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Good Morning
A quick hello before I go shopping to do the weekly grocery shop. My fridge is looking a wee bit bare. Not a big shop mainly fruit, vegetable and fresh products really. So for once the bill should be a lower one. Beverlyjoy Glad you have had a little distraction regarding your husbands job. It sounded a nice party for your grandson. Heat and ice pack can work well with different sorts of pain. It is worth a try to try and make up the shortfall. I take so many tablets for trigeminial neuralgia it is a wonder I don't rattle :lol: Though I take the bear minimum that I can get by on just not a low as I would have liked. Oxygen therapy went well thank you yesterday. Though it looks like next week I could be on my own. Though seeing as I stay till later waiting for husband to finish his voluntary work operating the tanks. I will go in the later session at 11.45am rather than run it just for me. It is expensive to run the tank and I see sending it down with just me is not good especially when I have the opportunity to go down later. Yes in this day and age where families move apart unlike maybe 50 years or less ago families stayed close by on the whole. In parts of the UK the whole family, mother, father and children would all live in the same street or couple of streets very close together. So now things like the telephone and INTERNET help lessen the miles between families. Rosebud Wow lovely pictures of the birds that visit your gardens makes me envious. I know my Dad would love seeing all those birds. When we have been on holiday and some places are teeming with birds he's the first in the shop getting food for the birds and of course our dog. He sits in the chair near the window and looks out loving it. All these birds are alien to me I do not think they are visitors to the UK. I had a look up on the INTERNET to see what all these grosbeaks looked like and like you said they are brightly coloured and look very pretty. Yes I think you need an expensive camera with high zoom if you want to photograph the more elusive shy birds. I suppose they give a great picture. Though you have worked wonders with your camera taking those shots. Good idea to do a bit of research on the INTERNET to get yourself familiar with the different breeds of birds. I am sure that is how bird watcher learn to identify all the different species. You and I are both chief filers when it comes to receipts etc. I did ours the other day and I had not done it for a while so had lots of bits of paper to file away. Though once I knuckled down it wasn't too bad but still took a while to do. I have 2 folders with house hold bills etc and then one for receipts for goods bought. Then I have a final couple of folders which contain manuals for everything in the house and garden shed. It is surprising how many manuals you seem to have for every house hold appliance and every garden machine. Good news about Numpster losing 16lbs :bravo: Yes eating little and often can help as you do not tend to pig out when you do eat plus your body does not think it is in starvation mode which it would tend to do being feed once a day. It is a tight rope you walk if you have digestion problems so it is a matter of trying to eat as much as your tummy will allow and still keeping your blood sugars within normal range. I am glad that Numpster seems to have found by error a method that it is working for her to lose weight. I now eat more often and more food than I ever use to. The only thing is now it is the right stuff well on the whole ;) I find when I am eating every 2 to 3 hours I do not want huge plates of food. I may only want a slice of toast (wholemeal of course :D) and a zero fat yoghurt. You would never think tweaking you diet in small ways like this can have such a positive impact. If you eat less sugary food and then I find you do not crave more in return. meowee You and I share the same birds I reckon ;) When the weather is bad we tend to get the seagulls more as they fly in from the coast. The coast is about 90 miles away but much shorter as the crow or seagulls fly for that matter :lol: I know now that we also have urban seagulls that are born and bred so to speak in the city area. Though the population increases when the weather is bad at sea. It did nothing but rain with us yesterday the same as you. Though today is fairing better as we are at least seeing a little sun now and again. I hope the flooding did not materialise around you as that is so devastating. Right time to get a move on this was suppose to be a quick break but you know me when I get going can chat for England. So bye now all and take care. :wave:purpleorc :hug: |
Hello Chickies!!! I've decided to be cheerful today :) ...no matter what.
