Friday, July 31, 2015

Getting Going.

          Everyone morning one of the first thing I do is give my self and check mark on our weight lost challenge. Is personal success which is a friendly reminder that I need and want to develop health habits. Confession time....quite a bit of the time I fail horribly.
Next little while it going to be getting mighty hot. So our tread mill and power rider is in our basement.
Not sure if I'll be get my walks in or not.
Breakfast and Lunch pretty much end up being a the same a slice of Pizza. But with lunch I had some carrot sticks, cucumber and kohlrabi.
Start work later in the day and ate my lunch before I left.
Didn't eat anything at work except for three saltine crackers and peanut butter. What I real like on my saltine is butter.
As I was doing paper work I did have an glass of water.
Stop at LaWalla to see the jewelry supplies she purchased.
It made me late getting home form dinner but I finish up eating a little after seven.
French Fries dip them in either ketchup or ranch dressing. Had some more fresh veggies out of the garden and I part part of a chicken wing and leg.

           I had this strange dream. Most of my dreams are strange. I woke up in morning and I grew a penis a big one. Wasn't quite sure what to do about it. Didn't want my husband to find out about it and I even got out an ax to chop it off but couldn't bring my self to do it.
I did wake up and I still have girl parts.


I've been sewing strips together and here is some fabric strips I sewn together for “Daisy” rag rug.
I just ran out of yellow cotton yarn that I been making into dish cloth. Not long ago I was in OLD TOWN IDAHO and they had a BEN FRANKLIN varitey store. They had a good selection of fabric and craft supplies. I got four balls of cotton yarn to make dish cloths. But I left them in Quenella car.

                                               Coffee is on



Thursday, July 30, 2015

One More Thing

        Some time or lot time I wish  I could go though life a sleep. Yesterday Regis cut his arm all up. With his support I believe he will mange though it. Confession time....After dealing with my client personal stress I will get and eat some type of sweet.  I have to keep it together. Murphy said if there was a major crises that I could mange to keep everything on even kilt. He gave this example.....If the titinic was going down I would keep calm and get everyone off and not loose an soul  I just need to learn not to run right off to any type of food. But I feel so much better or I should I feel my mood leveling out.




Tuesday, July 28, 2015

I Wasn't Surprised Of The Results

      Weighed in at our T.O.P.S group and I was up. Confession time...I had my finger crossed that I would only gain less then a 1/2 pound.
As for snack I had four pieces of salt water taffy. My client more or less said I could eat a small bucket of her taffy. I real like taffy but a bucket full. Hopeful she was happy that I ate four pieces.
Usual at Super One at the bakery section they have free samples of sweets. Today it was white cake with chocolate icing and fancy sprinkles. I grabbed a piece but it end up being two pieces. Confession time...I should of toss the one pieces away or the right thing was to not have any.
 Breakfast let me see bacon, lettuce, and  tomatoes sandwich. I had mind on multi grain and flax toast. Mayo and nothing else.
Lunch I made my self and burrito wrap...Lettuce, basil, garbanzo beans, tomatoes,  and cheese. Personal I want a little bit of shallot and my husband said I would like it raw. Opinion time....What does men know.
Dinner was a plain a hamburger. Well I haven't had a plain hamburger for ages. I had it on multi grain toast. It seem like white buns and ground beef. Feels like a glue ball in my stomach. Diced up some shallot and press it in the patty. Slice tomatoes, lettuce, relish, ketchup and mustard.
One last thing I forgot is I ate some Marion berry yogurt.
I had quite a bit of water and if I get a good start in the morning I keep going. Cranberry juice is what I had with dinner.


       Someone told me OKRA gets real tall. I have to say our is doing super good considering how far north I am.
Murphy said his mom always grew a little bit of Okra. One time in her life she lived in Georgia.
The plants on the trills going gang buster. We're thinking of doing anther trills not as long so tomatoes can grow up on it.

 Looks like we're going to have plenty of tomatoes this year. If everything works out we will can some up.

Our shallot harvest. I believe we can grow less of them.

      I thought and I should of given up on thinking what my clients will and won't do. As I said early in my posting. That I weigh in and I though about noon I would of went over to Carrie and we would of went out to hope house (give away house) and I was going to donate some mix nuts. During the summer months they make up gallon size storage bags which is made into nice snack bags.
My client was in some much pain and she was taking 3 oxycontin and her dosage is 2 a day. One in morning and night.
She also has hydrocodone for buffer which she needs to wait a lease 4 hours or more. Even has to wait a lease four hours after she taken her oxycontin.
Plus she take lyrica.
The doctor told her she needed me to help her with her medication. She look awful and her skin was cold and clammy.
They talk about getting and hip replacement for her. A lease they got the ball rolling.

                                         Coffee is on

Monday, July 27, 2015

A little Early

     Not sure how my day will finish out, as for weight lost. I have hunch I didn't loose but I've been surprise with the scales.
I know my person challenge for week "Drink 24 oz of water before 9:30 in morning" will be repeated.
Breakfast was 2 eggs and potatoes. Then for lunch I had and cheese and shallot sandwich on multi gran and flax bread. And a banana too.
I bought a piece of twenty five cent candy. "Pecan Caramel" the clerk said it was additive so I had two pieces.
Opinion time....I thought they should had more pecan in them. Even if they put and entire pecan would of been better.
Did mange to get a walk in
Dinner we will have pork ribs and not sure what else.

