August 17, 2012
It’s
Friday! Thank goodness, cause I’m tired of running everywhere, and we are
staying HOME this weekend!!!! Brian said something this morning about going and
doing something tonight. We talked about it a little bit, and then we both
agreed, we just want to come home and get back in our routines, cause we’ve
been home late so many days this week.
Sully,
Sambo & Charlie all miss us while we’ve been gone all week. They are ready
for us to stay at home with them this weekend, and to be honest, I’m ready to
spend some more time with them myself.
I just had
a protein shake, and took my meds. It felt so good going down. There’s
something about milk, it’s just good for the soul, body, spirit, everything.
When I’m sick, the first thing I do is grab a glass of milk, and it always
makes me feel better. I drink whole milk, and I know it’s more calories and sat
fats, but still, I get all the nutrients that the skim milk doesn’t have. I’ve
heard that whole is actually better than skim, though some would disagree, but
that’s what I believe too, and that’s what I drink.
I think I’m
going to sew all weekend. Well, not all weekend, cause I gotta reclean the
house, and wash clothes, and mow the yard. But in my spare time from doing all
that, and walking, I’m going to sew. Sully is a good little helper, and I told
him this morning to be looking forward to it, cause he loves it so much when I
get out my material and get to cutting.
Last night
Sully and Charlie got in a fight over Sully’s bed. Charlie is too big for it,
but wouldn’t you know that he plopped his big butt down on it anyway, hanging
off both ends. Sully came over there sniffing and next thing I know is I hear
barking and carrying on. I took Sully’s bed and put it back up high on the
table, cause that’s where he likes to sleep.
But now it smells like a dog instead of a kitty, so I’m going to have to
wash it.
I’m bout
tired of coffee this morning, I feel like I need some water with lemon or
lime. I think all Mom’s got is limes
today, she uses them with her Corona, so she’s got plenty of them.
I’m
thinking hard about going back to school. Last night, I was talking to my DR,
God, who is the Great Physician, and I felt like he said to me I would’ve made
a great doctor. I got to thinking about it, and talked to Brian about it some,
prayed about it. Then this morning talked about it some more, and realized,
that to become a doctor, I could do it, but I would probably have to miss out
on babies at this stage of my life. We are planning on having kids when I’m
around 35. If I pursued medical school, I would be starting at about 35, and
kids and medical school just don’t mix.
I love
helping people, it’s what I do. I got to thinking today, that usually I’m
trying to help people that don’t need help, and what about those that are
asking for help, don’t they deserve it even more? On the way to work, me and Brian were talking
about all this, and what all doctors do when they see a patient in mental
health. Really, most of the work gets done in therapy, and I love to talk, and
have a lot to say, so really, that would be a better fit for me, and it only
takes 4 years, and I wouldn’t have to go off anywhere, and babies fit in there
nicely.
Sure, I’ve
always wanted to be a doctor, but I’m not willing to sacrifice babies all for
the sake of the MD behind my name. I’m just not, and I will be just as happy
if not happier, helping as a therapist.
Believe it
or not, but I’m not only getting tired of coffee quicker, but I’m not reaching
for a cigarette near as often as I was. Some kind of healthy thing is going on
with me, and I am LOVING it!
Me and
Brian are talking about buying a big upright freezer, and getting a Sam’s card.
I don’t know about that just yet though, cause of the way are eating now. I
don’t know what all you can buy at Sam’s, bulk everything I know. I really
don’t know that I need anything bulk, cause we cook different recipes every
week. The only thing I’ve bought twice is stew meat. I can’t think of anything
we cook over and over again. If we go to Sam’s, we would buy a bunch of meat to
put in the freezer, and big bulks of canned vegetables, that I could take out
of the can, and put in ziplocks in the freezer. That would mean I’d have to
cook meat and veges every night. That can be a good thing, it really can, and I
know this, but I love trying all different kinds of recipes. I guess I could
just buy a bunch of a lot of different kinds of meats, and take out when I
needed to with each recipe. It would be nice to have a freezer full of food.
Sam’s also
has some of the best frozen food. Probably high in calories, but still, it
tastes good. I guess one of something wouldn’t hurt anything. I think that’s
what we are going to do. I’ve about decided to try it. Actually, I’ve got that
feeling. And with that feeling, I know it’s a good thing. It’s that feeling of oh
it’s good, it’s gotta be good, can I ? can’t i? can I? Last time that happened
it was with our bedroom mattresses. The mattresses were way in the back in the
corner, and I got that same feeling I have now. I tried the mattresses, which
we now love, and we’re going to try the freezer and the Sam’s card, which I am
sure we will love as well.
