Reflections of My Life

We have a garden but often the heat or smoke will destroy our best efforts. Our friend, an Air Force vet is better at gardening so we buy his seeds and take him to the grocery store and he shares his red bliss potatoes and some tomatoes with us since we don't take his money. We have also stocked up on beans, rice and some canned goods in case prices get too crazy. My husband has his spaghetti squash stash for the next few months.
Did you use a dehydrator? I noticed that food has a odd smell when it is finished when I use my small one.
Stay safe - your snow storms are making the news on the West Coast!
 

Happy Heart said:
We have a garden but often the heat or smoke will destroy our best efforts. Our friend, an Air Force vet is better at gardening so we buy his seeds and take him to the grocery store and he shares his red bliss potatoes and some tomatoes with us since we don't take his money. We have also stocked up on beans, rice and some canned goods in case prices get too crazy. My husband has his spaghetti squash stash for the next few months.
Did you use a dehydrator? I noticed that food has a odd smell when it is finished when I use my small one.
Stay safe - your snow storms are making the news on the West Coast!
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I used a solar dehydrator so there was no smell. I didn't always use it outside though. My upstairs of my house was very hot and sun came in the windows so I had it hanging up there. It was pretty big. Now I am buying the dehydrated foods online. Easier.
 
I forgot I had left over meatloaf patties in the refrigerator and fixed breakfast sausage with scrambled eggs and cheddar cheese for my supper. I will have the meatloaf patties tomorrow for breakfast.

I spent a quiet day here. Had my feet up and was reading The Lymphatic Code by Leslyn Keith. She puts a huge amount of sources to her work so nobody should question it. She has done a lot of work involving Lymphedema and the Keto diet. It is another disease that is improving with keto. After reading that I dumped that bottle of cranberry juice down the sink. Stupid of me to try it.

One of my favorite keto channels is Serious Keto. He went to his first conference this week-end. At Keto Chow in Utah. It was great to watch the live video of him and Amy Berger (an author and keto coach). You could tell he wasn't used to doing this but he was used to speaking in front of a lot of people. He was a trainer at GE. He addressed the "keto police" and he was right on about them.

 
As cold and windy as it was this morning, I walked out to the dumpster. I made myself do this as it is important to have some kind of activity for my Lymphedema. Then stopped at my storage locker and got some things I needed upstairs. I could not reach the memory foam cushion I wanted though. I think it got pushed to the back when I put the rugs in. I will be putting the rugs back down in my apartment though. I think that is why the floor is so cold during the night. The rugs were not just a decorating thing but a insulating thing too.

I have been doing research on Parkinson's disease because my friend has it. It led me to watch many videos about Michael J. Fox. I am learning about it. Many things about it have changed since I took care of people with it when I worked in health care.

Now I am off to clean my bunny's cage and maybe I will try to vacuum so I can bring those rugs back up.
 
Today twenty years ago, I lost my mom. Sometimes I cannot believe she has been gone from my life for that long. How could it be? We were very close. Even after she was crippled and had to use two of those metal type of crutches, she would drive to my house every Tuesday morning (about 25 miles). We would go out to lunch to a different place each time. Then go shopping. After we got back to my house, she would wait for Jeff to get home from school before she would leave to go home. Often we would go to the mall which is a place my father would not have taken her. He liked the cheaper dept stores like Kmart, Grants or Barkers. She loved going to the mall and sometimes we would eat there. Now she is in a cemetery right across the street...she wanted to be buried there but not because of the mall.

I just had my groceries from Aldi's delivered with Instacart. This way tomorrow after my doctor's appointment we only have to pick up a couple of things at the store. I am sure it will be a madhouse.
 
katlupe said:
Today twenty years ago, I lost my mom. Sometimes I cannot believe she has been gone from my life for that long. How could it be? We were very close. Even after she was crippled and had to use two of those metal type of crutches, she would drive to my house every Tuesday morning (about 25 miles). We would go out to lunch to a different place each time. Then go shopping. After we got back to my house, she would wait for Jeff to get home from school before she would leave to go home. Often we would go to the mall which is a place my father would not have taken her. He liked the cheaper dept stores like Kmart, Grants or Barkers. She loved going to the mall and sometimes we would eat there. Now she is in a cemetery right across the street...she wanted to be buried there but not because of the mall.

