ANNUAL 2024 January 1, 2024. I slept through all of the excitement. Missed the fireworks, did not hear the dog barking and especially missed Gale and Patty's house fire. Did not hear fire engine or cop cars arrive. I hope my snoring did not disturb anyone. Apparently they woke to the smoke alarm, went to the kitchen and flames were leaping from the stove due to a mitten caught fire. They called it in. They managed to keep the firemen from using hoses. They got it knocked down. The next week the Servipro people showed up and stayed there for nearly two weeks. The last couple of days they developed sewage problem in the basement and the rooter folks came a couple of day. At one point I saw them checking water mains on the block. Um, Happy New Years? For the very first time, I recycled plastic bottles. Oregon pays ten cents per bottle and Tim has been boarding them in the attic. So we took in eight bags to McKays and were paid $38.40. That day we ran away to Bandon to get exercise for Itsky. We stopped to get gas. Cash came to eighteen dollars. Gave the kid a twenty an told him to keep the change. He was shocked and dug up a doggy bone for Itsky. I sat in the car and admired water crashing over the jetty. Then we went to the Cranberry Candy Factory. Had a nice soft free cookie. The cookies I bought were NOT the Italian Wedding Cookies that I really wanted. Next we stopped at Facerock for squaky cheese. Nope, NOT squeaky. Saw a hack on Facebook. Nuke then for fifteen seconds, squeak is back, have not had a chance to try them since. We switched from Direct TV to Spectum. The hand held lets to say, “CBS” etc. I have not been able to figure out how to view my recorded programs. And they do not have NHK or Grand Sumo. But I have the app on my Kindle. The tech was able to make the lady shut up who very helpfully read the screen. Everyonce in a while it times out. And we had the tech set it up so we could not accidentally order another streaming service. Happy so far. We had a severe ice storm and Eugene got two inches of ice and we lost Spectrum for two days. Sigh. 2024 owies: Couple of weeks ago, I turned wrong at Davita and the needle went through the wall and extravasated and hurt a lot until they got the machine turned off Apparently, owie, owie, owie get their attention. I got off two hours early and lots of swelling in right forearm. Applied Vicks Vaporub which worked well still a bit swollen but is recorbing. Then a few days later, I got a can of beans out of the very large drawer right by the sink. Turned around to shut the door with my foot. Um I was wearing nice wool socks with zero traction. Boom, fell on right hip. Took two people to get me up and mobile. That swelling is just now going down. As a result of that, it was decreed that all of the canned goods would be transferred to the pantry. Now the drawer has all of my canning jars and rings. Also, happily while moving all of this stuff found four jars of green tomato pickles Yay! Then started to transfer cans from below the microwave. Found about fifteen very old bulging cans of mandarin oranges. They will get tosses. I forgot to mention that for our 29th annivrsary, we all went to Cozy Kitchen in Myrtle Point. We met a friend of Tim from his meeting and had a lovely chat. I had hashbrown, and slice of lemon merangue pie. Yum. I have new provider that saves me over fifty dollars per month and has dental. Phil and Jodi came to visit and figure out why PC is not talking to printer. It was not until a couple of weeks later that he marched me through the process of removing the printer driver and reinstalling printer driver. It now prints!! Took them to lunch at Corner Bar and Grill Speaking of which the bar is having a Valentines Dinner consisting of prime rib, garlic shrimp, all kinds of sids including mushroom risotto, double baked potatoes, dessert is cheesecake with strawberry sauce. Seventy dollars for two and romantic music for dancing. Lovely. I talked with Mrs. Boat a couple weeks after the event. It went very well, sold out. She had to turn away a lot of people including her husbands boss. He had volunteered to wash dishes and one of the serves did not come so he learned to plate, Easy on the green beans. There was cheesecake left over and everyone got a piece. There was left over rice but not much of anything else. If she does this next year, I will go alone if I have to. Yummy! Things I have cooked so far. I made steak enchilada. This is a wonderful recipe I first tasted in circa 1965 when I lived in Petaluma with Carl and Robin. Cubed steak, large can of green enhilada sauce, Ancho chiles, rehydrate, can of chopped green chiles. Large tortillas, Chopped scalions, Cilantro, shredded Mexican cheese. Sour cream if you wish. Saute the steak until barely done, add green enchilada sauce, Ancho chiles, green chiles, medium heat twenty minutes. Dredge tortillas in pan put half cup ingredients add cheese, stack as high as you wish, top with more ingredients from pan, then Mexican cheese, then sour cream. Yummmy! My version, I could not find Ancho chiles but everything tasted wonderful. I have at least three cups of steak and a whole pkg of tortillas. Sweet! I made peanut butter pie, with eight ounces cream cheese, cup of brown