Since Wednesday, I’ve read 2 books … very light books (not even 200 pages in length) 😉
Very good reading that had me alternately talking to the characters in tight pinches of the storyline: and laughing out loud at certain turns of the storylines – and finishing them both up, lickety-split; because I couldn’t put them down, once I picked them up 😊
Thursday, I had a light Supper: Seafood Salad – with a very light salad dressing (recipe follows):
I am sticking to my weight loss goal by lightening up my meals a bit. I’m dropping the pounds gradually over time, instead of all at once … slow and easy may not be everyone’s idea of losing weight, but I’m 64 years old – losing weight too fast, at this age, will have the skin on my face, upper arms, and all over body scale hanging loose: NOT what I want! If I stay the course slow and easy, the skin will not magically gain elasticity – but it will have time to adjust, and “fit” properly 😉
GREEN GODDESS DRESSING ~makes 1 serving
Use over sliced tomatoes, eggs, seafood, or as a dip with veggies.
½ cup plain, unflavored Yogurt * 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh Parsley * 2 teaspoons chopped fresh Dill * 1 teaspoon Dijon-style Mustard * ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce * Dash EA Salt & White Pepper
In a small bowl combine the ingredients; mix well. Serve immediately.
Per serving: 73 calories; 7 g protein; 1 g fat; 9 g Carbohydrate;320 mg sodium
And this morning, our nephew Kasey came by with his daughter Haley, to load and haul away the rain barrels/stands, I had set aside for his father, Kerry.
It was a little emotional for me to watch them drive away, but I really do not want to restart sciatica inflammation with the hauling of water from the barrels to my garden area later this Spring: I never want to feel that incapacitating pain again, so I am doing everything I feel I need to do to make things easier on my body. I know Kerry can use the rain barrels – and I can use my hose to water my garden.
City water isn’t as healthy as rain water, but then again … with all the activity in the atmosphere with rising pollution across the globe going into the air, passenger jets …
… political jets (apparently politician’s do not think they need to ‘go green’ and ride bikes back and forth – or walk), military helicopters, and personal jump-seat-planes … the air, nor the rain passing through the atmosphere, is as healthy as people think it is: and running off the new roofing into the barrels, the water in the barrels probably wasn’t all that healthy either.
But it was free – and I appreciated that.
The Grim Reaper always collects – no matter how ‘safe’ people believe they are. No matter how ‘safe’ we try to make our immediate space; no matter how many aimless and useless laws politician’s mandate.
When it’s your time … it’s your time.
So, I will continue to plan Sunday~Funday roadtrips to start enjoying again, in March 2021; and I will use city water on my garden, when April rolls around.
And I will bide my time.
And smile thinking of Kerry putting the rain barrels to good use.
I was in the middle or ordering garden seeds when Kasey & Haley pulled up; so, after they loaded and drove off, I got back to it and finished up my seed order. It was a light order – I still have some seed that is useable, so this order was basically a “fleshing out replacement” order for the seeds I used up last Spring 😊
I will add to that seed order when I make my annual trip to Adna in April, to buy starts I don’t have success with starting myself.
Now, I am going to eat a light Supper, sampling the Spiced Indian Beef Stew meal I cooked up a few days ago in the first cookathon of this new year: (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2021/01/2021-cookathon-1.html)
Then I am going to pour a light glass of wine (no more than 4 ounces), …
… lighten the day’s load, and lift my feet as I settle into Bob’s recliner; and start reading a new cowboy novel 😉
~Shalom
