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Good morning! Took another Friday off this week. Had a nice relaxing day. We went out to an early dinner to a local italian restaurant called Mama Cella's. Food was really good this time. We were both very happy. More relaxing Saturday then we did our usual shopping, etc. Today I'll do my cooking for the week.
Debora, I enjoyed Downton Abbey both times. It was nice to see it with Dan because he got so much out of it. House warming party was very nice. I stayed a couple of hours. Sounds like you had a great week and very efficient.
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Good Evening Isabella and Debora. I got John settled in to watch Sunday Night Football...he will sometimes sit for 10 minutes, sometimes 1/2 hour, so I never know how much time I have to myself. He sat for about 10 minutes and then got up and wandered around. But, is back sitting and watching again. Gave me a little time to read back several comments and get caught up a little. (There are still probably at least 20 comments from months ago that I never got read, I think I'll let that go).
Isabella, it's not hot here anymore, but John did go out in the heat. At least he would stop often and get something to drink. We have water and gatorade in the barn refrigerator, so he doesn't always need to come all the way back to the house. Now, it's cooler and drizzly, but that doesn't stop him either. If he stays out too long in the cold, he comes back in "frozen", but unless it's pouring rain, he continues to go outside a lot. When he is inside, he's pacing from room to room looking out windows and giving me a running narration of what he sees. We never had kids, but I sure feel like I have one now. It's exhausting, I don't know how mothers do it, especially with more than one.
How sad that your park is no longer 55+, the older we get, the harder it is to deal with lots of kids around. Except, I guess, for grandmas, right Debora? You are always surrounded by kids and seem to enjoy it.
Debora, it's time for a new keyboard for me too. Most of my letters are missing again. Since John no longer gets on the computer, I may try one of those "cushy" ergonomic keyboards that look like they are very curvy, but I'm told that they are very comfy on the hands/wrists. I return empty ink cartridges to Staples and get rewards, so I can use my next coupon toward a new keyboard.
I got my flu shot a couple weeks ago too. I called in the morning to make an appointment and was on hold for so long, I decided to hang up and see if they would take a walk-in. Which they did. Then, last week, the pharmacy called to see if I wanted them to contact my physician to get a new Rx for my blood pressure med. (No more refills on that last Rx) I said yes, please go ahead and do that, but then got a call from my doctor's office asking me to make an appointment for a blood pressure check before making out a new Rx. I thought that I could do a walk-in for that since it's only a blood pressure check, but no, the doctor wants to see me. It's been over a year since she saw me last and wouldn't just write up a new Rx. I didn't realize it since I go to my oncologist office so often and get my BP checked there all the time, and they do share info, but this time I needed to make an appointment.
Speaking of appointments, I finally got my liver procedure scheduled for a week from tomorrow, Monday, Oct 28th. The delay was so I could be off the chemo drugs for at least 6 weeks and also, waiting fit into Norma's scheduled better. She's flying up to be with us. Even though it's an out-patient procedure, I'll be at the hospital almost all day and they won't let me drive after, so Norma can be with John while I'm in the operating room and then drive us home. She is so good with him and he's comfortable with her, so I can be calm during the procedure knowing John is OK. He is never left alone anymore.
Since John can't sit through a movie, especially at a theater, I pre-ordered the Downton Abbey Movie DVD from Amazon. It doesn't have a release date yet, but as soon as it's available, they will ship it to me. Norma saw it on the Monday after the big opening weekend, she went to the matinee for only $6.00, senior price. Great deal. She loved it and I was hoping I'd have the dvd by the time she comes here next week so we could watch it together, but I think that's wishful thinking. She said that I will love it too. She also said that it's like seeing old friends again and getting reacquainted.
John is up and around again. I asked him who is winning the game and he doesn't know. He knows very little these days. It is so difficult seeing him like this, just not the man he used to be, but still very loving.0 -
Hello, the week has sped by. Monday we visited my uncle, checked out Trader’s Joes and went to Paige’s volleyball games. Tuesday I got lab work done to check my A1C (which is in normal range), went to the thrift store – shopped and donated. We had Good News Club in the afternoon and then went to Taryn’s music concert. Wednesday was Bible study in the morning and church in the evening – got cuddles in the nursery this week. Thursday, I worked with friend – sorted bulletins for the secretary and then friend and I went to Arby’s for lunch – had their rueben. Very good. Got to cut Ralph’s hair in the evening (not a favorite task). Friday was hurry and to errands and then went to watch Derek’s two youngest. After Blessin went down for her nap, I gave the monitor to Julie – there but working – and walked the two blocks to the park with Madden. Then we played in his room. When the next three got home from school, they had their snacks and got out the ipads until their dad came so they could all head out to take Blessin to her bio-mom for 3 days. It’s more time each week and the change will be made by Thanksgiving. Went home and fixed our pizza and salads. Today I had the whole day at home. Got lots of steps in, baked rolls and brownies, cut up a pinapple, straightened the house and got out the crockpots. Will put the pork tenderloin on before I head for bed. I needed to make a dish for our fellowship meal so did enough deviled eggs so we could have some with out meal too. So doing all that has kept me out of trouble.
Isabella, glad you enjoyed it both time. Lori and Lindsey saw it last week and enjoyed it. I’m glad you are enjoying your Fridays off. Do you feel like there’s a lot for work waiting for you when you go in on Monday.
Sheryl, it is always so good to hear from you. Glad John stayed with the game long enough for you to be able to chat. It’s nice John enjoys the outdoors but stays on your place. I’d love to know what you think of the keyboard. It is nice to be able to see all the letters again even if I don’t look at them all the time. Glad you got your flu shot. I also got my first pneumonis shot. So hope to stay healthy. Hope you get into your doctor quickly so you can have your bp med. So nice that Norma can fly up when you have the procedure done. That will be great for you for the help with John. I may be around kids a lot with grandkis, Sunday School, 4-H and Good News Club but it is not day in and day out. I can’t quite imagine how you handle it all except that God helps you. Yes, the DVD probably won’t be released until it’s out of the theaters. Ralph would not enjoy it and I don’t care to go alone so I may just miss it. But I’m sure I’ll survive. Prayers that the liver procedure goes just fine and you are up and about right away.
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Good morning ladies! It has been hot this week and with the Santa Ana winds we have several fires popping up. The ones within 20 miles of our home are less than 100 acres and they were during the day so we are blessed so far but more Santa Ana winds are coming this week (Wednesday & Friday) so praying the Lord will continue to protect us. There is a pretty bad fire in Sonoma County (wine country) and one in Santa Clarita (near LA) that is larger. Both are still burning.
