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Good Morning Ida, Laureen and PA Peeps!!
Ida, please tell Gene that I am so sorry about his loss of his mentor/friend. I can only imagine how difficult that is. I hope Hider will be doing better!! I also hope that you start feeling better as well!!
It has been back to reality for me! Yesterday was my first day back and boy did I feel it! Thank goodness I had a chiropractic appointment so I could get treatment and adjusted! LOVE my chiro!! He is the BEST!!!! Still feeling sore today but this too shall pass!
Hope everyone has a GREAT day!!
Beth
Place: Barix Clinics, Middletown Blvd. Langhorne, PA 19047
Topics as they relate to the pre-op with Mike and/or Jackie as your pre-op leaders! Have a great meeting.
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Good Morning Ida, PA Peeps that may pop in today. . .
Sorry Gene lost his mentor without the opportunity to say farewell, guess that is why we need to focus on what is good in one another in such a way as to have little or no regrets when someone has left this earthly plain. . . I hope Gene finds peaceful resolution to his sadness.
Our office has a crazy policy, where they pay out whatever time you don't use in the year before the first week of January in the new year. Considering what I was used to having in PTO, this company is very stingy and so, I seldom have much that I get paid for. This year it was 3.3 hours (lol). . . my main issue is that if you fall under 7 hours of time, they kick you out of direct deposit, which perhaps I could understand, but when you've got 2 pay periods to go, ridiculous policy. . . hey, I've got a job, it provides a decent paycheck and I'm not traveling 2.5 hours each way, every day, so color me grateful!!!
I am hoping the Hider does well with her new food. Roxie is having her yearly itchy issues and I feel so badly, but I really don't like giving her Benadryl, as it makes her lethargic and mopey and I won't put her on steroids, so I'm going to see if there is another natural remedy I have not already explored to help her.
Well my day started with a visit to Planet Fitness and thankfully tomorrow is a day off from the gym, so I get to sleep a little later and spend more time petting the Roxie girl before I get out of bed tomorrow. Today I am headed to my hairdresser's house, as she quit the salon she was working in, and she will cut my hair, which I desperately need done, after that I will go home, have dinner and relax for a little while before bed. That about covers it.
Hope you and everyone reading this is having a wonderful day!
Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Good Morning All:
Got some bad news yesterday, one of Gene's mentors/friends passed unexpectedly. Gene is very sad that he did not get to say farewell to her.
I am off from work. Still not feeling completely myself so one more day off work. Hoping to get some food into me and maybe go out for a little walk to get me back on track. I figure taking off these two days while I still have my old position makes sense to use up some of my time for this year. At the end of the year they changed out entire vacation/PTO structure - now we can only save 80 hrs (2 weeks) over from year to year - I have six weeks saved that I have to use up by 2015 or lose it. The old structure was that we could save double the amount we had in vacation time, this year I was on target to have 8 weeks saved from year to year in case Gene and I decided to take a nice cross county ride. Now no matter what I'll only be able to save 80 hrs. And there is no buy back of vacation time so can't get paid for anything I don't use - lose it instead. I like the organization I work for, since it's been bought out and becoming more corporate driven rather than mission and value driven - not liking it so much. I'd imagine in a few years when the Sister's (nuns) retire the mission and values of the company will be totally gone and corporate stake holders will want their "big" payouts.
Today I plan to relax a bit, I want to get some rooms organized upstairs with clothes and drawers - clean up the bedroom so that it is presentable instead of a candidate for a "horders" episode - at least it is only 2 rooms now that are in that condition.
Hider started her new food this morning. She loved it ate every bit of it. Hopefully this is going to help with her thyroid get that stabilized so that we can address the stress issues. Best case scenario is that the food will get her thyroid levels stable and her body out of that overdrive and settle her down so that she can ignore Ez without all the theatrics. Worst case scenario is that her thyroid levels will become stable, her obsession with Ez will remain as is and she will need to go on kitty Proza****il her anxiety is stabilized - the vets are positive that all this anxiety with Ez is from the thyroid imbalance.
Hope you all have a wonderful day...
Ida
IdaMae
Hello everyone!
Yes, I'm still here but find myself spending more online time on facebook than other sites. But...everything is well. Let's see if I can summarize. A top ten list, if you will!
I am now full time in FL.
Mike retired in December and moved here full time. BIG adjustment after the better part of a year in separate states! But the truth is, he is already looking for his next job. He is not a "retirement" type.
Over the past year, my exercise totally slacked off. Yeah, me, who at one time was the queen of aerobic exercise. Back at it in the new year, to be sure. Not looking to be a hero, but 3 or 4 times a week would be great.
My weight has crept up about 15 lbs. from my lowest point. This is hard for me to face but I believe that if I hit the exercise again, it will help burn off the excess. I have rounded off corners in other ways - not logging my food, and intermittently straying from the "no refined carbs, no sugar" path. Around Halloween, I binged on peanut M&Ms. I don't know what happened, but I went crazy. That is under control now and I don't have any cravings - but as I have always, said, I know the old habits are out there, waiting just around the next corner. I have to be very aware of that. The compulsion is still there.
Good news is, despite the exercise slack off and less than perfect eating, I still wear "single digit" sizes. Not so good news is that the muffin top is more prominent than I want it to be.
In October I had some plastic surgery done. Not a tummy tuck, but a face lift. I had this done in Harrisburg, while we still had a place in Lancaster County. I am REALLY pleased with the results. The turkey neck is GONE GONE GONE! I look MUCH younger and feel MUCH more confident. (Not interested in the full recovery with the tummy tuck.)
All the kids and grandchildren are doing well. Blessings galore!
Work wise, if you didn't know, I am working at Apple Retail in Naples FL. Amazing job - I have learned a ton about technology (which I love), and work with a terrific group of people from ages 20-65.
Much of the summer was spent on home decorating. We had bought a condo in good condition but in the long run, I couldn't live with the "citrus" paint colors and the carpet was well past its prime. We painted in a consistent neutral color throughout, and had new tile floors put down.
What else? I miss all of you and will certianly try to spin by more often! Check me out on facebook or read my blog at www.thequalityoftheday.com.
Happy 2013! Lynn
Good afternoon Ida, Laureen and PA peeps yet to come,
Had to sit down and give myself a serious talking to this AM. Have noticed that the last two weeks I am slipping back into bad habits regarding my sleeping and waking times. There was a period of time last year when I wouldn't go to bed until 4 AM and sleep until 1 or 2. Do not want that to happen again. Was not feeling too well last week and I think that has had an effect on me. Need to stop waiting for something to happen and get out and do something - anything. The plan for today is to pay bills, get the car washed, get a massage and update the resume. Have taken all my vitamins and medications - not fooling around with that this year. Anyhow I just needed to put that out there for myself and for some accountability. Hope that all of you have a good day.
Donna
Thank you :D I am hoping to make lots of friends on OH. I meet the surgeon in two weeks, can NOT wait. I guess i will be the first one posting about him lol.
Good Morning...
I'm finally up and out of bed. Was up most of last night vomiting/diarrhea so didn't go to work this morning. Still very tired so just sitting here vegging to the View.
I have to get my arse back on my treadmill. This is a new year, no school, no reading, no writing, no projects, no excuses!!! Gene and I also picked up exercise balls over the weekend, now to clean up the family room and get that a little more organized and less cluttered so we can blow them up and use them.
Have a wonderful day everyone...
Ida
IdaMae
