Marguerite
Active Member
Where is everyone? Sleeping in?
I didn't get to post in yesterday morning's thread because husband & I went out to dinner last night (our time) - an annual dinner for his train club. I tried to stick moderately to my diet, but I let myself go with pavlova for dessert. I LOVE pavlova! One of the other men came over and said, "You look like you're really enjoying that - anyone would think you haven't eaten pavlova for months!"
I don't THINK I was being a pig, but maybe my enjoyment was just a bit too obvious!
I was hoping to do some step aerobics today to try to compensate, but my leg has just been too sore. Tomorrow morning I get it ultrasounded, Dopplered to see if it's a clot. Then in a few days (maybe Wednesday) I'll get the rest of the tests done on it.
The weather here - classic nasty midwinter (for us). Snow flurries in the mountains and high areas, some rain (not enough to really wet anything) and a vast amount of wind. The air temperature during the day is about 15C at best, but that is out of the wind. In the wind - it's awful. husband & I walked down to mother in law's place today, I wore my knitted cap with ear protection I bought in New Zealand, plus a thick scarf. I'm glad I had my ears covered,because they were still aching after just a few minutes in the wind. Both of us had our eyes streaming from the wind and the cold.
So tonight I cooked comfort food for dinner - lamb shank casserole, slow-cooked with mushrooms and herbs. If I can find some cheap lamb shanks tomorrow when I'm out getting tests done, I'll grab some to cook more later in the week. The whole house smells warm and savoury.
We've got the heater warming the functional end of the house and the down doona keeping our bed warm. I've been huddled inside wearing outdoor warm clothing all day (except I've not been wearing my down jacket indoors - yet). I know 15 C probably seems tropical to a lot of you, but from what I remember of New Zealand's snowy winter last year, it wasn't as cold as this - except for early morning on Milford Sound when the boat took us out to the ocean and the wind hit us from the Antarctic. THis feels about THAT cold, when we get out in the wind.
I guess that's what we get for living on top of a hill...
Enjoy your Sunday, everybody.
Marg
I didn't get to post in yesterday morning's thread because husband & I went out to dinner last night (our time) - an annual dinner for his train club. I tried to stick moderately to my diet, but I let myself go with pavlova for dessert. I LOVE pavlova! One of the other men came over and said, "You look like you're really enjoying that - anyone would think you haven't eaten pavlova for months!"
I don't THINK I was being a pig, but maybe my enjoyment was just a bit too obvious!
I was hoping to do some step aerobics today to try to compensate, but my leg has just been too sore. Tomorrow morning I get it ultrasounded, Dopplered to see if it's a clot. Then in a few days (maybe Wednesday) I'll get the rest of the tests done on it.
The weather here - classic nasty midwinter (for us). Snow flurries in the mountains and high areas, some rain (not enough to really wet anything) and a vast amount of wind. The air temperature during the day is about 15C at best, but that is out of the wind. In the wind - it's awful. husband & I walked down to mother in law's place today, I wore my knitted cap with ear protection I bought in New Zealand, plus a thick scarf. I'm glad I had my ears covered,because they were still aching after just a few minutes in the wind. Both of us had our eyes streaming from the wind and the cold.
So tonight I cooked comfort food for dinner - lamb shank casserole, slow-cooked with mushrooms and herbs. If I can find some cheap lamb shanks tomorrow when I'm out getting tests done, I'll grab some to cook more later in the week. The whole house smells warm and savoury.
We've got the heater warming the functional end of the house and the down doona keeping our bed warm. I've been huddled inside wearing outdoor warm clothing all day (except I've not been wearing my down jacket indoors - yet). I know 15 C probably seems tropical to a lot of you, but from what I remember of New Zealand's snowy winter last year, it wasn't as cold as this - except for early morning on Milford Sound when the boat took us out to the ocean and the wind hit us from the Antarctic. THis feels about THAT cold, when we get out in the wind.
I guess that's what we get for living on top of a hill...
Enjoy your Sunday, everybody.
Marg