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We’ve been very busy lately, and I’ve been trying to convince myself that it’s only temporary… but I’ve begun to realize that it really isn’t. I signed up for a general education class this period, with the expectation that it would be an easy one (thinking I’d be quite occupied with the house) but there’s are a lot of required participations, AND we have to do a group project. (Do any of you like those?) So it turned out to be way more than I bargained for, and an absolutely gigantic drain on my time.
We finally closed on the construction loan Tuesday, so that will get going sometime in the next couple of weeks as well. We’re already busy patting ourselves on the back for hiring contractors - now that we have the money, anything that happens from here on out is somebody else’s problem. Whoopeee!
I’m building a Leaning Tower of cooking magazines on the kitchen table, as a monument to the things I don’t have the time to do lately - like clipping recipes and cooking healthy, tasty meals. I’ve been feeling guilty that I haven’t posted pictures of the baby shower, or blogged about the party, but here’s the thing: it’s just not going to happen. I just don’t have the time. So this is my official announcement. I’m taking a break because I can’t keep this up right now. Maybe Jeremy will contribute every now and then….
But then again, let’s be realistic. We’ve been eating a lot of pizza around here.
Written by Angela at 6:50 pm - Filed under Our Little World - 1 Comment
Jeremy and I had many-many adventures this weekend, and for the first time in separate states! Obviously I’ll have to go to work soon, so we’ll write with more details later, but we went for hikes and motorcycle rides, catered a baby shower, attended an Iron Sharpens Iron seminar, and had sushi for the first time. It was a good weekend, although a little rushed for both of us.
It is very, very good to be home.
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I’ve been using the CGM for a year now, and I’ve achieved truly excellent control of my diabetes. So why am I still feeling sick all the time? I went to the doctor Friday to find out. The constant hair loss, never-ending, crushing fatigue, frequent and debilitating headaches, inexplicable weight changes, and just overall feeling ill all the time was supposed to go away or at least improve with better control.
They took some blood to run some tests, but while there my doctor (really a nurse - apparently we don’t have an actual doctor) told me that even with great control I’m still a diabetic and can expect to feel ill at least most of the time.
EXCUSE ME???
Do you have any idea how much time I spend researching and implementing new strategies for improving my health? Or how good I am at it? I think equally with both sides of my brain. Only a very small percentage of people do this, most are biased toward the right or left, and the big benefit of using both to equal advantage is that you are essentially a problem-solving machine. I focus all of this problem-solving power on managing my disease all the time. All. The. Time. ALL THE TIME. And yes, I do expect to see some benefit. Because if I’ll just live longer, well then forget it. Who wants to live 80 years feeling sick as a dog all. the. time?
I wear an instrument of death every single second of every single blessed day. I do not do this for kicks, and I am not ignorant of my options. Insulin is a choice. It is not a necessity. Not all lives are better than none at all. And I have four choices:
I think that a physician who ignores the existence of these options, no matter how well-meaning she may be, is stupid. Just plain stupid. I am not wearing out my brilliance on this disease because I must. And I can stop any time I damn well please.
I am not going to kill myself. But I think I may need to find a new doctor.
I didn’t expect to get home so late this afternoon. We didn’t expect to actually buy real furniture today. But that’s what we did, and now I’m totally crunched trying to get dinner ready for Jeremy’s parents and their friend tonight, so I need to go take care of that.
But we bought our first real, new furniture today, and for more than 1/2 off too!
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Two nights ago I tried my recipe for fruit salsa with cinnamon chips. It turned out quite nicely; both Jeremy and Elizabeth really enjoyed it. Between the three of us we ate about 2/3 of the chips and 1/3 of the salsa - and there was a lot of both! Everything worked quite well right out of the gate, so it was not as much of a learning experience as the eggs chevre, which was quite all right with me.
My plating was also just right on the first try, but unfortunately I did not take a picture. I figure I should be able to get plenty of pictures before the guests start noshing anyway, so no huge loss.
