YESTERDAY was really busy, but a really nice day to live. I will need to rest some today to make up for the energy I used. Maybe do a load of laundry, scrub the powder room toilet and clean out the fridge. It only takes a small effort to make the inside of the fridge become mayhem. humph. Not taking it so personal will help keep balance in life.
If I clear it out, take a good look at what I have in there, it might allow me to get it back to being organized. There is no way my fridge looks like the super organized ones I have seen on youtube tutorials about getting ORGANIZED. Perhaps it's too ambitious to take on the fridge today. Maybe this week-end I can mustard up the energy to create a organized fridge once again where all the organic veggies can live together until they are eaten.
I'll be making a list of things to purchase for the week to come. Then fill the fridge ready for food prepping.
Today, A WALK will happen. A slow leisurely walk. This evening.
Right now, I am having a slow morning. Getting ready to mash a clove of garlic and swig it down with cold water. Wait a minute, then drink a hot water. Will it be a good thing? Yes. I'm up for some change. I have been taking apple cider vinegar capsules, but have ran out. So I will use 1 Tablespoon liquid apple cider vinegar with a glass of water with meals.
That will be water with the garlic, water with the apple cider vinegar, water with medicine, water with vitamins, water with Metamucil, and water with meals. Water...pure and delicious hydration. grins. I will be visiting the powder room a great deal more than before.
Still on the look out for a housecoat and cod liver oil. I'd prefer to not take anything with cellulose in it as this is saw dust. I need to make a list of vitamins, minerals and other supplements that I'd like to add to my in take. Shopping the internet might be my best bet.
With so much being ordered over the internet these days, it reminds me of stepping back in time where things were ordered from the Sears and Roebuck Catalog then delivered via train or stage coach.
Brick and mortar shops seem to be saying more often and much of the time, we don't have that in the store, but we can order it and it will be here in a couple of days. This helps with their inventory each year.
Thursday was a good one and I was contented with what got accomplished. Dropped off a load of towels to dry over at the COTTAGE. As we were leaving town, I noticed that the local Antique Shoppe had some china in the window displaying ALFRED MEAKIN Royal Ironstone China coffee cups with the TEA LEAF pattern. Five coffee cups were purchased! A quick sale for them. Cha-ching.
Not too often do I come across a piece of this Royal Ironstone China with the lustre coppery design on it. Years ago when I'd visit the Antique Emporium I'd see a piece and eyeball it. I wasn't overly impressed by these ancient dinnerware pieces, but it seemed like I was forever eyeballing them. The admiration began to soak in and my thoughts about owning some changed a tad. First, I bought a platter. Had it for a few years and then last year I bought a covered casserole/vegetable dish and positioned it amongst some other old pieces I have collected over the years.
BUT YESTERDAY 5 little coffee cups caught my eye. I tend to gravitate toward older dishes. There are a couple of styles that I just ought to purchase in sets and get it over with, but the finding a piece here and a piece there is like being on a scavenger hunt. The fun is in the hunt. They are now sitting in my corner hutch along with two other pieces. The hunt continues.
How do I label this Tea Leaf Pattern? ROYAL IRONSTONE CHINA ALFRED MEAKIN ENGLAND TEA LEAF.
I'll have to research this and get better informed about my new old collection.
BACK TO YESTERDAY. I had my iced green tea before going to a physical therapy session that lasted 45 minutes. Afterwards I wanted to treat my husband to a 3 minute massage at the MALL where you feed the massaging chair a dollar before it rubs and karate chops your back and squeezes your calves. He really liked it so he fed it another dollar to get an additional 3 minutes. 6 minutes altogether. Not bad for a massage. $5 would get 15 minutes. Next time?
We left the MALL and went to the KSU GARDENS to see what Irises were bloomed only to find out that new rules are on signs at the Gardens for those touring during business hours where you must text and leave a photo of one's car tag. I don't text and have no way to send a photo to them. So we left and would return after 5 PM when they are open without texting.
Off to Sonic during HAPPY HOUR with drinks half off for an afternoon beverage to help quench our thirst since it was a little warm outside. To the grocery store. I road a motorized cart to help with my back while checking out their vitamins and organic products.
Back to the Gardens. We didn't stay very long, but long enough to snap a few pics of some blooms. Each week during the season I'd like to return to see the different blooms.
RESTED WELL.
Today is going well. Easy task was to organize one kitchen drawer. Tea towels are folded a certain way then lined up just so so in the drawer. Marie Kondo would be pleased.
Went through the mail, put some dishes away, washed some blue jeans, folded some towels, made mental plans on how to decorate RETIREMENT COTTAGE.
I weighed myself and I am two pounds lighter. This helps me to stay on the path I am presently on to drop some weight. My journey will take months, but with feeling better I will stay the course. It isn't about crash or fad diets, but about lifestyle changes that are doable. When I do get a craving for a certain food, I can have a taste and stay away from a huge portion amount...quoting a new mantra, I AM NOT DEPRIVED. I AM BLESSED.
Lunch will be a huge spring green salad, onion and tuna. Shake some pepper on it and use olive oil, balsamic vinegar, white vinegar, Italian spices, and water mixed together for salad dressing.
Supper will be Friday night HOMEMADE pizza. I'll eat the pizza toppings with a fork and scoop side salad onto the emptied crust nibbling salad with the crust. I can handle it this way. The second piece I will eat the topping and forget the crust. When recording what I eat, I'm cutting back on the carbs.
My Fitness Pal is a friend these days as I can see where the carbs are coming from and helps me keep a mental tally of counting calories striving to hit the 1200 calorie mark each day.
PLANS for the week-end. Paperwork gone through that is in a laundry basket. I will eventually be done with the pile of to-dos that are beside my chair.
Lavender wreaths made.
Paperwork gone through.
Back to the dining room to get ready to paint. Taking some time to get there.
Beautiful day outside. French doors are open. Fresh air coming in.
Dear Lord, thank you for days like today,
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