Just so you ladies know, those curvey ergonomic keyboards have some of the keys in a different place than a standard keyboard. They say you get used to it but we bought one for a gal at work and she didn't like it. We've had a couple of other people try it and they didn't like it either. We recently got a new employee that was used to one so she is happy to use it.
Debora, yes there is a good amount of work piled up on Mondays when I take Friday off but it is worth it and it is better than taking several days off in a row. The work would REALLY pile up then. So far it has been manageable. I bought a fresh pineapple this week too - from Sprouts. They were $1.98 each. I could smell the sweetness when I picked it up so I knew it would be a good one (last couple I bought were tart so I hadn't bought one in a while). It is SO good!!!
Sheryl, great to hear from you as always. Happy to hear that Norma is coming up to be with you and John for your Liver procedure Monday. Aside from the fact that it is great to have her there it will put your mind at ease for John. I will be praying for you. Dan's new doctor forces his patients to come in before he'll renew their blood pressure meds if they haven't been in for a year too. He says he needs to make sure their liver is OK. Dan's recent visit, lab work, physical was really good! Everything is healthy. Doctor seemed surprised that even his prostate is healthy. Made me very happy. He took him off one of the blood pressure meds so now he only takes Olmesartan.
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Good Morning, wow, I'm feeling so good. Praise The Lord. I think this is the best that I've felt in 6 years, since I got sick in November of 2013. I planned to come here first thing and then got delayed this morning because I started playing with my ecards again, Happy Halloween.
First, Isabella, I'm going to copy/paste my last email update here for you. Debora is included in that group NM email that I send out so she got this yesterday...
A quick update to let you know the procedure went very well. Since my doctors wanted me off the chemo drugs for at least a month prior to surgery and Norma offered to come to help out and it turned out best for her to come later in October rather than earlier, the surgery was scheduled for October 28th. I’ve been off the drugs for 7 weeks and what a difference that made. I feel so much better.
Norma arrived last Thursday and we have had terrific sister time together. We got to see Jackson’s (Norma’s 7 year old grandson) soccer game last Saturday and enjoy a great family visit and a delicious lunch at Brent and Beth’s house.
This past Monday was the procedure and I was so excited to get this done. I was so comforted that Norma was with John in the waiting area, it made it a more pleasant, calm experience for me. Norma is great with John and I knew he was in good hands. I was awake throughout the procedure and heard everything…it was fascinating. They used a micro-catheter (the diameter of a hair) entering an artery in my wrist and then going down the aorta into my liver, found the spot in my liver and blasted it with chemo that will only travel a maximum of one centimeter. Not having chemo running through my whole body is a blessing, I feel great. I’ll have a CT scan in one month and then at 3 months and 6 months after that. If more cancer is detected, this procedure can be done again, as many times as necessary.
I am resting and watching Norma do all the work, at least for 2 days anyway. That’s how long the doctor told me not to flex my wrist or lift anything. Actually, I’m itching to get back to doing something, I’ve been idle for far too long.
Thanks again for all your prayers and support, you all mean so much to me.
I hope that very soon, I'll get back to my emails and comment on all that you are doing and have written to me about. It's been awhile since I've done a very personal email to each individual, only blanket updates to all the family and friends
We're meeting up with Carol for lunch today. I don't know if you remember, or if I even mentioned it to you, that I know Carol through Norma. They went to college together and one of the early visits that Norma made years ago, I met Carol and her husband when we met up for a reunion with Norma and Carol has been a great friend to me ever since. She invited me to join the women's Bible study and included me in several other outings. Anyway, this will be fun, they'll be talking and reminiscing about college days. Where are all the old friends and who's doing what now.
John is up and asking questions so I'm going to cut this short again. I will discipline myself to get back here everyday again...Norma is doing NOOM and logging food, so she has inspired me to log again. I'll get back on track.
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Good Morning, what a Happy Halloween I had. No Trick or Treaters, we have a bad street (traffic/no sidewalk) so discourage any kids from coming around, but had a wonderful lunch with friends. I always love getting together with Carol and John feels comfortable enough around her that he was also very talkative yesterday. Usually he's very quiet when we're out socializing, even when we're with his friends these days, which is seldom so maybe that's why. I talked so much that I started losing my voice again. But, it felt so good. I'm feeling the best now than I have in the past 6 years, since I first got sick. God is Healing and Gracious and I am so Blessed.
I think tomorrow we will hook up with Jack and Gayla for a visit. Even though they live across the street, we haven't done anything with them in quite a while. I guess I'm back on the social circuit, ha ha ha
Isabella, thanks for the heads up about the keyboard. I'm waffling on that since they are more expensive, do I want to take that chance? I'll let you know.
We are having beautiful weather here this week, although it's very cold. I'm so glad that there's no rain while Norma is here.
Ha! the sun is streaming through the windows and I really, truly have lots of cobwebs everywhere. However, I doubt that I'll clean windows until Spring...I can sure put off housework, it's so easy for me to say "there's always tomorrow".
Time to go out to feed, I'll bundle up, the thermometer says 28 degrees out there. Norma and John are still in their toasty beds.0 -
Good Morning. Again, I must say that I am so blessed, I'm feeling very good. Today Norma wants to mow my lawn again, so we'll be working outdoors. We did quite a lot yesterday, but didn't get around to the mowing. Norma helped me with repairs that I couldn't do myself and John just couldn't understand my instructions to help me. What a load off my mind that these things got done. Yay !!!!!
I found Recipe Rehab on tv again and enjoyed watching that this morning. They re-did quiche to a healthier version (I love quiche) and then a sausage and egg dish in the second 1/2 hour. Both recipes look so good. I remember that when I started NM, I really enjoyed Turkey Sausage...I'll have to get back to that again, so much healthier than bacon.
Everyone is up now, so I'll close this and hopefully come back tomorrow and catch you up. Norma is leaving in the morning so they will have to get up earlier than they have been, I'm sure I'll be up already, and we plan to go out to breakfast and then get to PDX for her 9 am flight.0 -
Good morning ladies! It has been somewhat cooler here this week. Still no major fires in our area from the Santa Anas so we are really blessed! Dan and I will do our usual shopping today. Then we have plans to go to dinner with Jackie and Ken tonight. I am really looking forward to seeing them. We plan to take them to a restaurant in a nearby town called Sublime Alehouse. We haven't been there before but they got good reviews on yelp and it sounds like a fun restaurant.
