HiedieHo All!!!
Did you think I got lost? No-No-No! Just waylaid.
Monday I had doctor appointment gained 4#!!!! Wanted to scream. Know it is my fault, have had a tough time ever since the holidays.
Doctor thought I was going to live so don't have to worry now until May. Of course, he ordered more blood wiork as a follow-up to hospital stay. Between him and the neurologist you don't have to worry about me being attacked by vampires. I don't have any blood left so they wouldn't be interested in me!
Nowadays doctors don't doctor, they specialize! I have a little irritating rough spot on my eyelid, asked doctor to look at it and he did from six feet away and said specialist, so I have to see dermatologist!
Today is a miserable dank rainy dreary miserable (did I say that?) not nice at all kind of day. But here as I sit in front of my trusty (sometimes) computer I find warmth and sunshine!!
Will try to comment on some posts
BETH - I always try to cook extra for supper to use for lunches. I also make four bean salad with some onion and a vinegar dressing as well as pepper slaw (shredded cabbage and green peppers) with vinegar dressing. I know it's old wives tale but vinegar is supposed to be a help in your food plan. Are you afraid of carbs? We don't have to do without them. I really like the ww pasta, brown rice and ww bread products.
HAMSM - Unlike Deb I count two slices of NO as one serving and have been doing okay. I don't eat bread every day.
DEB - The ladies loved the Buckle. The night before I made a blueberry and a strawberry. I was going to get frozen berries but WD had fresh. Fortunately I also made a strawberry one for family. We tasted it and it was rather blah. The strawberries were at fault, dear, not your recipe, they just weren't very flavorful. The next morning I quickly made a dump cake with some canned NSA cherry pie filling. Everyone wanted a taste of the blueberry and then a whole piece so you were a hit!!! I served a dab of Lite Cool Whip on it.
Did you see the Today show this morning? A dietician was on and said that people don't realize that most veggies have carbrohydrates in them, so if they skip a bread or potato they are still getting carbs which is good.
You should have that searing pain looked into. Any pain that can be described as searing is not a good pain!! You have have abdominal surgery and could be from that ( maybe scar tissue) or something else. Please have the doctor check it for you, we don't want you suffering from that kind of pain!!!
MELF - You are wise to get things settled with your mom before things worsen. I was a Notary Public in Milford and in my job at the NH I worked with Social Services (in the old days they didn't have an MSW on full time staff, just a consultant was all that was required, it was up to me to do the job).
I have seen many problems among families as a result of things not being spelled out ahead of time. Also, even with only one relative there can be problems if things are not in order before hand. I hope you and your siblings get on well together. Often, the work falls all on one, so am glad to see you and sister are doing things together.
TV - I use Toufayan pitas too. They are good. They are other ww pitas out there but all that I have seen contain honey. I still want to try making the tortillas. The only legal ones I saw at a HFS were $5 + tx for 8.
Good of one to think of Mom's beau's family too. They are probably having a hard time too.
I went through similiar with my father. My sister was extremely upset, brother didn't seem to mind. Today's life span is much longer and I felt why should he have to spend the next 20 or 30 years alone? It doesn't mean that they loved their mates any less, in fact probably all the more. There is a companionship that comes from the opposite sex that doesn't come from your children and I don't mean sexual.
In my gray haired life I have seen children resentful of friendships or special interests parents have. A friendship may intensify because now the widow(er) has more time to devote to a friendship or interest than before.
I know it's hard for you, but relax a little. You'll both feel better for it! Sorry, I know....MYOB.
GATOR - Sorry about your shoulder. OUCH! 2 months before appointment. As I said every one specializes, I know it took me 6 weeks to see neurologist. Use heating pad if you can it may bring relief.
CAT - I'll sit on your shoulder if you'll sit on mine. I gained too and need a little extra push!! We won't sit on Gator's and Karen's shoulders.
POOH - Welcome. Don't feel you are giving up pasta etc. I really have grown to like the ww pasta (It does need a little salt in the water for flavor) and I always did like brown rice. I wish some of the wild rice mixtures were legal.
KAREN - Hope your shoulder gets better soon too.
QUILT - How nice of you and Paul to take on the picture project for your niece. That is wonderful caring thing to do.
ROSALIE - Glad your jury duty could be postponed. I am so looking forward to the Olympics, I love to watch them and not just the skaters. I am glued to the TV for the three weeks they're on!! I know, I should get a life!!
FROG - Wonderful pics, thanx for posting them so we can all see what a great time you all had!
MEL - God Bless You!!! I know all that cooking is work but it is fun too. At least you can plan for it.
One time when I was first married my Dad was a Boy Scout leader and he took his troop canoeing on the Delaware. An uexpected rain storm came up and he called us from Delaware Water Gap to come rescue them. So dh and a couple of friemds took their cars and drove down to get them. No 24 hour stores then, I had four chickens in the freezer and made them feed about 30 wet and cold people! They camped out in our garage!
FILLISE - Did you see my description of the weather here today at the start of this post. Keep warm!!!
Well better stop and eat supper. I have a Habitat meeting tonight.
Take care all, Shirley