Mutter, mutter, grumble . . .
My boiler won't ignite. Looks like it is ice in the condensate drain (I've been reading the manual). Thank goodness for electric heaters and immersions switches!!!
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Wednesday
Good morning, everyone. At last we have had our share. We have snow - and it is still falling with a forecast of more to come. Brrr - it's so cold out there and it's not warm inside either, having been on overnight setting. I've just turned the heating up so it should warm up pretty soon and in the meanwhile a nice coffee will help!
Yesterday was glorious sunshine, interspersed with heavy but very short snow showers. It was an absolutely beautiful day but, obviously, so, so cold.
The lovely Sharon didn't come. Our appointment was an evening one and she was concerned about getting home, living as she does in the country and having to drive on icy, untreated, unlit roads. She made another appt fort me this morning and for Beth tomorrow evening but whether she will be able to keep it, given the snow and the forecast, I don't know.
So Beth and I had the evening to ourselves although she didn't stay too long as she was also worried about icy roads. We had time for a good old catch up chat and both thoroughly enjoyed the good, old fashioned baked beans on toast with grated cheese. It's one of our favourites!
Today is now shrouded in uncertainty. I was going to watch FSs family assembly but that now depends on whether the school opens at the right time or delays opening until 10:00 and THAT depends on road conditions as a number of key staff live out in the sticks and have to negotiate untreated roads. I'll keep my eye on the school web site.
Then it was Sharon, as already mentioned, and then school again pm to do reading with Y1 followed by tuition.
So it could be a busy-ish day or it could be a fairly quiet day, all depending. What I do know is that it will be a cold day! So stay warm and be safe.
Yesterday was glorious sunshine, interspersed with heavy but very short snow showers. It was an absolutely beautiful day but, obviously, so, so cold.
The lovely Sharon didn't come. Our appointment was an evening one and she was concerned about getting home, living as she does in the country and having to drive on icy, untreated, unlit roads. She made another appt fort me this morning and for Beth tomorrow evening but whether she will be able to keep it, given the snow and the forecast, I don't know.
So Beth and I had the evening to ourselves although she didn't stay too long as she was also worried about icy roads. We had time for a good old catch up chat and both thoroughly enjoyed the good, old fashioned baked beans on toast with grated cheese. It's one of our favourites!
Today is now shrouded in uncertainty. I was going to watch FSs family assembly but that now depends on whether the school opens at the right time or delays opening until 10:00 and THAT depends on road conditions as a number of key staff live out in the sticks and have to negotiate untreated roads. I'll keep my eye on the school web site.
Then it was Sharon, as already mentioned, and then school again pm to do reading with Y1 followed by tuition.
So it could be a busy-ish day or it could be a fairly quiet day, all depending. What I do know is that it will be a cold day! So stay warm and be safe.
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Tuesday
Good morning. Has the beast pounced where you are? Not much snow here, just a sprinkling that barely covers the flower beds so I think the children will be disappointed. Me - not so much. :-)
I left Mum and Dad's straight after breakfast yesterday as I didn't want to get caught in any snow. I went through a couple of snow showers on the way but it was a good journey
Once home, the washing went on (but not out, it was far too cold) and off I went to school for a very pleasant afternoon. In fact, the rest of the day was really nice. A bit of snow but nothing to cause any worries. I popped into Morrisons for a bit of fresh stuff but, really, I have so much in, I could manage through a long blizzard.
One other thing I did was to get the little used snow shovel out of the garage and propped it up against the back door. Just in case, you know! It can stay there through this week.
Today is a staying in day. I'm making some wholemeal bread and later on the lovely Sharon should be coming to work her usual magic on my hair. Beth's coming round after work too so I'm looking forward to a lovely day!
I hope yours is as pleasant.
I left Mum and Dad's straight after breakfast yesterday as I didn't want to get caught in any snow. I went through a couple of snow showers on the way but it was a good journey
Once home, the washing went on (but not out, it was far too cold) and off I went to school for a very pleasant afternoon. In fact, the rest of the day was really nice. A bit of snow but nothing to cause any worries. I popped into Morrisons for a bit of fresh stuff but, really, I have so much in, I could manage through a long blizzard.
One other thing I did was to get the little used snow shovel out of the garage and propped it up against the back door. Just in case, you know! It can stay there through this week.
Today is a staying in day. I'm making some wholemeal bread and later on the lovely Sharon should be coming to work her usual magic on my hair. Beth's coming round after work too so I'm looking forward to a lovely day!
I hope yours is as pleasant.
Monday, 26 February 2018
Monday
Well, here we are: new week and nearly a new month. Time is flying right now and I wonder what the week will bring. We all know the forecast so fingers crossed, eh?
Yesterday was as quiet and gentle as I expected. Really nice and restful and spent with two of my favourite people, Mum and Dad. I appreciate these times very much - I feel very fortunate to still have them both and want to make the most of the time we have.