I've been off of my Celebrex and muscle relaxants for three days. I can definately feel the difference. My pieces and parts feel worse...but, I am able to tolerate it so far. These meds just ripped my stomach up. Time will tell. Justwanna - I LOVE see the pictures of your birdies!! :D It's been so cold here..I don't know how the robins are surviving (since they eat fruit and bugs - not seeds). We have a wild cherry tree and the robins sit there all day munching on the cold dry fruit. It's almost gone. :dizzy: I'll put out some raisins for them, I think. Bravo to Numster for losing 16 pounds!!!!! :carrot::carrot: Purple - glad the oxygen therapy went well. DH has been doing the shopping so I can stay off of my sore foot. He's becoming a bargain hunter. I never thought I'd see the day! ;) Everyone....have a GREAT day. |
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It's cold and it's icey and old Mother Nature decided to give us about 1/2 inch of new snow, just to be sure that people didn't really notice all the ice. :yikes: On the good side, we are having sporadic sunshine. Later . . . :wave: |
:wave: HI LADIES ~ we had absolutely gorgeous weather today, warm and sunny -- so we went up town to do a bit of shopping and got some great deals. Our Pantry Cupboard arrived this morning and DH spent the rest of the afternoon putting it together.
While we were there, we also found a nice rug for our livingroom floor; and at a great price too (only $65 for a size 6' x 9') and the color is dark gray so it matches our sofa too ... yeah! We also picked up a few groceries and then had to head on home as the car was very full by that point; but what a lovely day to go out. We ran into some friends and relatives and chatted at bit. GOOD FOOD FIND ~ We bought and tried a new kind of pasta today; it's made by BLUE MENU (a product of Loblaws) and is made of ground lentils, oat & barley flour, flax meals and semolina flours. It has 13 grams of protein per 82 gram serving @ 300 calories and 6 grams of fiber too. DH and I eat 65 gram servings though (about 250 C's); we really liked it and found it to be very filling. With some chunky homemade sauce that makes a complete meal; and we had some long green beans & carrots with ours. The only difference we could tell, is that you have to cook it for 20 minutes instead of 11-15 as it is a heavier pasta, but it still tasted great to us; I think that I might prefer this to the other grain pastas. PURPLE ~ glad you liked the pics of the birdies; I have piles more, but I have to resize them first. I tried going to those other sites and just can't seem to navigate my way around; I'll just stick to this method which I am more familiar with for now. I will show you some more pics every now & then, just for fun. DH and I were discussing just this evening how much fuller we feel now with the different whole foods we eat now, esp all the veggies and whole grains. I suppose it is also possible that our stomachs have shrunk, but I really think it's the better quality of foods that we are eating now. HI BEVERLYJOY ~ sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well, so will send up some comfort prayers for you. My feet are bothering me now, as I did a bit too much walking, but I felt OK when I started out; but I always pay for it later, and feel like a tin man. As soon as I finish posting in here, I will have to go and put my feet up for awhile again. I'll try and find out for you what ROBINS like to eat; I found a couple of really good sites yesterday that give piles of info on birds. HI MEOWEE ~ I'm glad you at least got some sunshine; be careful on all that ice though. That's the worst kind, when ice is covered by a little snow, you can slip because you're not expecting it ... so take care! HI to RONNI, and VAL, and NUMPSTER ~ I'm not always sure that Numpster is on the net each day, but I say HI to her just in case she happens to pop by and do some lurking -- hehe! ;) DH is so exhausted he decided to go to bed very early tonight; I think I may do the same myself. Well, that's all the news from here for now, so take good care ladies ... :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
Hi Ladies
It has been a tough day today not a good day. Walking difficult and even feeding myself. So this will be a short entry today, I have enjoyed reading everyones post. I knew that there would be days like this so not down hearted about it. I don't think all the laughing I did trying to feed myself helped my coordination either. What with the uncontrolled shaking and then me laughing making the issue ten times worse. DH offered to feed me but I am "independent Annie " so will not give up doing things without a fight. Tomorrow might be a better day so I can do more that I can today. Take care all till next time :wave:purpleorc :hug: |
:wave: lol Ronni you are considered 'very south' in comparision to where I live. It's funny to think somebody so far south can relate to having snow any month of the year. How many feet of snow do you guys still have?
