Monday, March 31, 2014
Today started as most of my days do - woke, read a bit, got up, played Happy Homemaker, then pute. Whee-hoo, I live an exciting life! Which is okay with me, cause I can do without any excitement, anyway! I got a lot of excitement/exercise yesterday, so I was taking a break from it all today. Ha!
Tomorrow is my sister's big surgery, and it will be very stressful mentally until she is awake again.
I fit my lunch in there - today I had my chicken salad and walnuts - but I didn't eat lunch until close to 3. I wonder sometimes what I can do to make myself be hungry earlier, and then I wonder why do I want to be hungry earlier? But eating later makes me not be hungry at suppertime, so it's all kinda weird.
Ron didn't get home until 6:35, and we had to be up at church at 7, so he had to jump directly in the shower, change his clothes, and we had to skedaddle! We ended up a couple of minutes late, but the opening hymn was just ending as we walked in so we didn't really miss anything. I'm glad, because the Penance Service only happens a couple of times a year, and missing it - any of it - isn't really very good for our souls. As part of the Penance Service, they read Gospel readings and then asked some comtemplative questions, and I was really struck by some of those questions this year. I brought home the pamphlet, so that I can reflect on the questions, and my answers to those questions much, much more. I really need to pray over those answers, I'm thinking - I need some help in some areas! I could see that in the few minutes they gave us to think about it....
We got back home, and made our suppers. He made one of his frozen Chinese things, and I made me soup (Chicken & Stars) and a grilled cheese. I have got to keep a better eye on what soups I am eating up and need replaced! Grilled cheese needs tomato soup!
Then it was TV for the rest of the night - yep, that's our big thrilling life. We like it.
As I put my food into MFP today, I notice that I am way under on my calories, so I put in for a popcorn and milk snack, and then go make it. I even have a BIG glass of milk!
I ended up 250 calories short for the day, but I can't eat anything else, so I have to be happy with that.
I'm not sure what's gonna happen tomorrow, food-wise. Sitting in the hospital (Brown County, or whatever it's called now) most all day is not gonna be inducive to good food choices. But, I'll have my nut bars and walnuts & sunflower seeds with me, so I should be okay. A couple of books and my DS, and hopefully my mind will stay occupied, too. We. shall. see. Hoping and praying all goes well.
My mind and my soul are ready - cleansed, if you will - for whatever may happen.
Love you, Jeanie!
Monday, March 31, 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014
A beautiful Spring day....let's hope Spring stays around this time!
Sunday, March 30, 2014
I woke this morning to the alarm, as I do most Sundays. It's the only day I don't mind alarms anymore, I think. Am I weird, or what? (DO NOT answer that!)
Anyway, I got up, got a shower, got dressed and off to church I went. Ron stayed home with Corgan. We figured that even if he stayed here by himself, we'd still have to drive back out here to pick him up to go out to eat, so it didn't matter if Ron drove uptown later or not. It's one of those Catch-22 deals, so we'll deal with each occasion as they come up.
At church, I ended up being a fill-in lector, which I don't mind a bit, and I felt very pleased to be useful (for lack of a better word) for a change. I'm not feeling that way very often anymore, so to feel that way is a good thing!
We met at the parking lot uptown after church, and we took his truck down the road. We thought perhaps we could get gasoline for his week cheaper in Amelia, but it didn't turn out that way. Oh, well, we tried. We went to Walgreen's to try to return the Fish Oil pills I got the other day - they were the wrong brand - but either we didn't get those at Walgreen's or they don't carry them anymore. We ended up leaving with the same ones we went in with. We also got stuff for our 'basket' for the Quarter Auction coming up on April 10th! It was a productive trip!
Then we went down to Kroger to get Ron's tonic water (I just love how he tells me he's running low on stuff...) "while we're in Amelia." Yep, he told me that he needed the tonic water as we were pulling into Walgreen's. At least we were able to get it today and he didn't run out before I came back down the road!
Then, finally, we went back to Campbell's Barn and enjoyed our lunch. We hadn't been there for a while, and it was delicious! He, of course, got his 4-piece chicken dinner and I got the bacon cheeseburger that I like. Corgan chose buffalo wings over the peanut butter sandwich he usually gets - I was surprised - and he quite enjoyed those, but he talked, talked, talked the whole meal.
When we got home, I got out the plastic Easter eggs and we decorated the yard/trees for Easter. I figured - why not?, it's nice out - and of course, I ended up doing most of the work. Corgan decided rather quickly that "that's enough eggs" and started building himself a bike ramp. Ron, of course, was way too busy in the garage to help at all. Men! I took pictures of our pretty yard, and then we decided to take a walk down Hoover Road and pick up cans while we did so.
The guys walked all the way to the end of the road (a mile from our driveway), but I stopped and turned around just past the half-mile mark, and went back to wait for them back at the curves. There's a big tree stump there that I could sit on, but it felt like forever waiting for them because I didn't have a book or anything with me. Ugh! I was hoping that I could walk farther than that, but my hip didn't allow me to.
We got back home, and Josh and Chelle showed up not long after that to pick Corgan up, so our ears were finally going to get a little break. Boy, he talked this weekend, let me tell you. All day!
We had been playing mini-golf on the Wii, also, and I played some this afternoon after he left so I can do better next weekend. I only beat him once this weekend (and we immediately had to switch games, don't you know? LOL) and I want to be able to keep that trend up! Am I a mean granny, or what (DO NOT answer that!)
Once Ron came in from the garage, we just watched TV all evening. I'm not sure what he had for supper, or when.
Putting my food and exercise into MFP, I was over 100 calories short for the day. I wish I could better judge how many calories I burn off when I walk, but I just have to guess. For my mile and a half today, I guessed 155. Guess, guess, guess. It's all a guess - the exercising part, I mean.
I woke this morning to the alarm, as I do most Sundays. It's the only day I don't mind alarms anymore, I think. Am I weird, or what? (DO NOT answer that!)
Anyway, I got up, got a shower, got dressed and off to church I went. Ron stayed home with Corgan. We figured that even if he stayed here by himself, we'd still have to drive back out here to pick him up to go out to eat, so it didn't matter if Ron drove uptown later or not. It's one of those Catch-22 deals, so we'll deal with each occasion as they come up.
At church, I ended up being a fill-in lector, which I don't mind a bit, and I felt very pleased to be useful (for lack of a better word) for a change. I'm not feeling that way very often anymore, so to feel that way is a good thing!
We met at the parking lot uptown after church, and we took his truck down the road. We thought perhaps we could get gasoline for his week cheaper in Amelia, but it didn't turn out that way. Oh, well, we tried. We went to Walgreen's to try to return the Fish Oil pills I got the other day - they were the wrong brand - but either we didn't get those at Walgreen's or they don't carry them anymore. We ended up leaving with the same ones we went in with. We also got stuff for our 'basket' for the Quarter Auction coming up on April 10th! It was a productive trip!
Then we went down to Kroger to get Ron's tonic water (I just love how he tells me he's running low on stuff...) "while we're in Amelia." Yep, he told me that he needed the tonic water as we were pulling into Walgreen's. At least we were able to get it today and he didn't run out before I came back down the road!
Then, finally, we went back to Campbell's Barn and enjoyed our lunch. We hadn't been there for a while, and it was delicious! He, of course, got his 4-piece chicken dinner and I got the bacon cheeseburger that I like. Corgan chose buffalo wings over the peanut butter sandwich he usually gets - I was surprised - and he quite enjoyed those, but he talked, talked, talked the whole meal.
When we got home, I got out the plastic Easter eggs and we decorated the yard/trees for Easter. I figured - why not?, it's nice out - and of course, I ended up doing most of the work. Corgan decided rather quickly that "that's enough eggs" and started building himself a bike ramp. Ron, of course, was way too busy in the garage to help at all. Men! I took pictures of our pretty yard, and then we decided to take a walk down Hoover Road and pick up cans while we did so.
The guys walked all the way to the end of the road (a mile from our driveway), but I stopped and turned around just past the half-mile mark, and went back to wait for them back at the curves. There's a big tree stump there that I could sit on, but it felt like forever waiting for them because I didn't have a book or anything with me. Ugh! I was hoping that I could walk farther than that, but my hip didn't allow me to.
We got back home, and Josh and Chelle showed up not long after that to pick Corgan up, so our ears were finally going to get a little break. Boy, he talked this weekend, let me tell you. All day!
We had been playing mini-golf on the Wii, also, and I played some this afternoon after he left so I can do better next weekend. I only beat him once this weekend (and we immediately had to switch games, don't you know? LOL) and I want to be able to keep that trend up! Am I a mean granny, or what (DO NOT answer that!)
Once Ron came in from the garage, we just watched TV all evening. I'm not sure what he had for supper, or when.
Putting my food and exercise into MFP, I was over 100 calories short for the day. I wish I could better judge how many calories I burn off when I walk, but I just have to guess. For my mile and a half today, I guessed 155. Guess, guess, guess. It's all a guess - the exercising part, I mean.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
A long, long cold, rainy Saturday...weekends are not made for this!
Saturday, March 29, 2014
My alarm went off this morning at 8am. Actually, both of them did - I had also set my cell phone alarm, just for back-up, and boy, it was a good thing, cause I didn't want to move! Saturdays aren't made for alarm clocks!
But I had to go do my final weigh-in for my Biggest Loser contest, and I had to be there by 9:30, so I had to get up and get going. It's at least a 45 minute drive, and so my day has started. I didn't expect to any better than middle-of-the-pack in this go-round, but while at my weigh-in, the coordinator told us that the numbers were so close, she couldn't tell from looking that there was any one clear winner in any category. She'd post the winners later, after all the weigh-ins, and we'd find out then. So, I have to wait to be totally disappointed. I was disappointed enough with my numbers - I did nowhere near as well as I have in the past, so I am pretty sure I won't be a winner this time. Ah, well. I've won in the last two go-rounds, and there's always next time!
I stop at the store for icing and ice, and get back home. I ice the little chocolate cake for Warren's first birthday party. I made the icing for the cake sky blue, and I made the words on it Royal Blue. I just put "WARREN" and a big "1" for him to dig into. It was pretty cool-looking, if I say so myself.
When I was done, I got on the pute, caught my games up, and checked the Biggest Loser totals. Yep, I was middle-of-the-pack. I was eighth and ninth on inches and percentages (I don't remember which was which), and I think fifth on pounds lost (it may have been fourth). The winner lost almost 15 pounds, and I lost just over 10. Ah, well, at least I lost 10!! I did sign up to do another go-round, so we'll see what happens this time.....maybe I can really hit my Super Big Personal Goal!!!
Ron, Corgan, and I played Wii games all afternoon (mini golf and bowling) and at 3, I made the Johnny Marzetti to take to the birthday party. We were leaving at 4:30, so I wanted it to be nice and hot to take with us!
Everything happened right on schedule (thank God!) and we got on the road. It had been raining all day, and of course, as we were leaving, it really started coming down, and started having a snowy mix in with the rain, too. It was pretty nasty out there. I took my time, and I doubt that I got over 50 mph all the way over to Mt. Orab - it was that bad/weird/nasty on the road, and it took us just over half an hour to make that 20 minute drive. But we got there, and that's what counts.
The birthday party was great fun! Everyone had brought some kind of food, and we all ate the real food first. Then, once we got to the birthday boy opening his gifts (without all the other kids 'helping' him - that was a lot of fun, let me tell you) and then to the cake, especially him digging into his little chocolate cake, it was a blast! Everyone took tons of pictures of the little Blue Boy and then enjoyed the grown-up cake and some ice cream, too.
We left soon after that, because the rain/snow let up and we wanted to take advantage of that!
I'm so glad we went, but because of the weather, I was glad to get back home.
We have Corgan again tonight - Josh and them weren't going out today (not even to the birthday party) because of the nasty weather, and it was decided to just wait til the nice weather tomorrow. That is a plus for us! We'll see what happens in the morning. I'm hoping Ron has a little talk with Corgan, but we'll see.
I put my food into MFP, what I could - some bits and pieces I couldn't - and according to that, I was just 100 calories short for the day. I'm thinking that I was rather generous with the servings I put in, to take care of the things I couldn't enter, but who knows? I am not really worried about it, and I have been really, really hungry all evening, too!!! I haven't eaten anything, but, damn, I want to!!
It's early, only 10:30, but I'm going to bed. Really. Truly.
Good Night!
My alarm went off this morning at 8am. Actually, both of them did - I had also set my cell phone alarm, just for back-up, and boy, it was a good thing, cause I didn't want to move! Saturdays aren't made for alarm clocks!
But I had to go do my final weigh-in for my Biggest Loser contest, and I had to be there by 9:30, so I had to get up and get going. It's at least a 45 minute drive, and so my day has started. I didn't expect to any better than middle-of-the-pack in this go-round, but while at my weigh-in, the coordinator told us that the numbers were so close, she couldn't tell from looking that there was any one clear winner in any category. She'd post the winners later, after all the weigh-ins, and we'd find out then. So, I have to wait to be totally disappointed. I was disappointed enough with my numbers - I did nowhere near as well as I have in the past, so I am pretty sure I won't be a winner this time. Ah, well. I've won in the last two go-rounds, and there's always next time!
I stop at the store for icing and ice, and get back home. I ice the little chocolate cake for Warren's first birthday party. I made the icing for the cake sky blue, and I made the words on it Royal Blue. I just put "WARREN" and a big "1" for him to dig into. It was pretty cool-looking, if I say so myself.
When I was done, I got on the pute, caught my games up, and checked the Biggest Loser totals. Yep, I was middle-of-the-pack. I was eighth and ninth on inches and percentages (I don't remember which was which), and I think fifth on pounds lost (it may have been fourth). The winner lost almost 15 pounds, and I lost just over 10. Ah, well, at least I lost 10!! I did sign up to do another go-round, so we'll see what happens this time.....maybe I can really hit my Super Big Personal Goal!!!
Ron, Corgan, and I played Wii games all afternoon (mini golf and bowling) and at 3, I made the Johnny Marzetti to take to the birthday party. We were leaving at 4:30, so I wanted it to be nice and hot to take with us!
Everything happened right on schedule (thank God!) and we got on the road. It had been raining all day, and of course, as we were leaving, it really started coming down, and started having a snowy mix in with the rain, too. It was pretty nasty out there. I took my time, and I doubt that I got over 50 mph all the way over to Mt. Orab - it was that bad/weird/nasty on the road, and it took us just over half an hour to make that 20 minute drive. But we got there, and that's what counts.
The birthday party was great fun! Everyone had brought some kind of food, and we all ate the real food first. Then, once we got to the birthday boy opening his gifts (without all the other kids 'helping' him - that was a lot of fun, let me tell you) and then to the cake, especially him digging into his little chocolate cake, it was a blast! Everyone took tons of pictures of the little Blue Boy and then enjoyed the grown-up cake and some ice cream, too.
We left soon after that, because the rain/snow let up and we wanted to take advantage of that!
I'm so glad we went, but because of the weather, I was glad to get back home.
We have Corgan again tonight - Josh and them weren't going out today (not even to the birthday party) because of the nasty weather, and it was decided to just wait til the nice weather tomorrow. That is a plus for us! We'll see what happens in the morning. I'm hoping Ron has a little talk with Corgan, but we'll see.
I put my food into MFP, what I could - some bits and pieces I couldn't - and according to that, I was just 100 calories short for the day. I'm thinking that I was rather generous with the servings I put in, to take care of the things I couldn't enter, but who knows? I am not really worried about it, and I have been really, really hungry all evening, too!!! I haven't eaten anything, but, damn, I want to!!
It's early, only 10:30, but I'm going to bed. Really. Truly.
Good Night!
Friday, March 28, 2014
Feeling almost NORMAL today...almost.
Friday, March 28, 2014
I woke this morning about quarter til nine. I read a little bit, then let myself doze back off. I know, not really normal for me, but I sure didn't feel like getting up, so I let myself. When I woke back up, it was 11:30, which is more like what I am used to, and when I expected to wake up today. Sometime around 11, anyway, was what I was thinking - I did go to bed 'early' last night, ya know.
I got up and played Happy Homemaker for a bit. I did all the dishes that had chocolate cake and icing all over them, then a second round of dishes that was the regular dishes. I was going to do all the dishes together, but when I did the chocolate ones, I realized that I didn't want to get the chocolate-ness all over everything else, thus two different loads of dishes. Whee! I also swept the kitchen floor, which is always an adventure. I also remembered to water all my plants! I try to remember that on Fridays, but don't always.
I finally made my lunch - an egg sandwich, which I made today with 2 whole eggs, and only the whites of the third - and got on the pute. I still had to bake a small chocolate cake for Warren's first birthday party tomorrow, and get together all the paper products so I won't have to scramble at the last minute, which is what usually happens. I did get all of this done, as well as ready myself to leave at quarter after four to be up at church at four thirty to sell raffle tickets tonight at the fish fry. I was busy, busy, busy!
Ron called me just after six to tell me they were home, and we decided that I would go to Arby's and get fish sandwiches before coming home. I would text him, and he would make him some cabbage steaks, and Corgan would make himself something else, to take care of their supper. OK, sounds like a plan!
I did my part of that plan, but as I was going up to Arby's, I was getting strong messages - "get 4 sandwiches, not 2" over and over, so I did. I wasn't happy about it, because that's 10 bucks, not just 5 and that's just not very cool right now. I got home, and - guess what? - there is NO food at all whatsoever cooking. None. What the hell?
Ron was asleep in his recliner, and he woke up as I came in. I asked him about the no-food thing, and he said he 'just didn't feel like making it now.' Jiminy freakin' Christmas! I told him I guess it's a good damn thing that I listened to the voices in my head that told me to buy 4 sandwiches instead of 2, then, wasn't it? and he just muttered around, but he ate his share. Men!
Those sandwiches sure were good, but they weren't very good for my diet. Many, many carbs...but today is only one day out of many, and I can deal with this one day.
Putting my food into MFP, I am only 160 calories short for the day. Those sandwiches again! I was kinda looking forward to a snack before bed tonight, but I guess that won't be happening. Phooey.
Tomorrow is gonna be busy, with my final weigh-in for this go-round of the Biggest Loser, and then Warren's first birthday party. (I'm glad the final weigh-in is first!) Busy, busy, busy. Run here, run there. Go, go, go. I can do this. I can do it better breathing!
I woke this morning about quarter til nine. I read a little bit, then let myself doze back off. I know, not really normal for me, but I sure didn't feel like getting up, so I let myself. When I woke back up, it was 11:30, which is more like what I am used to, and when I expected to wake up today. Sometime around 11, anyway, was what I was thinking - I did go to bed 'early' last night, ya know.
I got up and played Happy Homemaker for a bit. I did all the dishes that had chocolate cake and icing all over them, then a second round of dishes that was the regular dishes. I was going to do all the dishes together, but when I did the chocolate ones, I realized that I didn't want to get the chocolate-ness all over everything else, thus two different loads of dishes. Whee! I also swept the kitchen floor, which is always an adventure. I also remembered to water all my plants! I try to remember that on Fridays, but don't always.
