I spent almost $200 at Costco this week. That should keep us in coffee for the month. Plus I got some stock-up things too. I bought organic crackers, Bourisan, a block of Tillamook, and lots of other things I can’t remember.

I spent $48 at Target and that was all food. I was specifically there to get their brand, Good and Gather organic milk, and half and half. I think their prices are comparable to Winco’s.

This morning I’m pressure canning chicken tortilla soup( of course, you don’t add tortillas, it’s just called that). I had bought a Costco chicken and so this was what I wanted it for. I got 4 qts in the canner right now.

Yesterday, I roasted a big tray of tomatoes to get ready to can. I used some for the soup but have enough to do a few pints in the water bath tomorrow. I think I’ll roast another pan later and then add that to the ones I can. We are getting a lot of tomatoes right now.

Finally, our weather is cooler. What a relief. The light certainly is different in the morning and evenings. We’re still walking around 5:30 but I think next week we’ll start going later. I feel like I’ve lost some mojo to get out there but maybe it’s the stress of everything.

Next week is busy as B has his first appointment with the new internal medicine oncologist. This will be at UCD and is a 1 pm appt. Definitely not my style but needs must and then he’s scheduled for the colonoscopy on Friday. I’m not sure if the new doctor thinks that he should do it or not. I suppose if there’s something in there they can remove it at least.?? Although that would be polyps so not sure his cancer is in the colon. From the radiologist’s report, it is abdominal. I did read about 2 drugs that shrink tumors so maybe that’s what will happen. I guess we’ll know soon enough one way or the other.

My first set of labs, CBC and CMP came in all looked good. Nothing unusual except it said at the bottom, I didn’t have an account and that’s why it was late. HUH??? I’ve been using Quest for 20 years. I think it was the new kid who put it in wrong but I’ll check next month. Now to get the kappa/lambda numbers and ratio.

I might go to the pool tomorrow but undecided right now. I guess it’s just been a hard summer and I’m feeling it and it’s not even over yet. The best thing for me is usually just keep to the plan and then I do ok.