Wednesday, April 22, 2015
D-Day Thursday....Yikes!
It's finally arrived. The day I have been dreading now for two weeks. My preparations for the colonoscopy. *Sigh* Tomorrow (Thursday) I have to consume 2 liters of the most foul concoction ever devised by man. It's magnesium based and that tastes nasty as hell. I got a flavor packet with it that I added even though it's lemon. Just what I need. I wish it had been something different. This particular proctologist doesn't want me to have anything that is red or purple. I suppose he doesn't want to take a chance that the food dye used for it might coat my colon and intestines and make any diagnosis tough. Whatever his reason, I would have appreciated some other flavor...and more than one small packet to add to it. I don't think it's sugared either. Even with an artificial one.
The Beast crashed his computer today. Well, it wouldn't start for him. I have no idea what program he must have downloaded onto his hard drive but it turned out the whole thing was just weird. He moved his secondary hard drive to the primary position and, when he turned it on, it actually opened up with his (former) primary drive! It's not supposed to be able to do that. He was very confused by the whole thing. What he did was to then download the whole thing on a new hard drive. I told him that if he had a bug on it, that would also mean that he was downloading that. He thinks though that it's a hard drive problem. We shall see. He ran his Norton on a full scan, however, to make sure he hadn't picked up a bug.
He also discovered that his primary camera (and the most expensive one!) needs to be repaired. However, it would be an expensive repair he's sure. When he bought it 10 years ago, it cost us $14K. That was just for the camera body. Thankfully, we have a shitload of lenses. The only reason we could afford it was that we had sold the business and he bought it with the down payment we received from the sale. Those days are gone now. The business was paid off around 8 years ago. We sold it to an employee (female) and she has made a huge success of it.
We had an air conditioning business and had just had our best year with a million dollars in sales and service fees. We had just paid off all our trucks (we had six service techs plus the Beast) and were getting ready to open up a second office in Boca Raton. We had six buildings we were getting under contract and they needed all their air conditioning equipment replaced. That's when the Beast had his first stroke and that was the end of what would have been a really fantastic bonanza for us. We could have been wealthy. But karma is karma and it was not to be. Oh, don't be misled. We are okay financially. We own our house free and clear (we paid cash for it and it was brand new). We even bought a rental home (paid in full) and sold it to our niece, Tara, under contract. It's now paid off and, even with all the things that the Beast has bought (four cars in two years, a trailer and a shit load of appliances that you wouldn't believe!), we do have a bit of savings left. There's more he's spent but I just don't want to think about it now.
He does have a sense of how much he has spent and that includes the cottage (a storage house that looks like one) plus the small barn. He SAYS he is not going to be spending any more but I don't believe him. He spends money like we still have the business income (and that was a LOT of money, trust me). I will say he has slowed down and most of what he spends is fairly minor but....that could change at any time. He's planning on driving up to Chicago to see his brother and sister there and go to some religious meeting together with them.
I don't want to go with him even though I usually go to spend time with MY family up there plus my girlfriends. I've missed them now for two years and hate to miss another get-together but it looks like I will because I would only go if I can fly up and rent a car. That way I can get around and not depend on someone else running me here and there. I truly hate to miss getting together with my girlfriends. We've been getting together since shortly after high school. We've been friends for longer than I have been married. That will be 51 years August first. The girls usually plan on our get -together for the time *I* come up. I know my girlfriend, Marilyn, will be calling me soon to ask about my plans so the other girls that live in other states can make THEIR plans.
I hate to disappoint them again. I had to miss the reunions due to the surgery on my legs. Now I have the colon that I had surgery on. It sounds like I am just falling apart. But, in reality, I know the Beast will balk at spending the money for me to fly up there. AND to rent the car although that part is fairly cheap since I use the service that charges $19. a day with unlimited mileage. I normally spend about five days or a little over a week depending on some of the things my family might want to do. I just hope that the proctologist doesn't find any other problems on Friday. Pray for me, please.
Love you all. I have my heaters going to keep this room warm since it's another cold night. But tomorrow should be another great day...it got up to 77 today. *Grin* Friday they say rain but they've said that before and we didn't get any. If it's miserable weather, it will just figure that it would be a dismal day on the day I have my totally unwanted colonoscopy. LOL! Be good. Try to have a few laughs. ***Hugs***
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Another Wash Day And It Turns Out A Beautiful Day After All.....
It was really cold this morning and I had a hard time using my mouse because I shook so badly. It was well after noon before I finally warmed up and stopped shaking when I tried to use my mouse. I felt like I had palsy or something. Then I found out why it was so bad. The damn Beast had put on the air conditioning because he was out in the sun, mowing the lawn and needed to *cool down* by coming indoors. He felt the AC helped. It sure didn't me! I wondered why my heaters weren't cutting it. Grrr!
I ended up clearing the weeds and the sprouted bird seed in the various flower pots on the deck. It didn't take long but WOW! the weeds sure as hell had sprung up with all the rain. I don't know why I was surprised. Even the grass had grown several inches in just about a week. Oh, and we actually got a green pepper off the pepper plant today. Nice size one, too. THAT was a surprise.
My clothes hamper was surprisingly full so I decided to do some wash. All my warm pajamas were in there anyway and I knew I would be needing some tonight. We have a few more nights of predicted cold weather and I hate to feel cold. I somehow or other lost my warm robe. I searched everywhere for it today but it's gone. I have no idea where it could be and I doubt I will be able to replace it any time soon. Dammit. I hate when stuff like that happens. It makes me feel like we have troublesome sprites in the house. Or some big hairless animal that wants to keep warm.
