7-30-2012 Monday's Mad Hatters Chatter
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Hi Ho Hatters!
K… I had a very bad day; got read the riot act by the doctor and told if I didn’t stop spending all day looking at a computer or anything “close up”; my lens would not fall into place correctly; that I could NOT walk more than a leisurely stroll and to kindly remember that the hanging lens is a very delicate thing and to smarten up big time. Told to wear a patch at work so eye didn’t stay focused on screen only. Message received and Snoozie will absolutely follow orders. Was 4 hrs late getting in cause of riot act; eyes clumped and dilated from all the drops; and having to try numerous places to find a freaken patch (ended up making my own to get thru the day). Was 2 hrs late getting home as a result of catching up on everything; very cranky, hungry..and in a rage after hitting rush hour. Made quick dinner and wanted to dive into bag of chips because I was in such an emotional whirlwind. Didn’t have any; considered driving to get some and then realized k.. this is what you DO. Was dog tired; just wanted to curl up and log onto the hatters and read everyones posts. But have to limit screen time. Grrr. Even more mad. What to do. Decided instead to go to the lake and stroll. Lake calms me. So I threw on sneakers and shorts and went down at 730 at night; and strolled for ½ hr thru the park.. got mad at joggers passing me, felt like carrying a sign saying this is all I can dooooo.. don’t judge me.. then realized that was just stoopid…so instead breathed… looked at lake… stretched as I went.. enjoyed the breeze.. looked way out at horizon and at birds and ducks to expand focus in eye… it was lovely. I gradually calmed down. Then came home, cranked the a/c to HIGH, ran a bubble bath..poured a ½ glass of wine and slid in and just relaxed while I thought about how much better I felt right at that moment, than I would have felt if I had driven to the store in a rage and bot a bag of chips and devoured them. And I did. I felt great. It was a BAD day.. but it’s a good night Because this time I thought it through and tried something else to deal with my emotions. And this time it worked. And all that matters right now is this time. I’m not going to think about what about next time, or what if… I’m just going to celebrate that this time, I made a better choice. IPOM.
Sadly though.. I am going to have to force myself not to spend hours on here… it’s pretty much become an addiction for me here.. sigh.. but I want you all to know that I will be reading every single post… and I will TRY my best to do replies to all.. especially today because they are all such amazings posts from everyone.. my fingers are itching to let each of you know what parts have touched me specifically… but I am quite honestly scared after this morning that I will mess up my eye, so please forgive me for the next couple of weeks if I can’t write much, but I will absolutely be reading every single post and will figure out a way to get my “fix” and post .. maybe more sporadically rather than all at once. Anyway… I’m already over my set limit for today but HAVE to catch up on todays posts, although I wont be able to come back and do replies.. but you all ROCK and are amazing women… can’t wait til I can ramble again (yeah I know.. I haven’t exactly stopped rambling yet LOL)
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Hi Ho Hatters!
K… I had a very bad day; got read the riot act by the doctor and told if I didn’t stop spending all day looking at a computer or anything “close up”; my lens would not fall into place correctly; that I could NOT walk more than a leisurely stroll and to kindly remember that the hanging lens is a very delicate thing and to smarten up big time. Told to wear a patch at work so eye didn’t stay focused on screen only. Message received and Snoozie will absolutely follow orders. Was 4 hrs late getting in cause of riot act; eyes clumped and dilated from all the drops; and having to try numerous places to find a freaken patch (ended up making my own to get thru the day). Was 2 hrs late getting home as a result of catching up on everything; very cranky, hungry..and in a rage after hitting rush hour. Made quick dinner and wanted to dive into bag of chips because I was in such an emotional whirlwind. Didn’t have any; considered driving to get some and then realized k.. this is what you DO. Was dog tired; just wanted to curl up and log onto the hatters and read everyones posts. But have to limit screen time. Grrr. Even more mad. What to do. Decided instead to go to the lake and stroll. Lake calms me. So I threw on sneakers and shorts and went down at 730 at night; and strolled for ½ hr thru the park.. got mad at joggers passing me, felt like carrying a sign saying this is all I can dooooo.. don’t judge me.. then realized that was just stoopid…so instead breathed… looked at lake… stretched as I went.. enjoyed the breeze.. looked way out at horizon and at birds and ducks to expand focus in eye… it was lovely. I gradually calmed down. Then came home, cranked the a/c to HIGH, ran a bubble bath..poured a ½ glass of wine and slid in and just relaxed while I thought about how much better I felt right at that moment, than I would have felt if I had driven to the store in a rage and bot a bag of chips and devoured them. And I did. I felt great. It was a BAD day.. but it’s a good night Because this time I thought it through and tried something else to deal with my emotions. And this time it worked. And all that matters right now is this time. I’m not going to think about what about next time, or what if… I’m just going to celebrate that this time, I made a better choice. IPOM.
Sadly though.. I am going to have to force myself not to spend hours on here… it’s pretty much become an addiction for me here.. sigh.. but I want you all to know that I will be reading every single post… and I will TRY my best to do replies to all.. especially today because they are all such amazings posts from everyone.. my fingers are itching to let each of you know what parts have touched me specifically… but I am quite honestly scared after this morning that I will mess up my eye, so please forgive me for the next couple of weeks if I can’t write much, but I will absolutely be reading every single post and will figure out a way to get my “fix” and post .. maybe more sporadically rather than all at once. Anyway… I’m already over my set limit for today but HAVE to catch up on todays posts, although I wont be able to come back and do replies.. but you all ROCK and are amazing women… can’t wait til I can ramble again (yeah I know.. I haven’t exactly stopped rambling yet LOL)
MAD HATTERS RULE!!!