     Start work this week. Stop over at Regis and Pasty was there. Pasty is Regis ex sister in law and they always got a long.
Both of them our mental ill. Opinion time...I think every one is mental ill to a certain point. 
Well Regis thought or had the fantasy that Pasty and him was going to get married.
Regis main mental disorder is "Schizoaffective"
Pasty mention she Bi Polar and Obsessive compulsive disorder. But I also think she might even have some type of disorder. She needs or want "drama" in her life.
Hope every thing works out for her.

                          Coffee is on   

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Square Something Or Other

     I always told both my son "Life isn't fair, never has been and never will" but I can say the little we had I've tried my hardest to be fair to others..
Theodore Roosevelt had the ideal all people played by the same rules in life. He called his program the SQUARE DEAL that everyone could have the same opportunity in life.
Didn't matter the back ground you came from. We know that it will never be complete true...My mom always said "The world looks at you depending what side the track you was born on"....If Johnny was born on the good side of the track one would say "Johnny barrow the car" and if Johnny was born on the bad side of the track one would say "Johnny sold the car"
For the little we had Murphy and I tried to give both of son a square deal in life.


       Finish crocheting dish clothes. My stitches are pretty uniform in size.
But my edges one would say there not square to the world.
Just start anther yellow dish cloth. Not sure if I have enough cotton yarn.
Got the yarn form an wood and pellet shop in down town BONNERS FERRY  but they move and not sure were they move to. But if they don't match up perfectly. Personal I won't have any issues with it.
These dish cloth are going to my daughter in laws Betty and Molly.


As I was squaring off fabric for a later date to be cut into strips, that will be use for "Daisy" rag rug. As I was working on this project I watch to TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
Not sure if you can make it out in this photo.
But there some green fabric with small red flowers. A top of mine which got thin form uses. Murphy always said, how nice I looked in it.
It also became stain.
I still or needed to keep it and that one reason I'm adding it to the rag rug. It would be pretty in a quilt.
   
    Can't say I been always eating an square meal. I know today Breakfast wouldn't be square maybe a little off center.
Murphy and I was heading up to the North Bench Property to haul 2 pieces of plywood and some roofing tin. Couldn't tell you how many pieces.
Toss, well I shouldn't say "Toss" bricks in the bed of the pick up. Place would be a better word.
Quite a few door wedge was there so they came back with us and house jack.
So we stop at Super one for biscuits and sausage gravy. Murphy had two biscuits and I had one. We split a coffee. It was under $4.00.
Lunch was what I call a clean eating burrito hopeful I can remember what was in it...Clintro, pepper not much heat, RADICCHIO a new vegetable that I've never tried before. And as for fruit bananas and blue berries.
For protein some pumpkin seeds, garbanzo beans and cheese.
Not sure if it because there was no meat in the burrito and it was large enough I didn't fill satisfy. Had ground beef patty and press some dice up shallot in the meat, fries and tomatoes from the garden. That was dinner.
Nibbled on cucumber that been soaking in a brine.


 
  Garden is doing great. Looks like we going to have plenty of peppers. We are thinking about drying some.
Finish picking the last little bit of the beets. Just going to eat them when every. Thought of canning some but one can purchase them cheap enough at the store.

                                        Coffee is on

Who Say's Seven Is a Pooped Number

    1. Didn't keep a food journal today
   2. Ate cold chicken leg, cooked of course
   3. Had two around of thunder today
   4. Start anther crochet dish cloth, red in color
   5. Cut more fabric strips for Daisy Rag Rug
   6. No bills came in the mail today.
   7. I did the dishes today.


                                        Coffee is on

Friday, July 24, 2015

I Can See Why There Might Be An Upcoming Shortage on SSD and SSI

       The other day on the news there saying there a short fall for up coming benefit for those drawing disability.
As in home care giver at currently both of my client receive between $750 and $810 a month.
Only one actual gets straight SSD. The other gets an combo of SSD and SSI.

But the average disability payment is $1,165 The average social security receives $1,322 

       Seam like there quite a few employers love to use the 1099 MISC form. Just say every one is self employed or contract worker.
Well to start right out you match your own social security at 15.3% Figure if you have a job at $7.25 and hour. Well if your handle your own social security  you will lose about $1.11 and hour which comes to $6.14 an hour. Then what other taxes you may have.
Question time....I wonder how many people who receives the 1099 just toss them in the trash can.
So they never pay in there social security. Not sure if it was my Aunt Eve or her grand daughter Shasta told us to toss the 1099 form they sent us on and $8.00 an hour job.
Confession time...If I didn't receive an 1065 form. I would of toss the last 1099.
By the way my company I work for and sense they got audit. They change there policy. They now require you prove you filled your taxes.
There was a few lost there job for not filling. The IRS start to investigate who filled by matching spouse up. A few had knock on there door by the IRS.
Question time...I wonder how much the social security is missing out by letting people use the 1099 misc forms?

       Come right down to getting the average social security isn't all that bad. On a 40 hour work week if someone took home $1,322 they would be making $8.26 and hour.
Then those on disability and for an worker to match monthly wages he or she would have to make $7.28 an hour.
Plus there benefit of having insurance either Medicare and or Medicaid.
Statement time...Going to work has it cost. Just think being on disability and if you mange it right it seem to be a gravy train.
But sad truth I don't know only a few people who draws over a $1,000 a month from social security.

