We had an almost perfect snow Saturday. It didn’t mess up our sidewalks, garage pad, or the streets. It’s pretty in our yard and when my husband went to get our mail yesterday, he said it wasn’t hard to get down our steep driveway, or – more important – get back up again. Since the sun is shining and it’s supposed to get to 50 today, I declare it an almost perfect snow. I’m just hopeful we won’t get more with the forecast cold front this coming Wednesday. I’m really looking forward to my massage scheduled for Thursday…
We enjoyed the beef stew I made last night, along with some garlic bread. We have enough left for three more meals for us when we want it. Our dog, Amber, declared it delicious when she licked the crock pot bowl before it went into the dishwasher. We’ll probably get out later today and replenish supplies, just in case we’re snowed in Wednesday.
The sloth bug took over yesterday, so I thoroughly enjoyed listening to music, reading, and napping yesterday, instead of doing the productive things on my list. They are still there looking at me today, so when we finish shopping and get things put away, so maybe I’ll do better today. :0)
It’s Martin Luther King Day today. I’m hopeful people will think today – and every day – about the good things he said.
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I lost several pounds getting ready for my exam Friday. Since then, I’ve been able to eat and drink more normally. That’s bad news because apparently I walk around ‘full of it,’ already gaining back the poundage I had shed. Oh, well.
Each day is a new day. Each day I try to watch WHAT I am eating, and HOW MUCH. I am trying to exercise, now doing yoga stretches MWF. If I’m successful with the yoga in the coming week, I’ll try to add back a session or two a week on my elliptical trainer the following week.
One day – one meal – at a time.
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Isn’t this an amazing .gif? I don’t know how these are created, but I’m in awe of the talent and creativity of these smart people.
Our snow has stopped now. We only got about 3 inches, but when you have a 650+ foot STEEP driveway, it’s enough to keep us inside. (At least I HOPE. My husband sometimes considers the snow and danger for us a challenge to prove we CAN get down and up our driveway again.) I don’t know yet if the evergreens along the driveway are drooping down into it, cutting off passage. It’s 24 degrees F., but is supposed to get above freezing this afternoon. Maybe the driveway will start melting. Our driveway pad is clear, and the streets may be clear, but the world is white and pristine as far as we can see right now.
I was a good girl yesterday, balancing checkbooks, paying bills, finishing the bookkeeping for December, filing, and getting the makings of beef stew ready to go into the crock pot for today. I’m PLANNING to clean off my desk and then clean up the kitchen, unless I’m overtaken by the great sloth that flourishes inside me. :0)
I hope you are having a safe and happy Sunday.
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Our forecast for today was “rain changing to snow this afternoon.” They were right, except for the timing. It’s 25 degrees F. and snowing right now! It’s very light, but if you look, you can see the snow falling, dancing in the sudden gusts at times. The weather forecast has now changed from ‘a dusting of snow’ to 1-3 inches accumulation today. My husband and I are very happy we can stay home. :0)
My exam went well yesterday. We were on the road to the hospital by 6:30 am and I was home around noon. I slept a lot of the afternoon. I will know the results by mid next week, I think.
I’ll make a beef stew this weekend. I’m grateful for a warm, dry home, good food, husband and animals close to love, surrounded by music, books, and maybe art to enjoy. I’m a very spoiled woman.
I hope you’re having a happy Saturday. Stay safe and warm!
Only one post today. I’ve waited and worried for a month to get the exam. It was done today. The doctor and others at the hospital were more than kind to me. My husband drove 45 minutes to get me there before 7am. He sat and waited while they whisked me away. We got home just before noon.
I had soup for lunch – delicious!
I practically froze to death at the hospital, although they brought me a couple of heated blankets. I was like a human sandwich after lunch, wedged between my heating pad and my throw – kind of a human sandwich of warm. The chill is now gone and I’m mostly alert (I think. ) :0)
We will get the results from Pathology
by the middle of next week – so the waiting continues.
Hope you’re having a great day.
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My posts tomorrow (Friday) will be delayed. I’m having an exam in the morning and will be out of commission until the afternoon. I’ll write again when I can.
Have a wonderful evening tonight and an even better day tomorrow!
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Freezing and below in the mornings. 60s in the afternoons today through Friday. Rain changing to snow Saturday. Wear short sleeves and flip flops. Carry a coat, boots, and a snuggly hat.
This is the ‘BE FLEXIBLE’ time of year. It isn’t any particular season. You can’t depend on forecasts or even how it is when you look out or stand on the porch. What it is NOW will change in an hour or less.
Good practice for survival in our world today – Pay attention. Be prepared. Bend and flow with things when you can. Be strong when you have to. Weather the storms. Cherish the quiet day. Give lots of hugs.
Live every minute. Be in the moment. Take nothing for granted. Drink it in. Savor.
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I just called my friend, Kay. (She’s the friend who fell and broke a bone in her back recently.) I talked to her husband first, and then he gave the phone to Kay.
She finally was approved to have “vertebroplasty.” Vertebroplasty is a procedure in which a special cement is injected into a fractured vertebra — with the goal of relieving your spinal pain and restoring your mobility.
When I went to see her recently, she was in pretty bad shape. She had had the procedure and initially felt better, but was having a hard time. She was in pain, she was disoriented, had word retrieval problems, and her husband said she had been hallucinating. He fixed food for her, but she would only eat a bite or two. I was worried that she was suffering some kind of complication.
I just talked to Bud, and then Kay.
She is feeling a whole LOT better! Her voice sounds normal – for the first time since she fell. She is COOKING dinner for them tonight! She isn’t hurting! She feels HUNGRY!
WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!
I’m so relieved. We are in celebration mode.
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My husband and I have several errands this morning, and then we are going to splurge for lunch, having cheeseburgers and we’ll share some fries. Since this is the last day I can eat ‘normally’ before I have an exam Friday, I plan to enjoy every bite. :0)
It’s cold here (34 degrees F.) but the sun is shining brightly and it will be in the 50s this afternoon – wonderful for a day in January.
We watched the Alabama vs Georgia football game on television last night. Amazing game. I don’t usually cry about football games, but emotion was spilling over on the field – and in our living room. Even my husband was tearing up at some of the players.
Have fun today.
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