Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 is off to her first couple of days in her new job (or, well, new work place at least, the employer and much of the job as such, is "same old"). It's of course a bit sad being on my own, but on the upside is (especially now that summer vacation is here) that I can take some "time off" from cooking etc as well. It's been my area of responsibility ever since got ill with her MS, before that it was definitely her area, but her fatigue makes it impossible for her to do much at all other than work in the weekdays. That is just the way a marriage works and should work, according to me, we should take care of each other. That's a given! But I don't much like cooking (even if I have come to appreciate it a little more), so I'll probably survive on leftovers in the freezer and fridge, and on sandwiches, for these couple of days (can't be the solution for all the time she'll be away, naturally, but it's nice to give oneself a few days off). will stay in a hotel (she'll probably do that for all her time there, the living costs compensation she gets will cover that), it's the simplest way to make sure her needs are taken care of as well (i.e. she'll get breakfast and dinner without having to be troubled too much with it).Anyway, I used this free time on grabbing a beach chair, packing coffee, water, fruit, candy, and some bread, along with a thriller/crime novel I started reading this past weekend, and heading for the park. I gave the birds (mallards) most of the bread, but the rest of the food pack was a nice addition to the reading (well, except perhaps that one really shouldn't bring chocolate if one intends to sit in the sun – but the thing was I intended to sit in the shadows, and placed my chair there, it was just that the shadows moved as time went by, and before I had finished my reading I was very much in the sun...). The book was a real pageturner (explains why I ended up sitting there so long...), it was "The troubled man" by Henning Mankell (it's Kurt Wallander's last case), it's part crime fiction, and part espionage thriller (with roots back to the cold war). If you like that kind of books, I can really recommend it. Amazon has a short video trailer for it (originally made by Newweek, I think, but I may be wrong): http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m3GGZE33P20ODN/ref=ent_fb_link And the general book page is here: http://www.amazon.com/Troubled-Man-Henning-Mankell/dp/0307593495/ (you may have to copy and paste the links, as usual). Although $16, 23 does seem like a lot for a book, perhaps you can find it in your local library?A summer afternoon well spent... Now I'll go and see if I can dig out some chicken curry from the fridge...love/Reb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 I know exactly what you mean about taking a vacation from cooking. When my family is gone I enjoy the "food vacation" and eat only what I want instead of what everyone else wants. I enjoy leftovers and simple foods like just having a salad or just a steamed or sauteed vegetable meal. I like to keep it simple when I am on my own!How much travel time is there for to get to work and back again? Is she working 4 or 5 days?Enjoy your book and keep your chocolate in the shade:)love SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Mon, June 13, 2011 9:40:56 AMSubject: Nice afternoon is off to her first couple of days in her new job (or, well, new work place at least, the employer and much of the job as such, is "same old"). It's of course a bit sad being on my own, but on the upside is (especially now that summer vacation is here) that I can take some "time off" from cooking etc as well. It's been my area of responsibility ever since got ill with her MS, before that it was definitely her area, but her fatigue makes it impossible for her to do much at all other than work in the weekdays. That is just the way a marriage works and should work, according to me, we should take care of each other. That's a given! But I don't much like cooking (even if I have come to appreciate it a little more), so I'll probably survive on leftovers in the freezer and fridge, and on sandwiches, for these couple of days (can't be the solution for all the time she'll be away, naturally, but it's nice to give oneself a few days off). will stay in a hotel (she'll probably do that for all her time there, the living costs compensation she gets will cover that), it's the simplest way to make sure her needs are taken care of as well (i.e. she'll get breakfast and dinner without having to be troubled too much with it).Anyway, I used this free time on grabbing a beach chair, packing coffee, water, fruit, candy, and some bread, along with a thriller/crime novel I started reading this past weekend, and heading for the park. I gave the birds (mallards) most of the bread, but the rest of the food pack was a nice addition to the reading (well, except perhaps that one really shouldn't bring chocolate if one intends to sit in the sun – but the thing was I intended to sit in the shadows, and placed my chair there, it was just that the shadows moved as time went by, and before I had finished my reading I was very much in the sun...). The book was a real pageturner (explains why I ended up sitting there so long...), it was "The troubled man" by Henning Mankell (it's Kurt Wallander's last case), it's part crime fiction, and part espionage thriller (with roots back to the cold war). If you like that kind of books, I can really recommend it. Amazon has a short video trailer for it (originally made by Newweek, I think, but I may be wrong): http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m3GGZE33P20ODN/ref=ent_fb_link And the general book page is here: http://www.amazon.com/Troubled-Man-Henning-Mankell/dp/0307593495/ (you may have to copy and paste the links, as usual). Although $16, 23 does seem like a lot for a book, perhaps you can find it in your local library?A summer afternoon well spent... Now I'll go and see if I can dig out some chicken curry from the fridge...love/Reb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 