The Groundhog is dead

 

*245*

  Happy February 1st 2014! Tomorrow is Ground Hog`s day but I feel that it really doesn't matter. This cold shit is gonna last for 6 more weeks and then flooded basements in the Spring. We were blessed with a mild winter last year but this year was our come due. Eh! It is on the warmish side today. If you can call 42 deg F warm. I just finished my deep cleaning for the day. I did my roots and just had a change of plans for dinner. The kid wants breakfast. So I will be a good dooby and oblige her BUT tomorrow I will get my turkey kielbasa with Spanish rice and pigeon peas.

  I was supposed to see the vascular surgeon yesterday. He had to cancel (again) because of an emergency surgery. So they made me the last appointment on Monday. I am a tad nervous. This lump on the back of my thigh is probably nothing serious but it needs to go cause it is getting bigger and makes my leg weak. I was looking at pics of varicose vein clots plus I talked a friend that has them and my bump looks nothing like that. It is not even visible. You can only feel it. Fred said it is hard and doesn't move. Probably the size of a walnut. When I first felt it back last Spring, it was the size of a pea. It doesn't hurt at all. But lately when I walk or exercise, my thigh feels weak. I have endured a shit ton of stuff so I can deal with whatever this is. I am thinking it is just a fat blob.

   I only did the gym thing twice this week. PMS settled in nicely horrifically on Friday. I am good now. Not very hungry. I had a shake for break. Lunch was a banana, three thin corn cakes and a cuties. Just not feeling it today. I am gonna finish up in the kitchen and take a break. Hope you all have a nice weekend.

End of Summer 2013

*261*

  Today is the last day of August and Labor day weekend. The garden is starting to wind down a bit early this year or maybe I am just thinking that. I have really neglected the community beds this year. The growing season took so long to get started that I probably have rotting tomatoes on the vine, which is a crime in my eyes. I am going to go there today and pick what I can. Maybe next weekend when I feel up to it, I will just clean out the whole bed, dig up my strawberry plants and call it. I am not going to do the beds anymore. I just do not have it in me to keep going there. I will have beds made here at the house.
 I went to the GP yesterday. He says that I do not have high blood pressure (yay!) and I told him about my new way of eating. On his scale yesterday it said I have lost 10 lbs since last month. He tells me to keep doing what I am doing. He said that 1400 calories is plenty. I wonder if I should eat less but I do not want to limit myself since I am already so limited in my food choices as it is. I am doing good. I had a couple missteps that I am okay with. Except for yesterday. Oy. I can eat at the Chinese buffet here because at dinner they serve seafood and really good seafood. Like blue crab legs, alaskan crab legs, whole clams, crawfish, etc. I am in heaven and it only costs me about $12. I made the mistake of eating ONE fried squid circle. I love squid. Apparently, fried squid does not like me. I will just say that I spent alot of time in the bathroom that evening. Hubs and I both said that fried food is a wrap for me and my gut.
 Right now I have been doing an easy lap around the neighborhood and we have been doing housecleaning for the prep of painting soon. So that is exercise in itself. I am going to wait to sign up for the gym until I can sign up the family too. They want to come back into the exercise fold. I hope they do utilize it this time as well as I.  I am having another itchy day today. Not in the best of moods. I need to talk directly to my gastro to find out if this is truly related to my liver or not. His nurse practitioner told me it was not. Then I will have to assume that is hormonal and I will be taking benadryl for a very long time.
 Last but not least, I think I have to now give up coffee. I have an aversion to it. I want it so badly but I get one or two sips in and I just do not want it. At first I thought it was because of the cream and that fat it contains and how that effects my liver. I have some Coconut milk coffee creamer that seems to be doing the trick. It is totally dairy free. But we will see................ I have not demolished my cup of coffee so this could mean that the coffee is not good for me either.

Damn! Damn! Damn!

Welcome June! Welcome Summer!

*262*

  Kinda warm here today in ole CT. I am not in the complaining stage today. Yesterday I was. I had errands to run and my body temp was up there and it took a cool bath to get me straight. Damn fluffy ass does not like when it goes above 75 deg F.  I was always like this, even when I was thin. Big sweaty mess. I have to apologize sometimes so people do not think I have heat stroke.
Pounds are lost when you sweat like a pig. :)
   Fred is off doing some stuff but when he comes back, he is gonna put the AC in the living room window. YES! It is a heavy one and it is a two person job. He is good at anchoring it in the window too. I think I want to have one of those window air conditioner anchor things that attach to the side of the house. Then all he would have to do is slide it in the window and all is good. Today is house cleaning day for me, as per usual. I am feeling good today so I will get much done. Even in the heat. I am finishing up my last cup of java here.

  Life has been boring but that is a good thing. Health is okay so far, Hubs does not have to worry about lay offs for the future, and our family economy has gotten a little better. It is not anywhere near perfect but it is better than it has been last year. Last year was one big clusterfuck of stress. So far, life is better. I want to be able to say good, but that will take a bit of time. . We are  thinking ahead to Christmas surprisingly. Last year Christmas was not even in our radar because there was no money.
 So there are positive things on the horizon and I hope it stays that way.
   I am going to clean the kitchen, clean the downstairs and maybe upstairs bathroom, sweep, and dust a bit. Hubs is home so we might have some food on the grill for dinner.

Boring post but boring posts mean my life is doing well.

