It is October 2nd already…boy this year is going by quickly. Currently Doug is playing guitar and listening to worship music…my favourite sounds, now I just have to get him to use the 12 string instead of the boring 6 string HEE HEE HEE!! My Halloween decorations are up along with some lights. My skeleton isn’t hanging on the door yet, but that will come soon. I have 25 shows on my PVR set to record during this TV season…gesshhhh…when did I get to watching that much TV? Granted what else is there to do in the evenings. Wanna know what shows?
Blue Bloods, Bones, Castle, Chicago Fire, CSI, Elementary, Glee, Grey’s Anatomy, Hawaii Five-0, How I met Your Mother, Ironside, Last Man Standing, Agents of SHIELD, Mike & Molly, Modern Family, NCIS: Los Angeles, Parenthood, Sean Saves the World, Amazing Race, Big Bang Theory, Blacklist, The Crazy Ones, The Good Wife, Michael J. Fox Show, The Millers. Some are new this season and some we have been watching for a number of years. I like TV and it helps me escape reality. It is nice to have some comedies on our list this season though, been a lot of drama’s on our list and a person needs a good laugh every so often.
I have been experimenting with recipes using my new multi purpose GF flour. So far it has been going well. You just sub it for regular flour and it should work. Made tortillas today and they worked out pretty good. I have been making bread for the last few weeks and that has been turning out really good too. I use Coconut Sugar for most things that use regular sugar. It is still a sugar but it has a lower glycemic index. So far my sugar levels are doing very well and with the meds I am on, things seem to be doing ok. Before our diet change, I was going to have to go on another diabetic drug, so I am happy that isn’t going to happen as I like the metformin I am on…works well and it is cheap (sort of). My doctor was very happy with the results and was interested in what I was doing to help my diet along. We have cut out drinking glasses of milk…all we have for milk products in the house is cream for the coffee and butter…those are two “must haves” in our house. We use Soy Milk (organic and unsweetened) for our milk substitute.
Life is going pretty good and compare it to last year, it is going amazing. I can’t believe how hard the last year and a half have been. Sometimes I think we just about didn’t survive it…but thankfully we did. It felt like it was never going to end and the light was never going to get brighter…but it did…phew!!! We were thinking of moving from our current place, but thankfully we were able to work something out with our landlords to make it manageable for us to stay. I like the place where we are for now. I do want to move eventually, but all in it’s time. Our rent includes utilities now, so now it doesn’t matter how much heat the person downstairs uses, or how often she does laundry. Sure feels good to not have to worry about that now. We built ourselves a very nice patio in the front yard and now we have some private space that is just ours. Now I just have to work on our landlords to get us a front loading washing machine LOL.
I try not to get too worked up about politics these days…things get so frustrating when I read what is going on, both here and in the US. Neither one of our countries seem to be managing to good…sigh…oh well…what can you do. If nothing else, at least here in Canada, our government is still working and I can get sick, go to the hospital and not have to worry about paying for it. Gotta focus on the positive and not the negative. At least we live in a free country and if everything else is falling apart around us, our ability to worship God is still allowed and that is GREAT!!
So that is life right now…lots of things running through my head still about stuff, but not ready to put it down on paper (so to speak). I always need time to get my thoughts in order so that they make sense. Next month is our annual family trip to Tofino…and we get to bring along our niece again. Love having Mikaela around in our lives…she makes me laugh and we can all use that in our lives.