Reflections of My Life

katlupe said:
Yesterday, I made a double batch of "ranch chaffles" which is chaffles made out of ranch flavored pork rind crumbs. Zero carbs in those, but had almond and coconut flours in also. So total carbs were about 3 per chaffle. They are made on a mini Dash waffle iron, so very small. A double batch made 16 with one being very small. Now I can use them for breakfast, like toast or a breakfast sandwich. I like to have an open face sandwich on them for other meals. I find 2 slices of them on one sandwich is too filling. These are not as good as the cornbread flavored ones, but I am being frugal with the cornbread flavoring. I have to switch brands on that one because the brand I bought was originally $27 and has now (after a couple of months) has gone up to $48. on Amazon........YIKES!

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Are you choosing these over regular bread because of the carb difference?


I think it's a fun and different way to eat a sandwich.
 

I'm sorry Sonny was sick. How is he now? Hey, how is his dog? I remember when he got it, but forgot the dog's name.

Kat I'm glad you're extra careful going out to the dumpster with the trash. Made me think; aren't you getting a new home aide? Whatever the aide can do would be a plus. Like the trash.

Good to hear you got your rugs back in place. Cozier and warmer.

Kat, I think your neighbors come to you with their woes because you're nice. You're kind and you demonstrate common sense and give a feeling of trust. This is what I've always gotten from you, myself.

They won't take your advice now because they're Biddies, trapped in their old ways. But, I bet they just glow within your attention! Who knows, maybe something you say will stick! Just don't wear yourself out.
🐇
 

katlupe said:
Yesterday, I made a double batch of "ranch chaffles" which is chaffles made out of ranch flavored pork rind crumbs. Zero carbs in those, but had almond and coconut flours in also. So total carbs were about 3 per chaffle. They are made on a mini Dash waffle iron, so very small. A double batch made 16 with one being very small. Now I can use them for breakfast, like toast or a breakfast sandwich. I like to have an open face sandwich on them for other meals. I find 2 slices of them on one sandwich is too filling. These are not as good as the cornbread flavored ones, but I am being frugal with the cornbread flavoring. I have to switch brands on that one because the brand I bought was originally $27 and has now (after a couple of months) has gone up to $48. on Amazon........YIKES!

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They look yummy! Do you have the recipe for them? I've been experimenting using almond and coconut flours in my keto baking. I have not made anything like this yet.
 
palides2021 said:
They look yummy! Do you have the recipe for them? I've been experimenting using almond and coconut flours in my keto baking. I have not made anything like this yet.
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This is the recipe I use, though I am not using the "Stuffler" at this time, the "Mini Dash Waffle Iron". I also don't use the sweetener in it. I love the one with the cornbread flavoring but have to be frugal with that pricey ingredient. Obviously, this is a recipe for corn dogs which includes hot dogs. Mine is just the "chaffles" which I use like bread/toast with my eggs. If you go to their website, Joe has a ton of really good and easy to follow recipes.

 
katlupe said:
This is the recipe I use, though I am not using the "Stuffler" at this time, the "Mini Dash Waffle Iron". I also don't use the sweetener in it. I love the one with the cornbread flavoring but have to be frugal with that pricey ingredient. Obviously, this is a recipe for corn dogs which includes hot dogs. Mine is just the "chaffles" which I use like bread/toast with my eggs. If you go to their website, Joe has a ton of really good and easy to follow recipes.

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This is amazing! Thank you so much! I'm always looking for good keto recipes. Never tried pork rinds before, so have to order those. I have the other ingredients. Thanks again,@katlupe!
 
dobielvr said:
Are you choosing these over regular bread because of the carb difference?


I think it's a fun and different way to eat a sandwich.
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Yes, plus the ingredients in so called "low carb" or "keto" breads are not technically keto breads. There are many ways to make substitutes yourself without using questionable ingredients.
 
RadishRose said:
I'm mesmerized by the chaffles!

I love hearing about your Keto style and your recipes, Kat. But I have a big problem with cholesterol. Must take statins. Keto sounds very fatty but very delicious! :giggle:

It's weird, all my life I hated to drink white milk. Really hate it. Yet, whipped cream, sour cream, and all the cheeses, I love.
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Once people change to keto or carnivore they do not need statins any longer.
 
RadishRose said:
I'm sorry Sonny was sick. How is he now? Hey, how is his dog? I remember when he got it, but forgot the dog's name.

Kat I'm glad you're extra careful going out to the dumpster with the trash. Made me think; aren't you getting a new home aide? Whatever the aide can do would be a plus. Like the trash.

Good to hear you got your rugs back in place. Cozier and warmer.

Kat, I think your neighbors come to you with their woes because you're nice. You're kind and you demonstrate common sense and give a feeling of trust. This is what I've always gotten from you, myself.

