thursday
I put it on the calendar that I wanted to have my blood work done this morning but then last night I forgot to stop eating by 6 pm so now I don't want to do it - don't want to wait till noon to eat. That leaves this morning open. Maybe I will get the blood work done tomorrow morning and then Dave and I will have breakfast out and do some shopping.
Food. What have I been eating? Back a couple weeks ago when I mentioned egg and olive sandwiches I boiled 2 dozen eggs and we all went on a spree of eating them frequently. When that 2 dozen eggs were gone I boiled another 2 dozen and now hard boiled eggs have become a staple in the fridge. I just now ate one for breakfast, with butter and jelly toast. Another staple in the fridge at the moment is rice and beans. I figured out the simplest recipe. I cook the rice in a big pot - while that is cooking I am sauteing onions and peppers in butter in a pan while I preheat a large drained can of red kidney beans in the microwave. When the rice is done I put it all together and it is Rice and Beans and it is delicious with just a little salt and pepper. I think sometimes I am happiest with the simplest tastes. Though I do eat out a lot. I look at my weight gain and wonder why. Maybe eating out is one of the things - there are a lot of fried foods eaten - I'm not very discriminating. And I have taken to browsing while home - making a big bowl of homemade trail mix and grabbing a handful as I pass through the kitchen. That is definitely not a good thing for me to do.
My life lately. Doing a LOT of walking this week. With all the walking I wonder why I don't lose weight, but I don't. I worry about my knees frequently. They hurt. My left knee can't bend all the way - too painful. They got drastically worse after I fell with the dog on the hill last month. I think I might have twisted my knee then - maybe I'm just still healing up from that and it's not arthritis in my knees - I sure do not want that.
Andy and the cats update. Milo has come to cuddle in my crooked elbow a few times now in the evening like he used to. He is brave enough that if Andy is in the living room with Dave he feels like he can come to keep company with me in the bedroom. Many times Milo walks though the living room with Andy there. He keeps his head down and walks calmly through at a very steady pace. Andy just looks at him and doesn't move. Skye doesn't trust him enough yet to do that - she peeks around the corner over and over again to see if Andy is sleeping and then she runs through if he looks asleep. If he isn't asleep (really) he runs after her, with Dave and me yelling and adding to the commotion. He is much more interested in her than Milo and they whine and hiss at each other through the baby gates.
Yoshi is the family member who is getting the most neglected. It is easy to neglect someone that sits quietly in a glass box and who doesn't really ask to get out of it, ever. I do feed her of course - that isn't forgotten - but she hasn't gotten out to explore the floor since we got Andy. I need to make a point of getting her out soon.
Dave has taken Andy with him fishing in the boat twice. When he catches a fish then Andy likes to lick it. He has tried to pick them up in his mouth but that doesn't work. We are going tomorrow to get a halter for Andy so that when he is in the boat if he should fall out Dave can lift him out of the water easier.
Yesterday morning Andy needed his mommy and daddy time and we took these photos:
He's getting big - has gone from 26 lbs when we first got him to 41.
Food. What have I been eating? Back a couple weeks ago when I mentioned egg and olive sandwiches I boiled 2 dozen eggs and we all went on a spree of eating them frequently. When that 2 dozen eggs were gone I boiled another 2 dozen and now hard boiled eggs have become a staple in the fridge. I just now ate one for breakfast, with butter and jelly toast. Another staple in the fridge at the moment is rice and beans. I figured out the simplest recipe. I cook the rice in a big pot - while that is cooking I am sauteing onions and peppers in butter in a pan while I preheat a large drained can of red kidney beans in the microwave. When the rice is done I put it all together and it is Rice and Beans and it is delicious with just a little salt and pepper. I think sometimes I am happiest with the simplest tastes. Though I do eat out a lot. I look at my weight gain and wonder why. Maybe eating out is one of the things - there are a lot of fried foods eaten - I'm not very discriminating. And I have taken to browsing while home - making a big bowl of homemade trail mix and grabbing a handful as I pass through the kitchen. That is definitely not a good thing for me to do.
My life lately. Doing a LOT of walking this week. With all the walking I wonder why I don't lose weight, but I don't. I worry about my knees frequently. They hurt. My left knee can't bend all the way - too painful. They got drastically worse after I fell with the dog on the hill last month. I think I might have twisted my knee then - maybe I'm just still healing up from that and it's not arthritis in my knees - I sure do not want that.
Andy and the cats update. Milo has come to cuddle in my crooked elbow a few times now in the evening like he used to. He is brave enough that if Andy is in the living room with Dave he feels like he can come to keep company with me in the bedroom. Many times Milo walks though the living room with Andy there. He keeps his head down and walks calmly through at a very steady pace. Andy just looks at him and doesn't move. Skye doesn't trust him enough yet to do that - she peeks around the corner over and over again to see if Andy is sleeping and then she runs through if he looks asleep. If he isn't asleep (really) he runs after her, with Dave and me yelling and adding to the commotion. He is much more interested in her than Milo and they whine and hiss at each other through the baby gates.
Yoshi is the family member who is getting the most neglected. It is easy to neglect someone that sits quietly in a glass box and who doesn't really ask to get out of it, ever. I do feed her of course - that isn't forgotten - but she hasn't gotten out to explore the floor since we got Andy. I need to make a point of getting her out soon.
Dave has taken Andy with him fishing in the boat twice. When he catches a fish then Andy likes to lick it. He has tried to pick them up in his mouth but that doesn't work. We are going tomorrow to get a halter for Andy so that when he is in the boat if he should fall out Dave can lift him out of the water easier.
Yesterday morning Andy needed his mommy and daddy time and we took these photos:
He's getting big - has gone from 26 lbs when we first got him to 41.