I reworked that doll's cardigan and it worked, three cheers. Now to adapt it to a V necked jumper so I can do it in school uniform colours. Fun!
Today, real life picks up again. This morning is general homey type stuff including washing and making a nice spicy lentil soup for lunch, then it's Knitter Knatter club followed by helping in FS and finishing off with tuition. Busy but enjoyable.
Telly is good too. Only Connect, which I absolutely love, followed by either Uni Challenge or Classic Mary Berry so thank goodness for iPlayer. In the Bad Old Days, I'd have had to make a choice and having to choose caused a lot of arguments one way and another. :-)
So - I look forward to an enjoyably busy day! I hope yours is good too. As I so often say - stay warm!
Yesterday was as quiet and gentle as I expected. Really nice and restful and spent with two of my favourite people, Mum and Dad. I appreciate these times very much - I feel very fortunate to still have them both and want to make the most of the time we have.
I reworked that doll's cardigan and it worked, three cheers. Now to adapt it to a V necked jumper so I can do it in school uniform colours. Fun!
Today, real life picks up again. This morning is general homey type stuff including washing and making a nice spicy lentil soup for lunch, then it's Knitter Knatter club followed by helping in FS and finishing off with tuition. Busy but enjoyable.
Telly is good too. Only Connect, which I absolutely love, followed by either Uni Challenge or Classic Mary Berry so thank goodness for iPlayer. In the Bad Old Days, I'd have had to make a choice and having to choose caused a lot of arguments one way and another. :-)
So - I look forward to an enjoyably busy day! I hope yours is good too. As I so often say - stay warm!
Sunday, 25 February 2018
After the op
Sooze asked:
" Do you still need to follow any kind of eating guidelines after the op?"
Good question.
Assuming the op goes well and achieves what it is supposed to achieve, I won't need to go so low fat and I won't need to stick with the liver shrinking diet which is purely a pre-op thing.
However, since November I have lost masses of weight but there's still more to go, plenty more. I'd be daft to go back to my old ways, wouldn't I? Despite the regular pain, I'm feeling so much better in myself, fitter, more comfortable, both mentally and physically.
However, the regime I am currently following won't wing it. For a start, it is designed to be a short term, pre-op thing with specific, medical outcomes which is why I am a bit worried when I have to change anything. The info I have specifically states that it is not a diet that provides all the essential vitamins and minerals that my body needs so I'm taking a multivitamin and mineral tablet every day. I'd like to stop that.
It's too restrictive and rigid. There's enough food to stop me feeling hungry but the way it is organised doesn't work that well.
I can't have protein or fruit for breakfast so no boiled egg and no fruit with my porridge as the two portions of fruit are for snacks.
I can have two protein portions for lunch but no carb. so I could have boiled eggs (two per portion) but to toasty soldiers to dunk. And it is not fun to try and force down two portions of tuna without the addition of some mayo! (fats are strictly limited)
" Do you still need to follow any kind of eating guidelines after the op?"
Good question.
Assuming the op goes well and achieves what it is supposed to achieve, I won't need to go so low fat and I won't need to stick with the liver shrinking diet which is purely a pre-op thing.
However, since November I have lost masses of weight but there's still more to go, plenty more. I'd be daft to go back to my old ways, wouldn't I? Despite the regular pain, I'm feeling so much better in myself, fitter, more comfortable, both mentally and physically.
However, the regime I am currently following won't wing it. For a start, it is designed to be a short term, pre-op thing with specific, medical outcomes which is why I am a bit worried when I have to change anything. The info I have specifically states that it is not a diet that provides all the essential vitamins and minerals that my body needs so I'm taking a multivitamin and mineral tablet every day. I'd like to stop that.
It's too restrictive and rigid. There's enough food to stop me feeling hungry but the way it is organised doesn't work that well.
I can't have protein or fruit for breakfast so no boiled egg and no fruit with my porridge as the two portions of fruit are for snacks.
I can have two protein portions for lunch but no carb. so I could have boiled eggs (two per portion) but to toasty soldiers to dunk. And it is not fun to try and force down two portions of tuna without the addition of some mayo! (fats are strictly limited)
Dinner is better but only one small portion of veg isn't great.
It isn't as frugal as I would like either with a lot of lean meat and fish. As I have most stuff already in the freezer, I'm not spending more but I would be if things were different.
And don't start me off again on the limited veg! :-)
I have a backlog of recipes to try and, while I don't want to go the WW2 rations route that some of my bloggy friends are taking, I really want to try some of their recipes. It's frustrating!
However . . . I've had precious little gallbladder pain since I started on it and it's keeping on the straight and narrow. And the weight is still coming off.
