Nuts and Slush

Jan 18

Steps 10,350

I keep nuts in the freezer and a little container of thawed ones on the table beside me. No matter how healthy a nut is, I am totally devoted to pecans. When I was seven years old, we lived on 10 acres and half a dozen pecan trees. Pecans were work, entertainment, food.

We went as a family to the pecan trees. Days before the pecans were ready, Daddy mowed and picked up all fallen limbs. My brother, at least, went with him.  Then, one day, after picking up pecans every day, Daddy would hoist my brother up in the tree where he shook the limbs. He was young and light, so more brawn was needed. Daddy took a two by four and put one end under the limb and pushed hard enough to dislodge gallons of pecans. We were all present for this event, armed with empty paint buckets and five gallon buckets. It was always a happy day for us. Yes, it was entertaining. (I forgot to say that Daddy took heavy tarps he had used when he was a painter and spread them on the ground. He had about three. The pecans were easier to pick up. Some bounced off the tarps. We could easily look beyond the tarps for those.)

We loved shelling pecans and eating the meat. Daddy would sell many five gallon  buckets of pecans. But, we saved enough for snacks. Mama made old-fashioned fudge and pressed half a pecan in each piece of fudge. I have never used any other nut in baking. I substitute pecans for any nut in a recipe. 

 Click HERE>>  Nuts to Eat. Nuts not to Eat.

Tommy prefers peanuts over any other nut. Of course, peanuts are not really nuts. ( Tommy came in and said pecans are the least distasteful nut if he has to choose something beside peanuts.) I have always loved cashew nuts, but learned early on of the calories, so I limited my consumption. Pistachios have long been a favorite nut, a preference developed before we had pecan trees. Now, I find they are too hard and often hurt my gums. Then, I discovered that I am allergic to cashews! So, no more of those no matter how much I like them. 

Today, I have done little. Tommy planted daffodils and a dark pink tulip in the same two pots, washed a lot of dishes in the sink. I did my steps, napped, and ate poorly. 

It is supposed to rain and snow tomorrow. So, the forecast is slush? We will see how that works out. We have nowhere to go and no desire to go anywhere so we can watch the snow/rain. I do have calls to make and fires to put out. I will be busy. Will the ice be on top or bottom? 

What is your favorite nut? 

What is your weather forecast?

A Haircut

 Wednesday night, I went to sleep at 8 pm and woke at 2 am. Of course, I could not go back to sleep until about 7 am and slept until 9 am. I wish I could develop a better schedule, but at least I am getting seven or eight hours sleep. And, I am not awake all night, necessitating sleeping in the day.

Tommy is funny. I told him the other day that I would cook the small cabbage and to get the larger cabbage out of the plastic bag and don't put it in the refrigerator. He incredulously asked, "And, let it sit out for days out of the refrigerator." I suppose he thought it would rot in three or four days. I always store cabbage in the crisper, but the refrigerator was full. Two days on the table where it is cool was not going to make it rot. I forgot to cook it today! 

He said he liked the way I cooked cabbage. Some people, he said, cooked cabbage to mush and he likes cabbage with a bite. 

I have an appointment to get a haircut on Tuesday, but the weather will be bad. I have not had a professional haircut since 2018! It is too long, scraggly, and cut wrong. I just hope the roads are not frozen. I am so excited!

Tonight, I had chili, hotdogs, shredded cheese, and half a hotdog bun. Tommy had two hotdogs, catsup, mustard, and relish. 

The ot who was scheduled for 3:30 to 4--arrival came at 5 pm. The nurse called, expecting to come here tomorrow morning. She told me most people never went anywhere, so I told her most of the time I went out and sat in the car while Tommy went into stores. So, she misses seeing me this week. 

I tried once again to contact the cleaner the doctor recommended. No contact. 

The table to my left desperately needed cleaning of bits. This has been done. It has been an uneventful/boring day.

We are expecting rain for two days, then freezing weather. If snow is forecast, I will make the milk concoction for snow ice cream. YUM

Do you have snow forecast for next week?

Saturday That I Thought Was Sunday, Lack of Confidence

 When I sleep long in the middle of the day, sometimes I think it is the next day. That is what happened Saturday. It is a strange feeling. 

Finally, Tommy decided it was melted enough to venture out to mailbox and to get papers from the doctor. I left them in the glovebox. When I tried to read directions for bloodwork, the printer was out of ink as only a shadow was on the page. Neither of us could read it. So, I will have to get this mailed to me. 