They won't take your advice now because they're Biddies, trapped in their old ways. But, I bet they just glow within your attention! Who knows, maybe something you say will stick! Just don't wear yourself out.
🐇
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Sonny is still sick but is coming here to take me to do my errands. He has Bronchitis and is on prescriptions for it.

His dog's name is Cinnamon and she rules him, his house and his heart. Here is a picture of her that Sonny took.

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I am hopeful that I will get a new aide soon. Remember before I didn't think I really needed one? For some reason now I feel like I do need one. Maybe two hours three days a week. I will talk to the agency again, maybe today. She called me yesterday and I am expecting a call back. Often times I think the aide hears you need her for housecleaning and they don't really want to do that. Health care or personal care. I don't blame them. No fun cleaning someone's apartment or house. I figure one day in the bathroom, one day in the kitchen, one day in the rest of it with the laundry done (if I need help with it ) over the three days.

I am very happy with the water pump I bought for the large water bottles. It is USB charged and works instantly. Push the button and water comes out! I really loved the dispenser that Sonny bought for me when I moved here. But that last time it leaked and I didn't know if it was the dispenser or the bottle. I realize now though, using it will mean I will always need assistance from someone to lift it onto the dispenser for me. This water pump is put on the bottle which is sitting on the floor. No lifting it. I would have liked it on a stool or table so I would not have to bend down to it. But then I would have to have someone lift it for me again. I will try it sitting on my walker seat and see how that goes.

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Errand day was hell. Not so much due to the store being crowded, though it was. It was my ability to walk was difficult even with my walker. Sonny had to use one of the store electric carts and I always hate when he does. The basket is too small and I had to buy water today. So I only got two gallons of drinking water and one of distilled. I think I can manage with that and the big bottle until my delivery comes. This proves to myself that having the water delivered is smart for me.

I bought ingredients to make chicken noodle soup since even if it is not low carb, it keeps me from getting sick in cold weather. Or if I get sick, it heals me in a short time. I bought mostly dairy and meat. Eggs went up from $2.75 last time I shopped to $4.75 today. Not the organic ones. The normal Walmart large size. Have to have them though. Of course, Rabbit's produce, spring mix, bananas and blueberries.

Since Sonny is still sick, but getting better, I brought my groceries upstairs myself. Then the elevator started acting up. So I am not taking the grocery cart back downstairs till tomorrow. If someone wants it, it is outside my door. I never bring it inside. Not taking a chance on getting stuck in that thing.
 
I think I have recovered from the shopping trip yesterday. I slept till 6:20 AM this morning.......much later for me than usual. I did the Lymphedema dry brushing and applied the magnesium oil before I took my shower. It is worth taking the time to do this even though I have to wait 20 minutes for the magnesium oil to sink in. After that, I was able to take the shopping cart back to the room they are stored in. Used my cane to come back. Elevator did not break down (Thank you Lord!).

Since I was wiped out yesterday, I could not clean Rabbit's cage, so did it this morning. Kind of like having it all done for the day. Started the chicken noodle soup in the Instant Pot. Working on other projects for today, but still not doing my laundry till tomorrow. Do not feel up to that much time walking and being on my feet yet. So will wait for another day.

I cooked a breakfast in one of my new skillets and it was perfect! I flip my eggs over and that is the true test. That it does not stick to the surface. Most nonstick ones stick anyway. This one did not. So far, I am happy with this purchase.

Rabbit's Christmas present of chew toys came today! I ordered them the day before yesterday, I think. Gave him one of the grass balls to see what he thought.......he grabbed it and started chewing! I guess he likes it.
 
Today I received my statement from SS stating what my new amount will be. I figured it will increase by $76.00. Unless they change the poverty guidelines, this will increase my rent and decrease my food stamps. I just hope it won't be by the whole amount, which usually it is. It is like treading water. They (government) says they are giving you more, but when they do everything else goes up and food stamps always go down. I won't complain too much because it is better than what I had. So many years of living with no budget and most especially no food budget. You can only eat so many summer squash casseroles and pumpkin pies.

I had my blinds raised on my windows today. Even had some sun peeking in a couple of times. Then about four, I had to start blocking the windows because the sun went to the other side of the building. Once that happens, it starts cooling down big time in here. I don't mind the colder weather though. It is refreshing and I started wishing for it about August. Before I moved here (and ALONE) I could not say that. I had to pretend I didn't like winter, but secretly I did. One thing I promised myself when I moved here was that I would never pretend again.
 
Rabbit was happy yesterday when his Christmas present (the only one I usually buy is for him) came. I gave him one of the grass balls and he attacked it! His need to chew seems to be really strong lately. Maybe due to it being colder. I don't remember him wanting to chew this much since we moved here. In my house, he had firewood available all the time and he chewed on it every day. He loved when a new load of firewood was stacked on the hearth. I miss that for him (not for me). He also had unlimited grass and wild plants that grew outside. I could actually pick grass off the barn floor in winter.

