Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
2/25
I woke up early today - around 8:30 - and why? Because today is supposed to be a Bert, Teresa, and Rita Day! I do my usual morning thing - reading and tableting - until just after 10, then I texted Teresa to see how she's feeling today and if this is gonna happen. Unfortunately, she isn't feeling well and is watching her niece and her great-niece, as well, so she isn't able to go today. Phooey! Bert is still wanting to go - to get out of the house - so she and I will go, but not until 1. So I piddle around the house, then hit the road.
I pick Bert up, then we decide to go over to Golden Corral. That seems to be the best place to go for our money and time, so off we go. We spent the afternoon just sitting there, talking and enjoying the time out and visiting. We finally left there about quarter til 5. Not bad for just 2 of us, huh?
I didn't do too bad in the food department, either. I had my usual 2 plates - 1 cold (salads) foods, 1 hot foods - but then went back up and got a big ol' baked potato, and around 4, went and got some dessert. I can't resist their cotton candy!
I dropped Bert off after a stop at Kroger, where she did what she needed to do (pharmacy) and I got Ron some bananas. Ron had eaten supper while I was gone (Ramen Noodles), and I sure wasn't hungry the rest of the night, anyway! Criminal Minds wasn't on tonight, and I ended up going to bed early, although I didn't turn the light off any earlier than any other night.
2/26
I woke this morning around 10, and finally got up just after 12. I played Happy Homemaker and got the dishes done, and piddled around doing other little things around here. I did my standing exercises, but I felt as though my back was stiffening as the day went on. Not sure if it was in my mind or what - but then when Ron got home, he said that the temps had dropped all day. Now I know! My mind eased, just knowing why.
I'd been seeing things on the pute all day about it being "National Chili Day" and that Gold Star had 3-ways on sale for $3. I thought I'd ask Ron if he wanted to go have chili and he'd shoot that idea down - he never wants to go back out once he gets home - but after the weather was on the news and I asked him, he said "OK!" so we got dressed and went uptown for our supper.
He got a 3-way, while I got a GoRito and we shared a plate of chili cheese fries. He wasn't impressed with the 3-way - we usually get 5-ways - and wanted something else. He decided on one of the GoRitos, and since he was going to eat more, I got myself a second one, too. Yep, we are pigs. It's still cheaper for us to eat at Gold Star than ANY other place we go.
We got back home, he fell asleep watching TV, I watched TV and played on my tablet, and that was it for the night. Yay.
No plans for tomorrow, even though it's Friday. After Ron (and Corgan) gets home, we might go down the road and put gasoline in both vehicles on the way to a fish fry, but we may wait until Saturday morning to do it. I'll do my shopping on the way home from whenever we do the gasoline thing.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Getting the week started
Monday, February 23, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
2/23
Another Monday. Another week starting. I don't know why, but I am starting to feel as though I am stuck, for lack of a better word. It can't be the weather - I just got to go out and about over the weekend, so I can't have cabin fever. I think it's more that I am floundering on this plateau (the one that I call a mesa) and can't, or rather am not, losing any more weight. I've been doing my exercises, I've been following my new lifestyle-type of eating, but since I lost the last gob of weight after the fall, I've stayed at the same 3-5 pounds. Now that is starting to inch up (which is winter-related, I do believe), and I don't like it! I don't know what else I can do - I can only do so much without worry of further harming my back. And I sure don't want to go back to Square One there...
Anyway, I got up this morning, did my reading and tableting, then got up and did my Happy Homemaker stuff, as I do on Mondays. I did my exercises - just the standing ones, because it's so cold that my back is one solid ache - and then settle into my recliner for the rest of the day.
Ron got home finally and we played Wii games. I beat his ass, probably because he was so tired, but I still beat his ass! The only thing he beat me at was tennis. I just couldn't get the racket to swing the way I wanted it to...
Oh, well. We had a great time and it killed the time. Beats just staring at the TV, right?
I made Hamburger Helper (yes, I remembered to buy some when I went grocery shopping!) for our supper, and when it was done, then we just stared at the TV.
2/24
Today was pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday, although the high today did finally get up over 20. Oh, how this cold is really doing a number on my back! I don't like it, not at all. I'm glad - you don't know how much - that we've really had a mild winter, because I don't think I could have handled much more than what we did have. This past week, week and a half, has been rough.
I did make myself do a few jobs that I've been putting off.
I found my St. Patrick's Day wreath, which I found trying to hide behind the filing cabinet in the library. How it got back there, I don't know, but I had to get on my hands and knees and dig it out, and that wasn't easy. Thank God for my Grabby of Doom!
I went through an old Missalette and found the readings that I want in my funeral Mass, and rewrote the instructions for said funeral Mass.
I sorted out the pictures on my computer, and put them into the proper folders for this year.
Other little jobs - time-consuming jobs - that I just hadn't got around to.
I had chicken noodle soup with a peanut butter and orange marmalade sandwich for my lunch.
I also did all of my exercises today, even the laying-on-the-floor ones. Those exercises do my back the most good, but they feel the worst while doing them. But, after doing them, my back felt better, so I was glad that I had done them. I just wish -- like I told Doc, "it's BEEN 9 months," but like he told me, "it's ONLY been 9 months." -- that this wasn't an issue any more. But, it is. Phooey!
I wasn't feeling real confident when I left for my TOPS meeting, especially after my weight gain on the Wii on Saturday morning, but I figured that it is what it is. Luckily, when I weighed in, I discovered that, according to their scale, I have lost around a pound and a half (1.6 to be exact)! What good news that is! <happy dance>
Ron has supper ready when I got home from the meeting. He made pork chops, macaroni and cheese, and green beans. Yum! Only thing was, he forgot to add butter to the green beans - ugh. They are low sodium, and are rather nasty without any kind of flavoring. He said they tasted fine to him, but - funny man - he was the one to complain when we first started buying them, which is why I started draining the juice and adding the butter!
We watched NCIS and NCIS:NO, as usual on Tuesdays, then he went to bed and I started watching dead guys.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a Bert, Teresa, and Rita Day! Keep your fingers crossed that it actually happens!
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
2/23
Another Monday. Another week starting. I don't know why, but I am starting to feel as though I am stuck, for lack of a better word. It can't be the weather - I just got to go out and about over the weekend, so I can't have cabin fever. I think it's more that I am floundering on this plateau (the one that I call a mesa) and can't, or rather am not, losing any more weight. I've been doing my exercises, I've been following my new lifestyle-type of eating, but since I lost the last gob of weight after the fall, I've stayed at the same 3-5 pounds. Now that is starting to inch up (which is winter-related, I do believe), and I don't like it! I don't know what else I can do - I can only do so much without worry of further harming my back. And I sure don't want to go back to Square One there...
Anyway, I got up this morning, did my reading and tableting, then got up and did my Happy Homemaker stuff, as I do on Mondays. I did my exercises - just the standing ones, because it's so cold that my back is one solid ache - and then settle into my recliner for the rest of the day.
Ron got home finally and we played Wii games. I beat his ass, probably because he was so tired, but I still beat his ass! The only thing he beat me at was tennis. I just couldn't get the racket to swing the way I wanted it to...
Oh, well. We had a great time and it killed the time. Beats just staring at the TV, right?
I made Hamburger Helper (yes, I remembered to buy some when I went grocery shopping!) for our supper, and when it was done, then we just stared at the TV.
2/24
Today was pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday, although the high today did finally get up over 20. Oh, how this cold is really doing a number on my back! I don't like it, not at all. I'm glad - you don't know how much - that we've really had a mild winter, because I don't think I could have handled much more than what we did have. This past week, week and a half, has been rough.
I did make myself do a few jobs that I've been putting off.
I found my St. Patrick's Day wreath, which I found trying to hide behind the filing cabinet in the library. How it got back there, I don't know, but I had to get on my hands and knees and dig it out, and that wasn't easy. Thank God for my Grabby of Doom!
I went through an old Missalette and found the readings that I want in my funeral Mass, and rewrote the instructions for said funeral Mass.
I sorted out the pictures on my computer, and put them into the proper folders for this year.
Other little jobs - time-consuming jobs - that I just hadn't got around to.
I had chicken noodle soup with a peanut butter and orange marmalade sandwich for my lunch.
I also did all of my exercises today, even the laying-on-the-floor ones. Those exercises do my back the most good, but they feel the worst while doing them. But, after doing them, my back felt better, so I was glad that I had done them. I just wish -- like I told Doc, "it's BEEN 9 months," but like he told me, "it's ONLY been 9 months." -- that this wasn't an issue any more. But, it is. Phooey!
I wasn't feeling real confident when I left for my TOPS meeting, especially after my weight gain on the Wii on Saturday morning, but I figured that it is what it is. Luckily, when I weighed in, I discovered that, according to their scale, I have lost around a pound and a half (1.6 to be exact)! What good news that is! <happy dance>
Ron has supper ready when I got home from the meeting. He made pork chops, macaroni and cheese, and green beans. Yum! Only thing was, he forgot to add butter to the green beans - ugh. They are low sodium, and are rather nasty without any kind of flavoring. He said they tasted fine to him, but - funny man - he was the one to complain when we first started buying them, which is why I started draining the juice and adding the butter!
We watched NCIS and NCIS:NO, as usual on Tuesdays, then he went to bed and I started watching dead guys.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a Bert, Teresa, and Rita Day! Keep your fingers crossed that it actually happens!
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Snow and cold = Change of Plans
Friday, February 20, 2015
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
2/20
Friday!
Get-out-of-the-house-day!
I woke up early this morning, and had to make myself stay in bed, doing my normal reading/tableting, even though I still ended up getting up, getting dressed, and getting out of the house by 11. I was that anxious to do something!
As I was driving into Amelia to go to Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, I called Josh to see if he wanted to come meet me for lunch. He takes his lunch at 11:30, and I thought maybe he'd indulge his mother. Ha! Well, he didn't really want to - he said he had too much work to catch up on (he'd missed a day of work because of the weather), but he had Corgan with him today, and I finally talked him into it. Yay! So, he and Corgan came down to Bob Evans and joined me for lunch. We had a nice time, taking our time and just enjoying the time together. Corgan got the Broasted Chicken, Josh got the Farmhouse Burger, and I had a stack of cinnamon pancakes.
After eating, I was going shopping, so to give Josh a little break, I took Corgan shopping with me. (There's not a lot for a kid to do at a grown-up's work, you know. The shine wears off after a couple of hours.) After the shopping, during which Corgan got a 'goodie' from Granny, of course, I dropped him back off at Dad's work, then I came on home.
I got all the groceries carried in, then put away, which took up the rest of the afternoon.
Ron got home and took his time getting his shower and all, since we didn't have any plans until around 6. I decided to go ahead and make the covered dish for the funeral luncheon that is going on tomorrow, just in case we won't be able to come out tomorrow because more weather is supposed to be coming in overnight and early morning. I figured if I take it up tonight, then at least it will be there, even if we don't get to show up for the funeral. I did have to run over to Felicity to pick up the one item that I had forgotten while shopping...phooey!
Then we went up to the Fish Fry - we always go to the one at our church first! - where we were told that there is a headlight out on my car (wonderful...), and though we weren't planning to do so, we met our friends John and Beverly up there and joined them to eat our supper(s). It was a pleasant evening, and we sat there talking until the end of the Fish Fry.
We came home and just watched TV the rest of the night.
2/21
The weather they called for happened. I can't believe that they are accurately forecasting all of this! This is rather amazing to me - I thought for sure that since they had hit most of this week, they would miss something here pretty darn soon, but nooooo. The road is a total mess, and it's still snowing - and didn't quit all - and I mean ALL - day. Great big, wet, beautiful flakes! This is the best kind of snow - it moves easily (shoveling, plowing) but is very heavy. This is what they call "heart attack snow."
Ron and I just stayed home all day. I was glad that I had taken that dish up to the church last night, and I was a bit sorry for the people going to the funeral in this. I wish we had the gumption to go, but we thought it best not to chance it, not if we really didn't have to. People were just crawling by, and, trust me, they normally f.l.y.!
I did my weigh-in, and totally wished that I could pretend that I hadn't. UGH!! According to my Wii, I have gained another pound and a half. Another...sigh.
We kept ourselves occupied, though. We did our Wii Fit contest, we just played Wii games (bowling, golf, mini golf, tennis), we watched movies, we watched dead guys and game shows, and the day went on by. We did go outside around 5 to sweep the sidewalk and clean off the cars, just so all the snow that was on them wouldn't freeze and be ice in the morning. I also drove the car up and down the driveway, so there would be tracks through this deep snow to follow in the morning, just to make it a little bit easier. The snow moved easily enough, although I do think Ron had the easier job of cleaning off the cars. This snow didn't sweep so very easy...
2/22
The alarm went off this morning, as usual, at 9, and we left to go to church at 10. There had been no new weather overnight - the temperature had just dropped - and the roads were clear, just wet, and we had no problems whatsoever. I hope it was thanks to our thinking ahead yesterday - a little bit, anyway.
