The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration,
but its donation.Corrie ten Boom
Midweek
already, it frightens me how quickly the weeks go by, especially when there’s
so much going on, I did however yesterday take a nice afternoon stroll with
Alfie to break up the day, it was a glorious day yesterday and the sunset last
night was just beautiful.
I
finished my day with 9pp on my pedometer, a busy day makes for plenty activity
ProPoints which I like because it means if I want to, I can enjoy a treat. My treat yesterday was Morrison’s Goats
Cheese and Butternut squash dip, very tasty and only 3pp for ¼ of the tub, I had
that for my tea with some hummous, krackerwheat crackers and a nice side salad.
Actually not bad for 12pp, I’d had a toasted muffin (5pp) for breakfast and for
lunch I’d had chicken noodle soup (5pp) at around 12ish then at 3ish I had chicken
and tzatziki salad (6pp) – I’ve only just realised I had salad twice yesterday
so having it chopped up in the fridge ready to eat is definitely encouraging me
to eat more, and it’s kept so far – I made it on Saturday. Add to that a packet
of the new tangy tomato snacks and a bag of wine and that takes my total for
the day up to 36pp, so my Activity ProPoints almost covered it.
I know it’s
not everyone’s cup of tea but I’ve just taken lambs liver out of the fridge to
make liver and onions, mash and vegetables for dinner today. Lambs liver is only 3pp per 100g so it’s low
in ProPoints and is high in Iron too, which is never a bad thing. By adding Kale to the plate I’m bring the
iron intake up even higher, mom’s likely to be a little anaemic at the moment,
so it will help a little.
I’m
focusing on the healthy right now, and I’ve decided I’m not going to do any
kind of big shop until I’ve emptied my cupboards and freezer, will just top up
with vegetables and bread as necessary, this weekend is all about the housework
– how rock and roll am I! Am I sad,
yesterday I did myself a 4 week rota for the household chores because I keep
forgetting, so I decided that if I have a reminder sheet I won’t and if it’s
tidy mom won’t keep trying to do it. So
on Tuesdays, it’s the living room, hall, stairs and landing, Wednesday and
Thursdays nothing but the essentials like washing up and cooking because by then
I’m too damn busy and if I add more work I’ll be exhausted.
I’ve just
realised I haven’t added my office onto that rota, mmm I need to, it’s almost
back to its old state! And over the next
few weeks I’m going to get mom to go through all those ‘boxes of stuff’ she
has, her idea of tidying is to stick it all in a box and hide it! Yesterday I found at least half dozen items
of clothing I’ve been looking for, she’d put them in a bag in a cupboard ;0)
Today’s
the second attempt at sending her for fasting blood tests, I came home
yesterday morning from walking the dog and she was drinking her second cup of
tea! There’s no telling the stubborn
woman sometimes, so this morning I’m hiding the kettle ;-)
I’ve had a muffin for breakfast every day this week, I
bought them to make eggs benedict and I still haven’t got round to it, I’m too
rushed in the mornings, I’ll need to get another packet and make them at the
weekend! I’ve bought a jar of ready made
sauce, lazy I know but safer I think!
On that note, I’m off to walk Alfie, whilst listening
to my book and having a bit of quiet time before the madness of the day begins.
No comments:
Post a Comment