Sunday, August 31, 2014
Today started with Ron waking me up at 5:30, because he had a sore throat and took a pill, but the pill stuck in his throat and now he can barely breathe! Shit! That's not good! I urge him to keep drinking water, and finally the pill goes down, and we go back to sleep, though I keep waking up to check on him. The alarm going off, as it usually does, at 9, and I hit snooze way too many times, then had to rush through my shower and dressing before leaving for church. Ron stayed here with Corgan, and I did talk him into taking an allergy pill (my Mucinex DM) before I left, so hopefully the sore throat will ease somewhat and he will feel like going out as we do on Sundays. He will let me know when I get out of church.
I give my little speech at church, and a few people speak to me on the way out, so, hopefully, it will do a little bit of good. That's what it's all about, anyway, and we'll just have to see.
After church, I let Ron know I was on my way home, and he didn't respond to me, so that meant everything was okay and I'd just pick them up and we'd go on to eat. Yay! I'm glad he's feeling better. We went up to Georgetown to have breakfast at Country Inn. At least, Ron and I had the big breakfast. Corgan chose to have lunch, and had the chicken liver dinner. He shared his onions and the sides with his grandpa, and Grandpa actually ate them, so Grandpa's throat must have been feeling okay.
After we ate, we came home, where I got on the pute while the fellers watched TV. After a while, though, I had the guys help me peel apples and I made a batch of individual apple pies for a get-together we're going to tomorrow. This is a big job, and I am very grateful for the help!
I also got supper started - I am making Johnny Marzetti, and the hamburger is frozen, so it takes a while for it to cook. It's best to cook it slowly when you start with frozen, I've learned. I'll cook the pasta and finish it up when Josh and Jean get here. Chelle has to work tonight, unfortunately, so it will just be those two, not the whole family.
I get the pies in the oven just as they get here - what great timing! I get the rest of supper going, and the pies get done in time for me to put the Johnny Marzetti in the oven to finish up. When it was done, we ate supper, then just sat around talking and enjoying the day. We moved outside and sat out there for a while, too. It was still a little humid, but it wasn't too bad.
They left for home around 7:30, and we came back in. Ron is sleeping in front of the TV, and here I am on the pute. I think we will both go to bed early tonight!
Not a surprise, my calorie count was tremendously over when I put my food into MFP, and there was no exercise today to balance it out (not that those 90 calories would balance much today!) but I knew going in that today would be a bust, and you know what? I just don't care today! I am starting a new plan of action tomorrow, one that MFP is not gonna like at all - I may give MFP a miss for a while, I'll have to see how this new plan works out - but I've got to do something. I'd really, really, really like to be under 200 pounds, if not all the way to "I have lost 75 pounds" by my birthday (September 29th) so I've got to change things up!
I sure hope Ron feels better - he is not a very good sicky boy! So far, it's just a sore throat, but you all know that that can turn into so many more things, and it comes with so many other things, too. He doesn't get sick very much at all - not even colds - and doesn't handle being "not well" at all. He'll do his usual Tylenol-and-Advil switch-off every 4 hours, with a Mucinex DM every now and then, and we'll see. Please pray for him, send him good wishes and thoughts, whatever you do - he (and I!) will appreciate it!
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Not my normal Saturday, that's for sure!
Saturday, August 30, 2014
My day started as usual - for a weekday - by waking up around 10. I usually get to sleep 'in' on a Saturday, with Ron and Corgan being outside and all that, but I woke up at that time and that was it. No more sleep for me. Phooey.
I went uptown just before noon, because my fellow classmates (and I) had a 'ice bucket' challenge planned for today before we realized that today was part of the holiday weekend and there were twenty thousand other plans going on this weekend already. We had to cancel our plans, but I went up to the school, just in case someone missed the message that the cancellation happened. I sat up there until 10 after, and no one else showed up, so I guess everyone did get the message, and that's a good thing!
I went back home, and played around on the pute for a bit, and Corgan and I played cards again, too. I managed to eat 3 slices of Colby Jack cheese for my lunch somewhere along in here, too.
Then I had to go back uptown again to meet someone to purchase Corgan a birthday gift. (I belong to a yard sale website on Facebook, and I found this 'gift' on there.) Back uptown I went, and sat there waiting for her to show up, and when she did, she surprised me, because she walked up to the car instead of pulling in beside me in her car! That transaction complete, I went back home again, hiding Corgan's gift from him to hide it in my room.
Corgan and I did my little exercise routine - I was surprised that he wanted to do my exercises with me, but he did - and he stayed with me the whole time (I thought he'd get bored and quit)!
Then, I used this time to lie down for a bit, to rest my back, because I still have to go back uptown one more time about 4:30 - I am giving a speech at church tonight (and again in the morning, too) for the Altar Society. I got to lie down about 45 minutes, before duty called and I had things to do before getting ready to go back uptown.
I got up to church in plenty of time, and made my little speech at the proper time, and I had a few people tell me after Mass that it was a good speech. I am hoping so, and I am hoping that it 'does its job' and gets us a few more women to be more active, which is the objective. We sure need it!
I had left instructions for Ron to make the rest of supper at a certain time while I was gone, so hopefully I can come home to supper. Well, I was almost successful. He cooked the cheese weenies, but didn't make any kind of starch to go with it, so we just had cheese weenies and corn on the cob. The last of the corn on the cobs I was given at my TOPS meeting last week, and they were starting to get dry, so we had to eat them this weekend, no doubt about it. They weren't the tastiest, but they were okay. I finished up with an ice cream and a nut bar, cause I was still hungry.
When I put my food and exercise in MFP, I had plenty of room, so I put in for a snack of popcorn and milk, which I will have when I go to bed, or 10, whichever comes first.
I'm ready for my day of rest tomorrow!
My day started as usual - for a weekday - by waking up around 10. I usually get to sleep 'in' on a Saturday, with Ron and Corgan being outside and all that, but I woke up at that time and that was it. No more sleep for me. Phooey.
I went uptown just before noon, because my fellow classmates (and I) had a 'ice bucket' challenge planned for today before we realized that today was part of the holiday weekend and there were twenty thousand other plans going on this weekend already. We had to cancel our plans, but I went up to the school, just in case someone missed the message that the cancellation happened. I sat up there until 10 after, and no one else showed up, so I guess everyone did get the message, and that's a good thing!
I went back home, and played around on the pute for a bit, and Corgan and I played cards again, too. I managed to eat 3 slices of Colby Jack cheese for my lunch somewhere along in here, too.
Then I had to go back uptown again to meet someone to purchase Corgan a birthday gift. (I belong to a yard sale website on Facebook, and I found this 'gift' on there.) Back uptown I went, and sat there waiting for her to show up, and when she did, she surprised me, because she walked up to the car instead of pulling in beside me in her car! That transaction complete, I went back home again, hiding Corgan's gift from him to hide it in my room.
Corgan and I did my little exercise routine - I was surprised that he wanted to do my exercises with me, but he did - and he stayed with me the whole time (I thought he'd get bored and quit)!
Then, I used this time to lie down for a bit, to rest my back, because I still have to go back uptown one more time about 4:30 - I am giving a speech at church tonight (and again in the morning, too) for the Altar Society. I got to lie down about 45 minutes, before duty called and I had things to do before getting ready to go back uptown.
I got up to church in plenty of time, and made my little speech at the proper time, and I had a few people tell me after Mass that it was a good speech. I am hoping so, and I am hoping that it 'does its job' and gets us a few more women to be more active, which is the objective. We sure need it!
I had left instructions for Ron to make the rest of supper at a certain time while I was gone, so hopefully I can come home to supper. Well, I was almost successful. He cooked the cheese weenies, but didn't make any kind of starch to go with it, so we just had cheese weenies and corn on the cob. The last of the corn on the cobs I was given at my TOPS meeting last week, and they were starting to get dry, so we had to eat them this weekend, no doubt about it. They weren't the tastiest, but they were okay. I finished up with an ice cream and a nut bar, cause I was still hungry.
When I put my food and exercise in MFP, I had plenty of room, so I put in for a snack of popcorn and milk, which I will have when I go to bed, or 10, whichever comes first.
I'm ready for my day of rest tomorrow!
Friday, August 29, 2014
Errands and Shopping. What a day!
Friday, August 29, 2014
Today started early for me - around 9. I don't know why I woke up then, but I did, and since I couldn't go back to sleep, I started reading.
Luckily, my disability lawyer called early - they were supposed to call at noon - and I got to talk to them (her) and tell her all about my fall, broken back, the new doctor(s), and all that, and get my appeal moving. I am SO glad that the phone didn't goof up today. It still irks me that the phone messed up that day, of all days, but there's nothing I can do about that. I got it done today, and earlier than planned, and that's a very good thing!
After the phone call, I waited to hear from Josh to see if they were going to come up and go shopping with me or not. He finally texted about quarter til noon, and they aren't coming, so I get to go shopping by myself. That's okay, because they can't keep up with me, anyway - well, they can in ONE store, but I go many places, and they go crazy when I do that! I take my shower (and even shave my legs!), get dressed, and head on down the road. I stop at the bank here in Bethel, then at Walgreen's in Amelia, where I go in because I need more Mucinex DM. On the way down 125, I saw 3 state boys, each time already having someone pulled over - boy, you can tell it's a holiday weekend! After that, I drove on down to the Walgreen's in Withamsville, where I picked up a Christmas gift I had ordered - I don't know why they wouldn't send it to Amelia, but they wouldn't - and I was so pleased with it! Coming back up 125, I stopped at Lee's Famous Recipe for my lunch. I just decided on something different today. I figured my WalMart Walk (and walking in and out of 4 different stores) would help cancel out the calories. Man, oh, man, were those potato wedges good!!
After my lunch, I went on to WalMart, where I got gasoline at the gas station first, then went to WalMart proper and did my grocery shopping. I made myself walk good, too, not just meander around. I walked forcefully down the aisles I didn't need to go down (and were relatively empty) and I thought I did really well. I spent a little more than I expected to, but that's not a surprise, is it?
I saw another state boy before Verbarg's, but that was the only cop I saw on the way home. But the old you-only-see-them-in-even-numbers thing worked!
I stopped at IGA to get the things I couldn't get at WalMart (milk, ice cream, cheese weenies) and headed for home. I had talked to Ron just as I pulled into IGA, and he wasn't going to be home for another hour and a half - at least - so I knew I would be carrying the groceries in all by myself. Ugh! But, that's okay - more calories burned off!
I got home, got the groceries carried in, and the fridge and freezer stuff put away, and played on the pute until Ron and Corgan got here. Then I went to lie down to rest my back (trust me - it was protesting!) until suppertime. Well, suppertime never came, and I got back up at 8:30 to find out what was going on. Ron was fast asleep and Corgan watching TV. Corgan said that he had eaten something, so wasn't hungry, but Grandpa hadn't and he didn't know if Grandpa was going to make any supper or not. Wonderful.
I asked Corgan if he wanted to learn how to play some card games, and, Spock Child that he is, he has to know, 'what games and how do you play them and why do I want to teach him' and a hundred questions like that. I explained that if he wanted to start playing cards with us (adults), these card games are the ones to start with to teach him the basics of card games, and since there's plenty of time to teach him tonight, why not? So he finally agreed, and I started teaching him how to play both '31' - the game where you get the Ace and 2 face cards to win the hand - and then 'Rum' or 'Rummy' - teaching him about runs and sets, playing play cards, and counting points at the end of each hand. We only played to 200, not 500, and he did just fine. He's got a good brain! I think we'll probably play more tomorrow! We have him both Friday and Saturday nights this weekend, since he doesn't have school on Monday. (btw, I beat him in both games, but he scored 110 points in Rummy)
When I put my food and exercise in MFP, I was short for the day! Less than 50, but short, by golly! I'll take it! I'm glad I put my exercise in first, so I can't claim that I do that on purpose....HA.
Lots of little stuff going on tomorrow - I've got to run uptown 3 different times!
Today started early for me - around 9. I don't know why I woke up then, but I did, and since I couldn't go back to sleep, I started reading.
Luckily, my disability lawyer called early - they were supposed to call at noon - and I got to talk to them (her) and tell her all about my fall, broken back, the new doctor(s), and all that, and get my appeal moving. I am SO glad that the phone didn't goof up today. It still irks me that the phone messed up that day, of all days, but there's nothing I can do about that. I got it done today, and earlier than planned, and that's a very good thing!
After the phone call, I waited to hear from Josh to see if they were going to come up and go shopping with me or not. He finally texted about quarter til noon, and they aren't coming, so I get to go shopping by myself. That's okay, because they can't keep up with me, anyway - well, they can in ONE store, but I go many places, and they go crazy when I do that! I take my shower (and even shave my legs!), get dressed, and head on down the road. I stop at the bank here in Bethel, then at Walgreen's in Amelia, where I go in because I need more Mucinex DM. On the way down 125, I saw 3 state boys, each time already having someone pulled over - boy, you can tell it's a holiday weekend! After that, I drove on down to the Walgreen's in Withamsville, where I picked up a Christmas gift I had ordered - I don't know why they wouldn't send it to Amelia, but they wouldn't - and I was so pleased with it! Coming back up 125, I stopped at Lee's Famous Recipe for my lunch. I just decided on something different today. I figured my WalMart Walk (and walking in and out of 4 different stores) would help cancel out the calories. Man, oh, man, were those potato wedges good!!
After my lunch, I went on to WalMart, where I got gasoline at the gas station first, then went to WalMart proper and did my grocery shopping. I made myself walk good, too, not just meander around. I walked forcefully down the aisles I didn't need to go down (and were relatively empty) and I thought I did really well. I spent a little more than I expected to, but that's not a surprise, is it?
I saw another state boy before Verbarg's, but that was the only cop I saw on the way home. But the old you-only-see-them-in-even-numbers thing worked!
I stopped at IGA to get the things I couldn't get at WalMart (milk, ice cream, cheese weenies) and headed for home. I had talked to Ron just as I pulled into IGA, and he wasn't going to be home for another hour and a half - at least - so I knew I would be carrying the groceries in all by myself. Ugh! But, that's okay - more calories burned off!
I got home, got the groceries carried in, and the fridge and freezer stuff put away, and played on the pute until Ron and Corgan got here. Then I went to lie down to rest my back (trust me - it was protesting!) until suppertime. Well, suppertime never came, and I got back up at 8:30 to find out what was going on. Ron was fast asleep and Corgan watching TV. Corgan said that he had eaten something, so wasn't hungry, but Grandpa hadn't and he didn't know if Grandpa was going to make any supper or not. Wonderful.
I asked Corgan if he wanted to learn how to play some card games, and, Spock Child that he is, he has to know, 'what games and how do you play them and why do I want to teach him' and a hundred questions like that. I explained that if he wanted to start playing cards with us (adults), these card games are the ones to start with to teach him the basics of card games, and since there's plenty of time to teach him tonight, why not? So he finally agreed, and I started teaching him how to play both '31' - the game where you get the Ace and 2 face cards to win the hand - and then 'Rum' or 'Rummy' - teaching him about runs and sets, playing play cards, and counting points at the end of each hand. We only played to 200, not 500, and he did just fine. He's got a good brain! I think we'll probably play more tomorrow! We have him both Friday and Saturday nights this weekend, since he doesn't have school on Monday. (btw, I beat him in both games, but he scored 110 points in Rummy)
When I put my food and exercise in MFP, I was short for the day! Less than 50, but short, by golly! I'll take it! I'm glad I put my exercise in first, so I can't claim that I do that on purpose....HA.
Lots of little stuff going on tomorrow - I've got to run uptown 3 different times!
Thursday, August 28, 2014
A couple of normal days...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
8/27
Not much going on today. I woke up around 10, laid in bed reading until around noon, then got up, piddled around the house, doing small tasks, and played on the pute as well. I put the leftover green beans into a pan and on the stove, so when I was ready for lunch, they would be (more) done.
It worked! The green beans were fabulous!
I got back up around 3:30 and did my exercises, then just played on the pute before lying down again.
After Ron got home, we couldn't figure out what we wanted for supper. We talked about it for quite a while, then finally just decided to zap ourselves some of the sausage, egg, and cheese (croissants for him, muffins for me) breakfast sandwiches for our supper, and that's what we did. Breakfast for supper - always a good thing, right?
When I put my food in MFP, I got hollered at, making me think again about lowering my calorie count, but I just don't know. 1000 seems like a very low number, and I think I'd rather get hollered at than go over all the time, even if it wouldn't be by very much. Maybe when I start doing more exercise, I can lower it. Maybe.
8/28
Another day of nothing going on. Just like yesterday, I woke up around 10, got up around noon, only this time, I got up and stacked the dishes (I'll do them tomorrow before the weekend), did a load of laundry, and then played on the pute.
For my lunch, I had the last sausage, egg, and cheese muffin in that box, and I laid back down to enjoy my lunch, and I didn't get back up until almost 4. Of course, I didn't lie down until after 2, so it wasn't really all that long. I did my exercises when I got back up, then played on the pute some more.
