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Lucky you to have a baby cuddling day! I'm also not sure I will ever be a grandmother which still surprises me in a lot of ways because I became a mother at such a young age and my oldest daughter always loved children.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
What a difference you made in the futures of those kids! I hope you have that opportunity in your last year.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I have similar feelings about selling my house. It is the right decision but I am really going to miss it.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Red rice yeast? What is that? Do you sprinkle it on food? My DH doesn't really like ratatouille either, but I still make one big pot right about now when the farmers markets are bursting with all the goodies. I portion it up and freeze it. It heats up nicely.
Greetings all
Another beautiful day here. Sunny and breezy. Started the day with visit to doctor to fog mirror. My cholesterol is high and always has been but it's worse. He wants me to do red rice yeast since lipitor made me miserable. He is so funny. He told me I had plenty of attitude. LOL got that right. Then I went to the studio and made a few things. Power washing is going on outside my window so thats kind of noisy. Stopped at the hippie health food for a few things including red rice yeast. There was a farmers market outside so I got some green beans and cherry tomatoes. I would like to make rattatouie but DH hates it.
CC it seems your dad is experiencing some aging stuff. I have observed some older people lose a bit of their "finesse" in social situations and sometimes react in a slightly childish way. Crazy Pat had those issues big time and was angry and cranky a lot and it helped me to think of it as aging and not just that she was a mean witch! Sorry you and Claudia have to deal with it. And teenage Kirby must be a handfull. My niece the vet checked the bones of the puppy she got from me before she was spayed to insure bone development was sufficient. But that was a small dog. She things animal welfare groups have pushed veterinary opinion into early spay neuter and its best to wait. I let all my puppy buyers choose since I knew they were not going to haphazardly reproduce.
DD how cool is that reading program!!! It must be awful to be a kid and go to school and not being able to read well which makes everything else impossible. I think kids need to start learning to read from birth by hearing language and being read to. I feel lucky to have had parents that recognized this and I can't remember not knowing how to read. It's such a gift. You are a gift to your students!
Liz hope you get rodent free car soon. I saw some internet post about anti rodent spray for cars. Who knows.
Great job Paula on 21 lbs. Good on you for baby duty. Such a sweetie.
Ann enjoy your lazy summer days. Thats what summer is for.
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21 lbs. down! 40 to go! 1/3 of the way there in 2 ish months isn?t bad. Need to go clothes shopping in my closet. 12?s are officially too big (at least the pair of pants I have on today). If I can easily slip them off without unbuttoning or unzipping, I declare them too big!
Spent 4 hours of my day cuddling a baby. Our Bible study couple that are new parents needed a break and needed to get caught up on some sleep so ?Grandma? Paula came to their rescue. Not sure if I will have my own grand babies or not, so gotta get those snuggles in any chance I can.
Got a denial from the Pharm manager for my insurance for the Tirzepatide. Not sure why yet and not sure if it is worth fighting. Nobody wants to pay for things without a fight anymore! I remember how much I had to fight the insurance companies when Ben was battling cancer. Refusing scans after he had a reoccurrence of his cancer! Pissed me off royally!
Rainy, cooler day today. Perfect for baby snuggles! Gotta heat up last night?s leftovers soon! DH will be home from work any minute!
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!
DD, that story about your and your students' learning successes seems to me to be THE BEST POST HERE EVAH!
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.
At last you'll get your car back! Rodents of all kinds are a plague!!!
Another relaxing day. I got up, did a few things, went to workout, and now I'm on the porch with a book and a protein drink.
I decided not to do the training. I was tempted both by the extra cash, learning with a select group of co-workers about what I think could be a valuable initiative to help students. But in the end, with our department still in an upheaval, and unknowns about shifting job responsibilities in the face of a possible staffing shortage, I decided to be cautious about making additional commitments of time and energy.
As it is, I will be getting close to 50 hours of training this year on reading. Minnesota passed a law called the Read Act, and its a pretty rigorous push for more robust reading education and interventions. I had great success with a reading intervention for many years called Read 180. Probably the highlight of my career when I would have 9th graders come in reading at a 3rd grade level, and have them finish the program at or close to grade level in two years. Several of my reading students went onto 4 year colleges. I loved teaching it and having the same group of students two years in a row. Then my district decided to offer it in elementary, and said there would be no need for the high school program. Sigh. And yet I continue to have 9th graders who can't read. Anyhow, I am excited for this new reading push, and maybe I'll get to make a difference for some kids in my last year.
My weight is crazy stable. It typically doesn't fluctuate more than half a pound for weeks at a time! Still fighting to get a minimum acceptable level of protein. I think I'm hitting the goal more days than not.
on 8/15/24 12:25 pm
I mentioned it to Claudia. At first i chalked it up to a lousy July with his stent infection followed by Covid. Now he's irritated that one of their boats is broken and it's been more than a week and it hasn't been fixed. And he gets tired faster. Today he was good. The dog sets him off a lot. It's like a transient crotchetiness we didn't have before. Something to keep an eye on, but other than moodiness, his health is good right now and his memory/mind is excellent.