After church, we drove up to Mt. Orab to meet our friends Harry and Donna at Mi Camino Real. They hadn't been there before, and this seemed to be as good as time as any to go. We all had a good time, and they really enjoyed the place and the food. They said that they'd go there again. I'm glad they liked it. It bothers me when you (me, in this case) suggest a place, but then the people you suggested it to end up not liking it. We didn't get home from lunch until after 3 - that's how good of a time we had/were having!
Ron watched more of his movies (the ones he got for Christmas) while I played on my tablet after we got home, which is how the evening passed. I did finally make us cheese weenies for supper around 8. We thought about not having supper, but then decided that that wouldn't be a good idea, so we just had those.
Nothing planned for tomorrow. I do need to start - or rather, get back to - some serious exercising. I am tired of going the wrong way! I like being able to say "I've lost 65 pounds," and if I keep going the wrong way, I'm going to have to change that number, and I don't wanna! If I change it, I want it to be a larger number, not a smaller one!
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
2/20
Friday!
Get-out-of-the-house-day!
I woke up early this morning, and had to make myself stay in bed, doing my normal reading/tableting, even though I still ended up getting up, getting dressed, and getting out of the house by 11. I was that anxious to do something!
As I was driving into Amelia to go to Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, I called Josh to see if he wanted to come meet me for lunch. He takes his lunch at 11:30, and I thought maybe he'd indulge his mother. Ha! Well, he didn't really want to - he said he had too much work to catch up on (he'd missed a day of work because of the weather), but he had Corgan with him today, and I finally talked him into it. Yay! So, he and Corgan came down to Bob Evans and joined me for lunch. We had a nice time, taking our time and just enjoying the time together. Corgan got the Broasted Chicken, Josh got the Farmhouse Burger, and I had a stack of cinnamon pancakes.
After eating, I was going shopping, so to give Josh a little break, I took Corgan shopping with me. (There's not a lot for a kid to do at a grown-up's work, you know. The shine wears off after a couple of hours.) After the shopping, during which Corgan got a 'goodie' from Granny, of course, I dropped him back off at Dad's work, then I came on home.
I got all the groceries carried in, then put away, which took up the rest of the afternoon.
Ron got home and took his time getting his shower and all, since we didn't have any plans until around 6. I decided to go ahead and make the covered dish for the funeral luncheon that is going on tomorrow, just in case we won't be able to come out tomorrow because more weather is supposed to be coming in overnight and early morning. I figured if I take it up tonight, then at least it will be there, even if we don't get to show up for the funeral. I did have to run over to Felicity to pick up the one item that I had forgotten while shopping...phooey!
Then we went up to the Fish Fry - we always go to the one at our church first! - where we were told that there is a headlight out on my car (wonderful...), and though we weren't planning to do so, we met our friends John and Beverly up there and joined them to eat our supper(s). It was a pleasant evening, and we sat there talking until the end of the Fish Fry.
We came home and just watched TV the rest of the night.
2/21
The weather they called for happened. I can't believe that they are accurately forecasting all of this! This is rather amazing to me - I thought for sure that since they had hit most of this week, they would miss something here pretty darn soon, but nooooo. The road is a total mess, and it's still snowing - and didn't quit all - and I mean ALL - day. Great big, wet, beautiful flakes! This is the best kind of snow - it moves easily (shoveling, plowing) but is very heavy. This is what they call "heart attack snow."
Ron and I just stayed home all day. I was glad that I had taken that dish up to the church last night, and I was a bit sorry for the people going to the funeral in this. I wish we had the gumption to go, but we thought it best not to chance it, not if we really didn't have to. People were just crawling by, and, trust me, they normally f.l.y.!
I did my weigh-in, and totally wished that I could pretend that I hadn't. UGH!! According to my Wii, I have gained another pound and a half. Another...sigh.
We kept ourselves occupied, though. We did our Wii Fit contest, we just played Wii games (bowling, golf, mini golf, tennis), we watched movies, we watched dead guys and game shows, and the day went on by. We did go outside around 5 to sweep the sidewalk and clean off the cars, just so all the snow that was on them wouldn't freeze and be ice in the morning. I also drove the car up and down the driveway, so there would be tracks through this deep snow to follow in the morning, just to make it a little bit easier. The snow moved easily enough, although I do think Ron had the easier job of cleaning off the cars. This snow didn't sweep so very easy...
2/22
The alarm went off this morning, as usual, at 9, and we left to go to church at 10. There had been no new weather overnight - the temperature had just dropped - and the roads were clear, just wet, and we had no problems whatsoever. I hope it was thanks to our thinking ahead yesterday - a little bit, anyway.
After church, we drove up to Mt. Orab to meet our friends Harry and Donna at Mi Camino Real. They hadn't been there before, and this seemed to be as good as time as any to go. We all had a good time, and they really enjoyed the place and the food. They said that they'd go there again. I'm glad they liked it. It bothers me when you (me, in this case) suggest a place, but then the people you suggested it to end up not liking it. We didn't get home from lunch until after 3 - that's how good of a time we had/were having!
Ron watched more of his movies (the ones he got for Christmas) while I played on my tablet after we got home, which is how the evening passed. I did finally make us cheese weenies for supper around 8. We thought about not having supper, but then decided that that wouldn't be a good idea, so we just had those.
Nothing planned for tomorrow. I do need to start - or rather, get back to - some serious exercising. I am tired of going the wrong way! I like being able to say "I've lost 65 pounds," and if I keep going the wrong way, I'm going to have to change that number, and I don't wanna! If I change it, I want it to be a larger number, not a smaller one!
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Snow and deep freeze. Snow and deep freeze.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Thursday, February 19, 2015
2/18 - Ash Wednesday
Well, I was glad that I didn't really hold my breath Tuesday night when I went to bed! Although the weatherman (men?) got it wrong in a way, because we got more snow than they had called for. But by the time I got up, it was gone from the roads, so I couldn't tell. But from my newsfeed on Facebook, it was a terrible, terrible morning for the morning commute, so the time they had called for was correct. When Ron called me during his lunch, he also said that once the snow started, it was fast and furious and got nasty quick. Unfortunately, with this storm came even colder temperatures than before, and that didn't help the situation.
I just stayed in the house all day, did my 'normal' Happy Homemaker stuff - dishes and laundry - all the while worrying about my family and friends who were out and about on this cold, cold day. I stormed Heaven with prayers to help keep them all warm and safe. Kinda the same prayers as during the big snowstorm, but a little different, given the situation. I was moving slow the whole day, because the cold, even though I'm in the house, sure affects my back. I can TELL when the weather is changing or something weather-ish is up, let me tell you! I'm pretty sure it's the arthritis in my spine, and today it was all a big dull ache. It didn't really hurt, but it didn't feel good, either.
The Ash Wednesday Masses at church were canceled, too. Because the church follows the school 'schedule,' when the school closes, all parish activities close (or cancel), too. So....that was a first for me, though! No Mass for Ash Wednesday. Wow.
Ron got home early - by 4 - and I was glad of that for a change. I made potato wedges to go with the fish patties for supper, but I misjudged the cooking time and burned the skins. Phooey! They still tasted good. The potato part, anyway, once we scraped off the burnt skin, did. The coating I put on them made of granulated garlic, lemon pepper, celery seed, and onion powder worked out real good! And now I know just how long to cook them!
We just watched dead guys and game shows on TV all night - Criminal Minds wasn't on. Blah.
2/19
When I woke up this morning, I could tell right off that it was even colder than it was yesterday. My back was one big solid ache! I had to take extra drugs right off the bat, and I just don't do that. I just couldn't talk myself into getting out of bed, either, and stayed lying there, on my back, reading, until almost 2:30. I finally MADE myself get up (it wasn't easy!) and I emptied the dryer and did another load of laundry - towels this time - and just paced through the house over and over.
I put chicken breasts with a packet of ranch dressing, cream of chicken soup, potato soup, and chicken broth into the crockpot to have for supper tonight. That was about it. I paced, I sat in my recliner, I went out into the kitchen and stirred supper, and then repeated the process.
Ron got home just after 3 - what a surprise - and he said that MY car did the exact same thing today that his truck does! What!? My car doesn't do that - that's why he's driving my car! He had told me yesterday that when he put gasoline in it, the gas cap popped off. It just wouldn't stay on - it kept popping off, even though he tried tightening it. We were guessing that maybe the cold had warped the rubber gasket inside the gas cap, but we didn't know for sure. We were hoping, too, that it wouldn't affect the way the car ran, but evidently we were wrong about that. He went and put the gas cap back on (retightened) and that seemed to help - at least it made the light that was flashing inside go out. He then bought a new gas cap on the way home and totally replaced it. We'll see.
Ron and I had a little Wii Fit contest after he was warmed up by his shower. He did a couple of the training exercises, and I wrote down his scores, and then I did the same exercises. We tied on the first exercise, and he beat me on the second one by 20 points. He didn't want to continue on, so we stopped there. Men!
I added some leftover buttered noodles and mixed veggies to the crockpot for the last hour of cooking, so that it would make a whole meal instead of just the 'meat' part of the meal. I just didn't feel like cooking more dishes to go with it. It turned out soooo good!
We ended up watching game shows all evening tonight. For some reason, our dead guy channel didn't or wouldn't come in. I guess we needed the comic relief tonight...
I get to get out of the house tomorrow! Lunch and grocery shopping! It might not sound like much to anyone else, but sounds a lot like bliss to me right now - I haven't been out of my house, except to sweep the front sidewalk, since Sunday - and I am going to enjoy every moment! It's still supposed to be very, very cold, but no more snow - not tomorrow, anyway. I will take extra drugs and do my thang...
Thursday, February 19, 2015
2/18 - Ash Wednesday
Well, I was glad that I didn't really hold my breath Tuesday night when I went to bed! Although the weatherman (men?) got it wrong in a way, because we got more snow than they had called for. But by the time I got up, it was gone from the roads, so I couldn't tell. But from my newsfeed on Facebook, it was a terrible, terrible morning for the morning commute, so the time they had called for was correct. When Ron called me during his lunch, he also said that once the snow started, it was fast and furious and got nasty quick. Unfortunately, with this storm came even colder temperatures than before, and that didn't help the situation.
I just stayed in the house all day, did my 'normal' Happy Homemaker stuff - dishes and laundry - all the while worrying about my family and friends who were out and about on this cold, cold day. I stormed Heaven with prayers to help keep them all warm and safe. Kinda the same prayers as during the big snowstorm, but a little different, given the situation. I was moving slow the whole day, because the cold, even though I'm in the house, sure affects my back. I can TELL when the weather is changing or something weather-ish is up, let me tell you! I'm pretty sure it's the arthritis in my spine, and today it was all a big dull ache. It didn't really hurt, but it didn't feel good, either.
The Ash Wednesday Masses at church were canceled, too. Because the church follows the school 'schedule,' when the school closes, all parish activities close (or cancel), too. So....that was a first for me, though! No Mass for Ash Wednesday. Wow.
Ron got home early - by 4 - and I was glad of that for a change. I made potato wedges to go with the fish patties for supper, but I misjudged the cooking time and burned the skins. Phooey! They still tasted good. The potato part, anyway, once we scraped off the burnt skin, did. The coating I put on them made of granulated garlic, lemon pepper, celery seed, and onion powder worked out real good! And now I know just how long to cook them!
We just watched dead guys and game shows on TV all night - Criminal Minds wasn't on. Blah.
2/19
When I woke up this morning, I could tell right off that it was even colder than it was yesterday. My back was one big solid ache! I had to take extra drugs right off the bat, and I just don't do that. I just couldn't talk myself into getting out of bed, either, and stayed lying there, on my back, reading, until almost 2:30. I finally MADE myself get up (it wasn't easy!) and I emptied the dryer and did another load of laundry - towels this time - and just paced through the house over and over.
I put chicken breasts with a packet of ranch dressing, cream of chicken soup, potato soup, and chicken broth into the crockpot to have for supper tonight. That was about it. I paced, I sat in my recliner, I went out into the kitchen and stirred supper, and then repeated the process.
Ron got home just after 3 - what a surprise - and he said that MY car did the exact same thing today that his truck does! What!? My car doesn't do that - that's why he's driving my car! He had told me yesterday that when he put gasoline in it, the gas cap popped off. It just wouldn't stay on - it kept popping off, even though he tried tightening it. We were guessing that maybe the cold had warped the rubber gasket inside the gas cap, but we didn't know for sure. We were hoping, too, that it wouldn't affect the way the car ran, but evidently we were wrong about that. He went and put the gas cap back on (retightened) and that seemed to help - at least it made the light that was flashing inside go out. He then bought a new gas cap on the way home and totally replaced it. We'll see.
Ron and I had a little Wii Fit contest after he was warmed up by his shower. He did a couple of the training exercises, and I wrote down his scores, and then I did the same exercises. We tied on the first exercise, and he beat me on the second one by 20 points. He didn't want to continue on, so we stopped there. Men!
I added some leftover buttered noodles and mixed veggies to the crockpot for the last hour of cooking, so that it would make a whole meal instead of just the 'meat' part of the meal. I just didn't feel like cooking more dishes to go with it. It turned out soooo good!
