Friday, January 29, 2016 -
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Nothing much happened on Friday - it was pretty much just a Happy Homemaker Day for me. I got all the dishes caught up, and did a load of towels, too, which takes all day to dry - at least 3 go-rounds in the dryer - ugh. But I just kept doing all the chores and things got done as they got done, and that was that.
Ron and Corgan got home and our fun evening began. We played cards for a little while, then I made us breakfast for supper - french toast, bacon, and sausage - and we all enjoyed that! Ron and I actually watched some of our dead guys before Corgan took over the TV, which happened when the dead guys were a rerun. But that set the tone for the rest of the night...
Saturday was the real day of fun - we got to go down the road! Yay!
After almost half an hour on the phone dealing with the BMV, we were able to drive both vehicles down to Kroger to meet Bert to use her December points for gasoline. She put gasoline in her car first, then Ron filled his truck, then we "evened out" the money putting gasoline in my car. We thought that we'd spend $40.00 in gasoline, but we ended up only spending $30.00, so we all went to Don Rigo, the Mexican restaurant right there in the Kroger plaza. We spent a wonderful couple of hours having lunch and visiting. Corgan loves the Mexican food and all the hot sauces available!
After the guys left (they just can't sit and talk!), Bert and I sat and talked a little while longer, then we finally left, too, because I had shopping to do and she had to get back home. I stopped at WalMart and did my grocery shopping, getting all the 'extra' things we'll need for the Super Bowl party. On the way home, I stopped by the church to drop off some papers that needed to be there before Mass tonight, then I went on home.
We got all the groceries carried in and put away and not long after that, the rest of them showed up and I made supper, trying out a new recipe (which was a success!), then we all played cards for a bit. We even started teaching Corgan how to play poker! He was starting to get tired, and I think it was a bit much for him - but he said he liked it! Crazy child.
They went home a little after nine, and Ron and I watched dead guys until we went to bed.
Sunday. Church, lunch, foot -no!! No football. Boo Hoo!
After church, we went to lunch, and drove up to Mt. Orab to go to Country Inn for a meal with the salad bar - but we took a bunch of back roads to see if we could figure out a "different" way to get up there. We then drove home on different back roads trying to connect them all...we didn't get lost, but we were discombobulated a little. That's what Sunday driving is all about, right?
Once we got home, we played on the Wii for a while and I beat Ron at mini-golf two games to one. We haven't played that in quite a while, and we had pretty much fun. We also changed our characters around and looked for hidden items in the game and things like that, too, instead of just playing the game. It was an interesting afternoon - certainly not what we're used to!
When we were done with that, we flipped through the TV channels, watching some of this and some of that - the Pro Bowl, the live version of Grease, dead guys (rerun) - and finally settled on watching Family Feud for the evening. Yep, we're boring old people!
Tomorrow is my normal Happy Homemaker Day. I'm looking soooo forward to it - NOT.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Ron's harrowing day
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Today was Ron's big surgery and doctor day - and he was NOT looking forward to it. Neither was I, because when he gets nervous, he gets a bit weird. He talks a lot, as well as saying a a lot of silly/stupid things, but it's all just nerves talking - and we all know that.
We were expecting Josh to show up around quarter after ten, so we had our alarms set for quarter til ten, to get our lazy asses moving at ten and we'd be ready when he showed up. Well, turd bird that he is, he came in about ten til while we were still laying there in bed, playing our respective games, waiting for the 10:00 alarm to go off! So much for plans already! He nagged at us for a couple of minutes, and we explained our plan, and we all laughed about it, then he went out into the living room to wait for us to get up and dress.
We left our house around quarter after ten, which was a little earlier than we had planned, but better to be early than late, right? We got over to the hospital, giving Josh directions to the outpatient surgical section, and get Ron in there and get everything started.
They finally call him back for the surgery and 45 minutes later, he comes back out with a big bandage on his elbow. They will let us know the results of the biopsy in a couple of days, which is good, and we are finished here. Off we go to the next stop.
Lunch! It's supposed to be lunch with Bert and Teresa, but Bert is not able to come today, so it ends up just us and Teresa. We meet her in the parking lot at Hibachi, and we all go in. We only have three hours to kill before Ron's doctor appointment!
We have a grand ol' time, and the guys made a serious dent in their food, while Teresa and I each only had one plate, but we filled in the time with lots of talking and quite a few laughs.
After two and half hours, Josh convinced us to leave so we could go to Jungle Jim's and get the ribs for our Super Bowl party and get that over with. "Might as well, while we're all together," he said, and his dad agreed with him, so off we went on this new errand thrown into the day.
We discover that the price of ribs have already gone up since the last time Ron and I checked them out (what a surprise, right?) and it's probably a good thing we're getting them this week instead of next week - who knows how much they will be next week!
But, we got that little errand over with, and went on up to Milford and the doctor's office.
At the doctor's office, the medical assistants and I have a good long chat about football, and then, finally, Doc comes in. He talks about Ron's surgery this morning, and then checks Ron's ears. He says that the eardrum, and the infection behind it, have healed. Ron is telling him, though, that the ear is still "closing over" so that means that the Eustachian tube is still inflamed and swollen. He orders an anti-inflammatory to reduce the swelling, and hopefully that will be the end of that.
We stop at Walgreen's for the meds, and then, finally, we get back home at 5:30.
Only a 6-hour day for 3 errands - no, make that 4 (okay, 5 with getting the meds) - and he wonders why I take all day when I run errands! Men!
My bed is calling me - I may answer its call. Then again, I may lay in there and read. I do that, you know. Since tomorrow is gonna be a Happy Homemaker Day, there is no rush to go to sleep.
Today was Ron's big surgery and doctor day - and he was NOT looking forward to it. Neither was I, because when he gets nervous, he gets a bit weird. He talks a lot, as well as saying a a lot of silly/stupid things, but it's all just nerves talking - and we all know that.
We were expecting Josh to show up around quarter after ten, so we had our alarms set for quarter til ten, to get our lazy asses moving at ten and we'd be ready when he showed up. Well, turd bird that he is, he came in about ten til while we were still laying there in bed, playing our respective games, waiting for the 10:00 alarm to go off! So much for plans already! He nagged at us for a couple of minutes, and we explained our plan, and we all laughed about it, then he went out into the living room to wait for us to get up and dress.
We left our house around quarter after ten, which was a little earlier than we had planned, but better to be early than late, right? We got over to the hospital, giving Josh directions to the outpatient surgical section, and get Ron in there and get everything started.
