300+ Support Group- Elves in July! 2009 :)

[HSingARMYmom]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Bill

Good morning all. TGIF!!!!

Here's my food for the day.

Breakfast- 2 whole eggs, 4 whites, 3 Esskay turkey bacon, 70gms blackberries, 2c green tea
43gms protein, 11gms carbs.

Lunch- 5oz grilled burger, 1oz cheddar cheese, freezer slaw, 2c green tea.
42gms protein, 6gms carbs.

Supper- 6ozs chuck roast, large slad, 2c green tea.
42gms protein, 7gms carbs.

NEXT!

Food looks great Bill. I've seen you mention Freezer Slaw a few times - care to share a recipe?

[alaskanlaughter]

good morning zer

[Zer]

G'day, Ruth. Love hearing about Alaska - a lot different from what we think it is like. Rain forest? Amazing!

[HSingARMYmom]

Hey y'all. I'm on my way upstairs to clean the bedrooms. I got a call from DH earlier today - he leaves Camp Liberty in 3 days!!! He should be home the 16th or 17th - he'll be in Kuwait till he gets a flight out - whoo hoo, less than a week! xxxxcrossing fingersxxxx Anyway...

Ruth, I get really tired in the summer too - doesn't matter what i'm doing. The heat just sucks the energy out of ya. You've been doing awesome with your walking - don't sweat the small stuff and do what you can.

Bill, the mangasizer thing sounds really cool. Great job on finding something that you will be able to do from your chair. I'm sure the weight will now fly off your body and you'll feel so much better from the extra movement.

Jean, sorry about the campground thing - seems like everywhere is tacking on extra fees whereever/whenever they can. Maybe there's a private campground around that doesn't make you have reservations? My stepmom said that the private campgrounds around her are now cheaper than the state one's because people are just not doing as much recreational stuff due to the economy and the private campgrounds desperately need the business.

Deb, most monster-in-laws suck. I'm sorry yours is being such a pill. I have the opposite problem - my mil loves me and wants to spend a lot of time with us (we're the only one's with kids). My husband is the favorite (which he hates!) and is treated like the proverbial prodigal son whenever we go to visit. Leroy is a very unassuming guy and doesn't like the extra attention (or the resentment that comes from his 2 brothers!). Beyond ignoring the behavior I don't know what to suggest - it sucks from the other side too. At least you'll know the behavior NOT to emulate towards your new DIL. Good luck!

Gotta share: I won't record an "official" weight till tomorrow but I saw 338 this morning on the scale - finally some downward movement! Lets just pray that it holds till tomorrow!

[debkeversole]

howdy Zer!! one of my best memories of my boys being little is watching the bird feeder together

and oh when it snowed! the tree was a huge evergreen and the cardinals such a beautiful shade of red against a backdrop of the white snow...wonderful!
and identifying them with a book from the library good good memories


i will try to be a better MIL.. already i share all my pictures i have with her(DIL)! probably more than she wants me too!! and i know i ain't gonna miss out on my grandchildren growing up the way Roseanna has selfish she is

i just hate that it still hurts DH so much

[Tyrone Bill]

Originally Posted by lucky51

Bill, I have looked at those, but wasn't sure if they would work. I have it bookmarked so please let us know how you are doing with it.

Lucky I tried it already for about 15 minutes I like it. This particular one has some weight to it 18 pounds so its pretty stable. If you get it you may have to get a small rubber mat to keep it from walking. My wife got a small rubber mat from a local dollar store that works perfectly. I would recommend this piece of equipment.

Bill

[debkeversole]

MIN i must have been typing when you posted!! a week! whoohoo!! enjoy!!

[HSingARMYmom]

Originally Posted by Zer

My sister works HARD to avoid being a burr under her kids' saddles - and to be a MIL her daughter's partner likes to hang out with. He's a gourmet cook/baker and she's delighted to let him take over prep of meals. She brought me a bit of creme anglais (custard that pours) he whipped up. TO DIE FOR!!! Awesome!

Sunny in SoCal as the birds battle over two feeders my niece filled with seed. Half a dozen regulars, with a few passing strangers. What a great show! Got to get a bird book so I can identify the wee gaudy yellow ones and red-capped.

Picking my way carefully through carbs that show up on my tray. Choices!

Here's hoping y'all have a healthy LC day today! Drink plenty of water too!

Good morning Zer. I'm glad to see that your sister works so hard to get along with her daughter's partner - I hope i'm able to remember to be fair and unjudgemental when it comes to my own children's choices. I don't have to like them - its enough that they do. Hopefully I will have raised them to make good choices for life partners.