We ended up watching game shows all evening tonight. For some reason, our dead guy channel didn't or wouldn't come in. I guess we needed the comic relief tonight...
I get to get out of the house tomorrow! Lunch and grocery shopping! It might not sound like much to anyone else, but sounds a lot like bliss to me right now - I haven't been out of my house, except to sweep the front sidewalk, since Sunday - and I am going to enjoy every moment! It's still supposed to be very, very cold, but no more snow - not tomorrow, anyway. I will take extra drugs and do my thang...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
A day of worry, and Fat Tuesday
Monday, February 16, 2015
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
2/16
President's Day. Mostly a holiday for schools, banks, and the post office, but not all. However, thanks to Mother Nature, it become a holiday for this part of the United States. Everything came to a standstill around here (except Rumpke, of course), thanks to a Winter Storm Warning that started at 5am on Monday and was supposed to last until 5am on Tuesday, dropping anywhere from a projected 3" to 12" on the ground - and more to the SOUTH this time. This is one storm that isn't going to go north on us! Once the snow starts, it's not supposed to stop - at all.
Believe it or not, the weather people got this one pretty much right. It started, Ron said, around 6am, and didn't stop. It got nasty real quick. Schools that were supposed to be open closed. Colleges closed. Adult education classes closed. Businesses closed their second and third shifts. It was B.A.D.
And I worried all day, not just for Ron, but for everyone else I knew who went to work but still had to drive home, as well as people whose work did not call off (think c-stores and restaurants). I said a little prayer every time I thought to, and I like to think it helped a little.
After I got up, I did up all the dishes from the weekend, and then I just sat in my recliner and worried. I did get up and do my standing-up exercises, but I spent most of the time walking over to the front door and peering out, or looking out the kitchen window, checking the depth of the snow on the picnic table. I did have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for my lunch.
Ron finally got home around 4 and said that it had taken him just over an hour to drive home. That's a drive that usually only takes 20-25 minutes. I was very glad that I hadn't known he was on the road, or I would have been even more worried, if that was possible!
After he got warm between a shower and sitting under blankets, we discussed supper. We finally decided on Hamburger Helper, and he went to get it out of the cabinet while I went to get the hamburger out of the freezer. As I carried it in, he says, "Guess what? It's not Hamburger Helper up here, there're both Tuna Helper." Oh, great! So...we had Tuna Helper instead. Good thing I keep plenty of tuna around here!
After that, it was TV - mostly dead guys - for the rest of the evening.
Ron will have to go back out in this storm in the morning, although they have moved the end of the Warning to 1am, and that's a good thing. I really didn't like the idea of him going back out in the midst of the Warning!
2/17
Fat Tuesday!
Not much different today, although the roads were a LOT clearer than they were yesterday. With the snow stopping last night, the crews had time to get the roads ready for traffic today, and it sure showed.
After I did my usual morning thing (waking up 10ish, getting up noonish), I did a load of laundry (regular clothes) and stacked the dishes that we had used last night. I put on a pot of beans for our supper tonight.
I took a shower kinda early in the afternoon, getting ready to go to my TOPS meeting tonight, but then I got a call. The TOPS meeting is canceled for tonight! Too many people have to come too far on too bad roads, and with the temps the way they are (teens dropping to single digits), it's just not safe.
Hooray! Now I can celebrate Fat Tuesday all day, instead of waiting until after my meeting! I first celebrated by cooking myself a bacon sandwich for my lunch. I got a pound of bacon out of the freezer, cut it in half, saving half to cut into pieces to put in the beans later, and fried up the other half for myself. Oh, was it ever good!!
I did some Wii Fit exercises, even getting on the board on a couple of them, which made me feel pretty good. I then just spent the rest of the day in my recliner, even though I knew, and kept telling myself, that I really should get up and go do my exercises. I just didn't do it, though. I was a slacker in that department.
I did enjoy two or three different snacks during the day. I don't remember what now, but I don't have that much stuff here in the house, so it wasn't something too very bad for me. A slice of cheese, stuff like that, but since I don't usually eat snacks, it sure seemed like I was stuffing my face all day!
When Ron got home, around 5:30, after he warmed up, we ate supper while watching our dead guys. I had cooked the bacon to add to the beans (and burned it by not paying attention) at 4, but added it anyway. The beans still tasted good - if you can call beans tasting good - even with the burned bacon in them. I guess adding it to the pot kinda diluted the burn or something. They didn't taste burned at all! I was glad.
We spent the evening watching dead guys, NCIS, NCIS:NO, and then more dead guys and game shows. Yee-haw!!
Tomorrow, there may be more snow. We shall see. Since they got these 2 days right, I'm not holding my breath.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
2/16
President's Day. Mostly a holiday for schools, banks, and the post office, but not all. However, thanks to Mother Nature, it become a holiday for this part of the United States. Everything came to a standstill around here (except Rumpke, of course), thanks to a Winter Storm Warning that started at 5am on Monday and was supposed to last until 5am on Tuesday, dropping anywhere from a projected 3" to 12" on the ground - and more to the SOUTH this time. This is one storm that isn't going to go north on us! Once the snow starts, it's not supposed to stop - at all.
Believe it or not, the weather people got this one pretty much right. It started, Ron said, around 6am, and didn't stop. It got nasty real quick. Schools that were supposed to be open closed. Colleges closed. Adult education classes closed. Businesses closed their second and third shifts. It was B.A.D.
And I worried all day, not just for Ron, but for everyone else I knew who went to work but still had to drive home, as well as people whose work did not call off (think c-stores and restaurants). I said a little prayer every time I thought to, and I like to think it helped a little.
After I got up, I did up all the dishes from the weekend, and then I just sat in my recliner and worried. I did get up and do my standing-up exercises, but I spent most of the time walking over to the front door and peering out, or looking out the kitchen window, checking the depth of the snow on the picnic table. I did have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for my lunch.
Ron finally got home around 4 and said that it had taken him just over an hour to drive home. That's a drive that usually only takes 20-25 minutes. I was very glad that I hadn't known he was on the road, or I would have been even more worried, if that was possible!
After he got warm between a shower and sitting under blankets, we discussed supper. We finally decided on Hamburger Helper, and he went to get it out of the cabinet while I went to get the hamburger out of the freezer. As I carried it in, he says, "Guess what? It's not Hamburger Helper up here, there're both Tuna Helper." Oh, great! So...we had Tuna Helper instead. Good thing I keep plenty of tuna around here!
After that, it was TV - mostly dead guys - for the rest of the evening.
Ron will have to go back out in this storm in the morning, although they have moved the end of the Warning to 1am, and that's a good thing. I really didn't like the idea of him going back out in the midst of the Warning!
2/17
Fat Tuesday!
Not much different today, although the roads were a LOT clearer than they were yesterday. With the snow stopping last night, the crews had time to get the roads ready for traffic today, and it sure showed.
After I did my usual morning thing (waking up 10ish, getting up noonish), I did a load of laundry (regular clothes) and stacked the dishes that we had used last night. I put on a pot of beans for our supper tonight.
I took a shower kinda early in the afternoon, getting ready to go to my TOPS meeting tonight, but then I got a call. The TOPS meeting is canceled for tonight! Too many people have to come too far on too bad roads, and with the temps the way they are (teens dropping to single digits), it's just not safe.
Hooray! Now I can celebrate Fat Tuesday all day, instead of waiting until after my meeting! I first celebrated by cooking myself a bacon sandwich for my lunch. I got a pound of bacon out of the freezer, cut it in half, saving half to cut into pieces to put in the beans later, and fried up the other half for myself. Oh, was it ever good!!
I did some Wii Fit exercises, even getting on the board on a couple of them, which made me feel pretty good. I then just spent the rest of the day in my recliner, even though I knew, and kept telling myself, that I really should get up and go do my exercises. I just didn't do it, though. I was a slacker in that department.
I did enjoy two or three different snacks during the day. I don't remember what now, but I don't have that much stuff here in the house, so it wasn't something too very bad for me. A slice of cheese, stuff like that, but since I don't usually eat snacks, it sure seemed like I was stuffing my face all day!
When Ron got home, around 5:30, after he warmed up, we ate supper while watching our dead guys. I had cooked the bacon to add to the beans (and burned it by not paying attention) at 4, but added it anyway. The beans still tasted good - if you can call beans tasting good - even with the burned bacon in them. I guess adding it to the pot kinda diluted the burn or something. They didn't taste burned at all! I was glad.
We spent the evening watching dead guys, NCIS, NCIS:NO, and then more dead guys and game shows. Yee-haw!!
Tomorrow, there may be more snow. We shall see. Since they got these 2 days right, I'm not holding my breath.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
NOT a normal Sunday - not at all!
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Today started out as a normal Sunday. The alarm went off at 9, Ron and I moaned, groaned, griped and complained while getting up and getting ready to go to church. But, by golly, we did it. We got out of the house right on time, right at 10, which in and of itself, is a small miracle, but - what can I say? It does happen.
After church, we went up to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch, which again is part of a normal Sunday. Ron got his fried chicken dinner, and I got the big breakfast that we like. We get back home, and just sat around in our recliners and chilled for a little bit.
Now comes the un-normal part. I have a baby shower to go to! It's gonna be a fun afternoon, and it's gonna last all afternoon, too. Bert, Teresa, and I should be able to hang out together all day and just talk and talk and talk - it's gonna be great! I get my gift, my drink, and my purse and take off.
I stop to pick Bert up, and off we go. Well, first off, when we get there, Teresa isn't there. She isn't feeling good today. Not her normal 'headachy' type of not-feel-good, but truly not feeling good. That's not good! Well, phooey! Bert and I just hang around with the rest of the Wilkerson family and have a great time at the get-together. Traci got a lot of nice stuff, as well as a LOT of stuff! She liked the Bengals stuff from me and Ron. While I had every intention not to eat much while there, I did eat a small plate of food. I had a spoonful of the chicken dish they make (it's like sloppy joe, but it's chicken, and it's wonderful!!), a spoonful of a granola/yogurt/fruit dish, 5 Fritos, and some grapes. I even resisted the cake - I was proud of myself over that one - but I did bring a piece home for Ron.
When the shower was over, Bert and I went over to see Teresa, but she still wasn't feeling well, so we didn't stay. We came on home, and I got here just before 6. Ron was watching some of his B movies that he had received for Christmas, and I changed my clothes and collapsed into my recliner and played on my tablet. After a while, Ron ate the wings that he had cooked for his supper and smelling them made me hungry, but he had only made 6 of them, so I had to look for something else. I couldn't find anything that looked right, so I was gonna not eat when Ron told me to eat the piece of cake I had brought home because he didn't want it - because it wasn't chocolate. Who is this man?! So, I ate that damn piece of cake. Then, I stayed there in my chair until around 9, when I moved over to the pute, so that I could put the pictures I took at the shower up.
I have no plans for tomorrow, because The White Death is supposed to move in tomorrow. There is a Winter Weather Warning up from 5am Monday until 5am Tuesday, with anywhere from 2" to 12" depending on where you live, and this time - the further SOUTH you live, the more snow you will get. A very strange storm.
Today started out as a normal Sunday. The alarm went off at 9, Ron and I moaned, groaned, griped and complained while getting up and getting ready to go to church. But, by golly, we did it. We got out of the house right on time, right at 10, which in and of itself, is a small miracle, but - what can I say? It does happen.
After church, we went up to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch, which again is part of a normal Sunday. Ron got his fried chicken dinner, and I got the big breakfast that we like. We get back home, and just sat around in our recliners and chilled for a little bit.
Now comes the un-normal part. I have a baby shower to go to! It's gonna be a fun afternoon, and it's gonna last all afternoon, too. Bert, Teresa, and I should be able to hang out together all day and just talk and talk and talk - it's gonna be great! I get my gift, my drink, and my purse and take off.
I stop to pick Bert up, and off we go. Well, first off, when we get there, Teresa isn't there. She isn't feeling good today. Not her normal 'headachy' type of not-feel-good, but truly not feeling good. That's not good! Well, phooey! Bert and I just hang around with the rest of the Wilkerson family and have a great time at the get-together. Traci got a lot of nice stuff, as well as a LOT of stuff! She liked the Bengals stuff from me and Ron. While I had every intention not to eat much while there, I did eat a small plate of food. I had a spoonful of the chicken dish they make (it's like sloppy joe, but it's chicken, and it's wonderful!!), a spoonful of a granola/yogurt/fruit dish, 5 Fritos, and some grapes. I even resisted the cake - I was proud of myself over that one - but I did bring a piece home for Ron.
When the shower was over, Bert and I went over to see Teresa, but she still wasn't feeling well, so we didn't stay. We came on home, and I got here just before 6. Ron was watching some of his B movies that he had received for Christmas, and I changed my clothes and collapsed into my recliner and played on my tablet. After a while, Ron ate the wings that he had cooked for his supper and smelling them made me hungry, but he had only made 6 of them, so I had to look for something else. I couldn't find anything that looked right, so I was gonna not eat when Ron told me to eat the piece of cake I had brought home because he didn't want it - because it wasn't chocolate. Who is this man?! So, I ate that damn piece of cake. Then, I stayed there in my chair until around 9, when I moved over to the pute, so that I could put the pictures I took at the shower up.