I finally made my lunch - an egg sandwich, which I made today with 2 whole eggs, and only the whites of the third - and got on the pute. I still had to bake a small chocolate cake for Warren's first birthday party tomorrow, and get together all the paper products so I won't have to scramble at the last minute, which is what usually happens. I did get all of this done, as well as ready myself to leave at quarter after four to be up at church at four thirty to sell raffle tickets tonight at the fish fry. I was busy, busy, busy!
Ron called me just after six to tell me they were home, and we decided that I would go to Arby's and get fish sandwiches before coming home. I would text him, and he would make him some cabbage steaks, and Corgan would make himself something else, to take care of their supper. OK, sounds like a plan!
I did my part of that plan, but as I was going up to Arby's, I was getting strong messages - "get 4 sandwiches, not 2" over and over, so I did. I wasn't happy about it, because that's 10 bucks, not just 5 and that's just not very cool right now. I got home, and - guess what? - there is NO food at all whatsoever cooking. None. What the hell?
Ron was asleep in his recliner, and he woke up as I came in. I asked him about the no-food thing, and he said he 'just didn't feel like making it now.' Jiminy freakin' Christmas! I told him I guess it's a good damn thing that I listened to the voices in my head that told me to buy 4 sandwiches instead of 2, then, wasn't it? and he just muttered around, but he ate his share. Men!
Those sandwiches sure were good, but they weren't very good for my diet. Many, many carbs...but today is only one day out of many, and I can deal with this one day.
Putting my food into MFP, I am only 160 calories short for the day. Those sandwiches again! I was kinda looking forward to a snack before bed tonight, but I guess that won't be happening. Phooey.
Tomorrow is gonna be busy, with my final weigh-in for this go-round of the Biggest Loser, and then Warren's first birthday party. (I'm glad the final weigh-in is first!) Busy, busy, busy. Run here, run there. Go, go, go. I can do this. I can do it better breathing!
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Still congested, but moving better and breathing...and SMELLING things!
Thursday, March 27, 2014
I woke this morning at 10. All by myself, no alarm. I was kinda proud of myself - I haven't done that in quite a while, and with this cold, I didn't think it possible. But I did it! I also managed to get up and do things and get ready to go walking without taking any meds (aka DayQuil) again today, although I probably should have. My lungs would have thanked me, I think.
I met Lois at noon, and we took off walking. As we approached the shortcut (what we call a shortcut - it's where you can cut the walk in half or so if you so desire), I was getting ready to tell Lois that I was going to have to flake out and take the shortcut when it started raining on us and she asked me if I wanted to cut through. I answered YES very quickly, and we took the shortcut and headed back over to where we started. My lungs (my chest) felt very tight, and I was breathing - not deep, but kinda full, if you know what I mean - and I was glad to be done with walking. My legs were starting to tell me 'don't push too much' and I still had shopping to do today! So, all in all, we walked over half a mile, but it still took about 20 minutes, and I wasn't very proud of that. But I gave a valiant effort, and that's gotta count for something, right?
I just sat in the car and breathed for about 5 minutes, then took off for Georgetown. I had to go to Rumpke for the stupid health insurance health-fair thing, which is mandatory, or they will charge Ron $10 MORE every week because we didn't do it. Ugh. So, since they'll be testing sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol and all, I can't even go home and get a bite to eat before going! They also have to fit me in inbetween all the Rumpke drivers, secretarys, mechanics, and other spouses that are there for their tests also, so this is gonna take a while. And it did. I didn't get out of there until after 2, closer to 2:15. I was starving! And getting mighty peckish, too. But my numbers on the tests were good - even my weight! They still say (my BMI) that I'm obese, but I can live with that. My Wii tells me every time I get on there, too. But I'm not morbidly obese, like before, and I can definitely live with that! My sugar was a little higher than I thought it would be, but I guess my pancreas had started eating itself or something, because I was starting to not feel very well at all - then again, that may have started after they did the blood test and I had to sit around and wait for results and talk to them, which took longer than the testing did.
Finally, I could leave! Yay! I called Ron - he was out on a run - and told him my news, and that I needed to eat, and go shopping and all, and he told me to go eat RIGHT NOW and do everything else later. He told me not to try to do anything else first. I told him that I shouldn't spend any money like that, but he said I should wreck the car because I didn't eat, either.
So, I went to Country Inn and ate my lunch. At 2:30 in the afternoon. Now, I know I eat lunch at 2:30 at home all the time, but today was a little different. I really felt different. I dithered between the fish sandwich and the BLT double decker for a few minutes, then went with the BLT, because I'll have fish tomorrow. It was good! Of course, I had the steak fries with it. I don't like their chili, so...
Now -- shopping! It's only grocery shopping, but still, shopping! I go back up to SaveALot to pick up some meat at their wonderful 5-for-$20 section, and to get milk. Last time I was there, milk was $1.99 a gallon. Not today - it's gone up a dollar a gallon. Yipes! I only got one gallon. Ron is just gonna have to cut back on his milk-drinking, too. Wow.
I thought about taking these groceries home, and then driving down to Walgreen's for our prescriptions, but in the end, I just drove straight on down to Amelia. I was just being lazy - I didn't want to unload the car twice. At Walgreen's, I checked out the Easter selections and made a few choices, then got Ron's Fish Oil pills and Advil - ibuprofen - and when I checked out, I used $20.00 of what I've built up in the Rewards program. Yay, me!
I got home, got the car unloaded and things put away, and was playing on the pute when Ron got home. All in all, I would say it was a very successful day! Walking, shopping, stupid mandatory testing, prescriptions picked up, and my pute time. Beats sitting on my ass all day playing on pute, that's for sure!
We just cooked some hamburger patties for our supper, and he munched on his beet-and-sweet-potato chips as his side, while I didn't have a side, just the hamburgers. I cut them into little pieces and took my time eating them.
When I put my food into MFP, the lunch (sandwich & fries) weren't as caloric as I expected. I thought they'd be around 1000, and they were less than 700. O-kay. The hamburgers by themselves weren't all that much, either, and I had plenty of exercise today, too, so I had LOTS of calories left, so I put in for a bag of popcorn and a milk. Then I went and made me that snack. I ended up 360 calories short for the day, which is about normal for me, not that there is much normal about me. LOL
I woke this morning at 10. All by myself, no alarm. I was kinda proud of myself - I haven't done that in quite a while, and with this cold, I didn't think it possible. But I did it! I also managed to get up and do things and get ready to go walking without taking any meds (aka DayQuil) again today, although I probably should have. My lungs would have thanked me, I think.
I met Lois at noon, and we took off walking. As we approached the shortcut (what we call a shortcut - it's where you can cut the walk in half or so if you so desire), I was getting ready to tell Lois that I was going to have to flake out and take the shortcut when it started raining on us and she asked me if I wanted to cut through. I answered YES very quickly, and we took the shortcut and headed back over to where we started. My lungs (my chest) felt very tight, and I was breathing - not deep, but kinda full, if you know what I mean - and I was glad to be done with walking. My legs were starting to tell me 'don't push too much' and I still had shopping to do today! So, all in all, we walked over half a mile, but it still took about 20 minutes, and I wasn't very proud of that. But I gave a valiant effort, and that's gotta count for something, right?
I just sat in the car and breathed for about 5 minutes, then took off for Georgetown. I had to go to Rumpke for the stupid health insurance health-fair thing, which is mandatory, or they will charge Ron $10 MORE every week because we didn't do it. Ugh. So, since they'll be testing sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol and all, I can't even go home and get a bite to eat before going! They also have to fit me in inbetween all the Rumpke drivers, secretarys, mechanics, and other spouses that are there for their tests also, so this is gonna take a while. And it did. I didn't get out of there until after 2, closer to 2:15. I was starving! And getting mighty peckish, too. But my numbers on the tests were good - even my weight! They still say (my BMI) that I'm obese, but I can live with that. My Wii tells me every time I get on there, too. But I'm not morbidly obese, like before, and I can definitely live with that! My sugar was a little higher than I thought it would be, but I guess my pancreas had started eating itself or something, because I was starting to not feel very well at all - then again, that may have started after they did the blood test and I had to sit around and wait for results and talk to them, which took longer than the testing did.
Finally, I could leave! Yay! I called Ron - he was out on a run - and told him my news, and that I needed to eat, and go shopping and all, and he told me to go eat RIGHT NOW and do everything else later. He told me not to try to do anything else first. I told him that I shouldn't spend any money like that, but he said I should wreck the car because I didn't eat, either.
So, I went to Country Inn and ate my lunch. At 2:30 in the afternoon. Now, I know I eat lunch at 2:30 at home all the time, but today was a little different. I really felt different. I dithered between the fish sandwich and the BLT double decker for a few minutes, then went with the BLT, because I'll have fish tomorrow. It was good! Of course, I had the steak fries with it. I don't like their chili, so...
Now -- shopping! It's only grocery shopping, but still, shopping! I go back up to SaveALot to pick up some meat at their wonderful 5-for-$20 section, and to get milk. Last time I was there, milk was $1.99 a gallon. Not today - it's gone up a dollar a gallon. Yipes! I only got one gallon. Ron is just gonna have to cut back on his milk-drinking, too. Wow.
I thought about taking these groceries home, and then driving down to Walgreen's for our prescriptions, but in the end, I just drove straight on down to Amelia. I was just being lazy - I didn't want to unload the car twice. At Walgreen's, I checked out the Easter selections and made a few choices, then got Ron's Fish Oil pills and Advil - ibuprofen - and when I checked out, I used $20.00 of what I've built up in the Rewards program. Yay, me!
I got home, got the car unloaded and things put away, and was playing on the pute when Ron got home. All in all, I would say it was a very successful day! Walking, shopping, stupid mandatory testing, prescriptions picked up, and my pute time. Beats sitting on my ass all day playing on pute, that's for sure!
We just cooked some hamburger patties for our supper, and he munched on his beet-and-sweet-potato chips as his side, while I didn't have a side, just the hamburgers. I cut them into little pieces and took my time eating them.
When I put my food into MFP, the lunch (sandwich & fries) weren't as caloric as I expected. I thought they'd be around 1000, and they were less than 700. O-kay. The hamburgers by themselves weren't all that much, either, and I had plenty of exercise today, too, so I had LOTS of calories left, so I put in for a bag of popcorn and a milk. Then I went and made me that snack. I ended up 360 calories short for the day, which is about normal for me, not that there is much normal about me. LOL
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
No meds today! Feeling a bit better, but still coughing...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
I slept this morning until 11, then got up after reading for a bit. I am feeling a bit better, I think, but still have coughing fits. The congestion seems to be way up inside my head, although my body still feels like hell when I do have a coughing spell. My ribs/ribcage just aches so bad when it's happening, and when it's over. But I'm thinking I'll survive now.
I ate my lunch - a normal lunch for me (chicken salad, walnuts, and a banana) - around 2:30. By that time, I had already done a load of laundry, and put away the load of towels from the other day, as well as a little piddling around here in the living room. Nothing really interesting, just picking things up, moving stuff from here to there, stuff like that. I also tried to do a little bit of figuring what was gonna get done with our money this weekend, but that was too depressing, so I quit. Between groceries and the drugstore, which I can't factor a true price into, it was a sad effort. I know what MUST be paid, and I think that's gonna be that.
Once I got on the pute, though, that's where I stayed the rest of the afternoon. I did manage to start a second load of laundry after the first one finally got dry. It only took 3 go-rounds this time....geez. Anyone got a spare dryer in their back pocket?
Ron got home around 5:30, and we discussed what we wanted for supper, but neither of us really knew. He also did his Wii, and he had gained a little bit. We blamed that on his birthday weekend! We were still dithering about supper, and he went to take his shower.
I went & got pork chops out of the freezer & had them defrosting in the microwave when he came out. He fussed a little, but said that pork chops sure sounded good. We decided to have boiled potatoes and a veggie as a real meal for a change. He peeled the potatoes, and I 'chunked' them and put them in the pot, and I opened a can of veggies (finally deciding on mixed veggies, which was silly, because that has potatoes in it, but....).
We watched game shows on TV as we ate supper, and until it was time for Criminal Minds, which was a rerun. Blah. So is CSI, which is on now. Blah some more.
When I put my food into MFP, it says that I am over 300 calories OVER for the day. I don't understand how or why. We've had the same food before, and that hasn't happened before. Maybe I misjudged how many potatoes I had or something. I'm not going to worry about it. It's just weird.
I'm going to walk with Lois tomorrow morning - it really is Thursday tomorrow morning this time! I just lost track with this cold, I suppose. I knew it was Tuesday yesterday, but thought 'tomorrow' was Thursday when I wrote my blog. Weird. I'll be glad when I get some of my mind back.....
I slept this morning until 11, then got up after reading for a bit. I am feeling a bit better, I think, but still have coughing fits. The congestion seems to be way up inside my head, although my body still feels like hell when I do have a coughing spell. My ribs/ribcage just aches so bad when it's happening, and when it's over. But I'm thinking I'll survive now.
I ate my lunch - a normal lunch for me (chicken salad, walnuts, and a banana) - around 2:30. By that time, I had already done a load of laundry, and put away the load of towels from the other day, as well as a little piddling around here in the living room. Nothing really interesting, just picking things up, moving stuff from here to there, stuff like that. I also tried to do a little bit of figuring what was gonna get done with our money this weekend, but that was too depressing, so I quit. Between groceries and the drugstore, which I can't factor a true price into, it was a sad effort. I know what MUST be paid, and I think that's gonna be that.
Once I got on the pute, though, that's where I stayed the rest of the afternoon. I did manage to start a second load of laundry after the first one finally got dry. It only took 3 go-rounds this time....geez. Anyone got a spare dryer in their back pocket?
Ron got home around 5:30, and we discussed what we wanted for supper, but neither of us really knew. He also did his Wii, and he had gained a little bit. We blamed that on his birthday weekend! We were still dithering about supper, and he went to take his shower.
I went & got pork chops out of the freezer & had them defrosting in the microwave when he came out. He fussed a little, but said that pork chops sure sounded good. We decided to have boiled potatoes and a veggie as a real meal for a change. He peeled the potatoes, and I 'chunked' them and put them in the pot, and I opened a can of veggies (finally deciding on mixed veggies, which was silly, because that has potatoes in it, but....).
We watched game shows on TV as we ate supper, and until it was time for Criminal Minds, which was a rerun. Blah. So is CSI, which is on now. Blah some more.
When I put my food into MFP, it says that I am over 300 calories OVER for the day. I don't understand how or why. We've had the same food before, and that hasn't happened before. Maybe I misjudged how many potatoes I had or something. I'm not going to worry about it. It's just weird.
I'm going to walk with Lois tomorrow morning - it really is Thursday tomorrow morning this time! I just lost track with this cold, I suppose. I knew it was Tuesday yesterday, but thought 'tomorrow' was Thursday when I wrote my blog. Weird. I'll be glad when I get some of my mind back.....
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
An oh-so-weak day
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
I took a pretty big swig of NyQuil when I went to bed last night, and I slept - as well as one can sleep with such a horrendous cold - much longer than I have in a long time. It was after noon when I woke up, and I didn't feel like getting up, so I just laid in bed and read. Until THREE o'clock!!! I was truly shocked when I saw what time it was when I was finally restless (meaning my back was hurting) enough to get up.
I just lazed around after my shower, and the only reason I took a shower was that my TOPS meeting was tonight, and if I decided to go, I wanted to be ready and not have to rush. But taking the shower made me so weak, I was beat and just couldn't do much afterward! I ate chicken noodle soup for my lunch, and that was that. I played on the pute, trying to figure out more on getting my email over to yahoo. I only have to get my contacts - my address book - imported over, and I am finished! Yay, me. Hopefully, I can do that tomorrow and then I can contact AOL and tell them to cancel my account. I'm doing what I can to save any kind of money, whether I like it or not.
I went to my TOPS meeting, even though I still wasn't feeling all that great. I hated to miss because of a silly cold, so I stocked up on cough drops, and off I went. I weighed in, and according to their scale, I lost 2.2 pounds since last week. Their scale weighs me 8 pounds heavier than my Wii does, so that is disappointing, but at least that number is going down also!
I came home early from the meeting. I hung in for a while, but I left 10 minutes early. I just couldn't sit there any longer. I felt as though I was just going to fold, to collapse, to keel over and could not keep myself sitting up without support. It was a strange feeling. I understand the 'weak,' but ... maybe my body needed some supper, while I didn't really feel hungry. Ron had supper ready (for 8:10, when I usually get home), and I did feel better after I ate. We had Manwich (remember that hamburger I zapped instead of defrosted the other day? We used it.) and the rest of a bag of french fries. I ate one of Ron's fruit cups as a dessert, then I found that Ron had bought me a Special Dark bar and had placed it on my desk for me to find. Of course, I couldn't let that go to waste! I don't know why he bought that, but I'm thinking I'll keep him.
When I put my food into MFP, I was 475 calories short for the day and it hollered at me. Again. Sigh.
I'm supposed to walk tomorrow with Lois, but I really am not sure if I'll be able to. I guess I'll give it the old college try -- we shall see how I feel in the morning.
I took a pretty big swig of NyQuil when I went to bed last night, and I slept - as well as one can sleep with such a horrendous cold - much longer than I have in a long time. It was after noon when I woke up, and I didn't feel like getting up, so I just laid in bed and read. Until THREE o'clock!!! I was truly shocked when I saw what time it was when I was finally restless (meaning my back was hurting) enough to get up.
I just lazed around after my shower, and the only reason I took a shower was that my TOPS meeting was tonight, and if I decided to go, I wanted to be ready and not have to rush. But taking the shower made me so weak, I was beat and just couldn't do much afterward! I ate chicken noodle soup for my lunch, and that was that. I played on the pute, trying to figure out more on getting my email over to yahoo. I only have to get my contacts - my address book - imported over, and I am finished! Yay, me. Hopefully, I can do that tomorrow and then I can contact AOL and tell them to cancel my account. I'm doing what I can to save any kind of money, whether I like it or not.
I went to my TOPS meeting, even though I still wasn't feeling all that great. I hated to miss because of a silly cold, so I stocked up on cough drops, and off I went. I weighed in, and according to their scale, I lost 2.2 pounds since last week. Their scale weighs me 8 pounds heavier than my Wii does, so that is disappointing, but at least that number is going down also!
I came home early from the meeting. I hung in for a while, but I left 10 minutes early. I just couldn't sit there any longer. I felt as though I was just going to fold, to collapse, to keel over and could not keep myself sitting up without support. It was a strange feeling. I understand the 'weak,' but ... maybe my body needed some supper, while I didn't really feel hungry. Ron had supper ready (for 8:10, when I usually get home), and I did feel better after I ate. We had Manwich (remember that hamburger I zapped instead of defrosted the other day? We used it.) and the rest of a bag of french fries. I ate one of Ron's fruit cups as a dessert, then I found that Ron had bought me a Special Dark bar and had placed it on my desk for me to find. Of course, I couldn't let that go to waste! I don't know why he bought that, but I'm thinking I'll keep him.
When I put my food into MFP, I was 475 calories short for the day and it hollered at me. Again. Sigh.
I'm supposed to walk tomorrow with Lois, but I really am not sure if I'll be able to. I guess I'll give it the old college try -- we shall see how I feel in the morning.
Ugh.....this C O L D....
