Potty Talk--Do not read if it grosses you out LOL

I just don't understand my body.. one day I have the runs so bad that I have a burning ring of fire... and then next I am so constipated that I need an ice pick to dig it out... Today I am in the constipated state. I am eating lots of fibre but a little..no make that a lot ... short on exercise so I think that could be my problem... It is much too icy to go walking and besides I don't feel like it.. IF I had an interesting walking partner instead of a groaning old woman who can't find anything nice about anything, I might enjoy walking.

Anyway, on to other topics... Mom and I went over town today. I wanted to see IF the grocery store was having a caselot sale this week.. it isn't... and because it is my $21 challenge week I didn't spend much.. I ended up spending $12.12 leaving me with $8.88 for the remainder of the week. I hope I can do it. I CAN if I don't go over town but once I get there I usually think of something I WANT...not need.

Next topic.. Library.. Went there to see if my book called The Flat Belly Diet had come in..It hasn't yet.. I ordered it in September. Anyway, there was a couple audio books come in that the librarian thought mom MIGHT enjoy so she let me sign them out. One story has 19 cds so that is about 19 hours of listening and the 2nd one has 7 cds. I think . So she is okay for a few days anyway.

Next topic...My daughter popped in here this afternoon. I had seen she was across the street.. She cleans her friend's duplex once a week. I didn't expect her to come over but was pleasantly surprised when she did.

And the last topic of the day........Biggest Loser show... I have set myself a goal of not snacking while watching the show. I usually sit and nibble on cheerios or cheezies or something.. I didn't realise HOW HARD this challenge would be... as soon as they tell them not to snack, right away I wanna go grab a snack. So there is something in those words, DO NOT SNACK... I don't like taking orders and I need to figure out why.
And on that note I am going to get my water from the freezer and suck back on that while I watch starting at 6.

Another Day; Same old Same old

another hohum day except I actually DID something today.... yup, I did 3 loads of laundry. Hung them up to dry in the basement to put some moisture in the air...

And today I started a $21 a week pantry/freezer challenge. The only way I would spend more than that is if our grocery story has a Caselot sale. I NEED mushroom soup and cereal. Other than that I don't need anything. Maybe some milk later in the week.

And that is as exciting as my day got today

HAPPY!! HAPPY!! HAPPY!!! OH WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES!!

This was taken January 18, 2009

This was taken January 17, 2009

The sun is shining and has been all day long... The snow has really gone down from yesterday. I don't how to put in pictures so that they beside each other OR in the correct order so just bear with me...

Anyway, trust me, the snow has REALLY gone down and I'm happy. Now when it snows again I will have somewhere to throw it off the driveway.

This morning my daughter texted me and said that my low fat fruit and fiber muffins were in so I went over to the grocery store.. forgetting that it was Sunday and they don't open until 11AM so I came back home. Mom was glad I think cuz she wanted to go walking in the grocery store. Too icy outside for her. So we ended up buying groceries for her. I picked up 4 packets of Spaghetti sauce mix.. I like it better than homemade or canned spaghetti sauce.

We came home and each went to our corners of the house for the afternoon. I thought she was going to nap cuz she always does but I guess she didn't...and I tried to nap but couldn't so I played a game on the computer for awhile. Then I went upstairs and made bacon,lettuce and tomato sandwiches for supper.. Just finished eating and my sister showed up. Mom got all startled cuz she was here on a Sunday so there MUST be something wrong and I wonder what it is, etc. Turns out that my sister's foster girl, her man and their kids was on their way home from their trip to DisneyWorld and their van broke down not far from my sister's house so she called and asked if she could bring them to Grimshaw so she did that, dropped them off at home and came here for a quick visit. I was able to send a bunch of stuff with her so that emptied MY home a bit.

Now I am back in the basement waiting for 5 pm to arrive so I can watch Desperate Housewives and then back to trying to win my game. I gotta enjoy the games I have cuz I cannot Crack anymore games. The Cracker isn't working. LOL

And on that note I am going to cuddle up in my easy chair with my cup of coffee and wait impatiently for DHousewives to come on.

Blogging La La

There is just nothing exciting in my life to blog about.. It had warmed up and soon it will cool down. I went over town, got groceries and came home.. Big whoop...
Oh played a game tonight and lost 9 lives and finally won a level.. another Big Whoop.

