Sorry to be always so here, there 'n everywhere and I will never really be gone from the palace nor cease to seek ye all out nor think 'bout ye.
The truth is that re 3FC (rhymes), I've been waiting until they start up ad-free subscriptions again as my slow computer just doesn't like all these ads. I also find them unpleasant, much prefer ad-free forum experiences.
Sorry to be seemingly negative. I'm really not, things are ok dokey with me except I gained five pounds. Bah humbug!
Sorry for the lack of personal replies but have read every postie on here and I will be back. (I need to lie down awhile right now lol).
Ooh, bad me - time has flown again. Gorgeous here today. I skipped the garage sale but hope you did well on yours, kat. Instead i focussed on getting files to the Shredding Event. Tossed and tossed mercilessly but it still took time, time, time. However, I saved a lot of time and probably my shredder by letting others do that for me. What a break!
Flying by here as I'm heading to library shortly to hear "Vent du Nord" a group who will be playing Canadian music. Sounds like a lovely thing to do on a quiet Sunday. Currently listening to a polka show on the radio. Eclectic, c'est moi.
Anyway, I too have restarted today. Having knee problems so must be careful w/exercise for a bit (hopefully not forever). Dr. suggests going back to my water workouts and I likely will. Other things were SO convenient though.
Is the new little one here, Arabella, or still the bed rest thing? The bootcamp sounds challenging indeed but if it leads the way you want.......Huzzah!!
Good to have you in the environs, Janga. Enjoy the nap.
Glad your Mom is doing well, Kaylets. Tough times - I'm sure your visit cheered her a lot.
Popping in and flying by....weather was gorgeous....rainy today but we need that too.
GA was gorgeous, the company was good. Yes MD...too bad, you could have come down for the show on Friday Anagram...we should explore that in the next year to come! An hour is nothing compared to 10! Just got back from Rend Lake...another gorgeous area.
So...off I go. Hope to spend a bit more time here later 'gators!
Gorgeous and hot here the last few days. I've just finished cleaning out the fireplace - ugh!!! Shower time.
Enjoyed the Canadian group, went last night for a Middle Eastern dance troupe. Seemed different in some ways than when I took lessons. Of course, I never danced with a troupe so some things would be different. I'd have felt comfortable in the group - many had less than great bodies I don't usually associate with MED. Only two or three really seemed good but all seemed to enjoy. I think another group was in the audience. Not a zill in sight.
Tonight it's Irish Dance so I hope to make that too (Library is hooring Dance Week).
Anyway, dogwoods blooming - also pink/white tulips under the pink one - pink azaleas starting too. Along with the candytuft, makes my front yard look good for a week or two each year. Read paper on the patio of p&c for the first time this year. A lovely routine - that.
Guy not coming to open a/c vents until Friday but I remember from the old days how to keep a place cool so not suffering. 92 yesterday/a new record for the day.
Still saving knees but did go to tai chi yesterday as that's so gentle. Off to a gorgeous day, Gorgeous Royals.
Perfect day today - but went to dr. for routine checkup and found I have a bldder infection. Nice to know WHY I've been dragging (more than usual). He did a whole slew of other tests too.
Enjoyed the Celtic Dance thing last night - although she (consciously) employed some modern and some "country" in the routines. I didn't mind the country so much as the roots are Celtic anyway but the modern left me a bit cold. But the kiddles were cute.
Next I'm off to the newspaper office to pay for some things I "won" in an online auction they sponsored. Some mani/pedis and a vacuum cleaner. Still 'twas fun. Good prices too.
Then pick up my anitbiotics and maybe just read on the patio. Not much, for sure. Odds and ends maybe but no projects for the rest of the week. Going away over the weekend and want this infection to be pretty much knocked out so I can enjoy.
Hmm, my belated brekkie was so good - since I had "suffered" so much bloodwork and it was more than halfway to lunchtime, I indulged in some toast and scrambled eggs. Yum......
Oh, my apologies! I thought I'd posted about wee Thomas' arrival but I guess I haven't. The babe was born a couple of weeks ago but they think he was more premature than had been calculated and he's had severe bleeding in his brain. He's had to have a shunt put in to relieve the pressure has another operation scheduled for today.
They've warned his mum that she should be prepared for the worst, that if he survives he could have severe brain damage, cerebral palsy, etc. However, he also could have no ill effect and that's what we're focusing on.
I'm sending Reiki, positive messages. Picking up poor little Noah after school, having some sleepovers. He's 2 weeks without his mum and looking at another 9 because she's three-and-a-half hours away. She did manage to get over last weekend to see him but it's very hard to leave the tiny new one when he's so fragile.
