Well the weather is nasty so today is the perfect day to throw on a couple of loads of laundry, catch up all the posting from while we were away, sip away on some tea and work on getting Larry's tax file organized as he's only waiting for one more receipt. I am not working hard on meals today... ha ha ha. Lunch is soup & supper will be a green salad with baked potatoes and chili. I have an interesting recipe for tomorrow though. It's called Cheesy Cauliflower Pancakes and I plan to serve it with some ham. Check it out:
http://www.realhousemoms.com/cheesy-cauliflower-pancakes/
Looks like Kauai
Monday, February 25, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Been up since 2:30 again :-(
I sure do not enjoy getting up in the middle of the night! I was tossing and turning and aching so I gave up and got up. It's 5:30 am and I have my posting done, all my computer back-ups done and I am doing my blog entries...next I'll do some filing and then all I have left on the "Must Do" list for today is:
1. Shopping at Save On Foods
2. Mail an envelope back to Susan
3. A load of laundry
4. Pack for 2 nights away
We are having a nice lunch today... green salad with scrambled eggs and Larry will probably want some toast. Dinner will be soup tonight I think as Larry can pick one of the many assorted canned soups we have. I am going to have some fruit salad instead (Larry won't eat it). I think perhaps we'll pair the soup/fruit with cheese and crackers. I'll finish off the Tomato Cabbage soup leftovers for lunch tomorrow before we take off, and Larry will have a couple of sandwiches at the office so we can push right thru to Bellevue and have our dinner at Goldberg's Deli.
Have a nice weekend!
1. Shopping at Save On Foods
2. Mail an envelope back to Susan
3. A load of laundry
4. Pack for 2 nights away
We are having a nice lunch today... green salad with scrambled eggs and Larry will probably want some toast. Dinner will be soup tonight I think as Larry can pick one of the many assorted canned soups we have. I am going to have some fruit salad instead (Larry won't eat it). I think perhaps we'll pair the soup/fruit with cheese and crackers. I'll finish off the Tomato Cabbage soup leftovers for lunch tomorrow before we take off, and Larry will have a couple of sandwiches at the office so we can push right thru to Bellevue and have our dinner at Goldberg's Deli.
Have a nice weekend!
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Makes me want to curl up with a good book!
Today, I may very well do just this after I get back from going to Larry's doctor's appointment with him. I need to throw on our laundry to get things tidied up before we head to Bellevue this weekend. We'll finish off our Tomato Cabbage Soup at lunch today and we're having waffles with breakfast sausages for supper. Not much to do except get comfy with my tea and a book. I downloaded a free Kindle book for 16 different bean soups...maybe I'll browse thru that. :-) Do love my soups!!
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Slow start to my Saturday...
It's all about savoring my cup of tea this morning.
The fibromyalgia has been giving me grief the last few days. I tossed and turned like crazy last night what with the pain. I finally was just too sore to lie there any more at 3:00 am so I got up.
I found a really nice soup that we may just have to try... a Hearty Cauliflower Chowder. I think I'll throw in some brown rice to bulk it up a little. Here's a link for the recipe:
http://www.yumuniverse.com/2011/11/16/hearty-cauliflower-chowder/
The fibromyalgia has been giving me grief the last few days. I tossed and turned like crazy last night what with the pain. I finally was just too sore to lie there any more at 3:00 am so I got up.
I found a really nice soup that we may just have to try... a Hearty Cauliflower Chowder. I think I'll throw in some brown rice to bulk it up a little. Here's a link for the recipe:
http://www.yumuniverse.com/2011/11/16/hearty-cauliflower-chowder/
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Happy Valentines Day!
If you are looking for something red, the color of love, that's light, healthy and warming to satisy the need for a Valentine's Day supper - check out this Quick Herb Tomato soup:
http://www.diabetes.org/mfa-recipes/recipes/2013-02-quick-herb-tomato-soup.html
It sounds like a perfectly yummy Valentine's supper to me but we have other plans for supper this year...courtesy of a discount coupon and a gift card. I will keep this one tucked in my memory bank though. :-)
http://www.diabetes.org/mfa-recipes/recipes/2013-02-quick-herb-tomato-soup.html
It sounds like a perfectly yummy Valentine's supper to me but we have other plans for supper this year...courtesy of a discount coupon and a gift card. I will keep this one tucked in my memory bank though. :-)
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Sunday...
It's supposed to be a day of rest, but today the plan is to carry on tidying up the kitchen and making ourselves a nice big pot of soup for tonight's supper. I am really looking forward to the soup!
