Well, I wrote the title to this and suddenly felt sleep overtaking me. I put out baked chicken breast, baked carrots and potatoes that were cooked with the chicken. Then, I fell into bed about 6 pm. So, up at 9 pm, I am still tired...lol.
In my defense we had a long day. I had an appointment with the cardiologist. It was a good appointment. He has convinced me to get the search for blockage and stint if it is necessary. Sigh....
I had to check into the hospital by telling them my name and doctor I was seeing. My temperature was checked and I had to wear a sticker. The nurse had a box of masks, so I asked her if I could have a new one. She quickly agreed and handed me one.
While I was there I decided to go to a food bank: 5 lbs. green apples, 10 beautiful tomatoes, 5 lbs potatoes, yellow bell peppers, and okra YUCK. I will fix the okra for Tommy. 1 lb. frozen ground sirloin, cans of green beans, peas, and whole kernel corn. There were lots more that was left in the car for neighbor. A bag with lots of goodies, some nutritious and some not.
I even received an apple corer/slicer. To use it you press it into an apple to cut out the core and cut it into 8 slices.
I am most happy about the yellow peppers and the tomatoes.
Of course, I went to Publix--bananas and a long John and olive oil.
On the reduced shelves, I found reduced olive oil. Lindsay extra virgin, first cold-pressed, unfiltered California olive oil. 2 for $7.49, 16.8 ounces each. So, about 34 ounces for $7.49, in glass jars.
I read an article about how olive oil from other countries is mixed with lesser quality, imported, and sold to US as first quality. The authors said no matter how good the brand, it happens. The best way to get quality olive oil, first cold-pressed, was to buy American. So, I am trying to do that and now figure I have a good supply of olive oil. I even used it for brownies. Only because I put it in the brownie mix and could barely tell it. Tommy said he could not tell. This will go into the freezer. Oh, lots of olive oil brands were on clearance.
We got spritzed by rain or found that rain had just fallen. We did not have to drive in the rain, thankfully. We ate lunch at the lake and watched the ducks and geese. All in all, it was a pleasant day.
Oh, I forgot to say--at Publix I bought a dozen pink roses for about $5.50. They were bogo. These are beautiful hot pink roses barely open.
How was your Wednesday? Storms? Find bargains?
If you need the procedure, you'll have lots of moral support. It might help you not feel so poorly so often.
ReplyDeleteSAM,
DeleteMoral support from where? I don't think this is the problem with me feeling poorly so often since i have felt this way for so long, but I could be mistaken. I would like to feel better.
What in the world is a Long John? The kind I'm familiar with are not sold in grocery stores.
ReplyDeleterhymes,\It is a long pastry filled with custard and chocolate on the top. I only buy these in grocery stores! Okay, in a pastry shop.
DeleteThe only Long John I had ever heard of was a set of long underwear! So I thought maybe a Long John that was something edible might be a cucumber or a zucchini! Never heard of the pastry. Do you think it is an Alabama thing? Oh, wait, it sounds like you may be describing an eclair.
DeleteThe only kind of long johns I knew about were the one-piece long-sleeved, lon-legged winter underwear with a flap seat! So I thought if there was an edible long john you could buy in a grocery store it might be a cucumber or a zucchini! Never heard of a pastry called a long john. Could it be a local Alabama delicacy? Oh, wait, could you possibly be describing an eclair?
Deleterhymes,
DeleteThey are different. But, some people interchange the name.
Just a few miles from you and we had a deluge.
ReplyDeleteAnne,
DeleteI saw something over that way on the radar but was not sure where it was happening. Maybe your garden is happy.
The only Long John I had ever heard of was long underwear. So I thought an edible long john might be a cucumber or a zucchini! Never heard of a pastry called a Ling John. Could it be something just in Alabama? Oh, wait, could you be describing an eclair?
DeleteNo, not just in Alabama.
DeleteIn this area of St. Louis Missouri, they call them a long john and they are sold from the donut case at grocery stores that have bakeries.
ReplyDeleteSome people also call one piece long underwear long johns, too. You don't want to get them mixed up and wear a long john (donut type) to keep warm, nor take a bite out of a pair of long johns (fabric type) because you are craving sweets!
Just curious, and not really any of my business, did your doctor say how they were going to search for blockage. I was checked a couple of years ago to make sure I had no blockages, before my knee replacement surgery. They did a nuclear medicine scan on me, where they put me into a giant cylinder, except for my head, and arms which were left sticking out above my head. They did the scan once, I think it may have taken about 20 minutes, and then I had to get out of the machine and go do the stress test for my heart, but with some sort of medicine to speed my heart up, because of my arthritic knees, treadmill was out. I drank the stuff and waited while they watched over me. I was fine. Then I had to go and get back into the scanner. This time I asked the specialist if he could cover up my arms and around my ears because it was so cold in that scanner room. I didn't have any problems or blockages anywhere, so I was okayed for knee replacement surgery. I have Afib, so I think that is why the scanning had to be done to okay me for the knee surgery. If they are doing that type of scanning on you, it is inconvenient, but not awful or painful, but takes awhile. Take care.
I think he was trying to be nasty with his cucumber comment!
ReplyDeleteThey did something called 168 slice some sort of test. Cannot remember the name. So, some of the slices showed blockage. i am fearing the worst.
They are going into my left wrist to see exactly where the blockage is. And. if the blockage is bad, then they will go through my groin to place the stent. It scares me to even write this.
I assure you I was not trying to be nasty. All I could think of were vegetables of some sort. No offense intended.
ReplyDeleterhymes,
DeleteYou are a grown ass man and you know that is a sexual comment!
Yes, I am a grown man. I will be 80 i if I live until March. I am also a Christian man. You may have read it as a sexual comment but I certainly didn’t intend it as one. *places left hand on Bible and raises right hand*
ReplyDeleteYou will probably think what you want to regardless of anything I say.
I read it exactly as you meant it to read. This is not all in my mind. Don't hide behind the fact that you are old and a Christian. No, you are the offender here, and it is not all in my mind.
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