Especially today. Tired, bored, etc. SM

I always have my TV on in the next room just for noise and every now and then to catch something going on. If it was turned off now I think I would be asleep! 

• Do you have a morning slump? - Sara.
  • Eating habits - FLMT
    • same here. I keep my calorie goal at 1200 or less - and am chock full of energy w/o caffiene
      • Feel better but not happy - FLMT
  • Especially today. Tired, bored, etc. SM - Absolutely
    • Me too... - spring fever I think...sm

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as well as the ones that answered this!

My 86-yo dad is the same way.  Sticking his nose into my business.  He also constantly rags on me about my son not mowing the grass, etc.  I have explained to him that I LIKE to mow the grass and to please drop it and he just keeps on and on.  One day he walked in my office and shook his finger at me and said, "You just wait, you just wait, y'all are drinking way too much pop."  This because I buy it when it's on sale and it lasts a very long, long time.  And, by the way, neither my son nor I are overweight.  Older people just can't (anyways he can't) realize I am 53 years old and have lived on my own without his valuable input for a long time.  He just doesn't have anything else to do. 

The thing that really bugs me is when he comes over and just plops down in here when I am working and I tell him he can't be in here when I'm working and he gives me all kinds of excuses ("I can't see read what you're typing") and I have to just keep the screen minimized until he goes.  He just doesn't get it.  The other day I told him to go over and check on my cousin's new fence, and that got his train of thought going in a different direction and off he went.  He called me one day and told me not to commit to the big diocesan pledge thing that's going on, that I am to tell them I am a single parent just barely scraping by, etc., etc., and I wanted to tell him I am not quite that destitute yet, but I just agreed. 

Oh, and I have an extremely screwed-up sister, too, who Dad thinks can do no wrong and her son is the greatest, etc., etc.  Oh, the stories I could tell about her!  Well, it was me who gave him a place to live after Katrina and it was me who gave him my couch for his new house because he didn't have one (another delusional idea, he thinks he is broke), not her, so I just keep quiet and keep civil and remind myself he's old.   When it gets to be too much I tell his sisters, who tell him to back off then he does for a while.  All part of life. 

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
  
• 1 lb chicken breast, skinned, boned, cut into 2 x 1/2 inch strips
  
• 1-2 teaspoon chili powder
  
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin (not in original recipe)
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  
• 1 cup thinly sliced onion
  
• 1/2 cup green bell pepper, strips
  
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, strips
  
• pizza dough, for 12 inch pizza (you can use refrigerated pizza crust if you like)
  
• 1/2 cup mild salsa
  
• 2 cups monterey jack cheese, shredded

• Heat oil in large skillet.
  
• Add chicken and cook, stirring frequently until lightly browned.
  
• Stir in seasonings.
  
• Add onions and bell peppers, cook an additional minute or so until vegetables are crisp-tender.
  
• Heat oven to 425°.
  
• Sprinkle pizza pan with semolina flour and press dough into pan.
  
• Pre-bake dough until it is a very light golden brown, about 6 minutes.
  
• Remove from oven and scatter chicken over crust, spoon salsa over chicken, spread vegetable mixture over that, and finally, top with cheese.
  
  
• Bake for another 15 minutes until crust is golden brown.

dictated:  It is on the right side and it did not cough with clearing. 

Should be:  clear with coughing!

I used to have to go down for a nap during my lunch break and if I wasn't careful, I'd oversleep by at least a good hour.  I even tried working a split shift, which only made my fatigue worse because I'd take the 4-hour break in between just to sleep.

My husband is on the verge of needing insulin shots due to his very poorly controlled diabetes.  His latest health report scared him enough to make him a willing participant in a strict diet.  I am also on this diet to help make things easier.  It totally bites the big one but I'll tell ya, WHAT A DIFFERENCE in my energy level--his too!  We figure it just had to be the sugars and carbohydrates that were dragging us down. 

No more breads, pastas, rice, or taters....all the things we really loved.  We do munch all day though but on teeny portions of good stuff--mostly raw things like fruits, veggies, or bits of egg & lean meats.  No more cream or sugar in our coffee, and that's just limited to 1 cup of black a day.  No more butter either--my personal favoritest fat. 

Been on it almost a month now and I can honestly truly feel a difference.  I almost have enough energy to start exercising, which I didn't have before. 

I'm 5' 10" and topped off at 230 but am now down to 220 just by this diet alone with no exercise.  I'd be happy at 185 but once winter hits...man, I just don't know about that!  I haven't been to a doctor in about 2 years either, but I'd recommend you visit one if you can, just to rule out stuff, ya know? 

Hope you feel better soon!

the pictures both of you sent are beautiful. The cat looks like one of my niece's. Lisa had a tonsillectomy Monday at age 45 and I am going over today on my day off to help her and to feed and care for the two cats!  What a day this will be. The red one comes up to me and stares at me with those big yellow eyes and actually puts his nose against mine! I try so hard not to laugh, but I lose every time.

I am sure a lot of you are in the same boat I am, but I just need to vent.

I am 50 years old, married for 33 years, have a 26-year-old daughter (schoolteacher) who lives at home.

We run our own business, plus I do transcription.  I receive no help whatsoever.  I run the office for the business, do all the housework (dusting, dishes, laundry).  I am hating to get up in the morning because I know I just face the same thing every day.  My husband and daughter are very busy as well, but I wish they would just pick up after themselves.  All I do is  pick up and never get to serious cleaning or organizing.  I am going in circles all the time. 

I am ready to pack my suitcase and run away.  There has to be more to life than this. 

Thanks for letting me vent.

Bet you don't miss that heavy wet snow....after shoveling your car out for 1-1/2 hours and the snow plow comes back and spews it in your face and you've gotta start all over again.  Scraping ice off the windshield, trying to deice the locks to get into the car.  Getting stranded in a blizzard with 2 kids (at least you had the presence of mind to bring blankets, extra clothes and snacks).  Rolling down the interstate, hit a patch of black ice under the snow, do a coupla 360s and the kids say "Mommy, do it again!" cause they thought is was fun.  Shoveling the roof of your house so it won't cave in.  Clearing the driveway and walks, putting down rock salt so nobody slips.  

It would be really nice if it just fell on the grass like in those old Currier and Ives pictures/cards.   Cat    

the second or third job anymore, or else I would try again. I did it for 20 years. but I'm burned out. I'm no spring chicken and will be celebrating another year older on Monday which also doesn't make me happy, but time does not stop.

Hubby is retiring next year and I'm really trying to stop him as it means only $1400 a month coming in for him...of course, he has no bills, while I have all of 'em.  My reitrement bennies are only $700 a month because they deducted SS from me when I first went IC and didn't have to pay taxes because I was at a loss those first years. It's a ripoff. I had gone from $800 a month in the ྌs to $200 a month 3 years later. Now I'm back up to the above amount after 10 years. What a ripoff!

I hope you're a lot younger than I am and can get yourself out of debt before you are like me. I wish you the best.