Pot Bellied Stove / Water Cooler

arobed53

The week sped by. We didn’t go to every session of the Bible conference. Ralph thought it was too foggy Monday evening. We did both of Tuesday’s. Wednesday Ralph heard the speaker and I worked (played) in the nursery and we stayed home Wednesday evening and Ralph did his class. They are online if would go and listen but we are not good at doing that.
I did what I could at home in the afternoons but I usually managed to fit a nap in too.
Thursday morning we had doctor appointments. Mine was simple and just talk about blood pressure. He thinks mine is too low but will let the heart doctor deal with it. Ralph finally got his shoulder checked out. He has lost a lot of range of motion but still has the strength. They did an xray which shows a lot of arthritis. He is starting PT on Monday and we’ll see how it goes. I imagine he should have pushed to use it when it started hurting. Hopefully, this will go ok with his fibromylgia. I’ll go along for the first one so I can set up the appointments when the car will be free for him but I won’t go all the time.
In the afternoon we went and watched Lucy bowl. She’s not great but has fun. Her dad says she’s doing everything right but has no consistency. The place was not very warm and Ralph had a hard time with that. Afterwards we ate at Sam’s. We wanted the hotdogs but would have had to wait so we did the pizza meal. It was good.
Friday we went to town. Then I went ahead and got the house straightened up for Sunday. So today I had a little food stuff to do and then I worked on short jobs which hopefully don’t have to be repeated soon. The brownies was an out of date mix but smelled okay. I want to get things more used up and then do better at staying current.
It stayed above freezing most of the time this week so there was melting but the ground was still frozen so the country roads were messy so we always had to drive slow. Finally, yesterday afternoon, the ground thawed enough that the roads are a bit better. Our car is coated with several layers of yuck.
Take care.

isyvanek

Did the usual shopping this weekend. Had the gardener here too. Still to wet for him to weed the slope so I had him fertilize the roses, azaleas and gardenias and do some light trimming. If it is still to wet next time he comes I'm just going to cancel. Not much for him to do for the other shrubs. Temps warmed up a bit this week to high 70's but we are supposed to get heavy rain again this thursday. Hopefully there won't be any more flooding.

Last Monday we had heavy rain and some areas in south east San Diego that are near bodies of water had severe flooding. I never thought we'd see that in San Diego. Our crappy Mayor claimed that they were maintaining everything and nothing could have prevented the flooding but we know the drains were not properly maintained and he is lying. In the next breath he said that he is going to ask for federal funding to help with the "deferred maintenance". That in itself tells you the drains have not been maintained.

Had a nice time at BJ's. Fellowship was good and the food was pretty good too. Prices weren't too bad either. It was nice to see everyone again. My bible study starts up again this Thursday. Really looking forward to it.

My friend Jami is recovering well from the brain surgery but they were not able to get to one of the anuerysms. They are hoping it will shrink now that the stints are in place. If not, they will go in and try to resolve it. She goes back in 6 weeks.

Debora, glad things are well on your end. The visiting speakers sound good. I didn't know Ralph also has fibromyalgia. That can be difficult. Hope his PT goes well. Also hope things warm up and melt in your area.

Take care and have a blessed week!

arobed53

Hi, another week has gone by. Things both warmed up and dried up. Today started out at 52. Roads aren’t muddy but need to be graded now. We did get a little bit of rain last night but so far not what they predicted. So I got the trash out so that job is done.
Ralph started on PT for his shoulder this week. I went along the first time so I could make sure appointments worked out with our other activities. There are three physical therapists and he’s had them all. They are working on getting his range of motion back. He only has three exercises to do at home and two he does better than the third.
Tuesday morning I worked with friend and in the evening we went to watch great niece play basketball. The girls won. Sadly, the varsity boys lost but the other team was really good. Wednesday was Bible study and then I was in the nursery in the evening. We had three girls. Thursday was Willing Workers. Our project committee met beforehand to plan our projects so we ate together. Then after the meeting I was able to get our project (food stuff for a local food panty) taken in while they were open. It was a good day but I was glad to be home for the evening.
Friday morning we went to town a bit later to make things work with his PT. I wanted to get something easy for dinner and found some turkey tortilla rollups that were marked down. We’ll be working on them. We can’t eat as many at one time as I thought we could. In the evening I made our regular sandwiches to take to the Berean basketball games. It was homecoming night and a lot of alumni come. Games were good. JV and Varsity boys both went into overtime. Only game we lost was Varsity boys in the second overtime.
Today I am at home. Ralph went to his Bible study and he took doughnuts. I was glad there were some left so I could have one when he came home. I’m working on straightening the house and doing food for tomorrow. I still need to bake the rolls and make the ecclair cake for dessert.

