SLOW POKE ALLEY

WELCOME TO MY CORNER OF THE WORLD.  Break time as I sip on a HOT TEA.  Organic Prince of Peace White Tea.  If my memory serves me right, it is suppose to be good about fighting CANCER.  I just finished my second cup.  

Nibbled a slice of KILLER DAVE's Cinnamon Raisin Bread TOASTED with real grass fed butter from Ireland.  I've taken a hankering toward this creamy butter and understand that it's alright to eat REAL BUTTER.  Only had a tsp. of butter.  Twas delicious.  JACKIE KENNEDY/JACKIE O DIET continues.  Well sorta. 

I skipped the two hard boiled eggs this morning.  Perhaps LUNCH will be Cottage cheese with fruit.  I have a pomegranate that I need to use before it goes bad.  Will work in a large salad today with a variety of organic veggies. 

Weighed myself this morning.  My weight loss journey seems to be a slow poke thing as well.  I guess I will have to exercise more.  Get moving and make the most of it.  Motion is a good thing.  I am not a skinny minnie...not sure I will ever by such a creature.  I have such a large appetite.  Sipping water through out the day is good.  Eating more veggies and fruits is a good thing.  Lord...please help me shrink.  Being healthier is my goal that I am aiming at, but I need and want to reduce my size.   

Today marks the 5th Anniversary of my Mother in Law's death.  It doesn't seem possible that 5 years has passed.  I think of her often.  She loved roses.  She was a superior seamstress, liked reading Danielle Steel Books, awesome cook and decorator.  Loved her children and prayed for over 30 years for her Husband's salvation.  He'd receive Christ by the time he was 60.  She is missed by many and I wish I had been a better daughter in law to her, but it is what it is.  I'm thankful she was a loving and caring mother to my Husband and gentle Grandmother to my children.  I learned a great deal from her and miss her in many ways.  Mary Lou is her name.    

Made out my TO DO LIST for the week.  It's suppose to snow on Wednesday.  Can't believe February begins tomorrow, but am pleased that it is here as I am not a huge fan of ice cold Kansas weather knowing we inch our way toward SPRING.  I'm day dreaming about decorating the COTTAGE.  The Bathroom is figured out, the Kitchen is getting there and I know what to do in the Utility room. 

We're working on the Dining room here at our main house.  I am so slow it hurts.  Like going in circles.  One day the room will be done and that will be awesome.  I slowly pick out a few items from the junk room to get rid of.  I get distracted so easily...my mind wonders as I handle each item that needs dealt with.  Once again I am so slow it hurts.  

I've been putting together Valentine care packages for my Mom and Sister.  Need a few more items to fill the boxes.  When I'm out and about this week, I will hopefully get a few more things and be done with this week's care pkg.  Loved ones Valentine cards will be filled out this week so I have plenty of time to get them in the mail.  

Started polishing one of my Tea and Coffee Service Sets.  It is amazing how pretty the pieces look after I put some elbow grease to them.  Pacing myself cleaning a piece each day of the week until finished.  Today, I'll polish the Sugar Bowl.  This past week-end I worked over the Tea server and the lid to the Sugar Bowl.   Impressive how pretty they look.    

I have yet to polish the Coffee server which is rather large, the Creamer and the large tray as well. Adding a Sugar Scuttle with scoop to my tray of service pieces.  I suppose I can place white sugar in one Sugar Bowl and raw brown in the other with the scoop.  Or have sugar cubes in one.  Oh well, it doesn't matter much.

Hopefully I will bake some of my famous SUGAR COOKIES for February.  This will be one goal. SUGAR COOKIES!  Today, if I can get to where I want to be...I will whip up a Cherry Cheesecake Dessert without the crust.  Only cream cheese, sugar and some vanilla along with Cherry Pie Filling.  Experimenting and I hope it turns out.  Trying to cut back on so many carbs.

I am so very THANKFUL to have a washer to do my laundry.  So THANKFUL.

The miniature washing machine is whirring in the background washing socks and underwear.  I probably ought to wash a load of towels as well.  Earlier I washed a load of blue jeans and they are air drying on plastic hangers.

