I haven't posted for a couple of days but I didn't have anything new or different to write about (still don't have much). My sister and her husband stopped by yesterday on their way south; we visited for a while and they took me to lunch. I haven't seen them for a while and it was a real treat to get together.
I made a trip to Home Depot this morning to get some "Kilz" to use as a primer on my bathroom ceiling in the tub/shower area. Like everything else in the house, there is wood paneling there which was exposed during the remodeling. I don't even remember what had been slapped up to hide the paneling. Can you just imagine this house when it was new, with laminate wood paneling on every wall, ceiling, floor, closet, etc. I had to contend with it when I moved in which is why I painted everything! It wasn't even nice looking paneling - probably the cheapest the manufacturer could find. I wonder how many mobile homes are still out there with that horrible paneling!
I'm looking forward to starting the paint job but then I'm not. I will want to be extremely careful to not drip any paint on my new fixtures or floor. I'll just take it slow and easy. I also don't look forward to the stretching which I know I'll pay for in aches and pains.
After a few weeks of feeling pretty good in the mornings, I seem to be sliding back down. Someone sent me a website about Hashimoto's, and one thing it stressed is that I shouldn't eat grains, sugar, or dairy. I really enjoy a bowl of cereal and fruit in the morning but I will give it up when the cereal box is empty. I never add sugar to anything, but have become addicted to sweet snacks, so they won't be replaced. I will miss the dairy, but without cereal it won't be too bad except if I want to make a protein shake. Try as I might I cannot stand the thought of almond or coconut milk. I'm told it is really good, especially the almond milk, but I'm not buying it one bit! I absolutely won't give up the 1/2 and 1/2 in my coffee though!
As usual, I have to get up about every 2 hours at night, and on my way back to bed I look out the window at the night sky. I can't believe how dark it is until 3 or 4am when Orion appears along with a few other bright stars/planets. Then before dawn the sky is totally void of anything and is dark again. If I had a view of north or south I might see more - in the west is downtown Sacramento and thus more lights, although a really bright object appears sometime (I'm thinking of Venus). I have a telescope that I used when I lived in Ireland, and then gave it to one of my sons when I came back. He returned it to me but I doubt if I could properly assemble it again or even if I still have the instructions. I should try it and maybe take it out in the back yard.
I need some lunch. The lunch I ate yesterday with my visitors was so filling that I never could even think about supper. (I had chicken enchiladas with all the delicious sides that come with them.)
So here we are coming up on another weekend soon. I would love to slow time down just a bit because it seems to be accelerating out of control lately.
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I know that feeling about time flying. I need to give up some sugar but it's gping to have to wait til my bag of M & Ms are gone.
ReplyDeleteAnd I sure can relate to your M&M's! I have several bags of sweet treats that I recently bought at Costco.
DeleteAre you buying the almond milk prepackaged? That stuff is loaded with preservatives and other unpronounceable chemicals.
ReplyDeleteI make mine from scratch, a bit time consuming but it beats itchy-n-scratchy routine when I consume dairy. I like it in my tea or coffee. Another nut milk that is easier than almond milk to make is cashew milk because you don't have to strain it. Soak the cup of raw cashew pieces over night in the fridge, drain and rinse. Place in the blender with a 1 1/2 or 2 cups of water and whizz for 3 minutes. Depending on how thin you like it you can add enough water to make it a quart. I add a pinch of stevia extract powder and a quarter to half teaspoon of vanilla extract for a different taste sometimes.
I've never been much of a milk drinker from the earliest I can remember. I would never drink a glass of white milk - if I had to I would add chocolate or something to modify the taste. I do like whole white milk in my cereal though, but I'll just give it up rather than drink something that just doesn't seem natural to me.
DeleteMother's house was built in the 70's. With that said, she to this day loves her paneling! I wish this was my house so I could use Kilz to paint over it!!!
ReplyDeleteThere is decent looking paneling, but mine was on every inch of wall, ceiling, closets, etc. It was so depressing just looking at it as it was the cheapest of cheap stuff to begin with. I probably went overboard, but I painted every single room a bright and different color!
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