November 15, 2014

Time seems to  stand still when we go to the hospital.  Nothing ever happens as soon as anyone says it will.  if they say “you’re going down for a kidney ultrasound in just a little bit.”  That could mean anywhere from 30 minutes to six hours.  And while I am at the hospital from 6:15 to 8:15 every morning and 5:30 to 9:30 every night,...

Wow, thank you so much for all your comments yesterday about Tony!  I love that long time readers who have never commented before left a comment, and believe me, as my phone vibrated throughout the day that I had another comment, I felt a virtual hug. It’s kind of funny how you think your life doesn’t change much day to day.  Or at least that’s...

Several of you have guessed that Tony isn’t doing too well these last few weeks.  I’ve hinted about his loss of appetite, doesn’t like the smell of food, being tired all the time.  Over last weekend we could both tell that things weren’t quite right.  While we know he has congestive heart failure and liver problems, those were being closely monitored through weekly blood tests...

I remembered to bring my lunch bag to work yesterday – can I get a woop woop!   First I made my breakfast – my spinach, ham and cheese omelet with cranberry nut toast on the side.  I bought six slices of that bread at Mariano’s for $1.25 – so good!   While my omelet was cooking in the microwave, I pulled out all the ingredients...

Best laid plans.  Isn’t that how the story goes?  Remember how organized I was over the weekend?  I had basically gotten everything together for the week.  My giant bag of food was packed, I had clean gym clothes AND REMEMBERED to put my shoes in my bag.  Life was good! Until I walked off without my food for the day.  I was so pissed because...

I think if you were to define my weekend, it would be “my cleaning pants are on!”  Hannah and I always joked when she lived at home that while she always liked to clean, I had to be in the mood to clean, and the days I felt like putting on my “cleaning pants” she was never in the mood!  But, my pantry was a...

Okay, I agree it’s not quite normal to decide after a minute of waking up and brushing your teeth to look at the clock and decide “I have time to make granola bars!”  While I love my Copycat Nature Valley Granola Bars recipe, it’s sometimes hit or miss, and I can swear I make it the same every single time.  Sometimes it’s perfect, other times...

One of the good things about having a blog is the ability to look back and see when something happened.  You’d think that certain dates would stick in your mind, but I find myself from time to time looking back to see what year something actually happened.  For some reason I thought Tony’s colon cancer was in 2010, but low and behold, it was 2011. ...

I ended up having the other half of my breakfast baked potato yesterday.  Still so filling and delicious!  These pictures are kind of crappy because I was messing around with my camera and forgot to lower the ISO, so tey are a bit grainy.  Since I was going to Tony’s doctor appointment, I had to work through lunch.  I had so much beef stew leftover,...

We live in a small town, but I decided to get to the polls a bit early just in case there was a line.  Nope!  I think I was in and out of there in about two minutes! Happy to say that Pat Quinn is out on his ass.  Hopefully he’ll just retire quietly.  Bruce Rauner is our new governor –  I appreciate the fact...