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  •   #451  
    Kaylets's AvatarKaylets , 10-23-2009 06:59 AM
    Hello all!
    Yes, Anagram, I can relate....so many times during lunch I would hit the grocerty store for a "binge" and see one or two folks on my way in that would be my 'motivation'....... Sometimes seeing 'yourself' not in the mirror, but out there is mre t han eye!

    Enjoy the scenery, who knows how much longer the leaves will be on the trees!

    Eydie, The boss is on the Flat Belly too....I don't know if she's seeing results but I know she enjoys the nuts.....


    Wood Nymph, I send you "losing vibes!"



    This morning when DH woke up he realized he is having pain when swallowing...
    They had told us 2 weeks in to radiation this might happen.... its 9 days......

    ***********************
    Thought of the day:

    Sometimes you're the windshield,
    Sometimes you're the Bug.'
    Mark Knopfler, "The Bug" Dire Straits

    Question of the day:

    Are you celebrating "Slap Your Coworker Day'" today?
  •   #452  
    anagram's Avataranagram , 10-23-2009 05:42 PM
    201.8 today. Cold and rainy again this evening. I MISS MY OCTOBER but did see some pretty on my drive yesterday.

    Sorry DH is experiencing pain, Kaylets, but some reassurance in that you were forewarned. Otherwise, I'm sure you'd be panic-ing.

    Yes, I put a little more into my tai chi today after seeing G. yesterday. She's no longer having therapy and can walk little w/o assistance. So I asked her if she does anything like arm curls, etc. She looked at me like I was crazy. I had been in an earlier nursing home while she was having her therapy and it looked like she was making no effort at all. AND she told me she's put on another 20 lbs since she's in this place = telling me all about their great baked goods, etc. - and she's a diabetic. I think there is just a mental block and I can't judge that as I'm sure I have some of my own...including things like certain calories not counting, etc....Somehow for years, I must have thought I had a special exemption. I didn't get to be the 251 I had reached by just drinking water.

    Hope wsw is getting some of her many burdens straightened out.

    Ooh, new quilt for bed came today. So dainty and feminine. Tomorrow I play a bit more w/that room.

  •   #453  
    Arabella's AvatarArabella , 10-24-2009 07:53 AM
    Saturday
    222. I'm feeling like I'm retaining water so maybe I'll have a sudden loss some sweet day. I've really had a pretty good week -- totally binge-free, modest amounts of food. Some exercise but I'm still not up to the usual round.

    It will be nice to have a couple of weeks away from scale but I'll have to be very vigilant. Not having time alone will definitely help but I'm going to have to be careful with my choices in any case.

    Kaylets: "I don't know if she's seeing results but I know she enjoys the nuts....." Oh, that sounds too familiar.

    Anagram, I can so relate! As above, for example, I truly think that on some level I think ADDING nuts to what I already eat will result in weight loss.

    We're doing our last-minute getting ready stuff here. Thinking of having DSIL & DBIL (possibly others) in for dinner but it may be too much. Of course, may do it anyway. The other thing I'd like to do is get my mom out for a little leaf-peeping tootle, which I haven't yet managed.

    K, Lovelies, let's make this a good one!
  •   #454  
    anagram's Avataranagram , 10-24-2009 11:52 AM
    Ooh, have a great trip, Arabella. And see, there you are, looking for more things to do (dinner party) when you already have enough to do. That's WHY I say you do so much. Schedule it for when you get home and can regale your guests w/your fun travels. Leaf peeping good for you too, though, so maybe that if you can find a minute.

    I might have misposted my weight yesterday. I think it was 201.4 but maybe not. Anyway TODAY it was 201. Must be vigilant, must NOT shoot myself in the foot yet one more time and blow this third approach. MUST, MUST, MUST NOT GIVE IN. Was SO tempted last night, so, so tempted.

    Well, I gave myself three chores this a.m. and finished all of those. Time for lunch, Curb Appeal and a shower. However, like arabella, I'm thinking maybe I could squeeze in ONE MORE chore. Smack, smack on the wrist. Did not sleep well again last night and should just let well enough be. I should take my own advice!!!!

  •   #455  
    wsw's Avatarwsw , 10-25-2009 05:56 AM
    hi, dear royals, have missed you all so much!!!!

