Lazy

I seemed to have become a lazy blogger. This was never my intention...so i will make more of an effort.

Today is a grey, overcast day and i'm in a mood, cranky even. I suppose what's to blame is my lack of sleep. I have only slept for 3 hours...i just could not get to sleep last night. I tossed and turned...i got back up and watched some tv...felt sleepy and laid back down..boing, wide awake..i tried reading but i was so tired that my eyes just kept on watering and it made it difficult to do...finally about 6am or shortly thereafter, i think i fell to sleep. I woke up with one cat meowing her head off...and moments later, the dreaded alarm sounded, it was 9am.

Up i got but i am really feelign the lack of sleep today i tell you. All i can think about as i got through the motions this morning, is napping. I just put four loads of laundry into the washer. Mother is napping off and on this morning, so far she hasn't wanted any breakfast, so she'll probably just have some lunch.

Yesterday i made a cabbage casserole. It is called Lazy Cabbage roll casserole because you use the same ingredients where instead of rolling it into the cabbage leaves, you layer it as you would a lasagne. I'm not big on cabbage but the family requested it. I have to admit that with a dollop of sour cream, it was quite tasty. Tonight we are splurging and having steak...my sister is picking it up from the market today...yay, i don't have to go out and get it.

This past Friday my friend R came over and he took me for groceries, it was a monty haul so it was good of him to help me out. Afterwards he came back and after i'd put everything away, we watched a couple of movies and he stayed for dinner. We watched School for Scoundrels which i quite enjoyed...and finally watched The Last King of Scotland. I'd been wanting to see it for months now...it was well worth the wait, no wonder the lead actor won so many awards.

This past weekend was a long weekend here...so my sister was home for three days. We had a mostly lazy weekend though Sunday we did some cleaning. I still need to polish my bedroom but i am putting it off ...especially today, i just feel too lazy...i can't motivate myself.

I had better check on the laundry...and get a glass of water, i am so thirsty today too.

My mother is driving me insane today...am i horrible or what? It all started because she is not feeling well....she just got her antibiotics switched because she wasn't tolerating the others. She had to see a doctor on call yesterday because of it...a doctors appointment on a Sunday, such a rarity...anyway...so she hasn't been feeling well. When she is like this, she is clingy and whiny and just wants me there, with her. So last night..i meant to have a nice relaxing bath and then go to bed..well mother wasn't having that. She wanted me to stay up with her because she was in a panic. Ok so i did...and it was almost 7am before i got into bed and was falling asleep... next thing i know someone is hitting the bed (i hate that) and calling my name, over and over and over again in a real annoying way. When i was able to open my eye and peer at the clock, it was 8.26am....i'd had about and hour and a half of sleep....and i felt like it too.

I tried to calm her down but she was having none of it...she gets herself all wound up and there is no consoling her. I was cranky and rather short with her. I am on medication to help me sleep and if i don't 'sleep it off' then i am often cranky and groggy. I tried to get her to allow me to sleep for a while but she was totally against it...so i resigned myself to waking up...it took my over 30minutes to totally wake up. Once awake, i still felt cranky and was short with her (and now i feel guilty for it) but i did my best to comfort her.

Part of her complaints was that her stomach was "on fire"...i suggested she have some breakfast. She wasn't convinced at first but i eventually talked her round and so i made her some oatmeal and toast with a big glass of milk. She ate some but not all and so i did the dishes and then sat with her, holding her hand, coddling her and trying to get her to calm down...all in vain.

At 11am her favourite game show comes on...she couldn't get interested in it at all...much to my dismay..i was really hoping for the welcome distraction, for her sake as well as mine. We sort of watched it...followed by Funniest Videos and then Family Feud, all her favs.

After that i just could not stay awake any longer...i explained to her that i had to sleep, i was feeling nauseous because i hadn't slept long enough and also i'd be better for her, more patient if i could just have a couple of more hours of sleep. She finally aquiesced and i got some much needed sleep. I slept for almost 3 hours, thankfully...but now i have a rotten headache...so i'm off to take some tylenol and then get ready to make dinner....no idea what i'll make tonight, leftovers from last nights dinner i think...but we shall see.