If Jeremy’s parents come down this weekend, I’ll make some more homemade chocolate ice cream so that I can determine if my serving idea is going to fly (and thus if I should bother bringing the ice cream equipment with me, or leave it home in its nest.)
Written by Angela at 6:09 pm - Filed under In the Kitchen - 1 Comment
Tonight was the trial for Eggs Chevre en masse. I learned quite a bit.
Timing:
Volume:
Technique:
Presentation:
On the schedule for tomorrow: cinnamon chips with fruit salsa. Stay tuned!
Written by Angela at 7:05 pm - Filed under Friends and Family, In the Kitchen - No Comments
I spent some time tonight experimenting with Prosciutto-wrapped melon for my sister’s baby shower. The instructions online tell you to wrap a piece of Prosciutto di Parma around a chunk of melon and “secure with a toothpick.” I don’t like to “secure with a toothpick,” because the plain ones are so blah and the frilled ones are so… mmm… not my taste. Here’s what Jeremy and I came up with (using ham, can’t get the good Prosciutto around here):
So much better than a toothpick! I much prefer my food to be completely edible. Point of interest - the melon totally drowns out the chive, but if the combination is too weird for you, you can eat the Prosciutto and melon off the chives just like a toothpick.
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I woke up at 6AM because of the birds/the sun. This is actually ok, since I get my best work done in the early morning.
Jeremy and I are still in shock over the sudden turn-around with the house project. We woke up yesterday feeling absolutely exhausted, and it carried throughout the day. We can’t figure out how the appraiser missed and then found that extra 26k in the value of our house. Jeremy thinks that she might have run her original search with a cap of 150k, and then something he said may have rung a bell and prompted her to go back and search with a higher cap. But bottom line, we’re both pretty happy with ourselves - our gut/educated feeling about the finished value was exactly right. We knew better than the appraiser. How’s that for a couple of smarty-pants?
And kudos to Jeremy for going after that bad appraisal like a cougar. Thank you Jemmy!
We have a list of mostly small tasks to complete on Saturday. I’ll have to test the rest of my recipes, since the propane might be unhooked any day next week; I also need to clean the grill so that we can eat for the next couple of months. Good gracious, I hope it’s still working! We need to empty our storage shed so that it can be torn down. Finally, we need to plane the front door sill and oil the latch so that we can use that door during construction.
All for a good cause!
Written by Angela at 6:10 am - Filed under HomeWork - No Comments
Jeremy spoke with our loan officer and the appraiser yesterday and was left with a bad taste in his mouth, so we started the process all over again with another bank last night.
Imagine our surprise when our loan officer called this morning to say that the appraiser had run the numbers over again and came in at exactly $1000 over what we need ($26K over her original number.) And that’s with generous estimate in our contractor’s quote plus a new front door.
HOLY STINKIN STINK, WE’RE ADDING ON TO OUR HOUSE!!!!!
Written by Angela at 11:58 am - Filed under Uncategorized - 2 Comments
I’m testing recipes for my sister’s baby shower brunch, and one of the dishes is Eggs Chevre (ingredient combo and egg-knowledge courtesy of Dan Rosenbach, Red Cottage Restaurant, South Dennis, MA - sorry, no website). The thing is, I’m testing Eggs Chevre “for a crowd”, and I’ll be cooking two dozen eggs at once. We are not going to eat two dozen eggs in one night, eggs really aren’t any good reheated, and I don’t want to throw away most of the pan.
So, do any of you in the area want to stop by? The dish consists of scrambled eggs baked in a large pan in the oven and mixed with Chevre cheese and chives. I will be testing cooking time as well as proportions of add-ins. If you like eggs and don’t mind being a guinea-pig, please leave a comment or give us a call and let me know you’re interested. I’m planning on doing this next week (4/13-4/19), probably on a weeknight. It will be informal, paper plates etc so don’t worry about spending all evening here, you can in-and-out it.
Written by Angela at 3:04 pm - Filed under Our Little World, Friends and Family, In the Kitchen - No Comments
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