I have no plans for tomorrow, because The White Death is supposed to move in tomorrow. There is a Winter Weather Warning up from 5am Monday until 5am Tuesday, with anywhere from 2" to 12" depending on where you live, and this time - the further SOUTH you live, the more snow you will get. A very strange storm.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Loving and Valentines
Friday, February 13, 2015
Saturday, February 14, 2015
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO EVERYONE! MUCH LOVE TO ALL!
2/13
Once I got up, I decided that I would rather wait til tomorrow to go shopping - why waste the gasoline going down the road 2 days in a row? - and then I realized that I needed ham and potatoes to go in the green beans that I remembered to turn on today. Well, crap. I gotta get dressed now, anyway!
I figured that I could just go up to IGA and pick up what I absolutely needed, then get the rest tomorrow down at WalMart. Since it was after 1, and I didn't realize it til I was already uptown, I went to Gold Star to get a bite of lunch. I got myself one of those GoRitos that they have now - it's like a burrito, with chili and Frito's in it. I get it without the chipotle sauce, the chili is enough for me! So, lunch ended up being super cheap as well as good, and then I hit IGA. I got some of the 5-for-$20.00 meat, of which I was hoping the ham would be part of, but it wasn't. I also got the ham chunks, the potatoes (2 for $3.00!), and bread. So I escaped from there without spending too very much. Whew!
I get back home, and when 4:30 came, added the potatoes, ham, and onions to the beans so that they would be done around 6-6:30. They were sure starting to smell good, too!
When I was in IGA, I got texts from Chelle about Corgan coming up today - it seems that he had hurt his finger in school today and she was a bit worried. She finally decided to take him to either an Urgent Care or an ER, just to be on the safe side (we both thought a doctor (visit) would send him for an x-ray anyway) and she'd let us know any results...
The results? Corgan has fractured his pinky finger! Fractured! Luckily, all they did was 'tape brace' it to the ring finger, tell Chelle to buy more tape, and send them on their way. His finger was swollen and discolored, but it wasn't ugly, as some breaks are.
He decided that he wanted to come up for his spend-the-night, so Josh and Chelle dropped him off on their way out on their date night. When he came in, he gave both Grandpa and I Valentine's Day gifts! I was surprised, because his parents scorn Valentine's Day. But he had a yellow rose for me, and a box of marshmallow eggs (yes, an Easter candy, but Ron LOVES them!) for Grandpa. How sweet of him, and of them for letting him. He also brought his Valentine's Day candy box from school, too, although he told me loud and clear that what was in it "wasn't for you." after I asked if there were any Reese's in there.
I know the day took a lot out of him, because he fell asleep while watching TV by 11:30! I commandeered the TV and was watching game shows when he woke back up around 1:15, and he was not happy about it. I tried to stay up longer than him - silly me, thinking he'd fall back asleep - but I finally turned the TV off and headed to bed at 2 after arguing with him about "it's time to go to bed and go to sleep." I left Ron's Valentine's Day gift - a truck-shaped chocolate - out for him to find when he got up, and went toward the bedroom. I did hear Corgan turn the TV back on (it makes a very distinct noise), but I was too tired to back out and argue with him again. When Ron got up to go to work at 3:45, he was sound asleep.
2/14
Ron got home from work around 8:30-8:45. I guess they held to their "only one box" word this time - that might be a first! He may have only worked a few hours, but at this time of the year, those few hours help tremendously!
He came in to speak to me, to start me waking up so we could get our day going, and when I got up to do my Wii Fit, I found flowers and candy waiting for me on the table! Awww, how sweet!
I did my Wii Fit (but wished that I hadn't), but found that I have gained almost 2 pounds - about 1.75 - and I just can't believe it! I've done my exercises, I've eaten good round meals, and...and...THIS?? I am flabbergasted. I stomp off to get dressed, and we head off to do our errands.
We get a couple of the errands done, and we go to Olive Garden to get some lunch, and they aren't even open yet! Wow! It's hard for me to believe that I got up and got things done so early on a Saturday, but evidently I did! We decide to just sit in the car and wait for them to open instead of driving around in circles. We wanted to use the gift certificates we won at the Quarter Auction instead of spending money - that was the whole idea of going to Olive Garden in the first place! So, we waited, and then we went in and had a wonderful lunch. Corgan and I both got the soup, salad, and breadsticks lunch, choosing the Chicken Gnocchi soup. Ron got the Five Cheese Ziti Al Forno dish, and, once again, he's found a dish that he doesn't like. Silly man - how can you not like pasta and cheese?
When we were done, we stopped at Kroger, where just Ron and Corgan ran in to pick up his tonic water. Then it was on to WalMart, where we all went in, and I got my grocery shopping done. Finally, it was time to go home. Yay.
We got home, got things unloaded, and the house got quiet as Corgan left with Josh, Chelle, and Jean to go to the Half-Price Books. While they were gone, as the afternoon waned, I got supper started. I made meatloaf (heart-shaped, of course), buttered noodles, and mixed a can of corn, a can of mixed veggies, and the rest of the can of peas for our vegetable. I also heated up what was left of the green beans, too.
Since the weather was so crappy, and we were all worried about their drive home, they didn't stay long after the meal was over. Ron soon fell asleep in his chair, and here I am. I did a few little piddly things that needed done for in the morning, but I hear my bed calling me, and it is calling louder and louder, too, and I'm thinking that I've got to go answer it!
Tomorrow I have a baby shower to go to! It's gonna be so much fun!! It's a Wilkerson family thing, and I'm picking Bert up on the way, so I'm really looking forward to it. Fun, fun, fun!! I can't wait to see the whole family again, and I can't wait to hang with Bert and Teresa all afternoon!
Saturday, February 14, 2015
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO EVERYONE! MUCH LOVE TO ALL!
2/13
Once I got up, I decided that I would rather wait til tomorrow to go shopping - why waste the gasoline going down the road 2 days in a row? - and then I realized that I needed ham and potatoes to go in the green beans that I remembered to turn on today. Well, crap. I gotta get dressed now, anyway!
I figured that I could just go up to IGA and pick up what I absolutely needed, then get the rest tomorrow down at WalMart. Since it was after 1, and I didn't realize it til I was already uptown, I went to Gold Star to get a bite of lunch. I got myself one of those GoRitos that they have now - it's like a burrito, with chili and Frito's in it. I get it without the chipotle sauce, the chili is enough for me! So, lunch ended up being super cheap as well as good, and then I hit IGA. I got some of the 5-for-$20.00 meat, of which I was hoping the ham would be part of, but it wasn't. I also got the ham chunks, the potatoes (2 for $3.00!), and bread. So I escaped from there without spending too very much. Whew!
I get back home, and when 4:30 came, added the potatoes, ham, and onions to the beans so that they would be done around 6-6:30. They were sure starting to smell good, too!
When I was in IGA, I got texts from Chelle about Corgan coming up today - it seems that he had hurt his finger in school today and she was a bit worried. She finally decided to take him to either an Urgent Care or an ER, just to be on the safe side (we both thought a doctor (visit) would send him for an x-ray anyway) and she'd let us know any results...
The results? Corgan has fractured his pinky finger! Fractured! Luckily, all they did was 'tape brace' it to the ring finger, tell Chelle to buy more tape, and send them on their way. His finger was swollen and discolored, but it wasn't ugly, as some breaks are.
He decided that he wanted to come up for his spend-the-night, so Josh and Chelle dropped him off on their way out on their date night. When he came in, he gave both Grandpa and I Valentine's Day gifts! I was surprised, because his parents scorn Valentine's Day. But he had a yellow rose for me, and a box of marshmallow eggs (yes, an Easter candy, but Ron LOVES them!) for Grandpa. How sweet of him, and of them for letting him. He also brought his Valentine's Day candy box from school, too, although he told me loud and clear that what was in it "wasn't for you." after I asked if there were any Reese's in there.
I know the day took a lot out of him, because he fell asleep while watching TV by 11:30! I commandeered the TV and was watching game shows when he woke back up around 1:15, and he was not happy about it. I tried to stay up longer than him - silly me, thinking he'd fall back asleep - but I finally turned the TV off and headed to bed at 2 after arguing with him about "it's time to go to bed and go to sleep." I left Ron's Valentine's Day gift - a truck-shaped chocolate - out for him to find when he got up, and went toward the bedroom. I did hear Corgan turn the TV back on (it makes a very distinct noise), but I was too tired to back out and argue with him again. When Ron got up to go to work at 3:45, he was sound asleep.
2/14
Ron got home from work around 8:30-8:45. I guess they held to their "only one box" word this time - that might be a first! He may have only worked a few hours, but at this time of the year, those few hours help tremendously!
He came in to speak to me, to start me waking up so we could get our day going, and when I got up to do my Wii Fit, I found flowers and candy waiting for me on the table! Awww, how sweet!
I did my Wii Fit (but wished that I hadn't), but found that I have gained almost 2 pounds - about 1.75 - and I just can't believe it! I've done my exercises, I've eaten good round meals, and...and...THIS?? I am flabbergasted. I stomp off to get dressed, and we head off to do our errands.
We get a couple of the errands done, and we go to Olive Garden to get some lunch, and they aren't even open yet! Wow! It's hard for me to believe that I got up and got things done so early on a Saturday, but evidently I did! We decide to just sit in the car and wait for them to open instead of driving around in circles. We wanted to use the gift certificates we won at the Quarter Auction instead of spending money - that was the whole idea of going to Olive Garden in the first place! So, we waited, and then we went in and had a wonderful lunch. Corgan and I both got the soup, salad, and breadsticks lunch, choosing the Chicken Gnocchi soup. Ron got the Five Cheese Ziti Al Forno dish, and, once again, he's found a dish that he doesn't like. Silly man - how can you not like pasta and cheese?
When we were done, we stopped at Kroger, where just Ron and Corgan ran in to pick up his tonic water. Then it was on to WalMart, where we all went in, and I got my grocery shopping done. Finally, it was time to go home. Yay.
We got home, got things unloaded, and the house got quiet as Corgan left with Josh, Chelle, and Jean to go to the Half-Price Books. While they were gone, as the afternoon waned, I got supper started. I made meatloaf (heart-shaped, of course), buttered noodles, and mixed a can of corn, a can of mixed veggies, and the rest of the can of peas for our vegetable. I also heated up what was left of the green beans, too.
Since the weather was so crappy, and we were all worried about their drive home, they didn't stay long after the meal was over. Ron soon fell asleep in his chair, and here I am. I did a few little piddly things that needed done for in the morning, but I hear my bed calling me, and it is calling louder and louder, too, and I'm thinking that I've got to go answer it!
Tomorrow I have a baby shower to go to! It's gonna be so much fun!! It's a Wilkerson family thing, and I'm picking Bert up on the way, so I'm really looking forward to it. Fun, fun, fun!! I can't wait to see the whole family again, and I can't wait to hang with Bert and Teresa all afternoon!
Thursday, February 12, 2015
A Why-did-I-bother-to-get-out-of-bed Day
Thursday, February 12, 2015
As you know, I had a couple of projects on the agenda today, neither of which I particularly looked forward to doing. After I woke up, I lazed in bed, reading and tableting as long as I could, but then I finally had to face the day. So, here I was.
I chose to do the budget as opposed to the taxes. I'm not sure why - they both need done, and, actually, the taxes will probably be a little more satisfying in the end (because I KNOW for a fact that there is no money to pay the bills that have accumulated) - but that's the one chose for today.
I got all the paraphernalia needed - all the mail, the calculator, the ledger, my blank calendar, a pen, the shredder, etc. - and settled in at the table. Trust me, this is no job for a little ol' desk!
Two and a half hours later, I have everything caught up. I have everything written in the ledger, I have my calendar marked for the next 3 months, I have all the newest bills of the ones that can't get paid not only written, but in the book and ledger and all the old ones shredded. If I allowed myself to be, I would be terribly depressed!! What an awful picture this presents - and the hole became deeper when I found bills from our colonoscopies last November, too. Since Ron doesn't get sick or go to doctors unless vitally necessary, between the hospital and the doctor, we owe more than what I already knew about, and already can't pay. Good thing he has insurance that paid a good healthy chunk of those bills! Ugh, ugh, and double ugh.
After putting all that stuff away, I let myself just chill in my recliner for half an hour or so, then I decided it was time to do my Wii Fit. I got it all set up, and started on doing my easy little exercises. I surprised myself today - I kicked ass on that Wii!! Not only did I feel good doing the exercises, I was able to get up on the board (that means having a high score) at the end of every exercise I did today - all but one, anyway. The only one I didn't was one (the snowball fight) that Corgan reigns as king on. I don't think I'll ever even get close to getting on the board on that one! I also pushed myself and did a more intense exercise - Rhythm Parade. It's like marching in a band in a parade. My hips and legs got tired pretty quickly, but my back did just fine!