Then, I was horrified to read a diagnosis, then another, neither of which I have ever heard or read on a chart! That will necessitate a call to confirm. Also, I wonder how the cardiologist came up with this diagnosis. As I continued turning pages, nothing is legible, just shadows.

When I used the ellipse on Friday, my feet were injured from using the lymphedema therapy, so I used neither. So, no steps today. The top of my left foot was hurting the whole hour of therapy. Plus, it did not quit hurting Saturday, so I did not want to chance squeezing it again or using Ellipse. When I did steps on Friday, it hurt. Plus, my heel, part that touches the floor was hurt by the squeezing. sigh No steps and no squeezing for Saturday. A few years ag the bones in top of my left foot hurt so that I used any means I could to keep foot from touching floor. Doctor did xray and told me it was age-related arthritis. YAY! Better than a broken bone. It bothers me about twice a year. 

Then there is a notation that I am on insulin. I am not. And, that I have venous insufficiency. I do not. However, I was tested for it. It makes me wonder about this old doctor. 

On Saturday night, I had baked chicken, cooked cabbage, carrots. Tommy had the same, plus baked potatoes. 

There was very little snow left when the sun went down. We have needed nothing, so it appears our preps for this weather were sufficient. 

Would you have confidence in this doctor? 

Do you have age-related arthritis? How does it affect you? So far, it seems only to affect top of left foot and back of left hand, no fingers.

Skipping Thursday for Now

 I started Friday by waking up after four hours of sleep Thursday night. By the end of Thursday, I was not doing well. Thursday, I was stunned and puzzled, and flabbergasted!

At 4 am on Friday morning, turned on TV to news and it was snowing here. So, I rushed to the door and everything was covered with snow. I yelled for Tommy. He got up to look and went back to sleep. 

I can relate one funny instance on Thursday. The doctor who was old, doddered in, giving me a fist bump. He also offered one to Tommy. I said, "This is Tommy." Thirty minutes into the visit, he said to me In a conversational tone, "Are you married or single?" That question always bothers me. I said, "It has been almost 50 years since I divorced, so I don't know what difference it make how I got to be single." We both laughed. 

Then, he pointed a finger at both of us and said, "What is your relationship?" Tommy and I said simultaneously, "Friends." He said, "Is it platonic?" 

"Sometimes." Tommy said nothing. I could not believe he would even ask the question. It was bizarre!

I related this to pt. She was horrified. She had never heard of a doctor asking anything like that. But, she laughed about my reply-'sometimes'-saying it was a perfect answer.

It is after 5 am. If I can get another 4 hours sleep, I won't sleep all day and won't need a nap. 

Another funny. Back in November, I bought a roll of chocolate chip cookies to bake cookies around Thanksgiving maybe. Tommy did not want any, I was coughing and sneezing, so we did nothing. After Christmas, he said to me, "A few days ago, you said you wanted cookies" with a question in his voice. (No, I did not even remember they were in refrigerator!) So, I sliced them all and quartered each dough circle. We made a dozen and put the rest back into the refrigerator. When I went to bed at 7 pm, he got them out to cook. The man could not have done this without my teaching him the intricacies. /sm He is funny sometimes. 

So, I had three warm cookies I did not have to supervise. 

Madhouse in Grocery

 Jan 8

10, 217 steps

Sometimes, I think going to bed early is useless. I woke at 5 am and had no nap because I was busy. I will never wake Tommy before 11 am if he is sleeping late. So, I turned on TV and he woke up and ate.

I wanted to get the ads from three stores. That went off well. And, straightened out the mess of buying wrong thing by returning it and then rebuying it. Publix was a madhouse again today. Since I had been up since 5 am, I was a mess. 

When we got home, Tommy ate the leftover lasagna and I ate a meal ready to cook that had a chicken breast and asparagus. It was delicious. But, before it was cooked, it was 3 pm. This was not the plan.

Pt was coming between 3:30 and 4 pm, I barely finished eating. I spent an hour exercising. When she left, it was too late to make phone calls I needed to make. 

We got 6 huge bscb, potatoes and 2 lbs. carrots into a turkey cooking bag. Then, I had three bscb for the crockpot. Unfortunately, I left onions and celery out of the bag, so it went into the crockpot. I went to bed for two-hour nap. 

When Tommy woke me, we then ate a tiny dinner at 8:30. I used my machine for a walk. Now, I am waiting for my lymphedema therapy. 

So, that was my day whether you wanted to hear it or not,,,,lol. It seems like all day we have been listening to CA fire news or Alabama snow news. 

