This must be vacation week.
I went to all my usual blog reads and no one is around. Maybe they’re around, and like me find that the dog days of summer leaves them little to write about. At least in the winter one can write about the injustice of snow, below zero temperatures and ones attempts to stay warm.
In the summer? You are just hot. Hot and cranky. Or lucky enough to be on vacaction.
I’d hoped to be writing about my incredible weight loss, the fact that I was now looking like a slim, trim, bathing beauty, but that’s not going to happen quite that fast. I’m watching what I eat, but it’s taking me far longer than the two thousand previous diets I have been on. I’m blaming menopause for the slowdown of my metabolism. After all in my 20’s I had the metabolism of a, well, a 20 year old, and I could pretty much eat what I wanted and not gain weight. Now, well, since you all know how old I am I won’t hedge here, I’m a 47 year old woman, and my metabolism has slowed to a snails pace. It’s just not right.
I’m making another batch of Mustard Pickles with the good recipe. I have the vegetables cut up and will be making the pickles later today. Hmmmmmm! I just love Mustard Pickles. At least my homemade Mustard Pickles. I saw some in a store a while back and bought them thinking they would be good and they were terrible! But mine? Hmmmmmm!
The garden is slowly winding down. I’m pretty sure I won’t have many more cucumbers or summer squash. My Butternut Squash look good and I should have maybe a dozen or so.
My tomatoes are now starting to come on and they are so sweet and juicy. It’s amazing how fantastic real, ripe tomatoes can taste.
I woke up on Monday morning with a stiff neck. I probably slept wrong. When I was a kid my Grandmother would tell me she had a cold in her neck when she felt like this. She would also have colds in her ears, back or shoulder. If she had an ache, it was a cold. And she had all sorts of home remedies. The one I remember best was lambs wool that she would stuff in her ear when it had a “cold”.
So this stiff neck has me thinking of her.
We were told if we had a stiff neck that we slept with the window open (even if it wasn’t). It’s gotta be because the muscles have contracted during the night from something we did the previous day or it could be because of an wrong position or draft. Whatever, I don’t like it when I get a stiff neck! ‘Course, sho likes to be in pain?
I hear ya on the metabolism thingy! I will be 47 this fall and can very much relate!
Good morning Mom,
Hope your neck is feeling better, and that you have a nice day planned. The weather should be beautiful! Enjoy!
Talk soon!
Love,
Mandy
My family used to say the same thing…maybe it’s a New England thing.
Yup, changing metabolism. Bites big time. *sigh*
Pam
It has been hot…and I think people just get busy in the summertime.
apparently I’m not one of your usual blog reads as I’ve been posting…so sad, boohoo!
My tomatoes are ALMOST there! Just a couple more days! The jalapenos are done, tho. I even have a couple of strawberries lol!
I miss Aunt Mary!
I’ve also had a stiff neck this week.
A few months ago my right shoulder got so sore that it was incredibly painful to move at all. Since I had done nothing to make it sore, my mother swears it had a cold.
What am I chopped liver? I’m around!!!!
Hi Maribeth
I enjoy reading your blog. Know how you feel about diets. It’s just not fair! I just want to eat ice cream, that’s all. Not too much to ask for;) So sometimes I’ll eat it and sometimes I won’t, figured that’s a good compromise. Have a good one, Michele