Just a quick catch up

 

Good morning.  I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that we are already halfway through January. I started a post last Sunday, but my head wasn't in the right place, so I didn't post anything. The first week of the new year started with TBG spending two nights in the hospital. This was the first time in the 40 years we've been together and it was pretty stressful but between perseverance and a lot of prayer we made it through. 

I'm thankful for having a full pantry and living very close to the hospital because I was able to make him meals from home, so he didn't have to eat the shit 'food' from the hospital. 

Binx missed him SO much.  He kept looking at the door wondering where he was and both nights he slept on his side of the bed the entire night.  When TBG got home that Wednesday afternoon Binx was so happy and he started running and playing again right away.  

Thankfully he is doing much better but still has a little way to go before he is back to his baseline.   

He spent the rest of that week at home so last Saturday I knew he needed to get out for a bit. I suggested driving out to Yellen Hellens for ice cream after two quick errands I needed to run. Even though it was cold, the ice cream and the drive through the country did him a lot of good.  We shared one of their top desserts and it hit the spot.  He kept saying it felt so good to be out so I'm really glad we went.

This past week was a back to normal and TBG was able to go back to his Tae Kwon Do school which helped him feel a bit more like himself.  Seeing someone you love in pain and feeling down is hard, so this made me feel better too.

I have a long list of books to read so I started reading Food for Thought by Alton Brown and I'm really enjoying it.  I've always been a fan of his and the essays tell a lot about him and his thoughts.

We missed our December trip to Firefly Grill, so we decided to do that yesterday and we both had a great time. The atmosphere and the food is always top notch there and again just getting back to normal activities made us both feel so good.  Again, the ride was so good for both of us and just as we got about 30 minutes from home it started snowing.  The huge snowflakes were so pretty coming down.

Meals this week were...

Chicken and rice veg bowls with cheese roll up

LO beef short ribs, potato and cheese pancakes with salad

LO chili

Chicken, loaded baked potato and salad

Lamb burgers with 'fries'

We both had a big lunch so I used the half of pound of lamb left from the night before and made lamb and potato hand pies with a salad.

Tonight, we're having coho salmon with sides to be determined.  I'm leaning towards a spicy slaw and rice.

I hope everyone is doing well and had a better beginning of the new year than we did.  Tell me how things are with you?