       I have to wonder how many people went from Welfare to getting and SSI check. check. Do you recall WELFARE AS YOU KNOW IT Ended on SSI and now is draining that out.
Each state of what kind of benefit one get will vary from state to state. One might google there state and welfare benefits
I know Idaho don't give out much to people in poverty. It been a while since I heard any up date on welfare. Your only aloud a life time drawing of 24 month of welfare and no extra cash for any extra kids. Looks like the amount is $309  a month.
So $733 would look like a gold mine.

                                          Coffee is on

 


 

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Maybe I Got It

   
         Been sewing strips of fabric together and I don't have enough red thread to finish it off. I sore one spool would of been plenty and even have some left over. "Boy was I wrong"
Well I'll finish sewing what I got left.
                                                                            
          I completed 3 balls of fabric. If all works out I'll start sewing the 4th ball of colorful fabrics. But I still have to cut out the solid turquoise fabric. Which should be easy since I'm keeping the rotary cutter under control.
Confession time...I sure miss Huckleberry variety. Not sure if any of the local fabric store just handle plain red thread.
I know they care the high price thread and not even sure of the quality. At this time I'm not willing to purchase thread for $3.00 or more a spool.
I might run into some fair price thread but next time I'm at Walmart which should be the 6th of August and I'll get and extra spool of Turquoise.

           Some time I'll measure the strips of fabric sewed together. I start to cut more fabric strips for "Daisy" rug.


          Murphy decide that the Sugar Maple needed more room to spread branches out. But at later date or even years the "black cherry" tree has to be sacrifice. For today we trim one side of the cherry tree, next to the "Sugar Maple" 

        So called loosing weight I've seen better days. But I sure can't call it a total lost call. Question time....Did your school lunches of pigs in blanket? Well Murphy made them and they sure was good. I had 3 of them. and pork "N" beans. 
 Back to Breakfast pancake with strawberry rice syrup. and 2 strips of bacon. Dinner pork ribs, beets out of the garden. and plain bake potatoes
Key lime yogurt for a snack.
For exercise Murphy and I move a bunch of stud mostly of 2 by 4. So we could get to some plywood. To make sign for a yard sale. We need to have.

       Gee I need to do an up coming post one political or current affairs event. On un-tether capitalism and two reason why social security disability is falling short. 
    
                                                                   Coffee is on   

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Pink Folder Up Stair

      Tuesday is weigh in and I lost. Now twice in a roll. My biggest flub up was when I took Carrie into the local food bank and by the coffee they have treats and there sweet ones.
I got an individual chocolate pie...Confession time....Actual it didn't taste all that good, way to sugary and greasy. 
Lunch still is an issue with me. I didn't take enough with or I ate at the wrong time. Well there days I've done better but there days I total fell off the wagon.

     

Not sure when I'll be starting LOCKER HOOK project. My friend LaWalla does them. One Christmas she made me an trivet to put hot things on. Our tops club has an Christmas party and gift exchange. If there time I might do up an trivet 

Looks like we going to get plenty of tomatoes this year. 

                                        Coffee is on

Monday, July 20, 2015

Some Deposit Are Good

       Before I went to work I stop in at our local bank, Wells Fargo to deposit some of my pay check. Now I can start to pay the bills. I keep hearing money talks ours say "Good Bye" but I hear most people live pay check to pay check.

      Tomorrow is weigh in for our local T.O.P.S group. For our challenge right now I did pretty darn good. I'll end up with three ticket in our drawing.
Tonight I walk around the bend and poor Daisy wasn't sure what to think of "Wilbur" the lab it actual scared the poop out of her.
On the way back our neighbor lady Zella walked a short distant back with me. She a slow walker.
Breakfast once again fried apples mixed in steel cut outs.
Lunch seem to work out pretty good. I took some cheese sticks, celery sticks, and walnuts. Confession time...At work I had four piece of salt water taffy.
Stop in to pick up a few items at Super one. They have these bars over in the health food section for $1.38. Well I like them. Right now I do remember what there called.
Dinner was pretty basic. Fried Chicken I had a thigh and took the skin off. Slaw everyone use cabbage and carrots, but this time we add kohlrabi. Then Mash Potatoes and when was mashing them he add 2% milk and butter.
Well I didn't add thing else to my potatoes except some zesty blend.
It was quarter to 7 and on our challenge we not a loud to eat after 7. Confession time...I was sure looking at that clock wondering what I can eat before I ran out of time. The truth I wasn't even hungry.
I'm hoping for with draw of fat and or water weight.


       For a short time I stop in at LaWalla and she started make some hot pad trivets. She using a tool with an crochet hook on one end and the other end it has an needle eye though it. I can see it as a rug.
But I need to finish the rugs I got going now.
I got my fabric strips sewn together and rolled into a ball. Each time I do one I learn something so it either becomes faster or a high quality.

                                                                   Coffee is on
   

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Still Hanging In There.

        Haven't played FARMVILLE for a while. It use to be quite a few people use to play ZYNGA games. I did pick up few others but I'm a farmville fan.
I don't play all the farmville games. I don't play daily and also I don't purchase anything at the game sites. So my level are pretty slow at times.
Confession time..The main reason I like playing farmville. You get to help out other farmers, not into games that you have whack off your neighbors. I have a tendency to help others.

