Littlesister

GS and I had cleaned out the fridge and finished up the leftovers tonight. Back to cooking tomorrow.

That looks good also. If I cooked like that for my GS and SIL, they would both starve to death.

A lot of times I don't measure either. I go by taste.

That looks so good. Now I am hungry. And I like kale.

Jeepers we were typing at the same time. Just glad you didn't hit your head hard and I really pray you can get the meds straight. Sounds like your BP drops fast at times. Not a good situation. At least I haven't had that situation. My issue now is very low blood sugar. So, have to keep something on me when I am out and about just in case. I grab something sweet to bring it back up. I need to go to pharmacy to get those sugar pills or whatever they call it keep in my purse. And speaking of purse. I always put mine on the floorboard and not the front seat. It's harder for someone to grab through an open window.

I can't take Ace inhibitors. They pulled me off of those because of severe cough. And when I say severe cough, I mean almost nonstop. Jeepers, I am so glad you can get into the ENT tomorrow. Hopefully they can get you straight with those ears. Whatever the dye was they used when I took the stress test made me really sleepy. I was getting sleepy in the office. Usually, they use iodine and tell you to drink lots of water to flush it out all day. But this was something else. Then a bit later they gave me the one to speed up my heart rate. That felt really weird. Lots of pressure it felt like. So, on the way home I stopped and voted. In and out fast on that one. Came home ate breakfast and got some paperwork together that I need to get done and then laid on couch and fell asleep. I was going to lay on couch and watch tv but that didn't happen. So, need to go tv shopping. But will wait till DD and SIL come in this weekend to go with me to bring it home and set it up. My daughter just texted me and said black Friday deals are coming. Will check out BJ's and Sam's club first. Then take it from there. I want to go back to that place we got the old one from, but I heard they are out of business. The one I had to replace for the bedroom, I ordered online. Got a good deal on that one. And I want another Samsung as those lasted the longest. Had the big one over 17 years or more.

I need to find the recipes for discarded sour dough mix. I bet the chocolate chip cookies would be good. Haven't heard of crackers made with it. Let us know how it turns out when you make them.

Necie, that sounds really good. I might have to steal your recipe.

Was up early this morning to head to doctor for stress test. She hinted all was well but will find out more from doctor in Jan. Then went to vote. Came home had late breakfast and then started getting some paperwork taken care of. Turned on TV and yep, it's done. So now I need new garage sink, new TV, and the ice maker quit but it might be that when I tried to turn off cold water in garage it is also connected with the ice maker. Will deal with it all later. Might lay down for an hour as the meds they put in the IV is making me sleepy. Still not out of my system. Couldn't do the tread mill because of my knee. So, they went the other route and gave me meds to speed up my heart rate. Need to wash GS's blankets or just let him do it. Though I think I need to teach him how to do all that the right way. Yeah, you should see him washing his clothes. Need to go through the Christmas stuff to see what I want to keep, and the rest is going to GD and DD. What's left will be another Goodwill trip. Will start back on the garage and shed on Thursday. GD coming over tomorrow for the day to go through the Christmas things while I play with the baby. Plus, I do have a few things I need to take care of.

Annarchy, so sorry to hear about your friend. for both you and her family.

Same here, sounds like Mr. Miki is doing great. Yes, cheering him on to a full recovery. Nothing got done in shed or garage today. Mostly the running around I had to do. Grocery store, then getting things in car to take to the church. I forgot to log out so was still on here when I got home a bit ago. Stayed at church awhile to talk with some of the ones that was there. They are still in need of more food. Just not enough people are donating. I took in a lot, but I can only do so much with the food prices now. Gave money for chickens and turkeys also. I let them shop for the meat. Decided dinner will be leftovers tonight and tomorrow I will make pepper steak. I'm tired just from running around getting things done and tomorrow I have to go to doctor for that test. Must remember about the cameras at all the schools. I try to go at least 5 miles below the blinking school lights. They say those cameras are not right with the timing of the schools. Yep, you can be fined $100 which that money goes to Maryland and not VA. What's up with that? It does not go through the police, nor does it go against your insurance unless you try to fight it. So, I'm being very careful as I don't want a ticket coming in the mail.

Heading out to grocery store to pick up a few things I need. This is not a restock but just things that are on sale and I am very low on. I don't really need to get them now, but the sale ends on Tuesday, and I need to get them before then. After that will be dropping off food at the food pantry at church. We give out food every 3ed Thursday and we need to make sure everything is stocked up. Then coming home to get busy on shed again. We made huge headway in that yesterday.

