Wednesday, April 30, 2014
For some reason, I woke up this morning very early. VERY. I am talking 8:30, and to me, that's early. I know to some of you, it's sleeping in, but that's not my life any more, so I am dragging ass right about now, so I sound deranged tonight, that's why.
I layed in bed and read until 10:30 - quarter til 11, then my back hurt too much, and I got up and started putting together the things I was taking up to the Rummage Sale. Not clothes, they were already all packed up, but the stuff. You know what I mean, the decor and knick-knacks and things like that. I am so reluctant to give up any of my stuff, it's pathetic. But I did manage to fill a small box with that kind of stuff, and I took it up to the church just before noon.
It ended up being a good decision to go when I did, because when I got up there, they were all leaving to go to lunch! I was invited to join them - they went to a little restaurant named Kel's here in town - so I did! I chose to have one of their lunch specials - the pan-fried chicken (2 pieces) with mashed potatoes and green beans as sides. Kel's has had a reputation of being 'slow' and today was no exception, but with the wonderful company, it was not a hardship to wait for our food. The first people who got there had ordered before we got there, and they got there food first (of course), and finished first, but we all sat there and talked until we all had our food (we called it the 'first wave' and the 'second wave'), then some went back up to the church to continue sorting, etc. while the rest stayed with us. It was a very enjoyable lunch, but it lasted for two hours - much longer than I thought my run uptown would be. Oh, well.
When I got back up to the church, I went into the office to talk to them about another event coming up, and that took another half hour or so.
When I got back, sure as shit, the man from the Social Security office, who has not called me back either Monday or Tuesday, or yet this morning (and I'm only running uptown for a little bit), has called. Dammit, dammit, dammit! Our game of phone tag continues - I call him back, telling him that I will be home tomorrow, but not Friday. I was going to work at the Rummage Sale on Friday, but after getting on the pute, I find that Uncle Buddy's funeral will be Friday, so Change of Plans for that day.
I am spending the day tomorrow making things for the bake sale at the Rummage Sale (they do LOVE my Oreo Balls!) and now for the family get-together after the funeral. I will be busy, busy, busy all day tomorrow baking and making!
Ron gets home from work a little after 5. He had his cabbage steaks for his supper, and I had a frozen tuna noodle casserole. Not much of a supper, but I had a pretty decent lunch. I was still hungry after supper, so I ate a nut bar for a snack not too long after supper. I am not understanding why I am still hungry after supper this last couple of days - it's just not right, and definitely not normal. Something's going on, I just know it.
I put all my food into MFP, but didn't close it out, because I thought I might still have a snack later. At that point, I was still 200+ calories short for the day, but I couldn't log back in to close it out (and I resisted snacking - yay, me!). I'll have to try again to get back in there to close it out, either tonight or tomorrow, we'll have to see. But knowing that I was 200+ short is good enough for me. When I get back in there, I will get it closed out. I hope it works tomorrow, I don't want my streak to get busted! I'm up to 38 days right now.
I'm going to bed now. I am tired, I am satisfied with my day, and I am happy with my plans for tomorrow. Making and baking, baking and making. Cook, cook, cook. If only these things didn't cause dirty dishes.....if only. Sigh.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
CHANGE of PLANS.......phooey!
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Today was supposed to be a Bert and Teresa Day, but Bert was still feeling sick - even feeling worse - so she called it off. She called and made a doctor appointment, hoping we could still go after the appointment, but it ended up she had bronchitis, along with other stuff, and was contagious, and it would be better if she didn't 'endanger' us and our families. So -- phooey! We'll have to try again next week. It'll be much better for her to get well!
So, I got up early, got those dishes done, got me a shower and now was going nowhere.
Well.
That's okay with me, because I sure don't mind sitting and playing on the pute all day! Which is what I ended up doing, just like any other day. I had my work done - I had even put away some of the laundry while choosing an outfit for today - and was satisfied with my output (all but some exercise, but you know how I feel about that) for the day.
I made me my potato soup and tuna meal for my lunch, and just hung on the pute all afternoon. As it got later, though, I started feeling dizzy-ish every time I got up, which was really weird. I was staggering around like I was drunk or something. I wish I had been drunk, I would have known what the hell was going on then! I felt really strange, just kinda whoopedy-loopish, like I was listing instead of standing straight up (if that makes any sense), but I felt fine, not sick at all. Just when I stood up or tried to move was it noticeable to me. Like I said, really weird. Around 4, I went to lay down & read, possibly take a nap until time to go to my TOPS meeting. I didn't expect to see Ron at all, because he's not been getting home until after 6. I plugged my cell phone into the charger in the plug that runs on the on-off switch by the door, and was just reading. Around 4:30, I heard Ron's truck at the end of Hoover! I quickly turned off my lamp & pulled the cover up, to see if I could fool him into thinking I was asleep. I didn't - he came in and flipped the switch up & down to turn the light on, but it didn't work (because I had the phone plugged in) and I started laughing and he caught me. I make a terrible fake sleeping person - I make a terrible liar, anyway! I should have known better. Oh, well, it was fun trying, and we had fun laughing about it.
He went back out to work on the brakes on his truck since he had gotten home so early - he wanted to beat the rain - and I went ahead and took a little nap. My alarm went off on 5:45, and he came in to check on me, and as he was in the house, the rain (the storm!) started. He went running back out to clean up his tools, and by the time he got back in the house, the rain was over. That was a very quick, very fierce storm! Wow! As I drove up to my meeting, there were tree branches and stuff all over the road.
At the TOPS meeting, I weighed in, and - as I expected - Easter killed me! I gained 1.6 pounds again, the exact same as last week. So, in total, I gained 3.2 pounds over Easter. Ugh. But now it's over, and I can get rid of it and get to my 50-pound mark, or lower!!! I am so ready to be there!
When I got home, Ron and I decided to make hot dogs for supper, and I had ten bread & butter pickle slices with mine. As Ron was putting supper on, I thought to check my sugar, and it was down to 56! FIFTY-SIX! What?! Why?! I don't feel like I'm having a sugar low, but damn - it could be why this weird dizzy crap is going on, but I've never felt that before. Ai-yi-yi! Ron brought me his Easter candy bowl, and I ate some of his candy. Then supper was done, and we ate.
After about an hour, I was still hungry, so I ate a nut bar. After another half hour, I was still hungry - which is totally weird, I've never been so hungry after a sugar low before - so I made me a popcorn & milk snack. Finally, that seemed to hit the spot! Geez.
Putting my food into MFP, I ended up around 100 calories short for the day. I was surprised, I thought for sure all that eating tonight would put me way over. I was glad to see that it didn't, though, especially after the gain this week.
Nothing planned tomorrow, except taking stuff up to church for the rummage sale, which might take me half an hour. WhooHoo.
Today was supposed to be a Bert and Teresa Day, but Bert was still feeling sick - even feeling worse - so she called it off. She called and made a doctor appointment, hoping we could still go after the appointment, but it ended up she had bronchitis, along with other stuff, and was contagious, and it would be better if she didn't 'endanger' us and our families. So -- phooey! We'll have to try again next week. It'll be much better for her to get well!
So, I got up early, got those dishes done, got me a shower and now was going nowhere.
Well.
That's okay with me, because I sure don't mind sitting and playing on the pute all day! Which is what I ended up doing, just like any other day. I had my work done - I had even put away some of the laundry while choosing an outfit for today - and was satisfied with my output (all but some exercise, but you know how I feel about that) for the day.
I made me my potato soup and tuna meal for my lunch, and just hung on the pute all afternoon. As it got later, though, I started feeling dizzy-ish every time I got up, which was really weird. I was staggering around like I was drunk or something. I wish I had been drunk, I would have known what the hell was going on then! I felt really strange, just kinda whoopedy-loopish, like I was listing instead of standing straight up (if that makes any sense), but I felt fine, not sick at all. Just when I stood up or tried to move was it noticeable to me. Like I said, really weird. Around 4, I went to lay down & read, possibly take a nap until time to go to my TOPS meeting. I didn't expect to see Ron at all, because he's not been getting home until after 6. I plugged my cell phone into the charger in the plug that runs on the on-off switch by the door, and was just reading. Around 4:30, I heard Ron's truck at the end of Hoover! I quickly turned off my lamp & pulled the cover up, to see if I could fool him into thinking I was asleep. I didn't - he came in and flipped the switch up & down to turn the light on, but it didn't work (because I had the phone plugged in) and I started laughing and he caught me. I make a terrible fake sleeping person - I make a terrible liar, anyway! I should have known better. Oh, well, it was fun trying, and we had fun laughing about it.
He went back out to work on the brakes on his truck since he had gotten home so early - he wanted to beat the rain - and I went ahead and took a little nap. My alarm went off on 5:45, and he came in to check on me, and as he was in the house, the rain (the storm!) started. He went running back out to clean up his tools, and by the time he got back in the house, the rain was over. That was a very quick, very fierce storm! Wow! As I drove up to my meeting, there were tree branches and stuff all over the road.
At the TOPS meeting, I weighed in, and - as I expected - Easter killed me! I gained 1.6 pounds again, the exact same as last week. So, in total, I gained 3.2 pounds over Easter. Ugh. But now it's over, and I can get rid of it and get to my 50-pound mark, or lower!!! I am so ready to be there!
When I got home, Ron and I decided to make hot dogs for supper, and I had ten bread & butter pickle slices with mine. As Ron was putting supper on, I thought to check my sugar, and it was down to 56! FIFTY-SIX! What?! Why?! I don't feel like I'm having a sugar low, but damn - it could be why this weird dizzy crap is going on, but I've never felt that before. Ai-yi-yi! Ron brought me his Easter candy bowl, and I ate some of his candy. Then supper was done, and we ate.
After about an hour, I was still hungry, so I ate a nut bar. After another half hour, I was still hungry - which is totally weird, I've never been so hungry after a sugar low before - so I made me a popcorn & milk snack. Finally, that seemed to hit the spot! Geez.
Putting my food into MFP, I ended up around 100 calories short for the day. I was surprised, I thought for sure all that eating tonight would put me way over. I was glad to see that it didn't, though, especially after the gain this week.
Nothing planned tomorrow, except taking stuff up to church for the rummage sale, which might take me half an hour. WhooHoo.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Happy Homemaker.......yeah, right.
Monday, April 28, 2014
I woke up this morning from one of the strangest dreams I've had in a long, long time. This dream has stayed in my head all day, and I hate remembering my dreams, because then they come true in some fashion, and this was not pleasant in any way, shape, or form, and I don't want ANY of it coming true. If it comes back tonight, I am not gonna be a happy person. This is haunting me, I tell you.
I woke just before 9:30 this morning, and read until around 11. Then I got up and got started playing Happy Homemaker, which is always so much fun on a Monday morning. After resetting the clocks on the stove and the microwave - I guess the electricity went out during the storm, which I had slept through - I put a load of laundry in and stacked the dishes, but didn't do them, thinking that I would do them this afternoon, stretching the housework out all day long. I did other tasks here in the house, then got the load of clothes into the dryer, and decided it was computer time for a while. I deserve a little break!
Around one, I remembered that I needed to run down and pick up Ron's prescription, so I had to get dressed and go down the road. Damn my old-age memory! Why couldn't I have done this first thing this morning and got it over with? Ugh! As I'm driving out of town, I pass Gold Star and oh, it smelled so good! I don't know why, you usually can't smell it, I don't think, but I sure did today, so I decided that Gold Star was my lunch spot today. I called my friend Bert to see if she wanted to meet me there when I got back to town, but she wasn't feeling very well, not after mowing both days over the weekend. So we just talked for a bit as I was driving down the road, and then she asked me if we were going over to Teresa's this week. I had forgotten! Crap! I had to call Teresa to ask her if we had set up a certain day this week, cause I was clueless. Teresa and I decided on tomorrow, if Bert felt up to it. Teresa has stuff going on after that, so it was tomorrow or wait til next week (once again) and we didn't want to do that.
As I drove back to Bethel, I called Bert back and told her about tomorrow, and she will call me in the morning and let me know how she feels. So hoping for a Bert and Teresa Day tomorrow!
I stop at Gold Star and have my regular 5-way and cheese coney combo, and knew that I would have to have a soup, or something small, for my supper. No snacks for me tonight! But, boy, was it good, and I enjoyed every single bite!
I got back home, put in another load of laundry, then gathered up what I would need and headed outside before it rained again. I cut all the dead and/or brown stuff off the end of the yucca over by the mailbox. Ron had done the one in yard yesterday while he was outside working (I have no idea why he only did one of them!), and it looked very lopsided with one all green and pretty, and the other brown and ugly. I didn't see it until I pulled in the driveway, so I had to go out and fix it. That alone took me about half an hour, if not longer! But the yucca looks much better, it's green and pretty, just like its twin on the other side of the driveway. Hooray!
I come back in, put the clothes in the dryer, and get back on the pute. Yeah, I know - I'm lame. I'll do those dishes later. Ha.
Ron got home a little after 5, and he was really tired. I think it was more a mental tired than physical, because of Uncle Buddy, but that could just be me. He plopped into his recliner and that was that. I zapped the leftovers of the Shepherd Pie for our supper, taking just a little (about 3/4 cup) for me, and giving the rest to Ron. I had to wake him up to eat, and he went out and made himself butter bread to go with it, but then didn't finish it all! Silly man.
We (well, me) watched TV and that was our fun evening. As you may have guessed, I never did do those dishes. I never was very good at playing Happy Homemaker. I'll do them in the morning before leaving, I promise. Then I'll put them away when I get back! The laundry, as usual, will sit in the baskets.
As I put my food into MFP, I ended up only 50 calories short for the day. I guess cleaning is good for something! I'm glad I was under, I was worried about it, and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna blow it tomorrow. I'll probably be over when I weigh in at TOPS tomorrow night, too. Two weeks in a row, but - Easter only comes once a year - and you gotta grab life and enjoy while it's here!
Keep your fingers crossed for me, that tomorrow will be a Bert and Teresa Day! I'm looking so forward to it! It's not very good for my diet, but it sure is good for my state of mind!! I love my friends to pieces, and love spending time with them!!
I woke up this morning from one of the strangest dreams I've had in a long, long time. This dream has stayed in my head all day, and I hate remembering my dreams, because then they come true in some fashion, and this was not pleasant in any way, shape, or form, and I don't want ANY of it coming true. If it comes back tonight, I am not gonna be a happy person. This is haunting me, I tell you.
I woke just before 9:30 this morning, and read until around 11. Then I got up and got started playing Happy Homemaker, which is always so much fun on a Monday morning. After resetting the clocks on the stove and the microwave - I guess the electricity went out during the storm, which I had slept through - I put a load of laundry in and stacked the dishes, but didn't do them, thinking that I would do them this afternoon, stretching the housework out all day long. I did other tasks here in the house, then got the load of clothes into the dryer, and decided it was computer time for a while. I deserve a little break!
Around one, I remembered that I needed to run down and pick up Ron's prescription, so I had to get dressed and go down the road. Damn my old-age memory! Why couldn't I have done this first thing this morning and got it over with? Ugh! As I'm driving out of town, I pass Gold Star and oh, it smelled so good! I don't know why, you usually can't smell it, I don't think, but I sure did today, so I decided that Gold Star was my lunch spot today. I called my friend Bert to see if she wanted to meet me there when I got back to town, but she wasn't feeling very well, not after mowing both days over the weekend. So we just talked for a bit as I was driving down the road, and then she asked me if we were going over to Teresa's this week. I had forgotten! Crap! I had to call Teresa to ask her if we had set up a certain day this week, cause I was clueless. Teresa and I decided on tomorrow, if Bert felt up to it. Teresa has stuff going on after that, so it was tomorrow or wait til next week (once again) and we didn't want to do that.
As I drove back to Bethel, I called Bert back and told her about tomorrow, and she will call me in the morning and let me know how she feels. So hoping for a Bert and Teresa Day tomorrow!
I stop at Gold Star and have my regular 5-way and cheese coney combo, and knew that I would have to have a soup, or something small, for my supper. No snacks for me tonight! But, boy, was it good, and I enjoyed every single bite!
I got back home, put in another load of laundry, then gathered up what I would need and headed outside before it rained again. I cut all the dead and/or brown stuff off the end of the yucca over by the mailbox. Ron had done the one in yard yesterday while he was outside working (I have no idea why he only did one of them!), and it looked very lopsided with one all green and pretty, and the other brown and ugly. I didn't see it until I pulled in the driveway, so I had to go out and fix it. That alone took me about half an hour, if not longer! But the yucca looks much better, it's green and pretty, just like its twin on the other side of the driveway. Hooray!
I come back in, put the clothes in the dryer, and get back on the pute. Yeah, I know - I'm lame. I'll do those dishes later. Ha.
Ron got home a little after 5, and he was really tired. I think it was more a mental tired than physical, because of Uncle Buddy, but that could just be me. He plopped into his recliner and that was that. I zapped the leftovers of the Shepherd Pie for our supper, taking just a little (about 3/4 cup) for me, and giving the rest to Ron. I had to wake him up to eat, and he went out and made himself butter bread to go with it, but then didn't finish it all! Silly man.
We (well, me) watched TV and that was our fun evening. As you may have guessed, I never did do those dishes. I never was very good at playing Happy Homemaker. I'll do them in the morning before leaving, I promise. Then I'll put them away when I get back! The laundry, as usual, will sit in the baskets.
As I put my food into MFP, I ended up only 50 calories short for the day. I guess cleaning is good for something! I'm glad I was under, I was worried about it, and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna blow it tomorrow. I'll probably be over when I weigh in at TOPS tomorrow night, too. Two weeks in a row, but - Easter only comes once a year - and you gotta grab life and enjoy while it's here!
Keep your fingers crossed for me, that tomorrow will be a Bert and Teresa Day! I'm looking so forward to it! It's not very good for my diet, but it sure is good for my state of mind!! I love my friends to pieces, and love spending time with them!!
Sunday, April 27, 2014
A phone call changes a normal Sunday
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Today started out as a normal Sunday. Alarm went off to get me up at 9, and we went off to church and out to lunch afterward. We went down to Campbell's Barn today. Ron got his chicken dinner, with sweet potato fries and green beans today, and I got a grilled chicken wrap with french fries. No biggie, since we'd be home and have a decent supper, right?
We stopped on the way home so that Ron could look at, and hopefully fix, the lawn mower at Bert's house. I mostly sat in the truck while he was working on it, and Bert ran in and out of the house, doing small tasks as she does, and finally he had to concede defeat. He got everything that he could done, but the gas tank had a crack in it, and he just couldn't fix that. Luckily, they do have another mower and can use that, but - damn, he wanted to be able to fix it!
