Has this ever happened to you?

It's been a weird day.  It's like my mind took a vacation from my body.  I slept well last night, so who knows what is going on - old age?   I was making my home-made spaghetti sauce today and have had no problems cooking it until today.  I always get it all together and cook it on med-high for about 5 minutes to get it boiling, and then I will turn the heat to low to let it simmer.  Today, I let it cook for that 5 minutes, but forgot to turn it down to low.  I am pretty sure I have ruined the bottom of my pot (the spaghetti is burned on pretty thick).  It only took about 10 minutes and I realized it and ran over and poured most of it into another pot (I had only one left because I had used all the others cooking other foods).  I dropped the lid and splattered most of it everywhere on me and my stove, wall, floor, etc.  I managed to have enough for our supper and for my husband to take to work.  The pot is still soaking.

On to my next adventure.  I have really thick thick hair (used to be very curly but over the years, it is now wavy) and I had bought the new Suave Keratin products and couldn't wait to try them.  Got in the shower, wet my hair and poured the shampoo in my hair (I knew it was the shampoo because it was a different color bottle than the conditioner).  Put it on my head and rubbed it in and thought, wow, it's true what they say, it doesn't lather a lot.  Then I realized I had the conditioner.  So I rinsed it out and started over with the other bottle.   Put it in my hair and then realized it, too, was another bottle of conditioner (different kind).  So there I was, no shampoo but plenty of conditioner.  Scrambled out of the shower and found some Pantene shampoo and went from there.  Now I'm not a stylist nor do I know a lot about how to use all these hair products out there, including how to straighten my hair with a straightening iron.  I have this old heated curler-like iron that I use after my hair is dry.  So here I had a leave-in conditioner and a shine-serum and they both say to put them on when hair is damp.  And to apply mid-shaft.  How do you apply something mid-shaft????  So I put the leave-in conditioner in first after my hair had towel-dried about 15 minutes. Don't know if that was the right time or not. Then I left the towel off and 20 minutes later, I put in the shine serum.  My hair was already frizzing.  So I let my hair air dry (because I don't know any other way to do it) and then rolled it and it looks healthy and shiny but is still frizzy.  Probably because I didn't have the right shampoo.  So I can't give you my opinion yet.  So I came out and made sure I ate something with sugar and protein (a couple of pieces of Dove chocolate and some mixed nuts) after my shower because I am prone to sugar drops after I take a shower (that's another reason I like baths).  I keep the water cooler, but tonight there wasn't a lot of hot water, so I was hurrying and then freaking out because I didn't have the right shampoo and running around the house naked like a crazy woman.  So maybe that made my blood sugar drop.

Next, I was cutting a few coupons and started feeling a little dizzy, so I got up to pop some popcorn and felt as if I was going to pass out.  So I ran for the fridge and grabbed the oj (the one my husband had left in there with one sip that was old and didn't taste good) and spit it everywhere.  I grabbed the other oj and drank it.  After about 5 minutes, I started feeling better.   By then, my dog and cat were asking to be fed, so I grabbed their food and fed them and started to feel faint again.  I grabbed the orange juice (the right one) and drank more.  After I sat down, I took my blood sugar and it was down in the 80's.  So I made sure I drank enough juice, ate an egg and took it about 30 minutes later and it had climbed to 134.  I finally fixed my popcorn and dropped the whole bowl.  I had the fan on because it has been hot in our house down here in the Sunshine State and all my coupons blew in the floor.  I cleaned up the popcorn and the coupons, decided to post all of this on Facebook and text my husband and daughter to tell them.   My daughter told me to go to bed.  Sleep makes everything better.  You think she was trying to get rid of me?  Never heard from my husband.

Now I'm sitting in my recliner typing this and was trying to retest my blood sugar to make sure it is doing ok and a bug flew in from the back porch (I have our sliding door open) and into my face and I stuck myself at the exact same spot I stuck myself earlier and screamed at the same time.  The cat and dog went running to hide.  My blood sugar is doing good but my finger hurts really bad.

So here's a little funny story that has nothing to do with anything but my hair.  My dad raised me (long story, my mom left) and always sent me to the neighborhood salon (we lived out in the middle of nowhere).  It was called Miss May's Salon.  I had to get off the school bus once a week and walk down the long dirt road to her house (we were safe to walk anywhere by ourselves back then) and around to her basement, where her 2 chair salon was located.  She had a son a year older than me that always had to come down there when I was there to stare at me (he was a nice boy but you know how it is back then - I didn't like to be stared at by a boy that I really didn't want staring at me while I was getting my hair fixed).  After Miss May fixed my hair, I looked like I was in my 60's (I was around 9 or 10) and always had to put on a scarf and walk home.  I cried all the way home and for at least 2 hours after I got home.  My dad always wanted to see my hair and told me how pretty it was. See, back then, straight hair was in and my hair was curly.  And she always always rolled my hair.  So I told my daughter when I'm really old and not sure who I am or where I'm at (which probably isn't too far away) to just drop me off at Miss May's Salon to get my hair fixed.  It should look pretty good now that I'm almost 60.