Waiting...

Seems I am always waiting for something or someone... Tonight I am waiting for the landlord to arrive. He is coming to pick up the rent cheques. I emailed him this morning to ask if I should deposit January's cheque into a bank account or what... He usually picks up a whole year of postdated cheques in January and since January was half over I was wondering if plans had changed.
He asid he would be here between 5:30 and 6.. it is now almost 6:30.. His 4 pm meeting must have gone over. Sure am glad I don't have any plans.

Today was a gorgeous day.. and even now at 6:30 it is still +39 F.. and the wind is blowing nicely. The snow really shrunk today.

Yup, I was right.. his meeting went over... so I sweetly told him that it was okay and then I told him that this spring we needed the patio screen door replaced or something done with it... Last summer we just turned it upside down but it wouldn't work for me. I really think the patio doors have warped so he might have a problem with it. But that is not my problem.. which is why I rent. LOL
Well, nothing good on TV tonight so I guess I'll read my Living on a Dime books I ordered. I got a whole set... Menus on a Dime; Dining on a Dime Cook Book;Penny Pinchin' Mama; Dig out of Debt.......... that was my Christmas gift to me. All those books were on sale for $21.95 US.. and ended up costing me about $56 with shipping.
Catchya later.

My Great Escape

I got up this morning and for two hours I shovelled out my driveway.. When I got it done I thought mom would like to go over town so she could the grocery store aisles but she didn't want to go... So away I went..I wasn't gone long though cuz I didn't eat before I left so I needed food.
Then I spent the afternoon in the basement running scans on my computer. Seems overnight my antivirus picked up that I had a virus. I tried to quarantine it but that failed so I had to choose another option to lock it and delete the file when I rebooted. so I don't even know what file it was.. but I just finished running a scan again and it is gone. Thank goodness. But in the meantime, I decided to run my two antispyware programs and got rid of 11 bad things with one program and 131 with another. Another Thank Goodness.
Now if we could just get rid of the people who have nothing better to do than to create more viruses that would be a big Thank Goodness.
Now I'm off to read blogs and then play a game and then go to bed.

WHAT A DAY!!!

I am still not feeling 100% and mom has taken it upon herself to be annoying today... I went to find something for me to eat and suddenly she is right behind me asking if there is rhubarb in the freezer; then she came behind me with a jar of stuff and asked me if it was rhubarb jam..it wasn't so instead of just waiting until I was done what I was TRYING to do she kept bringing me jars asking if it was whatever. GRRR. Then she cooked the rhubarb that I found in the freezer and made huge messes.. on the stove AND the FLOOR AND the table.. so I had to mop the floor after she finished eating. I tell you I was so mad I was ready to toss her outside into the snowstorm and leave her there. So then I just went upstairs cuz something is being thumped around but she said it wasn't her... it had to be cuz she is the only one allowed to live upstairs. Just like it wasn't her that spilled the rhubarb on the stove and floor.. she really said that... I was cleaning up the stove and she came over to see what I was doing so I told her I was cleaning up a rhubarb spill and she said," I didn't spill." DUH
And later when I was trying to eat she brought me an envelope to address.. I snapped at her and said,"Why does it need to be done NOW? I am not going to the postoffice until the weather is better." She looked hurt and said," I guess I could try to address it myself." So I repeated my question about why it had to be done now. She had no reason... Guess she is just trying to drive me bonkers.. I know, it is a short drive. LOL
I know I just need to get away from here for an hour... but if I do SHE will come with me. LOL Oh well I'm just thinking spring.
Oh yeah and then when I came downstairs to heat up my brown rice and cabbage, "I" dropped my container of soft margarine on the floor.. the lid popped off and the margarine ( Becel) spilled onto the carpet.. good thing it is ugly orange shag.. it was easy to clean up... I guess I should have called mom down and said it wasn't me who spilled the margarine. Haha
Oh and to top it all off we are in a heavy snowfall advisory..on into Tuesday

Curling, Shovelling and Snow

This morning I spent from 11 AM to about 1:30PM watching Curling.. I love WATCHING but have no desire to learn how. After it was over I decided it was time for some exercise and fresh air. I went out with the intention of just shovelling the walk until I saw that there was about 6 inches of snow in my driveway so I shovelled that out as well. Just as I got it finished and came into the house it started to snow and it is still snowing now at 8:12 pm

That quilting project I was working on and I had said I didn't enjoy it....well, surprise, surprise.. I find that I am enjoying it after all.