It was close to 3:30 before we got home, and he started mowing our yard, while I stayed in the house - out of his way - and got some tasks done that I've been putting off. I even had to run back uptown at one point and get a second opinion on something I did, then come home and make changes to it, and then finish that project up. Man, that project is becoming work! I hate when that happens.
Then came the phone call. Ron's Uncle Buddy is in the hospital. Not just in the hospital, but in hospice, and most probably won't make it through the night, and he'd like to see Ron. Wonderful. Ron doesn't do well in these situations, plus he's out there mowing and all that entails to him (if you've ever seen him work, you'd know my reluctance to interrupt him), and I just don't want to tell him we need to go over to the hospital any sooner than needed.
I wait until I don't hear the mower and I do hear him puttering in the garage before venturing out to tell him, and he just kinda grunts at me. I come back in, and about 15 minutes later, he comes in asking if I thought we should go over. Well, yeah, I do - since Uncle Buddy is asking for you, Ron. He grimaces and goes back out. A little bit later, he comes back in and says well, he guesses we should go, then. He goes in the bathroom to rinse off and changes his clothes. I close down the pute, top off my tea, and off we go.
As expected, it was rough over there at the hospital, but Ron did fine. I stayed back, sitting in a chair and staying out of the family's way, but talking to everyone, too. Ron stood by his uncle's bed talking to everyone, and sat there, held his hand and talked to him, too. We really think Uncle Buddy knew he was there, too, because he could respond by moving his hands a bit and rolling his eyes under his eyelids, and when Ron talked to him, he definitely did that! He responded big-time to Ron - it was great to see! When I said good-bye to Uncle Buddy and patted his hands, I could see a response, too, and that made me feel good. After not seeing this side of the family for so many years, it's really, really nice to know they remember (and love) us, too.
When we finally left the hospital around quarter til 9 (Ron had to come home and get to bed!), we just drove through Arby's and picked up cheap sandwiches. Both fish and roast beef are still 2/$5, so we got 2 of each, and then we had both had one of each on the way home. Not much of a supper nutrition-wise, a sure killer calorie-wise, but it sure was a yummy choice!
We got home, and he turned on the TV and promptly fell asleep in his recliner, while I got back on the pute to do my MFP and my blog, and here I am. Not surprisingly, I was over on my calories today. I don't remember how many now. I knew at the beginning of the blog, but have forgotten now. 400+ I think, and that sounds right. Blah. I should have just eaten the beef from that sandwich, and not the bread, but that's hard to do while you're driving - especially in the dark!
No big plans for tomorrow. I do have to run down to Amelia and pick up a prescription that wasn't ready on Friday, but other than that - nothing. Nothing at all. Happy Homemaker Day. Highlight of my week, don'tcha know? Yes, that was very heavy sarcasm.
Today started out as a normal Sunday. Alarm went off to get me up at 9, and we went off to church and out to lunch afterward. We went down to Campbell's Barn today. Ron got his chicken dinner, with sweet potato fries and green beans today, and I got a grilled chicken wrap with french fries. No biggie, since we'd be home and have a decent supper, right?
We stopped on the way home so that Ron could look at, and hopefully fix, the lawn mower at Bert's house. I mostly sat in the truck while he was working on it, and Bert ran in and out of the house, doing small tasks as she does, and finally he had to concede defeat. He got everything that he could done, but the gas tank had a crack in it, and he just couldn't fix that. Luckily, they do have another mower and can use that, but - damn, he wanted to be able to fix it!
It was close to 3:30 before we got home, and he started mowing our yard, while I stayed in the house - out of his way - and got some tasks done that I've been putting off. I even had to run back uptown at one point and get a second opinion on something I did, then come home and make changes to it, and then finish that project up. Man, that project is becoming work! I hate when that happens.
Then came the phone call. Ron's Uncle Buddy is in the hospital. Not just in the hospital, but in hospice, and most probably won't make it through the night, and he'd like to see Ron. Wonderful. Ron doesn't do well in these situations, plus he's out there mowing and all that entails to him (if you've ever seen him work, you'd know my reluctance to interrupt him), and I just don't want to tell him we need to go over to the hospital any sooner than needed.
I wait until I don't hear the mower and I do hear him puttering in the garage before venturing out to tell him, and he just kinda grunts at me. I come back in, and about 15 minutes later, he comes in asking if I thought we should go over. Well, yeah, I do - since Uncle Buddy is asking for you, Ron. He grimaces and goes back out. A little bit later, he comes back in and says well, he guesses we should go, then. He goes in the bathroom to rinse off and changes his clothes. I close down the pute, top off my tea, and off we go.
As expected, it was rough over there at the hospital, but Ron did fine. I stayed back, sitting in a chair and staying out of the family's way, but talking to everyone, too. Ron stood by his uncle's bed talking to everyone, and sat there, held his hand and talked to him, too. We really think Uncle Buddy knew he was there, too, because he could respond by moving his hands a bit and rolling his eyes under his eyelids, and when Ron talked to him, he definitely did that! He responded big-time to Ron - it was great to see! When I said good-bye to Uncle Buddy and patted his hands, I could see a response, too, and that made me feel good. After not seeing this side of the family for so many years, it's really, really nice to know they remember (and love) us, too.
When we finally left the hospital around quarter til 9 (Ron had to come home and get to bed!), we just drove through Arby's and picked up cheap sandwiches. Both fish and roast beef are still 2/$5, so we got 2 of each, and then we had both had one of each on the way home. Not much of a supper nutrition-wise, a sure killer calorie-wise, but it sure was a yummy choice!
We got home, and he turned on the TV and promptly fell asleep in his recliner, while I got back on the pute to do my MFP and my blog, and here I am. Not surprisingly, I was over on my calories today. I don't remember how many now. I knew at the beginning of the blog, but have forgotten now. 400+ I think, and that sounds right. Blah. I should have just eaten the beef from that sandwich, and not the bread, but that's hard to do while you're driving - especially in the dark!
No big plans for tomorrow. I do have to run down to Amelia and pick up a prescription that wasn't ready on Friday, but other than that - nothing. Nothing at all. Happy Homemaker Day. Highlight of my week, don'tcha know? Yes, that was very heavy sarcasm.
Headache, Headache, Headache. Ugh.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
I did not feel very well today at all. I didn't sleep well last night, waking around midnight or so with severe stomach cramps and diarrhea, and making probably three or four runs for the bathroom in about an hour's time, and then, after that, was too afraid to drop off into a deep sleep and had weird carry-on dreams. If that's not a sign that I ate way too much (like I didn't already know...), I don't know what was! It was awful.
I heard/felt Ron get up, but couldn't make myself talk to him. I usually don't, not on a Saturday morning, so he didn't notice anything unusual.
When I finally woke up enough to feel awake, it was 10:30, and oh, did I have a pounding headache. Pound, pound, pound, thud, thud, thud on every heartbeat. My head felt as though it was truly throbbing and would possibly explode. After about an hour or so, the fellers left to go fishing and I did my weigh-in, as I do on Saturday mornings. Corgan had been playing MegaMan on the Wii up til then, and I just let him (at least he wasn't watching his Most Stupid shows...), and I got on the pute. After having constant headaches since I was a teenager, I can function very well with a headache. Most people don't even realize when I have a headache any worse than normal.
I had been kinda dreading this week's weigh-in, what with Easter and all the candy. But I thought that I had tempered it with some exercise, so I didn't quite know what to expect. I was pleased to see that I had lost a little bit! Not quite a pound, but it was a loss according to the Wii! I will take it! I am now a pound closer - and only a pound away from - my fifty-pound loss!! ONE POUND!! Oh, that would be a terrific way to start our anniversary month of May, wouldn't it? I'll have to get off my lazy ass and exercise, exercise, exercise this next week like crazy, I think. I do want to hit that number sooooooo bad!
Chelle texted and asked about us bringing Corgan home, and having supper down there, tonight, and I said that sounded good. She said she'd make a meat loaf - and mashed potatoes (yes, my daughter-in-law is a smart ass!), as well as a big salad. We were to stop and get some ice cream, because she also made some apples (with cinnamon, sugar, and butter) for our dessert, too.
After they left, I went to take a hot shower to help relieve this headache a little, and it did help. I then went outside to sit, but the sun was too hot and I couldn't read or play my DS while sitting or laying on my swing, because of the sun. I did sit in the chairs in my little arbor, switching back and forth between the two chairs (again, because of the sun), and reading - still not able to see the DS - and I sat outside for about half an hour. The headache was down to a dull roar, and I was glad for that. I can certainly handle those kind of headaches much better than the thumping ones. While I was sitting out there, a 'motorcycle gang' went by - it must have been some kind of a Run, it was forty or fifty bikes and it was something to see (and hear!) and the bikes were nice and shiny and you could hear radios every now and then, and oh, it was a glorious sight!
The fellers got back from fishing - only one fish had been caught, but Corgan had had boatloads of fun chasing frogs and looking for turtles - and they played around out in the garage until time to get ready to go.
We went on down to Josh's and enjoyed our evening. Ron and I weighed ourselves on Josh's Wii since we were there, and Easter has passed. Remember, between all of us, I had lost the most at Christmas? Since it's been 4 more months, I was curious as to what Josh's Wii would say about our weight now. Well, according to his Wii, I have lost another 11.1 pounds, and Ron lost another 1.1 pounds. Not too shabby, huh? They said that they had all weighed themselves this morning, but they never did tell us how much they had lost since Christmas. Hmmmm. I might have to bug them about that. Yep, I just might. Hahahahha.
After supper, Josh, Jean, and I played Jeopardy! and I kicked Josh's ass! Yay!! Then we played a second game and Jean kicked his ass! WhooHoo! Of course, then we played Trivial Pursuit and he kicked our asses - well, Jean had all her wedges, but I sucked, I only had 4 wedges - but isn't that the way it goes?
We came home a little after 10, and I got on the pute to put in my food for the day. I have a month-long streak (33 days in a row, I think, that I've signed in) going on MFP, and didn't want to mess it up! Putting everything in, I was over 200 calories short for the day, but I forgot about the apples and ice cream, so I'll have to go back and fix that. I'm sure I'll be very close to the correct number. Boo. Oh, well. Can't change what I really ate, can I, even if I did forget it honestly and want to keep forgetting it now that I've remembered it? But what kind of person am I if I would cheat myself? I might as well start cheating at solitaire!
Nothing much planned for tomorrow. Maybe Ron and I can get a walk or a bike (bicycle) ride in. That would be a good thing for both of us, and better for us than sitting on our butts watching TV. We'll have to see what the weather will be before making any decisions, though. That will certainly be a deciding factor.
I did not feel very well today at all. I didn't sleep well last night, waking around midnight or so with severe stomach cramps and diarrhea, and making probably three or four runs for the bathroom in about an hour's time, and then, after that, was too afraid to drop off into a deep sleep and had weird carry-on dreams. If that's not a sign that I ate way too much (like I didn't already know...), I don't know what was! It was awful.
I heard/felt Ron get up, but couldn't make myself talk to him. I usually don't, not on a Saturday morning, so he didn't notice anything unusual.
When I finally woke up enough to feel awake, it was 10:30, and oh, did I have a pounding headache. Pound, pound, pound, thud, thud, thud on every heartbeat. My head felt as though it was truly throbbing and would possibly explode. After about an hour or so, the fellers left to go fishing and I did my weigh-in, as I do on Saturday mornings. Corgan had been playing MegaMan on the Wii up til then, and I just let him (at least he wasn't watching his Most Stupid shows...), and I got on the pute. After having constant headaches since I was a teenager, I can function very well with a headache. Most people don't even realize when I have a headache any worse than normal.
I had been kinda dreading this week's weigh-in, what with Easter and all the candy. But I thought that I had tempered it with some exercise, so I didn't quite know what to expect. I was pleased to see that I had lost a little bit! Not quite a pound, but it was a loss according to the Wii! I will take it! I am now a pound closer - and only a pound away from - my fifty-pound loss!! ONE POUND!! Oh, that would be a terrific way to start our anniversary month of May, wouldn't it? I'll have to get off my lazy ass and exercise, exercise, exercise this next week like crazy, I think. I do want to hit that number sooooooo bad!
Chelle texted and asked about us bringing Corgan home, and having supper down there, tonight, and I said that sounded good. She said she'd make a meat loaf - and mashed potatoes (yes, my daughter-in-law is a smart ass!), as well as a big salad. We were to stop and get some ice cream, because she also made some apples (with cinnamon, sugar, and butter) for our dessert, too.
After they left, I went to take a hot shower to help relieve this headache a little, and it did help. I then went outside to sit, but the sun was too hot and I couldn't read or play my DS while sitting or laying on my swing, because of the sun. I did sit in the chairs in my little arbor, switching back and forth between the two chairs (again, because of the sun), and reading - still not able to see the DS - and I sat outside for about half an hour. The headache was down to a dull roar, and I was glad for that. I can certainly handle those kind of headaches much better than the thumping ones. While I was sitting out there, a 'motorcycle gang' went by - it must have been some kind of a Run, it was forty or fifty bikes and it was something to see (and hear!) and the bikes were nice and shiny and you could hear radios every now and then, and oh, it was a glorious sight!
The fellers got back from fishing - only one fish had been caught, but Corgan had had boatloads of fun chasing frogs and looking for turtles - and they played around out in the garage until time to get ready to go.
We went on down to Josh's and enjoyed our evening. Ron and I weighed ourselves on Josh's Wii since we were there, and Easter has passed. Remember, between all of us, I had lost the most at Christmas? Since it's been 4 more months, I was curious as to what Josh's Wii would say about our weight now. Well, according to his Wii, I have lost another 11.1 pounds, and Ron lost another 1.1 pounds. Not too shabby, huh? They said that they had all weighed themselves this morning, but they never did tell us how much they had lost since Christmas. Hmmmm. I might have to bug them about that. Yep, I just might. Hahahahha.
After supper, Josh, Jean, and I played Jeopardy! and I kicked Josh's ass! Yay!! Then we played a second game and Jean kicked his ass! WhooHoo! Of course, then we played Trivial Pursuit and he kicked our asses - well, Jean had all her wedges, but I sucked, I only had 4 wedges - but isn't that the way it goes?
We came home a little after 10, and I got on the pute to put in my food for the day. I have a month-long streak (33 days in a row, I think, that I've signed in) going on MFP, and didn't want to mess it up! Putting everything in, I was over 200 calories short for the day, but I forgot about the apples and ice cream, so I'll have to go back and fix that. I'm sure I'll be very close to the correct number. Boo. Oh, well. Can't change what I really ate, can I, even if I did forget it honestly and want to keep forgetting it now that I've remembered it? But what kind of person am I if I would cheat myself? I might as well start cheating at solitaire!
Nothing much planned for tomorrow. Maybe Ron and I can get a walk or a bike (bicycle) ride in. That would be a good thing for both of us, and better for us than sitting on our butts watching TV. We'll have to see what the weather will be before making any decisions, though. That will certainly be a deciding factor.
Friday, April 25, 2014
A chilly, rainy, windy supposedly warm day to run errands
Friday, April 25, 2014
I woke up this morning before 9, and finished the book I've been reading before getting up. I threw it into the 'give to Ruth' pile, and had to get more books out of the cabinet to start a new book tonight.
When I got up, I intended to get right into running my errands, but I got sidetracked when I got on the pute to check my banking. (Imagine that?) So, I stayed on the pute and played my games and talked to my two sisters until after noon - way after noon - and finally got going somewhere around 2. I am so glad I grabbed my jacket on the way out the door, because the wind made it very chilly! Even though the thermometer on the car said it was over 60 degrees, it sure didn't feel that way. I had to turn the heat on in the car! Of course, it was 'on' my feet, and not really blowing, but it was on heat. Every time I got out of the car, I put my jacket on, too. Luckily, it did quit raining by the time I got to Amelia, but the wind didn't die down very much at all, and that's what was chilly - the wind. I stopped for gasoline at WalMart on my way down the road - gasoline was only $3.64, and I was afraid it would go up before I got back, it was already $3.85 in Bethel! - and why do these idiots who stop to get their cigarettes and pop think they can just stop and block the whole road? - and then went to Bob Evans for some lunch. I had waited so late to go (and hadn't realized the time), that was probably the best thing for me to do at that time. I wish I had thought to eat before I left, but by the time I realized it was getting so late, I just thought 'get going, get going' and went. I'm blaming my sisters! I love when the three of us are on the pute at the same time, but it was detrimental to my errands today - ah, well, they will get done, just not as early as I had planned. My own fault, too, I should have been paying attention to the time and I was just enjoying the moment(s).
I chose to have chicken'n'noodles for my lunch today. Not the deep-dish, I don't like that hidden biscuit, and they put waaaaay too much juice in it for me, but the regular dish, and I got a side of mashed potatoes, not a salad, so I could dump the c'n'n over on top of the potatoes (minus half the juice) and pick out the carrots, which I did. I also chose banana nut bread as my bread - another surprise, right?
Then, on down the road for my errands I went. Walgreens for prescriptions (just drove through), Verizon to pay the bill, then head back. Stopping at WalMart to do grocery shopping. I got my WalMart Walk in, even though the store was crazy. I think I much prefer shopping in the mornings! It's much, much easier to walk up and down every food aisle when there's not very many people in them than when they are a zoo.
Walking across the back of the store was not an easy task, either, but I made it up to HBA with no problem. I guess people were much more interested in groceries and music/movies than they were paint, hardware, and housewares! Then, they actually had 5 or 6 registers open and I got into a lane where I was the next in line! Whoo-hoo! That's quite an accomplishment, you know.
I leave WalMart and head for home, with one more stop to make - IGA in Bethel. I get to Bethel and traffic is backed up to the school, so I cut through to go through the ball parks. As I turn onto 133, I remembered that I needed to stop at IGA, so I need to turn around and go BACK uptown. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. I do that, get what I need at IGA - my ice, and some 5-for-$20 meat - and finally, can really, truly head for home. I knew Ron was home, with Corgan, so I knew I would have help carrying everything in. At least the ice, anyway.
Home, everything carried in and put away, and now it's time to make supper. I had gotten the makings for Shepherd's Pie for supper, and I got that started while Corgan and Ron went outside. I haven't made Shepherd's Pie for a long time - Ron doesn't like it all that much - and I really like it (it's topped with mashed potatoes, c'mon!), so when someone had mentioned it on a group on Facebook, it stuck in my mind, and that was that. I make a big pot of it - now I have leftovers for lunch next week!
Oh, you don't know what Shepherd's Pie is? Well, let me tell you how I make it. (of course, you can tweak it however you like) Basics: hamburger (or ground meat), mashed potatoes, vegetables, cheese if desired.