When Ron got home, just before 6, we discussed supper as usual. He watched his news, then we made supper. He chopped his giant head of cabbage into 3. We put 2 pieces away, and he sliced the third into steaks for his supper tonight. I mixed the olive oil and spices (garlic, celery seed, and lemon pepper) to brush on them and we got those in the oven. I cooked the fish (sandwich fillets) in my large iron skillet on the stovetop, since I couldn't cook 2 different things in the oven at 2 different temperatures at the same time. With them getting done at the same time, I sliced an orange tomato for my side -- I sure ain't eating cabbage! -- and we ate supper of 3 fish and a veggie. I even stayed out here in the living room with Ron for a change! We each had an ice cream for dessert, too.
When I put my food in MFP, including a snack (a string cheese stick) for bedtime, and I was a little over 100 calories short for the day. I like that number! I can live with that - much better than getting hollered at!
Looking forward to going shopping tomorrow! Ron doesn't like shopping, so I try to go while he's at work. It doesn't always work out, but I try. Now...I am off to pay the bills for the week. Yay!
Thursday, August 28, 2014
8/27
Not much going on today. I woke up around 10, laid in bed reading until around noon, then got up, piddled around the house, doing small tasks, and played on the pute as well. I put the leftover green beans into a pan and on the stove, so when I was ready for lunch, they would be (more) done.
It worked! The green beans were fabulous!
I got back up around 3:30 and did my exercises, then just played on the pute before lying down again.
After Ron got home, we couldn't figure out what we wanted for supper. We talked about it for quite a while, then finally just decided to zap ourselves some of the sausage, egg, and cheese (croissants for him, muffins for me) breakfast sandwiches for our supper, and that's what we did. Breakfast for supper - always a good thing, right?
When I put my food in MFP, I got hollered at, making me think again about lowering my calorie count, but I just don't know. 1000 seems like a very low number, and I think I'd rather get hollered at than go over all the time, even if it wouldn't be by very much. Maybe when I start doing more exercise, I can lower it. Maybe.
8/28
Another day of nothing going on. Just like yesterday, I woke up around 10, got up around noon, only this time, I got up and stacked the dishes (I'll do them tomorrow before the weekend), did a load of laundry, and then played on the pute.
For my lunch, I had the last sausage, egg, and cheese muffin in that box, and I laid back down to enjoy my lunch, and I didn't get back up until almost 4. Of course, I didn't lie down until after 2, so it wasn't really all that long. I did my exercises when I got back up, then played on the pute some more.
When Ron got home, just before 6, we discussed supper as usual. He watched his news, then we made supper. He chopped his giant head of cabbage into 3. We put 2 pieces away, and he sliced the third into steaks for his supper tonight. I mixed the olive oil and spices (garlic, celery seed, and lemon pepper) to brush on them and we got those in the oven. I cooked the fish (sandwich fillets) in my large iron skillet on the stovetop, since I couldn't cook 2 different things in the oven at 2 different temperatures at the same time. With them getting done at the same time, I sliced an orange tomato for my side -- I sure ain't eating cabbage! -- and we ate supper of 3 fish and a veggie. I even stayed out here in the living room with Ron for a change! We each had an ice cream for dessert, too.
When I put my food in MFP, including a snack (a string cheese stick) for bedtime, and I was a little over 100 calories short for the day. I like that number! I can live with that - much better than getting hollered at!
Looking forward to going shopping tomorrow! Ron doesn't like shopping, so I try to go while he's at work. It doesn't always work out, but I try. Now...I am off to pay the bills for the week. Yay!
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Enjoying our green beans!
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Today started with me getting the green beans sorted into the batches - 2 to be blanched, and 1 into the crockpot for supper tonight. I put on the ones to be blanched, went and jumped in the shower, and when I got out, put them in the cold water, and then into the baggies. I think it went pretty well - but, then again, this is the first time I've ever done it! I guess I'll find out when I go to cook them.
Then, after talking to my friend Bert, I left to go pick her up. I thought she would choose to just go to Bethel, but she surprised me by wanting to go to Bob Evans, and you know that was okay with me! So, instead of just meeting her uptown, I picked her up and down the road we went. We went to Bob Evans for our lunch first. She had the broasted chicken, and I had my chicken salad plate - which is already off the menu, by the way, although they do still have some available. Man, what is up with these restaurants? Getting rid of their summer things before Labor Day...it's just not right! I'm glad they still had it, though - I do like that stuff!
When we were done eating (and talking!), we went to WalMart to pick up a few things. I only needed potatoes (for the beans), but Bert needed some things, so I tagged along with her while she picked up the things she was looking for. We walked all over the store, except back to the cold food! Yay! A WalMart Walk!
Then we drove down to Kroger so she could pick up some prescriptions, but we just used the drive-thru for this. We didn't have to go in, which was good, because my back was starting to hurt by then. Then we headed for home - me dropping her off, even helping her carry her stuff in, and I came on home, where I peeled and chopped two potatoes and added them to the beans, along with some ham and onions. This is gonna be good when I get home from my TOPS meeting!
I laid down until time to leave for my meeting. I had to, my back was not a happy camper by now! Then off to my meeting, where (I'm blaming the lunch) I gained 2.8 pounds! Yikes! Good thing I don't have that good of a lunch every day! I guess the WalMart Walk wasn't enough exercise afterward....Ai Yi Yi!
I come home from the meeting, and Ron and I chow down on our beans. I thought they could have cooked a bit longer, but Ron said they were fine. They had cooked for 9 or 9-1/2 hours, so I don't see how they could have cooked much more than that, but geez! They were still very tasty, and oh, such a good supper!
When I put my food in MFP, I was over on my calorie count (for a change). Only by ...crap, I forget the exact number, but less than 200. 166, I think. So, I can certainly live with that. Lunch was very caloric because it was mostly fruit, and the chicken salad has mayo in it, and supper was a super giant bowl of homemade green beans with ham, onions, and potatoes (I figured 2 cups' worth), so I can definitely live with that calorie count!
Tomorrow should settle down to a normal day. I can handle that.
Today started with me getting the green beans sorted into the batches - 2 to be blanched, and 1 into the crockpot for supper tonight. I put on the ones to be blanched, went and jumped in the shower, and when I got out, put them in the cold water, and then into the baggies. I think it went pretty well - but, then again, this is the first time I've ever done it! I guess I'll find out when I go to cook them.
Then, after talking to my friend Bert, I left to go pick her up. I thought she would choose to just go to Bethel, but she surprised me by wanting to go to Bob Evans, and you know that was okay with me! So, instead of just meeting her uptown, I picked her up and down the road we went. We went to Bob Evans for our lunch first. She had the broasted chicken, and I had my chicken salad plate - which is already off the menu, by the way, although they do still have some available. Man, what is up with these restaurants? Getting rid of their summer things before Labor Day...it's just not right! I'm glad they still had it, though - I do like that stuff!
When we were done eating (and talking!), we went to WalMart to pick up a few things. I only needed potatoes (for the beans), but Bert needed some things, so I tagged along with her while she picked up the things she was looking for. We walked all over the store, except back to the cold food! Yay! A WalMart Walk!
Then we drove down to Kroger so she could pick up some prescriptions, but we just used the drive-thru for this. We didn't have to go in, which was good, because my back was starting to hurt by then. Then we headed for home - me dropping her off, even helping her carry her stuff in, and I came on home, where I peeled and chopped two potatoes and added them to the beans, along with some ham and onions. This is gonna be good when I get home from my TOPS meeting!
I laid down until time to leave for my meeting. I had to, my back was not a happy camper by now! Then off to my meeting, where (I'm blaming the lunch) I gained 2.8 pounds! Yikes! Good thing I don't have that good of a lunch every day! I guess the WalMart Walk wasn't enough exercise afterward....Ai Yi Yi!
I come home from the meeting, and Ron and I chow down on our beans. I thought they could have cooked a bit longer, but Ron said they were fine. They had cooked for 9 or 9-1/2 hours, so I don't see how they could have cooked much more than that, but geez! They were still very tasty, and oh, such a good supper!
When I put my food in MFP, I was over on my calorie count (for a change). Only by ...crap, I forget the exact number, but less than 200. 166, I think. So, I can certainly live with that. Lunch was very caloric because it was mostly fruit, and the chicken salad has mayo in it, and supper was a super giant bowl of homemade green beans with ham, onions, and potatoes (I figured 2 cups' worth), so I can definitely live with that calorie count!
Tomorrow should settle down to a normal day. I can handle that.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Busy, busy, busy
Monday, August 25, 2014
I got up this morning, knowing that I would be busy today - I had all those veggies to deal with, as well as all the stuff I normally do on Mondays. I reluctantly got up and got started, only to find out that Ron had done the dishes for me last night! Bless his heart! I didn't know that he had done them while I was on the pute last night - I thought he had gone to bed - I guess I was really paying attention to writing my blog and blocked everything else out. That was a big relief to me, and gave me more time to play on the pute!
I sorted out the green beans - I put about half of them into a smaller box for Josh to pick up to take home with him. I sorted out what apples I want to keep, and dug out a small box for Josh to put the apples he wants in, too. The tomatoes are all ours! No sorting needed there!
When I was done there, I sliced - well, chunked - up the largest of the orange tomatoes for my lunch. I even drizzled ranch dressing over them, so there would be some kind of calories there! I know tomatoes, themselves, don't have many calories, so I knew I needed something else. I had a second tomato, too, though not quite as big as the first one, and no more dressing. This one was just plain - on a different plate, even.
I dumped the rest of the box of green beans into the sink and started snapping them. I estimate that we'll get three meals out of these. THREE! I knew Ron would pick too many, but damn! I think I'll blanch them and put two meals' worth in the freezer. They sure are gonna be good!
I went and laid back down for a bit, then got back up and did my exercises, snapped more beans (I worked on these on and off all day), and played on the pute a bit more. Josh showed up and took the stuff I had ready for them. He seemed the most thrilled about the apples, mostly because he has a juicer, and can "use" the apples the most - not only in cooking, but by juicing them, also. Not long after he left, Ron got home from work. I had put his cabbage (from Bert) on earlier - put it in the pan, so it would be room temperature and ready to cook when he was ready for supper - and when he got home, I turned the burner on, so it would cook/warm up slowly.
For my supper, I zapped the rest of the ham slices from the package I had opened Saturday night. I cooked the rest of a can of corn that was in the fridge, too, and sliced up another large orange tomato. So, my supper was ham, corn, and tomatoes. It was pretty tasty.
Of course, when I came back out and put my food in MFP, I was tremendously low on calories for the day - something like 700. MFP hollered at me in giant red letters again. It was really weird, because I sure felt pretty full...sigh. I went ahead and put in for a popcorn & milk snack, but that still had me at almost 500 calories short for the day, so I don't know what I'm gonna do. Maybe I should lower my calorie count down to 1000. I don't know.
Looking forward to lunch tomorrow with Bert, when I give her some apples and some other stuff I have for her. Love spending time with my friends!
I got up this morning, knowing that I would be busy today - I had all those veggies to deal with, as well as all the stuff I normally do on Mondays. I reluctantly got up and got started, only to find out that Ron had done the dishes for me last night! Bless his heart! I didn't know that he had done them while I was on the pute last night - I thought he had gone to bed - I guess I was really paying attention to writing my blog and blocked everything else out. That was a big relief to me, and gave me more time to play on the pute!
I sorted out the green beans - I put about half of them into a smaller box for Josh to pick up to take home with him. I sorted out what apples I want to keep, and dug out a small box for Josh to put the apples he wants in, too. The tomatoes are all ours! No sorting needed there!
When I was done there, I sliced - well, chunked - up the largest of the orange tomatoes for my lunch. I even drizzled ranch dressing over them, so there would be some kind of calories there! I know tomatoes, themselves, don't have many calories, so I knew I needed something else. I had a second tomato, too, though not quite as big as the first one, and no more dressing. This one was just plain - on a different plate, even.
I dumped the rest of the box of green beans into the sink and started snapping them. I estimate that we'll get three meals out of these. THREE! I knew Ron would pick too many, but damn! I think I'll blanch them and put two meals' worth in the freezer. They sure are gonna be good!
I went and laid back down for a bit, then got back up and did my exercises, snapped more beans (I worked on these on and off all day), and played on the pute a bit more. Josh showed up and took the stuff I had ready for them. He seemed the most thrilled about the apples, mostly because he has a juicer, and can "use" the apples the most - not only in cooking, but by juicing them, also. Not long after he left, Ron got home from work. I had put his cabbage (from Bert) on earlier - put it in the pan, so it would be room temperature and ready to cook when he was ready for supper - and when he got home, I turned the burner on, so it would cook/warm up slowly.
For my supper, I zapped the rest of the ham slices from the package I had opened Saturday night. I cooked the rest of a can of corn that was in the fridge, too, and sliced up another large orange tomato. So, my supper was ham, corn, and tomatoes. It was pretty tasty.
Of course, when I came back out and put my food in MFP, I was tremendously low on calories for the day - something like 700. MFP hollered at me in giant red letters again. It was really weird, because I sure felt pretty full...sigh. I went ahead and put in for a popcorn & milk snack, but that still had me at almost 500 calories short for the day, so I don't know what I'm gonna do. Maybe I should lower my calorie count down to 1000. I don't know.
Looking forward to lunch tomorrow with Bert, when I give her some apples and some other stuff I have for her. Love spending time with my friends!
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Errands, errands, and more good errands
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Today started with the alarm going off at 9. Getting up, taking a shower and dressing for church, then off to church after gathering all we needed to do 5 different errands afterward. I'm tired just thinking about it! I'm glad Ron drives on Sundays, too. I'm mean that way, you know...
We had one of the priests we used to have for our visiting priest today, and it was very nice to see him again. I haven't seen Fr. Kosse in a long time, and he looked great (he fell out of a deer stand while hunting a few years ago, and was pretty seriously hurt). He certainly gives a great homily - I have missed that, and some of these visiting priests have picked up that slack!
Afterward, we headed down the road to do our errands. 1) Stop at Post Office. 2) Stop at Kate's Carry Out. 3) Go to Verizon to pay our bill. 4) Eat lunch somewhere. 5) Stop at Bert's.
Luckily, the Post Office stop is basically a drive-by, just to drop mail in the mail box out at the curb. Ron and/or Corgan was supposed to put this mail in our mailbox yesterday, but fell down on that job, so Ron had to drive this huge detour...
I dropped off the books I was dropping off at Kate's, and - again, luckily - I wasn't held up with talking (by both Diane AND Mary!) this time! Back on the road...
We get down to Verizon, after dealing with the traffic down there in Beechmont. Man, it just gets worse and worse, I think. We didn't get over in the slow lane until we passed both 275 exits (do you really have to ask why?) and it took quite a few minutes of sitting there with the blinker on before someone let us over, in front of Home Depot. Ah, well, what goes around comes around, people!
When I was done in Verizon, we decided to go to Olive Garden, which is truly 'right across the street' - but how are we going to cross 125 right there? Ron turned right, and got into the left lane, then the left turn lane, and pulled a U-ey under the green light (yes, there was a break in the traffic) and we got turned right around and got to Olive Garden in no time at all.
We sat and enjoyed our lunch, taking the time to choose what we wanted and to savor the breadsticks (I was sooooooo bad!). Ron had the Chicken Toscano, and I had the 5-Cheese Ziti Al Forno, and they were both pretty darn good! With the salad and more breadsticks, we didn't get out of there until almost 2. Oh, it was such a change from what we usually do - and have - on Sundays, it was just absolutely great! We ate all of our meals, but I did carry out the last 2 breadsticks wrapped in a napkin, instead of letting them go to waste.
I called Bert and let her know that we were on our way, so she could get the stuff we're picking up ready, and we (finally) got there. I don't think the traffic slowed down any while we were in Olive Garden - it was just as heavy, especially around 275. I think I'm glad we don't go that far down the road very often!
We stopped at Bert's, went in and visited with her and her mom for a few minutes, then got the stuff we were picking up and left.
Whew.
We got home, and Ron changed his clothes. We left again, going up to our friends Harry & Donna's to pick green beans out of their garden. Fresh garden green beans! YUM. I got to sit in the house and visit with Donna while the guys went out into the hotness to pick the beans, and I must admit that I was glad. Donna's cousin came down, bringing orange tomatoes with him from his garden, and Donna told him about the guys outside. He went out with them, then came in to get a bag to pick some apples from a tree in their neighbor's yard.
So, in the end, we came home with a full - stuffed full - box of green beans, the orange tomatoes from Jerry, cherry tomatoes from Harry & Donna, too, and then a 5-gallon bucket of apples, too. I think I may be busy for the next couple of days!
After laying down for a bit, I came out here to the pute, and like an idiot, I put my food in MFP. Yeah, I didn't get hollered at today - I hollered at the pute! I knew it would be bad, and it was. I was only 700+ calories over for the day. Those 6 damn breadsticks! But, I guess you gotta take the bad with the good, so I claimed them, but geez...