Lifting my spirits before snow blows into town this week, the weather is beautiful and it does affect my mood.  Off to the shower to shampoo my hair with yet a different shampoo.  I have used Dr. Mercola's shampoo twice and both times even though I thoroughly rinsed my hair it didn't feel clean afterwards.  SO I have purchased AUSSIE SHAMPOO.  I know I will like this.

Welp, I'm off to make some things happen today that need to happen.
Hair shampooed and curled.  Laundry.  Polish some Silver.  A drive about town and a trip to the Dollar Store.  Sort through more things in the junk room.  Run the vacuum.  Write some correspondences and work on Valentines.  Hang a Valentine Banner.  Say some prayers and spend quality time with my Husband.  Look over the expenses this week.  Fix a low carb Cherry Cheese Cake Dessert.

Blessings to you!
"Enjoy today, it won't come back." 
~d   

  

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PRAISING THE LORD IT'S SATURDAY WITH MY GOOD FRIEND BON AMI and THE FINE ART OF DIETING!

THANKFUL THE WEEK WENT VERY WELL AS MUCH AS WERE OUT AND ABOUT, but I am so ready to rest at HOME.  Tis Saturday.  

I have continued to sort through my piles of papers and other stuff deciding what to do with this junk.  Refreshed my mind about Marie Kondo's decluttering style and the how to fold this and that.  I like the orderly look she is well known for.  I just don't believe I can maintain the look in my real world.  The videos have been helpful and hopeful giving me ideas on what to do to have a different LOOK that's potentially possible.

SPARK JOY will help me to turn loose of much that is adding to the clutter...so I will evaluate what stays and what goes.  I have already thinned out my closet and each article is sweetly hanging in an orderly fashion.  When we relocate to the COTTAGE, I will have to thin it out some more as the closet space is completely different than what I have here.   

Does this item spark JOY?  Sometimes the spark isn't there, but the item is very necessary so the show must go on.  I will have to keep much that doesn't spark joy.  As I cleaned the POWDER ROOM toilet yesterday, the toilet didn't spark joy, but I must keep it mustn't I?  Thankful to have a porcelain princess available to use whenever.

Does it spark joy or provide relief for my weary body?  I am thankful to have a porcelain fixture like the ones we have here.  I'm presently on the look out for a taller than usual toilet for our tall frames.  When I come across a taller toilet, purchase it and have it installed at the COTTAGE, it certainly will add some joy.

I know years ago, I would dread cleaning the Bathrooms.  Dreaded it.  I had better things to do. It wasn't until I told myself, you don't have to get emotionally involved with the toilet...just clean it! This did wonders.  I don't have to be emotionally attached or involved with the cleaning...just do it and be done with it until next time.

My poor toilet has a ring in that will take more than BON AMI to scrub away.  I'll have to make an appointment with my hubby to have him use special cleaner on it to make the ring go away. For now, I will keep cleaning it with BON AMI.   

Bon Ami  (French for 'Good Friend') is a brand of scouring powder sold by the Bon Ami Company of Kansas City, Missouri. Since its inception in the late 19th century, the brand's advertising campaigns have gained particular notice.   

The original Bon Ami formula was developed in 1886 by the J. T. Robertson Soap Company as a gentler alternative to quartz-based scouring powders available in stores.  In those days, scouring powder was made from tallow and finely ground quartz. When quartz was mined, it was entwined with a mineral called feldspar, and the two had to be separated by hand.  The feldspar was discarded until Robertson discovered that this soft mineral could be combined with soap to create a less-abrasive product that would clean without scratching, resulting in the Bon Ami product.

I noticed that when I sprinkled out AJAX or COMET that there are airborne particles released into the air that can be inhaled causing health issues.  That little dust cloud can be harmful to your precious lungs and other body organs.  The same with BON AMI, but less toxic to breathe in if this so happens.

