Okay, that was last chance #1 — this offer will be expiring soon. Remember two things, prices are going up and this offer won't last forever, although you can lock it in now.
Now, about last chance #2. Sort of off-the-wall. I bought me a new knit hat. Yeah, big whoop, but this one has LED lights. Again, big whoop. Let me explain. I got an LED thinsulate knit hat for the "men's" Christmas exchange this year for our family get together. My granddaughter's boyfriend got it in the 'drawing of the numbers" as we call it. He was thrilled and personally, I found a lot of uses for it around my house. I wanted one. I found this one on Amazon, costing a lot less and not quite as delicate to remove to wash the hat. This one has dual lights. I mean, it has 4 white lights just like the one I gave, but this one also has 2 red and 2 blue lights which flash red, then blue, then red and blue together and finally repeat the pattern over. I think they said it was supposedly for emergency aid. Not sure about that. I found the white lights work great when I'm away during the day and have to go collect chicken eggs in the dark. The coop doesn't have electric, per se. It has an electric cord run to it that keeps the watering dish heated, but otherwise, it gets dark, it IS dark — no lights. The chickens didn't mind the white LED light when I collected the eggs. I reached up to turn it off and the next option (red/blue) kicked in. I thought my chickens were going to start dancing. Suddenly I felt like I was in a disco. The chickens got quite vocal about the red/blue flashing lights. Now, my son came up with a better use for the red/blue lights. He says when I'm driving the roads at night, with limited traffic, as I come up to a slow poke, hit the red/blue and they will probably move to the side thinking a state trooper is behind them. Hmm? Just not too sure I want to give that option a try — my luck, I'd do it to a law officer off duty. I don't need slammer time, especially at my age.
My next last chance — I can't believe I'm actually saying this. Food. I weighed myself and was not happy with the way the scale numbers spun on the dial. I've gained weight. SO, last chance was today. I am now on a rigorous diet and exercise program. Okay, not really... well, sort of. I am watching my intake of carbs and portion sizes. Last Friday was my last all-you-can-eat fish fry... or, at least, limiting them to maybe once a month. I might be able to skip them if I do baked fish on Fridays. Again, it won't be all-you-can-eat, but it should sooth the crave. I love fish. Of course, I can basically eat all the shrimp, crab, lobster and scallops I want. Scallops are hard to get here in this locale. Lobster is too expensive to gorge on. So, crab and shrimp it is... and I love shrimp grilled or baked and who can pass on steamed crabs? Not me! Again, they are proteins so they don't have a lot of effect on my blood sugar, but I'm sure glutting on them will have an effect on my weight, so once again, it will be portion control. I'm going back to my breakfast of kale smoothies. I love them. My wife? She'll pass on the green mixture. I'm giving you my secret recipe...
1 cup almond milk
1/4 cup frozen pineapple chunks
1/4 cup frozen mango chunks
1/2 cup chopped kale (I usually just put in a leaf of kale, including the stem)
2 T chia seeds
1 T honey
1 t cinnamon
1 t turmeric
juice of 1/2 a fresh lemon
some chopped ice - maybe 1/4 cup?
Blend it all together until a nice pure green silky drink. I say YUM. If you try it, let me know what you think of my special breakfast go-get'em.
Of course, my cooking habits will have to change, too. No more all these gourmet meals of decadent yummies laden with butter. I will need to streamline my cooking habits to a healthier ideal. I know it can be done. Goodbye double-stuffed twice baked potatoes. Goodbye cheesy-garlicky biscuits. Goodbye thick soups. Hello brothy soups. Hello zesty, spicy foods baked or broiled. Goodby weight.
Another last chance? I have just a few more days to order my seeds to start growing them inside before Spring arrives. This is January. If you calculate 3 weeks for a turn-around on delivery of my order(s) — that gets me into February. If it takes 12 weeks to grow the seed to put out by May 1st, uh, I'm pushing it. Twelve weeks is the equivalent of 3 months — Feb, Mar, Apr... which pushes me into May. I will be ordering my seeds tomorrow. The bigger the tomato plant going in the garden, the sooner luscious tomatoes can be harvested. The same holds true for flowers I want blooms in late May, early June — not the middle of July.
My last last chance to place here. I will be attending a 'get-together' soiree at Terra State Community College on Thursday, January 19th to discuss with others about my class I am teaching. Yes, I am teaching a class in writing. It will be a 6-week course and be an intense explanation about writing and handling the aspects as an author in today's publishing world. I have been working on my classes and I think I know what I want to handout at the soiree, but I need to put that together. I got a couple of days. I will be busy.
A final last chance? There is never a final last chance. They just keep coming and coming.
Until next I ramble on...
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