Oh yeah, I'm going to make a pumpkin bread, and cook lots of other vegetables as well. What do we think about roasting and then freezing root veg? I could re-heat in a hot oven and they would come out OK, right?
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 04, 2013 5:00:54 am PDT #7876 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
brenda m - Oct 04, 2013 5:02:49 am PDT #7877 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Umm, pie. Maybe I will cook this weekend too. After I clean up my sty.
Zenkitty - Oct 04, 2013 5:05:03 am PDT #7878 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm gonna work on cleaning up my sty this weekend. Some progress is better than no progress, right? I'd like to do something fun. Maybe I'll go on a long drive somewhere I haven't been before.
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2013 5:07:22 am PDT #7879 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse, I have no idea what veg you have, but I thought it was as good a time as any to re-mention the vegetable stock recipe here bon bon "Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam" Apr 12, 2009 8:14:50 pm PDT that I prefer to most meat stocks I've made.
I don't think I can leave the house in the next hour. But just as I was about to ditch my pain psych (her approach to feeling good (hope and superiority) doesn't really jibe with me) I vented to her about frustrating medical care, and she is going to call my pain doc and tell him my pain is real and ask what he's going to do about it. Which is...earning her keep, since I have an appointment with him Tuesday and the epidural thingummy has well worn off.
Anyone tried self-hypnisis for changing their responses to stress and pain stimulation?
Jesse - Oct 04, 2013 5:11:45 am PDT #7880 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have white and sweet potatoes, kohlrabi, onions, carrots (but no celery, mushrooms, or parsnips) -- maybe I will do some stock.
SuziQ - Oct 04, 2013 5:13:42 am PDT #7881 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Added WTF of the day....snow. SNOW.
Zenkitty - Oct 04, 2013 5:14:40 am PDT #7882 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Wait, I forgot something!
Frank! Congrats on homeownership! Yes, many insurance. Much signing. Yay!
WindSparrow - Oct 04, 2013 5:21:29 am PDT #7883 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Anyone tried self-hypnisis for changing their responses to stress and pain stimulation?
I've used some of the Silva Method stuff for stress and found it useful. With the extreme behavioral challenges occurring at the same time as extreme staff turnover at one of the houses I work at, it was definitely part of me not losing my mind and/or quitting (as well as part of why I got that award thingy in August). I have found it useful enough that if I were experiencing chronic pain I would at least try using it as part of the pain management.
Gudanov - Oct 04, 2013 5:26:49 am PDT #7884 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
All I know is that I'm making pie.
That sounds like a good weekend.
Strix - Oct 04, 2013 5:34:40 am PDT #7885 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That's a pretty good article on depression, ita !
I'm pretty much done with feeling shame about having depression; through therapy and research, I'm understand and internalizing (finally) that that's on a par with being ashamed about having any other physical ailment. This doesn't let me off the hook for many of my behaviors; depression isn't a get out of jail free card, but I get that it there are things that I can control, AND things I cannot. Working to control some of the things some of the time is a process. I just can't spend energy on trying to deal with her issues when I am constantly fighting a battle with my own brain. And I feel remarkably OK about it.
This weekend, I'm going to a friend's bday gathering tonight, another friend's kid's birthday party tomorrow, clean some of the things, cook some zucchini bread, and work on some things I've been too depressed and anxious to work on (see what I did there?!)