Best to not breathe in any of the particles.  
Work in a well ventilated room.  
Might want to wear a mask.  
Perhaps switch to BAKING SODA altogether.  
Now that's a thought.

  https://healthfully.com/side-effects-inhaling-bleach-5376626.html

https://biggreenpurse.com/bon-ami-cleanser/

I successfully finished my week of the Jackie Kennedy Diet.  Here it has been almost a week since I did this.

What did I learn from it?

That I could do it for a very short period of time.  I took away from it to drink HOT TEA in the morning with my Breakfast.  This I like.  Having some right now.  Also liked having eggs for breakfast, but need more than hard boiled eggs.  Scrambled eggs, poached or omelets is a nice switch from the hard boiled eggs.  Occasionally having a piece of toast was a treat.

I don't mind the cottage cheese with fruit for LUNCH...in fact I enjoyed this a great deal and I believe I will keep doing this.

Veggies with a small amount of meat
is a winning combination 
for supper.

Now I must watch the starches but sneak in healthy fats such nuts, and seeds for an afternoon SNACK.  Tis healthy and full of flavor.
A HUNGER SAVER.

I know that when I am on a strict diet, I don't do very well as everything I shouldn't eat comes to mind and that tormenting desire to eat it all is like I have to become a LION TAMER cracking a whip at angry lions in the three ring circus.  Snarl.  
 The awful creature were awakened.

I fell off the wagon...I craved CHOCOLATE.  So I ate Russell Stover's chocolates like there was NO tomorrow.  They weren't the sugar-free kind either.  A small dinner mint after eating is acceptable, but I almost ate the box the chocolates came in.  I devoured the chocolates.

THE FINE ART OF DIETING!
TAKING TIME TO EAT.

With this behind me, I can forge ahead continuing to watch the calories and write down what I ate for the day paying attention to the amount of food taken in. 
Portion control and a prayer.  
More organic veggies and fruits.
Eat smaller portions of starchy vegetables and sweets.  
Eat  s l o w l y  moving the food about inside my mouth making sure other teeth than the molars chew the small morsels.  
Chew, chew, chew until pulverized then swallow.  
Take time to eat.  
It's alright to slow down and not think about how quick can I shovel this food into my mouth so I can do something else that needs done elsewhere.  
Put the eating utensil down between bites and wait before taking the next bite.
Eat when not emotionally upset.
Use smaller plates.
Make the meal a pleasant slow paced event verses crossing the finish line first leaving the others in the dust.   

Plans today:  Tidy up messes about my chair.
Quick trip to Post Office to get a few more boxes 
for care packages to mail.
Laundry...jeans and underwear.
Vac the Living room rug.
Shampoo hair and curl it.
Go to Dollar Gen for more Valentine Cards.
Review month and plan for February expenses.
Read about health issues.
Thin out old magazines.
PRAISING the Lord for HIS goodness.

"Enjoy today,
it won't come back." 
~d

BEAUTY IN SIMPLICITY

BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY WITH THE WEATHER BEING IN THE 50s!!!  

Oh happy day.  Not bitter cold.  We are suppose to have a few days where it is like this.  My spirits lifted.  The large Christmas tree is down, the greenery around the front doors is gone and the large metal basket I bought for $4 from the thrift store has been sprayed painted black.  Thinking about placing it beside the Fisher Cast Iron Fireplace Insert filled with wood branches.  

THE HUGE CHRISTMAS TREE IS DOWN BEFORE JANUARY 31st/FEBRUARY 1st.  Gone. Tucked away for another day.  Perhaps she'll come out next NOVEMBER in the COTTAGE.  I'll have room in front of the Dining room windows over there instead of here.  The beginning of a different journey as I decide how I want to change my decorating style to a more NATURAL LOOK.  Cleaner and not cluttered.  Easier to clean and easier on the eye which contributes to being less stressful.  

As of late, I have been watching videos to catch a glimmer of how so many minimalist decorate.  I really see a trend these days with the younger women wanting less clutter.  More pottery, wood objects, galvanized items, natural fibers, knitted items, glass, faux or real plants/twigs and farmhouse accessories.  I wonder if women are hungry for a simpler way of living?  So much noise out there in the world.  A more relaxed atmosphere in the HOME and less to clean.

