Saturday, November 16, 2024

Love that suit, Peps! I bet it will look great on you.

More hiking today. I'm exhausted. She thinks 10 miles is short, so on our 4-5 mile jaunts, she's just getting going and I'm dying with the cumulative miles this week! Tomorrow we head to Santa Fe, so at least it's walking on pavement rather than rocky trails. My ankles will thank me. Here was today's hike:

I'm very ready to go back to my solo life. But it has been lovely to see her. Kirby will be boarded for the first time ever. I'm looking forward to a break from him too! He's exhausting with guests. Extra naughty.

They still have not found the young man. I read today his mom lost her daughter 2 years ago. My heart absolutely breaks for her.

No weighing this week. Will check Wednesday.

Diane, the train was very well done, but a long journey! The rocking nearly lulled us to sleep at the end. But they run a nice program. Here's a pic from that:

And one from an early morning hike:

Take care all!

I hear you about the ankles. I'm just now carving out some dedicated walking time and building up to former distance is proving challenging. I've noticed the muscles in my right foot and ankle seem to be weak, causing a bit of a glitch in my gait. Just so bothersome in just that place. Who'd a thought strong footing is so necessary when tramping around?

10 miles! I'm with you in a 4-5 mile max.

Trust me, we stopped at 5. I couldn't have gone a mile more. I think we've hiked 30 miles this week! I had 18,000 steps yesterday before my watch died.

Ten miles is a real hike, CC, especially on that kind of terrain. I'm proud of you. Not sure I could handle that distance right now, but it's interesting to think about doing those kinds of hikes again. I know I could work up to it, but it would be a season's accomplishment for me. Hmmm ....

We stopped at 5 yesterday! She does 10-15 mile hikes regularly. So I felt as if I was cheating her by running out of gas at 5 to 5.5.

133.8. Seems I've settled into a maintenance range also been hanging around this number for the last week or so. Makes daily logging a bit boring...and just the way I'd like to continue....

After scouting out the crawl space under house the other day and thinking about the what's and how's, I, today, decided to do some repairs on my own. 2+ hours positioned every which way but usual and acting like an 1880's Welsh coal miner....mission accomplished!

Total 100% NSV experience starting with being able to easily slipping through a 24x18 inch access and endless slithering around re wrapping insulation around ductwork and reconnecting two places where elbow joints had disconnected causing the duct to sag and gap. When I think of doing that weighing over 350#s....just, wow. I remember a time when even getting down on hands and knees was iffy and forget about getting back up.

Tomorrow, I'm designating every single sore spot on my body a badge of honor. Yes, indeedy.

Needless to say, I didn't make cheese today- somehow the heatproof kitchen gloves didn't arrive in the moving, and directions call for handling the balls straight out of the pot. Used the milk for cottage cheese and blew off the bread for another time. Liz, about cooking- I am totally over preparing every day meals..been there, done that but, love baking and creating foods from scratch that many think only come out of a can

I am amazed at what you are so brave to tackle! I might have tried in my 30-40's, but these days I hire someone (though I hate having to do that).

I swear, your underground adventure may be the most impressive NSV I've ever heard of! And not just physically, but mentally--by which I mean that you confronted doing something I would definitely never be able to muster the courage or self-confidence to do. My respect for you just bounced up a couple of standard deviations!