ugh! Heartburn!
ugh! Heartburn!
What is with the heartburn!? Holy crow, enough already!
Up until recently I never had heartburn except for during my pregnancies. In my first pregnancy it was my husband(who is a longtime heartburn sufferer) who clued me in as to what I was feeling, I had never had it before, I didn't know that's what heartburn felt like, had never really thought about it actually. As soon as that pregnancy was over the heartburn went away, and I meant instantly! As soon as I delivered I didn't feel it again until my next pregnancy, then the same thing again, it was gone as soon as I delivered. That was almost 9 years ago.
Fast forward to about a year or so ago and I suddenly started getting a little bit of heartburn if I had more than one glass of iced tea. Now our iced tea up here is not like the south iced tea that's actually made out of tea, it's the powdered stuff that actually doesn't even taste like tea. We drink it a lot though and always have, so I was a little puzzled as to why all of a sudden it was causing me problems. I have to admit I was a little scared at first since I had only ever had heartburn while pregnant, fortunately I was not pregnant again, but I was left with the question then of why was I getting heartburn?
Over the past year since then I still cannot have more than one glass of iced tea, I pretty much don't have it at all anymore. But then in the summer the heartburn started to become a little more frequent. Then about a month or so ago it started getting REALLY bad! In the past few weeks I have had heartburn almost every day and now along with it what I believe is acid reflux. Thank goodness the Rolaids soft chews work pretty good and can usually ease the discomfort, and on my husbands advice I've been drinking a bit of milk when I feel it coming and it seems to help a little bit too.
I still don't know why I'm getting it though. I can't seem to pinpoint certain foods or drinks contributing to it because it's pretty much every day, and besides, my diet has not changed at all, I eat and drink the same things I always have and they have never bothered me before. And it wasn't even all that gradual, it was like *poof* here's some bad heartburn for you.
The only thing I can think of is it being maybe stress related. I'm a stressed out sort of person, when I have no stress I'm stressed. Shortly after this bad heartburn started a little over a month ago, my husband got laid off and is still laid off, so right now I definitely have some stress and major worry. And for a couple of weeks before he got laid off I had that bad feeling thing telling me something was going to happen, just something that I felt. We've had enough bad luck in our years together that it's like I have this little radar that detects when something is going to happen, so even though his job loss was a complete shock to us, the fact that something happened was not a complete shock to me.
So, so far stress is the only thing that I can guess is the cause of my heartburn, whether I'm right about that I have no clue! I will go to the doctor, but until the hubby starts work again I have no prescription coverage, and I already know one prescription I'm pretty sure I will leave the doctors office with for other things. So I need to wait to see the doctor until we have coverage again, if I need meds because of the heartburn issue I have no idea how much it would cost without coverage, but I know the other prescription I need is very expensive without it.
My husband goes tomorrow for a supposed "final" interview with a company he's been in talks with for over a month. If he finally gets the job offer we've been waiting for I'm pretty sure they said his medical coverage would start in 30 days. So hopefully he gets this so we can get that 30 days gone and get ourselves to the doctor again! It's time for the yearly check-up anyway!
Me Me Me Me
Me Me Me Me
ahem, hmm, umm, ok, well I guess I'm slowly figuring out what this is about, not completely clear yet. My friend Rene(subscribe to her, she's awesome :) ), she told me about this site, and well Rene and I are a little addicted to signing up for almost anything, so here I am!
I have a couple of other blogs, see the feeds to the side :), so I don't know how good I will be at keeping up with this place too LOL.
I know Im far from the only one who is so sick and tired of the H1N1 this and H1N1 that crap. And noooooo I absolutely will not be getting my family vaccinated, in fact in all the research we have done about vaccines since checking out to learn more about this one I am now very very upset with myself that I didnt do the same before giving my kids any vaccines and very much regret ever having them get any. But anyway, one of the pages Im a fan of on Facebook shared this video and we had a HUGE laugh over it! I shared it on Facebook too, but just had to post it here!!
I need to find some good homeschooling blogs! Ive found lots, but not quite what Im looking for. All the ones I find are either families with younger children than mine, or dont seem to do schooling quite the way I do.not that I really have a way though LOL. I want to find new ideas and stuff to make it more exciting, or something. I dont know, I guess I dont really know what Im looking for, inspiration of some kind I guess. But most of the homeschool blogs I find are for the little ones, or they are very religious based, which we sooooo are not and I dont want religion in my kids school.for us its a separate topic and they will learn about all religions so since hubby and I are not at all religious the kids can learn about all of them and decide for themselves if they want to follow a religion of their choice, or just remain neutral like us.
