My brain needs a break

 I'm having a break from googling and reading up on everything I've found (and others have found for me) regarding cognitive impairment, caring etc.  My brain's just too overloaded at the mo and I'm not taking anything in.

We were going to nip to the caravan today, just for a few hours - mainly because husband forgot to turn the water off at the outside stopcock last time we were there.  He's supposed to turn off the water, electricity and gas at the outside fittings, one of the few jobs I ask him to do, but I have to constantly nudge and remind him to do it each time.  I've even written it in big capital letters on a post it note and stuck it in a prominent place, but he still forgets.  The only way he remembers is if I remind him, but he does tend to get annoyed when I do, saying "Yes yes, I know!".  But unless he does it literally straight away, he will forget again.  This is the problem I have all the time - if I don't remind him about something he needs to do, and get him to do it immediately, he will forget.....but he gets irritated and snaps at me when I remind him.  It's a no-win situation, if I don't remind him he doesn't do it, if I do he bites my head off.  Anyway, we've decided not to go today as there's heavy rain forecast for the van area, and neither of us likes being stuck in the van when it's raining.  Well, I don't mind it so much, I'm perfectly happy to have the radio on and read, but all husband can do is fall asleep in front of the TV.

I'm going to spend the day doing a menu plan and shopping list.  Husband isn't doing so well with our low carb diet - he agrees he needs to lose weight, as advised by his doctors, but actually sticking to a diet and eating less (and less of the carby things) is a problem for him.  He's always had a big appetite and loves his food.  He would happily have a cooked breakfast every day, whereas I only eat breakfast perhaps 2 or 3 times a week and am not a fan of cooked breakfasts.  My typical breakfast, when I have it, is a bowl of a couple of tablespoons of either cottage cheese or Greek yogurt, with a spoonful of peanut butter (softened in the microwave) stirred in, with perhaps a few blueberries on top.  Husband's second favourite breakfast is an egg and bacon or sausage sandwich, or if not cooked then a big bowl of cereal followed by toast.  For lunch I generally have a salad with cheese or tinned fish, or an omelette or crustless quiche made with veggies and cheese.  Husband will eat all of that, but likes a roll or sandwich or something carby like cold boiled potatoes or even a jacket potato with lunch.  Our evening meal is always a low carb healthy meal cooked by me....having said that, he had chicken curry (a bought one) and rice last night - his choice and he prepared it himself.  I had a sort of ploughman's with a small chunk of rye sourdough, cheese and crunchy salad veggies.  I can't make husband eat only healthy low carb things, nor reduce his appetite, all I can do is make sure I buy healthy stuff and cook healthy meals.  If I don't buy bread, husband buys it for himself.

Our next door neighbour is pregnant, so that gives me an opportunity to start crocheting a few baby blankets again.  I did have a little stock of baby blankets, but they've all gone now after a little flurry of new babies amongst our family and friends.  She doesn't know the sex so I'll make one in cream with some neutral accent colours.  They're hoping for a boy as her husband has 5 daughters from his previous marriage!

I'm hoping there'll be some suitable properties on the housing list this week, there've been none suitable for the past 2 weeks - either too small, or with no enclosed garden, or not near enough to facilities.  All of the properties we'd previously bid for have now been allocated to others, sadly.  Never mind, our ideal new home is still out there waiting for us, it's just a bit of a pain in the arse having to wait for it to come up.