Thoughts on things...

Hi Everyone :)

One or two people have mentioned that this blog is very self-centred and just 'all about me' and food. In a way that's what its meant to be, but of course I do have views and opinions on all sorts of other subjects. I am concerned about climate change, I do encourage and practice recycling, I do what I can to reduce energy consumption in the home, I do read about the Canadian political system and have views on our politicians, their performance, corruption, taxation policy and lots of other aspects of life in general, but there are loads of blogs covering that sort of thing, so I don't really feel they are appropriate subjects for mine. I am more personally concerned about how the world impacts the lives of those of us who are physically larger than average and what can be done about it. I was pleased to read only yesterday about three plus-size models who are optimistic about the fashion industry and its approach to larger sizes of clothes. At last it seems designers are becoming aware that the size of the average female is quite a lot larger than it was 20 years ago. OK, they will never make what I need, but I am lucky in that when I was a junior and later a teen that there were far more plus size kids' clothes available than when Mom was a child. I read with concern the approach that some airlines have regarding larger passengers, requiring them to puchase two seats to accomodate their size, but then not guaranteeing that the two seats will be next to each other! I don't think I'll be flying with those, if at all! Stand up the reader who said the aircraft wouldn't be able to take off if I was on it!

I know there are people following this blog without actually being followers, if you see what I mean. I get private emails about the stuff I post on it from time to time. One or two have asked why Jim and I are waiting so long to get married. Mostly the reasons are practical, certainly not due to lack of desire <G>. That is one of the down sides to being my size - you have to think about living arrangements. Where I live with Dad and Mom is large and basically open plan. The kitchen is huge with plenty of room to move around it. Where Jim and I would live after the wedding needs careful thought. For example, most doorways are 30". I can get through a doorway that size but I have to turn sideways and squish my tummy in to do it. Therefore to be comfortable the living space either should not have doors or have doorways that are at least 34" wide. We have a washroom off our laundry room that has a 26" doorway. I was just able to get through it when I was 16 but since then its been off limits!!! Front doors are usually 36", so no problem with them. I don't do stairs, or at least, only slowly with stops for rest, so all level would be good. If there's room for the BellyBuggy (its latest name!) that would be good too. A bathroom shower would have to be large enough for me, the toilet has to be taller than average and have 'disabled' grab rails near it. A bath tub is a non-starter. The kitchen needs to be large enough, but sensibly designed so that I wouldn't have to walk around it more than necessary. Cupboards not too high and not too low. A pillar oven, not one on a stove under the burners.

The bedroom needs thought too - I need a King bed, ideally an electric riser chair (also in the living area), a place to keep various accessories such as the extending grab that I use to pick up dropped items from the floor, the tape sock-puller thingy I use to get socks etc on, a large enough walk-in closet for clothes etc.

Also I would need help around the house, cleaning etc. There's a lot of things I just can't do. Electric appliances are a great help these days, so we would need somewhere to keep them.

All this costs a lot of money, and I am so grateful to Dad and Mom for providing so much to make life more comfortable around home. Now that Jim has a great job offer and I have an inheritance, the financial aspects become more possible! So watch this space for wedding news! I hope it will happen this year!

The last of the peaches are around now - we bought some HUGE ones at the farmer's market on Saturday. So huge I could only eat one for breakfast! ME! The girl who can manage a 16oz steak easily and a 32oz one just...... Mom and Dad had half a peach each.....



Hugz!

Katie

Here's the picture Jason sent

Hi

Here's the picture Jason sent - of me in 2010 outside a night club in Kelowna. Back in my "slimmer" days! Ha!

 

 

and  while I'm doing uploads, here's me doing the ice cream milk shake thing on a hot day in the summer. The wrap around skirt is towelling, can be slipped off quickly. Hadn't realised my tummy sticks out of it a bit!

 

 

 

also me at the 21st birthday party on May 14th. I hope Jason won't mind me looking rather rotund LOL! I was soooo stuffed by then......

 

BIG HUGZ!

 

Katie

 

Here's a GREAT recipe for pie crusts!

Hi Y'All :)

As Jason doesn't seem to like the idea of me eating bought pumpkin pie, here's a great recipe for ones to make at home! Then I can eat them safely without him knowing <G>. OK, Jason?

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/perfect_pie_crust/

Can use organic pumpkins too!

YUMMY!!!!

Hugz

Katie

Out with Jim

Hi Y'all!

Jim took a few days holiday and we went down to Vernon (a bit south of where we live in the Okanagan Valley). He bought a new (well, pre-owned) car - a Ford Crown Victoria, which is easier for me to get into. His old car was getting to be a bit of a tight fit! The Crown Vic has much more room and with the seat right back its really comfy :)  We passed a place, the Old Log Barn, that advertised Pumpkin Pies and Butter pastries, so we had to stop LOL. I love pies of all sorts and pumpkin ones are the best if well made. We bought a family size one and lots of other stuff too. Jim only wanted a slice of the pumpkin pie, so I ate the rest of it in the car :) It was DELISH!!!

Then we went on to the Canadian Superstore. Its HUGE! I normally couldn't walk round much at all, but we just got a wheeled walking frame that makes it much easier to get around on a level floor. It has four wheels and a guy Dad knows who does welding and stuff made it much wider and lowered the seat (I don't need to sit on it) and made it into a kind of shelf. I can hitch my tummy up on it and it takes a lot of the weight so its much easier to walk around. A great blessing! We bought lots of food to take home.

On the way back we went to a truck stop place we know near Sicamous and had a great meal for not much money. Jim had a loaded burger and I had a chicken pot pie with mashed potato and sweet corn cob as well as corn chowder and apple pie for afters:) It was great!

Jim has been offered a job by a guy just starting a new business designing electronics things. He really wants Jim and offered him a much bigger salary which is great! It means we can start to make plans about getting married YAY!!!! :)


I have been trying to look up about that Susanne Eman to see how she is getting on. She wanted to keep getting fatter but then decided to lose weight instead. She started off weighing quite a lot more than me, but last Christmas she said she had a healthy Christmas dinner and had 30 lbs to go to get to 450 lbs. I can't find anything about her since and wondered if she has lost more. Its not fair, coz she wanted to get fatter, and now she's smaller than me! I don't want to get fatter but it just kinda happens :( Does anyone know how she's doing?

Must go!

Big hugz and I love you all!

Katie