~ insomnia? Nope. Coma sleeping. I was out and didn’t move until 6. ~ Frankie is about to lose his end-of-bed sleeping privileges. ~ Biggest Loser just makes me sad this season. ~ What to do with leftover figs? They are coming close to resembling the nasty squishy toe jam (literally) bombs I remember from …
Posts from: October 2011
My last day of fall break. It was a very short day, but I enjoyed every minute of it. I started off with one of my favorite breakfasts. Spiced Apple oats. 1/2 cup of old fashion oats 1 cup of water 2 T apple butter/pumpkin butter. I used a mix of both to equal 2 …
I have the St. Jude Marathon coming up in 8 weeks. My last 3 weekends have been nothing. No running. No working out. Just recovery from injury and illness. Obviously, I won’t be able to continue with my training schedule the way I planned it. I need to modify it and keep going. I will …
It was a perfect day for a walk. Being cooped up inside for the past few days is no fun. I needed some sun and my legs needed to move. I found some fall colors. And that was about it. The leaves are still green here. 🙁 Even the maple tree is green. There are …
I needed to do something nice for him. Why? This These are the two pieces to my dish cabinet. He built the top, including the molding. The bottom is an unfinished base and he will put these two together to make a large open shelving system for all my dishes and linens. It would have …
I feel like a drunk sailor. I’ve never been a drunk sailor, but I hear that expression often. Cough medicine hangover means I didn’t get much accomplished today. I’ve been chained to the house by the same doctor I have seen 11 times in the past 3 weeks. I really don’t want to see him …
I’m staring at another great weekend. Well, as best I can. I’ll say this quick and move on to better things. I got my protein levels back to normal, had been cleared to resume marathon training this weekend, and then got REALLY sick. My blood pressure at the dr. was so low they took it …
Fall means late summer farmer’s markets. Pumpkins. The last of the tomato crops. Late summer flowers. And my local farmer’s market has all of these and more. It was a beautiful day on Saturday and everyone was out checking the booths. So what did I come home with? Pumpkins, eggplant, figs, apples, spicing …
It was so good. But so messy. And so not what I was trying to achieve. But did I mention the good part? So good, I almost wet myself because I really need to go to the ladies room but those things were too hard to walk away from? A few weeks ago, I saw …
There wasn’t much mischief today from tuesday. And here at 10pm I’m staring at Wednesday, then Thursday, then a work day for Friday. I need a work day at school. I got so behind on papers and filing while I was out sick. Now I feel like I’m treading water and that’s not helping the …
During my days of being barred from any form of physical activity, I’ve been reading and playing Angry Birds. Just tossing those cute furry creatures helps me deal with huge amounts of frustration I’m carrying around. Why am I so frustrated?? Marathon training is at a dead standstill. I can’t talk about it anymore. But …
I knew when I saw the weather forecast for this weekend that I would make gumbo. I love making chili in the first few cool weekends, but gumbo is something a little more special and fun to make. I basically get to tease butter and flour into a pasty perfection. One minute too long and …
A day that begins with this….. …..is going to be a good day. Last night we had to coolest weather since last spring and it feels absolutely wonderful outside. It was even chilly enough for the long sleeved game shirt. It is pumpkin weather and I’m sure everyone is NOT surprised that I broke out …