Isabella, heavy rains are not good where there is already lots of water. Hope the mayor can get things in shape now. Glad Bjs was good. What will you be studying at Bible study?
Glad Jami is recovering well. They should keep good watch. The clot in my niece’s heart has not gone away. She gets it checked every week. They are trying not to do surgery.

Now that Sheryl is gone, our group is smaller. Sometimes I think we just do an email. But here your news sits and waits for me and doesn’t disappear if I don’t answer right away.
Time to get our plates ready. Have a great week.

arobed53

Hi, We’ve had warmer days and today is cooling down. Sunday morning was communion so we start later. Then the kids were here. Jim always needs to leave at 2 so then the other family leaves shortly after cause the cousins are gone. The rest of the day was relaxing and gearing up for the week. Monday was at home until 4-H Council. We met two of the grands (who also go to the meeting) at McDonalds and had some time with them. Tuesday I worked with friend at church and we started Good News Club again. We had 14 and some were new ones. As I’m looking at the sign up sheets today, I realized one boy came a couple of years ago and one of the moms I babysat when she was much younger. So I’ll try and talk to her next week. In the evening we went to the basketball game between the local
Wednesday was Bible study. I worked at home in the afternoon and was in the nursery in the evening. We had 4 kids who played so well. No crying at all. Thursday morning I found out I was supposed to be in the nursery for Bible study so got there 20 minutes later but the other person was doing okay. We had 6 kids and they played well. In the afternoon we went and watched Lucy bowl one more time and then went to the Soil Conservation Annual Meeting. It was a delicious meal and the meeting was not overly long.
Friday we did our errands. There was no PT for Ralph as the PT people decided he should see the orthopedic doctor first (next Wednesday) so see if he can get a shot or needs surgery. He did say he did have a bit more movement though.
I thought I was going to be gone this morning and evening so got some family size Voila meals to fix – on sale so about the same cost as lasagna and I know they enjoy them. I ended up being home this morning cause Maggie had a fever so no basketball so got the jello and deviled eggs done then (made deviled eggs as grandson wants some for his superbowl party so decided we should have some too. Now I’m almost done baking the breadsticks, will do dishes and then be ready to go to a pancake and sausage feed at a area church. Always fun to see who is there and our youngest daughter and husband are going at the same time so we’ll see them.

isyvanek

Good morning! It's been cooler here but not too bad. Mid 60's with a chill breeze. Went to the farmer's market Saturday before my usual shopping and got a couple gifts for my friend in FL for her birthday which is 2 weeks after mine. It was a beautiful day!

I usually cook for Valentine's Day since my birthday is so close but I didn't feel like it this year so I suggested we get pizza and Dan really liked the idea. We ordered a medium which was perfect. Enough left over for lunch the next day. We ordered from the pizza place that bought out our favorite place and found out that they are also selling the place. It will become a "Giant NY Pizza" which is a chain. Not too thrilled with that but we will probably at least give them a try. Hard to find good pizza in our immediate area these days and it seems silly to travel for pizza.

Went to lunch at the senior center for Valentine's Day also. I picked up a friend who is no longer driving. It was really good to see her. The meal was excellent and they had a member of the 5th Dimension, Floyd Anderson, come in and sing some oldies for a half hour. It was very enjoyable.

We plan to go to the Hamburger Factory for my birthday on Saturday. It is under new ownership so we'll see how they are. Hopefully still as good as the former owner.

Debora, Glad to hear that Ralph's PT is getting some results. How did the appt with the Ortho doctor go?

We are doing a book study on Luke by Lisa Harper. The Study is called Luke - Gut Level Compassion. So far so good. Our group got so large - 50 ladies! - that our leader had to close the group signup. I'm sure some gals will drop out but it is a great group as always. What are you studying in your bible study group?

I wouldn't mind going to just emails instead of here, so if you ever decide to go that route just let me know. Either way is good by me. If you don't mind I'd love to have the recipe for our ecclair cake. It sounds delicious! You could email it to me.