The Beast came home from his church meeting with a McD's fish sandwich and fries for us both. I ate most of mine because I didn't have the heart to tell him I had eaten a bowl of clam chowder about an hour before he got home. Not that it hurts me since I am down to 110 lbs. but I REALLY feel full even now and it's been a couple hours since I ate them.
I'm watching Avatar (again). I can't help it. I really love that movie. It has the most amazing special effects and whoever wrote it had a fantastic imagination. I watched the making of the movie on my DVD and what they had the actors do in order to get the body movements correct was amazing. Even so, it didn't stop me enjoying the whole thing....even after six or ten times. LOL!
I'm tired tonight and have to start my liquid diet tomorrow...or is it called a clear diet? It just means no solid food. Then, on Thursday afternoon, I have to drink that nasty stuff until it's gone. All two liters of it. Yuk! I was upset to read that I can't have anything red or purple like jello or popsicles (and I guess not juice or soda either). Too bad. I love grape juice and who doesn't like strawberry or raspberry jello? Not even a red or purple popsicle. Sheesh!
Well, love you all. Have a great night (and day). Hope you have a nice Hump Day. ***Hugs***
I ended up clearing the weeds and the sprouted bird seed in the various flower pots on the deck. It didn't take long but WOW! the weeds sure as hell had sprung up with all the rain. I don't know why I was surprised. Even the grass had grown several inches in just about a week. Oh, and we actually got a green pepper off the pepper plant today. Nice size one, too. THAT was a surprise.
My clothes hamper was surprisingly full so I decided to do some wash. All my warm pajamas were in there anyway and I knew I would be needing some tonight. We have a few more nights of predicted cold weather and I hate to feel cold. I somehow or other lost my warm robe. I searched everywhere for it today but it's gone. I have no idea where it could be and I doubt I will be able to replace it any time soon. Dammit. I hate when stuff like that happens. It makes me feel like we have troublesome sprites in the house. Or some big hairless animal that wants to keep warm.
The Beast came home from his church meeting with a McD's fish sandwich and fries for us both. I ate most of mine because I didn't have the heart to tell him I had eaten a bowl of clam chowder about an hour before he got home. Not that it hurts me since I am down to 110 lbs. but I REALLY feel full even now and it's been a couple hours since I ate them.
I'm watching Avatar (again). I can't help it. I really love that movie. It has the most amazing special effects and whoever wrote it had a fantastic imagination. I watched the making of the movie on my DVD and what they had the actors do in order to get the body movements correct was amazing. Even so, it didn't stop me enjoying the whole thing....even after six or ten times. LOL!
I'm tired tonight and have to start my liquid diet tomorrow...or is it called a clear diet? It just means no solid food. Then, on Thursday afternoon, I have to drink that nasty stuff until it's gone. All two liters of it. Yuk! I was upset to read that I can't have anything red or purple like jello or popsicles (and I guess not juice or soda either). Too bad. I love grape juice and who doesn't like strawberry or raspberry jello? Not even a red or purple popsicle. Sheesh!
Well, love you all. Have a great night (and day). Hope you have a nice Hump Day. ***Hugs***
Monday, April 20, 2015
The Surgery......
Wouldn't you know it? The Beast woke me up at 4:30am. I did NOT want to wake up but the stinker put on the overhead light which is a big irritant if you want to sleep. So I got up and got dressed, poured myself some coffee and, before I could even cool off a mouthful to drink, the Beast was eager to leave.
I was hungry so we stopped briefly at McD's to grab an egg McMuffin when we reached Gadsden. The Beast loves McD's sausage but didn't even finish his and ushered me out the door so we wouldn't be late.
The place we ended up was NOT the hospital as I expected but a Surgical Center. It had OR's and recovery areas but the Beast was (finally) put into a special room for his eye cleaning. We had gotten to the center at 6:23am but he wasn't ushered into the room until 8:30am. After the eye cleaning was done, they checked his blood pressure to make sure he was safe to leave. I guess some people have elevated BP's and that can be dangerous. His was just a touch above normal. The whole cleaning and checking took less than 10 minutes and we were on our way home.
The Beast was ecstatic that his floaters seemed to be missing but once the dilation was gone the floaters had returned. He claims his vision, however, is 3000% better than it was. The doctor assured us that he should never have to have the lens cleaned again. For whatever reason, once it's done, it stays clean.
He was so thrilled at the difference in his vision that he rode back to Gadsden later to take pictures of the fall that is there. With all the rain, the falls were just gorgeous. If I can get the Beast to do it, I'll put up a picture or two of what he shot. He just has to *play* with it for a bit before he's satisfied that he's got the perfect shots. *Sigh*
He's been very chipper all day so I guess he really DOES see better. I can't explain his sudden happiness any other way. It must really have been much worse than he let on. I'm amazed he didn't have an accident. I'll tell you one thing, however. His driving scared the shit out of me on our way down to Gadsden. It was really scary. I made sure my seat belt was secure and I hunched down with the seat back and pretended I was trying to sleep. In reality, I was hoping we wouldn't go over the edge of this one road we were speeding down and end up rolling over and over....IF we were lucky. It was a lot different coming back home. I knew he could see the road MUCH better. He didn't scare me. LOL!
We ate some rice and pork when we had our lunch. I don't know exactly how the Beast cooked it (yes, he was very happy and made our lunch with gusto!) because it had a bit of pineapple taste to it but it also had some chopped green pepper, green onions and a little soy sauce. It was very, very tasty.
