Vicky Learns to Cook

 8:00am  A grey-haired lady walks by the big Living room window that sits by my Work from Home desk, which reminds me to take the dog for a walk and that I have a haircut appointment this afternoon. I'm eating half of a whole wheat raisin bagel, a bit burnt on the one end, while my coffee pot does it's thing and the dishwasher runs last night's dishes. My daughter is asleep on the couch and my husband is working in his chair in the Family room.  Already my phone is buzzing in my jeans pocket. My neck to shoulder muscle on my right side aches from "doing too much". It's become my M.O. lately, doing too much. Sword class last night involved a lot of swinging, going from one cut to another and not always the easy path.  And yet what's on my mind again, is always on my mind, is the 35 extra pounds I carry. It was 20 yesterday, but thanks to Facebook, I realized I looked my best 12 years ago, when I got my black belt in karate, and I know I weighed about 145 th

Irish Stew 1/25/2023 4:36pm  As a form of self entertainment, I am going to watch a movie from the 2022 Oscars. I've previewed the major ones and selected a bunch of them that I think I'd like.  Some, I wont be able to see because they require Apple TV which I don't have. I'll have to figure it out later for those. I can't imagine I will truly be forced to buy another streaming thing just to see a movie. But I could be wrong. Doesn't this seem wrong to you? For today, I'll start with "The Banshees of Inisherin" .  It looks really good.  And then because I like to cook, I am going to watch closely for something they eat, and then try to make it. I don't know Irish food. I don't even have an Irish cookbook - can you believe it?  But I will see what I can find. There is always the library.  Who knows if I will bore of doing this, but for now, I think I will enjoy it. Seems fun. Come along if you want.  ------------------ 1/26/23 10:36 am Well,