:hug: purple I'm sorry to hear you've had a bad day. dont focus on it too much - I'm sure your DH would love it if you let him help. Rosebud - I will have to check out the blue menu pastas the next time i am in Extra Foods (small version of superstore). I really like whole grain pastas. Thanks for the suggestion! meowee- be careful out there I"m sure it's slippery! |
HI VAL ~ nice to see you drop in; yes, those BLUE MENU pastas are called "Omega-3" Spagetti (made with lentils and flax meal, under the title). We really liked them, but now that you have told me that you really like the whole grain ones, I will try them too. DH is game for trying anything that is healthy for both of us, so that helps a lot.
:hug:DEAR PURPLE ~ yes, we are sorry to hear that you are having such a rough time right now; so I put your name on our new 'Prayer Thread' for prayers by our special group, along with Val's and Ronni's too! You have a great attitude, my friend -- I'm so glad that I met you; and know that we think and pray for you every day. Like Val says, this is just a blip ... and it will pass! :hug: We had piles of snow today with cold blowing winds; gee, it blew south last time, and now it came back and is blowing towards the north -- haha! The one thing I like though, is the warmer temps which were around 0c all day. We had a funny mishap today: you know that lovely bench we bought for me to sit on while on the PC; well, DH was looking at something over my shoulder and leaning on the side of it and I went to get up and the one side spit in two. :yikes: It scared us, and we both jumped up when we felt it go: so ... no more benchy! Haha! Guess I'm gonna have to get that 'Deluxe Executive Office Chair after all, eh??? :D :wave: Time to go put my legs up and do my puzzles; so -- take good care ladies and have a FANTASTIC FRIDAY!!! :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
Hi Ladies
Thanks for the lovely messages and prayers. I am feeling a wee bit better today if not 100%. DH is wonderful I must admit but he promised me he would never take over unless I asked for help. It is so easy to fall into the role of the "sick" person and let others do things for you. Yes I am not saying it takes me longer to do things or I look awkward doing something but I have my Independence. I know that there could be a point in the future where my Independence is taken away by the MS until that point I will do as much as I can. I have never been one to let things get me down I mean why be miserable over something I can't change. No one likes being around someone who is miserable and got a chip on their shoulder. VALDINE Oh yes my DH is only too willing to help out I just have to say the word and he is there. So I have no worries on that front. I have just had a burst of energy and so have been preparing sandwiches for tea and popping them in the fridge. All my vegetable are prepared for todays dinner. Being adventurous today and trying asparagus for the first time been threating to try it and eventually D day has arrived ;) ROSEBUD Thanks for the prays regarding the blip in the road with my MS. Like you say it is only a blip in the road so nothing to worry about. Lucky escape with the computer bench. I am lucky my DH bought me an executive computer chair which is heavily padded and even on the arms for comfort. They are so comfortable and I have had this one years. My DH has an executive chair also but too me his his so uncomfortable and hard. What sort of puzzles do you do. My parents both do puzzles either word search, or criss cross. Though Mum also reads for hours also as a hobby of hers. Time to close and start to think about putting the dinner on very shortly after I have finished this cuppa. Take care :wave:purpleorc :hug: |
Hello, Friends! Feels like it's been forever since I've been here. We've had a bad week here, not physically, but emotionally, I guess. So, my default during times like this is to become a hermit, which is really the worst thing to do, but it's a habit from many years. I did manage to stay on plan and finally made it to onederland! Been trying to walk more too.
Val-we've been fortunate this last week and most of our snow is finally gone-still some piles and ice in shaded spots, like our back yard, but in 90% of the yard, we see grass! It's brown and there's some mud, but at least it's not snow:) Purple-so sorry to hear you had a few bad days. I'm sure it's your positive outlook that's making you feel better again. You are an inspiration for the rest of us!:hug: Rosebud-thank you for the prayers. You are also such a wonderful inspiration to me because you have such a positive attitude. Glad you and DH survived the bench incident-it would have been very easy to get a sore back or rear from something like that! We had a porch swing break under my DH and grandpa once while DH was holding one of the babies-fortunately, they had really quick reflexes too! Back a few days, you mentioned having a lean banger and beans for dinner and I'm wondering what a banger is? Never heard of that before. Beverlyjoy-hope you are still doing well off your meds! :hug: Numpster-yay! 16 pounds gone is wonderful! Meowee-hope your sun is holding out :sunny: and making all that ice and snow go away! Well, hope you all have a great day and weekend! |
:wave: . . . believe it or not . . . it's snowing again. :s:
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:wave: HI LADIES ~ we had a good day today; very mild temps but overcast and of course, we had snow all night long so our car was a large snowball by this morning. I just stayed home today and did small housechores and let DH do all the running around: mailing out the bill payments and other such errands, which he loves to do.
