My Mundane Mid-LifeThis is my personal blog - sort of a personal diary chronicling things that happen in my personal life. Yes, I'm boring, yes it's all mundane. Hey! Why do you think I called the blog My Mundane Mid-Life?Nothing tastes better than food cooked on a kettle- April 30, 2006 What a lousy weather day. Rain. Lots of it. Dark. Thank God we're not doing anything today... ... oh, wait... B&B and The Debster are coming out to our house to go out to dinner to celebrate Carol's And Debbie's birthdays (in May). We went out to dinner at the Weber Grill Restaurant out here in Schaumburg. Everything tastes better when grilled on a Weber kettle, and that's what the restaurant uses. I mean, we got the barbecued shrimp appetizer and - holy crap! - that just sells the whole...http://www.reallans.com/mmml.shtml?/002910.shtml Two Ongoing Complaints- April 26, 2006 There are really only two complaints I have lately, and I think everybody else around here has the same two: The Weather and Gas Prices. We're going from 60's in the afternoon to the low 30's (complete with frost and freeze warnings) by the time we wake up. The house was 61 degrees this morning because we don't have the heat turned on any more. Why should we It's late April! Not only that, but we have one of those houses that - to get the optimum balance of heating OR air conditioning...http://www.reallans.com/mmml.shtml?/002906.shtml Update on Carol- April 24, 2006 Carol went to the Emergency department this morning. She's got fluid behind the knee, a badly bruised kneecap (no breaks) and strained ligaments. They gave her crutches to use to try and stay off the leg, she has to ice it and keep it up and she should see a orthopedist (which, my guess, she won't do).http://www.reallans.com/mmml.shtml?/002905.shtml Is it the drugs- April 24, 2006 I didn't mention that I went to the doctor on Saturday morning, just for a regular stop-in and catch-up. My blood pressure - though I think it's been OK, doesn't seem to be under control. The medication doesn't seem to working as efficiently, based on my in-office BP checks. I'm thoroughly convinced its 1) the manner in which the BP is taken, which is different than the when I had it taken regularly by the P.A. Kristi., and 2) I'm pretty sure I have a case of "White Coat BP" meaning that my BP.http://www.reallans.com/mmml.shtml?/002900.shtml White Sox 7 - Twins 3- April 24, 2006 OK, yeah, great game. We sweep the series from the Twins. Nancy Faust is back. The weather is great. Everything's right with the world. Let's start at the top. Carol and I are absolutely pissed-off at today's promotional item. It was listed as a Miniature stadium. What it was was a cardboard display stand from the Chicago Sun-Times. A poor cardboard replica of U.S. Cellular Field, that has spots to collect miniature baseballs that have pictures of the players on them. Collect Why, yes -...http://www.reallans.com/mmml.shtml?/002899.shtml White Sox 9 - Twins 2- April 23, 2006 What a great day for our first night game! It was a little on the cool side (low 60's) and a slight breeze, but it felt great. Traffic was horrendous - there was an accident on the Kennedy that blocked the right 3 lanes but apparently the traffic people didn't tell us what was going on, so I stayed on the Kennedy, thinking it would eventually free-up. Well it did when we passed the accident site at Kimbal - and didn't find a trace of this alleged accident. We flew the rest of the way...http://www.reallans.com/mmml.shtml?/002898.shtml This is not a rodeo, this is the PBR- April 22, 2006 I mentioned back in February that we got tickets to the PBR. Well, tonight was the night. The crowd was very disappointing. Our seats we upstairs, almost even with the chutes, which was a good vantage point. However, it was just a bit too far away. It was a good angle to view the bull and what they do, but it would have been nice to be closer - but that's what you get when you spend $35 a seat instead of $100 a seat (boy, that's steep). This is the first time the PBR has been to...http://www.reallans.com/mmml.shtml?/002897.shtml White Sox Ticket Sales- April 20, 2006 Had to write something here for the White Sox fans out there... ... as of yesterday, the Sox have now passed last year's season total for tickets sold. April 19. Not bad for advance sales. Hopefully we can live up to expectations...http://www.reallans.com/mmml.shtml?/002896.shtml My own house is trying to kill me- April 20, 2006 Carol has been off work for the last three days. She's been tackling a piece of household work that we've never had the time to try - cleaning up the "Second Bedroom". Our house is built on a slab - we have no basement. I'll bet you every house like this has one of these rooms. You know, a room that you don't use that you just store old crap in. Well, she's tackling it with a vengeance and she's done a great job. The only problem is that she's kicked-up so much duet from the last 20...http://www.reallans.com/mmml.shtml?/002895.shtml 1600 Calories- April 19, 2006 Carol and I met with a diabetic dietitian today. My doctor seems to be trying to get me into a program at the hospital to support newly diagnosed diabetes patients. She worked with us for well over an hour, trying to get a feel for our lifestyle and then figuring out what I should eat, based on both my diabetes and cholesterol (yes, that's bad, too). So, she came up with a 1600-calorie per day plan that gives me about 60g of carbs for lunch and dinner. The great news (as far as I was...http://www.reallans.com/mmml.shtml?/002893.shtml |