Reflections of My Life

Pepper said:
McDonald's has such great coffee! I was so surprised to learn this. I used to be able to buy their ground in a bag at Stop & Shop, but for the last year have only seen it in those little cups or pods, which are incredibly expensive! Disappointed I can't find the ground anymore.
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It is in our Walmart. I think I will buy it next time. I usually grind beans but have gotten lazy so began buying ground.
 

katlupe said:
I never made it out for a walk today, though I walked to the dumpster. Not sure if that counts as a real walk but I do record it in Cronometer every day. I did a complete vacuuming today, which includes the recliner and chair and the area under and around them. I don't know why it makes such a difference to me after I vacuum but it looks super clean even though it doesn't ever look dirty. Rabbit just went through his molt so there was a lot of bunny fur in the vacuum cup.

I am having pecan sticky bun keto chow ice cream for supper tonight. Just didn't feel like cooking and I had a good sized breakfast earlier today anyway. Dishes are done and kitchen is clean. Just have to make coffee for morning and get Rabbit his nighttime food/treats. Will watch some YouTube videos and color for now.
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I also noticed that after a good-sized keto breakfast, I am not that hungry for dinner. Sometimes, I just eat a can of sardines, so I don't go to sleep hungry. Your pecan sticky bun ice cream sounds delicious!
 
Paying the $2 extra for a bag of McDonald’s coffee is worth it when you think how many cups a bag makes. They used to advertise which brand their stores carried. It depended on the location. Some used Seattle’s Best which is a very good brand.
 
palides2021 said:
That's wonderful that you are walking to the corner park. How's the weather there? It's starting to get cold here, but the sun warms it up.
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It is cold here but the sun comes out and warms it up. I could manage without the heat on but I put it on for Rabbit. If his ears are cold or he acts like he is huddling trying to warm up I turn it on regardless of how I feel. No frost yet.
 
I had a busy day today. I did laundry. Now I am drying it in the dryer also. I feel it doesn't matter. I can get it put away faster on the day I do it. The damp laundry hanging in the bathroom is okay during the summer but once it got cooler outside it made it too cold in my apartment at night.

I ended up in the manager's office talking to our manager. She is leaving her job. It was too stressful due to the complainer & whiners. I told her that she is the nicest person who ever worked here and she is. It was too good to be true to have someone good here. I just hope we get to keep our maintenance man...........but amid the rumor mill here, I don't know for sure.

I finally listed something for sale on fakebook. Marketplace. It is a test run. A brand new in the box blood pressure cuff kit. I paid around $28. for it and I listed it for $10. My friend urged me to do this. She is listing things for sale in the Pennysaver. I told her I am not a Pennysaver type of girl so will test fakebook. If I sell it, I will try another item.

Today I made more Snickerdoodle chaffles for breakfast. I swear they taste like a doughnut. 2 total carbs! 11.6 grams of protein! If I was a snacker, I could eat them for a snack. I posted their picture in two of my keto groups on fakebook. Now I am making chicken for supper.
 
katlupe said:
I had a busy day today. I did laundry. Now I am drying it in the dryer also. I feel it doesn't matter. I can get it put away faster on the day I do it. The damp laundry hanging in the bathroom is okay during the summer but once it got cooler outside it made it too cold in my apartment at night.

I ended up in the manager's office talking to our manager. She is leaving her job. It was too stressful due to the complainer & whiners. I told her that she is the nicest person who ever worked here and she is. It was too good to be true to have someone good here. I just hope we get to keep our maintenance man...........but amid the rumor mill here, I don't know for sure.

I finally listed something for sale on fakebook. Marketplace. It is a test run. A brand new in the box blood pressure cuff kit. I paid around $28. for it and I listed it for $10. My friend urged me to do this. She is listing things for sale in the Pennysaver. I told her I am not a Pennysaver type of girl so will test fakebook. If I sell it, I will try another item.