Looking forward to a big ol' pot of green beans and some apple pie here pretty soon!
Today started with the alarm going off at 9. Getting up, taking a shower and dressing for church, then off to church after gathering all we needed to do 5 different errands afterward. I'm tired just thinking about it! I'm glad Ron drives on Sundays, too. I'm mean that way, you know...
We had one of the priests we used to have for our visiting priest today, and it was very nice to see him again. I haven't seen Fr. Kosse in a long time, and he looked great (he fell out of a deer stand while hunting a few years ago, and was pretty seriously hurt). He certainly gives a great homily - I have missed that, and some of these visiting priests have picked up that slack!
Afterward, we headed down the road to do our errands. 1) Stop at Post Office. 2) Stop at Kate's Carry Out. 3) Go to Verizon to pay our bill. 4) Eat lunch somewhere. 5) Stop at Bert's.
Luckily, the Post Office stop is basically a drive-by, just to drop mail in the mail box out at the curb. Ron and/or Corgan was supposed to put this mail in our mailbox yesterday, but fell down on that job, so Ron had to drive this huge detour...
I dropped off the books I was dropping off at Kate's, and - again, luckily - I wasn't held up with talking (by both Diane AND Mary!) this time! Back on the road...
We get down to Verizon, after dealing with the traffic down there in Beechmont. Man, it just gets worse and worse, I think. We didn't get over in the slow lane until we passed both 275 exits (do you really have to ask why?) and it took quite a few minutes of sitting there with the blinker on before someone let us over, in front of Home Depot. Ah, well, what goes around comes around, people!
When I was done in Verizon, we decided to go to Olive Garden, which is truly 'right across the street' - but how are we going to cross 125 right there? Ron turned right, and got into the left lane, then the left turn lane, and pulled a U-ey under the green light (yes, there was a break in the traffic) and we got turned right around and got to Olive Garden in no time at all.
We sat and enjoyed our lunch, taking the time to choose what we wanted and to savor the breadsticks (I was sooooooo bad!). Ron had the Chicken Toscano, and I had the 5-Cheese Ziti Al Forno, and they were both pretty darn good! With the salad and more breadsticks, we didn't get out of there until almost 2. Oh, it was such a change from what we usually do - and have - on Sundays, it was just absolutely great! We ate all of our meals, but I did carry out the last 2 breadsticks wrapped in a napkin, instead of letting them go to waste.
I called Bert and let her know that we were on our way, so she could get the stuff we're picking up ready, and we (finally) got there. I don't think the traffic slowed down any while we were in Olive Garden - it was just as heavy, especially around 275. I think I'm glad we don't go that far down the road very often!
We stopped at Bert's, went in and visited with her and her mom for a few minutes, then got the stuff we were picking up and left.
Whew.
We got home, and Ron changed his clothes. We left again, going up to our friends Harry & Donna's to pick green beans out of their garden. Fresh garden green beans! YUM. I got to sit in the house and visit with Donna while the guys went out into the hotness to pick the beans, and I must admit that I was glad. Donna's cousin came down, bringing orange tomatoes with him from his garden, and Donna told him about the guys outside. He went out with them, then came in to get a bag to pick some apples from a tree in their neighbor's yard.
So, in the end, we came home with a full - stuffed full - box of green beans, the orange tomatoes from Jerry, cherry tomatoes from Harry & Donna, too, and then a 5-gallon bucket of apples, too. I think I may be busy for the next couple of days!
After laying down for a bit, I came out here to the pute, and like an idiot, I put my food in MFP. Yeah, I didn't get hollered at today - I hollered at the pute! I knew it would be bad, and it was. I was only 700+ calories over for the day. Those 6 damn breadsticks! But, I guess you gotta take the bad with the good, so I claimed them, but geez...
Looking forward to a big ol' pot of green beans and some apple pie here pretty soon!
Saturday, August 23, 2014
I walked the Walk Path today - and, man, was it HOT!
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Today was pretty much a normal Saturday around here. When I woke up, Ron and Corgan were already outside (working on lawnmowers, I assume) and I got up and did my weigh-in. Thank God, my number finally went in the correct direction! I lost almost two pounds (1.8) and, let me tell you, I was very happy to see that! I didn't do much after that, playing on the pute for a bit, then going back to lay down.
After a while, Corgan came in to ask me if I wanted to go walk the Walk Path, and I told him YES, I have been wanting to try walking again. So, after they got everything closed up and all that, we went uptown. They fellers rode their bikes around the Path, and I walked. I did good, and was doing good, but then I stopped to get a drink and dropped my walking stick. Well, shit. I've got to bend over and pick it up. That never feels any good, so after that, I decided to take the shortcut instead of walking all the way around. Even though it's called a shortcut, it's really not much of a shortcut, because you have to walk on the road through the ballpark/school to get over to the other side of the Path, so you probably only walk a mile, or just under, instead of a mile and a quarter. But - I did it! My (left) hip hurt me more than my back did, which was kind of a surprise to me. But my hip always did used to hurt me when we walked, so it's not too much of a surprise. I think I could have walked the whole Path if I hadn't had to bend over and pick my stick up, but I did. Blah.
And, oh, it was so hot. We probably shouldn't have gone up at 2 in the afternoon, but we did, and I probably helped myself by sweating, sweating, sweating like crazy. When we all got back to the truck (parked at IGA), we went into IGA and bought stuff specifically for supper tonight. Usually I think it's very cold in that store, but today I welcomed the chilliness of being in there.
When we got home, I made us some lunch, which wasn't hard, because we just zapped ourselves each a sausage, egg, and cheese croissant or muffin, and then I laid back down to rest my back until the rest of the family got here, because I knew that once they got here, I would be up for the rest of the night.
They got here just after six, and I got up and started making supper for us all. I made them all burritos, with all the accouterments - diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, diced onions, salsa, cheese, etc. - which was easy because the burritos were frozen and I just had to put them in the oven. Yes, in the oven on this scorching-ass hot day. That's because I had the A/C on, and to run the microwave, we have to turn the A/C off, and we didn't want to do that! Besides, cooking that many burritos in the microwave would have taken just as long as cooking them in the oven, so it made just as much sense to cook them in the oven and get them all done at the same time.
I made myself some ham (not the thick ham steaks, but thinner ham that has six slices in the package), and made a ham and cheese (Colby Jack) sandwich, then ate the last slice in pieces. Josh and Chelle had brought some orange tomatoes from Jungle Jim's with them, and I quite enjoyed them, too!
Josh, Jean, and I then played Jeopardy on the Wii, and I sucked hind tit, as usual, although Jean did win one game, although Josh totally wiped the floor up with us in the other game. Nothing new there!
When I put my food and exercise in MFP, I didn't get hollered at! I did put in for a snack of popcorn and milk, which I will make as soon as I am done here, even though it's so late. I was hoping to get away from that, but I guess that's not possible, not quite yet. Phooey! I guess I get hollered at if I am more than 300 calories short, because I was only 291 short tonight and no big red letters! WhooHoo. I am pathetic, right?
Picking fresh green beans tomorrow - hope it's not scorching hot again!
Today was pretty much a normal Saturday around here. When I woke up, Ron and Corgan were already outside (working on lawnmowers, I assume) and I got up and did my weigh-in. Thank God, my number finally went in the correct direction! I lost almost two pounds (1.8) and, let me tell you, I was very happy to see that! I didn't do much after that, playing on the pute for a bit, then going back to lay down.
After a while, Corgan came in to ask me if I wanted to go walk the Walk Path, and I told him YES, I have been wanting to try walking again. So, after they got everything closed up and all that, we went uptown. They fellers rode their bikes around the Path, and I walked. I did good, and was doing good, but then I stopped to get a drink and dropped my walking stick. Well, shit. I've got to bend over and pick it up. That never feels any good, so after that, I decided to take the shortcut instead of walking all the way around. Even though it's called a shortcut, it's really not much of a shortcut, because you have to walk on the road through the ballpark/school to get over to the other side of the Path, so you probably only walk a mile, or just under, instead of a mile and a quarter. But - I did it! My (left) hip hurt me more than my back did, which was kind of a surprise to me. But my hip always did used to hurt me when we walked, so it's not too much of a surprise. I think I could have walked the whole Path if I hadn't had to bend over and pick my stick up, but I did. Blah.
And, oh, it was so hot. We probably shouldn't have gone up at 2 in the afternoon, but we did, and I probably helped myself by sweating, sweating, sweating like crazy. When we all got back to the truck (parked at IGA), we went into IGA and bought stuff specifically for supper tonight. Usually I think it's very cold in that store, but today I welcomed the chilliness of being in there.
When we got home, I made us some lunch, which wasn't hard, because we just zapped ourselves each a sausage, egg, and cheese croissant or muffin, and then I laid back down to rest my back until the rest of the family got here, because I knew that once they got here, I would be up for the rest of the night.
They got here just after six, and I got up and started making supper for us all. I made them all burritos, with all the accouterments - diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, diced onions, salsa, cheese, etc. - which was easy because the burritos were frozen and I just had to put them in the oven. Yes, in the oven on this scorching-ass hot day. That's because I had the A/C on, and to run the microwave, we have to turn the A/C off, and we didn't want to do that! Besides, cooking that many burritos in the microwave would have taken just as long as cooking them in the oven, so it made just as much sense to cook them in the oven and get them all done at the same time.
I made myself some ham (not the thick ham steaks, but thinner ham that has six slices in the package), and made a ham and cheese (Colby Jack) sandwich, then ate the last slice in pieces. Josh and Chelle had brought some orange tomatoes from Jungle Jim's with them, and I quite enjoyed them, too!
Josh, Jean, and I then played Jeopardy on the Wii, and I sucked hind tit, as usual, although Jean did win one game, although Josh totally wiped the floor up with us in the other game. Nothing new there!
When I put my food and exercise in MFP, I didn't get hollered at! I did put in for a snack of popcorn and milk, which I will make as soon as I am done here, even though it's so late. I was hoping to get away from that, but I guess that's not possible, not quite yet. Phooey! I guess I get hollered at if I am more than 300 calories short, because I was only 291 short tonight and no big red letters! WhooHoo. I am pathetic, right?
Picking fresh green beans tomorrow - hope it's not scorching hot again!
Friday, August 22, 2014
Lunch with Ron!...and shopping!
Friday, August 22, 2014
I got up this morning, filled with anticipation, because Ron and I talked last night about the possibility of us being able to have lunch together today. That doesn't get to happen very often, and we really enjoy it when it does happen. But, like an idiot, I forgot that I needed to go uptown and make the deposit, so when he called, I was in the middle of doing the dishes. He was on his way to Georgetown from Mt. Orab, and would call me and let me know where to meet him at in Georgetown. I quickly finished up the dishes, all but the pans, jumped in the shower, washing/rinsing me but not my hair for time, got dressed and left the house in less than fifteen minutes - I was rather proud of myself.
Here I am, driving down the road, when Ron calls and demands, "Where were you?! I tried to call and you didn't answer!" After a few minutes of conversation, we figure out that he called while I was in the shower, and that, yes, it was quite a few minutes ago, not just a couple, and we go on to figure out where to meet. He is on his way down to the Zimmer plant, so I have to turn around to go over to Felicity so we can have our lunch at the FeedMill, instead of in Georgetown somewhere. It's SO wonderful that this is actually working out for us today! I will order his food so that it should get to the table just about the same time he does.
Things do go according to plan, and the timing is absolutely perfect. The waitress walked around the corner with our plates of food right behind him! Who says God doesn't watch out for fools and babies? Ha! We are proof today - the fools part, anyway. (I don't think anyone can call us baby, except each other.) After lunch - he had a steak hoagy with mushroom sauce and regular french fries, and I had a BLT with steak fries - we each go on our way. He goes on down to do his work, and I go back home to gather stuff together (the deposit), then up to Bethel, where I go to the bank, then to good ol' IGA, where I pick up bread, milk, some of the 5-for-$20. meat, and a few other things, then back home to unload these groceries. I did lay down and rest my back a bit, and I talked to Josh about picking up Corgan, because I wanted to go to Save-A-Lot and get more 5-for-$20. meat up there, too, and we arranged that, and I played on the pute until time to leave to go to Georgetown (for real this time).
I get to Save-A-Lot and meet them, and Corgan and I do the shopping, then head for home. On the way, we decide to stop in Hamersville at the ice cream place and get ourselves a treat. Once there, he decides to get a pineapple malt (you should have seen his face! "What's a malt, Granny?") instead of a shake or an ice cream, and I got a butterscotch dipped cone. I'm so glad to be able to get him something 'new and different.' We actually had pretty good conversation on the way home, too!
We got home, got the groceries carried in and put away, shucked the corn for our supper tonight and got it put on (last night's wasn't quite done enough, so I knew tonight's would need to cook longer), and he played on the Wii while I played on the pute. Ron got home about half an hour later, and told us it was pouring down the rain in Hamersville! What? That was pretty funny - we were just there! But, yes, his truck was all wet. Wow.
I got our supper started, and went to lie down while it was cooking, getting up every few minutes to check on it. When it was done, I made my plate and went back in the bedroom to eat and stayed in there for quite a while. Then I came back out here to the living room to get back on the pute to finish out my night. Luckily, Corgan was watching Brain Games on the TV and not his normal Most Stupid shows. I would have been crazy by now, if not. (I know, I know!! Don't say it!!)
I put my food and exercise - I claimed a WalMart Walk (135 calories burnt) today, because I went to 2 different stores - in MFP, and I ended up just 33 calories short for the day! 33! When I put in the WalMart Walk, I tell it how many calories I burnt, so I guess that 135 was a pretty good guess. If I was at my normal walking speed, I would have said 200 (100 per store)!! Good thing I did the exercise before the food, huh?
No plans at all for tomorrow. The fellers will probably work on lawnmowers all day, and I'll have to remind them to eat lunch, and I'll make supper for everyone. We might have a fire in the fire pit if it doesn't rain!
I got up this morning, filled with anticipation, because Ron and I talked last night about the possibility of us being able to have lunch together today. That doesn't get to happen very often, and we really enjoy it when it does happen. But, like an idiot, I forgot that I needed to go uptown and make the deposit, so when he called, I was in the middle of doing the dishes. He was on his way to Georgetown from Mt. Orab, and would call me and let me know where to meet him at in Georgetown. I quickly finished up the dishes, all but the pans, jumped in the shower, washing/rinsing me but not my hair for time, got dressed and left the house in less than fifteen minutes - I was rather proud of myself.
Here I am, driving down the road, when Ron calls and demands, "Where were you?! I tried to call and you didn't answer!" After a few minutes of conversation, we figure out that he called while I was in the shower, and that, yes, it was quite a few minutes ago, not just a couple, and we go on to figure out where to meet. He is on his way down to the Zimmer plant, so I have to turn around to go over to Felicity so we can have our lunch at the FeedMill, instead of in Georgetown somewhere. It's SO wonderful that this is actually working out for us today! I will order his food so that it should get to the table just about the same time he does.
Things do go according to plan, and the timing is absolutely perfect. The waitress walked around the corner with our plates of food right behind him! Who says God doesn't watch out for fools and babies? Ha! We are proof today - the fools part, anyway. (I don't think anyone can call us baby, except each other.) After lunch - he had a steak hoagy with mushroom sauce and regular french fries, and I had a BLT with steak fries - we each go on our way. He goes on down to do his work, and I go back home to gather stuff together (the deposit), then up to Bethel, where I go to the bank, then to good ol' IGA, where I pick up bread, milk, some of the 5-for-$20. meat, and a few other things, then back home to unload these groceries. I did lay down and rest my back a bit, and I talked to Josh about picking up Corgan, because I wanted to go to Save-A-Lot and get more 5-for-$20. meat up there, too, and we arranged that, and I played on the pute until time to leave to go to Georgetown (for real this time).
I get to Save-A-Lot and meet them, and Corgan and I do the shopping, then head for home. On the way, we decide to stop in Hamersville at the ice cream place and get ourselves a treat. Once there, he decides to get a pineapple malt (you should have seen his face! "What's a malt, Granny?") instead of a shake or an ice cream, and I got a butterscotch dipped cone. I'm so glad to be able to get him something 'new and different.' We actually had pretty good conversation on the way home, too!
We got home, got the groceries carried in and put away, shucked the corn for our supper tonight and got it put on (last night's wasn't quite done enough, so I knew tonight's would need to cook longer), and he played on the Wii while I played on the pute. Ron got home about half an hour later, and told us it was pouring down the rain in Hamersville! What? That was pretty funny - we were just there! But, yes, his truck was all wet. Wow.
I got our supper started, and went to lie down while it was cooking, getting up every few minutes to check on it. When it was done, I made my plate and went back in the bedroom to eat and stayed in there for quite a while. Then I came back out here to the living room to get back on the pute to finish out my night. Luckily, Corgan was watching Brain Games on the TV and not his normal Most Stupid shows. I would have been crazy by now, if not. (I know, I know!! Don't say it!!)