Preheat oven to 350. Brown the ground meat. For a small pan (casserole dish), just one pound. More for the bigger pot. Add chopped onions, if desired. Also, you can spice any way you desire, too. S&P, garlic, etc. When the hamburger was done and drained, I put a jar of mushrooms in the pan with the meat to 'warm up.' Either make your mashed potatoes as the meat is cooking, or warm up leftover mashed potatoes. I made an 8-cup recipe for the family-sized pot I made, but I suppose for a casserole dish, just 3 or 4 cups would be enough. (Depends on how much your family likes mashed potatoes.) You can either use canned or frozen veggies, depends on what you and your family like - we like canned. One can for the casserole dish, two for family size. I use corn, that's what we like. A lot of people use peas or peas and carrots, or mixed veggies. OK, everything is done cooking, now put it all together!
Put approximately one cup, or 1/3 of what you have, of the mashed potatoes into the bottom of the casserole dish (or pot) - spread out evenly. Put (half of) the hamburger (carefully - very little or no juice/grease) on top of the potatoes, then your veggie. (If you're making the family pot, add a second layer.) Now put a layer of shredded cheddar, or whichever cheese your family likes, if using. Now put the rest of the mashed potatoes on the cheese - it's NOT easy - and spread evenly. Bake for 15-20 minutes. You can even broil the last few minutes to brown the top if you wish. Chow down!
A lot of recipes don't call for the bottom layer of mashed potatoes, and if you don't want it, don't do it. Like I said, tweak the recipe as you wish. If you have any questions, please ask!
We all enjoyed the meal very much. Ron and Corgan both had butter bread with theirs, but I didn't. I thought there was more than enough carbs already! But they are fellers...
I even had a second helping, even though I knew I shouldn't have. Man, was it good!
When I put my food and exercise into MFP, I was 33 calories OVER for the day. OVER!! Bummer! But, man, oh, man, was it good.
I was hoping to go to an auction tomorrow, but I don't think I'm going to be able to. I think I'm going to be rained out. Phooey. I haven't been to an auction in a couple of years.
I woke up this morning before 9, and finished the book I've been reading before getting up. I threw it into the 'give to Ruth' pile, and had to get more books out of the cabinet to start a new book tonight.
When I got up, I intended to get right into running my errands, but I got sidetracked when I got on the pute to check my banking. (Imagine that?) So, I stayed on the pute and played my games and talked to my two sisters until after noon - way after noon - and finally got going somewhere around 2. I am so glad I grabbed my jacket on the way out the door, because the wind made it very chilly! Even though the thermometer on the car said it was over 60 degrees, it sure didn't feel that way. I had to turn the heat on in the car! Of course, it was 'on' my feet, and not really blowing, but it was on heat. Every time I got out of the car, I put my jacket on, too. Luckily, it did quit raining by the time I got to Amelia, but the wind didn't die down very much at all, and that's what was chilly - the wind. I stopped for gasoline at WalMart on my way down the road - gasoline was only $3.64, and I was afraid it would go up before I got back, it was already $3.85 in Bethel! - and why do these idiots who stop to get their cigarettes and pop think they can just stop and block the whole road? - and then went to Bob Evans for some lunch. I had waited so late to go (and hadn't realized the time), that was probably the best thing for me to do at that time. I wish I had thought to eat before I left, but by the time I realized it was getting so late, I just thought 'get going, get going' and went. I'm blaming my sisters! I love when the three of us are on the pute at the same time, but it was detrimental to my errands today - ah, well, they will get done, just not as early as I had planned. My own fault, too, I should have been paying attention to the time and I was just enjoying the moment(s).
I chose to have chicken'n'noodles for my lunch today. Not the deep-dish, I don't like that hidden biscuit, and they put waaaaay too much juice in it for me, but the regular dish, and I got a side of mashed potatoes, not a salad, so I could dump the c'n'n over on top of the potatoes (minus half the juice) and pick out the carrots, which I did. I also chose banana nut bread as my bread - another surprise, right?
Then, on down the road for my errands I went. Walgreens for prescriptions (just drove through), Verizon to pay the bill, then head back. Stopping at WalMart to do grocery shopping. I got my WalMart Walk in, even though the store was crazy. I think I much prefer shopping in the mornings! It's much, much easier to walk up and down every food aisle when there's not very many people in them than when they are a zoo.
Walking across the back of the store was not an easy task, either, but I made it up to HBA with no problem. I guess people were much more interested in groceries and music/movies than they were paint, hardware, and housewares! Then, they actually had 5 or 6 registers open and I got into a lane where I was the next in line! Whoo-hoo! That's quite an accomplishment, you know.
I leave WalMart and head for home, with one more stop to make - IGA in Bethel. I get to Bethel and traffic is backed up to the school, so I cut through to go through the ball parks. As I turn onto 133, I remembered that I needed to stop at IGA, so I need to turn around and go BACK uptown. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. I do that, get what I need at IGA - my ice, and some 5-for-$20 meat - and finally, can really, truly head for home. I knew Ron was home, with Corgan, so I knew I would have help carrying everything in. At least the ice, anyway.
Home, everything carried in and put away, and now it's time to make supper. I had gotten the makings for Shepherd's Pie for supper, and I got that started while Corgan and Ron went outside. I haven't made Shepherd's Pie for a long time - Ron doesn't like it all that much - and I really like it (it's topped with mashed potatoes, c'mon!), so when someone had mentioned it on a group on Facebook, it stuck in my mind, and that was that. I make a big pot of it - now I have leftovers for lunch next week!
Oh, you don't know what Shepherd's Pie is? Well, let me tell you how I make it. (of course, you can tweak it however you like) Basics: hamburger (or ground meat), mashed potatoes, vegetables, cheese if desired.
Preheat oven to 350. Brown the ground meat. For a small pan (casserole dish), just one pound. More for the bigger pot. Add chopped onions, if desired. Also, you can spice any way you desire, too. S&P, garlic, etc. When the hamburger was done and drained, I put a jar of mushrooms in the pan with the meat to 'warm up.' Either make your mashed potatoes as the meat is cooking, or warm up leftover mashed potatoes. I made an 8-cup recipe for the family-sized pot I made, but I suppose for a casserole dish, just 3 or 4 cups would be enough. (Depends on how much your family likes mashed potatoes.) You can either use canned or frozen veggies, depends on what you and your family like - we like canned. One can for the casserole dish, two for family size. I use corn, that's what we like. A lot of people use peas or peas and carrots, or mixed veggies. OK, everything is done cooking, now put it all together!
Put approximately one cup, or 1/3 of what you have, of the mashed potatoes into the bottom of the casserole dish (or pot) - spread out evenly. Put (half of) the hamburger (carefully - very little or no juice/grease) on top of the potatoes, then your veggie. (If you're making the family pot, add a second layer.) Now put a layer of shredded cheddar, or whichever cheese your family likes, if using. Now put the rest of the mashed potatoes on the cheese - it's NOT easy - and spread evenly. Bake for 15-20 minutes. You can even broil the last few minutes to brown the top if you wish. Chow down!
A lot of recipes don't call for the bottom layer of mashed potatoes, and if you don't want it, don't do it. Like I said, tweak the recipe as you wish. If you have any questions, please ask!
We all enjoyed the meal very much. Ron and Corgan both had butter bread with theirs, but I didn't. I thought there was more than enough carbs already! But they are fellers...
I even had a second helping, even though I knew I shouldn't have. Man, was it good!
When I put my food and exercise into MFP, I was 33 calories OVER for the day. OVER!! Bummer! But, man, oh, man, was it good.
I was hoping to go to an auction tomorrow, but I don't think I'm going to be able to. I think I'm going to be rained out. Phooey. I haven't been to an auction in a couple of years.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
A nice sunny day
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Today started with the alarm clock going off, but I was already awake, laying there in bed reading. I had set it just in case. I was going to meet Lois to walk today, and I sure didn't want to be late. When it went off, it scared the living crap out of me! I got up soon after, took my pharmacy of pills and got dressed, then came out here and piddled around until time to leave.
After our walk, I came home and did a load of laundry, then didn't do much more the rest of the afternoon. Of course, with it taking two and three go-rounds to dry each load, it takes a lot of time to 'do' a whole load of laundry. There weren't enough dishes to warrant doing them - running a sinkful of water and using up dish soap - so, I'll let those go until tomorrow. That leaves the little piddly things that get done, and playing on the pute, which I do so well.
Ron didn't get home from work until after 6:30, and was too tired to do anything but take his shower and chill out in his recliner.
I zapped the Johnny Marzetti from the fridge for our supper. Since I hadn't gotten it out beforehand to get to room temperature, it took three separate zaps for a total of 8 minutes for it to be hot enough to eat! Not that that's a humongous amount of time or anything, but it would have been much less if I had known to get it out of the fridge.
After we ate, I had Easter candy as my dessert. Luckily, for me, I finished my bowl! Yay! It's all gone!
But, about an hour or so later, I'm hungry again. Not so good, but that's what sugar (the real stuff) does to you - makes you want more - and that's what was happening to my body. I got the Jell-O that was left from Easter Sunday and finished that off, and that seemed to hit the spot.
When I put my food and exercise into MFP, I was about 170 calories short for the day. Yay! Getting back to being 'normal' on those numbers is a wonderful thing to see! I'm so glad the Easter Bunny was good to me, but I'm glad the Easter candy is all gone now, too!
Shopping tomorrow, as well as trying to figure out how to pay the rest of the bills for the month with the little bit of money available left after the grocery shopping and other little things that need bought, like stamps. Ugh.
Ah, well. I will do what I can, and it'll just have to be what it is. I can't let myself worry about it, because I can't change it!
Today started with the alarm clock going off, but I was already awake, laying there in bed reading. I had set it just in case. I was going to meet Lois to walk today, and I sure didn't want to be late. When it went off, it scared the living crap out of me! I got up soon after, took my pharmacy of pills and got dressed, then came out here and piddled around until time to leave.
After our walk, I came home and did a load of laundry, then didn't do much more the rest of the afternoon. Of course, with it taking two and three go-rounds to dry each load, it takes a lot of time to 'do' a whole load of laundry. There weren't enough dishes to warrant doing them - running a sinkful of water and using up dish soap - so, I'll let those go until tomorrow. That leaves the little piddly things that get done, and playing on the pute, which I do so well.
Ron didn't get home from work until after 6:30, and was too tired to do anything but take his shower and chill out in his recliner.
I zapped the Johnny Marzetti from the fridge for our supper. Since I hadn't gotten it out beforehand to get to room temperature, it took three separate zaps for a total of 8 minutes for it to be hot enough to eat! Not that that's a humongous amount of time or anything, but it would have been much less if I had known to get it out of the fridge.
After we ate, I had Easter candy as my dessert. Luckily, for me, I finished my bowl! Yay! It's all gone!
But, about an hour or so later, I'm hungry again. Not so good, but that's what sugar (the real stuff) does to you - makes you want more - and that's what was happening to my body. I got the Jell-O that was left from Easter Sunday and finished that off, and that seemed to hit the spot.
When I put my food and exercise into MFP, I was about 170 calories short for the day. Yay! Getting back to being 'normal' on those numbers is a wonderful thing to see! I'm so glad the Easter Bunny was good to me, but I'm glad the Easter candy is all gone now, too!
Shopping tomorrow, as well as trying to figure out how to pay the rest of the bills for the month with the little bit of money available left after the grocery shopping and other little things that need bought, like stamps. Ugh.
Ah, well. I will do what I can, and it'll just have to be what it is. I can't let myself worry about it, because I can't change it!
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Our first picnic in the park....
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Today started as most other days do. I woke up, read a bit, then got up. WhooHoo!
As I was laying there reading, I got a text from my daughter-in-law. "Do we want to have supper and walk in Chilo Park tonight?" Oh, that sounds good! That will be the first time this year, and we all need to start doing this again! I am looking so forward to this now! It will probably be windy (and a little chilly) down there by the river, but it'll still be nice.
When I get up, one of the things I do is go out and take the sheet of the long box and water those seeds I planted. It ended up taking FIVE gallons of water before I was satisfied that it was soaked enough. I thought it was going to rain more than it did, and I wouldn't have to lug water out there, but I didn't that help. I lugged, instead.
I packed stuff for our supper, and got other stuff ready to make at the last minute. I did other piddly stuff here around the house, then got on the pute to catch up my games and all. At 4, I went and got dressed for walking, all but my shoes (those go on last!), because I wanted to be ready to skedaddle out the door.
At 5, the disability lawyer called, as scheduled (thank God, he wasn't sick again today) and we got this little interview/application over with. I was thinking this was supposed to be something like a conference call with SS, but it ended up just being him putting everything into the computer. I could hear him punching the buttons, so I know something was happening this time, but it certainly makes me wonder -- what the hell has been happening in this meantime? I've given them this information twice, now I've filled out this paperwork, now I have to give it to him on the phone again, and NOW he's putting it in the computer? -- But, to be fair, I suppose they have heard so many stories, I guess they've got to make sure stories don't change, but, damn. What have I been waiting almost three months for?
He did say the next step would be a letter from SS, asking me what kind of things I can do and how long they take me, things like that, then after that, it would probably be 4 to 5 months before they make a decision. So, at least now I know something is happening/moving.
As soon as the phone call was over, I zap the Ramen Noodles I was taking as my donation to supper, put my shoes on, and out the door I go. Ron called as I was getting ready, and he decided he's not going to join us today, he's just too tired.
I meet them at Chilo Park. I brought yogurts and Pop Cakes, and the boys (Corgan and his friend Justin) munched on them while we waited for Josh and Chelle to come back from walking while they waited for me to get there. We have our supper. Chelle made ham salad from leftover ham, egg salad from eggs from Easter, and some potato salad - three different containers of it! Regular for them, special 'unsalted' for Ron, and made with Miracle Whip for me - are we spoiled or what? Corgan was thrilled when he saw the Ramen Noodles, and even more thrilled when he saw that I remembered to bring his chopsticks! Chelle also made some devilled eggs, and had some marinated chicken breasts that she had cooked up. It was a very good picnic supper, and when we were done, we packed up and walked the Nature Preserve Trail. Remember, it's a mile-long walk, or just over, and it's very pretty this time of year, and the boys kept us on our toes. My hips didn't hurt me until we were about 3/4 of the way through, and I was glad about that. I didn't have to stop in any of the blinds, either, and I used to have to stop at each of them! I'm really pleased about that! Maybe, by the end of summer, I'll be able to walk it twice....maybe.
I got back home, and it was a normal evening here at the O'Toole house. I played on the pute (and munched Easter candy), and Ron 'watched' one of his Spaghetti Western movies until time for Criminal Minds. I usually play on the pute while watching TV, but a couple shows I have to really concentrate on, or I miss something - Criminal Minds is one, Bones is another. Sometimes I am on the pute during NCIS and NCIS:LA and sometimes, I'm not - depends on my frame of mind when they're on. Oh, well, that's a whole 'nother story...
Putting my food and exercise into MFP today, I was only 11 calories short for the day. I'll be glad when the Easter candy is gone. I didn't think I gave myself all that much, but there sure seems to be an awful lot in my bowl!
Walking the Walk Path with Lois tomorrow, so I'll be getting more exercise (yay!) and that can only be a good thing!
Today started as most other days do. I woke up, read a bit, then got up. WhooHoo!
As I was laying there reading, I got a text from my daughter-in-law. "Do we want to have supper and walk in Chilo Park tonight?" Oh, that sounds good! That will be the first time this year, and we all need to start doing this again! I am looking so forward to this now! It will probably be windy (and a little chilly) down there by the river, but it'll still be nice.
When I get up, one of the things I do is go out and take the sheet of the long box and water those seeds I planted. It ended up taking FIVE gallons of water before I was satisfied that it was soaked enough. I thought it was going to rain more than it did, and I wouldn't have to lug water out there, but I didn't that help. I lugged, instead.
I packed stuff for our supper, and got other stuff ready to make at the last minute. I did other piddly stuff here around the house, then got on the pute to catch up my games and all. At 4, I went and got dressed for walking, all but my shoes (those go on last!), because I wanted to be ready to skedaddle out the door.
At 5, the disability lawyer called, as scheduled (thank God, he wasn't sick again today) and we got this little interview/application over with. I was thinking this was supposed to be something like a conference call with SS, but it ended up just being him putting everything into the computer. I could hear him punching the buttons, so I know something was happening this time, but it certainly makes me wonder -- what the hell has been happening in this meantime? I've given them this information twice, now I've filled out this paperwork, now I have to give it to him on the phone again, and NOW he's putting it in the computer? -- But, to be fair, I suppose they have heard so many stories, I guess they've got to make sure stories don't change, but, damn. What have I been waiting almost three months for?
He did say the next step would be a letter from SS, asking me what kind of things I can do and how long they take me, things like that, then after that, it would probably be 4 to 5 months before they make a decision. So, at least now I know something is happening/moving.
As soon as the phone call was over, I zap the Ramen Noodles I was taking as my donation to supper, put my shoes on, and out the door I go. Ron called as I was getting ready, and he decided he's not going to join us today, he's just too tired.
I meet them at Chilo Park. I brought yogurts and Pop Cakes, and the boys (Corgan and his friend Justin) munched on them while we waited for Josh and Chelle to come back from walking while they waited for me to get there. We have our supper. Chelle made ham salad from leftover ham, egg salad from eggs from Easter, and some potato salad - three different containers of it! Regular for them, special 'unsalted' for Ron, and made with Miracle Whip for me - are we spoiled or what? Corgan was thrilled when he saw the Ramen Noodles, and even more thrilled when he saw that I remembered to bring his chopsticks! Chelle also made some devilled eggs, and had some marinated chicken breasts that she had cooked up. It was a very good picnic supper, and when we were done, we packed up and walked the Nature Preserve Trail. Remember, it's a mile-long walk, or just over, and it's very pretty this time of year, and the boys kept us on our toes. My hips didn't hurt me until we were about 3/4 of the way through, and I was glad about that. I didn't have to stop in any of the blinds, either, and I used to have to stop at each of them! I'm really pleased about that! Maybe, by the end of summer, I'll be able to walk it twice....maybe.
I got back home, and it was a normal evening here at the O'Toole house. I played on the pute (and munched Easter candy), and Ron 'watched' one of his Spaghetti Western movies until time for Criminal Minds. I usually play on the pute while watching TV, but a couple shows I have to really concentrate on, or I miss something - Criminal Minds is one, Bones is another. Sometimes I am on the pute during NCIS and NCIS:LA and sometimes, I'm not - depends on my frame of mind when they're on. Oh, well, that's a whole 'nother story...
Putting my food and exercise into MFP today, I was only 11 calories short for the day. I'll be glad when the Easter candy is gone. I didn't think I gave myself all that much, but there sure seems to be an awful lot in my bowl!
Walking the Walk Path with Lois tomorrow, so I'll be getting more exercise (yay!) and that can only be a good thing!
