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Simple Sunday

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I hope you all had a nice 4th of July. I did my walk and then a few extra things. I must have felt good enough that I painted the front door. It’s been on my list forever, and I guess it was the right day. I might start doing all the window trims as it is the same color but we’ll see.

My daughter got out an old grow light of Barclay’s, and I put it near my orchids as it is full spectrum. Hopefully, that will encourage a few spikes. Growing orchids has been a fun hobby and a challenge since I tend to overwater. The light purple one that I had spiked is still going strong. I love that orchids keep on and on.

Today is open, and I’m thinking about what I’d like to do. It’s been nice being home and not thinking about going out to do anything. I do like structure and a schedule, at least of some sort.

First, I’ll go for a walk as it’s cool out and there are some great cloud formations. Next week still looks good temperature-wise, and then it creeps back to the 90’s.

I want to plan out some dinner ideas, being on the low carb. It does take a little more planning to not just fall back on pasta or potatoes. I know I’ll pull some chicken from the freezer and maybe the ground turkey. Last night we had steamed broccoli and a souper cube of meatloaf I had made a while ago. It was ok, not great. I think that had some breadcrumbs in it, so not totally low-carb. I’ll continue to assess as this goes along. So far, it’s not terribly difficult except for maybe the bread or bagels.

I do need to hit up Costco for romaine lettuce, as I’ve been using that to make turkey or ham roll-ups with cheese. Not too bad, and I like the crunch. I also want to buy some squash, and they have a big bag of both zucchini and yellow squash. I could try the sliced zucchini lasagna. I don’t want to overthink this and keep it simple.

I didn’t do a whole lot yesterday and was kinda tired all day. I finished a book on my Kindle that I’ve read numerous times and is one of my favorites: Meg Wolfe’s series. They are some of my favorite books to reread.

Today, after waking and having breakfast, I’ll see if I want to go to the Auburn gym. If I go to Maheny gym tomorrow, then I could skip today. I’ll wait and see how I feel in a bit.

We finished watching Project Hail Mary last night, and it’s a great movie. I’d definitely recommend but it’s long, so we did it two nights. It’s on Prime.

Menu Monday

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The RG beans were outstanding. I added onion, garlic, and some of my homegrown oregano. I’ll definitely buy them again.

In no particular order this week:

I’m planning on BBQing burgers one night as the weather is going to be fabulous. I don’t have any beef, though, in the freezer, so I may stop at Costco after the pool when I go this week.

I’m planning on a BLT night with homemade sourdough and avocado. I’ll cook extra bacon for the quiche.

I have extra-heavy cream, so I’ll try a quiche with bacon and Gruyère. The last one I made didn’t come out very well for some reason. It was not custardy but kind of dry. I’ll check the recipe; I may have the egg/cream ratio wrong. I’m going to use puff pastry instead of a regular crust, as I have some in the freezer.

I have chicken pot pies in the freezer, or I have chicken shredded, I can make my own.

I think I’ll cook up some brown rice and do some kind of bowl.

Other days, I’ll have to see what needs using up.( the beans with tortillas)

Today, I plan on staying home as I’m feeling a bit tired. The only thing I really need to do is get gas in the VW, but I’ll wait and see what I get done this morning. I like Mondays to be my reset day for the week. Plus, I like to do a full house dusting and tidying.

Here’s the Hokusai. I didn’t realize it was on canvas, but I still like it. Plus my newest orchid. I’m sort of obsessed with getting them to rebloom. I’m watching two that haven’t put any spikes up. I think I’ll take the one out of the pot and clean the roots. From watching YouTube, I guess it’s important to snip off the dead roots. I also have moss in my Amazon cart to buy, which is used for orchids.

Five on Friday

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After my Velcade shot, I went down to the library and dropped off my books and picked up a new cookbook and a new Patterson. Traffic was weirdly light, so I’m guessing it’s the school’s spring break. Then I came home and did a few things.

I got the sourdough in the oven to bake. This loaf did ‘spring’ much, and I’m guessing my starter was strong enough. It still tasted good, though. I feed my starter and will probably do one more before I use it again.

Then I prepped for dinner by making oven bacon( while the sourdough was cooking. I had planned on BLTs with avocado for dinner. I had gotten Dave’s White bread at Costco because it was on a coupon, so I used that.

After a while, I took Dex and lay down for a bit. Dex doesn’t really kick in for a few hours. It was quite windy out, so I didn’t sit out very long. Today the temperature is around 70, so I should be able to sit out on the patio some.

Since it’s a dex day, I usually do those little things I see that need doing. The spot on the wall, the dust in a corner. Weirdly, Dex makes me so focused, and yet I won’t drive. Go figure. The only admin thing I need to do is call Allstate and cancel the auto insurance. I’ll do that in a bit.

My new fun hobby is getting orchids to rebloom. These took over 6 months, but I did get some!

Five on Friday

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I slept ok last night, but at least it wasn’t the Dex sleep, which is where I sweat. Also, I don’t have the super red Dex face. Plus, I feel fairly normal. So the big question will be how my numbers will respond. 🙁

I have to drop off a return to the post office. It was a pair of sandals I thought my feet would like. No, they didn’t. I have terrible feet in that I have a high arch and need extra support. I guess I’ll just keep to Birkenstocks.

Sunday time changes, and the evenings will be nice, but mornings will be darker at 6:30am. That’s ok for now. I do just wish they would pass legislation to end daylight savings.

I plan on meeting up with my library friends for a quick coffee. I don’t want to be there too long, as there are some things I want to get done around the house. My one friend is going in for breast cancer surgery next week, so I want to say hi. Fortunately, it’s a lumpectomy and not radical. I think it’s been a bit of a shock as she is over 80, and honestly, you’d think by then nothing like this would happen.

Our warmer weather is back starting today. All next week it looks to be in the 70’s, so very nice. I may get out webi the BBQ and do something.

I’ve been having fun getting my orchids to rebloom. I usually toss them after they dry up or look awful, but this time I watched some YouTube channels on getting them to rebloom. I ordered some orchid mix to try and repot them, too. I have a few buds on some, so I’ll be excited if it actually works.

I guess that’s six!