two journals in one day....blimey!
Step away from your brain girl....step away! Understanding the what I/we have of it all is something else....thanks to one of you for mentioning that it was time to turn the calendar page to October...big hug!
Last night as I was watching the movie I wrote about earlier, I had the worst pain in my ankle joint. Nothing would relieve it, no position would help. I was limping when I tried to walk, but today it is all in the past. I took a shower and afterwards my skin was stinging like crazy....that's not right! This is not the norm for me. I took the shower to relieve muscle spasms in my back. (the stinging sensation subsided in about ten minutes) What a whirly world my body is in. Today's goal is to stand up straight. The day is still young!
I am awake today....the most awake I've been in awhile. Wahoo, it did not stop me from spilling milk all over the bed however. Egads, another Purple Lucy Award for me! I only (as if it is ONLY) have to wash the pillow shams and one blanket....the bedspread and sheets survived.....now "GOT MILK"has a whole new meaning for me....I'm not really upset.
I was raised by a Dad who said "Never cry over spilled milk!" Just get on with things....accidents happen to everybody, it's not a big deal. Maybe that is part of where I got some of this remaining calm business......and all those childhood prayers on my knees at bedtime...."bless Mommy, an Daddy an my stupid mean brothers...I mean sigh....my nice, big brothers and my sisters and my".....
I got corrected or should I say guided at prayer time....God knows all of my thoughts and my parents heard 'em too! Children say pretty much everything that is on their minds.....well I did anyway. I used to plot ways for them to get sent to their rooms so I could have their toys all to myself. I was a stinker. I needed GUIDANCE!
I swept the floor, that mat I bought to keep kitty litter from tracking is a BUST. Boy do I regret throwing out the old one, it was in sorry shape, but it still worked. Uhhhh boy! I hate stepping on those small white pebbles...I have tender slim, ok fine....skinny feet.....7.5 or 8 depending. I think I told ya'll this once, but prior to & when I first got sick I wore size 9 shoes all day long. Still scratching my head over that anomaly....anybody else have shrinking feet since they got chronic illness of any kind?
I threw out my last cooking attempt, it too was a bust. I made meatballs and cooked them for about two years I think, should have sold them as weapons on e-bay! I am ever hopeful....today I used my trusty cooking scissors to cut up some chicken breasts. I lined the pan w/uncooked rice, then chicken, then pole beans, fresh carrots and slices of fresh onions.....poured boiling water/cream soup mixture on top (guided by wiki via the net), foiled the works and I'm trying again! Sometimes I have success....and then other times I have popsicles.
My bathroom curtains are dry....hang on a sec! I was tossing a bottle of mouthwash and um well the top wasn't really on like I imagined....blue liquid on cream drapes....and some on the walls....just call me Jackson Pollock and forget all about why I was throwing mouthwash to begin with.....it seemed like a good idea/an alternative to transporting said item at the time.
OK curtains hung back up.....ice pack in place and the food smells mahvelous....might be my lucky day. I'm gonna see what ya'll are up to......me a double hitter, a 2 journal day, this would be a good day to buy a lotto ticket!!!!!!!
It is soooooooooooo beautiful outside, wish you were here!
Last night as I was watching the movie I wrote about earlier, I had the worst pain in my ankle joint. Nothing would relieve it, no position would help. I was limping when I tried to walk, but today it is all in the past. I took a shower and afterwards my skin was stinging like crazy....that's not right! This is not the norm for me. I took the shower to relieve muscle spasms in my back. (the stinging sensation subsided in about ten minutes) What a whirly world my body is in. Today's goal is to stand up straight. The day is still young!
I am awake today....the most awake I've been in awhile. Wahoo, it did not stop me from spilling milk all over the bed however. Egads, another Purple Lucy Award for me! I only (as if it is ONLY) have to wash the pillow shams and one blanket....the bedspread and sheets survived.....now "GOT MILK"has a whole new meaning for me....I'm not really upset.
I was raised by a Dad who said "Never cry over spilled milk!" Just get on with things....accidents happen to everybody, it's not a big deal. Maybe that is part of where I got some of this remaining calm business......and all those childhood prayers on my knees at bedtime...."bless Mommy, an Daddy an my stupid mean brothers...I mean sigh....my nice, big brothers and my sisters and my".....
I got corrected or should I say guided at prayer time....God knows all of my thoughts and my parents heard 'em too! Children say pretty much everything that is on their minds.....well I did anyway. I used to plot ways for them to get sent to their rooms so I could have their toys all to myself. I was a stinker. I needed GUIDANCE!
I swept the floor, that mat I bought to keep kitty litter from tracking is a BUST. Boy do I regret throwing out the old one, it was in sorry shape, but it still worked. Uhhhh boy! I hate stepping on those small white pebbles...I have tender slim, ok fine....skinny feet.....7.5 or 8 depending. I think I told ya'll this once, but prior to & when I first got sick I wore size 9 shoes all day long. Still scratching my head over that anomaly....anybody else have shrinking feet since they got chronic illness of any kind?
I threw out my last cooking attempt, it too was a bust. I made meatballs and cooked them for about two years I think, should have sold them as weapons on e-bay! I am ever hopeful....today I used my trusty cooking scissors to cut up some chicken breasts. I lined the pan w/uncooked rice, then chicken, then pole beans, fresh carrots and slices of fresh onions.....poured boiling water/cream soup mixture on top (guided by wiki via the net), foiled the works and I'm trying again! Sometimes I have success....and then other times I have popsicles.