HI MEOWEE ~ March isn't really going out like a lion here, more like a lamb with big, fluffy snow on and off; it stopped by this afternoon. RONNI ~ Yes, DH confessed later that he might have actually been sitting on the side of the bench which caused it to split as I was just getting up: I guess me putting my hand on the arm rest and DH's derriere was just too much for it! :lol: I think he felt kinda bad about it, but what the heck -- no use getting upset over spilled milk, they say. I told him that executive office chair looks like it's coming sooner rather than later and we both laughed. BANGERS are a LARGE kind of Sausage: it's a European term (where our families came from) verses the the small ones which are called Breakfast Sausages here. These are made by a local man and they are really lean like the Turkey ones are: when you cook them, there is no fat in the pan when you are done, and they taste great. DH likes the mild ones but I like the medium-hot ones; they are nice BBQ'd as well. DH has his on whole wheat buns, but I have mine with beans in tomato sauce on occasion. In the summer, I eat the sausage alone or on a w/w bun also. PURPLE ~ glad you are feeling better today; yes, I like to look at things that way: just a blip and things will be better, because like you, I have my up days and down days. I just don't want to bore people with all the details too often. As I was telling a friend recently, "When you see me out: that's a good day; on bad day, you won't!" I just stay home on the days I don't feel well. My favorite puzzles are the SUPER-EASY Crosswords and the WORD SEARCH also; I also have a few books of miscellaneous mixed puzzles which are kinda like brain-teasers and fun. I also love to read and do almost daily. Has your mom ever tried the BENT & SQUIGGLY Word Searches: they are much more challenging than the regular ones? We had mini-pizzas for dinner tonight; we got them from M & M's Meat Store, and they are only 190 calories each. Yummy, nice for a treat; and I had a romaine salad with my dinner to make it even better. HI to VAL, and BEVERLYJOY, and NUMPSTER ~ hope you ladies have a SUPER SATURDAY!!! Take good care ... :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
Hi Ladies
I am a wee bit late for me coming on to the thread today but I have been on a delivery to London. We decided to get up super early for us to beat the Saturday traffic and football fans ( you know these as soccer fans). The games kick off here on a Saturday at 3pm and so there is a lot of movement of fans going to the different games around the country. The journey down there was wonderful though when we arrived we found this was an industrial unit and no one was there. We telephoned the contact number but all we got was voice mail. So we decided to go down the road a couple of hundred yards to the supermarket for a coffee and toilet stop. We left a message saying that is were we were and phone number. Though they did not contact us even though we did have a signal on the mobile phone (cell phone). When we arrived back at the unit the customer was there. Great journey back also so worth getting up with the birdies ;) Before we went I made some porridge with oats. I am not one for having it the tradition Scottish way of water and salt. I must admit I do it with milk or milk and water. I tried to think what could I use instead of cream which was healthier so I topped it off with zero fat Greek yoghurt. I must say I was pleased with the results as it had a cream tasty to it. RONNI Thanks for the kind words. Sorry to hear that you have had a tough time emotionally. I think we all get those from time to time. We all handle them differently to each other no one way is right and the other is wrong. It is whatever works for you and helps you deal with the situation in hand. MEOWEE :wave: Gosh more snow makes me feel a little guilty that we have signs of spring with the crocuses in full bloom and daffodils in bud. It will not be many more days before the daffodils show their yellow faces. ROSEBUD You and I are alike how we deal with our up and down days. I make the most of the good days so go out and about. I throughly enjoy them but sometimes do to much if I do not reel myself in a bit. yes I think mum has done some of the bent and squiggly word searches to spice things up a bit. I sometime do a crossword but I am not into the really hard ones I need them to be easy otherwise I am stumped :dizzy: I love to read but am struggling with concentration so at present not reading as much i would like to. Just finished a book set around a hairdresser in the 1950's and finishes around the mid 1970's. The book had me gripped