They finally call him back for the surgery and 45 minutes later, he comes back out with a big bandage on his elbow. They will let us know the results of the biopsy in a couple of days, which is good, and we are finished here. Off we go to the next stop.
Lunch! It's supposed to be lunch with Bert and Teresa, but Bert is not able to come today, so it ends up just us and Teresa. We meet her in the parking lot at Hibachi, and we all go in. We only have three hours to kill before Ron's doctor appointment!
We have a grand ol' time, and the guys made a serious dent in their food, while Teresa and I each only had one plate, but we filled in the time with lots of talking and quite a few laughs.
After two and half hours, Josh convinced us to leave so we could go to Jungle Jim's and get the ribs for our Super Bowl party and get that over with. "Might as well, while we're all together," he said, and his dad agreed with him, so off we went on this new errand thrown into the day.
We discover that the price of ribs have already gone up since the last time Ron and I checked them out (what a surprise, right?) and it's probably a good thing we're getting them this week instead of next week - who knows how much they will be next week!
But, we got that little errand over with, and went on up to Milford and the doctor's office.
At the doctor's office, the medical assistants and I have a good long chat about football, and then, finally, Doc comes in. He talks about Ron's surgery this morning, and then checks Ron's ears. He says that the eardrum, and the infection behind it, have healed. Ron is telling him, though, that the ear is still "closing over" so that means that the Eustachian tube is still inflamed and swollen. He orders an anti-inflammatory to reduce the swelling, and hopefully that will be the end of that.
We stop at Walgreen's for the meds, and then, finally, we get back home at 5:30.
Only a 6-hour day for 3 errands - no, make that 4 (okay, 5 with getting the meds) - and he wonders why I take all day when I run errands! Men!
My bed is calling me - I may answer its call. Then again, I may lay in there and read. I do that, you know. Since tomorrow is gonna be a Happy Homemaker Day, there is no rush to go to sleep.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
...and the week goes on
Monday, January 25, 2016 -
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Monday was a normal Monday - a Happy Homemaker day. Dishes, laundry, all that fun stuff. The house looks as it normally does now - still dirtier than most peoples' houses are dirty, but mine is considered clean. I did get a little energized and cleaned all my kitchen counters on top of doing the regular dishes, too! Moved stuff, cleaned under them (yuck!), and rearranged things putting them back - yay, me!
I had a sausage, egg, and cheese croissant for my lunch after doing the dishes, and between the loads of laundry. I thought about putting food in the crockpot for supper, but never did. We ended up having some leftovers from out of the fridge, as well as boiled potatoes and green beans with half a jar of mushrooms added to them.
It's also a little warmer - low 30s - today, and all the snow is starting to melt.
Tuesday was more of "normalcy." Blah. I did do up the few dishes that we used the night before, but I didn't do any laundry. I probably should put away the laundry I did yesterday, but I didn't. I just piddled around the house, doing small chores here and there, because with the Super Bowl and our party coming up, all these little things become big things.
I didn't eat any lunch - we've got some financial stuff happening and that's on my mind. The phone calls that I made today didn't ease the worries any, either.
Ron takes me to my TOPS meeting, where I learn that I have lost 1.8 pounds! I guess making myself eat 1500 calories a day is working, but DAMN is that a hard lesson to learn. I want to eat less, not more, but evidently the 1500 calorie diet works for me, and not the 1200 one. Ugh. So, I've got to go back to that, I did lose 40+ pounds doing that before, so cross your fingers for me!
He made supper while I was at my meeting, and we ate after he came up and got me. He had made Manwich, and we had potato chips with it. It was good, and it was tasty. I had an ice cream for my dessert an hour or so afterward.
I have a meeting up at church tomorrow afternoon, and I'm hoping Ron gets home in time, but you know how our luck runs on stuff like that.....and most of the snow is gone now.
Wednesday was a little more exciting. Ron didn't get home, so I drove uptown to go to the library, go to Gold Star for my lunch of a GoRito and an order of Chili Cheese Fries, and then to my meeting at church. I prayed for protection as I left the driveway, let me tell you!
My prayers were answered positively, and I made it back home safely. I was glad, because I had been so very worried.
I then did a load of laundry (towels) and I even stripped the sheet off the bed and threw it in the washer, too - see, big excitement here! Then Ron got home from work, and our evening commenced.
I made pork chops, mashed potatoes, and corn with the other half of the jar of mushrooms added in for our supper. I'm having an ice cream for my dessert, too. I've already put everything into MFP, and I'm about 100-150 calories short for the day. Still! Ye gods...
Ron's surgery - to remove the mole on his elbow - is tomorrow. If you think of it, around 11:30, please throw up a prayer or good thoughts and vibes for him and the doctor's hands if you will. Thanks in advance!
When we're done there, it's off to lunch with Bert and Teresa, then he has a follow-up doctor appointment with our regular doc about his ear infection. It's not cleared up - it still "closes up" on him, so we think he will be getting more antibiotics for that.
Josh will be driving us - nothing like a chauffeur - but I'm not sure he knows what kind of day he's in for!
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Monday was a normal Monday - a Happy Homemaker day. Dishes, laundry, all that fun stuff. The house looks as it normally does now - still dirtier than most peoples' houses are dirty, but mine is considered clean. I did get a little energized and cleaned all my kitchen counters on top of doing the regular dishes, too! Moved stuff, cleaned under them (yuck!), and rearranged things putting them back - yay, me!
I had a sausage, egg, and cheese croissant for my lunch after doing the dishes, and between the loads of laundry. I thought about putting food in the crockpot for supper, but never did. We ended up having some leftovers from out of the fridge, as well as boiled potatoes and green beans with half a jar of mushrooms added to them.
It's also a little warmer - low 30s - today, and all the snow is starting to melt.
Tuesday was more of "normalcy." Blah. I did do up the few dishes that we used the night before, but I didn't do any laundry. I probably should put away the laundry I did yesterday, but I didn't. I just piddled around the house, doing small chores here and there, because with the Super Bowl and our party coming up, all these little things become big things.
I didn't eat any lunch - we've got some financial stuff happening and that's on my mind. The phone calls that I made today didn't ease the worries any, either.
Ron takes me to my TOPS meeting, where I learn that I have lost 1.8 pounds! I guess making myself eat 1500 calories a day is working, but DAMN is that a hard lesson to learn. I want to eat less, not more, but evidently the 1500 calorie diet works for me, and not the 1200 one. Ugh. So, I've got to go back to that, I did lose 40+ pounds doing that before, so cross your fingers for me!