I'm more inclined to relax right along with them with a different decorating theme.  I want a change in decorating as I am getting older.  A pleasant change.  Our culture's interior design has morphed into many different themes.  The word is out that it's alright to go simple.  Not complicated.  A challenge with me is to have less.  Let go and be changed.  Less is more is what I hear.

 

I had no trouble cleaning the wooden floor where the tree was for the Holidays.  The shutters were quickly dusted in under 5 minutes.  Upholstered wing chairs were scooted back into their old place.  Deciding to not return the Dumb Waiter table between the chairs for now.  Not sure where I will go with the table just yet.  It's a mystery.

PRINCESS IS GLAD TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION AGAIN.

THRIFT PILLOWS I BOUGHT BECAUSE OF THE BEAD WORK.

I'M NOT SURE MY DEAR SWEET HEART WOULD AGREE TO HAVE A LIVE PUG 
IN THE HOUSE SO PRINCESS WILL HAVE TO DO FOR NOW.

HOW MANY GROWN WOMEN DO YOU KNOW HAVE STUFFED TOYS FOR THEIR PETS?
THERE'S ONE ON THE PRAIRIE THAT I KNOW OF NAMED d.

SATURDAY is here.  A quiet pace has fallen upon me.  The main thing I am working on today, is getting the piles of paperwork off the floor that I have placed about my recliner.  Into a box they are going.  I have gone through papers until I am blue in the face.  I plan to haul these boxes to the COTTAGE to sort through as HUBBY works on the COTTAGE Bathroom.  

I will be just fine and comfortable doing the paperwork at the COTTAGE then when HUBBY needs an extra hand I can stop what I am doing and help him out.  That is my goal for next week. TODAY, I am prepping for the transition. 

I had hoped to get to the place where I feel comfortable painting primer on the Dining room walls.  I have to have the area around my recliner looking better before I can switch gears and paint.  I'll vacuum the area rugs after the paper mess is cleared out.  

The Christmas garland has disappeared about the front doors.  Our HOME is slowly returning back to pre-Christmas.  I have still to put away the NATIVITY PLATE and greenery that's on the Entryway buffet.  I'm in no hurry to put this away as I enjoy looking at it to remind me that the Lord Jesus did enter our world as a baby born in a manger wrapped in swaddling.  Mary is so pretty as she gazes at her infant son.    

The other Christmas tree that is at the other end of the Living room will stay up another week.  I love looking at the twinkling lights on this tree without any ornaments.  The WINTER WONDERLAND out in the screened-in porch won't vanish until March 1st.  Deliberately we are leaving the wonderland up to winter with us.  Then we will decide which of the eleven artificial trees we'll keep and which to part with.  

The two urns I have on the front porch didn't have any Christmas decor in them this past Christmas.  We just had greenery, twinkle lights and ribbon about the doors.  I came across a picture of urns that were topped with grapevine wreaths then pumpkins sat on top.  Loved it and wished I had done this for AUTUMN.  Next year I hope to remember and will copy this for the porch.  The COTTAGE has a covered porch on it that will be rebuilt when we get further down the road.  We're planning on having an ornate little porch which will have room for a couple of urns on it.  

I have one urn over there now that is empty.  I will fill it with potting soil and put the Coleus clippings I have that are ready to be potted.  I'll place the urn inside in the COTTAGE to winter and come Spring when the weather is warming up, I'll place the urn on the porch filled with Coleus. 

I've gone through a few old magazines before throwing them away.  I tore some pages out for now to keep some recipes I'll try.  Mom had given me an old REE DRUMMOND magazine and I took time to thumb through it.  She is a wonderful cook for sure.  I'll try her green bean recipe where she adds diced red peppers, onions and garlic to green beans.  The last batch of organic green beans we had were steamed and so delicious.  Adding the other ingredients would make the dish even more nutritional.  The more the merrier. 

I am very HaPPy about being on day 6 of the JACKIE KENNEDY/JACKIE O DIET.  Today has gone very well and tomorrow will be the same I hope.