I was going to wait until Tommy noticed the CF Diet Pepsi. He never did, so I asked him if he put any CF in the refrigerator. He assured me I had not bought CF. He will drink them since he did not object at all. Things, change, must be mentioned over and over until he thinks it was his idea. 

Tonight, when I was pulling a gown over my head, he was shocked by a bruise. It is very dark right now, just below my armpit, about six inches by 2 inches. It does not have any pain at all. I have no other bruise from the fall. I pulled my nightgown up so he could check for other bruises. There are none. 

The cleaner to be is still not reachable! This has been a tiring day. 

I am so happy Tommy is willing to give up some of the caffeine he consumes every day. 

He yelled about going to a cardiologist, but is now okay with it, so tomorrow, I will make him an appointment with my cardiologist. Next for him will be a doctor for his osteoarthritis. He says there is nothing except surgery and he is not doing that. It is getting worse, so I think he is changing his mind since he no longer yells.

Do you have anyone you have to cajole or talk about a health problem until that person sees the light? 

Is everyone ready for bad weather?

Caffeine Switch

Jan. 7 

10,136 steps

Monday afternoon, I took a solid five-hour nap. I never had the desire or motivation to try any steps after I fell. I resumed that on Tuesday.

We were not out or spent time looking out the door but never heard about more snow. Too bad. 

We went to the podiatrist. She was trimming my nails nicely. I requested she dig the nail from under the side of the toe and the ingrown part. She did. That was the way she always did it. I told her if it hurt me, I was okay with that. It hurt a lot.

I messed up at the grocery and bought the wrong thing. Then one employee shrugged his shoulders and walked off. So, I went back and found another employee. I told her my experience and wondered if she could help me. She described the guy and asked if it were him. Yes, it was. Then, she told me customers complained about him. I was wondering what I did to make him act the way he did. Apparently, nothing. 

Then, I was looking for a bogo meat special. It is in next week's ad. So, how did I see that since the ad is not out? 

Then, I went on to buy wrong stuff supposed to be bogo, but I had the wrong things. Now, I have to go back tomorrow for returns and the new ad items. 

Tommy hates Coke. Tommy hates Caffeine Free. When he runs out of his Diet Pepsi, he drinks my Diet Coke Caffeine Free which is perfectly okay with me. He has been out for a week. I bought some today that he wants--Diet Pepsi, b2g1. One of those 12-packs is Caffeine Free. He took them out of the car and put some in the refrigerator. He has not mentioned some are CF. 

We are making sure we are set for the storm. Hopefully, it won't be too bad. I will have food made, plenty of milk for both of us, and all laundry done. Since he has to walk outside and up the driveway and up into the carport to get to laundry room, I don't want him to walk on ice. Hopefully, the electricity will stay on. Maybe I will get out a big, fluffy comforter that is only warm with plenty of blankets underneath. Strange comforter.

Oh, doctor recommended a cleaner/helper. I called her number, and a child answered, saying she was not there. There was lots of screaming like rowdy children playing. This could be a challenge. 

Dinner: frozen lasagna, one that only has good things, nothing bad for us, butternut squash, lots of tomato chunks in the lasagna. 

Nothing hurts on my body, but all is stiff.

How are you preparing for the snow and ice?

I Have Bananas!

 No editing!

We did get out today to do favors. Those involved picking up food for people who cannot. One woman had a stroke last year and cannot drive to get her box. Another is a young family with two children. Tommy is in pain. I almost fell backward down the ramp. That was scary. Falling would be bad, but falling on the ramp with sharp ridges would be excruciating. 

The nurse was to come at 11 am. Tommy did as I told him and woke me at 10 am. He did not know I had slept little and that was in my chair.   Thankfully, I did not keep him up with violent coughing and this continual sneezing. 

She was supposed to come at 11 am

called at 11:15 , said she was running late and would be here at 11:30.

She arrived 11:45.

She said she would only take 30 minutes. She took over an hour. We were pressed for time to do what we needed to do which we told her about. 

Her attitude when she arrived was very rough. I asked Tommy just now how he would describe her attitude when she arrived. "Rough,"

I could barely talk. She acted like she was going to find what I was doing 'wrong.'  For instance, she asked my allergies and then meds I took. I am allergic to aspirin. When I said I take one baby aspirin every day, the way she said," I thought you were allergic to aspirin?" sounded like I was deliberately trying to make myself ill or something. I had to explain to her that I told the cardiologist I was allergic and he explained that he had to consider what was best for me--not taking the aspirin or taking the aspirin to protect my heart. She lost her suspicious look and said, "Ooooh." She should know these things!!!