However, she said Thomas appears to be healthy and thriving and you've got to think that means something. I just absolutely refuse to believe any negative prognosis. Especially after what happened with DSIL.
Anagram, scrambled eggs and toast is brekkie here every morning after a shleepover.
My life must be pretty far out of balance if I feel guilty taking time to post in the palace! I've been pulling up the page for weeks now, but every time I start typing, I remember all the other things that need to be done, and... well, you know how that story goes.
I'm proud to announce that I haven't been backsliding while I've been away! There hasn't been a ton of weight loss, but there hasn't been a ton of gain, either. I'm still working out at the gym at least once a week with a trainer. Gym Jim quit, and I have had to adjust to someone new. The cool upside of the new trainer is that she is also a physical therapist, and she has been great at working around my knee. We are getting in solid workouts, and my confidence in my physical self is being slowly restored. I've also been working hard at getting my step average up, and I finished April with a respectable 9600 average steps per day. I remember when it seemed impossible to reach 7k a day!
School is the main reason I've been away from the palace. This teaching thing is no joke, especially when you have a group of seniors who seem to think that we will find a way to graduate them no matter what sort of effort they put into the game. To give you an idea how bad their senioritis has been, last Friday they had rough drafts due for the last two major grades of the year. We've spent several days in the library on research as well as days in class of pre-writing and writing, so you would think they might have something to show for their effort. In one class not a single student had completed their rough draft. In the other two classes (I only have three periods of seniors) I received a total of 12. Apparently, the other teachers are running into the same problem, so there is an emergency meeting Monday before school. I've spent the weekend calling the parents of all those students who weren't prepared. The assignments are due beginning this Wednesday, and without those grades, the kiddos won't be graduating. Thought their folks deserved a heads-up... Still about twenty calls to go today, but at least I got a big chunk completed yesterday.
On the upside of teaching, my students are about as bad as my own kids at keeping me in line. They check on my steps during the day, and one of them even let me have it when she saw I had packed leftover pizza one day for lunch. She said she knows I eat a lot healthier than that, that they had all been noticing my weight loss since the beginning of the year, and that she didn't want to see any backsliding. Yeah, I have an interesting relationship with that one!
Enough of all that...
I still haven't managed to read all the thread, and there are still some names that are completely new to me! I can't promise I'll be on a whole lot until school is finished (June 4th!), but I did want you to know that I wasn't wandering out in Depression Flats or anything of the sort.
Arabella, sending positive vibes your direction. Please forward them where necessary. Your family is lucky to have such a rock to anchor themselves to.
We have had what seems at least 4 days of rain, most of it heavy. DH got some bok choy baby plants in the ground about 2 weeks ago and they seem to be the only plants who love, love, love this solid rain. It was touch and go the weekend it got so hot but belive you me, if bok choy is always this easy to grow, NO WONDER it's used in stir fry so ofen!
Employer finally was able to sell us. "closing" might be as soon as July 1... could be a very good thing for me or ..... whaddya gonna due... at least I am fairly certain, I'll have a job until at least then.....
My best to everyone!!
WoodNymph, special thoughts and prayers for your the new baby and your sister and the rest of your family. You are having a year! You are a good sister!
I swear, the house can blow away around me, but I'm not leaving this computer til I get out a post, once and for all! I have started so many times, and something always comes up. Not that there's much excitement going on around here, just busy, busy, busy. My garage sale was semi-successful in that I made about $120, but got rid of a LOT of stuff. Still more to go, but it's a start. Weight loss coming along at it's usual snail's pace, but it's coming, and I just started taking Synthroid for my sluggish thyroid... hopefully this will help move things along a bit more expedititiously. Exercise levels have decreased to near non-existant these past two weeks, though after this weekend, that should pick up again. Our big fundraiser at the track is happening this Sunday, the first day in ages that has NO clouds/raindrops in it's forecast. Um, what else? Speaking of fundraiser, I have to be at sister's house in a few minutes, so I'm going to wrap up for now. I MISS YOU ALL! Will be back soon, I swear!
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This isn't the most upbeat way to begin a post, but it is honest. That counts, right?
Mother's Day is this weekend, and for the first time, I don't have a mother to send a card to. I don't even know how to get beyond that besides let myself feel it. The temptation is to head to bed and pull up the covers or to bury my face in a bowl of ice cream, but I know moving through this will be better in the long run. I have a near desperate need to get outside and just start moving, walking to no certain point, with no certain plan when I get there. And if I start to cry along the way, so be it. I wasn't close to my mom, but today I miss her. Tomorrow, my plan is to be in an entirely different place so I can celebrate her gift to me. Wish me luck.
I bit the bullet and went back to WW yesterday. Up 2.2 from a month ago. That's definitely the wrong direction. I'm reading both The Gabriel Method and Does this clutter make my butt look big? And finding good stuff in both.
