So...whats for dinner?
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Sorry to learn such sad news about your friend, Carole, but it sounds like she has a great attitude about how to spend her shortened days. Have a safe trip and meaningful visit.
Finally got around to making the banana bread today before the three bananas turned into mold! I used Mark Bittman's recipe, but not sure I am crazy about it...based on the tiny test loaf I also made so I would not risk giving my neighbor junk. Also, it called for coconut, and what I unearthed in the cabinet was old, so I skipped it and added cranberries along with pecans. I could add dried cranberries to just about anything and be happy.
Tonight, after a very rigorous stretching class ( in my next life I hope to return as our adorable, petite and flexible instructor who stretches with such ease;) we finished up the lamejun and some little ground lamb finger pies (no idea what they are called) and had the creamy asparagus soup I made yesterday. Definitely could have used more spices or at least onion, imho.
At Trader's today I was hoping to find packages of baby kale...unsuccessful. Do any of you folks who are farther west (like almost everyone;) see that item sold at your Trader's? It's an easier leaf to use for salads than the large leaves with the big ribs that need to be removed.
Off to watch UCONN/KENTUCKY play for the championship. Rooting for the Huskies tonight, but tomorrow night want my ladies from ND to dominate the UCONN gals...tho not likely with ND's strongest player out with a torn ACL. Amazing what these kids put their bodies through......
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Carole ... I hope you and your friend have a great trip.
Bedo .... Thank you, yes BD was my birthday.
Dinner today was Roasted chicken, mash potatoes,broccoli and asparagus. Leftover cake for dessert.
Good night all
Vivian
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Carol- I too am so sorry about your friend. I hope you have a great tme together and make wonderful memories.
This may be a downer post.
I haven't posted because I have been cooking whatever and thing with my MIL are bad. The kids and I have had anything from breakfast for dinner, spaghetti, pork chops, chicken nuggets you name it. Dh was supposed to come home Sunday now it looks like maybe Thursday. My MIL is now in hospice care and is on morphine and O2 due to breathing issues. The siblings are fighting about her and everything and it is just ugly down there. Dh is the calm one and feels he can't leave her or leave the situation as he is the one person who keeps everyone calm. It's bad.
To top it off DS1 is now getting sick and I am afraid it is turning into pneumonia. We will end up at the Dr tomorrow.
So to be honest it is tough going all around. I was hoping to go grocery shopping tomorrow. I miss real dinners. It all is what it is and both boys are behaving great. Thankful for little things.
Hope all are well.
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Oh Laurie, that is such sad news. These things are so difficult. I don't know what happens with siblings when a parent dies. It happened in my mom's family and dh's too. It created such a lot of hard feelings for such a long time. I hope your son's illness isn't pneumonia and that you all are feeling better soon. I'm happy you checked in in spite of all that's going on.
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Laurie you do what you have to. Eat up. You'll get back to normal later. It's especially hard when people are fighting. Luckily the only fight my DH had when my in laws passed was over the tombstone. They worked it out. Although his Mom and Dad now actually have different headstones! LOL. Side by side. LOL
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Laurie, glad you posted...I figured things have been difficult. So sorry that DH is having to play peacemaker at a time when he should be able to be dealing with his own feelings about his mom. Families can be tough at times of loss....for some it is easier to express anger than sadness, but boy is that hard for all concerned. And I hope DS1 does NOT have pneumonia....good he's seeing the doc tomorrow. Stress all around....but you'll get through it! Do PM me if you need anything or just to vent. Keeping your whole family in my thoughts......
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Laurie, my sympathetic thoughts go out to your dh.
Funny story about my home-made hot chocolate. The Swiss Miss (60 cal) I had been drinking was only 1 pt and it tasted pretty good and satisfied my craving for chocolate. The new box (80 cal) I bought at Sam's upped the pts to 2 pts. So I decided to try making my own. When I factored in the ingredients, my home-made is 3 pts! And it's no taste improvement over Swiss Miss. Goes to show you home-made isn't necessarily best.
Dinner tonight will be leftover gumbo and brown rice and salad.
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Laurie - My prayers here for your DH and your family. Hard enough when
close by but throw in travel oh my.Fix what sounds good to eat, this is
not the nutrition finals and a couple of weeks of less than nutritious
fare won't matter in the long run. Make sure you get some self care
time. So glad you had your ski week before your MIL (and family
squabbles) got worse. Hope your DS is on the mend.Carole - Is the change in points more a true reflection of the serving size? I forgot what it was that DH and I were eating but the serving size was ridiculous.