Ron texted me, and then came home, while I was doing the Wii Fit. I had to text him back that I wasn't going to walk out to meet him, because I was in the middle of doing this. I didn't want to stop.
Back in August, we had put green beans in the freezer and I had gotten a pack of them out last night, to cook for our supper tonight. Well, dummy me forgot to cook the beans today!! I totally forgot that I was planning to cook them. When Ron came in, just about the first thing he said, after giving a big sniff, was, "Are the green beans cooking?" I just stared dumbly at him for a moment, then admitted to not cooking them today. Oh, you should have seen his face fall! I guess we know what we'll be having for supper tomorrow, huh? I'm writing myself a big note and leaving it on the table to turn the damn beans ON.
We discussed what to have for supper, then, since the beans were not an option. He mentioned fried potatoes (for the second day in a row), and so I thought up a meal around them. I did have the potatoes, but not the 'snausages,' so I couldn't make the dish I usually make, and had to do some thinking. I finally made cheese weenies (I had thought about fish patties) for the meat and mixed green beans (from a can) and peas (about half a can) for the vegetable to go with the fried potatoes, which, of course, was the starch/carb. Oh, man, was it good!! I love fried potatoes!!
No good dead guys were on tonight, so we spent the night watching Family Feud, with some Newlywed Game thrown in. Yep. We livin' high now! hahahahahaha
Shopping tomorrow - maybe. I might wait and do it Saturday. I'll wait and see how I feel in the morning.
As you know, I had a couple of projects on the agenda today, neither of which I particularly looked forward to doing. After I woke up, I lazed in bed, reading and tableting as long as I could, but then I finally had to face the day. So, here I was.
I chose to do the budget as opposed to the taxes. I'm not sure why - they both need done, and, actually, the taxes will probably be a little more satisfying in the end (because I KNOW for a fact that there is no money to pay the bills that have accumulated) - but that's the one chose for today.
I got all the paraphernalia needed - all the mail, the calculator, the ledger, my blank calendar, a pen, the shredder, etc. - and settled in at the table. Trust me, this is no job for a little ol' desk!
Two and a half hours later, I have everything caught up. I have everything written in the ledger, I have my calendar marked for the next 3 months, I have all the newest bills of the ones that can't get paid not only written, but in the book and ledger and all the old ones shredded. If I allowed myself to be, I would be terribly depressed!! What an awful picture this presents - and the hole became deeper when I found bills from our colonoscopies last November, too. Since Ron doesn't get sick or go to doctors unless vitally necessary, between the hospital and the doctor, we owe more than what I already knew about, and already can't pay. Good thing he has insurance that paid a good healthy chunk of those bills! Ugh, ugh, and double ugh.
After putting all that stuff away, I let myself just chill in my recliner for half an hour or so, then I decided it was time to do my Wii Fit. I got it all set up, and started on doing my easy little exercises. I surprised myself today - I kicked ass on that Wii!! Not only did I feel good doing the exercises, I was able to get up on the board (that means having a high score) at the end of every exercise I did today - all but one, anyway. The only one I didn't was one (the snowball fight) that Corgan reigns as king on. I don't think I'll ever even get close to getting on the board on that one! I also pushed myself and did a more intense exercise - Rhythm Parade. It's like marching in a band in a parade. My hips and legs got tired pretty quickly, but my back did just fine!
Ron texted me, and then came home, while I was doing the Wii Fit. I had to text him back that I wasn't going to walk out to meet him, because I was in the middle of doing this. I didn't want to stop.
Back in August, we had put green beans in the freezer and I had gotten a pack of them out last night, to cook for our supper tonight. Well, dummy me forgot to cook the beans today!! I totally forgot that I was planning to cook them. When Ron came in, just about the first thing he said, after giving a big sniff, was, "Are the green beans cooking?" I just stared dumbly at him for a moment, then admitted to not cooking them today. Oh, you should have seen his face fall! I guess we know what we'll be having for supper tomorrow, huh? I'm writing myself a big note and leaving it on the table to turn the damn beans ON.
We discussed what to have for supper, then, since the beans were not an option. He mentioned fried potatoes (for the second day in a row), and so I thought up a meal around them. I did have the potatoes, but not the 'snausages,' so I couldn't make the dish I usually make, and had to do some thinking. I finally made cheese weenies (I had thought about fish patties) for the meat and mixed green beans (from a can) and peas (about half a can) for the vegetable to go with the fried potatoes, which, of course, was the starch/carb. Oh, man, was it good!! I love fried potatoes!!
No good dead guys were on tonight, so we spent the night watching Family Feud, with some Newlywed Game thrown in. Yep. We livin' high now! hahahahahaha
Shopping tomorrow - maybe. I might wait and do it Saturday. I'll wait and see how I feel in the morning.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Two more days go by...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
2/10
I was determined, for some reason - I'm still not sure why - to make things happen today. So, after waking early and then getting up around 11, I did my exercises first thing! I did ALL of my exercises, even the laying-on-the-floor ones that I haven't done in forever (there for a while, I felt that I wouldn't be able to get back up, so I skipped them). I had forgotten how much better they made my back feel!!
After I had gotten through them, I checked the paper from physical therapy and found out that I had forgotten 3 of them. Phooey! I finished those 3, and checked my mental list of exercises, and felt pretty darn good about myself (for a change). If I can keep up doing these exercises and start doing the Wii Fit again, then I think I may start to get down from this mesa. I sure hope so, anyway!
After I was done with the exercises, I did up the dishes from last night - see, I told you I was feeling better! Me, doing one day's worth of dishes! I did do them in the largest pan that was used instead of running a sink full of water since there weren't so many, but that's neither here nor there.
I had chicken salad and walnuts for my lunch, which I haven't had for a long time - I've kinda been slacking there, too, and I've got to be getting that back on track, too. It's almost like starting all over again!
I lounged around in my recliner the rest of the afternoon until Ron texted just after 3 - just after THREE! - and I quickly got dressed and walked out to meet him. I did better than I thought I would - I actually made it out TO the curves on Hoover Road before meeting him, and I didn't think I'd get that far. I heard him coming up the road and didn't start around the curves because I didn't want him to stop coming around the curves to pick me up. Every once in a while, we do meet another car...
We got back home, and I went to take my shower. I didn't want to go back out into the cold too soon after my shower, so I wanted to give myself plenty of time to dry. I don't leave for my TOPS meeting until 6:30, so that would be plenty of time.
I go to my meeting, and at weigh-in, I find out that I weigh exactly the same as last week! Exactly the same! How odd is that? But I'll take it - it sure beats a gain!
It also makes me believe that the 'doing' of exercise and all that, all over again, is a good thing. I guess we'll find out, both Saturday morning on my Wii and next Tuesday.
I come home from my meeting. Ron has supper done. Hamburgers, buttered noodles, and corn. I think I'll keep him! We watch NCIS, and NCIS:NO and then Ron went to bed and I watched dead guys (yes, I know the NCISs are a version of dead guys) for the rest of the night before going to bed at midnight.
2/11
Today is the 2-year anniversary of the beginning of NOSEBLEED WEEK FROM HELL. I get reminders on Facebook of things I posted, and today was the day I posted about staying up all night with the 3 nosebleeds, and finally going to the hospital and getting my nose stuffed, and all that. UGH.
I woke up this morning around 10:30, did my usual morning reading/tableting, and got up just after noon. I did a load of towels and, again!, did up the few dishes from last night, using the largest pan instead of the sink to wash them in. I had a peanut butter and orange marmalade sandwich, along with some dry roasted peanuts, was my lunch.
After all that, and resting for a bit while eating my lunch, I did my exercises. All of them again - both the standing and the laying-on-the-floor ones. I remembered them all today, too! Yay, me! I guess that means Wii Fit exercises tomorrow....
I got the towels folded and put away when they finally got dry (only 2 go-rounds in the dryer!), then I spent the remainder of the afternoon in the recliner, going to get dressed for my walk at 4:30. I was very glad I didn't get an earlier text, because I really hate when I have to hurry like crazy to go walk. After Ron texted, I actually made it around the first curve today, too, and I would have made it farther, but I stopped to talk to Carol at the end of her driveway (she was leaving to go visit friends - she had a house showing) and that took away from my 'time.' But it's fine - I was very okay with how far I got!
We got back home, and just spent the evening chilling, each in our respective recliners. Around 6:30, we started looking for some supper. Ron made himself one of his frozen Chinese things, and I made myself a can of Spam. I cut it into 4 thick slices, and fried 'em up so the outside was nice and crunchy. I then cut each slice into 3 pieces on my plate, ate some plain and made some into tiny 'sandwiches' with Ritz crackers (those 'tiny stacks' I've been buying for Ron to take to work - I hijacked one of those) and that was my supper. Whee!
We watched Family Feud until time for me to watch Criminal Minds. By then, Ron was asleep, anyway. After Criminal Minds, I turned on dead guys. (again, I know that Criminal Minds is a version of dead guys...) Y'all know when I say 'dead guys,' I am usually referring to either ID Investigation Discovery or Forensic Files - shows like that, right? A so-called 'cable' show as opposed to a prime-time network show, I guess.
And here I am.
Nothing planned for tomorrow - except the Wii Fit exercises. I guess I'll find out if I can push myself a little bit more. I may work on our budget and/or our taxes a little bit, too. Fun times abound.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
2/10
I was determined, for some reason - I'm still not sure why - to make things happen today. So, after waking early and then getting up around 11, I did my exercises first thing! I did ALL of my exercises, even the laying-on-the-floor ones that I haven't done in forever (there for a while, I felt that I wouldn't be able to get back up, so I skipped them). I had forgotten how much better they made my back feel!!
After I had gotten through them, I checked the paper from physical therapy and found out that I had forgotten 3 of them. Phooey! I finished those 3, and checked my mental list of exercises, and felt pretty darn good about myself (for a change). If I can keep up doing these exercises and start doing the Wii Fit again, then I think I may start to get down from this mesa. I sure hope so, anyway!
After I was done with the exercises, I did up the dishes from last night - see, I told you I was feeling better! Me, doing one day's worth of dishes! I did do them in the largest pan that was used instead of running a sink full of water since there weren't so many, but that's neither here nor there.
I had chicken salad and walnuts for my lunch, which I haven't had for a long time - I've kinda been slacking there, too, and I've got to be getting that back on track, too. It's almost like starting all over again!
I lounged around in my recliner the rest of the afternoon until Ron texted just after 3 - just after THREE! - and I quickly got dressed and walked out to meet him. I did better than I thought I would - I actually made it out TO the curves on Hoover Road before meeting him, and I didn't think I'd get that far. I heard him coming up the road and didn't start around the curves because I didn't want him to stop coming around the curves to pick me up. Every once in a while, we do meet another car...
We got back home, and I went to take my shower. I didn't want to go back out into the cold too soon after my shower, so I wanted to give myself plenty of time to dry. I don't leave for my TOPS meeting until 6:30, so that would be plenty of time.
I go to my meeting, and at weigh-in, I find out that I weigh exactly the same as last week! Exactly the same! How odd is that? But I'll take it - it sure beats a gain!
It also makes me believe that the 'doing' of exercise and all that, all over again, is a good thing. I guess we'll find out, both Saturday morning on my Wii and next Tuesday.
I come home from my meeting. Ron has supper done. Hamburgers, buttered noodles, and corn. I think I'll keep him! We watch NCIS, and NCIS:NO and then Ron went to bed and I watched dead guys (yes, I know the NCISs are a version of dead guys) for the rest of the night before going to bed at midnight.
2/11
Today is the 2-year anniversary of the beginning of NOSEBLEED WEEK FROM HELL. I get reminders on Facebook of things I posted, and today was the day I posted about staying up all night with the 3 nosebleeds, and finally going to the hospital and getting my nose stuffed, and all that. UGH.
I woke up this morning around 10:30, did my usual morning reading/tableting, and got up just after noon. I did a load of towels and, again!, did up the few dishes from last night, using the largest pan instead of the sink to wash them in. I had a peanut butter and orange marmalade sandwich, along with some dry roasted peanuts, was my lunch.
After all that, and resting for a bit while eating my lunch, I did my exercises. All of them again - both the standing and the laying-on-the-floor ones. I remembered them all today, too! Yay, me! I guess that means Wii Fit exercises tomorrow....
I got the towels folded and put away when they finally got dry (only 2 go-rounds in the dryer!), then I spent the remainder of the afternoon in the recliner, going to get dressed for my walk at 4:30. I was very glad I didn't get an earlier text, because I really hate when I have to hurry like crazy to go walk. After Ron texted, I actually made it around the first curve today, too, and I would have made it farther, but I stopped to talk to Carol at the end of her driveway (she was leaving to go visit friends - she had a house showing) and that took away from my 'time.' But it's fine - I was very okay with how far I got!
We got back home, and just spent the evening chilling, each in our respective recliners. Around 6:30, we started looking for some supper. Ron made himself one of his frozen Chinese things, and I made myself a can of Spam. I cut it into 4 thick slices, and fried 'em up so the outside was nice and crunchy. I then cut each slice into 3 pieces on my plate, ate some plain and made some into tiny 'sandwiches' with Ritz crackers (those 'tiny stacks' I've been buying for Ron to take to work - I hijacked one of those) and that was my supper. Whee!