    2 wks ago, my ceiling started leaking at 1:30 a.m. called condo. management co. emergency #, and reported leak. manager on duty called back; said she couldn't get hold of their plumber, but would keep trying. as leak got worse, i kept calling back, and she kept saying plumber not responding; plumber will probably call you back after 8 a.m. looked in phone book to try 24 hour plumbers on my own; left messages for several; no response. left voicemail messages for many different friends asking for help; no response. (everyone only had cell phones, and all were off at night while charging.) got my drenched clothes out of closet which took me several hours. continued to call condo. mgement co. emergency #, and asking for someone to come out and help, but said no one responding, so nothing else she could do. water leak in closet turned in to driving rain in closet, then bathroom, then bedroom, drenching furniture, carpet, and carpet drenching continued on in to livingroom halfway+. still no one from condo mgement co. would come out, despite all my calls for help. asked if she could please contact resident in condo above to see if water is leaking from that person's. said she didn't have contact number.

    at one point, heard loud noise while i was in the only dry space in my condo (in living room, near desk)--the celing in the closet collapsed. 2nd loud noise---a painting over one of my chests in bedroom was driven off wall by the water coming from the celing, and crashed down behind that chest.

    8:15a.m., after spending entire night in desk chair to get away from water, got call from condo management home repair, and he said he is not a plumber, but will come out, will keep trying plumber, and is in small town, so it would take about an hour or so to get to my place. he arrived at 9:30a.m., and said this is unlivable, and miraculously got a plumber, a water extraction/restoration co. out by 9:50am. by then all my clothes, shoes, purses, luggage in closet had been totally drenched; some ruined. all my furniture had been rained on and the legs ruined from sitting in water for over 8 hours. it turned out the water heater in the condo. above had burst. no one apologized from condo mgement co for not sending out someone sooner. called my insurance agent, and said adjuster will be out first thing next morning to meet with me. so, had to move to hotel that sun. morning literally with the clothes on my back. everything else drenched, and was picked up by clothing restoration portion of restoration co, and was told i would get some emergency clothes back 2 days later, which i did. (the rest will take a few weeks or so.)

    the restoration co. (sparkles) has been great though. most of those folks have been very nice. first it took a week and a half to even get everything dried out before they could start any repairs. my damaged bedroom furniture(all) was picked up yesterday for repair. restoration: new padding replaced under carpet, new bathroom floor put in, ceiling replaced in bedroom closet, ceilings in bedroom and bathroom fixed, and at end, carpet cleaned, etc. they think this will take about another week or so.

    late that sunday a.m., i got calls back from my friends, which i appreciated, of course. all that night dragging clothes out of the closet for hours, and continuing to call mgement co. and leaving messages for other plumbers, i felt so alone and the night seemed as though it would never end, i have to say. just so grateful, though, that i was not hurt, or dragging clothes out of the closet when the ceiling collapsed. also grateful that i'm almost 2/3 of the way to the finish line now, and that i have been strong, and have continued to do what has needed to be done throughout. actually, very proud of myself for how i have handled everything, in fact. just so exhausted. also got sick with cold and flu on wed., and being sick in a hotel has been pretty challenging. each day for the past 2 weeks, i have had to keep going back and forth to let folks in the condo. (to check moisture levels, estimate furniture damage, blah, blah, blah.) not surprising i got sick. have been running on empty for past 2 weeks.

    well, that is my flood story. so glad only about another week, or possibly 2, and then can get back in to condo. will get it ready to sell, find some place to live, and MOVE OUT OF THE CONDO FROM ****. i am resolved now to give a committed search for other living arrangements. i am much more open to many different options now, so i know i will find something!

    i will catch up on your posts soon with personal responses. just know i am thinking of you all, dear queens. take care, everyone.


  •   #456  
    Kaylets's AvatarKaylets , 10-25-2009 05:18 PM
    oh my GOSH WSW!!!

    How awful!! And you are being so reasonable! I would have called the press,
    action news and anyone who would listen!

    OH MY GOSH!

    As for me, I was complaining to myself about a 2 hr try at to fill a percription that turned out to need a compounding pharmacy, one part of it was a special order, no one to get permission to substitute the special order because its after 5 on Friday, etc....Turned out DH wasnt desperate for the med, and we will regroup Monday am.


    You are my hero WSW!!


    Wood Nymph, have a glorious trip!


    Anagram-- I got that same look just last night during a rain storm when DS was told groceries needed to go in the house. Evidently, it was ok for others to get wet........

    Guess it's just us, my royals! We're the only sane ones!!!