MinusTwo - I agree with Moon. Your weird dipping dinner sounds good.
Last night was chicken breasts with Shake N Bake pretzel coating (not buying that again, not so special) and bag of frozen vegies. Tonight will be baked pork ribs, Spanish rice and maybe fresh carrots. I am absolutely stuffed. Went out to local restaurant after Bible study today and had 1/2 of large salad with grilled vegies. Yummy and brought the other 1/2 home in doggy bag. Think I will have an early dinner and keep my maindish for tomorrow. I can't keep the salad since it already has dressing on it. I did finally get everything for stuffed shells, planning on making that tomorrow. Have a church meeting Thur night early so no cooking unless it's earlier - might do the shells and save them for Thur.
We went to OK on our 2x/year camping trip this past weekend. Too much food for me, I can't eat 3 huge meals a day and neither can DH. Don't know how the other participants do it. Lake has no water in the slew cabin is on. Walked out where the water would be and fed a mama goose. My excitement.
I think I took a survey here of what the new upscale market coming to Ft. Worth might be. Carole I think you guessed Fresh Market. You win. It will join Central Market, TJs and Sprouts in a small area along with an excellent health food store and a local small grocery with a superb meat market not to mention other big chains. I think it will be very interesting. Also heard HEB (south Texas chain that owns Central Mkt.) is looking for a Ft. Worth location, they have one south of the city.
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LMG, that's a lot of great stores together. Now all you need is a paycheck to hit all of them.... LOL and the serving sizes are ridiculous. One container of hummus stated it was 10 servings. It was such a small serving size that's ridiculous.
If I do get Swiss Miss I get the decaff. Cause I usually get a craving at night. Supper tonight was leftover meatloaf potatos and glazed cartots. I thought I'd finish them off. Unfortunately there's enough for one more meal..... LOL.
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Laurie these times are always tough. Most Hospices come with a grief counselor to help even with "anticipatory grief", a social worker and a chaplain. Do you think that any of these would help? Stress does seem to bring out reactions in people that are unexpected. I hope things get better for you. Kids love Spaghettios. They're easy. Take it easy. Things will get better.
For dinner I had a salad, mussles , bread and a lovely glass of white wine at a very nice Italian Restaurant The man who took me was charming and a real "Jimmy Stewart" kind of guy. (I have had a crush on Jimmy Stewart since I was about 16.) I think I will see him again.
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Laurie - prayers & hugs. Families can be so difficult. I agree about the Spagetti-Os, or Kraft boxed mac & cheese or take out MacDonalds. Hope DS is OK and doesn't have pneumonia. We'll all keeping you in our thoughts.
Bedo - sounds like a good date all the way around - good food & good company. Glad you had fun.
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Laurie..prayers to you and your family. I always look at this time as "the harder it is, the more the person is loved." Unless someone is, for certain, deliberately trying to make things worse, I just think the stress is getting to them and try to let it go.
Sharon cooked the Tarragon Basil Egg Salad with Quinoa from this month's Clean Eating magazine. It was very good. Most of the fresh herbs came from the potted herb plants scattered around the outside of the house...so maybe that helped.
Not much else going on around here. Sharon had to move her oncologist appointment that was scheduled tomorrow. They didn't object and I'm taking as a good sign.
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Thank you so much everyone. I give you all a huge cyber hug.
My MIL has been unresponsive for two days and today woke up and wanted to eat and go for a walk. Bizarre. The siblings are taking what they can get. I let Dh know sometimes there is an energy surge before passing. I have no idea. But I want him to be prepared.
The kids are being great, tonight was frozen ravioli and sauce with garlic bread. I took DS1 to the Dr and it is allergies and asthma. They put him on steroids and he is doing so much better. SO THANKFUL! My brother is here for me as are my in laws so I am not alone. Again, so thankful.
I miss DH. It has now been 10 days since I have seen him. Boys sleep with me which helps, I dont know if they will ever go back to their own beds!
Anyway- I should be in bed. Sweet dreams.
Oh and Bedo
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Off to Gulf Shores, AL, this morning with the camper. Wish us a safe trip. The camper has been parked since last Sept.
Will check in during the trip if we have internet.
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Safe travels Carole! Have a great time and eat some royal reds for me!
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Have a safe and enjoyable trip, Carole, and as Laurie said, make some wonderful memories with your friends.