He made supper while I was at my meeting, and we ate after he came up and got me. He had made Manwich, and we had potato chips with it. It was good, and it was tasty. I had an ice cream for my dessert an hour or so afterward.
I have a meeting up at church tomorrow afternoon, and I'm hoping Ron gets home in time, but you know how our luck runs on stuff like that.....and most of the snow is gone now.
Wednesday was a little more exciting. Ron didn't get home, so I drove uptown to go to the library, go to Gold Star for my lunch of a GoRito and an order of Chili Cheese Fries, and then to my meeting at church. I prayed for protection as I left the driveway, let me tell you!
My prayers were answered positively, and I made it back home safely. I was glad, because I had been so very worried.
I then did a load of laundry (towels) and I even stripped the sheet off the bed and threw it in the washer, too - see, big excitement here! Then Ron got home from work, and our evening commenced.
I made pork chops, mashed potatoes, and corn with the other half of the jar of mushrooms added in for our supper. I'm having an ice cream for my dessert, too. I've already put everything into MFP, and I'm about 100-150 calories short for the day. Still! Ye gods...
Ron's surgery - to remove the mole on his elbow - is tomorrow. If you think of it, around 11:30, please throw up a prayer or good thoughts and vibes for him and the doctor's hands if you will. Thanks in advance!
When we're done there, it's off to lunch with Bert and Teresa, then he has a follow-up doctor appointment with our regular doc about his ear infection. It's not cleared up - it still "closes up" on him, so we think he will be getting more antibiotics for that.
Josh will be driving us - nothing like a chauffeur - but I'm not sure he knows what kind of day he's in for!
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Dull week, BIG snow storm, and the Super Bowl is set!
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 -
Sunday, January 24, 2016
I've been trying to up my calorie count to 1500 every day - I've been stuck on this 'mesa' while at 1200 calories, so I, and my TOPS group, have surmised that maybe I am starving my body. That makes sense, because when I lost the 40+ pounds before, I was maintaining a 1500 calorie diet, and then I went down to the 1200, hoping to lose more, but stopped losing. Then I fell and broke my back, and all that happened...
So, long story short - I went back up to the 1500 calorie-a-day diet, and that does seem (so far) to be working, but DAMN is it hard to eat that much (that much good stuff, too!) every day.
The week went by, day after day, dull as a butter knife, with not much going on, as these winter days do.
Then came the forecast of a HUGE snowstorm. You know the weathermen, "possible this" and "approximate that" and all that kind of stuff. This storm was supposed to be more east and south of Cincinnati, so here in Bethel was right on the edge of "deep" and "very deep" snow (i.e. anywhere from 2" to 6"). Since Ron's been driving my car to work (it drives better in snow than his truck does), when he got home from work on Thursday night, he drove me uptown to get his check deposited into the bank and get some of the weekly grocery shopping done at Save-A-Lot, just in case we aren't able to get out of the driveway on Saturday morning.
Friday - the day of the BIG snowstorm - they predicted it would start late morning or early afternoon, and it started right around 11. And it snowed. And snowed. And snowed. Little teeny tiny flakes blowing every which way, all day long.
Luckily, I didn't have time to worry about Ron being out in it. He got home around quarter after 2 before the roads (well, the one I can see...) were covered. Boy, was I glad! And so - it snowed. And snowed. And snowed. By 5, the road was down to tire tracks, and by 7 or 8, it was totally covered. The snow continued all night, and we ended up with probably 5"-6", but it had blown and drifted, so I was unable to go out and measure it. There sure was plenty of it everywhere out there, though!
We finally went out on Saturday around 2:30 and went down the road. All the roads were clear and it was a nice day - all the silly 'panic' of Thursday seemed a distant memory. We went down and visited the Wals (Walgreen's and WalMart) and went to Don Rigo - the Mexican restaurant in the Kroger plaza - for a bite of lunch while we were out. Then back home. WhooHoo!
Sunday - church, lunch, football. As usual. Except today, lunch was a luncheon at church to celebrate the church's 75th anniversary. Free is always good, right? It was an excellent meal with excellent company, so you can't ask for much more than that!
We came home and got settled in for the championship football games, and they are over.
We have Denver for the AFC and Carolina for the NFC going to the Super Bowl. It should be a good game - Carolina has been on fire this year (they only lost one game, going 14-0 before finally losing that one) and looked like a championship team. Denver fought for the win in their game, and they have the #1 ranked defense in the NFL, so we'll see...
Another dull week ahead, with only TOPS on Tuesday to break it up.
Then all the fun on Thursday...Ron's surgery and doctor visit with, hopefully, lunch with Bert and Teresa in between the two. My life...yay.
Sunday, January 24, 2016
I've been trying to up my calorie count to 1500 every day - I've been stuck on this 'mesa' while at 1200 calories, so I, and my TOPS group, have surmised that maybe I am starving my body. That makes sense, because when I lost the 40+ pounds before, I was maintaining a 1500 calorie diet, and then I went down to the 1200, hoping to lose more, but stopped losing. Then I fell and broke my back, and all that happened...
So, long story short - I went back up to the 1500 calorie-a-day diet, and that does seem (so far) to be working, but DAMN is it hard to eat that much (that much good stuff, too!) every day.
The week went by, day after day, dull as a butter knife, with not much going on, as these winter days do.
Then came the forecast of a HUGE snowstorm. You know the weathermen, "possible this" and "approximate that" and all that kind of stuff. This storm was supposed to be more east and south of Cincinnati, so here in Bethel was right on the edge of "deep" and "very deep" snow (i.e. anywhere from 2" to 6"). Since Ron's been driving my car to work (it drives better in snow than his truck does), when he got home from work on Thursday night, he drove me uptown to get his check deposited into the bank and get some of the weekly grocery shopping done at Save-A-Lot, just in case we aren't able to get out of the driveway on Saturday morning.
Friday - the day of the BIG snowstorm - they predicted it would start late morning or early afternoon, and it started right around 11. And it snowed. And snowed. And snowed. Little teeny tiny flakes blowing every which way, all day long.
Luckily, I didn't have time to worry about Ron being out in it. He got home around quarter after 2 before the roads (well, the one I can see...) were covered. Boy, was I glad! And so - it snowed. And snowed. And snowed. By 5, the road was down to tire tracks, and by 7 or 8, it was totally covered. The snow continued all night, and we ended up with probably 5"-6", but it had blown and drifted, so I was unable to go out and measure it. There sure was plenty of it everywhere out there, though!
