Anxiously waiting not only for contact from my doctor but for the results of the election. I have chewed or peeled all my nails down in my nervous situation. The weather has cooled considerably, which makes it wonderful for walking except.... my right knee blew out.
I have no idea what I did other than possibly was tweaking it when doing my arm 'weight' lifting at night. I tended to lock my knees and I think that did it in. It started two weeks ago and then this last Friday/Saturday it was horrendously swollen and could hardly bend it. I did the whole ice and elevate and stayed off it as much as possible. It was a bit better Sunday and Monday and I bought a knee brace for it which is helping. It needs to be much much better in 15 days to survive walking around Disneyland.
The picture is from a week ago, after it had rained so a lovely partly cloudy day with the sun glancing off the clouds.
I have been doing some cooking, we still had a few meats left over from the previous month which makes the budget stretch a bit more. Still need to go pick up a few things but at least I still have food money left instead of blowing it completely in one shot. Chicken thighs were still .99/lb so that helped immensely. Soda's were off sale unfortunately but found them at a reasonable price somewhere else.
Baked bbq chicken with pan fried herb potatoes. It was delicious as usual. The other picture is pork roast I think cooked in the crock pot with Mexican seasoning and Rotel over white rice. I never think these are incredibly fantastic recipes since most of the time I'm doing it off the top of my head with a recipe only for guidance. Jon raves about most of it, anything that he doesn't get seconds or says it's tasty I know was not good. These two were at the end of last month before we got food money so serviceable and tasty meals.
Oh yes and I baked more cookies last night, we had chicken fingers day before yesterday so food is being had and oh yes a pot of chili that is lasting me a while. I still have hot dogs so I took about a cup of the chili with beans, put it in the blender for a bit and voila! Hot dog chili!
I got 'meat chunks for stew' at the store so I'm tossing that in the crock pot tomorrow with whatever I can think of to toss in with them. I am not a fan of standard stew with carrots onions and potatoes. Will figure out what to do that will be tasty over rice most likely. Maybe just season it and do bbq beef, or beef taco style. Lots of options.
Oh and got new shoes and pants. This was an accidental photo from the garden and oddly enough it's a picture of my new shoes. They're a bit stiff but they're slip ons! No laces to tie, which is a bonus since my last pair the laces were extra long and annoying. Can't wait for them to stretch out a bit as they're slightly snug with thin socks on. Jon got new shoes and pants also so we're set for clothing for now but I still need new bras and some thin socks that are higher than my ankles.
Going to take a short walk today and not invite any disaster with the knee but need to try and keep moving.
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