
Today, I woke up around quarter til 10, and just lazed in bed reading. I hadn't been able to do that for a couple of days, and I quite enjoyed it. At least, until my back started hurting. Then I had to get up.
I played Happy Homemaker and got the dishes all done. All the football dishes, as well as the pans the ribs and wings were in and things like that - I got them all done! I was kinda proud of myself. I got me some lunch (my chicken salad and the rest of the Hibachi peanuts) and then, I finally got on the pute and got my games all caught up. I stayed on the pute the rest of the afternoon.
Some time during the afternoon, I got a text from my sister. My niece has been hit by a car!! It took a couple of texts to get the story, but evidently she was uptown (in Winchester, from their house) and somehow or another, she got hit by this car. She was taken to the hospital by squad, got x-rayed and all that, and - very luckily - nothing was/is broken. She was released and went home with her mom.
My family is sure using up their share of mini-miracles this weekend!
After Ron got home, we had supper. I have no idea what Ron had, but I had the rest of the snausages (the BBQ soaked cocktail weenies) and the plain wings. I also had a banana and some salted nuts. And all of the Super Bowl food is gone. Gone, I tell you!! We did very good cutting way back this year.
When I put all my food into MFP today, I was about 350 over for the day, but I can live with that, I do believe. I really don't see how, with most of it being protein, but that's what it said. So - I will start my exercising back up tomorrow. I will! I promise. Nothing else on the calendar for quite a while, so I have nothing else to look forward to, so I might as well do something for myself.
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