I put my food and exercise - I claimed a WalMart Walk (135 calories burnt) today, because I went to 2 different stores - in MFP, and I ended up just 33 calories short for the day! 33! When I put in the WalMart Walk, I tell it how many calories I burnt, so I guess that 135 was a pretty good guess. If I was at my normal walking speed, I would have said 200 (100 per store)!! Good thing I did the exercise before the food, huh?
No plans at all for tomorrow. The fellers will probably work on lawnmowers all day, and I'll have to remind them to eat lunch, and I'll make supper for everyone. We might have a fire in the fire pit if it doesn't rain!
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Time marches on...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Thursday, August 21, 2014
8/20
I didn't sleep well, and I woke up at 8. EIGHT! Ugh - this is not a good thing, and it makes for a very long day for me. As my day went on, I thought sure I would sleep tonight, because I was dragging ass all day!
I did my normal stuff - up and down, playing on pute and puttering around the house - and I did my exercises later in the afternoon. Did I tell you that I raised my reps up to 15? Yeah, I thought I should do that, because I don't feel as though I am getting anywhere, so I had to do something - and I can't add any more exercises, not yet, anyway. I am hoping to soon - if I can get Ron (or someone) to walk with me, and if I can get Ron to stay awake in the evening so I can try to do my Wii Fit. But...it hasn't happened yet, so...
I didn't eat any lunch today, just munched on two string cheese sticks. I haven't been feeling good - not feeling bad (sick), just not feeling good, if you know what I mean. People tell me it's too hot or humid, but I'm stuck at home - in the bedroom, even - and I think it's more boredom than anything. It's more a mind thing than anything else. That's my story and I'm sticking with it!
When Ron got home from work a little after 6, we decided to have cheese weenies for supper. And we were bad and broke into a bag of chips to go along with them. REAL bad - I had 2 servings' worth! I guess I got hungry, although I didn't even realize it until I started eating.
When I put my food in MFP for the day, I got hollered at again. I had to move my calorie count back down to 1200 - I don't know why it jumps up to 1320, but it did! I'm glad I noticed it as soon as I signed in this time. I know that I didn't eat much of a lunch, but really? I only get 90 calories taken off for my exercise, so my calorie count isn't really that low (I don't think so, anyway), and I feel plenty full, so I just don't get it. I don't like eating so late at night, either - especially since that snack is usually some kind of carb. Sigh.
8/21
I didn't sleep well again last night. What is up with this!? I did sleep, but not deeply, and whatever was on my mind didn't go away - I just kept thinking about it, or it was still there as soon as I woke up a bit - or it worked its way into my dream(s), which I don't like at all. My brain told me I was awake at 9 this morning. NINE. Sigh.
I laid there and read (what a surprise, right?) and finally got up at noon, did a small load of laundry, played on the pute, and looked for some lunch, but nothing looked good. I noshed on string cheese sticks again, and just did the up and down thing for the afternoon, doing my exercises around 4. I added a new exercise today, too - how about that! I don't know why I didn't think of this one a lot sooner, but I didn't. It's where you lay on your back, then raise your feet about 6 inches off the ground and hold them (I did a count of 5) for a few seconds. I did 5 reps. Man, could I feel that in my lower back! I thought it would be good for my abdomen, but WOW.
At quarter til 6, I put on 3 corn on the cobs for our supper. I was given this corn (and still have some more!) at my TOPS meeting. When Ron got home just after 6, I put on fish (fish sandwich patties - square fish!) for the 'meat' part of our meal. And that was supper.
When I put my food in MFP, not only was I hollered at again, but this time, I was hollered at in larger letters! Oh, my - they are getting serious! I thought about putting in for a snack tonight, but decided not to. I have decided against having snacks this late at night. I am going to have to do better during the day somehow. Either that, or lower my calorie count again, but I don't see how. 1200 calories is kinda hard to stick to! I really, really have to watch what I'm doing, and some days I don't do so very well!
I am looking forward to going shopping tomorrow! Yay - I get to GO somewhere, without cadging a ride from somebody, when I want to go! WhooHoo!
Thursday, August 21, 2014
8/20
I didn't sleep well, and I woke up at 8. EIGHT! Ugh - this is not a good thing, and it makes for a very long day for me. As my day went on, I thought sure I would sleep tonight, because I was dragging ass all day!
I did my normal stuff - up and down, playing on pute and puttering around the house - and I did my exercises later in the afternoon. Did I tell you that I raised my reps up to 15? Yeah, I thought I should do that, because I don't feel as though I am getting anywhere, so I had to do something - and I can't add any more exercises, not yet, anyway. I am hoping to soon - if I can get Ron (or someone) to walk with me, and if I can get Ron to stay awake in the evening so I can try to do my Wii Fit. But...it hasn't happened yet, so...
I didn't eat any lunch today, just munched on two string cheese sticks. I haven't been feeling good - not feeling bad (sick), just not feeling good, if you know what I mean. People tell me it's too hot or humid, but I'm stuck at home - in the bedroom, even - and I think it's more boredom than anything. It's more a mind thing than anything else. That's my story and I'm sticking with it!
When Ron got home from work a little after 6, we decided to have cheese weenies for supper. And we were bad and broke into a bag of chips to go along with them. REAL bad - I had 2 servings' worth! I guess I got hungry, although I didn't even realize it until I started eating.
When I put my food in MFP for the day, I got hollered at again. I had to move my calorie count back down to 1200 - I don't know why it jumps up to 1320, but it did! I'm glad I noticed it as soon as I signed in this time. I know that I didn't eat much of a lunch, but really? I only get 90 calories taken off for my exercise, so my calorie count isn't really that low (I don't think so, anyway), and I feel plenty full, so I just don't get it. I don't like eating so late at night, either - especially since that snack is usually some kind of carb. Sigh.
8/21
I didn't sleep well again last night. What is up with this!? I did sleep, but not deeply, and whatever was on my mind didn't go away - I just kept thinking about it, or it was still there as soon as I woke up a bit - or it worked its way into my dream(s), which I don't like at all. My brain told me I was awake at 9 this morning. NINE. Sigh.
I laid there and read (what a surprise, right?) and finally got up at noon, did a small load of laundry, played on the pute, and looked for some lunch, but nothing looked good. I noshed on string cheese sticks again, and just did the up and down thing for the afternoon, doing my exercises around 4. I added a new exercise today, too - how about that! I don't know why I didn't think of this one a lot sooner, but I didn't. It's where you lay on your back, then raise your feet about 6 inches off the ground and hold them (I did a count of 5) for a few seconds. I did 5 reps. Man, could I feel that in my lower back! I thought it would be good for my abdomen, but WOW.
At quarter til 6, I put on 3 corn on the cobs for our supper. I was given this corn (and still have some more!) at my TOPS meeting. When Ron got home just after 6, I put on fish (fish sandwich patties - square fish!) for the 'meat' part of our meal. And that was supper.
When I put my food in MFP, not only was I hollered at again, but this time, I was hollered at in larger letters! Oh, my - they are getting serious! I thought about putting in for a snack tonight, but decided not to. I have decided against having snacks this late at night. I am going to have to do better during the day somehow. Either that, or lower my calorie count again, but I don't see how. 1200 calories is kinda hard to stick to! I really, really have to watch what I'm doing, and some days I don't do so very well!
I am looking forward to going shopping tomorrow! Yay - I get to GO somewhere, without cadging a ride from somebody, when I want to go! WhooHoo!
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Life is moving on...
Monday, August 18, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
8/18
Today was just a normal Monday. I got up and played Happy Homemaker, doing the dishes from the weekend and a load of laundry (towels), as well as my usual playing on the pute. Luckily, there weren't many dishes and it didn't take very long.
For my lunch, I had one of Ron's sausage, egg and cheese croissants (I know, I'm bad) and it wasn't half bad. I prefer either biscuits or muffins, but it was okay.
Later in the afternoon, when I got up again, I did my exercises, raising my strength training reps up to 15, then got hamburger out of the freezer so we could have hamburger helper for supper, and played on the pute some more. Josh stopped on his way home from work to pick up some stuff I had for him, and he gave me a Bengals license plate that someone at his work had given him.
When Ron got home around 5:30, we went out to get my car dolled up with my new magnets, stickers, and the license plate Josh just dropped off. It didn't really take very long, and I came back in to start supper, and he stayed outside, doing God-knows-what. He didn't come in until supper was just about done, so I have no idea what he did, but he piddled around out there instead of his usual watching the news with his eyes closed. I guess that's a good thing!
We ate supper, then that was it for the night. I stayed in the bedroom, and he did his thing watching TV through his eyelids. I came out a little after 9 to do my thing on the pute for the night, and after putting things in MFP, I was over on my calories, so no snack for me tonight. I also noticed that, somehow, somewhere, along the way, my calorie count went to, or was set to, 1320 and not 1200 like I set it, and I'm not sure how or when. I fixed it, putting it back to 1200 (again!) and I think this is why I was over. Makes me wonder when this happened, but I didn't feel like looking back to find out. But I guess that's why MFP has been hollering at me so much. If it had been at 1200, it wouldn't have been hollering at me!
So, no snack. I took a sleeping pill and went to bed.
8/19
I woke up this morning right around 10:30, and damn, did I sleep good last night! I guess I needed it, but geez...
I got up, put away the dishes from yesterday, and folded and put away the towels, too. Ugh - this Happy Homemaker stuff is for the birds! I did my usual playing on the pute, too, and when it came to be lunchtime, I went out to the freezer to find something. Why? I don't know, but I did. I brought in 2 packages of sausage biscuits and chicken breasts to put in the crockpot (with a can of chicken stock, a can of mushroom soup, and a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning) for supper tonight. I zapped my biscuits and had those. Well, had two big biscuits with double meat as I do.
Later in the afternoon, I got up and did my exercises and played on the pute some more. Then I took a shower and got my clothes ready to go to my TOPS meeting tonight. Ron doesn't get home until 20 after 6, so I just get to see him for about 10 or 15 minutes, then I have to leave for my meeting. We discuss him making the rest of supper, and I leave.
I weigh in, and I have gained just over a pound (1.2) once again. What the hell? I am tired of this crap!! I have heard of being on a plateau, but this up, down, up, down over the same numbers is getting ridiculous. I am going to have to make some serious changes! I sure don't want to go back to my 'diet' right after the fall, but that's when I lost the most weight the quickest. Maybe I could try that for a week or so.......maybe. I think I like to eat too much, though, and it won't work now. Damn, damn, damn!
I get back home, and Ron has supper done. Chicken breasts and buttered noodles. Yum. I even ate sitting at the pute tonight! I haven't done that in a long, long time. It's much easier to eat (from a plate or a bowl) while laying in bed, on my stomach, than trying to stay sitting up. But since I had just got home, my back still felt okay, so I did this.
I put my food in MFP, and I had plenty of calories left, so I put popcorn and milk in as a snack, and I'll make those when I go to bed, which will be as soon as I am done here. MFP still hollered at me! Geez! How can I still be gaining weight, when I am eating so few calories, because I only get credit for 90 calories from my exercise. Strength training doesn't count for calories - I'm not sure why - only cardio counts, so only my marching in place counts, and I only do that for 5 minutes. Ugh. I'm not sure I like this battle any more.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
8/18
Today was just a normal Monday. I got up and played Happy Homemaker, doing the dishes from the weekend and a load of laundry (towels), as well as my usual playing on the pute. Luckily, there weren't many dishes and it didn't take very long.
For my lunch, I had one of Ron's sausage, egg and cheese croissants (I know, I'm bad) and it wasn't half bad. I prefer either biscuits or muffins, but it was okay.
Later in the afternoon, when I got up again, I did my exercises, raising my strength training reps up to 15, then got hamburger out of the freezer so we could have hamburger helper for supper, and played on the pute some more. Josh stopped on his way home from work to pick up some stuff I had for him, and he gave me a Bengals license plate that someone at his work had given him.
When Ron got home around 5:30, we went out to get my car dolled up with my new magnets, stickers, and the license plate Josh just dropped off. It didn't really take very long, and I came back in to start supper, and he stayed outside, doing God-knows-what. He didn't come in until supper was just about done, so I have no idea what he did, but he piddled around out there instead of his usual watching the news with his eyes closed. I guess that's a good thing!
We ate supper, then that was it for the night. I stayed in the bedroom, and he did his thing watching TV through his eyelids. I came out a little after 9 to do my thing on the pute for the night, and after putting things in MFP, I was over on my calories, so no snack for me tonight. I also noticed that, somehow, somewhere, along the way, my calorie count went to, or was set to, 1320 and not 1200 like I set it, and I'm not sure how or when. I fixed it, putting it back to 1200 (again!) and I think this is why I was over. Makes me wonder when this happened, but I didn't feel like looking back to find out. But I guess that's why MFP has been hollering at me so much. If it had been at 1200, it wouldn't have been hollering at me!
So, no snack. I took a sleeping pill and went to bed.
8/19
I woke up this morning right around 10:30, and damn, did I sleep good last night! I guess I needed it, but geez...
I got up, put away the dishes from yesterday, and folded and put away the towels, too. Ugh - this Happy Homemaker stuff is for the birds! I did my usual playing on the pute, too, and when it came to be lunchtime, I went out to the freezer to find something. Why? I don't know, but I did. I brought in 2 packages of sausage biscuits and chicken breasts to put in the crockpot (with a can of chicken stock, a can of mushroom soup, and a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning) for supper tonight. I zapped my biscuits and had those. Well, had two big biscuits with double meat as I do.
Later in the afternoon, I got up and did my exercises and played on the pute some more. Then I took a shower and got my clothes ready to go to my TOPS meeting tonight. Ron doesn't get home until 20 after 6, so I just get to see him for about 10 or 15 minutes, then I have to leave for my meeting. We discuss him making the rest of supper, and I leave.
I weigh in, and I have gained just over a pound (1.2) once again. What the hell? I am tired of this crap!! I have heard of being on a plateau, but this up, down, up, down over the same numbers is getting ridiculous. I am going to have to make some serious changes! I sure don't want to go back to my 'diet' right after the fall, but that's when I lost the most weight the quickest. Maybe I could try that for a week or so.......maybe. I think I like to eat too much, though, and it won't work now. Damn, damn, damn!
I get back home, and Ron has supper done. Chicken breasts and buttered noodles. Yum. I even ate sitting at the pute tonight! I haven't done that in a long, long time. It's much easier to eat (from a plate or a bowl) while laying in bed, on my stomach, than trying to stay sitting up. But since I had just got home, my back still felt okay, so I did this.
I put my food in MFP, and I had plenty of calories left, so I put popcorn and milk in as a snack, and I'll make those when I go to bed, which will be as soon as I am done here. MFP still hollered at me! Geez! How can I still be gaining weight, when I am eating so few calories, because I only get credit for 90 calories from my exercise. Strength training doesn't count for calories - I'm not sure why - only cardio counts, so only my marching in place counts, and I only do that for 5 minutes. Ugh. I'm not sure I like this battle any more.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Nothing like a festival......and then recovering from the festival
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Today started, as all Sundays do, with the alarm going off at 9. After showers and dressing, we make it to church , and I am asked to do the lectoring today, which is fine with me. I can't do much else, but, by golly, I can read with the best of 'em!
After church, there is a bake sale, and Ron and I do our little bit by buying a couple of donuts and a piece of chocolate chip coffee cake, then we head on down the road to Amelia to St. Bernadette's festival. We like to go down there to get their chicken dinner, look at their Bid-n-Buy things (that's where we got Corgan's bike last year!), as well as a few things you can only find at festivals -- like Ron's Italian Sausage and things like that. It's a nice way to spend the afternoon, and we always see people we don't see very often, and it's good to see them, too!
We had stopped to pick up our friend Bert (she had never gone before!), and we finally headed for home around 3:30, only because my back just couldn't stand any more. Hardy har har. Trust me, I was so ready to come home and lie down for a bit! We had sat and talked and talked and talked with our friends after eating, then walked through the festival, looking and talking to more people, and I was done. After the truck ride home, and dropping Bert off, I was sooooo ready to be home. But, oh, did we have fun!
Once home, I laid down and Ron watched TV. He thought he might mow, but he didn't make it that far. He didn't even make it back out of the house! Around 7:30, we made ourselves some supper - I had a bacon sandwich (yes, a sandwich. on bread.) and he had Ramen noodles. We live high on the hog, you know. I laid back down to eat my supper, and now I have gotten back up again to finish up my night on the pute.
Not surprisingly, when I put my food in MFP, I was over on my calorie count. But that's okay - I am usually under, so being 150 or so over today isn't going to make that much of a difference. I did put in that I walked a mile today, too, because I'm sure I did, what with walking around the festival, but it sure was a slow walk.
Nothing planned for tomorrow, except to play Happy Homemaker. WhooHoo!