My bathroom curtains are dry....hang on a sec! I was tossing a bottle of mouthwash and um well the top wasn't really on like I imagined....blue liquid on cream drapes....and some on the walls....just call me Jackson Pollock and forget all about why I was throwing mouthwash to begin with.....it seemed like a good idea/an alternative to transporting said item at the time.
OK curtains hung back up.....ice pack in place and the food smells mahvelous....might be my lucky day. I'm gonna see what ya'll are up to......me a double hitter, a 2 journal day, this would be a good day to buy a lotto ticket!!!!!!!
It is soooooooooooo beautiful outside, wish you were here!
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Your journals are such a joy to read; thanks for sharing them! I try to have that \"don\'t cry over spilt milk\" attitude as well. \'s not always easy, but it\'s a great goal to walk towards. (i think I\'ve learned it in the many years of children\'s spills!) Hey, your foil~wrapped chicken and rice will turn out perfectly, I just know it! enjoy your culinary hit!
Wish I was there, too, bet you have a good supper and a wonderful afternoon/evening!
I was raised to be yelled at about spilled milk, which probably explains my anxiety issues, LOL!
Hey, for the kitty litter issue, try a welcome mat. My mom uses a rubber one, I use the coco mats. Kitties don\'t mind them either!
Hugs!
Funny you mention October. for some reason I yelled today..IS IT OCTOBER. Like I didn\'t know.
Glad your ache and limp didn\'t stay. It is very good when something comes on and then just leaves. HOORAY for those moments.
I wish I was raised with prayer and sibleys and caring parents but that is a whole different and not a good story anyway. If milk was spilled it was because it got thrown at you. Not a good time was had by all or anyone as far as that goes. Enough of that. Could be part of why I am the person I am today. Not that I am great, but I am pretty nice, and I know I am a child of God.
Ok, dinner We almost cooked the same thing. I lined the dish with chicken strips, cut from breasts, mixed a can of cream of mushroom with fresh veges, added some chez to that and topped it with homemade stuffing and baked it for 30 minutes at 350. It looked so good, to bad the chicken was raw. Dang what a dissapointment. Think yours may have been better.
Then you mentioned the lotto. I won $100.00 dollars last night on the Classic. I put it away for our trip up north to take grandchildren to the Applefest in Charleviox.
Well I think I need a Brown Cow, you know so I can have reflux when I go to bed.
Love to you Naomi xo
Clean curtains, Yayyy. I have been putting off doing mine, used to be an every year thing.....
Isn\'t it strange the things that make us have to clean? My end table just recd. a good wash, culprit - 16 oz. of milk. Poor calendar didn\'t make it though. I know, I\'ll just take the rest of the year off!!!
Dinner sounded wonderful, good job.
Enjoy the clean bedding and have a peaceful rest.
Is there something in the water?? I just got some chicken breasts out of the freezer to defrost, thinking I\'ll cut them up, marinate them, and have them with rice, mushies, capsican and zucchini...
I swapped the shallow kitty litter tray with a high sided storage container and used the litter made from recycled newspaper. Much less mess. Now I have my own yard, they are inside/outside kitties so I don\'t have to bother, thank goodness....HATE kitty litter!
I think If you try to kill 2 birds with the one stone and use the reject meal to do your Jackson Pollocking... you may find a much better effect of colour and texture. Just saying...
Nothing like a beautiful day to make one want to throw mouthwash around. AAHHHHH yessssssss!
Your food recipe sounds really good! Absolutely making me hungry. Sorry about the two-year cooked meatballs! I\'m sure they had a wonderful future!! LOL..your chicken stuff sounds really good though. Hope that turned out alright.
Isn\'t it wierd how we get strange pains in strange places for seeminly no reason? Like, I can be just sitting at the computer and all of a sudden my thigh will just start to throb like it wants to jump outta my leg. I look at it. don\'t react, and usually within ten minutes to a half hour, this kind of thing just goes away. It\'s like something in our brain that controls that particular body part, just shot an electron off into the distance and it landed awry and our bodies just jangle around! It\'s nutz. But I think it happens to all of us.
Hope you are having a better day, getting good sleeps and all!!
Big hugs!! xoxo
You have such a great outlook on things. No matter what things go wrong you always put a positive spin on the situation! Sorry it was a Popsicle day. At least it is still warm enough out that it didn\'t freeze your innards!
I am glad for this October weather. The summers are way too hot for me so I get all excited when it is finally autumn! Yay!
I just skimmed through your other journal...too tired to read it all, sorry. I couldn\'t watch that movie it would upset me too much because I can relate to too much of it. Being in a wheelchair and having people talk to my hubby and not to me as if I was invisible crushes ones sense of self worth. The whole nightmare of trying to get dx...nope don\'t want to relieve those painful memories. I\'d rather have goals like she did and try to reach them.
I hope you at least got to have a cherry Popsicle for dinner!! Keep trying, you\'ll get the perfect meal made and then you\'ll be so thrilled!
I hope that pain stays away.
Oh, the shoe size difference could be weight loss, muscle atrophy, or bone loss from lack of use (for the latter two).