Today I will be doing some laundry. It got away from me because I gave half of my laundry money to the collection we were taking up for our maintenance man. I am glad I did because we were able to get him a decent gift card. I think he will be surprised and hopefully feel appreciated by us tenants. He has helped me so much during the year and the others too.

I am trying to figure out how to help someone who has early onset of Dementia. When I worked as a CNA I took care of a lot of residents with it. But how do you help someone who is in the early stages of it? I have been reading Amy Berger's book (The Alzheimer's Antidote) about it and how to help health wise. It has not mentioned anything yet about how to help when they are aware of what is happening to them. She is scared. She asked me to order that book for her and she would pay me for it. So I did. I know it is important to keep the person socializing. She is fine with that. Told me she won't get mad when others laugh at her. I told her I will never laugh at her and she said she knew that. One of our friends does laugh at her and I did not know that.

So far I know to wait for her to find the word she wants to say. I always had to do that with my son (brain related disability) when he was growing up. It is easy to supply the word for someone because you know them so well and what they are trying to say. Better to make them say it or try to say it. My son would point to something he wanted and I had to make him ask for it. When having a conversation with her, I know to not ask questions or especially not questions about what she just did. Questions about her past is easier for her then about the present.

So the maintenance man has finally been working on some of the empty apartments this week. If they would just get new maintenance men for the other buildings they make him go to, he probably would have had this one done and rented out by now. Friday he was working on the apartment across the hall, painting. I could not help but cry when I saw inside the apartment because I loved Dottie who lived there. She was such a happy little lady with a laugh that always made me smile or laugh. I will always blame that little boy who hit her with his parents' grocery cart at Walmart (by the way, Sonny was knocked down last week in Walmart in another location by a little boy with a grocery cart too. But the manager attended him and helped him get up and wanted to call 911. Sonny didn't let him do that. But he was sore and he did tell off the parents, of course).
 
Is it just me, or does everyone drop things constantly? Or run my hand/fingers into something so it falls over or spills? My son has always spilled whatever he is carrying or holding and I would wonder, "what is wrong with him"? Get a grip on it! Now it is happening to me! Bending over, way over is not easy for me. Yet that is what I must do constantly. I cannot leave something on the floor, even if it is just a coffee bean or smaller.

It is not just dropping things that annoys me. I can sit all day at my computer and nobody calls me or comes to my door. Just let me get all situated on my bed with my feet up high on the wedge and cushions (hard to move after that) then someone will always knock on my door. It is hard for me to ignore it. Or the intercom will buzz, which means my son is here. I would never ignore him! Might be important to him.

I don't mind talking on the phone when I am on the bed it helps pass the time (I try to do an hour at a time). If it has something to do with an appointment, my calendar is by my computer so have to get up. I try to remember to carry the phone with me wherever I go but sometimes my hands are full. So I leave it. If I am cleaning my bunny's cage and forgot to bring the phone, it will almost always ring. I have the voice mail thing on this phone but it is full. I didn't want to delete the messages because they were made by Sonny in the beginning of our relationship. He was very romantic back then (the new girl attention, I think) and now not so much. I think his health and prescriptions has a lot to do with that now.

I bought a recorder to record those messages but now thinking about it, what is the sense of that? I never listen to those messages now. So why save them? If he dies before me, the messages would depress me. So maybe I will figure out this voice mail on the phone and start using it.
 
Today I am working on setting up transportation to my therapy appointments. I also want to experiment with using the county bus that comes to my building. I have always wanted to try it but never did. Sonny would always come and pick me up and so I didn't try it. I want to see if he was not able to take me if I could get places on my own. Even if it leaves me off withing "my walking distance" (I can't walk too far but I can go a little ways) that would work. A cab is $5.00 one way and that does not include the tip. From what I hear they are not reliable (if they show up at all) if you arrange a pick up time for an appointment.

I was eager to do physical therapy but had to cancel it due to transportation. I possibly could walk to the foot doctor with the walker but not physical therapy. By the time I would get there, I would not be able to do the therapy. So yesterday, I did my own therapy. My lymphedema massage, deep breathing (important!), used the "Fitguide" through out the day and before bed had a foot soak (magnesium flakes) and foot lotion. This morning my feet are not so sore.
 
katlupe said:
Sonny is still sick but is coming here to take me to do my errands. He has Bronchitis and is on prescriptions for it.

His dog's name is Cinnamon and she rules him, his house and his heart. Here is a picture of her that Sonny took.

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I can picture Sonny curled up on the rug in front off that chair. 😉
 
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