Ages 70+

titus2cat, spaetzels are a starchy side dish, like any thing made of wheat and boiled. I’ve used them in soup., buttered and served right from boiling, and also fried in butter.
You can buy dried ones at some supermarkets and they are mostly treated like an egg noodle. Of course, that’s what they really ate, a version of a fresh egg noodle/pasta.

I make them, really, only during the early fall during a German celebratory month called Ocktoberfest, to remember the culture that means a lot to me. Thusly, I usually have sausage OR schnitzel and red cabbage with theses noodles. .
this year, while I bought a cabbage to make that dish, I opened a jar of sauerkraut and had a 1/4 cup instead; just got started cooking too late that day.

day 4. Walk around neighborhood 50 min.

Lots of errands, cleaning and laundry. Looking forward to some time away from home.

started laundry yesterday and am continuing that project today. It’ll probably extend into tomorrow. Then I’ll be set for another couple of months! I have so much stock in anything washed in a clothes washing machine that I don’t wash the laundry often as a way of forcing myself to rotate the stuff so everything wears evenly.

hope everyone’s worries and troubles improve And that the good lord provides the means to bear up under those burdens.

I gave the new up-walker a second chance instead of sending it back. After fooling around with the heights of the complements I find it ok even with my compromised hands. There are other models and manufacturers, price points available; now that I have been looking into it more deeply. However, except for a few “could be better or easier” items it’s perfectly serviceable. My son is telling me not to settle if I can find something that is overall better. Thus I am not taking it out of my apartment in case I do send it back. Don’t want to dirty up any parts of it.

Did a 30 minute chair exercise video this afternoon.

Had my annual wellness check-up today. I’m so impressed with my nurse practitioner – she spent 30 minutes talking with me about everything. At the end, she told me I was doing well (even though I had lost no weight, at least I hadn’t gained any!) Yay! A win!

My exercise today was grocery shopping. Fitbit counted 50 minutes.

day 7. Canoeing 70 min. Rained later but won’t complain. Most of NY is severe drought.

Too tired to post more.

Joy, I've never seen head of sour cabbage for sale. My mom used to make them for winter use. As a coincidence, I have cabbage rolls on my meal plan as well. I had a head of green cabbage delivered with my grocery order today just for that purpose! Do you use meat and rice in your filling?

The German Red Cabbage I made earlier this week turned out great. I've enjoyed some each day since I made it and it will be gone tomorrow. However, tomorrow I'm making cube steak in gravy with mashed potato and French Cut String Beans. I almost didn't buy the meat because it has risen so high in price. I paid $9.97 per pound for it! That dish better come out real good.

Today I took the new up-walker (upright rollator) for a walk outside. That settles the question of keeping it or not because now the wheels have hit dirty pavement, it's definitely a keeper.

day 8. Walking 90 min. Beautiful rail trail in the Adirondacks. Home tonight.

Treadmill 25 minutes.

Lovely pic, Melody.

Quiet day today. Got the turkey in the fridge to thaw. It's a small 10 lb one and will have it along with a ham. Got most of the big chores for Thanksgiving done. Have 2 small pumpkins that I need to cut up and steam yet for a pie. Pastry is in the freezer so will do that on Saturday. Everyone is coming on Sunday and we are expecting our first snowfall. Hopefully the highways will be ok for travel. Not much is expected in our area for snowfall so will see what happens.