Sheryl, SO great to hear from you!! Very happy that the liver procedure went well! Also VERY happy that you are off the chemo and feeling much better. Wonderful that you got to get out to some fun outings and also got lots of stuff done around the house. God is SO good!!! Thanks very much for copying and pasting the NM update email. Please feel free to add me to that update group if you can. I'm pretty good at letting housework/cleaning wait. I can't remember the last time we did the windows. Not a priority these days. Brrrr - 28 degrees?! I'd have a hard time getting outside to feed critters.
Be careful not to overdo!
Debora, I know you're very busy as always. What are the temps like in your area these days?
OK, I'll say bye for now. Bless your week ladies!0 -
Getting ready to shower and go to breakfast and the airport. I got Norma to join MFP, logging is so much better here than on Noom. I got her into our group as well, so we may hear from her and learn more about Arizona and Tucker the dog, etc. What fun.
Isabella, look for an email.
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Came by to log my food, but too tired to talk too much. I need to log throughout the day, I may have forgotten something since I'm sort of in a brain fog this late. It's not really very late, but late for me.
Norma got off just fine this morning and arrived early. We had a great time together. I'll try to give details in the morning.0 -
Good Morning, foggy and misty this morning, everything wet although it's not actually raining. So glad it was gorgeous, perfect weather for Norma's stay with us.
I got an email from Norma last night and she asked if I was able to log my food yesterday...I was. I hope she is able to get on today. Maybe she'll even pop in here, I invited her into this group. I'm sure we'll talk later today and I'll find out. While she was here, she was logging on her phone, that's very foreign to me so I wasn't much help. If she's on her desktop, maybe I can help a little more.
Saturday, we had a really nice, long visit with Jack and Gayla. It was fun, but since it was right in the middle of the day, we never got outside to do any work. The lawn mowing is still waiting for me, but I have the strength to do it now, so all is good.
I got a phone call from Nancy yesterday afternoon. She's doing fairly well, caring for her father is a major job. Roy, the first caregiver that was working days got a great job opportunity and quit a few weeks ago. Frank, the live-in caregiver asked for 2 consecutive days off per week for awhile, so, for the last 3 weeks, Nancy has had full-time responsibility for her dad over the weekends. She took him to church and all went well. And, last weekend (must have been Saturday), they went to visit some other cousins that they hadn't seen in a long time. I haven't seen Mari and Van since my Dad's memorial, four years ago. Everyone is doing well and they had a wonderful visit. I wish I could have joined them, Mari and Van are terrific people.
John got up but quickly told me he was going back to bed, so I have more time here.
I got caught up in another webinar series about plant-based diet and eating healthy. I like the host of this web site, so I joined, so that means that I'll get even more email offers to join more stuff. I'm inundated with these emails and delete most of them, but many of them I find interesting. I still follow The Truth About Cancer (Thank you Isabella for sending me their book that got me started) and Chris Beat Cancer, plus Women's Wellness and Food Revolution. Oh yes, Dr. Josh Axe and Dr. Jockers. There are just so many of them.
Time to go grocery shopping again, making a list and need to get to the bank and post office, so will be gone, maybe this afternoon, but more likely tomorrow. Depends on how John is when he gets up. He had Norma and I in stitches at breakfast yesterday. I can't remember each detail of what he did and said, but she and I were cracking up the whole time, he's so funny.
I better go out and feed now, talk to you later. Maybe if I log my food throughout the day, I'll pop in here too and jot down my thoughts. You guys are are my daily journal again.
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Hi again...it's the "Sheryl Ann Show", I'm back. I had a coupon for hamburger helper a couple months ago and bought about 6 boxes, I still have 3 boxes left. Fast and easy but, wow, oh so unhealthy. I fixed the creamy stroganoff for lunch and have nothing left on my log for dinner. My remaining calories are zero so that turned out perfectly, but, sodium is 1000 mg over and fat is 17g over and something else is over too, I forget which one. There is more red than green on my log. Tomorrow is another day.
We did not get out today so tomorrow is grocery and errand day.
I love that it's dark already. I prefer Standard Time, I know I'm in the minority but I'd rather have the sun come up before 6 in the morning than have it still shining at 9:30 at night.
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Good Morning,
Another foggy, gray morning here. Damp but no rain. Not until Sunday do they forecast any measurable rain. That gives me Wed and Thur to get things done outside. I plan to run errands today and I have a doctor's appt on Friday. Seeing my Primary regarding my blood pressure.
I sent Elaine a Halloween ecard and this was part of her response:
Mom's multiple myeloma finally went into remission. 3 more weeks of chemo and then on maintenance meds. Still being treated for breast cancer. I'm doctoring for bilateral neuropathy in both legs and feet, medication induced. How are you doing. Miss chatting with everyone. Still fixing the coffee but no one shows up. Pool at gym closed for 2 weeks and have been doing machines. Can't wait until Monday when they reopen it. Thanks for the card and take care. Hi to everyone you're still in contact with!
I will have to have her clarify about the breast cancer, is it her or her mother? If it's Elaine, I did not know. She has mentioned medical issues about her Mom and Brother on Facebook, but I don't remember that she said anything about herself having breast cancer.
I will tell her that the coffee is always on here too, she can come and join us.
I also got an email from JC:
Sue is doing so much better we can hardly believe it. In early September she was doing so bad that I hired a lady to stay with her while I went to an early morning doctor’s appointment. Luckily at that time she was on her way to getting better. The lady wasn’t there and I had to leave Sue alone. She showed up late & Sue went to the door and let her in. A week before Sue couldn’t even get out of bed without help. She was starting to improve.
At her appointment with Dr. Cole (the Parkinson’s specialist) 3 weeks earlier we had mentioned that Sue took 2 Benedril every evening. Seems we had never told her. She said Sue should STOP taking them. Turns out no-one with Parkinson’s should take it. I later found out that no-one over 65 should take it either. Seems the main ingredient causes memory problems. She has been off it & on the memory pills for almost 3 months. Her memory is a bit better but it’s her balance that has improved greatly. She can now get out of bed by herself, go to the bathroom & walk around the condo. She still forgets her cane but hasn’t fallen [knock on wood]. We are both amazed. I have talked to 4 doctors & my cousin who was a nutritionist & they all knew. I have been passing the info along to my senior friends and none of them were aware of the potential problems. Why do they keep something so important such a secret???
