VSG Maintenance Group
Thursday, July 11, 2024
I hated peri-menopause. Such a relief when it all just stopped. You can be sure that it is wreaking havoc on your weight. I knew it was finally done when I realized I had fuzz on my upper lip and cheeks that I had never had before.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Greetings all
Sunny but cool today. Perfect for me. I washed my hair and stopped by the accountant to finalize our taxes. New staff person there is very nice and capable. Hope this person stays.
Then I went to the studio and made some new stuff. I really need to step it up as my gallery area is empty. A couple of things sold today. I sold over $1000 last month. These things are little gee gaws. Hardly high end art. Lots of sales today.
CC so Kirby has discovered deer poo. Congrats and enjoy.
Yeah Liz sounds like the house your DD has is a tear down. A friend of mine recently had to deal with a house in Topanga Canyon. It's also a tear down and full of stuff to boot. She found someone to buy it will all the crap left in place. Bulldozer time. But it sounds like DD place has stuff worth saving. What a job it would be to be a professional sorter of that stuff! I talked to a lady at a thrift store one time and she said she loved seeing what stuff came in to the store. To me, working at a thrift store would be the Little Shop of Horrors!
Peps I hope you can get that Uber to the sea in Carmel. What a great place to be. hope you are having some luck. What are you doing in North Dakota? Shows? Fargo has some. Never went to those.
DD glad you have nice weather. It's such a tonic. So much influence on mood and wellbeing. Enjoy.
DH had another vein sealing procedure today. More to go on the other leg. It seems to be no big deal but sounds icky to me. He brought some deli wraps home. Guess he is tired of being a vulture eating the chicken corpse. Costco chickens are so giant it takes days for us to eat. This one may be consumed by the raptor terriers.
There is a bear in our neighborhood. It's been spotted at the end of our street and also in a field back behind us. It's a cinnamon colored bear and is quite impressive looking; now known as the "Little Pond" bear. It seems to have learned the garbage schedule. There is a green belt and creek and scraggly woods behind us so I guess thats where it hides out. But there is also a homeless camp (allegedly I have not seen it).
Paula good to hear that DC is doing better. Major mood lifter for you.
Cheers. Diane S
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Fun having DH's bro and sis-in-law around...but their youngest brother, 17 years my DH's junior, is having some serious health issues and lives far away in New Orleans...looooonnnnnggggg sad story, including encephalitis in his mid 20s, a RARE usually fatal cancer in his 40s and now a weird slow brain bleed of unknown origin in his late 50's. He is financially in dire straits, as in, we had to pay his premium to keep his health care insurance current, (but "just as soon as I land this next job it will be fine!") and has alienated all of his siblings to some extent for a lot of reasons that would take volumes to unpack. He has NO clue how to manage money and is approaching 60 years old. My DH is 76, the eldest, and he has had Parkinson's for 16 years now and we are dealing with A LOT. I/we just can't take on much more...so stress....
Ugh. Sorry...
L.
on 7/12/24 4:50 am
I'm sorry! How stressful to have that added burden, both financially and emotionally. I think every family has at least one similar individual that is a lightning rod for misfortune, and often (to carry on the metaphor) intentionally stands outside in a thunderstorm with a golf club pointed at the sky...
Ours is my middle cousin, though no health issues other than being bipolar (and mostly manic). Also 60, never held a job in his life. My older cousin manages his money because he will spend it all on his hobby du jour. Or weed. He has burned most family bridges.