Dinner tonight was hot dogs Chicago style. Someone needs to invent a better style of hot dog bun to hold all the goodies on it. By the time you put the onions, tomatoes, relish and peppers on it, there's barely room for the hot dog itself. Mine kept trying to slide out...LOL. The Beast always puts loads of celery salt on his while I just put a touch on mine. A little goes a long way. But I DID have two of them and some potato chips. I love onion so I had a LOT of that on my hot dogs. It is just soooooo good!
It's going to be another chilly night so I put my heater on early to keep out the chill. I haven't been entirely successful and probably should have done it even earlier. It's supposed to go down to around 44 degrees F. Tomorrow is only going to be in the mid-60'si. No hope for warmer weather until Saturday. *Sigh* But then it will be back into the 70's again. *Grin* I can hardly wait for summer. The Beast may end up either in the house with the AC going full blast and complaining about the high electric bill or end up down by the lake, keeping cool with dips in the water. I hope he elects the lake...LOL. I would rather barbeque lunch and even dinner rather than listen to him bitch about the heat. He says he has a feeling our summer will be killer hot just because of the global warming thing going on. Who can really say? We can always go down to Mobile or even Destin and spend time around the Gulf. Now THAT would be really great. I miss the salt water and all it's fun. We once took an overnight fishing trip on the Gulf and it was the first time I saw real sunfish. They were HUGE! I didn't even know we had them in the Gulf. I sure wouldn't have wanted to catch one of those on my line. I'll bet they are tougher to catch than even a marlin or sailfish. I caught exactly what I wanted....grouper. Fantastic eating! Wonderful white meat and so sweet. Yum!
Time to get this posted. Love you all and I hope your week is going well. ***Hugs***
I was hungry so we stopped briefly at McD's to grab an egg McMuffin when we reached Gadsden. The Beast loves McD's sausage but didn't even finish his and ushered me out the door so we wouldn't be late.
The place we ended up was NOT the hospital as I expected but a Surgical Center. It had OR's and recovery areas but the Beast was (finally) put into a special room for his eye cleaning. We had gotten to the center at 6:23am but he wasn't ushered into the room until 8:30am. After the eye cleaning was done, they checked his blood pressure to make sure he was safe to leave. I guess some people have elevated BP's and that can be dangerous. His was just a touch above normal. The whole cleaning and checking took less than 10 minutes and we were on our way home.
The Beast was ecstatic that his floaters seemed to be missing but once the dilation was gone the floaters had returned. He claims his vision, however, is 3000% better than it was. The doctor assured us that he should never have to have the lens cleaned again. For whatever reason, once it's done, it stays clean.
He was so thrilled at the difference in his vision that he rode back to Gadsden later to take pictures of the fall that is there. With all the rain, the falls were just gorgeous. If I can get the Beast to do it, I'll put up a picture or two of what he shot. He just has to *play* with it for a bit before he's satisfied that he's got the perfect shots. *Sigh*
He's been very chipper all day so I guess he really DOES see better. I can't explain his sudden happiness any other way. It must really have been much worse than he let on. I'm amazed he didn't have an accident. I'll tell you one thing, however. His driving scared the shit out of me on our way down to Gadsden. It was really scary. I made sure my seat belt was secure and I hunched down with the seat back and pretended I was trying to sleep. In reality, I was hoping we wouldn't go over the edge of this one road we were speeding down and end up rolling over and over....IF we were lucky. It was a lot different coming back home. I knew he could see the road MUCH better. He didn't scare me. LOL!
We ate some rice and pork when we had our lunch. I don't know exactly how the Beast cooked it (yes, he was very happy and made our lunch with gusto!) because it had a bit of pineapple taste to it but it also had some chopped green pepper, green onions and a little soy sauce. It was very, very tasty.
Dinner tonight was hot dogs Chicago style. Someone needs to invent a better style of hot dog bun to hold all the goodies on it. By the time you put the onions, tomatoes, relish and peppers on it, there's barely room for the hot dog itself. Mine kept trying to slide out...LOL. The Beast always puts loads of celery salt on his while I just put a touch on mine. A little goes a long way. But I DID have two of them and some potato chips. I love onion so I had a LOT of that on my hot dogs. It is just soooooo good!
It's going to be another chilly night so I put my heater on early to keep out the chill. I haven't been entirely successful and probably should have done it even earlier. It's supposed to go down to around 44 degrees F. Tomorrow is only going to be in the mid-60'si. No hope for warmer weather until Saturday. *Sigh* But then it will be back into the 70's again. *Grin* I can hardly wait for summer. The Beast may end up either in the house with the AC going full blast and complaining about the high electric bill or end up down by the lake, keeping cool with dips in the water. I hope he elects the lake...LOL. I would rather barbeque lunch and even dinner rather than listen to him bitch about the heat. He says he has a feeling our summer will be killer hot just because of the global warming thing going on. Who can really say? We can always go down to Mobile or even Destin and spend time around the Gulf. Now THAT would be really great. I miss the salt water and all it's fun. We once took an overnight fishing trip on the Gulf and it was the first time I saw real sunfish. They were HUGE! I didn't even know we had them in the Gulf. I sure wouldn't have wanted to catch one of those on my line. I'll bet they are tougher to catch than even a marlin or sailfish. I caught exactly what I wanted....grouper. Fantastic eating! Wonderful white meat and so sweet. Yum!
Time to get this posted. Love you all and I hope your week is going well. ***Hugs***
Sunday, April 19, 2015
The Beast Has Surgery In The Morning....Ack!
