AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 07/28

I would love to see that wolf dog sanctuary. I love animals. I'm glad they have a home there. Enjoy your breakfast at Denny's leannec and enjoy a more relaxing day today.

I just got out of the shower. I woke up and had coffee. A lot of coffee. But only 1/3 caffeinated. I'm weaning myself off caffeine. I'm also going to totally abstain from drinking for the next 7 weeks. I drank about 3 or 4 glasses of wine a week. So not a whole lot. But I want to see the difference. I have been really experiencing all manner of changes lately. I don't necessarily want to attribute everything to food choices. But I'll just say that I had some anxiety last weekend. I had a hard time with focus and sitting still which is to be expected. My therapist even validated the reason so it wasn't irrational anxiety and it wasn't bipolar fueled either as I did not have racing thoughts. But once that lifted, well I've been feeling markedly better. Mentally. It could be medicine. It could be food choices. It could be that my body feels better without cigarettes. I don't know but I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth. So we will continue on.

I plan to read today. I've already started this morning. I took Ellie for a walk. Ellie and I are going to walk twice a day. We both need a little exercise. We will walk again after dinner. I have like 4 different books going. I've got to finish something.

I don't know yet what is for dinner. It depends on the ripeness of my produce. So I'll be back with better info later.

$471 would give me a heart attack cadoodlebug. My electric bill last month was nearly $200 and I was bitching. I keep my air set to 69 degrees too. Of course, my winter gas bill is around $200 too.

Very lazy day here. DH didn't sleep well at all and was feeling a bit dizzy when he got out of bed, and it was raining hard, so we decided to skip church for once.
We had a family call because 'Sophia wanted to chat' and got several minutes of very silly Sophia, and a few Lucia cameos! The two bits of real information we got from Sophia were that they had all been to the nursing home to say thank you and goodbye to the staff there, and one of the nurses gave her some chocolate for 'being a good helper when she visited nonna' and that soccer had been so much fun, because it was muddy and she fell over and 'my pants got wet, even my undies!'
I've been watching the Olympics - kayaking, archery, mountain bike riding today. Sadly missed the equestrian event I wanted to see, as got the channel and time wrong. As usual, I also got some knitting done while watching.

Dinner tonight is steak on the grill with coleslaw and maybe corn. It depends a bit how DH is feeling. He says he's much better for having a nap

jello day. jello and tea is on the menu. hoping to get more done to my extra room.. I'm getting close.
another grey day with sun peaking out.

ntsf , prep day is no fun. Wishing you a normal, healthy result tmw.

leannec , those are great photos. That looks like a wonderful way to spend the day. I miss your kitty shelter photos.

jeremysgirl , you're making such healthy changes. You're a strong, amazing woman. Decaff doesn't taste any different than coffee, imho.

cadoodlebug , can I have that doggie? He's so cute. Thank goodness your power bill wasn't $1k. $471 is bad enough.

karenlou , did you ever watch Barbara Woodhouse on PBS? "WALKIES"! For those who've never heard of her she was the dog whisperer. Whenever I go for a walk I always announce in my high pitched Barbara Woodhouse voice that it's time for WALKIES.

KelleeM , it's great that your ds is driving. Freedom is coming.

sueg , little Sophia is such a happy and sweet child. She is very verbal, too. You have a bright little dgs. How are you doing? How is your ddil?


**GypsyGirl** , how are things going over there? How is your husband doing?

Enjoy today, my tribe. Bottoms Up, ntsf .

Things are finally going very well!  His doctor told him yesterday on rounds that he had finally turned the corner!   Currently weening him off the steroids and insulin IV drip.  Once that is done he will most likely be moved out of ICU to the regular floor where he can have more intensive PT.  From there he will go to a rehab facility for a few weeks, which he is actually looking forward to because he knows from experience it means improved mobility.  I spent most of yesterday catching him up on the news of the past month.  Even when he seemed aware he just doesn't have much memory.  Had no clue Biden had dropped out of the race!  

A huge thank you to all of you for your support, thoughts, prayers, messages over the past month.  They have meant the world to me.     There is still a ways to go until he is home again, but we are headed in the right direction now! 

Good morning. I was going to make some stuffed French toast this morning and then realized I don’t have any fresh fruit to go on top so I am going to run to the store and grab some - I’m just going to wait a bit to head out and time it with a local vicarage flea market opening and swing by there and grab a small item I debated yesterday and didn’t get and if it’s still there I will grab it. If the sun comes out I’ll go for my 4 miles loop along the sound. Other that that, I am planning on crafting most of the day. Dinner will be cioppino and garlic bread.

Happy Sunday!

It has been a quiet day around here. It is raining so I need to go to the gym to get my walk in.

leannec that looks like a fun place to visit.

**GypsyGirl** so happy to hear your husband should be moving out of ICU.

I have been reading a book and watching the Olympics this morning.

All the kids and grands are coming over for dinner tonight. We will be having a beef roast and potatoes.

What a great update **GypsyGirl**! Continued prayers for him.

Yes, a lot of their equipment was old and would spark and cause fires in certain conditions. They have been working on the lines more recently and now use drones to try and identify problem area. Then they turn off power to those areas. Recently homes in our area have experienced outings (some because of faulty equipment). There have been some on our area who have lost power 3,4,5 times in the last month alone. We have been lucky. Knock on wood.

One recent fire which is awful was caused by a guy who set his car on fire and pushed it into a very dry area. I believe that's the fire in Butte county which is so far the 4th worse in CA history. They should lock him up for the rest of his life.

Ugh those electric bills are rough (and the fires are so sad). This might not be the time to mention last month we just had to pay the minimum billing for electric which is $20.00 We have solar now so it paying all our useage plus extra- even the AC (which we rarely have to use here in WA). We are getting credits for later use in the year when we won’t have as much sun so it should still be relatively low (I hope!). 

InLive in an area that’s  very close to the biggest electricity producer in the world yes that would be Niagara Falls. So our electricity cost is not high at all. This summer has been the hottest in a long time and my electric bill runs me about $90-$95 a month and  That’s with my air conditioning set at 74 and a couple of fans running that move air around the house.


Another hot day here today spent a couple hours in the pool now I’m home trying to find something for dinner