Yes mam this is exactly what I was worried about. Now do what that doctor has advised so that after healing we can enjoy your wonderful company again in full. We will be here when you are able to be with us fully healed !!!!!!!0 -
Hi Ho Hatters!
K… I had a very bad day; got read the riot act by the doctor and told if I didn’t stop spending all day looking at a computer or anything “close up”; my lens would not fall into place correctly; that I could NOT walk more than a leisurely stroll and to kindly remember that the hanging lens is a very delicate thing and to smarten up big time. Told to wear a patch at work so eye didn’t stay focused on screen only. Message received and Snoozie will absolutely follow orders. Was 4 hrs late getting in cause of riot act; eyes clumped and dilated from all the drops; and having to try numerous places to find a freaken patch (ended up making my own to get thru the day). Was 2 hrs late getting home as a result of catching up on everything; very cranky, hungry..and in a rage after hitting rush hour. Made quick dinner and wanted to dive into bag of chips because I was in such an emotional whirlwind. Didn’t have any; considered driving to get some and then realized k.. this is what you DO. Was dog tired; just wanted to curl up and log onto the hatters and read everyones posts. But have to limit screen time. Grrr. Even more mad. What to do. Decided instead to go to the lake and stroll. Lake calms me. So I threw on sneakers and shorts and went down at 730 at night; and strolled for ½ hr thru the park.. got mad at joggers passing me, felt like carrying a sign saying this is all I can dooooo.. don’t judge me.. then realized that was just stoopid…so instead breathed… looked at lake… stretched as I went.. enjoyed the breeze.. looked way out at horizon and at birds and ducks to expand focus in eye… it was lovely. I gradually calmed down. Then came home, cranked the a/c to HIGH, ran a bubble bath..poured a ½ glass of wine and slid in and just relaxed while I thought about how much better I felt right at that moment, than I would have felt if I had driven to the store in a rage and bot a bag of chips and devoured them. And I did. I felt great. It was a BAD day.. but it’s a good night Because this time I thought it through and tried something else to deal with my emotions. And this time it worked. And all that matters right now is this time. I’m not going to think about what about next time, or what if… I’m just going to celebrate that this time, I made a better choice. IPOM.
Sadly though.. I am going to have to force myself not to spend hours on here… it’s pretty much become an addiction for me here.. sigh.. but I want you all to know that I will be reading every single post… and I will TRY my best to do replies to all.. especially today because they are all such amazings posts from everyone.. my fingers are itching to let each of you know what parts have touched me specifically… but I am quite honestly scared after this morning that I will mess up my eye, so please forgive me for the next couple of weeks if I can’t write much, but I will absolutely be reading every single post and will figure out a way to get my “fix” and post .. maybe more sporadically rather than all at once. Anyway… I’m already over my set limit for today but HAVE to catch up on todays posts, although I wont be able to come back and do replies.. but you all ROCK and are amazing women… can’t wait til I can ramble again (yeah I know.. I haven’t exactly stopped rambling yet LOL)
MAD HATTERS RULE!!!
Yes mam this is exactly what I was worried about. Now do what that doctor has advised so that after healing we can enjoy your wonderful company again in full. We will be here when you are able to be with us fully healed !!!!!!!
TAKE CARE OF YOU!!!! We'll still be here - if we can wait for you - you can take time to heal! Enough said! But we do enjoy everything you've done for us! Carol in NJ0 -
Now I am not sure how many of you are still struggling with portions but I have stumbled across a good recipe for individual mug cakes or 321 cakes as some are calling them. This is great for me since my family is some what watching what they are eating also. We no longer have to cook a whole cake and then feel we need to eat it before it ruins or throw it out. Now I will be keeping a ziploc of this in the freezer.
I added 1 teaspoon of Pillsbury Pink lemonade icing when done and it was yummy !!!
I used http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/conversion_tables.htm to convert the dry mix weight to tablespoons to know how many serving it would make.
INGREDIENTS:
1 box Angel Food Cake Mix (Fat Free) ( I used Betty Crocker)
1 box Cake Mix - Any Flavor ( I used a Duncan Hines Butter )
2 Tbsp Water
Makes 1 serving
DIRECTIONS:
In a ziploc bag, combine the two dry cake mixes together and mix well.
For each individual cake serving,
3 Tablespoons of the cake mix
2 Tablespoons of water
Mix add to a sprayed mug
Microwave on high for 1 minute, and you have your own instant individual
little cake!
KEEP remaining cake mixture stored in the ziploc bag and use whenever
you feel like a treat! You can top each cake with a dollop of fat free
whipped topping and/or some fresh fruit.
Recipe name
Number of servings
Serves 27 people (at 3 tbsp each)
Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Potass
Betty Crocker - Angel Food Cake Mix Fat Free, 1 container (456 gs ea.) 1,680 384 0 24 3,720 420
Duncan Hines - Butter Recipe Golden Cake Mix (18.25 oz Pkg), 1 box (18.25oz) 2,280 420 54 12 2,040 0
Add Ingredient
Total: 3960 804 54 36 5760 420
Per Serving: 147 30 2 1 213 160