Tomorrow morning, at 6:30am, the Beast has his eye surgery scheduled. That means we have to LEAVE the house at 5:30am to get there in time. It's only 25-30 miles away to the hospital in Gadsden but going down the mountain is kind of slow because it's busy. Maybe not at that time of the morning but the Beast isn't taking any chances of being late and perhaps missing out on it. I'm elected to go with him in case he can't drive afterward due to eye dilation or some such thing. Besides, the hospital rules say you must have a driver.
So I will be pulling my carcass out of bed at about 5am, maybe earlier, getting dressed, grabbing some coffee and off to the hospital with the Beast. I'll take my Ipad with me so I can at least read one of the books I have downloaded or, if the weather is nice, I may just crawl into the car and grab a little more sleep. I'll have to wait and see what I feel like. I'll be heading for bed shortly because morning will creep up on me. It won't even be light at that time of the morning. It will be by the time we get to the hospital and that usually keeps me awake.
I may sneak off to Aldi's there in Gadsden since it's been open for a while. I would love to get a bag of their frozen, uncooked shrimp. As I recall, it's cheaper there than it is at Walmart. Walmart always makes the claim of matching prices if it's lower at another store but Aldi's doesn't advertise locally here. It may once the new Aldi's here opens up but, until then, I will just have to figure that it won't be the same brand anyway so there's the excuse not to match prices. I just have to remember to grab the cooler to help keep the shrimp cold until we get home. We now have plenty of ice to put into it. Did I mention that the ice maker started making a lot of ice the day before the repairman showed up? Figures, don't it??? LOL!
One of the reasons I want the shrimp is because I want to make some shrimp scampi. Since I have been feeling better, I've been doing more cooking. The Beast is happy about that. I made some Matzoh ball soup today for our lunch and then made corn, chicken wings and cottage cheese with pear halves for our dinner. One of the Beast's friends from church came over to borrow the pressure cleaner tonight. That entailed the Beast putting the ball for our trailer on his hitch since he had one that was smaller than our trailer needs. He also had to show the guy how to use the pressure cleaner so he wouldn't damage it. He had to use the trailer because they couldn't find enough room on his truck to fit it inside due to all the stuff he had in it and the shelves on both sides of the van.
It made me think about sister Cee asking about the trailer. When she buys her couch and chair, she's going to need it. Tara has a hitch on her van so she can attach it in order to get them to her apartment. I guess Keith and Mike will be elected to bring it upstairs. Some places deliver but she found a nice couch and chair at Big Lots and they don't deliver. Figures, right? But she knows what she likes and I gather the price is right, too. That's important.
When I made my matzoh ball soup, I did discover an important fact. You do NOT use peanut oil for the matzoh balls. The Beast didn't seem to mind it but I could taste the difference. All he has in the house as far as shortening goes is either Crisco (not useable) and peanut oil. I told him to pick up a quart of canola oil or something else because we have a lot of matzoh ball soup mixes left. He shrugged and said he would but I think HE thinks I'm nuts. I just happen to like my matzoh to taste like it should and not like peanut oil. For most things, it's okay but not for that as far as *I* am concerned.
I DO add a few things to my soup base that you won't find in a Jewish restaurant. I cut up some celery and green onions (sometimes regular onions) and add it to the base. I started doing that when I made it for us when the kids were still at home. It was a bit more filling and added some taste that the kids liked. I did, too. The Beast got used to it. I also add a touch of garlic powder and cayenne for a little *snap* and the cayenne is good for you, too.
I felt really good today and was on my feet a lot more than usual. I didn't get that *must sit down or I'll fall down* feeling. I had a low blood sugar episode yesterday but I was in the kitchen at the time and grabbed the sugar and took at teaspoon full of it. I just stood at the cabinet until I felt better and grabbed some toast and jelly. I have no idea why I had that happen since I HAD eaten not too long before. I guess the lack of carbs? I AM trying to balance my diet out and, for the most part, haven't gotten that *tired and must nap* feeling afterward. The doctor said I shouldn't get that feeling unless I am not eating properly. So that's why I am watching my diet and trying to make sure I eat a balanced meal.
I'm going to make up some jello and have the Beast pick up some popsicles for me. I have to start on the clear liquid diet on Wednesday and take that crappy liquid to clean out my system on Thursday. Yuk! Luckily, I like chicken broth and won't mind drinking that for my nourishment. We also have plenty of my Sprite Zero's in the house and I have my cinnamon tea. *Grin* I do love that tea. I would drink coffee but I don't like it black. I'm supposed to avoid any milk products and I think my creamer counts. I'm just glad I've used up my French vanilla creamer or it might be too tempting....LOL!
It's supposed to be cold tonight and there's a threat of thunderstorms. Figures. Oh well. Nothing we can do about that. I sure hope other areas of the country are doing better. I'm really tired of all this rain but the grass sure looks good. It's nice and green. I haven't checked out the weather channel today so I have no idea what's going on all over the country today. I've been a bit busy today and really had no interest since I was just enjoying our good weather. It was nice for most of the day after the thunderstorm we had last night.
My daughter, Buttmunch, called me today to find out how you knew if you were going thru the *change*. I told her some of the symptoms and it turns out that she, just like I had, was suffering from really bad night sweats. I used to sleep in dorm shirts and it got so bad, I was changing mine two or three times a night because I was just soaked with sweat. And my poor pillow! I had to keep a spare because it would be so soaked on both sides. I was washing pillows almost daily along with my dorm shirts. Even the top sheet would get soaked. She is finding the same thing and upset because she is only 47. I reminded her of the good part of menopause. No more periods. LOL!