Easy to eat 2 hard boiled eggs and drink hot tea for Breakfast.  I was actually looking forward to the Cottage Cheese and fruit for Lunch.  Supper will be a large salad.  Snack was...shhhhh.  2 pieces of dark chocolate sugar-free Hershey's bar.  It helped get me through the afternoon.  

While I was going through the paper work I came across some print outs of food that I had ate over the past year while I was counting calories.  I now know that even then I had to seriously cut the calories a few days a week to lose some weight.  One of my lowest calorie days was when I skipped Breakfast, ate 5 Bean Salad for Lunch and Organic Soup for Supper.  Snack was popcorn.  

I believe that I can do this again when needing a very low calorie day.

I stepped on the scales today and was surprised that I lost another pound.  My goal is to be quite a bit lighter at my April Physical than I was in April 2021.  I am hopeful I can do this.  I'd like to reach my goal weight by next Christmas.

Keeping it simple with the meals I am eating.  Decluttering my HOME.  Making plans for remodeling the COTTAGE and spruce up our main house.  

If I have less to take care of and surround myself with a different decorating style then I will be a happier person because I will have freed myself up to being ME.  She's in there some where and I am working at getting her set free to be a better person.

I believe it is God's better plan for me.  Jeremiah 29:11.

    

Blessings to you and may you have a sweet LIFE,

~d

  

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WEATHER
CURRENTLY CLEAR 48 DEGREES WITH THE HIGHS AROUND 55.
THE LOWS 25.  A NICE DAY TO GET OUT AND ENJOY THE TEMPS BEFORE TAKING A DIP.

HOW I'M FEELING THIS MORNING

I FEEL GREAT THIS MORNING.  READY FOR THE DAY!

ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE

ANOTHER JACKIE O BREAKFAST OF 2 EGGS THIS TIME POACHED INSTEAD OF HARD BOILED AND HOT TEA TO SIP ON AS I LOOK THROUGH PAPERWORK.

READING PILE

MORPHS INTO GOING THROUGH PAPERWORK.  STUDYING UP ON DIABETES INFO.

ON MY TV

OLD MOVIES.

ON THE MENU THIS WEEK

JACKIE O DIET FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.

SUPPER VARIES.  SALADS AND STEAMED VEGGIES FOR SURE AND A CHUNK OF MEAT.

FROM THE CAMERA

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LOOKING AROUND THE HOUSE

MESSES EVERY WHERE.  VERY SLOW AT DEALING WITH THEM.

TO DO LIST

REARRANGING THE KITCHEN COUNTERTOPS.

SWITCHING OUT THE COFFEE/TEA DRAWERS.

RELOCATING PAPERWORK FROM MAIN HOUSE TO COTTAGE.

TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL

PROVERBS 24

1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

PEACE TO YOU AS YOU LIVE LIFE,

~d

AN OLD WOMAN LIKE ME!

AFTER I CHECKED ON THE VANITY I SAW AT LOEWS ON THE COMPUTER, I found out that this particular one is $700 off of the original price until February 2nd.  Hubby and I both agreed that this vanity was the WINNER for the day and would be loverly in our COTTAGE.  

I have been looking at bathroom sinks for awhile now.  This one hit the nail on the head.

I loved the soft grey and white Carrara Marble counter top with back splash as well as the soft grey colored vanity.  The COTTAGE bathroom isn't huge and having storage available for extra toiletries, grooming supplies, etc. a cabinet would be more functional for us than just having a pedestal sink.  I'll need all the storage space we can make and still look like a lovely bathroom for us.

When I read this sale goes off February 2nd, we decided we should go back and purchase this Bathroom vanity.  My staying HOME all day went out the window.  I ate two boiled eggs and drank hot Green Tea on the way to Topeka.  

We got up early this morning and drove back to TOPEKA to purchase it.  According to the web page, Loews said they were out of stock.  We'd check Topeka first then if this were true about being out of stock, we'd go onto Kansas City to get one.  When we left Topeka yesterday, it was before Loews had closed for the day, so someone could have bought the vanity after we left, but when we arrived early this morning the box was still there.