OK, talk to you soon. Have a blessed week!

arobed53

Pancakes and sausage last week were good and I had a yummy piece of chocolate smore style pie. Sunday meal went well. Finished the last of the leftovers tonight for supper. No one stayed too long cause they all had superbowl parties to go to. We just watched it here at home. It was a good game with the outcome I liked. I wasn’t real impressed with the ads. And I did other stuff during halftime.
Monday was 4-H so I got ready for it. Had a good group and a lot of good talks. Tuesday morning Ralph had a checkup with the cardiologist. They agreed he was retaining some fluid so put him back on a pill they took him off 3 weeks ago. They are trying to get his BP to be more around 120 instead of lot lower but now it’s running more around 140 so trying things. Tuesday afternoon was Good News Club and we had 18 kids this week with 4 gone. Biggest group we’ve had for awhile.
Wednesday morning we did refreshments at Bible study since it was Valentine’s Day. We had a lot of good stuff. Then we went to Ralph appointment with the orthopedic doctor and he got a shot in the shoulder and in his right knee since it’s hurting again. The doctor said he could probably do range of motion on his own so we’ll see how that goes. I’m trying not to nag him on it. We enjoyed lunch at McDonalds. Worked at home in the afternoon and we had 4 kids in the nursery in the evening.
Thursday was in to the the PA to discuss the BP and we go back in six weeks. In the meantime, he keeps watch on it here. We then went to a thrift store, a bookstore and ate at Chick-Fil-A for our half anniversary. Thursday evening was Molly’s music concert – they are always good. We were able to sit on the front row so no heads in our way.
Friday was the usual errands. In the evening Maggie had a program. It was the 2nd and 3rd graders and they did Giddy Up Get Along Gideon. Very cute and a good message. This morning I went to watch Mattie play basketball at the Y. She is right handed but always dribbled with the Y. Their team lost but she had fun. Ralph, Alan and his boys went to a farm toy tractor show so were gone all day. I’ve been working on stuff for Sunday. Chuck roast were on sale (still very high) but splurged and have it with potatoes and carrots so I peeled and cut up 7 pounds of carrots. I’ll do the potatoes in the morning. The applesauce jello is made and the birthday cake. After we eat I’ll get the birthday tablecloths on and then I have valentine napkins so the table will have an interesting look. I think 21 will be able to be here.

Isabella, I always enjoy pizza. Sorry a chain is coming in. That’s what we mostly have around here – we usually do Pizza Hut just cause of the deals. How fun to eat at the senior center and bringing a friend. Cool on the music.
How was the Hamburger Factory? I’ve not heard of Lisa Harper (there are so many Bible studies out there). 50 is a large group. We don’t like to have over 10. Right now we usually have 8 of us there and one coming in via a phone call on speaker as she is supposed to be careful with her health. We are studying Mary and are mostly in Luke but the first two chapters. Elizabeth George is the author. We’ve done almost all of her books. They are ones that you can do them ahead or as we discuss which is how I often do them.
Well, we can try the emails out and change back to here if we want. I’ll consider it started when I send you the ecclair cake recipe.
Off to do dishes and get the birthday tablecloths on.

isyvanek

Hi. Temps are still in the mid 60's which is fine with me. We finally got some sunshine the last couple days. I know - we are SO spoiled here in San Diego. It is supposed to start raining again on Monday but shouldn't be too bad.

Went to lunch at the senior center today. They served sausage stuffed zucchini. It was very good. The company was very enjoyable as well.

My birthday was very nice. The Hamburger Factory was very good. They changed a few things but the quality is as good or better and all the previous wait staff are still working there so we were quite pleased. Prices went up $1 or $2 but it was still very reasonable. Our bill before tip was $35.

On Wednesday my friend Mona took me to lunch for my birthday. We went to a place called The Stand. I've eaten there before and liked it. I decided to try something new since I wasn't paying for it and got a southwest chicken wrap. It was a tad dry but good. I'll probably get one of the other things I like better next time. I also got a strawberry shake. I haven't had a shake in at least 20yrs so it was a nice treat and very delicious.

Debora, Your bible study sounds very good. I really like Elizabeth George. You cant go wrong with any of her studies. She always goes in depth.

How did your chuck roast come out? I'm sure it was delicious! Did you put it in the crock pot or in the oven?

Giving emails a try sounds good. As you said, we can always come back here if they don't seem to be working out. I'll look for your ecclair cake recipe.

Have a blessed week!

tlspindor

Hello, I hope there is someone else out there. I haven't been on in several years. Lots of life has happened and I sure have missed you all. I'm starting all over again, I have added 25lbs since I retired last year and I'm trying to get back to where I once was (feeling much better in my skin).

I Hope to hear back from you.

arobed53

Ok, here I am. I've put on weight since NM ended. I did good for awhile and then it crept back on and it goes on much easier than it goes off. I did not quite get up to my heaviest and slowly trying to go back down. Still very cold here - we've gone from 0 to 1. The sun is trying to peek out and it's not windy.

tlspindor

So glad to see that your back. I'll come back just saw what time it is and I have to cook dinner. I hope Isabella will come back too.

tlspindor

arobed53 wrote: »

Ok, here I am. I've put on weight since NM ended. I did good for awhile and then it crept back on and it goes on much easier than it goes off. I did not quite get up to my heaviest and slowly trying to go back down. Still very cold here - we've gone from 0 to 1. The sun is trying to peek out and it's not windy.