So glad to hear your procedure went well & things will be better in the future. Sounds like happiness all around.
Hugs to all, Joyce & Sue
When I was having so much trouble with my feet, I was taking benedryl to control the irritating itching but I'm not taking it anymore.
Just as a side note, I haven't heard back from Granny in a very long time, she has not responded to emails, but I know she's still active because I see her posts on Facebook, so I guess all is well.
John is up now, so I'll close.
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Good Afternoon. Been so long since I've been here regularly/daily, I hope you don't get tired of me now, always here gabbing away.
We've been having a mattress saga, that I didn't even mention yet. For many years, John and I have enjoyed a sleep number bed, very very comfy. Last year, John's side of the bed kept losing air. I would pump it up at night, all the way to 100, and the next morning, it would be back down to about 35-40, way too soft for John. I thought the mattress had a leak and eventually took the bed apart enough to switch air mattresses. I thought that since I wake up during the night, I could pump it up throughout the night to be sufficient to still keep it and sleep. After the switch, it was still John's side that kept losing air so I decided that it was the left side of the pump that was the problem. After ordering a new mattress, it popped into my head that I should pump up his side and cap it off. Great solution...it held air. But, I had already ordered a new firm mattress to be delivered. OK, this is dragging on, long story short (as they say, as I ramble on more). We have had this new mattress since July and it is already "sagging" and uncomfortable. John and I wake up every morning with backaches and I'm sure it's from this mattress. Last night, I had the brainstorm to flip the mattress upside down and have the cushy pillowtop on the bottom and see how firm the mattress is without that 3" pillowtop. Right now, it looks and feels great, extremely firm. I'm doing laundry today and will put on clean, fresh sheets and I can hardly wait to go to bed tonight.
Yesterday was major grocery shopping and I got my 10% senior discount, first Tuesday of the month. Getting discounts and extra fuel rewards always make shopping that much more fulfilling for me. Got lots of really good healthy foods and a few not so healthy treats, but John will eat most of those. Isabella, I got boneless, skinless chicken thighs and plan to make another pot of your great Hunters Stew. Today, I have a roast (beef) in the oven that's just about ready, the house smells so good.
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Good Morning, I wish that I could say that I had the perfect night's sleep, but it didn't happen. The mattress is very comfortable but with extra potty runs, (I drank loads of water yesterday), extra disruptions by John and the cat, mostly John dealing with the cat (he just can't leave that cat alone), I did not get much sleep. However, my back isn't as bad this morning as previous mornings. Yay!!!! By flipping the mattress, it's extremely firm now, almost like a board, but that's OK with us. We used to love sleeping on the hard floor until it got too hard to get up off the floor. That was long ago. We'd throw a comforter on the livingroom floor and watch tv and end up falling asleep there. Anyway, now that I'm up and the cat is out here with me...John is sleeping like a baby, lucky duck.
Change in the forecast, no rain mentioned on the news this morning for the whole week. I hope to get something done that's constructive. Ha! I may be fooling myself.
I got a phone call from my oncologist's office yesterday morning and he wants to see me for a follow-up after my CT scan. The specialist also wants a follow-up and I don't know which doctor I should see first. I called the specialist's office and asked whether I should have oncology schedule the scan at their office or if they plan to have Legacy Hospital call me and schedule the scan there. Naturally, all my calls went to voice mail so I'm just waiting for call backs now. I will go to Legacy for the blood work because the specialist already place the order there and they know what tests he wants run. Also, at Legacy Medical Lab, I can simply walk in anytime for the blood draw, no appointment needed. At least I have time to get it scheduled, he wants the CT scan 1 month after the procedure which will be the last week of this month and I'll get the blood work done 5 days before the scan, sometime during the week of Nov 18th.
Tomorrow morning is my appointment with my Primary Physician for the blood pressure check. I have a list of other questions for her too. Depending how the morning goes with John, I may not get back here until Saturday morning. Today will be the chore of getting John cleaned up for my appointment tomorrow. His hair looks OK, but his mustache/beard can use a trim. This is a chore I am dreading more and more. I wish I could get John to go to Great Clips, they do in 15-20 minutes what takes me an hour to do.
I love that hot shower daily, I wish John would enjoy it more often, but I can only get him cleaned when there's an appointment or if company comes over. Thank you, Norma, he cleaned up for your visit.
Time to go out to feed. Once again, yesterday, John "lost" me when I went outside. He immediately forgot that I told him where I was going and I'd be back in a few minutes. When I came in, he was frantic and said that he looked in every room for me and couldn't find me. My heart breaks for him.
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Hi Ladies!
Sheryl, SO wonderful to have you posting regularly again! Never get tired of hearing from you! Hope Norma takes you up on the invitation and pops in when she can. Glad you had a great time with Jack & Gayla. Bummer about the problem with the mattress. It is so important to have a good mattress because good sleep is very important to our health and we spend a good portion of our day in bed. Let us know what you find out from Elaine. I don't remember any mention of breast cancer either. I can almost smell your roast from here. I haven't made one in a very long time. I was thinking I need to make a pot of hunter stew soon too but then Carla posted a recipe for Mediterranean bean soup on facebook which sounded wonderful so I will probably try that first. I am REALLY in the mood for soup. Let me know if you're interested and I'll try to post it here. The Mediterranean blog it took me to had several great sounding recipes to try.
I took the day off again today to use up some vacation time. Enjoying relaxing on the computer and not doing much of anything. I keep telling myself I need to go sit outside and enjoy this gorgeous day. Dan is going to take me to lunch at this new Italian pizza place called Pacific Pizza. We enjoyed their pizza and they gave me a meatball to sample which was AMAZING so we are going there for lunch to enjoy a meatball sub. We haven't been able to find a place that makes good meatball subs in a very long time! After lunch we will probably go to Trader Joe's.
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Hello, I know I haven’t dropped in for awhile. I always think I need a lot of time and that doesn’t come up often. Just doing all the regular things. We’re gearing up for our family shoebox packing party so Ralph has been filling marble bags, pencil boxes and wrapping soap in washcloths. We’ll do at least a hundred when we get together. Tomorrow Alan is bringing the stuff along to make jump ropes plus I got the ones the Willing Workers made out of t-shirt strips ready to go. Hopefully, Lori is working on the ones she does in addition to that day. We did some at 4-H Sunday too so she should hit her 200 box goal. 😊
Good News Club is going well. We just finished a unit on the Wordless Book and now will start a unit on Joseph. I’m enjoying our Bible study on I Peter. We’ve gained two more in our Sunday School Class. The twins finally decided they would come. Now there is one girl left to come. We’ve still been giving her the paper each week so in time. Our church is growing babywise. Between now and next May we have 14 babies on the way.
