MY APOLOGIES FOR TAKING SO LONG

 It is amazing to me how fast time goes by when I am doing NOTHING!!!!  Seven days!!!!  As a blogger, that is shameful!

As it is, I really don't have anything to report.  You would think something would happen in a week, but it hasn't.

Monte is doing fairly well.  He has another problem, a very very painful one, cropped up.  I can't talk about it because it affects an embarrassing area but let me tell ya...he is going through hell with it.  The poor guy can't cut a break.  It's just not fair.  Plus he is on a pretty severe diet.  Unfortunately his meds make him abnormally hungry...all the time.  They are going to slowly wean him off of them but it's going to take time.

So the microwave installer is here installing.  Nice guy.  He just called me into the kitchen.  Boxes and styrofoam everywhere and bits and pieces and  racks everywhere.  He tells me that the microwave is really really low.  Shows me.  I won't be able to fit my really tall pot on the back burner....which I never use anyway.  Always something.  The thought of packing all that up and returning it to get another one is daunting.  Plus he told me that because the house is so old, the cupboards are lower than normal and no over the stove microwave will fit differently. Sigh.  I have decided to just not care.  The only alternative is to rebuild the kitchen....Arnie!!!!!

So that's it folks.  There aint no more.  Stay safe and keep noodling.  TTYL

ARYN AND SHARRI:

1.  Keep a well stocked cupboard so you can cook and eat at home.  Eating out leads to eating more fats and sugars than eating at home.  That will def not be a problem for you Arnie...you amazing cook you.

2.  Not only should you buy organic produce, but be sure to rinse it really well at home as well.  You never know whose fingers have done some nefarious walking and then handled your goodies.  Ewwww!!

3.  Eat fermented food.  Especially if you have higher cholesterol.  Plus fermented food intensifies vitamins and minerals and is full of probiotics.

4.  Switch out all lettuces with spinach.  Lettuce has basically no food value.  Spinach does.  When Anton was living with me he told me that in Russia, his home country, they do not eat lettuce.  Salads are vegetables, lots of cooked ones and mayonnaise.  Is that better?  My personal tastes say YES!!!

5.  When you eat.....just eat.  No phone.  No tv.  No laptop.  No working.  Studies have shown apparently that people that do other things whilst eating, eat more.  Those that are concentrating on their food become aware sooner that they are full.