Got the air in the tires and dropped off at Goodwill. Need to drop some food off this week at Church for the food pantry. I want to get that there before food is given out. Had 3 tires that was low. Light is now off for that issue. Getting ready to start dinner and then sit down to watch a movie and relax. Tomorrow is another day.

GS was a huge help today. He got all of the Christmas stuff out of the shed into the garage for GD to go through on Wed. I am going through first to make sure of what I want to keep. I will still be doing some decorating but just not as much. The Christmas stuff was almost half of the shed. GS did all the lifting of the heavy things. My car is also loaded up with things for Goodwill. Getting rid of a lot of stuff but still more things to go through. Huge dent in shed now. The loft on both sides is almost empty now. Taking a break now and then heading out to put air in tires and off to Goodwill. Both trunk and back seat are loaded.

No church today and I hate missing but woke up with my neck hurting to the point I can't turn it. Makes it hard to turn my head from side to side and that makes it very hard to turn head to see if cars are coming. I really need to get into physical therapy. I hope I haven't messed up the plate and godiva bone. Need to get it X-rayed as well as my knee. Will be working in garage and shed again shortly. It's warming up outside now. Going to pull out all of the Christmas boxes and move them to the shed. Will put what I am keeping in the living room. I need to go through everything before DGD comes over on Wednesday to take what she wants. Then DD can go through was left and then will pack up the remaining stuff for Goodwill. I also need to go get air in my tires which is another reason I didn't make it to church this morning. They are really low.

DGD is coming over Wednesday to go through all the Christmas things I am getting rid of. Then on the 12th DD will be here and she can go through what's left. I have some very old ornaments that I am keeping also along with a small tree. Not sure of what else yet until I go though it also. Some of it is in the loft. I have a couple of things a patient gave me when I was working. They are carolers. She made them. Not sure if I will keep those are not yet. I hate this time change. Wish they would leave it alone as now it will get dark even earlier.

euphrasyne, that was a great haul. I need to make that trip, but it will be a while yet before I can do it. Don't need towels, material or anything but want to look at the furniture there. DD said they have a couch that has the neck support. I want to check that out. But the one she went to was in NC. So might or might not have it at this one. River is now learning dog training. I hope the pup behaves for her. Even if it is a stuffed animal. No mishaps. That's the best kind. Jeepers, I hope those ear drops help. But there is still the ear drum to deal with. That will take time to heal up. Sounds like somethings in house are coming along. Just hope they hurry up and get it finished. This has been a long ordeal for you. I have those jumper cables and the flat tire stuff, but I need now to put air in the tires. Cold weather seems to take the air down a bit and my light came on yesterday. I forgot about it today. So still have low tire pressure. I will need to take care of that tomorrow. I was going to move things to the shed today and ended up pulling everything out of the shed. So, garage never got worked on. Seems one thing leads to another. But I have the back seat loaded and the trunk loaded up for Goodwill. I have decided to get rid of most of the Christmas decorations. Since we are not having Christmas as far as I know at my house. I am not going through the trouble of putting up the big tree or anything. I have the small one that I can use. But lots of Christmas nicknacks and things that I am not going to use and set around on tables and things like I used to. I think I am about over the big meals and decorating the whole house. Just can't decide if that is because DH is no longer here with me or if it's just me getting older and it's too much to deal with. I will ask my DD and DGD first if they want any of it and then take it from there. I will keep some things to decorate with but not all of it. I have Christmas tablecloths that was for the kitchen table I no longer have so will get rid of those unless they fit DD's table. I think they will fit both of her tables. I will keep the ones for the dining room table. Once that is all out of the shed. It will open it up and be so uncluttered. I have all my emergency things in one place now. So very easy to grab if needed. DD is coming here on the 12th to pick up GS's stuff to take home and I will have her Go through it then. Cold or not I need it out of the shed. Trying hard to organize things and have the garage totally cleared out. I can then keep the air hose and pressure washer in shed instead of garage for winter months. That will help a lot. Euphrasyne, any Christmas things that my DD and DGD does not want if you are interested, I will let you go through the rest. Just let me know. I don't know for sure if they will go through it on the 12th or not yet as I haven't said anything to them yet. But as soon as they do. I will let you know.