Today I made more Snickerdoodle chaffles for breakfast. I swear they taste like a doughnut. 2 total carbs! 11.6 grams of protein! If I was a snacker, I could eat them for a snack. I posted their picture in two of my keto groups on fakebook. Now I am making chicken for supper.
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Sorry that you are losing your office manager! This is especially hard when they are so nice! Keep us posted about your sale. I would be curious how it goes. Snickerdoodle sounds fascinating!
 
katlupe said:
I finally listed something for sale on fakebook. Marketplace. It is a test run. A brand new in the box blood pressure cuff kit. I paid around $28. for it and I listed it for $10. My friend urged me to do this. She is listing things for sale in the Pennysaver. I told her I am not a Pennysaver type of girl so will test fakebook. If I sell it, I will try another item.
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:) I hope you are wary of meeting with strangers, especially in your home. 99% of people are lovely, but the few duds get around a lot..
 
gruntlabor said:
:) I hope you are wary of meeting with strangers, especially in your home. 99% of people are lovely, but the few duds get around a lot..
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so true... people prey on the older generation more than anyone else, hoping that they can bully them into submission..

Today in our neighbourhood app... a woman states that her elderly tiny frail mother had 3 older guys knock on her door and ask if she need X done in her garden.. when she agreed they said it would cost £200... they did the job and then demanded £2000 saying that she must have misheard them.. she wasn't as frail as they thought and after a verbal battle they finally left with the £200... she was lucky......later the same day about 10 miles away the 3 tried the same trick on another woman not so old.. and she called the police on the quiet, who came, and cleared these guys away... but the point being that elderly or just living alone we're targets for these horrors... and things could easily have turned out worse..
 
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I have been selling online and meeting some of the customers for many years now. Just not so much in the last 2-3 years. When I first moved here, I sold a lot of things. Since I am right smack in the downtown area it is easy to meet them at the library. Or in the park by the court house. There are always bad stories about meeting strangers, but there are probably more good ones than bad. No strangers can knock on my apartment door. They have to be let in by someone who lives here. Usually the rule is if you do not know them don't let them in. Even if they buzz your intercom.

It did stop raining and I took the garbage out. I am trying to get rid of things. Some I am just throwing away. It was really kind of nice out there. The guy from downstairs rode down on the elevator with me and he was heading out too. So there are people out and about even though it looks gloomy out there.
 
Today my plan is to go to the Grand Union on "Jazzy" (my mobility chair). I hope it is a decent day weather wise. I have not been out on it since they finished the road work.....at least, I think it is done for this year. Need to get outside for a bit in the fresh air. Sometimes I get into a rut and stay in my apartment doing house or computer work.

I am going to make two batches of Keto Chow sometime today. Even though I do not eat it every day, I like to have it in the freezer for if and when the need for ice cream strikes. It is the one thing that has kept me on the keto path. Because it tastes as good or better than store bought ice cream.

I have not been walking as consistently as I was. Since my friend does not want to walk in the hall anymore I stopped too. Not good. I will start doing it alone and actually that is good since it means I can do it any time I want. I need to keep up with it on a daily basis.
 
Hopefully the weather will cooperate today and I will be able to drive to the Grand Union on Jazzy. Yesterday it rained almost all day. If not, I think Sonny would come take me. He offered. But I only need three items.....bunny food. So I will try. It is 50 mile round trip for him to drive here.

Last night I watched the movie about Martha Stewart and it got me to go to her YouTube channel. One thing I know about her is that she can cook. So even though she is not a low carb cook, I can tweak her recipes to make them so. I watched the first part of her video on ground meats and got a great idea for making her meatloaf. So I will be trying that soon. Going to finish watching that video today.

The thing about me that used to be so important.......who I am. Was that I was a "modern homesteader". It was me. I was totally immersed in that lifestyle. Except for the part of raising my own meat. I just could not do that. I would have had a barnyard full of farm pets instead. So in my transition from that lifestyle to this one has been difficult for me. For much of the time I felt like a nobody. I could not find myself.

Through the "Keto Lifestyle" I think I have found it. To follow this food plan, you HAVE to prepare and cook food. Otherwise it is boring. I will see people saying it did not work for them. Then I hear they only followed it for a short time. Or they had cheat days. Cheat days do not exist on any of the low carb food plans. So I have been looking for ground beef recipes to spice up meals. I am now confident enough to change ingredients and tweak it.