My x-brother-in- law. I guess he’s my sister’s x – I still claim him – had triple bypass surgery Monday. It went well and hopefully, he’ll get to go home soon.
Last Sunday was Youth Sunday. They did every part of the service and did it well and then they served us all dinner afterwards. Good food and good visiting. This week is our Fall Conference so will have services twice tomorrow and each evening through Wednesday. Wednesday is a grandson’s music program and I get to see the dentist this week too.
We got set up for our next research study – it’s an RSV study in pill form. You don’t know if you get the real thing or a placebo and in the next year we go in 9 planned times and get paid each time. If we get any symptoms, we have to go in extra but get paid for that too – but I’d still rather not get sick.
We’ve had quite a few cold days. The other night we were down to 20. Today was a twist and it got up to 70. I think we’re supposed to go back to the cold now.
Do you guys remember Marcie talking about making her own McDonald’s egg mcmuffins? My sistr had given me one of those one time quite awhile back and it’s still sitting in the closet of the room I spent some time on this week. I’ve never tried – looks way more complicated that I want. But when I see it I think of Marcie so haven’t let it go yet.
Isabella, a fresh pineapple that smells good is wonderful. The last one I had did taste better than it looked but I probably won’t get another for awhile. We’ve eaten lots of grapes cause they keep going on sale. That makes sense that once day of work is manageable and the three day weekend is worth it. Enjoy each one you take. How was the Alehouse? You find interesting places to eat. Very thankful the fires didn't get too close.
Sheryl, glad you had such a good time with Norma. Neat that she’s on MFP now too. I have a daughter-in-law doing Noom but I’m not really logging very well, just enough to get credit with an account deal I have. Bad I am. I have to log frequently – I also have a piece of paper I jot things down on. Glad to see you logging again. Are you still doing Blue Apron? I need to get back on track but…. I have gained back 4/5 of the pounds I lost on NM. And it would be worse if I didn’t walk as much as I do.
I must not be in your group NM list anymore cause I did not get any email from you, so thanks for copying and pasting. Are you off the chemo drugs now since them put something directly in the area. Are you still feeling good? So nice for Norma to be there to help transport, be with John and help some around the place.
Since you’re popping in more often, I might check in more. We'll see. I’ve been just popping in on the weekends.
Meal prep for tomorrow is all done. I told Ralph I used lots of eggs – 10 for the potato salad, 3 for the rolls and 5 for the meatloaf (used all 5 lbs so will hopefully have leftovers). Still working my way through the freezer but the leftovers fit my lazy nature. Have a great week.
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HI ladies! Our meatball sub yesterday was as wonderful as we thought it would be. We went to trader Joe's afterward. A tad disappointed that I forgot to look for their pumpkin peacan oatmeal this year and of course they are already sold out of them. I did buy some pumpkin frozen waffles though and they were really good. I'll have to remember to check next week and see if they still have them. I wanted to make soup today but Dan says it is too hot for soup and he just wants to have salads for dinner (after I bought all the ingredients for the soup). Sigh. It is going to be low to mid 80's again all week.
I tried to visit my friend with the emotional problems yesterday and bring her some groceries but was not sure what I would find since her phone was disconnected when I tried to call. Sure enough when I got there she had moved. (after I drove 25 miles and lugged 6 bags up the stairs to her apartment!) I remebered I had a phone number for her brother so I called him. In hind sight I should have called her brother before I drove there. He informed me that she had a heart attack end of September and is now in rehab. He realizes that she can no longer stay home alone and is trying to get her into an assisted living group home. He asked me to pray that she would "play well with others" (my wording) so she doesn't lose the place so if you think of it, please pray that she will get along and be able to stay at the home he is setting up for her. He said it is a God send. I called her at the rehab facility and she sounded really good. I think this may have been a blessing in disguise so that she would no longer be stuck by herself in an apartment where she can't walk to a grocery store and therefore can't afford to eat by the end of the month.
Debora, the Sublime Alehouse was very good. A good time was had by all. Kinda funny story though, we paid for everyone because they always have us over their house for dinner and this was our way to reciprocate. Well, the Alehouse has what they call "flights of beer" which is 4 - 5oz beer samples of your choice. I heard Jackie ask the waitress how much they were and heard the answer $5 to $6. Well I thought that meant per flight but it turned out to be per 5oz sample, so each flight of beer was $24!!!! They each had one and Dan and I shared one so we ended up spending approximately $75 just on samples of beer!!!!!!!! YIKES!! Total bill with tip was $140! Dan took it all in stride though and said they are worth it. Whew!
OK, gotta go. Have a blessed week!
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Good Morning, this will be quick right now, but I plan to get back here later, after I go have blood drawn. Everything has been bumped up a week because Dr. Bauer, the liver specialist won't be available the last week of the month for a one month followup, so the CT scan is scheduled for next Monday and I'll see the doctor on Wednesday.
Anyway, I did want to ask you Debora, is your email address still ralphanddebora@wheatstate.com ? That's where I sent the email update. If not, please give me your latest email address and I'll forward the thread.
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Hey Sheryl.... I thought you said you ate a club sandwich not a meatball sandwich? Are you feeling better today?
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Good Morning. I have to stop telling you that I'll be back later in the day and then not show up for many days...you are not going to believe anything I say in the future. I had every intention of coming back after the lab work Monday, but got sick. Yes, Norma, we had club sandwiches, but since John did not get sick, I'm sure it was my salad/salad dressing. I was commenting on Isabella and Dan finding a restaurant with a good meatball sandwich. I find it hard to get one here as well as a good pastrami sandwich. Nothing around here like what we used to have in Pasadena.
I'll back up to last Friday, my visit to my primary doctor. I had many questions for her because I've been sharing all my test results and info with my niece, Janelle, and she pointed out to me things in my CT scans that were troubling to her. They mention "fatty liver" and Janelle said that that's an indication of future problems. My oncologist is only concerned about the cancer, so I talked to my primary about the fatty liver and cholesterol and other of Janelle's concerns. Dr. Frew listened and took down everything I said and ordered a whole new panel of blood tests and urinalyses to follow-up on these new concerns. I don't have all the results yet, but we did talk about the main solution being diet and exercise, not medications. I know what I need to do, I just have to do it. (I guess my dream of finding that perfect pastrami sandwich should be thrown out. ha ha ha)
The weekend was uneventful, just very busy caring for John. Every time I thought I'd have a moment because he sat down to watch a football game for awhile, he was back up out of the chair and showing me something out the window or wanted me outside to see something.