Monday, March 24, 2014
I went to bed early last night (before eleven!) and, since I had taken NyQuil, it didn't take me long to go to sleep. I woke this morning to the alarm going off -- it was set for nine. Ugh. I had to get up, get up to the grocery store, come back home and make the 7-layer salad for the funeral luncheon and get it back uptown to the church around eleven. Well, I ended up a few minutes late, but I made it!
I helped get the Center set up, although by the time I got there, they didn't need much more help. I did what I could, and then came back home.
I zapped a mackerel patty for my lunch, which I enjoyed on that herb bread leftover from our picnic yesterday. No sides, either! How about that? I played on the pute while eating my lunch, catching up my games and trying to figure out how to move the emails I have been saving. I have decided it's time to quit paying AOL for email, so I am going to move to yahoo, but I don't want to lose these emails that I saved over the years. Ugh! Sometimes technology sucks. Anyway, after all of this, my email will now be RonandRitaO58@yahoo.com (instead of @aol.com as it has been all these years). Please change your address books accordingly, if you already had it, and add it if you want it.
I couldn't figure anything out, so I finally got off the pute, and sat in my recliner reading until Josh stopped after work to help me.
After Josh left -- of course it didn't take him very long to get me on the 'new' track -- I was busy putting things where I wanted them now, and that kept me busy until after Ron got home. I had put the leftover lasagna into the oven, set very low (200) to get warm for supper tonight, and it had been cooking for over two hours and smelled wonderful! I put the last two pieces of garlic bread in my handy-dandy potato baker and popped them in the microwave and guessed at the time, and burned the living shit out of everything. I ruined my potato pouch!!!! DAMMIT!!! Oh, Mr. Easter Bunny!! Ron was pissed at me and even hollered at me, "couldn't you smell that thing burning?" "No, I can't smell anything!!!!!" was my answer. He took the potato pouch and threw it out the front door. (I did go out and check it later, and yep, the pouch itself was burned. Phooey!)
So, anyway, then we had no garlic bread to go with our lasagna. Ron complained off and on of the smell all night, but I didn't (and still don't) smell a thing. I guess, in this case, that's a good thing!
Putting my food into MFP, I end up about 275 calories short for the day. I adjusted my weight after I finished with the food part, and according to MFP, I now only should have 1470 calories per day! I suppose that will be okay, since I'm short a lot of the time anyway...
My ribs hurt from coughing. I can't pull a deep breath. I can't breathe through my nose. I can't stop coughing. I think the whole bottle (well, what's left of it) of NyQuil is calling me tonight. I don't think I will be setting my alarm and getting up and driving at 7am, as I had planned, so no one will have to worry about me! I am so sorry to let you down, Ruth.
I went to bed early last night (before eleven!) and, since I had taken NyQuil, it didn't take me long to go to sleep. I woke this morning to the alarm going off -- it was set for nine. Ugh. I had to get up, get up to the grocery store, come back home and make the 7-layer salad for the funeral luncheon and get it back uptown to the church around eleven. Well, I ended up a few minutes late, but I made it!
I helped get the Center set up, although by the time I got there, they didn't need much more help. I did what I could, and then came back home.
I zapped a mackerel patty for my lunch, which I enjoyed on that herb bread leftover from our picnic yesterday. No sides, either! How about that? I played on the pute while eating my lunch, catching up my games and trying to figure out how to move the emails I have been saving. I have decided it's time to quit paying AOL for email, so I am going to move to yahoo, but I don't want to lose these emails that I saved over the years. Ugh! Sometimes technology sucks. Anyway, after all of this, my email will now be RonandRitaO58@yahoo.com (instead of @aol.com as it has been all these years). Please change your address books accordingly, if you already had it, and add it if you want it.
I couldn't figure anything out, so I finally got off the pute, and sat in my recliner reading until Josh stopped after work to help me.
After Josh left -- of course it didn't take him very long to get me on the 'new' track -- I was busy putting things where I wanted them now, and that kept me busy until after Ron got home. I had put the leftover lasagna into the oven, set very low (200) to get warm for supper tonight, and it had been cooking for over two hours and smelled wonderful! I put the last two pieces of garlic bread in my handy-dandy potato baker and popped them in the microwave and guessed at the time, and burned the living shit out of everything. I ruined my potato pouch!!!! DAMMIT!!! Oh, Mr. Easter Bunny!! Ron was pissed at me and even hollered at me, "couldn't you smell that thing burning?" "No, I can't smell anything!!!!!" was my answer. He took the potato pouch and threw it out the front door. (I did go out and check it later, and yep, the pouch itself was burned. Phooey!)
So, anyway, then we had no garlic bread to go with our lasagna. Ron complained off and on of the smell all night, but I didn't (and still don't) smell a thing. I guess, in this case, that's a good thing!
Putting my food into MFP, I end up about 275 calories short for the day. I adjusted my weight after I finished with the food part, and according to MFP, I now only should have 1470 calories per day! I suppose that will be okay, since I'm short a lot of the time anyway...
My ribs hurt from coughing. I can't pull a deep breath. I can't breathe through my nose. I can't stop coughing. I think the whole bottle (well, what's left of it) of NyQuil is calling me tonight. I don't think I will be setting my alarm and getting up and driving at 7am, as I had planned, so no one will have to worry about me! I am so sorry to let you down, Ruth.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Ron's Birthday Celebration Weekend
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
My cold is really truly a cold now, not just some congestion at night. Ugh. This is awful! DayQuil for daytime, NyQuil for night. Yep. And my good ol' Vicks Inhaler. I got this.
Saturday 3/22/14
When I got up, I only had a little bit of time with my fellers because they were already outside and I had to get ready to leave. I have a lunch appointment in Mt. Orab, but they decide to stay home and do guy stuff without me. For some reason, Ron thought that MY lunch would take much longer than theirs would, and he didn't want to wait around for me, and that ended up being true. We really like that little Mexican restaurant up there in Mt. Orab, and Jody and I sat and talked until after 2pm! I had needed this, too! She has had similar experiences, just like Kathy had, and just talking with her helped ease my mind so much. Just getting out and going, doing, helped, too.
On my way home, I called Bert and made sure all plans were going smoothly for tonight, and ended up running an errand for Bert, too. It makes me feel good inside to feel useful for a change!
I got home, got the house and kitchen all cleaned up and got the table set. I couldn't do much for Ron for his birthday, but - by God, I can set a nice table for his birthday celebration! Not that he cares a bit ("Why didn't you just use paper plates?" he said when he first saw the table...MEN!), but I sure did.
Soon, Bert got there with the lasagna and we got it in the oven and the house started smelling real good. The rest of the family arrived, and the fun evening began. Supper was on the table at six, as promised, and we all enjoyed it very much, and there's not really that much left over, either. We cleaned off the table and played games for the rest of the night. After Josh's family left, Bert and I sat and talked until ... oh, midnight thirty or so!!
Josh had asked us if we would like to get up and go to the Air Force Museum with them tomorrow - Sunday - even though we would have to miss church. I left it up to Ron, after all it's his birthday weekend. In the end, he decided 'why not?' since we had never been.
So, when I went to bed after Bert left, I had to set the alarm to get up at 8:30, so I had time to pack us our share of a picnic lunch.
Sunday 3/23/14
The alarm went off waaaaaaay too soon. But we got up, packed a few things (like leftover cake and pudding) and were ready and waiting when they got here. We got everything loaded into the truck (the only vehicle all six of us fit into) and off we went.
We were supposed to have our picnic lunch when we got there - close to noon, it's a long drive - but it wasn't even 40 degrees yet and the wind was blowing so strong, there was no way that was going to be possible. We finally decided to go to a Wendy's for our lunch, then have the picnic stuff for supper when we got back home.
That museum was pretty amazing. We didn't realize that it was so big! It was very well organized, too. It was kinda strange, though. There were lots of storyboards and things all through the Wright Brothers and WWI, but once we got to WWII and on, it was like, 'here are some planes and stuff.' No more development, no more storyboards, no more information except about the planes. That part was weird. We were there until the museum closed at five, but, by God, we saw every section!
I did wear my new pedometer, and I ended up taking 5,029 steps! If 2.000 steps is one mile, that means I walked 2-1/2 miles! No wonder my feet were throbbing and my ankles were swollen. But I am glad we went, it was a very relaxing day, and we both needed that this weekend. Noses back to the grindstone tomorrow!
We came home and had our picnic lunch for supper. Homemade egg salad, slaw, and pasta salad, as well as chips and specialty bread (which had technically expired), and my cake and pudding. A good ending to a good day. They all left to go home around 8 - they all have to get ready for tomorrow, also.
I decided not to worry about MFP for the weekend, although I probably could give a good guess on all my food. I made good choices, and didn't pig out. (Oh, and when I did my Biggest Loser weigh-in Saturday morning, I was within twenty pounds of being under 200!!! Within!! Cha-ching! One goal met!) But I just didn't feel like messing with it, and I wanted to get my blog written and
I. want. to. go. to. bed.
This. cold. is. kicking. my. ass.
Not. breathing. sucks!!
Sunday, March 23, 2014
My cold is really truly a cold now, not just some congestion at night. Ugh. This is awful! DayQuil for daytime, NyQuil for night. Yep. And my good ol' Vicks Inhaler. I got this.
Saturday 3/22/14
When I got up, I only had a little bit of time with my fellers because they were already outside and I had to get ready to leave. I have a lunch appointment in Mt. Orab, but they decide to stay home and do guy stuff without me. For some reason, Ron thought that MY lunch would take much longer than theirs would, and he didn't want to wait around for me, and that ended up being true. We really like that little Mexican restaurant up there in Mt. Orab, and Jody and I sat and talked until after 2pm! I had needed this, too! She has had similar experiences, just like Kathy had, and just talking with her helped ease my mind so much. Just getting out and going, doing, helped, too.
On my way home, I called Bert and made sure all plans were going smoothly for tonight, and ended up running an errand for Bert, too. It makes me feel good inside to feel useful for a change!
I got home, got the house and kitchen all cleaned up and got the table set. I couldn't do much for Ron for his birthday, but - by God, I can set a nice table for his birthday celebration! Not that he cares a bit ("Why didn't you just use paper plates?" he said when he first saw the table...MEN!), but I sure did.
Soon, Bert got there with the lasagna and we got it in the oven and the house started smelling real good. The rest of the family arrived, and the fun evening began. Supper was on the table at six, as promised, and we all enjoyed it very much, and there's not really that much left over, either. We cleaned off the table and played games for the rest of the night. After Josh's family left, Bert and I sat and talked until ... oh, midnight thirty or so!!
Josh had asked us if we would like to get up and go to the Air Force Museum with them tomorrow - Sunday - even though we would have to miss church. I left it up to Ron, after all it's his birthday weekend. In the end, he decided 'why not?' since we had never been.
So, when I went to bed after Bert left, I had to set the alarm to get up at 8:30, so I had time to pack us our share of a picnic lunch.
Sunday 3/23/14
The alarm went off waaaaaaay too soon. But we got up, packed a few things (like leftover cake and pudding) and were ready and waiting when they got here. We got everything loaded into the truck (the only vehicle all six of us fit into) and off we went.
We were supposed to have our picnic lunch when we got there - close to noon, it's a long drive - but it wasn't even 40 degrees yet and the wind was blowing so strong, there was no way that was going to be possible. We finally decided to go to a Wendy's for our lunch, then have the picnic stuff for supper when we got back home.
That museum was pretty amazing. We didn't realize that it was so big! It was very well organized, too. It was kinda strange, though. There were lots of storyboards and things all through the Wright Brothers and WWI, but once we got to WWII and on, it was like, 'here are some planes and stuff.' No more development, no more storyboards, no more information except about the planes. That part was weird. We were there until the museum closed at five, but, by God, we saw every section!
I did wear my new pedometer, and I ended up taking 5,029 steps! If 2.000 steps is one mile, that means I walked 2-1/2 miles! No wonder my feet were throbbing and my ankles were swollen. But I am glad we went, it was a very relaxing day, and we both needed that this weekend. Noses back to the grindstone tomorrow!
We came home and had our picnic lunch for supper. Homemade egg salad, slaw, and pasta salad, as well as chips and specialty bread (which had technically expired), and my cake and pudding. A good ending to a good day. They all left to go home around 8 - they all have to get ready for tomorrow, also.
I decided not to worry about MFP for the weekend, although I probably could give a good guess on all my food. I made good choices, and didn't pig out. (Oh, and when I did my Biggest Loser weigh-in Saturday morning, I was within twenty pounds of being under 200!!! Within!! Cha-ching! One goal met!) But I just didn't feel like messing with it, and I wanted to get my blog written and
I. want. to. go. to. bed.
This. cold. is. kicking. my. ass.
Not. breathing. sucks!!
Friday, March 21, 2014
Good talks with different people, and some decisions to be made
Friday, March 21, 2014
Happy, happy Birthday to Ron!! "May your 56th year be better than your 55th was" is my wish for you.
I love you, sweetheart, with all my heart.
Ron and I did come to the conclusion last night that, whatever we decide to do, we can't really do anything here in March, and will use the rest of March as "planning time" and will put new plans and into effect starting April 1st. Neither one of us want to go the bankruptcy route, and we are going to try to avoid that, but we shall have to see. His money will only stretch so far. Our first big "planning meeting" will be Sunday afternoon, and we'll go from there. We're still hoping a couple of thousand dollars will fall from the sky for us, and we're off to a good start - he won 100 bucks on an instant lottery ticket! We'll have to decide how that will help us the best. Pay off one small bill, pay one something up-to-date, pay small bits on three or so bills, or what exactly. It's a small first step, though! Yay, Ron!
I woke up this morning to the alarm going off, which meant I slept way too late. But, as I do, I had trouble falling asleep last night, and then my sleep was restless. The bedroom was too cold last night, not too hot! I also seemed to have caught a cold somewhere - I was okay all day yesterday, a little bit of a runny nose, but when I went to bed BOOM I was so congested that I couldn't breathe at all out of my left side. I finally got up and took a small swig of NyQuil.
Luckily, even though I didn't eat all that much yesterday (I was 700+ calories short for the day), I guess I ate late enough, and then the NyQuil helped, and I didn't have a sugar low. I was glad for that! I don't like those sugar lows in the middle of the night. Anyway, the alarm got me up, and I got up, took my pills, all except the diabetes one, because I was going to go walking, got dressed and left. I had errands to run before meeting Lois to walk, and errands to run afterwards, too. I got up to our meeting place just a few minutes late (NOT my fault - the place I went had delays!), and we walked the Walk Path. We did good for our first walk of the year. Last year, we had gotten to less than half an hour, and we did today in 34 minutes. AND my hip didn't hurt - that was the best part! I was so glad about that!
It was so good to get out, to visit, as it were, and talk to a friend. I could just be ME for a bit, not a person with six hundred million problems with no solutions, and that eased my mind so much.
After that, I ran the errands around town that I didn't get done before walking, then headed on down to meet Kathy for lunch at Olive Garden. As you know, her family owned the company where I worked and she has been through the same things I am going through now, just without the drastic health issues, because of the company, and she offered to counsel me as she treated me to lunch today, and I accepted the offer, because I sure need some advice! Her family is doing much better now, and she has started a new career as a realtor. So, if anyone is in the housing market, let me know. I know a realtor!
We had a very nice lunch, and a very nice talk about these type of problems. How they solved them, and she gave me suggestions and thoughts. She has two children, one still in school, so most of her suggestions are very feasible, although some just won't or wouldn't work for me and Ron for different reasons. But I have a lot more to think about now.
On my way home, I went through the car wash, then stopped at WalMart for gasoline and our groceries. A real walk and a WalMart Walk all in one day - WOW!! How about that? Chelle, Jean, and Corgan were coming down to meet me, but I ended up getting done sooner than expected, and they ended up meeting me at my house, which was good - it saved them gasoline. We all visited for a bit, while I frosted Ron's cake as we were all talking about the big party tomorrow night for Ron's birthday, and then Jean left to have her own free time. Josh stopped and picked Chelle up, and they went out for their big 'date night,' leaving me and Corgan here by ourselves. I could tell he was thrilled to death about that. He kept talking to me about his silly DS games, and I only listened with one ear. I think we were both glad to hear Grandpa's truck pulling onto 133!
I went to make us supper, and what I wanted to make wasn't out in the freezer. What!? I'm out of my square fish! How did this happen? Dammit. Change of plans! Corgan made some little pizzas, and Ron and I had grilled cheese. He's such a wuss - he only puts one slice of cheese on each sandwich. I just can't see that. I wouldn't be able to taste anything but bread! But, that's what the man likes, so that's what I made. We each had two sandwiches. He also made himself a small salad. As the sandwiches were cooking, we made the 7-layer salad for tomorrow night. Corgan helped me chop the eggs, and Ron helped me chop the green onions. I only had to peel the hard-boiled eggs and hand them to Corgan, and then I chopped the celery, tore up the lettuce, and put everything together. It was a joint effort!
Luckily, Corgan is watching "How It's Made" tonight instead of his usual 'Most Stupid shows, and I am so thankful for that. I am, of course, playing on the pute and can hear and see the TV.
I put my food into MFP. With my exercise today, I am 41 calories over for the day. Over for a change. I guess I can live with that. After all, I've been so short the last couple of days, it's been a mite scary. I needed a 'real' day. I will need to be careful tomorrow, though. We may SAY "birthday calories don't count" but MFP doesn't think that, and MFP rules the roost when it comes to that. I am being taken out for lunch tomorrow, too. Mexican, up in Mt. Orab. Yum. It's a pay-it-forward thing, I'm told, and I'm the recipient. I am grateful.
Happy, happy Birthday to Ron!! "May your 56th year be better than your 55th was" is my wish for you.
I love you, sweetheart, with all my heart.
Ron and I did come to the conclusion last night that, whatever we decide to do, we can't really do anything here in March, and will use the rest of March as "planning time" and will put new plans and into effect starting April 1st. Neither one of us want to go the bankruptcy route, and we are going to try to avoid that, but we shall have to see. His money will only stretch so far. Our first big "planning meeting" will be Sunday afternoon, and we'll go from there. We're still hoping a couple of thousand dollars will fall from the sky for us, and we're off to a good start - he won 100 bucks on an instant lottery ticket! We'll have to decide how that will help us the best. Pay off one small bill, pay one something up-to-date, pay small bits on three or so bills, or what exactly. It's a small first step, though! Yay, Ron!
I woke up this morning to the alarm going off, which meant I slept way too late. But, as I do, I had trouble falling asleep last night, and then my sleep was restless. The bedroom was too cold last night, not too hot! I also seemed to have caught a cold somewhere - I was okay all day yesterday, a little bit of a runny nose, but when I went to bed BOOM I was so congested that I couldn't breathe at all out of my left side. I finally got up and took a small swig of NyQuil.
Luckily, even though I didn't eat all that much yesterday (I was 700+ calories short for the day), I guess I ate late enough, and then the NyQuil helped, and I didn't have a sugar low. I was glad for that! I don't like those sugar lows in the middle of the night. Anyway, the alarm got me up, and I got up, took my pills, all except the diabetes one, because I was going to go walking, got dressed and left. I had errands to run before meeting Lois to walk, and errands to run afterwards, too. I got up to our meeting place just a few minutes late (NOT my fault - the place I went had delays!), and we walked the Walk Path. We did good for our first walk of the year. Last year, we had gotten to less than half an hour, and we did today in 34 minutes. AND my hip didn't hurt - that was the best part! I was so glad about that!