I don't believe it will be this up coming Tuesday. I'll be taking anything out to the Hope House. Which I call the free house.
During the summer they have sack lunches and snack bags they give out.
So I'm purchasing mix nuts that will be add to the snack bags.
Confession time...The only day I play farmville is on odd days. The way I choose to play farmville that day 
is to roll a dice and odd number has to come up  I play. 

       Today I felt like tossing in the towel for my weight lost. I know it wasn't going to be a five star day.
Breakfast one pancake with peanut butter and syrup made out of rice. Two strips of bacon
Lunch fired chicken heart and mac “N” Cheese.
Snack I did have an apple.
Dinner fried burger although no bun. Fries with ketchup and some slice veggies from the garden.
Did take a short walk this evening. Two power line poles and back

      Sew more strips together for Daisy rag rug. Thought I would of gotten to the other rag rug today.
Not much rain need to do some watering of the front beds. Looks like the white lilac I planted in spring is hanging in there.

     My mother first cousin passed away and I'll post his obituary 

                         Coffee is on
         
 

Saturday, July 18, 2015

I Thought I Would of Mess Up Big Time


        Didn't see the sun raise I almost put sun set. We went up to Hills Resort with Paul and Gloria up to HILLS RESORT.
From my home when I'm looking at the SELKIRK MOUNTAINS I'm looking west and from Priest Lake I'm looking east.
I was a little about eating out. Confession time...I do a lot better when I eat at home.
I had the Gyro, meat they use was lamb plenty of lettuce with tomatoes. Sour cream but not over powering and cubed feta cheese.
It seem like all the meal they either came with a side of slaw or fries. I picked the slaw and believe it had no dressing if it did. Or they sure was skimpy on it.
A very satisfying lunch.
Before we left for breakfast we had a bowl of steel cut oats and I thought Murphy was nuts that he want to add fried apples to the cereal. Actual it was pretty good and I add a few raisin to mine.
Dinner it was left over pork ribs a small amount of fries and some veggie like a tomato, kohlrabi and carrots.
My naughty food was an twenty five cent ice cream come. We did our shopping at Sandpoint super one.
Mange to get a short walk in this morning 3 power line poles and home. Once the sun goes down I'll get anther short walk in.
So far so good on my weekly goal...20 oz of water before 9 in morning. I continue then to drink water though the day.
 Eating out I thought I would of went off the wagon and fell head over heals and do a real number and weigh in on Tuesday. But I still have an barbecue tomorrow.

        Murphy Uncle Marvin had a cabin ages ago up in Priest lake when he worked for the state. and he new of DICKEN SHEET PARK but he said it changed, since he was a kid.

                                                           Coffee is on
  




Friday, July 17, 2015

Two In A Roll Please Not Three

      Not sure how I'm going to handle the up coming eating. Saturday Murphy and I are meeting Paul and Gloria at PANHANDLE PIES parking lot. Then we're going to drive up to HILLS RESORT I'm taking the camera with.
Then Carrie ask me if I want to go an barbecue put on by Cross Road Community chapel. Never been but I met the minister there and he has to work and usual he is slinging an hammer.
Minister who church offerings doesn't cover all the expense usual has an understanding of us humans. Money usual make people snooty, actual those who want to put on air of wealth and don't have pot to piss in or a window to toss it out. Let me tell you something there farts do give them self away.
But not all that worried about the service.
Confession...Eating out two days in roll got me worried.

        Breakfast scrambled eggs, apple, and one slice of sourdough toast with butter.
Lunch which is still difficult for me. Pork and beans with one wiener. I guess one can say I had two lunches which included salami sandwich with cheese and clintro.
Dinner salad with balsamic dressing brown rice, and baby back ribs.
As for snacks 2 Oreo cookies and 2 piece of dark chocolate with ginger. Have every told you I'm an ginger fan.
Did manage to get walk in twice end of the road and five power line poles. 

       Now life. As having no sibling I never felt family need to watch each other back. In my own thinking right is right and wrong is wrong but rules are met to be bent but not broken.
Depending on the situation if either one of my son got in jail there a good chance I would let them sit there.
One reason we ask Murphette to move on. We was hoping and thinking that either her daughter Annie or Edna would take her in. But it looks like no such luck.
Murphy told me to give her a call and let her plug in which would give her chance to shower.
Her other daughter Doris wants her to give power of attorney to her. There nothing wrong with Murphette mind but she always don't make good choices.

Her and I raise our children different. She was her children friend. I was my children parents, not there friend.

Pasty came up from Logan Utah area. The main reason she came up is to help Regis but also they might have been a small reason she left Utah.
I understand that she has an sister who is more mental ill then her. Talking to her she can't stand her sister.
There mom thought she should stick around and take care of her sister and I believe she has no desire to.
I'm seeing more and more family have no desire to take there family in. Question time...are we always obligated to take a family member in or help them out, doesn't matter situation




Thursday, July 16, 2015

Lunch Why Can't I Get It

       Today only thing I'm going to bang my head against the hall is for my lunch. Statement time...I never know how much to take.
So I pack a light lunch. An apple, salami sandwich on whole wheat bread, and these popcorn type of chips. I count out 12 of them. I'm the only one here who lives them.
I thought I was taking Regis and Pasty to Sandpoint. But Pasty ended up babysitting the neighbor kids and told her they would only be gone and hour.
Not sure what happen but it was more then and hour.
I snick out and at the sandwich, my mom always told me it was rude to eat in front of other people.
The two little kids each gave me potato chips, they had 2 bowls and two of the kids gave me a chip a total of four. Confession time...I had three out of the bag.
I've had a lot worst days when it comes to eating.
Evening walk I mange it and only to the first pole. Nothing this morning.