We finally went out on Saturday around 2:30 and went down the road. All the roads were clear and it was a nice day - all the silly 'panic' of Thursday seemed a distant memory. We went down and visited the Wals (Walgreen's and WalMart) and went to Don Rigo - the Mexican restaurant in the Kroger plaza - for a bite of lunch while we were out. Then back home. WhooHoo!
Sunday - church, lunch, football. As usual. Except today, lunch was a luncheon at church to celebrate the church's 75th anniversary. Free is always good, right? It was an excellent meal with excellent company, so you can't ask for much more than that!
We came home and got settled in for the championship football games, and they are over.
We have Denver for the AFC and Carolina for the NFC going to the Super Bowl. It should be a good game - Carolina has been on fire this year (they only lost one game, going 14-0 before finally losing that one) and looked like a championship team. Denver fought for the win in their game, and they have the #1 ranked defense in the NFL, so we'll see...
Another dull week ahead, with only TOPS on Tuesday to break it up.
Then all the fun on Thursday...Ron's surgery and doctor visit with, hopefully, lunch with Bert and Teresa in between the two. My life...yay.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
An ENTIRE week has gone by...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 -
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
I can't believe a whole week has gone by - it doesn't seem possible!
But, that's what the calendar is telling me, so it must be true. I apologize to you all, but you must be happy not hearing the mundane details of our day-to-day boring lives, as evidently not much has happened.
I can't imagine much happened on Wednesday and Thursday - we had had snow, remember, and we must have just had remaining snow, then everything melting and the resulting wetness. Ron brought home the news that Rumpke wants the roll-off drivers to all be as close to 40 hours as possible now as they can - no overtime for anyone, because there's not enough work for everyone to get overtime. So the yuckiness of winter hours, and winter paychecks, has started. Ugh!! So soon!
On Friday, we had Corgan. I did claim the TV from him on Friday night, mean ol' granny that I am. The NFL Network showed Super Bowl I in its entirety, and this is/was supposedly a miracle of modern technology because of "lost" (meaning erased or taped-over tapes, back in the day) tapes, films or broadcasts (take your pick) and I sure wanted to watch some REAL football for a change! Not this crybaby look-for-a-flag-after-every-play stuff they do nowadays, that's for sure! Corgan moaned and groaned, but I caught him sneaking peeks at the TV during the show...lol.
When it was over, I turned the TV back over to him like a good granny.
On Saturday, they came up to pick Corgan up and I made Johnny Marzetti for supper. I haven't made that for quite a while, and it was pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. We didn't all sit around the table and eat this time, though, because the football playoffs have started and there were games on today! The first game had started before they got here and things were moving along.....they left when the first game was over, so Josh could get home in time to watch the second game. Football is football, ya know.
Sunday was pretty much a normal Sunday. Church, lunch, football. After church, we went down to Bob Evans for our lunch since I had received a gift card for Christmas. Then it was home for the rest of the playoff games.
The home teams won all four games this weekend, unlike last weekend when all the away teams won. But that's to be expected in the playoffs - the home team winning, that is. Next week will decide who goes to the Super Bowl.
Monday was cold, cold, cold - as in single digit cold, with a below zero wind chill! I said little prayers all day for people like Ron who have to work outside in stuff like that.
It was usual, a Happy Homemaker Day for me. Nothing new there. Blah.
Today, Ron had taken a vacation day because he had the appointment to go see the surgeon about the mole ("skin lesion") on his left arm/elbow. Because of the lowered hours and the time of the appointment, it was best this way.
We got up (way too early!) to get to his appointment at 9:15, and the surgeon was a very nice guy. As we were talking, we mentioned about how Ron hates to miss work and he went to see if there was any way he could squish Ron into his schedule today so that Ron wouldn't have to miss any more work - I thought that was fantastic! - but, of course, it didn't work.
He wasn't sure about the "skin lesion." He said you can look at some and know right off that they are bad, and you can look at some and know that they are nothing to worry about, but this one fell right in the middle - because of the pigmentation and the shape and size - and he just couldn't tell by looking, so he felt that it was best to remove it, and I did, too! So we figured out all the schedules, and we got the removal scheduled for next Thursday.
This will work out good, since Ron already has another doctor appointment Thursday afternoon, so he can take the whole day off and we'll get everything taken care of.
When we were done there, we had to run up to Milford so I could sign a paper at Dr. Ward's office, which took maybe two minutes, then we had breakfast at Crackhead Barrel. We came home after that, where Ron got bitten by the cleaning bug and I sat in my recliner and stayed out of his way.
I went to my TOPS meeting tonight and was very glad to learn that I have lost 2.2 pounds over the last two weeks - there was no meeting last week - and I am doing such a happy dance!
Ron made pork chops, corn, and Ramen noodles for supper and we have NCIS, NCIS: NO, and dead guys on TV.
Happy day!
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
I can't believe a whole week has gone by - it doesn't seem possible!
But, that's what the calendar is telling me, so it must be true. I apologize to you all, but you must be happy not hearing the mundane details of our day-to-day boring lives, as evidently not much has happened.
I can't imagine much happened on Wednesday and Thursday - we had had snow, remember, and we must have just had remaining snow, then everything melting and the resulting wetness. Ron brought home the news that Rumpke wants the roll-off drivers to all be as close to 40 hours as possible now as they can - no overtime for anyone, because there's not enough work for everyone to get overtime. So the yuckiness of winter hours, and winter paychecks, has started. Ugh!! So soon!
On Friday, we had Corgan. I did claim the TV from him on Friday night, mean ol' granny that I am. The NFL Network showed Super Bowl I in its entirety, and this is/was supposedly a miracle of modern technology because of "lost" (meaning erased or taped-over tapes, back in the day) tapes, films or broadcasts (take your pick) and I sure wanted to watch some REAL football for a change! Not this crybaby look-for-a-flag-after-every-play stuff they do nowadays, that's for sure! Corgan moaned and groaned, but I caught him sneaking peeks at the TV during the show...lol.
When it was over, I turned the TV back over to him like a good granny.
On Saturday, they came up to pick Corgan up and I made Johnny Marzetti for supper. I haven't made that for quite a while, and it was pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. We didn't all sit around the table and eat this time, though, because the football playoffs have started and there were games on today! The first game had started before they got here and things were moving along.....they left when the first game was over, so Josh could get home in time to watch the second game. Football is football, ya know.
Sunday was pretty much a normal Sunday. Church, lunch, football. After church, we went down to Bob Evans for our lunch since I had received a gift card for Christmas. Then it was home for the rest of the playoff games.
The home teams won all four games this weekend, unlike last weekend when all the away teams won. But that's to be expected in the playoffs - the home team winning, that is. Next week will decide who goes to the Super Bowl.
