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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.
Choices are a wonderful thing :)
ReplyDeletePS. I love your blog post title.. Busy, busy, busy..
ReplyDeleteYAY! WOOHOOO! EXCELLENT! YIPPEE!
A day when your "up" is a good day indeed ;)
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.
ReplyDeleteHey 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.
ReplyDeleteAnd 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.
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.
ReplyDeleteI hope this eventually drives Turner out of the beef business. He has pretty much cornered the market.