Gardening and food preparation and preservation was my life for over 20 years. It has been hard to let go of it. I look at my canning jars and have felt like crying. I miss them and the process of preserving my garden harvests. But........life goes on! So shall mine.
 
Aww, this post caused me to tear up 😞. I felt much the same when I moved to the city after having embraced the homesteading life for many years. It was the right thing to do, no regrets, but I was lost without my gardens, etc. I'm very happy to be back in the country now but it's at a much slower pace, there's no urgency. I can't seem to find my stride. I love Martha Stewart! I've gone through many dietary changes over the years, and now just try to limit carbs and everything else 😊
 
It seems so much has been happening here in my building. I don't sit downstairs where people tend to congregate and talk. So I usually find out things late. I just learned that someone in the building tried to set a fire in the community room. Thank God that one of the guys found it before it started burning. I think what would have happened if he hadn't come in when he did! Things like this are what make me want to go live in a camper somewhere. The hard work of living like that is not something I would choose to do at this stage of my life. If I was younger.......of course I would. Something new for me to worry about.
 
katlupe said:
It seems so much has been happening here in my building. I don't sit downstairs where people tend to congregate and talk. So I usually find out things late. I just learned that someone in the building tried to set a fire in the community room. Thank God that one of the guys found it before it started burning. I think what would have happened if he hadn't come in when he did! Things like this are what make me want to go live in a camper somewhere. The hard work of living like that is not something I would choose to do at this stage of my life. If I was younger.......of course I would. Something new for me to worry about.
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hope they evicted him. glad you're alright. don't cry dear lady. i know it's hard when you can't do certain things anymore. i used to love to sing. can't anymore. my lungs won't allow it and all the meds i've had to use over the years for the copd/asthma have wrecked my vocal chords. it makes me sad but i have found other things to entertain myself.

honestly it seems as though your life is better than ever from what you've written over the years. and i'm proud of you for sticking to the diet. you're amazing!
 
MarciKS said:
hope they evicted him. glad you're alright. don't cry dear lady. i know it's hard when you can't do certain things anymore. i used to love to sing. can't anymore. my lungs won't allow it and all the meds i've had to use over the years for the copd/asthma have wrecked my vocal chords. it makes me sad but i have found other things to entertain myself.

honestly it seems as though your life is better than ever from what you've written over the years. and i'm proud of you for sticking to the diet. you're amazing!
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Thank you, Marci. This person has not been evicted. Not even charged because the fire did not start as intended. Now we all have to stay alert and keep checking the building ourselves. But what if a fire is started in her own apartment? People are so sick. You have to get killed or almost killed to even be able to report it I guess.
 
katlupe said:
Thank you, Marci. This person has not been evicted. Not even charged because the fire did not start as intended. Now we all have to stay alert and keep checking the building ourselves. But what if a fire is started in her own apartment? People are so sick. You have to get killed or almost killed to even be able to report it I guess.
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that's a real concern.... especially if she starts a fire in the middle of the night. There should be no question, if someone is suspected of Arson, or attempted arson, eviction should be immediate
 
Remembering the thread about self check-outs,

Last night I saw a video about this couple on a cruise. They went into the bar and using their app on their phone they ordered their drinks and pretty soon a waitress came out of nowhere with their order.

Then watching a keto channel I follow they told about going to Disney in FL (they do a lot of videos about that because they live in FL) and how they place orders at the various restaurants using an app on their phones. They can order keto options this way but not in person in the line. One of the people in the chat said they order from Burger King that way to just get a bag of burgers and they are only $1. each (no buns just plain burgers).

So probably it will be the thing for you to order stuff on your phone. I am not a phone person and don't even know how to access my voice mail unless I find the instruction book. Though now, I have 3 people I talk to on the phone for a bit. Sonny and two other friends. But they all call me. I never call someone unless I need to ask them something. I guess I need to start learning how to use it.
 

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