Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Weight 119.4. I guess it was elevated the last few days by eating carby foods I hadn't had for a long time. A day of eating like normal brought it back where it was before the wedding weekend.

I forgot to mention that DD's new MIL who went to the hospital the afternoon of the wedding is fine. It was a combination of dehydration and anxiety that caused her issues. Sad that she missed the reception.

DD is a bit annoyed at her birthmother for posting lots of pictures of her daughter's wedding before my DD did. She does have a hard time understanding social etiquette. Also DD felt that her birthmother was implying that she had something to do with making the wedding happen which also annoyed DD. I'm not too bothered, but because DD is tagged in the pictures she feels her FB friends will be confused. Not all of them know she was adopted.

Yesterday furniture being taken by 3 family members was moved out. DS packed his remaining stuff in a truck and left for Portland at 5 am this morning. DS's birthmother came in the afternoon and took LOTS of stuff I had to get rid of (decorative stuff, pictures, deck plants, lamps, small furniture items). Yay!

This morning I need to pack the kitchen stuff we are taking - the movers come at 10 to take the 2 rooms of furniture we are bringing plus as many boxes as are ready and they can fit. We will stay at DH's home at night from now on though I will be back on Thursday to put out donations for pick up by the Epilepsy Foundation, pack anything remaining of ours, and get the bigger donations which Epilepsy won't take organized.

So much work left to do before we finally go to Florida and rest. Have a tubular Tuesday!

Best wishes, Liz, on getting everything else done this week. I am sure you'll do so. Again, you are the most impressive organizer I have ever known. Seriously.

The photos you've posted of the wedding are lovely. Among other things, I love the grey suits on the guys. I also think the flip flops on the bridesmaids' footsies were perfect.

I've been being lazy lately re decluttering. It's time to "get up and be somebody," the catchphrase we use when we are encouraging ourselves to get to work. But right now I'm going to finish the NYT Spelling Bee and Wordle and drink some more coffee. :)

I love Spelling Bee!

The Spelling Bee is the very first thing I do every morning (after weighing and making coffee). Then I do Wordle, Connections, and Sudoku (hard). I'm hopelessly addicted to those kinds of puzzles.

In my former life I was a project planner for many years. I guess it comes in handy sometimes!

That must indeed account for a lot of your skills. Those are great life skills to have.

Liz, didn't you say DS's apartment was already packed with furniture? Where will he put the new stuff? You should be a professional move organizer if you ever want a post-retirement job.

Lazy day yesterday with minimal HOA drama encroaching, which was much needed. The drama is still there, it just wasn't directed at me yesterday. It is still HOT here. Hopefully relief next week.

I have an appointment at a framer's shop in Flagstaff today to put new liners in two paintings from my parent's house (the ones with mystery stains on the linen liners, which I thought were mats, but was corrected by the framer lady when describing). Hopefully since I'm not replacing the frames, it will not be as expensive as framing usually is! I was thinking of dropping Kirby at the doggie daycare up there for a practice run. He needs dog socializing as evidenced by his meeting with Archie the other day. And it's about 10 degrees cooler up there in Flag (ha, what the locals call it). That will require driving up there twice unless I can find enough to do up there (doubtful), but that might be okay. It's a gorgeous drive.

183 (I saw 182.8, but reweighed just to be sure and always take the higher number). Tomorrow is shot day.

I feel awful for the people of North Carolina. I researched that area of the Blue Ridge mountains quite a bit when deciding where to move, so the towns, the highways, the rivers, all sound familiar. My cousin just bought a home in Brevard not far outside Asheville, which is on the high side of the river so while it's okay, there are no roads left in or out, and no services expected for at least 2-3 weeks. Nature is a powerful force.

Hair shedding has finally caught up with me after 8 months on the meds. That's really not too bad in my book and certainly better than any historical weight loss I've had. I'm stepping up the protein and the iron, both of which I got a little lazy about over the last few months. Getting my hair cut Friday which should help with volume.

I think that's all that's going on in my sphere. Hope you all have a great day!

I have never lost hair when I lose weight - I guess I am lucky.

Yes, DS has too much furniture but he only took two furniture pieces - the rest were pictures and kitchen stuff. One was a butcher block island which he now has against his wall in the kitchen and plans to get 2 stools for so he can both work on it and eat at it - he doesn't have any dining space otherwise. The other piece is a daybed with a trundle under it for his second bedroom/office. It should fit okay.

160.2, Grrrrrrr. Up again for no reason except maybe calories are too low and my body is in preservation mode.

We lost a beautiful maple tree after putting that curb surround around it (they warned us that it could happen as they have to cut some roots to get the curbing in). We cut the tree down ourselves but needed to get the stump ground down. Called a few weeks ago and we were told about a week. We asked for a couple of day's notice so we could take out our rubber mulch to reuse (that stuff is expensive) and save the hosta plants in the area. Got a text at 11:15 saying they will be out today! Guess what we have been doing since then? DH isn't happy!

Time to figure out lunch! We went out for Asian food last night and I have tons of red curry Thai shrimp left! Can't decide if that will be lunch or dinner!

Asian food is often pretty salty. I would blame the uptick on that!