Sunday coming down

Yeah, it's me again. Twice in the same month, fer gawd's sake. Nothing much of any great importance - just complaining. Back in my working days I didn't realize how tough it was for Shut Ins. 

Since I sold my car, I have no way to get anywhere for anything unless I hire a Transport Ambulance. Most Taxis won't take me anywhere because of the O2 tank & I also need help folding & getting my walker in & out. I know we have a Handy Dart system but, again, I'm on O2 so I'm time sensitive & they operate like a bus. 

I'm still trying to get last year's Flu Shot & my final Covid booster. Thought I might as well update my other immunizations & get a Shingles vaccine too since all of them can have very serious consequences for anyone with COPD. Apparently there is no longer a Public Health person to administer shots to anyone - we have to get ourselves to the nearest Drug Store for all of them! My Doctor's office has been trying since last September to get someone to do at least the flu shot, to no avail. 

Had a long talk with the London Drugs Pharmacist today & found that I can get my Shingles vaccine anytime but the flu & Covid are no longer available until October when the NEW versions come out. I was advised to get the Shingles vaccine asap too. Did you know that the population over 65 are 60% more likely to get Shingles?? Just one more nasty leftover from childhood illnesses .  .  .  

I guess I should move uptown & get a Scooter!!!

 

Knitting - not much - taxes got in the way.

 

It's So Over

I have to say that I blinked & it became March! Is this aging??? Since I don't "work" anymore & don't go out, I simply lose track of the world. I spend time with my computer, books - really into British detectives these days and my knitting so I don't have 'regular' things on the go to let me know what day it is. 

I confess I've become a 'Hot & Sour' soup addict - it used to be Wor Won Ton soup but I got the spice bug last fall when it got cold. I think I could eat the damn stuff every day when it's chilly outside. I know, I know, I should learn to make it myself but I just don't have the cooking gene .  .  .  I really wasn't feeling great over the holiday, rather puffy & my breathing was getting bad so I stopped eating & loaded up with fluids to thin everything out. Hot & Sour soup is very 'brothy' & really helped get things working better. It clears out the sinuses too. Anything but the damned hospital. Hot chillies are great!! Luckily, the Rickshaw knows my address by heart!!!!

I keep reading that fruit, veggies & meat are really going up in 2025 - gawd can it really be 2025? For the first time in my life I don't really have to worry about money. Mike has finally reprogrammed my brain to get what I want & not think about price but it's hard to overcome a life of scrimping. I have made some changes though - since I can buy what I want, I'm buying Canadian when I can. Local before import too. And more veggies, less meat.

I'm doing a lot of cooking in my RICE COOKER. Yup - the rice cooker! I want hot food most of the time but standing up at the stove is less & less of an option for me. I make a lot of soup in the big pot because I can throw it all in at once & let it simmer all day. But - I have trouble carrying anything left in the pot to the fridge & back. My balance is off. So lately, I've taken up cooking in the rice pot. Rice or barley in the bottom, drop in cut up meat, tougher veggies like Brussels Sprouts or Gai Lan/Broccoli thick ends & liquids on top. Just before the timer goes off, I drop in all the thinner tops & let it finish. I let it stand for 10 minutes & stir it up & eat a nice hot meal with everything cooked together. Fast, easy & one pot to wipe out!! Between the Rice Cooker & my microwave steamer, I can manage quite nicely. It's just soup that's the problem unless I eat it for two days .  .  .  .

 

What's on the needles?? I have a sock on the go - Arne & Carlos in a GREEN colorway. I splurged the year before I moved & bought several very expensive 100gm balls of sock yarn. It was stuff I'd never had the money to buy before - all on clearance & discontinued colors - so I bought 5 balls!!! Hell - each of those balls on clearance cost me more than 2 balls of my usual yarn!!! But I closed my eyes & hit the BUY button anyway! AND, for the last 6 years I've been looking at it through a plastic bag on my shelf & thought WHY??? Am I going to just die with it in the bag & someone drops it off at Value Village??? So I took a ball out & cast on for a sock.

 

Twas the Week Before Christmas . . . . .

 And all through the house - the dust bunnies are alive & well! It seems that no one is bothering to seek them out & remove them! I've asked Amazon to send me the latest Swiffer Extendable thingie with the disposable fluffy ends. I remember using them on the furnace in my old basement when I changed the filters so they should be good to reach all the windows & door frames here. I think they're multiplying  every time my new mini split fan comes on. I really prefer a wood stove but can't physically clean & feed one anymore .  .  .  .  sigh. 

Enough whining. My old client Ralph came by a few days ago with a big brown envelope & a box of chocolates. I have to laugh. Ralph has had both knees replaced in the last year & still drives, although he did give up his big truck. He's going on 94, in better shape than ME & is finally closing his company!! The big brown envelope is his final year's corporate tax info for me to file. The 'Little Grey Cells' will be working overtime over Christmas.

Knitting - Yes, I do have something on the needles! Working on a Top-down, garter stitch cardigan, in Briggs & Little single-ply sock yarn. Why??? Three reasons - Briggs & Little singles yarn is pretty beefy for sock yarn. At the time I wanted thick boot socks. My feet were always cold, even in slippers! And I got a huge deal at a sale. So I bought a lot. You know how it goes. The only problem with singles yarn is watching out for thin spots. There aren't many but they are there. I sometimes think I should've made a shawl instead since I would've been using it by now.