I just had my groceries from Aldi's delivered with Instacart. This way tomorrow after my doctor's appointment we only have to pick up a couple of things at the store. I am sure it will be a madhouse.
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I know what you mean about it being hard to believe it's been that long. Was she pretty like you?
 
katlupe said:
Today twenty years ago, I lost my mom. Sometimes I cannot believe she has been gone from my life for that long. How could it be? We were very close. Even after she was crippled and had to use two of those metal type of crutches, she would drive to my house every Tuesday morning (about 25 miles). We would go out to lunch to a different place each time. Then go shopping. After we got back to my house, she would wait for Jeff to get home from school before she would leave to go home. Often we would go to the mall which is a place my father would not have taken her. He liked the cheaper dept stores like Kmart, Grants or Barkers. She loved going to the mall and sometimes we would eat there. Now she is in a cemetery right across the street...she wanted to be buried there but not because of the mall.

I just had my groceries from Aldi's delivered with Instacart. This way tomorrow after my doctor's appointment we only have to pick up a couple of things at the store. I am sure it will be a madhouse.
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it's been 50 years next year when my mother died.. I was 18, and yet sometimes if feels like last year..other times a whole lifetime ago...
 
hollydolly said:
it's been 50 years next year when my mother died.. I was 18, and yet sometimes if feels like last year..other times a whole lifetime ago...
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Must have been very hard, Holly, losing your mom at 18. I turned 50 the year my mom died. I am thankful I had her that long. When she first died, I would count how many hours and days it was that I didn't have a mother anymore. Somewhere along the line, I stopped counting. Don't know when or why.
 
katlupe said:
Must have been very hard, Holly, losing your mom at 18. I turned 50 the year my mom died. I am thankful I had her that long. When she first died, I would count how many hours and days it was that I didn't have a mother anymore. Somewhere along the line, I stopped counting. Don't know when or why.
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funnily enough I did the same thing.. and yes it was very difficult losing my mum so young because I was left to raise my siblings... every year.. on her birthday and death day.. I wish her best wishes.... It's funny to think if she was to return today, she just wouldn't recognise this technological world..

Since I lost my mother both when I was young, and she was also young.. I've always asked the Lord.. to spare me until my own daughter is old, and can manage in the world without me.. and altho' she can physically manage and she's very independent.. she only has me, no siblings.. so it's important she has me for as long as possible.. and I sincerely hope when she gets to my age ( mid sixties)..that she can say she still has her mum... 🙏
 
RadishRose said:
Thank you @katlupe and I hope you spent your day happily.
Did your son come over to get his food?
How was Sonny's Day?
My best to Rabbit 🐇
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Thank you, I did have a very nice day. My friend who lives down the hall from me stopped in with her mother. She wanted her mother to meet Rabbit! Her mother has lived in this building for over thirty years and is 98. She loved him! I picked him and held him for her to pet him. Right now his coat is super soft.

Yes, Jeff came to get his food. I called him after I had it all packed up. He was happy.

Sonny had a wonderful day with his family. He said before they ate, his daughter brought out a birthday cake and he was wondering who's birthday it was. It was his! No, not really. He turned 70 in June. His daughter said they had wanted to do something for his birthday back then but it was not easy to plan something where everyone could come at the same time. So they figured they would do this. It was good they did this since he was still feeling bad about his friend passing away this week. He had a good day and called me on his drive back home (always calls me when he is driving somewhere and we talk the whole way).

I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving with your family too. Thank you for asking about mine.
 
Today I managed to do one load of laundry. Then I saw the amount of money left on my laundry card is low. Real low. Not remembering exactly what it was but might be able to get one more load done tomorrow. I always put $40. in cash away for the laundry card every month on the 3rd. But this time I gave half of it to a donation we are taking for our maintenance man's surprise Christmas present which will be a gift card. I wanted to give to this because he has been so helpful to me all year long. Always is nice to me and stops to speak to me. He does an excellent job too. But right now, I do not have any cash on hand till I go shopping with Sonny.

Rabbit's box of hay came today and two of my friends helped me get it onto my walker. They were lifesavers! Today was not a good day for me as far as lifting things or standing up.

Funny, I just realized today was not Monday.
 

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