Monday was cold, cold, cold - as in single digit cold, with a below zero wind chill! I said little prayers all day for people like Ron who have to work outside in stuff like that.
It was usual, a Happy Homemaker Day for me. Nothing new there. Blah.
Today, Ron had taken a vacation day because he had the appointment to go see the surgeon about the mole ("skin lesion") on his left arm/elbow. Because of the lowered hours and the time of the appointment, it was best this way.
We got up (way too early!) to get to his appointment at 9:15, and the surgeon was a very nice guy. As we were talking, we mentioned about how Ron hates to miss work and he went to see if there was any way he could squish Ron into his schedule today so that Ron wouldn't have to miss any more work - I thought that was fantastic! - but, of course, it didn't work.
He wasn't sure about the "skin lesion." He said you can look at some and know right off that they are bad, and you can look at some and know that they are nothing to worry about, but this one fell right in the middle - because of the pigmentation and the shape and size - and he just couldn't tell by looking, so he felt that it was best to remove it, and I did, too! So we figured out all the schedules, and we got the removal scheduled for next Thursday.
This will work out good, since Ron already has another doctor appointment Thursday afternoon, so he can take the whole day off and we'll get everything taken care of.
When we were done there, we had to run up to Milford so I could sign a paper at Dr. Ward's office, which took maybe two minutes, then we had breakfast at Crackhead Barrel. We came home after that, where Ron got bitten by the cleaning bug and I sat in my recliner and stayed out of his way.
I went to my TOPS meeting tonight and was very glad to learn that I have lost 2.2 pounds over the last two weeks - there was no meeting last week - and I am doing such a happy dance!
Ron made pork chops, corn, and Ramen noodles for supper and we have NCIS, NCIS: NO, and dead guys on TV.
Happy day!
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Dull day, exciting day
Monday, January 11, 2016
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
1/11
This day - a Monday, no less - was the dull day. Are you surprised?
After finally getting up, I got into Happy Homemaker mode and got some laundry going, did up the dishes from the weekend, then took my hour-long break at 3pm, as usual. I ate my lunch while doing so - I had my poor man's shit on a shingle, along with an apple - and, lo and behold, before 4, Ron came strolling in! What!? I couldn't believe it!
For some reason, though, our phones were not talking to each other today (he had not received my "I'm up" text this morning) and I did not receive his "I'm coming home" text) and it was all totally weird. Technology! Ain't it great?
Anyway, he was home now, and he just flopped into his recliner and joined me in watching my game show til 4, then we turned on dead guys, and that was that.
I had put on the rest of the beans for his supper, and he enjoyed them all to himself while I had Seafood Snackers (4 little crab sticks) and 3 slices of Colby Jack cheese for my supper. I also had some of our Christmas chocolate for 'dessert.'
I put my food into MFP, and was almost 600 calories short for the day. Yes, MFP hollered at me - but what am I to do? The day is over! I ate both lunch and supper!
Tomorrow will be different, I promise.
1/12
Tuesday - the exciting day - Ron's doctor appointment day!
And it snowed some more overnight, so we expected the roads to be a mess, but hoped that they would be okay by the time we had to leave. And they were, after a couple of snow squalls which covered them over again and they had to clear again.
133, as usual, was messier than 125, with much more drifting snow which was very slick. But, once we made it up to 125, all was fine, and we made it over to the doctor's with plenty of time to spare. We got Ron's paperwork all caught up and then the real visit started.
First of all, they check his blood pressure - it was great!! It was 133/80 - this is such great news, knowing the problems he has had with his BP.
Doc comes in and Ron shows him the mole on his elbow - the real reason behind this office visit - even though a blood pressure check is a good reason, too. Doc thinks it is a good idea to get it checked out a little better, and suggests that he goes to a dermatologist or a surgeon, whichever one can give him an appointment first. (He keeps stressing that - whichever one can get you in FIRST.)
Then, we have Doc check Ron's ears. They started bothering him a couple days after Christmas, then earlier this week, a cold finally moved in on him. But, you never know, so we wanted Doc to check - just to be on the safe side. Doc checks, and declares that Ron has a hole - a tiny pinhole - in his eardrum, as well as infection in his inner ear. Wonderful. <yes, sarcastic>
Doc sends a prescription to Walgreen's, and gives us a couple of doctors' names, and the dreaded (Ron just looooves doctors) office visit is over.
We were supposed to meet Bert and Teresa at Logan's Steakhouse after the doctor visit, but both of them canceled due to the weather - and who can blame them? Not me - that wind was awful!
But since it was just us, we decided to go to Crackhead Barrel so he could have his pork chops. He really likes his pork chops, and knows he can get them there. I got the Sampler dinner, with a little bit of chicken-n-dumplings, meatloaf, and ham. When we were done eating, I strolled through the store and found me a piece of clothes on the clearance rack. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a long shirt or a short dress, but, for me, it's a housedress! It was 40% off - once they figured out how to do it on the register, because, of course, it didn't automatically work - and I had a gift card. So, in the end, it cost me sixty-two cents. I'll take that kind of deal any day!
We got back home - after traversing the still drift-covered and slick 133 - and are settled in for the night. Dead guys for the rest of the night!! WhooHoo!!
I tried to put my food into MFP, but my dinner wasn't in there, so I said, "Phooey!" and quit on it. I know - I shouldn't have, but I did. My brain is tired, after this kinda emotional day, and my bed is calling me.
Another dull Happy Homemaker Day tomorrow. Another worry-about-Ron-all-day tomorrow - but he does have medicine in him now, so that's a good thing.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
1/11
This day - a Monday, no less - was the dull day. Are you surprised?
After finally getting up, I got into Happy Homemaker mode and got some laundry going, did up the dishes from the weekend, then took my hour-long break at 3pm, as usual. I ate my lunch while doing so - I had my poor man's shit on a shingle, along with an apple - and, lo and behold, before 4, Ron came strolling in! What!? I couldn't believe it!
For some reason, though, our phones were not talking to each other today (he had not received my "I'm up" text this morning) and I did not receive his "I'm coming home" text) and it was all totally weird. Technology! Ain't it great?
Anyway, he was home now, and he just flopped into his recliner and joined me in watching my game show til 4, then we turned on dead guys, and that was that.
I had put on the rest of the beans for his supper, and he enjoyed them all to himself while I had Seafood Snackers (4 little crab sticks) and 3 slices of Colby Jack cheese for my supper. I also had some of our Christmas chocolate for 'dessert.'
