Stormy, you might want to find a sleep-aide - prescription or over-the-counter. Nothing worse than an over-active mind racing all night or staring at the ceiling..... I know - been there, done that. Same with my dogs here. They follow me around until I go to bed. When I do say bedtime, they race to get their first.... saying FINALLY MAMA FINALLY!!
I used to do that. I lived on sleep from 3AM to 5:30 am for months then crashed for 10-12 hours at a time. Then back to little sleep. I didn't seam tired or maybe it was just that my mind was always racing. Since meeting Eric, a fan of 8 hours is a must. Over time I started sleeping as he did. However there was a year of staring at the ceiling most the night. We finely after 3 years managed to get into a pattern. But a week ago he flipped the day/night cycle on his business. Now he sleeps in two shifts. 2-3 am to 5or 6 am and 10 am to maybe 3-4 pm. I can't do that. I sleep once, no naps, can't do them. I always wake with a headache and foggy. So I have been going at 2 (or so) AM and getting up at 9-10am. But I don't like that. It has also made our dog, who likes things to be the same every day, jumpy and she is loosing sleep over the changes.
Stormy, I hear ya! I can certainly relate. And I betcha 9 out of 10 women agree with us.
However, I do most of the cooking & cleaning since da man does work - but once in awhile I do like, and yes, expect, a little help. Like why is it MY bathtub ring? Why is is MY toiletbowl ring? Why is it MY dust? etc etc etc And a man's way of cleaning the kitchen around here is putting some dishes in the dishwasher. Period. Oh no, washing sinks, counters, stove, is not included in cleaning the kitchen. And heaven forbid sweeping the floor or mopping it - am I crazy or something? "I did the dishes". aaaaah..... forever grateful - right.
But I have to confess - there is clean and then there is Phyllis' clean. I'm not near a fanatic as I use to be but sometimes I'd rather just do it myself anyway - all I ask is you pick up your own crap and put something away that you take out. My major pet peeve is ignoring that one simple rule.
My unwind, quiet time, to goof around on the computer is in the wee hours in the middle of the night; hence getting 4 or 5 hours of sleep with a major 10 hours of zzzzzzzzz's every few months ~ that's where I get my "time" - if you can come up with another idea, please share it with me LOL
Me eitherPhyllis. once I retired to write Eric thinks that means more time for his needs so my mornings are spent babying him while he cooks breakfast. No so bad if he stayed there and did it but it takes him 2 or more hours to make an egg mc muffin then there are the 3 dishes, we are just two people, 6 forks (?) three sharp knives, a bowl for shells, a bowl to crack the eggs into, 4 pans (What The??) a cutting board to set things on I think. and about 12 feet of counter. How can anyone cook like that and just leave it for someone else to clean. I appreciate the breakfast but man it takes me an hour to clean his crap up and then vacuoom where he had been. so then it is noon. then it is I', hungry. then by 5 it is dinner and cleanup, not bad because I cook and the dishes are all done by the time the dinner hits the table minus the plates and silverware. Then it is can you help me. So where is my time to post here or the 9 other sites I go on let alone actually writing??????
Thanks Stormy - I did download it. I'll print and make into a binder cookbook.... there's several I'd love to do thataway. I wish someone had a good recipe for TIME - I sure need some of that. Funny how I always tell people we all have the same 24 hours in a day - but it's backfiring on me now... somehow there are not enough hours in a day for me lately; as I'm sure is true with everyone reading this comment.
Happy Day to ya!
Just go to whatever book you want and you will see a download button. just hit that and it downloads to your computer. You can do one or every book here. Your choice. then just print it out and I put the pages behind clear plastic leaflets and put into a 3 ring binder. that way after you try then you can either keep or replace with something you like better. Eric calles it the revolving cookbook.
Stormy,you did a great job on this wonderful cookbook. My mother was a diabetic. It was difficult to find good recipes for her to prepare. This book will be useful to many people. Thanks again!
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However, I do most of the cooking & cleaning since da man does work - but once in awhile I do like, and yes, expect, a little help. Like why is it MY bathtub ring? Why is is MY toiletbowl ring? Why is it MY dust? etc etc etc And a man's way of cleaning the kitchen around here is putting some dishes in the dishwasher. Period. Oh no, washing sinks, counters, stove, is not included in cleaning the kitchen. And heaven forbid sweeping the floor or mopping it - am I crazy or something? "I did the dishes". aaaaah..... forever grateful - right.
But I have to confess - there is clean and then there is Phyllis' clean. I'm not near a fanatic as I use to be but sometimes I'd rather just do it myself anyway - all I ask is you pick up your own crap and put something away that you take out. My major pet peeve is ignoring that one simple rule.
My unwind, quiet time, to goof around on the computer is in the wee hours in the middle of the night; hence getting 4 or 5 hours of sleep with a major 10 hours of zzzzzzzzz's every few months ~ that's where I get my "time" - if you can come up with another idea, please share it with me LOL
Happy Day to ya!