04/18/21, SUNday

We sold our snow blower and signed a year's lease within the same hour. We were able to successfully modify our AirBnB from three weeks to two, as we can move in to our home 05/14/21. We'll take two vehicles down and leave my Forester in Green Cove Springs. We'll take the Ram back to NY in late May, to finish packing up NY house. I posted pictures on FB TT page. Lists, lists, lists !! I need a puppy to cuddle !

Congratulations again, Diane. We had no doubt that you would find find something quickly. I'm sure you will be ready to go right on time. It looks like a terrific place!

Justice and I leave late afternoon to drive from Mike's place to mine. I pick up the SILs a bit after 8 tonight from the airport in the next town. Though I am looking forward to seeing them I am already not liking the thought of separation from Mike. We went to 3 of our favorite places for lunch, music and then dinner yesterday. Today we will go to the usual Sunday breakfast place and to the Beach Club midday for one last time. So hard to leave here!

I hope the puppies and Mama Tesla are doing well!

Have a safe and healthy Sunday!

Weight 184.4. Three mile walk.

Nothing on tap for today really. It's going to be hot, very dry, and really windy today. My least favorite weather. It makes me so irritable. It's already 80 and not even 10am.

I was craving something salty at 9:30 last night and managed to avoid eating. Those moments are real wins as my inner food voice is very persuasive and does not give up easily.

I hope everyone has a good day!

Cecily, ignoring that inner voice pleading for salt is indeed a big win. I think part of me still remembers the first post surgery years when the siren call of food was really muted. I need to pull up my big girl panties and accept that things are different now, and I need to build new strategies, because, currently, I would have looked for something salty. I would still try to make the least damaging choice, but I'd would have given in. Something for me to think more deeply about.

That voice is so persistent! It was bargaining with me, calculating calories and telling me it wouldn't be so bad, trying to get me to just have one Triscuit to taste the salt (no one has ever just eaten one Triscuit), dangling the presence of Goldfish crackers downstairs in front of my brain. Very much the devil on my shoulder. To resist feels like a physical struggle to not get up and head to the kitchen.

When eating right feels easy, it's because there is no trace of that voice and I sail through the day. But when I fall short, it's because of that voice convincing me to make choices I know I shouldn't make. So weird to feel like an outside foe lives inside my head.

One tribe member bursting with excitement to leave, one tribe member reluctant to leave, both having their own awesome reasons! Me, I'll be staying right here, and racking leaves off a flowerbed that were serving as mulch.

Dinner out last night was awesome! Great to see our friends. We made tentative plans to travel to Sonoma in June. If that doesn't work out for them, DH and I will probably go to Miami. DH already has the approved vacation time, so our friends are looking to see if they can also get time off the same week.

Today will be some more yard work, and a few other chores. It's still at least 3 weeks from being able to put in any bedding plants, but I could pot up some pansies. If I get my chores done, I may go looking for some.

What exciting changes ahead, Diane Mc. I am going to check out your pics on TT and will comment there. Liz, I love how your togetherness tolerance has changed over the last several months. It's wonderful to see new relationships expanding and the joy that it brings. I am, like Diane C., happy to have a "comfortable as an old tee shirt" relationship! There is something to be said for the familiarity of 30 years of knowing someone.

Puppy update, please!!!!!

Ceci, sorry you are getting the Santa Anas today! Boooo...... We have hardly a breeze today.

Diane C., just putting it out there.... the Plaza in Sonoma is 47 miles from my house - an hour's drive. Even with your friends along, a quick cup of coffee might be in order.

Same old, same old here. Weight is the same. Did a boot camp session with my trainer and three of her other regulars yesterday. Was fun - especially since I haven't done any type of gym thing with "strangers" in well over a year now. It was also all outdoors, which was wonderful in the spring sunshine. I'm feeling the workout a bit today. The soreness is reminding me that I need to include working my legs in my workouts regularly.

Had an interesting conversation with one of my brother in laws on Friday night. Haven't seen him since before Covid. He has been doing NOOM and has lost a lot of weight. He is too thin for my liking (6'1" and weighs 160), but he feels great. He loves how Noom has taught him about calorie dense foods, how to achieve moderation, how to manage emotional eating, etc... Ron is now considering Noom.

I am always working on my eating in some form or other. I'm currently using the Fat Secret app to track and am also continuing keeping my food journal going. Tracking on the app is good for one kind of data. The journal is good for tracking the emotional and though processes behind my eating. I've taken to making notes about my thoughts around impulsive eating and now have started to include the thought processes that drive some of my healthier choices.

It is the height of spring green here. My favorite time of year in my garden. It's well over 80 degrees already and should hit over 90 today. I am really excited about the coming construction and the gardening that will bring about. The dogs are all sunning themselves on the "grass". The turf absorbs some heat from the sun and the French Bulldog LOVES it!

I am going to putter today.... a little this and a little that. So off I go....

If the Sonoma trip comes to be, definitely need to have that coffee and an in person chat.

Greetings from Puppy Central

Forgive me if I am not responsive to everyone's posts. I am so obsessed with these puppies! We just weighed them and they have all gained weight. So far the only names are Fat Boy and Bat Girl. Bat girl has a white chest marking in the shape of a little bat. They all have some sort of marking which is how we tell them apart. First is a tiny spot, second an arrow head shape, third is bat girl, fourth is fat boy, fifth is a tiny triangle.

Tesla is a super vigilant mom. We wait until she goes out, shut the door and weigh the pups and change bedding. She barely leaves for 30 seconds. I hand feed her in the nest. Chip has shown only minimal interest but we keep him away for now.

DH has been terrific on doing laundry for a the bedding towels. We are using our food scale to weigh the pups. So much for our portion control.

DianeM yay for you guys on the rental. Looks wonderful. You all will have such a great time exploring a new place.

Peps thanks for all your help. Little bat girl is now over 5 ounces. She is the runt.

My phone is acting up on photo mail. something is off. must consider it - later. All I want to do is watch puppies.

DianeS

Post some more pics on TT when you can tear yourself away from the cuties!