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Running errands today....enjoying the colors while driving down the road
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
I woke up this morning around 9. As usual, I read a little bit, then got up. I had errands to run today, and wanted to get going and get them done. I thought about stopping and walking the Walk Path while I was out, also, but decided not to and didn't wear my gym shoes.
I did the errands around Bethel, then headed down to Amelia. Oh, what a glorious drive that was today! I saw that the phlox has bloomed, so the ground has pinks and purples here and there now, and the pink and purple trees have started blooming, too, so the drive down 125 was quite colorful! While seeing all the white things blooming, then yellow daffodils joining in, seeing the pinks and purples, with some red tulips thrown in every now and then was pretty darn cool, if I do say so myself. Quite enjoyable. Quite.
I got my errands finished, then decided to go to LaRosa's for my lunch, since I had gone that far down the road. I hadn't been there in a while, and it sure sounded good. I wasn't sure what to get, since they've added carrots (carrots!!) to their tuna salad, and I don't like their pizza sauce, but I'd find something. I finally went with a turkey hoagy, just as the menu says, which should be 360 calories (that's what the menu says, anyway). I didn't even add cheese, which I love, just so I knew what the calorie count was. Being lunch, I got the combo, which adds fries - not a whole basket, mind you, just some. I would have loved to get a basket of fries, but I resisted. Besides, then I wouldn't have gotten the lunch combo price....lol.
I sat there for an hour, enjoying my lunch and reading my book. My errands were done and there was no press of time on me at all, and I just sat and enjoyed. That waitress was probably so glad to see me go - I probably drank half a gallon of iced tea! I kept her on her toes, keeping my glass filled. Good thing I don't use a straw while out in public - can you imagine how fast I'd drink my tea if I used the straw? Tsk, tsk.
I got back home, played on the pute for a bit and caught my games and all up. Then I got out the Wii Balance Board and did about 40 minutes of Wii Training. I concentrated on exercise/aerobic type things today. Those burn a lot more calories, you know. than the balance games do. I did do a couple of the balance games, but just for fun more than for exercise.
Ron got home about 5:30, and he watched the weather (it's supposed to drop BELOW 40 tonight!), then put in his Spaghetti Western movies to watch while I go to my TOPS meeting. I leave at 6:30, as usual on Tuesday, and get up to my meeting.
I weigh in, and - not a surprise - have gained a pound and a half. Thanks, Easter Bunny Bawk Bawk!!
Only one person lost weight this week, out of ten of us weighing in. ONE. And HE lost less than a pound. We will definitely have to do better next week!
I wore my new T.G.I.F. T-Shirt, and three people told me they loved it! Donna told me she got that same shirt for Easter, too (so of course she liked it), and the other two wanted to know where I got it, but I just told them 'from the Easter Bunny' - it came in my basket. Cause I really don't know where it came from!
Boy, had the temperature dropped while I was in there! The wind had kicked up, too. There was quite a difference between walking in and leaving. Brrrr. And I hadn't even taken my jacket, either.
I got home from the meeting, made myself chicken noodle soup for my supper, then dived into my bowl of candy for my dessert. I had resisted it all day long, and I wasn't resisting any longer!
When I put my food into MFP, the turkey hoagy at LaRosa's came up all different sorts of numbers - the lowest of which was 418, so that's the one I finally clicked on to claim. I was pissed! The menu said that the turkey was only 360, so wasn't it listed here for 360? Oooooooh. 60 extra calories for nothing! I do believe, if I remember correctly, the chicken hoagy was around 420 calories, and the tuna hoagy was 480, but why did everyone NOT enter the turkey hoagy correctly? I didn't even give myself cheese, so I could have those 'less' calories, and then I got screwed out of them anyway! If I knew all the information, I'd enter it correctly, but I don't know all the other (fats, proteins, etc.) numbers, so I can't. Bummer, indeed!
I entered my soup for my supper, and then ballparked my candy, and I ended up just 75 calories short for the day. Still short, but it should have been 135 short, not just 75. Ugh. Makes a big difference in the long run. It does to me, anyway.
Nothing planned for tomorrow. If it isn't too windy, I may go out and take the eggs out of the trees. Maybe. We'll see how I feel tomorrow. I might wait til the weekend, too. Ron and I are both thinking he's gonna have to work this weekend - big clean-ups going on - so, we'll see. Plus, I just may not feel like it. I do like to keep the holiday ambiance going on for a bit.
I woke up this morning around 9. As usual, I read a little bit, then got up. I had errands to run today, and wanted to get going and get them done. I thought about stopping and walking the Walk Path while I was out, also, but decided not to and didn't wear my gym shoes.
I did the errands around Bethel, then headed down to Amelia. Oh, what a glorious drive that was today! I saw that the phlox has bloomed, so the ground has pinks and purples here and there now, and the pink and purple trees have started blooming, too, so the drive down 125 was quite colorful! While seeing all the white things blooming, then yellow daffodils joining in, seeing the pinks and purples, with some red tulips thrown in every now and then was pretty darn cool, if I do say so myself. Quite enjoyable. Quite.
I got my errands finished, then decided to go to LaRosa's for my lunch, since I had gone that far down the road. I hadn't been there in a while, and it sure sounded good. I wasn't sure what to get, since they've added carrots (carrots!!) to their tuna salad, and I don't like their pizza sauce, but I'd find something. I finally went with a turkey hoagy, just as the menu says, which should be 360 calories (that's what the menu says, anyway). I didn't even add cheese, which I love, just so I knew what the calorie count was. Being lunch, I got the combo, which adds fries - not a whole basket, mind you, just some. I would have loved to get a basket of fries, but I resisted. Besides, then I wouldn't have gotten the lunch combo price....lol.
I sat there for an hour, enjoying my lunch and reading my book. My errands were done and there was no press of time on me at all, and I just sat and enjoyed. That waitress was probably so glad to see me go - I probably drank half a gallon of iced tea! I kept her on her toes, keeping my glass filled. Good thing I don't use a straw while out in public - can you imagine how fast I'd drink my tea if I used the straw? Tsk, tsk.
I got back home, played on the pute for a bit and caught my games and all up. Then I got out the Wii Balance Board and did about 40 minutes of Wii Training. I concentrated on exercise/aerobic type things today. Those burn a lot more calories, you know. than the balance games do. I did do a couple of the balance games, but just for fun more than for exercise.
Ron got home about 5:30, and he watched the weather (it's supposed to drop BELOW 40 tonight!), then put in his Spaghetti Western movies to watch while I go to my TOPS meeting. I leave at 6:30, as usual on Tuesday, and get up to my meeting.
I weigh in, and - not a surprise - have gained a pound and a half. Thanks, Easter Bunny Bawk Bawk!!
Only one person lost weight this week, out of ten of us weighing in. ONE. And HE lost less than a pound. We will definitely have to do better next week!
I wore my new T.G.I.F. T-Shirt, and three people told me they loved it! Donna told me she got that same shirt for Easter, too (so of course she liked it), and the other two wanted to know where I got it, but I just told them 'from the Easter Bunny' - it came in my basket. Cause I really don't know where it came from!
Boy, had the temperature dropped while I was in there! The wind had kicked up, too. There was quite a difference between walking in and leaving. Brrrr. And I hadn't even taken my jacket, either.
I got home from the meeting, made myself chicken noodle soup for my supper, then dived into my bowl of candy for my dessert. I had resisted it all day long, and I wasn't resisting any longer!
When I put my food into MFP, the turkey hoagy at LaRosa's came up all different sorts of numbers - the lowest of which was 418, so that's the one I finally clicked on to claim. I was pissed! The menu said that the turkey was only 360, so wasn't it listed here for 360? Oooooooh. 60 extra calories for nothing! I do believe, if I remember correctly, the chicken hoagy was around 420 calories, and the tuna hoagy was 480, but why did everyone NOT enter the turkey hoagy correctly? I didn't even give myself cheese, so I could have those 'less' calories, and then I got screwed out of them anyway! If I knew all the information, I'd enter it correctly, but I don't know all the other (fats, proteins, etc.) numbers, so I can't. Bummer, indeed!
I entered my soup for my supper, and then ballparked my candy, and I ended up just 75 calories short for the day. Still short, but it should have been 135 short, not just 75. Ugh. Makes a big difference in the long run. It does to me, anyway.
Nothing planned for tomorrow. If it isn't too windy, I may go out and take the eggs out of the trees. Maybe. We'll see how I feel tomorrow. I might wait til the weekend, too. Ron and I are both thinking he's gonna have to work this weekend - big clean-ups going on - so, we'll see. Plus, I just may not feel like it. I do like to keep the holiday ambiance going on for a bit.
Monday, April 21, 2014
Back to normal. Always a bit of a letdown, don't you think?
Monday, April 21, 2014
Today was the usual the-holiday-is-over, and now go back to 'normal' type of day. Yeah, I know - define normal. How about - back to your usual weekday?
As I do on Mondays, I woke up, read a bit, then did played Happy Homemaker when I did get up. I didn't do any laundry, since I had it so totally caught up, but I did plenty of dishes and other piddling around here in the house.
I played on the pute, too, as always, and put together my Easter pictures. I had stolen some from Chelle and it's always quite a chore to name, or describe, them all and keep them in order as you do so. I only had 79 pictures when I was done, but I declare Easter a success anyway! LOL
I was so busy doing that, I didn't even think about eating lunch until after 3! Then I just ate a chicken salad so I could tell Ron I ate lunch. I did munch on a piece of Easter candy here and there, but not much, because I'm saving it for munching on in the evening.
I also managed to get outside and plant my seeds in the long flower box over by the phone pole in the yard. I had bought the topsoil last weekend, but the snow expected put a stop to doing the job then. I really couldn't fit it in over this weekend, so I got the job done today. It's supposed to rain tonight, so that should give them a good watering for me.
Ron didn't get home until 6:30. He had been sent back out to pick up a dumpster at an apartment complex at 4:30 and lo & behold - the dumpster was blocked, so he had to dead-run it (go back without picking it up). I can't understand why they don't understand that drivers want to go home in the afternoons, too! Why go out again after 3 or 3:30??? Doesn't make much sense to me, especially when the dump (landfill) closes at 5 and they can't do anything with the load anyway when they come back in, and then are expected to go dump that load/dumpster at 5am before going back out. Just how safe can it be to go up on the dump at 5am? They preach safety, safety, safety but they sure don't follow 'common sense' safety!
Ron zapped the meal I brought him from OG for his supper, and I made me a ham sandwich for mine. I only used one slice of bread, and added a slice of Colby Jack cheese. While watching TV, I scavenged through my bowl of Easter candy and had my dessert. Nowhere near as much candy as I had yesterday - probably not even a quarter of it. Yesterday was bad.
I took a good healthy rough estimate of what I had eaten when I went to MFP, and I was pleasantly surprised and pleased to be 300+ calories short for the day! Of course, most of it was candy, so it was empty calories, but luckily, it wasn't so very many calories. (And they tasted so very yummy as I ate them!)
I have some errands to do tomorrow, so I will be able to actually work in some exercise. I probably could have today, but didn't have the inclination. But - tomorrow is another day! Plus, I have to weigh in tomorrow night...
Today was the usual the-holiday-is-over, and now go back to 'normal' type of day. Yeah, I know - define normal. How about - back to your usual weekday?
As I do on Mondays, I woke up, read a bit, then did played Happy Homemaker when I did get up. I didn't do any laundry, since I had it so totally caught up, but I did plenty of dishes and other piddling around here in the house.
I played on the pute, too, as always, and put together my Easter pictures. I had stolen some from Chelle and it's always quite a chore to name, or describe, them all and keep them in order as you do so. I only had 79 pictures when I was done, but I declare Easter a success anyway! LOL
I was so busy doing that, I didn't even think about eating lunch until after 3! Then I just ate a chicken salad so I could tell Ron I ate lunch. I did munch on a piece of Easter candy here and there, but not much, because I'm saving it for munching on in the evening.
I also managed to get outside and plant my seeds in the long flower box over by the phone pole in the yard. I had bought the topsoil last weekend, but the snow expected put a stop to doing the job then. I really couldn't fit it in over this weekend, so I got the job done today. It's supposed to rain tonight, so that should give them a good watering for me.
Ron didn't get home until 6:30. He had been sent back out to pick up a dumpster at an apartment complex at 4:30 and lo & behold - the dumpster was blocked, so he had to dead-run it (go back without picking it up). I can't understand why they don't understand that drivers want to go home in the afternoons, too! Why go out again after 3 or 3:30??? Doesn't make much sense to me, especially when the dump (landfill) closes at 5 and they can't do anything with the load anyway when they come back in, and then are expected to go dump that load/dumpster at 5am before going back out. Just how safe can it be to go up on the dump at 5am? They preach safety, safety, safety but they sure don't follow 'common sense' safety!
Ron zapped the meal I brought him from OG for his supper, and I made me a ham sandwich for mine. I only used one slice of bread, and added a slice of Colby Jack cheese. While watching TV, I scavenged through my bowl of Easter candy and had my dessert. Nowhere near as much candy as I had yesterday - probably not even a quarter of it. Yesterday was bad.
I took a good healthy rough estimate of what I had eaten when I went to MFP, and I was pleasantly surprised and pleased to be 300+ calories short for the day! Of course, most of it was candy, so it was empty calories, but luckily, it wasn't so very many calories. (And they tasted so very yummy as I ate them!)
I have some errands to do tomorrow, so I will be able to actually work in some exercise. I probably could have today, but didn't have the inclination. But - tomorrow is another day! Plus, I have to weigh in tomorrow night...
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Easter wishes for everyone!
Sunday, April 20, 2014
I wasn't going to write today, but then decided to go ahead because we had such a good day, I wanted to share it with you.
It all started when my alarm went off at 7:45 this morning. Yes, that is very early for me, especially on a Sunday. But it was for a good cause - I had to start the ham cooking. I was trying a new recipe this year (one which said it was 'quick and easy' but was going to take over 4 hours to prepare). I should have known right then and there not to go down that road, but, noooooooo. I had to try it out. First, I throw a variety of veggies, fruits, and spices into a stockpot with the ham, get it to a boil, then let it simmer (for 20 minutes for each pound of ham) however long is needed - in this case, 3 hours. That's why I wanted it on around by 9, so it could cook while we went to church, and I could take the next step when we got back. Seemed like decent timing to me. It took me a while, almost half an hour, to get all the veggies/fruits quartered, peeled, sliced, etc. and into the stockpot so I could get it all going. The spices were no problem.
Then it was time for showers, dressing up, a bit of make-up for me (just eyeshadow, don't worry!), and off we went - a little early for a change. This is Easter, and it's not a bad idea to get there early on Easter Sunday. The parking lot was already about a quarter full! Trust us, it's usually not that full when we get there on a normal Sunday. By the time Mass started, church was overflowing (all except the front rows - no one wants to sits there) and that's so wonderful to see. It's so sad that it only happens twice a year.
After church, we had to stop and get gasoline for Ron, either lawnmower or motorcycle, I'm not sure which. The car smelled wonderful on the way home...
When we got home, we hopped into gear. I had a list ready of things to do. 1. Hide eggs outside. These are the plastic eggs that the generous Easter Bunny puts money (some bills, some change), and candy into and hides in the front yard. He can't hide them the night before, and this must be done before Corgan gets there, which today is going to be 1, so we have a bit of time to get this work done (thanks to prior planning). 2. Cut flowers. These are daffodils from the front hill that I am going to use in a centerpiece once Jean gets here with the daffodils she has cut from theirs. I think they'll make a pretty little centerpiece! Luckily, this task only takes a couple of minutes. 3. Ham. Since it was done in the stockpot, I had to take it out, peel the skin but not the fat (yeah, right), then score it. I could not do this peeling. I could not. Ron came and did this for me, but it was not a fun job for him, either. This 'skin' is not loose in any way, and does not come off easily at all. And as you cut it off, the fat comes with it. It was a very frustrating job.
After scoring it, the next step is rubbing it with brown sugar, then pouring honey over it, then sticking whole cloves into each crosscut.
Finally, I could get it into the oven to brown/glaze. Finally!
We went outside to wait for the family then, because it was getting mighty close to 1. It was so nice to be able to relax for a few minutes and not have to think of anything at all, to just enjoy the sunshine and to be able to sit outside for a change.
They pull in, Corgan starts finding eggs, Chelle and I start taking pictures. What else are family get-togethers for? After Corgan finds the whole dozen, we sit on the front step so he can open them and see what wonders are inside them. Besides his favorite Warheads candy (which will not be in his basket), he had 2 eggs full of change - just silver change - he had 2 $1 bills, a $5 bill, and a $20 bill!! Wow!
Then we all went into the house - oh, no! Brown Sugar! We smell Brown Sugar burning as soon as we walk in! Yuck! I rush and turn the oven off.
Chelle and I get ready to take pictures of our Spock child when he sees what the Easter Bunny did on the kitchen table. I don't know why we put ourselves through that every year, but we do. I guess we are hoping one time, we WILL catch a reaction. He came in, and we got the everyone looking at/in their baskets going.
We enjoying digging in our baskets for a little while, then Josh started walking into the living room and calling out that he sees an egg, and here's another one, so Corgan went into the living room and found all the eggs (the real hard-boiled eggs) that the Easter Bunny hides in there. The EB gets a little smart when these are hidden - a list is written, just in case one can't be found. Corgan did a good job this year. He found all but 5 before he even mentioned that he couldn't find any more. Then he insisted that he didn't need any hints or help but wanted to look some more. He's funny - if that were true, why'd he mention it? He did find a couple more, his dad helped him find one, and I had to give him hints on the last two. He found the one, but just couldn't find the last one, so I got it out for him. He was very indignant and wanted to know "why would an egg be hidden there?" We all just laughed at him. Yeah, why would the EB hide an egg somewhere? Why?
We finished clearing off the table and put the ham (and my pretty little centerpiece) on the table and had our real Easter Dinner. Yep, ham sandwiches. That was it. Of course, you could have your choice of white, wheat, or rye bread, so it wasn't a 'normal' meal.
Corgan started putting together his new kites, as well as his new (styrofoam) Titan plane as we all finished eating, then we went outside to play for a while.
They tried to fly the kite, but the wind just wouldn't cooperate, so they had to give that up.
Then, they flew the plane. That sucker was cool! And it was made so that if it crashed, it broke apart, so when it hit the ground, that was pretty cool, too. It caught what small wind there was, and glided on drifts, and went on and on like a dream. When it landed on its belly like it was supposed to, it was sweet.
Then out came the basketball hoop. Corgan has definitely improved since the last time I saw him play basketball! Ron even got out a second basketball and was trying to make baskets, too. I truly never thought I'd see that day - Ron shooting baskets. Amazing.
It didn't last long. Ron - old man Grandpa, you know - got tired and quit, and no one else would play, so away went to hoop (it rolls), and now Josh and Corgan started playing their little version of backyard baseball.
