Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Hope everyone is having a good Tuesday thus far. I can update later once I've actually done something besides eating Mexican food between my last post and now!

Morning, everyone.

Gorgeous pictures you posted yesterday, Cecily. Thanks for those.

Folks are moving around -- DianeO is headed west to Canada, Shirley is coming to North America, Peps and others are going back to the classroom, and I'm flying to the Atlantic for a little beach vacation. It's a quick trip, only five days. I'll be with NOLA friends, cooking, swimming, walking, reading, talking.

I'm back on the straight and narrow, food-wise. I haven't weighed yet but will do so before I leave on Friday and post it here. And that promise is my accountability step for today.

Big news here is I got my car oil changed today. I was so impressed last month by the "Please!" and "Thank You!" Power of a Dozen Donuts that this morning I took donuts to the Toyota Service Department. I'm distributing all this donut largess guilt-free, since none of the folks who will eat the donuts appear to have weight issues. They're just hungry!

BTW, I'm discovering this week that eating a lot less makes my sleeve a lot smaller. Gee. Anybody ever heard that before? ;)

Leaving for the airport in about 45 minutes. All of my things are crammed into one carry on, and one under the seat bag. When my husband saw me struggling with what to leave out, he said I should just go ahead and switch to a checked bag. I opted not to though, because I like the idea of not going to baggage claim, and not worrying about lost bag. So I made the tough choices and I will be fine. :)

That's it for now, I'll try to check in when I have WiFi.

Quote: Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.

~ Tennessee Williams

Weight: 173.2

Woohoo

I knew yesterday's weigh in couldn't be real. But not sure if this is, either. I did eat well yesterday. But that came at an expense. I had a protein pasta/roasted veggie lasagna from the freezer. Pretty sure it's the veggies that did it. Bowled over in pain for about an hour. Small pains for remainder of day. Must see a gastro. Not okay. Anything that isn't protein or carbs does this to me now, it seems. (coffee?, any dairy products, and most definitely any vegetables)

Charlotte was inconsolable last night. That is not like her. I could tell she was in pain. She would only sleep with me and only for a few minutes at a time. So I took her to the doctor today and they discovered a hair tightly wrapped around her toes and cutting off circulation. Poor baby!! And they had to cut her with the tweezers to get the hair totally off. She seems to be on the mend now, and I'm thankful they found what ailed her.

My parents are aging and I'm having a hard time coping with it. I'm starting to see them fumbling with things like technology, hearing, memory, etc. And it pains me so much. These are the people I look up to most in the world. It kind of feels like finding out Santa Claus isn't really. My parents are mere mortals, and older people at that. I had thought my dad was just losing his hearing and/or being lazy with listening. But I now think he might have some early signs of memory loss. My mom agrees, which makes me think I was just choosing the alternative story out of preference? Example: He has always been an audo-phile. He loves movie equipment, sound equipment, etc. One of his favorite pasttimes has been to show a summer movie outside on a 16mm projector. Now he had not done it since the previous summer, and maybe only once then. But when we went over to do this with him a couple weeks ago, he seemed confused. He kept asking US the questions about which projector or telling us he didn't know where his sound equipment was. It was very bizarre. Almost as though he were drunk...but not. I'm really hoping that it's a one-off but it just made me sad. I have this sinking feeling of never being able to do everything with them that I want.

Reading about Liz's journey with her husband...wow you deserve so many metals. And then I start to think about the fact that my husband is 14 years my senior. I've made him promise to live to be 94 lol. But I have so much respect and empathy for those of you taking care of parents, spouse, children, whomever.

And I guess to bring this full circle, I'm here trying to seek balance to live a healthier life, but to not forget to live life!!

My son had a hair which almost cut off his toe when he was a couple of months old too. I had him in an infant seat with his feet facing me and noticed that his toe seemed swollen. It was cut down essentially to the bone. We took him to the ER to get it removed. The nurses were chuckling about how common it was especially on toes but sometimes little boys would have it happen around their penis. That is apparently more dangerous and requires more finesse to remove. When the nurse said that every man in the room cringed!

Good Morning All, Arrived safely at the farm and sipping tea. Will go check the cows shortly now I have some light. And then pop over to SIL's to let out her chooks and ducks. Im on farm duty till we leave Sunday

Will do some cooking for other SIL too. Try and get a couple of meals done

This afternoon will be the start of the mowing if not too wet. Need to get on top of it all before we go and only have 2 weekends left up here

Ann - Have a great trip :) Catching up with friends warms the soul

DD- Hope you have a good flight and enjoy Ireland. Its stunning

BB- So glad they worked out quickly what was wrong with Charlotte. Poor Bubba. Its hard with your parents isnt it ..... Having just spent a week with my mum it was a timely reminder for me too. I was shocked at how much shes slowing down. Its hard to see and moreso face. Big hugs

Liz - Hope your outing went well with DH

Peps - Welcome back :) Glad you had a good time. Bummer about being back at work

Hello to anyone else who follows. I best go start my day

S

Greetings Marvelous Ones

Still at 160. I was down yesterday but forgot to post. Its my punishment. I ate a healthy dinner of chicken stir fry with water chestnuts last night. I actually ate too much and felt crappy even though it seemed like a modest portion. Guess water chestnuts are filling. Dogs got the last of the chicken.

The naked lady lilies are flowering now. They are beautiful but they are always a sign that summer is nearing an end. Seems it hardly got started. I will post a deck picture soon. The giant climbing rose is kind of low on blooms and I was hoping it would be at peak. It has engulfed the tool shed which was the idea. I will also post another picture of my heather garden which I especially like.

DH fixed our toilet. It was an expensive one and he had to explain to me in great detail what the part was and how it worked. I really don't care, do you? I had visions of coming home to a flooded bathroom but not so. Should have had more faith.

Tomorrow I have a zillion things to do; gallery, board, payroll and bla bla bla. So it goes.

Its still unusually hot here - like 70 degrees and everyone is complaining. Beach trip needed.

Ann, the book sounds good. I am still studying Brene Brown.

Safe travels all. Enjoy Ireland DD. You will. Diane S

My heather garden:

That's beautiful, Diane!!

Gorgeous!