Today started, as all Sundays do, with the alarm going off at 9. After showers and dressing, we make it to church , and I am asked to do the lectoring today, which is fine with me. I can't do much else, but, by golly, I can read with the best of 'em!
After church, there is a bake sale, and Ron and I do our little bit by buying a couple of donuts and a piece of chocolate chip coffee cake, then we head on down the road to Amelia to St. Bernadette's festival. We like to go down there to get their chicken dinner, look at their Bid-n-Buy things (that's where we got Corgan's bike last year!), as well as a few things you can only find at festivals -- like Ron's Italian Sausage and things like that. It's a nice way to spend the afternoon, and we always see people we don't see very often, and it's good to see them, too!
We had stopped to pick up our friend Bert (she had never gone before!), and we finally headed for home around 3:30, only because my back just couldn't stand any more. Hardy har har. Trust me, I was so ready to come home and lie down for a bit! We had sat and talked and talked and talked with our friends after eating, then walked through the festival, looking and talking to more people, and I was done. After the truck ride home, and dropping Bert off, I was sooooo ready to be home. But, oh, did we have fun!
Once home, I laid down and Ron watched TV. He thought he might mow, but he didn't make it that far. He didn't even make it back out of the house! Around 7:30, we made ourselves some supper - I had a bacon sandwich (yes, a sandwich. on bread.) and he had Ramen noodles. We live high on the hog, you know. I laid back down to eat my supper, and now I have gotten back up again to finish up my night on the pute.
Not surprisingly, when I put my food in MFP, I was over on my calorie count. But that's okay - I am usually under, so being 150 or so over today isn't going to make that much of a difference. I did put in that I walked a mile today, too, because I'm sure I did, what with walking around the festival, but it sure was a slow walk.
Nothing planned for tomorrow, except to play Happy Homemaker. WhooHoo!
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Driving my own car down the road......priceless!
Saturday, August 16, 2014
I woke up this morning before 10! I couldn't believe it - my "sleeping in" day, and I wake up early. Bah!
But, okay, it is what it is and, hopefully, that means I'll sleep tonight, too.
I ask Corgan to set up the Wii for me before the fellers go outside, and I get up to do my weigh-in and wish, when I had done it, that I hadn't. Yep, I gained. Just over a pound, but since I've been doing my exercises every day, maybe (just maybe) I am building some muscle. I hope so, because I do want to lose some of this flabbiness! I have had very good numbers on MFP all week, so I am hoping. I guess I'll find out for sure next week.
The day goes on, and I spend it as usual. Up for a while, then lie back down for a bit, then get back up. At one, I make us each a grilled cheese sandwich for our lunch. I put more cheese on mine and Corgan's than I do Ron's, just because we like cheese more than he does. I call them in to eat, because they wouldn't think to do so by themselves. (Case in point: I told them at noon that they needed to be thinking about some kind of lunch, and by one, they still hadn't eaten, thus I had to come up with something for us all.)
At three, I had them start cleaning up and closing down the garage, because Josh and Chelle should be getting here soon, and we should be somewhere close to being ready (to go) when they get here. Ron has their car - their old car, now - all ready to go, and we are all going to Hibachi Grill for a celebratory meal when they are done.
They get here, then they leave in both of their cars. Corgan, of course, goes with them. He HAS to ride in the new car, don't you know? He's so funny! Like it's not going to be their car now, or something. Ha. Ron comes in to take his shower and change his clothes (he was still puttering under the hood of the old car), and we leave, so we can run some errands before meeting them. I drive my own car down the road! Oh, how nice it was, and how weird at the same time! I certainly have to get used to it again. The sounds of it, the feel of it, and all that - but I did, and I will. It was great!
We had a wonderful meal, and a wonderful time together. We had some time to kill, too, because they were going to go to the movie at 7:20, and didn't want to get there too early. It's much more comfortable to sit in a restaurant (a buffet, even!) than to stand around a theatre lobby, right? They talked Ron into going to the movie with them - it was Expendables 3, and it didn't take much talking, trust me. The three fellers had gone to see the first one when it came out, and he just saw #2 on TV the other night - yes, really saw(!) - so he was game to see #3.
I came on home by myself. Trust me, that kind of movie is not my kind of movie! I played on the pute and rested my back, and here I am on the pute again.
When I put my food in MFP, I hit my calorie count right on the head! BAM! Exactamundo! I never did that before, and that was pretty cool. I didn't do, and certainly couldn't claim, any exercise today, which would have helped, but there it is.
It's been a restful, yet busy day, and I've pretty much enjoyed it all. I certainly can't say that about every Saturday!
I woke up this morning before 10! I couldn't believe it - my "sleeping in" day, and I wake up early. Bah!
But, okay, it is what it is and, hopefully, that means I'll sleep tonight, too.
I ask Corgan to set up the Wii for me before the fellers go outside, and I get up to do my weigh-in and wish, when I had done it, that I hadn't. Yep, I gained. Just over a pound, but since I've been doing my exercises every day, maybe (just maybe) I am building some muscle. I hope so, because I do want to lose some of this flabbiness! I have had very good numbers on MFP all week, so I am hoping. I guess I'll find out for sure next week.
The day goes on, and I spend it as usual. Up for a while, then lie back down for a bit, then get back up. At one, I make us each a grilled cheese sandwich for our lunch. I put more cheese on mine and Corgan's than I do Ron's, just because we like cheese more than he does. I call them in to eat, because they wouldn't think to do so by themselves. (Case in point: I told them at noon that they needed to be thinking about some kind of lunch, and by one, they still hadn't eaten, thus I had to come up with something for us all.)
At three, I had them start cleaning up and closing down the garage, because Josh and Chelle should be getting here soon, and we should be somewhere close to being ready (to go) when they get here. Ron has their car - their old car, now - all ready to go, and we are all going to Hibachi Grill for a celebratory meal when they are done.
They get here, then they leave in both of their cars. Corgan, of course, goes with them. He HAS to ride in the new car, don't you know? He's so funny! Like it's not going to be their car now, or something. Ha. Ron comes in to take his shower and change his clothes (he was still puttering under the hood of the old car), and we leave, so we can run some errands before meeting them. I drive my own car down the road! Oh, how nice it was, and how weird at the same time! I certainly have to get used to it again. The sounds of it, the feel of it, and all that - but I did, and I will. It was great!
We had a wonderful meal, and a wonderful time together. We had some time to kill, too, because they were going to go to the movie at 7:20, and didn't want to get there too early. It's much more comfortable to sit in a restaurant (a buffet, even!) than to stand around a theatre lobby, right? They talked Ron into going to the movie with them - it was Expendables 3, and it didn't take much talking, trust me. The three fellers had gone to see the first one when it came out, and he just saw #2 on TV the other night - yes, really saw(!) - so he was game to see #3.
I came on home by myself. Trust me, that kind of movie is not my kind of movie! I played on the pute and rested my back, and here I am on the pute again.
When I put my food in MFP, I hit my calorie count right on the head! BAM! Exactamundo! I never did that before, and that was pretty cool. I didn't do, and certainly couldn't claim, any exercise today, which would have helped, but there it is.
It's been a restful, yet busy day, and I've pretty much enjoyed it all. I certainly can't say that about every Saturday!
Friday, August 15, 2014
My car is home!!!
Friday, August 15, 2014
Well, I put my back through a workout and a half today, but I suppose it was worth it. I'll let you know tomorrow...
It all started with a phone call. I was planning on going down the road and going shopping today, and that was pretty much it, but one of my friends called this morning and reminded me that today is/was a Holy Day of Obligation, and Mass starts at noon. Well, Change of Plans right off the bat! Yipes! I got up and got the dishes done so that they aren't sitting there over the weekend, turned the green beans in the crockpot on, and waited for Josh and Chelle to get here, because they were on their way before going out to go car shopping. I was counting the minutes because I hadn't told them about having to go to church, and they weren't hurrying.
I got to church, just a few minutes late, but I got there. Afterward, we went to lunch. We were going somewhere up here in Bethel (Kel's), but they were closed, so we decided to go to Bob Evans. I had the chicken-n-noodles, over mashed potatoes, and with banana nut bread. I haven't had that in a long, long time and it was very good!
When lunch was over, I went to Kroger to get Ron's tonic water, then back to WalMart to do my real shopping. I didn't get out of WalMart (and, yes, I did a real WalMart walk, even if it was slow) until almost 4. Man, was I moving slow by then!
When I got home, my car was there! Chelle has driven it there, and Josh was driving there NEW (to them) car behind her, and he just wasn't there yet. <<happy dance>> My car is home!! My car is home!!
We all carried in our groceries, I put away the refrigerator stuff, added the (canned) potatoes to the green beans, and then Ron and I spent a while checking out their car. It's a dark blue 2010 Malibu, four door, and I think it'll do just fine! I'm glad they found something, and I'm glad they were able to get financing as easily as they did.
They left, and I came in and laid down for a little while while Ron and Corgan played around outside. At 8, I got back up and, luckily, they were starting to close down the garage. A late supper, but a very good supper!
Corgan is watching his Most Stupid shows tonight, and they are driving me crazy. I had a string cheese while playing here on the pute, and I am done for the night.
Good night, all.
Looking forward to driving my car somewhere tomorrow!
Well, I put my back through a workout and a half today, but I suppose it was worth it. I'll let you know tomorrow...
It all started with a phone call. I was planning on going down the road and going shopping today, and that was pretty much it, but one of my friends called this morning and reminded me that today is/was a Holy Day of Obligation, and Mass starts at noon. Well, Change of Plans right off the bat! Yipes! I got up and got the dishes done so that they aren't sitting there over the weekend, turned the green beans in the crockpot on, and waited for Josh and Chelle to get here, because they were on their way before going out to go car shopping. I was counting the minutes because I hadn't told them about having to go to church, and they weren't hurrying.
I got to church, just a few minutes late, but I got there. Afterward, we went to lunch. We were going somewhere up here in Bethel (Kel's), but they were closed, so we decided to go to Bob Evans. I had the chicken-n-noodles, over mashed potatoes, and with banana nut bread. I haven't had that in a long, long time and it was very good!
When lunch was over, I went to Kroger to get Ron's tonic water, then back to WalMart to do my real shopping. I didn't get out of WalMart (and, yes, I did a real WalMart walk, even if it was slow) until almost 4. Man, was I moving slow by then!
When I got home, my car was there! Chelle has driven it there, and Josh was driving there NEW (to them) car behind her, and he just wasn't there yet. <<happy dance>> My car is home!! My car is home!!
We all carried in our groceries, I put away the refrigerator stuff, added the (canned) potatoes to the green beans, and then Ron and I spent a while checking out their car. It's a dark blue 2010 Malibu, four door, and I think it'll do just fine! I'm glad they found something, and I'm glad they were able to get financing as easily as they did.
They left, and I came in and laid down for a little while while Ron and Corgan played around outside. At 8, I got back up and, luckily, they were starting to close down the garage. A late supper, but a very good supper!
Corgan is watching his Most Stupid shows tonight, and they are driving me crazy. I had a string cheese while playing here on the pute, and I am done for the night.
Good night, all.
Looking forward to driving my car somewhere tomorrow!
Thursday, August 14, 2014
...and life goes on. And on. And on.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Thusday, August 14, 2014
8/13
Today was pretty much just a normal day. Ron drove/rode the bike, so I had the truck if I had wanted to go anywhere, but I didn't, so it sat there in the driveway all day.
I had a can of my chicken salad with walnuts for my lunch, and I did my exercises later in the afternoon. Every time I got up, I worked on those green beans that were in the sink, too, and by the end of the day, I had enough snapped to make a pot of green beans for us tomorrow for supper, and the rest had to go. Yes, they were that bad. But the ones I got were gotten free, so that makes it worth it!
I made us pork chops and mini corn-on-the-cobs for our supper, and that was that for the day.
Yep, it was a regular old boring day, complete with getting hollered at by MFP, even with a snack of popcorn and milk. Man, life is a rock.
8/14
Today started out with me going to church to be lector at a funeral for a fellow parishioner. Being a member of the Bereavement Committee, they tend to ask me to be the lector when the Bereavement Committee is asked to carry out these functions because there aren't family members to do so. It's sad, but there it is.
After that, I came right home, because I had a phone call scheduled from the disability lawyer. Well, my phone never rang, so at twenty after noon, I called them to make sure it was today, and there were two messages on the phone! (The message light was NOT blinking!) Both messages were from them, so now I was really ticked - at my phone - and called them back, but all they could, or would, do is to re-schedule my phone call. NOW it's scheduled for the 29th. I sure hope they don't fiddlefart around and lose the chance to appeal my decision!! I will really be super pissed if that happens! I have no idea why my phone played around today, but I was home and my. phone. did. not. ring. I don't know why, and that irks me. On this most important day (of phone calls), why today? Ooooooohh!!
After the frustratedness of the phone call, I got the green beans started in the crockpot, then zapped two hot dogs for my lunch, and ate a nut bar with them for my lunch, then let myself doze off for a little nap.
When I woke up, I got up and did my exercises, then played on the pute, and went into my normal day.
Then, when Ron got home, I went uptown to make our deposit, go to the store, and pick us up some supper, since he didn't really didn't want to have the green beans. They will be just as good tomorrow night, if not better, after cooking for another day!
I chose to go to Arby's for our supper, and, you know what? They didn't have their Pecan Chicken Salad!!! What???? It's not Labor Day!! I couldn't believe it! I had to figure out what did I want now? and finally decided on one of the mega meat sandwiches - ham, turkey, and bacon - for my sandwich. It came with Swiss cheese, but I don't like Swiss, so I had them take it off. It was really good. Man, it was like one of our homemade sandwiches! That's saying something, you know...
I got Ron the Market Fresh turkey, bacon and ranch sandwich and I got us both baked potatoes with butter and cheese, as usual. What a good supper we had!
I then played more on the pute, but I am super tired (yes, even after a nap) and am gonna hit the hay a little early tonight.
Ron will probably ride the bike tomorrow, and I'll have the truck, so I will get to go shopping! All by myself! Wow - back to the real world, kinda!
Thusday, August 14, 2014
8/13
Today was pretty much just a normal day. Ron drove/rode the bike, so I had the truck if I had wanted to go anywhere, but I didn't, so it sat there in the driveway all day.
I had a can of my chicken salad with walnuts for my lunch, and I did my exercises later in the afternoon. Every time I got up, I worked on those green beans that were in the sink, too, and by the end of the day, I had enough snapped to make a pot of green beans for us tomorrow for supper, and the rest had to go. Yes, they were that bad. But the ones I got were gotten free, so that makes it worth it!
I made us pork chops and mini corn-on-the-cobs for our supper, and that was that for the day.
Yep, it was a regular old boring day, complete with getting hollered at by MFP, even with a snack of popcorn and milk. Man, life is a rock.
8/14
Today started out with me going to church to be lector at a funeral for a fellow parishioner. Being a member of the Bereavement Committee, they tend to ask me to be the lector when the Bereavement Committee is asked to carry out these functions because there aren't family members to do so. It's sad, but there it is.
After that, I came right home, because I had a phone call scheduled from the disability lawyer. Well, my phone never rang, so at twenty after noon, I called them to make sure it was today, and there were two messages on the phone! (The message light was NOT blinking!) Both messages were from them, so now I was really ticked - at my phone - and called them back, but all they could, or would, do is to re-schedule my phone call. NOW it's scheduled for the 29th. I sure hope they don't fiddlefart around and lose the chance to appeal my decision!! I will really be super pissed if that happens! I have no idea why my phone played around today, but I was home and my. phone. did. not. ring. I don't know why, and that irks me. On this most important day (of phone calls), why today? Ooooooohh!!
After the frustratedness of the phone call, I got the green beans started in the crockpot, then zapped two hot dogs for my lunch, and ate a nut bar with them for my lunch, then let myself doze off for a little nap.
When I woke up, I got up and did my exercises, then played on the pute, and went into my normal day.
Then, when Ron got home, I went uptown to make our deposit, go to the store, and pick us up some supper, since he didn't really didn't want to have the green beans. They will be just as good tomorrow night, if not better, after cooking for another day!
I chose to go to Arby's for our supper, and, you know what? They didn't have their Pecan Chicken Salad!!! What???? It's not Labor Day!! I couldn't believe it! I had to figure out what did I want now? and finally decided on one of the mega meat sandwiches - ham, turkey, and bacon - for my sandwich. It came with Swiss cheese, but I don't like Swiss, so I had them take it off. It was really good. Man, it was like one of our homemade sandwiches! That's saying something, you know...
I got Ron the Market Fresh turkey, bacon and ranch sandwich and I got us both baked potatoes with butter and cheese, as usual. What a good supper we had!
I then played more on the pute, but I am super tired (yes, even after a nap) and am gonna hit the hay a little early tonight.
Ron will probably ride the bike tomorrow, and I'll have the truck, so I will get to go shopping! All by myself! Wow - back to the real world, kinda!
