Thank you, anew.

mygnsac, hope you feel better soon. Sheryl, so sorry to hear about your cousin. You have been through so much already

I fell about an hour ago on a solid sheet of ice. Landed flat on my back, and hit my head. Gave my self whiplash ( as much as possible with a fused neck) and hurt the elbow I broke last year. Im in an exorbinant amount of pain, so hubband is going to keep an eye on me, and I took a few pain pills. I will probably sleep in a recliner tonight. I have a bruise on my elbow already, and road rash across my shoulder blades. I am going to try to get some rest. On the bright side, my shoulder area is still numb from the nerve damage, and I can't feel the road rash, although I am sure tomorrow I will feel like death warmed over. I. HATE. WINTER...

Good Morning. Oh, Christina, a fall on the ice is so dangerous. This is terrible. How are you feeling this morning? Do you have a lump on the back of your head? Praying that there is no lasting damage.

Debora, yes, this is the cousin that was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. He had to cancel the 2013 leg of the trip for his brain surgery. That was the portion that brought him to the Pacific Northwest and so my John and I picked up his hiking partner without him. He also couldn't hike last summer either due to the cancer, so we picked up his partner from the airport and dropped him off where we had picked him up the previous year and he continued hiking into Washington. This coming summer, he'll resume the hike and get to the Canada Border and he will have completed the entire Trail, from Mexico to Canada, in 11 years. (Some hikers trek right through and are on the trail for about 6 months straight, WOW).

I just finished watching my Saturday morning addiction, Recipe Rehab. They redid Chile Relleno, one of my favorites. But, I'm not thrilled about either one of the rehabs. I think when I have that craving, I'll indulge in the original. When I make it here at home, my recipe doesn't have as much cheese as the family on tv had anyway.

We have lots of rain and strong wind today. Tomorrow is forecast to be the same. Wind is the worst. I had planned to go shopping, but will probably wait until Monday now. I have PT on Monday and can shop on my way home. I am planning a trip to Trader Joe's, I haven't been there in so long. I got the Fearless Flyer in the mail and have it all marked up with what I want to try. Plus, all my regular favorites on my list. So, this weekend, we'll eat out of the freezer.

OR, maybe we'll hear from our friends, the other John and his wife, and meet up for Mexican. (Maybe I'll get chile relleno...since I now have it on my mind). We haven't gotten together with them since I started treatment last July. I emailed them Thursday and mentioned we were ready to go out again, but no word back yet.

Need to refill my mug...

Hi everyone, today has been busy we went to breakfast with some friends and now friends want us to go to dinner for the prime rib at a place 50 miles from home, lol. Breakfast was 18 miles from home but you have to drive far to get a good meal. We have another place we really liked but have only been once because it's a 1 1/2 hour long drive.

I went to the hairdresser for some fine tuning today and I am quite happy with how my hair is curling and laying on my head. It feels so much lighter now.

I let my husband know I couldn't find my Past, Present and Future ring he gave me. We moved into this house in 2012 and I haven't been able to find it. Lo and behold he tells me, "It was in that plastic three drawer box we had in the bedroom of the RV". Wouldn't you know it the ring has been in my closet ever since and it was big and loose on my finger before and now I will need it sized because it is way too big. My fingers don't swell anymore and my wedding band held my Past Present and Future ring on my finger. I put it away because we lost my wedding band on our 2010 trip to California when it fell out of my purse at a gas station. We couldn't find it anywhere and think it fell into a drain. I was so bummed and I was bummed again that I couldn't find this ring and now I am happy! Just ask your husband where something is and he might just know the answer, lol. I feel so loved today.

I got a call from the doctor and need to take a new antibiotic although I just finished the original one this morning. They said my cultures came back and it is different than they thought it was and changed the medication. Now they prescribed ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice a day for 5 days like the other one. I feel much better so wonder if I really need this antibiotic but the doctor wasn't in to talk to and I went ahead and picked it up at the pharmacy. I'll talk to the doctor on Monday.

sannferris-I have been thinking about you and hope you had a good day today.

mygnsac-sorry you fell terribly sick and your dad too and glad you had some rain. It's been nice today in the 70's but cold and lots of fog this morning and had to drive 18 miles for breakfast wtih friends. I never was able to get into the walking dead, I like suspense shows but that gore was just too much adn there are some really interesting things in peoples fridges, lol.

cthompson8083-I am so sorry to hear about your new injuries, are you feeling better today? Congrats on your new to you sewing desk, it would be great to sit and watch the world go by while sewing.

arobed53-Hope it warms up for you soon and the diabetic classes sound interesting because 1 and 2 run in my family but I am thankful not to have it.