Hi Debora, I can totally agree that the weight go on much faster and off much much slower. I retired last year and here came the 25 pounds (154) and I felt bad, my cloths didn't fit right (I had to go buy 2 new pair of jeans a size bigger). Now I'm at my heaviest and time to get busy and loose it. I have a doctor appointment in July and I would like to at least be 10 or 15 pounds lighter (144 or 139) but then I will still have 10 to my goal. We didn't get the really bad weather only super cold with lots of wind. Now we are on our way back up, come Monday we should be in the 60's, now that's my kind of temps.
Talk later/GOD Bless

arobed53

Isabella said she try and drop in about once a week if she still can get in. I'll drop in once or twice a week or will try too. We went from -11 to 15 so got above zero but I think we will move into a warming trend now. Our car has been starting okay so that's nice but it's nicer to stay home than go places. Monday is supposed to get up to the 40-50s so hoping we can head for Nebraska and get our "new" car. Supper tonight is salads and chicken salad sandwiches.

tlspindor

Well I hope Isabella is able to still get in. I had forgotten my original password so I had to reset it. I think us getting together twice a week here will be okay. Since I have come back I introduced myself and I had a few requests (4) to make new friends and I accepted them. So I would like to create another Water Cooler for us to get together for support and chit chat. But I don't know yet, just thinking about it.
See you next time and Be Safe when you go to head for Nebraska to pick up your new car.
God Bless

arobed53

Nice that you've got some other friends to support you too. Ralph is getting ready to head for his Bible study (after he chores) and I'm ready to start on house stuff. We have a SS teacher' meal this evening to go to so that will be fun. And the day will be warmer. It's already 13 out. How are you working on your weight loss no. Do you plan our your meals?

tlspindor

What is a "SS teacher meal"? Are temps today are in the 60's and a sunny day. My weight loss so far is 3 pounds down, up 1 pound today, I've been at this for 28 days and it is so slow going but I'm not giving up. I just have to keep at it and I'll get to my goal by the time I have to go back to the doctor's in July. The doctor told my hubby to start the Mediterranean diet to loose weight so I have to figure out that for him, what I cook for him I'll be eating to so hopefully that will help. I'll let you know more about all that.
Have a blessed day.

arobed53

Good morning. Things that rattle off my tongue are not known to others. It was a meal for the children's Sunday School teachers. Weight loss is hard as we get older (good excuse). I have been having too many sweets this week and am up one. But I'm 7 below my highest which is a win to me.
No, you will not give up. Slow and steady wins the race. They say the Mediterranean is a good way to lose weight so I will be interested in how it goes for the two of you. Weight loss is not mentioned much by out doctor even though we both could use it.
This week has been so much warmer than the last two weeks. Such a big swing. We drove to Nebraska on Monday and got our new car. We each drove abut 7 hours since we both had to drive coming home. Tuesday I had to babysit in the morning and help with Good News Club in the afternoon. Wednesday morning I managed to ruin a tire on the new car as I went to walk. Our son changed it while we went to an activity. After it, we got the car and headed to town to get it inspected and get out new tag (which is a paper one but it's nice to have one - driving with no tag did not feel right). Thursday I had Bible study in the morning and Ralph had an appointment in the afternoon so we also did needed errands in that town. Yesterday I enjoyed working at home - never a lack of things to do. This morning we are going to a celebration for a friend and then will be at home working. No kids here for dinner tomorrow since I have to go somewhere right after church so will be able to do different things then I usually do.
Take care. I'm very interested to hear about your new cooking.

tlspindor

WOW!! Debora, you've had such a busy week. So what kind is your new car? Well let's see, I've missed 3 days of exercising this past week which really does show in no weight lost not even a .5 lbs which is what my minimum amount is I'm shooting for. I've eaten out 3 times (high in Sodium) this past week is another reason for not loosing that pesky .5 lb. that keeps alluding me. Even though I have not lost any week weight I do feel somewhat better. I really do like the walk at home and some easy strength training videos that I have found on YouTube.
My hubby (Jeff) is replacing the back door right now and I am just waiting for him to call me to come help him.
As far as this new Mediterranean Diet goes I'm still trying to find a couple of easy receipts that I think we will both like. So I'll keep researching that, plus it has to be easy for me to cook.
The weather down here has been getting pretty nice so that I can open up windows and shut off the heater. My 3 cats love it when the windows are open.
Take care and talk later, God Bless