The I's have it.

Well, I went to the eye Dr. for a repeat of the field vision test. Now I have to go back to the
specialist that I was sent to two years ago. At that time I had a leaking vessel in the back of my left eye. It was sealed with a lazier treatment. I don't know what is going on this time, but I expect I will find out.

Last week I read three novels and went back to the library and got three more. I just finished two.

I started bean soup yesterday. I soaked the beans overnight. It took another 18 hours in the crock pot to cook the beans. I guess the beans were old and hard. The flavor is OK, but I have made better.

Tomorrow I intend to sleep late. I read until 3 A. M. and then had to get up early to get ready for my appointment. So I am sleepy.

The first frost came and went. The average frost is around Oct. 15; we had a lite frost last night, 17-18 of Oct. Pretty close.

No much going so on I am going close for the day/eve.

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I dragged out my "go bag" to check the contents, sort of an inventory. I noticed that there were some things that were lacking. I have no small pots or or pans; not even a cup. You can't make coffee without a pot and it is hard to drink without a cup. I have raided the bag on occasion so most of my snacks are gone and need to be replaced. So it is time to replace some items, go out and find some as well.You will note that there is coffee, but no sugar or creamer. A couple of items to add, for sure.

I do have clean socks, underwear, and a set of sweats to wear in the bag. I need to add a few more clothing items to the bag, such as regular cloths.

When I first made a "go bag" it was in 1977 and we had a blizzard come in from the northwest. When I went to work that day the temperature was in the 70's. The storm came roaring in and it dropped 50 degrees in about two hours. There were 19 employees stuck at work and we couldn't get out. That is when I packed a bag for any future weather surprises. I called it a "go bag" way back then; now it seems to be be a popular expression among some bloggers. I keep another bag in the van with similar items as found in the larger bag.

I did get to the library and get some more books. Now I can read a little when I am bored with TV and that is becoming more often. I picked up some more odds and ends at the grocery store and headed home. I noted that gas has shot up to $2.59. I was going to stop at the Goodwill store, but it was packed so I kept on going.

Tonight I think I will soak some beans overnight and make some bean soup in the crock pot tomorrow. I love bean soup.

I tried to delete the smaller picture, but I didn't know how to get rid of it. You can make them larger if you want to and see what is missing.

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Cravings

I think that I have mentioned that I am having food cravings. I just don't know what I want. I know my body wants something that I haven't been feeding it. I guess I will buy some snack cakes or something. I have not been consuming a lot of sugar and have cut back on bread, too. I have been eating a lot of chicken and some fish...maybe a big, fat juicy steak will still my desire for something. I am not hungry, just not sated.

Tonight I cooked rice with left over chicken and chopped broccoli. It was pretty good and I ploughed through two big bowls of it, smothered with butter. While I know that rice is a high carbohydrate food I think it helped my stave off my hunger for...something.

I was looking in my fat book and read that eggs is one of the few foods that can be boiled without losing its nutrients. That is what I had for lunch: a hard boiled egg salad on wheat bread. I haven't had bread all week and I do need to use it up so it won't turn into penicillin.

Everyone knows that most beans are good for you; just loaded with proteins, and are fat and cholesterol free. Bean sprouts are even better. I am going to try to make a good salad tomorrow with some canned bean sprouts I have In the pantry.

Here is something that I didn't know. Peanut butter and cheese crackers sandwhiches are not a good snack. I eat...take... Peanut butter crackers every morning with my medicine and occ. in between. Fig cookies(which I dearly love), are among a list of no-no snacks.

No wonder I have cravings; I just can't have nuttin'.

We are supposed to have that elusive frost on Sunday night and then shoot up to 70 on Monday.. Mother Nature, make up your mind. Today was no prize, either.

I guess tomorrow would be a good day to get some stuff done...like go to the library and maybe buy a few odds and ends at the grocery. I have lots in the freezer, but no milk. The city won't let me keep a cow...mooo...in the back yard...or chickens.

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Posting

When I started this blog I told myself I would post something every day except I Sunday. That was before I realized how empty neurons can become and have nothing to fire off. Like...what can has I write about that is fresh, new , original...like Duh. The gray matter is just gray and doesn't matter...LOA.

Both my computers are up and running now. I did have to call Insight back to install broadband into the "new" Dell tower. If I could lift the big computer I would move it to a different location, but I can only lift well with one arm. Even the tech. guy grunted when he lifted the old one. Ugh.

