Well everyone, tomorrow is the big day. Zoey goes in to be spayed and Lizzie goes on Saturday. Dennis is worried sick about it. I’m so serious. 😂 It’s almost hilarious. That was one of the reasons we wanted to get the girls together for a good play this week because we know it will be several weeks before they can play like that again.
Mandy and Piper came over when Mandy got off work yesterday and had dinner with us. I made a big pot of chicken and homemade noodles. We had honeyed carrots, cranberries and crescent rolls. It was so good on such a cold day. I never remember to take photos of the food for you though. I apologize. Dennis‘s mom didn’t want to venture out because it was so cold, even though we said we would drive next-door in Mandy‘s warm car and pick her up and take her home. So Dennis and Piper took a bowl of noodles and carrots over to her after we ate for her to eat today. She was thrilled. Mandy and Piper took a bowl of noodles home too. I’m glad my kids like my chicken and noodles. It’s one of their favorite foods that they request end it makes me still feel needed.
The puppies were so tired. Lizzie slept all the way home and Zoey crashed on my lap. This was Lizzie this morning waiting outside her girls room, (Piper), for her to wake up.
Here they are snuggling on the couch after Piper woke up. I think they would have both been happy to stay here all day instead of Piper leaving for school. I love both of those faces.💜 Another reason for staying home was the -36F windchill this morning. But, they rarely call school off for weather here and off this little girl went. I’m sure Lizzie is waiting impatiently for her to come home.
Last night in the matching sweaters I made them. They look orange here but they really are more of a peach color. They were laying nicely right next to each other until Zoey decided to move right when the picture was snapped.
Hallelujah! With these two pair of mittens I’m all caught up to where I should be and actually I’m a week ahead. I’m so excited to actually be able to make some thing else. I have chosen some light green yarn to work on a prayer shawl for the hospital. After that I have some baby knitting to do. It will be much easier to fit in two pair of mittens a week than it was to make 26 pair all at once.
I splurged and ordered some Christmas sock yarn online. I found it on Etsy. I have never, ever had Christmas socks before. These will actually be for me and I plan to make them in time for Christmas this year. You can see the pattern that it’s supposed to make on the label. How fun!
I have also decided to try to cut out as much extra sugar as I can in my diet. I have a lot of weight to lose. More than I ever have before. I have gotten lazy over the last couple of years that I’ve been confined to home more and I think the stress of the pandemic and moving and everything else is showing. I used to take Chloe for walks a couple of times a day and of course that doesn’t happen anymore. And with the weather the way it is here, a small dog and living on the top of the hill, I’m not about to go out and hike around in the ice. For the first time ever my A-1 C was high and so was my cholesterol. Something needs to change. I would appreciate any prayers that you would like to say for me in this endeavor. I love chocolate and that’s going to be the hardest thing to give up, so I’m trying to go cold turkey on it.
Dennis is a huge support. I’m not doing any specific diet plan, but I am trying to fast 18 hours a day with a six hour eating window. That has worked very well for me in the past. (Meaning the years before a pacemaker.) Now they have me on so much medication, it’s hard to go very long without eating without getting the shakes and feeling faint. Basically I don’t eat anything until noon and I stop eating at 6 PM. I just restarted this on Monday and so far, so good. I will keep you posted of my progress. I’m putting this out there for the whole world to see so now I have to be accountable! Yikes!
I was looking at the weather map last night and there were very few places in the United States that weren’t covered with some sort of weather advisory. There were tornado warnings, thunderstorms, high winds, windchill’s, blizzard warnings, winter weather advisory’s, flooding. Shall I go on? I think that was the most active I have ever seen the map. I hope you’re all doing well and taking good care of yourselves wherever you may be.
Remember, God loves you and so do I. As trite as that may sound, it’s true.
Blessings and love,
Betsy