It was quite an afternoon! Kites, planes, basketball, baseball. I just sat and watched, taking pictures the whole time. I still got tired. But it was a very nice afternoon to sit outside, and it was fun to watch the guys be energetic, and it was very nice to just have an afternoon to sit all day, basically, and not have to worry about the things we usually have to worry about. I can go back to that tomorrow!
They all left around 5 - Chelle was tired, she had worked this morning - and Ron and I just chilled for the rest of the evening. I got on the pute for a while, then we played some mini-golf on the Wii, then he went on to bed and I got back on the pute. I wasn't going to go on MFP, but then I did - I figured why ruin my twenty-some day streak I had going? So, I figured I would ballpark 2000 calories for my candy, then add my ham sandwich and boom there it is. Yep, totally sucky day, but what do you expect for Easter?
I sincerely hope your Easter was as peaceful and as blessed as mine (ours) was.
And on a super, super good note - I have my car back and can go as needed, and I used the last of my Christmas stamps mailing out my bills for this week! I love it when things fall into place at Eastertime...
I wasn't going to write today, but then decided to go ahead because we had such a good day, I wanted to share it with you.
It all started when my alarm went off at 7:45 this morning. Yes, that is very early for me, especially on a Sunday. But it was for a good cause - I had to start the ham cooking. I was trying a new recipe this year (one which said it was 'quick and easy' but was going to take over 4 hours to prepare). I should have known right then and there not to go down that road, but, noooooooo. I had to try it out. First, I throw a variety of veggies, fruits, and spices into a stockpot with the ham, get it to a boil, then let it simmer (for 20 minutes for each pound of ham) however long is needed - in this case, 3 hours. That's why I wanted it on around by 9, so it could cook while we went to church, and I could take the next step when we got back. Seemed like decent timing to me. It took me a while, almost half an hour, to get all the veggies/fruits quartered, peeled, sliced, etc. and into the stockpot so I could get it all going. The spices were no problem.
Then it was time for showers, dressing up, a bit of make-up for me (just eyeshadow, don't worry!), and off we went - a little early for a change. This is Easter, and it's not a bad idea to get there early on Easter Sunday. The parking lot was already about a quarter full! Trust us, it's usually not that full when we get there on a normal Sunday. By the time Mass started, church was overflowing (all except the front rows - no one wants to sits there) and that's so wonderful to see. It's so sad that it only happens twice a year.
After church, we had to stop and get gasoline for Ron, either lawnmower or motorcycle, I'm not sure which. The car smelled wonderful on the way home...
When we got home, we hopped into gear. I had a list ready of things to do. 1. Hide eggs outside. These are the plastic eggs that the generous Easter Bunny puts money (some bills, some change), and candy into and hides in the front yard. He can't hide them the night before, and this must be done before Corgan gets there, which today is going to be 1, so we have a bit of time to get this work done (thanks to prior planning). 2. Cut flowers. These are daffodils from the front hill that I am going to use in a centerpiece once Jean gets here with the daffodils she has cut from theirs. I think they'll make a pretty little centerpiece! Luckily, this task only takes a couple of minutes. 3. Ham. Since it was done in the stockpot, I had to take it out, peel the skin but not the fat (yeah, right), then score it. I could not do this peeling. I could not. Ron came and did this for me, but it was not a fun job for him, either. This 'skin' is not loose in any way, and does not come off easily at all. And as you cut it off, the fat comes with it. It was a very frustrating job.
After scoring it, the next step is rubbing it with brown sugar, then pouring honey over it, then sticking whole cloves into each crosscut.
Finally, I could get it into the oven to brown/glaze. Finally!
We went outside to wait for the family then, because it was getting mighty close to 1. It was so nice to be able to relax for a few minutes and not have to think of anything at all, to just enjoy the sunshine and to be able to sit outside for a change.
They pull in, Corgan starts finding eggs, Chelle and I start taking pictures. What else are family get-togethers for? After Corgan finds the whole dozen, we sit on the front step so he can open them and see what wonders are inside them. Besides his favorite Warheads candy (which will not be in his basket), he had 2 eggs full of change - just silver change - he had 2 $1 bills, a $5 bill, and a $20 bill!! Wow!
Then we all went into the house - oh, no! Brown Sugar! We smell Brown Sugar burning as soon as we walk in! Yuck! I rush and turn the oven off.
Chelle and I get ready to take pictures of our Spock child when he sees what the Easter Bunny did on the kitchen table. I don't know why we put ourselves through that every year, but we do. I guess we are hoping one time, we WILL catch a reaction. He came in, and we got the everyone looking at/in their baskets going.
We enjoying digging in our baskets for a little while, then Josh started walking into the living room and calling out that he sees an egg, and here's another one, so Corgan went into the living room and found all the eggs (the real hard-boiled eggs) that the Easter Bunny hides in there. The EB gets a little smart when these are hidden - a list is written, just in case one can't be found. Corgan did a good job this year. He found all but 5 before he even mentioned that he couldn't find any more. Then he insisted that he didn't need any hints or help but wanted to look some more. He's funny - if that were true, why'd he mention it? He did find a couple more, his dad helped him find one, and I had to give him hints on the last two. He found the one, but just couldn't find the last one, so I got it out for him. He was very indignant and wanted to know "why would an egg be hidden there?" We all just laughed at him. Yeah, why would the EB hide an egg somewhere? Why?
We finished clearing off the table and put the ham (and my pretty little centerpiece) on the table and had our real Easter Dinner. Yep, ham sandwiches. That was it. Of course, you could have your choice of white, wheat, or rye bread, so it wasn't a 'normal' meal.
They tried to fly the kite, but the wind just wouldn't cooperate, so they had to give that up.
Then, they flew the plane. That sucker was cool! And it was made so that if it crashed, it broke apart, so when it hit the ground, that was pretty cool, too. It caught what small wind there was, and glided on drifts, and went on and on like a dream. When it landed on its belly like it was supposed to, it was sweet.
Then out came the basketball hoop. Corgan has definitely improved since the last time I saw him play basketball! Ron even got out a second basketball and was trying to make baskets, too. I truly never thought I'd see that day - Ron shooting baskets. Amazing.
It didn't last long. Ron - old man Grandpa, you know - got tired and quit, and no one else would play, so away went to hoop (it rolls), and now Josh and Corgan started playing their little version of backyard baseball.
It was quite an afternoon! Kites, planes, basketball, baseball. I just sat and watched, taking pictures the whole time. I still got tired. But it was a very nice afternoon to sit outside, and it was fun to watch the guys be energetic, and it was very nice to just have an afternoon to sit all day, basically, and not have to worry about the things we usually have to worry about. I can go back to that tomorrow!
They all left around 5 - Chelle was tired, she had worked this morning - and Ron and I just chilled for the rest of the evening. I got on the pute for a while, then we played some mini-golf on the Wii, then he went on to bed and I got back on the pute. I wasn't going to go on MFP, but then I did - I figured why ruin my twenty-some day streak I had going? So, I figured I would ballpark 2000 calories for my candy, then add my ham sandwich and boom there it is. Yep, totally sucky day, but what do you expect for Easter?
I sincerely hope your Easter was as peaceful and as blessed as mine (ours) was.
And on a super, super good note - I have my car back and can go as needed, and I used the last of my Christmas stamps mailing out my bills for this week! I love it when things fall into place at Eastertime...
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Oh, the fun building up to Easter...
Saturday, April 19, 2014
I got up at 9 this morning, because Josh and all were coming around 10 to dye eggs for tomorrow. I had things to get ready for that, as well as my weigh-in, which I do every Saturday morning, and a short time to do it all in.
I did my weigh-in first off, and I weighed just about exactly the same as last week! I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but at least it's not a gain - which I'm pretty sure it will be next week. Then I dove into the things around the house that needed done. I had boiled the eggs and cleaned the cups we're dying in, so I just needed to clean off the table and get all the 'ingredients' together, things like that, so it really didn't take me too long. Since Ron and Corgan were outside playing with lawnmowers, I could do whatever I needed to uninterrupted, and I did so. I soon got done, and got me some pute time in before they got here!
They got here, and we did our egg-dying. It was so much fun! Sometimes I wish that we dyed many more eggs, just because we have so much fun doing this, but we just don't need that many eggs, and we can't eat that many eggs, either!
When we got done with the eggs, after some discussion, we all decided that I would make us some lunch, because Ron was still working on their car. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to figure out its problem during the morning, and even after Josh got here and was helping him, nothing much could get accomplished, which was disappointing to me, because that meant that I couldn't go to the baby shower I was planning on going to this afternoon. I just couldn't go with the car situation unsettled. I was really disappointed, but it couldn't be helped. I had to scramble to find something to make for lunch, because I wasn't expecting that - I thought they would have left for home by then - and finally we all agreed on Johnny Marzetti. I'm glad I keep the makings of that handy! After we ate our lunch, we all took a walk down Hoover Road - even Ron. He said by then that he needed a break from the cars and lawnmowers, so he walked with us! Yay, Ron! I managed to walk 3/4 of a mile before my hips forced me to turn around. I walked back and waited for them at the stump on the curves while they walked on to the end of the road and came back. So, I walked for a mile and a half and they all walked two miles. It was such a beautiful day, too. It was very enjoyable.
When we got back, Josh, Jean and I played a game of Jeopardy on the Wii, Chelle read her Kindle, Corgan played outside (driving the Zero Turn around the yard - you should see him. He 'parallel parks' between two patches of pampas grass, then pulls out, drives around, then does it again. He's funny.) and Ron went back to work on their car. Josh, as usual, trounced me and Jean, but only because me and Jean both bet all of our money on Daily Doubles and lost. Silly of us, and we knew it, but if we don't try...
Finally, Ron declared their car done around 5 and they went home (at least, I think it was 5 - I lost track of time!). I played on the pute for a bit, then went and did up the dishes from this morning, getting ready for the big day tomorrow. I got everything I needed to get out, out, ready to do what needed to be done later, because that is no small task around here. I just played on the pute until Ron came in, which was after 8.
We zapped leftovers for our supper, played a round of mini-golf, then it was time to do Easter Bunny stuff. As I said, that's no small task around here, and it takes quite a while. Opening bags of stuff and placing the stuff in the proper basket, and then bags of candy and distributing all of that between all of the baskets. My back is killing me!
We still have to hide the eggs here in the living room, but I needed a break (and he's already asleep), so I took the time to go to MFP and write my blog. Because of my exercise today, I managed to sneak in less than 100 calories short for the day. But that's all that can be said for it, besides it was YUMMY!
I doubt I will be here tomorrow.
Happy, Blessed Easter to all. Enjoy the day, each other, and your families - all the little things - those are the memories.
I got up at 9 this morning, because Josh and all were coming around 10 to dye eggs for tomorrow. I had things to get ready for that, as well as my weigh-in, which I do every Saturday morning, and a short time to do it all in.
I did my weigh-in first off, and I weighed just about exactly the same as last week! I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but at least it's not a gain - which I'm pretty sure it will be next week. Then I dove into the things around the house that needed done. I had boiled the eggs and cleaned the cups we're dying in, so I just needed to clean off the table and get all the 'ingredients' together, things like that, so it really didn't take me too long. Since Ron and Corgan were outside playing with lawnmowers, I could do whatever I needed to uninterrupted, and I did so. I soon got done, and got me some pute time in before they got here!
They got here, and we did our egg-dying. It was so much fun! Sometimes I wish that we dyed many more eggs, just because we have so much fun doing this, but we just don't need that many eggs, and we can't eat that many eggs, either!
When we got done with the eggs, after some discussion, we all decided that I would make us some lunch, because Ron was still working on their car. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to figure out its problem during the morning, and even after Josh got here and was helping him, nothing much could get accomplished, which was disappointing to me, because that meant that I couldn't go to the baby shower I was planning on going to this afternoon. I just couldn't go with the car situation unsettled. I was really disappointed, but it couldn't be helped. I had to scramble to find something to make for lunch, because I wasn't expecting that - I thought they would have left for home by then - and finally we all agreed on Johnny Marzetti. I'm glad I keep the makings of that handy! After we ate our lunch, we all took a walk down Hoover Road - even Ron. He said by then that he needed a break from the cars and lawnmowers, so he walked with us! Yay, Ron! I managed to walk 3/4 of a mile before my hips forced me to turn around. I walked back and waited for them at the stump on the curves while they walked on to the end of the road and came back. So, I walked for a mile and a half and they all walked two miles. It was such a beautiful day, too. It was very enjoyable.
When we got back, Josh, Jean and I played a game of Jeopardy on the Wii, Chelle read her Kindle, Corgan played outside (driving the Zero Turn around the yard - you should see him. He 'parallel parks' between two patches of pampas grass, then pulls out, drives around, then does it again. He's funny.) and Ron went back to work on their car. Josh, as usual, trounced me and Jean, but only because me and Jean both bet all of our money on Daily Doubles and lost. Silly of us, and we knew it, but if we don't try...
Finally, Ron declared their car done around 5 and they went home (at least, I think it was 5 - I lost track of time!). I played on the pute for a bit, then went and did up the dishes from this morning, getting ready for the big day tomorrow. I got everything I needed to get out, out, ready to do what needed to be done later, because that is no small task around here. I just played on the pute until Ron came in, which was after 8.
We zapped leftovers for our supper, played a round of mini-golf, then it was time to do Easter Bunny stuff. As I said, that's no small task around here, and it takes quite a while. Opening bags of stuff and placing the stuff in the proper basket, and then bags of candy and distributing all of that between all of the baskets. My back is killing me!
We still have to hide the eggs here in the living room, but I needed a break (and he's already asleep), so I took the time to go to MFP and write my blog. Because of my exercise today, I managed to sneak in less than 100 calories short for the day. But that's all that can be said for it, besides it was YUMMY!
I doubt I will be here tomorrow.
Happy, Blessed Easter to all. Enjoy the day, each other, and your families - all the little things - those are the memories.
Good Friday - and no rain (for a change)
Friday, April 18, 2014
Today is Good Friday. I am hoping against hope that I am going to be able to go to church tonight. We haven't been able to go all week, even though we love to go for the Holy Week services, but I have hope for tonight. We shall see. It usually rains on Good Friday, and I always considered that it was God and the angels crying - understandable, right? The only rain called for today is "possible, in the evening" so we shall if that comes to pass.
I woke up this morning around 8:30 but convinced myself to go back to sleep - I did not want to get up that early. Not at all! I did go back to sleep, and got back up around 11. I piddled around the house for a bit, doing this and that, I boiled the eggs to be dyed tomorrow, then ate two of the cracked ones for my lunch. I cut each egg into quarters, so it seemed like I ate a lot more egg than I did. That's a secret I've learned over the last year or so - stretch your food. Instead of chomping an egg in four bites, cut it into quarters, then take three bites to eat each quarter. It lasts a lot longer that way, especially if you take care to chew each bite carefully (about 10 times). Seems weird, but it works! It took me a long time to realize silly little things like that, and look at me now - almost fifty pounds less!
I also had a serving of walnuts with the eggs, so it was a pretty decent lunch. I quite enjoyed it - it was different than what I've been having.
I got on the pute and spent some time catching up my games and all that. Then, I just got the book I've been reading and sat in my recliner to try and get it finished. I haven't enjoyed this one so very much - it's a time-travel story - and I can't wait to be done with it, but Josh, Chelle, and Corgan come in before I get finished. They are dropping Corgan off, then going shopping. Luckily, I could finish the book while sitting at my desk after they left while Corgan played on the TV. Yay!
At 5:30, I am getting worried about Ron getting home in time for me to go to church. I know he can't go, because of us having Corgan, but I want to go sooooo bad - plus I signed up to be lector tonight, and I'd hate to back out on 'em! Finally, I call him, and, luckily, he is on his way home. Whew!
I make it to church, and we have the Stations of the Cross first, then we have our Good Friday Service. They are both so touching, so intense - if you bother to think about the reasons behind them, and let everything soak into you, just embrace it and take it into your soul. If you just sit there or just go through the motions, of course it won't mean much of anything at all. But - especially this year, as I've said before - I am a sponge! I am so blessed.
After the service, I run up to IGA and grab a bag of fish for our supper tonight. It's going to be a very late supper, but that can't be helped. I also got some munchies - Munchos and shoestring potatoes - for us, just because I was too lazy to think of something else.
I went on home, got supper cooking, and played Ron and Corgan at mini-golf. Ron whooped both Corgan and I, but I came in second. Corgan did concede that we have "improved" since he had last seen us play!
Ron went on to bed, Corgan played on the TV, and I got back on the pute. Normal evening here.
I put my food into MFP, and I was less than 100 calories short for the day. I knew I ate too many pieces of fish, but I couldn't let them go to waste, could I? I thought Corgan would eat more than he did, or I wouldn't have cooked so many.
Busy day tomorrow - dying eggs in the morning, baby shower in the afternoon (after a long drive!) - hopefully - IF Ron gets Josh's car done. If not, he probably won't want me to drive his truck anywhere but uptown. I'll only get to go if I get my car back, and I won't like that. It's for someone on the O'Toole side of the family, and I've been looking forward to it for awhile. But, we'll see what happens in the morning when he gets into working on Josh's car. That part is not in our hands. I can't worry about things I can't control (something else I've had to learn over the last year) - and that's a HARD lesson to learn.
It never did rain today, either. Not sure if that's good or bad, but...there it is.
Today is Good Friday. I am hoping against hope that I am going to be able to go to church tonight. We haven't been able to go all week, even though we love to go for the Holy Week services, but I have hope for tonight. We shall see. It usually rains on Good Friday, and I always considered that it was God and the angels crying - understandable, right? The only rain called for today is "possible, in the evening" so we shall if that comes to pass.
I woke up this morning around 8:30 but convinced myself to go back to sleep - I did not want to get up that early. Not at all! I did go back to sleep, and got back up around 11. I piddled around the house for a bit, doing this and that, I boiled the eggs to be dyed tomorrow, then ate two of the cracked ones for my lunch. I cut each egg into quarters, so it seemed like I ate a lot more egg than I did. That's a secret I've learned over the last year or so - stretch your food. Instead of chomping an egg in four bites, cut it into quarters, then take three bites to eat each quarter. It lasts a lot longer that way, especially if you take care to chew each bite carefully (about 10 times). Seems weird, but it works! It took me a long time to realize silly little things like that, and look at me now - almost fifty pounds less!
I also had a serving of walnuts with the eggs, so it was a pretty decent lunch. I quite enjoyed it - it was different than what I've been having.
I got on the pute and spent some time catching up my games and all that. Then, I just got the book I've been reading and sat in my recliner to try and get it finished. I haven't enjoyed this one so very much - it's a time-travel story - and I can't wait to be done with it, but Josh, Chelle, and Corgan come in before I get finished. They are dropping Corgan off, then going shopping. Luckily, I could finish the book while sitting at my desk after they left while Corgan played on the TV. Yay!
