Ah, yes. I visualised the clicker a couple times yesterday...works well.
Toxic people are a problem. I try to avoid them if I can. Fortunately I don't work with any at the moment.
So a good day yesterday....got points on the girl...some upset after due to miscommunication and misunderstandings, but all was resolved. I am thinking that in the future I will make sure that things are spelled out clearly so that all are on the same page...
And Day 1 again. I let it all go yesterday afternoon. Felt tired and a bit off, mood-wise. A little hungry. I should have just gone back to bed, but noooo... I watched junk TV and ate lots of popcorn, a couple ounces of dark chocolate and two ice cream bars. I think if I'd even remembered I had perfectly healthy stuff in the fridge I might have avoided that one. But. I didn't. And here I go, Day 1 again. Not beating self up but definitely trying to avoid binging like that again.
Ran for 40 mins, walked 5, did tai chi. Gluggedy-glugged. And all shall be well.
It was fun to go out to the jazz concert and dinner last night. Wild for me to be getting home at midnight Ah, how elderly I've gotten... Wonder if it might be possible to get DH out dancing some night...
Ceara, yup, avoidance is the best policy, for sure. But sometimes we can't. And sometimes people go through toxic phases, just kind of get stuck. I hear ya on that spelling things out thing, too. Something I need to do more of.
Amarantha, ooooooh, psychotic is very difficult. I worked for a man that tended that way once and I had some trouble even holding my own grasp on reality.
K, lies. Let's behave like our regal selves today!
Yea, psychotic is challenging, Arabella. He's not someone in our organization, just a member of the public, it is complex, having to do with the job.
Oh well, I am cool, calm 'n confident today and starting a new three day streak, which I have posted at the other palace and will post in my 3FC blogalicious bliss retreat! I've reworked my weight goal a bit for a slightly higher calorie average and have made an executive decision not to weigh until the Sunday after next to give myself more time to see a nice drop.
Congratulations to Sword Bearer on the "points" for the girl! Yea, bein' on the same page is somethin' I always try to make happen in my dealin's, too, but so often people we need to get along with are readin' whole different books from another section o' the library.
Wood Nymph, t'is good to be on Day One again! Day One, methinks, is always the best day o' any project. Let's make it the best Day One ever!
Yes, since Day 1 has been voted to be the best day of any project, than I am glad to be on Day 1.... Actually, I could count as Day 2 but I like the Day 1 motivation so I will sign up for Day 1 too......
Congrats on the points Ceara.... and yes, same page is a challenge... I used to be so afraid to clarify or ask a question ...that it might make me appear not so smart....
Now I realize its smarter to make sure I understand .... that perhaps I misheard... perhaps " Go this way" really means "go the other way you thought of initially".....
Hmmmmmmm....
The Empress will chuckle as I write that we are in Day 1 of "Heat Advisory"...
The 3 H's...Heat, Haze, Humidity....
So, I am doing all the laundry I can find and take advantage of the heat to dry everything outside. .....
Was already outside before 7, first in the backyard for a garbage bag full of weeds. Then to the front yard where its still shady for another bag of vines and etc that are choking the plants I want to keep.
And I am heading to the washer with my 3rd load of wash......
and of course, more paper for the shredder.....
Here we go.... Day 1.....lets click away the distractions!
I think we are in Day 5 Million and One o' Heat Advisory here! Also hazy and humid as we are now in the monsoon season, which could bring temporary temp relief if it fully breaks, but it's the toughest time of year weather wise for us. I am running nevertheless (soon).
Re Day One, I am not weighin' in today although it is Day One of the week and have decided to restart my three day streak with a higher cal target, so I'm on Day One on that, too.
Have decluttered (we have a thread on the other palace for daily declutterin' posted there by Queen Aria, whom some o' thee may remember, and it helps me a great deal to overcome my bad housekeeping to do something daily just so I can post it there), and am dressed and stretchin' a bit in hopes o' being motivated to run.