        Been doing some work on my husband Genealogy and it a bit of a mystery. His Grand father Charles say he was born in 1902 but his father James died in 1900.
Back then the only way a person had a child was by sex and I know a dead man can't reproduce offspring.

                                                Coffee Is On     

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The Pot Won't Be No Grand

       Never explain or mention if there is a winner to our CHALLENGE Well there is. We earn slip of paper that we put our name on for a drawing.
For first 50 points your name will go into a drawing. For each 25 points you earn and additional ticket.
Most daily task are worth one point. Cleaning eating is one point per meal. Today I earn 2 points, lunch to many carbs.
Then our personal success we grade our self and we can give our self up to 5 points.
Then we have weekly points...10 points for logging in daily, 25 points for contact anther member, 5 positive comment to share, 5 points for staying for meeting, 1 to 5 points for personal goal, 5 points for trying a new healthy food, and 1 point for weigh in.
Also we can pick extra ticket by either doing a presentation or bring a guest.
$1.00 goes in the kitty and in September we draw a name out of the hat. More points you earn the more odds you will win.
Then the person who has the most points usual get a little something.
The group is trying to make a little extra money to go to SRD which is our big hooptiy doo and will be held in Courd'Alene.
And was decided to do a 50/50 split.

       Like I said lunch was to many carb. At Carrie I had two Oreo cookies, Then after all was done I went down to see Pasty and Regis was there. Over there I had a beer, and piece of some type of sponge cake.
Breakfast scrambled eggs with peppers, cheese, a little bit of bacon, and olives. One slice of whole grain toast with butter.
Dinners carrots, cucumbers, radish, chicken leg, and burrito.
Well I still felt hungry and it wasn't quite 7 and I had an raisin english muffin with peanut butter.
Confession time...I'm still hungry and I don't feel satisfy. Yesterday I did.
I did get my walk in. Actual mange to get in two of them. The morning I walk to end of my Aunt Eve field, down the road. Then in evening I mange to walk 5 power line poles total walking time 50 minutes.

Started to sew strips of fabric together for the rag rugs I'm making for Christmas.
Confession time....I'm starting to wonder if I even have enough fabric. The average price of fabric is $10 a yard and I've got about $60 worth in the fabric
I'll keep my eyes up for cotton fabric at thrift store and maybe I'll find something in the correct color.
Worked a little bit on a dish cloth. But also worked on Daisy rag rug.

Coffee is on 

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

It's Here the Challenge

      For the last few months or so our local T.O.P.S been doing a challenge which goes for about 2 months or so.
It been keeping us on task. There been a few changes in each of them. Our daily task is...A food journal which I post here on my blog.
30 minute of cardio exercise, 64 oz of water, healthy breakfast, clean eating 3 meals which means no white flour or sugar, 4 serving of fruits and or veggies, no eating after seven pm, personal success and daily weigh in.
My home scale and the scale at T.O.P.S is sure off from each other. This morning our home scale said I weighed 208 (94.3) and T.O.P.S scale I'm at about 217(98.4) and for some reason I can't find my book that I keep track of my weight.
But I know I was down a half pound(.22) from my last weigh in.
Confession time...I doubt that I will be posting my daily weigh in from home
There also task we can do weekly, such as...Logging in every day all week, contact a fellow member, a  positive quote, stay for the entire weekly meeting, a weekly personal goal, and try a new healthy food.
In our challenge we earn points and in the next few days I'll be posting about that.

Tuesday with weigh in and work. I don't get a chance to do much of walk. A lease today the sun heat wasn't so un just. I walk what I call the first power pole. Which is not quite the end of Julian rd.
Remember in my weekly task is to try a new food. I did it for breakfast. "Multi Grain with Quinoa and flax" I cut up part of an apple and chop up a few walnuts.
Personal I like the cereal, although my husband didn't care for it.
Lunch some left over "Chicken LaKing" and I didn't give my self a point for it. Home made noodles has white flour in it.
Dinner consist of pickles beets, bake potato not much on it except for zesty seasoning, and chicken wing.
If you believe this all I ate. It not. one and mean one oreo cookie, yogurt western family brand to me it sort of remind me texture of lima beans. "sawdust!" then a spoonful of peanut butter. I might as well confess....I thought of rolling the peanut butter in powder sugar.
Still pretty early if I get hungry I'll have plain pop corn.
Just recall one of our T.O.P.S member brought in some spaghetti sauce with lentil place it in cup and heat it up in the microwave.

Before I help my husband can up some carrots in pints. we got 11.
   
Yellow lillies are starting to open

Not sure what kind of vine plant this is. But the ones on trellis seem to be quite happy.  

