Category: My Life

Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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Since the Red Sox won their game on Saturday and will now go to the World Series for baseball, needless to say I was doing a happy dance on Saturday and Sunday!

But Sunday afternoon came and the Patriots football team lost, so that ended the sports weekend on a down note!

I went to make an apple crisp, and the apple peeler-corer-slicer was broken. Seems the spring on one part had come flying off. Thankfully, I still had the spring!

Hubby tried to get it on, but he was busy getting some apples ready for the farm stand. I felt bad about the broken device, so I worked and worked and worked (using a picture from Amazon.com to figure it all out) and after breaking two finger nails, I got the spring reattached! yay me!

I worked literally all day on cleaning out my closet. I needed to organize the sizes (don’t ask) the summer from winter clothes and prepare for my shelves to receive my winter sweaters.

Everything looks so good! It made me feel great. I have been talking about cleaning out that closet for a long time.

Now that this one is done, I’m thinking the linen closet and office could be next!

Happy Monday, Everyone!

It felt like Fall today. Although the sun was bright, it was quite chilly. When Hubby and I went out to see “Gravity” in 3-D, I actually grabbed my jacket and needed it!

So there we were waiting for the movie to start, when I realized my little nose could not accommodate my glasses and the 3-D glasses. Fortunately, I don’t really need my glasses for distance, so I put my glasses away, and just used the 3-D ones.The nice part about those glasses, is that our satellite provider actually offers 3-D movies occasionally and now we have the glasses!

“Gravity” was good. Sandra Bullock fantastic, but on a scale of 1-10, Ten being Fantastic, I would give this movie about a six. I cannot say more, because if I did, it would give away the plot.

We came home and even the house felt chilly, so I built a fire in the hearth and now we are enjoying the slowly burning logs from our friends yard. She decided to go solar this year and had to cut down a lot of trees. Since she doesn’t use the wood, she gave it to Hubby to thank him for all his help.

Tomorrow is apple baking day. What shall I make? I am not too sure. I’ll take pictures and report on things on Monday!

I woke up. It was earlier this week when I was getting ready to do my Wednesday Hodgepodge questions. One of the questions was ‘what was a concern of yours 5 years ago, and is it still a problem’.

So I went back and began to re-read Dackel Princess from 2008. I was happy and busy and active. As I read, post after post, I realized something so profound, like a wet fish, it came up and hit me in the face.

This year, I have been depressed!!!

Now granted, it has been more than a challenging year, with many different downers, but you know, if life gives you lemons, make lemonade, right?

I realized that I had two options. I could continue to sink further and further into depression, or I could:

Get up in the morning, put a smile on my face, and show the world, all the love in my heart!

I have chosen to take the world by storm and find my way back to happiness! One day at a time!

After my shower today I noticed that my scar is fading and I am actually starting to look like myself. Look at the picture from March, when I was operated on.

After six weeks they cut the flap and I looked even more hideous, at least in my opinion.

And then I got smart and went to Dr. P. in Boston. This was after my first operation with him.

The second surgery with Dr. P.

The third surgery will be in November, but today when I looked at myself I just couldn’t believe how good the scars look! I simply love my Aussie Doctor, Dr. P.

Hubby slept until nearly 10:30 this morning, so I decided to make a brunch. I made fresh blueberry muffins, yogurt with cherries, coffee, bacon and eggs, orange juice and fresh sliced pears, from our trees. It was a good filling meal.

Just as we finished (and we were still in our pajamas), the phone rang and it was the propane man looking for our house. We get propane delivered twice a year and today was one of the days.

While Hubby guided him in on the phone, I grabbed my jeans, and shirt and shoes and raced outside to show him where to park.

Greta and Arnie slipped by me, causing my heart to stop, as I worried about their safety, but I quickly got them into our Jeep, while the truck backed up.

Then we showed the propane man where the tank was. He was a nice young man, and liked dogs. Good thing, as there are so many here!

The rest of the day was sort of strange. I did some house work, watched a little TV and at one point nearly fell asleep.

This afternoon we started to think about going on a trip. A trip where we could both just kick back and relax. However, from now until the end of the year we both have medical things happening, so a vacation is not in the cards for us.

Oh well, maybe next spring before the trees start to bloom.

Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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This past weekend found me finally rallying against my bronchitis and pneumonia, and cough. I’m still feeling tired, but I think it is from lack of movement over the last three weeks. Over the next week I want to take walks around my neighborhood and start eating normal meals again.

