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@SouthernBreeze Thankfully my hysterectomy was straightforward so no extra work and although they thought I should stay one more night, I was ready to be home!
Happy Birthday Meemur!
I was extremely ill with digestive issues last night and this morning. Ended up calling for an ambulance around 7 AM. Spent all morning in ER. Back at my daughter's house now. I'm going to have to have some invasive testing involving a camera as soon as I can get it scheduled. Feeling much better now. Prayers would be appreciated.
Going to take a nap now. Got 1 1/2 hours sleep after being up for almost 24 hours.
I need to get a walk in today. Thank you for mentioning it. I HAVE GOT to make that a priority for me!Temps are dropping back (in the upper 30s today) but no snow or ice, so I'll take my walk soon.
It's a slow morning here. I got up late, back hurts, and I managed to spill most of my first cup of coffee. Yep, one of those mornings. Fortunately, the only place I have to go is around the neighborhood for my walk.
My on-going project at the moment is culling and repairing my wardrobe. I have too many clothes again, another result of not saying "no" when people give me stuff. The good pieces I don't want will be washed and given to Sally Army. The rest will be recycled.
I know -- one my goals for 2024 is to say "no thanks" to most donations as people are cleaning out their houses. I totally get it! I've done the same. I'm grateful that they are thinking of me, but I'm finally getting a house organization plan that works and I can only have so much stuff before chaos results. And, yes, I am storing some clothing in the event of a hot war, supply chain problems, etc., but storage has limits. Also, I'm not expecting to return to work in a place where I need to be dressed in dry-clean only outfits with panty hose, so all that has been moved on.
In fact, if I never have to wear panty hose again, I will be very happy.
Will do some meal prepping this weekend for the upcoming week.
I need to get a walk in today. Thank you for mentioning it. I HAVE GOT to make that a priority for me!
I haven’t worn hose in years. It is wonderful. I also eliminated all clothes that require a dry cleaner.
I would like to get to the point that I am prepping one day of the week for most of the week. I am not at that point yet.If you don't mind me asking, how do you do your meal prepping? Do you just plan your menu for each night of the week, or do you go ahead and make meals for the freezer to be taken out as needed? I'm interested in starting to plan my meals for each night for the whole week. I tried doing it once before, but I kept getting interruptions in our schedule. I'd like to start again.
Glad I could help. I used to work in an upscale office (didn't have an upscale paycheck, though). While it's not encouraged to wear jeans and tee shirts at two of my jobs now, dress trousers and polo shirts are fine. Jeans and tee shirts are A-OK for my seasonal jobs, although they do discourage political wear or shirts with swear words on them.
I wouldn't wear anything like that on the job, anyway. It's not "gray."
If you don't mind me asking, how do you do your meal prepping? Do you just plan your menu for each night of the week, or do you go ahead and make meals for the freezer to be taken out as needed? I'm interested in starting to plan my meals for each night for the whole week. I tried doing it once before, but I kept getting interruptions in our schedule. I'd like to start again.
Pantyhose hasn't been in my vocabulary in years. I detest those things. The only time I've ever worn them was when we went to a church building. Now, we have Home Fellowship, and everyone dresses in what they are comfortable with as long as its modest for both the men and women.
You mentioning your daily walks and bike rides really motivated me to be more diligent about my own physical fitness and making walking a bigger priority in my life, too. I feel better for it, too. I've noticed a huge difference in the back pain. I've always taken walks on a regular basis, but I'm even more dedicated to it now.
I'll weigh in because I cook ahead and freeze stuff, too.
I start with the weekly Fareway flyer and try to build meals around sales, plus my eating plan. In general, dinners are 1 portion of meat, 2 portions of veggies, 1 portion of starch. Example: 1 pork chop, 1 cup frozen veggies (steamed), and 1/4 - 1/2 cup rice. If I'm still hungry, add a piece of fruit.
When I cook on Sunday afternoons, I might grill 5 pork chops (they are the larger ones), 5 hamburgers, and cook a whole chicken, which I'll chop up when it's cool. The chicken is used for lunch wraps / stir fries. I then mix and match meats throughout the week. I generally freeze the grilled meats and reheat them in the microwave. If your fridge is really cold, you can keep grilled meat for several days in the fridge, thus avoiding the need to microwave.
Some Sundays I also make a pot of part potatoes and part cauliflower and then mash those for the starch.