I put my food into MFP, and was almost 600 calories short for the day. Yes, MFP hollered at me - but what am I to do? The day is over! I ate both lunch and supper!
Tomorrow will be different, I promise.
1/12
Tuesday - the exciting day - Ron's doctor appointment day!
And it snowed some more overnight, so we expected the roads to be a mess, but hoped that they would be okay by the time we had to leave. And they were, after a couple of snow squalls which covered them over again and they had to clear again.
133, as usual, was messier than 125, with much more drifting snow which was very slick. But, once we made it up to 125, all was fine, and we made it over to the doctor's with plenty of time to spare. We got Ron's paperwork all caught up and then the real visit started.
First of all, they check his blood pressure - it was great!! It was 133/80 - this is such great news, knowing the problems he has had with his BP.
Doc comes in and Ron shows him the mole on his elbow - the real reason behind this office visit - even though a blood pressure check is a good reason, too. Doc thinks it is a good idea to get it checked out a little better, and suggests that he goes to a dermatologist or a surgeon, whichever one can give him an appointment first. (He keeps stressing that - whichever one can get you in FIRST.)
Then, we have Doc check Ron's ears. They started bothering him a couple days after Christmas, then earlier this week, a cold finally moved in on him. But, you never know, so we wanted Doc to check - just to be on the safe side. Doc checks, and declares that Ron has a hole - a tiny pinhole - in his eardrum, as well as infection in his inner ear. Wonderful. <yes, sarcastic>
Doc sends a prescription to Walgreen's, and gives us a couple of doctors' names, and the dreaded (Ron just looooves doctors) office visit is over.
We were supposed to meet Bert and Teresa at Logan's Steakhouse after the doctor visit, but both of them canceled due to the weather - and who can blame them? Not me - that wind was awful!
But since it was just us, we decided to go to Crackhead Barrel so he could have his pork chops. He really likes his pork chops, and knows he can get them there. I got the Sampler dinner, with a little bit of chicken-n-dumplings, meatloaf, and ham. When we were done eating, I strolled through the store and found me a piece of clothes on the clearance rack. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a long shirt or a short dress, but, for me, it's a housedress! It was 40% off - once they figured out how to do it on the register, because, of course, it didn't automatically work - and I had a gift card. So, in the end, it cost me sixty-two cents. I'll take that kind of deal any day!
We got back home - after traversing the still drift-covered and slick 133 - and are settled in for the night. Dead guys for the rest of the night!! WhooHoo!!
I tried to put my food into MFP, but my dinner wasn't in there, so I said, "Phooey!" and quit on it. I know - I shouldn't have, but I did. My brain is tired, after this kinda emotional day, and my bed is calling me.
Another dull Happy Homemaker Day tomorrow. Another worry-about-Ron-all-day tomorrow - but he does have medicine in him now, so that's a good thing.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
FOOTBALL weekend!!
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Sunday, January 10, 2016
1/9
Since I had done my running yesterday, I didn't have to go anywhere today, which was a good thing. I had a lot of things to do around the house! Ron finished taking down all the Christmas stuff outside, and I did the same inside. All the cards hanging in the hallway, my Sports tree (although I left the ornaments on the table), the wreaths -- all gone. All packed up and put away for this year.
I am always sad at this time of the year. It seems to be such an end, and endings are usually sad. But - we must do what we must do, and this is what we must do at this time of year.
A little after 1, Ron came in to take a short break, and I asked him about lunch. He didn't want anything that was here in the house, but he didn't want to go anywhere, either. We couldn't really afford to go anywhere, anyway, so that was okay. After a bit of back-and-forth, he finally decided that we could run over to Felicity to get lunch. Okay - now I have to go get dressed.
We got over there, and he had his normal steak hoagy with mushroom sauce, while I had what they called a Farm Hand Burger - it was like a Double R!! Yummy, yummy, yummy!! After ascertaining that we didn't need to go over to the grocery store, we came back home and took his tree down while waiting for time for football to start. He moaned and groaned about my insisting on checking the ornaments against the list, but once everything was tucked away in his tin, he was satisfied.
And then - FOOTBALL!!! It's Wild Card Weekend, and the first of the playoffs.
I thought all home teams would win this weekend - and, yes, one of the home teams is my Bengals - and there's supposed to be something about 'home field advantage' that gives the home team a small edge, so we'll see.
The first game - Houston, the home team, is totally skunked. The final score is 30-0. So much for home field advantage there.
Time for our game!! My Bengals need a good game!! AND - here comes the rain!! Wow.
The game goes on, and - at the end - tempers flare, the Bengals get penalized and the other team kicks a field goal and beats us. Bummer! Bummer! Bummer! Home team loses again.
Needless to say, I have trouble sleeping. I am still awake at 4am.
1/10
Sunday! Church, lunch, football! Yep, that's the schedule.
AND - we wake up to snow. SNOW! A very nice dusting, maybe half an inch of snow covering everything. The weathermen sure missed this one!! 50 degrees and rain yesterday, less than 30 degrees and snow today. What a difference!!
We make it up to church - about 10 minutes later than we planned, but we made it (of course, 133 had not been treated...) and then, afterward, made it down to the Barn for our lunch. We hadn't been there for a while, and had planned to go there and were hoping that my brother and his wife would join us, but they didn't (he's having problems with his ear(s) again). Phooey!
Ron got his fried chicken dinner, even though it takes 20 minutes to cook, while I got a bacon cheeseburger and fries. They have the best seasoned fries! We both enjoyed our meals very much!
We left just as the first football game of the day - in Minneapolis, where the temperature was -3 degrees at kickoff - was starting. I saw the kickoff, then we hit the road. We got home with no problems and both flopped into our recliners and that was that.
Guess what? The home team lost this game, too! And, with it as cold as it was, there was nowhere near as much scoring as there should have been between these two teams. This was some decent football!!
The second football game of the day started - in Washington, D.C., where the temperature was at 59 degrees and very windy at kickoff - and this looks like it's gonna be the kind of football game we're used to. Down the field, back up the field....and it kinda goes that way, but the score isn't as high as expected in this game, either. And - guess what? - the home team loses!
So much for home field advantage.
I hear my bed calling me. No plans for tomorrow - Happy Homemaker Day. WhooHoo!
Sunday, January 10, 2016
1/9
Since I had done my running yesterday, I didn't have to go anywhere today, which was a good thing. I had a lot of things to do around the house! Ron finished taking down all the Christmas stuff outside, and I did the same inside. All the cards hanging in the hallway, my Sports tree (although I left the ornaments on the table), the wreaths -- all gone. All packed up and put away for this year.