Hubby got a cart and the HELP came to load the 325 pound box.  The HELP suggested a larger cart to put the vanity on to wheel it to the check out and by the way the larger cart is over on aisle such and such.  Instead of him going to get the larger cart he told my husband where it was.  Can somebody say, "I don't work here.  You're the hired HELP, please HELP me, a paying customer. You go get the larger cart."  

I asked if more HELP could assist since it is a 325 pounds vanity and getting the box up on the cart requires more muscle than what we could provide.  He called another guy named Angel and between the two of them they got it up on the cart so we could wheel it to the check out.  Hubby doesn't have any business lifting this much weight as an older man.

We pushed the cart near the check out stand and decided we had better have LOEWS deliver the vanity.  Getting this box into our car would require help and then it would be up to us to unload it when we got to the COTTAGE.  This wasn't the safest option.  We paid them and the vanity is suppose to be delivered to the COTTAGE tomorrow.  I am very excited that a new vanity is on her way.  It will be up to the delivery peeps to load the vanity in their truck, drive it to the COTTAGE, unload the heavy thing into the Kitchen.  The box will sit in the Kitchen until the Bathroom is ready for her then we'll slide her into the bathroom when needed.  Hubby is gutting the Bathroom and we have a ways to go before this new vanity is installed.   

We went over to the COTTAGE and shuffled some items to make room for the delivery men to maneuver the box into the COTTAGE and place it in the Kitchen.  I watered my Geraniums in pots while we were there.  They are wintering there.  I hope they make it so I can set them outside in the Spring, Summer and early Autumn.  

Had Lunch at Gambinos because I knew I could get cottage cheese from their salad bar along with some fruit.  Staying the course for DAY THREE of JACKIE KENNEDY'S DIET.  I may have to shorten the name of this diet to JACKIE O's Diet.  Same thing.  Stopped at Dollar General for a minute.  

While at the COTTAGE to make floor space more available for the vanity, I went ahead and unloaded four large boxes of white dishes that came from our main house stash.  Moved some crystal about.  Day Dreamed about the new Kitchen cabinets that will appear at a later date.      

We now have our soft grey tile for the floors and a beautiful vanity on the way for the Bathroom. As fast as time gets away from us, the Bathroom will not be completed until Spring.  That will have to be alright.  Getting out into the freezing cold weather makes it challenging for two old peeps. 

An OLD woman like me is finally getting excited about the remodeling of the COTTAGE.  Finally.  After the Bathroom is gutted, we will install a new ceiling with a new light fixture, possibly hang some tile on the wall around where the tub will sit, paint the walls and trim, fix the glass in the window, plumb the room differently because the vanity and the toilet have switched places for better use of the room.  New sub flooring will be laid, new tile laid, fixtures installed and whaalaah the Bathroom will be ready to use.  

I'll be washing the ceiling and walls in the closet.  It will be cleaned up and redesigned.  When this is completed, we will move into the Kitchen to remodel and then the Utility room.

Enough for an OLD woman like me.

DAY 3 of the JACKIE O DIET is just about a wrap.  Day 3 is under my belt.  No serious cravings today, but I had an appetite that I had to talk back to and remind myself that I am not deprived. I am blessed because I am losing weight for a healthier me.  An OLD woman like myself needs to be healthier.    

UP EARLY so Breakfast was on the road 
with 2 boiled eggs (144 calories) and hot tea.
Lunch was cottage cheese ( 222 calories)
with pear (102 calories),
small amount of pineapple (41 calories)
also a green salad (64)
and dressing (45)
with one piece of garlic toast (53).  Closest thing to HOLLYWOOD TOAST I could come up with.
Supper will be 1 cup steamed green beans (44),
red and green peppers (30),
onions (11)
and a small piece of grass fed beef (39).
Snack was yogurt (80) and water.
NO CHAMPAGNE today and I can be alright with this. 

More than 600 calories today.  Hit about 875.  Tomorrow I will try really hard to eat fewer calories than I did today.  No yogurt, no toast tomorrow and probably no beef.  Chicken perhaps. 

