Thursday, September 19, 2024

Weight 118.8. Up a bit which is good (since I am still below my desirable range). I ate a pretty healthy portion at lunch and dinner yesterday. I am dropping my tirzepatide dose from 5 to 2.5 today. We shall see how that goes over the next week or so.

Nine days to DD's wedding. My eldest DD (stepdaughter with late husband) arrived last night around 11:30 from NJ. She will be here through the wedding, and has a house closing nearby to go through too as she is selling her deceased aunt's home.

Soon to be married DD called last night after picking up her wedding dress. She is very happy with the alterations whi*****luded adding a bustle. I was given instructions about decorating on the wedding day and what to do about food for the makeup/hair session. Then she worried a bit about the fact that they don't have the wedding ring yet (it was due yesterday). Pre-wedding jitters!

Eldest DD is up and chatting. Have a thrifty Thursday!

10 am update: Photo sorting 100% done!!! I finished sorting through deceased daughter's personal pictures this morning. So glad to be done.

132.8

Liz, congratulations on the completion of your photo project. Certainly, now with that open time space, you might just want to mosey on over my way and help me sort out the gazillions of albums presently residing all over the living room (sorry, Paula, I call first dibs). It's not like you have any imminent, important wedding obligations, and I will get you back in time for DD's walk down the aisle- Promise!

Coffee with DH in the kitchen watching the birds, mostly Robins, splash around in the birdbath. Lovely day, but going to be hot- maybe the last 90's+ of the year. Got my fingers crossed for that one hard frost followed by a colorful and long Indian summer.

Today is my projected last day of house arrangement (mostly lamp/lighting and decorative items placement) leaving wall artwork for last. ****ly, how does the Michigan barn painting look, and where will/did you place it?

Woke late and it's about time to close windows as the sun is chasing the cool night breezes away. Smiling your way today and have a good one.

LOL! So you moved all the photos to your new home? I did that for my prior 2-3 moves but I just won't have the storage space anymore so it was time.

Yah, I ran out of time before the move to do it right so it was take all or nothing at all (and of course, I couldn't do that). Loved your idea about winnowing out scenic views. 21 huge albums and aiming to cut in half.

Ditto Miss150's praise re ditching the scenic views photos. Good principle.

You describe my favorite kind of morning, watching the birds cavort, savoring the morning breeze before the heat comes, DH close by.

Congrats on finishing the photo sorting! I realized long ago I'm great at starting projects, but not at finishing them. So go you!

185.8 this morning. I haven't seen that number in a long time.

The flight was wonderful and uneventful. Such a luxury. Home safe and sound. Before I could do anything else, I vacuumed the whole house. Dust, dog hair, and dead scorpions. The dreaded 3 Ds. Thankfully they were all dead, but I really didn't need to see 7 of them. So defeating. Then on NextDoor this morning a neighbor posted asking for a scorpion sting remedy since she was stung on her lower back this morning sitting down on her couch with a cup of coffee!! Whole new vistas of things to worry about.

After the vacuuming yesterday, I went to leave and the exit gate to our neighborhood wouldn't open. It's our only way out. Lots of back and forth with the board president and the repair guy and neighbors who had workmen that couldn't get out. He came and fixed it, then it broke again this morning! More back and forth. Before the guy could get here to fix it (which took 2 hours, another big problem), a dump truck tried to get out the entrance and ripped the steel gates off the wall and broke both gear boxes. The gates are irreparably mangled and we'll need to have new ones fabricated. The dump truck company said they will pay for it. It's going to be pricey. Next up is meeting with the sheriff's department this afternoon to file a report in case the company balks once the estimates come back. And while that's happening a bunch of fire rescue trucks came through to rescue a hiker as our neighborhood back fence was closer to the victim. Pandemonium! My neighbor who I really like jokingly said, "you know everything was just fine until you came home..." Ha!

The repairs are happening to my deck and it looks incredibly torn up, but like he is doing a super job. The wallpaper in my power room looks great.

Just walked the dog - it's a gorgeous day. It's interesting how different the light is here vs Michigan this time of year. In MI, it's a gold glow as the sun is getting low in the sky. Here it's still high up and incredibly bright. Lots of balloons this morning over the house. Kirby had forgotten about them and barked up a storm upon hearing/seeing them. So vicious...

I think that's it. Need to go rustle up some lunch. Take care all!

Welcome home! Too bad about the gate business, which sounds like a big inconvenience in addition to being pricey to fix.

Just noticed, I'm 4.2 pounds less than my driver's license! And I was lying when I gave that one!

Bonnie, my painting isn't hung yet. My decorator asked me to collect paintings with black frames for a collage wall in the family room. I'm up to 4, need more...

What better milestone! How often do we actually weigh less than the stated weight. I think I'm now shorter than it says on my driver's license, so I've had weight loss and height loss!