So, I have home nursing and a physical therapist. Between the two of them, they come three times a week, I think. The physical therapist has a Phd. hmmmm There was talk of him wanting me to exercise!

Fifteen days to Christmas. There is still Halloween and Thanksgiving stuff out and no Christmas. Tomorrow, new cleaner comes. She has an appointment, so will leave here and return. I do appreciate that. If it is not too damp and cool, she will put together three reindeers and nail them to the yard. 

We stopped by Publix and bought a few things--half gallon of milk for me, 2 lbs of carrots, Oui, 2 bananas, candy. I had sent Tommy in because there was no cart available. When a cart became available, I went in too. He had chosen the bananas, so I did not get more. Two will last me four days, so enough for a while. The candy is Russell Stover, the boxes that are bogo. There is a nice and helpful Amazon man, so he gets one. There will be other people who need a gift. 

Tommy is eating a pizza, frozen one from store. I ate a Black Forest ham sandwich with lettuce. 

We will have fruit and one piece of chocolate between ELF and America's Funniest Videos. 

It is 65F at 7 pm in December.

It is not at all like Christmas.

Well, in my head and heart it like Christmas, just the weather and decorations in and out my house are not like Christmas.

By the way, I am strongly considering contracting out this bathroom myself. I know guys! I can ask advice or let one contract it. Why would anyone pay $30K to have a shower installed? Then, I have to find people to do the rest?

Think I can find people to do this whole bathroom for less than $30K?

Anyone have snow yet? 

Did You Ever Do Something Incredibly Stupid?

 I cannot believe what I did! But, it all boils down to being a bit ill and a lot tired. I realized on Saturday that I was getting worse instead of better. The uti was not going away; it was returning! 

Pills were counted. There were too many left. What had I done and HOW?

So, I called the doctor on Monday and told the nurse what I had done. I offered to give another sample, anything. I was not sure if they would give me more antibiotic. 

Tuesday, I slept from 9 am until 4:30. There was no phone call from the doctor. Around 6 pm, I decided I needed another refill of a heart medication. We went down about 7:30 to get an emergency supply (3 pills) until I could figure out what happened to the prescription for the heart meds I received on the 20th. It was a surprise when the antibiotics were there, prescribed and ready. 

I came home, sat down, caught my breath and reached to the left to my table. My hand was directly above the heart med, a full prescription, 90 days. I tell you I have been sick and out of it. Certainly, this is not my normal method of taking meds. I fully believe I will get better now. 

Tommy sits with his day planner, mulling over something. Every time I ask, I think he is studying appointments or something. No. He is recording when college football games happen and who is playing. I am so glad I bought him a day planner. 

We did nothing towards Christmas decorating. Tommy pruned lots of flowers in pots. He is getting ready to put them all in the laundry room. He also washed my underwear, towels, washcloths, and nightgowns. In the freezing weather he went two more times! He must have been freezing. 

Dinner was great, all leftovers: baked chicken breast/brown rice/pimiento/broccoli, green beans, slaw. Then, I had 1/3 of the last roll Tommy was eating...lol. Plus, 6 pecans or a dozen pecan halves. 

I decided I would only have two slices of bread each day. The rice was the sub for that, so no bread today. I did have four cookies. So, sue me...lol. 

We have plans for tomorrow. It won't be raining. 

Have you ever screwed up your medicine so royally? I still have not figured out how I thought I took it and did not. No pill I have looks like it. 

I see people have snow. We are so dry, but the weather guy said we would have snow if it weren't so dry. Do you have snow? 

What was your stupid med screwup? Or, someone you know?

Snow in Alabama

Thursday morning, I awoke at 3 am after 4 hours of sleep, maybe less. Tommy had told me to look for snow while I assured him there would be no snow. Well, it did snow but not much. At 8:30 he excitedly asked me if I got snow.

It appears he had a dusting and a little more that was still on the ground at his house. At 11:30 I looked out and yessiree, there was snow, just a bit. But, SNOW! This is the earliest snow in a long time--forgot how long. I have never seen snow before Thanksgiving.

I wonder if the French Toast People got all the bread, milk, and eggs. I was going shopping Thursday afternoon, but I needed sleep! It is almost 1 am. I was going to go shopping, but I feel sleepy again...uh.  I slept from 5 pm until midnight.

That pot is ruined! I bought a new one, but may return it. My cast iron is too heavy for me to lift, and this one is equally heavy.