An award

I just found out i was awarded this award by Zirelda at http://zirelda.blogspot.com/

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A quiet Friday evening...not

All is not quiet on the homefront. Mother is till unwell and very clingy. I am trying to be patient with her and i'm doing a pretty good job of it but i have such a painful headache right now, my head is throbbing and my neck and shoulders are so tight..i definitely need a massage.

It's been a busy day..i had a lot of jobs to do today, cleaning actually...but i got it all done and squeezed in a nap while mother was asleep. I woke up to her calling my name... which isn't so bad normally but i woke up with this killer headache and it's right in the middle of my forehead...and i felt so groggy, as if i'd been drugged. Not good. Once i got her settled down it took me a while to come to...but i did eventually.

She has been relatively quiet since, which has been a relief... right now she is watching 1 vs 100 and while i usually enjoy the show, it just seems loud and is driving me nuts.

Well i am off to do a load of laundry, but i'll be back.

Mother isn't feeling the greatest, not since last week. Last Thursday i had to take her to the doctors because she was doing poorly...and he put her on antibiotics for a kidney infection. That medication seemed to make her feel worse and bothered her stomach and so i had to call on Monday and they switched the antibiotic and so far it hasn't helped.

When mother isn't feeling well...you kind of have to walk on egg shells with her...she cries at the drop of a hat. Say something wrong, she cries...ask how she's feeling, she cries. She has always been a crier but when she isn't feeling well, it seems to be overly exaggerated.

I haven't been out to have my walk yet. I am feeling down...when mother is like this it really gets to me...i mean i try to be a patient person and for the most part i am but when she is like this it is hard to deal with. I will just have to grin and bear it to the best of my ability.

Tonight i am making pork chops in a garlic/mushroom sauce with rice. I wish i could make it ahead of time...because i'd like to make it now, but i've never done it like that, so i'll just wait and do it later....at least i know what's for dinner. Lately i've been struggling to come up with ideas...i seem to be in a bit of a meal rut...always making the same things and getting utterly and completely bored with it. I need to add some new meal ideas to my repertoire...any ideas, keeping in mind i am cooking for four and i prefer plain and simple yet tasty.

Any help would be appreciated. = )

Monday morning

The weekend was a good one, very productive but also relaxing. Friday night i did groceries...this time my sister came with me and it was great having two extra hands. We got tons of stuff and it took me ages to get put away once we got back home with it.

Friday night was just tv viewing and then when it got late, i watched the Big Brother live feeds on the internet. I paid for them last week and i've been enjoying them ever since...yes i'm a BB addict.

Saturday i tidied up around here. S was babysitting her grandsons for the day at their house and M was working so it was just mother and i here. When my sister got home, she'd gone shopping with the boys and purchased a bin/shelf type thing for us to store our veggies in because we are always struggling with room in the fridge for everything...so now we can store out potatoes and onions and whatnot in the bins. Very cool...i am a sucker for things like that. It was fun loading all of the stuff into them since we'd just done groceries and had lots in.

Saturday night was another night of tv viewing...not a lot on and by 11pm i was tired and went to bed....i only slept for a few hours then i was awake...playing some games online then watched some BB....i'll miss that when it's over...but thankfully a ways to go before that happens.

Sunday i went and picked up a few more groceries, mainly fruit. We've all been on a kick here for cherries and so i bought more of those...and some grapes and various other things. I was up and out of the house by 9am so there weren't many people at the grocery store...i love that.

When i got home from shopping, i put it all away...S had made breakfast for mother and she was doing the dishes when i got back. That all done...i vacuumed and tidied up again and then settled in with my sister to watch some stuff she'd taped during the week. We both do that, tape stuff during the week to watch on the weekend when there is usually nothing on. I did laundry and then laid down for a nap....by that time i was very tired. When i woke up it was almost 5pm and S had dinner going, yum. We had spaghetti and meatballs with pork cutlets, salad and garlic bread. After we ate ( we were all stuffed) S and i did dishes...they were done in a flash, thankfully...and then we settled in for Sunday night viewing. This year BB is on on Sunday nights as opposed to the Saturday nights that it used to be on. I confess, while i do like it on Sunday nights..i miss having it on Saturday...because there really isn't a lot on Saturday night, apart from Cops.

Well...that was my weekend...looks like today is shaping up to be a good day...so i will go and get on with it...i hope you have a great day today.