Monday, October 28, 2019

Another week has gotten away from me. It's been a busy one!

Weight was like 166.8. I can't believe it. I refuse. I was about 4lbs. lighter this time last week. Between alcohol, food, stress, time of the month maybe it's a blip. Sure prefer blips in the other direction.

Annual Halloween Party was Friday night and it was a good one. Every year I'm certain no one will attend. And this year I was more so convinced. I think probably because of all of the layoffs and moves, plus a lot more people with kids. And it was smaller. But we had 56 guests--which is still plenty!

Weather has been quite cold. Highs only in the low 40s the next several days. Why can't Oklahoma ever just do fall or spring?! So now of course I'm thinking we've bought all this Halloween candy and no trick or treaters will show up.

I've been really struggling with ?anxiety? recently over very miniscule "problems" like this. Or like how my brand new "microfiber" tablecloth has a grease stain that I have apparently set in after washing. Several examples like this and I know they are tiny but I cannot seem to shake them! Which makes me mad at myself because I feel like I'm almost tempting fate to give me "real" problems just so I can look back and wish I only had these problems again.

The holidays are upon us. I cannot believe it! I need to think about how and when I'm going to get everything done and how to stick to some semblance of an eating plan. I much prefer being closer to 160 than 170. The difference is huge in my mind. 162 is okay. 167 is not.

Go buy some DAWN dishwashing soap. Saturate the grease stain with the Dawn and let it set in for several hours. Then wash the table cloth as your normally would. The grease stain will be gone.

Wish I could take credit for that helpful hint, but it was taught to me by my personal laundry god, Ron. It never fails me. I have fixed so many "set in" grease stains on t shirts and polos using that method.

Even though I dried it? It makes me SO MAD at myself! I went over it with a fine-tooth comb, spotted everything, did that again when pulling it out of washer but it looked clean so I proceeded with drying it.

Will try that! I think I have Palmolive right now (and my husband doth complain lol. He want Dawn) so I'll pick that up and give it a whirl. Thanks Peps and Ron!

Hmmm I was always a very fluffy kid but completely escaped looking "budding" or "womanly." I don't even think I look budding now lol. But how awful for a poor kiddo to be in that situation.

Yup, even though you dried it! Believe me, I have saved many shirts after being dried! But, it's gotta be Dawn.

A bottle of Dawn lives on my laundry detergent shelf. It works great on grease stains - something I seem to be a magnet for!

I am, too! Don't know why, but I am much more so than Ron!

Greetings intrepid ones

still no power. Could come on any time or not for a couple of days. I so miss having news. Radio doesn't cut it. And it's kind of cold here. The dogs have found the sunny window spots and we opened the skylight shades to get more passive solar.

the dumb thing is that there is no wind here but they can't seem to divide up risk areas. Things are terrible to the south so I should be glad that the shutoff is all we have going on. But I can still ***** and will do so.

only one camp stove coffee so far. More needed.

over and out. Diane s

Hope you get power back soon - I bet the camping thing is getting very old very fast x

Good Morning All,

Sipping a second cup of tea and enjoying being back. Another early night last night which helped.

Todays agenda is to continue with work catch up and wash all the puppies beds as it will be a nice day. DH and I will take them down for baths when he gets home as I have dinner already organised. They can dry off inside overnight but tommorrow will be nice and warm so that will help too.

I plan to roast veggies to make up a frittata for DH and I's dinner tommorrow night. It will either do us 2 nights or I will freeze half. Need to use up the leftover Veg in the fridge - always a good way to eliminate waste. If I have enough I will make a second one for our neighbours and pop it across. Chooks are only laying one egg a day at the moment

Thats about it for me. I had best go start my day

Love to you all

S

My big victory today, I didn't take any of the free cookies in the staff lounge. And I seem to be just fine. All the lies my sugar craving brain told me, were in fact, not true. I was not hungry, I did not deserve a treat (at least not this kind), there will be more cookies another day, just one will matter...

My son is moving in two days and has turned down all of my offers to take him shopping for his new apartment. He says he'll buy things as he needs them. I cannot convince him that he needs at the bare minimum a shower curtain liner and hooks to hang it. Hmpff. How can he deny me my fun? You'd think it was his life the way he's acting.