I'll keep my eyes open for a bird book - I think I saw one at the local thrift store yesterday. I'll check it out later (the store's in my town about 3 blocks away) for you.

Its got to be so hard to have to pick your way thru meals prepared by others. I'm proud of you for doing your best. Keep up the good work!

[Tyrone Bill]

Originally Posted by HSingARMYmom

Food looks great Bill. I've seen you mention Freezer Slaw a few times - care to share a recipe?

This is my favorite kind of coleslaw. Its the one we got as kids. I don't remember the carb count for the whole recipe. All I know is a good healthy cup and a half is only about 6 carbs.

FREEZER SLAW*
1 c. vinegar
1/4 c. water
2 c. sugar/or equivilant sugar substitute
1 tsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. salt
1 med. head cabbage, shredded
1 carrot, grated
1 green pepper, shredded

Shred cabbage and sprinkle with one tsp salt. Mix well and let stand while making dressing (one hour).

Bring to boil: vinegar, water, sugar/equivilant sugar sub, mustard, and celery seed. Boil for one minute. Remove from stove and let cool.

Squeeze excess moisture from cabbage. Mix in other vegetables. Pour cooled dressing over slaw. Mix and put in freezer containers and freeze. Yields 3 pints. Slaw can be refrigerated for use without freezing.

My DW will drain and reserve as much liquid from the finished product as possible then divides the slaw evenly in vacuum seal bags. Then redistributes the liquid evenly among the bags. Freezes then vacuum seals. This adds about 3 or more months to the recommened 3 month limit.

[bjw]

Deb,
I swear we have the same MIL. I just grin and bear it or stay completely away. It hurts me so bad for dh and kids. It has gone on for 30 plus years now and my kids my see her 1-2 times a year. Brush it off and be the best MIL you can.
Jean

[debkeversole]

Originally Posted by bjw

Deb,
I swear we have the same MIL. I just grin and bear it or stay completely away. It hurts me so bad for dh and kids. It has gone on for 30 plus years now and my kids my see her 1-2 times a year. Brush it off and be the best MIL you can.
Jean

thanks Jean that means a lot.. i just don't understand how anyone could be like that and still think we should adore her?/ she wonders why my DS19 doesn't return her calls uuggh!

[**Lola**]

Happy friday everyone.

Cool exercise machine Bill.

Sorry to hear about your rude MIL Deb.

[Houston Heather]

My MIL "was" pretty selfish. The day of my husband's accident all she did was complain about her arthritis, and how it was a big deal for her to sit in the hospital chair (a very nice one). Everytime someone asked me how I was doing, she'd start up with her ACHY BONES. Grrr. She also refused to allow Ron lifesaving surgery, but fortunately it wasn't her choice.

They plotted to get him out of my care and into a nursing home, and when we called them on it - Ron was in a coma and I WARNED THEM he could probably hear everything they said, but they plotted right in front of him while I was gone, I fought it, they slandered me, etc. Then Ron said he didn't want any contact if they couldn't treat me with respect due his wife. They disowned us. I think they were happy to get rid of any responsibility to him.

Ron decided, based on that and many other issues, after MANY attempts at patching up, "Let's all put the past behind us..." and getting the finger again and again, to treat them as if they had died the day of the accident. Terrible accident, took out all my inlaws.

Such a RELIEF! They had promised to help care for Ron, and told me 12 hours before his discharge I was on my own. God took care of us, and I thank Him every day that I'm not "beholden" to them. They would have never let me forget "We got Ron a glass of water, YOU OWE US!".

Now, all that depressing business over with, I am crawling out of the nasty depression-hole. Pretty soon I'll be as happy as a lark, flitting around. I can't wait for it.

I see it as the big blessing of Bipolar disorder, the mood, whatever it is, will only last a couple of weeks for me (everyone's different). Good!

Tomorrow fun stuff for me, work in the garden. We have 2 growing seasons and the fall season starts in late August. Plenty of time to work some manure and woodchips into the garden beds, prepping them for fall crops!

Due to "outside cat" issues I do not grow root crops, I plan to get some stuff like kale, collards, and broccoli started at least. I feel like a loser admitting this, but it's a lot easier for me to buy my lettuce than to try and grow it! Same with squash, I have to BUY mine!

I also have a big sack (literally) of the cutesy little Christian romance novels I love, so maybe a nice cool bath with a romance novel after I'm done in the garden.

[Tyrone Bill]

Heather it never ceases to amaze me how ruthless and unkind relatives can be. The decision to treat them as deceased was probably the best way to handle the situation. Its their loss not you or your DH's.