I've done it both ways: set meals and cooking whatever I feel like -- it's just me so either way works. When I was cooking for others, I did better with a schedule, and I generally planned two weeks out.
I know there are people who cook for an entire month. I've tried that several times, but I don't have a big enough freezer.
Maybe something here will help.
Disclaimer: in the summer, I may cook a meatloaf and or some beef tips and then generally eat salads with cold (cooked) meat crumbled over the top. As I get older, I do less and less cooking when it's hot. Salad, wraps, and one pan meals are the order of the day.
The ham was awful, but the dog or the pigs will like it. The corn was okay but DH ate a couple of pieces. I tried to eat one, but I'm not fond of corn on the cob anymore.I was inspired to look through the fridg freezer in the kitchen to find things that need to be eaten. I found a package of corn on the cob that I have no clue when I bought it and a package of spiral sliced left over ham. I've got the corn in water on the stove and the ham in the oven. I've found that the oven will revive things much better than the microwave. We'll see how it turns out.
DH said it tasted like frozen corn. It sticks in my teeth too, which is why I don't much eat it anymore. Although I'm not a regular corn eater anyway, not that I don't like it but I feel its not healthy to eat regularly, but that's just me.My teeth have gotten spaces between them, which makes them harder to clean, so I cut corn off the cob and slice up apples. That makes them much easier for me to eat.
I love corn on the cob! But I'm sort of picky. I like it fresh, so I generally only eat it in the summer, unless I cut it off the cob and freeze it myself. Some years I do and some years I don't. Last summer the corn was terrible, not worth the effort to freeze it, plus I really wasn't feeling that well. I bought a bunch of frozen veggies on sale and ate those until they ran out, at the start of December.
My teeth have gotten spaces between them, which makes them harder to clean, so I cut corn off the cob and slice up apples. That makes them much easier for me to eat.
I love corn on the cob! But I'm sort of picky. I like it fresh, so I generally only eat it in the summer, unless I cut it off the cob and freeze it myself. Some years I do and some years I don't. Last summer the corn was terrible, not worth the effort to freeze it, plus I really wasn't feeling that well. I bought a bunch of frozen veggies on sale and ate those until they ran out, at the start of December.
You can install a grab bar in the shower. I prefer the kind that attached to the wall stud, but we use a suction cup style at my daughter's house since they didn't want any holes drilled through the shower enclosure. You just need to make sure the suction cups are firmly attached before getting in the shower.All the effort DH put into changing the shower head in the second bathroom paid off in spades. I can take a shower completely unaided. I went in there after he went to bed and showered. I was completely comfortable in the shower stall, and there was plenty of room. The mat I got for the bottom of the shower worked perfectly too. I am so excited to be able to take a bath (shower) any time I want to without anyone having to be around. I didn't feel like I was going to slip or fall, although I would like something to hold onto besides the door frame and the shower control. But my balance was fine. What a blessing.
Being able to bath independently is a wonderful thing and helps the mental attitude too.
Now to get more of a walk in and get back on my stationery bike too. And I found the part that I had been missing to my towing machine. And I will get the path to my tread mill cleaned out this week. God is good.
We have a walk in shower that has a seat...no grab bar but the seat is very handy...as you can just sit down if you feel the need....I also have a rack in it ...that holds shampoo.. liquid soap etc...but they could sit on the back of the seat... if you do a walk in shower make sure you have a place for all the soap bars and bottles..I don't have a grab bar in my present shower, but if I stay here, I'm going to have the tub converted to a walk-in shower with a grab bar.
I'm also watching for another small house with a different layout. I really want a first floor laundry, among other items. We'll see. I'm not going anywhere for another two years, unless there is pressing reason to do so.
You might like that better than ours....the lip on front of the tub cut out appears to be a bit taller than ours if the shower curtain is not perfect...we can have some water on the floor..we have learned to pay to attention..so it doesn't happenI have a tiny (5' x 7') bathroom. It will take some major re-configuring for a walk-in shower, which is why I'm not going to do that, unless I'm sure I'm staying here. In an emergency, I'll get a cut-out kit (the tub is crappy fiberglass) and pay a handyman, who has the proper tools and experience, to install it.
It's not great, but it would solve the problem quickly at an affordable cost and then I can add a movable shower chair from the medical store, if necessary.
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