Today so far, I'm cruising -- went for a little run in the woods, did a little yoga, walked over to tai chi class, did that and walked back. Had a bowl of oatmeal with berries and yogurt. Tomorrow I've got a big family party planned.
I plead temporary insanity. It seemed like a good idea last weekend and then all week I was wanting to smack myself: What was I thinking? What would I like for Mother's Day? Peace and quiet, relaxation.
Andria, a walk and time outside sounds like the thing to do, for sure. Moving always helps us work through stuff.
Kaylets, it's kind of ironic that my New Year's resolution this year was to look after myself. What a challenge that's been. And I haven't been doing too great, I must admit.
Kat, we miss you too!
WSW, how are you?
Ceara, how are the royal gardens?
Anagram, hope you're getting lots of time in the P of P & T.
Okay. I'm going to marshal my forces and get determined to start taking care of ME again. Stress, I would say, is Enemy #1. Must vanquish!
Took the last of my second course of antibiotics this a.m. and hoping for the best. Knees were way out of whack last week too but did go to tai chi this morning and, again, hoping for the best.
Then I needed to log in yet again and my password wasn't doing it. So had to go through the whole rigamarole again.
Need a rest already.
Andrea, I hope M.D. itself was good for you. Even though you can't call your Mom or anything like that, you can still honor her memory in other ways that may help you cope with these "special" days. But, by all means, FEEL IT.
Hope little Thomas is coming along safely and that DGS is soon able to get enough time with his Mom, WN.
The money's great on the garage sale, kat, but the "stuff gone" is even better. DS showed up for M.D. and did a lot of dirty work for me before he went home - bringing stuff down from attic and garage lofts. Strange some of the things that were put away (hidden) by DH years ago. I knew some of the things that were there but there were surprises too. Now it's piled in my garage. One big pile to go out w/the trash this week and another I will need to sort through a bit. Still a large blow for "freedom from stuff" has been dealt - may take me all summer to get it all moved in the right directions but move it, I shall.
Well, Royals, I've missed you one and all during my roundabout but hope to be firmly back in the palance for the nonce.
Great number this a.m. 203.6 - a month ago, I was at 206.6 (which was a tad higher than my lowest number right before that). Earlier this week, I was at 210 - but I think now that I'm off the antibiotics, it might have created a SWOOSH! Whatever and for however brief a time - I'll take it!!!!!!
A piddling 4 pounds and I'd be so thrilled. I remember a brief foray into Onederland once before and this is about the point where I usually start my sabotage routine. NOT THIS TIME - RIGHT?????
I just got my exercise for today (well, some of it) carrying trash out to the curb. I hope they take it all - between DS and a handyman's help the week before, I really have a lot out there. they probably won't remember I usually have only one small bag and often not even that. Today's haul should make up for it. Still a lot in the garage to go through but I am SO pleased that this much is gone.
Then a few minutes of yardwork done. I'm going to do a few more small things and then hit the shower. Further mammogram today. Not unusual for me.
So, lies, I hope it's as nice where you are as it is here and may you have a great day whether it is or not.
203 this morning. Wow - I'm really going to keep at this and see if I can't do it this time. Three pounds seems so doable.
However --- yesterday started so well and ended so badly - not diet wise. Newswise - this time the extra mammos didn't clear me enough and I'm now scheduled for two stereotactic biopsies next week. Really ruined my mood which was super up to that point. Today better - the 203 helped and now that they're actually scheduled, I'm gritting my teeth less. I'm just so tired of one medical thing after another.
Well, it is beautiful out again today and I'm off to lunch so off I go.
Oh Anagram, I'm so thrilled for your approach to Onederland!
Sending good energy on that other matter :
I'm hurtling towards the end of the week. I've got a triple workload and DGS coming after school. I've decided I'm going to step away from the computer and take him to the park for an hour or so. Theory is that I'll be more efficient because of fluffing my brain in the fresh air.
so not suffering. 92 yesterday/a new record for the day.
There hasn't been a ton of weight loss, but there hasn't been a ton of gain, either. I'm still working out at the gym at least once a week with a trainer. Gym Jim quit, and I have had to adjust to someone new. The cool upside of the new trainer is that she is also a physical therapist, and she has been great at working around my knee. We are getting in solid workouts, and my confidence in my physical self is being slowly restored. I've also been working hard at getting my step average up, and I finished April with a respectable 9600 average steps per day. I remember when it seemed impossible to reach 7k a day!
Um, what else? Speaking of fundraiser, I have to be at sister's house in a few minutes, so I'm going to wrap up for now. I MISS YOU ALL! Will be back soon, I swear!
lies!
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