It was so good to get out, to visit, as it were, and talk to a friend. I could just be ME for a bit, not a person with six hundred million problems with no solutions, and that eased my mind so much.
After that, I ran the errands around town that I didn't get done before walking, then headed on down to meet Kathy for lunch at Olive Garden. As you know, her family owned the company where I worked and she has been through the same things I am going through now, just without the drastic health issues, because of the company, and she offered to counsel me as she treated me to lunch today, and I accepted the offer, because I sure need some advice! Her family is doing much better now, and she has started a new career as a realtor. So, if anyone is in the housing market, let me know. I know a realtor!
We had a very nice lunch, and a very nice talk about these type of problems. How they solved them, and she gave me suggestions and thoughts. She has two children, one still in school, so most of her suggestions are very feasible, although some just won't or wouldn't work for me and Ron for different reasons. But I have a lot more to think about now.
On my way home, I went through the car wash, then stopped at WalMart for gasoline and our groceries. A real walk and a WalMart Walk all in one day - WOW!! How about that? Chelle, Jean, and Corgan were coming down to meet me, but I ended up getting done sooner than expected, and they ended up meeting me at my house, which was good - it saved them gasoline. We all visited for a bit, while I frosted Ron's cake as we were all talking about the big party tomorrow night for Ron's birthday, and then Jean left to have her own free time. Josh stopped and picked Chelle up, and they went out for their big 'date night,' leaving me and Corgan here by ourselves. I could tell he was thrilled to death about that. He kept talking to me about his silly DS games, and I only listened with one ear. I think we were both glad to hear Grandpa's truck pulling onto 133!
I went to make us supper, and what I wanted to make wasn't out in the freezer. What!? I'm out of my square fish! How did this happen? Dammit. Change of plans! Corgan made some little pizzas, and Ron and I had grilled cheese. He's such a wuss - he only puts one slice of cheese on each sandwich. I just can't see that. I wouldn't be able to taste anything but bread! But, that's what the man likes, so that's what I made. We each had two sandwiches. He also made himself a small salad. As the sandwiches were cooking, we made the 7-layer salad for tomorrow night. Corgan helped me chop the eggs, and Ron helped me chop the green onions. I only had to peel the hard-boiled eggs and hand them to Corgan, and then I chopped the celery, tore up the lettuce, and put everything together. It was a joint effort!
Luckily, Corgan is watching "How It's Made" tonight instead of his usual 'Most Stupid shows, and I am so thankful for that. I am, of course, playing on the pute and can hear and see the TV.
I put my food into MFP. With my exercise today, I am 41 calories over for the day. Over for a change. I guess I can live with that. After all, I've been so short the last couple of days, it's been a mite scary. I needed a 'real' day. I will need to be careful tomorrow, though. We may SAY "birthday calories don't count" but MFP doesn't think that, and MFP rules the roost when it comes to that. I am being taken out for lunch tomorrow, too. Mexican, up in Mt. Orab. Yum. It's a pay-it-forward thing, I'm told, and I'm the recipient. I am grateful.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Determined not to be beaten by our troubles...
Thursday, March 20, 2014
The First Day of Spring (as of 1pm)
I woke up this morning, feeling much calmer and more determined than ever not to let these money troubles not get the better of us - more specifically, of ME. I'm not sure what all I can do, but the first thing to change is gonna be my attitude toward it, and that starts now.
Oh, I did have a sugar low last night. I'm sure you guys aren't surprised, I sure wasn't - I was expecting it, and like a dumbass, I took my pill when I went to bed, so I was really expecting it. I told Ron about 5 minutes after I took all my pills that I should have pulled that pill out of the pile, but didn't think of it. He and I laid there in bed and talked for a while, about what we can do now, and we decided to just get through March as we have been doing, and start afresh in April with new plans, new schemes and go from there. I got up when the sugar low hit, came out here into the living room, ate about 20 jelly beans, and just sat in my recliner. A little while later, he brought a sheet out and covered me up.
When he got up to go to work, he woke me up and asked me if I wanted to go back to bed, but I told him no, it was too hot in there (it's the coolest room in the house!) and I'd move later. He wasn't happy about it, but finally agreed, and left. I went back to bed around seven, and slept until 10:30.
I got up and did those dishes that I let slide yesterday, then I got on the pute for a little while - yes, just a little while - to check our banking and catch up my games. Then I got off the pute and gathered all the mail off my desk, got my checkbook and all that and moved out to the kitchen table. My first step in taking control back is keeping up on this - I have let this all slide since that huge clean-up I did a couple of months ago, and I just can't do that! I must keep up with it, just to keep on top of it, to prove that I CAN still do it. Also, when I do manage to pay things, that must be marked down also, so everything must be up-to-date to do that. I. CAN. DO. THIS. It will still be a long, terrible fight but we can fight the good fight! We won't give up and give in! We, and the lives we have built, are not worthless, even if they have no value to anyone but us. Money is not everything, though it helps an awfully lot. I like being the fly on the top of the wheel much better (those Laura readers will get the reference)!!!
After I got done with all the paperwork and got the table cleaned off, I made Ron's birthday cake. I decided to make a 2-layer cake as opposed a pan cake (sheet cake? in a 9x13 pan), and I wanted really thick layers, so made 2 boxes of mix, and filled each pan over halfway to make them really full . Into the oven they went! I will frost it tomorrow after getting home from my running my errands, and it will be ready for the celebration supper on Saturday night.
Then, I went into the bathroom and changed it over to Spring/Summer!! Today is officially the First Day of Spring, and it's time to get rid of the snowflakes and put up some color, I think. So, I did, even though they are calling for snow again next Tuesday. Mother Nature doesn't follow our calendar, ya know. I didn't go with the ivy this year. I put up the geometric squares shower curtain and put down the purple rug. The solid green soap dispenser and a purple towel, and the bathroom is now colorful!
Ron gets home, and we start talking about supper. He finally decides on cabbage steaks, and I make myself my poor man's shit on a shingle, which I had with some pretzels. Being as determined as I was to get things accomplished today, I hadn't eaten lunch (which wasn't really very good either of or for me, but...) and now I am hungry! Smelling food does that, I suppose. Being Thursday, nothing was on TV and all the dead guys and game shows were both reruns, too, so I am watching an Indy movie on SyFy.
I must finish writing this and go get me a snack. I suppose I'll stick with my popcorn and milk, since I have no better snack in the house, unless I only want a few cookies. I do suppose that I have enough open calories to have those, don't you? I think I'll have cookies! Yum.
Then I'll put my food into MFP and see how this day ended up and hope against hope that I make it through the night.
Busy, busy day tomorrow. Lots of errands and my friend is treating me to lunch at Olive Garden. After my mini breakdown yesterday, she is coming to my rescue, bless her heart. Walking with Lois at noon, then lunch with Kathy should certainly help to lift my spirits. If those two things don't help me, I am a lost cause and beyond all help! I'm looking forward to getting out of the house for a change, for one thing, and talking to my friends, face to face, as well as doing some walking, is gonna help even more!
Welcome, Spring, indeed!
The First Day of Spring (as of 1pm)
I woke up this morning, feeling much calmer and more determined than ever not to let these money troubles not get the better of us - more specifically, of ME. I'm not sure what all I can do, but the first thing to change is gonna be my attitude toward it, and that starts now.
Oh, I did have a sugar low last night. I'm sure you guys aren't surprised, I sure wasn't - I was expecting it, and like a dumbass, I took my pill when I went to bed, so I was really expecting it. I told Ron about 5 minutes after I took all my pills that I should have pulled that pill out of the pile, but didn't think of it. He and I laid there in bed and talked for a while, about what we can do now, and we decided to just get through March as we have been doing, and start afresh in April with new plans, new schemes and go from there. I got up when the sugar low hit, came out here into the living room, ate about 20 jelly beans, and just sat in my recliner. A little while later, he brought a sheet out and covered me up.
When he got up to go to work, he woke me up and asked me if I wanted to go back to bed, but I told him no, it was too hot in there (it's the coolest room in the house!) and I'd move later. He wasn't happy about it, but finally agreed, and left. I went back to bed around seven, and slept until 10:30.
I got up and did those dishes that I let slide yesterday, then I got on the pute for a little while - yes, just a little while - to check our banking and catch up my games. Then I got off the pute and gathered all the mail off my desk, got my checkbook and all that and moved out to the kitchen table. My first step in taking control back is keeping up on this - I have let this all slide since that huge clean-up I did a couple of months ago, and I just can't do that! I must keep up with it, just to keep on top of it, to prove that I CAN still do it. Also, when I do manage to pay things, that must be marked down also, so everything must be up-to-date to do that. I. CAN. DO. THIS. It will still be a long, terrible fight but we can fight the good fight! We won't give up and give in! We, and the lives we have built, are not worthless, even if they have no value to anyone but us. Money is not everything, though it helps an awfully lot. I like being the fly on the top of the wheel much better (those Laura readers will get the reference)!!!
After I got done with all the paperwork and got the table cleaned off, I made Ron's birthday cake. I decided to make a 2-layer cake as opposed a pan cake (sheet cake? in a 9x13 pan), and I wanted really thick layers, so made 2 boxes of mix, and filled each pan over halfway to make them really full . Into the oven they went! I will frost it tomorrow after getting home from my running my errands, and it will be ready for the celebration supper on Saturday night.
Then, I went into the bathroom and changed it over to Spring/Summer!! Today is officially the First Day of Spring, and it's time to get rid of the snowflakes and put up some color, I think. So, I did, even though they are calling for snow again next Tuesday. Mother Nature doesn't follow our calendar, ya know. I didn't go with the ivy this year. I put up the geometric squares shower curtain and put down the purple rug. The solid green soap dispenser and a purple towel, and the bathroom is now colorful!
Ron gets home, and we start talking about supper. He finally decides on cabbage steaks, and I make myself my poor man's shit on a shingle, which I had with some pretzels. Being as determined as I was to get things accomplished today, I hadn't eaten lunch (which wasn't really very good either of or for me, but...) and now I am hungry! Smelling food does that, I suppose. Being Thursday, nothing was on TV and all the dead guys and game shows were both reruns, too, so I am watching an Indy movie on SyFy.
I must finish writing this and go get me a snack. I suppose I'll stick with my popcorn and milk, since I have no better snack in the house, unless I only want a few cookies. I do suppose that I have enough open calories to have those, don't you? I think I'll have cookies! Yum.
Then I'll put my food into MFP and see how this day ended up and hope against hope that I make it through the night.
Busy, busy day tomorrow. Lots of errands and my friend is treating me to lunch at Olive Garden. After my mini breakdown yesterday, she is coming to my rescue, bless her heart. Walking with Lois at noon, then lunch with Kathy should certainly help to lift my spirits. If those two things don't help me, I am a lost cause and beyond all help! I'm looking forward to getting out of the house for a change, for one thing, and talking to my friends, face to face, as well as doing some walking, is gonna help even more!
Welcome, Spring, indeed!
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
A piss-poor day
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Today started much as any day does, with me waking, reading a bit, then getting up.
Soon after that, I did some banking, first for the Altar Society, then for us. After that, I started on looking at and working on the papers we got to see if that is an option we are going to have to choose. Because we are going to have to choose some kind of an option soon. Things are getting pretty bad, and there is only Ron's income and it just doesn't stretch that far.
Do you have any idea how humiliating, how mortifying, how humbling it is to have to list - to write down - that everything you own is worth next to nothing? My heart, my soul, my spirit sank lower and lower the more pages I read and the more I tried to think of and to write, even as notes on a piece of scrap paper, and I just cried and cried as I realized how much trouble I have caused Ron. HE doesn't deserve this, he truly doesn't. He works hard, and puts the bill money into bank, trusting it will be used correctly, but evidently I can't do that any longer. Over this past year, I feel that I have failed him in so many ways, it's just not even fathomable.
I had to stop working on that, or I'd be crazier than I am now.
So I did.
I did nothing but play on the pute all day after that. I just couldn't deal with anything else. Still can't.
Ron made me eat some supper. I had chicken noodle soup, a peanut butter sandwich (with orange marmalade), and dry roasted peanuts.
I'm gonna watch Criminal Minds, then go to bed, hopefully to dream of a way to make two or three thousand dollars appear out of our worthless crap.
Today started much as any day does, with me waking, reading a bit, then getting up.
Soon after that, I did some banking, first for the Altar Society, then for us. After that, I started on looking at and working on the papers we got to see if that is an option we are going to have to choose. Because we are going to have to choose some kind of an option soon. Things are getting pretty bad, and there is only Ron's income and it just doesn't stretch that far.
Do you have any idea how humiliating, how mortifying, how humbling it is to have to list - to write down - that everything you own is worth next to nothing? My heart, my soul, my spirit sank lower and lower the more pages I read and the more I tried to think of and to write, even as notes on a piece of scrap paper, and I just cried and cried as I realized how much trouble I have caused Ron. HE doesn't deserve this, he truly doesn't. He works hard, and puts the bill money into bank, trusting it will be used correctly, but evidently I can't do that any longer. Over this past year, I feel that I have failed him in so many ways, it's just not even fathomable.
I had to stop working on that, or I'd be crazier than I am now.
So I did.
I did nothing but play on the pute all day after that. I just couldn't deal with anything else. Still can't.
Ron made me eat some supper. I had chicken noodle soup, a peanut butter sandwich (with orange marmalade), and dry roasted peanuts.
I'm gonna watch Criminal Minds, then go to bed, hopefully to dream of a way to make two or three thousand dollars appear out of our worthless crap.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
A nice bright sunshiny day - and I took a walk!
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
I woke this morning before 10. That was kinda cool. I haven't done that in quite awhile, not without the alarm, and it was a good feeling to do so. It also meant that I slept really, really good, because I didn't go to sleep until after 2 this morning, so it was super awesome to me.
I got up, played Happy Homemaker, which took me quite a while - I hadn't done these tasks yesterday, and boy, had they built up over the weekend. I couldn't even do all the dishes, there were so many. I did most of them, leaving some of the bowls and some of the pans, and I'll finish them tomorrow. There will be all of today's dishes to add to what was left, but they won't sit all week.
I finally get my lunch (chicken salad and walnuts) and get on the pute around 2:30, and got all caught up. I decided that, since it was nice, I would walk to meet Ron (well, try to...) and enjoy some of this beautiful sunshine. Besides, my TOPS meeting is tonight and after gaining three pounds for the Biggest Loser weigh-in on Saturday morning, I'm a bit worried about tonight's weigh-in. A walk won't hurt, right? Even if it is the first "real" walk of the year...
So, about quarter after five, I go get dressed enough to walk down Hoover Road so I can come home and get undressed and take a shower to go to my meeting. That's how it sounded in my brain, but my brain was trying to talk me out of it, and I didn't let it!! I got together my chair, my book, and my drink (in case I had to wait for Ron) and took off. I had gone not quite 1/4 of a mile when I got the text from Ron that he was on 774, so that was pretty good timing! I kept on, going around the curves, and my head had just crested the small hill when I saw him turn onto Hoover at the other end. So, by the time he reached me, I had walked just over half a mile, and my hip wasn't hurting at all. I was very glad about that, but I was also very glad for the ride back home, too.
I got home, got my shower and changed for my meeting. I'm always glad I get to see Ron for a few minutes before I leave, but when I got out of the bedroom, dressed to go, he was asleep in his recliner already. So, it really was just "see" him today. I kinda hated waking him up to kiss him goodbye, but I did anyway.
At the meeting, I got four quarters ready (we pay a quarter for each pound we've gained since the week before) before my weigh-in - besides, it got them out out of my pocket! To my great surprise, I actually LOST some weight! Not quite a pound, but a loss nonetheless. Yay, me! Guess that walk did some good, after all! Oh, I was so happy! Back on track to hitting that personal goal, yes! I can't wait to hit that goal so I get on to the SUPER personal goal that is next!!!
When I got home, Ron had already eaten his supper (a frozen Chinese thing), so I had to find me some supper. I finally made a can of potato soup and zapped the leftover meatloaf to get rid of it. Wasn't quite what I wanted, but I didn't know what I wanted, so this is what I chose. I can live with this.
I put my food, such as it was, and my exercise (a WalMart Walk is 1/2 mile, so I put that in) into MFP, and I was over 600 calories short for the day!! Well, that will never do, so I put in for a bag of popcorn and milk for a snack, even though it's 10:30 at night, and then I went and made it. It put me under 500 calories short for the day, and MFP still hollered at me, but now I don't think I'll have a sugar low overnight. At least I won't worry about it, like I would have at 600+ calories short, even though I didn't eat supper until 8:30.
Like I need something else to worry about, right?
I woke this morning before 10. That was kinda cool. I haven't done that in quite awhile, not without the alarm, and it was a good feeling to do so. It also meant that I slept really, really good, because I didn't go to sleep until after 2 this morning, so it was super awesome to me.
I got up, played Happy Homemaker, which took me quite a while - I hadn't done these tasks yesterday, and boy, had they built up over the weekend. I couldn't even do all the dishes, there were so many. I did most of them, leaving some of the bowls and some of the pans, and I'll finish them tomorrow. There will be all of today's dishes to add to what was left, but they won't sit all week.
I finally get my lunch (chicken salad and walnuts) and get on the pute around 2:30, and got all caught up. I decided that, since it was nice, I would walk to meet Ron (well, try to...) and enjoy some of this beautiful sunshine. Besides, my TOPS meeting is tonight and after gaining three pounds for the Biggest Loser weigh-in on Saturday morning, I'm a bit worried about tonight's weigh-in. A walk won't hurt, right? Even if it is the first "real" walk of the year...
So, about quarter after five, I go get dressed enough to walk down Hoover Road so I can come home and get undressed and take a shower to go to my meeting. That's how it sounded in my brain, but my brain was trying to talk me out of it, and I didn't let it!! I got together my chair, my book, and my drink (in case I had to wait for Ron) and took off. I had gone not quite 1/4 of a mile when I got the text from Ron that he was on 774, so that was pretty good timing! I kept on, going around the curves, and my head had just crested the small hill when I saw him turn onto Hoover at the other end. So, by the time he reached me, I had walked just over half a mile, and my hip wasn't hurting at all. I was very glad about that, but I was also very glad for the ride back home, too.
I got home, got my shower and changed for my meeting. I'm always glad I get to see Ron for a few minutes before I leave, but when I got out of the bedroom, dressed to go, he was asleep in his recliner already. So, it really was just "see" him today. I kinda hated waking him up to kiss him goodbye, but I did anyway.
At the meeting, I got four quarters ready (we pay a quarter for each pound we've gained since the week before) before my weigh-in - besides, it got them out out of my pocket! To my great surprise, I actually LOST some weight! Not quite a pound, but a loss nonetheless. Yay, me! Guess that walk did some good, after all! Oh, I was so happy! Back on track to hitting that personal goal, yes! I can't wait to hit that goal so I get on to the SUPER personal goal that is next!!!