Monday, the lab work went well after the new young girl finally got into the vein. Right when she called for some help, the blood started to flow. She had to wiggle the needle around quite a bit, but I still didn't feel a thing, so I wasn't bothered. We stopped for lunch and got club sandwiches. Next time, I need to remember to just order one sandwich to split between us and get John a side of french fries. We came home straight from the cafe and barely got home in time for me to get to the bathroom, it hit me that fast. After a couple hours of in and out of the bathroom about 8 times, I think I got rid of everything I had eaten. Then, I got hives and was itching all over. Red and bumpy, I have no idea what brought that on. I took an antihistamine that was prescribed for the itching in my hands and feet during chemo and that disappeared within 15 to 20 minutes. Weird.
Again, the last few days have been uneventful except busy with John. He's my full-time job these days.
Isabella, I saw Carla's post about that soup. It does look good and I have lots of beans, I'll have to try it too.
So sorry that you had to drive so far to find your friend not home. That's true concern on your part and I'm sure her brother appreciated your effort. It does sound like this may be the best thing for her. It seems, that many times, it's life-changing events that cause good change for the future. I trust that she will be well cared for and not alone.
Debora, I do still subscribe to Blue Apron and I also joined Hello Fresh and Home Chef as well. I alternate the meal deliveries depending on our schedule and what meals they have to offer that week. It's very easy to skip weeks. I have a calendar specific for this so I can keep track of what and when to expect.
I am remembering Marcie more and more lately, one thing is about decluttering, boy, I NEED to do that desperately right now. I am swimming in junk.
I also got stumped trying to help Norma log exercises here on MFP. I finally realized that all my memories of logging exercise were from NutriMirror and I have not logged much here because I was already in chemotherapy and very weak when we started here on MFP. NutriMirror was so much easier in logging, with so many more choices. Anyway, I thought of Marcie and how she helped many of us with logging questions. The "help" here is useless. Marcie was my tutorial getting used to the transition. I really miss her. I should contact Jim again and see how he is doing now.
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Hi Ladies, It is in the high 70's today. A beautiful day! I went to the farmer's market and got some honey from a different vendor. My long time vendor stopped coming to our market and the vendor who took his place is at all the farmer's markets and is a bit more expensive (I don't like monopolies of any kind) so when I saw this little stand with a few jars of their own local honey I decided to try it. I'll let you know how it is. She didn't speak much english so I'm not sure what type of honey it is. Maybe orange blossom and avocado?? Dan and I will do our usual Trader Joe's and Sprouts in a little while. I'm hoping he is going to want to go to the restaurant where we got the meatball subs so I can try their Philly Cheese Steak. He told me how he makes them and it sounded wonderful.
I'm going to Jami's tomorrow morning for her to dye my hair. Then we will be going to her house in the evening around 4:30pm for an early dinner. Her boys are going to be there too. I'm looking forward to it. Dan not so much but I'm very happy he agreed to go.
Norma, SO nice to see you here! Welcome!! Hope you visit often. I don't use any of the fitness pal functions (although I should) so I won't be any help. Sorry! I just use the community forum.
Sheryl, very happy that your niece gave you advice on things to discuss with your doctor. I'll be interested to hear what she advises you to do. True that diet and exercise is the "magic bullet". My doctor told me she was concerned about fatty liver a couple of years ago then never mentioned it again. When I brought it up at my last physical she didn't seem to think there were any markers that it is an issue at this time - whatever that means. Glad you're still doing blue apron and added the others in. Sounds like you have it figured out pretty good. Please let me know if you make Carla's bean soup. I have been thinking about Marcie more and more lately as well. She was such a wonderful lady.
Debora, you must be even busier than usual.
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Good Afternoon. Another weird morning with John. He got up almost immediately after I did, so I barely got the coffee on and no time for myself. I tried to watch Recipe Rehab, my Saturday morning indulgence, but John was non-stop talking, so I missed most of it. He sure has gotten to be a "Chatty Cathy". Do you remember that doll? back in the day? I think I was about 7-8 years old when I wanted one. Never did get one though, too expensive for my folks back then. I don't know how parents can do it these days, all the toys are even more expensive and the kids want EVERYTHING. I'll get off my soapbox now. ha ha ha
Isabella, The Truth About Cancer, and all their branches, must have read my test results...there is going to be a webinar/docuseries about "Fatty Liver". I signed up, it's going to air the first part of December. Do you get all the emails connected to them? If not, and you're interested, I can email you a link. Their emails often get too much and I have deleted all the ones about electronics and wireless contamination in our homes. But, I did look at the fasting one and more about essential oils. One link leads to another.
I headed to Trader Joe's last week, thinking I'd get a few pumpkin items for a friend, she's nuts over all things pumpkin, but that's over already and it's not even Thanksgiving yet. They are stocked for Christmas now. All things peppermint! I did get several tins of the Danish Butter Cookies for gifts and for ourselves, they are so yummy.
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Good Morning. John went back to bed and I got all the animals fed and now I can sit a minute.
I think I should cancel Hello Fresh, after logging food this week, I noticed that these particular meals use more than my daily maximum sodium per meal. These are also not low in calories, so I need to make better choices. I see that MFP is promoting Sun Basket, another meal service. I may look into that one if there's a discount incentive. However, since John is not eating a lot anymore and he always prefers cheeseburgers, which I can make without the aid of a meal service, I may cancel all of it altogether for awhile. John's teeth are really bad now and I rarely order any meals with steak since he can't bite into it and chew it. I figure that the ground beef meals are too expensive since I can buy ground beef and make it myself so much cheaper. I'm still waffling on this.
I got several frozen items from Trader Joe's that are easy to prepare and seemingly healthy, although still considered "processed". I got a cauliflower tot casserole which seemed so healthy subbing cauliflower for potatoes in the tots, but was negated by all the cheese to make it au gratin. I also got turkey cranberry meatballs but did not like the taste of those. I need to buy ground turkey breast and make my own.