Wow, what a totally run-on rambling paragraph that was LOL. Thats what happens when you cant get 5 minutes of peace and quiet to get your thoughts out properly haha!
I hope everyone had a great time trick or treating tonight!
The weather returned to real Fall weather for us, and while it was cold enough and windy enough that my legs and behind were pretty chilled, it was great! The snow we got earlier in the week was all melted, and the temperature was actually above 0.
My boys had a great time, as always. There were not many kids around though, wonder where they all were? LOL.
Wayyyyyy too much candy though!! OMG, each boy carried a bag the size of a pillow case and each bag was FULL!! And of course full of mostly chocolate and chips.my biggest weaknesses!! LOL
Heres my Pirate and my Vampire. (my Vampire kinda scared me, no not his costume, but in it he looked like a teenager!! Yikes!!LOL)
****just a little footnote here unrelated to Halloween..all ignorant people, and anyone who has some holier than thou attitude or anything of the sort piss off!! LOL. Sorry, but I blog for me when I feel like it. I dont blog to debate things. I dont blog to please anyone. Take your small little minds elsewhere and get a life!! Some people in this world are just so sad and really need to grow up or shut up. I dont even want my kids to act immature, and theyre kids! Its so sad that there are people who are supposed to be adults and they cant act like proper human beings.
LOL, ok, so its not really stupid, EC was great when I really into blogging. But now try as I might I just cant get back into blogging on a regular basis. When I do blog nobody reads it anyway(except for Sandee, Callie and I think occasionally Rene that I know ofthank you guys!). So instead or worrying about making sure I post once every 3 weeks in order not to get booted from EC I was going to just get rid of it.
Thing is, I have over 21, 000 EC credits built up!! I dont want them just to disappear. I have checked their marketplace several times to see if there was something in there to spend them on, but found nothing. So I thought maybe I will just divide up my credits between some of the blogs that I really like and/or support from when I actually read a lot. Only to see that there is a limit! You can only send out 1,000 EC credits in 7 days!!! WTF!? I sure as hell dont feel like going back there every week fro 21 weeks and then have to worry about posting every few weeks, but I also dont want them to disappear. Grrrrr!!
Now, I dont know if it will actually let you send the credits and then you just get in trouble if you oversent, or if it wont even allow you to send them. Since the plan was to leave EC anyway I guess I should just try, because it doesnt matter if I get into trouble. If it wont let me send them, well I guess heres a post and Im good for another few weeks LOL.
**update** Well it seemed to work! I sent out chunks of credits to a few bloggers, big time fees it took off but at least not all the credits were lost. Now Ill remove my widget and just blog when I feel like it.which could be months, who knows LOL.
Nope, not because the rain is gone!(Its actually been snowy rain, yuck!)
BUT! Because I finally got my eyes checked and got glasses! I got glasses when I was 13, that excitement was short lived and I hardly wore them. I knew my eyes were pretty bad, but they were even worse than I thought..hehe, oops. Guess that happens when you dont get them tested for a dozen or so years.
We picked up my glasses on Friday and OMG!! The world was once dull and blurry, it is now clear and sparkly! I cannot believe the difference!! I was to the point that I couldnt even read the guide on the TV from the sofa anymore.on the weekend I was reading the score of the Football game from the Dining Roomwhich is on the opposite side of the house!!
See my cool pink glasses(excuse the grainy webcam snapshot LOL).my husband picked them out!
After I ordered them from Walmart to try and get something cheap I found out about a website here in Canada that I could order them from for CHEAP!! I know Ive done posts on Zenni Optical in the US before, but not knowing if or what I would get dinged for duty on them I opted not to order from there for now. But this other site is here in Canada, so no worries about duty, AND they have a 30 day 100% money back guaranteeand you dont even have to pay for 15 days. I could have got 2 pairs from this site for what I paid for my glasses from Walmarteven though Walmart was WAY cheaper than anywhere in town I knew of. So I ordered some prescription sunglasses from the website. For $98 I got a pair of Carolina Herrera frames that normally retail for $400. For $98 I got the frames, upgraded to tinted lenses, and shipping.and I got them 3 days after I ordered them! I was totally impressed! Ive tried them on and they seem fine, the prescription seems the same as these glasses.