I seem to be getting totally hooked on chicken rice soup when I am feeling slightly off... so that's what I had for supper last night. We had a lovely lunch and visit with Mollie and Carol yesterday. We ended up at Cheers so I had bacon, eggs and hash browns with a cup of hot chocolate. I felt fine until we got home, but I think perhaps the hot chocolate was just a little too rich for my system. We don't have a lot of sweets, so I wasn't really surprised to have a bit of an issue. I know the rest of the brunch should have been fine so it had to have been the hot chocolate that upset my apple cart.
After two days in a row being out & running around (Friday to Abbotsford and yesterday to North Vancouver), I am really happy to be staying at home today. I literally love staying home! I find making a nice meal either in the slow cooker, the oven or a big pot of soup is just so homey and comforting. I enjoy it! It really doesn't take much to keep me happy... LOL!
I seem to be getting totally hooked on chicken rice soup when I am feeling slightly off... so that's what I had for supper last night. We had a lovely lunch and visit with Mollie and Carol yesterday. We ended up at Cheers so I had bacon, eggs and hash browns with a cup of hot chocolate. I felt fine until we got home, but I think perhaps the hot chocolate was just a little too rich for my system. We don't have a lot of sweets, so I wasn't really surprised to have a bit of an issue. I know the rest of the brunch should have been fine so it had to have been the hot chocolate that upset my apple cart.
After two days in a row being out & running around (Friday to Abbotsford and yesterday to North Vancouver), I am really happy to be staying at home today. I literally love staying home! I find making a nice meal either in the slow cooker, the oven or a big pot of soup is just so homey and comforting. I enjoy it! It really doesn't take much to keep me happy... LOL!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Patting myself on the back...
All my posting is caught up!
I have the corporate financials done!!
This morning I will complete the filing!!
This afternoon I will get the package for Susan ready for delivery... and then it's full steam ahead into the personal income tax returns!
Life is good!
Now, maybe we can finally finish getting the kitchen counters cleaned off. :-)
I have the corporate financials done!!
This morning I will complete the filing!!
This afternoon I will get the package for Susan ready for delivery... and then it's full steam ahead into the personal income tax returns!
Life is good!
Now, maybe we can finally finish getting the kitchen counters cleaned off. :-)
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Ever use one of these?
I have been thinking a lot about my mother, my Grandmother and Lucille this week. I think Larry's mother having a heart attack last weekend has made me very reflective. Most of the most influential women in my life have come and gone at this point. It's sad really. Perhaps we need to make a little more effort to spend time with Mollie before she is gone too.
This water pump reminded me of the days when I was a child and had nothing more to worry about than what would I pick in the garden for my lunch. There was a stump near the pump that I sat on after I washed off my veggies. Sometimes it's the simple things that are the most important.
We are coming to the end of Larry's full time medical leave, assuming he gets the "go ahead" to return on a limited basis when he sees the doctor on Monday. I have so many mixed feelings about this...I hope he's ready, I am praying he has some additional skills from his counseling to help him cope effectively with the stress, I am crossing my fingers that his sleep patterns will stay reasonable and I will miss him being home with me.
I feel like a mother lion letting her cub out of the den...knowing it's the best thing for him in the long run but terrified that the big, bad world will hurt him again. I know, I know...Larry is a grown man but that doesn't keep me feeling overly protective of him. At the same time, although the changes over the last 2 months have affected me, I just had to sit back and watch events unfold. There was nothing much I could do except try to be supportive, encouraging and make sure he had good meals.
Pray for Larry that perhaps this next phase will be the turning to a new, better and brighter page in his book.
This water pump reminded me of the days when I was a child and had nothing more to worry about than what would I pick in the garden for my lunch. There was a stump near the pump that I sat on after I washed off my veggies. Sometimes it's the simple things that are the most important.
We are coming to the end of Larry's full time medical leave, assuming he gets the "go ahead" to return on a limited basis when he sees the doctor on Monday. I have so many mixed feelings about this...I hope he's ready, I am praying he has some additional skills from his counseling to help him cope effectively with the stress, I am crossing my fingers that his sleep patterns will stay reasonable and I will miss him being home with me.
I feel like a mother lion letting her cub out of the den...knowing it's the best thing for him in the long run but terrified that the big, bad world will hurt him again. I know, I know...Larry is a grown man but that doesn't keep me feeling overly protective of him. At the same time, although the changes over the last 2 months have affected me, I just had to sit back and watch events unfold. There was nothing much I could do except try to be supportive, encouraging and make sure he had good meals.
Pray for Larry that perhaps this next phase will be the turning to a new, better and brighter page in his book.
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