Okay.  We moved to Michigan in June.  Looking forward to all the changes of the seasons and all that it entails. I wanted a photo of our lovely home with lots of snow for our Christmas card. The week before Thanksgiving, we had snow.  Enough snow to cover everything.  It was lovely.  Guess who didn’t…

My dear husband and I have just finished watching Season 1 of Reginald the Vampire. I have just finished reading all 6 books of the Fat Vampire series, upon which the TV show is based – no, not based, inspired by. The show and the books are both quite good.  The show and the books…

Okay, I have a new primary physician.  5 minutes from our house, with their own labs, x-rays, urgent care and PT in the same building.  I have had some issues with my primary physician.  I feel like he might have some issues listening to women – or at least this woman.  Also I’ve had issues…

I have just been feeling overwhelmed this week.  Too many things to get done.  So I’m giving you the Reader’s Digest version of my blog. THIS FAT OLD LADY’S ME MONDAY – HO HO WHEW The tree is up!  (Yes, it leans – and I can live with it like that – and it took…

I am (once again) missing Kaiser.  For all their faults, there are some things that Kaiser does really well – like make information from test results and visits available to the patient. It’s all there. Got blood work?  You not only get the results, you also get your past results and a link to what…

The holidays are upon us. I am really having problems getting focused on the holidays this year. Usually I would have all the gifts ordered, to be shipped to the recipients, and the holiday cards all designed, and printed and the stamps and envelopes ordered.  And if the tree isn’t up, at least the household…

I take Omeprazole every single fucking day. I take it because I have GERD (that means my stomach acid likes to go roaming now and then). The reason I take my Omeprazole every single fucking day is, because if I don’t, I will be dealing with stomach acid – all the way up to the…

Here it is Thanksgiving Eve.  I don’t have any cooking duties for tomorrow, so hooray! We’re going to pick up my sister Linda and we’re driving to the home of her son Rob and his family.  Linda has cooking duties – her (famously delicious) sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes. Meanwhile, I feel like I’m up…

I used to be the Bisquick Queen, lo these many years ago; and then I got away from it.  However, I came across a recipe for Impossible Chicken and Broccoli Pie. Okay then. Time to dust off my Bisquick crown. The theory of Bisquick impossible pies is that you put all your fillings in your…

As you may know, my plan for dealing with winter in Michigan was to stay inside and bake cookies. Well, it’s winter in Michigan.  We’ve had quite a bit of snow (nothing like Buffalo, mind you, but for this California girl, it is still a little alarming). So I should at least be up to…