We watched Family Feud until time for me to watch Criminal Minds. By then, Ron was asleep, anyway. After Criminal Minds, I turned on dead guys. (again, I know that Criminal Minds is a version of dead guys...) Y'all know when I say 'dead guys,' I am usually referring to either ID Investigation Discovery or Forensic Files - shows like that, right? A so-called 'cable' show as opposed to a prime-time network show, I guess.
And here I am.
Nothing planned for tomorrow - except the Wii Fit exercises. I guess I'll find out if I can push myself a little bit more. I may work on our budget and/or our taxes a little bit, too. Fun times abound.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Sunday, Funday! ....and Monday.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
2/8
Sunday! Church, lunch, and .... nothing, now that it's February. Just church and lunch, but that's okay, because lunch today was with friends up at Country Inn in Georgetown (Ron couldn't wait to get some fried chicken!), and we sat there until after 2:00, just enjoying the time and company and, of course, the food! Ron, of course, got his fried chicken dinner with mashed potatoes, green beans, and cole slaw. I got the big breakfast that is a favorite.
When we were done with our meals, we went to the car wash to wash this go-round of winter off of the car - yes, we know it's supposed to rain today or tomorrow - but the car was looking sad. Then we went to our friends' house to help them take down their Christmas trees. They put one up in every room, each with a different theme, and it takes them a while to get them all down. For some reason, this year, they are having trouble getting the trees apart to put them away. I assured them that Mr. Muscleman would have no problem whatsoever, and he didn't. He had the job done in about 10 minutes! We stood around talking and visiting, even though we had just sat and done the same thing for over 2 hours at the restaurant, and then we finally came home.
Once home, Ron watched the second Transformer movie - the one that he slept through the other night - and then we watched the third one. I was impressed! He stayed awake through both of these! After that, it was dead guy time until the bed called us. We had paused the movie - whichever one was on at the time - and made cheese weenies for our supper, which we supplemented with potato salad Beverly had given us. Beverly's potato salad is wonderful!
2/9
Monday. Ugh. Who likes Mondays?
Okay, I admit - I used to, to a certain extent. But then...
I woke this morning around 10, then did my reading/tableting and got up around 11:30. I played Happy Homemaker, getting the weekend dishes done, which is a job and a half, as usual.
At 2, I ran uptown (okay, smartasses - drove) to do the Altar Society raffle drawing. We're supposed to to that on the first Wednesday of the month, so we're not so very late this month.
I get back home and stripped back off. I sure didn't feel like keeping that damn bra on! So, back into my housedress it was and back into my recliner I went. I spent the rest of the afternoon there.
After Ron got home a little after 4 - really early for a Monday! - I did some exercises on the Wii. I did manage to do 3 exercises this time, which lasted about 20 minutes, so I was feeling pretty good about that. But then it was back into the recliner, which lasted the rest of the night.
I got up (2 and 3 and 4 and 5 times) and made some supper in the midst of watching TV - dead guys, of course - and we ate supper at 7. I made chicken breasts, like what I make in the crockpot, but I made them in one of my cast iron skillets, along with green beans, pinto beans, and the rest of Beverly's potato salad. Let me clarify - Ron had pinto beans, and I had the potato salad. Hey, it worked for us!
Then it was just TV the rest of the night - whee, we are wild and crazy people!
Nothing planned for tomorrow, although I do have my TOPS meeting tomorrow night. I suppose I should really focus on doing all of my exercises!
Monday, February 9, 2015
2/8
Sunday! Church, lunch, and .... nothing, now that it's February. Just church and lunch, but that's okay, because lunch today was with friends up at Country Inn in Georgetown (Ron couldn't wait to get some fried chicken!), and we sat there until after 2:00, just enjoying the time and company and, of course, the food! Ron, of course, got his fried chicken dinner with mashed potatoes, green beans, and cole slaw. I got the big breakfast that is a favorite.
When we were done with our meals, we went to the car wash to wash this go-round of winter off of the car - yes, we know it's supposed to rain today or tomorrow - but the car was looking sad. Then we went to our friends' house to help them take down their Christmas trees. They put one up in every room, each with a different theme, and it takes them a while to get them all down. For some reason, this year, they are having trouble getting the trees apart to put them away. I assured them that Mr. Muscleman would have no problem whatsoever, and he didn't. He had the job done in about 10 minutes! We stood around talking and visiting, even though we had just sat and done the same thing for over 2 hours at the restaurant, and then we finally came home.
Once home, Ron watched the second Transformer movie - the one that he slept through the other night - and then we watched the third one. I was impressed! He stayed awake through both of these! After that, it was dead guy time until the bed called us. We had paused the movie - whichever one was on at the time - and made cheese weenies for our supper, which we supplemented with potato salad Beverly had given us. Beverly's potato salad is wonderful!
2/9
Monday. Ugh. Who likes Mondays?
Okay, I admit - I used to, to a certain extent. But then...
I woke this morning around 10, then did my reading/tableting and got up around 11:30. I played Happy Homemaker, getting the weekend dishes done, which is a job and a half, as usual.
At 2, I ran uptown (okay, smartasses - drove) to do the Altar Society raffle drawing. We're supposed to to that on the first Wednesday of the month, so we're not so very late this month.
I get back home and stripped back off. I sure didn't feel like keeping that damn bra on! So, back into my housedress it was and back into my recliner I went. I spent the rest of the afternoon there.
After Ron got home a little after 4 - really early for a Monday! - I did some exercises on the Wii. I did manage to do 3 exercises this time, which lasted about 20 minutes, so I was feeling pretty good about that. But then it was back into the recliner, which lasted the rest of the night.
I got up (2 and 3 and 4 and 5 times) and made some supper in the midst of watching TV - dead guys, of course - and we ate supper at 7. I made chicken breasts, like what I make in the crockpot, but I made them in one of my cast iron skillets, along with green beans, pinto beans, and the rest of Beverly's potato salad. Let me clarify - Ron had pinto beans, and I had the potato salad. Hey, it worked for us!
Then it was just TV the rest of the night - whee, we are wild and crazy people!
Nothing planned for tomorrow, although I do have my TOPS meeting tomorrow night. I suppose I should really focus on doing all of my exercises!
Sunday, February 8, 2015
...and here's the weekend again!
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Friday, February 6, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
2/5
Believe it or not, I just don't remember too much about Thursday. It is a lost day in my brain. Just - poof - gone!
I do know that I am having trouble sleeping (again), and if I remember right, I didn't sleep a wink all of Wednesday night. None at all. I stayed up all night watching Cold Case on TV and finally went to bed at 7am, after I caught myself dozing off - I missed the end of a show! Once in bed, I still didn't fall asleep for another hour, so it was after 8 that I finally fell 'asleep,' and I was awake again by 11. I did my normal morning thing, getting up after noon, but after that - I couldn't tell you what all I did that day. I was a zombie.
I didn't eat any lunch, and I made Ron some cabbage for his supper. I made myself a pound of bacon for my supper, which I ate on bread, as sandwiches, with Miracle Whip. Because, you know, by then I was pretty damn hungry. We watched the first Transformer movie (Ron got the first 3 for Christmas) for our evening's entertainment, and that was that.
I took a dose of sleeping pills at 9, went to bed at 11, and finally turned off the light at 2. WHY?????
2/6
I slept good until around 8, when I got up to go pee. After that, my sleep was the stupid dozey sleep, with oddball disconnected dreams, during which I heard every single sound inside and outside the house. I finally woke fully up around 10:30, and did my usual morning thing - reading and playing on my tablet - and getting up around 12:30. I took a shower, got dressed, and left to do my errands.
As I was getting ready to pull into Amelia Cleaners down on 125, by Bard's Nursery, there was a black car waiting to turn left out of there. He was pulled so far out, I thought, "It's a good thing I'm turning!" I flipped on my turn signal, slowed down, and started my turn. THE DUDE PULLED OUT!!! I hollered, "No! No! No!" at him (of course he can't hear me, but you know how I am...) because I know there is more traffic around me, and - sure as shit - there was a red car in the fast car that BOOM got him, and got him good. I heard the screeches and saw the crash in my rear view mirror, too. The red car hit him so hard, its back end went up a little way off the ground!! I finished pulling into the parking space, put it into park, and called 911. O.M.G.!!
I am so shaken up over this - did I cause this? I know that I am not at fault - I did nothing wrong - but did I cause it just by being there at that moment? I know, with my brain, that it is totally the black car's driver's fault for pulling out without making sure all lanes were clear, but was the fact I was there, blocking his view, some kind of cause? Yes, my good old Catholic guilt is making 20,000 questions like these go through my head and heart. Yes, not my fault, but did I cause it?
I finally convinced myself that it wouldn't have mattered - if it wasn't me, whatever car had been turning in at that moment would have been in the same position, because that driver was so impatient. It helped a little, for a little while.
When I finished my errand in the cleaners, I turned right, went down and turned around at the cinema, then came back up past the accident. Somehow, and I don't know how, there was also a green car mixed in there! Ai yi yi!
I figured if the police needed me for any reason, they could find me. After all, I had called it in and everything. It's not like my car just blends in, right?
Crying the whole time, I drive back up through Amelia. I called Ron and told him all about it, and assured me that there was no way it was my fault. He didn't understand the difference between my worries about being the cause of it and knowing it wasn't my fault, but I'm sure I wasn't very easy to understand at all. I knew he was at work, and I didn't want to hold him up any longer, so I let him go. I just couldn't go right into doing the grocery shopping, so I went to Bob Evans to - hopefully - pull myself together. I hadn't planned on stopping to eat today, but I had to do something.
Once there, I called Josh and asked him to come down and talk to me. His work isn't all that far from there - it's by the drive-in - and even though it wasn't anywhere near any kind of lunch or break time for him, he came down pretty quickly. He knew I was upset. After he got there, and I explained all that had happened to him, he also assured me that it wasn't my fault. I told him that I knew that, and went into my 'cause' questions, and he came at me with 'cause' questions about when I fell running across 125 after HIS car wreck - would I (his mother) have even been there if he hadn't called me after the wreck, and things like that. So, I knew that he knew EXACTLY how I was feeling, and why, and how, and all of that. We ended up having a very good talk about this type of thing, and it really helped a lot. When he left, he came over to my side of the table and gave me a hug, and I think that helped most of all!
I went on to WalMart and did my grocery shopping, getting a good WalMart Walk in while doing so. Ron and Corgan had gotten home before I did, and after I got home, we watched the second Transformers movie, then Corgan took over the TV. He actually watched Brain Games and smart stuff this time instead of his usual Most Stupid shows - whoohoo!
I went to bed at midnight, turning off my light at 2. I had the alarm set for 10!!
2/7
The alarm went off at 10, as set. Man, I hit snooze way too many times, finally getting up just after 11. I got up and did my weigh-in - my first one this go-round - on the Wii, and (lo and behold!) I've lost 3 and a half pounds!! I knew I was gonna lose the 3 because of scale differences, but the half was a nice surprise.
After I finished getting dressed, and Ron got a few things together, off we went!
First, down to Amelia - to Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, as we usually do on Saturday mornings.
Then, it was up to my sister's in Winchester, with a stop in Mt. Orab to pick up her daughter, to help her move some of her bigger belongings into storage. My other sister was there, and between those 3, and my grandson, they got the job done. As much as could be done in one afternoon, anyway. Beds, cabinets, shelves, desks, couches, all that kind of big stuff - today was the day we could get Mr. Muscleman (Ron) and everyone else together, schedule-wise, and it got done. I got held down by a baby (okay, a toddler - he'll be 2 the end of March) most of the time. He was keeping me from trying to help, and I was keeping him out of the way - funny how that works, huh? - and they loaded Ron's truck twice, Jean's truck once, and there was some stuff in Ruth's car, too. Man.
We came home, Jean came here, Josh and Chelle came from wherever they had spent the day, and I made supper. I made the shrimp dish along with asparagus. I made boiled potatoes, and - YES - I got these over to the table! I put them in a bowl this time, and cradled the bowl in my arms. I also made both corn and peas for veggies (I don't like asparagus - it tastes like dirt), so we had a nice meal. Josh and Chelle had brought a pizza stuffed bread that they had found at Jungle Jim's, so that helped to round out the meal, too.
After eating, we played a board game called Family Reunion. It's fun - you go around the board and collect cards by remembering and telling stories from your past that the pictures on the cards remind you of. Corgan - the youngest one - ended up winning! We had a lot of fun!
Tomorrow, it's church and lunch. We're meeting friends for lunch, so it will be a long lunch, but after lunch - who knows??
Friday, February 6, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
2/5
Believe it or not, I just don't remember too much about Thursday. It is a lost day in my brain. Just - poof - gone!
