Lost! Lost! Lost!

 However, I am quite sure we will find it again. When Tommy and I want to give something to each other, we often toss whatever it is. He tossed me the remote and it bounced high on the arm of my chair, going to the back. We searched for two hours. How far can it go? 

Tommy had to army crawl behind a table and my chair, chancing unplugging lamps and computer and power to chair. He never systematically searches. He cannot see under the other chair in corner so just crawled on top of everything, randomly picking up things. Yes, it is a mess. Of course, we sorted as he went about. 

I called a friend who lives in Cullman who is going to come and clean next Monday. However, we do not want to wait until then to find the remote. She already comes to clean two houses down here. I knew she came down here, so was hoping she could find the remote and asked her about cleaning. She called a friend who was on her way back to Birmingham.

Okay, three females came by on their way from a baby shower in Cullman back to Birmingham, friends of woman who I am friends with in Cullman.

The mother and two teen girls were so nice. The mother has back problems but wanted to look on table where it could not be. She also looked around on the floor. The older teen crawled around behind me, searching everywhere as I told her and how I told her. Then, they wanted to look under the quilt I keep on my chair. So, I let her. 

I have a tall nylon clothes hamper that I keep throw, jacket, little pillow and other stuff corralled. Tommy had looked in their twice last night. I saw him looking once again today as he had it on his walker by the door.  I was baffled as to why the remote disappeared. After we all said our goodbyes, he asked them to look in there one more time. The older teen did. And...

SHE FOUND IT.

The mother had her hand on the door, ready to push it open. I already knew Tommy was not thorough. He knew it must be there, he said. So, this was over 12 hour ordeal--two hours last night and thirty minutes of searching today. 

They refused money. She said, "Don't take our blessing away." 

I am so stressed about all of this. 

AND

Harry spent thirty minutes with King Charles! 

People talk about Biden being too old. 

Orange Idiot is still at it, denigrating everyone. 

However, my friend from Cullman will come here Monday to at least do two hours of work, like changing my bed, maybe emptying the freezer and helping to sort and replace. The living room needs dusting desperately.  She is bringing someone back to Birmingham that has been visiting a relative in Birmingham, so she is bringing her to help clean. So, 2 people for 2 hours for $75. 

AACK! When I finished the last sentence, I was desperate to go to bathroom. I had finished that paragraph, so time to go.

But, it was not to be. The chair would not work. The teen obviously had unplugged the battery pack. Tommy called firemen to get me out of the chair. As they got me up, they were turning the chair to front and tipping chair over. I thought I would be on the floor. Well, they heaved me up from floor and I rushed off to bathroom. Tommy said I was screeching and so were they, warning each other to not let me fall. I would have been so disgusted if I pooped in my pants. I was that close. 

When I came back frm the bathroom, I easily plugged the power pack back in and they left. If my feet are down, I have the power pack where I can plug or unplug it myself. With the footrest up like it was, I cannot bend to get to the powerpack nor can Tommy. I doubt I ever could have bent to floor sitting like that. 

This is so stressful. Of course, I have not bought more 9 volt batteries. We need a powerpack that plugs to wall for power but will switch to powerpack when electricity is off. Or, something like that. 

Before the news comes on, I will get bscb in bag to cook. Tommy has plenty of meat for dinner. I don't. 

Before anyone tells me not to watch the news to relieve stressors, that won't work. I need to know what is happening. I need to make up my mind about the facts. 

I will need to shop for colonoscopy prep. I was given specific foods to eat and not to eat. The paper says, "NO Substitutions." Okay, I will follow it to the letter. It is several weeks away, but I don't want to wait until the last minute or even the last week. 

Somehow, I thought we would get more rain today. We have had none, so I suppose it will come in later than expected. At 5 pm, it is 63F and bone dry here. By 6 pm, the temperature is now 64F. 

As Friday ended, I thought things were going fine and the weekend would be quiet. Maybe the last half of the weekend will be more peaceful here. Keep your fingers crossed. 

Okay, dinner of bscb, carrots, and red potatoes will be done at 6:30. I will open green beans and next week will buy more coleslaw mix. 

Two weeks ago, I was looking at pork loins that are factory sealed in heavy plastic. They were 2 for $9. As I was looking at different spices on them. All of a sudden there were turkey tenders, huge ones. So, I bought two of those. I will bake them and slice to use for sandwiches on the go. 

What are your plans this weekend? 

Next week?

Any Valentine's Day celebrations? 

Do you or anyone you know have a lift chair? Ever get stuck in one? 