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
...and on we go -- no matter what
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Ron left this morning, just as he does every morning, so I am assuming that he thinks all this has blown over. He has another think coming. 'This' is some serious stuff, and we will talk about it.
When I woke up, I had a hard time talking myself into actually getting up and doing stuff around here today, but I finally did because it needed done, and I am here to do it. I got the dishes all put away, and got some laundry started, the first load being towels and other flat things.
I kept at my work all day long, between bouts of lying down and playing on the pute, as I do every other day. Only difference being, today I kept bursting into tears, just thinking about yesterday and what may happen today when Ron gets home. He didn't understand what I was trying to tell him yesterday, so why was I thinking he was going to understand anything I was going to say to him today? Oh, I was not looking forward to this at all.
I zapped two hot dogs for my lunch, and just kept going. That's all I could do. I had finished the second load of laundry - regular clothes - and carried the basket into the bedroom so that I could actually put the clothes away, which is unusual for me.
Finally, Ron got home about 5:30. I was busy hanging clothes in the bedroom, and he came in there and kissed me, and then commented, "Oh, I guess you're still mad at me." (I told you he thought it was all over!) I shot him a glare (aka a dirty look) and told him, "I don't want to be married to my father. Let me know when you turn back into my Ron." and just kept hanging clothes. He walked out of the room and came out to the living room. I came out here when I was done and sat at my desk. Eventually, he said that he "didn't want to be like your dad, but I don't know what to do." I told him, once again, for starters, that when someone tells him something (about something coming up) say something besides "can't, can't, can't." Say, "Wow!" or "Sounds like fun!" or something, and then start the worrying. He said, once again, about being the only one working, or bringing in money, and I told him that NO ONE is questioning that. We all know that very well, and that part is not the problem, the problem is his negative attitude when something is brought up. I reminded him that he has no part - nothing to say about the money once he brings it home, and if he isn't happy with the job I'm doing, paying the bills and shopping and all that, he can take it over and see if he can do better. If he thinks he can, I will gladly show him the books and step back and let him.
He did say, then, that, no - I am doing a fine job and getting things done. He's just worried about losing the house. I asked him, "Why? I have told you and told you and told you that we have been only one month behind in the mortgage, and this past week, I got it paid up, which is why our money is extremely tight this week. Don't you believe me when I tell you these things? Do you really think I'm that money-stupid?" He said, again, that I am doing a good job with paying the bills, and I am just so confused now - what is he so worried about then?
But before we can continue, Josh and Chelle came in. Josh had stopped, on his way home from work, at my friend Bert's to pick up some green beans for us. I don't know how Chelle ended up with him, but that's not my concern. The beans are from the produce man and are ones that he couldn't or didn't sell, and must be picked through and sorted. They are not pretty. I put them to soak in cold water with salt & vinegar, so I can sort them later. I have to leave to go to my TOPS meeting, too.
At the meeting, I weigh in, and I have lost a little over a pound. 1.2 to be exact. Hooray! After gaining 4 pounds last week, that is good news. I ended up being Loser of the Week, too, which was a surprise. Evidently, everyone else had a pretty bad week. I come home, and there is no supper waiting, cooking, or anything, and Ron has not even taken his shower yet. Great.
I go get cheese weenies out of the freezer and put them on for our supper, and that was that. When I ate mine, I had a dozen or so jelly beans for dessert, but that was it for food.
When I put my food in MFP, it hollered at me, so I added a snack of popcorn & milk, which I will have when I go to bed, because I sure don't want a sugar low in the middle of the night. Blah.
Hopefully, Ron and I can talk a little bit more. Hopefully.
Ron left this morning, just as he does every morning, so I am assuming that he thinks all this has blown over. He has another think coming. 'This' is some serious stuff, and we will talk about it.
When I woke up, I had a hard time talking myself into actually getting up and doing stuff around here today, but I finally did because it needed done, and I am here to do it. I got the dishes all put away, and got some laundry started, the first load being towels and other flat things.
I kept at my work all day long, between bouts of lying down and playing on the pute, as I do every other day. Only difference being, today I kept bursting into tears, just thinking about yesterday and what may happen today when Ron gets home. He didn't understand what I was trying to tell him yesterday, so why was I thinking he was going to understand anything I was going to say to him today? Oh, I was not looking forward to this at all.
I zapped two hot dogs for my lunch, and just kept going. That's all I could do. I had finished the second load of laundry - regular clothes - and carried the basket into the bedroom so that I could actually put the clothes away, which is unusual for me.
Finally, Ron got home about 5:30. I was busy hanging clothes in the bedroom, and he came in there and kissed me, and then commented, "Oh, I guess you're still mad at me." (I told you he thought it was all over!) I shot him a glare (aka a dirty look) and told him, "I don't want to be married to my father. Let me know when you turn back into my Ron." and just kept hanging clothes. He walked out of the room and came out to the living room. I came out here when I was done and sat at my desk. Eventually, he said that he "didn't want to be like your dad, but I don't know what to do." I told him, once again, for starters, that when someone tells him something (about something coming up) say something besides "can't, can't, can't." Say, "Wow!" or "Sounds like fun!" or something, and then start the worrying. He said, once again, about being the only one working, or bringing in money, and I told him that NO ONE is questioning that. We all know that very well, and that part is not the problem, the problem is his negative attitude when something is brought up. I reminded him that he has no part - nothing to say about the money once he brings it home, and if he isn't happy with the job I'm doing, paying the bills and shopping and all that, he can take it over and see if he can do better. If he thinks he can, I will gladly show him the books and step back and let him.
He did say, then, that, no - I am doing a fine job and getting things done. He's just worried about losing the house. I asked him, "Why? I have told you and told you and told you that we have been only one month behind in the mortgage, and this past week, I got it paid up, which is why our money is extremely tight this week. Don't you believe me when I tell you these things? Do you really think I'm that money-stupid?" He said, again, that I am doing a good job with paying the bills, and I am just so confused now - what is he so worried about then?
But before we can continue, Josh and Chelle came in. Josh had stopped, on his way home from work, at my friend Bert's to pick up some green beans for us. I don't know how Chelle ended up with him, but that's not my concern. The beans are from the produce man and are ones that he couldn't or didn't sell, and must be picked through and sorted. They are not pretty. I put them to soak in cold water with salt & vinegar, so I can sort them later. I have to leave to go to my TOPS meeting, too.
At the meeting, I weigh in, and I have lost a little over a pound. 1.2 to be exact. Hooray! After gaining 4 pounds last week, that is good news. I ended up being Loser of the Week, too, which was a surprise. Evidently, everyone else had a pretty bad week. I come home, and there is no supper waiting, cooking, or anything, and Ron has not even taken his shower yet. Great.
I go get cheese weenies out of the freezer and put them on for our supper, and that was that. When I ate mine, I had a dozen or so jelly beans for dessert, but that was it for food.
When I put my food in MFP, it hollered at me, so I added a snack of popcorn & milk, which I will have when I go to bed, because I sure don't want a sugar low in the middle of the night. Blah.
Hopefully, Ron and I can talk a little bit more. Hopefully.
Monday, August 11, 2014
A couple of normal days......mostly
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Monday, August 11, 2014
8/10
Today was an extraordinary Sunday. After church, Ron and I came home instead of going out. We made (okay, Ron made) breakfast here, and we just had a lazy day here. He watched movies all day, and I spent the day as I usually do. I did watch the movie "The Road to Perdition" with him, and it was pretty good. Slow, but a good story. It finally rained - really rained - not just little piddly stuff like the last couple of days. A good earth soaking, which is what was needed!
We made ourselves some supper - he heated up some cabbage that he was given, and I had a bowl/can of chicken noodle soup, which I ate with the rest of the dry roasted peanuts that I had bought for around the fire pit.
I didn't even get on the pute later during the night, so no MFP or blog. Blah.
8/11
Today started out as most Mondays do. Happy Homemaker Day! WhooHoo....not. I got the dishes from the weekend done, and thought about doing some laundry, but then decided to wait until tomorrow for that. Gives me something to do, you know. I played on the pute and went back to bed. I didn't do my exercises until 4:30, but, by golly, I DID do them today! Sometimes I feel that doing these exercises is like running into a brick wall, but I've got to keep at it, or I'll never build up enough strength to do more. I want so bad to be back where I was, and there's no way - not yet - and I get so frustrated.
A bit of fun for me today - my daughter-in-law texted me that my grandson wanted to go somewhere with a hot tub and a pool table for his birthday. Well, the last place we were that had those amenities was in Gatlinburg, and she wanted me to look on the pute and see if this was doable as a weekend thing for the weekend of his birthday. So.....that was different, and a bit of fun, and it just may be doable for us all. We'll have to do a bit more research into all of our monies, but how exciting!
When Ron gets home around 6:30, we talk about what to have for supper, and finally decide on our little Spam casserole (macaroni & cheese, Spam, and corn in a saucepan) so I get up and go make that. While it is cooking, I tell Ron about the excitement of Chelle texting about Corgan's birthday, and us looking all that up on the pute, and even before I am done, he has turned into my dad. He is shaking his head and saying, "We can't this, and we can't that and why can't you see this and why don't you know that and I am the only one working and bringing money in and I need tires on my truck, that's more important, and we can't this and we can't that and don't you stop spending money" and on and on and on and on like I am the stupidest THING on the planet.
I blew a gasket!!
I yelled at him and asked him why does his first instinct have to be money, money, money? Why can't you say 'oh, that would be fun' and then go into money, money, money mode? But he never did understand what I meant - he just kept repeating that we can't.
I finally got our supper together, got my bowl of food, and went back into the bedroom and didn't come back out all evening. He finally came to bed, and acted like nothing happened. Men!
I put my food into MFP, and it hollered at me. I suppose I should have a snack, but I don't think I could eat anything. I am still that upset. I guess I'll find out if that is wise about 3am. Sigh.
Monday, August 11, 2014
8/10
Today was an extraordinary Sunday. After church, Ron and I came home instead of going out. We made (okay, Ron made) breakfast here, and we just had a lazy day here. He watched movies all day, and I spent the day as I usually do. I did watch the movie "The Road to Perdition" with him, and it was pretty good. Slow, but a good story. It finally rained - really rained - not just little piddly stuff like the last couple of days. A good earth soaking, which is what was needed!
We made ourselves some supper - he heated up some cabbage that he was given, and I had a bowl/can of chicken noodle soup, which I ate with the rest of the dry roasted peanuts that I had bought for around the fire pit.
I didn't even get on the pute later during the night, so no MFP or blog. Blah.
8/11
Today started out as most Mondays do. Happy Homemaker Day! WhooHoo....not. I got the dishes from the weekend done, and thought about doing some laundry, but then decided to wait until tomorrow for that. Gives me something to do, you know. I played on the pute and went back to bed. I didn't do my exercises until 4:30, but, by golly, I DID do them today! Sometimes I feel that doing these exercises is like running into a brick wall, but I've got to keep at it, or I'll never build up enough strength to do more. I want so bad to be back where I was, and there's no way - not yet - and I get so frustrated.
A bit of fun for me today - my daughter-in-law texted me that my grandson wanted to go somewhere with a hot tub and a pool table for his birthday. Well, the last place we were that had those amenities was in Gatlinburg, and she wanted me to look on the pute and see if this was doable as a weekend thing for the weekend of his birthday. So.....that was different, and a bit of fun, and it just may be doable for us all. We'll have to do a bit more research into all of our monies, but how exciting!
When Ron gets home around 6:30, we talk about what to have for supper, and finally decide on our little Spam casserole (macaroni & cheese, Spam, and corn in a saucepan) so I get up and go make that. While it is cooking, I tell Ron about the excitement of Chelle texting about Corgan's birthday, and us looking all that up on the pute, and even before I am done, he has turned into my dad. He is shaking his head and saying, "We can't this, and we can't that and why can't you see this and why don't you know that and I am the only one working and bringing money in and I need tires on my truck, that's more important, and we can't this and we can't that and don't you stop spending money" and on and on and on and on like I am the stupidest THING on the planet.
I blew a gasket!!
I yelled at him and asked him why does his first instinct have to be money, money, money? Why can't you say 'oh, that would be fun' and then go into money, money, money mode? But he never did understand what I meant - he just kept repeating that we can't.
I finally got our supper together, got my bowl of food, and went back into the bedroom and didn't come back out all evening. He finally came to bed, and acted like nothing happened. Men!
I put my food into MFP, and it hollered at me. I suppose I should have a snack, but I don't think I could eat anything. I am still that upset. I guess I'll find out if that is wise about 3am. Sigh.
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Oh, what a tremendous bad-food couple of days!
Friday, August 8, 2014
Saturday, August 9, 2014
8/8
I got up this morning at 4 to take Ron to work so I could have the truck, as planned. Man! But I did it! I read a little bit when I got back, then went back to sleep until the alarm went off. I got up, did what I needed to do, then took off for my lunch.
Kathy and I were meeting at the Sizzling Wok over in Eastgate. It's a very small place - nothing like Hibachi Grill! - but they have a decent enough buffet, and Kathy and I sat there and talked and talked and talked. I started squirming and she noticed, so we broke it up soon after that - and no wonder I squirmed, it was almost 3:00!! I sat there almost 3 hours, with getting up for trips to the buffet. 3 hours!
Then, like a dummy, when I got home, I got on the pute instead of lying down. 'I'll just check Facebook real quick' I thought. Yeah, right. I should have known better. I finally went to lie down, and barely ten minutes later, Ron is calling me to come and pick him up. Ten minutes! Yep, I should have known. My poor abused back...
But it's my own fault, so I grit my teeth and get set to go get Ron. In the meantime, I've texted Josh about us getting Corgan, and they are going to meet us up at the landfill with him. So that's all covered, and I'm on my way. I get there, and they are all waiting for me. As we are talking, since Josh and Chelle aren't having a 'date night' as they do on Fridays, we decide to go up to Pizza Hut and have supper together. Well! I certainly wasn't expecting that. More gritting of teeth, but I can do this. My family is worth a little bit of pain, right?
So off we go for our supper, and we sit there for another hour enjoying the time together. I had 3 slices of our pepperoni, mushroom, and onion pizza and a breadstick. They kept teasing me about trying their nastiness pizzas with banana peppers and olives and stuff, but we all knew it wasn't happening! As we left, though, I was looking so forward to going home and going to bed!
And that's what I did. We came home, and I took a dose of Tylenol PM and went to bed. Oh, my back hurt so bad, I even thought about taking a real pain pill, but I just took the sleeping pill. I figured if I can just rest my back, that should be enough. After an hour of lying there reading and not much relief, I went and took a third pill (of Tylenol PM) and then, finally, I did drift off to sleep. I had to, because I sure don't remember much else after that. I don't remember Ron coming to bed, I don't remember putting my book away, nothing.
8/9
I didn't get up today (really get up, not a get-up-and-go-pee-and-go-right-back-to-bed) until almost 1:00. ONE!! I was so surprised, but I suppose I really needed it. My back needed it, anyway. Ron and Corgan had been working away outside, so they didn't bother me, just came in and checked on me every now and then, and all was going okay with them. I got up and did my weigh-in on the Wii - I gained a little bit, less than a pound - and then the day was what it was. I was hungry, so I made myself a peanut butter and orange marmalade sandwich for my lunch.
At four, I drove the truck uptown by myself to do a couple of errands, then came back and laid back down until time for Josh's family to show up sometime between 7:30 and 8. Ron made supper tonight, and he made liver & onions for him and Corgan, while I had the tuna left over from Thursday night. He also made macaroni & cheese as a side for us all. I had a few cherry tomatoes, also, just so I could have a vegetable.
When they got here, we went outside to sit at the fire pit. We had snacks for sitting out there, and I ate way too many of the snacks. When will I learn? Ugh! I can certainly tell that I ate too much!
We had such a nice evening for sitting outside, and we quite enjoyed the evening sitting around the fire together.
I am so ready to start over again next week with a better eating plan and getting back on track!
Saturday, August 9, 2014
8/8
I got up this morning at 4 to take Ron to work so I could have the truck, as planned. Man! But I did it! I read a little bit when I got back, then went back to sleep until the alarm went off. I got up, did what I needed to do, then took off for my lunch.
Kathy and I were meeting at the Sizzling Wok over in Eastgate. It's a very small place - nothing like Hibachi Grill! - but they have a decent enough buffet, and Kathy and I sat there and talked and talked and talked. I started squirming and she noticed, so we broke it up soon after that - and no wonder I squirmed, it was almost 3:00!! I sat there almost 3 hours, with getting up for trips to the buffet. 3 hours!
Then, like a dummy, when I got home, I got on the pute instead of lying down. 'I'll just check Facebook real quick' I thought. Yeah, right. I should have known better. I finally went to lie down, and barely ten minutes later, Ron is calling me to come and pick him up. Ten minutes! Yep, I should have known. My poor abused back...