The apple pie I mentioned on Sunday, actually came out pretty well.

I have decided I do need to find a nice crust recipe, but the filling was perfect!

I actually cooked a wonderful roast beef, with roasted potatoes and carrot casserole you can find the Carrot Casserole recipe HERE. It is a tasty recipe and very easy!

Today I am off to Boston with my cousin, Janet to go and see my Plastic Surgeon. He needs to look at the last few places on my face to be tweaked.

Ahhhh, it feels so good to be well again!

Have A Good Monday!

I was challenged today. First I had promised Hubby an apple pie, thinking I had two pre-made crusts in the other fridge. However, when I opened them, they appeared to be bad. I don’t know for sure, but they certainly smelled funny.

Since I didn’t want to go to the grocery store, I got out my Crisco shortening, flour and ice water, and started to work on making a pie crust. Do you know how long it has been since I have made a pie crust?

No, me either, so you can see, I was really challenged!

Note to self: find a good pie crust recipe.

Carefully I followed the recipe and then rolled it out. I put the bottom one in the pie pan, filled it with the seasoned apples, and then put the top crust on. Well, it looked okay, but…

The next thing to challenged me was Arnie. Or should I say, Arnie and Hubby. Mr. Arnie wanted to go out to do his business, but it was almost train time. I wanted to walk him on the leash, but Hubby hollered at me to let him go. So, I did let him go, but I walked outside with him.

The next thing I knew Arnie ran up the hill, (away from the train tracks) sniffed hard and before I could get to him, he had rolled in some smelly, sticky, deer poop!!!

I clicked the leash on him, dragged him into the house and into the bath tub! Where he promptly had a full bath!

Then I told Hubby that I wanted to have leftovers for dinner. Simple, easy, leftovers. Nope, he wanted spaghetti! So I went down to the freezer, got out a container and thawed it out. Challenge number three!

My cough came back again tonight and Hubby isn’t really thrilled with that either. His comment was, “Don’t you have any cough syrup?” made me feel a little bad. So, I’m sucking down cough drops trying to stifle my cough! I know that feeling. When he is coughing at night disturbing my sleep I get annoyed. So, I can’t say I blame him for feeling this way.

At least of all my challenges, the apple pie turned out okay. Not my favorite crust, but certainly not the worst I have had either.

Yes, some days are more challenging than others!

During the time that I have been fighting this cold/bronchitis/pneumonia, I have slept and awoken at strange times.

Sometimes in the middle of the night I’ve been coughing so hard  that I wake up and cannot get back to sleep. So I turn on the TV to watch something, and I have discovered something I long ago suspected, but wasn’t quite sure of.

There is nothing on the TV in the middle of the night! I click around and around and nothing at all!

I have watched documentaries on frogs, reruns of the Tonight show and even Conan O’Brien, who I really can’t stand, but at 2 AM, it’s any port in the storm!

Fritz loves it. He enjoys the TV and will actually jump around the bedroom while I click through the channels. The dackels are never bothered!

I was awake coughing so much Tuesday night, that I kept falling asleep during the day on Wednesday. I just have felt so run down and so tired.

And I wonder how much longer until I feel well? Have you ever had a virus that seemed to go on and on?

• I’ll be off to the doctor today at one o’clock. I woke on Thursday sick all over again. And quite frankly, I am sick of being sick! This has got to end!
• Hubby got me one of my favorite vegetables yesterday and I am cooking it for dinner Thursday night. It is rutabaga! How many of you know this vegetable and like it?



• I cook mine by peeling it, cutting into cubes and boiling until soft, then mashing with salt, pepper and butter!
• It’s been a while since I have had any because the price was a dollar a pound! Crazy. This week it was on sale for 59 cents a pound.
• I have started wearing my turtlenecks again. Autumn is here!
• I have started a new book. “The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty. It is quite gripping and I am only in the first chapter!
• I go back to the Plastic Surgeon on Monday. I can see where I still need work done, but we will see what he says.
• Please pray for my recovery before then!
• Hubby is picking apples now every day. Oh, they sure do taste good!
• I think this weekend I will clean my closet out leaving just a few short sleeve shirts inside and packing up the rest for next year.
• I need to break out some of my sweaters and get ready for cooler temperatures!
• Have a great weekend everyone!!!