Thanksgiving

[andyg0404]

Happy Thanksgiving to Betty and all the members of the board who celebrate the Holiday. Hope it's a day you all can get together with family and friends and enjoy a nice meal. Betty, I hope you'll have more than Ramen for the Holiday.

Best regards

Andy G.

[Angela M...]

A Big HAPPY THANKSGIVING to andyg, Betty and all our friends here from the U.S. hope you all have a great day.

[Betty]

Thanks. I hope everyone had a good holiday.

People with COPD can't really have a feast. Eating much causes the breathing to go out of control. So one must eat much smaller but more frequent meals. Just tiny meals 4-5 times a day with small snacks in between. It should be easily digestible food or it causes us to breathe too hard.

I did set aside some stuff for the holiday though. Had some home made lemon pudding, & some chocolate pudding for lunch. I had a little chicken, carrots, & mashed potato with gravy for dinner -- that's all my COPD handle in a single meal. Made a small batch without spices for the kitties too.

Wednesday, I did have ramen with some vegetable cocktail (mostly tomato juice) & spices in it. It tasted almost like some decent spaghetti.

Some time this weekend or Monday my sister will be in town with some Thanksgiving leftovers & pie. Most of my surviving family live pretty far away these days, & it's way out of my price range to live anywhere near where they do.

The leftovers will probably be way too much more than I can eat before it spoils, so except for the pies, it will be frozen until I use up the pies first. These pies usually turn to mush by freezing & thawing them, so should be consumed first. The rest of the leftovers will probably be added to my regular meals for weeks to come... lots of turkey/ramen stews & soups.

I spent a lot of time Thanksgiving tracking down some TV shows & movies that my sister missed to give her when she gets to town.

Eating more than normal tired me out more though, so I was pretty lazy & tired after lunch. After dinner, the kitties & I really needed a nap.

But I stay up most of the night. I breathe better at night when air pollution is lower outside, indoor building pollution is lower, the air is cooler, & humidity is lower. My internet & web server speeds are faster overnight too. So I'm almost always a night-owl these days, except when I have too much to do in the daytime. But most of what I do, I can do either at night or in the day.

So I actually usually go to bed after breakfast before or after dawn, & get up for lunch. But if it's only been a few hours of sleep, I'll need a nap after dinner too.

This works out with the cats too, because they want a nap just about the same time I need to. So we can all pile together for nap time. I'm on cat daylight savings time.

[Angela M...]

Hope you and the kitties had a good Thanksgiving Betty. As you mentioned your sister will come to visit soon and bringing food and pies, my favourite food, well any baked goods to be honest. I am glad you still have your sister to visit you. Mine does not drive and lives across town so we don't see each other often. She retired two years ago but looks after her husband who has MS among other things so she does not get out much. I drop off British magazines and food stuff from over home once in awhile as I did with mom when she was alive. I don't see my brother very often as he works away from home quite often in the U.S. or England. Funny the older we get the less we see each other and that is the time we need each other more. Anyway have a good weekend Betty.