Reflections of My Life

I got a number of things done yesterday. Changed some things around in the living room (area) and the kitchen. Looks much neater. I put my DVD player over by the recliner so maybe I can watch it more often if it is handy to use. I have a number of DVDs I have never even watched. My DVD player does not need to be hooked up to the internet or computer. Electric or battery that can be charged with USB. Looking forward to doing that.

It looks like a beautiful day this morning. Sun is shining and sky is blue. Temps in the 60's & 70's. I will get outside with my camera this morning. Then have a blog post I am working on and maybe another project as well. So getting outside before I get started on chores or computer work will make me get out there first.

After seeing Meander's coffee post yesterday about making a coffee bar I got sidetracked. All of a sudden I was shopping on Amazon for things to make a coffee bar with. Somehow my brain took over and said, "you don't need a coffee bar! Who has coffee here with you?" The answer is no one. I don't have anyone here for meals or coffee with me. So why should I do that? Spend money and space on a coffee bar? Instead, I cleaned off that corner......now I call it the "Coffee Corner". I put the pods in a tin right beside the coffeemakers and it looks much better. My own coffee bar, just for me.
 

katlupe said:
No, it is a woman. Seems like her last name was Soon or Soom. I will have to ask him again if I see him.
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Could it be Soon Y Warren? One of my favorite artists.. her work is beautiful. Oh, no she's in New Mexico. Did you say this artist died> I believe Soon Warren is living.
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I am finishing up a new post for my blog this morning. All the text is done. Getting photos in next and then can publish it. There has been times when I thought I should just stop writing it. But then I think I have a need to do things and be helpful to others. Every time I think my life is almost over and I should just eat all the SAD (standard American diet) and give up on life something stops me. Sometimes it is in my Scripture reading that morning. Or something that happened to someone in my building. Or something I saw on fake book. Many times it is something I remember from my past, about my parents or someone I knew.

No matter where I am in my own life journey there is always someone who is having a much harder one than me. I have been fortunate so far. Even though I wake up and can barely make it to the kitchen to turn on my coffee maker. I do. I will tell myself I can't walk today. Yet after I am on my computer and enjoying my coffee, mysteriously I forget that I said I could not walk today. I usually end up doing a lot more than I planned for the day. Even on a day that I really can't walk far. That is due to my walker being always right there to offer me a place to sit if I need to.

Then there is the fact that since I am alone (except for Rabbit) I don't have a time that I have to do things. Every time I get rushed due to the time, I remind myself of that. Even if I do not clean the bunny cage it does not matter. He doesn't care. What I usually end up doing is cleaning it later, even in the evening (which is rare). I have given myself a schedule though it is not written in stone. I can change it when necessary.
 
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Very quiet day here today. All the things I planned on doing I didn't do. Felt lazy. I managed to take the garbage out to the dumpster a little bit ago. I remembered to set up my DVD player to use later. Got some movies out. One is Casablanca. The other two are DVDs with a number of movies on them. One is Alfred Hitchcock's movies or television shows I don't know which. But it has 20 videos on it. That should occupy me for awhile. The other is just a bunch of videos on one DVD. Probably got in the bargain bin at Walmart. I have never watched any of these though I have seen Casablanca before.

Rabbit has been hanging around me all day. Then when I came back from outside he went in his cage. Still there now. He will sleep in there for hours now unless I put something out for him to eat. Which I will pretty soon. When I go in the kitchen to cook my steak for supper. He thinks if I am eating then he should be eating too.
 
Listening to the early morning sounds while I drink my coffee. My favorite time of the day. Not quite light yet but it is coming. Hearing the trucks deliver supplies to the stores. I am not sure why but that sound reminds me of times when I was living in my very first apartment in Binghamton. Much bigger city than here. I had never lived in a city till then. Maybe I was 20. I was going to secretarial school . Back then it was safe to walk the streets in the dark.

So sad to see how cities have changed. Binghamton was a thriving city and had a lot to offer. My mother grew up there and she loved it.......but the Binghamton she remembered. Because of Endicott Johnson Corp. (shoe manufacturer) it had a mix of immigrants (legal ones) in different areas. Endicott, Binghamton & Johnson City make up the "Triple Cities" of where George F. Johnson built a business that was a way of life for the people who lived and worked there. Business don't do that now. IBM did it in Endicott. Both are gone now. I don't feel safe when I go there even in the day time now.
 
I wonder why organic dried pumpkin has a California cancer warning on the package? It has no added ingredients or preservatives. Pumpkin only.

I am going to be experimenting with my Ninja Creami machine to try out some of the other settings on it. One being milkshakes. If you buy regular store ice cream and put it in the container and hit the milkshake button, you get a milkshake. So I have made some Keto Chow ice cream and figure I can do the same with that. I want to make a pumpkin milkshake with Keto Chow vanilla or salted caramel. Then will be mixing the pumpkin powder in and some spices. One tablespoon is 5 carbs. I could also make it into pumpkin ice cream. Keto Chow does have a pumpkin flavor but it is already sold out for fall.

Sugar free syrups are another way to add other flavors. The one I am having today is Keto Chow's chocolate Core that I made adding 2 tbsp. of Smuckers Natural Peanut Butter. It changed the consistency of the ice cream due to the oil in the peanut butter. The flavor is good, like a Reese. I spun it only once and so it more like hard ice cream. If I had spun it again probably would be soft. It is good though. The Core variety is for people who cannot or don't want dairy. Regular Keto Chow is made with whey and this uses the beef protein (don't worry it doesn't taste like beef!). And Stevia for the sweetener.
 
