Jim Has a Birthday

 Our weekend was lazy.  Didn't go anywhere on Saturday.  I did some chores around the house.  Laundry is always a big deal and I managed to strip the bed and remake it.

Sunday the birthday boy turned 84.  Most of the day was spent quietly.  We had some much needed rain roll through with a bit of thunder and a tornado watch.  Sonsearae and Chris picked us up for an early dinner at Ted's.  Jim had Bison meatloaf that he really enjoyed.  I opted for Bison brisket, both came with mashed potatoes, gravy and buttered carrots.  I have leftovers. I should not have indulged but it was so tasty!

Fat Tuesday.  For years we lived in New Orleans and Mardi Gras is something to behold!  We have some King Cake and Sonsearae gifted us with red beans a Jambalaya to enjoy.  No celebrating for us. Tallahassee doesn't indulge.

Today was a normal day for us.  Jim had some lab work done, he sees his PC next week.  Meanwhile I had some 'carving' on my left ear.  Awhile back my dermatologist took a sample and it was benign but they wanted a deeper slice this time to make sure.  Right now it's quite painful and I can ice it and take Tylenol.  Sleeping is the big problem.  As you can imagine laying on this ear will be painful.  I bought a pillow with a hole in it witch will help.

Not2Shabby ephemera and paper.  The colors are so vibrant!

All is right in our world

Happy Valentine's Day!

 I hope this day was pleasing to you.  Take some time for yourself! It's always nice to be pampered so spread the love.

Saturday's I weigh myself and today it was 100.5, I lost half a pound.  Slept almost 9 hours.  I prefer waking up naturally and this morning was 0650

For breakfast I had about a cup of vegetable barley soup with added mushroom, chopped and topped with some microgreens.  A slice of toasted sour dough bread and my coffee

I've been growing my own microgreens and recently started sprouting seeds.  Can't get much fresher!

Four ounces of orange juice mid morning.  Lunch consisted of refried beans and way to much meat and cheese, leftovers from a Mexican meal out the other day.  a Cutie orange

Took a wee nap

Afternoon coffee and two 'cream' puffs.  The sun went away and the furnace came on😞 It's been nice so the furnace hasn't been running a lot

For dinner I had some leftover pasta and I sliced some mushrooms into it...tasty!  also had some sourdough bread and I had a chocolate truffle.  it is Valentines day

Not sure I've mentioned it, but I always have water within reach and drink several glasses a day.  My evening snack was celery sticks

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what do I eat?

 I'm going to track (at least try) my food intake for a few days.  Maybe if I list my intake I'll get a handle on my food consumption.

Friday the 13th!  Could be a bad omen 😊

Started my day with oatmeal and a little brown sugar sprinkled with nutmeg.  Coffee 8 oz with silk soy creamer which contains sugar, shakes of cinnamon and nutmeg

I got my monthly haircut this morning, then we made a stop at Whole Foods Market.  It's the only place in town where we can get our Silk Soy Creamer, Sonsearae and I both need it for our coffee. Also picked up some veggies, a sweet treat (on sale) and sushi.

We decided to eat out at Azu and enjoyed some yummy shrimp with Chinese veggies.  It was a bento box and came with a gyoza and egg roll, noodles and fried rice.  We brought half home!  Hot green tea was enjoyed also.  On the way out I grabbed a fortune cookie.

Once home we both took a nap!

With my afternoon iced coffee with soy creamer I enjoyed a sweet treats.  Two were about the size of one doughnut.  Remined me of a cream puff and had a chocolate filling.

For dinner I had my cucumber avocado sushi with four ounces of V-8. I had some celery sticks as a snack around 2030

I want to add that we don't always eat out but we enjoy it once or twice a week.  Our budget allows for this and I don't have to cook a lot!

I won a charcutier board!  I always enter contests.  Now I need some ideas that don't include just meat and cheese 

All is right in our world, although Jim may be getting sick again 😕

Life Update

 Not sure how this will go.  Many of my friends and family know I try to eat WFPB, SOS...What that means is Whole Food Plant Based no salt, oil or sugar.  I'm struggling and working on this daily.

