It's all in the planning

I have said that I have forgot how to cook in recent weeks and Hubs agreed with me.

Last night I was telling him that we ought to hire someone to cook for us when we get older. He said " We will have someone to cook for us...in the nursing home!" I don't think so, honey. I'm not going to any nursing home for a long, long time.

I had to laugh.

Sniff, sniff, achooouu...

When I feel good, everything goes great; however, when I am sick, well things just fall apart. Does anyone know why this happens and does this happen to you? Most times I can suck it up and being sick doesn't bother me. The last week I have had what I thought was a horrible allergy thing in my head. You know the sneezing, stuffy nose, watery eyes and general achy feeling. It is becoming a head cold now.

Not being one to rush off to the doctor, I wait and wait to see if I can heal on my own. I usually give myself three days to get sick, three days to have it and three days to get over it. It has always worked for me in the past. So, I should start feeling better by Saturday. I hope so anyway.

Everything just sorta falls apart when I am not feeling my best. I don't feel like eating because nothing taste good, so I eat the wrong foods. House work falls to the way side, washing clothes, and any and all cleaning. Everything comes to a screeching halt. Why is it that getting older has to be so hard sometimes. Nothing heals as as fast as it used to.

I worked sick on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It is homecoming time in east Texas. It is funny that I can work sick, but not exercise sick. I finally took Monday off from work. Missed two days of exercise. My brain is in a fog and I can barely think straight. Add to that not sleeping and you get a cranky sick woman. Argh!

I went back to exercise yesterday, I will be off work till next Tuesday and I have exercise again tomorrow. Why does it hurt so much when you start back to exercise? Did I give myself enough time to be sick? I think so. I hope so. I cooked an eye of round roast last night with rice and green beans. That was the best meal in a while that I have cooked. My appetite is a little better though I can't taste or smell anything.

For me, nothing is worse than being just a little sick. Just sick enough to feel yucky, but not sick enough to go to bed. And why is it that after I have been sick, I feel all hot and sweaty even after just standing and working? I can't stand that feeling. Do any of you get like that after being sick?

I hope none of you are suffering with allergies or a cold. I'm upping my doses of vitamin C and taking my vitamins. I'll talk with you later.

Honey, I need your help?

I have been thinking a while about my house. Things aren't the way I want it to be arranged. I know it is a pain in the neck to have to be so precise about my furniture and how it works together. Why is it that it takes me so long to arrange it how I really like it and how it works the best for each room? Every thing was made for my former home. It took me a while to decorate it after the remodel, but it was perfect. I think it takes a while to get the feel of a new place before it all feels just right.

I need an extra storage room and it would be great if we (I mean my Hubs) would take down the trundle bed and move it to our computer room. We gave my niece and nephew our elliptical and treadmill and kept the Total Gym. The fourth bedroom is where we decided to put the littler box and the things that never get used. I will work on that room later, but for now, I am happy with the change. In my former house, we had built the perfect place for the litter box in the wash room. The cats are too afraid to go outside here. The old home had a screened porch for the cats with a little door for them to go outside. We need something like that here. Just not sure where to put it or if I want it.

I went to exercise on Friday and then to work to do the days orders and then it was time to work on a wedding. The bride wanted something different and fun. My former boss, Courtney, took the order months ago. She was moving to her apartment that day, so the wedding became my job. I had a time with the bouquet because none of the colors matched. I think the wholesaler man is color blind. He missed the mark. I finally got it all together, though, it is not my taste. I hope the bride liked it. Last minute changes make me crazy. Part of the flowers were silk and the rest was fresh. I had to go and buy silk roses. Courtney planed on using something else. The bride wanted roses so she got them. I forgot to tell you that she wanted white feathers and crystals in her bouquet.

I used Star fighters, which are more burgundy than hot pink, dark pink mini Calla lilies, and suppose to have hot pink roses. The roses looked more peachy pink than the color I needed. Why do wholesalers not get it. I think the owner should call the wholesaler and tell him that he was way off on the colors. I did order the flowers, but is it my responsibility to complain? We have had nothing but bad flowers the last month. A problem with the roses not being good. It irks me to no end to get stuff that in no good. If I don't like it then will the customers? I don't think so.