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katlupe said:
I wonder why organic dried pumpkin has a California cancer warning on the package? It has no added ingredients or preservatives. Pumpkin only.
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I heard that there is excessive arsenic in California soils Was advised to avoid California-grown rice. This was many years ago; I may be wrong.

EDIT: I asked AI

The California cancer warning on your package of organic dried pumpkin is likely due to Proposition 65 (Prop 65), a California law that requires businesses to provide warnings about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm12.

Even though your pumpkin is organic, it might contain trace amounts of naturally occurring heavy metals like lead or cadmium, which are on the Prop 65 list12. These metals can be present in the soil and absorbed by plants, including pumpkins12. The warning is meant to inform consumers so they can make informed choices about their exposure to these chemicals.
 
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gruntlabor said:
I heard that there is excessive arsenic in California soils Was advised to avoid California-grown rice. This was many years ago; I may be wrong.

EDIT: I asked AI

The California cancer warning on your package of organic dried pumpkin is likely due to Proposition 65 (Prop 65), a California law that requires businesses to provide warnings about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm12.

Even though your pumpkin is organic, it might contain trace amounts of naturally occurring heavy metals like lead or cadmium, which are on the Prop 65 list12. These metals can be present in the soil and absorbed by plants, including pumpkins12. The warning is meant to inform consumers so they can make informed choices about their exposure to these chemicals.
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This came from a company in FL but who knows where the pumpkins were grown. They are certified organic, chemical free, etc. I am not going to worry about it.
 
Today is my pay day. I also get the money added to my UHC card. That is $213. a month that I get because I signed up for their supplement has come in really handy for me this past few months. I don't know if their supplement is good or not because I don't use it much for medical stuff. I have Medicaid and they made me have a supplement too. So I took that one not knowing they would give me this money that I use every month at Walmart.

My friend downstairs had always had Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicare. She is on a low income also but manages her money better than anyone I know. Anyway this year the Office of the Aging told her anyone who is eligible for Medicaid now has to have it. She has always had an aide but it was through the office of the aging. Now she has to have an aide for more hours and since her original aide can't take on any more hours because of her other clients my friend now has 2 aides! Nobody has spoke to me about having to have an aide. Though I am considering it again. I feel now that I could use some help in certain things.
 
katlupe said:
Today is my pay day. I also get the money added to my UHC card. That is $213. a month that I get because I signed up for their supplement has come in really handy for me this past few months. I don't know if their supplement is good or not because I don't use it much for medical stuff. I have Medicaid and they made me have a supplement too. So I took that one not knowing they would give me this money that I use every month at Walmart.

My friend downstairs had always had Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicare. She is on a low income also but manages her money better than anyone I know. Anyway this year the Office of the Aging told her anyone who is eligible for Medicaid now has to have it. She has always had an aide but it was through the office of the aging. Now she has to have an aide for more hours and since her original aide can't take on any more hours because of her other clients my friend now has 2 aides! Nobody has spoke to me about having to have an aide. Though I am considering it again. I feel now that I could use some help in certain things.
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If it helps you and creates a job for the aide it’s a win for both of you, take the help!!!

It would be nice for you to have someone help sort out your storage locker and it might be nice to have an aide help you tackle the stairs.
 
katlupe said:
Today is my pay day. I also get the money added to my UHC card. That is $213. a month that I get because I signed up for their supplement has come in really handy for me this past few months. I don't know if their supplement is good or not because I don't use it much for medical stuff. I have Medicaid and they made me have a supplement too. So I took that one not knowing they would give me this money that I use every month at Walmart.

My friend downstairs had always had Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicare. She is on a low income also but manages her money better than anyone I know. Anyway this year the Office of the Aging told her anyone who is eligible for Medicaid now has to have it. She has always had an aide but it was through the office of the aging. Now she has to have an aide for more hours and since her original aide can't take on any more hours because of her other clients my friend now has 2 aides! Nobody has spoke to me about having to have an aide. Though I am considering it again. I feel now that I could use some help in certain things.
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Do you have to pay out of pocket for an Aide, Kat ?
 
Well I was trying to help the people in this building by having the women's coffee talk group so we could plan activities for the whole building. Someone complained to our manager. Said it was discrimination. Maybe it is. But in the old days, there was such a thing as women's clubs and activities. Now it is discrimination. I am done with it. After the potluck dinner I am not planning anything for them. I think the building is discriminating by only renting to elderly, disabled and low income. Where do you draw the line? The management said it was and that I could only do it in my own apartment. So I am done. I don't need to do this. I was doing it to help others.
 
katlupe said:
Well I was trying to help the people in this building by having the women's coffee talk group so we could plan activities for the whole building. Someone complained to our manager. Said it was discrimination. Maybe it is. But in the old days, there was such a thing as women's clubs and activities. Now it is discrimination. I am done with it. After the potluck dinner I am not planning anything for them. I think the building is discriminating by only renting to elderly, disabled and low income. Where do you draw the line? The management said it was and that I could only do it in my own apartment. So I am done. I don't need to do this. I was doing it to help others.
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OMG I'm sick of tired of this woke society , honestly... just ridiculous. It's more than ridiculous it's bluddy infuriating...
 


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