In my walk across America, I meant I'm at least 3/4 across Virginia.

still feeling like crud from my fall the pain meds my dr. gave me aren't working, so she is starting me on Tramadol this week. It is a different narcotic, similar to vicodin, but is also a muscle relaxer, so fingers crossed it will work. I am just so very greatful a dr. is finally working with me to get some relief.

Its freezing rain here today! ugh! we can't get rid of this stuff!!

aerobed - nice find on those books!

elaine - hope you are feeling better after your surgery!

Sheryl - that sucks about the freezer. If you remeber a few months ago, something similar happened to me when my deep freeze stopped working. i lost 300$ worth of groceries! sounds like you caught it in time though. Do you think you will get some new chickens?

hope the rest of you are doing well thank you all for the well wishes.

Hi, I'm managing to stay busy. So it's nice to be able to come here and relax. We had 5 kids in Sunday School. After it hubby and I headed for the African fellowship. It was a good service. Then they had a potluck to celebrate their 2nd anniversary. This was a potluck without a single dessert and I had the only fruit dish. There were three pizza, lots of chicken, one dish with rice and a couple of Kenyan dishes. The meat one is very good. The one that had corn and then potatoes and beans mashed together did not have much flavor to me.
Church in the evening was hearing about two ministry places - what they do and ways they can use help. Very interesting but for now I don't feel I should take on anything more.
This morning we headed out early for Deacon's adoption. That part didn't take long. Then we went to Village Inn for breakfast. That took a lot longer to take care of all 20 some of us there. So we ate late. So hubby and I didn't have dinner and just ate a bit ago. So it was an easy food day.
At the end of the meal, Derek and Lindsey announced that they are going to be parents again - in April and again via adoption. This time will not be through the foster care system but from a woman who has asked them to adopt her baby boy when he is born. So that's exciting. I don't know if this will slow down the foster care they do or not.
After we got home, I did a load of laundry, got ready for 4-H and did some walking but just around the house. I'll head out for 4-H in awhile. Could be an interesting evening as I'll have to find someone to be acting president when we get there.
Weekend weather warmed up a lot - up to 70 - today got up in the 50s after the fog finally burned off. It's supposed to be nice until Wednesday.

Anewstart22, sounds like you sometimes have to drive further than we do. But that's just how it is. Glad your haircut is working out. I'm getting a haircut on Wednesday. I'm going to a school and letting a friend's granddaughter cut it so we'll see how it goes. It's more of a drive but will help her out. So cool on finding your ring. 5 days of antibiotics will go quickly.

Sheryl, how fun that you got your Trader Jo's shopping done. Will you add new chickens or just let what you have age out? So glad you got the freezer being ajar and have another one to move the things too. Some appliances just keep going and going.

Christina, I hope the tramadol works. It is nice to have a doctor working with you and trying to figure out what will be the right thing for you. I do remember when you did the meal plans. I never got them cause I'm not very good at sticking to planned meals but if you do them again, I'd give them a try. The meatballs sound good - are they spicy? I'm finding that more and more a problem with Ralph.

Marcie, glad you are finally on the mend. Wow, that one really got you down. I watch (listen) to TV a lot so do it when sick too. One thing I can do. Glad you liked The Walking Dead. Sounds like a bit much for me. What a mess with the palm fronds. Your breakfast looks yummy. You have spouting down to being easy to do now. The things being too fine is what Ralph wondered about too - they aren't real large when they are chopped. I'm just doing it for two too but it still takes me at least 20 minutes. And the nice thing about a knife is the clean-up.

Yep, it's not real busy here but I'll enjoy any who will drop in. Like you and you and you.