One package of chicken is cooked and in the freezer. Now, the other goes into the oven with seasoning--Maple Apple something, I think. The sprinkled seasoning is for beef, but is great on chicken.

There are cheap turkey breasts in one store, so I need to get out early for that and all the other specials that I need.

It is about 23F degrees right now, but the house is too warm. How is your weather?

Snow and Freezing Pipes

Tuesday morning, I awoke early to my alarm. We were expecting snow and freezing on the roads, so I needed to get settled for a couple of days. I had three things to do.

First, I went to CVS, a drugstore, shortly after it opened at 8 am. Walmart did not have the one thing I had to have. I purchased that and got five or six coupons. One was for $5 in CVS. The others were for various amounts--$0.60 and such. I can use all those.

Then, I wanted/needed to give someone food at a service station before  she left at 9 am. I got that accomplished and left to go to other end of town.

At Publix I purchased the expensive milk I drink and found it was $3.99 this week instead of the regular price of $4.29 for a half gallon.

Since late Monday night, I have had the water in bathroom and kitchen sinks open, flush the commode often, and wash clothes often. Yes, I am getting caught up on laundry and washing small loads. Once, I ran a small load in an empty machine...anything to keep pipes from freezing.

I forgot to leave the kitchen sink running today. At some point I used the water and just shut it off. So, now, something is frozen somewhere. I have the new heater sitting outside the sink and am heating the cabinet under the sink. Leaving the undersink door open is useless because the kitchen is frigid! I am quite sure it will thaw when the temperature is about 40 and it has time to thaw. In the past I have never had this problem until I hired the plumber to redo water to house. If the underground pipe is frozen, there is no way I can thaw the sink pipes with the heater. When that freezes, water into the sink cannot move.

I dread tomorrow.

Just as I left Publix, the person who came out to get the cart showed me a picture her daughter sent her from Hartselle, 18 miles north of here. The ground was covered with snow. The coverage happened within the hour since she left home. THEN, the first flake fell between us.

At home, the snow lazily fell....for about 30 minutes. I took a nap because of my early rising and late night. About noon the snow came down fast and furious. The leaves on the ground held snow. Then, on and off snow fell.

It is Wednesday night and I have not left the house since Tuesday morning. Last night, the temperature here, according to the weatherman, it was 2 degrees here with wind chill below 0 F. It is almost that cold in the house, it seems. Last night, I had trouble getting warm enough to go to sleep. I discovered the edge of one of the three blankets over me was not over my knee as I lay on my side.  I rechecked and straightened everything.

Staying undercovers is the only way to survive in here. I could turn up the big heater more, but I only do that for a bit and then turn it back down. It seems to only get really warm in a small area, anyway!

Exbf was planning to come tomorrow. However, there will only be about 3 hours above freezing here. So, I told him to just stay home. I have cooked nothing, done nothing. So, it will be the end of next week before he is here.

On Wednesday, I ventured out to the mailbox. The steps were not icy. A small square table and a large round table had at least a half inch and maybe more snow on them. The yard had a bit of snow here and there, not enough to even wonder about. The snow you see on the news in Alabama happened all around us. The snow was pretty falling, but nothing else.

Now, I look forward to a burst pipe under the sink. GAH! It may be days before I can get a plumber here.

Snow, Flu, Food

It was not much, but it was snow.

I used the ac Wednesday night, wore a summer nightgown and thin throw over me. When I left to go to the ER, I forgot to turn off the ac. It was 61 F yesterday, so the ac was needed but not all day long while I was gone. Last night, once again, I used just the throw, the $2.50 kind from WM.

Today, I wore a spaghetti strap blouse and light cardigan with nylon jacket over that. It was just right outside.

The became fierce and I saw tiny pebbles of snow dancing around the streets, on the ground and on my windshield. It was a wild and beautiful sight. It made me really happy. Of course, since I am getting better, regaining my health. Nothing stuck even a little bit.

As I lay on the bed without changing my clothes, I felt chilly. Finally, after fighting the cold for an hour. I realized it was 24 F degrees. Needless to say, a sweatshirt replace the spaghetti strap top.

I am actually going to cook tonight instead of just eating a sandwich or going out to get something. The injection last night and meds today have worked miracles on me. I have actually picked up stuff from the house. For a month, I just have let things go.

On the news tonight, I heard that flu can live on door handles for 24 hours. I hope scientists can guess better next year to formulate a vaccine that will work on the strain that comes next year. Because of this ordeal for a month, I will become that paranoid person who wipes, sprays, and never touches anything in order to avoid the flu.

