sabbath!!

here it is, 11:11AM, and i'm not at church singing.

why you ask, because i still can't talk. and i'm still sick, though feeling a little better. i'm hoping i can shake it, and not have to visit the doctor.

i have several things to do
-finishing the laundry
-cleaning up the apt
-plastic the windows
- perhaps grocery shop

i should take time to write something meaningful. perhaps later today.

a whole lotta of nothin'

that is what i have done today. i feel really unproductive. i know i'm supposed to rest because i'm sick, but i'm getting accustomed to running all the time.

i'm planning on going in the kitchen in a bit and making something up for dinner. i'm thinking something involving potatoes, and the cauliflower/broccoli i have.

i read some on greyhounds (the dog species, not the bus company)this afternoon. it was interesting identifying some of the behaviors i saw in the one dog i dogsat with last weekend.

i'm looking up how to cook my turkey breast (including how long it will take to thaw), and i should also look for a recipe for tonight. i am such an internet junkie when it comes to looking for information. how did we do things before?

i need to do some serious planning on cooking thanksgiving dinner. we are having
-turkey
-mashed potatoes
-green bean casserole
-corn
-stuffing
-rolls
-noodles
-jj is making yams, i think
i have to figure out how many pots we need, cooking times, all the fun stuff. i would kinda rather eat earlier, but i understand why they want to eat later. it's all good. it will give me time to decorate, and prepare alot of stuff. ok, so it's looking like i'll need to put the turkey breast in the refrigerator on monday, and then in the brine on thursday morning. it looks like it will take about 2 1/2-3 hours to cook.

i am down to 266. all the water, and sickness i think are contributing. i am just glad i am getting healthier. i never had a real problem with being big, but i didn't want to be unhealthy. i was definitely unhealthy at 315.

my dad's birthday is tomorrow. i sent him a card, and i plan on calling him tomorrow morning. i miss my family sometimes. i could never live really close to them again though. i've been feeling sort of guilty of late, a survivor's kind of guilt, that i have such great parents. they aren't perfect, but they did the best they could, and as a result, my sister and i are pretty good people. i definitley think my ability to love comes directly from knowing how much my parents (and especially my daddy) loved me. i am such a daddy's little girl. i'll be 27 in a little under 2 weeks, and just the thought of disappointing him can make my eayes well up.

i am slowly coming out of the crud. i waiting almost 40 minutes past the last scheduled medicine round before i took it. i still feel a little bit of stuff in my chest. it concerns me, but i don't really have the money to go to the doctor. if it's still there in a couple of days, i'll try to make an appointment. the nose stuff will just have to run it's course, and my sore throat is almost gone. these 2 days of not having to talk much will help with that. i'm also getting out a good deal of plegm and mucus and such.

the steelers lost to the ravens- boohiss!!! the final few minutes were very weird.

ok, if i want to make dinner, i need to go figure out what i'm doing.