from beginning to end with the tails of this family and the 4 growing children. I am just starting another book now set in the 1960's about 4 women who want revenge for something or other. If this book is as good as her others I will be engrossed from beginning to end. Nice little treat for dinner having mini pizza but having it with salad does not make it bad calorie wise and helps fill you. It has been nice dropping by and catching up on everyones posts. Now I must go and wash up the pots from tea. After having lamb hotpot with asparagus (yes we both like it), broccoli, cabbage, carrots and leeks. Then we had tinned mandarin oranges and pineapple with a spot of natural yoghurt. :T So till next time bye for now ladies and take care. :wave:purpleorc :hug: |
Another quick :wave: from me . . . working on the second day of feeling "funny". You know, nothing specific just vaguely don't feel great. :shrug:
Definitely a bit warmer around here today, but not nice and snow-rain flurries for tomorrow. Think it will be a couple more weeks before anything dares to start sprouting for us. :lol: |
:wave: HI LADIES ~ we had nice, warm temps again today ... +5c and some big snowflakes fell late this afternoon. It's supposed to be colder tomorrow, but maybe the sun will come back too. We've been having a bunch more birdies visiting our feeders lately; March often brings them in numbers.
I had to rest up a lot today, as I disjointed by lower back somehow yesterday -- probably moving boxes around and doing too much. I didn't get much sleep last night, but this afternoon, my back seemed to right itself (heard one of those cracks or crunches and the pain started to subside). I sure prayed a lot, and am so glad it's starting to feel better; I hope I'll be back to normal in a few days. Gee, we really have to be on the watch not to overdo things as we get older. HI MEOWEE ~ yah, it will be awhile before all the snow melts around here. In the front, it's above the top of our deck, and well, you know about the back snow mountain which is even higher than the last time you saw it. :coach: DON'T FORGET TO PUT YOUR CLOCKS >>> AHEAD >>> TONIGHT ... esp for all the CANADIANS out there! HI PURPLE ~ glad you had such a nice trip to LONDON; great idea to start out early to avoid all the weekend traffic. DH loves porridge too and could eat it almost daily, but since I ate it so much as a child, I like it about once a week only! ;) I like to vary things up with Natural Cream of Wheat, or Bran Flakes & Buds, or Shreddies (wheat squares), or BLUE MENU Granola. I like a variety and have all of these in my cubby. On occasion, if I'm really famished, I might have a small bowl of cereal for a snack. Glad you like the asparagus; we tried that and like it too. We have broccoli and cauliflower more now too. On Thursday, we had baked B-L Chicken Breasts with a small new potato each plus green & yellow beans, baby carrots, onions, celery, and clumps of Cauliflower on top: yummy! I am really loving the roasted veggie idea and often make a big pan of them so we have some for leftovers the next night. That fruit dessert mixing the mandarin oranges with the pineapple sounds lovely too ... HI to RONNI, and BEVERLYJOY, and VAL, and NUMPSTER ~ it's time to go fetch dinner now (put it on, I mean) as DH just appeared, so take good care and have a WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!! |
Good morning fellow chicks
Well just recovered from the heart failure Rosebud gave me :D about the clocks going forward. Then just came to my senses and realised our do not go forward until the 29th March so a couple of weeks away for us in the UK. Ours go forward one hour in March and back one hour in October. I started watching this programme yesterday about a gentleman going to restore a crofters cottage in a remote part of Scotland. A croft is a small plot of land which has a very small stone built home. The original people who lived in crofts use to have a few farm animals and grow their own food. They were pretty much able to feed themselves etc. He is going to replicate this way of life. The croft is by the shore so 2 minute and your paddling in the sea. He has brought his dog with him called Reuben who he recently rescued from a dog shelter. This dog melts your heart with his antics. First of all he learnt the hard way not to poke your nose in. The man had rescued a gull with a broken wing and Reuben curiosity got the better of him so he stuck his nose in the box with the gull. Needless to say the dog came off worse with a peck on the nose for his troubles. Then another morning the man (Monty) was cooking himself breakfast namely a bacon sandwich. He just