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| Winter Treats! |
Hot cocoa is just an excuse for whipped cream, in my opinion! LOL.
Last night, I resorted to taking a couple of Tylenols because I was feeling so achy from the vaccine. That really helped; I probably should have taken them earlier in the day! Anyway, I slept well and woke up feeling fine.
Today, I did a couple of loads of laundry and ran the dishwasher. I generally do my dishes by hand, but, I've been told that I should run the dishwasher on a regular basis to keep the hoses from drying out and getting brittle. So, every so often, about once a week or once in 10 days, I let the dishes pile up in the sink for a couple of days and do a load.
Yesterday's planned dinner of salmon, baked potato, and broccoli didn't happen. I had scrambled eggs and toast, instead! Instead, I had salmon for my dinner, today, with "souped up rice" - I didn't finish the soup that M had brought me, yesterday, so, I added the leftover soup to the pot of rice I cooked today and it made a very nice flavored rice side dish. I had some tomato chutney with the rice and salmon.
I had a call from the monks at the Temple, today. They were calling to check on me because I haven't spoken with them in a while (not since October, I believe). I thought it was very kind of them to check on me. I had been intending to call them - it was on my Time Management December To Do List! Anyway, I have now booked the date with them for my almsgiving to be held in the first week of January (on January 3rd, to be exact). Longtime readers of my blog will know what this means, but, basically, it is a religious ceremony where the monks are invited to a specially prepared lunch and they will chant blessings and give a sermon, in turn. One can give an almsgiving at the Temple, but, I prefer to have the monks come to my home as I consider it a blessing for the house, as well. I used to do this at the end of the year, but, now, I'm preferring to hold it at the beginning of the year. My daughter will be here to help me with the preparations and the serving of the meal, etc.
I didn't hear from the pharmacy about Dancer's medication, today. Hopefully, I'll hear from them, tomorrow. If not, I'll have to call them to find out what is happening.
Today, I am grateful for:
- Feeling fine after the vaccine (yesterday's dose of Tylenol really helped)
- The monks calling to check on me
- Being able to schedule my almsgiving
- Working appliances
- Emails from friends
Today's joyful activity was scheduling the almsgiving.
Plans for tomorrow will hopefully include a trip to the pharmacy to pick up Dancer's medication!
How was your Thursday? What are your plans for Friday?
I'm sorry I've not commented for a while - life has got in the way a bit!! I'm glad you feel better after your vaccine: I'm supposed to have had my Covid vaccine this week, but I've had a bad cold, so I thought I'd wait till next week. How kind of the monks to check on you, that is good to know they are thinking about you & other members of the Temple community. The alms giving ceremony sounds interesting - I hope you'll tell us more when it happens.Love FD xx
ReplyDeleteThere is no need to apologize, FD. This is a busy time of the year for many. :)
DeleteHope your cold gets better soon; good idea to wait until you recover from it before getting the Covid vaccine.
Yes, I thought it was very kind of the monks to check on me. I will be posting about the almsgiving as we get closer to the event. :)
I make hot chocolate with whipped cream when I return from walking Tilly in the rain, it's sort of comforting when we are wet through :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you feel better following your vaccination.
How lovely that the monks checked up on you and now you have a lovely meal with them to look forward to.
Glad to hear that you have a hot chocolate with whipped cream after a walk in the rain with Tilly! It's a very occasional treat for me, but something I look forward to. :)
DeleteThank you, Eileen; I felt the side effects of this vaccine more than I did the flu and the Covid ones.
Yes, it was very kind of the monks to check on me. I'm looking forward to the almsgiving - I didn't have one this year (2023), because my daughter was still recovering from having Covid and not up to the task.
How kind of the monks to check on you. How delicious that cream looks
ReplyDeleteIt was very kind of them to check on me. The whipped cream was very yummy and made the hot cocoa a definite treat! :D
DeleteThat hot chocolate looks pretty dang delicious!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to have the monks call and check on you.
The hot cocoa was definitely a treat! :)
DeleteIt was very kind of the monks to call and check on me. We go back a long way, from their earliest days of being in this country, when my mother taught them English.
I'm laughing at the photo of the hot cocoa. That whipped cream is really "over the top"! It is giving me ideas, in our snowy cold weather. I could use the excuse that holding the mug of hot cocoa is a way to warm up my hands, and that the cream is a good way to insulate the cocoa and keep it warm!
ReplyDeleteLOL, the whip cream is definitely over the top, isn't it? :D Oh, I agree, Bushlady, you do need a mug of hot cocoa to warm up your hands and every hot cocoa needs a little (or a lot!) of whipped cream to taste just right. :D
DeleteWow! You're going to have an almsgiving. I know that is a special thing (with a lot of work,) and I am glad your are able to do it again.
ReplyDeleteThank you, June. It's going to be a rather scaled down version, with only 2 or 3 monks and just my daughter and I (and, maybe, friend R, if she chooses to attend). But, of course, all the preparations and the menu items (5 kinds of fruits, 5 kinds of sweets, etc.) will remain the same.
DeleteThat hot chocolate looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteSo good of the monks to call and check up on you. I like what a good support system you have, friends and family checking up on you.
The hot chocolate tasted delicious!
DeleteThank you, Sharon; yes, I do have a good support system, don't I? It's a blessing.
The hot chocolate looks so good with the beautiful dollop of whipped cream. That is right up my alley for sure.
ReplyDeleteI always think that a sandwich is just an excuse to have chips so you made me laugh when you said that about the whipped cream.
I was wondering if you might have the almsgiving this year. I'm glad you were able to schedule it during your daughter's visit.
I was looking forward the other day to having another cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream, but, I dropped the canister of whipped cream and broke off the nozzle, so, no whipped cream topping! I was sad!
DeleteToo funny about a sandwich being an excuse for chips!
Yes, I'm having the almsgiving in the new year, when my daughter will be here to help. Looking forward to it. :)