Gayle, We have you beat on the heat record--- we went 28 days straight of over 100 degrees! Good job on the treadmill. I really enjoy walking on the treadmill too, wish I would do it more often!
Wow, Nancy--congrats on being in the 130's-- Even when I had to do all that to get ready for a colonoscopy I didn't lose anything!! Bummer!!
Lyn, you kayaking sounds fun but I would be to chicken to try it.
Well, I wanted to pop in here for a minute before the day gets away from me! At least I was up before 8:00 am this morning, but it sure felt good sleeping late yesterday.
As I lay here on my 7 foot couch pondering the problems of the WORLD, I'm rapidly realizing that I don't really give a DAMN. It's the tortoise life for me.
HEALTH MESSAGE:
1. If walking/cycling is good for your health, the
postman would be immortal.
2. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks
water and is fat.
3. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years.
4. A tortoise doesn't run, does nothing ...yet lives
for 450 years.
AND YOU TELL ME TO EXERCISE!
(I DON'T THINK SO) I'm retired, go around me.
Y’know, Bobbi, every time I hear of a jogger – or a runner, or any kind of athlete, really – dropping dead of a heart attack, I find myself questioning all of this fitness stuff. Maybe at heart, I’m a tortoise, and have some solid statistics (the ones you gave) for why I am one…. <ducking> I know, I know GG’s – I really must change my way of thinking about this. Did I mention in an earlier post that dh & I did a trek around the lake on Saturday? Yes, I did indeed WALK a few miles!!!! And, we made a pact to do so more often – but it’s been raining and icky ever since. ONE real advantage to the way I’ve been eating for the past several weeks, though, is that I’m not having heartburn or acid reflux or dare I say it….gas …any more. Tends to suggest that my digestive issues over the past few months have been related to eating wrong, and eating too much. (I knew that). Time to reconcile my eating to what my system will best tolerate over the long term and permanently rather than just dieting like crazy for a certain event. Hopefully, I’ll be down another 5 pounds by the wedding over Labor Day, but I really, really intend to continue well beyond the wedding and keep *deleting* pounds until I get to a place where I’m comfortable in my own skin. Nancy, you’ve just really inspired me, getting into the 130’s and all. I can’t get down that far – I look TOO thin and haggard at that weight, but I’m a couple of inches taller than you, so for me, 140 – 145 is about ideal.
It’s been such an icky couple of days hereabouts – not just wet, but chilly, too. I started with a sore-ish throat on Sunday, and now I’m hoarse, and my throat is still tight and scratchy-feeling. No respiratory issues until I lie down on my pillow at night, and then I do some coughing and my nose clogs up. VERY annoying, and I need some uninterrupted sleep right about now. I’m wanting to just close my eyes and drift off sitting right here at my desk! MustangK – I never realized that it got that hot in MO! Good thing you’ve got that pool to cool off in! What’s up with your real estate situation? Is it looking like you’ll be staying where you are? Honey, if I had your place – and the pool – I wouldn’t even think about moving anywhere! Your place seems just about perfect to me! Gayle, I’m on day 2 (of the work week) with 3 more to go. On the one hand, I’m in no rush for ds’s wedding, but on the other hand, I WOULD like my work week to go by as quickly as possible. I guess I can’t have it both ways, can I? I wonder what it would be like to work at a job that you actually can’t wait to get to every day? Does anybody have that – or did you have it before retiring? I think I did once, but not now for sure.
Nice to see your post again, Koala – I just LOVE some of your terminology – doona, doona cover – is that like a duvet? And being “gypped” by allergies…interesting and imaginative, when you think of how “gyp” is used in the States, and it’s origins. Lyn, we have been contemplating the idea of getting a kayak, too. Looks like great fun. What are the chances of dh & I turning it over and drowning ourselves do you suppose ?
Ooops…gotta run! BBL to finish up! Z
I am feeling a little better this morning so I was thinking about stopping the pills and getting on with it. However, I want to actually get well so I took them and I am going to comply with another day of rest. I guess I will be a netflix girl today.
We got all the grain combined and didn't lose any to the storms. And, it was all accepted with only one load needing to be cleaned. Explanation: We raise malting barley for Budweiser. The grain needs to meet very strict guidelines for moisture and protein content, and for not having too much debris. (debris is most often rabbit or deer poop) Cleaning a load costs about $1000.That is good news for my Dad. I am happy for him because he has been really stressing over the stock market. He feels poor these days. He must be feeling better because they left yesterday to spend a couple days at a casino resort in Riverton, Wy. They will be back tomorrow night.