  •   #457  
    Arabella's AvatarArabella , 10-25-2009 05:50 PM
    Oh my goodness, WSW! It still just boggles my mind that they didn't send anyone to check on the condo above you IMMEDIATELY -- holy crap!

    I hope the insurance compensates you for some of the trouble you've had making your belongings safe. Yes, condo from ****, for sure. People get condos so they don't have the hassles of living in a self-maintained home and who, in their self-contained homes, has had the maintenance troubles you've had? It's just about beyond belief.

    Hope you're feeling better!

    Anagram, I did get my mom out for a few hours driving around this afternoon and was very glad to have done. Torrential rains this morning gave way to a really lovely and mild, sunny afternoon. Then SIL and BIL came for tea instead of dinner (had a party to go to) so that was much easier, too. Now just winding down with a glass of wine. Tomorrow will do final laundry, start packing, make lists to make sure I've got everything sorted.

    Kaylets, no improvement from DS? I hope he's not staying with you these days?

    K, Lovelies, I'm just about ready for my second-last sleep before we go... Have a blissful night's sleep!
  •   #458  
    anagram's Avataranagram , 10-25-2009 08:10 PM
    wsw - so glad you're coming along as well as you have been and thank goodness for those people (restoration) who do know how to do their job. We have all been concerned about how you were faring. You have been so tried. Yes, as soon as possible, out from the condo from ****. And if there is no apology/compensation from the management company, perhaps a chat with a lawyer to see what amends that may be required to make.

    Ouch, Kaylets, I guess there's always an exception to the people who've been wonderful. That's where the "Royal Stare" comes in handy. And talk about people not getting it............

    See, arabella, you did so much = you got it all in anyway. I did get a walk in this a.m. in one of the favorite parks and then drove a longer way home from a store just to hit a little more of the energy producing color.

    Was 203 this morning - I had some canned soup yesterday even though I KNEW while I was doing it that it would produce the "salt effect". So I go to dr.'s tomorrow not what I wanted to be
  •   #459  
    anagram's Avataranagram , 10-26-2009 10:46 AM
    199.8 this a.m. BUT NO HUZZAHS as I was on a different routine since I was fasting for bloodwork. I normally weigh in AFTER breakfast. In any event I think I've lost some of the salt I carried yesterday. But still won't be in Onederland when on regular routine once again. NOT YET, NOT YET, BUT SOON, I hope.

    AND the doctor commented that I'd lost some weight since I was in three months ago. Not much, I'm sure. I think it may have been 4 pounds or so. But still, it's nice to have him notice.

    Off to tai chi and then on to a meeting re the ever-changing medical insurance. Bleah! But so nice and sunny and colorful right here in the 'hood. And beyond one load of laundry which is swooshing as we speak, I do not plan to do anyother things today. Tomorrow is another day and I will make the most of the beauty of this one.

    Royal Trumpets Sound a pleasant morning to all Royal s.

  •   #460  
    Arabella's AvatarArabella , 10-27-2009 06:21 AM
    Today's the day
    And, although I thought I was totally calm, I found myself munching through anything that wasn't tied down yesterday (Note to self: Tie down all remaining food) and then waking up an hour after I went to sleep, socked in the jaw by existential angst. Bah. Don't you just hate the stupid existential dread?

    We don't leave until dinner time so I'm going to spend the day taking care of little loose ends and working my attitude around to "vacation" and "wheeee!"

    Anagram, I am sorry but it must be said: HUZZAHHHHHHHH!!! For you've dipped under into fabled Onederland and even if you pop over slightly, you'll be back there and going lower soon.

    I must say, I'm a little concerned about non-reporting lies. I did PM Kat, because she usually doesn't stay away long, but had no response. Sending good energy for whatever battles Royals are facing.

    I'm taking the laptop so I'll likely get in to say from time to time. Strictly saying "no work work" though. But I may be inspired to work on the ghost stories book. Hoping to take in a few good ghost tours. There's a book, "Walking Haunted London" that describes 24 ghost walks. That's pretty much perfect since DH isn't a ghostie-person but he loves history and walking.

    And with that, I'll be off. K, Lovelies, let's get out there and make it work!
  •   #461  
    anagram's Avataranagram , 10-27-2009 10:26 AM
    Oooh, how could youi be CALM, right now, Arabella, when you're off on such a great adventure today? So exciting.