turned his head for a fraction when his sandwich was made and Reuben saw this as fair game. Reuben gobbled up the bacon sandwich in record time :o So after that he was put in the car whilst Monty cooked his second bacon sandwich. Then Monty got half a dozen chickens oh boy I had tears rolling down my eyes at this time. Why I hear you ask thats because Reuben saw them as a playmate to chase round the croft at break neck speed. The poor chicken had only just bucked up enough courage to come out of the chicken coop as well. My Rizzie has tried this stunt once when we were having a walk up the allotments near my parents. I didn't know that some chickens had escaped their home. Well my Rizzie thought his birthday had come early and would gain a new playmate to chase. So these poor chickens got chased to pillar to post and Rizzie became as deaf as a post as he was having way to much fun to listen to me ;) Though Reuben has had his naughty moments like all dogs considering he has just been rescued he is very well behaved. He is extremely sociable and good with kids. He seems to have the basic commands so is going to blossom in this new environment with Monty. ROSEBUD Glad your back righted itself after going a bit too much shifting boxes. Your prays where answered and there was relief for you. Your birdies should be winging their way in your directions any day now if they come in much greater numbers in March. We do not have many birds who migrant in the winter to warmer climate. Except the swallow and swift which come to mind. They should be gracing our shores this month but we do not have any around us. So some parts of the UK could have seen them already. Right I need educating what is a cubby? This word is alien to me so I will be looking forward to its explanation. I suspect it is a bowl but I might be barking up the wrong tree so to speak ;) Like you as a child I think I ate so much porridge to sink a battle ship as we virtually had it every day with a milky coffee. So like you I have it a whole lot less, its about once a month I suppose on average. I tend to eat the same cereal called Just right as it works well with my flaxseed. Though I will eat other cereal as a snack like you do if I am hungry. Last night I had Kellogg's sustain for supper. My DH is a big eater of weetabix. I like weetabix but not the traditional way with milk. No I like mind with margarine on and quite think at that :o Strange I know even more strange when I know that I never put margarine on sandwiches or toast. I just have the filling or jam/marmalade. My mum likes them this way as well. I like shredded wheat with the dried fruit in and again I eat it differently with no milk just dry. I eat most of my cereal in this manner with no milk on. The one I have every morning I have just enough milk to mix it to a paste disguising I know :D I have such re read your post I have had a second thought what cubby might mean now I think it might be cupboard or larder? Today I am going to be a lucky bunny my DH is taking me out for Sunday lunch but it is a healthy dinner as there is plenty of vegetables and I just leave most of the potatoes and eat the rest. I don't eat the Yorkshire pudding though as I don't like that but I know a man not a million miles away who loves them namely my DH so it does not go to waste. The café is only a 2 minute drive in the car bit longer now the road works are in operation at the bottom of our road. The food is very reasonable at $8 per meal and $6 for senior citizens. I know it is a touch more on a Sunday but not much more. The staff are lovely and so disabled friendly. We meet frequently in there a friend of ours who has MS. His disease is more progressed than mine. He just has to sit down and they come to the table for him and get his order. We have to go to the counter and pay there. Staff come to the table for his money, with his knife and fork. It is nice to see that staff care so much for Pete this way and the elderly community that frequents there. Time to put some laundry away that has been drying all night. I washed the bed clothes so they just need a wee bit of airing before I put them away completely. I need to do some ironing as well if I get anything today called "energy" :D. I have not got too much to do but I do not want to add another load to it otherwise the ironing will be too much for me. So time to go as laundry calls and so does washing up the breakfast pots. So a big hello :wave: to NUMPSTER, RONNIE, MEOWEE, VALDINE and BEVERLYJOY I hope I haven't missed anyone if I have sorry. Take care one and all till next time :wave:purpleorc :hug: |
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