Hello, hello
Weighing in on the dates - DH is going out west for a photography class September 25 and won't be back until after October 3. So then with other's plans it looks like Sept 15 through October 6 not good. Far more enjoyable to do things here early September. By October 7 winds have turned cold - might have a colorful autumn but temps will be close to freezing at night and by mid October we might even have snow. There won't be any water / boat activities much after mid September. Most of the kidlettes have gone back to school by Labor Day (first Monday in September) that's the last hurrah of the season, things get more blessedly quiet here after that. I wouldn't even think of entertaining anyone while DH is away - he is the "caretaker" of the place - many things I can't do without him and he is also the Uber driver. Sorry Shad but I'm not driving to Minneapolis to pick you up by myself! Even DH does not like driving in Minneapolis - they are psychotic drivers!!!
Oh and did I tell you last week at night I was looking out the front door and a very large black bear was nosing around for the scraps on the ground. There wasn't much there because the deer are off in the woods dropping fawns and the turkeys are also out in the woods building nests and laying eggs so it's kind of quiet around here. We just feed the birds right now. This was a pretty big bear. He got one of the hummingbird feeders DH had in the tree - pulverized it to smithereens! So DH takes the bird and hummingbird feeders down each night and puts them away.
I went pool walking this morning. There was another lady in the pool when I got there doing laps so I just started walking halfway across the pool and back - we usually walk side to side instead of laps from shallow to deep end. Several more ladies showed up right after me and I think they sort of interferred with her swimming (they are not respectful I noticed) so the lady went to the deepest end and just started swimming side to side. One of the ladies is a big yammer mouth. Lordy she talks and talks and talks and while she asks you questions it's more so she can talk more and I swear she thinks she's an expert on EVERYTHING. Anyway the pool was chilly today and with my hypo thyroid I get chilled easy AND I am there to do a work out so I water jog and take long strides and work my arms and legs and try to push myself but I am constantly moving for an hour. Mrs Blah Blah stood in the middle of our walking area and just stood and talked with one of the other ladies who comes in the pool (and is kind of crippled up) but clearly she is more interested in visiting and sitting in the hot tub than she is in actual exercise. Which is ok but GO TO THE FAR END OF THE POOL TO DO THIS!!! They are both taller. The talker is supposed to be exercising to lose 50 pounds to have knee surgery but I was thinking, you ain't going to lose it if you just stand there doing nothing.
Do what you choose just please don't mess up my routine. Afterwards I took a shower but it was so humid in the pool and shower area that I could not dry off - even trying to use the blow dryer on my body. Could not get my bra on - it kept rolling up
I was going to go braless but I just couldn't - too jiggly. Since I was in town I had plans to pick up a few groceries and stop at the farmers market for eggs. I didn't want to go home, dry off and then go all the way back into town again so instead I went into the ladies room over by the conference rooms where it's dryer and after about 10 minutes of struggling I got my bra on!
Didn't bother with hair and makeup - looked like a vagabond but I went and got my shopping done. I must have really worked hard in the pool because I was exhausted. Had about 10 bags of groceries to lug into the house - the man who bags at the store is a kindly guy and only packs a few items in a bag so they don't rip - hence all the bags. DH was showering after working in the yard so I had to lug all the groceries in. Whew! I am suspending my Hello Fresh shipments for the next several weeks - contemplating dropping it altogether. It started good but I think the quality went downhill. The chicken has a texture of cheap chicken - DH said it has an unpleasant texture like an eraser. I have a stock of recipe cards - will remake some of the better dinners with my own ingredients.
I am going to the senior center this week for a few days but I am making them half days and minimizing my time. I have a bunch of stuff coming up, need to reschedule my dental appointment and fit that in there somehow too.
Annie - I'm sorry you are bummed out and not sleeping.
Always available to talk if you need it - and if you need a momma or grandma hug, I am always around plenty of seniors to give you some beefy love
When it comes to the phone I am a natural babbler. My sister and I "visit" on the phone and we have been known to talk for 3 hours. Sometimes that's longer than I want to talk but it's ok. As for Mom, like a balloon full of air, once you call her she just carries on and on and on until she's done. Since she doesn't get out much and her world is limited, very often she talks about the same things over and over and over or tells me about people that I don't know (and admittedly don't care about). Sometimes if I'm tired or busy it gets to me but I try to be patient and remember she is homebound and needs the socializing. She's be better up here if I could get her out and about. She said it gets kind of tiring just talking to the 4 walls. Her neighbor visits but not as much as she used to and she sees the guy who brings her Holy Communion once a week but other than my sister and me - her world is pretty narrow. Mom doesn't mind phone calls at 9pm - she's up till midnight anyway only because she can't sleep well. I myself don't like phone calls after 8pm, but mostly because I get scared when the phone rings at 9 thinking something bad happened to Momma.
You get up so early I can see you being an early to sleep kind of person. I must tell you that I am trying "near keto" and it's not that bad!!! Not giving up watermelon and grapes tho
Laura - glad you found some clothing you liked. Sounds like you jumped on the exercise train and are doing some really rigorous workouts. Good for you!! How did the networking event go?
Argh - just looked at the time. DH will be wanting supper. I told him I picked up ribs for bbqing but did not start that in time. He will be disappointed. I do have some nice pork chops for a Hello Fresh pork and corn salsa dish. He will just have to be happy with that...
Later ladies...