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Bleak Monday

Winter must be coming. I've already added 3 lbs to my frame. Ready for hibernation. No more daily walks of 6 miles on the golf course. No more hoeing garden weeds.

It's back to "boxing" in the basement. I am still splitting wood. I actually cut two loads of ash over the weekend. It was a big tree (18" diam), requiring splitting before loading.

So why have I gained 3 lbs? Well, all that T-giving food and leftovers was more than normal. Plus, I fixed pancakes for breakfast this morning (rare). I added blueberries and butternuts to the batter. Very yummy. And, being indoors more than usual, I tend to snack frequently. I love nuts--good for me, but high in calories.

I'm happy I got the eaves cleaned out before winter snow and ice came. It's not one of my favorite jobs. I'm getting too old to be climbing an extension ladder. It fell once--crashing down--when I was moving it. No harm done, luckily.

It was a pretty depressing weekend of football. My teams continue to flounder: IU finished 1-10 losing to rival Purdue; the Colts remain winless. In the state high school finals, of the 10 teams (5 divisions, small to large), 7 were Catholic (4 won). How is it that they are so powerful? And now, students get state vouchers. The rich get richer.

I don't know about you, but I'm getting pretty tired of hearing all about "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday", etc. I realize it's news, but please, enough already! The full page newspaper ads and inserts takes up all the real news space. Another reason for me to quit my local paper when my subscription is over (June). I don't shop, so it's all worthless ink to me.

60 Minutes was good last night. Featured were homeless families in Florida. So sad and tragic. And I liked the story on food taste enhancing. It was about how food products are "flavored" to entice, expand, and encourage consumers to buy certain brands--to become "addicted". Little wonder we are an obese nation. The third feature was on Angelina Jolie. WOW! 'Nuf said.

I'm happily staying home on this bleak Monday (weather wise). I've got my wood and computer to keep me warm. By the way, I'm through with women.
You all take care.

posted on Nov 28, 2011 6:00 AM ()

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You must not judge all women by Lynn and twin sisters. You were ready to
dump Lynn and she just beat you to it. Wonder if she read your blogs?

comment by elderjane on Nov 30, 2011 4:43 AM ()

Gee, I hope not (and seriously doubt it). And I was being facetious with my comment about women.

reply by solitaire on Nov 30, 2011 5:07 AM ()

I'll have to see if I can catch that 60 minutes episode! I avoid food flavourings as much as possible, but its in nearly everything. I want real food, not flavoured fake foods.

comment by crazylife on Nov 29, 2011 8:14 PM ()

When I watched a TV couple grocery shop on a limited budget, I cringed. Cans and bags of processed foods filled their cart. How awful not to have fresh food at ones disposal.

reply by solitaire on Nov 30, 2011 5:10 AM ()

Cyber Monday (not so much B.Friday) interferes with trying to order work-needed things like computer accessories and stuff, so I am not wild about it either. This year I wanted to make things for gifts, not buy a bunch of crap... Your eating/exercise style sounds like the ancient hunter-gatherer's and pretty damn healthy. I think they ate frequently during the day, too, to stoke their engines. But most of them lived in warmer areas so you have the challenge of trying to stay warm, and maybe being less active during the winter.

comment by drmaus on Nov 29, 2011 10:29 AM ()

I walked 6 miles yest.--all in my basement! It's one big circle, round and round I go. 16-17 minutes equals a mile, I figure. Sometimes I get dizzy!
Then I ate stir-fry with my own veggies, naturally. I try to do the right thing.

reply by solitaire on Nov 30, 2011 5:14 AM ()

I enjoyed 60 Minutes too. Very sad about the homeless children. I worked for the local school district before I retired 8 years ago. At that time, we were starting to get a few homeless children. We had to send a bus or a cab to pick them up wherever they were staying no matter how far, even if they were no longer living in our district. Now there are more than 2000 students out of 7000 on the free or reduced lunch program list. I have no idea how many are homeless. The flavor segment was interesting. So many chemicals in everything we eat now. Don't give up on us women!

comment by boots586 on Nov 28, 2011 2:08 PM ()

When I was teaching, there was a questionnaire that was given to "parents" that indicated 75% of families were "broken" in one way or another! We all thought it was an error of some sort. Nope. As for women, why shouldn't I be "confirmed"? Two divorces, twin sisters, dud dating opportunities/successes, etc. I prefer "solitude/solitaire" (I think!).

reply by solitaire on Nov 29, 2011 5:32 AM ()

Watching sports all weekend would depress me too.