But it's my own fault, so I grit my teeth and get set to go get Ron. In the meantime, I've texted Josh about us getting Corgan, and they are going to meet us up at the landfill with him. So that's all covered, and I'm on my way. I get there, and they are all waiting for me. As we are talking, since Josh and Chelle aren't having a 'date night' as they do on Fridays, we decide to go up to Pizza Hut and have supper together. Well! I certainly wasn't expecting that. More gritting of teeth, but I can do this. My family is worth a little bit of pain, right?
So off we go for our supper, and we sit there for another hour enjoying the time together. I had 3 slices of our pepperoni, mushroom, and onion pizza and a breadstick. They kept teasing me about trying their nastiness pizzas with banana peppers and olives and stuff, but we all knew it wasn't happening! As we left, though, I was looking so forward to going home and going to bed!
And that's what I did. We came home, and I took a dose of Tylenol PM and went to bed. Oh, my back hurt so bad, I even thought about taking a real pain pill, but I just took the sleeping pill. I figured if I can just rest my back, that should be enough. After an hour of lying there reading and not much relief, I went and took a third pill (of Tylenol PM) and then, finally, I did drift off to sleep. I had to, because I sure don't remember much else after that. I don't remember Ron coming to bed, I don't remember putting my book away, nothing.
8/9
I didn't get up today (really get up, not a get-up-and-go-pee-and-go-right-back-to-bed) until almost 1:00. ONE!! I was so surprised, but I suppose I really needed it. My back needed it, anyway. Ron and Corgan had been working away outside, so they didn't bother me, just came in and checked on me every now and then, and all was going okay with them. I got up and did my weigh-in on the Wii - I gained a little bit, less than a pound - and then the day was what it was. I was hungry, so I made myself a peanut butter and orange marmalade sandwich for my lunch.
At four, I drove the truck uptown by myself to do a couple of errands, then came back and laid back down until time for Josh's family to show up sometime between 7:30 and 8. Ron made supper tonight, and he made liver & onions for him and Corgan, while I had the tuna left over from Thursday night. He also made macaroni & cheese as a side for us all. I had a few cherry tomatoes, also, just so I could have a vegetable.
When they got here, we went outside to sit at the fire pit. We had snacks for sitting out there, and I ate way too many of the snacks. When will I learn? Ugh! I can certainly tell that I ate too much!
We had such a nice evening for sitting outside, and we quite enjoyed the evening sitting around the fire together.
I am so ready to start over again next week with a better eating plan and getting back on track!
Thursday, August 7, 2014
New bras!! What a wonderful step in this journey!
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Thursday, August 7, 2014
8/6
Today was pretty much a normal day. I got up three or four times, playing on the pute and having my lunch, putting chicken breasts into the crockpot for supper, and later on doing my exercises. For lunch, I had a ham and egg sandwich, with two slices of Colby Jack cheese on it also.
The highlight of the day was when I had such a strong urge to "go check the mail" "Go Check The Mail" "Go Check The Mail, Rita!" "RITA - GO CHECK THE MAIL" so I finally did, and I did, and I had my new bras!! Finally!! I had to come right back in and try one on! It fit! IT FIT! Oh, glory hallelujah, it fit! You do not know how much of a relief it is to get into a bra of this size - you just do not know. I don't think - I don't remember - wearing a bra of this size as I was 'growing up' (and out) and this is such a thrill for me!
When Ron got home, I made the rest of supper, which was mashed (fake) potatoes and green beans. After supper, I had an Altar Society meeting to go to. This is the first meeting I've gone to since this back issue, so this is a big deal for me, also, but everything went fine, so I was glad about that. TOPS last night and Altar Society tonight - I am getting back into the swing of things. And, yes, I drove myself.
Putting my food into MFP, I had plenty of calories left over, so I put in for a snack of popcorn and milk, and MFP still hollered at me. Bah!
8/7
Today is a day I've been looking forward to! Not gonna be a good food day, calorie-wise, but it's gonna be a great food day, eating-wise! First of all, I went to lunch with my friend Debbie to Gold Star. She helped her mother get her disability, and she offered to look over what I have done, etc., and give some advice and answer some questions, so she came and picked me up and off we went. She doesn't get to go to the chili dump with her family - they don't like chili that much - so it was a real treat for her. She got a 4-way, and I got my 5-way with a coney, and we had a very nice lunch. SO nice, we didn't leave for over 2-12 hours! She was a lot of help with the disability thing, agreeing with me on most of it, and with pointers on some other things. She also goes to my church, so we also talked about the church, some ministries, and (of course) some people we both know. She also told me that quite a few people mentioned to her how awed? proud? amazed? (insert your own word) they were the week I came back to church and did the readings. That the fact I gimped my way up to the lectern and did that was so inspiring....
I was quite surprised - I had just seen it (being on the schedule as lector that week) as a "why not?" reason to go back to church that week! Something like that makes you (one) wonder why people don't say those kind of things to YOU! Anyway, Debbie and I had a very nice time, and I didn't even have to squirm too much. When we got back here, we walked around the yard and she looked at all my flowers and plants outside and we talked some more about all that kind of stuff. It was a very pleasant outing!
She left, I came in and laid down until 5:30, then I got up and did my exercises.
Ron got home just before 6. He quickly took a shower and changed his clothes, and we left to meet our friend Laura for supper over at FeedMill in Felicity at 6:30. Yep, we are eating out for supper tonight, also! We sat over there with Laura for almost 2 hours, and caught up with her - we haven't seen her all summer! The last time we saw her was at the Quarter Auction, so we had quite a bit of catching-up to do. Ron had spaghetti & meatballs, with garlic bread for his meal. I had the 'cold plate,' which is supposed to be one scoop each of chicken salad, tuna salad, and cottage cheese. I don't like cottage cheese, so I had an extra scoop of tuna salad instead. Man, it was good, but I couldn't finish it all - I had to bring home some of the tuna. It will make a nice lunch!
I put my lunch into MFP, but I think I am conveniently forgetting to put my supper in.
Lunch tomorrow with my friend Kathy! This is the re-schedule, and it's supposed to rain, so I've got to get up and take Ron to work. Ugh. But, okay, it will be worth it!
My Bengals are on TV tonight. It's the first preseason game. I don't usually watch preseason, but I am watching until I go to bed (as soon as I am done here) and the game is totally ludicrous. Run this way, now run that way. Over 50 points have been scored already, and it's not even halftime yet. Ridiculous - and that's why I don't watch preseason.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
8/6
Today was pretty much a normal day. I got up three or four times, playing on the pute and having my lunch, putting chicken breasts into the crockpot for supper, and later on doing my exercises. For lunch, I had a ham and egg sandwich, with two slices of Colby Jack cheese on it also.
The highlight of the day was when I had such a strong urge to "go check the mail" "Go Check The Mail" "Go Check The Mail, Rita!" "RITA - GO CHECK THE MAIL" so I finally did, and I did, and I had my new bras!! Finally!! I had to come right back in and try one on! It fit! IT FIT! Oh, glory hallelujah, it fit! You do not know how much of a relief it is to get into a bra of this size - you just do not know. I don't think - I don't remember - wearing a bra of this size as I was 'growing up' (and out) and this is such a thrill for me!
When Ron got home, I made the rest of supper, which was mashed (fake) potatoes and green beans. After supper, I had an Altar Society meeting to go to. This is the first meeting I've gone to since this back issue, so this is a big deal for me, also, but everything went fine, so I was glad about that. TOPS last night and Altar Society tonight - I am getting back into the swing of things. And, yes, I drove myself.
Putting my food into MFP, I had plenty of calories left over, so I put in for a snack of popcorn and milk, and MFP still hollered at me. Bah!
8/7
Today is a day I've been looking forward to! Not gonna be a good food day, calorie-wise, but it's gonna be a great food day, eating-wise! First of all, I went to lunch with my friend Debbie to Gold Star. She helped her mother get her disability, and she offered to look over what I have done, etc., and give some advice and answer some questions, so she came and picked me up and off we went. She doesn't get to go to the chili dump with her family - they don't like chili that much - so it was a real treat for her. She got a 4-way, and I got my 5-way with a coney, and we had a very nice lunch. SO nice, we didn't leave for over 2-12 hours! She was a lot of help with the disability thing, agreeing with me on most of it, and with pointers on some other things. She also goes to my church, so we also talked about the church, some ministries, and (of course) some people we both know. She also told me that quite a few people mentioned to her how awed? proud? amazed? (insert your own word) they were the week I came back to church and did the readings. That the fact I gimped my way up to the lectern and did that was so inspiring....
I was quite surprised - I had just seen it (being on the schedule as lector that week) as a "why not?" reason to go back to church that week! Something like that makes you (one) wonder why people don't say those kind of things to YOU! Anyway, Debbie and I had a very nice time, and I didn't even have to squirm too much. When we got back here, we walked around the yard and she looked at all my flowers and plants outside and we talked some more about all that kind of stuff. It was a very pleasant outing!
She left, I came in and laid down until 5:30, then I got up and did my exercises.
Ron got home just before 6. He quickly took a shower and changed his clothes, and we left to meet our friend Laura for supper over at FeedMill in Felicity at 6:30. Yep, we are eating out for supper tonight, also! We sat over there with Laura for almost 2 hours, and caught up with her - we haven't seen her all summer! The last time we saw her was at the Quarter Auction, so we had quite a bit of catching-up to do. Ron had spaghetti & meatballs, with garlic bread for his meal. I had the 'cold plate,' which is supposed to be one scoop each of chicken salad, tuna salad, and cottage cheese. I don't like cottage cheese, so I had an extra scoop of tuna salad instead. Man, it was good, but I couldn't finish it all - I had to bring home some of the tuna. It will make a nice lunch!
I put my lunch into MFP, but I think I am conveniently forgetting to put my supper in.
Lunch tomorrow with my friend Kathy! This is the re-schedule, and it's supposed to rain, so I've got to get up and take Ron to work. Ugh. But, okay, it will be worth it!
My Bengals are on TV tonight. It's the first preseason game. I don't usually watch preseason, but I am watching until I go to bed (as soon as I am done here) and the game is totally ludicrous. Run this way, now run that way. Over 50 points have been scored already, and it's not even halftime yet. Ridiculous - and that's why I don't watch preseason.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
NOT a good day on this journey...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
First off, I must say a HAPPY BIRTHDAY - a happy 35th - to my son Joshua, and also (not 35th, a year older) to his bestie, and my second son, Steve. Life has been a trip with you two! Quite a trip. Much love.
Today started off with a start - my phone rang around 7 this morning! Ron was running late this morning when he left, and he needed me to check to see if he may have left his work phone, also known as the 2-way, somewhere here in the house. So, I had to get up, put on my glasses, and go on a treasure hunt, with him telling me places to look. It was so. much. fun. NOT. I didn't find it, so he had to have it with him somewhere, either in his work bag, or in the motorcycle saddlebag.
I went back to bed, falling back asleep (I was surprised, because once my brain is engaged, I am usually up) and it didn't even take very long! I slept until 10 - normal wake-up time for me - which was great, according to me. At least I didn't sleep til noon after that interruption!
I got up and played Happy Homemaker, doing the weekend dishes. After that, I played on the pute, then had my lunch. I had chicken salad, walnuts, and a banana today. It's been a while since I had this nice sensible lunch, and it was really good! I went and laid down, then got back up and played on the pute some more, laid back down, then got back up and did my exercises and took my shower (TOPS meeting tonight!). I laid back down, and was laying there when Ron came in. Wow - just after 6! Impressive. As it was getting to be time to get dressed, I started feeling funny, so I checked my sugar. It was 54! Yep, a sugar low. In the middle of the afternoon. I don't get it. How? I ate a good lunch, I didn't do anything overly strenuous, I just don't get it. I ate some jelly beans, and was feeling better, and sat up to dress when Ron came in to tell me about finding his 2-way, and he noticed right off that something was wrong. Great - now not only do I have to finish getting myself dressed, but I have to also get myself all the way 'okay' before leaving, and I should already be on the way, and now I have to explain everything to Ron. Ai Yi Yi.
I finally get him calmed down, and me dressed and ready to go, and get on the road - at 10 til 7! This is not good. I have to be there to be weighed in BY 7, and this is gonna be close.
I did get there, and I did get weighed in, and boy, did I wish I hadn't! I gained 4 pounds! GAINED. Phooey. Oh, well - I did enjoy that decadent weekend, and I guess I have to pay for it.
Ron made breakfast for supper, and it was ready when I got home just after 8. Oh, it was good. Breakfast for supper is always a good plan - all except the calories, of course. Bacon, sausage, eggs, bread - the whole nine yards. 1000 calories, even though it's not quite the same as having breakfast out, it's still the same! Well, I had just bread and not buttered toast, but there's no way to separate all that unless you enter each thing separately and I'm way too lazy to do that. So...according to MFP, I was 100 calories over for the day, even though I know (in my brain) I really truly wasn't. I can handle being only 100 calories over for the day - just as long as it doesn't happen too very often.
Phone calls to make tomorrow. Fun times ahead!
First off, I must say a HAPPY BIRTHDAY - a happy 35th - to my son Joshua, and also (not 35th, a year older) to his bestie, and my second son, Steve. Life has been a trip with you two! Quite a trip. Much love.
Today started off with a start - my phone rang around 7 this morning! Ron was running late this morning when he left, and he needed me to check to see if he may have left his work phone, also known as the 2-way, somewhere here in the house. So, I had to get up, put on my glasses, and go on a treasure hunt, with him telling me places to look. It was so. much. fun. NOT. I didn't find it, so he had to have it with him somewhere, either in his work bag, or in the motorcycle saddlebag.
I went back to bed, falling back asleep (I was surprised, because once my brain is engaged, I am usually up) and it didn't even take very long! I slept until 10 - normal wake-up time for me - which was great, according to me. At least I didn't sleep til noon after that interruption!
I got up and played Happy Homemaker, doing the weekend dishes. After that, I played on the pute, then had my lunch. I had chicken salad, walnuts, and a banana today. It's been a while since I had this nice sensible lunch, and it was really good! I went and laid down, then got back up and played on the pute some more, laid back down, then got back up and did my exercises and took my shower (TOPS meeting tonight!). I laid back down, and was laying there when Ron came in. Wow - just after 6! Impressive. As it was getting to be time to get dressed, I started feeling funny, so I checked my sugar. It was 54! Yep, a sugar low. In the middle of the afternoon. I don't get it. How? I ate a good lunch, I didn't do anything overly strenuous, I just don't get it. I ate some jelly beans, and was feeling better, and sat up to dress when Ron came in to tell me about finding his 2-way, and he noticed right off that something was wrong. Great - now not only do I have to finish getting myself dressed, but I have to also get myself all the way 'okay' before leaving, and I should already be on the way, and now I have to explain everything to Ron. Ai Yi Yi.
I finally get him calmed down, and me dressed and ready to go, and get on the road - at 10 til 7! This is not good. I have to be there to be weighed in BY 7, and this is gonna be close.
I did get there, and I did get weighed in, and boy, did I wish I hadn't! I gained 4 pounds! GAINED. Phooey. Oh, well - I did enjoy that decadent weekend, and I guess I have to pay for it.
Ron made breakfast for supper, and it was ready when I got home just after 8. Oh, it was good. Breakfast for supper is always a good plan - all except the calories, of course. Bacon, sausage, eggs, bread - the whole nine yards. 1000 calories, even though it's not quite the same as having breakfast out, it's still the same! Well, I had just bread and not buttered toast, but there's no way to separate all that unless you enter each thing separately and I'm way too lazy to do that. So...according to MFP, I was 100 calories over for the day, even though I know (in my brain) I really truly wasn't. I can handle being only 100 calories over for the day - just as long as it doesn't happen too very often.
Phone calls to make tomorrow. Fun times ahead!
Monday, August 4, 2014
Another Change of Plans...but I had the truck!
Monday, August 4, 2014
Ron drove/rode the motorcycle today, so that I could have the truck for my lunch with Kathy. Normally, he would not have, because it was super foggy this morning - even at 4! - but he did, and I appreciated it. I would have got up and taken him, but sure didn't want to do that.
Then, around 9:30, I got a text. Kathy is not feeling well today, and has to cancel. Phooey! Do I make people sick or something? I'm gonna develop a complex here pretty soon...
We texted back and forth and came up with a plan to reschedule for Friday. We can't do the middle of the week because of the chance of rain. If it rains, Ron can't ride his bike, and he wants to do what he can to 'help' me.
Since I had the truck, and I was planning on stopping at Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions on my way home anyway, after I had let Ron know about the Change of Plans, we decided that I should go ahead and go to Amelia, because he's sure not gonna feel like going down there on a Monday evening. So - off I went. I stopped at Bob Evans and had lunch - the Chicken Salad Plate and banana nut bread - after putting gasoline in his truck, which was only 3 (THREE!) cents cheaper than Bethel. I was very surprised about that. Bethel is usually a dime or fifteen cents more!