Nance, what are royal reds? Fish? Fruit?
Laurie, so glad you have your supportive brother nearby....and I bet your kids are too! Do the boys have a chance to Skype or do Facetime with dad?? Technology can be so useful for such necessary time away. Hang in there.......
Yesterday, DH was almost alarmed that he lost a few more lbs (male perspective, I guess....I would be thrilled), so I stopped at the store and picked up a london broil, ( a rare beef treat) some french bread, and apples to make an apple crisp (I had a box of apple crisp mix......super lazy!). We had asparagus and salad too. I probably gained from that meal! ;/. Both off to the gym this morning......
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Royal reds are a delicious shrimp variety caught in very deep cold water. Very popular in gulf shores and other coastal areas.
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sigh. Now I have to Google Royal Reds..... LOL
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Carole - enjoy the sweet time with your friend. Have a safe trip and hope the RV behaves for you. Shakedown for summer trip?
Woke up to no electricity this am on a beautiful sunny morn. DH heard the transformer blow. Told me to get myself up if I wanted coffee while it was still hot. Co-op elec. is very responsive. Back on by 9:10 but neighbor not so lucky. Had to replace her transformer. When elec. came back on 1st thing I did was put coffee back in micro.
Plenty of ribs leftover. DH loved the Spanish rice - a Mahatma mix from pantry that called for 1 TBS ketchup instead I used sofrito. I found a jar stashed in pantry I had forgotten about. Will have that tonight with the carrots I never got around to.
Laurie - so glad you have family nearby. Bet the boys will return to their beds when DH gets home. They're old enough to understand special circumstances. Frozen ravioli sounds perfectly kid pleasing.
Lacey - so funny about your DH. Mine wouldn't know maybe unless his jeans fit a little looser but doubt he would even notice. He weighs only when at doctor. But then he's a bean pole anyway. And I agree Royal Reds sound like apples or a baseball team (if you didn't know they were food).
SpecialK - how are things now? Haven't heard from you in a bit.
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Sorry to have been MIA - having a rather terrible allergic reaction to the tegaderm from last Friday's return visit to the OR. I am medicating around the clock with Atarax and it makes me sleepy, so at least I am asleep and not aware of how itchy I am!. I have a blistered rash on approximately 25% of me. Even the places that the EKG leads were attached are blistered. The upside - my stitches are holding so far - so the repair is working - I am even willing to endure this rash if the fix works. Needless to say, I have not been cooking, lol! I feel a smidge better this afternoon and took a peppered pork tenderloin out of the freezer, will also have chipotle mashed potatoes (a mix) and some roasted asparagus.
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specialk thats horrible! Not what you needed. I reacted to the Tegaderm when I had to keep my port accessed fir 3 weeks. By the 2nd time they changed the needle and redressed it I was ripping the thing off at night. I had to put ice on it. Went back and they re accessed it and put a barrier cream on it that helped but I don't want to go through that again. So use ice if it helps. I hope something does.
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moon - I know that you know - my PS took a calculated risk and put tegaderm over the areas he stitched, but I wish I had taken a picture of his expression yesterday when I opened the gown. He was horrified. Happy with the repairs but horrified at what had happened. This is such a severe reaction that I have edema under the rash areas - I can feel my skin bounce when I walk and I have a roll of flesh hanging over the left side of my waistband. It is going to be a while until things calm down, I think.
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Special, you are amazingly and gracefully enduring with all you have and are going through! Heal fast!
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Oh my goodness Special - what a horrible reaction. I too have a problem w/tapes & adhesives so I can certainly relate. If they even think about using anything but Medipore or Hypafix, I jump up & down and scream. The funny part is I usually have to take my own tape. Are you using steroids on the rash? Thank heavens the stitches are holding. Hugs - gently & only where there's no rash.
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Laurie- Sorry your having to go through more than you should, not only MIL being sick and DH being gone but the kids being sick. You must be exhausted. One thing about childhood asthma is they usually outgrow it. ( I hope)
Carole- Sorry about your friend, glad you get spend some nice relaxing time with her on your vacation. Hope you have a nice time. Safe travels!
Bedo- Had to chuckle at the jimmy steward crush. Haha! I always thought he was cute too. Hope this guy turns out to be the man of your dreams (who knows) when you least expect it....Your dinner sounded yummy!
SpecialK- Oh my gosh, that sounds horrible, hope it all heals quickly!