It was bitterly cold today.  Dangerous to be out in if having auto problems.  Bundled up and stay safe.  Car ran well and the heater worked great.  Thank you, Lord.

~d

DAY TWO OF JACKIE KENNEDY DIET

I found yet another sight about JACKIE'S DIET 
that allows a little more food to it.

WITH YET A DIFFERENT SIGHT SAYING 
Jackie would have yogurt for a snack. 

BUT THIS PRINT OUT SAYS TWO BOILED EGGS instead of only one.  Also Hollywood Toast with honey and skim milk.

I had to research HOLLYWOOD TOAST because I had no idea what that was.  It has quite a history to it.  I can't get my hands on HOLLYWOOD TOAST so if I eat toast it will just be regular multi-grain bread.  I can go for this and honey. 

ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN Lunch has broiled meat and skim milk along with the cottage cheese.  Then Dinner is about what I knew it to be...Chicken or fish, steamed veggies or salad.

I may add TOAST and honey to my Breakfast, but stay the same for my LUNCHES of Cottage Cheese and fruit.  Staying with the original SUPPERS.

I seriously doubt that I will be drinking champagne any time soon, but in case there is a big celebration between today and next Sunday, I know I can drink champagne and not have a guilty conscious.  Not sure how many calories champagne has.  Jackie definitely had a social life amongst the world.  I do not.  Shucks. 

SO FAR SO GOOD ON DAY TWO.  I had to tweak it a bit since I wasn't HOME for LUNCH.  I started my day with two boiled eggs seasoned with black pepper and hot Green Tea with Pomegranate just like yesterday.

THINKING ABOUT MY DAY...

Loaded wet towels into the car to take over to dry at the COTTAGE.
2 stops for Banking business.
Lumber Yard stop.
Paint Store stop to get a paint sample to try out on the Dining room.
Starbucks coffee for Hubby.  Green Iced Tea for me.
Drove past a Flower Shop to see if they were open yet and they weren't.
Drove over to COTTAGE to put towels in dryer than made a trip to small town America Post Office to check into post office box for mail in the future.
I looked around in the Antique Mall while Hubby went to eat a couple of tacos.  I only spent $1 for a Blue Willow Chop Stick Pillow.  
Drove to Topeka to God's Storehouse to look around.  Wore my mask.
4 o'clock frozen yogurt.
HY-VEE Grocery Store for a few organic items.
Natural Grocers for a few more items.
Loews Lumber.  I think I found a beautiful vanity with Carrara Marble for the COTTAGE BATHROOM.  Believe I will have to return tomorrow and get it.  That will take some muscle.  

DROVE HOME IN THE DARK, but made it safely HOME.  PTL.
SUPPER sure tasted good tonight for being a salad.  Yummers.
  

  
I thought I could go longer than what I did without LUNCH today, but around 4 in the afternoon I was actually very hungry.  Since we were in Topeka I had to improvise.  We had a small FROZEN YOGURT.  This helped hold me over until I could eat SUPPER at HOME.

I had a large green salad and used my Cottage Cheese QUOTA to top the greens with.  Water to sip on.  I can almost say that DAY TWO is under my belt.  

I believe I will finish out Day Two just fine.  Being very busy today helped me keep my mind off of eating except when I saw a donut shop and I told myself after I complete my week of this JACKIE KENNEDY DIET I want a donut from THAT PLACE!  It seems like when I am on a strict diet that I do start craving THINGS I shouldn't have LIKE DONUTS for instance.  The craving passed and the day went well.

May day 3 GO JUST AS WELL.  I plan on staying HOME all day. I will massage Jojoba oil into my hair in the morning and let it soak in.  Then later in the day, I will shampoo it out, let my hair air dry and try curling it.  SPA DAY.  Perhaps I ought to do a facial.  Lots of paperwork to do.  The temps are suppose to drop into the 20s.  Today was beautiful because it was in the 60s.  Heavenly and oh how I enjoyed getting out.

I am so very THANKFUL I have a HOME 
to live in.  

Very THANKFUL,
~d~