Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 10-10-19 12:03 <=-

good stuff, rest up...

That's what I'm doing.. we're kind of getting sick of prepared
dinners from stores like Wegmans (Nancy knows what I mean <grin>)

Wegmans makes pretty good meals, though... ;) But it's kinda like
having friends bringing in meals for you, not necessarily how you'd
cook them, even when they're pretty good... ;)

Agree there... :)

One appreciates it, but thinks of how one would do it differently, as well... ;)

Yes, that's true. I do love their pulled pork <g>.

Some of their oven-safe packaging entrees are pretty nice... just put
the bag in the oven for the proper length of time at the right temp, and
it cooks itself...

This week has been absolutely nutso though because Ron's aunt fell
and broke her hip (again, other side this time) this past weekend. So we're running back and forth to/from the hospital.. but from what the hospital told us this morning, Ron and his aunt will be investigating other rehabilitation options at a rehab nursing home, for example,
instead of rehab in the Cayuga hospital. It was determined that Aunt
Gert can't tolerate the 6-hour a day rehab necessary (I think it was 6hours a day at least). :(

How did that work out...? Did they at least find something fairly close
by, so that you'd be able to supervise it properly... ?

Anyway, running to hospital sure puts a damper on cooking.. so last
night we enjoyed a bowl of Lasagne soup from a local place.. it was
good :) I have a beef tongue in my 'frige I bought to cook this week, guess I'll have to wait a bit to cook that. Thankfully it's an easy
one to cook, and so good :) The cook-by/use-by/freeze-by date is
sometime in the next two weeks so that is good :)

That gives you a bit of leeway... :) And even if you end up freezing
it, it will still be good for when you can cook it... :) And, right, it
is an easy thing to cook... :)

And while Wegmans has quite the assortment of things one could be
getting, it still can get boring after a while... :)

Yes, there are only so many days one can take the repetition :)

As I was just saying to Sean, there are quite a few things to choose
from... and we do eat there when we do our weekly shopping... but there
are some days I go thru and have a hard time finding something that I
really want that night.... ;)

I know what you mean there. Generally, it's good food, but I find
they give you too much food haha.. Right now I'm still trying to build
up my appetite after that chest infection I had and the soup-frenzy
that I was on <grin>

One can either share the portion... or save some for another meal... :)

I have about 5 pie pumpkins from my garden I want to start using for
pumkin bread/pies :)

Sounds good... It's that season, after all... :)

And those pie pumpkins are so darn sweet, I love them :) We just
polished off the pumpkin bread I made, I have more pumpkin in the
freezer in baggies.. Just in case I get the urge for pumpkin pie before
the holidays hit :)

Sounds indeed as though you are feeling better.... back to normal
activities for this time of year.... :) And nothing better than putting
up the produce from one's own garden... :)

I have some not totally ripe pumpkins sitting under plant lights in
the living room... they are ripening there, so that's great :)

Sounds good... :)

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Hi Nancy,

Wegmans makes pretty good meals, though... ;) But it's kinda like
having friends bringing in meals for you, not necessarily how you'd
cook them, even when they're pretty good... ;)

Agree there... :)

One appreciates it, but thinks of how one would do it differently, as
well... ;)

Yes, that's true. I do love their pulled pork <g>.

Some of their oven-safe packaging entrees are pretty nice... just put
the bag in the oven for the proper length of time at the right temp, and
it cooks itself...

I haven't tried those much yet, perhaps I will :) It would definitely help on days when we're running back and forth to Oak Hill where Ron's Aunt is getting rehab for her broken hip.

This week has been absolutely nutso though because Ron's aunt fell
and broke her hip (again, other side this time) this past weekend. So
we're running back and forth to/from the hospital.. but from what the
hospital told us this morning, Ron and his aunt will be investigating
other rehabilitation options at a rehab nursing home, for example,
instead of rehab in the Cayuga hospital. It was determined that Aunt
Gert can't tolerate the 6-hour a day rehab necessary (I think it was
6hours a day at least). :(

I made a mistake there btw, it is 2 hours a day rehab necessary if you want medicare to cover the cost. That would certainly be easier on someone than 6 hours a day :)

How did that work out...? Did they at least find something fairly close
by, so that you'd be able to supervise it properly... ?

