1 lb split peas, rinsed
1 smoked turkey drumstick
3 stalks celery with leaves, chopped
1 cup baby carrots, chopped
3 very small onions, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp thyme
salt & pepper
1 qt chicken stock
water
Layer everything into a slow cooker. Add enough water to make sure that everything is covered with liquid. This will vary depending on the size of your cooker, and the size of the turkey leg you use.
Cook on low 8-10 hours.
Sunday: Football Fest – buffalo shrimp, sushi, chips w. salsa & guacamole, veggie tray, crackers, cheesey dip or cheese ball
Monday: the ever recurring split pea soup
Tuesday: cod w. veggies in foil packets, rice
Wednesday: leftovers or spaghetti depending on the level of leftovers.
Thursday: Steak, crash hot potatoes, veggies
Friday: Roasted chicken, little red potatoes, roasted veggies, challah
Saturday: DAD COMES HOME (well, here actually for a while for continued recovery) FROM THE HOSPITAL DAY!!! – He asked for “something with flavor”. I’ll have to give this one some thought. 
As is obvious from my blog, last week went all to heck. My dad, who was supposed to just have a minor surgery the Friday of week 4, wound up being transferred to ICU at another hospital, had a second surgery on Tuesday, and will remain in the hospital for a few more weeks. He is out of ICU now, and should be transferred to rehab later today, so things are looking up. However, to add insult to injury my kids and husband came down with the exorcist flu on Friday, and I woke up with it on Sunday.
So, last week’s meal plan is being reshuffled for this week.
Sunday: I have no idea what my family ate, as I slept through the entire day.
Monday: Fish baked with lemon and herbs, potato packets, and artichokes
Tuesday: Fried chicken, roasted brussels sprouts, baked potatoes
Wednesday: Split Pea Soup (yeah, we didn’t have it – again)
Thursday: Spaghetti
Friday: Challah, steak, cauliflower, fried new potatoes
Saturday: Pizza
It sure is nice to breathe again. Dad’s surgery yesterday went really well. The MRI came back clean, so no tumors in his head or neck, and the surgeon says he got the whole tumor that was pressing on dad’s spinal cord. Not only that, but the tumor appears to be benign. We have to wait to hear back from pathology to be sure, but all looks good.
Even better though, dad is now out of ICU and has started physical therapy!
It feels good to be slowly getting back to normal.
Living in an episode of House is really not fun.
They are performing surgery on dad tomorrow, hopefully around noon. They were planning to do another MRI this evening to make sure there aren’t any tumors in his neck or brain, but they canceled that when his heart rate shot through the roof (180) after dinner. Instead they are doing a doppler of his legs and a CT of his heart. They fear there may be blood clots too.
I’m a planner. I’m a fairly organized person. I like to know what is going on, and I generally like to be in charge of the situation. Like I said, I’m a planner.
And right now, I’m in a terrible position. I don’t know anything.
As of Friday, my dad had Spinal Stenosis. They operated on him, and the doctor was very pleased with the surgery. He wanted to have a neurologist check my dad out, just to make sure, but he was pleased.
Saturday we had a new diagnosis. An aneurysm in dad’s spinal column. AMY, AVM, something like that. A garble of letters that were very frightening, but the doctors assured us were non-life threatening. Just the same though, they were going to transfer my dad from the local hospital to a major university medical school 25 miles away.
Today, we have another diagnosis. A tumor. So now he is in Neurological ICU. We don’t know if it is benign or malignant. We don’t know if it is one, or multiple. We don’t know much of anything.
They MAY do another MRI tomorrow. They MAY operate tomorrow. They MAY operate on Tuesday instead. We don’t know.
My in-laws are in town. They arrived yesterday afternoon. They MAY be leaving tomorrow. They MAY stay longer. Again, we don’t know.
I hate not knowing. I don’t know how this week is going to go. I don’t know where I need to be, or when. I don’t know who will be watching my children, and when, because whenever they do surgery, I will be there.
It will all get figured out. Probably at the last minute, but right now, I don’t know.
I hate not knowing.
My dad is in the hospital, and we don’t know for how long, so this weeks meal plan is even more subject to change than normal.
Sunday: Lasagna leftovers, roasted asparagus and red peppers
Monday: Roasted chicken, asparagus, crash hot potatoes
Tuesday: Split Pea soup (pushed again – we will actually eat it this week!)
Wednesday: Halibut baked in foil with lemon and herbs, potato packets, artichokes
Thursday: Steak, artichokes, fried new potatoes
Friday: Challah, Chicken Papirkash, dumplings, vegetable (unless we do Shabbat at my folks house instead)
Saturday: homemade pizza
Dear Flylady,
I’ve never written before, and honestly never thought that I would. Today though, I have to let you know how wonderful you have been for our lives!
I’ve been flying for about 3 years now, with many crashes, but luckily no burns. We have a 2 year old, and a 10 month old.
A few months ago, my father started having difficulty walking, and in the last month it really came to a head. He was falling and could no longer be alone. So, he started coming over here first thing in the morning when my mom went to work, and staying with us all day.
Then a week ago, he could no longer walk at all. Because of house layouts, it was decided he would simply stay with us, as he wouldn’t have to battle stairs.
Obviously, things here have been a little crazed what with a toddler, a baby, and now a non-mobile adult. So yesterday he went in for surgery and today, my in-laws are coming into town to help out.
Well, my goal has always been 10 minutes from company ready, just like you say. And, after the complete insanity of the last few weeks, today we were not only 10 minutes from company ready, but only 1 hour from Mother-in-Law ready! And that includes time to wash the guest room sheets, and remake the bed since my dad left yesterday!
Thank you Flylady!
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