Tuesday Morning Show: New Products and Family updates.

Yeah, it is winter in my Neck of the woods. Winter sports, Winter Driving and Winter Yard work. we haven't had a lot of Snow yet and the ice is just starting. My Dad Had a fall last September, He is doing good now. However we have Therapist coming to the house for him. So, I have to make sure  the walkway and steps are safe for them.  Clearing them off has been a priority. appointment to Doctors, have been trying also during the winter. Cold and Rain make slick roads. For some reason Folks around this Tri State area, do not know how to drive in this weather. A lot of accidents. Watching out for the other guys came be stressful driving. Being from NewYork State ,living in Colorado, and living in the BlackForest in Germany I have learned how to drive in this stuff.

Hubby is doing okay now. We have some Medical issues in 2018. However seems to be make a good recovery.  He is getting ready to retire next year. That means we a looking at our Financial portfolio Looking pretty good at this time.

I am doing good. trying to change some things to live a healthier life. Recently I received a Ninja Foodi Pot. It is so good. Besides being a great way to cook, It save us money on electricity. Not having to heat the oven up for just the three of us. You can see some recipes and find out more about this on my Kitchen Blog and Review blog. My Blood pressure was getting high! So, I started this new regiment. I take 120 Life. It is a drink that help in lowering the BP. so far it has worked. another thing I am doing is taking some supplements from our Business Melaluca. I have a 3 month trail to see if it help with Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure.  Been Walking which has help a lot with the Blood Sugar. I will be posting my progress on my fitness blog.

We have been doing well with our Green impact. Cleaning out the house and making sure our decision are based on the impact on Green Living. You can check out of progress on the Healthy Living blog.

Now that things have slow down some at home I am back to blogging. The past 3 years have been very trying. Between my Dad moving in and Weddings, deaths, illness and life changes, It has occupied my life.

Stay tune for more post in this new year 2019. This will be a great year for us!!

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Tuesday's News- Updates and a favorite drink...

Well my Hubby has been on two blood thinners since last Wednesday. He had two Pulmonary Blood clots in one of his lungs. The doctors are trying to thin the blood to prevent other clots from forming. Today he went to the hospital for test and the blood is still not thinning. So , we will have to continue the Lovenox shots in his belly. He will have to stay on the thinners for 6 months. We were hoping the shots would stop today, not the case at least one more week. we still do not know if he has any more clots in his abdomen. the test are not back. Still waiting for the Cancer screening test to come back. Will have to get a second opinion though.

We really did not do much over the weekend. Went out to a few stores for food and lighting. I replace the lights over the kitchen sink and counters. I like the newer ones. It allows the upper cabinets to be lit.

On Sunday we went to church and met up with family. Hubby had made an appointment to get my car detailed and cleaned. We went out to eat at a upscale restaurant. Then we walked around the upscale Mall. Everything from Shoes to scarfs was over 100 dollars,. I like a pair of boots, they were only 1,765.99, that right over seventeen hundred dollars. Hubby saw a jacket he liked.. the price...1,249.99. Then he eyed another it was only 700.00. He said well what a good deal only half the price as the first one, we laughed. Needless to say we just browsed.

I have been liking the Pumpkin spice lattes. However they are expensive, so I only have one on Sundays. While at the mall I stopped into my favorite store, Williams Sonoma. They had the syrup for the pumpkin spice lattes, I pick up two of them, now I can make my own at home for a fraction of the cost. I have enjoy a couple already.
I think it was a very busy day for hubby. He came home and went to sleep. Even my daughter rested a bit.

How did you long weekend go?

Tuesday's News-Family and Season changes

It has been a busy week for us. the Fall season is a time for cleaning out the house and preparing for the wintertime. I need to start my cooking planning soon. Have been doing well with my weight loss, down 15 Pounds and still working on staying on the downward trend.
Family time has been busy. We had birthday parties and still have more to attend this week. School started and we have been working on a new schedule for after school activities. Exercise classes, Music classes and time for fair visits. Still need to go to the Renaissance ones. Maybe this weekend we will get to go to the Crownsville one. I want to find a good Honey for my Coffee sweetener.

My granny had her 94th Birthday, Happy birthday to her.She fell the broke a couple ribs but is doing well now. I spoke with her yesterday she sound great.

Need to mow the Lawn and clean the home in a few minutes. We have a crew coming to clean out the vents today. One of our Fall list of things to do. The Hurricane made me do some outdoor things already.

How is your season change activities going?

Tuesday's News-A Wet Weekend.

Hurricane Irene made her presence starting on Friday. I had time to get down the gazebo cover and store all the furniture. We mowed the yard and tightened down the pool cover. This was the first time I had to store the Front porch furniture. Irene, even though she was down from a 3 to to a 1 category, still had a strong force.

preparing the yard for Irene.

We had heavy downpour and winds up to 60 gust. It managed to topple trees and flood areas. We had electricity outages all across our area. We had to run the generator for a few hours. We were lucky some are still out.

Schools were to start up on Monday. However, they were push back to open today. We still have 27 school without power. The ones with power opened today. Our daughter started her 12 year. I can not believe she is going to graduate and be off to college already! It seems to have flown by for us parents.
We got out and about yesterday and took a photo of one of the trees that fell on a house up the road.

Photos of the house

Look at the root size of the tree.....

Watch the tree removers work on the remover. It was a sight to see. the tree fell on a bedroom in the house. The owner seem to only suffered some bruises.

On Monday I returned some furniture back to its areas. Cleaned up the pool liner from debris, pickup some limps and check out the outside of the house for damage.
You see we had an earthquake the days before the Hurricane, so the winds could of cause some small unseen damage to increase. Noticed that a support block to our front porch was lifted and the heat pump had shifted some. I will have to call the service to check it out. Our solar panels did well. Was able to withstand the winds.

Well that's the rap up of our Long weekend. How did yours go?

Tuesday's News-A Busy Month.

Well we have been off and running. August seems to be our busy traveling month. With family has had surgery's and the family needing our help, we have been running since the first of the month. Here it is the middle and we are still not done running.

On the first of the month we were notified that my hubby's older brother had to have surgery to remove a foot. Between his daughter(who lives in Wisconsin) and us, we are the closes and the ones able to be with him. Last week he was moved to rehab, after having 3 Surgeries.

We had to head down to the Outerbanks and Wilmington N.C. to see another older sister. Tried to get some site seeing in on our way. Visiting my 94 years old childhood home. She lived in Ocracoke, NC in the 1920s. It was very interesting to see the area. After seeing that we spoke with my granny and she told us the story again. Will have to write it down in the Family Story Blog.

In Wilmington got to do a small tour of the old town. then meet with his sister. She is doing okay, still having some bone problems. Hips and knees. It seems that most of the family has had to have replacements and it is looking like she will be in the line.

Myrtle Beach was a first visit for us. Broadway on the beach was the only place we got to.There were storms and a water spout that touch the land in Wilmington. So our trip there was limited. We decided to go back sometime with in the year.

Headed back to Virginia Beach to see Dad, on our way back home. Was able to see my Niece and her daughter. I haven't seen my niece since 2008 and this was the first time seeing her daughter. I watched her while dad took my Niece to an appointment. Cora, my G-Niece is so cute she is two years old.

The Dismal Swamp is on fire and the smoke and smell is bad. There were times the smoke was so thick that it made it hard to breathe. The smell is strong also. It has been on fire for months and does not look like it is going out any time soon. Man is unable to put it out, Nature is the only one that can.

Now when we got back home, there was a neighbors tree that a storm took down in our backyard. It landed across our yard and with caught by one of our trees and our fence post. It is to be taken down sometime this week.