At 5:30, I am getting worried about Ron getting home in time for me to go to church. I know he can't go, because of us having Corgan, but I want to go sooooo bad - plus I signed up to be lector tonight, and I'd hate to back out on 'em! Finally, I call him, and, luckily, he is on his way home. Whew!
I make it to church, and we have the Stations of the Cross first, then we have our Good Friday Service. They are both so touching, so intense - if you bother to think about the reasons behind them, and let everything soak into you, just embrace it and take it into your soul. If you just sit there or just go through the motions, of course it won't mean much of anything at all. But - especially this year, as I've said before - I am a sponge! I am so blessed.
After the service, I run up to IGA and grab a bag of fish for our supper tonight. It's going to be a very late supper, but that can't be helped. I also got some munchies - Munchos and shoestring potatoes - for us, just because I was too lazy to think of something else.
I went on home, got supper cooking, and played Ron and Corgan at mini-golf. Ron whooped both Corgan and I, but I came in second. Corgan did concede that we have "improved" since he had last seen us play!
Ron went on to bed, Corgan played on the TV, and I got back on the pute. Normal evening here.
I put my food into MFP, and I was less than 100 calories short for the day. I knew I ate too many pieces of fish, but I couldn't let them go to waste, could I? I thought Corgan would eat more than he did, or I wouldn't have cooked so many.
Busy day tomorrow - dying eggs in the morning, baby shower in the afternoon (after a long drive!) - hopefully - IF Ron gets Josh's car done. If not, he probably won't want me to drive his truck anywhere but uptown. I'll only get to go if I get my car back, and I won't like that. It's for someone on the O'Toole side of the family, and I've been looking forward to it for awhile. But, we'll see what happens in the morning when he gets into working on Josh's car. That part is not in our hands. I can't worry about things I can't control (something else I've had to learn over the last year) - and that's a HARD lesson to learn.
It never did rain today, either. Not sure if that's good or bad, but...there it is.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Getting out - and getting GOOD NEWS!!!
Thursday, April 17, 2014
I got up early today because of that doctor appointment. I managed to get up with the alarm and was up (folding the towels that I had washed the other day) when Jean and Corgan got here. I got done with the towels, got them put away, and off we went.
After a stop at Walgreen's on the way down the road (hey, why cross traffic if you don't have to?), we got to the doctor's. As luck would have it, we got there almost a half hour early, so we just sat in her truck and talked for a while before going in.
In the doctor's office, I had to fill out the annual paperwork (ugh! I only go every six months...) and they finally called me back. First stop, of course, is the scale. The nurse did a double-take! She started enthusing about how great I had done in just six months, and asked what I had done, and kept saying things like "good job" and "keep it up." She just kept going back to it the whole time she was getting my vitals, and it really made me feel good to hear it from a total stranger! She took my blood pressure, and it was 100/50, which is very much on the low side (normal is 120/80), and she was a little concerned about that, and told me to ask the doctor.
When the doctor came in, he didn't say anything about the weight loss, but did ask if I was getting any exercise outside the house. I really think he didn't even notice the difference in my weight - but then, he is a busy, busy doctor (sigh). He was really concerned that I do not take a baby aspirin every day, and questioned me about that quite intensely, about when I quit taking that and why. (Nosebleed Week from Hell...) He insisted that I start taking it again, for preventative reasons, even though it's been well over a year and it's not been mentioned. I told him I didn't particularly want to take another pill every day, he told me he didn't particularly want me having another heart attack. I just kinda looked at him - I've lost almost fifty pounds, I am eating SO much better, I am certainly making better food choices, and I have NOT taken the baby aspirin for over a year, and now - now - it's essential that I take them? I quit protesting to him, but I still am not a happy camper about it. Seems ludicrous to me, but okay. He did say that if I have a nosebleed (or anything like that) to stop taking them again. How generous of him, I'm thinking, but by now, I'm a little discouraged by that. He was mildly concerned about the blood pressure, and told me to cut my water pill in half - not cut back on, or cut out, the pill I was prescribed after the heart attack, but the water pill. What?
My head just can't around the way this doctor is thinking, but, okay - he's the doctor. If I get to feeling too weird or something, I'll call in and/or go in and we'll discuss all this again. Or maybe just talk to Dr. Ward about it and see what he says. I do know that the heart is the ultimate thing to worry about, but - c'mon, man!
When we left the doctor's office, we stopped at Olive Garden for our lunch. I got the Fettuccine Alfredo, and brought home a meal for Ron - I LOVE that 2-meals-for-$13!!! Jean got Rosemary Chicken, and Corgan got the Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks. Of course, as with all OG meals, Jean and I got salads and breadsticks, also. We were there probably about an hour, and it was quite enjoyable.
As we came on back up 125, we stopped for more errands, the last being doing grocery shopping at WalMart. It's only Thursday, and it was already crazy in there! I'm so glad I am done with all my holiday shopping and this was only groceries and we got out of there relatively quickly.
When we got back here, I had Corgan help me go through the drawers in 'his' room, to weed out the clothes here that don't fit him anymore. Of course - the boy gets his pack-rat-ness honestly - he didn't want to give up any of them, and some were size 5s! He will be 10 this year, and, trust me, the 5s don't fit him any more! I am glad to get that job done, though. I've been meaning to do it for quite a while now.
Then Jean and he took off for home, and I could finally have some pute time! I emptied my pockets, and I had taken my pedometer (I had forgotten) and I had walked almost 3800 steps! A mile is 2000 steps, so that is well over a mile and a half. I figured when I do MFP tonight, I'll claim a mile and half walk as well as my WalMart Walk (which is half a mile). The pedometer takes 10 steps to kick in, so every time I stop, it takes 10 steps to kick back in, so I figure I came pretty darn close to that 2 miles doing all my errands.
Being Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday to some), I was hoping Ron would get home and I'd be able to make some calls and we'd maybe be able to make it to church tonight for the Mass of the Lord's Supper. It wasn't meant to be, though, and he didn't come home and didn't come home and didn't come home.
FINALLY, almost right at 7, he pulled in - in his truck!!! In. His. Truck. Oh, Hallelujah!! When I first heard the truck at the end of Hoover, I thought it was him, but I hadn't heard from him (and I hear many trucks all day long that sound like his) and thought "nahhhhh" but then he pulled into the driveway! I could have done cartwheels! What a thrilling sight and sound that was today, let me tell you! I practically ran out to the driveway to greet Ron and as we were talking about it, he told me the part cost $215.00!!! OUCH! We expected it to cost around $40. and ... damn. But the truck is fixed, and that is one obstacle overcome this week!
It also wasn't quite the part we thought it was - when we checked the pute (and the codes the mechanic gave us), everything said Throttle Position Sensor, but it ended up being the Throttle Body. The sensor is on the side of the Body, and the Body (in his model) is all one piece, not two pieces as the pute was telling us (oops), and thus - more money for the part. Sucks, but it is fixed, and running, and that's what matters in the long run. The mechanic had brought his $1000 computer in to check the codes (actually tell the exact problem, not just codes), which is how they discovered/found out what Ron needed to buy. Thank God for good friends who will go that little extra step for you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
We fried hamburger patties for our supper, and I fried an egg to put on my sandwich, which I cooked right there in the skillet with the hamburgers. Why I decided to have a sandwich instead of just eating the hamburger, I don't know, but I did. I also added two slices of cheese, too - one on each bread. I guess I was hungry again.
We played mini-golf as we were eating, then he went on to bed - yes, it takes that long to play a whole game of mini-golf - and I got back on the pute.
As I put my food and exercise in MFP, I ended up only 9 calories short for the day!! NINE! Very, very close, but still under. Closest I've been without going over in a long time - thank God for that evil E word today.
No plans tomorrow until the evening. Just Happy Homemaker stuff - boiling eggs for us to dye Saturday morning, and generally cleaning the house so the Easter Bunny will be able to hide eggs without going through an obstacle course.
I am certainly hoping and praying that Ron gets home in time to go to church tomorrow night - it IS Good Friday. We shall see, though. We shall see. God has helped us to overcome this obstacle the devil threw into our path this week, so I'm hoping He can help us here, too.
I got up early today because of that doctor appointment. I managed to get up with the alarm and was up (folding the towels that I had washed the other day) when Jean and Corgan got here. I got done with the towels, got them put away, and off we went.
After a stop at Walgreen's on the way down the road (hey, why cross traffic if you don't have to?), we got to the doctor's. As luck would have it, we got there almost a half hour early, so we just sat in her truck and talked for a while before going in.
In the doctor's office, I had to fill out the annual paperwork (ugh! I only go every six months...) and they finally called me back. First stop, of course, is the scale. The nurse did a double-take! She started enthusing about how great I had done in just six months, and asked what I had done, and kept saying things like "good job" and "keep it up." She just kept going back to it the whole time she was getting my vitals, and it really made me feel good to hear it from a total stranger! She took my blood pressure, and it was 100/50, which is very much on the low side (normal is 120/80), and she was a little concerned about that, and told me to ask the doctor.
When the doctor came in, he didn't say anything about the weight loss, but did ask if I was getting any exercise outside the house. I really think he didn't even notice the difference in my weight - but then, he is a busy, busy doctor (sigh). He was really concerned that I do not take a baby aspirin every day, and questioned me about that quite intensely, about when I quit taking that and why. (Nosebleed Week from Hell...) He insisted that I start taking it again, for preventative reasons, even though it's been well over a year and it's not been mentioned. I told him I didn't particularly want to take another pill every day, he told me he didn't particularly want me having another heart attack. I just kinda looked at him - I've lost almost fifty pounds, I am eating SO much better, I am certainly making better food choices, and I have NOT taken the baby aspirin for over a year, and now - now - it's essential that I take them? I quit protesting to him, but I still am not a happy camper about it. Seems ludicrous to me, but okay. He did say that if I have a nosebleed (or anything like that) to stop taking them again. How generous of him, I'm thinking, but by now, I'm a little discouraged by that. He was mildly concerned about the blood pressure, and told me to cut my water pill in half - not cut back on, or cut out, the pill I was prescribed after the heart attack, but the water pill. What?
My head just can't around the way this doctor is thinking, but, okay - he's the doctor. If I get to feeling too weird or something, I'll call in and/or go in and we'll discuss all this again. Or maybe just talk to Dr. Ward about it and see what he says. I do know that the heart is the ultimate thing to worry about, but - c'mon, man!
When we left the doctor's office, we stopped at Olive Garden for our lunch. I got the Fettuccine Alfredo, and brought home a meal for Ron - I LOVE that 2-meals-for-$13!!! Jean got Rosemary Chicken, and Corgan got the Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks. Of course, as with all OG meals, Jean and I got salads and breadsticks, also. We were there probably about an hour, and it was quite enjoyable.
As we came on back up 125, we stopped for more errands, the last being doing grocery shopping at WalMart. It's only Thursday, and it was already crazy in there! I'm so glad I am done with all my holiday shopping and this was only groceries and we got out of there relatively quickly.
When we got back here, I had Corgan help me go through the drawers in 'his' room, to weed out the clothes here that don't fit him anymore. Of course - the boy gets his pack-rat-ness honestly - he didn't want to give up any of them, and some were size 5s! He will be 10 this year, and, trust me, the 5s don't fit him any more! I am glad to get that job done, though. I've been meaning to do it for quite a while now.
Then Jean and he took off for home, and I could finally have some pute time! I emptied my pockets, and I had taken my pedometer (I had forgotten) and I had walked almost 3800 steps! A mile is 2000 steps, so that is well over a mile and a half. I figured when I do MFP tonight, I'll claim a mile and half walk as well as my WalMart Walk (which is half a mile). The pedometer takes 10 steps to kick in, so every time I stop, it takes 10 steps to kick back in, so I figure I came pretty darn close to that 2 miles doing all my errands.
Being Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday to some), I was hoping Ron would get home and I'd be able to make some calls and we'd maybe be able to make it to church tonight for the Mass of the Lord's Supper. It wasn't meant to be, though, and he didn't come home and didn't come home and didn't come home.
FINALLY, almost right at 7, he pulled in - in his truck!!! In. His. Truck. Oh, Hallelujah!! When I first heard the truck at the end of Hoover, I thought it was him, but I hadn't heard from him (and I hear many trucks all day long that sound like his) and thought "nahhhhh" but then he pulled into the driveway! I could have done cartwheels! What a thrilling sight and sound that was today, let me tell you! I practically ran out to the driveway to greet Ron and as we were talking about it, he told me the part cost $215.00!!! OUCH! We expected it to cost around $40. and ... damn. But the truck is fixed, and that is one obstacle overcome this week!
It also wasn't quite the part we thought it was - when we checked the pute (and the codes the mechanic gave us), everything said Throttle Position Sensor, but it ended up being the Throttle Body. The sensor is on the side of the Body, and the Body (in his model) is all one piece, not two pieces as the pute was telling us (oops), and thus - more money for the part. Sucks, but it is fixed, and running, and that's what matters in the long run. The mechanic had brought his $1000 computer in to check the codes (actually tell the exact problem, not just codes), which is how they discovered/found out what Ron needed to buy. Thank God for good friends who will go that little extra step for you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
We fried hamburger patties for our supper, and I fried an egg to put on my sandwich, which I cooked right there in the skillet with the hamburgers. Why I decided to have a sandwich instead of just eating the hamburger, I don't know, but I did. I also added two slices of cheese, too - one on each bread. I guess I was hungry again.
We played mini-golf as we were eating, then he went on to bed - yes, it takes that long to play a whole game of mini-golf - and I got back on the pute.
As I put my food and exercise in MFP, I ended up only 9 calories short for the day!! NINE! Very, very close, but still under. Closest I've been without going over in a long time - thank God for that evil E word today.
No plans tomorrow until the evening. Just Happy Homemaker stuff - boiling eggs for us to dye Saturday morning, and generally cleaning the house so the Easter Bunny will be able to hide eggs without going through an obstacle course.
I am certainly hoping and praying that Ron gets home in time to go to church tomorrow night - it IS Good Friday. We shall see, though. We shall see. God has helped us to overcome this obstacle the devil threw into our path this week, so I'm hoping He can help us here, too.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Another day at home (really looking forward to tomorrow!)
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
I was up this morning until 3 to make sure that Ron got up to catch his ride to work. He was riding with my brother, who had to be at work much earlier than Ron usually does (remember, he sleeps in now since he moved to roll-off trucks) and his sleep pattern has been all messed up this week. It was a good thing I really had no plans for today (except walking with Lois, which was cancelled anyway) because I had no idea what time I was going to get up!
In the end, I woke up just before 11 - not too different than usual. That's good, I guess my body is used to that time, and I suppose that's a good thing. It's certainly not a bad thing.
I piddled around here in the house, doing a load of towels, dishes, and other little tasks that every good little housewife does over and over ad nauseum (one of the main reasons I hate housework). I never did get the clothes I did yesterday put away, though. That job just seems to never pop into my brain, and it usually doesn't get done until every basket is overflowing. Ugh. Good thing we don't mind living out of baskets!
Around 2, I finally got my lunch - chicken salad and my marshmallow eggs- and got on the pute for a little while. After getting my games and all that all caught up, I did my Wii training for today. I tried some new exercises, but didn't do a very good job at them, not surprisingly. I will get better with practice - the ones I will do again. A couple of them, I didn't like and won't do again. My left hip was aching today, and by the time I was done, it was really screaming at me!
I played mini-golf on the Wii until Ron got home after that. I have to keep practicing that, too! Corgan will expect to play when he gets here on Friday, so we must be ready.
After he got home, he actually got to work on Josh's car a little. He got the new part on, but didn't get to break down the tire and put the new tire on the rim. He was just too beat. But we are getting there. Hopefully, he'll be able to do some or all of that tomorrow night, and then Josh's car will be ready to go back to him. Then I can have my car back, and if Ron's truck is still down, he can drive it instead of trying to find rides every day. We are hoping he can fix his truck on Saturday, but, as always, we have to wait to see what the weekend brings.
Ron had one of his frozen Chinese things for his supper, and I made me my poor man's shit-on-a-shingle. It wasn't much of a supper, but it was good hot food. I later had a serving - the last of the bag - of my marshmallow eggs for a snack.
We played a round of mini-golf, then it was time for Criminal Minds, so I turned it on (and it was a rerun - ugh!) and Ron fell asleep in his recliner. Now here I am on the pute, trying to get this done so I can go to bed early. I have to get up in the morning because I have a heart doctor appointment, which I'm looking forward to finding out if I have 'improved' or not, but knowing my luck - I'm not holding my breath.
When I put my food in MFP, I was almost 700 calories short for the day! Yep, MFP hollered at me, and yep, I'm taking my jar of jelly beans in to bed with me.
I was up this morning until 3 to make sure that Ron got up to catch his ride to work. He was riding with my brother, who had to be at work much earlier than Ron usually does (remember, he sleeps in now since he moved to roll-off trucks) and his sleep pattern has been all messed up this week. It was a good thing I really had no plans for today (except walking with Lois, which was cancelled anyway) because I had no idea what time I was going to get up!
In the end, I woke up just before 11 - not too different than usual. That's good, I guess my body is used to that time, and I suppose that's a good thing. It's certainly not a bad thing.
I piddled around here in the house, doing a load of towels, dishes, and other little tasks that every good little housewife does over and over ad nauseum (one of the main reasons I hate housework). I never did get the clothes I did yesterday put away, though. That job just seems to never pop into my brain, and it usually doesn't get done until every basket is overflowing. Ugh. Good thing we don't mind living out of baskets!
Around 2, I finally got my lunch - chicken salad and my marshmallow eggs- and got on the pute for a little while. After getting my games and all that all caught up, I did my Wii training for today. I tried some new exercises, but didn't do a very good job at them, not surprisingly. I will get better with practice - the ones I will do again. A couple of them, I didn't like and won't do again. My left hip was aching today, and by the time I was done, it was really screaming at me!
I played mini-golf on the Wii until Ron got home after that. I have to keep practicing that, too! Corgan will expect to play when he gets here on Friday, so we must be ready.
After he got home, he actually got to work on Josh's car a little. He got the new part on, but didn't get to break down the tire and put the new tire on the rim. He was just too beat. But we are getting there. Hopefully, he'll be able to do some or all of that tomorrow night, and then Josh's car will be ready to go back to him. Then I can have my car back, and if Ron's truck is still down, he can drive it instead of trying to find rides every day. We are hoping he can fix his truck on Saturday, but, as always, we have to wait to see what the weekend brings.
