• Aging Parents,  Assisted Living,  Health,  Moving,  Uncategorized

    Unwelcome Surprise this Week and Planning Mom’s Move

    Thursday, May 14 Well, sometimes things don’t go quite as planned. We have to accept that. I’m having a little mini crisis. Since about 8:30 last night, about an hour after dinner, I began having a sharp pain in my left side. I’m familiar with it. It’s some type of colon flare I get – it’s rare now when I get it and short lived. Sometimes I can just ignore it and it will go away. But this time it’s being a little persistent bugger. I was able to sleep since I took Tylenol, but awoke to pain again this morning at 4:00. I drank a whole glass of water…

  • Health,  Nutrition

    A Health Scenario: Things I’m Doing Right vs Things I’m Doing Wrong

    Good morning. Wow, 3rd day in a row is it? I’ve been blogging daily. It feels like old times. And I think it’s been a good thing for me. I want to thank everyone for the nice supportive comments in the last couple of days. I’m fine and will be fine – I think. I am frustrated but the frustration is a good thing as it will bring along change – hopefully. I’m always changing things and still nothing seems to work as far as weight and health numbers. But I’ll tighten the rules and self discipline – which I definitely have the skill set for. I lost weight with…

  • Cooking,  Depressoin,  Health,  Medical

    Medical Dilemmas and Depression Over THAT!

    Good morning lovelies. I fixed a lovely pasta dish yesterday with ground chicken, white wine, chicken broth, olive oil, garlic, parmesan cheese and seasonings (tarragon, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes) and garnished with parsley and more parmesan. I also added in a cup of pasta water that it boiled in, a TBSP of vinegar, and a little honey for sweetness. I steamed veggies in the chicken broth also, with a bit of butter, red pepper flakes and a dash of salt and a lot of pepper and then cut up some cold fresh tomato on top. I will say that this provides a nice summer time dish. I think real…