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Goodness, hope your DS doesn't have Covid. Although you don't really need exposure to any kind of respiratory virus, Covid or not.
DH would never let a photograph leave our house! Or, so far, a Christmas ornament. The kids both have ornaments that are clearly for them some day, baby's first Christmas etc. but for now, they stay with us. He thinks his issue with stuff, especially sentimental stuff, stems from the many moves in the Air Force as a kid. He saw his treasures get added to the discard pile, and was helpless to get them back. Since he mostly can contain his stuff to certain areas I have ceded to it (areas with doors!) we can still have a harmonious life. I hope in the coming years we can weed it out though, so our children don't have to deal with it when we die.
Hornets are not good, but aren't their nests so beautiful? Once they are devoid of the living of course.
Special Ed specific back to school memo arrived in the in box this morning. As of now, my caseload is 19, which is much better than the 24 I started with last year. When I left in the spring, supervisor I did not like insisted I would need to case manage the student whose family lawyered up for every meeting again. She has since left, and the new hire *****mains heard me out, and did NOT assign this student to me. There will always be plenty of challenging cases to go around, so I asked him if I could have a different challenge this year, since I was kind of burnt out on this one. Yeah!
I am about half way through Apples Never Fall. I'm enjoying it very much. So part of today's plan will be to continue reading. And taking care of life's usual stuff.
It looks like the last week of break will be awesome weather, with sunny 80s heading our way!
It's a cool Monday morning here. We'll have lows this week in the 50s and highs in the low 80s. I'll continue declutterring this week. And we'll mow again. Our recent rains and cooling temps mean the grass won't be going dormant anytime soon.
We'll probably watch some convention stuff, and I'll call the bug service to come out for the annual termite inspection and to remove a monster wasp or hornet nest we discovered this weekend under the deck. But otherwise I have nothing more to report and no big plans.
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.
It is tiring though. DH has this tendency to pack a lot in. He will say that if we are here, we should also go there, and then because we are close to X, we should add something else in. He actually has recognized that he needs to start tempering that a bit in the future. We had fun the last 6 days but moving almost every day and driving a lot is getting tougher at our age.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Weight 120.8 - unchanged in 6 days. I guess that's good though I am low in my range. I have been at 5 mg of tirzepatide for 4 weeks now after stepping down from 7.5. If my weight goes down further I will drop down to 2.5.
We got home earlier than expected yesterday and were able to pick up Justice. He has been happy as a clam in my lap since then. It was raining when the baseball game we were supposed to go to was going to start so we decided to skip it. The game ended up being held after a 90 minute rain delay which is unfortunate because DD could have exchanged the tickets if it was cancelled entirely but can't now. I feel bad about that but sitting on wet seats and getting home really late after a long travel week was not appealing. Before we left we had breakfast out at the coffee shop we used to go to in my former home town, then lunch with DD and her fiancé.
Today I finally get my car! It's rainy so my other tasks include some house cleaning and putting green stickers on things other people in the family are going to take (I took pictures and put up a shared album so items could be claimed). I should also begin sorting through Christmas ornaments and pictures. The picture sorting is the toughest for me as the last time I did it was when eldest DD was dying and I was looking for good pictures of her specifically. No other sorting or tossing was possible at that time. I need to do it with vigilance now, sorting by kid and throwing out way more than I keep. The immediate goal is to get a few over time of DD with her eldest sister and her Dad that she can use at the wedding. That was DH's idea - he is good at this stuff. A number of years ago he went through this process, then made photo albums for each of his children which they treasure. Speaking of weddings, it is 5 weeks from this Saturday (and closing is 7 weeks from Friday)!!!!
Raining like crazy right now. There is no way Justice will let his paws outside in this so hopefully it will ease up in a bit so he can go out. Have a munificent Monday!
ETA: Just heard from DS that he is headed here with the cat and what sounds like COVID! He was supposed to come here for a couple of days while his apartment is being bombed for pests. Not a good situation. Feeling more than annoyed and nervous.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
We have a neighbor who I assume has the same condition as you based on your descriptions- he has had numerous surgeries on his hands. He is retired now but was lucky that he worked for a boss who owned the business and understood the issue. His boss helped work out how to handle work when he had to take time off (it was a job requiring some manual labor). Our neighbor actually tried to quit the last time because he was close to retirement age but his boss said no way - that he needed him a bit longer (and he wanted our neighbor's benefits to mature). They again figured out a way to manage it. There are kind people in this world.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I liked the characters in Ozark but the story was just too dark for me so I had to stop watching.
That reminds me that we need to do the same for season tickets to our theater. We do musicals - nice and light!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
That hotel is impressive.
Liz, you and your DH are the busiest (in a good way) people I know.
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.
Good on you, CC, for your cooking and for sharing the recipes. Impressive!
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.
Glad you solved the login mysteries. Sometimes happens to me, too. And congrats on the move part of the move being done. All these transitional phases are challenging.
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.
Greetings all
Gallery duty on this nice warm day. Quite a few people came in and it was fun. Sold some stuff.
I have made a decision to contact my hand surgeon. My fingers are getting worse and worse and I can't ignore it. Not looking forward to procedures as I have seen this movie before but not much choice. We shall see.
Yep horror movies are not my thing either. Don't like the anxiety they produce. We started a new series "Bad Monkey" last night on Apple. It's one of those quirky detective shows set in south Florida full of oddball people. My kind of show.
Liz sounds like the new in law family is great. Yay more fun.
Thats it. Hamburgers for dinner. Kiln opens tomorrow.
Diane S
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