I kind of did the same thing yesterday. Under most circumstances, unless I'm laid out on the couch sick, hubby still expects me to cook every other night (I swear, he still doesn't understand some of this stuff with me). Well, oldest son left yesterday for a mini vacation with his grandparents (will be back Wednesday), and I just really didn't feel like standing in kitchen cooking....and our choices were bacon and eggs or tacquitos, so no real help there. So I declared it a " whatevers " night - leftovers or soup, or whatever we can find in the fridge. I wasn't that hungry anyway, haven't been with this flare, so it worked out well. Don't think he was too thrilled, but when he does all the " easy for me to cook " meals that he's purchased, he should expect something like that. I didn't feel like, and still don't feel like standing at the stove cooking a pack of bacon.....and plus with oldest son gone, it won't get fully eaten..... I think if he makes me cook tonight, which will be after a counseling appointment with a new counselor, so I'll be even less in the mood, I'll pick the tacquitos. Tina I know exactly what you mean about taking a vacation from cooking. When my family is gone I enjoy the " food vacation " and eat only what I want instead of what everyone else wants. I enjoy leftovers and simple foods like just having a salad or just a steamed or sauteed vegetable meal. I like to keep it simple when I am on my own! How much travel time is there for to get to work and back again? Is she working 4 or 5 days?Enjoy your book and keep your chocolate in the shade:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Tina sorry you aren't feeling well. You are in my prayers. Hugs nne To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world " " May the Lord Bless you and keep you, May the Lord Make his face shine upon you, and give you Peace...Forever " Breast Cancer Patients Soul Mates for Life http://breastcancerpatientssoulmatesforlife.bravehost.com/ Anxiety Depression and Breast Cancer http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AnxietyDepressionandBreastCancer Angel Feather Loomer www.angelfeatherloomer.blogspot.com The Cancer Club www.cancerclub.com > Re: Nice afternoon > > I kind of did the same thing yesterday. Under most circumstances, unless > I'm laid out on the couch sick, hubby still expects me to cook every > other > night (I swear, he still doesn't understand some of this stuff with me). > Well, oldest son left yesterday for a mini vacation with his grandparents > (will be back Wednesday), and I just really didn't feel like standing in > kitchen cooking....and our choices were bacon and eggs or tacquitos, so > no > real help there. So I declared it a " whatevers " night - leftovers or > soup, > or whatever we can find in the fridge. I wasn't that hungry anyway, > haven't > been with this flare, so it worked out well. Don't think he was too > thrilled, but when he does all the " easy for me to cook " meals that he's > purchased, he should expect something like that. I didn't feel like, and > still don't feel like standing at the stove cooking a pack of > bacon.....and > plus with oldest son gone, it won't get fully eaten..... I think if he > makes > me cook tonight, which will be after a counseling appointment with a new > counselor, so I'll be even less in the mood, I'll pick the tacquitos. > > Tina > > > >> >> >> I know exactly what you mean about taking a vacation from cooking. When >> my >> family is gone I enjoy the " food vacation " and eat only what I want >> instead >> of what everyone else wants. I enjoy leftovers and simple foods like >> just >> having a salad or just a steamed or sauteed vegetable meal. I like to >> keep >> it simple when I am on my own! >> >> How much travel time is there for to get to work and back again? >> Is >> she working 4 or 5 days? >> >> Enjoy your book and keep your chocolate in the shade:) >> ____________________________________________________________ Send your photos by email in seconds... TRY FREE IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if3 Works in all emails, instant messengers, blogs, forums and social networks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 That's right, I'll probably eat some shellfish (which is allergic to), and some blood pudding and sausages (which isn't too fond of, with a few exceptions), too...The travel time is about 2-2,5 hours in one direction. From here, I mean, the hotel she found is pretty close to where she'll work. Or hotels, rather, she found one with a pretty location by the water, but with a bit longer to work for her, and one really close but with less of pretty suroundings. Her plan is to stay in the "pretty" one for the summer, and possibly early fall, and switch to the "uglier but more practical" when the weather gets less nice. When she starts working there for real she'll be working a 4 day-week, but this week she'll only be there for three days (she is doing prep/starting up things, having planning meetings, doing administrative things, like getting her new office in order, she hasn't started for real yet).love/Reb>> I know exactly what you mean about taking a vacation from cooking. When my > family is gone I enjoy the "food vacation" and eat only what I want instead of > what everyone else wants. I enjoy leftovers and simple foods like just having a > salad or just a steamed or sauteed vegetable meal. I like to keep it simple > when I am on my own!> > How much travel time is there for to get to work and back again? Is she > working 4 or 5 days?> > Enjoy your book and keep your chocolate in the shade:)> > love> > > Sharon> This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and > grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be > considered flaws or defects.