sugar, two tbsp vanilla, mix well, pour into blind baked pie crust. Chill in fridge two hours, slice and serve. I liked it but will not make it again, I like other pies better such as pumpkin and lemon meringue pie. Today I sauted mushrooms, I had planned on making quiche but only had one pie crust. So I sauted onions for twenty minutes then added mushrooms for another ten minutes. Turned off pan and added garlic and Very Teriyaki sauce. Not terrible. Also made hamburgers with green tomato pickles. That went very well. I saw a Facebook thing that had a two ingredient cake, one can crushed piny oles eapple, one box Angel food mix. Put crushed pineapple in large glass cake pan, Add box of Angel food cake mix. Stir together until well mixed, Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees F. Delish!! Today I made fruit cocktail cake. I learned this recipe in the 1960s from a lady from Taiwan. Put one can fruit cocktail, two eggs, two cups Bisquik, one tsp vanilla mix well, I put mine in a pie plate. Cook 35 minutes at 350F. Cool. Put pkg lemon jello, add water, bring to boil. Allow to cool. Put many holes in cake with toothpick or fork. Pour lemon jello over cake. Cool and eat. After eating this one, I recommend cooling cake for at least one hour, let it get good and dried out. That way the lemon will taste more prominent. The lady taught me to look for rice buckets which are finger prints that are concentric rings and are considered very lucky. I have none, figures. Hair do. I have settled on dapple gray hair. My haidresser really likes it. She is going to call it Dappleoosa and will offer it to another client of hers. Yay! Recently diagnosed with osteoporosis. Dr. Holland has prescribed Prolia injection every six months. Online is 1700 dollars. Must find out copay if it is rediculous, I will respectfully decline. More calcium maybe. Further investigation reveals that Prolia costs five thousand dollars, Regence says coopay is between zero and twentypercent. No thanks, pretty sure Big Blue is encouraging patients to decide against a possible thousand dollar copay. I will add magnesium to my daily pill regimen to encourage absorption of calcium Also husband is worried about my memory. Doc did mental acuity and referred me to Coos Bay. Bottom line, adult proof house, remove trip hazards, leave notes as reminders. It's all good. Got an extra flu shot. Husband had colonscopy that shows diverticulosis, small adjustment to diet, no seeds. Add yogurt. We win!! I have switched to Dutch Brothers for iced mocha and lemon poppy muffin top. Yum. Since oral calcium does not absorb into bone well, getting opinion about megnesium from Dr. Qaddi (pronounced cutter). Dr. Q says dialysis machines test for magnesium, if needed adds, if too much removes. Kewl! Neighbor lady gave us two dozen eggs. Must make quiche. Carolyn has been taking over veggies and bread to her. So we will be saving egg cartons for her. Sweet! Neighbos across the street, fell down the steps, hit her head, transferredq to River Bend for C5/6 fracture and surgery. She will transfer to neuro PT and the need one of those stair elevators. Too spendy to move and housing is largely unavailable. Because of Itsky I have learned how to make doggie treats. Recipe is four cups oats, one cup Bisquick, two cups peanut butter, eight ounces parmesan. One cup chicken stock, I used Better Than Bullion in one cup of hot water. Mix well. Spread on two large pizza pans, dock with fork, preslice. Bake at 350 degrees for sixty minutes. Cool, store in ziplock bags for freezer. He loves them. Let us get caught up with medical issues. Three weeks ago, hubby had colonscope. He has diverticulosis. Small change in diet. Also very happy with prunes etc. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. Doc recommended twice yearly infusions of Prolia. I look on line it was 1700. Called hospital. They called back to say there was a six month charge of 5k. Regence says copay is zero to twenty percent. That is 1000 dollars. No thank you. I take calcium and I do not take magnesium because dialysis machine takes out if too much, adds if too little. Yay me!! This past Saturday, I woke at 2:30 am with left lower quadrant pain could be Meckels or diverticulitis. Went to Davita, a nurse palpated and said I was firm I was to go to BAH ER after the session. Hubby picked me up and took me to BAH. CT with contrast said diverticulitis. So am on Amoxillin, doing well. Talked to Aunt Wanda yesterday. She asked me if I know where the name Charlie came from? Turns out Grandpa Berglunds first name is Carl Maurice or Morris. How about them apples. I will tell Charlies he was not actually named after two gr\eat grandpas named Charles. 