DECIDING TO PLACE THE LARGE MASON JARS FULL OF NUTS IN THE FRIDGE was the early morning chore I accomplished. I wanted to do this half a year ago, but talked myself out of it thinking the jars would take up too much space in our small fridge. NUTS stay fresher when refrigerated and I wish I had done it then, but hey. I bit the bullet and went ahead making room for the six large mason jars. Now I can place more canned goods, etc. on the pantry shelves I have in the basement stairwell.
NUTS are so good for peeps. Full of nutrition and nourishment.
I think I may be heading toward being a minimalist fridge content peep. grins. Neat and orderly behind closed doors.
Aiming at eating nuts as a snack in the middle of the afternoon for energy and keeping the blood sugar levels more stable so there is less glucose spiking. Since nuts are high in calories, I need to practice mindful eating and only have a handful at a time with knit picking the amount I pop into my mouth.
ONE NUT AT A TIME THEN CHEW, CHEW, CHEW as with all foods. Mindful eating also has to do with how slow one eats with more chewing and focusing on the flavor of what is in the mouth. Making an effort to deliberately know what I have inside my mouth I consciously think of using all the teeth and not just the molars.
I am eating. Reminds me of Dr. Kellogg.
https://www.history.com/news/dr-john-kellogg-cereal-wellness-wacky-sanitarium-treatments
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg encouraged chewing 40 times before swallowing the mouthful of food as he was a fan of Horace Fletcher. Easier on the digestive track.
Chew chew chew then swallow. Kellogg made up a chewing song to go along with the chewing.
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| Horace Fletcher was a key figure of the American "Golden Age of Food Faddism" |
Having stayed at my present weight for nearly half a year, I am ready for the scale to move downward. Stuck at this number isn't my goal weight. Back to balancing out my meal with more veggies. MORE VEGGIES this week. Walking comes to mind. Jack LaLanne comes to mind.
MY PLANS this week are to PAINT the COTTAGE PANTRY. I will be pleased when this is done. My past week was occupied with medical appointments, traveling, helping Mom and gathering things to turn loose of. Can only do so much and I'm doing it.
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| BYE BYE SOFA |
We were able to get rid of the sectional leather sofa that was in the COTTAGE. Bye bye. Went to a good HOME. This clears out the COTTAGE Living room to where we can work on the inside of the COTTAGE.
A toilet, sink, a couple of medicine cabinets, and 2 carpet bed rollers were placed by the curb. They disappeared today. Some more clothing, dishes, old cameras, things from the garage, knick knacks, this 'n that, vintage hats went away over the week-end. Bye bye.
I don't want to get rid of all of my old hats as I would like to do some children's Teas where the girls can actually wear hats, but first comes downsizing, remodeling the COTTAGE, fixing up the main house to sell. Plate is full.
Getting this adventure going so we can move into our COTTAGE takes baby steps so we can get to where we are going. Having thought and prayed about how to make it all come together has required time and patience. At our age with health issues, our strength, endurance and energy levels has to be put to use in tiny increments where we can get things done.
This requires time and effort. So going slow with spurts of energy is the way we get things done these days. We are like the tortoise...slow but steady. Time seems to be the speedy hare.
1) Round one...KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE. Get rid of things not needed. Give away, donate, trash, sell. THIN OUT. Lighten the load of what needs to be moved to new location. The turning loose of so much is a huge work-out for me. I have had to come to terms with why I have hung onto so much. I felt better when I realized that my archive stash of Martha Stewart LIVING magazines were not sacred... helped me turn loose of years of her mags. Perhaps I could have made some money if I had got the mags into the right hands. Glad they are long gone. No need to dwell on this.
2) Remodel the COTTAGE. Fix up the COTTAGE so it can be moved into including major clean up of what is in the garage and cellar.
3) Bathroom and pantry worked on at the same time. Bathroom gutted and pantry painted. Get the Bathroom up and going.
6) Kitchen reworked and Utility room rearranged. Some professional wiring will be done in Utility room. New ceilings, new cabinets in, painted, tile floors laid.
7) Front of house needs leveled. New porch will be built after we move in along with patio in back yard. House painted later.
8) Front Bedroom worked over. Two small closets tore out, ceiling redone, door closed off between the two bedrooms, floor to ceiling bookshelf built, walls painted, carpet ripped up, hardwood floor laid.
9) Living room and Dining room painted. Maybe put wainscoting in the dining room. Carpet ripped up and hardwood floor laid.
10) Small Bedroom painted. Carpet ripped up and hardwood floors laid.
11) Eventually will get two antique doors that I like hung on front of COTTAGE.
12) Move. One room at a time if needed.
13) What is left at present location.....sell, donate, trash, put into storage.
14) Get the clean-up, touch ups, finish projects done that are at main house.
15) Place house on the market and sell.
LORD have mercy and help us to get this completed and provide a qualified buyer.
To look at them, you'd never know that Grandpa was rejected by his future Father-in-Law. You'd never know that Grandma's own father disowned her for marrying her sweetheart. You'd never know that while she was on her honeymoon her dad would drown in a flash flood, but first he told her, "I hope I never see you again."
You'd never know.
Just looking at someone, you may not know all that they have been through, would you? Each one of us has a history and a story to tell. Some seem better than others. Are you washed in the blood? Is your name written in the Lamb's book of LIFE? You don't always know what someone has been through or what they are going through right now. To look at my Husband, you cannot tell he has Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma or that we both have had thyroid cancer leaving us with low energy and other challenging issues. You'd never know the financial challenges we have had or marital woes we have suffered through. We still have hopes and dreams. We are so human...amen.
STORMY WEATHER YESTERDAY had us in our daughter's basement. On our way back to our main house across the river after a day of GARAGE selling, the radio station I was listening to began broadcasting a awful sound for tornadic activity alerts. Storms were north of us indicating that we'd be driving right into the path of dangerous weather.
I was driving one car and my husband another. I pulled over telling him about the news. Overhead were dangerous clouds telling us that activity is present. We'd be driving right into hail and forceful winds so we turned around and headed towards small town america where our daughter lives. She phoned Hubby asking where we were. We headed toward her HOME.
We had time to chat about the weather and headed to the basement as the Tornado Siren sounded. Into a basement closet we went. Daughter read scripture out loud as we waited the storm out. This was comforting.
The weather calmed down and we headed HOME. I was ready to fall asleep after a long day with only two hours of sleep the night before. Overall we had a decent day and I am thankful our property wasn't damaged nor were we hurt.
We can make plans, yet they all can change in a twinkling of an eye.
This week I do hope I can paint the pantry.
Clear out some more objects from the house.
DOnate things to God's Storehouse.
Repot some plants.
Stay on top of the laundry.
Write out bills.
FUTURE THOUGHTS. Keep in mind of doing soon. Probably not this week. Move some boxed Christmas decorations from a upstair Bedroom to the Kitchen to stack. Start thinning out the decorations. Bring Christmas decor that's still in the basement, upstairs as well. Stack. Thin out. Clean the COTTAGE cellar and put a muscle rack in it to store decorations. Start transferring Christmas decor to the COTTAGE. Take inventory as I go. Hallelujah when it is done. Praise the LORD and thank you, Jesus.
Thankful that I had a very productive week. May you have a BLESSED life as a child of God
and comfortable HOME,
~d
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