Oh yeah, I have a strange request but figure the further we spread the word, the more chance there is of finding someone. I have a friend who is looking for someone who can speak Bulgarian. So if you know if anyone, I'd be interested. They have adopted a girl from there and she is learning English but sometimes it would be nice for the girl to speak in her mother tongue and for them to have a translator.

Have a great evening everyone.

Good Morning. Didn't get here at all yesterday, John got up early and was already needing help before the coffee was even finished brewing. PT was brutal, but satisfying, worked on the scapula muscle and finally got it to "release". Strange deferred reaction, first it was relief from pain when she pulled my arm for range of motion, and the range was more, so I was happy. But, then more pain set in when I got home. I went to bed, but every movement caused pain. I finally took a pain pill to knock me out. I'm sure this is nothing compared to Christina's pain, but was so happy to be "knocked out".

Christina, I sure hope the new pain med helps you. I still can not imagine what you go through 24/7. And, I'm complaining about not sleeping one night due to some shoulder pain. I have all your 30-day menus and now that I'm doing my own cooking again, I'll looked them over again and plan. Your recipe above looks good, but I'll leave out the red pepper flakes, or at the very least, reduce the amount, I don't like super spicy stuff.

I was wishing we still had those old refrigerator and freezer doors with a secured latch for closing. I remember when that all changed to the magnetic doors that will pop open. We had to watch films in school to be taught not to climb in the refrigerator for hide 'n seek or we would suffocate. My parents had a chest freezer for years, but the stuff at the bottom never seemed to see the light of day. I like the uprights with doors for ease of getting into, but I know they are not as efficient. I took a turkey breast out to finish thawing and I'll prepare that today. I like a full-blown turkey dinner anytime of year, not just Thanksgiving. I have stove-top stuffing mix that I doctor up. Add sautéed onions/celery and use broth.

Thank you all for your condolences about my cousin, John. Debora, the last time I saw him was when I was in California in 2011. His family and some other cousins came to my parents' house for a visit. It was great. The 2012 hike on the Pacific Crest Trail was in Northern California into Oregon and they flew out of Bend, Oregon to go back home. I didn't see them that year.

Marcie, glad the worst of that flu is behind you. I got an email from Nancy and she has been fighting that bug too. It sounds bad.
Oh, your breakfast looked so good, one of my all time favorites. I get it so seldom now that I go all out and I ask for gravy on the hashbrowns. They could pour country gravy over the entire plate and I'd be in heaven. I have a new favorite at a new place when I meet up with Carol. It's a variation of eggs benedict and they include avocado in it, so delicious. I usually get it with fruit, but once I ordered it with hashbrowns with gravy, they have excellent gravy at the Kitchen Table Café.
So glad to hear that you don't climb up on the roof. I don't do that anymore either. Those days are behind us, and truthfully, I don't miss them, that was not a job I enjoyed doing.

I doubt that we'll get any more animals to replace our aging ones. As they die, John has a little melt-down and it gets worse each time and he says "no more animals". The duck eggs taste a bit stronger than chicken and goose eggs, a little more gamey, but still very tasty. The yolks are much darker orange. Goose are just like chicken, only three times the size. I make omelet for two with just one egg.

Mexican dinner with friends was wonderful. I'll tell you more about it later, John's up now.
Gotta go.

Marcie, I agree that the stove-top is salty, I usually pour it out on a plate first and don't include all the "seasoning" that is at the bottom of the bag.

I'm trying to post some photos, but they won't go on this comment. I'll try a new one.

I see that I have to do these one at a time...

Look how kinky/curly my hair is!

Why does Baskin-Robbins keep coming up on each page...I want to succumb to this advertising.
HELP!

Thanks for confirming what I thought Marcie, however, when I had all three photos in one post reply, it wouldn't post, even after waiting about 3 minutes and then clicking it more than once. Doing them one at a time posted instantly. Sometimes, there's no reasoning what the computer does.

Also, thanks for the compliment on the wig. I have to credit my sister, she knew just what to get.

Hello everyone, I have been sidetracked for a couple of days. I have a lot to catch up on so I will be back. I just wanted to pop in and say hi to you. Ferris, I love your hair and your wig.

Good Morning. Interesting, now, I'm seeing the first photo posted, but the others are not showing up. Oh well.

This is a quickie note, just to say Hi. I have labs today.