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Happy Groundhog Day! Welcome to my lifestyle post called Monday Notes at My House.<\/strong><\/p>\n You can see here that we are certainly seeing shadows in West Texas, and it was great to be back outside for today’s Monday Notes at My House.<\/p>\n However, there remains several piles of ice at businesses and around yards…so careful walking is required. <\/p>\n I hope all of you are well on this lovely February 2 day.<\/p>\n Today, I have an update on my eyes, on the blog, and a What’s in the Pantry?<\/em> Recipe.<\/p>\n So, let’s get started….<\/p>\n MONDAY NOTES AT MY HOUSE : CATARACT UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n My followup appointment with my optometrist on eye #1 went very well last week.<\/p>\n Eye #1 has perfect vision and may only need occasional readers…it depends on what happens this week with #2.<\/p>\n Everything I had felt, off and on, was normal…Whew!<\/p>\n For example, occasionally it feels like an eyelash is in my eye and occasionally it flutters with lights. Both normal…both will eventually subside.<\/p>\n She said from last Weds to this Thursday is the most difficult time with one really good eye and one not so good…and she is right.<\/p>\n I am using a pair of old glasses, but reading and working are still a challenge. <\/p>\n Surgery for eye #2 is this Thursday and I will be so glad to have the whole process coming to an end. <\/p>\n When I look through eye #1, I get very excited for the final.<\/p>\n Thank you for all of the support this group of wonderful ladies have offered. It has been a joy to go through this with you.<\/p>\n MONDAY NOTES AT MY HOUSE : BLOG UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you for your patience as I go through this process…it is really difficult for me to take pictures without my eye makeup….it doesn’t feel right.<\/p>\n It has also been hard to get out and about with eye makeup…but I did it…even went to church yesterday. <\/p>\n Of course, several days of ice and snow kept us all home and that helped.<\/p>\n I realize that most of my posts are doing personal shopping through brands for you….again I appreciate the patience.<\/p>\n Hopefully soon, I will be back to more posts with me.<\/p>\n I have really enjoyed wearing this J.JILL WEAREVER DOUBLE BREASTED SWEATER BLAZER.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n It has been an excellent layering piece for our current weather.<\/p>\n Something new that began last week is the addition of a new affiliate company for my blog.<\/p>\n The addition of MY SHOP<\/strong><\/a> enables me to offer you some brands I have not been able to in the past…such as Soft Surroundings.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n It would help me so much if you would go spend some time there…I have changed over most of my shopping links page to the brands on this location.<\/p>\n Shopping with my links is the main way I fund all of the expenses around the blog. Your support keeps me here.<\/strong><\/p>\n I will be feeding the collections and some posts into My Shop that may not appear on the blog, so you might check it out at least once a week…or I will notify you.<\/p>\n Right now, there is a new collection called EARLY SPRING STANDOUTS<\/strong> <\/a>with several mid to high end brands.<\/p>\n I have copied high end styles my entire life, so I always look to see what they are showing and sometimes gain personal inspiration from it.<\/p>\n Or you may find special pieces that you know your cost per wear will be lower on….so it is worth it to you to purchase.<\/p>\n I also hope to have at least one of your more affordable favorites up before I go for eye #2…we will see.<\/p>\n I hope you will like this better than what I have been doing and you can always let me know what you are shopping for and I will do a collection for you.<\/p>\n Let me know what you think. I want you to enjoy visiting MY SHOP<\/strong><\/a> ..so keep in touch with me as to what you are looking for.<\/p>\n Also, sometime this spring, I plan to have new announcements about email.<\/p>\n There is alot going on in my head once the eye surgery is over.<\/p>\n MONDAY NOTES AT MY HOUSE: PANTRY UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n The winter storm sent me pantry diving…which is always a good idea.<\/p>\n I like to find foods I had forgotten were in there…such as a large bag of spinach fettuccine.<\/p>\n Mr. B loves chicken fettuccine, so I looked up a recipe and thought…I can work with this.<\/em><\/p>\n I did not have all of the exact ingredients, but my version turned out good.<\/p>\n The last time I cooked Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas. I had some of the sauce leftover, so I froze about four cups of it in the freezer containers for soup.<\/p>\n I did not have any cream on hand, so I believed sour cream mixed with chicken stock , flour and butter was close enough.<\/p>\n In a crockpot, I put a box of chicken bone broth, two tablespoons of butter, a chopped onion, four garlic cloves, 1 1\/2 teaspoons of Italian seasoning, 2 pounds of frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts, and two frozen cups of sour cream sauce.<\/p>\n It slow cooked overnight. The next morning, I used a fork to shred the chicken into the sauce.<\/p>\n When I was ready to make the meal, I poured that into a soup pot and re-heated on the stove.<\/p>\n Then, I cooked the spinach fettuccine in salted water with a dash of olive oil.<\/p>\n Drained the cooked pasta and mixed it with the overnight chicken sauce. Stirred it all together well with a teaspoon of cracked black pepper.<\/p>\n I served it in a bowl, with chopped parsly, a teaspoon of sliced olives, and some shaved Parmesan cheese.<\/p>\n Mr. B was amazed that I pulled it together from what I already had on hand. This is always fun…and I think this is my best dish from playing Pantry Diving at my house.<\/p>\n It is a great game for when you are snowed in!<\/p>\n Between the winter storm and the eye surgeries, I have not been on my Weight Watchers Diet entirely for a couple of weeks. I also have not been able to go to the gym.<\/p>\n I will return as soon as I have the green light to go…and hopefully return to WW this week. It is easier for me to do WW when I am not cooking often.<\/p>\n Well, let’s see what Mr.. Groundhog says about the weather!<\/p>\n Thanks for joining me today for Monday Notes at My House….I will be here tomorrow…and hope you will be as well…until then….<\/p>\n EMBRACE TODAY & KEEP SMILING!<\/strong><\/p>\n By Pamela Lutrell<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n For all your shopping, please use the links on my SHOPPING PAGE<\/a>\u2026thank you, thank you to all who shop this way and show support for this blog. It means the world.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Monday](\"https:\/\/over50feeling40.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Monday-Notes-at-My-House-30-858x1024.jpg\")
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