Hope you all had a great weekend and that your week goes well.  Tomorrow has to be better!

Ways to not kill your husband on St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!    When my daughter was in kindergarten, her teacher told the class that if they did not wear something green on St. Patrick's Day, they would get pinched.  My poor daughter came home crying hysterically because she was so afraid of getting pinched.  She didn't have anything green to wear except some undies, so I think we went to Woolworth's to get her a green t-shirt so she wouldn't get pinched.  Back then, it was traumatic, but now she and I can look back at it and laugh.  Ahhh, memories.

Now to explain the title of this post.  Does your husband/boyfriend/significant other, etc. ever drive you completely crazy?  Sometimes mine does and today was one of those days.  I, on the other hand, could not possibly get on his nerves since I'm perfect!  Hahahaha.  Anyway, he would not listen to any advice I have been trying to give him over the past few weeks and today about his health, so I had to restrain myself from not punching his lights out (just kidding).  I love him to death, but he needs to quit trying to take his health into his own hands. 

Don't get me wrong.  We have a great marriage, but husbands and wives do get on each other's nerves.  He is at work now where there are no women or wives to nag at him and I'm sure he is much happier.

So ways to not kill your husband on St. Patrick's Day consist of cooking him his favorite pork chops, only make them healthy so he will never know, which is what I did.  Here is the recipe (with the less fattening, low carb ingrediets).

Smothered pork chops

6 to 8 pork chops
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp seasoned salt
3 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup flour
Olive Oil
1 cup Italian breadcrumbs
1 can fat free condensed Cream of Mushroom soup
1/3 cup skim milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Season pork chops with garlic powder and seasoned salt (mixed together).

Put beaten eggs in a small bowl.  Lightly dip the pork chops in the flour, then the eggs and then coat with the Italian breadcrumbs. 

Pour some olive oil into a skillet or frying pan and heat it up.  Add the pork chops just to brown on each side - about 2 or 3 minutes each side.  Then place the pork chops in a 9x13 pan, cover with foil and bake for an hour.

After the pork chops have baked an hour, mix the soup and milk together and pour over pork chops, cover with the foil and bake 30 additional minutes.  Pork chops will come out so tender and tasty.

And here is what they looked like (I say looked because they are all gone).  I did not put the breading on mine and they came out tasty and seasoned just right with just a little bit of gravy.  This really is a low-fat, low carb recipe if you don't add the breaded coating to the pork chops.

Then you boil some eggs so they won't go bad to make deviled eggs for snacks, which are good for low carb diets, as shown here.

I just add some mayo, a little regular mustard and a little Colman's dry mustard, which I love.  Yum!

Last but not least, you load up the dishwasher if you still have any tension left over in you so that you can sit down and eat a nice calm dinner with your husband that you really do love very much and want him to live a long time and take care of himself.  And he finally understands.  This post is all in fun.

And you top the meal off with some steamed carrots, broccoli and asparagus (and rice and some green beans for your husband), and things are once again ok. 

My blood sugars have been running in the upper 80's to low 90's lately when I get up, which I am happy with.  So keep up the low-carb and exercise and eat lots of veggies and your body will thank you for it.  Oh and drink lots of water.

Super Bowl Time (from this past January)

So what's everyone cooking for the big day tomorrow? My husband has to work, so I'm cooking a big pot of chili for him to take for all the guys. They are also having hot dogs and all the trimmings.
I'm just going to have some pinto beans, a salad, veggies and dip, chips and salsa and maybe a low-fat Fudgsicle (not all at once). That will be my supper and some snacks.

My blood sugar was 92 this morning. I'm pretty happy with that.

Tonight I Skyped with my granddaughter. We usually have a dance party and talk a lot, but she was a little shy tonight. She is 2 years old and my first grandchild. I love her very much. I had no idea what it would be like to be a nana, but I love it. I visit her about every 6 weeks in NC. We have a lot of fun. I usually don't have too much trouble with my blood sugars when I'm with her because we are always active.

Christmas 2011

I'm also cooking my first ever batch of homemade beef broth, but I don't know how it will turn out. I roasted the veggies in with my meat bones, but they burned. Is that normal?

Well I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow. Don't eat too much, but eat something good and sweet for me!

Here is the recipe for the Super Bowl Chili. I got the recipe from Onceamonthmom.com. She has the greatest and healthiest recipes, and she teaches you all about cooking ahead and how to freeze your foods. I love her site.