Life in Southeast Alaska

Winter Storm Warning...

We woke up yesterday to the emergency response system on the TV with a message about a winter storm warning effective last night to tonight - calling for 25 inches of snow.  Well, here it is 4:30 and I think we only got about 6 new inches.  It was pretty windy most of the day though, so probably no flights made it in today. 

Yesterday I talked Rod into going to the free health screening at the mall - blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose.  He has good blood pressure and blood glucose and his cholesterol looks good too.  I was excited to see if my recent diet changes and exercise routine have made a difference in my results at all - it has only been 3 weeks since I was tested last.  My blood pressure was about the same - just a little high still.  But my cholesterol has come down from 209 to 193 and blood glucose is down from 119 to 97.  Woo hoo!!  So both are in the "normal" range - yea!

Rod and I made a drive to town just to have something to do.  Visited the used bookstore - one of our favorite places.  I found a tofu cookbook and a book on leather makin'.  I went thru the cookbook and found a couple recipes I want to try - dips, dressings and desserts mainly.  Things that fit into my blood diet foods.

We are planning to go to a friend's house for Thanksgiving, so I bought the turkey since I should only have the organic kind.  We still need to talk about what is on the menu and what I am bringing, etc.  I am going to stick with my diet, so I want to make sure there are things that fit how I'm eating now.  I will probably eat more than I normally would, but I plan to just do extra exercise to make up for it.

We have been enjoying our home canned goodies - had salmon patties last week, used some canned moose last night with gravy over egg noodles, and Rod has been having strawberry-rhubarb jam on his toast.  Spending all that time this summer is paying off now with quick - and yummy - meals!

Good Job

6:45 PM, Monday, November 20, 2006 .. Posted by MOM

Michelle that is great that your diet is working - keep up the good work. Have a great turkey day - I am cooking Thanksgiving as usual for us - Mom and Chuck will be coming and Kurt\'s cousin Bill - Hi to Rod Love Mom