November 7 - November 27, 2021 
Sunday November 7, 2021
Sad news for the Flores Family which includes Catarino, Martha the parents and Jose the son along with Carlos and Monica. Cristian has decided to end his life. He had a hard time at only 20 years old and he could not move his legs and only one arm. You can go back if interested to the history early this year, but he is gone............It is so hard for all of us and we want the whole Family know they should take as much time as necessary to deal with this. For Catarino and Martha, it will be the hardest thing to deal with to lose a child................
Monday November 8, 2021
Tomorrow, I go down to my new cardiologist to see what he has to say about my extremely high Calcium CT Scan. I will report what I hear tomorrow night. I have many questions for him and I hope he is one who can relate............
Sure the Raiders did not do well and we play the Chiefs next Sunday night........
TSLA was down today and I predicted the high of 1240 by the chart so this is no surprise to me.......not selling......it could take a long time for a new high, no hurry...........
Jose did come in and take care of wine and will be back on Wednesday and take off the rest of the week. He said his Mother, Martha is not doing well. It is never good when you lose a son.................................
Tuesday November 9, 2021
I went today to see Doctor Halpern and he is small, about 100 pounds or more and he looked older than 75 years, just my opinion. What I observed from the meeting, he does has his opinions, which is good. He was not concerned of all about the alcohol I have consumed over my life, only what would be important for my heart.
He mentioned I should go on the Mediterranean diet which I think I have been on somewhat over the years, but of course what I also have Pizza. I tried to tell him that is only one time a week and he just said "so much salt" I tried to tell him it is only in processed meat and he then said he was not in favor of Mozzarella.........gee, I did not get a chance to mention, Mozzarella is better than some cheeses, he was on an agenda. I liked him so I will listen to much of what he said.
WOW, he was most interested in lowering my blood pressure. I had a reading of 140 over 74 and I had to relate to him the lower part is OK.........and he said "oh yes that is OK". SO his most interest was in my calorie intake and salt............
He obviously did not look at my body!! He wants me to have a total calorie intake of 1500-1800!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried to tell him, if I take in 2500 calories, I lose weight. We agreed, 3500 calories gives you a pound.........So when I got home and did the easy calculations, if I consume 1800 calories a day, I would lose 2 pounds a week so I will try and then I would be down to 2008 by Xmas, 14 pounds.............OK
Sure there is Holidays..............FARO, he thought was a rice..........I have read a lot about my case and I will continue to.
So he wants me to do the most important test, the Nuclear...........
https://www.bvhealthsystem.org/media/file/Lexiscan%20cardiolite%20stress%20test.pdf
Wednesday November 10, 2021.....Maybe 80 in the next two days!!
So Jose and Salvodor came in today to do some topping on our barrels. Jose, the son of Catarino and Martha. Sure unfortunately things have to be done in the winery even after this tragedy. They will be back tomorrow to finish up some things and then the funeral for Cristian will be on Monday and Tuesday..............
I was not surprised.......the places I have to go to to see if I am going to live, did not call today. The link above is the test my doctor said was the most important. I am sure they are busy. I will call tomorrow...........................................
So I started this Mediterranean diet. It is complicated. There are differences where ever the region. I love shellfish more than Red Meat. Google it but I found out Shellfish is used in the diet, but my doctor said he did not want me to have much of it. Sure I know this guy is 75 and maybe does not look at all I have read on 20 different sites about my problems IN THE LAST TWO DAYS............BUT I like the diet!!!
So today I started. I had 158 calories in Salmon from last night, tasted good with a little peppers and onion with a few snow peas and some Hemp Oil, I heard it may lower my Blood Pressure, yes the Doc wants it down. I had more shellfish at dinner and more snow peas So with less alcohol and shellfish, today I will only consume 1200 calories. That includes the Dried Fruit and nuts of 200 calories I will try later with 2 ounces of IPA. I may lose some weight, especially we are having Mussels tomorrow night, FRESH, few calories!!........