DH and I were out walking and about half-way through an hour-long trek, I looked out into the harbour and said "Oh, look how dark it is out there." DH said "Probably coming this way" and within 5 minutes there was a big clap of thunder followed by a deluge We were drenched by the time we got back -- but we DID get in that walk
And I'd already meditated and done chi qong so that's three of the challenges for today met.
Amarantha, I wish I could trade you a little of our coolness for some of that blistering heat! I don't remember another year that had such a prolonged period of extreme cold in the winter, followed by an unusually cool and dreary spring, leading into a remarkably cool, cloudy and rainy early summer. But hope springs eternal that it will turn around
Kaylets, thou remindest me -- I should go put in a load of laundry. Shall do.
It's been raining off and on, with the occasional promising-looking clearing. If I get motivated enough later I may go see if I can buy some annuals to fill in the bare spots in the beds.
But now I think I'm going to go toss in a load of wash and then do a Reiki treatment. Happy Sunday, Queenies!
Ah, that cool 'n dreary stuff soundeth good, Arabella. Many times during the monsoon, we have hot and dreary, suffocating and dreary or full-on sun and dreary, but we could use some cool 'n dreary!
It does cool off briefly following rains, except for when it only pretends to rain but doesn't. That's fun, too.
I had a long post here this morning and then my computer went *poof* and died. The fan on the power supply stopped running and the whole thing overheated. DH did some transplant surgery (took the fan out of another spare (less powerful) power supply and put into my computer's power supply and I am back up and running. It is helpful having a computer geek for a husband in times like these.
So, the recap version is that DH got back from PA last night. He had my diamond fixed while he was there. Did I tell you that somehow I had bent one of the prongs holding the diamond. Moved it quite a bit, actually, but luckily my ring has six prongs holding the diamond so the diamond itself didn't actually move. You would think I would have felt doing something with enough force to bend the ring, but I haven't a clue how I did it. It is fixed and looks just as shiny and sparkly as it did when he proposed. I only wish I could say the same!
I spent the last two days shopping my little heart ( and pocketbook) out! Three outfits, a pair of sandals, and two purses later I can say that retail therapy works VERY well.
I'll have to continue this tomorrow...got distracted and it's late now!
Day 1 starting for me.... I still am liking the whole Fresh Start, New Project mentality.....
DH and I had a unexpected discussion about how we arent feeling our best now that we've been meat eaters for nearly 3 mos.... SO, with that....
We had a big stirfry with tofu last night....
onward!
I'm really liking the thought today.
Fits my mood....
Thought of the day :
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Cool, cloudy, drizzly continues. It hasn't really felt like summer yet, other than maybe a few days here and there. But what can one do? At least we don't have to wear parkas and snow boots... And I have hopes that any day now, summer will arrive (and maybe stay longer, to make it up to us? )
I'm hoping to get a few pounds under ticker by my birthday (so many birthdays this month!) next Wednesday. I think I can I think I can... And I'm aiming to lose 5 a month until I don't need to lose any more. Doable goal, it is.
Wildfire, yay for diamonds, geeky DHs and retail therapy!
Amaratha, sending cool and dreary to ya!
Kat, yay, you're back! Hope Elvis was good to you.
Kaylets, QoD really resonates with me today, too. Need to keep that one in mind, for sure. Re: snoring -- well, yes I do, just a bit. I hate it when I just doze off and then wake myself up: "Shnorkkkkk... mmmff... huh? whazzat? Oh."
K, lies, I'll be off and about my appointed rounds (first being back down to make another cup of ) Let's make this a good one!
, Arabella. I am feelin' better after a nap.
is calling me!
Saturday in the Palace
I think if I'd even remembered I had perfectly healthy stuff in the fridge I might have avoided that one. But. I didn't. And here I go, Day 1 again. Not beating self up but definitely trying to avoid binging like that again. 
lies. Let's behave like our regal selves today! 
Yea, bein' on the same page is somethin' I always try to make happen in my dealin's, too, but so often people we need to get along with are readin' whole different books from another section o' the library. 
Rainy Sunday
We were drenched by the time we got back -- but we DID get in that walk 
And I have hopes that any day now, summer will arrive (and maybe stay longer, to make it up to us? 