I haven't been out to take any pictures because of the wet, clammy weather. I am afraid to download any graphics because of wormy things. I was not alone in having my Window Explorer go bonkers this past week.

My friend Debbie is back from Rome. She had a wonderful, exhausting time. She is a pizza-holic, but said the Italians can't make good pizza with the exception of one pizzeria. I think she is glad to be back home; she said she walked so much she got blisters and sore feet and she is used to being on her feet.

I have turned the heat on a couple times just to take the chill off. It has been about 20 degrees and more, below normal. I know it has been snowing in parts of NY state. Even if they are a bit "north" it is early for the southern parts of NY. Button up your overcoats.

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back in the saddle

I haven't had my computer since Monday. Now I am back. I have been finding and downloading the sites that were lost. I have most of them back with a few exceptions. I will continue to find and add them to my favorites.

I got pretty hungry this afternoon as I didn't have lunch. I just eat; now I feel better. I put some left over chicken, chopped broccoli and some sweet potatoes in the pressure cooker and cooked away. A meal was on my plate in short order and I devoured it.

I have to go back to the eye Doctor to repeat the field vision test. They found a "spot' on..in my left eye. This is the same eye I had to have a laser treatment on last year for a bleeding "leaking" vessel. We shall see..or then...maybe not.

Rain. Cold rain. We haven't had a frost yet, but the garden looks like Jack lumbered through. Our temperatures are very below normal, or so the weather guy says. I did turn my heat on. In years past I never turned the heat on until November or later. Last year I had to kick it on early, too. Does this sound like Global warming to you?

Tomorrow I will try to do a better job at posting. Maybe I will think of something new, exciting or never been written about before(not likely).


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Humble Pie-Oatmeal Pie

Today I am going to post an easy pie recipe. It isn't my recipe or my Mother's. It is the recipe of Sister Francis, LSP. She was the cook at the home where I worked. She is now deceased, but was famous for and well remembered for her baked goods.
I will relate what little I knew of her. I believe she lost her parents at an early age and she and her siblings were in an orphanage. When she turned 18 she went and got each of them out and I guess raised them thereafter. She joined the army and became an army cook. When she was sitting on the front steps of an army barracks in Texas she heard a noise near her feet. When she looked down there was a big Rattle Snake at her feet. I suppose she moved pretty fast in those days; fast enough to live and tell about it. When she left the service she became a Little Sister of the Poor. She was a humble, good person. Sometimes when I would go past the chapel to check on the residents I would hear here snoring in her pew. I would go in and wake her up so she could go to bed. She was elderly even then. Anyway her is her recipe. Whenever the home had a bake sale her baked goods were the first to sell out.

SISTER FRANCIS'S OATMEAL PIE

1/3 cup melted butter or margarine

3/4 cupbrown sugar

1/3 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cup white syrup

1/3 teaspoon vanilla

4 eggs

2/3 cup oatmeal

2 (9 inch) unbaked pie shells

Mix butter, sugar, cinnamon, salt, syrup, vanilla, eggs and oatmeal. Pour into unbaked pie shells. Moisten edges of pie shells. Bake at 325 for 1 hour.

The sun was out today, but it was a watery blue. The predictions are for more rain, off and on most of this coming week. So be it. Better than snow.

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Rain and green tea

There just isn't much to write about unless I mention the copious amounts of rain we have had the last few days. The ground is saturated and some of the lower areas are having flooding. I have rain in my kitchen where the water has seeped through. It isn't a lot of water, but it is annoying. That is the trouble with building houses on slabs. The rain has no where to go. Well, it hasn't poured like this for a long while so I guess I can count myself lucky.





I will post a little about Green Tea. I have posted that I am a rabid tea drinker and I like most kinds of tea. Tea is calming and also good for you.





Tea is good for the soul and relaxes the smooth muscles. It helps with eliminate fluid retention, is a stimulant, but acts differently than coffee. Coffee contains caffeine whereas tea contains tannic acid and caffeine. Both will make you busy in the bathroom. Some people drink Tea to help prevent cancer, atherosclerosis or plaque buildup. It is also good to prevent dental cavities, but don't drink it with sugar. It is also said to prevent high cholesterol. Do not drink Green Tea if you have asthma.





I seem to be craving food. I just don't know what kind. I gave up Little Debbie Cakes and most bread. I did cheat and got a loaf of bread out of the freezer. I made a chiken sandwich, but it didn't satisfy me. So I am going to boil some eggs and make a late evening snack. Maybe that will fool my brain.

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