She's in a facility near us in Ithaca, Oak Hill Manor; it's a nice place, people seem happy there. That's a big plus to me... And she's not complaining so that's a good thing. As far as how the rehab itself goes, it's slow going.

It makes sense when you think about it... she does NOT tolerate pain well (she's going to be 98 this Feb.), and so when they try to work with her for this kind of stuff she's not very keen on working on it. Everytime I see her I keep reminding her that if she can deal with the discomfort she'll get back home sooner than later.. but you know.. it's rough.

We meet with the Oak Hill Admin. every now and then to see how things are going, get updates on her successes (they are very few.. she's been there now 3 weeks I think, and they _today_ got her to stand with the aid of some weird contraption...)

Over here, she will have to be able to use her walker to get to the bathroom from her room (it's right around the corner) before we can take her home :( damn..

Anyway, running to hospital sure puts a damper on cooking.. so last
night we enjoyed a bowl of Lasagne soup from a local place.. it was
good :) I have a beef tongue in my 'frige I bought to cook this week,
guess I'll have to wait a bit to cook that. Thankfully it's an easy
one to cook, and so good :) The cook-by/use-by/freeze-by date is
sometime in the next two weeks so that is good :)

That gives you a bit of leeway... :) And even if you end up freezing
it, it will still be good for when you can cook it... :) And, right, it
is an easy thing to cook... :)

I cooked it so that's done. We've had sandwiches with it, and I'll probably turn the rest of it into a stew some day this week when we're running around and I'm too busy to cook something else :)

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I know what you mean there. Generally, it's good food, but I find
they give you too much food haha.. Right now I'm still trying to build
up my appetite after that chest infection I had and the soup-frenzy
that I was on <grin>

One can either share the portion... or save some for another meal... :)

That's true :)

Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if this doesn't change :(

I have about 5 pie pumpkins from my garden I want to start using for >>>>> pumkin bread/pies :)

I have some not totally ripe pumpkins sitting under plant lights in
the living room... they are ripening there, so that's great :)

Sounds good... :)

They are doing really well there, they like those plant lights, so that's great.

Take care,
Janis

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On 10-24-19 22:07, Janis Kracht <=-
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Over here, she will have to be able to use her walker to
get to the bathroom from her room (it's right around the
corner) before we can take her home :( damn..

You might look into getting her a rollator. Pretty sure that Medicare
would pay for a basic one. The advantage would be that if she gets too
tired pushing after ten feet, she can sit down in it and rest.

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Hello Dale.

25 Oct 19 03:11, you wrote to Janis Kracht:

You might look into getting her a rollator. Pretty sure that Medicare would pay for a basic one. The advantage would be that if she gets
too tired pushing after ten feet, she can sit down in it and rest.

My late maternal grandmother had one of those and she would stop and sit when she was grocery shopping. I'd help her with that occasionally when she still could do that. While she sat and rested, I'd go to the "farther reaches" of the store and retrieve what she needed.

I think we may still have hers around here somewhere.

Later,
Sean

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Hi Dale,

Over here, she will have to be able to use her walker to
get to the bathroom from her room (it's right around the
corner) before we can take her home :( damn..

You might look into getting her a rollator. Pretty sure that Medicare
would pay for a basic one. The advantage would be that if she gets too
tired pushing after ten feet, she can sit down in it and rest.

They have one at the rehab place she's in right now... I'm not sure first where it would fit in here, and also I'm not sure she's going to come home. We have met with the staff every week or so pretty much since she went in there and so far the doctors don't think it will be a good idea or really possible given her needs. She's really become more dependant since her fall.

Take care,
Janis

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Hi Sean,

You might look into getting her a rollator. Pretty sure that Medicare
would pay for a basic one. The advantage would be that if she gets
too tired pushing after ten feet, she can sit down in it and rest.

My late maternal grandmother had one of those and she would stop and sit when she was grocery shopping.

It's helpful for the elderly for sure. My late mom had a walker with a seat in it, and it was great for her as well.

I'd help her with that occasionally when she still
could do that. While she sat and rested, I'd go to the "farther reaches" of the store and retrieve what she needed.

Yes, we did that kind of thing with my mom as well when it became more difficult for her to keep her balance, etc.

Take care,
Janis

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