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Oh wow! Quite the travel plans!
Enjoy your patio time!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Good for you on your weight and exercise! Yay!
Agree about the politics, but don't feel bad for those that voted for the bozo. If they opened their eyes they would have known where this was going. He's doing everything he said he would!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Friends here is a link to a music video that our nephew and his college accapella group did for a contest 10 years ago. I hunted it down the other day for friends. Our nephew is the soloist wearing glasses. Worth a listen. DS
https://youtu.be/UXPnOMmHm_c?si=N_xAi9gVRtXSlyBn
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Greetings all
Sunny here today. I was up early by my standards and am still dawdling over coffee and computer stuff. Peps you are no doubt mastering the fine art of morning piddling. It is such a joy to not have to keep checking the clock in order to rush off at the last minute. In a few I will be off to the gym and studio for my usual activities. The sweet peas are growing slowly and I wish they would hurry up. Need a sweet pea fix.
Yes DD we are in a sort of constant state of worry in this house. DH gets especially offended by the tv news. He really needs to get out and do something. We are plotting to get him to go to this choir at the university which always needs good singers. We shall see. He is doing his monthly laundry marathon where once a month he does all his laundry after he is down to one pair of socks. It really is hard to watch the news and see people rationalizing policies that are just plain cruel and inhumane.
The palace sounds great Liz. Rest up for the big event and subsequent partying. Bulls tails - I assume that is the same as ox tails which I have eaten once. Really quite good.
Paula good of you to rescue DC1 from all the clutter. Methinks such people just kind of procrastinate little chores until they turn in to giant ones that seem impossible. (sort of like our bedroom closet).
DD ****tails on the porch. How relaxing. You got this down!! And what a great trip you have planned for fall.
Peps what dogs are you bringing to Ferndale? Looking forward to seeing you. Will take pictures so you can compare them to last time.
Well time for me to get moving. My favorite treadmill awaits.
Diane S
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Went to DC1s apartment and started to clear the clutter. They had 9 full sized bags of trash stuffed in a closet. I filled up at least another 4 and took it all out to the dumpster. Another 4 trips needed to get rid of broken down boxes and put in the recycling bin. They live in squalor, makes me sad. The cat was chasing something and I was sure it was going to catch a rodent or ****roach right in front of me! Thankfully she was just going after a toy! I only saw a few bugs, surprisingly and didn't see evidence of rodent droppings. Again surprisingly, since food scraps were everywhere. I brought home 5 garbage bags full of dirty laundry to do at home. I pray that adult child of mine gets some help!
Not much else has been done today. I'm still working on laundry. DH is napping due to vertigo symptoms again which is good because he was being an absolute grouch. Not sure if it was from the vertigo or if he is pissed about me helping out DC.
Have fun with pre wedding dinner with the parents Liz! Happy DH is there now to join you!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
My nephew, a supporter of the current administration, is on permanent disability for a TBI from 12 years ago. His short term memory is pretty shot, and he gets terrible headaches still. I worry he is going to lose all the protections and insurance coverage he currently qualifies for.
I worry about everything. I tell myself that's part of the plan: make everyone feel afraid. So, I cling to something I heard at DD's graduation: Joy is an act of resistance.
Resting briefly on the porch before I get ready to go out for an early dinner with DH and some friends. We are planning a short trip to the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York in September, so we'll discuss plans over a nice meal today, on a beautiful patio in Minneapolis. Traveling in September! I'm so excited. So my first BIG retirement trip is August 28 -September 10 with my DD to Scotland. When we come back, DH will meet me in Boston and we'll go to Rockport MA for 5 days, and celebrate our 38th anniversary. Then we'll drive to Ithaca NY and meet our friends. After 5 days in the area, we will return to Massachusetts, stopping to visit my Aunt and Uncle in Amherst. We'll also spend a night or two with DD, then back to Minnesota on September 20.
Yesterday was such a fine day. Gorgeous weather! Read the paper, worked out, went on a coffee date, shopped Costco, did some gardening, and finished the evening with some old fashioneds in the Adirondack chairs while the sun set.
Today I got a little bit late start, but did my workout, read the paper and tidied the kitchen. Time to go get ready for patio drinking on another stellar Minnesota summer day!
202.6 - easing on back down. Food has been generally on point since our return last week. I'm pleased with my swift progress back to my departure weight.
Back at the gym in full force, too. I feel good about that. Will do legs and then some sculpting today. I tend to stay away from focusing on specifics, but go more for overall functionality. Sculpting focus is a bit of a treat since it's easier to do - lighter weights and fewer muscles involved.
So, I know we tend to steer away from politics here, but I need somewhere to vent... I am thoroughly disgusted that that Big Beautiful Bill passed the Senate. I don't care what amendments were made. The bill is simply bad on so many levels. I feel for the people who voted for this current legislative climate believing they would be better off and are learning they got f*cked instead. I have yet met anyone who can spin doctor this legislation into a national benefit.
So that's it for me... Aye yi yi....
It's very disheartening to see our offspring struggle. For what it's worth, I totally agree with you helping them bring some order. They clearly don't want to live this way, but their mental health is complicated. If you can continue to help in a way that doesn't feel boundary crushing to you, what a gift you are giving them.
Horrific! Random violence is terrible for victims, survivors and mourners alike.
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