And NO, this is not any sort of paid post or anything like that. But if anyone reading this is in Canada and you need glasses or contacts you might want to check out their site, its www.clearlycontacts.ca . I get nothing for you visiting there, I just like sharing good deals with other people :).
Hey, I think Im slightly improving on how often I post to my blog! Still have a long way to go to post even close to as much as I used to, but hey, at least Im better than I was for a while! :)
oh yum yum, mmm...so good!
I actually JUST made this and it's so good that I snapped a quick pictured before I finished my piece because it was the last piece! The cake disappeared that quick!
Super easy to make and with ingredients you probably have on hand. I got this recipe from Recipezaar(you're shocked, I know, anyone want to buy me a membership to that site? No? Ok then, maybe I'll ask hubby for it for my birthday :), back to the recipe at <strike>hand</strike> mouth). The poster of this recipe is Kittencal, I have made a few of her recipes and they are great, she is a wonderful contributor to the site! Here is the link to the actual recipe page Kittencals Easy Cinnamon Flop(Cinnamon Brunch Cake).
I definitely topped the cake with WAY more cinnamon then the recipes states, our family loves cinnamon so much and a "hint" of cinnamon just doesn't do it for us! I literally put an entire layer of cinnamon on top, and even with that hubby and I both agreed that it could use some cinnamon actually mixed into the cake batter as well. The cake was ever so slightly on the dry side(and I did add the egg, it would be even more dry if you omitted the egg), so I think next time I might add some applesauce or something to help make it a little moister. Not that the cake was bad dry or anything, it was incredible, but I just think it would taste that much better if it was a little moister.
Sorry for the pic being a partially eaten piece lol, if I remember I will take a pic of a full piece of the full cake next time.
2 cups all-purpose flour(I did 1/2 white and 1/2 whole wheat, which could be the reason for the slight dryness)
1 1/4 cups sugar(I used brown sugar)
1 1/4 cups milk or half and half
1-2 teaspoon vanilla (optional) or almond extract (optional) (I used a generous amount of vanilla, always do :) )
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 pinch salt
1 large egg (optional)
TOPPING
1/2 cup brown sugar, more if desired
1-2 teaspoon cinnamon(like I said, I added way more, a full layer, yum!)
1/4 cup melted butter
chopped walnuts (optional) or pecans (optional) (didn't add these, we're a little nuts, but not big nut people ;) )
1. Mix together the first 7 ingredients.
2. Pour into either an 9"x13" pan or 2 8" or 9" round pans.(if you're using a 9"x13" why not save yourself a dirty bowl and mix it right in there, suppose you could do the same with the round pans then just pour half in the other as well).
3. Sprinkle your brown sugar and cinnamon toppings on top and pour on your melted butter.
4. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes if you are using a 9"x13" pan, and for 20-25 minutes if you are using 2 8" or 9" pans.
We call these "Sloppy Mommy's" in our house, why? Because I'm Jo of course! LOL
This is a tasty lower fat/calorie Sloppy Joe that I found on Recipezaar(Diet Coke Sloppy Joes). Quick and easy to make, I usually serve them on some of my homemade buns, but if I don't feel like baking buns I just buy some whole wheat hamburger buns to use. If you are a bean person I think a can of kidney beans would go good in them, my family does not like beans though and I'm not much of a fan either so I don't use them.
1 lb Lean Ground Beef
1 medium Onion, chopped
1 1/2 tbsp Corn Starch (original recipe calls for arrowroot which I have never had in my pantry so I use corn starch instead)
1 cup Diet Cola(I generally use Coke Zero because that's what I drink and have in the house)
2/3 cup Ketchup
2 tbsp Vinegar
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
2 tsp Mustard
1. Brown ground beef and onion in a largish pot, drain/rinse or whatever it is you like to do to get all the fatty stuff off.
2. Dump beef/onion back into pot and add in remaining ingredients, mix well. Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes.
3. Scoop out onto toasted buns or bread. If you prefer you can serve it on pasta or rice or whatever. I like it on buns though, yum yummy!
I think I mentioned this before, but I'll say it again anyway ;). I find draining the fat off of ground beef and pork to be nothing but a pain in the rear and it still leaves the meat very greasy, so anytime I brown ground meat for a recipe I dump the meat into my colander after it's done and rinse it under warm water to wash away all the greasy yucky stuff.