I weigh 101.5 and I'm not sure how I got to this weight but I like it!  I wasn't trying to lose weight it just happened. I find myself checking the scales often.

I take medicine for diabetes and I believe it can be controlled with this way of eating.  I just can't stick to it.  My doctor wants me on meds for hypertension and cholesterol but I refuse.  Again I believe if I can stick to a WFPB way of eating my numbers should come down.  All of my research suggests it will help but only if I stick to the plan.

Do you struggle with health issues?  What do you do to be healthier? Trust the meds your doctor prescribes?

Some of my recent cards:

Card Fronts from Not2Shabby

Call me Crafty Al puts out a sheet load every month.  Echo Park papers, some stickers

Brandi's Cards made 10 in 20 minutes.  I chose this fern from a retired SU set

Not2Shabby February paper pad kit and ephemera

I'd love to hear your thoughts on your health or mine..perhaps we can help each other

Falling Behind

 Where does the time go?  Sometimes it passes so slowly that life is boring.  Other times we're so busy I wish it would slow down.

Last month we celebrated Sonsearae's 55th birthday!  She can't be that old!! Where did the time go? 

We celebrated at Walt Disney World of course.  A couple of friends from High School joined her and they had tons of fun. These Orchids are at the Polynesian Resort where we had breakfast on the last morning of our stay 

We watched the parade at Magic Kingdom

Tree of Life

The Birthday Girl

Unfortunately Jim caught a bug and gave it to me. We've been battling it since we returned home.  It's long past time to get over it!

All is right in our world

or will be soon

Catching Up

 As I mentioned I had a birthday last month and medically speaking there are days when I feel it. I just saw my doctor and had tests done.  Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and blood pressure that could be improved upon.  Same tiresome issues.

Had a lovely birthday!  Sonsearae is very thoughtful and makes sure I'm remembered.  Of course, food was involved like two boxes of Dark Chocolate covered Cherries and she gave me this Tinker Bell purse

Jim has a birthday coming up in February and our daughter is turning 55 this month so what better place to celebrate than WDW?  We're heading down on Monday for some fun.  Sonsearae will be with a couple of high school friends, but we'll share her and perhaps keep them all entertained with our antics. 

All these cold front are keeping our country well chilled!  Forecasters kept saying we could get snow in Tallahassee...though it has been raining for several hours the temperature outside is 48 degrees this gloomy Sunday morning.

Had a lovely dinner with Chris and Sonsearae Saturday night.  Restaurant was new to us Liam's  and in Georgia.  Not a large menu so it was easy to choose what to eat.

Spent Sunday mostly thinking about packing and packing.  We did watch a football game.  It annoys the crap out of me that it's like a lottery trying to find the NFL games!  Most of the time we can't view them.  Ate out of the fridge, little bit of this, a little bit of that.

It's 0700 and I'm waiting for Jim to get up.  All that's left to pack are toiletries and the cold food bag, then we can load up and hit the road.  Hopefully it will warm up enough to melt the frost on the car. Did you see where the Panhandle of Florida got snow?  Didn't quite reach us, we just had cold rain.

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I'ts Official! I'm Old

 I woke up this morning and realized I haven't done a blog in ages!  Not that I've got anything important to say other than I'm forgetful.  I must work on that because who want to be old and forgetful? Perhaps it's because I turned 78 last month....hmmm😟

Earlier this month we went to St Marks National Wildlife Preserve.  It was lovely weather and the day was sunny.

Unlike now because neither of us want to venture outside because we're into winter for us.  Yesterday when I got up there was a heavy frost on the cars and it was really cold. 

Right now, it's in the mid 40's just before 7 am.  Forecasters were saying we could get snow!!  I don't think so

This month I celebrate my 5-year anniversary as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  Of course, this is my third time so I'm not sure how many years in total I've been involved with SU

I'm still making cards!

It's starting to get light outside so I should finish my coffee, grab some breakfast and get my day started

All is right in our world