Anyway, I have had a funny tummy all day today.. couldn't decide if I was ill or what was really wrong with me but after supper it hit me... and I started a marathon to the bathroom.. Hopefully the Immodium will kick in soon. I let it go as long as I could stand it and then decided to take some. Now I'm sitting here typing and listening the fireplace channel.. that is as close as I can get to a wood fire anymore.

Well, I guess I shall go cut out some more fabric for my project OR play a game.. not sure which I'll do yet...Sigh!! so many choices, hey??? LOL

JUST ANOTHER HO HUM DAY

I slept in until 9:15 today!!!! And after I had my breakfast and took my pills I went out and shovelled off the sidewalk. We are supposed to get snow daily for the next few days so I figured I best get existing snow off there first. Well, by the time I reached the last two sidewalk squares the wind came up and I was sure it had ripped my skin off my face. It hurt so bad... Everything was fine when I came in though.

I'm watching Curling on TSN.. not really enjoying it cuz they are playing for money and not points.. I understand the points counting but not sure how they figure out who gets the money for each end. But it is still better than sitting upstairs trying to make conversation with mom.

Speaking of mom, ... after her nap she got all dressed up and walked up and down the sidewalk until she got cold. The wind chill is still there so she didn't stay out long. And it is starting to SNOW again too.

I haven't heard from my daughter since Thursday night when she phoned me and told me NOT to text or phone her cuz she had her cell phone stuck in a bag of rice hoping to dry it out.. She had it in her housecoat pocket and tossed it all in the washing machine. Said she only had it in there for a minute or two... I noticed she was across the street at her friend Randy's last night so I know she is okay at least. LOL She starts work in the Bakery again on Monday.. Sure hope she keeps the job cuz there has been so many lay offs lately and it is getting worse. Getting to the point if you have a job ( no matter what the pay ) you better work hard to keep it.

Haven't figured out what I want for supper tonight.. It is getting so food just isn't appealing to me anymore. I more or less eat cuz I have to. I know there is some leftovers but will need to add to them, I think.. I will make a coleslaw for veggie. There is KD left.. that is another thing... KD is something that I used to keep on had for days when I really didn't know WHAT I wanted to eat and it was always sooooooooo good but I find that I don't LIKE it anymore. I prefer plain elbow macaroni with some Becel on it. I cook up a potful and then freeze it when it has cooled so that when I want some, I just nuke it. Same with rice.. They both freeze so well. I'm hoping my not wanting to eat is weather related and not something wrong with me.

Well best I turn around and pay attention to the game again.

GROAN

There is NO let up with this cold.. I was watching the news at noon and Northern Alberta will remain in the cold. It isn't that I have somewhere I need to be but it is the fact that I can't go when I want... And now that one isn't supposed to let their vehicle idle for more than 3 minutes I hate to go anywhere. The bylaw isn't here yet but it is being talked about in Edmonton... That is really stupid with weather like ours...

I made a nice pot of soup this morning. I had gotten the bones before Christmas but had just left them in my patio until I had the mood to make soup. Today seemed like a good day with wind chill temps of -46F... and boy howdy that soup was excellent for lunch.

I'm having a hard time coming up with 5 things to be happy about.. The hardest part is that we can't put down the same thing in a week.. so everyday needs to be 5 different things that the days before. I didn't start this challenge until January 7th so starting on the 14th I could repeat something.. I'm going to try NOT to repeat in a month though.. Surely there is different things to be happy about daily.

Ghost Whisperer is on tonight so finally I have something I can watch.. Can't wait for Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother and other reality shows to come on again. Have to check and see if the Mole is coming this year too.

Here I am again!

Big change of plans for today.... I shovelled the driveway and I figured since I had done that I might as well start the truck and go clean out the mailbox. Good thing I did cuz they had taken my mail out and made a parcel of it. It was soooooooo full.

Mom always lets on that being stuck in the house doesn't bother her but she sure jumped at the chance to go to the grocery store and walk... and she was so giddy as we were driving over there. I almost commented and then thought better of it.