Ron had one of his frozen Chinese things for his supper, and I made me my poor man's shit-on-a-shingle. It wasn't much of a supper, but it was good hot food. I later had a serving - the last of the bag - of my marshmallow eggs for a snack.
We played a round of mini-golf, then it was time for Criminal Minds, so I turned it on (and it was a rerun - ugh!) and Ron fell asleep in his recliner. Now here I am on the pute, trying to get this done so I can go to bed early. I have to get up in the morning because I have a heart doctor appointment, which I'm looking forward to finding out if I have 'improved' or not, but knowing my luck - I'm not holding my breath.
When I put my food in MFP, I was almost 700 calories short for the day! Yep, MFP hollered at me, and yep, I'm taking my jar of jelly beans in to bed with me.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Plans fell through...phooey!
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
I woke up this morning about an hour before the alarm was set to go off. I was so thrilled for my day out planned for today! I read a little bit, then my friend Bert called and wanted to know if I had called Teresa and everything was on schedule for today. No, I hadn't, I hadn't talked to her since last week, so Bert said that she'd call her and she'll call me right back. Well, she called me right back, as she said and Teresa had forgotten, and since I hadn't called her to remind her either Sunday night or last night, she just forgot. She wasn't feeling real great - this weather is playing hell with her sinuses - and so, she thought we should cancel today and try again next week.
Well, phooey.
Well, you know me. Since I had no plans today, I got up and got on the pute....NO, I DIDN'T!! I actually got up (and turned up all the thermostats!) and got out the Wii balance board and did about a half hour of Wii training! How about that! I played with that, doing the more intensive training games - the hula hoop, the marching, the steps - rather than the balance games, though I did some of those, too, and really exercised for a change. According to the Wii, I burned off 116, even though it felt like a hell of a lot more. Sometimes I think they only give me credit for 1/2 or even only 1/4 calorie instead of a whole one! I work my ass off doing these exercises!
Then I made my lunch - I ate the Olive Garden meal that I brought home for Ron and he hasn't eaten yet - and got on the pute for an afternoon of fun. <yes, sarcasm> I also put on a pot of beans for our supper tonight. Since the weathermen actually got it right, and it SNOWED overnight and this morning and didn't warm up very much all day, beans sounded like a good plan for supper. After my lunch, I enjoyed a dessert of a serving of my favorite marshmallow egg candy.
As the afternoon went on, I realized that my TOPS meeting is tonight, and I have no way to get there! I started making some phone calls, and got a ride. Carol, the lady who lost her husband, is finally coming back tonight, will be able to pick me up. I'm so glad she is feeling able to get out and start getting back to her 'normal' - I know it can't, and won't be easy for her - but what else can we do for her?
At the meeting, I weighed in and I had lost 3.6 pounds! Yay, me! I was Loser of the Week once again, and as I was looking at my book tonight, I noticed that since I joined, I have officially lost 30 pounds, as of last week. It's right there in the numbers - I couldn't believe it! THIRTY official TOPS pounds! That's a big 'yay, me!' moment. I just wish I could 'notice' it more. I have noticed that I don't have a double chin anymore (unless I push it forward myself), and that I have to untie and re-tie all the drawstrings on my pants, and things like that, but I am still wearing all the same clothes and everything. I don't really feel all that much different, although I am much more comfortable than I used to be, and I can do so much more I used to be able to do. I do still have a long way to go, though, to be at my 'optimal' weight - about 90 pounds - but I will be happy if I lose 50-60 more. That was my goal at the beginning of this journey - to lose 100 pounds - and I'm sticking with that. I'm not asking for a total miracle!
When I got home, we ate our supper while watching TV. I had two slices of buttered bread with my bowl of beans, and you know what? It sure hit the spot tonight! Beans are not my favorite meal, but it was a good choice for tonight. Warmed me up from the inside, I guess.
After a bit, I had a snack of my favorite marshmallow egg candy. 3 pieces being a serving isn't much, but boy, oh, boy, do they make a nice snack (if I can make myself take small bites!) and I don't have to share any with Ron - he doesn't like them!
When I put my food and exercise in MFP for the day, I was less than 100 calories short for the day (wonder why, dammit). Damn empty candy calories! And Easter is Sunday....oh, I'm in trouble.
I woke up this morning about an hour before the alarm was set to go off. I was so thrilled for my day out planned for today! I read a little bit, then my friend Bert called and wanted to know if I had called Teresa and everything was on schedule for today. No, I hadn't, I hadn't talked to her since last week, so Bert said that she'd call her and she'll call me right back. Well, she called me right back, as she said and Teresa had forgotten, and since I hadn't called her to remind her either Sunday night or last night, she just forgot. She wasn't feeling real great - this weather is playing hell with her sinuses - and so, she thought we should cancel today and try again next week.
Well, phooey.
Well, you know me. Since I had no plans today, I got up and got on the pute....NO, I DIDN'T!! I actually got up (and turned up all the thermostats!) and got out the Wii balance board and did about a half hour of Wii training! How about that! I played with that, doing the more intensive training games - the hula hoop, the marching, the steps - rather than the balance games, though I did some of those, too, and really exercised for a change. According to the Wii, I burned off 116, even though it felt like a hell of a lot more. Sometimes I think they only give me credit for 1/2 or even only 1/4 calorie instead of a whole one! I work my ass off doing these exercises!
Then I made my lunch - I ate the Olive Garden meal that I brought home for Ron and he hasn't eaten yet - and got on the pute for an afternoon of fun. <yes, sarcasm> I also put on a pot of beans for our supper tonight. Since the weathermen actually got it right, and it SNOWED overnight and this morning and didn't warm up very much all day, beans sounded like a good plan for supper. After my lunch, I enjoyed a dessert of a serving of my favorite marshmallow egg candy.
As the afternoon went on, I realized that my TOPS meeting is tonight, and I have no way to get there! I started making some phone calls, and got a ride. Carol, the lady who lost her husband, is finally coming back tonight, will be able to pick me up. I'm so glad she is feeling able to get out and start getting back to her 'normal' - I know it can't, and won't be easy for her - but what else can we do for her?
At the meeting, I weighed in and I had lost 3.6 pounds! Yay, me! I was Loser of the Week once again, and as I was looking at my book tonight, I noticed that since I joined, I have officially lost 30 pounds, as of last week. It's right there in the numbers - I couldn't believe it! THIRTY official TOPS pounds! That's a big 'yay, me!' moment. I just wish I could 'notice' it more. I have noticed that I don't have a double chin anymore (unless I push it forward myself), and that I have to untie and re-tie all the drawstrings on my pants, and things like that, but I am still wearing all the same clothes and everything. I don't really feel all that much different, although I am much more comfortable than I used to be, and I can do so much more I used to be able to do. I do still have a long way to go, though, to be at my 'optimal' weight - about 90 pounds - but I will be happy if I lose 50-60 more. That was my goal at the beginning of this journey - to lose 100 pounds - and I'm sticking with that. I'm not asking for a total miracle!
When I got home, we ate our supper while watching TV. I had two slices of buttered bread with my bowl of beans, and you know what? It sure hit the spot tonight! Beans are not my favorite meal, but it was a good choice for tonight. Warmed me up from the inside, I guess.
After a bit, I had a snack of my favorite marshmallow egg candy. 3 pieces being a serving isn't much, but boy, oh, boy, do they make a nice snack (if I can make myself take small bites!) and I don't have to share any with Ron - he doesn't like them!
When I put my food and exercise in MFP for the day, I was less than 100 calories short for the day (wonder why, dammit). Damn empty candy calories! And Easter is Sunday....oh, I'm in trouble.
Monday, April 14, 2014
A rainy day full of complaints
Monday, April 14, 2014
First of all, let me apologize to you all. I told you a fib, ending my blog yesterday - I don't get to rest, not totally anyway, on Saturday - I have a baby shower to go to! It's on the west side of town, though, and that's going to be quite an adventure driving over there, especially now, unless I can carpool but that doesn't seem to be coming together, so...
When I woke up this morning, I read a bit, then got up and started in playing Happy Homemaker. Oh, what a job that was today. I just went on and on and on, getting stuff done. It was after 2 when I finally made myself some lunch and got on the pute.
When Ron called me while he was on his lunch, he informed me that his truck decided to play its silly little games again this morning. The stalling-out and cutting-out and lights coming on all over the dash, all that kind of crap? Yep, isn't that great? Our only vehicle this week - Ron can't ride the motorcycle because it's supposed to snow tomorrow! - and this happens. Oh, well. We shouldn't be surprised, should we? It's just another obstacle in our path right now, and with the grace of God, we shall survive (and overcome)!!
As the afternoon went on, I started feeling a bit tired. I have learned that sometimes that means a sugar low, so I got into my hidden stash of my favorite marshmallow eggs for a snack. I like the ones that they call 'bunny basket eggs' nowadays, with the candy shell around them. They are so hard to find, and I bought extra when I found them and put them away. I could only have three, though, that's a serving, and that's 140 calories!
I got into my recliner and played on the Wii. I played Wheel of Fortune and beat the living tar out of those computer people! I played five different games, and believe it or not, actually started to doze off during the last game and ended up losing that one (by 300 lousy points, or dollars). Josh stopped in for a minute or two during that game to leave the part for his car, and to get something out of his car, and that helped to wake me up, but I couldn't recover enough. Ah, well, I guess you can't win them all.
Ron didn't get home until almost 7:30, and he didn't get his truck to run. One of the mechanics from work had to bring him home, since everyone else had already left (imagine that!). He called and got a ride arranged for the morning. What a pain in the ass this is! He did bring home the codes that the mechanic said was what was wrong, and we looked them up on the pute, and it seems as though the Throttle Position Sensor has finally completely gone out. Apparently, it can short a time or two, then finally go all the way out, and that is what has happened now. Phooey. Hopefully, this mechanic can help Ron fix this, if not...
I fixed him Bean with Bacon soup for his supper and Chicken Noodle soup for me.
I watched Bones and he fell asleep, then I got back on the pute. I was planning on going to bed early, but that hasn't worked out (it's after 11:30 already), so I will just have to set the alarm when I do go to bed.
Putting my food on MFP, I ended up way short on my calories, so I ate another serving of my marshmallow eggs, and put in for a popcorn & milk snack, too. So, in the end, I was just over 400 calories short for the day. I can deal with that number - I've seen it before.
I am spending the day with Bert and Teresa tomorrow. I'm pretty sure my diet will be shot to hell, and I'm pretty sure I won't care one little bit.
First of all, let me apologize to you all. I told you a fib, ending my blog yesterday - I don't get to rest, not totally anyway, on Saturday - I have a baby shower to go to! It's on the west side of town, though, and that's going to be quite an adventure driving over there, especially now, unless I can carpool but that doesn't seem to be coming together, so...
When I woke up this morning, I read a bit, then got up and started in playing Happy Homemaker. Oh, what a job that was today. I just went on and on and on, getting stuff done. It was after 2 when I finally made myself some lunch and got on the pute.
When Ron called me while he was on his lunch, he informed me that his truck decided to play its silly little games again this morning. The stalling-out and cutting-out and lights coming on all over the dash, all that kind of crap? Yep, isn't that great? Our only vehicle this week - Ron can't ride the motorcycle because it's supposed to snow tomorrow! - and this happens. Oh, well. We shouldn't be surprised, should we? It's just another obstacle in our path right now, and with the grace of God, we shall survive (and overcome)!!
As the afternoon went on, I started feeling a bit tired. I have learned that sometimes that means a sugar low, so I got into my hidden stash of my favorite marshmallow eggs for a snack. I like the ones that they call 'bunny basket eggs' nowadays, with the candy shell around them. They are so hard to find, and I bought extra when I found them and put them away. I could only have three, though, that's a serving, and that's 140 calories!
I got into my recliner and played on the Wii. I played Wheel of Fortune and beat the living tar out of those computer people! I played five different games, and believe it or not, actually started to doze off during the last game and ended up losing that one (by 300 lousy points, or dollars). Josh stopped in for a minute or two during that game to leave the part for his car, and to get something out of his car, and that helped to wake me up, but I couldn't recover enough. Ah, well, I guess you can't win them all.
Ron didn't get home until almost 7:30, and he didn't get his truck to run. One of the mechanics from work had to bring him home, since everyone else had already left (imagine that!). He called and got a ride arranged for the morning. What a pain in the ass this is! He did bring home the codes that the mechanic said was what was wrong, and we looked them up on the pute, and it seems as though the Throttle Position Sensor has finally completely gone out. Apparently, it can short a time or two, then finally go all the way out, and that is what has happened now. Phooey. Hopefully, this mechanic can help Ron fix this, if not...
I fixed him Bean with Bacon soup for his supper and Chicken Noodle soup for me.
I watched Bones and he fell asleep, then I got back on the pute. I was planning on going to bed early, but that hasn't worked out (it's after 11:30 already), so I will just have to set the alarm when I do go to bed.
Putting my food on MFP, I ended up way short on my calories, so I ate another serving of my marshmallow eggs, and put in for a popcorn & milk snack, too. So, in the end, I was just over 400 calories short for the day. I can deal with that number - I've seen it before.
I am spending the day with Bert and Teresa tomorrow. I'm pretty sure my diet will be shot to hell, and I'm pretty sure I won't care one little bit.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Today was IN BLOOM...it was so beautiful to see!
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Two pieces of news today - first of all, it's my baby brother's birthday. He is 44 now. FORTY-FOUR! The baby of the family, is that even possible? That means next year, the baby of us Schmidt kids is gonna be forty-five - I don't even want to think about that! It's sad enough to think about how old I am, but when I start thinking about how old my younger siblings are, especially the youngEST, my head might explode. So let's go on to better news:
Most of the trees are now blooming!! They were not blooming yesterday, but they are today. The Bradford Pears, Dogwoods, the Weeping Cherrys as well as regular Cherry trees and many other trees whose names escape me. Ron and I so enjoyed our drive to church this morning! Our heads twisted and turned to look here and there as we drove, and it was just beautiful everywhere!
Today, of course, was/is Palm Sunday, and today's church service was a lot more (if you know what I mean). A lot of the time, it can just seem to be a long, boring service but, I think because of our recent troubles, I am taking all of the spiritual stuff/happenings so much more to heart. I'm not sure why, but whatever it is, it's inside me, and I am soaking all of it in so much more than usual. I think that this must be good for me, that I really needed this - needed to open my 'eyes' to see more - and to have this peace, this solemnity, this serenity, inside me right now to help me through this.
After church, we went down to Amelia for our lunch. Ron went over to WalMart first to put gasoline in his truck - and it was a dime a gallon cheaper than Bethel! - then we went to Campbell's Barn to eat. He, as usual, got his fried chicken. I dithered over my decision and finally settled on chicken, too, even though we have leftovers for supper tonight, but I just got 2 drumsticks for my meal, along with mashed potatoes (no gravy) and green beans as my sides. I did put butter on my potatoes, I'm sure you're not surprised, and it was a very good lunch.
We were going to either walk or go bike riding when we got home, but we didn't. We played mini-golf, then Ron worked on lawn mowers and cars and I played on the pute. Then he went for a ride on his motorcycle, came back and worked on different things. That man is nuts, I'm telling you! When he came back in, we played mini-golf again, ate our supper (that I had been re-heating on the stove, in a cast-iron skillet) of leftovers. They were just as good today as they were last night, newly made! Oh, I will definitely make that dish again!
Ron went to bed and I got on the pute again, to fill in my MFP and to write my blog, and here I am.
It has been such a beautiful day. It's such a shame that it's coming to an end. Nice, relaxing, beautiful days like this don't come along very often and you just don't want to let go of them! I don't, anyway...
I was 375 calories short for the day on MFP - as a matter of fact, I was short in all categories but carbs and protein, and that hasn't happened for a while. Yes, MFP hollered at me, but I feel very satisfied with the food I ate today, and I feel very full. Of course, that could be the popcorn & milk snack I had at 10, but it could be all the good food I had today, too! I was surprised that it all didn't equal more calories, but I'm happy that it didn't.
Happy Homemaker Day tomorrow. Bert & Teresa Day on Tuesday. Walking with Lois on Wednesday. Heart Doctor appointment on Thursday, which is also Holy Thursday. Friday is Good Friday (and I'm sure it will rain - God & the angels cry on Good Friday), then I might have a day of rest of Saturday, then Sunday is blessed Easter Sunday and a day of fun for our family, starting with church for me and Ron, then the rest of the family comes here to see what the Easter Bunny brought us all, and so forth and so on. Can I be tired already?
Two pieces of news today - first of all, it's my baby brother's birthday. He is 44 now. FORTY-FOUR! The baby of the family, is that even possible? That means next year, the baby of us Schmidt kids is gonna be forty-five - I don't even want to think about that! It's sad enough to think about how old I am, but when I start thinking about how old my younger siblings are, especially the youngEST, my head might explode. So let's go on to better news:
Most of the trees are now blooming!! They were not blooming yesterday, but they are today. The Bradford Pears, Dogwoods, the Weeping Cherrys as well as regular Cherry trees and many other trees whose names escape me. Ron and I so enjoyed our drive to church this morning! Our heads twisted and turned to look here and there as we drove, and it was just beautiful everywhere!
Today, of course, was/is Palm Sunday, and today's church service was a lot more (if you know what I mean). A lot of the time, it can just seem to be a long, boring service but, I think because of our recent troubles, I am taking all of the spiritual stuff/happenings so much more to heart. I'm not sure why, but whatever it is, it's inside me, and I am soaking all of it in so much more than usual. I think that this must be good for me, that I really needed this - needed to open my 'eyes' to see more - and to have this peace, this solemnity, this serenity, inside me right now to help me through this.
After church, we went down to Amelia for our lunch. Ron went over to WalMart first to put gasoline in his truck - and it was a dime a gallon cheaper than Bethel! - then we went to Campbell's Barn to eat. He, as usual, got his fried chicken. I dithered over my decision and finally settled on chicken, too, even though we have leftovers for supper tonight, but I just got 2 drumsticks for my meal, along with mashed potatoes (no gravy) and green beans as my sides. I did put butter on my potatoes, I'm sure you're not surprised, and it was a very good lunch.
We were going to either walk or go bike riding when we got home, but we didn't. We played mini-golf, then Ron worked on lawn mowers and cars and I played on the pute. Then he went for a ride on his motorcycle, came back and worked on different things. That man is nuts, I'm telling you! When he came back in, we played mini-golf again, ate our supper (that I had been re-heating on the stove, in a cast-iron skillet) of leftovers. They were just as good today as they were last night, newly made! Oh, I will definitely make that dish again!
Ron went to bed and I got on the pute again, to fill in my MFP and to write my blog, and here I am.
It has been such a beautiful day. It's such a shame that it's coming to an end. Nice, relaxing, beautiful days like this don't come along very often and you just don't want to let go of them! I don't, anyway...