Lacey-You always have the right advice for everyone! :-))
Have a question for you all..
So most of you know I go to rehab therapy for my lungs, The lung therapist name is Will, I always liked him, nice guy kind of weird but nice, The room where we do the exercises is small with only about 12 different machines and usually about 7 or 8 of us in a class, there is a small room connected where a nurse sits so she she can monitor us while we exercise, she takes our BP and checks our o2 levels- a couple of weeks ago when I went there I had asked Will a question about my 02 while I sleep telling him how I didn't sleep well and was worried that it would go either to high or too low, so he said lets go talk, usually when he talks to some one he talks right there or just outside the door in the hallway where there are chairs, but he took me out the room down the hall and about 4 rooms down and shut the door. I didn't think any thing about it because well, Look at me, here I am with a hose in my nose, one breast part of my lung missing bottom dentures LOL!( I have to laugh at myself) anyway.. I am not the most desirable women on the planet right now, oh and not to mention the 40 pounds I have gained since being on steroids. Ok, getting to the point. So, we go sit down and we are discussing my problem and he said something about the blood gasses which they take in the wrist ( I have had that done and it hurts) and while he is stroking my wrist with his finger to show me where he does the blood gases he also says I have taken blood there pointing to my wrist and here, Pointing to my neck and here, he took his finger and shoved it way inside my groin area, pretty much next to my who-ha! Not kidding!! I was so shocked and could still feel the finger poke for hours afterwards it left such sensation because he did it hard. I don't really remember our conversation after that because I was in shock I think, after that I made an excuse how I had to leave early for a dr app. When I got in the car I never told my DH because I was imbarrassed but also knew he might go in there and beat the crap out of him, I told my Girlfriend that night, I had been making excuses why I didn't go to my rehab classes to DH but most of the time he had Dr. app so had to cancel anyway. Well I finally told him the other night and he wants to let them know how inappropiate he was, but I don't want to do that, I keep thinking maybe it was all innocent and he wasn't being sexual at all, but in my mind I know that that probably is not true, I don't think he even has a license to draw blood, being a physical therapist so he wouldn't of taken blood gasses at any time from anyone. He called my house today and left a message asking if I was coming back and that he missed me and if I wasn't coming back to let him know so he could put some one else in my place. So, I wonder if I should call him and tell him how I felt he was out of line, or if I should call the hospital and file a complaint or just let it go?? I have no proof or what he did or that it was a sexual thing or not on his part. Sad thing is now I don't go to my rehab any more. Sorry for making this so long but really wanted your imput, you all always have the right things to say and it would help me a lot. Thanks for listening!!
Hi to every one I missed!
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Lacey - thanks - I am taking it easy.
Minus - just Benadryl cream - the rash is too close to the stitches to use topical steroids. I just have to wait it out with that and the Atarax. It is interesting that the surgery I had on 3/7 I had no problem with the sticky EKG leads and the tegaderm over the IV. Because I am reactive with this rash all of those areas developed rashes too. I'm a bit nervous about the rash on the underside of my right arm (surgery was on the left) because I already have lymphedema in that arm - I don't need additional issues with that arm.
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Special K, I am sorry to hear about even more problems. I agree with the risks of topical steroids as they can impact on wound healing and infections. Cool showers, drugs and rest!
Debbie, that is so so inappropriate and wrong. I would definately call the hospital and complain. You also need to think that he has probably done similar things to other patients and will continue to behave I appropriately until it us addressed. You poor thing. But you don't want to let your rehab/therapy suffer because of him. (Also blood gases are nearly always drawn from the wrist so there was no need for him to touch your groin)
Good luck!
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Sk, another tape allergy here. Created all kinds of nasty wounds after radiation. I had brachytherapy so had to have tape holding the catheter in place for ten days. What a mess, that took a long time to heal.
Debbie, that's awful! You definitely should tell someone about it, especially since it made you uncomfortable enough that you don't want to go back to your rehab. Yike!
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Debbie - Sounds like you thought he was a good therapist before this happened. It just doesn't make sense. I'd probably call him back and tell him you were uncomfortable w/his touchy behavior & thought it was inappropriate and you are still not sure how to respond. Whatever he says will give you a clue whether it might be something you want to just forget or whether you should report it to the hospital. In any case it doesn't sound like you'll be comfortable with him again. Do they have another therapist? Or is there another center you can go to? You sure don't want to stop treatment.
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