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28 Monday Sep 2015

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, nature

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big girl pants, bliss, chicken soup, hot stone, manicure, paraffin, pedicure

slept in a bit this morning which was lovely…

  
had breakfast and did a few chores to get ready for my company this evening…

then I headed off to the Spa for a pedicure… chose one that has a hot stone massage and a paraffin treatment…  

soothing music played, there were few clients, and I was able to relax and barely even twitched while Melinda worked on my toes… this is unusual as I have very sensitive feet…  
when we were done, I was able to fit in a sports manicure… I don’t like polish on my fingernails because it always seems to chip and look messy, so was happy that they have something for people who just want their nails clipped and filed…
  
while I was there I saw a beautiful purple purse but it had gold metal on it which I am not a fan of… I did think about it a lot, but didn’t let myself be swayed…

came home and finished making some chicken soup, which I then had for lunch…

had a nap and watched a bit of tv while waiting for my company to arrive…

  
had a wonderful time with them… supper was delicious and our conversation was excellent…
chose dates for our next few meetings and everyone headed out..
  
tidied up and am on my way to bed…

blissful day…

cold…

13 Saturday Sep 2014

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alyssum, big girl pants, chicken soup, cold, hot tub, spider

been a very quiet day… taking it easy in the hopes of shaking this cold…

went outside a few times, mainly to put chemicals in the hot tub…

IMG_8227.JPGwhile I was out there took a pic of the fish in the tub pond…

IMG_8228.JPGone of the pots is gorgeous, filled with beautiful alyssum which smells absolutely gorgeous…

IMG_8226.JPGmade some chicken soup in the hope that it will help fight the cold…

had my big girl pants on when a huge spider ran across the ceiling in the bedroom… got a book and dealt with it without even cringing…

chicken soup…

15 Wednesday Jan 2014

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big girl pants, Canadian Living slideshow, chicken soup, colds, dumplings, George, home made biscuits, Mom's dumpling recipe, Souper Thursday, stave off colds

just finished the chicken soup for tomorrow’s Souper Thursday…

started it last night after doing some research into the best foods to help stave off/recover from colds… chicken soup was at the top of the list…

feels like almost everyone I know either has a cold or knows someone who does… this particular variety seems to last quite some time, so I thought a little chicken soup would be helpful all around…

last night I made the broth, simmering a whole chicken with carrots, celery, onion and bay leaves… then I separated the meat from the chicken…

tonight I added the vegetables and barley and simmered that… George loved barley in his soup, so that is an homage to him…

then I tried an experiment… I cooked small dumplings and have set them aside and will try warming them up in the microwave tomorrow… I have often warmed up leftover soup and dumplings in the microwave the next day so am hopeful this will work, lol…

doing some searching, I discovered that people sometimes use ready-to-cook biscuits and drop them into the broth in the crock pot for the last hour or so before the soup is ready… sounded interesting, but I really wanted to use my Mom’s Dumpling recipe so decided to try the warming in the microwave technique… will see what happens tomorrow…

dumplings for tomorrow's soup...

dumplings for tomorrow’s soup…

just a few weeks ago was talking with someone about how delicious dumplings are, which also made me think I should give this a try…

found a great slideshow on the Canadian Living site about ten foods to eat to help beat colds and flu… also found information that sugar is very bad for you when you have a cold, sigh…

stay well…

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