I was 375 calories short for the day on MFP - as a matter of fact, I was short in all categories but carbs and protein, and that hasn't happened for a while. Yes, MFP hollered at me, but I feel very satisfied with the food I ate today, and I feel very full. Of course, that could be the popcorn & milk snack I had at 10, but it could be all the good food I had today, too! I was surprised that it all didn't equal more calories, but I'm happy that it didn't.
Happy Homemaker Day tomorrow. Bert & Teresa Day on Tuesday. Walking with Lois on Wednesday. Heart Doctor appointment on Thursday, which is also Holy Thursday. Friday is Good Friday (and I'm sure it will rain - God & the angels cry on Good Friday), then I might have a day of rest of Saturday, then Sunday is blessed Easter Sunday and a day of fun for our family, starting with church for me and Ron, then the rest of the family comes here to see what the Easter Bunny brought us all, and so forth and so on. Can I be tired already?
Hair cut day! Bye-Bye, Shaggy!
Saturday, April 12, 2014
I got up this morning with a spring in my step, because I knew that I was going to finally get my hair cut today - I am so tired of this shaggy stuff sticking every which way in the mornings, and having to go wet it down to make it look halfway decent. Hey, Spring has sprung and I need to get me ready for Easter, too, right? I can't afford new clothes, but I can maintain my 'new' look, by God. I certainly never dreamed that short hair would be this much work, though. That part kinda takes me by surprise.
I did my weigh-in first thing after getting up. I am getting very close to breaking the losing-fifty-pounds mark, and I am anxious to see if I have done it. But, alas, no. I have gained a pound and a half. I'm not sure how - I did get some exercise in during this past week, but that's how it goes, isn't it? I had also eaten some very nice suppers, so I guess that made the difference. Phooey. I guess Ron and I made a good decision to start having the salads now. I want to break that mark SO bad. But, I've got to wait one more week. And then I'm sure Easter is gonna blow it out of the water....sigh.
Ron was outside mowing as I was doing my weigh-in on the Wii, and when I was done, I left to go to my friend Bert's. She is the one who is going to cut my hair, and I need to get going. I wave to him - the silly man is mowing the front yard already!
After my friend Bert got done cutting my hair, I went on down to WalMart and picked up the stuff I had forgotten yesterday. You know there's a reason to write grocery lists and take them with you - never rely on your memory, not when you get to be such-and-such an age, anyway, and, once again, that fact was brought home to me. I picked those few items up and got back home because Josh and his family are coming up and I had stuff to do before they got there - like clean off the kitchen table, get all the vegetables ready for our salad, and peel the 10 pound bag of potatoes for the casserole - and a short amount of time to do it all in. Of course, I didn't get it all done, but then again, I didn't expect to.
Let me tell you about this casserole I was making for our supper tonight. I had two bags - 3 pounds each - of chicken breasts, and a package of bacon, which I cut into thirds and fried up. I then seared the chicken breasts in the bacon grease, and I kept the bacon warm on a plate, and the chicken warm in the skillet. Instead of making one huge pan (9x13), I made it in two smaller pans (probably 8x12s), because one pan wouldn't have been big enough. If we ate like normal people, the one pan would have been fine, but we are hogs, so I make plenty. Anyway - the food - I peeled the potatoes (russets, if anyone cares), then sliced them. I chopped up an onion to go in with them, too (I remembered, I remembered!). I put the potatoes and onions in the bottom of the pan(s) and baked them in a 350 oven for 20 minutes, then I put the chicken breasts on top of the potatoes and cooked them for half an hour (or so - I forgot to set the timer). We ate our salads as this was cooking.
They like to eat at 6, so that's when I called them in to eat the salads. By the time they washed up, got drinks and got to the table and all, and we ate our salads, it was after 6:30, so the chicken breasts had cooked at least a half hour. At this point, I put cheese on top of the chicken. It should have been cheddar cheese, but I ran out and had to use my Johnny Marzetti cheese to finish up, then topped it with the bacon, then back into the oven for ten more minutes to melt the cheese. That's it, it's that easy. A little time-consuming, but easy, nonetheless.
We ate, and ate. And ate some more. There were only three chicken breasts left when everyone was full. Some of the potatoes weren't quite done, but I don't slice them all evenly, so that wasn't a big surprise. Some of them were really fat slices! Oh, it was so good! I'm sure I'll be making that dish again.
After we ate and got the table cleaned off again, we played the game "Loaded Questions" and we let Corgan play with us. He did a good job, and in the end, Chelle won. They were getting ready to leave when we realized that we hadn't discussed the very thing they had made the trip up here today to discuss. So, they all trooped back in the house and got down to business. We soon got that cleared up and they finally hit the road.
It's been a long day, but so very worthwhile, even though I was sure I blew my diet all to hell. But when I put all the bits and pieces of the casserole in to MFP - my best guesses, anyway - I was still over 600 calories short for the day. It was mostly because I hadn't eaten any lunch, but still....I can live with that. I didn't even put in any exercise for the small trip to WalMart, either. I had even had a small bowl of potatoes as a snack after they had all left, too, and had put that in, too. I was very pleased that there was calories left, but am a little worried that so much of it (my meal) was carbs, and how is that going to affect my night? I guess I'll find out, one way or the other.
Palm Sunday tomorrow. We are watching The Passion of the Christ on TBN right now. If you haven't seen this movie, it is a very good, very stirring version of events. Breaks the heart, but also readies it for the Blessedness of Easter Sunday.
I got up this morning with a spring in my step, because I knew that I was going to finally get my hair cut today - I am so tired of this shaggy stuff sticking every which way in the mornings, and having to go wet it down to make it look halfway decent. Hey, Spring has sprung and I need to get me ready for Easter, too, right? I can't afford new clothes, but I can maintain my 'new' look, by God. I certainly never dreamed that short hair would be this much work, though. That part kinda takes me by surprise.
I did my weigh-in first thing after getting up. I am getting very close to breaking the losing-fifty-pounds mark, and I am anxious to see if I have done it. But, alas, no. I have gained a pound and a half. I'm not sure how - I did get some exercise in during this past week, but that's how it goes, isn't it? I had also eaten some very nice suppers, so I guess that made the difference. Phooey. I guess Ron and I made a good decision to start having the salads now. I want to break that mark SO bad. But, I've got to wait one more week. And then I'm sure Easter is gonna blow it out of the water....sigh.
Ron was outside mowing as I was doing my weigh-in on the Wii, and when I was done, I left to go to my friend Bert's. She is the one who is going to cut my hair, and I need to get going. I wave to him - the silly man is mowing the front yard already!
After my friend Bert got done cutting my hair, I went on down to WalMart and picked up the stuff I had forgotten yesterday. You know there's a reason to write grocery lists and take them with you - never rely on your memory, not when you get to be such-and-such an age, anyway, and, once again, that fact was brought home to me. I picked those few items up and got back home because Josh and his family are coming up and I had stuff to do before they got there - like clean off the kitchen table, get all the vegetables ready for our salad, and peel the 10 pound bag of potatoes for the casserole - and a short amount of time to do it all in. Of course, I didn't get it all done, but then again, I didn't expect to.
Let me tell you about this casserole I was making for our supper tonight. I had two bags - 3 pounds each - of chicken breasts, and a package of bacon, which I cut into thirds and fried up. I then seared the chicken breasts in the bacon grease, and I kept the bacon warm on a plate, and the chicken warm in the skillet. Instead of making one huge pan (9x13), I made it in two smaller pans (probably 8x12s), because one pan wouldn't have been big enough. If we ate like normal people, the one pan would have been fine, but we are hogs, so I make plenty. Anyway - the food - I peeled the potatoes (russets, if anyone cares), then sliced them. I chopped up an onion to go in with them, too (I remembered, I remembered!). I put the potatoes and onions in the bottom of the pan(s) and baked them in a 350 oven for 20 minutes, then I put the chicken breasts on top of the potatoes and cooked them for half an hour (or so - I forgot to set the timer). We ate our salads as this was cooking.
They like to eat at 6, so that's when I called them in to eat the salads. By the time they washed up, got drinks and got to the table and all, and we ate our salads, it was after 6:30, so the chicken breasts had cooked at least a half hour. At this point, I put cheese on top of the chicken. It should have been cheddar cheese, but I ran out and had to use my Johnny Marzetti cheese to finish up, then topped it with the bacon, then back into the oven for ten more minutes to melt the cheese. That's it, it's that easy. A little time-consuming, but easy, nonetheless.
We ate, and ate. And ate some more. There were only three chicken breasts left when everyone was full. Some of the potatoes weren't quite done, but I don't slice them all evenly, so that wasn't a big surprise. Some of them were really fat slices! Oh, it was so good! I'm sure I'll be making that dish again.
After we ate and got the table cleaned off again, we played the game "Loaded Questions" and we let Corgan play with us. He did a good job, and in the end, Chelle won. They were getting ready to leave when we realized that we hadn't discussed the very thing they had made the trip up here today to discuss. So, they all trooped back in the house and got down to business. We soon got that cleared up and they finally hit the road.
It's been a long day, but so very worthwhile, even though I was sure I blew my diet all to hell. But when I put all the bits and pieces of the casserole in to MFP - my best guesses, anyway - I was still over 600 calories short for the day. It was mostly because I hadn't eaten any lunch, but still....I can live with that. I didn't even put in any exercise for the small trip to WalMart, either. I had even had a small bowl of potatoes as a snack after they had all left, too, and had put that in, too. I was very pleased that there was calories left, but am a little worried that so much of it (my meal) was carbs, and how is that going to affect my night? I guess I'll find out, one way or the other.
Palm Sunday tomorrow. We are watching The Passion of the Christ on TBN right now. If you haven't seen this movie, it is a very good, very stirring version of events. Breaks the heart, but also readies it for the Blessedness of Easter Sunday.
Saturday, April 12, 2014
It would have been a fun Friday if my feet didn't still hate me
Friday, April 11, 2014
I got up this morning to still-extremely-painful feet. Usually my feet have forgiven me overnight, and are not so very sore the next morning when I get up, but today, they are are still some mean-ass barking dogs. Oh, they are letting me know that they are not happy with the way I treated them yesterday. Well, I got news for you tootsies - since I didn't get to go shopping yesterday, today is it! Buck up for the course.
I had a sort of mission today - I wanted to find Josh's chocolate Easter Bunny. I have always gotten him the ones the giant super-duper humongous ears. They were named "Bunny Big Ears" in the past, and then changed, but I never remember to what, but I know what they look like. They have either a small head or a small body - maybe 2 inches tall, then BOOM 10 or 11 inches worth of ears - and it's hollow chocolate. I've gotten this bunny for him for probably 20 years (he's 34 now), and it keeps getting harder and harder to find. It is IMPOSSIBLE to find this year. I am going to make a round of all the stores I know of - the ones I haven't been to yet - to see if I can find it. That's my mission.
I failed. As I did all my other errands, and all my other shopping, I went in and out of six different shops and stores in Bethel and Amelia, and nothing. No "Bunny Big Ears" or "Mr. EARristible" or anything like that. There were "Mr. Biggy Ears" and "Too Tall Bunny" who was as tall as his ears were, which isn't the same. I can't believe it. I finally had to admit defeat. I texted him and told him I can't find his chocolate bunny and he will have to get his own. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh. Oh, how I hated that. What kind of mother can't find her child the chocolate bunny he wants?
My feet hurt too bad to do a proper WalMart Walk, but I figured all the walking in and out of all the other stores made up for it. And I have to go back to WalMart tomorrow, because I forgot some stuff that wasn't on my list but that we need. Bummer, right?
Not really, not for me, I like shopping, but I would have rather got it all done at one time. I did get all of Easter done (except bread for sandwiches, and Josh's bunny) and I was pretty proud of that fact!
I really don't want to be anywhere near a grocery store next weekend. It will be just as bad as Christmas Eve, and I can do without that stress.
I came home, got everything carried in and put away, and got to work making a dessert for tonight. We are going to friends' for supper, and I am making a pineapple upside-down cake as my offering. I've never made one before, so this will be interesting! It sounds easy enough, and we have had plenty of friends make them for Ron, so I don't know why I shouldn't be able to do this. I got the recipe out, and tweaked it here and there to make it mine, and soon the cake was in the oven.
As it was cooking, I got on the pute and played around. Soon the house started smelling yummy! When the cake was done, I followed the instructions on how to get it out of the pan, but (of course) some stuck and the cake was lumpy on the sides, but hopefully, no one else will notice, or they will have had that happen to them and it's no big deal.
I also had drifting cherries, and there were a couple of empty pineapples, and there were double cherries in other spots. I guess I had dumped the cake mix in to the pan too fast, and caused that to happen. Live and learn, chickie, live and learn. But it came out a beautiful golden color (and it tasted great) and that's what counts the most!
Ron got home - hallelujah - at twenty til six, and had time to jump in the shower real quick. I hadn't even had time to worry he wasn't going to get home in time yet! I wasn't going to think about it until quarter til! We left at five til, and got to our friends' place right at six. The other couple coming tonight was already there, so our little party was complete when we arrived.
We had a salad, salmon patties, a tuna noodle casserole, broccoli & cauliflower (together), corn, and some homemade bread (with butter, of course).
After we ate, we played dominoes for a while. We play double twelves, and start with the twelves and work our way down to the blanks as our starting numbers. We play the "Train" version of the game, and we have a great deal of fun! We took a break at the halfway point - between the sevens and the sixes - to have dessert, and everyone enjoyed the cake very much! At least, they said they did, and I'm going to believe them! We finished our game, which I (who was keeping score - what's wrong with this picture? Isn't scorekeeper supposed to win?) lost.
We then divvied up all the leftovers, and, yes, they all took/kept cake and I was glad to see that they wanted to have more of it. Ron and I came on home, and here it is midnight, which is when we usually get home on evenings like this. Poor guy lasted less than five minutes. He's snoring away over there in his recliner. I don't know why he didn't go right on to bed, but he didn't.
I put all my food (and exercise) in to MFP, and I was just 100 calories short for the day. Tis okay. I was proud of my pineapple upside-down cake, even if the sides weren't smooth and the cherries drifted!
Hopefully getting my hair cut tomorrow - it's getting very shaggy and starting to drive me crazy. I am having bed head when I get up in the mornings, and if you have bed head, your hair is too long!
Short hair is sure harder to maintain than long hair ever was!!
I got up this morning to still-extremely-painful feet. Usually my feet have forgiven me overnight, and are not so very sore the next morning when I get up, but today, they are are still some mean-ass barking dogs. Oh, they are letting me know that they are not happy with the way I treated them yesterday. Well, I got news for you tootsies - since I didn't get to go shopping yesterday, today is it! Buck up for the course.
I had a sort of mission today - I wanted to find Josh's chocolate Easter Bunny. I have always gotten him the ones the giant super-duper humongous ears. They were named "Bunny Big Ears" in the past, and then changed, but I never remember to what, but I know what they look like. They have either a small head or a small body - maybe 2 inches tall, then BOOM 10 or 11 inches worth of ears - and it's hollow chocolate. I've gotten this bunny for him for probably 20 years (he's 34 now), and it keeps getting harder and harder to find. It is IMPOSSIBLE to find this year. I am going to make a round of all the stores I know of - the ones I haven't been to yet - to see if I can find it. That's my mission.
I failed. As I did all my other errands, and all my other shopping, I went in and out of six different shops and stores in Bethel and Amelia, and nothing. No "Bunny Big Ears" or "Mr. EARristible" or anything like that. There were "Mr. Biggy Ears" and "Too Tall Bunny" who was as tall as his ears were, which isn't the same. I can't believe it. I finally had to admit defeat. I texted him and told him I can't find his chocolate bunny and he will have to get his own. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh. Oh, how I hated that. What kind of mother can't find her child the chocolate bunny he wants?
My feet hurt too bad to do a proper WalMart Walk, but I figured all the walking in and out of all the other stores made up for it. And I have to go back to WalMart tomorrow, because I forgot some stuff that wasn't on my list but that we need. Bummer, right?
Not really, not for me, I like shopping, but I would have rather got it all done at one time. I did get all of Easter done (except bread for sandwiches, and Josh's bunny) and I was pretty proud of that fact!
I really don't want to be anywhere near a grocery store next weekend. It will be just as bad as Christmas Eve, and I can do without that stress.
I came home, got everything carried in and put away, and got to work making a dessert for tonight. We are going to friends' for supper, and I am making a pineapple upside-down cake as my offering. I've never made one before, so this will be interesting! It sounds easy enough, and we have had plenty of friends make them for Ron, so I don't know why I shouldn't be able to do this. I got the recipe out, and tweaked it here and there to make it mine, and soon the cake was in the oven.
As it was cooking, I got on the pute and played around. Soon the house started smelling yummy! When the cake was done, I followed the instructions on how to get it out of the pan, but (of course) some stuck and the cake was lumpy on the sides, but hopefully, no one else will notice, or they will have had that happen to them and it's no big deal.
I also had drifting cherries, and there were a couple of empty pineapples, and there were double cherries in other spots. I guess I had dumped the cake mix in to the pan too fast, and caused that to happen. Live and learn, chickie, live and learn. But it came out a beautiful golden color (and it tasted great) and that's what counts the most!
Ron got home - hallelujah - at twenty til six, and had time to jump in the shower real quick. I hadn't even had time to worry he wasn't going to get home in time yet! I wasn't going to think about it until quarter til! We left at five til, and got to our friends' place right at six. The other couple coming tonight was already there, so our little party was complete when we arrived.
We had a salad, salmon patties, a tuna noodle casserole, broccoli & cauliflower (together), corn, and some homemade bread (with butter, of course).
After we ate, we played dominoes for a while. We play double twelves, and start with the twelves and work our way down to the blanks as our starting numbers. We play the "Train" version of the game, and we have a great deal of fun! We took a break at the halfway point - between the sevens and the sixes - to have dessert, and everyone enjoyed the cake very much! At least, they said they did, and I'm going to believe them! We finished our game, which I (who was keeping score - what's wrong with this picture? Isn't scorekeeper supposed to win?) lost.
We then divvied up all the leftovers, and, yes, they all took/kept cake and I was glad to see that they wanted to have more of it. Ron and I came on home, and here it is midnight, which is when we usually get home on evenings like this. Poor guy lasted less than five minutes. He's snoring away over there in his recliner. I don't know why he didn't go right on to bed, but he didn't.
I put all my food (and exercise) in to MFP, and I was just 100 calories short for the day. Tis okay. I was proud of my pineapple upside-down cake, even if the sides weren't smooth and the cherries drifted!
Hopefully getting my hair cut tomorrow - it's getting very shaggy and starting to drive me crazy. I am having bed head when I get up in the mornings, and if you have bed head, your hair is too long!
Short hair is sure harder to maintain than long hair ever was!!
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