3:08pm
I just woke
up from my nap since 11am. That’s 4 hours. And I feel rested.
Mama’s not
here right now, I think she’s with the tower climber, getting the gear up. I
would feel bad for Mama, but she’s so dang hard headed and stubborn, that she’s
hard to feel bad for about anything. She
woke up this morning extremely tired, and I told her to go back to bed for a
couple hours, but she wouldn’t do it, and continued to press on and work hard.
She works like this every day. She’ s just as lean, mean, and tough as nails as
they come. She could have been a CEO of a huge company, I just know it. She has
so many responsibilities as it is, writes nothing down, and keeps everything
and pulls it directly from memory. That woman is amazing. She’s Superwoman. And
I’m going to buy her the Tshirt.
I drank 2
or 3 glasses of water with lime, and then made coffee. The phones have been
ringing a little bit, so I’ve been helping Brian answer them when he can’t,
cause he’s on the other line.
I can’t
wait to get home, and just sit on my couch for a while, and wash clothes, and
clean the kitchen, and cook, and walk. How I miss my routine!
7:01pm
We’ve been
home now for about 30 minutes. I petted all the animals first thing, put on
some pj’s, and called my Granny.
She’s doing
good tonight, she’s sewing too, and Mrs. Pat said it’s just beautiful, and
Granny’s quilts always are though, sew. I’ve decided I’m making Mama a Grandma’s
Flower Garden quilt, out of pretty material and some novelty material like LSU,
Saints, and some things like that for different parts of the flowers.
Before we
left today, Mama and Daddy asked me to help them make a database with
everyone’s information in it, so we can all access it easier, and it’ll be
right there when we need it. It’s going to take all of us to get it done, and I
am so glad that in a couple of months, we’ll all have the same information, and
won’t have to pull it from memory, cause that’s tough on everybody. I don’t see
how they have remembered all these things for so long as it is, and the more
customers we get, the harder it becomes. We started figuring out how we want to
do organize it tonight, and made a couple of starter sheets. I figure Monday
morning, with Brian’s help, I’ll be able to start putting customer names and IP
address into the spreadsheet, alphabetically. It’s going to take all of us a
couple of months, but I feel confident we will get it done together.
Brian is
watching the Braves vs Dodgers game tonight, and Atlanta is winning. Chipper
Jones hit his 13th home run.
I’ve got to
go walk here in just a minute, while I’m thinking about it. I know I need to
walk the 20 minutes, and I might do it, I just gotta get my head in the
game. I really feel like walking 10, but
I’m shooting for 20.
As soon as
I get finished walking, I’m going to have to make dinner. And I love cooking,
so I don’t see why I’m fighting against this so hard right now. Really, I’m
just enjoying being home, and sitting on my couch, while Brian sits in his
chair and watches the game. But we gotta eat! And it’s about that time, so I
better go walk, and get dinner started.
8:34pm
I just made
the most wonderful tacos! I used a recipe (of course). It had mangos, dried
cherries, and onions in the meat, and then the salsa had cucumbers, tomatoes,
feta cheese, jalepenos, lemon juice, and olive oil, and all that with salt and
pepper. It was so good! I had 2 tacos, and they were 200 calories a piece! So
400 calories, and it was absolutely delicious! I can already tell I’m going to
get a hankering for that again, because I could have eaten 2 more.
Brian is
now making me coffee, since I made dinner, and I’m about to start cutting out
some pieces for Mama’s quilt. Granny said I may have to hand stitch the corners
of the hexagon, but she said to try to machine sew it, if I can. She said she
had to hand sew it, and so did my great grandmother, her mother, so I’ll
probably have to do that too, but I am gonna try to use the machine. I’ve got
to find my needles tonight, cause if I can’t find them, I’m gonna have to go to Walmart in the morning
and get some, which I really don’t want to do, but I will if I have to. But I
know I saw some around here somewhere, the clue is to find them.
I did walk
for 20 minutes. I listened to the Spirit radio channel on DirecTV, and the
songs really encouraged me a whole lot. It made the time go by fast, getting
lost in the music, and the message. I
really like Jars of Clay and am will get their CD soon, so I can listen to it
in the car.
I’m old
school, and I usually like CD’s instead of MP3’s. But now that I’m thinking
about it, CD’s get scratched up, and it’s so easy to just download something on
Itunes, I may just do that instead, and probably will.
I thought
about taking a photo of my dinner since it was so interesting, but I didn’t,
cause I just didn’t. I think maybe next time we have someone over I will cook
that though.
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