When I got home, Ron had already eaten his supper (a frozen Chinese thing), so I had to find me some supper. I finally made a can of potato soup and zapped the leftover meatloaf to get rid of it. Wasn't quite what I wanted, but I didn't know what I wanted, so this is what I chose. I can live with this.
I put my food, such as it was, and my exercise (a WalMart Walk is 1/2 mile, so I put that in) into MFP, and I was over 600 calories short for the day!! Well, that will never do, so I put in for a bag of popcorn and milk for a snack, even though it's 10:30 at night, and then I went and made it. It put me under 500 calories short for the day, and MFP still hollered at me, but now I don't think I'll have a sugar low overnight. At least I won't worry about it, like I would have at 600+ calories short, even though I didn't eat supper until 8:30.
Like I need something else to worry about, right?
Monday, March 17, 2014
Enjoyed this Irish holiday, but paid the price...
Monday, March 17, 2014
I woke this morning before my alarm went off. Thank God - three days in a row of the alarm (now that I'm 'retired') would have been just enough to drive me crazy. Okay, crazier than I already am. Smartasses.
I met Josh for lunch, and we had a good visit as we ate. I had a double cheeseburger with tomato and onion only, as I always do at Wendy's, and made a chili my side instead of fries. Wendy's chili is good, which in Rita-talk means Not Spicy, and a much better choice than fries. See, I'm learning! Nothing beats a good, hot order of fries, though! Just so you know...
After Josh went back to work, I went on down to Walgreen's and got Ron's prescription, then came back to WalMart and got a WalMart Walk in. I meant to buy Ron some bananas while I was in the store, but I forgot, so I guess he won't get his potassium this week. Maybe I'll go to my TOPS meeting early tomorrow night and get some bananas at IGA. Maybe. IF I remember to. I did walk up and down all the food aisles, but didn't walk all the way across the back of the store - I only walked halfway across, then up to the front, and then left. It was still a WalMart Walk, and it was still my exercise for the day. I've got to get off my lazy ass and get moving again - it's Spring! Why am I not more interested in moving around more? I am so close to a personal goal! I was within ONE pound, but now have gained again and now have a fight on my hands (and the rest of my body, too) again. I've got to do this!! I've got to!! I've got to!! <beats head>
On my way home, I'm not sure why, I thought that a meatloaf sounded good for supper. So, when I got here, I went and got hamburger out of the freezer and defrosted it in the microwave. After a few minutes, I started smelling hamburger cooking, and wondered 'what the...?' Defrosting meat doesn't make it smell like it's cooking...oh, shit, did I hit the DEFROST button?? If you felt a minor earthquake this afternoon, it was me jumping up and running into the kitchen then! Yep, I had forgotten to put the microwave on DEFROST and .... ugh, I'm sure you get the picture.
I am so lucky that the plastic and the styrofoam bottom did not melt. Usually, on defrost, the microwave will stop halfway through the time (I assume to turn the stuff over) and I had a big enough mess to clean up with grease everywhere after I moved that cooked hamburger to the side. I went and got another pack of hamburger out of the freezer and really, truly defrosted it. After the other hamburger cooled down a little, I put it in a baggie and then in the fridge, so I can use it in a meal later. Maybe chili or something like that.
I put the meatloaf (which I made with Italian salad dressing this time, just to see how it would do) in the oven at quarter after six. When Ron got home just a few minutes later, I gave him the choice of baked potatoes or mashed potatoes. His answer? "They're both good." Men! Since he didn't give me a decent answer, or peel potatoes, I made the baked potatoes in the microwave (I love that potato sack!) and supper was done before his shower was over. I had also made a can of corn, so we had a full meal.
Might not have been the traditional Irish meal, but we're not your traditional Irish people, now are we?
The meat loaf was really good! Very tasty, and very, very moist. It's a pound and a half or so of hamburger (one of the 5-for-$20 packs) and I used - oh, just less than half a bottle of Italian Dressing, a sleeve of crackers, and one egg in the hamburger. I think I'll be doing that again - I liked it MUCH better than using ketchup or BBQ in the meatloaf, and Ron told me about ten times that it was good.
During the afternoon, seeing that this is/was St. Patrick's Day, and what should all good Irish - or Irish-American - girls do? Have a drink! I decided I could do this. After all, I'm home for day. I opened myself a Mike's Hard Strawberry Lemonade, and settled at the pute to enjoy it, and the rest of the day.
I took a swig of it every now and then, and finally finish it right before ten. TEN!!! Yep, I put all good Irish drinkers to shame, don't I? God, I'm pathetic.
So, needless to say, between Wendy's for lunch, Mike's Hard Lemonade, and a good supper, I was over on my calories. Not by much - less than 200 - but still over. I was not surprised. If I hadn't had the Mike's, I would have been just about even. Ah, well. I paid the price, and I enjoyed the dance first!
I woke this morning before my alarm went off. Thank God - three days in a row of the alarm (now that I'm 'retired') would have been just enough to drive me crazy. Okay, crazier than I already am. Smartasses.
I met Josh for lunch, and we had a good visit as we ate. I had a double cheeseburger with tomato and onion only, as I always do at Wendy's, and made a chili my side instead of fries. Wendy's chili is good, which in Rita-talk means Not Spicy, and a much better choice than fries. See, I'm learning! Nothing beats a good, hot order of fries, though! Just so you know...
After Josh went back to work, I went on down to Walgreen's and got Ron's prescription, then came back to WalMart and got a WalMart Walk in. I meant to buy Ron some bananas while I was in the store, but I forgot, so I guess he won't get his potassium this week. Maybe I'll go to my TOPS meeting early tomorrow night and get some bananas at IGA. Maybe. IF I remember to. I did walk up and down all the food aisles, but didn't walk all the way across the back of the store - I only walked halfway across, then up to the front, and then left. It was still a WalMart Walk, and it was still my exercise for the day. I've got to get off my lazy ass and get moving again - it's Spring! Why am I not more interested in moving around more? I am so close to a personal goal! I was within ONE pound, but now have gained again and now have a fight on my hands (and the rest of my body, too) again. I've got to do this!! I've got to!! I've got to!! <beats head>
On my way home, I'm not sure why, I thought that a meatloaf sounded good for supper. So, when I got here, I went and got hamburger out of the freezer and defrosted it in the microwave. After a few minutes, I started smelling hamburger cooking, and wondered 'what the...?' Defrosting meat doesn't make it smell like it's cooking...oh, shit, did I hit the DEFROST button?? If you felt a minor earthquake this afternoon, it was me jumping up and running into the kitchen then! Yep, I had forgotten to put the microwave on DEFROST and .... ugh, I'm sure you get the picture.
I am so lucky that the plastic and the styrofoam bottom did not melt. Usually, on defrost, the microwave will stop halfway through the time (I assume to turn the stuff over) and I had a big enough mess to clean up with grease everywhere after I moved that cooked hamburger to the side. I went and got another pack of hamburger out of the freezer and really, truly defrosted it. After the other hamburger cooled down a little, I put it in a baggie and then in the fridge, so I can use it in a meal later. Maybe chili or something like that.
I put the meatloaf (which I made with Italian salad dressing this time, just to see how it would do) in the oven at quarter after six. When Ron got home just a few minutes later, I gave him the choice of baked potatoes or mashed potatoes. His answer? "They're both good." Men! Since he didn't give me a decent answer, or peel potatoes, I made the baked potatoes in the microwave (I love that potato sack!) and supper was done before his shower was over. I had also made a can of corn, so we had a full meal.
Might not have been the traditional Irish meal, but we're not your traditional Irish people, now are we?
The meat loaf was really good! Very tasty, and very, very moist. It's a pound and a half or so of hamburger (one of the 5-for-$20 packs) and I used - oh, just less than half a bottle of Italian Dressing, a sleeve of crackers, and one egg in the hamburger. I think I'll be doing that again - I liked it MUCH better than using ketchup or BBQ in the meatloaf, and Ron told me about ten times that it was good.
During the afternoon, seeing that this is/was St. Patrick's Day, and what should all good Irish - or Irish-American - girls do? Have a drink! I decided I could do this. After all, I'm home for day. I opened myself a Mike's Hard Strawberry Lemonade, and settled at the pute to enjoy it, and the rest of the day.
I took a swig of it every now and then, and finally finish it right before ten. TEN!!! Yep, I put all good Irish drinkers to shame, don't I? God, I'm pathetic.
So, needless to say, between Wendy's for lunch, Mike's Hard Lemonade, and a good supper, I was over on my calories. Not by much - less than 200 - but still over. I was not surprised. If I hadn't had the Mike's, I would have been just about even. Ah, well. I paid the price, and I enjoyed the dance first!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Aaaaaah...lazy Sundays are great!
Sunday, March 16, 20114
Waking to the alarm, as I usually do on a Sunday, was rough, but I did it. I got up, got a shower and all that, and we left right on time at 10. Don't you just love when mornings fall into place as they're supposed to?
After church, we went up to Georgetown to Country Inn and had those big breakfasts that Ron and I both like so much. I was gonna order us a side of goetta, but I forgot, so it was just the normal breakfast for us.
We came home and just chilled in front of the TV, and I mean chilled. It was chilly here in the house! We had turned the heat down yesterday, and forgotten to turn it back up last night, and didn't turn it up high enough this morning before we left. We both got under blankets in our recliners! The house finally did warm up - at least enough for me to get on the pute for a bit. After getting my games caught up, I got back into my recliner - I was determined to get the stitching on my quilt finished today! I've been fiddle-farting around with that long enough!
I warmed up leftovers from the fridge for our supper - venison. There were a few vegetables with it, and I added some of the beans, etc. from yesterday (just a couple of spoonfuls) to beef it up, so to speak, and it was a very filling supper, but not high in calories, which let me have dessert - those Carrot Cake M&Ms that I bought the other day! Oh, my God, were those delicious! I am so glad that I have the control now to only eat a serving's worth and not scarf down the whole, because I sure could have, and in the past, WOULD have!
So, here it is, 11:00, and I am just now getting back on the pute, but, by God, the quilt is finished! I got that job done! I had already done my MFP, so I just have to write my blog and catch my games up once more, then that's it for the night. Bedtime for me to sleep til 11 - then I have to leave at 11:30, so my son can buy me lunch tomorrow! I have to go pick up a prescription for Ron (why can't the man understand that I need to know 5 days in advance to order the new prescription?) because he'll be out of this drug tomorrow, and God forbid that to happen. So, Josh and I will have lunch together for a change, and I'll let him buy me Wendy's (yeah, he's cheap, but that's okay). It's time with my son!
Those big breakfasts cost me 1000 calories, but between supper and dessert, I held on to be 200 short for the day. I am doing a 1500 calorie-a-day diet, but it sure seems to be plenty. While I'm down the road tomorrow, I might go into WalMart just to do a WalMart Walk. Why waste the gasoline? It's still gonna be too cool to walk outside, I think, so why not?
Waking to the alarm, as I usually do on a Sunday, was rough, but I did it. I got up, got a shower and all that, and we left right on time at 10. Don't you just love when mornings fall into place as they're supposed to?
After church, we went up to Georgetown to Country Inn and had those big breakfasts that Ron and I both like so much. I was gonna order us a side of goetta, but I forgot, so it was just the normal breakfast for us.
We came home and just chilled in front of the TV, and I mean chilled. It was chilly here in the house! We had turned the heat down yesterday, and forgotten to turn it back up last night, and didn't turn it up high enough this morning before we left. We both got under blankets in our recliners! The house finally did warm up - at least enough for me to get on the pute for a bit. After getting my games caught up, I got back into my recliner - I was determined to get the stitching on my quilt finished today! I've been fiddle-farting around with that long enough!
I warmed up leftovers from the fridge for our supper - venison. There were a few vegetables with it, and I added some of the beans, etc. from yesterday (just a couple of spoonfuls) to beef it up, so to speak, and it was a very filling supper, but not high in calories, which let me have dessert - those Carrot Cake M&Ms that I bought the other day! Oh, my God, were those delicious! I am so glad that I have the control now to only eat a serving's worth and not scarf down the whole, because I sure could have, and in the past, WOULD have!
So, here it is, 11:00, and I am just now getting back on the pute, but, by God, the quilt is finished! I got that job done! I had already done my MFP, so I just have to write my blog and catch my games up once more, then that's it for the night. Bedtime for me to sleep til 11 - then I have to leave at 11:30, so my son can buy me lunch tomorrow! I have to go pick up a prescription for Ron (why can't the man understand that I need to know 5 days in advance to order the new prescription?) because he'll be out of this drug tomorrow, and God forbid that to happen. So, Josh and I will have lunch together for a change, and I'll let him buy me Wendy's (yeah, he's cheap, but that's okay). It's time with my son!
Those big breakfasts cost me 1000 calories, but between supper and dessert, I held on to be 200 short for the day. I am doing a 1500 calorie-a-day diet, but it sure seems to be plenty. While I'm down the road tomorrow, I might go into WalMart just to do a WalMart Walk. Why waste the gasoline? It's still gonna be too cool to walk outside, I think, so why not?
Saturday, March 15, 2014
doing, Doing, DOING!
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Today I woke to the alarm clock. UGH! That's terrible on a Saturday! But, I had to, because we had things to do today, and had to leave the house by 10, so I had set the alarm for 9:30. It was rough, but I did it. All by myself, since the fellas were already out in the garage and yard and had forgotten all about me.
We didn't get on the road until twenty after ten - the guys, of course had "NO IDEA" what time it was and it took them that long to get things cleaned up and the garage closed down, and themselves cleaned up. We went to Georgetown for Ron to get his license plates. Corgan, Justin and I sat in the truck while Ron went in, because the license bureau in Georgetown is pretty small, then we went on up to Ruth's to help her get her yard cleared up of the tree branches that had come down in the ice storm in January. It didn't take all of us very long, only a couple of hours. Ruth had her grandkids outside with her, too, and Hailey was helping, too, as much as a five-year-old can help. Warren, being two weeks shy of a year old, just toddled around everywhere. He was a joy to watch! I worked a little, then took a break, worked some more, took a break. Ron had warned me that I had best not do too much, and I wasn't planning on it anyway, but I didn't want to do nothing, so I helped, just not too much. Ron had given the boys each a small saw (they are nine and ten...) and they were in seventh heaven! They kept begging him to give them the axe, but he didn't fall for that one.
We brought some of the small kindling-type branches and some of the bigger branches that we could use in the firepit home with us, but the branches that had big web-type branches coming off of them, we put into the big pile at the ditch that Ruth already had started. There was quite a decent pile there when we were done, probably as tall as me! Winchester is supposedly going to have a cleanup day for all those types of branches and then they will be gone. But her yard looks good now, not tree branch hell.
We got back home, got some lunch, and the guys went back outside. I did the dishes (on a Saturday!), figured out what to make for supper for everyone, and played on pute for a bit.
I made the 7-can soup for our supper, but it ended up being more like a 10-can soup, just because I wanted there to be enough for us all. As well as the "basic" recipe that I have, I added another can of veggies and a jar of mushrooms, as well as leftover beans from the fridge. I also made a triple recipe of cornbread in a big cake pan, It was a quite tasty supper, if I do say so myself!
After supper, we went outside and sat around a fire. The boys had been pestering us about having a fire tonight ever since we told them we were bringing some of that wood home (and they had to unload the truck!) and I had told them that THEY had to ask everyone else. I figured that they would forget, and that would be that. To my surprise, as soon as Josh, Chelle, and Jean walked in, that was just about the first thing they asked them! I was further surprised that everyone said that sounded great!! So, out we went and enjoyed a fire - we used the wood we already had, not the wood we just brought home, but it was still a beautiful evening for it.
At eight, we came in, and they all hit the road for home, and Ron and I turned on the TV for our evening.
I made me a bag of popcorn, which I had with a glass of milk, as usual, after I put my food into MFP and I had plenty of extra calories for the day. After my snack was added, I was still around 200 short for the day!
Early to bed tonight. That happens when I get up early. Hopefully I can sleep a good sleep, not disjointed sleep as happens sometimes when my brain is shortcircuiting - or what feels like shortcircuiting to me. We shall see.
Today I woke to the alarm clock. UGH! That's terrible on a Saturday! But, I had to, because we had things to do today, and had to leave the house by 10, so I had set the alarm for 9:30. It was rough, but I did it. All by myself, since the fellas were already out in the garage and yard and had forgotten all about me.
We didn't get on the road until twenty after ten - the guys, of course had "NO IDEA" what time it was and it took them that long to get things cleaned up and the garage closed down, and themselves cleaned up. We went to Georgetown for Ron to get his license plates. Corgan, Justin and I sat in the truck while Ron went in, because the license bureau in Georgetown is pretty small, then we went on up to Ruth's to help her get her yard cleared up of the tree branches that had come down in the ice storm in January. It didn't take all of us very long, only a couple of hours. Ruth had her grandkids outside with her, too, and Hailey was helping, too, as much as a five-year-old can help. Warren, being two weeks shy of a year old, just toddled around everywhere. He was a joy to watch! I worked a little, then took a break, worked some more, took a break. Ron had warned me that I had best not do too much, and I wasn't planning on it anyway, but I didn't want to do nothing, so I helped, just not too much. Ron had given the boys each a small saw (they are nine and ten...) and they were in seventh heaven! They kept begging him to give them the axe, but he didn't fall for that one.
We brought some of the small kindling-type branches and some of the bigger branches that we could use in the firepit home with us, but the branches that had big web-type branches coming off of them, we put into the big pile at the ditch that Ruth already had started. There was quite a decent pile there when we were done, probably as tall as me! Winchester is supposedly going to have a cleanup day for all those types of branches and then they will be gone. But her yard looks good now, not tree branch hell.
We got back home, got some lunch, and the guys went back outside. I did the dishes (on a Saturday!), figured out what to make for supper for everyone, and played on pute for a bit.
I made the 7-can soup for our supper, but it ended up being more like a 10-can soup, just because I wanted there to be enough for us all. As well as the "basic" recipe that I have, I added another can of veggies and a jar of mushrooms, as well as leftover beans from the fridge. I also made a triple recipe of cornbread in a big cake pan, It was a quite tasty supper, if I do say so myself!
After supper, we went outside and sat around a fire. The boys had been pestering us about having a fire tonight ever since we told them we were bringing some of that wood home (and they had to unload the truck!) and I had told them that THEY had to ask everyone else. I figured that they would forget, and that would be that. To my surprise, as soon as Josh, Chelle, and Jean walked in, that was just about the first thing they asked them! I was further surprised that everyone said that sounded great!! So, out we went and enjoyed a fire - we used the wood we already had, not the wood we just brought home, but it was still a beautiful evening for it.
At eight, we came in, and they all hit the road for home, and Ron and I turned on the TV for our evening.
I made me a bag of popcorn, which I had with a glass of milk, as usual, after I put my food into MFP and I had plenty of extra calories for the day. After my snack was added, I was still around 200 short for the day!