GS was not in driveway when I got up this morning. Seems from checking the EZ pass he went home to apartment at 1 am. So, guess he got cold last night. I am still not budging. I will let him know where the Salvation Army is so he can go there at night to get a hot meal and shower as well. Though he still has his gym membership, and they stay open all night. He can get a shower there as well. Hum seems he didn't want to drive after dark because he is out of contacts and can't see well to drive at night. Well, 1 am is still dark out. So just more reasons to be cautious of what he is saying. He still has a long way to go. But at least he his starting to open up a bit about his issues. But all I can do mainly is to let him know he needs to try hard to put them behind him and move forward. To start thinking about what he wants to do with his life moving forward. Haven't heard from him yet this morning so he is more than likely sleeping this morning. I am getting ready to start moving things to garage. It is now starting to warm up a bit outside. Picked up in house and put some things away that I needed to get done. Looked at my bedroom closet and shut the door again. Yes, that closet has everything in it stuffed in there from construction. I need to go through that as well. Will leave that for another day as I have got to get the garage finished first.

GS came back from his apartment with more of his things but not much of it. He offered to wash my car and I let him do it. Later he told me to come sit down as he had something to say to me. He apologized for how he has acted but this time he seemed different about it, like he was trying to reach out for help. But I still don't trust him. He said he destroyed that Bible 3 weeks ago. I don't know what was going on then, but he said he was mad at himself, God and his parents. Said he was praying but God wasn't answering, and he just got mad about everything. So, I think he is about to hit rock bottom and I am going to step aside and let it happen. It is what he needs to have happen before he wakes up and smells the roses. We talked for a while, and he said something is going on inside of him and he doesn't know what to do or what it is. We talked about a lot of things and how he grew up and what happened in his life to make him the way he is today. He has a lot going on from his past that he really needs to put behind him. Right now, he is sleeping in his car again. And we will see what happens tomorrow. I will not be easy on him and told him so as well as I have heard his apologies before and that I am not sure that he really means it this time. I will not budge and let him live here again. That is not going to happen, and it might be his way of getting me to let him live here again. He needs professional help, but I cannot afford it, and all Don't know where to start on that one. So, praying that the Coast Guard will call him in very soon. And then maybe he can get the help he needs through VA. At least they will tame his anger issues which have gotten better over time, but he still now and then has outburst. Because he tore up the Bible he had, I am making him every evening sit down and watch the Bible on TV. So far so good and he had questions. He plans on watching more tomorrow evening. Then he has to go to his car after. Hoping he is thinking about his actions and the consequences of them. I am going with him to the apartment tomorrow to help him pack up. Then coming back home and work on garage. Hopefully I can get it finished in a few days. Gee I need to get me organized and make a list of things to get done each day and stick to it. To many interruptions.

Miki, glad your DH did well through the surgery, and he can hopefully come home for rehab. Mt. Rider, glad your mom is doing much better and hopefully things will be figured out, so she won't have that happen again. Jeepers, I hope you can get into an ENT soon. Primary care doctors really don't know how long it takes to get into a specialist office unless they call to find out. You need to find out why your B/p is staying up like it does. It is the reason I decided to see a heart doctor. He is checking out the cause and going to try to get behind it. My B/p meds that I have been on for so long just seem to have stopped working for me. Your body can get used to some types of medication and then it is hard to find the right combination of meds to keep it down. Hopefully they will get you straight.