Black Fiday is an American tradition, so why did a locally own furniture store have a Black Friday sale? The Brick has already started it's Boxing Day Sale.

Cyber Monday is cool! No shoving or pushing. No pepper spray in the face. I can concentrate on, 'do I want it' instead of, 'can I grab it before someone else beats me to it'.

comment by nittineedles on Nov 28, 2011 11:56 AM ()

Black Friday, et.al., is like a mob scene. That is, it's a mentality of getting swept up in the frenzy. I think I'd like the cyber part better. I do neither!

reply by solitaire on Nov 29, 2011 5:27 AM ()

I live in Florida and we do have a lot of homeless people......very sad that we don't get proper healtcare or help from the county (Broward) I have the free clinic and you have to get referrals for all tests.This can take 2-3 months for approval and sometims the county won't approve them.I am still in pain on the right side of my body.
I never heard of a butternut.....sounds good to me.

comment by dogsalot on Nov 28, 2011 11:19 AM ()

But overall, you're doing much better, right? So many states are withdrawing financial aid to organizations trying to help the down and out or agencies like Planned Parenthood. I blame "holier than thou" Republicans.
Butternut trees are sometimes called "white walnut". The taste is somewhat mild and indistinctive, not overpowering like black walnuts. It's used more for adding texture (nuttiness) to a dish. I crack my own (from a friend's two trees).

reply by solitaire on Nov 29, 2011 5:24 AM ()

I suspect you are actually underweight compared to the BMI charts, so I doubt a few pounds will hurt you any. I'm getting my treadmill in shape for the winter. Snow may be coming as early as tomorrow....

comment by marta on Nov 28, 2011 8:15 AM ()

I'm getting my haircut today for the first time in 4 months! (I get a "summer butch", then let it grow back.) My point is, I'll lose weight in hair loss!!!

Funny thing about my weight. Yes, I chould stand to gain some more pounds. BUT, it all goes to my midsection. Despite my attempts to lift weights turning the extra lbs into muscle, it has never worked that way. I'm simply "programmed" to be wiry in 90% of my body. Oh well.

reply by solitaire on Nov 29, 2011 5:17 AM ()

'Winter must be coming.' Yeah that's why I must be gaining weight!

My heart went out to those kids in the "60 Minutes" Florida story and some idiot on that other site said it must be because the parents are living beyond their means!!!
Hey no day is bleak when you wake up!!!

comment by greatmartin on Nov 28, 2011 7:04 AM ()

The teenage girl (on 60') had the right attitude. It's strange her father was "camera shy". Negative reactions poured in regarding Brian William's Rock Center feature on "welfare" recipients. Showed them with flat screen TVs, ipods, etc. The usual "If you're so poor, how come you own a _____?"

reply by solitaire on Nov 29, 2011 5:11 AM ()

Through with women? Can I ask why? Black Friday is overly hyped, we all know that, but the stores have to compete with each other or get over looked. A monster we the consumers have created. Your pancakes sound DELISH! I hope you enjoyed every morsel. I saw part of that 60 minutes, about the homeless families in FL. Sad indeed.

comment by kristilyn3 on Nov 28, 2011 6:55 AM ()

I didn't help my weight situation (not that I have anything to worry about) by fixing a turkey noodle casserole last night. Delish! I don't know, but after Lynn, my summer "flame", dumped me unexpectedly, and the Thanksgiving dealings with my sisters and ex, I just figured I am done messing with the opposite sex. They're nothing but trouble, present company excepted.

reply by solitaire on Nov 29, 2011 5:07 AM ()

We'll always be able to reconsider that second-to-last sentence.

comment by jondude on Nov 28, 2011 6:26 AM ()

I tossed that zinger in just for you!

reply by solitaire on Nov 29, 2011 5:02 AM ()

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