Early to bed tonight. That happens when I get up early. Hopefully I can sleep a good sleep, not disjointed sleep as happens sometimes when my brain is shortcircuiting - or what feels like shortcircuiting to me. We shall see.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Getting out and about today
Friday, March 14, 2014
Today started early this morning - in the middle of the night. I wasn't sleeping real well. I was too hot, I was too cold, I was sweating, I was having disjointed dreams, the house was creaking, just one thing after the other, on and on and on. My stomach was also doing that rumbly thing again and I went to the bathroom four times in half an hour. Finally, around 3, I went out and sat in my recliner. It popped into my mind to check my sugar, so I did. It was 54! FIFTY-FOUR. That's not good. As a matter of fact, that's pretty damn low, and no wonder my body, brain, everything is fighting sleep. I ate a few jelly beans (about 20) and just sat there for a few minutes, then finally went back in to bed. After a bit, probably really only ten minutes but it seemed like a lot longer, I finally fell into a real sleep.
So, when I got up this morning, around 10:30, it was like all the happenings of the night hadn't happened. I felt just fine. I just read a couple of chapters in my book, then got right up. I had left the jug of jelly beans in the center of my desk and when I saw those, it reminded me. I had to stop and think about it. I still wonder why it happened. I don't think I ate much different yesterday, but who knows? Maybe it's been building, that's why I've been so restless and unsettled.
After getting on the pute to check the banking, I got a shower, then did the check-writing I needed to do before leaving (gotta catch the mail!), re-checked the cabinets one last time and my 'errands' list, then got dressed and took off. For some reason, I thought it was supposed to be around 40 degrees outside today. I was wrong there, it was 60! Very warm, but very windy. It didn't take long for me to take my coat off, let me tell you. The car was nice and toasty with the sun shining through the windows, but when out of the car - brrrrr. The wind cut through me like a knife! Vicious.
I got the extra errands done, leaving getting my lunch and going grocery shopping for last, and finally, around two thirty, I got to Bob Evans. I wasn't sure what to have for my lunch, seeing that it's Friday, and being the good Catholic that I am, not having meat on the Fridays of Lent. It took me quite a while to find something halfway appealing. I chose an omelet - the Farm Favorite - but I forgot to tell them I don't like Swiss cheese, so it wasn't as good as it could have been (to me). It also had baby spinach in it, which I thought would be okay, because I like that in a salad, but it ended up I don't like it so much cooked. at. all. So, I won't be getting that again, but it was okay for a "try." Then it was on to WalMart and the grocery shopping.
Pretty sad when you look forward to walking through a grocery store for your exercise, isn't it? But I was, and I did a very nice WalMart Walk. I walked up and down every single grocery aisle, some more than once, as I went back for things I forgot, and then over to the other side of the store for the tail end of the Walk, as I always do, or to hit HBA, whichever is 'necessary.' (Hey, whatever works, right?)
Then home where I was hoping to beat the family - they had already texted me as I was in the checkout line that they were on the way. I replied to them "Still at WalMart, checking out. Drive slow." How funny is that? I did beat them there, by about two minutes. I had just backed the car in and turned the key off when here they were, pulling in.
Corgan has a friend spending the night with him tonight, and they are two normal boys. It's a good thing, because that means he doesn't want to just sit and stare at his "Most Stupid" TV shows and Ron & I can watch our dead guys. Are we pathetic or what? (don't answer that!)
I made mackerel patties and french fries for our supper, and the boys devoured the french fries. They each only ate one mackerel patty, but I didn't push them to eat more. There is plenty left for lunch tomorrow, or for me to have during next week, and that's okay with me. The fries are all gone, and that's a good thing, cause you can't really re-heat fries, now can you?
Putting my food into MFP, I was just 100 short for the day, so I'm hoping there will NOT be a repeat of last night. I don't like those sugar lows in the middle of the night, not one bit! No snack tonight, either.
Oh, I forgot to tell you - I found a new goodie at WalMart today that I couldn't resist. I haven't tried it/them yet, but when I do, I'll let you know.
CARROT CAKE M&Ms.....they are covered with white chocolate. Mmmmmmmmm. I had to buy a bag before there weren't any! I HAD to! They are still lying unopened on the kitchen table. I may try them on Sunday. We shall see.
Today started early this morning - in the middle of the night. I wasn't sleeping real well. I was too hot, I was too cold, I was sweating, I was having disjointed dreams, the house was creaking, just one thing after the other, on and on and on. My stomach was also doing that rumbly thing again and I went to the bathroom four times in half an hour. Finally, around 3, I went out and sat in my recliner. It popped into my mind to check my sugar, so I did. It was 54! FIFTY-FOUR. That's not good. As a matter of fact, that's pretty damn low, and no wonder my body, brain, everything is fighting sleep. I ate a few jelly beans (about 20) and just sat there for a few minutes, then finally went back in to bed. After a bit, probably really only ten minutes but it seemed like a lot longer, I finally fell into a real sleep.
So, when I got up this morning, around 10:30, it was like all the happenings of the night hadn't happened. I felt just fine. I just read a couple of chapters in my book, then got right up. I had left the jug of jelly beans in the center of my desk and when I saw those, it reminded me. I had to stop and think about it. I still wonder why it happened. I don't think I ate much different yesterday, but who knows? Maybe it's been building, that's why I've been so restless and unsettled.
After getting on the pute to check the banking, I got a shower, then did the check-writing I needed to do before leaving (gotta catch the mail!), re-checked the cabinets one last time and my 'errands' list, then got dressed and took off. For some reason, I thought it was supposed to be around 40 degrees outside today. I was wrong there, it was 60! Very warm, but very windy. It didn't take long for me to take my coat off, let me tell you. The car was nice and toasty with the sun shining through the windows, but when out of the car - brrrrr. The wind cut through me like a knife! Vicious.
I got the extra errands done, leaving getting my lunch and going grocery shopping for last, and finally, around two thirty, I got to Bob Evans. I wasn't sure what to have for my lunch, seeing that it's Friday, and being the good Catholic that I am, not having meat on the Fridays of Lent. It took me quite a while to find something halfway appealing. I chose an omelet - the Farm Favorite - but I forgot to tell them I don't like Swiss cheese, so it wasn't as good as it could have been (to me). It also had baby spinach in it, which I thought would be okay, because I like that in a salad, but it ended up I don't like it so much cooked. at. all. So, I won't be getting that again, but it was okay for a "try." Then it was on to WalMart and the grocery shopping.
Pretty sad when you look forward to walking through a grocery store for your exercise, isn't it? But I was, and I did a very nice WalMart Walk. I walked up and down every single grocery aisle, some more than once, as I went back for things I forgot, and then over to the other side of the store for the tail end of the Walk, as I always do, or to hit HBA, whichever is 'necessary.' (Hey, whatever works, right?)
Then home where I was hoping to beat the family - they had already texted me as I was in the checkout line that they were on the way. I replied to them "Still at WalMart, checking out. Drive slow." How funny is that? I did beat them there, by about two minutes. I had just backed the car in and turned the key off when here they were, pulling in.
Corgan has a friend spending the night with him tonight, and they are two normal boys. It's a good thing, because that means he doesn't want to just sit and stare at his "Most Stupid" TV shows and Ron & I can watch our dead guys. Are we pathetic or what? (don't answer that!)
I made mackerel patties and french fries for our supper, and the boys devoured the french fries. They each only ate one mackerel patty, but I didn't push them to eat more. There is plenty left for lunch tomorrow, or for me to have during next week, and that's okay with me. The fries are all gone, and that's a good thing, cause you can't really re-heat fries, now can you?
Putting my food into MFP, I was just 100 short for the day, so I'm hoping there will NOT be a repeat of last night. I don't like those sugar lows in the middle of the night, not one bit! No snack tonight, either.
Oh, I forgot to tell you - I found a new goodie at WalMart today that I couldn't resist. I haven't tried it/them yet, but when I do, I'll let you know.
CARROT CAKE M&Ms.....they are covered with white chocolate. Mmmmmmmmm. I had to buy a bag before there weren't any! I HAD to! They are still lying unopened on the kitchen table. I may try them on Sunday. We shall see.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Another blah day. What is going on...
Thursday, March 13, 2014
I am still feeling quite blah today.
I did absolutely nothing today except play on the pute. Nothing.
What is going on with me? I should be wanting to go out, go shopping, go eat, go do something. But, no, I just sit here. It's not even ten yet, and I'm ready to go to bed tonight. I will go grocery shopping tomorrow, and maybe doing that will be the shot in the arm that I need.
I didn't even eat any lunch today until almost three thirty, and I had to make myself eat then. Nothing sounded good, but I finally finished off my box of Cap'n Crunch Crunchberries. If I had known that the box was that close to empty, I would have finished it off a long time ago. It wasn't the best lunch in the world, but it is what it is.
I did feel that I could make a decent supper since I didn't do anything today, and I did that. I made pork chops in the crock pot (along with a can of potato soup (I am out of mushroom soup), half a jar of mushrooms, and a pack of ranch seasoning). I peeled six medium-sized potatoes and made mashed potatoes for us - it ended up being just enough! - and 2 cans of green beans, one low sodium. I figured we could eat more veggies, it'd be better for us! So, that was supper and it was pretty darn good, if I say so myself. I even used a little of the juice from the crock pot on my potatoes instead of butter, along with some of the mushrooms. I hadn't thickened it up any, but it was okay tasting. I was happy with it.
While watching TV, I did have a snack. I got into the Girl Scout I haven't put into the freezer yet. I only had a servings' worth, which is three cookies, along with a glass of milk. I don't know about you, but I have to dunk those hard-ass peanut butter sandwich cookies! They have a wonderful taste, but they are hard!
After putting my food into MFP, I was near my favorite number - 350 calories short for the day - and I was surprised at that. What with making a real supper and all, I thought it would be much closer to what it should be. I will take it and run, though! (not very far)
Grocery shopping tomorrow - no doubt about it - along with a couple of other errands, and maybe getting out and actually DOING something will shake some of this goofy feeling. I certainly hope so.
I am still feeling quite blah today.
I did absolutely nothing today except play on the pute. Nothing.
What is going on with me? I should be wanting to go out, go shopping, go eat, go do something. But, no, I just sit here. It's not even ten yet, and I'm ready to go to bed tonight. I will go grocery shopping tomorrow, and maybe doing that will be the shot in the arm that I need.
I didn't even eat any lunch today until almost three thirty, and I had to make myself eat then. Nothing sounded good, but I finally finished off my box of Cap'n Crunch Crunchberries. If I had known that the box was that close to empty, I would have finished it off a long time ago. It wasn't the best lunch in the world, but it is what it is.
I did feel that I could make a decent supper since I didn't do anything today, and I did that. I made pork chops in the crock pot (along with a can of potato soup (I am out of mushroom soup), half a jar of mushrooms, and a pack of ranch seasoning). I peeled six medium-sized potatoes and made mashed potatoes for us - it ended up being just enough! - and 2 cans of green beans, one low sodium. I figured we could eat more veggies, it'd be better for us! So, that was supper and it was pretty darn good, if I say so myself. I even used a little of the juice from the crock pot on my potatoes instead of butter, along with some of the mushrooms. I hadn't thickened it up any, but it was okay tasting. I was happy with it.
While watching TV, I did have a snack. I got into the Girl Scout I haven't put into the freezer yet. I only had a servings' worth, which is three cookies, along with a glass of milk. I don't know about you, but I have to dunk those hard-ass peanut butter sandwich cookies! They have a wonderful taste, but they are hard!
After putting my food into MFP, I was near my favorite number - 350 calories short for the day - and I was surprised at that. What with making a real supper and all, I thought it would be much closer to what it should be. I will take it and run, though! (not very far)
Grocery shopping tomorrow - no doubt about it - along with a couple of other errands, and maybe getting out and actually DOING something will shake some of this goofy feeling. I certainly hope so.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
A very cold, blah day
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Today was a pretty blah day - all day long. I felt restless and unsettled all day, I don't know why. I read a bit before getting out of bed, then got up and did those dishes I didn't do yesterday. I had to turn the thermostats/heaters back up, too. I had turned them all way down yesterday and had forgotten to turn them up last night when we went to bed. It was a little chilly in here! After the dishes were done, I played on the pute for a bit, but got tired of doing that, so worked some on stitching my quilt, but quickly tired of that, I made myself an egg sandwich for my lunch. I got dry roasted peanuts as my side, then went and got my book and just sat in my recliner and read some more while eating my lunch. It had also started to rain sometime along in here, so it was pretty miserable-looking out the windows, too.
After my lunch, I was feeling a little better - even a little energetic, so I decided to get on that damn exercise bike for at least a mile. And that's all I did - ONE mile. I felt like such a wimp. But my heart was thumping pretty good, so I thought it best that I stop. I'm glad that managed to do that much, though. It's been a couple of weeks since I've done even that. I've got to start doing the Wii Fit again, too. Maybe then I can stay on the bike longer, too. One will benefit the other, I am hoping.
As I was riding the bike, the rain turned to snow and I got to watch it out the window a little. Snow is just so beautiful as it falls. Flakes twisting and blowing in the wind as they settle to the earth - even though I'm glad this has to be one of the last snows this winter, I still think it's just absolutely gorgeous to SEE happening, every time. EVERY time. It just makes my heart happy. Snowfall, sunsets, sunrises, autumn, flowers, waterfalls....can't beat God, Mother Nature, what- or how- ever you want to say it, for your art, can you?
As I was sitting there after the exercise, I actually turned the TV on for company. How weird is that? Me, turning on the TV in the middle of the afternoon! I started fretting about why I was so unsettled, but didn't want to worry people by starting to text and call them, so I swallowed down my fears and thoughts, and kept them to myself. I just read with my eyes and listened to the TV with my ears, if you know what I mean.
Ron got home about quarter after six, and I was sitting there in my chair, under my quilt, once again putting stitches in it, with the TV on. He looked at me kinda funny, but didn't say anything. He pretty much got settled in for the evening, taking his shower, and settling into his own recliner.
Very close to 7:30, my cell phone rang. I didn't recognize the number, but it was a local number, so I answered it. It was a friend from church, wondering why I wasn't at the Altar Society meeting (where I am the treasurer!). Crap! I had forgotten!! I assured her that I was coming to the meeting, and would be there in a few minutes. I hung up, jumped up and started rushing around like a mad woman getting ready to leave.
No wonder I was unsettled! I had something to do tonight and I had forgotten all about it!
I got up to the meeting (in less than 15 minutes, thank you) and the meeting went as such meetings go.
I came back home, and I guess that small bit of activity had served a little bit of purpose - it made me hungry! I rummaged for supper, and finally made myself a grilled cheese sandwich, which I had with dry roasted peanuts (hey, I like 'em!) and some cherry tomatoes & celery sticks. I enjoyed my supper while cuddled back under my quilt watching Criminal Minds. Ron had made himself some of those cabbage steaks for his supper while I was gone, so I hadn't had to worry about his supper. That's good, because he shouldn't have had to wait that long for his food!
When I put my food, I was only 150 some calories short for the day. I am assuming it was because I had sandwiches twice today, but our bread isn't all that caloric (I get the diet potato bread) and that just doesn't make sense, so it's gotta be those peanuts. Dammit. Ah, well. I guess I should have known better than to have two sandwich-and-sides meals. At least I was still under on the calories! That's a good thing.
Shopping tomorrow, I think, although I may wait until Friday. I'll have to wait and see how I feel in the morning. Yay! A WalMart Walk!
Today was a pretty blah day - all day long. I felt restless and unsettled all day, I don't know why. I read a bit before getting out of bed, then got up and did those dishes I didn't do yesterday. I had to turn the thermostats/heaters back up, too. I had turned them all way down yesterday and had forgotten to turn them up last night when we went to bed. It was a little chilly in here! After the dishes were done, I played on the pute for a bit, but got tired of doing that, so worked some on stitching my quilt, but quickly tired of that, I made myself an egg sandwich for my lunch. I got dry roasted peanuts as my side, then went and got my book and just sat in my recliner and read some more while eating my lunch. It had also started to rain sometime along in here, so it was pretty miserable-looking out the windows, too.
After my lunch, I was feeling a little better - even a little energetic, so I decided to get on that damn exercise bike for at least a mile. And that's all I did - ONE mile. I felt like such a wimp. But my heart was thumping pretty good, so I thought it best that I stop. I'm glad that managed to do that much, though. It's been a couple of weeks since I've done even that. I've got to start doing the Wii Fit again, too. Maybe then I can stay on the bike longer, too. One will benefit the other, I am hoping.
As I was riding the bike, the rain turned to snow and I got to watch it out the window a little. Snow is just so beautiful as it falls. Flakes twisting and blowing in the wind as they settle to the earth - even though I'm glad this has to be one of the last snows this winter, I still think it's just absolutely gorgeous to SEE happening, every time. EVERY time. It just makes my heart happy. Snowfall, sunsets, sunrises, autumn, flowers, waterfalls....can't beat God, Mother Nature, what- or how- ever you want to say it, for your art, can you?
As I was sitting there after the exercise, I actually turned the TV on for company. How weird is that? Me, turning on the TV in the middle of the afternoon! I started fretting about why I was so unsettled, but didn't want to worry people by starting to text and call them, so I swallowed down my fears and thoughts, and kept them to myself. I just read with my eyes and listened to the TV with my ears, if you know what I mean.
Ron got home about quarter after six, and I was sitting there in my chair, under my quilt, once again putting stitches in it, with the TV on. He looked at me kinda funny, but didn't say anything. He pretty much got settled in for the evening, taking his shower, and settling into his own recliner.
Very close to 7:30, my cell phone rang. I didn't recognize the number, but it was a local number, so I answered it. It was a friend from church, wondering why I wasn't at the Altar Society meeting (where I am the treasurer!). Crap! I had forgotten!! I assured her that I was coming to the meeting, and would be there in a few minutes. I hung up, jumped up and started rushing around like a mad woman getting ready to leave.
No wonder I was unsettled! I had something to do tonight and I had forgotten all about it!
I got up to the meeting (in less than 15 minutes, thank you) and the meeting went as such meetings go.
I came back home, and I guess that small bit of activity had served a little bit of purpose - it made me hungry! I rummaged for supper, and finally made myself a grilled cheese sandwich, which I had with dry roasted peanuts (hey, I like 'em!) and some cherry tomatoes & celery sticks. I enjoyed my supper while cuddled back under my quilt watching Criminal Minds. Ron had made himself some of those cabbage steaks for his supper while I was gone, so I hadn't had to worry about his supper. That's good, because he shouldn't have had to wait that long for his food!
When I put my food, I was only 150 some calories short for the day. I am assuming it was because I had sandwiches twice today, but our bread isn't all that caloric (I get the diet potato bread) and that just doesn't make sense, so it's gotta be those peanuts. Dammit. Ah, well. I guess I should have known better than to have two sandwich-and-sides meals. At least I was still under on the calories! That's a good thing.
Shopping tomorrow, I think, although I may wait until Friday. I'll have to wait and see how I feel in the morning. Yay! A WalMart Walk!
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
70 degrees outside, and I stayed in
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
It was a beautiful day today! Supposed to top off somewhere in the 70s, and it eventually did, but when I woke up, my plan was to get our laundry finally all hung up and put away out of the baskets. I do that every now and then, you know, even though it's one of my least favorite jobs. So, after getting my lazy ass out of bed, I left the bedroom long enough to make myself tea and to start the last load of regular clothes, so I can get them put away, too, when they are done. When I'm gonna do a job, I'm gonna do it all!
