Which era were they looking at that had all the sugar?

The Elizabethan, their chef had a bowl of sugar and was talking about how it was used for preservation, and the hosts shook their heads disapprovingly. The doctors were talking about the fatty meats and small variety of vegetables.

edit: The Wartime Farm series is showing a lot about the sheer logistics of getting food to the nation and how they're getting millions more acres under the plow than they had before--and how they're getting rid of livestock because the animals were eating food the people could eat. The brief debate about keeping the dog was interesting. One host finally said, "We're keeping the dog, he's the smartest member of the team."

They're referring to all the government pamphlets the Ag Ministry and the Ministry of Food were putting out, and finding ways to scrounge feed for the dairy herd, plus looking at ways people gamed the system.

The snake oil thing, while annoying, you might just have to put up with, but her not remembering she has an appointment with you seems like the kind of thing you could complain about to somebody, if there is a stage of complaining between not saying anything and asking for another nurse. That's not right, and I know when I worked for a home health agency our nurses would not have been allowed to be that cavalier about scheduling.

What do you need it for? Tax prep, or general budget and asset management? I don't know how much the different tax softwares differ at the entry level--I use Turbo Tax just because I used it last year.

I mostly just want to be able to give receipts categories and notes so that I can use reports to find my deductibles. I do the tax forms by hand because the time I tried Turbo Tax it just made me want to cry.

It looks like I should give mint a try. I do still have my ancient version of Quicken on my old laptop if I hate everything else.

The snake oil thing, while annoying, you might just have to put up with

I don't know. Is there any way you can firmly, but kindly, tell her that it needs to be a quiet time, and that all of the new information is stressful, since your main objective is pain management? You might also mention that you've tried several different treatments, and for now this is what works.

Hmm. I think Elizabethans did use a lot more sugar than people in earlier times, but I think it would still be a pretty small amount compared to the average person now. Also, sugar would have been mostly for the upper classes -- it was too expensive for lower class people.

My beef with mint is is thinks it is "smart" and imports my bank transactions and automatically codes them. But it is actually pretty dumb and codes a lot of stuff wrong, so I have to check almost every transaction. It *cannot* macth checks at all, even for unusual amounts. And for some reason it thinks every $20 ATM withdrawal is a check made out to my niece. I mean, once we wrote that check, but I cannot teach it not to keep on coding it that way.

We are having a nice dinner, and the kids have dressed up to be our waitstaff, and Casper has written out our menu. Dillo is practicing standing with a "towel" (napkin) over his arm. He also just said he was trying to be as fancy as the Olive Garden, so I guess we need to take them out a little more.

I could be wrong about the sugar thing. I'm looking at this 1593 cookbook, and there's sugar in a lot more usually-savory dishes than I'd remembered from recipes from that era. [link] Without measurements, though, it's hard to tell.

ita,you have to manage a lot of people. It looks she is one of them.You will need to remind her Wed, Friday and Sunday morning. Next nurse might be worse so just living with that and including the triple reminders to her might be something. Expecially if she can be texted. Sounds like you need to regularly call your neuro too to make sure you get your pain meds.

Oh good lord, I have had a load of towels sitting in the washer for an hour and a half but never started the cycle. It is to laugh.