Zoe, wow! 10 pounds? You are doing so well. Sorry about Isil and mil. Hopefully she won't stay too long to "help".
Bobbi, "!'m retired, go around me". I love it.
Karen31 I am so jealous of your sleeping in ability. I sure wish I could do that. I am up soon after the sun most days. Our temperature has been in the mid-80's here for a while. It is very pleasant. Daily rain showers have been putting a damper on our fair but it is keeping the crops looking good.
Nancy I think your plate looks wonderful. You sound like you are in a much better space these days. And, the 130's??? Wow, I don't think I will ever get there.
Gayle, I am so proud of you for getting in some treadmill time. The time doesn't matter at this point, just the fact that you are doing it. I hope you feel proud.
Lynn, Kayaking? I haven't done that in years. I would like to go white water rafting this year but I don't think I will get it done. You always have such great adventures.
Koala, one of the unrecognized pleasures in life is new pillows. Paired with bedding that has been dried in the sun, and bed becomes a luxury. How lovely.
Freda, once again, nice post. I always enjoy reading your comments. 12 hour shifts are really long. How many do you work in a row? Wow. My employees work 4 tens (it is a good schedule for people) but they are spent at the end.
Donna, you have a busy and stressful week ahead of you. Is Samcat allowing you to store any rest in advance?
Mary, how nice that your lilac bush blooms more than once a year! That sounds wonderful. I am sorry that you are having eating struggles. This too shall pass.
Well, sorry to anyone that I missed. I am feeling a little muzzy from the meds. Time for a nap. TTL
Gawd, I am so tired! It’s 5:16 p.m., and I wonder if I can go to bed now? Well, who’s going to say anything, SamCat?????? I was in bed by 9 last night, got up at 5:30 to go peepee, then finally got up at 7. I need to do that again tonight. I didn’t realize how hard it is to adjust, even to part time! And, of course, my hip is throbbing from all the up and down, up and down stuff… whine!
Mustang – I’ve always loved Bob Evans. We don’t have them here, but I ate there when I visited former friends in Ohio. We have the Bob Evans side dishes available in our grocery stores, such as potatoes, mac and cheese…
KarenFL – how are you DOING these days? I see you on FB, so I don’t worry about you, but I do wonder how your booboo is doing. Is it healing? How are you feeling overall? I’m delighted that you’re able to be on the treadmill, and I’m delighted that your DH was scared enough that he’s now becoming Velcro husband! GOOD!
Mary – did you ever get Chrome back?
Rie – is your back better? Did you end up going to the ER? Did we know that you have lupus? I think you’re amazing, all the things you do… I thought lupus was fairly debilitating. It doesn’t seem so for you! Feel better soon!
Rosey – congrats on becoming more mobile!! I’m so proud of all you’ve accomplished, my sweet friend!
Lynn – whereabouts does your DD want to go on a trip in January? Oh, a trip to… anywhere… sounds lovely! But I can certainly see that your enthusiasm would be dimmed by their bickering! Bah on that!
PT/Zoe – I’m pretty proud of YOU, too! 10# is wonderful!!! I think, too, that it’s pretty swell of you to comfort your DD’s MIL in her disability… poor little thang… and to also feed her.
Freda – hola! Lovely to hear from you, always.
Nancy – thanks for the good thoughts for Granny/Mom on Thursday. I stopped to see her this afternoon after I left work, because she was describing symptoms last night that sounded like anxiety to me (although she denies that). I know she has to be at least some nervous, but we have legions of angels in the wings ready and willing to help out. She’ll do fine!
Lyn – you’re so right that socializing comes in spurts. Sometimes I just throw up my hands in despair of any control, because there are gatherings, dinners, lunches, blah, blah, and blah…. and then there won’t be anything for ages. It’s always fun, but that kind of marathon social butterfly stuff just wears me out!
KoalaLou – what kind of work do you do? If you said, it got past me. And, yes, SamCat is not in the least shy about reminding who is in charge at my house! He’s so perfectly precious that I don’t mind doing every little thing for him… and quickly! I was surprised at Marie’s Thailand peaches, too… that would never have crossed my mind, either!
Enough... I'm about to fall over. I think a short period of gorking is in order and then beddy-bye!
I typed up a big ole post and it didn't go through. I'm not going to type it again so will just say hi and wish you all a good evening. I've had a good day and I'm still OP so far so I hope to make it through this evening OP too.
Yuk! I hate bedrest! The meds make me feel really muzzy but I have much less pain. My plan is to take half a dose tomorrow and head for work. I just have to go in tomorrow. I love my alone time but when it is forced on me I get lonesome go figure!