She's going to pick up some black cohash to take since it helps and may even help her with her night sweats. It did me when I finally started taking it. We did have a few laughs over some of the things we discussed. I was glad to hear from her because I needed to laugh.
It turns out that the Princess has decided to have separate parties for the two kids. Chewlee will have hers at the campground since they will be camping out for that weekend. Then Gunner will have his own first birthday the following weekend even though it will be a couple days early. At least I think that's what her facebook page said. Since it's his FIRST birthday, that should be fun. I remember the Princess' and how she had cake and frosting all over herself and her high chair. It was chocolate so you know how funny that had to be. I can hardly wait to see what Gunner does with HIS cake.
Love you all. Heading for bed now so I won't be cranky in the morning. The Beast went to bed almost two hours ago. He's such a wimp nowadays. Be good. Be careful. ***Hugs***
So I will be pulling my carcass out of bed at about 5am, maybe earlier, getting dressed, grabbing some coffee and off to the hospital with the Beast. I'll take my Ipad with me so I can at least read one of the books I have downloaded or, if the weather is nice, I may just crawl into the car and grab a little more sleep. I'll have to wait and see what I feel like. I'll be heading for bed shortly because morning will creep up on me. It won't even be light at that time of the morning. It will be by the time we get to the hospital and that usually keeps me awake.
I may sneak off to Aldi's there in Gadsden since it's been open for a while. I would love to get a bag of their frozen, uncooked shrimp. As I recall, it's cheaper there than it is at Walmart. Walmart always makes the claim of matching prices if it's lower at another store but Aldi's doesn't advertise locally here. It may once the new Aldi's here opens up but, until then, I will just have to figure that it won't be the same brand anyway so there's the excuse not to match prices. I just have to remember to grab the cooler to help keep the shrimp cold until we get home. We now have plenty of ice to put into it. Did I mention that the ice maker started making a lot of ice the day before the repairman showed up? Figures, don't it??? LOL!
One of the reasons I want the shrimp is because I want to make some shrimp scampi. Since I have been feeling better, I've been doing more cooking. The Beast is happy about that. I made some Matzoh ball soup today for our lunch and then made corn, chicken wings and cottage cheese with pear halves for our dinner. One of the Beast's friends from church came over to borrow the pressure cleaner tonight. That entailed the Beast putting the ball for our trailer on his hitch since he had one that was smaller than our trailer needs. He also had to show the guy how to use the pressure cleaner so he wouldn't damage it. He had to use the trailer because they couldn't find enough room on his truck to fit it inside due to all the stuff he had in it and the shelves on both sides of the van.
It made me think about sister Cee asking about the trailer. When she buys her couch and chair, she's going to need it. Tara has a hitch on her van so she can attach it in order to get them to her apartment. I guess Keith and Mike will be elected to bring it upstairs. Some places deliver but she found a nice couch and chair at Big Lots and they don't deliver. Figures, right? But she knows what she likes and I gather the price is right, too. That's important.
When I made my matzoh ball soup, I did discover an important fact. You do NOT use peanut oil for the matzoh balls. The Beast didn't seem to mind it but I could taste the difference. All he has in the house as far as shortening goes is either Crisco (not useable) and peanut oil. I told him to pick up a quart of canola oil or something else because we have a lot of matzoh ball soup mixes left. He shrugged and said he would but I think HE thinks I'm nuts. I just happen to like my matzoh to taste like it should and not like peanut oil. For most things, it's okay but not for that as far as *I* am concerned.
I DO add a few things to my soup base that you won't find in a Jewish restaurant. I cut up some celery and green onions (sometimes regular onions) and add it to the base. I started doing that when I made it for us when the kids were still at home. It was a bit more filling and added some taste that the kids liked. I did, too. The Beast got used to it. I also add a touch of garlic powder and cayenne for a little *snap* and the cayenne is good for you, too.
I felt really good today and was on my feet a lot more than usual. I didn't get that *must sit down or I'll fall down* feeling. I had a low blood sugar episode yesterday but I was in the kitchen at the time and grabbed the sugar and took at teaspoon full of it. I just stood at the cabinet until I felt better and grabbed some toast and jelly. I have no idea why I had that happen since I HAD eaten not too long before. I guess the lack of carbs? I AM trying to balance my diet out and, for the most part, haven't gotten that *tired and must nap* feeling afterward. The doctor said I shouldn't get that feeling unless I am not eating properly. So that's why I am watching my diet and trying to make sure I eat a balanced meal.
I'm going to make up some jello and have the Beast pick up some popsicles for me. I have to start on the clear liquid diet on Wednesday and take that crappy liquid to clean out my system on Thursday. Yuk! Luckily, I like chicken broth and won't mind drinking that for my nourishment. We also have plenty of my Sprite Zero's in the house and I have my cinnamon tea. *Grin* I do love that tea. I would drink coffee but I don't like it black. I'm supposed to avoid any milk products and I think my creamer counts. I'm just glad I've used up my French vanilla creamer or it might be too tempting....LOL!
It's supposed to be cold tonight and there's a threat of thunderstorms. Figures. Oh well. Nothing we can do about that. I sure hope other areas of the country are doing better. I'm really tired of all this rain but the grass sure looks good. It's nice and green. I haven't checked out the weather channel today so I have no idea what's going on all over the country today. I've been a bit busy today and really had no interest since I was just enjoying our good weather. It was nice for most of the day after the thunderstorm we had last night.
