JoJo, my cat, must have been reading over my shoulder when I posted about her in an earlier post. Right now she’s running back an forth like a crazy cat who’s trying to get rid of belly fat. Her eyes are wide and wild looking as she zooms from one end of the camper to the other. She looks around like the devil himself is chasing her.
I should get out my video camera and record that the next time she acts that way. Someone might get a laugh or two out of it.
I know my readers must be sick and tired of reading posts about my problems but I’m sorry here’s another one. I’m still unemployed and have been for over a year now. The job market is really bad here in my part of New Jersey. Just yesterday I got a rejection email for a job that I sent my resume in for. They didn’t even bother to call me in for an interview. They just looked at my resume and rejected it. I was perfectly qualified for that job too.
The stress of not being able to find work is taking a huge toll on my life. I don’t eat much at all which has got to be one of the best diets that work of all time. My pants have gotten quite loose, which really isn’t good because I can’t afford to buy new clothes that fit. I’ve found a lot of new wrinkles and more gray hairs. Sadness and depression rule my life.
I know I haven’t been posting a lot lately. I seem to be at a loss for words when I bring up my blogs. I don’t know if it’s writers block, depression or what that’s keeping the words at bay. Lately I just sit and watch the cat get fatter and wonder if there are any natural weight loss products for cats.
I think it’s more on the depression side. But more on that later.. if I can get the words to form in my head and transfer to my fingers.
This is good for these cold winter days. It’s 150 calories per serving so you won’t need to invest in herbal diet pills!
1 pound beef boneless round steak
1 pound small red potatoes, cut into 1/4-inch slices (4 cups)
2 medium stalks celery, chopped (1 cup)
2 medium carrots, chopped (1 cup)
1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tablespoon beef bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4 cans (14.5 ounces each) beef broth
1 jar (6 ounces) sliced mushrooms, undrained
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1. Cut the beef into 1 1/4-inch pieces. Mix beef and remaining ingredients except water and flour in 5-quart slow cooker.
2. Cover and cook on Low heat setting 8 to 9 hours.
3. Mix the water and flour in small bowl; gradually stir into the soup until blended. Turn to High heat setting. Cover and cook about 30 minutes or until slightly thickened.
1 Serving: Calories 150 (Calories from Fat 20); Total Fat 2 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 25mg; Sodium 1200mg; Total Carbohydrate 18g (Dietary Fiber 3g, Sugars 2g); Protein 15g
Since we are living in a camper there isn’t much room for stuff so I have to purge stuff from time to time. I have to recycle the junk mail constantly and get rid of all of the magazines full of colon cleanser reviews, sale papers, credit card offers and such.
It’s surprising just how fast that stuff piles up. I take all of the bills that are due and put them in a prominent place so they don’t get forgotten and put the paid ones into a shoe box and put that box into one of the upper cabinets so it’s out of the way.
I have to start checking out nursing homes for mom. She has dementia and messes up her medications. Some she doesn’t take and confuses her best joint supplement for her dementia medicine and because she skips her dementia meds she’s getting very forgetful and gets nasty with everyone.
It’s not something I really want to do but I don’t know what else to do. The county won’t give any more help than they already are and her latest evaluation shows that she should be in a nursing home. Andi and I are going to visit some places and check them out and try to find the best one for her.
I have a lot of pictures on my phone’s SD card. It’s a micro card so I need to find some sort of adapter so I can transfer them to my computer. Thank goodness when I got my new phone a couple weeks ago I was able to put the SD card from the old phone into my new one. At least I didn’t lose any pictures.
I had the LG Rumor and got the new LG Rumor 2. I really like this new phone so much better. When I text I no long have to use the fn key to type numbers and a few other things. The best thing about this phone is that it was FREE! I had a $150 upgrade on our account and then there was a $99.99 instant savings on the website… so my $249.99 phone was absolutely free. I just love deals like that!
