Still here

David and I have had a couple of difficult days this week, as neither of us has been getting any sleep.  This means days of wandering around in a fog.  I spent some time trying to figure out what the problem is and how long it's been growing.  Finally suspected a link to a change in laundry detergent.  Still using the hypo-allergenic ones, but had changed to a less expensive one about 6 weeks ago.  So yesterday we washed all the bedding in the house with the more expensive brand.  Both of us slept well last night.  Mind you, we were both exhausted and had a glass of wine before bed.  We'll see how it goes tonight. 

We succumbed, and ended up making another batch of salsa.  This time I followed the recipe a little more closely, and the taste is very subtly different.  I'm not sure which one I prefer.  We've also spent a bit of time over the past week in filling the freezer.  We actually bought a small beef roast--a rare occurance around here--and ended up with four meals out of it, so stayed within my meat budget.  I've always budgetted $2.00/person/day for meat, and generally keep to it, but it's getting much harder with the cost of meat rising.  When we were first married we only ate meat every second day, and still have a meatless meal every once in awhile.  Probably healthier for us that way.  Anyway, it's a good feeling to have the freezer filling up again.

We'll still be looking for more poultry this fall, Cathy.  We've had bad expereiences with turkeys more than once this year, and have now decided not to accept them from grocery stores, even if they do give them away free, once in awhile.

Off to the doctor today, and he's started me on a calcium supplement.  For some reason they can't find the report from the bone density test, and the supplement is jsut a precaution until he gets the results, but maybe I can relax a bit with trying to get all of that yogurt and milk into me.  After the doctors appointment, we went to Timmie's for breakfast and had the new Maple Cinnamon French Toast bagel.  It costs more, but what a treat!

So life goes on.