My daughter, Buttmunch, called me today to find out how you knew if you were going thru the *change*. I told her some of the symptoms and it turns out that she, just like I had, was suffering from really bad night sweats. I used to sleep in dorm shirts and it got so bad, I was changing mine two or three times a night because I was just soaked with sweat. And my poor pillow! I had to keep a spare because it would be so soaked on both sides. I was washing pillows almost daily along with my dorm shirts. Even the top sheet would get soaked. She is finding the same thing and upset because she is only 47. I reminded her of the good part of menopause. No more periods. LOL!
She's going to pick up some black cohash to take since it helps and may even help her with her night sweats. It did me when I finally started taking it. We did have a few laughs over some of the things we discussed. I was glad to hear from her because I needed to laugh.
It turns out that the Princess has decided to have separate parties for the two kids. Chewlee will have hers at the campground since they will be camping out for that weekend. Then Gunner will have his own first birthday the following weekend even though it will be a couple days early. At least I think that's what her facebook page said. Since it's his FIRST birthday, that should be fun. I remember the Princess' and how she had cake and frosting all over herself and her high chair. It was chocolate so you know how funny that had to be. I can hardly wait to see what Gunner does with HIS cake.
Love you all. Heading for bed now so I won't be cranky in the morning. The Beast went to bed almost two hours ago. He's such a wimp nowadays. Be good. Be careful. ***Hugs***
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Be Forwarned.....
If you are diabetic, do NOT, under any circumstances, eat without taking your meds. I did and ended up with a stomach ache like you wouldn't believe! Then came a bout of painful bowel movement but it didn't last long. Thank goodness. I finally remembered that I had not taken any meds at all. I had to consult my instructions from the proctologist to make sure I was NOT taking the meds he said to stop seven days before my procedure. Some of the instructions are a bit confusing but I got thru it. My stomach ache subsided and I even felt hungry.
The Beast made us rib eyes from our stash and nuked a couple potatoes. We also had some beets and I enjoyed them since we hadn't had them in quite some time. The steak was wonderful. Juicy and tender. I didn't eat the ring of fat around the outside but gave it to Baron so he wouldn't feel left out.
The Beast has decided that we will have out last steak tomorrow so he bought some mushrooms for us to saute to go along with it. He also picked up a couple ears of corn that look yummy even uncooked....LOL.
I'm trying to drink my coffee black since I have to forego any milk products in a couple days. My diet will consist of such things as sodas (!), jello, popsicles, juices without pulp, water and no sugar or sugar substitutes added to the damn solution I have to drink. It came with a packet of flavoring but doesn't say what flavor it is...LOL. I have to mix it all with water 48 hours before I take it and then refrigerate it. Then it's drink 8 ounces of it every 15 minutes the day before my procedure. What they don't tell you is that you should probably be sitting on the john after drinking the second glass. They DO tell you not to sip it but try to drink it all down quickly. See? Even they know how foul that stuff is. I think after I finish drinking it all, I will be grateful for the Depends I have on hand.
One thing I have noticed since my surgery is that I don't seem to need the Depends these days. I am very grateful for that part. I guess the infection it was spreading was part of the reason I needed them for a while there. That was NOT a fun time. It had to be responsible for my UTI and the infected appendix also. I'm glad I got to emergency when I did. The way the doctors told it, i was very close to dying of sepsis. It only needed the bowel to break. I'm also grateful they felt the rest of the bowel was healthy enough to stitch together. I would have hated to end up with a colostomy.
It was cold here this morning and I had my little heater going full blast until the day finally warmed up. It's supposed to be in the 70's for most of the week except for Monday and Tuesday. However, it says we are going to have thunderstorms for several of the days ahead. Rain, rain...go away!!!!! I would send it to Northern California if I could. They would appreciate it.
Okay...time to post this. I'm lagging which means that I may lose my internet from the cloud cover soon. Love you all. Be safe. Drive carefully. Stay home if you can. ***Hugs***
The Beast made us rib eyes from our stash and nuked a couple potatoes. We also had some beets and I enjoyed them since we hadn't had them in quite some time. The steak was wonderful. Juicy and tender. I didn't eat the ring of fat around the outside but gave it to Baron so he wouldn't feel left out.
The Beast has decided that we will have out last steak tomorrow so he bought some mushrooms for us to saute to go along with it. He also picked up a couple ears of corn that look yummy even uncooked....LOL.
I'm trying to drink my coffee black since I have to forego any milk products in a couple days. My diet will consist of such things as sodas (!), jello, popsicles, juices without pulp, water and no sugar or sugar substitutes added to the damn solution I have to drink. It came with a packet of flavoring but doesn't say what flavor it is...LOL. I have to mix it all with water 48 hours before I take it and then refrigerate it. Then it's drink 8 ounces of it every 15 minutes the day before my procedure. What they don't tell you is that you should probably be sitting on the john after drinking the second glass. They DO tell you not to sip it but try to drink it all down quickly. See? Even they know how foul that stuff is. I think after I finish drinking it all, I will be grateful for the Depends I have on hand.
One thing I have noticed since my surgery is that I don't seem to need the Depends these days. I am very grateful for that part. I guess the infection it was spreading was part of the reason I needed them for a while there. That was NOT a fun time. It had to be responsible for my UTI and the infected appendix also. I'm glad I got to emergency when I did. The way the doctors told it, i was very close to dying of sepsis. It only needed the bowel to break. I'm also grateful they felt the rest of the bowel was healthy enough to stitch together. I would have hated to end up with a colostomy.
It was cold here this morning and I had my little heater going full blast until the day finally warmed up. It's supposed to be in the 70's for most of the week except for Monday and Tuesday. However, it says we are going to have thunderstorms for several of the days ahead. Rain, rain...go away!!!!! I would send it to Northern California if I could. They would appreciate it.