As for cat problem. Here's two methods that work. With my choice being the second.

Planting some smelly plants around the edge of your garden. Cats hate strong smells on their fur and will avoid any place where they could get bad odors transferred on them.

The best and most immediate solution I've run across is to put stakes around the perimeter of your garden. Take some heavy cord and secure to the top of each stake running from one stake to the other. It doesn't have to be very high. Just high enough so that a teabag suspended from the cord would be about nose level to a cat. Collect as many used teabags as you can from your own use, neighbors and kin. Tie these teabags so they hang from the cord around your garden. Put a few drops of eucalyptus oil on the each tea bag. This is a method my DW and I used with great success. Periodically replenish each teabag with a few drops of the eucalyptus oil. .

Hope you get a chance to try it. Happy gardening to you.

[Tyrone Bill]

Originally Posted by **Lola**

Cool exercise machine Bill.

Thanks Lola, I think its going help me a lot.

[HSingARMYmom]

Hey guys - just a quick hi and hello. I'm taking a break from upstairs cleaning (OMG!!! The kids' rooms were DISGUSTING!) to cook dinner. Mushroom quiche for Megan and I, leftover roast beef and frozen broccoli for the boys. I'll check back in later. TTFN!

[dee730]

cool exercise bike bill
I am sooo bad both my treadmill and bike are collecting dust
hopefully one day I will have the energy to work on them

great job on menus everyone mine meals have been pretty good --water well that is a different story still working on it

min I know you are getting sooo excited to have LeRoy home

hugs to all have a great evening

[debkeversole]

eye acting up again so another benedryl early evening but i am so grateful that it isn't pinkeye just an itchy rash on the eyelid

[Tyrone Bill]

DEE- with me being so inactive and restricted in my movement, I'll be using it. I need all the help I can get.

[Tyrone Bill]

Goodnight Deb, sweet dreams. Benadryl do your thing!!

[HSingARMYmom]

I'm just doing my evening check in - i'm going to bed early tonight - wading thru stinky children's rooms has worn me out. hehe

I was good foodwise - too busy to eat.

B: couple bites of cold chicken breast
L: chicken breast dipped in salsa
D: mushroom quiche, couple slices of roastbeef, broccoli w/ shredded cheese, berries w/ h.m. whipped cream
H2O: not too good - I think I drank at least 2 big (32 oz.) cups but I don't think much more

Anyway, hope everyone else's day went well. Talk at ya tomorrow. 'night!

[Tyrone Bill]

Min I posted the 'freezer slaw' recipe. Did you catch it??

[alaskanlaughter]

im done with a busy day...got the house straightened up, dinner cooked, served and cleaned up, dishwasher going...took toddler and my friend who doesnt have transportation to the store, bathed toddler, brushed teeth and off to bed for him...took older son out to meet up with a friend to stay the night with them...came home and went for a BRISK walk on a new route...was a nice cool night, no bugs, and i'm gonna call it two miles, the length seemed right but the time was shorter, possibly because i was walking brisker than usual(?)...so im gonna call it good at two miles...going to bed soon nite all

[Tyrone Bill]

G'nite Ruth.

[Tyrone Bill]

Hi everybody I wish a happy and healthy weekend to all.

Here's what I'm eating.

Breakfast- 2 whole eggs, 4 whites, 3 Esskay turkey bacon, 70gms blackberries, 2c green tea
43gms protein, 11gms carbs.

Lunch- 5oz grilled burger, 1oz cheddar cheese, freezer slaw, 2c green tea.
42gms protein, 6gms carbs.

Supper- 6oz Cajun spiced orange-roughy fillet; tomato basil salad (1 med(5.2oz) tomato, 1/8c chopped onion, 4 thinly sliced basil leaves) dressed w/evoo & taragon vinegar; 1/2 med grilled peach
40gms protein, 8gms carbs.


Now you!!

[debkeversole]

[alaskanlaughter]

morning everyone i got up with toddler at the usual time so my guy can sleep in...older son is with his friend, spent the night...dont have much to do today, because since i'm home all week i can get alot of it done then...i hate not having anything to do LOL

[debkeversole]

how is your temperatures looking there today Ruth?? not still close to 90 i hope

[alaskanlaughter]

no it cooled off yesterady to mid 70s and today its only in the mid 60s and might even rain a little

[Tyrone Bill]

Originally Posted by alaskanlaughter

no it cooled off yesterady to mid 70s and today its only in the mid 60s and might even rain a little

Ah you're getting some relief from the heat. Do you want I should bottle up humidity and send it
to you? We have plenty to spare.