Anyway, on the big change of plans... instead of having baked beans tonight we had KFC.. Thursday is 20% off for seniors so I gave mom my money and she bought us supper. I didn't enjoy it as much as I used to... Seems to me that eating out has lost its appeal.. I DO love to go eat out in the summer though.

I just heated up my rice bag and have it laying across my left shoulder.. It feels like the shoulder is out of joint or something. I don't imagine shovelling helped it either. And I have more shovelling to do tomorrow.

Oh I got buttermilk today so I can make some of my Big batch Bran muffins. The kind where the batter can be in the fridge up to 6 weeks. They are soooo good. I usually bake them all up and then freeze them already baked. I do the same with pancakes.. make up a quadruple batch and then freeze them and toast them when we want them.

You know, sometimes I wonder why I bother paying $55 every month for satellite.. I havent' had much to watch lately and tonight is no different. Can't wait for Survivor, Amazing Race, and Big Brother to come on.
And on that note, I'm off to find something to entertain me.. Maybe I'll sit and yawn for awhile. haah

*Sigh* Another Day of Wind Chill Factor

When will this winter ever end??? Our wind chill for today is -40 and is supposed to continue all day long.. and the snow is coming everyday until Monday....Yesterday I was sooooooooo down that I wanted to cry all day long but I didn't.. Instead I sat down and wrote out 5 things that made me happy.. I think I will try to do that daily... only in one week I cannot write something over again.. so if I say something like"my computer to keep me in touch with my friends." I cannot write it again this week even though daily I am thankful for my computer... It is going to be a tough challenge. I am not going to do it on the blog though.. it will be my own private journal.

Something kinda funny happened this morning after I had my breakfast... I was sitting on the couch and started to yawn... Mom said to me," Oh are you still tired this morning?" Well, I snorted and said," No I'm only yawning for entertainment ." She kind of chuckled... Well why else would a person yawn??
It is like when I come home from over town and when I come in she says," Oh you are back?" I tend to say everytime, "No I'm still shopping."

I still haven't figured out what I am making for supper. If I lived alone it would be easy but having someone else to consider I must come up with a menu of sorts. SHE wouldn't mind if there was no meat in it either.... but I must have my protein... I have some baked beans in the freezer and some KD cooked so maybe we will have that with a salad. Mom has rhubarb cooked up so she can have that for dessert.

Was just thinking and chatting on MSN with my niece.. and discovered that I have no personal friends.. ones where I can go out for coffee with... but I am lucky in that I've got many online friends. Cannot share a cuppa with them but I look forward to their emails daily and I worry if I don't hear from them.. What WOULD I do without internet??? What did I ever do before internet?? Oh right, I had my farm animals to talk to.. and firewood to split and stack and actual things to do so I didn't have time to feel sorry for myself...

Okay, baked beans are being defrosted as I type.. so that is our protein and mom will be happy. She prefers that type of protein whereas I prefer a big juicy steak.
Well, I'm off to check emails and Facebook and I really should do something to move around a bit. I might be back tonight.

Sore Shoulder

Boy it sure is amazing how just turning over in bed can cause such pain at times. I tend to dig my elbow into the mattress and turn myself over and last night I did that and ripped my shoulder muscle. I literally saw stars.. what pain!!! So I got up and rolled on some Lakota joint care formula and went back to bed. Of course I didn't sleep well in case I repeated the performance. So I've been very tired and sore all day.

Good point is My daughter came and shovelled the walk for me in exchange for a cup of coffee.
We are in a wind chill advisory for tonight.. -40C which isn't bad since last week it was -52...
Anyway, since I got hardly any sleep last night I'm having an early night.. so g'night all.

Not much to report today

It HAS warmed up so I guess that is good news..BUT I am not feeling well enough to enjoy it. This morning I decided to have poached eggs on toast.. a meal I normally enjoy.. but I had to POKE it down.. I just felt yucky eating it.. and yet I didn't feel sick...
After I ate I came downstairs and started a load of laundry and a headache developed and I've pretty much been dealing wih that and puffy sinuses ever since. NOTHING I take is helping.. and then I had to POKE supper down and now it feels like woofing back up again.. I haven't been anywhere to catch a flu from anyone either..
Oh well, I have nothing that needs to be done and therefore I won't try. Extreme Home Makeover is on at 6 and then Desperate housewives is on at 7.. after that, if I choose to go to bed I shall.
Hope I'm better by tomorrow.. going laptop shopping after mom and I do our First Monday of the month shopping... 10% off at grocery store and 15% off at Field's store and Mom gets 15% off at the Bargain Store too.
So I am signing off for tonight...