    And guess what? It was 199.8 again today under the "right" circumstances. I'm sure I'll be up and down as usual but it is still such a thrill to see that number ( saw it once before about four years ago - briefly). I am going to be so P O S I T I V E about it this time and try to hold it firmly in my grasp.

    Of course, I was at 203.2 yesterday at the doctor's and nothing is official until he has it written down

    But anyway it helps a bit w/today's motivation.

  •   #462  
    anagram's Avataranagram , 10-28-2009 10:42 AM
    Egads! Today was 199. I'm beginning to think Olde Devil Scale is playing with me. Whatever. It was nice to see a "1" for the third day in a row.

    Olde Devil Raine is still with us - spoiling the gorgeous fall weather we should be having. Not real cold though. Yesterday I did a nice brisk walk in the cemetery in a little spritz.

    Anyway, lies, have a great day, esp. Arabella on whom the dew is most likely falling very softly.

  •   #463  
    wsw's Avatarwsw , 10-28-2009 10:01 PM
    tried writing post, but it disappeared. will be brief because soooooo worn out. wanted to at least check in, though, and say

    congrats, anagram on being in onederland!!!!!!!!! that is great, and enjoy!!!!

    arabella-hope your trip is grand!

    kaylets-thinking of you with all you are dealing with, and when i get down about still dealing with the aftermath of leak, i am reminded of what is important in life and what is not. your strength and good humor reminds me to try and take things in stride as much as possible.

    stil sick. still at hotel--1 1/2 weeks later---. rennovaion did start on monday, and is continuing. may be back in early part of next week, or so they are guestimating. stil won't have bathroom floor, or most of my bedroom furniture back by then, but insurance co. won't pay for hotel past then. was told can use bathroom with just concrete until the flooring comes in---not feeling too sure about that, but at this point, can't even think anymore, so right now, i just need to get into bed for now, and call it another verrrrry long day. take care, dear royals.


  •   #464  
    anagram's Avataranagram , 10-29-2009 01:03 PM
    How weary your shoulders must be, wsw. I guess one CAN use a bathroom with a concret floor but one should not have to. Sounds like quite a way to go still. But it was good of you to make the effort to check in and let us know your status.

    Thanks for the kind words, wsw, but of course I'm up again. Ate out last evening and was at 201 today. However today's yet another fresh start and I'm hoping to get it down again. Hate to give up my favorite hobby though

    Tonight will be trying - for a number of weird reasons, Trick or Treat Night is held tonight in our area. I will have no trouble staring down the KitKats, Peppermint Patties and Tootsie Rolls until tonight when any leftovers will take on magical, menacing powers and call out to me in their siren voices. Hopefully I'll be smart enough to just take it all down to the freezer when I turn out the outside lights so that I won't hear that siren call.

    Hugs and stamina, Kaylets.

  •   #465  
    Arabella's AvatarArabella , 10-29-2009 03:04 PM
    Cheers from Dublin!
    Hello, Lovelies! The trip over was a bit on the brutal side -- 16 hours, all told. And sitting up from midnight to 5 a.m., lapsing into semi-consciousness from time to time. We arrived at the hotel at about 3 yesterday afternoon (3 hr time difference), dead on our feet. Had a little nap, went out for a walk and had dinner and then back to collapse.

    Walked again this a.m., came back and did a half-hour on the elliptical, some yoga. Walked another few hours and toured the Irish Writers Museum -- it was very interesting. Our hotel is right on the River Liffey, which bisects the city. There are lovely little footbridges over it -- it's really quite picturesque. Had a good salad for lunch -- greens, warm chicken and pine nuts. Back to the hotel and had a sauna/swim/jacuzzi/steam/swim/sauna/jacuzzi. It was grand! I am so relaxed. Now we'll go out to dinner shortly and have another bit of a stroll and I suspect that'll do us for today.

    WSW, I don't think those people realize who they're dealing with!!! Sure you're the of the land and your forbearance is grand. Yes, "grand" is my favorite new saying, substitute for "great." And I'm thinking of adopting the Irish accent too. It's lovely! (which is another word they use a lot -- quite the effect when punky teenage boys say it.

    Anagram, good luck with the stupid Halloween candy! Sometimes I'm impervious and other times I've snacked on it all day. Ugh. At one point I'd been mostly off sugar for quite a while and eating the occasional bit of really good chocolate and then it didn't taste good to me at all. Unfortunately, I got over that

    Okay, my darlings, I'm going to nudge DH... time for dins. Love to all, mentioned or un-
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