Well, GS spent last night in his car. And yes, in my driveway after I said no. He still has his apartment, but he is out of contacts and didn't want to drive home after dark without his eyeballs. Can't say I blame him on that one but that too is his problem. He knocked on my door at about 10:30 saying he his hungry. Yeah, he missed breakfast so told him there is oatmeal and cereal and to clean up behind him. So that is what he did. He also came in with an altitude. Won't go back to apartment to finish packing things up to bring here so we had a nice talk about that and how all the things I bought him that he is throwing away is the same thing as throwing my money down the toilet and let him know what I thought about it. He said he will never use it again. Well, that doesn't matter pack it up and bring it here. Seems he has an altitude about his mother again and doesn't want any of his stuff going to his mother's house for storage. He is blaming everyone and God for his situation. Seems he took the Bible he took from his parents' house when he went to live with his sister and destroyed it at his apartment at some time. That's when I told him to leave and go to his apartment and pack up and bring his stuff here. The Bible he supposedly destroyed was the one that his great grandparents gave to his father when he was little. So, it wasn't his to destroy. We haven't had that talk yet as he is not in the mood right now, but it is coming. I don't think he liked sleeping in his car last night. He really thought I wouldn't let him do it. It was cold last night. I really need a real computer. Keep hitting buttons because of a very small keyboard. Moving things from garage today to shed that I want to put in the cabinet out there. Got kitchen cleaned up again this morning and just taking a break to calm down from GS's altitude. He behaved to me and didn't get in my face, but it puts me in a bad mood and on the defensive as I never know how he will start reacting. euphrasyne is right, you raise your children the right way but when they are on their own you can only hope they will do right. Euphrasyne, your children seem to be doing just great. Even the grown-up ones. I didn't raise my GS but my daughter and SIL used the computer games and TV as babysitters instead of spending that time directing their son in a direction that would have taught him about things that would have been stowed into him as he grew up. But instead, he played games that were the type that people killed people such as call of duty and other ones that small children should not have been watching and then there were the TV movies, he watched that was even worse. So instead of learning skills he learned the crap he watched on tv and in those games. And yes, there were games that made call of duty look like a walk in the park. He has no skills at all. How do you deal with a child like this? I don't know but I have done my job and tried to turn him around. But it is useless, so now I am turning him away. He just hasn't gotten it yet. Sorry for my rant but I now will be dealing with him till he is totally out of his apartment till I can get him out of my driveway. I told him he can't live here and that might be what is going on with him now. He didn't leave my house till 11:00pm. last night to go sleep in his car.

Ambergris, hope you are feeling better soon. Miki, hope your DH's surgery went well. Will he be in rehab? Jeepers I hope you get into an ENT soon. And hoping you are feeling better from the incident yesterday. GS is still here. He still has his apartment but dropped stuff off and stayed. He is raiding the kitchen again like before and I will be the one cleaning up his messes again. This will get nipped in the bud as he thinks he is going to push his way back into my house. We will be having a long talk tomorrow about this. He is sleeping in his car tonight and I am pushing him out the door by 9pm. And he locked both sets of keys in his car and had to call a locksmith to get into the car. That is going to cost him dearly. His bank account is locked because of the overdraft. Every check that gets deposited in bank they take for payment of the overdraft. He now owes $487 or something like that. He also got the $200 from the state and bank took it. He is going to really learn the hard way. His mother will be here on the 12th to pack his stuff into her car to take back to her house. All I can say is it best happen because I'm tired of storing everyone's mess. euphrasyne, you are right about family. There is no changing them. GS is the worse of the lot. DD is hyper now. Said her thyroid is now on the high side and they have her I think she said hormones or something. She has gone nuts. Can't sit still for nothing now. Think they need to take those meds from her. Tomorrow it is back to working in garage and getting a few other things done. GS got approved for food stamps after they said he didn't because of no job. He's looking much harder now for work. Hope something comes through soon. euphrasyne, was your DD able to use all that material? I wish I could sew like she does. I am sure River is enjoying that blanket if it is finished. Might have been enough for both of them to have one.

Blood pressure meds are like many things. You might go through a few before they find the right fit. I hope the doctor can find one that works for you also. My new heart doctor upped mine to 300mg from 150mg. It is doing nothing. But he is also trying to find out why my blood pressure is up. Yes, there is a reason for everything. That is one of the main reasons he wants a stress test and Ecko done. I had the Ecko done but have to go back for the stress test on the 7th. They didn't have a doctor there and there has to be one there to do the stress test. But that's ok as when I left the office, I saw a brand-new Goodwill store. I am going to check it out after the test. His office is on the other side of where I live. So going to take advantage of some of the stores over there since I have to be there anyway. Saves on gas that way. I do the same thing when I see the primary doctor also. Afterwards I hit up the stores in Churchland. I am 15-minute drive from Churchland and about a 30-minute drive from heart doctor. So, do everything I want to do after the appointment. Getting ready to start working in garage again. Was waiting for it to warm up a bit outside. Moving some things to shed today. More stuff to trash and to Goodwill.

Miki, praying for your DH to do well with surgery and it be a fast recovery. Mt. Rider, might be that adult day care would be good for your mom. If not every day at least 2 or 3 times a week. Hopefully she will pull through what's putting down and out like that. Jeepers, passing out. Could have been high blood pressure. Hope they can get you straightened out soon. Wonder if the ear issue could have anything to do with passing out but thinking more along the high blood pressure line. Prayers going out for all of you. These days it's not good to be falling, passing out or anything else. One of those nights I just can't sleep. Don't know why I picked up that habit. Hopefully it won't last long.

I'm not a basketball watcher but do know of him. He was a good coach.