Saturday, I woke up late and thought I was late for exercise and work. I thought it was Friday again. Argh...
I was so tired by the time I got home Friday that I don't want to relive that day again.


I made home made vegetable soup on Saturday. It is even better today. I also made chicken salad for lunch. My cooking has improved this weekend. I told my hubs that I think I have forgotten how to cook. You know what he said? "I think you have, too." Something about my taste buds is off and nothing taste right. It really makes cooking a challenge. I would love to have someone cook for us. I would not mind doing the dishes at all. We eat so differently now than when our sons lived at home. I no longer do large meals with two or three vegetables. I keep it simple. Just the basics. I think I am just tired of cooking and with the summer heat it was too hot to entertain the idea of cooking or grilling out.

Thankfully, the temps this week are so much cooler than previous months. I hope it doesn't get that hot again.

I decided to host Thanksgiving at our home again. Last year, hubs, told his sister that we didn't want to have it here. We host it because Hubs won't go to their homes. He hates to travel. It sure is a lot of work, but I usually enjoy it. You have no idea of the crazy things that my brother-n- law says to me. You're not going to believe this.

Every since he had open heart surgery a few years back, he has been so obnoxious. He's always spoke his mind. Last year, as everyone was leaving he came up to me and sang a stupid song to me about needing to find a map to locate all the rolls of fat. I kid you not, he thought that he was funny. Every year he gets worse. I cringe at the thought of what he will say next. One year he called my boobs grapefruits. Good lord this man is crazy. I never want to be in a corner with him. What is it about old age that he thinks he can say anything? I hope I am never like him. I have to laugh at him and his nonsense.

I love my SIL, but I feel sorry for her being married to such a man. I was so shocked that I could not say anything. I thought about it for a long time. He is an old man. I will give him that...he won't live forever. He didn't know that would hurt my feelings. So what's up with his behavior?

Our sons said that Thanksgiving is the only time they get to see all of their cousins and their families. After thinking hard on this, I decided to have it at our home. I will expect the unexpected remark from him, but this time I will have a reply ready for him.

Ya'll be blessed.

Please don't talk about the weather

Remember the good old days where small talk revolved around talking about the weather? Or talking about fishing? There's not enough water in the lakes to fish. No rain in weeks and we are having a HEAT WAVE. Since this non ending heat spell has stayed over the central states, no one including myself even wants to talk about the weather anymore. Today's high is 108 degrees. It is grating on my nerves. Everywhere you go it is HOT. There is no place to go to escape it. Even the stores are hot. Argh!

What are you doing to stay cool?

I go to exercise three times a week and I can hardly breath when I finish. Add the heat...no one is happy. Our yard is dried up except for the areas in the front and back close to the house where Hubs waters. He get up at the crack of dawn, goes out and waters before he goes to work. Remember? He planted a lot of trees last Spring and he's doing his best to keep them alive.

Last week I worked at the flower shop. I looked forward to going to work. Guess what? It was hot there too. The day before my boss' mother and I traveled two hours to go to a silk wholesaler. And, YES, it was not air conditioned. Thought I was gonna die. I designed five new pieces for a beautiful old church in town. That took me about five hours.

I worked the next week as well. Processed flowers on Monday, designed arrangements for the cooler and did the days orders as well as the ones for tomorrow. You know it's a sad day when my mind co-operates and my body won't. I have been in some sort of flair. I hurt especially from all of the standing. Add in a lot of heat and I am not too happy. It has taken me most of the week to recover from standing. I only thought I was in good shape until I went to work. Argh! Again.

I have to say that I was able to do more than I thought I could do. I went to exercise, then had a little lunch, then off to work. I laid off today and gave myself a break because when I woke up this morning my arm hurt so bad that I could barely lift it. I'm laying low right now.

RAIN FINALLY...

While some of you have received too much rain and flooding waters from the recent hurricane, we have not received any. Right now Texas is about 17 inches below our annual rainfall. We beat the records for the number of days over a hundred degrees. In fact before this rain, we were at day 59 of temperatures over 100 degrees. It has been horrible.

While I sympathize with those in the flooded areas, I have to admit I am so very thankful for this rain. We have had forest fires all around us. It looks like this week our temps will be below or at 90 degrees. And that puts me in a much better mood.

I hope all of you are with standing the weather no matter what you may have to deal with right now.