Now, to go cook. I will put beans on, cook pasta for a jar of bought pasta. I want to cook potatoes, too. I may cook the potatoes first, then the beans. I hope I don't give out before I get three easy dishes done.

All the Christmas candy has been separated from the trash of the wrappers I discarded in the bag of candy. I can share this tomorrow with some teens.

Friday SNOW!

It was hard to believe and beautiful to see. Huge snowflakes drifted down outside the picture window. I live between Birmingham, AL and Huntsville, AL. This was a total surprise and not our usual weather. It was 71 F on Monday or Tuesday.

Exbf picked me up. It was so much fun to drive around while it was snowing. I took pictures of azaleas still in bloom with snow on them.

I went to Publix for milk and bread because I needed it, not because I thought a blizzard was going to happen. Before we went to Publix, I had a bag of trash to deposit in the parking lot in the shopping center. When I got to Publix, I looked for my glasses and knew immediately I had put them in the bag of trash and throw away my glasses. When we went back, I had to get out in the freezing cold, open the door to the trash container, pull the trash can out, which means it came off the curb, and drag out the bag and retrieve my glasses. Thankfully, I did not think about them hours later. Not only were they there, the trash was still on top.

Since I had little sleep, I wanted a Coke from McDonald's and asked him if he wanted one. He wanted coffee. I ordered a $5 gift card, too. When I tried to pay, the woman told us the guy in front of us had paid our order--$6.84. That was a surprise. Remember when the guy paid for our Dairy Queen meal?

When I got the card, I gave it to him and said Happy Birthday. I bought it for his coffee on the way home from my house. He declared he could eat breakfast twice. Bummer. Finally, he understood why I got the card for him. Of course, he can do anything he wants with it. Saturday, he will be 64. I also gave him an answering machine. He wants a machine, not to get voicemail through AT&T. And, he did not want two new phones with answering machine. The answering machine is the cheaper option.

While I was in WM for slaw and saw lots of shiny things that caught my attention, he was sitting in the car. I got in with my treasures, and the car would not start. He had been listening to the radio with the lights on. I got out drove the electric cart to the automotive part of the store, all the way across the store and in the back corner! I was going slowly so I told the guy where the car was and what it was. By the time if got there, the car was going. A WM employee will jump off cars for free. Soon, we were on the way.

Some days, things are complicated!

We arrived home about 1 pm, much later than I like for him to eat because of his blood sugar. For lunch we had bbq chicken, slaw, and baked carrots. I made mine into a sandwich. Grapes and three chocolate kisses were dessert.

He left very early because of the weather--wet roads and temps going down to 23  Friday night. I sent food home.  Now, I put each portion in a pint freezer bag. He took home lots since it was his birthday, some of these are individual packages:

5 pkgs. carrots
7 pkgs. chicken
pound of grapes
half pork butt
pkg w/2 KFC wings, my leftovers
8 Ball Park Corn Dogs
box of raisins
loaf of bread that has whole wheat, a mistake purchase

 I forgot to give him Halos, cherry pie, and slaw. grrr

This man moans with pleasure over carrots when I cook them. He has always either eaten frozen or canned carrots. I was going to put them in the crock pot. I felt so bad so many days, that I finally put 2.5 pounds of the five pounds I bought into the oven with garlic and oil on Friday morning. It was so cold that the oven certainly did not overheat the kitchen, just ran up the electric bill.

I did keep chicken and slaw and have more carrots to cook. What I gave him was sharing and also for his birthday. My best friend did not cook. For his birthday, I always cooked food for him, usually cornbread, deviled eggs, and chocolate pound cake.  Men who don't cook and need nothing like home-cooked food to take home.

Since I did not get to sleep until 6 am on Friday morning, I went to sleep at 5:30 pm on Friday and awoke at 3 am on Saturday morning. So, I am well-rested, awake and hoping for going to sleep early tonight. Plus, the OTCs and prescriptions made me feel better. I am trying not to take an antibiotic!

Parts of the southern half of AL got up to six inches of snow on Friday! Unbelievable. I think it is over for the state. You can tell when the weather videos are from the South because people are out in six inches of snow with a V-neck open, no gloves and throwing snowballs, tennis shoes. We mostly don't have the clothes for snow and we are going right back in the house after playing a bit. In town people were out in sandals.

Your turn
Did you get snow in the South? Or, wherever you are? Have you ever thrown out something and had to dig in the garbage?  Come on, I know you have or have a story of someone else.