Tuesday Cooking and NO Waste Day

No waste is saving money instead of throwing it away

But first--The CHAIR  has no stretchers. If I had not been so tired, I would have noticed and maybe not have bought it. Oh, well, if it tears up, it does. I will take it back.

Last night's dinner:

baked chicken
baked carrots
slaw
whole strawberries
leaf lettuce
water

I had about a cup of the free salad that was kale, radicchio, and Brussels Sprouts, so I put that in the cole slaw. I could not find the Miracle Whip, so I was going to make his cole slaw with Mayo and just eat the raw, shredded mix myself. So, I used up the cole slaw shredded mix and the salad. Neither was going off, but now it won't. savings

THEN, I found MW in the refrigerator, and my heart soared. That was mighty good cole slaw! I just hate mayo. savings

I put the three chicken breasts and about four pounds of carrots in a cooking bag. The carrots were on the bottom with chicken on top, and salt and pepper. I was so tired I forgot to put in garlic, onions, and celery for flavor. I even forgot to shake flour in the bag to keep it from exploding. It didn't.

However, I did set the bag on fire as I bent to put the pan in the oven. Since there was so little in the large bag and in a small pan, the end that was loose was long and waving around. I did not bend far enough and the top element came in contact with the bag, and, boy, did that stink for a loooong time. There was only one flare of fire, but it kept melting once it was away from the element. savings

He was looking forward to canned pineapple I mentioned and was very disappointed with fresh strawberries. How was I to know. ???  I try to eat the leaf lettuce every day, and the strawberries were going to go bad. I meant to send pineapple home with him, but I forgot. savings

Since I am so much better, I am not wasting food like I did for a while when I was very ill. It is still hard to bend down, especially to find that Miracle Whip lying on a bottom shelf and shoved to the very back. It hurt, but at least I was well enough to take the pain and not feel like I was going to fall on my head.

Even after I sent food home with him, enough food for two meals of chicken, carrots and slaw, there is plenty for me to have another two meals, too. So, that is six meals from one cooking session. Actually, we might both get one or two sandwiches or salads from the meat because there was a lot left for both of us. savings

A round roll of sausage, Jimmy Dean Mild, had swollen and looked scary, so I swapped that out at WM instead of wasting $3 worth of food. I ate a banana for breakfast that was pretty black on the outside and perfect on the inside. No wasted banana. savings

So, free lunch, soaking up the sun, easy food  preparation, six meals, nutritious meals, no waste, used up three foods, did not burn down the house... I call Tuesday a total savings win.

Tuesday Free Lunch & New Chair

I slept two hours last night. ugh. So, I am literally batty today. Exbf came and we went to my bank to straighten something out that was not twisted, just my brain.

We went to the lunch. A group was meeting in our dining area. It seems there is a group of people with dementia that come together from 10 am to 2 pm in order to provide enrichment for them and respite for their caregivers. I volunteered, so that will be on the agenda.

Lunches have been better, but it was good. To make up for the lunch, I have pie and cake.

Then, we went to Lowe's and bought exbf a chair. He has sat in a lawn chair inside for about a year. None of my chairs or anyone else's chairs are right for him to get into and out of. He is worse, so I had a brainstorm while in Lowe's the other day.

Now, he has a barstool wicker chair. It is not exactly indoor furniture, but being wicker, plastic, of course, it looks better than the stuff that folds up and has the straps. I will call it patio furniture as Lowe's advertises it as such. He cannot sit down without great pain and effort. And, it is even worse for him to rise. So, this taller chair is better for him. It would kill me.

I almost killed myself getting the shorter wicker chair out of the house and the taller one in. Not having adequate sleep does not help my condition.

So, now I have three medium gray patio/lawn chairs outdoors. They were $50 reduced to $12.50. I bought two for outdoors and one for him to use inside. Well, I used his Lowe's credit card. This new one was full price of $50. Since he pays off the card quickly, this will work.

The patio chair actually looks nicer than the picture. It looks spindly in the picture but sturdy in real life.

I got it in the back yard when we came home. Then, I brought carrots to scrape while we got a bit of glorious sunshine and fresh air.

When I get up from here, I will put the carrots in a pan and put chicken breasts on them. While they cook I will make slaw.

You may not hear from me again tonight as I will sleep as soon as he leaves. And, don't ask why he does not have both hips replaced and both knees. He is afraid. He cannot go on like this and knows it.

And, this is not edited as I must put on dinner and it is almost 3 pm.