I needed a new pan to cook with and since the cancer web sites I follow say that the non-stick coatings are not good, they put toxins into the food, I bought a ceramic pan. I like it very much. I think that I will replace all my teflon pans with ceramic.
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Hi ladies, I'm meeting a couple of ladies from an old bible study group for brunch today. Really looking forward to it. Then Dan and I will do our usual Trader Joe's and Sprouts shopping. We did not go to have philly cheesesteaks last week. We went to Chick-Fil-A to use our last coupon instead. Maybe next week we'll go. We had a very nice time at Jami's last Sunday. Everyone was in a good mood and very sociable.
Sheryl, I don't know about cancelling all your meal services. Maybe keep one intermittently like blue apron or whichever seems best to you. There are several frozen meals at Trader Joe's that I get that are basic ingredients with no preservatives. I like their Penne Arriabiata, Chimichurri Rice, Chicken Fried Rice, Mac & Cheese, Spinach Ravioli in tomato basil sauce, to name a few. They are quick and easy to prepare and would be easy for John to chew.
I do receive the Truth about Cancer's emails but did not receive any about fatty liver unless I deleted it by accident. I would appreciate it if you would email it to me.
I stopped using teflon pans a very long time ago. All my pots and pans are either stainless steel or ceramic coated. My favorite ceramic coated pans are german. My favorite frypan is made by Zwilling J&A Henckels. I got it at Bed Bath & Beyond but I just noticed they even have an online outlet store (I just googled to make sure I had the correct spelling).
Debora, hope is all is well with you and you weren't too badly affected by the crazy cold front.
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Hi, I feel like I’ve been AWOL. Haven't checked in to even read for about a week. Concerts for grandkids, then a week where we were in Wichita almost every day when my uncle was not doing well and did pass away. Then working with his boys who did come to see him the last two days and were with him when he passed away and it affected them more than they thought it would. The one asked for a picture of Uncle Joe so I packed up pretty much all of the pictures that were in Uncle Joe’s apartment and gave them to him. There was one of his dad and many more and from facebook so I see they have been going through them. They have planned a service for this coming Monday. It will be short but they have stepped up and done it. And, sadly, after Monday, I will probably not see these cousins much but that’s life.
This Sunday is when Blessin, foster granddaughter, is back with her bio-mom permanently (well, that’s the plan). She has been with her mom more of each week so she has been gone a lot but they won’t get to see her again. So it will be a hard day for them.
Will have a big crowd here for Thanksgiving. All of my kids, both of sister’s Carol’s kids and one of Donna’s – my count is at 36. They are all bringing food so I’m not doing it all. I will make a ham, bake dinner rolls and I bought some pies and some Stove top stuffing and canned gravy. So not too bad. I had Friday and Saturday at home so got a better than usual housecleaning done so it will do for the next week. I know I’ll have to straighten after tomorrow but not sweep and dust. Even went through a box of magazines that needed to be sorted. I think I am getting better at letting things go.
Sheryl, on myfitnesspal, I’m am not doing as great as it seems. I put in my breakfast so I get my points at another place (so I make $10 every once in awhile) but I don’t log the rest of the day and it shows. I have put back on 40 of the 50 pounds I took off with NM. I have got to get serious again. Now I’m saying after Christmas but that’s probably not a good way to look at it.
I think that may have been my email address for a short time but what I use now is ralphdebora15@gmail.com. I’ll look for it.
Isabella, sorry to hear your friend had a heart attack but glad this was a wake up for her son and he is getting her set up to be better cared for. What did you do with all those groceries? 6 bags is quite a bit.
Wow, my mouth dropped open when I read what you had to pay at the restaurant. You chalk it up as one of those things but that hit the pociketbook. It was nice of you to pay.
You are having some very nice weather. Do you have Farmer Market’s year round? Your weekends have some of the same things and then there is always something extra fun – this time at Jaime’s.
Glad Dan agreed to go along.
Yum on Chick-Fil-A. That’s our fancy eating place. We each took a shoebox there this week and got a couple for a free sandwich the next time we go. Oh yeah, we had our family shoebox packing party and did 100 boxes. It’s such a fun activity. This year Lori put them together to look like a present in the church foyer. Tomorrow is when all the shoeboxes come in.
Welcome Norma. We know what a wonderful person you are and would love to have you join us anytime.
How great, Sheryl, that your doctor listened so carefully and is following up with things. Diet and exercise – familiar words. And you could probably have one pastrami sandwich – just not lots of them. I’m glad your illness was short lived but no fun while you had it. I’m glad you can take care of John but it does keep you busy.
You probably get more variety with your meals but doing more than one. Glad to hear it’s easy to slip weeks. With all that being delivered to your door, it helps you from having to make trips to the grocery store. Saw the update of your changes. Ralph has a hard time with food too - he almost always has a knife to cut things into smaller pieces so he doesn't have to bite.
I’ll join you in the need to declutter. I got rid of stuff in the “guest room”. I worked on it so I could get the bed uncovered and about got the crib emptied out and then added stuff back to it when I did the rest of the house. But we took about 5 boxes to the thrift store. The guest room is where I dress (works good when I’m up before Ralph) so I would do something each night. So I’m toying with the idea of bring stuff from downstairs and filling the crib and see if I do better – but that would be after Christmas.
Marcie was good at helping. I don’t log exercise cause I just count my steps – imagine what a tubby thing I would be if I wasn’t walking each day. Hope that’s a help when I eat better.
Well, I’d better finish getting my SS lesson together and finish up needed stuff. Today worked on some one time things. Still more to do but did make some progress. I will get this on it’s way and hopefully not stay away too long. Good chatting going on.
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Good Morning, wow, once again, more than a week has passed...so quickly. How does time go by so fast when I seem to get nothing done. First, I'll respond to part of your comments.
Isabella, you and I think alike, I cancelled Home Chef and Hello Fresh, but did keep Blue Apron. I've skipped these holiday weeks, but will probably resume deliveries on and off for January and next year, it is nice to have some meals delivered. I have also stocked up on easy frozen items from Trader Joe's. They do have some great food that's easy to prepare. Right now, I have the Vegetable Fried Rice and Spinach Lasagna in the freezer.
Debora, my sympathies regarding the loss of Uncle Joe. I know how much you cared for him and seemed to be there more than any other relatives. So glad that his boys showed up at the end, but too bad that you think that's the last that you will see of them. I can't imagine my life without my cousins in it. I don't see them often anymore, but keep in touch with phone calls and emails.