Donna, I don't know if I ever mentioned the lupus. I was diagnosed in 1991 and I was very sick then. The dr told me that I needed to make plans for my kids because I would have a shortened life expectancy. Over the years the systemic part of the disease has stayed in remission. I am extremely sun sensitive and I have joint pain. Most mornings I require a cane for the first hour or so until my joints get moving. Most of my friends don't know. I didn't think that the weight loss was helping but my admin assistant pointed out that I haven't used my cane to get through the day for the last several months. I am really grateful that I don't have to take prednisone anymore because that was so awful
I always tell people that playing pool saved my life. It came along in a rough time in my life. It would have been easy to just head for the bed/couch. Instead, I had developed this new hobby with all kinds of social aspects! It requires physical discipline and mental control. Sometimes when I am hurting, I practice pool. It helps. Most of my pool buddies are much younger than me and I think that helps, also. Some of my best friends for fishing and pool are literally young enough to be my kids. Oh well, sometimes age is truly relevant.
I found out that one of my friends who moved to Minneapolis will be in town this weekend. I am so looking forward to seeing him. He is vietnamese and he is just a crackup. I can't wait. I think it will be fun to see his reaction to me as he hasn't seen me for almost a year.
Well, sorry for going on about my stuff. I truly feel lucky - we all have challenges. BB tomorrow.
Hi all, just a quick note to say I've caught up on all the posts. Personals, however, will be hit or miss. Work is hectic and will stay that way until the end of September - the way of a school district. So most evenings, I want to vegetate and surfing at work is not feasible at the moment.
Donna, you're granny/mom is in my thoughts. And so are you. As I sat on the floor with Kai Pixie, coaxing her to eat, I thought of you and Samcat. I even fed Kai one nugget by hand and she spit it out. Then I realized I never want to get into hand feeding her chow to her. Sitting on the floor is bad enough.
Val, on feeling better. You are an inspiration. Wow. Double wow and what you've faced and came out so victorious.
Zoe, 10 pounds eradicated is excellent. Your boot camp is doing it's job. Sorry the idiot in-laws are idiots. Hopefully their personality genetics never get to your precious grandkids.
Freda, yikes on 12 hour shifts. Nope, no way. I'd pass out.
OK, since I was going by memory and my mind is fried from work, that's the best I can do at the moment on personals. So everyone I missed, know I adore you all.
Kai had a seizure on Sunday and that was so sad. Since then she's hated eating which causes her hypoglycemia to cause seizures. She's a smart doggie but I can't seem to get it through her head she has to eat. I get a few morsels in her system but that's it. Part of it she doesn't trust the food I feed her. The vet told me to feed her Hills WD (for weight loss but feed her more since she doesn't need to lose an ounce). She despised the stuff. I've finally given up but she doesn't trust me. She wants her siblings foods and for various reasons, she can't have it. She is gonna drive me looney.
DH working swings is sort of nice. Especially at the start of a school year. I don't have to be chatty in the evenings. I can just vegetate. I saw him for an hour on Sunday. Weeeeeeee..... He'll be home this weekend so we'll spend two whole days together other than different sleeping schedule.
I've been so on plan calorie wise. Yesterday I was munchie and tried eating around what I wanted. Finally I gave in and walked to the donut shop and bought a donut. 400 wasted calories of my 1400 calorie goal. But alas, I stopped eating and was full most of the day. So I ended the day at 1300 cals. Who'd have guessed. I admit I was hungry on the doggie hike this morning. I'm walking in the dark, chatting at my dogs and told them, "pups, I am so hungry". The donut was worth it. No munchies today so it was either a monday thing or ovulation (I get cranky then not PMS). I don't which was yesterday's trigger but I'm glad it left. But, I did walk to the donut shop instead of drive so that was a plus.
Exercise is good but that's normal. I think I mentioned I finished a manuscript in July and haven't known the next story. That's always frustrating. On Friday, everything clicked and I have the next one. So I'm mulling at the moment, getting the basic plan in my head, then I'm going to start writing. That will make me happy except when work exhausts me and I'm too tired for even that. I hate the start of the school year. And it doesn't start until 3 weeks from today. It's just gonna get worse.
Marie
Marie-- have you tried Canadae dog food? It is all natural and my cousin told me about it. She raises Labradoodles and that is all they feed them. This is her website if you want to check it out:
And this is what I feed Ginger and Sissy. I have a friend in Colorado who has 2 McNaabs and the male had cancer and the only thing he can eat without having recurring problems with the cancer is Canade Platinum. You might check out their website too.