I am always sad at this time of the year. It seems to be such an end, and endings are usually sad. But - we must do what we must do, and this is what we must do at this time of year.
A little after 1, Ron came in to take a short break, and I asked him about lunch. He didn't want anything that was here in the house, but he didn't want to go anywhere, either. We couldn't really afford to go anywhere, anyway, so that was okay. After a bit of back-and-forth, he finally decided that we could run over to Felicity to get lunch. Okay - now I have to go get dressed.
We got over there, and he had his normal steak hoagy with mushroom sauce, while I had what they called a Farm Hand Burger - it was like a Double R!! Yummy, yummy, yummy!! After ascertaining that we didn't need to go over to the grocery store, we came back home and took his tree down while waiting for time for football to start. He moaned and groaned about my insisting on checking the ornaments against the list, but once everything was tucked away in his tin, he was satisfied.
And then - FOOTBALL!!! It's Wild Card Weekend, and the first of the playoffs.
I thought all home teams would win this weekend - and, yes, one of the home teams is my Bengals - and there's supposed to be something about 'home field advantage' that gives the home team a small edge, so we'll see.
The first game - Houston, the home team, is totally skunked. The final score is 30-0. So much for home field advantage there.
Time for our game!! My Bengals need a good game!! AND - here comes the rain!! Wow.
The game goes on, and - at the end - tempers flare, the Bengals get penalized and the other team kicks a field goal and beats us. Bummer! Bummer! Bummer! Home team loses again.
Needless to say, I have trouble sleeping. I am still awake at 4am.
1/10
Sunday! Church, lunch, football! Yep, that's the schedule.
AND - we wake up to snow. SNOW! A very nice dusting, maybe half an inch of snow covering everything. The weathermen sure missed this one!! 50 degrees and rain yesterday, less than 30 degrees and snow today. What a difference!!
We make it up to church - about 10 minutes later than we planned, but we made it (of course, 133 had not been treated...) and then, afterward, made it down to the Barn for our lunch. We hadn't been there for a while, and had planned to go there and were hoping that my brother and his wife would join us, but they didn't (he's having problems with his ear(s) again). Phooey!
Ron got his fried chicken dinner, even though it takes 20 minutes to cook, while I got a bacon cheeseburger and fries. They have the best seasoned fries! We both enjoyed our meals very much!
We left just as the first football game of the day - in Minneapolis, where the temperature was -3 degrees at kickoff - was starting. I saw the kickoff, then we hit the road. We got home with no problems and both flopped into our recliners and that was that.
Guess what? The home team lost this game, too! And, with it as cold as it was, there was nowhere near as much scoring as there should have been between these two teams. This was some decent football!!
The second football game of the day started - in Washington, D.C., where the temperature was at 59 degrees and very windy at kickoff - and this looks like it's gonna be the kind of football game we're used to. Down the field, back up the field....and it kinda goes that way, but the score isn't as high as expected in this game, either. And - guess what? - the home team loses!
So much for home field advantage.
I hear my bed calling me. No plans for tomorrow - Happy Homemaker Day. WhooHoo!
Friday, January 8, 2016
A busy day so the weekend can be at home for football!
Friday, January 8, 2016
I woke up this morning, checked my FB, caught my word games up, then got my lazy ass up to take a shower, get dressed, and hit the road!!
I had things to do! There are football playoff games on tomorrow, including my Bengals, and I don't want to jeopardize my chances of being home - you all know how my luck runs!!
After stopping at the bank and at church here in Bethel, I headed on down to Amelia. I had to go into Walgreen's, then I went on down to Don Rigo (in the Kroger plaza) to have lunch. I like doing that because it lets me bring Ron some food home and, trust me, I don't do that anywhere else.
After my lunch, I went to WalMart, got gasoline first, then did my grocery shopping, managing a nice WalMart Walk and getting everything on my list but one thing, which can easily wait until next week. I then headed back to Bethel, where I stopped at the bank again to get Ron's money out of the ATM and then at Save-A-Lot for the 5-for-$20. meat. They have such a better selection than Felicity IGA! I'm so glad they finally opened!!
Then, finally, HOME!!
Only to discover that Ron beat me home - how cool is that? He is fighting a cold and doesn't feel real well, but it's that time of year....
We get the groceries carried in, he goes back outside, and I get everything put away. Yay!!
I took a short break, then I went into the bedroom and put away all the laundry that's been gathering in baskets in there.
So, I've done my Happy Homemaker bit today as well as getting all the errand-running done!!
I am so ready for football tomorrow!!!!!
Orange and black, babeeeee!!! Wear those colors for subtle, silent support, please....lol.
I woke up this morning, checked my FB, caught my word games up, then got my lazy ass up to take a shower, get dressed, and hit the road!!
I had things to do! There are football playoff games on tomorrow, including my Bengals, and I don't want to jeopardize my chances of being home - you all know how my luck runs!!
After stopping at the bank and at church here in Bethel, I headed on down to Amelia. I had to go into Walgreen's, then I went on down to Don Rigo (in the Kroger plaza) to have lunch. I like doing that because it lets me bring Ron some food home and, trust me, I don't do that anywhere else.
After my lunch, I went to WalMart, got gasoline first, then did my grocery shopping, managing a nice WalMart Walk and getting everything on my list but one thing, which can easily wait until next week. I then headed back to Bethel, where I stopped at the bank again to get Ron's money out of the ATM and then at Save-A-Lot for the 5-for-$20. meat. They have such a better selection than Felicity IGA! I'm so glad they finally opened!!
Then, finally, HOME!!
Only to discover that Ron beat me home - how cool is that? He is fighting a cold and doesn't feel real well, but it's that time of year....
We get the groceries carried in, he goes back outside, and I get everything put away. Yay!!
I took a short break, then I went into the bedroom and put away all the laundry that's been gathering in baskets in there.
So, I've done my Happy Homemaker bit today as well as getting all the errand-running done!!
I am so ready for football tomorrow!!!!!
Orange and black, babeeeee!!! Wear those colors for subtle, silent support, please....lol.
Day 2 wasn't much of a day
Thursday, January 7, 2016
I didn't do much of anything today after I got up.
I did do the dishes that were sitting there, but that only took about 15 minutes. I debated whether or not to do some exercises, which I probably should have, but I let myself talk myself out of it. I am not eating enough calories to support any kind of an exercise program right now - I think I have my body in starvation mode (which is why I'm not losing any significant weight) and I have to get my eating back under control first. I have put my myfitnesspal back up to 1500 calories per day, and that is hard to do after being at 1200 for so long.