Okay...time to post this. I'm lagging which means that I may lose my internet from the cloud cover soon. Love you all. Be safe. Drive carefully. Stay home if you can. ***Hugs***
Friday, April 17, 2015
Sister Cee's Apartment....
Cee picked me up around 11am and she had no problem finding us, not thanks to the GPS which kept trying to take her a different way than she was comfortable going. But once she got to her turnoff at Walmart, the GPS brought her right to the house.
We headed for her apartment so *I* will know where she lives (just in case I was to escape there...lol). We stopped to pick up a French Dip for our lunch. The neighborhood she lives in is really nice and quiet. It has a lot of trees around the apartment as well as two small picnic tables, two barbeques and even a swing. Since Tara and Chance are coming over tomorrow, I said it was a shame it would be raining and he wouldn't be able to play on it.
Her apartment is just adorable. Big enough for one or two. She has it nicely set up with her bedroom also doubling as her TV room and computer room without being crowded. The kitchen is more than big enough for her to cook in comfortably and has plenty of cabinet space. Her little patio is big enough for two chairs and a small table. It will be nice during the warmer weather. We sat out there for a bit just enjoying the quiet.
Unfortunately, we discovered Aldi's was NOT open yet even though they had their hours posted on their website. That must apply to when they have their Grand Opening day. Cee brought me home since I had a slight stomach ache and I had no yen to join her shopping at Walmart since she needed to pick up a few things.
I came home and took a nap to try to get rid of my stomach ache (I did). Then the Beast dropped a bombshell on me. He needs me to go with him on Monday for his eye surgery. He has to be at the hospital at 6:30am (yikes!) although he doesn't think I will need to drive him home. He's only have the lens cleaned in his right eye. I would have preferred getting Chewlee off to school but today was Friday and the Princess didn't send a note to have her picked up here so that was out. Oh well.
It was cold, rainy and actually bone-chilling today. That may have been what gave me my stomach ache. Although Cee turned her heat on to warm the apartment up for me. I wore my winter coat, I was THAT chilled. I'm heading to bed as soon as I post this so I will definitely feel better tomorrow.
Love you all. Have a great weekend. ***Hugs***
We headed for her apartment so *I* will know where she lives (just in case I was to escape there...lol). We stopped to pick up a French Dip for our lunch. The neighborhood she lives in is really nice and quiet. It has a lot of trees around the apartment as well as two small picnic tables, two barbeques and even a swing. Since Tara and Chance are coming over tomorrow, I said it was a shame it would be raining and he wouldn't be able to play on it.
Her apartment is just adorable. Big enough for one or two. She has it nicely set up with her bedroom also doubling as her TV room and computer room without being crowded. The kitchen is more than big enough for her to cook in comfortably and has plenty of cabinet space. Her little patio is big enough for two chairs and a small table. It will be nice during the warmer weather. We sat out there for a bit just enjoying the quiet.
Unfortunately, we discovered Aldi's was NOT open yet even though they had their hours posted on their website. That must apply to when they have their Grand Opening day. Cee brought me home since I had a slight stomach ache and I had no yen to join her shopping at Walmart since she needed to pick up a few things.
I came home and took a nap to try to get rid of my stomach ache (I did). Then the Beast dropped a bombshell on me. He needs me to go with him on Monday for his eye surgery. He has to be at the hospital at 6:30am (yikes!) although he doesn't think I will need to drive him home. He's only have the lens cleaned in his right eye. I would have preferred getting Chewlee off to school but today was Friday and the Princess didn't send a note to have her picked up here so that was out. Oh well.
It was cold, rainy and actually bone-chilling today. That may have been what gave me my stomach ache. Although Cee turned her heat on to warm the apartment up for me. I wore my winter coat, I was THAT chilled. I'm heading to bed as soon as I post this so I will definitely feel better tomorrow.
Love you all. Have a great weekend. ***Hugs***
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Finally! We Get A Decent Rain...But No Thunderstorm
Instead of a tease, today we got some decent rain. Poor Baron needed to go out to do his duty but he and rain are not friends....LOL. But the flowers, my bulbs and the veggies the Beast planted will do much better because there are few chemicals in our rain. I say *few* because you don't know what might have been picked up along the way but we have no manufacturing sites anywhere near us. We do have two different chicken plants nearby but they don't even emit a smell that's noticeable when you drive past them. Go figure.
The bad part about the rain was that it made sure the humidity was 100% and it kept the day from warming up. I had to turn on both my baseboard heater and the small one on my desk to try to take the chill out of the air in my computer room. Brrr! So far, it hasn't helped a whole lot but I just turned up the heat on them both. I'll be crawling under warm covers soon, however, so I will turn them down once I go to bed.
The Beast was out this morning with some of his church group and said he would be home around noon or 12:30. When he wasn't home by 2, I got worried and called him. No answer. But he called me back at 2:30 when he got back to the car and saw I had called. He's always leaving his phone in the car and then wonders why some people get mad at him because he forgets to bring it in the house so he never returns their calls. He *forgot* to call me to say he was going to lunch with one of the families and then they wanted to take him to a local store called *Little Lots* which he says was anything BUT little. It said it was several times bigger than our Super Walmart. It also had a lot of very interesting things in it. He came home with a free drinking cup that has two parts to it...one section (an insert that screws into it) that holds cut lemons and the big section is for your water.