I finally got done around 2, and came out to find me some lunch. I looked at the few dishes in the sink, and went ahead and got my lunch. The dishes can wait until tomorrow. I have played Happy Homemaker long enough today. I got my chicken salad, and dithered over my 'side' and chose dry roasted peanuts over my walnuts. I was in a nutty mood, evidently! But I hadn't had dry roasted for a while and had just got them when I did the shopping on Monday, so was looking forward to finally having some, so I suppose they were calling me a bit louder. I opened the back door(s), the front door, and one front window, so the breeze could go through the house. It sure felt good! I played on the pute while I was eating, but my FB still wasn't working right (the 'world' notifications wouldn't load, neither would the messages). Scrabble kept telling me every three games or so that it needed refreshed, too, so I had to keep going in and out of both it and Words With Friends, so I ended up just getting off the pute and doing some sewing (mending) that has been piling up over the winter. I wanted to change the bathroom over to Spring/Summer so bad, but I resisted. I try not to do that until the season change, and that's not for another ten days. I made myself just settle down to my sewing, basking in the sunshine coming in through the front door.
After that was done, I let myself fall asleep and I dozed until Ron came home. Me! Taking a nap!
After Ron got home, he let me sleep until time for me to leave for my TOPS meeting. I glanced around when he woke me up, and the thermometer on the wall - where the sun was shining straight in through the storm door - said MORE than 100 degrees!! Jiminy, no wonder I was sleepy! I shut the door while getting ready to leave, and the temperature had gone down ten degrees here in the house before I left.
When I got to my meeting, I weighed in, and I had lost! Not quite a pound, but still a loss. I am glad for that. I was still feeling dozy, and not quite right, and I wasn't sure about my weight for this week. By the time the meeting ended, though, I wasn't feeling real good at all. Luckily, I was stopping at the store to pick up a bag of ice, so I also got some munchies (ok, too many munchies) because I was feeling what I call "a mite peckish" and figured that NOW I'm starting a sugar low and probably won't make it home. Great, just what I need. So, since I can't make a decent decision, I got Ruffles, Reese's eggs, and 2 donuts. I thought that I'd eat the donuts on the way, and Ron and I would split the chips and the candy. But the donuts were stale, so I only ate half of one, and I opened the chips and munched some of those.
When I got home, Ron had made supper. He made hamburgers and peas. So, I had a hamburger, peas, the rest of the chips (Ron didn't want any), and the Reese's egg for my supper. I gave Ron the other Reese's egg, and I zapped the donuts and had them for my dessert. I suppose I could have waited and had them in the morning, but...nah.
When I put my food into MFP, I was over by 225. Not a surprise, not with the donuts and chips, but I am okay with that today. MFP daily calories are so much lower than TOPS calories, and I go by the MFP calories. I let myself forget that a lot, and I need to let myself have a 'bad' day every now and then. I AM still on the right track, I know I am.
It was a beautiful day today! Supposed to top off somewhere in the 70s, and it eventually did, but when I woke up, my plan was to get our laundry finally all hung up and put away out of the baskets. I do that every now and then, you know, even though it's one of my least favorite jobs. So, after getting my lazy ass out of bed, I left the bedroom long enough to make myself tea and to start the last load of regular clothes, so I can get them put away, too, when they are done. When I'm gonna do a job, I'm gonna do it all!
I finally got done around 2, and came out to find me some lunch. I looked at the few dishes in the sink, and went ahead and got my lunch. The dishes can wait until tomorrow. I have played Happy Homemaker long enough today. I got my chicken salad, and dithered over my 'side' and chose dry roasted peanuts over my walnuts. I was in a nutty mood, evidently! But I hadn't had dry roasted for a while and had just got them when I did the shopping on Monday, so was looking forward to finally having some, so I suppose they were calling me a bit louder. I opened the back door(s), the front door, and one front window, so the breeze could go through the house. It sure felt good! I played on the pute while I was eating, but my FB still wasn't working right (the 'world' notifications wouldn't load, neither would the messages). Scrabble kept telling me every three games or so that it needed refreshed, too, so I had to keep going in and out of both it and Words With Friends, so I ended up just getting off the pute and doing some sewing (mending) that has been piling up over the winter. I wanted to change the bathroom over to Spring/Summer so bad, but I resisted. I try not to do that until the season change, and that's not for another ten days. I made myself just settle down to my sewing, basking in the sunshine coming in through the front door.
After that was done, I let myself fall asleep and I dozed until Ron came home. Me! Taking a nap!
After Ron got home, he let me sleep until time for me to leave for my TOPS meeting. I glanced around when he woke me up, and the thermometer on the wall - where the sun was shining straight in through the storm door - said MORE than 100 degrees!! Jiminy, no wonder I was sleepy! I shut the door while getting ready to leave, and the temperature had gone down ten degrees here in the house before I left.
When I got to my meeting, I weighed in, and I had lost! Not quite a pound, but still a loss. I am glad for that. I was still feeling dozy, and not quite right, and I wasn't sure about my weight for this week. By the time the meeting ended, though, I wasn't feeling real good at all. Luckily, I was stopping at the store to pick up a bag of ice, so I also got some munchies (ok, too many munchies) because I was feeling what I call "a mite peckish" and figured that NOW I'm starting a sugar low and probably won't make it home. Great, just what I need. So, since I can't make a decent decision, I got Ruffles, Reese's eggs, and 2 donuts. I thought that I'd eat the donuts on the way, and Ron and I would split the chips and the candy. But the donuts were stale, so I only ate half of one, and I opened the chips and munched some of those.
When I got home, Ron had made supper. He made hamburgers and peas. So, I had a hamburger, peas, the rest of the chips (Ron didn't want any), and the Reese's egg for my supper. I gave Ron the other Reese's egg, and I zapped the donuts and had them for my dessert. I suppose I could have waited and had them in the morning, but...nah.
When I put my food into MFP, I was over by 225. Not a surprise, not with the donuts and chips, but I am okay with that today. MFP daily calories are so much lower than TOPS calories, and I go by the MFP calories. I let myself forget that a lot, and I need to let myself have a 'bad' day every now and then. I AM still on the right track, I know I am.
Monday, March 10, 2014
A pretty nice day - but still windy
Monday, March 10, 2014
First of all, I must wish a very Happy Birthday to both my brother Chip and my nephew Von. Chip is my oldest younger brother, and Von is my third younger brother's son. It was a big thrill when Von ended up being born on this day! Funny the little things (like that) you can remember at times like this.
On to my day -
It started by my alarm went off, which I had set just in case I wasn't up yet. Good thing, since obviously I wasn't, but it was interesting. Since I hadn't slept the night before, I wasn't really surprised that I slept that long, but I was hoping that I wouldn't.
I got up, got laundry gathered up to do when I got back, got the pot of beans out of the fridge to get to room temp while I'm gone, checked banking on the pute, then got myself dressed (a short-sleeved shirt!) and took off, carrying my jacket, not wearing it, to meet my sister as planned. I even got on the road a little early! After a turn-around because I forgot something (duh...), I was back on the road just five minutes later and still a bit early. I was kinda proud of myself.
We met and got our shopping (a Save-A-Lot Walk, not a WalMart Walk, but it all works the same!) done, then we talked for a bit in the parking lot. She headed for home and I headed for my lunch. I stopped at Country Inn, intending to get that big breakfast that Ron and I like, but once there, I decided that lunch sounded better than breakfast and then had to figure out what I wanted to stay within the ten dollars I set for myself. I finally chose the BLT double-decker sandwich, and instead of the steak fries (they only have steak fries), I got a baked potato. I know that I drown baked potatoes in butter, but as long as I claim it on MFP, I can handle it. And it sure tasted good. Besides, if I can, I put butter on my fries, too! (They are potatoes, aren't they?)
I got home, got everything unloaded, carried in, and put away, put the beans on to cook (one lower than medium), and got my laundry started. I've been washing towels using that baking soda and vinegar trick, and I washed my bras and Ron's socks and undies using that same trick today, along with a splash of bleach in with the baking soda in the first wash. Then it was pute time for me! I'm wishing hard that I could figure out these problems my pute is giving me right now. It can't all be coming from the mouse, I'm thinking. I hate losing all this Bengals stuff around my pute - first my keyboard (battery issues), and now my mouse. Rats!
It was a beautiful afternoon! I opened the doors, but had to close the back door because it was so windy that the wind was blowing through the house so weirdly and it still had a bit of a chill to it, even though the sun was quite warm, especially shining in the windows. It was very comfortable in here with the front door open, the sun shining through the storm door, and the curtains open letting all that sunshine in.
Ron got home right around six, and, luckily, this time the beans were done and we really enjoyed them. I was dithering over whether or not to have butter bread with mine, but Ron fixed that for me - he just made them for me anyway. I guess that was a good thing, cause when I put my supper into MFP, I was still way short for the day, but - trust me - I am still pretty full, so I don't want anything else to eat. I did munch on a turnip, though, so that helped a little. I'm getting a little worried, though. For the last couple of hours, I've been getting cramps where a woman my age shouldn't be getting cramps. Something isn't right. Certainly hoping that goes away overnight!
Putting all my food, including the turnip, into MFP made me short 301 calories for the day. Claiming the WalMart Walk helped, as any exercise does, but even without it, I would have been over 200 short. I am glad that I am doing so well with eating less calories, but the days I do get close, or even go over, are still often enough, that I think this is a good number for me. We'll see as the weather gets warmer, and I can start doing more.
First of all, I must wish a very Happy Birthday to both my brother Chip and my nephew Von. Chip is my oldest younger brother, and Von is my third younger brother's son. It was a big thrill when Von ended up being born on this day! Funny the little things (like that) you can remember at times like this.
On to my day -
It started by my alarm went off, which I had set just in case I wasn't up yet. Good thing, since obviously I wasn't, but it was interesting. Since I hadn't slept the night before, I wasn't really surprised that I slept that long, but I was hoping that I wouldn't.
I got up, got laundry gathered up to do when I got back, got the pot of beans out of the fridge to get to room temp while I'm gone, checked banking on the pute, then got myself dressed (a short-sleeved shirt!) and took off, carrying my jacket, not wearing it, to meet my sister as planned. I even got on the road a little early! After a turn-around because I forgot something (duh...), I was back on the road just five minutes later and still a bit early. I was kinda proud of myself.
We met and got our shopping (a Save-A-Lot Walk, not a WalMart Walk, but it all works the same!) done, then we talked for a bit in the parking lot. She headed for home and I headed for my lunch. I stopped at Country Inn, intending to get that big breakfast that Ron and I like, but once there, I decided that lunch sounded better than breakfast and then had to figure out what I wanted to stay within the ten dollars I set for myself. I finally chose the BLT double-decker sandwich, and instead of the steak fries (they only have steak fries), I got a baked potato. I know that I drown baked potatoes in butter, but as long as I claim it on MFP, I can handle it. And it sure tasted good. Besides, if I can, I put butter on my fries, too! (They are potatoes, aren't they?)
I got home, got everything unloaded, carried in, and put away, put the beans on to cook (one lower than medium), and got my laundry started. I've been washing towels using that baking soda and vinegar trick, and I washed my bras and Ron's socks and undies using that same trick today, along with a splash of bleach in with the baking soda in the first wash. Then it was pute time for me! I'm wishing hard that I could figure out these problems my pute is giving me right now. It can't all be coming from the mouse, I'm thinking. I hate losing all this Bengals stuff around my pute - first my keyboard (battery issues), and now my mouse. Rats!
It was a beautiful afternoon! I opened the doors, but had to close the back door because it was so windy that the wind was blowing through the house so weirdly and it still had a bit of a chill to it, even though the sun was quite warm, especially shining in the windows. It was very comfortable in here with the front door open, the sun shining through the storm door, and the curtains open letting all that sunshine in.
Ron got home right around six, and, luckily, this time the beans were done and we really enjoyed them. I was dithering over whether or not to have butter bread with mine, but Ron fixed that for me - he just made them for me anyway. I guess that was a good thing, cause when I put my supper into MFP, I was still way short for the day, but - trust me - I am still pretty full, so I don't want anything else to eat. I did munch on a turnip, though, so that helped a little. I'm getting a little worried, though. For the last couple of hours, I've been getting cramps where a woman my age shouldn't be getting cramps. Something isn't right. Certainly hoping that goes away overnight!
Putting all my food, including the turnip, into MFP made me short 301 calories for the day. Claiming the WalMart Walk helped, as any exercise does, but even without it, I would have been over 200 short. I am glad that I am doing so well with eating less calories, but the days I do get close, or even go over, are still often enough, that I think this is a good number for me. We'll see as the weather gets warmer, and I can start doing more.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Changing time, changing sleep habits. Ugh!
Sunday, March 9, 2014
We changed the clocks last night, losing an hour of sleep in the process, as I'm sure you know. On top of drinking tea when we had supper (yes, I should have known better), that meant that this chickie got next to no sleep last night, and what sleep I got was the lousy sleep of my past. So, as well as already knowing today was going to fly by, it was now going to drag by because I'm tired out of my skull. Wonderful.
The alarm went off, as it does on Sundays, at nine. I hit snooze and hit snooze and hit snooze. Ron finally came in and made me get moving at quarter til ten. I was already telling myself to get with it, but his reminder made me actually move. We leave for church at 10, so it really was time for me to get going!
Church seemed to take forever, of course, as it always seems to do this first Spring morning after the time change. And after church, after I sell raffle tickets for the picture once again, we are going down to LaRosa's for a fundraiser for the March of Dimes. We have been looking forward to this for quite a while, and it's finally here! Of course, we didn't realize it was gonna be the day of the time change, but I guess that's our fault. Off we go. Josh and his family met us there, and we had a very nice lunch. They all got medium pizzas, and Ron and I got calzones and garlic bread. We got the 3-cheese (or is it 4-cheese? I don't remember), and we both chose pepperoni and sausage. He chose black olives as his third choice, while I got mushrooms as mine. Neither of us like LaRosa's pizza sauce, so we gave our dipping sauce cups to Corgan for his pizza. He was a happy boy.
We went down to the Verizon store to get some business taken care of with all of us present. Between Ron and Chelle's work, it's hard to find time to do stuff like that when places are open and we're all together, but it fell in place today, thank God. One down, six zillion to go.
Ron and I came home and he went out into the garage and piddled around the rest of the afternoon. He even took his motorcycle (his bike, his true mistress) out for a spin! Then, around seven, he came in wondering about supper. I didn't even realize it was that late! I made him the cabbage dish in the Dutch Oven with the smoked sausage in it, cooking it a little over medium so it would be done at eight. He sat at the table and piddled around with some of his guitars. I laughed at him. I told him, "like if we have a yard sale, you'd really sell some of those!" He grunted.
I made me a can/bowl of chicken noodle soup for my supper, because I had already entered lunch into MFP, and I had less than 200 calories to spare for supper. But, with only having soup, I made it, with 45 calories to spare. I suppose I could have got off my lazy ass and got some exercise in, but -- nah -- not me, not on a Sunday like this.
I'm going to bed early tonight! I'm meeting my sister tomorrow, and gotta give her books...
We changed the clocks last night, losing an hour of sleep in the process, as I'm sure you know. On top of drinking tea when we had supper (yes, I should have known better), that meant that this chickie got next to no sleep last night, and what sleep I got was the lousy sleep of my past. So, as well as already knowing today was going to fly by, it was now going to drag by because I'm tired out of my skull. Wonderful.
The alarm went off, as it does on Sundays, at nine. I hit snooze and hit snooze and hit snooze. Ron finally came in and made me get moving at quarter til ten. I was already telling myself to get with it, but his reminder made me actually move. We leave for church at 10, so it really was time for me to get going!
Church seemed to take forever, of course, as it always seems to do this first Spring morning after the time change. And after church, after I sell raffle tickets for the picture once again, we are going down to LaRosa's for a fundraiser for the March of Dimes. We have been looking forward to this for quite a while, and it's finally here! Of course, we didn't realize it was gonna be the day of the time change, but I guess that's our fault. Off we go. Josh and his family met us there, and we had a very nice lunch. They all got medium pizzas, and Ron and I got calzones and garlic bread. We got the 3-cheese (or is it 4-cheese? I don't remember), and we both chose pepperoni and sausage. He chose black olives as his third choice, while I got mushrooms as mine. Neither of us like LaRosa's pizza sauce, so we gave our dipping sauce cups to Corgan for his pizza. He was a happy boy.
We went down to the Verizon store to get some business taken care of with all of us present. Between Ron and Chelle's work, it's hard to find time to do stuff like that when places are open and we're all together, but it fell in place today, thank God. One down, six zillion to go.
Ron and I came home and he went out into the garage and piddled around the rest of the afternoon. He even took his motorcycle (his bike, his true mistress) out for a spin! Then, around seven, he came in wondering about supper. I didn't even realize it was that late! I made him the cabbage dish in the Dutch Oven with the smoked sausage in it, cooking it a little over medium so it would be done at eight. He sat at the table and piddled around with some of his guitars. I laughed at him. I told him, "like if we have a yard sale, you'd really sell some of those!" He grunted.
I made me a can/bowl of chicken noodle soup for my supper, because I had already entered lunch into MFP, and I had less than 200 calories to spare for supper. But, with only having soup, I made it, with 45 calories to spare. I suppose I could have got off my lazy ass and got some exercise in, but -- nah -- not me, not on a Sunday like this.
I'm going to bed early tonight! I'm meeting my sister tomorrow, and gotta give her books...
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Not your (my) regular boring Saturday!
Saturday, March 8, 2014
When I woke up this morning, I just laid in bed reading, because there was no sense in getting up - Ron was gone to work and it would be another day, just like all the others. I'm going to see my sister and give her books on Monday, and I want to finish the one I'm reading, because I know she'll really like this one, so -- why not?
After a while, though, even that gets old, and I was getting restless. I got up and did my weigh-in for my Biggest Loser contest, and I had lost a couple more pounds according to my Wii! One more pound to go to one of my goals! Then I can do another happy dance, I think. I might even be able to start doing more happy dance, more often, for longer amounts of time! I make myself a peanut butter and jelly (orange marmalade) sandwich for my lunch, and then it's time to get on the pute.
Just about then, luckily, I got a text from Josh. They are going to go to Trader's World when Chelle gets off of work, and am I doing anything today?
I quickly texted Ron to find out if he's just about done with work for the day (sometimes Saturdays end up short, sometimes they last all day), and he is up in Wilmington and will still be a couple of hours, and then is going to go help work on my brother's truck when he gets off work, so go ahead, he says - HE sure doesn't want to go! I text Josh back, and we make arrangements for them to stop here and then we'll take my car so we'll have a bit more room. So, I got stuck driving up there, but that's okay once I got past damn ol' 125.
Oh, Trader's World! How I had forgotten just how large that place is. I didn't have to stop to sit and rest until we were halfway through, or more, and I was proud of myself for that, but my hips and the front of my legs certainly let me know that I was doing some serious walking. I am always so amazed at two things up there. 1) the diversity of stuff they have there, and the wonder of some of the stuff they have there, and 2) the JUNK they have there! It's unbelievable, sometimes, the same things they have (junkish) over and over and over again. Makes you wonder if the same people have more than one booth. But they (different booths) have some amazing things, too. It's always a fun, interesting, and profitable (for Santa or the Easter Bunny) afternoon to go up there!
