Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Wow, same day! My mom would throw my birthday parties in March to spread it out. I did get separate presents (wrapped in Christmas paper because it was out) and we'd usually go out to dinner, but it's a bummer to be crammed so close to the holidays!

I'm guessing I missed reading why Ann is in absentia again.

Liz - safe and happy travels. Hope DH does well and having Justice in tow helps him deal with the lack of routine today.

BB - I crack up about the weight gain for your pregnancy. Being a man and never a father, I'm quite clueless about pregnancy weight gain benchmarks. From my viewpoint, I think you aren't gaining enough weight! LOL! Shouldn't you be averaging at a 3 pound per month gain? Of course, I don't know how it works... I'm guessing you gain a lot the last 3 months, like my mama dogs do the last 3 weeks!

My mood yesterday was influenced by two additional things I did not mention. First, and most significantly, Lucky was sick. I sensed it when I got home and watched him closely. By dinner time I knew for sure. When I said something to Ron he piped up with, "Oh, I guess he's the one who threw up all over the patio." Oh gee, Sweetie, do you think you could have mentioned that earlier? That irked the **** out of me. Poor dog has been puking his guts out all afternoon. I could have called in for a script for an anti nausea med. Oh, well.... Lucky went a full 48 hours without eating. Luckily, he did eat a skinless chicken breast this morning and as in a cuddly mood, so he is clearly out of the woods. He has a routine check up scheduled tomorrow anyhow, so I will mention it to the doc.

2nd thing was I just felt loose, wobbly and flabby. I don't know if this is because I am "tighter" underneath the blub, or if I'm simply imagining it or if I'm just more aware of it. I felt super self conscious during my workout yesterday. I did several moves that involved moving my entire being through space so the exercise was both aerobic and strengthening. I hated feeing loose bits. I know.... I am thankful I am able to move and do what I am able to do. Those feelings simply stem from the perfectionist that still occasionally pokes his head through and takes hold.

A few happy notes:

1.5 school days left until break.------- I sent in my first reservation form for Dog Show Glamping in Indio (Palm Springs area) for the first weekend in January (1/2-1/6).-------- Scheduled to pick up the trailer and the rehabbed-for-towing dog van on December 28. ------ Jackson tattoo is almost completely healed and is as beautiful as I hoped it would be. I am really delighted by the outcome.------ Stocking the Glamper is a lot of fun.

Getting back on track with the low carb, no sugar train is still giving me difficulty. I am really not okay with that because I caught myself should-ing myself the other day. Whenever I start should-ing all over myself, it is a clear indication that I will have a horrifically high calorie food experience in the immediate future. Should-ing is always about self DIS-satisfaction.

Decorating, Christmas prep has yet to begin. Strangely, I am unbothered and calm about this.

Tis the season!

My arms flap alarmingly when working out. One of these days, I'm going to take flight!

Weight 179.2

Lots of laundry accomplished including a full load of dirty dog toys. They are so clean, bright, and stink-free without the layers of dirt and dog spit on them!

The trainer kicked my rear today with a whole session of 45 second exercises with 15-30 secinds "rest" in between (aka positioning for the next exercise). Most were okay for 30 seconds and nearly impossible for the last 15. Soooo sweaty. When leaving the cute, tall, young trainer I still haven't met yet said goodbye across the room and used my name. He must have heard my trainer use it. It made my day because he's darling and men rarely acknowledge my existence in my day to day life let alone go out of their way to do so...

Tomorrow I go to get my travel shots. When your cousin works for the CDC and his husband is a physician, there are LOTS of instructions about what shots to get and medications to bring along. So yellow fever, typhoid, and hepatitis A shots it is. I'm a baby about shots! Then my knitting group Christmas party and potluck tomorrow night. I'm bringing mustard roasted veggies. Thank you, Pinterest.

All right, I need to go finish this Christmas tree before it's Easter...

You wrote "...finish this Christmas tree..." That means you are ahead of me. You've at least started! LOL!

I'm thinking mine will be going up on the 22nd at this point.

You can do it!!! I have a prelit fake tree and pulled it out of the bag a few days ago. Last night I put the ornaments on and it took all of an hour. It wasn't that bad once I buckled down!

Christmas is a loaded/complicated time. My childhood Christmases at my Grandparents farm snuggled deep in the pine forest of northern Minnesota are something I've never quite gotten over. When the day came to sell the farm, my parents bought 60 acres and built a cabin. More than 20 years passed before I agreed to visit it, because we had to drive past my Grandparents house, owned by "the interlopers" (seriously just some nice people who bought it in the normal way, but still...) and it broke my heart that they weren't there anymore. So I understand the the longing for Christmas Past.

Our tradition for the past 20 or so years is to host DH's family Christmas Eve. We line up all the cousins (12) on the sofa for a photo. They've gone from toddlers, to teenagers, to spouses, to parents themselves. And yet they still pile on the sofa. So last year our sofa broke during the photo! Was it the 3 nephew's over 6 feet tall now? Will we pile them on the sofa again Monday night? You betcha!

I love that you do this photo every year. Maybe you can post a couple spread out in time?