Monday, July 13, 2015

Back To Good Daily Habits I Believe

      Got back about midnight or early Sunday morning from the family reunion over in the Silver Valley.
About 50 family members. The relatives that lives around Courd'Alene were the closes. A second cousin came form around Vancouver Washington and she drove the farthest.
I've never spend much time in the Silver Valley area.

     Before I went I plan out how I was going to handle eating at potluck. Always plenty of good food and I knew I couldn't eat every thing. So for the potluck meals I was only eat 5 items a half cup of each thing. 4 and half cups of food total
Then the sweet table only four items. Confession time...I end up having six sweets. 
I need to clear up one thing about the meals. it was both for lunch and dinner. Didn't eat anything after seven.
Breakfast this morning Murphy had potatoes with peppers in them. Also scrambled eggs. The portion size was a little much. Before I started to eat I down size the meal, by removing some of my breakfast.
I'll take my lunch which will be a burrito. Dinner I'm not sure what we're having yet.
One thing at this time I need to be starting earlier on my walks, because of the heat. I walk four power line pole.
Weight in at T.O.P.S and new challenge tomorrow.

     Garden going gang buster. After we got back everything grew a mile. I know I'm stretching the truth a bit.
Got a good crop of raspberries but there so many yellow jackets and we can't get in there to pick. Good possible we will get stung.

      Our pagan Spairfitrea group had our first coffee and chat at the CHIC 'N' CHOP counting my self they were four who came. No talk of religion, politics, or spell casting.
Hope more of our group will be able to make for the one in August.

                                     Coffee is on


Thursday, July 09, 2015

What. Is Correct

      I haven't yet got our official up coming T.O.P.S challenge at the last meeting I copied the daily task done.
One is to weigh daily. Wednesday on our scale I was at 207 pounds. (93 Kilogram) Thursday morning I was at 210 (95 kilogram) this is our home scale. Usual with a light weight night clothes.
This morning I had to go into the doctor and have them finish moving an mold off my back. There scale said I was at 218
Since my work day is almost like working swing shift. So I'm eating a late breakfast of bacon, eggs, and potatoes.
Ended up tossing part of my potatoes and eggs away. I was comfortable the amount I ate, can't see stuffing my self.
We're having Chicken for dinner. Not sure what else.
Did manage to get a short walk in this morning, after doctor appointment at nine this morning took a 15 minute walk. It was already starting to get warm.

      This weekend is our family reunion over at Alberts Landing up toward Kingston. Briefly talk to my cousin Amira didn't think that many was coming.
Like every thing in life. Family's have politics including mine.
But still need to figure out a potluck dish for Saturday dinner.

      Need to get ready for work.

                                    Coffee is on, Peppy
 

Wednesday, July 08, 2015

It Just Might Happen

       Went down to Courd'Alene to see an plastic surgent to see about a breast reduction. I qualify in so many ways.
Rash under the boobs from sweat, I hang 40 centimeters. Almost 16 inches. They also figure there quite a bit of ware and tear on my upper back, shoulders, and neck. And the doctor guess I probably have arthritic in my back form the pull of my back.  My shoulders  aren't all that big.
To fit a top for my shoulder I would wear a small to a medium. But to fit my boobs I'm lucky a large top will do it.
I'll need per approval from my insurance company. Not doing for cosmetically reason.
He suggest I loose 20 pounds before the surgery.
Time the insurance company get back. I'm guessing they'll refuse it the first time around and I'm guessing it will take 3 to 6 months for me to even be on the operating table.

     Murphette is not staying here. Not sure where she at. But we're still letting her mail come here and she can shower once a week and if she needs and extra shower during the week, that will be ok.

      Eating been doing ok. Not going to write all down. I'm guessing all who stop by get tired of reading about the items I stick in my mouth.
No candy, cookies, or cakes for me. The trip down to south we took some cherries, cabbage, I just like to munch on raw cabbage.
We also took those gross orange looking crackers that taste like peanut butter. They weren't even open, Murphy diet root beer. If it was regular root beer I would of help him drink it. I had water and also a few boxes of juice, not open.

                Coffee on Peppy lady

 

Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Second Time Around

        Weigh in today, up quarter pound. Confession time....I thought posting on my blog what I eat would be public embarrasses to my self. I see it hasn't. Maybe I can figure out the mental aspect why I can't get this weight off.
half way though the year and if I was on task for this year goal I would of been down.  20 pounds and that would make me right at 200 pounds 
Today we elected officers and it staying the same.
Well except for the secretary which handle roll calls and keep notes.
Our old secretary and anther lady will be handle the contest.
It seam to help all of stay focus. The next one will start July and goes till September 1.
I did write down the daily task so I can keep focus on better choices.
Confession time...I'm and absent mind eater. As you will hear about in a short time. Breakfast started off just fine. Scrambled eggs, with a little veggie and brat. Whole grain toast. Lunch I wasn't sure what was going on. So I took a piece of pork chop and a sandwich bag with pea pods and radish in them.
For I wasn't sure if I was going to get off work early or not.
I had a mango smoothie with my friend Qunella at under the sun and we went up

   the Lutheran church parking lot on south hill. My client Carrie would have a hard time standing in line and it would be consider helping her with her shopping.
I might as well get a few items. Best thing was the cherries. I'm now thinking and will talk to my husband to give some of the crackers to our local food bank.
Or even possible Murphette.
Afterward I drop off Carrie food and we took a trip out the hope house in Moyie Spring. Carrie had 2 pair pants that became to big, and donate
She found quite a few items.
I got my self a swim suit cover up. But it looks cool and airy. I also liked and blouse brought it home and there no way it will even come close to close around my boob. Back it goes.
I got a few items out of the buffalo barrel that I'll use for my rag rugs.
During the summer they give out sack lunches. A basic sandwich, fruit, cracker like treat, and juice box.
As we was driving back I slowly start to eat absent minded. Got half the sandwich down and figure I didn't real need the crappy bread and I'm guessing grease ball peanut butter. Toss the sandwich out figure some creature out there will eat it.
Carrie gave me some popcorn crackers I like them but I could get carried away with them.