I don't know if I mentioned it but, I was supposed to go down for a Tesla Service, my Air went out 3 weeks ago again, but gee it came on again yesterday........so, good, I do not have to leave here at 7:30AM tomorrow. Jon, my new friend will be here soon and we think we know the problem??????
Tomorrow Is Another Day........... 8PM now
Thursday November 11, 2021.....Maybe 80 in the next two days!!..yes
I assume they are busy? The Doc asked for the appointment ASAP...you saw a link above and..........I am scheduled for Dec 6........fine with me since I may be down many pounds by then. For the second day, I have consumed 1200 calories!! Kate asked me how I was doing and I said I am fine since I am never hungry. She goes!! How can that be? I told her I do not know!!
It is true, I am never hungry so it will be interesting to see after consuming 1200 calories every day will I be hungry. I often thought in the past since I do not have any cravings to eat could I go on a fast???? I could just do what I did back when in the Army: I only ate Pop Corn and water for 4 months and went down from 225 where I am now to 181. I want to lose weight and it could be easy since I do not have cravings................
So I will have more calories on Sunday when I have Pizza, but I have it figured out, only 1600 calories that night and only 60 Carbs........,.,.,.I am now consuming only 45 Carbs a day. Do you want my diet? I did not think so........
It is time to mention this again, the doc wants my Blood pressure down so I heard and know Cannabis takes my Blood Pressure down to scary rates, like now, the reading came out at 99 over 62.......AnD I was really upset, it took me too long to put the thing on my arm so I was not affected and the blood pressure was extremely low. So do I vape all day, no I only like to escape in the evening. So CBD.......Will it do the same and could I take it all day? It has no THC, so no high.........but The real thing costs a lot of money, do not look at Amazon, it is fake stuff.........more to come so now after writing this diary, I took another ready and I am now at 100 over 58..........
NFL, IPA, only 2 ounces, I like the taste of Hops.........
Friday November 12, 2021
Yes, I was right TSLA has had its high for several months. But It is up so much and I am happy........
I went to Safeway today and bought many leafy stuff. I made a salad with an avocado dressing. The dressing included a whole avocado, enough dressing for a few days and some one else's sparkling wine, . Also i have this great tart, vinegary sauce that went in also, oh and peppers and onions and garlic.................Also
SO I did do, a burger of Ostrich so lean, good. I put in more of what I like these days.........Peppers, garlic and onions and plenty of basil............I have an in office garden, still thriving in my office......a bag of basil every two days........look back
So with the Salad and a little Burger, I consumed 970 calories today and i am still not hungry.
I have now lost 3 pounds in 2 days, partly because I am only taking in 45 carbs a day. Try it, if you lower your carbs for a week, you will drop a few pounds
So it is getting scary..........I do not know what it means so I will check tomorrow, my Blood pressure is down again tonight to 81/49. My Primary Doctor says no CBD, she does not believe in Cannabis, not the same thing............
Monday November 15, 2021
My primary doctor has increased my blood pressure pills. I am still averaging 1200 calories and less than 60 carbohydrates a day since last Tuesday and that includes pizza last night. I have also decreased my salt intake so yesterday morning I took my blood pressure and got a reading of 102/51. I will take it this morning soon. I hope to see a similar reading.
We paid our respects to the Flores Family, Cristian's funeral is tomorrow. We will give as much time as Catarino and Maratha need. And they have vacation granted, but that should not count for their time off............
Tuesday November 16, 2021
I know you all want me to survive, So an update on my diet...........Even after Sunday and left over Pizza yesterday for Brunch, I am still averaging 1200 calories a day for 5 days and I am down 5 pounds!!!! To night I had gizzards which where not too good, next time better!!!!! And Lobster tonight, that was stringy but some nice broccolini..........so today, maybe 1100 calories total
Elon selling stock, smart guy, fine with me but I do not have as much stock as he does, only 1650
The funeral for Cristian was today. I know it is different, but when my Father died when I was 10.5 years old, I thought of the future and right away, not what most would think.........I thought, well my school mates would feel sorry for me and that was a small plus. I just hope Martha and Catarino can be closer to the other 3 children they have............
