Thursday Thirteen #46: Cholesterol, Crochet, and Country Music

No, they don’t have anything to do with each other. However, all are on my mind this week, as well as a lot of other things. I’ve been doing a lot of “pondering and piddling” this week, y’all. I’ve had plenty of time to think, because I’ve been all by my lonesome.

1. I look out the kitchen window and see my husband’s car in the driveway. My heart dances.
   
   
   I think, “He’s home!” Then, I remember that I drove him to the airport Monday, and my shoulders droop. He got on the company jet and flew away for a week long business trip. Sniff
2. I’ve gotta stop looking out the kitchen window! I shouldn’t be in the kitchen anyway, because I’m trying to control my cholesterol. If I go in the kitchen, I crave BACON, and I’ve sworn off of it until I’ve gotten the cholesterol reduced. Y’all know what happens if somebody says, “Don’t think about elephants?” Yep.
3. Yes, I’m on cholesterol medication. It’s this really nasty powder that tastes like old “Tang.” Remember Tang? It was that orange powder that you mixed with water. Advertisers sold us kids on it long ago by telling us it was what the astronauts drank. Poor astronauts! That stuff tasted awful even when it hadn’t been sitting open on the cabinet for six months.
4. The directions on this medication say that I can “mix it with water or the liquid of choice.” Jack Daniels?
5. There were some directions on the frozen meal I pulled out to cook, too. Don’t y’all love the idiotic instructions that manufacturer’s put on their products sometimes? Do they think I’m as stupid as I look? This one told me to eat the meal in the steamer bowl or, “Meal may also be enjoyed by placing steamed food on a plate and topping with sauce.” Did they need to tell me that? I guess the operative word was “may.” It was unremarkable.
6. I’ve been occupying myself with anything I can find to keep from thinking about eating. Did I tell you that if I can’t have something, I want it? I can’t have a bacon cheeseburger….
7. After Share A Square was over, and we delivered those 140 afghans, I swore I wouldn’t pick up a crochet hook this summer. But, these squares were so pretty that I picked them up to make an afghan for one of the kids who were too sick to attend Camp Sanguinity Cancer Camp.
8. Thanks to Marcia, I’m able to resize my vacation photos! When I whined about not being able to re-size on my Mac, she sent me a link to the Rapido Re-sizer! It works like a charm. Thank you, Marcia, darlin’.
9. While I’m thanking people, let me send an ENORMOUS thank you to Damien of Postcards from The Funny Farm. I was having no luck at all in upgrading my WordPress blogs. I had followed the instructions that worked perfectly last time, but they wouldn’t upgrade. Damien told me something different to try, and Voila! Thanks for coming to my rescue, Buddy!
10. I’ve been needing some exercise, but my ankles are aching after driving/riding in a car for more than 7,000 miles in the last month. Walking in this Texas heat is just about out of the question. I can’t jump on my mini-trampoline, because the action hurts those ankles. So, I’ve been dancing. My husband and I had taken dancing lessons…and the music was Country Western, because that’s what our friends like. I’m not a fan of most country music. Gasp! I know. It’s durned near a sacrilege for a Texan to say that. I shall be burned at the stake as a heretic! I noticed that Michelle at Scribbit isn’t a fan, either. She listed several songs she liked, and her taste is very good! But, I’d add a few. Actually, I could add hundreds but I’ll save that for another time.
11. Often I listen to quiet ballads from “Austin Pickers” like Guy Clark or the late, great Townes Van Zandt. Here he is singing “If I Needed You.”:
    
12. But, then there are some country boys who can sing ballads and they know how to rock. Joe Ely in concert is electric. His fans all throw their hands high in the air and mimic the action of playing a keyboard to get him to play “Fingernails.”
    
13. Then there is the music that we dance to: Brooks and Dunn playing “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.” Tell me that doesn’t make your feet tap!

You can tell me your favorite music, or you can tell me a cure for high cholesterol, or just say “Hey.” If you leave a comment, you will be magically linked at the bottom of the page. I don’t use Mr. Linky. I hope yours is a good day!

Related posts:

1. My “Cholesterol Fix”
2. Thursday Thirteen #35. I Wish I Had Time
3. Boot Scootin’ Boogie
4. Only The Good Friday. Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
5. Thursday Thirteen # 8—My Last Meal Before I Die-et

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