Statement time....I thought I would post a warning about the you tube video about breast reduction. Not sure how many out there are easily grossed out.

Also made a donation to our local food bank,

                                  Coffee is on


Monday, July 06, 2015

Now They Called In Feds To Fight The Fire

It seem Idaho is big on STATES RIGHT and not much on FEDERAL GOVERNMENT involvement. I remember during the governor debate and some of the candidates thought the state could handle any of the wild fires that might come along.
There one south of us burning, BAYVIEW and CAPEHORN FIRE

       this something. Fires are either friend or Foe. This one is right down scary. Our weather is real off kilter now. The weather here now is like and supper hot August.
Last forest fire I watch was the MYRTLE CREEK FIRE which was in 2003. No homes in that area, but it did effect the city of Bonners Ferry water. The city water source is up there and they had to drop tartan from planes to put out the fire.

         Some good some bad. took Carrie down to see her pain doctor. "Boy do I have news, but a little bit I'll post later in this blog.
I want to get posting about my eating. Some good and bad. Confession time...I need to find or figure out how to do lunch. I seem to still struggle some time I need just a meal or a snack, like I thought I would today.
I thought I would of only been in Sandpoint for a short time and back home by one. 
Ended up getting a small shake at burger king. Usual I would of had a medium or large. Dinner I did great. Used a small plate had small about quarter of cup of mac and cheese, thin pork chop and cole slaw.
Breakfast shambled egg with veggies, meat, and cheese.


The other day Murphy and I canned up some pickled beets. We 7 pints. 

Crochet a bit on a yellow dish cloth. Actual it been a while since I worked on any of my crochet project. 
Also work on Daisy rag rug. Just got finish sewing three strips together 2 whites and 1 black.


Some things in are garden is doing good. Those items who loves the heat, but those who aren't so happy with the heat. Not so well.
The area I'm at we get quite a bit of wind. So the other day we put in large steaks to hold up our tomatoes plants.

Better tell you about Carrie and the pain clinic. She been going and most of the shots real haven't been working. She want to tell the doctor "The shots haven't been working and what other option do we have"
I know she has arthritis but when she try to get answers they just dance around the question. She sat in the exam room for an hour and never seen her.
Well she walked out.



       I'm looking into having an MAMMAPLASTY this coming Wednesday after noon I'll be see a doctor about it.

                                         

Sunday, July 05, 2015

If Only I start A Little Earlier

      Finely cool down to the mid 80's. Such a relief it been in the upper 90's and lower 100's. I have plenty to post, and during the week I'll catch you all up.
Talk both of my son and there doing good....Coffee is on

Saturday, July 04, 2015

Pass Seven and It Time To Straighten Out

       This fourth was a little different/ Most year we have a family get together over at my sister in law Faith place.
But she was hosting an family reunion, Dunning family.
Since it the fourth and we're celebrating our Independence from England as being a history buff looks like we was one year into the American Revolutionary war which started in 1775. And the Declaration of Independence was written in 1776
Question time...Why did we wait roughly a year into a war before we claim our Independence?
 I've only live in the Pacific Northwest and never travel much. When people say they love America. I can't truly say that. But I surly won't say "I hate it" To be honest "I have nothing to compare it against"
To me to be a great patriot person,,,you must or should be a Christians and I'm not. Not into Guns, oh we have a few could defend our home and if we was starving could go and get some game meat, But there no way we could take on the entire government. Plus I don't think the government is much to worry about.
I can't say I'm a true Capitalist. Sure I like nice things but if it takes cheating someone to get a head I rather not have it,
So I question my own patriot toward my country.

       The garden is doing great in the heat and actual our water bill was only ten over. Our basic water bill is only $41.00
The trouble is mainly ant and some yellow jackets.

       The artichoke seem to be doing just fine. Only wish is for the head to get a little bigger. But I believe the heat is force it open.

       Thought my roses was done. Couldn't see anything coming on and today I say these few little buds.
Looks like my hollyhocks in my hodgepodge bed is blooming and the lilly in my royal sunshine flower bed is also blooming.
       As you can see broccoli head is starting to form. Hopeful nothing gets into them and eats the plant.

       Today in my  diet I was naughty and I ate horrible. Loved every minute of it. Ate SPUMONI ice cream.
Breakfast wasn't to bad 2 slices or toast with butter and 2 poach eggs, lunch I believe it was spumoni ice cream then for my mid day snack. That's right more ice cream. Dinner had spaghetti with corn on a small plate,
After dinner I had more Spumoni.
Anyhow my ice cream was eaten in 6 oz cup and I figure I had 24 oz of ice cream,
My next naughty day will be next Saturday at the McCalmant family reunion, and I plan not to get this carried away.
 But after seven in the evening I don't eat.