When we left there, Chelle told Josh, "Time to call your dad!" and he did. Why was he calling his dad? So Ron could come down and meet us at Hibachi Grill & Buffet for supper!! LOL That's too funny. I had told Ron not to be surprised if that would happen, and I got a little thrill out of being right (it doesn't happen all that often any more) about that, and about where!
Ron did come down and joined us, and we had a very pleasant meal. Chelle even got to drive Ron's truck home, since he was a little tired after working today. She was tickled over that!
When I put my food and exercise (I claimed walking a mile and a half, slow pace) on MFP, I was 180 calories short for the day - believe it or not, there is a "waytoomuch Chinese buffet" on MFP (500 calories a plate!) - but that's okay, it was worth it for the family time!
When I woke up this morning, I just laid in bed reading, because there was no sense in getting up - Ron was gone to work and it would be another day, just like all the others. I'm going to see my sister and give her books on Monday, and I want to finish the one I'm reading, because I know she'll really like this one, so -- why not?
After a while, though, even that gets old, and I was getting restless. I got up and did my weigh-in for my Biggest Loser contest, and I had lost a couple more pounds according to my Wii! One more pound to go to one of my goals! Then I can do another happy dance, I think. I might even be able to start doing more happy dance, more often, for longer amounts of time! I make myself a peanut butter and jelly (orange marmalade) sandwich for my lunch, and then it's time to get on the pute.
Just about then, luckily, I got a text from Josh. They are going to go to Trader's World when Chelle gets off of work, and am I doing anything today?
I quickly texted Ron to find out if he's just about done with work for the day (sometimes Saturdays end up short, sometimes they last all day), and he is up in Wilmington and will still be a couple of hours, and then is going to go help work on my brother's truck when he gets off work, so go ahead, he says - HE sure doesn't want to go! I text Josh back, and we make arrangements for them to stop here and then we'll take my car so we'll have a bit more room. So, I got stuck driving up there, but that's okay once I got past damn ol' 125.
Oh, Trader's World! How I had forgotten just how large that place is. I didn't have to stop to sit and rest until we were halfway through, or more, and I was proud of myself for that, but my hips and the front of my legs certainly let me know that I was doing some serious walking. I am always so amazed at two things up there. 1) the diversity of stuff they have there, and the wonder of some of the stuff they have there, and 2) the JUNK they have there! It's unbelievable, sometimes, the same things they have (junkish) over and over and over again. Makes you wonder if the same people have more than one booth. But they (different booths) have some amazing things, too. It's always a fun, interesting, and profitable (for Santa or the Easter Bunny) afternoon to go up there!
When we left there, Chelle told Josh, "Time to call your dad!" and he did. Why was he calling his dad? So Ron could come down and meet us at Hibachi Grill & Buffet for supper!! LOL That's too funny. I had told Ron not to be surprised if that would happen, and I got a little thrill out of being right (it doesn't happen all that often any more) about that, and about where!
Ron did come down and joined us, and we had a very pleasant meal. Chelle even got to drive Ron's truck home, since he was a little tired after working today. She was tickled over that!
When I put my food and exercise (I claimed walking a mile and a half, slow pace) on MFP, I was 180 calories short for the day - believe it or not, there is a "waytoomuch Chinese buffet" on MFP (500 calories a plate!) - but that's okay, it was worth it for the family time!
Friday, March 7, 2014
FISH FRY!!
Friday, March 7, 2014
I woke this morning, as I usually do, around 10:30, and read a bit before getting up. When I did get up, I did the dishes, and piddled around a little bit before getting on the pute for the afternoon. I only had until 4, anyway, because I had to take a shower, get dressed, and be up at the first Fish Fry of the year by 5. I am selling tickets for the beautiful picture we are raffling off at Easter tonight, and I'll be there the entire time.
I ate my lunch around 2:30, because I knew I'd be smelling delicious food while sitting at the Fish Fry and didn't want to succumb to the temptation. I made myself an egg sandwich, and I even put mayo - which is Miracle Whip Light - on it today! I usually don't, but, for some reason, today it sounded really good. So, I did it - I added it to my sandwich. No sides or anything, just the sandwich, and that was enough. I knew supper would be high calorie and high carbs.
I got all my stuff together for going up to church. I made my tea, got me an extra cup of ice, the rest of the tea in a different cup, a nut bar, a second book, Ron's DS, the raffle tickets and the money bucket and off I went, right on time. When I pulled into the church, the lot was full, absolutely full, of cars, and I glance at the sign out front and it said 'Fish Fry 4:30 - 7:30' Oh, great! I thought it was 5 - 8!! I wonder when they changed it, and why I never noticed? Oh, well, nothing to do about it now. I get in, get settled, and start selling raffle tickets, reading my book between talking to people and all. I had a great time!
Ron showed up about quarter til 7, which was good, cause I was getting hungry - it sure smelled good in there! (We had planned on him getting there at 7.) We each got a combo meal for our supper (a piece of fish, 2 shrimp, hush puppies (I gave mine to Ron), french fries, and slaw - which I replaced with applesauce) and I ate mine at my little ticket table, while he sat with friends. It was very good - probably the best meal we've ever gotten there. Usually it's cooked hard as a rock, and this wasn't. We were happy.
We've done our bit for our church now, though, and we can go enjoy other fish fries without feeling guilty.
We came home, he turned on the TV and promptly fell asleep in his recliner, and I got on the pute.
Did I tell you I think my mouse is going bad? Yeah, my beautiful Bengals mouse. Sigh. I have to click hard or double click and it is getting frustrating, but I don't wanna give up my Bengals mouse! What am I gonna do? I guess I'll decide after Easter - I can wait until then, I suppose. It's only six weeks.
I put my food into MFP. I wasn't sure how to put my food from the Fish Fry, but finally just put in 2 of the square fish fillets that I already have listed. I thought about skipping it, but figured I could improvise. Using that, I came up just 50 calories short for the day! Yikes, 50!! Ah, well. With all the massive shortages I've had recently, I guess I am okay with that.
It sure was nice driving through town tonight with my cars windows halfway down!!
I woke this morning, as I usually do, around 10:30, and read a bit before getting up. When I did get up, I did the dishes, and piddled around a little bit before getting on the pute for the afternoon. I only had until 4, anyway, because I had to take a shower, get dressed, and be up at the first Fish Fry of the year by 5. I am selling tickets for the beautiful picture we are raffling off at Easter tonight, and I'll be there the entire time.
I ate my lunch around 2:30, because I knew I'd be smelling delicious food while sitting at the Fish Fry and didn't want to succumb to the temptation. I made myself an egg sandwich, and I even put mayo - which is Miracle Whip Light - on it today! I usually don't, but, for some reason, today it sounded really good. So, I did it - I added it to my sandwich. No sides or anything, just the sandwich, and that was enough. I knew supper would be high calorie and high carbs.
I got all my stuff together for going up to church. I made my tea, got me an extra cup of ice, the rest of the tea in a different cup, a nut bar, a second book, Ron's DS, the raffle tickets and the money bucket and off I went, right on time. When I pulled into the church, the lot was full, absolutely full, of cars, and I glance at the sign out front and it said 'Fish Fry 4:30 - 7:30' Oh, great! I thought it was 5 - 8!! I wonder when they changed it, and why I never noticed? Oh, well, nothing to do about it now. I get in, get settled, and start selling raffle tickets, reading my book between talking to people and all. I had a great time!
Ron showed up about quarter til 7, which was good, cause I was getting hungry - it sure smelled good in there! (We had planned on him getting there at 7.) We each got a combo meal for our supper (a piece of fish, 2 shrimp, hush puppies (I gave mine to Ron), french fries, and slaw - which I replaced with applesauce) and I ate mine at my little ticket table, while he sat with friends. It was very good - probably the best meal we've ever gotten there. Usually it's cooked hard as a rock, and this wasn't. We were happy.
We've done our bit for our church now, though, and we can go enjoy other fish fries without feeling guilty.
We came home, he turned on the TV and promptly fell asleep in his recliner, and I got on the pute.
Did I tell you I think my mouse is going bad? Yeah, my beautiful Bengals mouse. Sigh. I have to click hard or double click and it is getting frustrating, but I don't wanna give up my Bengals mouse! What am I gonna do? I guess I'll decide after Easter - I can wait until then, I suppose. It's only six weeks.
I put my food into MFP. I wasn't sure how to put my food from the Fish Fry, but finally just put in 2 of the square fish fillets that I already have listed. I thought about skipping it, but figured I could improvise. Using that, I came up just 50 calories short for the day! Yikes, 50!! Ah, well. With all the massive shortages I've had recently, I guess I am okay with that.
It sure was nice driving through town tonight with my cars windows halfway down!!
Thursday, March 6, 2014
A depressing day for me
Thursday, March 6, 2014
I woke up this morning a little after 10. After reading a little bit, I got up, piddled around the house for a bit, waiting for Ron to call and let me know about his paycheck. As soon as I knew, I had to go down and pay the Verizon bill for both February and March, but I needed to know how much he was putting in the bank first. That's the only thing 'wrong' with these winter hours - it's a little rough on the paycheck.
Once he called, though, I went down and got that done. It wasn't what I was planning on doing with our money with week, but...there it was. Had to be done. I stopped at Bob Evans for some lunch on my way home. I was stupid and didn't eat before leaving home, and that was totally my fault. I should have, but I can only blame it on my nerves and not thinking straight with all the other crap going on. I tell you - I think I'm going crazy some days, and this was one of the days! I did resist the heavy carbs calling me, though, and only had the half-sandwich combo (turkey melt sandwich and potato soup) instead of the chicken-n-noodles with mashed potatoes and a biscuit that I wanted. Still carb-ish, but nowhere near as bad. I sat there for over an hour and a half, just reading my book and NOT being at home, with all the everything staring me in the face. When I got home, though, I brought the mail in with me and the phone was ringing as I walked in and it all started again. I went and laid on the bed and covered my head with my pillow for a few minutes.
After a bout of crying and a serious talk with God, I calmed down and came to the conclusion that I am stronger than all of this, though, and got up, took a couple of deep breaths, and came out and -- got on the pute! By the time Ron got home at quarter after six, I was back to 'normal' and ready for our evening.
We made hamburger patties for our supper. I made him steamed veggies in the microwave for his side, and I had pretzels for my side. When I put my food into MFP, I had more calories left over than I did yesterday, and I had fasted yesterday! So, I made myself a bag of popcorn with a glass of milk. It was a little late, but it was sure better than a sugar low overnight, and I was still 350 calories short for the day! I couldn't believe it - but I hadn't eaten anything else. Honest, I didn't. Lunch, and supper. That was it, until I had my snack.
I did have a bit of exercise, but I'm not telling you about that. I don't tell y'all every little thing!
I'm sticking with my new motto - Tomorrow is Another Day! - and tomorrow night, I'll be up at St. Mary's Fish Fry, selling raffle tickets for a wonderful picture that we'll be drawing the winner of at Easter. Come up, get yourself (and your family - we do carry-out) a good supper and see this picture for yourself and buy some raffle tickets. Please don't make me sit there for three hours (5 - 8) in vain.
I woke up this morning a little after 10. After reading a little bit, I got up, piddled around the house for a bit, waiting for Ron to call and let me know about his paycheck. As soon as I knew, I had to go down and pay the Verizon bill for both February and March, but I needed to know how much he was putting in the bank first. That's the only thing 'wrong' with these winter hours - it's a little rough on the paycheck.
Once he called, though, I went down and got that done. It wasn't what I was planning on doing with our money with week, but...there it was. Had to be done. I stopped at Bob Evans for some lunch on my way home. I was stupid and didn't eat before leaving home, and that was totally my fault. I should have, but I can only blame it on my nerves and not thinking straight with all the other crap going on. I tell you - I think I'm going crazy some days, and this was one of the days! I did resist the heavy carbs calling me, though, and only had the half-sandwich combo (turkey melt sandwich and potato soup) instead of the chicken-n-noodles with mashed potatoes and a biscuit that I wanted. Still carb-ish, but nowhere near as bad. I sat there for over an hour and a half, just reading my book and NOT being at home, with all the everything staring me in the face. When I got home, though, I brought the mail in with me and the phone was ringing as I walked in and it all started again. I went and laid on the bed and covered my head with my pillow for a few minutes.
After a bout of crying and a serious talk with God, I calmed down and came to the conclusion that I am stronger than all of this, though, and got up, took a couple of deep breaths, and came out and -- got on the pute! By the time Ron got home at quarter after six, I was back to 'normal' and ready for our evening.
We made hamburger patties for our supper. I made him steamed veggies in the microwave for his side, and I had pretzels for my side. When I put my food into MFP, I had more calories left over than I did yesterday, and I had fasted yesterday! So, I made myself a bag of popcorn with a glass of milk. It was a little late, but it was sure better than a sugar low overnight, and I was still 350 calories short for the day! I couldn't believe it - but I hadn't eaten anything else. Honest, I didn't. Lunch, and supper. That was it, until I had my snack.
I did have a bit of exercise, but I'm not telling you about that. I don't tell y'all every little thing!
I'm sticking with my new motto - Tomorrow is Another Day! - and tomorrow night, I'll be up at St. Mary's Fish Fry, selling raffle tickets for a wonderful picture that we'll be drawing the winner of at Easter. Come up, get yourself (and your family - we do carry-out) a good supper and see this picture for yourself and buy some raffle tickets. Please don't make me sit there for three hours (5 - 8) in vain.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Doctor appointment. Ash Wednesday. Good for us, all the way through.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Today started with the alarm going off at 9. That wasn't so bad, but I hadn't gone to sleep until almost 2, so it was bad enough. But, then, with Ron home, I can't get myself up - oh, no, he's gotta holler at me every few minutes to say "are you up?" - you'd think the man doesn't know that I know I have a doctor appointment. Men!
We got on the road at 10, as planned, and got to the doctor's office, where things went pretty well, thank you very much. Ron's blood pressure was 132/79. As you know, 120/80 is normal, so that was a very good number. We were so relieved with that news!
My HbA1c number was not so good, though. The last time I was there, it was 6.3 and Doc let me quit taking one of my meds, and I was hoping that this time, I could lower the other from four times a day down to three times a day. Nope, not gonna happen right now. The A1c number is an average over the last few months - in this case, three - and this time, the holidays happened within those three months, and my number was 7.5. While that's above the 7 that they like, Doc said that that was an okay number, seeing what it has been at over the past, and seeing that the holidays were in there. He said that we'll see what it is in three months and make a decision from there.
He was pretty happy with both my and Ron's weight and told us to keep up what we are doing, and urging us to get more exercise (that evil E word! I told him) now that it will be getting warmer. We assured him that we certainly planning on it, and that we are.
I also had Doc check my ears, and he said they were full of wax, and he got out his handy-dandy HUGE syringe thingy to squirt warm water into my ears (one at a time, of course) and get the wax out. Between the forceful warm water squirted in and his forceps/tweezers, he got some ugly nasty hunks of wax out of my ears - and here I thought I did a decent job yesterday with my little bulb syringe. Man. I hate, Hate, HATE when that needs done! Doc just laughs at me as I squirm, make faces, and squiggle my legs around as he squirts that water into my ear. He's a fun doctor!
Being Ash Wednesday, according to Church rules, we are to fast today, but are permitted one meal with no meat, which is okay because we like fish. Illnesses exempt us from total strictness on this, but we follow the 'rules' as much as we can. So, after leaving Doc's, we went to Crackhead Barrel for our lunch. Ron got a Rainbow Trout meal, with a sweet potato and broccoli for his lunch, and I got their "Fish Fry" with cod, steak fries, and a side salad for my lunch. And - are you all sitting down? - I didn't even walk around the store, not at all, when we were done eating! Nope, we just left. Oh, it was hard, but I did it.
We came home, and just chilled until time to go to church for tonight's services. After that, we went to Arby's for their fish sandwiches (2/$5!) for our huge - one sandwich each - supper. So, we may not have totally fasted, but we did a good job today.
Not surprisingly, when I put my food into MFP, I was 350 some calories short for the day, and MFP hollered at me. Ah, well.
Our bodies (and minds) were well taken care of with the doctor visit, and our souls were well taken care of with the religious aspect of the day.
We are good, all the way through. Until tomorrow, anyway.
Today started with the alarm going off at 9. That wasn't so bad, but I hadn't gone to sleep until almost 2, so it was bad enough. But, then, with Ron home, I can't get myself up - oh, no, he's gotta holler at me every few minutes to say "are you up?" - you'd think the man doesn't know that I know I have a doctor appointment. Men!
We got on the road at 10, as planned, and got to the doctor's office, where things went pretty well, thank you very much. Ron's blood pressure was 132/79. As you know, 120/80 is normal, so that was a very good number. We were so relieved with that news!
My HbA1c number was not so good, though. The last time I was there, it was 6.3 and Doc let me quit taking one of my meds, and I was hoping that this time, I could lower the other from four times a day down to three times a day. Nope, not gonna happen right now. The A1c number is an average over the last few months - in this case, three - and this time, the holidays happened within those three months, and my number was 7.5. While that's above the 7 that they like, Doc said that that was an okay number, seeing what it has been at over the past, and seeing that the holidays were in there. He said that we'll see what it is in three months and make a decision from there.
He was pretty happy with both my and Ron's weight and told us to keep up what we are doing, and urging us to get more exercise (that evil E word! I told him) now that it will be getting warmer. We assured him that we certainly planning on it, and that we are.
I also had Doc check my ears, and he said they were full of wax, and he got out his handy-dandy HUGE syringe thingy to squirt warm water into my ears (one at a time, of course) and get the wax out. Between the forceful warm water squirted in and his forceps/tweezers, he got some ugly nasty hunks of wax out of my ears - and here I thought I did a decent job yesterday with my little bulb syringe. Man. I hate, Hate, HATE when that needs done! Doc just laughs at me as I squirm, make faces, and squiggle my legs around as he squirts that water into my ear. He's a fun doctor!
Being Ash Wednesday, according to Church rules, we are to fast today, but are permitted one meal with no meat, which is okay because we like fish. Illnesses exempt us from total strictness on this, but we follow the 'rules' as much as we can. So, after leaving Doc's, we went to Crackhead Barrel for our lunch. Ron got a Rainbow Trout meal, with a sweet potato and broccoli for his lunch, and I got their "Fish Fry" with cod, steak fries, and a side salad for my lunch. And - are you all sitting down? - I didn't even walk around the store, not at all, when we were done eating! Nope, we just left. Oh, it was hard, but I did it.
We came home, and just chilled until time to go to church for tonight's services. After that, we went to Arby's for their fish sandwiches (2/$5!) for our huge - one sandwich each - supper. So, we may not have totally fasted, but we did a good job today.
Not surprisingly, when I put my food into MFP, I was 350 some calories short for the day, and MFP hollered at me. Ah, well.
Our bodies (and minds) were well taken care of with the doctor visit, and our souls were well taken care of with the religious aspect of the day.
We are good, all the way through. Until tomorrow, anyway.
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