Wednesday November 17, 2021
So tonight I had salad with many greens........I had beets and included the stems and had radishes and included the stems and I had mushrooms and I had a little goat cheese. I also had a bunch of dill greens!! Also it included my great avocado dressing I mentioned last week and fortified it with garlic and lime juice, so good. So it looks like I will have about 1000 calories today and I am now down by 5.5 pounds in 6 days. Of course part of that is because I am only consuming 45 Carbs a day.
Catarino came in today and he was real quite. He wanted to know if I needed him. He said he wanted to be with Martha and I told him he could take the rest of the week off and even next week before Thanksgiving if he wanted. He wants to make sure we start our pruning soon and we agreed there is no hurry.
Jose came in also and he will be back tomorrow to tend to some of our wine. He will get me a list of all the varieties in our 2021 barrels tomorrow so I can start to decide what to blend into our 2021 wines. We rack and blend next month..........and Jose will take Friday and the next week off. Salvador, the real warrior will come in for two days next week and start pruning our Mourvedre.....
Thursday November 18, 2021........7+pm
Another day of my diet, down now 6 pounds in seven days. To night I had salad left over from last night only 200 calories with my great avocado dressing. Then we had scallops grilled on the BBQ at 600 degrees and they were crispy. I only ate a few and have them left over for tomorrows Brunch at 10am.............950 calories today
We feel for the Flores Family, I just hope they can think about the future and survive during this holiday.
I am still enjoying high end cabs from all over the world.........thank you TSLA.........so tonight I opened an Australian and A Napa, and a Chili all rated 99. I rated them blind. I did not get my act together but I will tomorrow I will........I wanted to bring up my 2018 Cab, I only have two bottles left and it was too cold in the cellar at 5pm tonight. I can easily tell when one wine is cold. If you have some of this 2018, it will only get better and it will stand up tomorrow evening with any of these expensive wines. I will have a quiz tomorrow, to see if you have a guess about how much the wines cost. I will give you the names so you could cheat.........up to you. You could see my ratings and guess the wine.........I will also give you my ratings from tonight......More tomorrow morning...................tomorrow is another DAY
Of course. NFL and IPA now.
Friday November 19, 2021
Here are the three cabs I tasted last night, score and small notes:
Wynns Coonawarra Estate, 2018, Austrailia........94, Most structure
Eisele Vineyard, Napa, 2018.........96, Most Fruit and balance
Don Melchor Chili, 2018........93, OK Fruit, thinner
Tonight I will include my 2018 Cab.........
7 now, I tasted the wines again compared to my 2018 and I will have more to say tomorrow..........
OK, Tonight, I had some lamb burger with a small sour dough baguette and some catsup and mustard so more carbs I have had recently, but still all day only 80 and calories up to 1350. I have been averaging 1000. I will see if I am up in weight tomorrow, but I think not. Thanksgiving will be a challenge but I will get through it and hope to be down another 5 pounds by then..........
Saturday November 20, 2021
So tonight I had Softshell crab with out Ranch Dressing, yes I did in the past use Ranch Dressing to coat my fried food and also had egg. Tonight I did use white wine and egg to coat the crab and used only Rice flour to coat until I put it in Corn oil.........nice and still only 1100 calories today. I am now down to 219 pounds. I only need to go down one pound until Thursday morning and then I have to be careful to not go up too many pounds after that since I want to de down another 5 pounds by Xmas.........then in January I want to get down to 200 pounds and then we will see................
My Blood pressure was just now at 8pm.......64/42.........I feel just fine after a small hit.......Bryan just came in and he tried my cuff and he got what he expected: 115 over 80, I think he said try it again and I was agitated so right after that my BP was up a little to 100/55 and now 90/52.......NOW 82/51. Better than 64/42. I should get up and see some good TV. I have many options, like look at Taylor Swift again on Saturday Night Live!! I have never been a fan of hers, but that was nice.........There is also something on CNN about the next planet???
