Last year we drew names for an adult gift exchange.
I thought it worked really well. I’d like to do that again this year.
Collective thoughts? Was there anything we did last year that you’d like to change for this year?
And who has the Christmas Eve cat this year?
Applesauce is so easy to make. And amazingly delicious.
Core an apple. Peel (I use a potato peeler). Slice, cut slices into pieces. Not too much water – not even covering the pieces. Boil till mushy enough (to taste). Drain. Mash. Done!
So versatile, too.
My absolute favorite so far is to steam butternut squash, and then mash it with apples in a 3:2 ratio (more squash). Really good just like that, but spectacular if you add spectacularly unhealthy amounts of butter, some cinnamon, and a bit of brown sugar.
This was surprisingly good – boil the apples with prune juice, and then add a bit more prune juice when mashing. Really good for managing constipation (fiber + prune magic). And it just tastes like mulled apples.
Plain with a kick – boil with a stick of cinnamon and a few cloves. The standard method if I just want to eat it. Oh, and eat it warm. MMMMMMM And it makes the house smell delicious.
I haven’t tried it with cranberries yet, but that is coming soon.
Other suggestions?
It’s been two weeks, which is just about one cycle.
Who knows if the next 7 treatments will follow this same pattern (including when we’re able to schedule these things – they only let us do one week schedule in advance), but for now here’s how it goes:
| Date | Joseph | Ramona | Comment |
| Week 1 | |||
| Thursday | CHEMO | at home | |
| Friday | Tired, but mostly OK | Works short day | |
| Saturday | Getting more tired, but still OK | Home (obviously) | childcare or errand running this weekend is extra helpful |
| Sunday | utterly exhausted | Home | |
| Monday | exhausted | Home | |
| Tuesday | getting better, but still tired | works short day | This is the most useful day for daytime childcare |
| Wednesday | even better, but tired | home/telework | keeping my usual Wednesday-home schedule. |
| Week 2 | |||
| Thursday | feels OK | works full day | |
| Friday | feels fine | works full day | |
| Saturday | feels good | home | If you want to get together to do something, this is the weekend. |
| Sunday | feels good | home | |
| Monday | good | works full day | |
| Tuesday | good | works full day | |
| Wednesday | good | home/telework | |