7-8-24 Sad day at home. Our nine year old cat, Charlie has not eaten in one week nor drank in three days. We took him to the local Vet. They were very kind and agreed that he no longer need to suffer. Cost about $350 and I am very sure that God has made room for a middle aged gentleman cat in Heaven. In summation, we have had Bradford a shortailed Siamese Ma whom were adopted in Barrow. The other two lived long lives, one lived nineteen year. Charlie was the last. We agreed no more Kitties. Sigh. Also Tim called the new animal hospital in Coos Bay. There phone says, If you wish to incur a bill from1200 to 1800 dollars please press one. Um, no thank I reminded myself to write my recipe for meatloaf. A friend at Davita, Mrs, Martini, gave me a great tip. Use a box of Stove Top stuffing. I have tried i both ways. Best way is to follow the instructions, boil water, add butter, add box of stuffing mix, stir. Put on lid. Turn of burner. Wait five minutes, fluff with ford. In a large bowl, put in olives, chopped onion, garlic. Add the stuffing, add the ground beef. Mix well, put potato slices in nine by thirteen dish. Add mix. Bake 350 for 60 minutes. Wunnerful!!! Memorable Christmas Gifts. When Richard and I were in the first and second grades we lived in Boise. We went to school at Boise Junior College. They had a teaching school. We walked across a very broad street with long lights. The previous year we were in Baker, Oregon. We um borrowedChristmas every kids bike we could. Richard was too short to sit atop the boys bike, so he stuck one leg through on the bottom and rode slanted to the left and did very well. None of the training wheels nonsense of a dotting parent giving us a push. That Christmas we got bikes. Woke up at three told to get back to bed. Rode all day long, very sore the next day. When I was a freshman in highschool in Emmett. I received a wig hat for . It was white, had hair about four inches long. I could put curlers in it, spray hairspray I loved it. I wore it to school constantly. One day I was in study hall, reading. The Gratton boys stopped by and they put the GOR in gorgeous, dark, football, sigh. One of them patted me on the head and that was the end of the wighat. . I have been enjoying the Olympics so much. All of the KVAL questions of the day have been Olympics related. I have ordered an Ebook about the 1908 Olympics in London. The games were originally scheduled for Naples, Italy. In 1906 Vesuvius erupted killing over 6,000 people and destroying much of Naples. England was having a World Fair. So the games were tranferred there. 1908 they had tug of war, tall pommel jump and dueling pistol with wax bullets Sister in law moved out after eight months. No \idea where but still in Oregon. Husband and I went to Hilltop House for my birthday on the sixth. We had halibut, baked potato, veggies, salad, soup Italian Wedding. I drank lemonade with strawberries. Dessert was coffee and carrot cake. Yum!! The halibut serving was a bit sparse but delicious. I took home half of the carrot cake. It was a bit spendy but we only go on very special days I have to get a fistulagram on Monday. Then I must see the original surgeon in Riverbend who put in the original fistula. The reason being that I have developed two very large bumps which I thought was scar tissue. But the docs want to have that removed because the tissue is so thin that it may easily rupture and bleed and gush and stuff. This will require two visits to Eugene. One we will probably overnight near Outback and IHOP. Yummy!!! Yesterday, I made broccoli and cauliflower casserole. One head of cauliflower, two stalks of broccoli, cut into mouth side bits. Add six eggs, Eight ounces sour cream, one cup milk, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, one cup macaroni, one cube butter, eight ounces Parm, one cup cheddar, mix well, top with bread crumbs, bake at 350 for one hour. Not bad. SIL contacted Yoncalla folk to ask if they had room for her and pets. Nope. Later heard she rehoused Itsky in Wisconscin, which will help. This Sunday was the third Sunday where we had to take the wash to the local laundromat. Called Archies Repair who came and found that the water sensor was not the culprit but the master control board. He is coming later today to install. That will cost three hundre fifty. Hope that fixes it and we do not want to buy a new washer. We have a white rabbit with black ears who occasionally munches the front lawn. Cute. Hope the coyotes don't get it. Have a new provider for Medigap. Wellcare. Thought it would cost 77 dollars per month. Got letter. Monthly fee is zero dollars and perhaps there will be additional things. Ad on TV said possible debit card for OTC purchases. Yay. If theyl do not reup for 26, no idea what next. Last week got to live through a live emergency. I was at Davita and a little before 11 am all out phones lit up. Tsunami warning hitting Charleston in 30 minutes. Davita is a designated safe zone so we stayed put. Left the radio going home in case there were any further news flashes. All quiet. If the 7.0 quake had occurred on the Cascadia then we would be in big trouble. As it is, were are overdue to the Cascadia. Oy. Our house is about eighty feet above sea level and twenty miles inland, so pretty safe from damage. We do have a goodly store of food and water on hand. I learned to make a nifty two ingredient cake. Take crushed pineapple and angel food cake mix, put in 9 x 13 casserole dish, mix well, bake at 350 for one hour. Lovely and moist. So doing Christmas cards today. Not including this in any but one for Aunt Wanda. All others see Feshuganah.blogspot.com or my Yahoo page. Friend me. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Ducks won the Big Ten thing, beat the Nitney Lions 45 to 37, First time EVER!!
