Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Busy, busy, busy.

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Hubba hubba. While I still mostly am doing nothing, I am now adding something into the nothing at a slow but steady pace. After waking, dressing, and setting the dishes to a fresh soak, I did my wake up routine. During that, as I said in the game when I do something that forces idle time, I did my pushups and setups. I will do more pushups later, but setups as I have said, are a once a day thing. Still, I hit my goal, simple as it was. Then I did some more of the kitchen. I was not quite as through with the dishes as I had thought, though the cleaning itself is pretty much done, other than sweeping. That I am saving until after I change the litter boxes... a messy job that. More and more dishes, some straightening, and of course my game.

Then I received a call from the V.A. One of the consults came through and I am now scheduled for that. Then another call came in, and we scheduled for that. All told, I have four upcoming appointments, a twenty four hour urine sampling and blood pressure recording to do (the latter test I have to travel there in order to be fitted for) and... some other stuff. Plus, there are a few more things coming, on top of the medicine(s) I have to start or continue (almost forgot about the potassium). Anyway... it has started.

I did not brush my teeth until mid-afternoon. It simply slipped my mind. But I did get to it, and I brushed last night. I bought Crest whitening system recently and will see if it works. I chew tobacco and drink soda... well, coffee now... so it will only help a bit even if it works. I figure if I use it quarterly, for two weeks, that should get the pearlies as good as they will get. As I am moving on, my lists are growing, things to do, chores, tasks, jobs. People to call. Places to go. So it goes. I am not really back in the saddle, but I put a strong foot into the stirrup. We will see if my butt meets the leather of the saddle before too long.

I was hoping to have the kitchen spic and span before making food but my stomach revolted. What a beast! Still, fair is fair, and I have deprived the thing of anything solid for quite some time. I purchased pork chops, on the half sale rack, yesterday. I thought I would cook them last night but it just did not happen. Best to use that meat FAST, I have found. It seems today was fast enough. Pan fried, then making pan gravy, along with a couple of potatoes and a glass of milk. NICE! I had forgotten what good home cooked food tasted like. The gravy was not my best effort, if it worked well enough. I was so hungry I... hurried? Yeah, we will say that. Noice!

Well, back to tinkering until my stomach does what it does and I can walk again. Snakes have it on us there, mostly and most of the time. Have a good one, or do not. You really do choose.

5 comments:

  1. PS. I love your blog post title.. Busy, busy, busy..

    YAY! WOOHOOO! EXCELLENT! YIPPEE!

    A day when your "up" is a good day indeed ;)

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  2. Oh, I like choices. I don't always make them, but I like them. And I must admit, I am not truly up. I am simply not down. Trending upward though, trending can be good too.

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  3. Hey speaking of bargains in the meat department, I was at Albertson's yesterday evening and scored two three-packs of bone-in ribeye (cut nice and thick) at...get this...$4.77 a lb! Gawh...I haven't had ribeye in a dang long time because prices have been through the roof ($8-$10/lb). But now I have five more in the freezer waiting for me.

    And then if that wasn't enough, over the speakers came a special at the meat counter: normally $4.99/lb 90% lean ground beef clearance at $0.99/lb. Wha! After the guy in front of me got his share, I took the rest--about 5 lbs that I cooked up this morning and froze for future projects.

    Serendipity or God's timing. I prefer to believe the latter.

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  4. Yeah, I noticed ribeyes on a big sale hereabouts too. When they price it outside of the reach of sales, they end up with a lot of rotten meat. People do not have, and those that have even a few nickels and decide to spend them, are spending them on more functional or long term goods, not steak.

    I hope this eventually drives Turner out of the beef business. He has pretty much cornered the market.

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