There is no I in the word TEAM

It is a dreary rainy Saturday. It is warmer than usual so all the heaters are off. Love that! I have learned something. International Coffees Salted Caramel Mocha creamer has not dairy in it. I can drink a cup of coffee without feeling like I am gonna woof. Yesterday we were out of regular cream so I just used that. Coffee tasted okay and did not hurt me. I was thinking maybe I was all better. I can be stupid like that sometimes. This morning I put regular cream in my coffee and I was able to sip like 3 times before I had to stop. It is the dairy that is killing my GB. And I did some reading and constipation is a sure sign you have an issue with the GB because of the lack of bile to absorb the food.
 So lucky me has some help today. Fred has the day off and he is going to help me clean house. I really need the help. I asked what his plans were for Saturday and he said helping me. *cheese*
We are going to tackle the kitchen, downstairs bathroom, litter, laundry, wash down the staircase, straighten living room, and he chose fish for dinner. I will make baked mac and cheese with Southern Indian inspired green beans. <----You can use either traditional long beans or just the green beans we are accustomed too. Most of the supplies can be found at a Raj Cash and Carry or other Indian grocery store.  I also have salad stuff.

 So why am I on the computer chatting with you all? Oh well, I am drinking some coffee to wake me up and hubs is at the store picking up a couple things before we start. So I am in idle mode. The engine is warming up.  Once I am done here, I will start in here in the dining room. Just clean off the table and sweep the floor. It is too damp to wash today. If the sun comes out tomorrow, that will be a different story. I have to be careful because when I do too much, it hurts my gut. I am hoping some extra activity will help me with my plumbing problem. I cannot remember the last time I have had this issue. That is how long it has been. It scares me cause I do not know what to do. When you have to expel a big bunch of bananas but only get rid of one single banana..that is a problem. Sorry, now you may not want a banana. But I am in constant...Uhhh! Help me! mode.

I hope your Saturday is great and that it is full of sunshine. Even if it is in your mind. I am off now to start to cleaning.
Ciao!

Skinny Saturday..I wish!

*264*<---WooHoo!

    I am doing something right. Ever since I have been taking the correct amount of insulin, keeping my sugars down, and wanting to keep them down..the weight has gone down bit by bit. I know that if I can get fired up about going to the gym, it will drop like sweat off a fat chick`s ass. oh yeah, that`s me! Natalie has noticed that I have been eating much less. It is called the Recession diet. You eat less so that there is enough food for everyone else. I know that sounds bad to some of you that live way above MY means (you know who you are), but this is a fact of life for many Mom`s out there now.  You give the biggest portion to hubby/wife or the main worker cause he/she is working hard and needs the calories, then you have everyone else get their food with the warning that they can only have so much cause others have to eat too. So Chelsea and Fred get the largest portions and then Natalie and Raymond and then me. I get whatever is left. There have been times were I have gotten 1 chicken wing and some sides for dinner. I did not complain though. I am losing weight from it and my sugars are doing well. It will hopefully get better once I start working. That stipend will make a difference.
  Today I am going to work on the livingroom. Carefully pull out couches (do not want to bust another disc) and clean underneath. Anything that I deem garbage has to go. All the curtains need to be taken down and washed. I do not dry them. I was taught to hang them in the windows wet. Then you do not have to iron them.
 The weather is absolutely gorgeous. The dew point is low and there is a nice breeze. Good time to wash the windows also. I know. I know. I sound like a damn freak cause I like to wash windows. I actually kind of do. I WISH I had newer windows though.

Oh well. No biggie.

Sunday is going to be a cooking day. I have some cucumbers that I bought at the Farmer`s market. I am going to make a few jars of bread and butter pickles. There are not a huge amount. They were charging $2 a lb! That is a lot when you need many cukes to slice for each jar. I guess I will have enough to make a personal batch for the family this year. I was hoping to make some to send to friends but I don't know about that right now. Maybe I will get some more next week. I have no idea what I am cooking for Sunday dinner yet cause I am waiting to get some grocery money. I hate life sometimes. It is all about hurry up and wait.

Hope you all have a nice Saturday and a cool breeze on your face.

Sultry Saturday

*270*

Love the colors in the picture!

It is so much warmer and sunnier outside today then in the past week. 63 deg F at noon here.  No more jackets needed. I did some work this morning before I went on the computer. Shockers! I mowed and weed whacked the side yard and the patio. Lu and Perl were having issues peeing and pooping in the tall grass (for them) so I took care of it. I left the front and the top yard for Fred. I started to break a sweat after I filled a bag with some wet leaves. I piled some branches off too the side and I came in. I will putter around the house and I want to make jelly because I told Dale I would bring her a sample. We shall see if it gets done. That is going to have to be done today though. Let me finish my Ramen first.

 I will not be posting at all while I am gone to Jersey to Dale`s house. I will be leaving the laptop here, I do not like posting on the blogger app from my phone, and I will have a nice big post for you all when I am fresh on Friday. I will take pictures wherever I am allowed.

Pretty soon I will have some BIG NEWS to share. There is life changing stuff on the horizon that actually can be considered really good. I am not going to talk about it until it is all squared away. Then I will do a nice long post about it. It is good, believe me! I am trying to change my life for the better. I shall talk about it in the coming weeks. I am dying to talk about it but I will be good and zip the lip.

The only other thing that I can think of to talk about is that I am going to try something new for dinner. Fred and I have been wanting to try something called Loco Moco for quite awhile. It is Hawaiian fast food. White rice, hamburger patties, yolky eggs, and brown gravy. We will either LOVE it or hate it. We shall see.

I do not know if I am going to be posting tomorrow. We shall see. It matters on what mood that I am in. I could be in a great mood or a really pissy mood.

Happy Mother`s Day from me to you!