      Happy fourth of July....Peppy

Friday, July 03, 2015

Sticking Head In The Sand

Dear Cup of Coffee.
       I had big ideal today of eating meatless or low meat. Things just didn't work out. I finish up at Carrie.
Head over to Regis to finish up my paper work. Well Patsy was over visiting her brother in law. And she offered me some wine. Those out of the box and of course I had a cup. First time having box wine.
Lawalla was cleaning the windows and slip and bonk her head and knot started to form and I took her in to our local hospital.
Told her to put on ice and in a good week or so she will have a black eye.
Coffee my question is...Who is going to handle the cost for the emergency room? We're contract workers though Idaho Partners In Care, But according to the hospital even contract works have to be covered by workman comp.
It will be interesting to find out.

       My first cousin once  remove Estella is homeless. Laima and Amira daughter. So many Estella is like my friend Murphette.
Regardless how they handle or mishandle there life they are steel humans with needs and wants.
Estella post on facebook read as follow...."Apparently I am no longer allowed to talk about being homeless because it causes embarrassment to my family. So every ones opinion matters more than me! Whatever"

       Coffee it time for me to confess....I sometime feel like I was born to the wrong family. My mom side has very little compassion for those who are down and out. 
I'm not saying there mean to them, they stick there head in sand and no problem or they work then self silly. Same result no problem

Coffee, my mother taught me compassion...shortly before I started school. She told me straight up "If I every made fun of anther person for what they didn't have...My bed room and closet would of been strip to the bare bone and I would be lucky to have a blanket and pillow to sleep with"....I'll tell you one thing I never made fun of someone who didn't have something.

       Short walk and like I said I was planning a low meat day. With LaWalla and the hospital I end up at Deli at Harvest. A Burrito and 4 pepper poppers, Breakfast pancake with peanut butter and 3 slice of bacon. For dinner we had a taco salad and I add blue cheese dressing, my favor dressing.
 I didn't want to confess to my husband, coffee....That I forgot to pick up corn chips and I told him that I was planning to use regular potato. Actual it was a little better then corn chips. 
Last thing I had was some caramel yogurt.

                            "Peppy"    


Thursday, July 02, 2015

So Did We Now Piss Off AH

Dear Cup of Coffee.
      I've been looking though facebook response to the new change with the supreme court here in the United States
My first Cousin Alice made this statement on facebook...Rainbow flags............really!!!#$%^??? Rainbows remind me of God's covenant to never flood/destroy the earth again........but remember next time he will destroy it with fire."God
Well coffee. I don;t under stand three thing I just don't understand why Ah.
If Ah is so against homosexual all knowledge and powerful. If Ah want to destroy us humans before the supreme court made "Gay Marriage" legal. Question time...why didn't ah burn up the world before the supreme court made there ruling before same sex marriage?
Personally coffee "There nothing new under the sun" and I don't believe "Ah" just fail off the turnip wagon.
During the COLD WAR there was race to built nukes. Blog, As both side was build arms (Nukes) to destroy each other by fire. Well I remember hearing people saying...God will destroy the earth by fire because of the godless commies"
One thing I haven't heard from those evilgenitity (evangelical) Christians every mention a possible our earth burning up from "GLOBAL WARMING"
I thought "Ah" would be a good name for "God" personal I don't believe one god can handle the entire Universe.

Been getting my walks in. Today my dear blog. "I ate all three meals clean...which means no white flour or sugar.
Can't say I did it on the snacks. Well Murphy and I went to Super one and got a few items. This time they had more samples out then usual. A cookie cut in half and I had both half's, because they were different types, apple crumb, lemon cake, and piece of sour dough bread. None was very big.
At home I had two apricots which I got from the store.
3 potato chips. I'm not kidding Coffee I only had 3 chips.
Breakfast bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich on seeded bread. Lunch was anther sandwich still on seeded bread, a salami sandwich that is.
Dinner barbecue pork ribs, salad, and corn on cob. Left the butter off the corn and dressing off the salad.
I drank more water then usual. But not up to the 64 oz.

All the state around Idaho Marijuana. The other day Oregon now have recreation pot. Not sure were Nevada and Utah stand when it comes to decriminalizing or legalizing the friendly herb.
Well Coffee I look at legalizing weed....Most people I know who use the herb is quite friendly. It not cost effected to put "pot smokers or eaters in the jail". Just think of the tax money both the state and federal government can bring in. Nicotine is legal and marijuana isn't. My self I find that hypercritical
Get this Coffee. 35% of our state population smokes weed. I would guess large percentage goes into Washington and now Oregon legalize it. Idaho dollars will be traveling West.

Looks like Murphette might of found a place to stay. Back over with her daughter Annie. There a little shed that she will be able to stay in.
Coffee I need to tell you something...She bad mouth her mother something awful. I don't know if her mother was all that bad or not. But I believe her mom cause lot of her issues.Like my father cause me issue of feeling like a worthless human. Get this coffee. Her daughter Annie bad mouth her mother like her mother bad mouth her own mother.
What the sad part is Murphette forgot to look in the mirror. Now her own daughter has picked up the custom to bad mouth mom.
Actual I don't like living with people. Might sound a little off.
                                             Good Night...Peppy




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