Wow, how neglected my poor food blog is. I can't believe it's been more than 4 months since I posted on here...oops! LOL. So I'm going to try to get at least a few recipes posted this weekend.
This is one of my favourite cookie recipes. Not only is it so chocolaty and full of yumminess, but it's super easy to make and you don't even have to turn on the oven to do make them, just need the stove. I will most likely be making these again within the next few days. They are definitely bad for my ever widening body, but they are definitely the perfect comfort thing right now with what's going on with us right now(if you don't read my main blog, My Absent Mind, my hubby got laid off a couple weeks ago).
So enjoy this great addition to any holiday cookie tray, but great all year long! Can you believe I took this pic last Christmas and never got around to posting this recipe! Not that it's a hard recipe to find mind you lol, I think this is a pretty popular cookie!
1/4 cup cocoa
2 cups Sugar
1/2 cup Milk
1/2 cup Margarine
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
3 cups Quick-Cooking Oatmeal(I've used regular Oatmeal before by accident and they came out just as good)
1 teaspoon Vanilla(am I the only one who thinks there's never enough vanilla and adds a few good chugs of this stuff?)
1 good pinch of Salt
1. Mix cocoa, sugar, milk and margarine in a saucepan and bring to a boil, cook for about a minute.
2.Remove saucepan from heat and add all the remaining ingredients, mix well.
3. Drop spoonfuls onto wax paper and let cool.
I will often put a sheet of wax paper on one of my baking sheets and put some of the cookies on there so I can set it in the fridge or freezer so some of them set quicker so we can enjoy them sooner.....I mean who wants to look at them and have to wait for them? We want them now don't we?
This is my mom's recipe! I am not a big fan of eggplant, but I LOVE this casserole! You can't even tell it's eggplant in it!
I don't have a pic because I haven't made this in years, though I really need to one of these days because I have been craving it! But my friend Rene asked me for it, that is why I'm posting it! When I make it again I will update with a pic.
1 Medium Eggplant
3 tbsp Butter
3 tbsp Flour
1 Onion, chopped
19oz Can Tomatoes, chopped
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Brown Sugar
1 cup Grated Cheddar Cheese
1 cup Dry Bread Crumbs
Peel and dice eggplant. Cook in salted boiling water for 10 minutes. Drain. Put in a buttered casserole. Melt butter in a saucepan, stir in flour. Add onions, tomatoes, brown sugar and salt. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick. Pour over eggplant and mix to combine all together. Combine cheese and bread crumbs and sprinkle on top.
Bake at 350F for about 30 minutes.
These are the BEST Potato Skins!! I got this recipe as well from www.recipezaar.com, it is recipe #439008 posted by CrAzYcOoKeR222 and I thank them immensely for posting it!! I just found this recipe last week and have made it twice already because they are just sooooo good!
They are different then any other Skins I have had before, because you actually season the skins before baking them and wow does it ever taste fantastic!! Once again, very little change made to this recipe for me because it was so darn good to begin with!
4 large Baking Potatoes(ok, use whatever you have, I usually buy big bags of Russets and just pick the nicest ones out of the bag for baking, I actually find the medium sized potatoes make a nicer size Skin)
4 tbsp Olive Oil
1 1/2 tbsp Grated Parmesan Cheese
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder(ok, I put in closer to a full tsp because I love garlic powder)
1/2 tsp Paprika
Pepper, to taste
Bacon, as much as you desire :), cooked and crumbled (I always use Turkey bacon, my family likes it better, lower fat and to us has way more flavour)
3 cups Shredded Marble Cheese
Sour Cream
Green Onion, chopped(I find cutting green onion with scissors to be much quicker and easier then chopping with a knife)
1. Bake Potatoes(my way: stab with fork a few times,coat with olive oil and bake directly on rack at 425F for 50 to 60 minutes depending on size). Then cut in half lengthwise and scoop potato out, leave a little bit to support the skin.
2. Combine oil, parmesan, salt, garlic powder, paprika and pepper. Brush all over both sides of the skins and place them on a baking sheet.
3. Bake at 475F for 8 to 10 minutes, turn over then bake on other side for another 8 to 10 minutes.
4. Turn skins right side up, fill with cheese and cooked, crumbled bacon. Bake for a few more minutes until cheese is melted.
Top with sour cream and onions and E-N-J-O-Y!!
jolene
Second post! Proud of me?
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