It FINALLY warmed up a bit

It warmed up enough that I was able to bundle up and get my driveway shovelled off. I steamed up my glasses though so I had to take them off to finish the job.. Now that is fun when you can barely see without them. I did a pretty fine job if I do say so myself.

AND I had to put my truck in 4-wheel drive to park it... it was icy under the snow and when I backed the truck up so I could move it over a couple feet I couldn't get back up the incline. So for the first time since I bought the truck, I flipped the switch and climbed that hill.... Now it wasn't a steep hill but I wanted to try my 4 x 4. I love it and will no longer be too chicken to use it when we get a snowfall.

I am giving myself a little winter project... going to type out all my recipes that I have on cards and save them to my Yahoo account in case I lose the recipe cards. I've misplaced a few cards when I was on the farm and thankfully my daughter had a copy so I got them from her.

I also started another craft project which I am hating. Well, shoot, I got the picture added but it didn't go where I thought it would which is right here somewhere.. and not at the start of my blog.. Oh well, at least I got it added. Anyway, I hate cutting fabric but I was excited when I saw this quilting craft in Mary Maxim cuz it said all I needed for tools was a butter knife.. well, they were wrong.. I need scissors and I NEED TO CUT THE STUPID PATTERNS OUT. I figured all I would do was reach into a bag and draw out the necessary piece, push it in where it belongs... so it is turning out to be NOT fun. I will continue doing it but I sure won't be ordering another one. Unfortunately I think if I recall correctly I ordered two and my daughter ordered 2. She won't be doing hers either, me thinks. This is one of those times I wish mom had sight.. she loved working with fabric and did lots of sewing over the years.

So what are YOU doing for crafts or for fun???

Bring in the Brass Monkey

TEMPERATURE FEELS LIKE HUMIDITY WIND PRESSURE VISIBILITY
-33°C -33°C 56% n/a0 km/h 101.40 kPa 24 km

That temp isn't very appealing, is it???? I haven't even started my vehicle since Christmas Eve and it won't be getting started until Monday. Supposed to warm up by then. Let's keep everything crossed that it does.. Of course, IF it warms up we all know it will SNOW, right??? I'm almost convinced I like cold better... at least I don't have to shovel that. haha

Not much to chat about here... we've just been trying to stay warm and that is pretty much all.
Oh yes I DO have something to talk about.. it is about how my NEW YEAR began..... I had decided we would have pork chops ( for good luck and prosperity) so I am digging around in the freezer.. of course they are right at the bottom so I take stuff out, set it down in places... find my chops, get a text message so I go reply to that and I FORGOT TO PUT MY FOOD AWAY.. I came back to check the pork chops to see if they are thawing and there sits a container of bean soup ( I tossed it away cuz I didn't like it anyway), a container of scalloped potatoes that I saved for potato soup, and a full package of mixed veggies. I cooked the veggies for supper and we ate some of them and I saved the rest into containers and froze them.. And we enjoyed the potato soup today... but how stupid I was to not put it all away in the first place.... I'm just glad it was only 3 items.

Now I hope your year started better.

Happy New Year!!

I actually sat down and started a list of goals for January. It was my intention to do certain things per month.. However, I know myself only too well... If it is written then I stiffen up and tell myself I won't do it, or I don't feel like doing it and I don't.. so I'm saving myself a bunch of stress by not putting it to paper. I will continue to do what I feel like doing daily..
I am so tired today.. funny how just having one day messed up will throw my whole body out of whack... I'm not used to staying up later than 10:30PM and for sure not used to getting up before 8:30AM.. Yesterday we were up at 6:20 AM so the kids could get ready to leave and last night by 9:30 I was in bed and slept right through until 8:15 AM... but no matter, I've been dragging all day long..
It could be the weather I suppose.. very cold here.

Anyway, we had our pork today... I read that eating pork on New Years brings good luck and prosperity for the year so we shall see. I'm not superstitious though so maybe that will throw a monkey wrench in that rule.

Guess I should go put up my new calendars for the year. So I'll chat again tomorrow.