Once I got back home, it was a normal day for me. Up and down, playing on the pute, etc. - I'll play Happy Homemaker tomorrow - until time to do my exercises. Then I rested until Ron got home, and we made our supper. We had hamburger patties, and we used the rest of the tomatoes we had. We had been given some from friends (homegrown!) and we had bought some to go with the lunchmeat down at Josh's, so Ron sliced the largest one for his sandwiches, and I cut the rest into chunks to eat with the hamburger on my plate.
When I put my food in MFP, as I figured, my lunch took most of my calories. Thanks to the exercise, I still came in under my goal, though, and that's a good thing! I sure wish I could come up with more exercise(s) to do, but I can't walk much yet, and I just don't know what else to do. I feel like such a wuss! I know I'm really not, but I still feel that way sometimes.
Ah, well. A 'normal' week coming up for me, then lunch plans for Friday! Yay!
Many birthday wishes (35! Ye gods!) to my wonderful son tomorrow.
Ron drove/rode the motorcycle today, so that I could have the truck for my lunch with Kathy. Normally, he would not have, because it was super foggy this morning - even at 4! - but he did, and I appreciated it. I would have got up and taken him, but sure didn't want to do that.
Then, around 9:30, I got a text. Kathy is not feeling well today, and has to cancel. Phooey! Do I make people sick or something? I'm gonna develop a complex here pretty soon...
We texted back and forth and came up with a plan to reschedule for Friday. We can't do the middle of the week because of the chance of rain. If it rains, Ron can't ride his bike, and he wants to do what he can to 'help' me.
Since I had the truck, and I was planning on stopping at Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions on my way home anyway, after I had let Ron know about the Change of Plans, we decided that I should go ahead and go to Amelia, because he's sure not gonna feel like going down there on a Monday evening. So - off I went. I stopped at Bob Evans and had lunch - the Chicken Salad Plate and banana nut bread - after putting gasoline in his truck, which was only 3 (THREE!) cents cheaper than Bethel. I was very surprised about that. Bethel is usually a dime or fifteen cents more!
Once I got back home, it was a normal day for me. Up and down, playing on the pute, etc. - I'll play Happy Homemaker tomorrow - until time to do my exercises. Then I rested until Ron got home, and we made our supper. We had hamburger patties, and we used the rest of the tomatoes we had. We had been given some from friends (homegrown!) and we had bought some to go with the lunchmeat down at Josh's, so Ron sliced the largest one for his sandwiches, and I cut the rest into chunks to eat with the hamburger on my plate.
When I put my food in MFP, as I figured, my lunch took most of my calories. Thanks to the exercise, I still came in under my goal, though, and that's a good thing! I sure wish I could come up with more exercise(s) to do, but I can't walk much yet, and I just don't know what else to do. I feel like such a wuss! I know I'm really not, but I still feel that way sometimes.
Ah, well. A 'normal' week coming up for me, then lunch plans for Friday! Yay!
Many birthday wishes (35! Ye gods!) to my wonderful son tomorrow.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
A decadent weekend
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Sunday, August 3, 2014
8/2
Once again, I forgot that today was Saturday. What a dork I am - how can you forget what day it is? But Ron had to work today, so it was a day just like every other day to me. When I got up, I baked the cake I was making to take up to church, as my donation to the Pig Roast. I was making this Tie-Dye Cake and I wanted to see their faces when they cut into it - it was gonna be awesome! But - no, it didn't work out that way. The damn cake stuck in the pan and I ended up having to run up to IGA and buying a cake (I was soooo pissed!) but at least I did get a donation up there, although I had to wait until Ron got home to do so.
I was too mad to do so right afterward, anyway.
He got home a little after 1, and I talked him into laying down and taking a nap while I went uptown and did the little bit of running I had to do. There was no sense in him going with me.
I went up to Gold Star and got me a new clear 'pocket,' since I can't use my pockets while wearing my brace without pulling my pants down, then went to IGA and got the things I needed there, then on up to church to drop the cake off and chat with people and check out all the silent auction items. I got back home and played on the pute until a thunderstorm forced me off the pute (I don't need a lightning strike frying my pute!), then I just went and laid down and read until the storm was over. It was quite a fierce little storm!
When Ron got up, we decided to go over to the winery for our evening. We had actually decided earlier, but just confirmed to each other that we still wanted to do this since it stormed, and we did. We haven't been able to go, because we always have Corgan and we can't take him over there because of their liquor license (I believe), so we want to take advantage of this 'free' evening.
We packed up the leftover lunchmeat, and the grapes, bananas, and cherry tomatoes that I just bought, as well as the bag of chips - I know, BAD, but I couldn't resist - and that was gonna be supper. We also took a couple bottles of water, and of course we will get a bottle of wine to drink throughout the evening. For some reason, though, we got a red and not the blush, or rose, that we really like, and we didn't drink it all, but we had a most enjoyable evening. The music was really good, and the night was pleasant, especially for early August! We came home around 8:30, and I went straight to bed because my back was hurting so bad after all that. I felt like such a wuss, but there it is. I did stay up and read until midnight, as usual, so...
8/3
I remembered to do my weigh-in when I got up this morning, and I am happy to report a small weight loss! Less than a pound, true, but a loss all the same. I've only done all my exercises every day for this one week, so I guess I can't really expect too much more than that.
We went to church, then up to Georgetown to Country Inn to eat after that. Ron got his fried chicken, and, for some reason, I was really hungry, and I not only got the big breakfast, but also a side order of goetta! YUM. I ate every single bite, and really enjoyed it, too. I don't think I'll be eating like that again for quite some time, though. I have got to get my ass back on track - even though I've been doing okay calorie-wise, with me doing so little exercise, I've got to really, really eat better, I see that now.
We got home, and I went to lay down for a bit while Ron went outside to mow and weedeat and all that fun stuff. After a bit, I got up and played on the pute, then laid back down. Up and down, two or three times, just like any other day. Around 6, I made myself the last sausage, egg & cheese muffin for my sausage, which I ate with the rest of the Ruffles. Then I had an ice cream bar as dessert - I don't even want to think about how many calories I had today! Oh, was I bad, but damn did it all taste so good!
Looking forward to lunch tomorrow with my friend Kathy! I will be good. I will be good. I will be good.
Maybe.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
8/2
Once again, I forgot that today was Saturday. What a dork I am - how can you forget what day it is? But Ron had to work today, so it was a day just like every other day to me. When I got up, I baked the cake I was making to take up to church, as my donation to the Pig Roast. I was making this Tie-Dye Cake and I wanted to see their faces when they cut into it - it was gonna be awesome! But - no, it didn't work out that way. The damn cake stuck in the pan and I ended up having to run up to IGA and buying a cake (I was soooo pissed!) but at least I did get a donation up there, although I had to wait until Ron got home to do so.
I was too mad to do so right afterward, anyway.
He got home a little after 1, and I talked him into laying down and taking a nap while I went uptown and did the little bit of running I had to do. There was no sense in him going with me.
I went up to Gold Star and got me a new clear 'pocket,' since I can't use my pockets while wearing my brace without pulling my pants down, then went to IGA and got the things I needed there, then on up to church to drop the cake off and chat with people and check out all the silent auction items. I got back home and played on the pute until a thunderstorm forced me off the pute (I don't need a lightning strike frying my pute!), then I just went and laid down and read until the storm was over. It was quite a fierce little storm!
When Ron got up, we decided to go over to the winery for our evening. We had actually decided earlier, but just confirmed to each other that we still wanted to do this since it stormed, and we did. We haven't been able to go, because we always have Corgan and we can't take him over there because of their liquor license (I believe), so we want to take advantage of this 'free' evening.
We packed up the leftover lunchmeat, and the grapes, bananas, and cherry tomatoes that I just bought, as well as the bag of chips - I know, BAD, but I couldn't resist - and that was gonna be supper. We also took a couple bottles of water, and of course we will get a bottle of wine to drink throughout the evening. For some reason, though, we got a red and not the blush, or rose, that we really like, and we didn't drink it all, but we had a most enjoyable evening. The music was really good, and the night was pleasant, especially for early August! We came home around 8:30, and I went straight to bed because my back was hurting so bad after all that. I felt like such a wuss, but there it is. I did stay up and read until midnight, as usual, so...
8/3
I remembered to do my weigh-in when I got up this morning, and I am happy to report a small weight loss! Less than a pound, true, but a loss all the same. I've only done all my exercises every day for this one week, so I guess I can't really expect too much more than that.
We went to church, then up to Georgetown to Country Inn to eat after that. Ron got his fried chicken, and, for some reason, I was really hungry, and I not only got the big breakfast, but also a side order of goetta! YUM. I ate every single bite, and really enjoyed it, too. I don't think I'll be eating like that again for quite some time, though. I have got to get my ass back on track - even though I've been doing okay calorie-wise, with me doing so little exercise, I've got to really, really eat better, I see that now.
We got home, and I went to lay down for a bit while Ron went outside to mow and weedeat and all that fun stuff. After a bit, I got up and played on the pute, then laid back down. Up and down, two or three times, just like any other day. Around 6, I made myself the last sausage, egg & cheese muffin for my sausage, which I ate with the rest of the Ruffles. Then I had an ice cream bar as dessert - I don't even want to think about how many calories I had today! Oh, was I bad, but damn did it all taste so good!
Looking forward to lunch tomorrow with my friend Kathy! I will be good. I will be good. I will be good.
Maybe.
Friday, August 1, 2014
A nice unexpected day with the family!
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
7/31
This was quite a normal, boring day. Nothing happened, nothing didn't happen, so nothing got written about it (last night).
I got up, played on the pute, made some lunch (a sausage, egg & cheese muffin), went back to bed, got back up, did my exercises, played on the pute, went back to bed, got back up when Ron got home, had supper with him - we went to FeedMill in Felicity. He had a mushroom steak hoagy with fries, and I had a plate of chicken fingers & fish strips with steak fries. We came home, he fell asleep in front of the TV, I played on the pute, then we both went to bed.
End of day, end of story.
Oh -- Josh and family did get home from their vacation! All safe and sound. Brat got home at 11(pm) and didn't text me until 11:30!! Ai Yi Yi! I'll murderpate him one of these days! Doesn't he know better than to worry his mother like that?
8/1
Today started out as any other day. Once I woke up, I was laying in bed reading when Josh texted me, asking me about whether or not I wanted to go shopping with them and all that. We had spoken vaguely about it last night, but left it to be settled today, after they had gotten home and gotten to sleep - all night! - in their own beds. Anyway, after a few texts and then finally a phone call, we decided that he would come get me and I would just be at his house. I was taking clothes for Ron to change into and he could just come straight there after work, and I was going to let Ron know and make sure this was okay with him - I have to let the man think he has some sort of something to say about the decision, right? - so I texted him to call me when he could, and he called me just a few minutes later. When I was telling him everything, he said, "Well, okay, but I'm on my way home NOW." WHAT?? It's barely after noon! Yep, he goes on to say, his truck broke down on him (his garbage truck), and there are no spares, so he has to come home. I ask him what happened, and he said that he drove over the RR track in Mt. Orab, and the steering wheel/steering column broke and fell into his lap! Luckily, it was the 'tilt' part of the wheel, not the actual steering part, and he was able to drive it to the landfill in Georgetown from there, but damn...
But he was coming home, so he would be able to go with the whole family, not that he likes shopping or anything, but he'd be with us!
I got up, did my exercises for the day - even though I was going to get in a WalMart Walk, too - and took my shower before he got home, so I was ready before he got here. I played on the pute after that, while he took his shower and all, then we hit the road.
When we got to Josh's, we all left and went over to Maysville, where we went to Golden Dragon, a Chinese buffet, for a late lunch, before we did anything else. They are not a real big place, but they have good food. After that, we went to WalMart, and Chelle and I both did our grocery shopping. Since we had such a late lunch, we got lunchmeat (salami roll-ups!) and stuff for a casual supper, while we were looking at their souvenirs and watching their vacation video.
Since Ron has to work tomorrow (we got that phone call on our down to their house), we also decided to go ahead and have Josh & Chelle's birthday celebration tonight, so I bought them an ice cream (Reese's peanut butter, even) cake and, as decoration, I got each of them a little Happy Birthday balloon. We hadn't bought them anything for their birthday(s) because of their vacation, so this was better than nothing. Do you know how much those damn ice cream cakes are????!!!! Geez!!
Back at their house, they put their groceries away, and I put my refrigerator stuff in the fridge (and the cake in the freezer) and then it was on to souvenir-looking, 'supper,' video-watching and birthday celebrating! We had a fantastic evening! I did feel a little bad because we didn't really have anything for them, but they both said that the vacation was enough for them - they haven't been able to have much of a vacation, just their family, for quite a while, and they loved that! So that made me feel better.
We left to come home right before 9, because a certain mister was already falling asleep - in front of the TV - and he had to really get to bed, anyway. We got home, he turned on our TV and promptly fell back asleep, and I got on the pute.
I get to bake a cake tomorrow for the Pig Roast up at church tomorrow night. If you don't have plans, it's a relatively cheap meal ($8.00 for adults, I believe, and I'm not sure about the kids - maybe $5.00?) and it's good food, good fun, and most probably, good company! At St. Mary's in Bethel. Look for the pink pig signs!
Friday, August 1, 2014
7/31
This was quite a normal, boring day. Nothing happened, nothing didn't happen, so nothing got written about it (last night).
I got up, played on the pute, made some lunch (a sausage, egg & cheese muffin), went back to bed, got back up, did my exercises, played on the pute, went back to bed, got back up when Ron got home, had supper with him - we went to FeedMill in Felicity. He had a mushroom steak hoagy with fries, and I had a plate of chicken fingers & fish strips with steak fries. We came home, he fell asleep in front of the TV, I played on the pute, then we both went to bed.
End of day, end of story.
Oh -- Josh and family did get home from their vacation! All safe and sound. Brat got home at 11(pm) and didn't text me until 11:30!! Ai Yi Yi! I'll murderpate him one of these days! Doesn't he know better than to worry his mother like that?
8/1
Today started out as any other day. Once I woke up, I was laying in bed reading when Josh texted me, asking me about whether or not I wanted to go shopping with them and all that. We had spoken vaguely about it last night, but left it to be settled today, after they had gotten home and gotten to sleep - all night! - in their own beds. Anyway, after a few texts and then finally a phone call, we decided that he would come get me and I would just be at his house. I was taking clothes for Ron to change into and he could just come straight there after work, and I was going to let Ron know and make sure this was okay with him - I have to let the man think he has some sort of something to say about the decision, right? - so I texted him to call me when he could, and he called me just a few minutes later. When I was telling him everything, he said, "Well, okay, but I'm on my way home NOW." WHAT?? It's barely after noon! Yep, he goes on to say, his truck broke down on him (his garbage truck), and there are no spares, so he has to come home. I ask him what happened, and he said that he drove over the RR track in Mt. Orab, and the steering wheel/steering column broke and fell into his lap! Luckily, it was the 'tilt' part of the wheel, not the actual steering part, and he was able to drive it to the landfill in Georgetown from there, but damn...
But he was coming home, so he would be able to go with the whole family, not that he likes shopping or anything, but he'd be with us!
I got up, did my exercises for the day - even though I was going to get in a WalMart Walk, too - and took my shower before he got home, so I was ready before he got here. I played on the pute after that, while he took his shower and all, then we hit the road.
When we got to Josh's, we all left and went over to Maysville, where we went to Golden Dragon, a Chinese buffet, for a late lunch, before we did anything else. They are not a real big place, but they have good food. After that, we went to WalMart, and Chelle and I both did our grocery shopping. Since we had such a late lunch, we got lunchmeat (salami roll-ups!) and stuff for a casual supper, while we were looking at their souvenirs and watching their vacation video.
Since Ron has to work tomorrow (we got that phone call on our down to their house), we also decided to go ahead and have Josh & Chelle's birthday celebration tonight, so I bought them an ice cream (Reese's peanut butter, even) cake and, as decoration, I got each of them a little Happy Birthday balloon. We hadn't bought them anything for their birthday(s) because of their vacation, so this was better than nothing. Do you know how much those damn ice cream cakes are????!!!! Geez!!
Back at their house, they put their groceries away, and I put my refrigerator stuff in the fridge (and the cake in the freezer) and then it was on to souvenir-looking, 'supper,' video-watching and birthday celebrating! We had a fantastic evening! I did feel a little bad because we didn't really have anything for them, but they both said that the vacation was enough for them - they haven't been able to have much of a vacation, just their family, for quite a while, and they loved that! So that made me feel better.
We left to come home right before 9, because a certain mister was already falling asleep - in front of the TV - and he had to really get to bed, anyway. We got home, he turned on our TV and promptly fell back asleep, and I got on the pute.
I get to bake a cake tomorrow for the Pig Roast up at church tomorrow night. If you don't have plans, it's a relatively cheap meal ($8.00 for adults, I believe, and I'm not sure about the kids - maybe $5.00?) and it's good food, good fun, and most probably, good company! At St. Mary's in Bethel. Look for the pink pig signs!
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