Wow, what a houseful you will have for Thanksgiving, but what fun having all the family together. That's what the Holiday is all about. Glad that everyone is pitching in with food and that you won't have all the burden of cooking everything. Reminds me of my childhood when we all gathered together and had a huge houseful. Nancy and my cousin Amy are hosting Thanksgiving this year at Nancy's house, but with so many family members scattered and moved away from the Los Angeles area, it won't be the big crowd that it used to be. Still, I wish I could be there. Praying that Blessin will adjust and have a happy and secure home to return to. I know how difficult it is to say goodbye to a foster child. I think I mentioned before that I have an aunt and uncle, with no children of their own, who took in fosters when I was a girl. I still think of those other little girls and wonder where they are now.
Will get both your email addresses onto the update list and send out another one today. I saw my oncologist yesterday and got the latest results. Last Monday, I went for the CT scan and saw the specialist last Wednesday. The slice of cancer is smaller, but still there. We'll be monitoring it through scans on a regular basis. Since I am not having pain or any other issues from the procedure, there are no outward signs of what's going on in there, so scans are the only way to see. I'll be going back for another scan on December 23rd and see the doctor for the results on the 26th.
John's now having more delusions/hallucinations, not sure which to call it. He sees things and hears things that are not there. The other night, he turned on the bedroom light and I found him on the floor looking under the bed. He said that he lost "it" but could not tell me what "it" is. He had it and now it's gone, I asked what it is and he said he didn't know but it was there a few minutes ago. I convinced him that we'd deal with it in the morning and let's go back to bed. Naturally, in the morning, he never mentioned it and I doubt he remembered. I let it go and also did not mention it. He is hearing slight noises that I don't hear. I think he may have tinnitus although he says it's not "ringing", he hears buzzing and/or water running. Other than the refrigerator making a humming noise (I think it's ready to quit on us, it's over 25 years old) and the furnace on and off, I don't hear anything out of the ordinary. We check the faucets and toilets to see if they are running, but they aren't. Very weird.
One good thing, the worse John gets, the easier it is to get rid of stuff that is truly just clutter. I can toss old magazines that he'll never miss and I plan to pack up some manuals that he'll never look for again. I won't toss the manuals because whoever wants the old car and truck parts may want the manuals too. I'm also tossing many of my old VHS tapes that I'll never watch again. As I go through them, if there are special ones that I want, I've been checking the internet to see if they are on dvd. A lot of the old movies, I've been finding very cheap.
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Good morning Ladies! Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Jami and her husband flew to Dallas to be with her dad so it is just Dan and I. He likes it that way and it is OK with me. We had "friendsgiving" with Jami and Joe and the gang last week anyway so I am content. It is going to rain all day here (as well as rain yesterday and tomorrow) so we are just going to hunker down, eat, and watch TV or play on the computer. Dan has a bit of a cold so I am filling him with lots of healthy stuff. We had blueberry oatmeal for breakfast and of course our usual green shake. I will attempt grilled cheese sandwiches (I have never been very good at making them) and cup of soup for lunch then I will make an old family recipe of chicken cacciatore for dinner. I am very thankful for all the blessings the Lord has bestowed on me this year. I am also very grateful for all of you!
Debora, That's quite a group you are having for thanksgiving! I will be wonderful though and much easier when everyone brings something. SO sorry to hear that your uncle Joe passed. Good news that his sons were able to be there with him and stepped up to plan the funeral. Yes, our farmer's market is year round. That is such a blessing. I haven't had a chance to go see my friend who had the heart attack. Every time I call to see if she is up for a visit she doesn't answer the phone and I don't want to go there if I am unsure whether she will be available. I plan to donate the bags of groceries I had for her to our food drive at church. They collect groceries every 2nd Sunday. Even though we are in a somewhat middle class or even affluent community studies show that within a 5 mile radius 1 in 4 children in our community are "food insecure" so they fill backpacks with food for the kids to take home and eat over the weekend. They get food at school but go hungry over the weekend. I am happy to be part of such a locally focused church.
Sheryl, Glad that the cancer has gotten smaller. I pray and believe that it will continue to shrink until it disappers. We do indeed think alike when it comes to food! Are you cooking a turkey? I bought some turkey thighs that I will cook another day and plan to get a rotisserie chicken and serve it with some mashed potatoes on Saturday so we will get the feel of having a more traditional thanksgiving meal. I think you are right that John is experiencing tinnitus. I have tinnitus and mine is more of a "wooshing sound" than a ringing. I wonder if he was dreaming when he woke up and started looking for "it". I remember waking up once from a dream that was so real I was looking for some coins I had placed on the window sill in my dream. I can't imagine what it must be like for either of you. You seem to always know how to diffuse the situation though.
Well, I am going to close for now and hope to get back here in the next day or so. God's blessings to you all! I'm going to see if I can catch a very little bit of the "parade of commercials" - I mean the Macy's day parade!
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Good Afternoon. I like that "parade of commercials" Isabella, so funny because it's so true. I don't even bother watching the parades anymore. The news said that the wind may be too gusty to even float the balloons this year, so I was thinking of watching just to see if that turned out to be true or not, but I never did. Growing up in Pasadena, I saw the Rose Parade live every year for many, many years, so I don't even watch that one anymore either. It's like the circus, if you've seen one, you've seen them all. Just my opinion for me only.
I thought of buying a turkey breast this year and then decided to use something out of the freezer instead. Several months ago, I bought a whole pork tenderloin in a bag, total of 4 pounds. I cut it in half and roasted part of it right away. The other half has been in the freezer and I did not want to leave it for too long. We had that with mashed potatoes and peas, and apple sauce instead of cranberry sauce. Plenty left over to make pork sandwiches for another meal.
I don't plan to go out tomorrow either, I am not a Black Friday shopper. In fact, other than groceries, I don't go out shopping at all anymore. I'm spoiled now with on-line shopping, at my leisure, and having it delivered to the house. I tried to go bra shopping not too long ago, but what a hassle with John in tow. He felt uncomfortable in the underwear department while I was in the changing room. I won't do that again until I have in-home care for him and can leave him home.
We are having a gorgeous day if you're just looking out the window. Beautiful blue sky, sun shining bright, but it's very, very cold out there. John keeps going out and turns around and comes right back in. He watches football on and off about 5-10 minutes at a time. Never sits through a whole game anymore. I was hoping to catch up on answering many emails, but haven't done much yet.
I'll try to get back to that and see how many I can get sent out.
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