So - after the op, I think I might continue with a much less restrictive form of this diet which is what I was doing after I had the first attack until recently. Less protein, more veg, less rigidity as to what to have and when. I'll stick with low fat but with flexibility. And if the weight stops falling off, I can always go back on it as a short term thing. It's not, hopefully, a need but it certainly is a sensible thing to do.
Of course, there is always the chance that the op doesn't sort out the pain in which case I'm stuck with low fat and bouts of ouching for ever.
But I'm not thinking of that! :-)
However . . . I've had precious little gallbladder pain since I started on it and it's keeping on the straight and narrow. And the weight is still coming off.
So - after the op, I think I might continue with a much less restrictive form of this diet which is what I was doing after I had the first attack until recently. Less protein, more veg, less rigidity as to what to have and when. I'll stick with low fat but with flexibility. And if the weight stops falling off, I can always go back on it as a short term thing. It's not, hopefully, a need but it certainly is a sensible thing to do.
Of course, there is always the chance that the op doesn't sort out the pain in which case I'm stuck with low fat and bouts of ouching for ever.
But I'm not thinking of that! :-)
Sunday
Good morning, everyone. Yes, it's cold, but wasn't yesterday a glorious day? So fresh and clear and sunny, it was the sort of day that just lifted my spirits and made me smile. Inside was so warm as the bright sun shone through the glass. Glorious!
And today is expected to be the same.
As expected, it was a quiet day yesterday. I did a bit of early morning shopping, cooked meals, washed, dried, ironed and put away and then knitted. I'm still making clothes for little knitted doll and I was attempting a raglan V necked cardigan (knitters will know what I mean here). I worked out the pattern for the back and the two front sides absolutely fine but made a right mess of the shaping of the sleeves. If her shoulders had been where her ears ought to be, then it would have been the right shape! So I set to with pencil and paper and wrote it all down (which is what I should have done first time) and I think my second bash is working out much better. I must show you photos soon.
I had to smile. I was reading the weather forecasts and, of course, there are weather warnings out for the expected snow. Down at the bottom of the article, there was a reminder to check on 'the over 65s' to make sure they (we) are OK and managing. I really think that needs changing. After all, people are now expected to be fit and able enough to work until they are 66 and 2 months! I will just be checking that my parents are OK but I know they will be - but one must make sure.
Goodness, it is nearly 7:15. I slept rather longer this morning so everything is correspondingly later too. I have to say, I am sleeping jolly well on this liver shrinking diet and not waking feeling hungry.
Better go and get the day started. I hope your Sunday is good and that you can stay safe and warm.
And today is expected to be the same.
As expected, it was a quiet day yesterday. I did a bit of early morning shopping, cooked meals, washed, dried, ironed and put away and then knitted. I'm still making clothes for little knitted doll and I was attempting a raglan V necked cardigan (knitters will know what I mean here). I worked out the pattern for the back and the two front sides absolutely fine but made a right mess of the shaping of the sleeves. If her shoulders had been where her ears ought to be, then it would have been the right shape! So I set to with pencil and paper and wrote it all down (which is what I should have done first time) and I think my second bash is working out much better. I must show you photos soon.
I had to smile. I was reading the weather forecasts and, of course, there are weather warnings out for the expected snow. Down at the bottom of the article, there was a reminder to check on 'the over 65s' to make sure they (we) are OK and managing. I really think that needs changing. After all, people are now expected to be fit and able enough to work until they are 66 and 2 months! I will just be checking that my parents are OK but I know they will be - but one must make sure.
Goodness, it is nearly 7:15. I slept rather longer this morning so everything is correspondingly later too. I have to say, I am sleeping jolly well on this liver shrinking diet and not waking feeling hungry.
Better go and get the day started. I hope your Sunday is good and that you can stay safe and warm.
Saturday, 24 February 2018
Saturday
Good morning, everyone. It's still cold, the forecasts get more and more 'severe' and it looks as if there will be some snow around next week although when and how much isn't totally clear. Well, what will be, will be, and I'm plenty prepared, no point me worrying so I won't!
It was lovely seeing Alex yesterday and we had a really good chat about this. that and the other. He's become much more articulate now, which is great. He enjoyed the full English I made for him while I enjoyed my apple (really, I did, it was lovely!). After I took him home, I got on with my planning so now I am ready for Monday. I do like to get ahead a bit.
Today looks like being a quiet day. There's nothing scheduled really so I will probably knit, plan a bit more and generally chill. Nice and undemanding.
Have a great day.
It was lovely seeing Alex yesterday and we had a really good chat about this. that and the other. He's become much more articulate now, which is great. He enjoyed the full English I made for him while I enjoyed my apple (really, I did, it was lovely!). After I took him home, I got on with my planning so now I am ready for Monday. I do like to get ahead a bit.
Today looks like being a quiet day. There's nothing scheduled really so I will probably knit, plan a bit more and generally chill. Nice and undemanding.
Have a great day.
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