I do know that I am having trouble sleeping (again), and if I remember right, I didn't sleep a wink all of Wednesday night. None at all. I stayed up all night watching Cold Case on TV and finally went to bed at 7am, after I caught myself dozing off - I missed the end of a show! Once in bed, I still didn't fall asleep for another hour, so it was after 8 that I finally fell 'asleep,' and I was awake again by 11. I did my normal morning thing, getting up after noon, but after that - I couldn't tell you what all I did that day. I was a zombie.
I didn't eat any lunch, and I made Ron some cabbage for his supper. I made myself a pound of bacon for my supper, which I ate on bread, as sandwiches, with Miracle Whip. Because, you know, by then I was pretty damn hungry. We watched the first Transformer movie (Ron got the first 3 for Christmas) for our evening's entertainment, and that was that.
I took a dose of sleeping pills at 9, went to bed at 11, and finally turned off the light at 2. WHY?????
2/6
I slept good until around 8, when I got up to go pee. After that, my sleep was the stupid dozey sleep, with oddball disconnected dreams, during which I heard every single sound inside and outside the house. I finally woke fully up around 10:30, and did my usual morning thing - reading and playing on my tablet - and getting up around 12:30. I took a shower, got dressed, and left to do my errands.
As I was getting ready to pull into Amelia Cleaners down on 125, by Bard's Nursery, there was a black car waiting to turn left out of there. He was pulled so far out, I thought, "It's a good thing I'm turning!" I flipped on my turn signal, slowed down, and started my turn. THE DUDE PULLED OUT!!! I hollered, "No! No! No!" at him (of course he can't hear me, but you know how I am...) because I know there is more traffic around me, and - sure as shit - there was a red car in the fast car that BOOM got him, and got him good. I heard the screeches and saw the crash in my rear view mirror, too. The red car hit him so hard, its back end went up a little way off the ground!! I finished pulling into the parking space, put it into park, and called 911. O.M.G.!!
I am so shaken up over this - did I cause this? I know that I am not at fault - I did nothing wrong - but did I cause it just by being there at that moment? I know, with my brain, that it is totally the black car's driver's fault for pulling out without making sure all lanes were clear, but was the fact I was there, blocking his view, some kind of cause? Yes, my good old Catholic guilt is making 20,000 questions like these go through my head and heart. Yes, not my fault, but did I cause it?
I finally convinced myself that it wouldn't have mattered - if it wasn't me, whatever car had been turning in at that moment would have been in the same position, because that driver was so impatient. It helped a little, for a little while.
When I finished my errand in the cleaners, I turned right, went down and turned around at the cinema, then came back up past the accident. Somehow, and I don't know how, there was also a green car mixed in there! Ai yi yi!
I figured if the police needed me for any reason, they could find me. After all, I had called it in and everything. It's not like my car just blends in, right?
Crying the whole time, I drive back up through Amelia. I called Ron and told him all about it, and assured me that there was no way it was my fault. He didn't understand the difference between my worries about being the cause of it and knowing it wasn't my fault, but I'm sure I wasn't very easy to understand at all. I knew he was at work, and I didn't want to hold him up any longer, so I let him go. I just couldn't go right into doing the grocery shopping, so I went to Bob Evans to - hopefully - pull myself together. I hadn't planned on stopping to eat today, but I had to do something.
Once there, I called Josh and asked him to come down and talk to me. His work isn't all that far from there - it's by the drive-in - and even though it wasn't anywhere near any kind of lunch or break time for him, he came down pretty quickly. He knew I was upset. After he got there, and I explained all that had happened to him, he also assured me that it wasn't my fault. I told him that I knew that, and went into my 'cause' questions, and he came at me with 'cause' questions about when I fell running across 125 after HIS car wreck - would I (his mother) have even been there if he hadn't called me after the wreck, and things like that. So, I knew that he knew EXACTLY how I was feeling, and why, and how, and all of that. We ended up having a very good talk about this type of thing, and it really helped a lot. When he left, he came over to my side of the table and gave me a hug, and I think that helped most of all!
I went on to WalMart and did my grocery shopping, getting a good WalMart Walk in while doing so. Ron and Corgan had gotten home before I did, and after I got home, we watched the second Transformers movie, then Corgan took over the TV. He actually watched Brain Games and smart stuff this time instead of his usual Most Stupid shows - whoohoo!
I went to bed at midnight, turning off my light at 2. I had the alarm set for 10!!
2/7
The alarm went off at 10, as set. Man, I hit snooze way too many times, finally getting up just after 11. I got up and did my weigh-in - my first one this go-round - on the Wii, and (lo and behold!) I've lost 3 and a half pounds!! I knew I was gonna lose the 3 because of scale differences, but the half was a nice surprise.
After I finished getting dressed, and Ron got a few things together, off we went!
First, down to Amelia - to Walgreen's to pick up prescriptions, as we usually do on Saturday mornings.
Then, it was up to my sister's in Winchester, with a stop in Mt. Orab to pick up her daughter, to help her move some of her bigger belongings into storage. My other sister was there, and between those 3, and my grandson, they got the job done. As much as could be done in one afternoon, anyway. Beds, cabinets, shelves, desks, couches, all that kind of big stuff - today was the day we could get Mr. Muscleman (Ron) and everyone else together, schedule-wise, and it got done. I got held down by a baby (okay, a toddler - he'll be 2 the end of March) most of the time. He was keeping me from trying to help, and I was keeping him out of the way - funny how that works, huh? - and they loaded Ron's truck twice, Jean's truck once, and there was some stuff in Ruth's car, too. Man.
We came home, Jean came here, Josh and Chelle came from wherever they had spent the day, and I made supper. I made the shrimp dish along with asparagus. I made boiled potatoes, and - YES - I got these over to the table! I put them in a bowl this time, and cradled the bowl in my arms. I also made both corn and peas for veggies (I don't like asparagus - it tastes like dirt), so we had a nice meal. Josh and Chelle had brought a pizza stuffed bread that they had found at Jungle Jim's, so that helped to round out the meal, too.
After eating, we played a board game called Family Reunion. It's fun - you go around the board and collect cards by remembering and telling stories from your past that the pictures on the cards remind you of. Corgan - the youngest one - ended up winning! We had a lot of fun!
Tomorrow, it's church and lunch. We're meeting friends for lunch, so it will be a long lunch, but after lunch - who knows??
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Getting back in the groove - yes, it's hard!
Monday, February 2, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
2/2
I didn't sleep very well last night - I was still awake when Ron left for work. I finally fell into a dozey sleep around 6, and "woke up" - which means when I woke up to go pee, my brain started thinking thoughts - around 11, so I got 5 crappy hours of sleep.
So, yes, I felt lousy all day. I didn't do anything all day, just lazed around in my recliner. My back still hurt terribly from Saturday night, although it was getting better. I'm just glad it wasn't super cold on top of everything else!
Needless to say, I did not walk out to meet Ron, and when he got home, we had a "clean out the fridge" night for our supper - really, just eating all of the leftovers from the Super Bowl party.
I took a dose of Tylenol PM - my sleeping pills - and went to bed a little on the early side (midnight.)
2/3
I slept until after noon today. Even though I had gone to bed early, by the time I had read a little and played on my tablet, it was almost 2 before I fell asleep, so I only slept for around 10 hours. But it was such a good sleep this time, and, oh, how I needed that! I felt so much better!
I got up and played Happy Homemaker, getting the dishes caught up and all the laundry thrown into the laundry/utility room. I also did my exercises, something else I've been letting go (because I'd been doing so much walking and getting in and out of the car), and I felt the pull in my back and when I was done, it still hurt, but it didn't hurt the same. Does that make sense?
I ate chicken salad and veggies for my lunch, so we're getting back on track slowly but surely.
I didn't walk out to meet Ron again, and once he got home, we decided what to have for supper. We finally decided on ham steaks, macaroni and cheese, and the rest of the veggies. He would make supper while I'm at my TOPS meeting, as usual.
I went up to my TOPS meeting, but, as usual, there was no heat in the Community Building, so we just weighed in and didn't have a meeting. (Why WE have to put the thermostat back to "a decent temperature" but no one else does is a whole nother story...) I lost about a pound and a half this week (1.4 to be exact), which was a bummer because I expected it to be a LOT closer to 4 pounds, but I'm glad it was a loss no matter what.
Since I wasn't staying for the meeting and I knew Ron wouldn't have supper started yet, I decided to go drive through Gold Star and pick us up some supper. I got us each 2 of those GoRitos (minus the chipotle ranch sauce) and an order of chili cheese fries. Ron was surprised when I got home and I had supper! He was glad that he didn't have to cook after all.
I watched TV the rest of the evening - NCIS, NCIS:NO, and then dead guys. Once again, even though I took a sleeping pill, I didn't even go to bed until 2, and didn't turn off the light until after 3.
Sigh.
2/4
The 9-month anniversary of my fall. May 4, 2014 - February 4, 2015.
I thought, or have thought, that by 9 months behind me, I would be much more up to par, not such a wussy when it came to lifting, carrying, standing too much, sitting too much, cold - just to name a few.
I made myself make this a 'normal' day - I've got to get back to normal - I woke around 10:30, got up a little after noon after reading and playing on my tablet. I started a load of laundry - regular clothes - and just piddled around a little. Finally, I told myself, "DO IT!" and I did - I got out the Wii, put in the Wii Fit disc, and actually did some Wii Fit exercises. I only managed to do 2 of the exercises, lasting about 15 minutes, but, by golly, I did it! I felt pretty good about it, but damn! It's been 9 months! I spent the rest of the day in my recliner.
I didn't walk out to meet Ron, and after he got home, we put all the clothes away. There were only 3 baskets full of clothes sitting around, including the ones in the dryer, and it was time to do that job. With both of us working on it, it didn't take very long. We both collapsed into our recliners like it was the hardest job in the world. Yes, we are that strange.
Ron made the supper we were supposed to have last night for supper tonight. Ham steaks and macaroni and cheese. Neither one of us chose to have veggies, I'm not sure why. They're just sitting out there in the bowl...
We watched TV - game shows - until time for Criminal Minds, which I watched (by then, he was watching through his eyelids), and then he went to bed and here I am.
I didn't realize that it had been so long since I had written, and these 3-day blogs really make me think! I've got to get back on track here, too. I am hoping that I can start having good news to write here, instead of the same old boring crap.
These blogs are supposed to be a help in my weight loss journey, but I'm tired of being on this mesa - not a plateau, a mesa - for the last 8 months. Ever since I lost a lot of weight after the fall, I have been stuck here. I don't know what it's gonna take to start back down the right path, but I've got to do something.
Any suggestions?
No plans for tomorrow. I may try the Wii again, and I will definitely be doing my PT exercises again.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
2/2
I didn't sleep very well last night - I was still awake when Ron left for work. I finally fell into a dozey sleep around 6, and "woke up" - which means when I woke up to go pee, my brain started thinking thoughts - around 11, so I got 5 crappy hours of sleep.
So, yes, I felt lousy all day. I didn't do anything all day, just lazed around in my recliner. My back still hurt terribly from Saturday night, although it was getting better. I'm just glad it wasn't super cold on top of everything else!
Needless to say, I did not walk out to meet Ron, and when he got home, we had a "clean out the fridge" night for our supper - really, just eating all of the leftovers from the Super Bowl party.
I took a dose of Tylenol PM - my sleeping pills - and went to bed a little on the early side (midnight.)
2/3
I slept until after noon today. Even though I had gone to bed early, by the time I had read a little and played on my tablet, it was almost 2 before I fell asleep, so I only slept for around 10 hours. But it was such a good sleep this time, and, oh, how I needed that! I felt so much better!
I got up and played Happy Homemaker, getting the dishes caught up and all the laundry thrown into the laundry/utility room. I also did my exercises, something else I've been letting go (because I'd been doing so much walking and getting in and out of the car), and I felt the pull in my back and when I was done, it still hurt, but it didn't hurt the same. Does that make sense?
I ate chicken salad and veggies for my lunch, so we're getting back on track slowly but surely.
I didn't walk out to meet Ron again, and once he got home, we decided what to have for supper. We finally decided on ham steaks, macaroni and cheese, and the rest of the veggies. He would make supper while I'm at my TOPS meeting, as usual.
I went up to my TOPS meeting, but, as usual, there was no heat in the Community Building, so we just weighed in and didn't have a meeting. (Why WE have to put the thermostat back to "a decent temperature" but no one else does is a whole nother story...) I lost about a pound and a half this week (1.4 to be exact), which was a bummer because I expected it to be a LOT closer to 4 pounds, but I'm glad it was a loss no matter what.
Since I wasn't staying for the meeting and I knew Ron wouldn't have supper started yet, I decided to go drive through Gold Star and pick us up some supper. I got us each 2 of those GoRitos (minus the chipotle ranch sauce) and an order of chili cheese fries. Ron was surprised when I got home and I had supper! He was glad that he didn't have to cook after all.
I watched TV the rest of the evening - NCIS, NCIS:NO, and then dead guys. Once again, even though I took a sleeping pill, I didn't even go to bed until 2, and didn't turn off the light until after 3.
Sigh.
2/4
The 9-month anniversary of my fall. May 4, 2014 - February 4, 2015.