> > > > > > > ________________________________> To: MSersLife > Sent: Mon, June 13, 2011 9:40:56 AM> Subject: Nice afternoon> > > > is off to her first couple of days in her new job (or, well, new work place > at least, the employer and much of the job as such, is "same old"). It's of > course a bit sad being on my own, but on the upside is (especially now that > summer vacation is here) that I can take some "time off" from cooking etc as > well. It's been my area of responsibility ever since got ill with her MS, > before that it was definitely her area, but her fatigue makes it impossible for > her to do much at all other than work in the weekdays. That is just the way a > marriage works and should work, according to me, we should take care of each > other. That's a given! But I don't much like cooking (even if I have come to > appreciate it a little more), so I'll probably survive on leftovers in the > freezer and fridge, and on sandwiches, for these couple of days (can't be the > solution for all the time she'll be away, naturally, but it's nice to give > oneself a few days off). will stay in a hotel (she'll probably do that for > all her time there, the living costs compensation she gets will cover that), > it's the simplest way to make sure her needs are taken care of as well (i.e. > she'll get breakfast and dinner without having to be troubled too much with it).> > Anyway, I used this free time on grabbing a beach chair, packing coffee, water, > fruit, candy, and some bread, along with a thriller/crime novel I started > reading this past weekend, and heading for the park. I gave the birds (mallards) > most of the bread, but the rest of the food pack was a nice addition to the > reading (well, except perhaps that one really shouldn't bring chocolate if one > intends to sit in the sun â€" but the thing was I intended to sit in the shadows, > and placed my chair there, it was just that the shadows moved as time went by, > and before I had finished my reading I was very much in the sun...). The book > was a real pageturner (explains why I ended up sitting there so long...), it was > "The troubled man" by Henning Mankell (it's Kurt Wallander's last case), it's > part crime fiction, and part espionage thriller (with roots back to the cold > war). If you like that kind of books, I can really recommend it. > > Amazon has a short video trailer for it (originally made by Newweek, I think, > but I may be > wrong): http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m3GGZE33P20ODN/ref=ent_fb_link > And the general book page is > here: http://www.amazon.com/Troubled-Man-Henning-Mankell/dp/0307593495/ (you may > have to copy and paste the links, as usual). Although $16, 23 does seem like a > lot for a book, perhaps you can find it in your local library?> > A summer afternoon well spent... Now I'll go and see if I can dig out some > chicken curry from the fridge...> > love> /Reb> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Sorry to hear that! I hope the cooking issue tonight was solved in a good way. I don't even know what tacquitos is, honestly (but, wait, just guessing: something like small tacos? I am basing that guess on the "itos"-ending). Is it hard to cook? If so, I hope you got an agreement on doing something easier. Or, better still, that you got out of the cooking altogether. But anyhow, I hope your hubby will understand your situation a little better in the future. Maybe this flare up will teach him something? And hoping you'll feel better soon!love/Reb> > >> >> > I know exactly what you mean about taking a vacation from cooking. When my> > family is gone I enjoy the "food vacation" and eat only what I want instead> > of what everyone else wants. I enjoy leftovers and simple foods like just> > having a salad or just a steamed or sauteed vegetable meal. I like to keep> > it simple when I am on my own!> >> > How much travel time is there for to get to work and back again? Is> > she working 4 or 5 days?> >> > Enjoy your book and keep your chocolate in the shade:)> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 I vote for tacquitos! Here's wishing for an EASY evening for you Tina. Remind me again how long ago you were diagnosed? hugs SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Mon, June 13, 2011 10:58:45 AMSubject: Re: Nice afternoon I kind of did the same thing yesterday. Under most circumstances, unless I'm laid out on the couch sick, hubby still expects me to cook every other night (I swear, he still doesn't understand some of this stuff with me). Well, oldest son left yesterday for a mini vacation with his grandparents (will be back Wednesday), and I just really didn't feel like standing in kitchen cooking....and our choices were bacon and eggs or tacquitos, so no real help there. So I declared it a "whatevers"night - leftovers or soup, or whatever we can find in the fridge. I wasn't that hungry anyway, haven't been with this flare, so it worked out well. Don't think he was too thrilled, but when he does all the "easy for me to cook" meals that he's purchased, he should expect something like that. I didn't feel like, and still don't feel like standing at the stove cooking a pack of bacon.....and plus with oldest son gone, it won't get fully eaten..... I think if he makes me cook tonight, which will be after a counseling appointment with a new counselor, so I'll be even less in the mood, I'll pick the tacquitos. Tina I know exactly what you mean about taking a vacation from cooking. When my family is gone I enjoy the "food vacation" and eat only what I want instead of what everyone else wants. I enjoy leftovers and simple foods like just having a salad or just a steamed or sauteed vegetable meal. I like to keep it simple when I am on my own! How much travel time is there for to get to work and back again? Is she working 4 or 5 days?Enjoy your book and keep your chocolate in the shade:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Three years ago last month. My has the time flown by. As expected, when I got home from my appointment with my new counselor, hubby turned to me and said " What's for supper? " I just told him " I don't know. " Let it be his problem! At least, I'm hoping that's how it works out! Tina I vote for tacquitos! Here's wishing for an EASY evening for you Tina. Remind me again how long ago you were diagnosed? hugs Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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