Notes from Abigail
Tonight a group of friends and I are going to the county fair. This fair isn’t really that big of a thrill but more of a social engagement. I usually am able to catch up with some old friends at theses places.
My friends and I besides socializing like to grab some tasty fried dough and french fries. These is nothing quite like the grease from fresh fried food. It is a good thing that I do not have the opportunity to eat these foods all the time. I would be as big a a house!
With the problems in the Gulf of Mexico and the big oil spill, I am worried that buying fresh fish at the market is going to become a problem here. I asked the seafood and deli clerk at Publix if they are having any trouble getting the fish and she said that they are fine, no trouble yet. Thanks good to hear, but I worry about the winter and spring as the full effects become more evident.
Today I have a day off and I have decided to venture to the coast. I love the ocean. The smell of salty ocean water is intoxicating. If I could bottle up the smell I would.
I think that I will indulge in a lobster roll for lunch. I treat myself to one of these at least a couple of times in the summer. The cost of these has gone up sharply in the last few years. I still think they are worth it. The only thing that bugs me is when they skimp on the lobster and load the roll with mayonnaise.
With my annual check up due this week I will find out if I have done my part to reduce cholesterol, this has been my goal for over a year now to get my cholesterol back into the right range. I have been working at it, watching what I eat and having a bowl of oatmeal every morning to help in my quest. I have been checking out the web site for Reduce Bad Cholesterol, it has a lot of very useful information on it and I love the articles they have on this very nice medical web site.
Reduce Bad Cholesterol has so much information that I had to read all the information a second time to make sure I got it all. I do not consider myself to be a medical professional but I know a lot from many trips to the doctor over the years and I worked as an EMT many years ago, and what I learned in the field and in the Emergency Room have given me a leg up on bad cholesterol and I plan to make sure that I beat this killer before it gets its hooks into my heart. Eating right and going to the doctor when I am supposed to are the ammunition I am using against bad cholesterol, I hope this is enough in this important battle, because my life is on the line.
When I went to the doctor last week I found out that I had lost 20 pounds and all I have changed in my diet is the fact that I try and eat a bowl of oatmeal every morning. I do this to aid my digestion and to help keep my cholesterol down at a manageable level. It is working to keep my weight down too an added plus to my morning ritual. I still crave a huge breakfast but my bowl of oatmeal holds me until lunch time and that has made losing weight very easy to me.
The weather has turned chilly and wet. The kind of days where you dread going outside for any reason, yet you must go to work, you must run the errands, you must take the dogs out. So you bundle up and huddle under awnings and canopies, and you walk/run to get in the car.
Tonight I need comfort food. I think I’ll order some good home cooking from Cracker Barrel and pick it up on the way home. Something with gravy or cheese and lots of southern seasonings.
Now that prices have soared people are having to cut back on eating out and road trips, no longer is it so easy to run to town to buy a pint of ice cream, now the ice cream has to be bought on the normal trip to the store and it will be store brand instead of name brand ice cream. Maybe this little step will help trim the waist line of America. Lord know we need that done all around the country.
This year on the 4th of July we have decided to grill some ribs, this is not one of the items we cook on the grill very often. We bought a couple of racks of ribs for the grill, we are going to use two different marinades on the meat and we are having corn on the cob cooked on the grill and a salad. Not a huge meal but it will be great eating. We try to have the family over on most holidays and this is no exception. For the 6 year old grandson we will be cooking him some hot dogs he is not a huge fan of ribs. Happy July 4th to everyone, make it a safe holiday.