I thought, or have thought, that by 9 months behind me, I would be much more up to par, not such a wussy when it came to lifting, carrying, standing too much, sitting too much, cold - just to name a few.
I made myself make this a 'normal' day - I've got to get back to normal - I woke around 10:30, got up a little after noon after reading and playing on my tablet. I started a load of laundry - regular clothes - and just piddled around a little. Finally, I told myself, "DO IT!" and I did - I got out the Wii, put in the Wii Fit disc, and actually did some Wii Fit exercises. I only managed to do 2 of the exercises, lasting about 15 minutes, but, by golly, I did it! I felt pretty good about it, but damn! It's been 9 months! I spent the rest of the day in my recliner.
I didn't walk out to meet Ron, and after he got home, we put all the clothes away. There were only 3 baskets full of clothes sitting around, including the ones in the dryer, and it was time to do that job. With both of us working on it, it didn't take very long. We both collapsed into our recliners like it was the hardest job in the world. Yes, we are that strange.
Ron made the supper we were supposed to have last night for supper tonight. Ham steaks and macaroni and cheese. Neither one of us chose to have veggies, I'm not sure why. They're just sitting out there in the bowl...
We watched TV - game shows - until time for Criminal Minds, which I watched (by then, he was watching through his eyelids), and then he went to bed and here I am.
I didn't realize that it had been so long since I had written, and these 3-day blogs really make me think! I've got to get back on track here, too. I am hoping that I can start having good news to write here, instead of the same old boring crap.
These blogs are supposed to be a help in my weight loss journey, but I'm tired of being on this mesa - not a plateau, a mesa - for the last 8 months. Ever since I lost a lot of weight after the fall, I have been stuck here. I don't know what it's gonna take to start back down the right path, but I've got to do something.
Any suggestions?
No plans for tomorrow. I may try the Wii again, and I will definitely be doing my PT exercises again.
Monday, February 2, 2015
What a weekend!!
Friday, January 30, 2015
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Sunday, February 1, 2015
First of all - 1/30/15 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister Ruth!
1/30/15
I had to get up early today and meet up at church to finish setting up the Quarter Auction. We each brought all the things that we had forgotten the other day, as well as anything else we may have collected in the meantime, and we got everything done. It was a relief to know that there is this much less to do on Saturday!
When we were done, Joanna and I went down to Bob Evans for a bite of lunch, then I went on down to Kroger to pick up pop and hot dog buns for the auction, then I did my shopping at WalMart. Ron and Corgan actually beat me home, and after getting the groceries carried in and put away, we watched the third Iron Man movie. Corgan wasn't too happy about it, because he hasn't seen 1 or 2, but he showed interest in it, so that's a good thing. When "our" movie was over, then he put in "his" movie, which was the original Star Wars movie, but (of course) he called it number 4. Sigh.
1/31/15
I had to get up early again today, to go over to Dawn's to officially weigh in to start the next round of our Biggest Loser contest. We've taken a little break over the holidays, and then she started a job at a school, and we're just now starting back up. Her scale - the 'official' weigh-in - weighs about 3 pounds heavier than my Wii, so I will automatically lose 3 pounds next week! But, at the end, I will automatically gain 3 pounds, too. Sigh. I've got to make sure I do much, much better this time. I've GOT to. I'm so tired of being stuck where I am, and I sure don't want to go up!
After weighing in, we headed back home. (I couldn't believe that I talked Ron and Corgan into riding along with me!) We stopped at IGA here in Bethel so that Ron could buy more BBQ sauce, and then we went on home. Once home, I realized that I had forgotten to stop at Bob Evans for the cookies that I was supposed to pick up for the Quarter Auction. Well, I just figured that I would run down and pick them up right before meeting at 5 before the auction.
While I was eating my lunch (ha! doughnuts...), my friend Teresa called me. She let me know that, unfortunately, she wasn't going to be able to come tonight, which was a bummer. Then she told me that she had a donation for us! She had gotten gift certificates for the pizza place where her nephew works (he's the manager) and would I be able to come and get them? Oh, yeah! That was great!
So, I left even earlier than I had planned and went over to Teresa's to pick up those gift certificates and visit for a few minutes. I was going to drive through somewhere to get a bite to eat - some real food - but as I was leaving Teresa's, I discovered that I had forgotten to put all my pocket stuff - my money, cards, chapstick, etc. - in my pockets, so I have no way to PAY for anything anywhere. Bummer! I quickly call Ron to ask him to bring me my pocket stuff when he meets me up at church. After calling me a couple of the names I already called myself, he agreed. I headed back, and was getting close to the old bowling alley when I realized that, once again, I had forgotten to stop at Bob Evans! I quickly turned around and went back - I was glad that I wasn't closer to Bethel! I got the cookies, and then I got on to Bethel, and on up to church and we got the last little bit of stuff ready before the auction started.
When the food was ready, I did eat a hot dog (plain) and a bag of cheese curls, so I had energy for the evening ahead. I was pumped!!
The auction - oh, what fun it was! But, oh, how much my back hurt! I had a heat patch on, and had taken Advil, but as the night went on, I paid and paid for it. I was on my feet pretty consistently - before the auction started and during breaks, I was selling Split the Pot tickets, and during the auction, I was lining up the items for bids. I was afraid to sit down - if I did, I might not be able to stand back up - but I made it. It was hard, but I did make it. The auction was a great success, we made over $1300. I did make a terrible error - I forgot to subtract the starting money from the Split the Pot when we drew the winner, but no one else mentioned it, either. I did feel bad, but we still made money, and that's what it was all about.
As soon as I got home, I went to bed. I took a dose of Tylenol PM, and went straight to bed. No talking to the guys, no nothing. I did catch my games up on my tablet once in bed, but it didn't take me long to go to sleep - I was beat.
2/1/15
Sunday.
Super Bowl Sunday.
I didn't wake up until close to 11. I didn't WANT to get up at all, but I had to. I had things to do before my house would be filled with people tonight for the game.
So, I got up, did some dishes, got out and rinsed all my football dishes, sorted out what foods would go into what football dishes, cleaning off my kitchen table (if you know me, you know that that is a job in and of itself!), and just generally doing all the little last-minute things that need done.
I had chicken salad sandwiches and veggies for my lunch, and I had everything ready for the party by 4, just as I had planned. I really wanted everything done by 3:30, but I had these 2 guys here that I forgot I had to figure into my planning. They don't do things my way, you know......
The food is done.
The table is set.
People show up.
The Super Bowl starts.
We have a blast hollering at the TV - and occasionally at each other - as we usually do.
Chelle, Jean, and Corgan leave at halftime since Corgan has school tomorrow and must get to bed on time.
The game continues, and so do we - feeding our faces, that is.
I'm glad we made 'good-for-us' food. Meat and veggies, mostly. Ribs, wings, snausages (cocktail weenies in BBQ sauce), pepperoni & cheese, olives, veggies, chips (Ruffles, Fritos, Tostitos, and Funyuns) and dips (I made Sweet Pepper Dip, Steve brought Buffalo Chicken Dip, and Ranch Dressing). Chelle made mini cheese balls, like she did for Christmas, only she shaped them like footballs, so we had mini cheese balls and crackers, too. For those with a sweet tooth, I had football brownies (from Little Debbie) and I made a Peanut Butter Bark (dark chocolate swirled with melted peanut butter chips with mini Reese's Cups on top, some cut in half).
What was left over went home with Josh and Steve, so all Ron and I have left are veggies, and we can deal with that! We are going to start being absolutely strict with ourselves now.
Buckle down time!! It's time to get off this mesa!
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Sunday, February 1, 2015
First of all - 1/30/15 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister Ruth!
1/30/15
I had to get up early today and meet up at church to finish setting up the Quarter Auction. We each brought all the things that we had forgotten the other day, as well as anything else we may have collected in the meantime, and we got everything done. It was a relief to know that there is this much less to do on Saturday!
When we were done, Joanna and I went down to Bob Evans for a bite of lunch, then I went on down to Kroger to pick up pop and hot dog buns for the auction, then I did my shopping at WalMart. Ron and Corgan actually beat me home, and after getting the groceries carried in and put away, we watched the third Iron Man movie. Corgan wasn't too happy about it, because he hasn't seen 1 or 2, but he showed interest in it, so that's a good thing. When "our" movie was over, then he put in "his" movie, which was the original Star Wars movie, but (of course) he called it number 4. Sigh.
1/31/15
I had to get up early again today, to go over to Dawn's to officially weigh in to start the next round of our Biggest Loser contest. We've taken a little break over the holidays, and then she started a job at a school, and we're just now starting back up. Her scale - the 'official' weigh-in - weighs about 3 pounds heavier than my Wii, so I will automatically lose 3 pounds next week! But, at the end, I will automatically gain 3 pounds, too. Sigh. I've got to make sure I do much, much better this time. I've GOT to. I'm so tired of being stuck where I am, and I sure don't want to go up!
After weighing in, we headed back home. (I couldn't believe that I talked Ron and Corgan into riding along with me!) We stopped at IGA here in Bethel so that Ron could buy more BBQ sauce, and then we went on home. Once home, I realized that I had forgotten to stop at Bob Evans for the cookies that I was supposed to pick up for the Quarter Auction. Well, I just figured that I would run down and pick them up right before meeting at 5 before the auction.
While I was eating my lunch (ha! doughnuts...), my friend Teresa called me. She let me know that, unfortunately, she wasn't going to be able to come tonight, which was a bummer. Then she told me that she had a donation for us! She had gotten gift certificates for the pizza place where her nephew works (he's the manager) and would I be able to come and get them? Oh, yeah! That was great!
So, I left even earlier than I had planned and went over to Teresa's to pick up those gift certificates and visit for a few minutes. I was going to drive through somewhere to get a bite to eat - some real food - but as I was leaving Teresa's, I discovered that I had forgotten to put all my pocket stuff - my money, cards, chapstick, etc. - in my pockets, so I have no way to PAY for anything anywhere. Bummer! I quickly call Ron to ask him to bring me my pocket stuff when he meets me up at church. After calling me a couple of the names I already called myself, he agreed. I headed back, and was getting close to the old bowling alley when I realized that, once again, I had forgotten to stop at Bob Evans! I quickly turned around and went back - I was glad that I wasn't closer to Bethel! I got the cookies, and then I got on to Bethel, and on up to church and we got the last little bit of stuff ready before the auction started.
When the food was ready, I did eat a hot dog (plain) and a bag of cheese curls, so I had energy for the evening ahead. I was pumped!!
The auction - oh, what fun it was! But, oh, how much my back hurt! I had a heat patch on, and had taken Advil, but as the night went on, I paid and paid for it. I was on my feet pretty consistently - before the auction started and during breaks, I was selling Split the Pot tickets, and during the auction, I was lining up the items for bids. I was afraid to sit down - if I did, I might not be able to stand back up - but I made it. It was hard, but I did make it. The auction was a great success, we made over $1300. I did make a terrible error - I forgot to subtract the starting money from the Split the Pot when we drew the winner, but no one else mentioned it, either. I did feel bad, but we still made money, and that's what it was all about.
As soon as I got home, I went to bed. I took a dose of Tylenol PM, and went straight to bed. No talking to the guys, no nothing. I did catch my games up on my tablet once in bed, but it didn't take me long to go to sleep - I was beat.
2/1/15
Sunday.
Super Bowl Sunday.
I didn't wake up until close to 11. I didn't WANT to get up at all, but I had to. I had things to do before my house would be filled with people tonight for the game.
So, I got up, did some dishes, got out and rinsed all my football dishes, sorted out what foods would go into what football dishes, cleaning off my kitchen table (if you know me, you know that that is a job in and of itself!), and just generally doing all the little last-minute things that need done.
I had chicken salad sandwiches and veggies for my lunch, and I had everything ready for the party by 4, just as I had planned. I really wanted everything done by 3:30, but I had these 2 guys here that I forgot I had to figure into my planning. They don't do things my way, you know......
The food is done.
The table is set.
People show up.
The Super Bowl starts.
We have a blast hollering at the TV - and occasionally at each other - as we usually do.
Chelle, Jean, and Corgan leave at halftime since Corgan has school tomorrow and must get to bed on time.
The game continues, and so do we - feeding our faces, that is.
I'm glad we made 'good-for-us' food. Meat and veggies, mostly. Ribs, wings, snausages (cocktail weenies in BBQ sauce), pepperoni & cheese, olives, veggies, chips (Ruffles, Fritos, Tostitos, and Funyuns) and dips (I made Sweet Pepper Dip, Steve brought Buffalo Chicken Dip, and Ranch Dressing). Chelle made mini cheese balls, like she did for Christmas, only she shaped them like footballs, so we had mini cheese balls and crackers, too. For those with a sweet tooth, I had football brownies (from Little Debbie) and I made a Peanut Butter Bark (dark chocolate swirled with melted peanut butter chips with mini Reese's Cups on top, some cut in half).
What was left over went home with Josh and Steve, so all Ron and I have left are veggies, and we can deal with that! We are going to start being absolutely strict with ourselves now.
Buckle down time!! It's time to get off this mesa!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)