No Roofers Today.

Another beautiful, frigid morning.  Had to close the bedroom window last night

Around 8am we had a knock on the door and there was a delivery of plywood, shingles and a bunch of other stuff as the roofers were supposed to be here this afternoon.

A little after 9 Scott stopped over with a dumpster to collect all the trash.  I can't believe how he was able to back that huge monster into our narrow driveway.  Straight as an arrow.

Gary skipped yoga as there was so much going on.  I decided to go for a trike ride before he left for lunch.  Wore a hooded sweatshirt and still needed a fleece jacket with both hoods up.  On top of the cold...it was windy.

Ride #35 and there still is a lot more Billy Easton music out there.

At 1 Little Wonder and I headed out to the Studio for some music.  The roofers did not show and should be here tomorrow.

There were three of us today and we just messed around.

Decided it was time to pick 10 songs and really learn them.  Now we have a list.....if we would just stick to it.

Shortly after I got back to the house, a neighbor dropped off two huge bags of peeled and sliced apples....the kind we have been turning into applesauce.

Threw one bag in a big pot....

and turned the other into Apple Betty.

         

I've been dying for something sweet.....moderation.  moderation.

Gary has cleaned out most of the tomatoes and is now redoing the beds they were in.

Little Wonder wanted my dinner.

Egg rolls, white rice and applesauce.  A strange combo and the egg rolls were not the healthiest thing for me, but I was still way below my sodium and potassium levels today.  Maybe I can do this again in a few weeks.  And I'm still going to have some Apple Betty.

Night all.

Bad to the Bone

Freezing here this morning!  Needed a sweatshirt and a jacket as we did not even hit 50 degrees by the time I got up.  The high was 56 and so dreary.  I did my usual and realized I had forgotten about my appointment with the chiropractor at 10.  He was willing to take me, and I was down there by 10:30.  Big Bertha was doing her things and gave me 60 seconds of peace.

I knew I was going to be bad for dinner and was careful with breakfast (1/2 cup oatmeal) and lunch.

For lunch I had half a cup of egg salad (no salt) on two romaine leaves with 5 broken up white corn chips (legal) and a couple of beets.  Tasted fine.

Little Wonder had some lap time.

Before 9am Gary got a call from the roofer, and they will be here tomorrow.  Quite a surprise. Then he called Scott to have a dumpster dropped off at 7 tomorrow morning.  Finn came up and worked for a couple of hours helping get the loft (above our kitchen....like an attic) organized and covered much of the junk up there with tarps.  Ripping off the current roofing and plywood is going to make a serious mess

Eventually we went out to the Studio.

It was windy, which made it even colder.

I even turned on my little heater.

Finished up my latest example.....watercolor with colored pencil.  Can't decide if I am going to add ink.

Now here's where things started getting bad.  I had all the stuff needed to make Naan pizzas and this was going to be the night.  The problem......Naan bread (which has been in the freezer for weeks) is the worst thing I could eat as it's loaded with just what I don't need  (that's why I had no bread for a sandwich earlier).

I put on 2 tablespoons of Gary's sauce (no salt)....more on his.

Peppers and onions (no more meat for me).

And 1/4 cup of Mozzarella cheese.

We also had a cucumber salad topped with 2 tablespoons of bean salad.  No salt.

Believe me....I savored ever bite.  Now I won't have tomato anything for awhile.

Night all.

 

Raspberries

This was a cold morning and I had to wear a jacket when I went out to mow the lawn!

I noticed there were a lot of raspberries ready.

John Deere sure does a nice job on our lawn.

Little Wonder kept me company for almost 2 hours.

After lunch I marinated some chicken for dinner.

Then Gary (he had just finished all the hand mowing) was kind enough to go out and pick.

As expected, the grass is starting to dry out and pretty soon I can get a grip back on all the pastures.

Late afternoon I tried to organize the charts I had made so it would be easier to find the sodium and potassium levels in everything I'm eating.  Now there are categories.  I'm going to have one heck of a notebook with me when I go see a dietician at the end of the month.

Not only did Gary make more sauce today, he also picked more tomatoes.

The hibiscus plants on the porch are now gigantic!  Should be a challenge finding room for them in the house.

Gary grilled the shish kebobs....Little Wonder did not last very long out on the porch.

Little Wonder did get a taste of chicken after dinner.

My friend Andrea gave me a few starts from one of her trees that I absolutely love.  Can't remember the name of it but it's loaded with pink blossoms.  I will have to bring it in the house for the winter, and then plant it in the ground next spring.

I made some coleslaw and plain white rice (no salt) to go with the chicken.

After dinner I had to head out to Wegmans....

On my way down it looked like this.

and when I got in the car to go home it was much different.

Night all.