That being said, I didn't eat any lunch today, but instead ate some (6 pieces) of chocolate from Christmas stockings - at this point, Ron and mine are combined - and put some chicken breasts in the crockpot for supper.
With the chicken breasts, I put in a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, a can each of chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, and cream of potato soup. At 6:00, I added half a can of peas.
I spent the rest of the day just piddling around the house, doing this and that. Mostly putting away stuff from Christmas. I did get all the trays and serving things put away, so that was a good thing. I was going to start taking down my tree, but with getting out the crockpot and all, I decided to wait one more day on that. I didn't want any ~accidents~ to either the crockpot or my ornaments, and you know anal/OCD me has to check every ornament against my list as it gets packed away.
But most of the gifts are gone off the table now, and things can proceed.
I took a break, as I do most days, to watch Chain Reaction between 3 and 4, and when that was over, I turned on the dead guy channel. The show starting was one I hadn't seen, so I got involved watching it. When Ron texted me, I told him that I wasn't walking - even though I should have! - and I just kept watching TV. Bad Rita!
He got home, and started in moaning and groaning because he's catching a cold. I had him 'drink' a spoonful of honey and cinnamon, then he collapsed into his recliner for a while, then went to take his shower before eating supper.
We dished the gravy (for lack of a better word) over a slice of bread, and put the chicken breasts right on top. I then opened a can of chicken breast chunks to put in the gravy so it wouldn't go to waste and - voila! - we both had seconds!
We just watched game shows all evening, because dead guys started showing reruns.
When I put my food into MFP, I was way low on my calories, so I put in for a bowl of cereal as a snack, and that put me close to just 100 short for the day. I'll take that.
I have running to do tomorrow, so I may get even closer to my goal. Whee!
I didn't do much of anything today after I got up.
I did do the dishes that were sitting there, but that only took about 15 minutes. I debated whether or not to do some exercises, which I probably should have, but I let myself talk myself out of it. I am not eating enough calories to support any kind of an exercise program right now - I think I have my body in starvation mode (which is why I'm not losing any significant weight) and I have to get my eating back under control first. I have put my myfitnesspal back up to 1500 calories per day, and that is hard to do after being at 1200 for so long.
That being said, I didn't eat any lunch today, but instead ate some (6 pieces) of chocolate from Christmas stockings - at this point, Ron and mine are combined - and put some chicken breasts in the crockpot for supper.
With the chicken breasts, I put in a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, a can each of chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, and cream of potato soup. At 6:00, I added half a can of peas.
I spent the rest of the day just piddling around the house, doing this and that. Mostly putting away stuff from Christmas. I did get all the trays and serving things put away, so that was a good thing. I was going to start taking down my tree, but with getting out the crockpot and all, I decided to wait one more day on that. I didn't want any ~accidents~ to either the crockpot or my ornaments, and you know anal/OCD me has to check every ornament against my list as it gets packed away.
But most of the gifts are gone off the table now, and things can proceed.
I took a break, as I do most days, to watch Chain Reaction between 3 and 4, and when that was over, I turned on the dead guy channel. The show starting was one I hadn't seen, so I got involved watching it. When Ron texted me, I told him that I wasn't walking - even though I should have! - and I just kept watching TV. Bad Rita!
He got home, and started in moaning and groaning because he's catching a cold. I had him 'drink' a spoonful of honey and cinnamon, then he collapsed into his recliner for a while, then went to take his shower before eating supper.
We dished the gravy (for lack of a better word) over a slice of bread, and put the chicken breasts right on top. I then opened a can of chicken breast chunks to put in the gravy so it wouldn't go to waste and - voila! - we both had seconds!
We just watched game shows all evening, because dead guys started showing reruns.
When I put my food into MFP, I was way low on my calories, so I put in for a bowl of cereal as a snack, and that put me close to just 100 short for the day. I'll take that.
I have running to do tomorrow, so I may get even closer to my goal. Whee!
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Here I am.....again!
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
I have decided to start this journey all over again, and so - here I am!
I had been playing with this decision all through the holidays, and then, yesterday, I went to the doctor. It was not a good visit and pounded the final nail into my decision.
1/5/16
The visit started out good - my blood pressure was 111/70. I was very pleased with that - it's been so low every doctor visit that I've been worried, even if they haven't - so I guess the little bit I've been doing to help with this has helped, but it's hurting in other departments.
The HbA1c (an average of blood sugars over the last three months which should be 7.0) came in at 12.2. 12.2!!! It wasn't even that high when I was first diagnosed! I am flat-out flabbergasted, and am trying to tell Doc that it has to be an anomaly, maybe because of the holidays or something. He isn't buying it. He quizzes me about checking my blood, which I don't do. Then he goes on to ask me about how I take my pills, which I don't take as prescribed because I don't eat regular meals (I am supposed to take 4 per day - morning, meal, meal, night) every day. If I don't eat a meal, or don't eat carbs or starch, I don't take one because I don't want a sugar low.
Anyway, he rips me up one side and back down the other, saying that I am not taking having this disease seriously and more. I am to test my blood and take my pills correctly every day for a month and return. Yes, in February. Blah.
Personally, I think it was more the stress of the holidays and the fact that I drank more over the holidays than I have the whole rest of the year than it was anything else. I really, really think that when I go back in February, my number will be back down in the 7s like it was in September. I truly believe this time is an anomaly. I just have to prove it.
After my doctor visit, I went to lunch with Bert and Teresa. We went to Butterbee's on 125 this time. Since Teresa moved to Brandychase, and she had to go to PT afterward, this was convenient to all of us. We had a wonderful time visiting, eating, and just enjoying the rest of the day! I sent 'hellos' and good wishes from all of you, since I knew you would send them.
I came home and collapsed into my recliner, and that was it for the day.
Ron and I watched dead guys for the rest of the night. WhooHoo!!
1/6/16
I didn't do much of anything today. Once I got up, I moved out to my recliner and that was it.
I just didn't have much oomph today - I'm not sure why. I did take 'sleeping pills' (Tylenol PM) last night, and that may have something to do with it. Probably so.
I didn't eat any lunch, and by the time Ron got home, I was starting to be hungry. I didn't walk out to meet him - I didn't feel like getting dressed - and we decided on cheese weenies, mac & cheese, and pork & beans for supper, with an ice cream (what used to be known as an Eskimo Pie) for dessert. That was it for today.
When I put it in MFP (yes, I started that again today, too), I was still over 300 calories short for the day! I guess I'll nibble on a little more Christmas candy....
I'm looking forward to going on this journey - and sharing it with you all - again!
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