I talked to my sister, Cee, today and she informed me that there is an Aldi's being built next to our Lowe's. I checked online and discovered that it is open already but the Grand Opening isn't until May 5th. So she is coming over to pick me up in late morning (the Beast and I have to drop off one of the cars at the Toyota dealer in the morning due to a recall) and we are going first to her apartment so I can see it and then to Aldi's to look around. We might even buy a few things after we see how well they are stocked. When Aldi's first opened up in Gadsden, the Beast found it poorly stocked and didn't buy anything since nothing appealed to him. Me? I'm looking forward to getting some of the frozen shrimp they had, both butterfly and uncooked ones. I found them excellent when I got some at the Aldi's in the Chicago area where my sister-in-law always shopped. She did the majority of her shopping there and only went to other stores for fresh produce and fruits for the most part.
Since Cee is calling me when she gets up, I will mention to her about the car thing and she will probably have me call her when we get back home. That way she won't be faced with an empty house and wonder where the hell I am....LOL!
The Beast made us some great hamburgers tonight. I know they have a name but it escapes me right now. He cooked the hamburgers and some grilled onion then added something that ISN'T on the sandwich I'm thinking of....cheese....he put them all on rye bread and grilled them to perfection. They were wonderful. Tasty and different. We will do that again soon.
Poor Baron went nuts when the Beast was making them. He wanted some. Because of the way he was begging without begging, the Beast made him a plain hamburger and put it in his bowl. Baron actually was licking his bowl like it was the tastiest thing he had ever had in it. The bowl was empty but Baron kept licking every drop of the tasty grease out of it until he was satisfied he hadn't missed any. He probably wanted the sandwich but it had onions on it so he couldn't have any. Onions are poisonous to a dog.
It's really cold outside still. I had plans on going out to the cottage to get some yarn but, by the time the Beast got home (he had locked the door to the cabin and I don't have a key on my key chain for it (Trust the Beast to forget where the spare is!), it was pouring here so there went that idea. Wherever it was that the Beast was with his friends, they didn't get any rain until it was time for him to head home. Figures, right?
Well, it's an early (for me) bedtime here so I am going to post this. I hope you all had a more enjoyable day or you could stay indoors, warm and toasty. Have a great Friday (TGIF) and stay warm and dry. Spring will soon be FULLY here and warm days for all of us. ***Hugs***
The bad part about the rain was that it made sure the humidity was 100% and it kept the day from warming up. I had to turn on both my baseboard heater and the small one on my desk to try to take the chill out of the air in my computer room. Brrr! So far, it hasn't helped a whole lot but I just turned up the heat on them both. I'll be crawling under warm covers soon, however, so I will turn them down once I go to bed.
The Beast was out this morning with some of his church group and said he would be home around noon or 12:30. When he wasn't home by 2, I got worried and called him. No answer. But he called me back at 2:30 when he got back to the car and saw I had called. He's always leaving his phone in the car and then wonders why some people get mad at him because he forgets to bring it in the house so he never returns their calls. He *forgot* to call me to say he was going to lunch with one of the families and then they wanted to take him to a local store called *Little Lots* which he says was anything BUT little. It said it was several times bigger than our Super Walmart. It also had a lot of very interesting things in it. He came home with a free drinking cup that has two parts to it...one section (an insert that screws into it) that holds cut lemons and the big section is for your water.
I talked to my sister, Cee, today and she informed me that there is an Aldi's being built next to our Lowe's. I checked online and discovered that it is open already but the Grand Opening isn't until May 5th. So she is coming over to pick me up in late morning (the Beast and I have to drop off one of the cars at the Toyota dealer in the morning due to a recall) and we are going first to her apartment so I can see it and then to Aldi's to look around. We might even buy a few things after we see how well they are stocked. When Aldi's first opened up in Gadsden, the Beast found it poorly stocked and didn't buy anything since nothing appealed to him. Me? I'm looking forward to getting some of the frozen shrimp they had, both butterfly and uncooked ones. I found them excellent when I got some at the Aldi's in the Chicago area where my sister-in-law always shopped. She did the majority of her shopping there and only went to other stores for fresh produce and fruits for the most part.
Since Cee is calling me when she gets up, I will mention to her about the car thing and she will probably have me call her when we get back home. That way she won't be faced with an empty house and wonder where the hell I am....LOL!
The Beast made us some great hamburgers tonight. I know they have a name but it escapes me right now. He cooked the hamburgers and some grilled onion then added something that ISN'T on the sandwich I'm thinking of....cheese....he put them all on rye bread and grilled them to perfection. They were wonderful. Tasty and different. We will do that again soon.
Poor Baron went nuts when the Beast was making them. He wanted some. Because of the way he was begging without begging, the Beast made him a plain hamburger and put it in his bowl. Baron actually was licking his bowl like it was the tastiest thing he had ever had in it. The bowl was empty but Baron kept licking every drop of the tasty grease out of it until he was satisfied he hadn't missed any. He probably wanted the sandwich but it had onions on it so he couldn't have any. Onions are poisonous to a dog.
It's really cold outside still. I had plans on going out to the cottage to get some yarn but, by the time the Beast got home (he had locked the door to the cabin and I don't have a key on my key chain for it (Trust the Beast to forget where the spare is!), it was pouring here so there went that idea. Wherever it was that the Beast was with his friends, they didn't get any rain until it was time for him to head home. Figures, right?
Well, it's an early (for me) bedtime here so I am going to post this. I hope you all had a more enjoyable day or you could stay indoors, warm and toasty. Have a great Friday (TGIF) and stay warm and dry. Spring will soon be FULLY here and warm days for all of us. ***Hugs***
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