Sunday November 21, 2021
So last night Bryan and I did taste blind the 4 cabs which included my 2018. They were close in enjoyment. I preferred mine slightly because of complexity. The Eisele again had the most fruit and was Bryan's choice. The prices follow:........Eisele, $545...Wynn, $110...Don Melchor, $100...David Coffaro, $22.80 with the club discount. But my wine is sold out...........
Monday November 22, 2021
Jose sent me all the info I need for the barrels we have for the 2021 Harvest so I am working on a spread sheet to determine what varietals or barrel blends (pressed together in a day) go into our many wines this year. I know the tons picked and the barrels which were produced, but I have to figure out : Like one Blend, Aca Modot.........Complicated!!!!!!!!..........Right now I am only deciding on the different Blends or Varietals. Later in February we will decide if we are making a barrel aged 9 month wine or a 16 month barrel aged wine.
I got a new Blood pressure cuff and it confirm my low BP readings. Today I was getting about 111/57. Now in the evening I am getting 77/46. So I will take this cuff into my primary doctor tomorrow and see if she confirms. I had a blood test today, I hope she gives me the results............Tomorrow is another day
Tuesday November 23, 2021
So I did go into my primary care doctor Rachel Mayorga in Healdsburg. She did have the blood results and everything was fine, also I was down 9 pounds from the last time.....but I go in for a ECHO tomorrow to check on how my heart's chambers and valves are pumping blood......
I have to be down there at 8:30 Am and I get lost all the time. So I really don't have to be there early....But I have to find the exact room so it may take awhile. I will leave at 7:30 am and it will take about 30 to get there. I like to be organized.
After I got back from the Doc, bank and Safeway, I had time to work on the barrel blends, Terre Melange, Escuro took some time so I may be able to figure all out tomorrow...
I had razor clams and they were so tough I could only grind about 30% down my mouth, it took some chewing!! Pat and I have had Razor Clams on vacation up in Oregon and Washington, and they were wonderful. I suppose after 5 times I will not try again, but there must be a place that sells them and would be Wonderful? I like a challenge.........
I am getting ready for Thanksgiving, but I hope to only consume 1700 calories? I can hope and I DO have it all figured out on paper.
Wednesday November 24, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving to all....
Two weeks ago, I ordered some glass for bottling our 2020 16 Month wines in January. The cost was up 30% from the past and now today there was an update and the increase was another 30%. The cost now delivered per bottle will be $1.12. That now amounts to 10% of our costs. We used to pay about 62 cents a bottle. I suppose we will now have to raise our prices this coming year.......
Friday November 26, 2021
I bought some cruise lines and may buy a lot more. This is the time to load up on them since there bookings are more than they can handle.......just my spec
We had left overs today and I thought like most of us in the family...........the turkey was somewhat stringy. I did buy one that was frozen a month ago and defrosted it carefully, but I think next time for Xmas I will get a fresh one. When we cooked it as usual for me, 50 years watching my mother, there was no juice coming out of the turkey so good thing I had some nice turkey stock left over from last Xmas in the freezer to make a great turkey stock.
The family, Rick and Sharon and Janie, Pat's sisters and Tim. It will be a nice time as usual..........it has been over a year. I know some of them are not into turkey, but I will have to do a great job. Susie my second born is real into helping both of us to make a great stuffing and making a great stock from all the bones left over. We will use the concentrated stock for Xmas, but it does take over 5 hrs to slowly cook, like Julia did!!!
Saturday November 27, 2021
So we had left overs last night but tonight we had pizza. We wanted a break and I know it is Saturday and not Sunday as traditional. I will have left overs again tomorrow and then I will be on an adventure to go down to 212 pounds. I am sure I am heavier than 217 the other day so it will be a challenge. So I did another Stromboli and I was happy with it. I may want to tweak it next time, but Bryan makes such great crust it is hard to compete......
For any comments or questions I encourage any of you to e-mail.....david@coffaro.com
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