I just happened to check in here to see if I could get back on tonight and then I had to post this to let you know.
I was finally able to get on here last night, thought I would get to the personals, but the evening turned out differently. Not in a bad way. A couple of my friends happened to be on FB last night and were in a chatty mood, so I ended up visiting with them and ran out of time. I enjoy the FB chat like that ~ a nice way to get to visit with friends from time to time.
I was also working on making a kind of electronic photo album. When I go up home to visit, I am going to take my lap top with me. My parents don't have internet anymore, but I can show them the pictures on my computer. I was gonna try to choose a few and print them off, but it was hard to narrow it down, so I am just gonna take the whole thing. That should give us hours of fun
I used the treadmill again this morning. I think for right now if I concentrate on doing it every day (even if it is only for the 10 minutes to start) hoping that I can get my routine down and gradually up the minutes until I get to 30 min a day. It seems sorta painless that way. And first thing in the morning seems best seems to work best for me ~ before other things (things to do, or family) get me side tracked. I have to kind of laugh at myself ~ I don't even bother with getting dressed to do it. Since I am using the treadmill indoors, I don't have to bother changing my clothes or combing my hair ~ I just put my sandles (they are some of those TEVA and have kind of a built in arch ~ so seem to be comfortable and provide good support) and do my walk in my jammies ~ LOL. I'm probably never going to be a Lynn or Marie or Lyn ~ I will be happy with myself if I can just get in the 30 minutes a day. I wish I loved it, but I don't and don't know if I ever will feel that way. I guess I feel like something is better than nothing. Every little bit is more and better than just sitting around.
Well, guess I'd better quit fooling around and do some more getting ready for work.
Good Morning
I'm still around, still at 134, and really don't expect to break this plateau until some of the extreme stress in my life stops, and my adrenals can quit dumping the massive loads of cortisol into my system. Take care all of you- your stories and successes give me hope
Morning all...Tried to check in yesterday. Wow has everyone been busy.
Zoe...Congrats on the 10. We need more baby pictures.
Karen...Adored the swaddled baby at your house!
Rie...Rest today. So you can party this weekend. That's called short term moviation.
Marie...Dash gets turkey thighs and Wellness brand venison/sweet potatoes. He is so allergic to stuff. The dog we had before Dash, Cowboy, had seizures. This gonna sound totally wacky, but I read online about a way to stop a seizure in dogs. When they seizuring close their eye lid and massage the top of the eyeball. It Worked! Not sure how or why but try.....wonder what it would be like to have a healthy dog?
Gayle...I'm with you on the treadmill. I climbed on this past weekend. And been walking a little further each day. Darn that then brings up new/old issues like my gimpy left knee. I can do 15 minutes.....Beat me kiddo!
Donna...You have my prayers for tomorrow.
My seam line is finally healing and the bazooka shots are now more like just a 6" hot wire line. Still on antibiotics which leave me dragging. BUT I selpt 8 hours last night and woke up singing "I Feel Goooood"....damn have got to learn the rest of that song. Bridge today.
Lyn...we used to do some white water canoeing. Loved to watch them kayaking in the ocean off the beach in Md. They seemed to attract the dolphins to swim with them. So neat.
BBL....need to shower and get out of here....hugs,k3
Endoscopy went well - VERY easy. I have a hiatal hernia and she did 3 biopsies. She does not think the hernia is causing the problem (too small). I will not get the biopsy report for a few weeks.
So far, seems like avoiding fat is controlling the pain problem. However, that does not seem to take care of the choking problem.
I am resting today (am kind of tired from the anesthesia - no gym). Will go back tomorrow.
Checked it out with snopes and they say it's a real virus.
Look at life through the windshield ... not the rear view mirror.
Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and Norton. Please send it to everybody you know who has Access to the Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled ?Here you have it? If you open the file, a message will appear on your screen saying: 'It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful, f*** you and die....'
Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC. And the person who sent it to you will gain access to your Name, e-mail and password, etc. This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus software's are not capable of destroying it.
The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself 'life owner'.
PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!
later
…any more. Tends to suggest that my digestive issues over the past few months have been related to eating wrong, and eating too much. (I knew that). Time to reconcile my eating to what my system will best tolerate over the long term and permanently rather than just dieting like crazy for a certain event. Hopefully, I’ll be down another 5 pounds by the wedding over Labor Day, but I really, really intend to continue well beyond the wedding and keep *deleting* pounds until I get to a place where I’m comfortable in my own skin. 
go figure!
