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Greetings all

The sun is just now peeking out after a drizzle morning. I am slowly getting organized for Halloween. Made a chore list and got started with stuff like washing table cloth and wiping place mats and clearing table clutter and cleaning the glass table top. I also went on the hunt for certain nice serving dishes I have not seen since last Halloween. Some located. I wonder what it would be like to have a nice always picked up house so that unexpected drop in guests are ok. Don't think I will ever be such a person though when I was single I kept the living/dining entry area tidy.

Liz is the spot removal for a medical reason or cosmetic? I seem to have a few of those in spite of my aversion to sun. Oh well. Glad it is going well. Good idea to make the bucket list of travel. Be sure to include the real redwoods and the Oregon coast.

Such parental drama DD. Been there done that. Your mother is probably as angry at her own confusion as she is at everyone else's perceived infractions. Crazy Pat never did learn the lesson that if you are cranky and *****y to everyone they won't come and visit you. Good luck with your mother's birthday. And yay Galveston sounds like a hoot. Ghost tours!! We were too chicken to take the ghost tour in Edinburgh. We did once take the ghost tour of the Queen Mary in Long Beach. Kind of fun but no ghosts appeared.

Peps good on you for a slow day. Takes awhile to get over feeling guilty for goofing off. Glad weight is on the decline. Slow and easy does it.

Paula your kids will regret not taking that stuff. We only have a little left of our stuff and I wish I had taken better care of it. Their choice I guess. But the march to Florida must go on!

Chili over potatoes tonight. Gotta shop tomorrow.

The other day I got some lemon basil quinoa from the hippie deli. Really good. It is supposedly a high protein grain that is gluten free. Might have to do more of that though I doubt anyone would sign up to watch me eat it.

Diane S

Good for you for getting the extra sleep! You obviously needed it and no, you certainly don't have to be productive all the time!

Yes, you are entitled to some "unproductive" down time. Rest is not wasted time, it's fuel for later.

DiamondD, your Galveston trip sounds delightful! A ghost tour!!!! I would like to do one of those sometime. I hear you, too, on travel nutrition. It's hard to focus on macro balance while on a trip. Except on the cruise where it was easy to focus on nutrition, I find when I travel I gradually tend to drift towards high carb eating. Plain and simple, it's easy. Luckily, I don't drink so liquor never enters my equation...

Liz, you're right about my NUT. She came to her profession via her own recovery from an eating disorder. I think that's why our work is productive. She really understands the the behavior and thinking that comes with an eating disorder and the time it takes to recover and change the destructive behaviors. As for the filler, I think you'll be happy as long as you are not expecting dramatic change. I found the filler was subtle, but I did like it. I was never quite satisfied with the fullness outcome. But, my lips were another of my perceived great imperfections...

203.8 today. I'll take it!

I napped and rested and slept like a log last night. Must have needed to catch up on some rest. I enjoyed my down time yesterday, but did feel a bit unproductive. Oh well... I'm entitled every so often, right?

Have a client dog today, but not much else on the books. Perhaps I will get some paper sorting done today. Dream on... LOL! I probably won't, but I do so desperately need to clean my office space. It's a shambles!

Superlative Sundays to all!

The bucket list travel is a great idea. The ones you both have on your lists would seem to be a priority. I know DH's bucket list is Japan. Not really that interested, but I will go since it is so important to him. His first memories are from Japan, he lived there as a toddler and preschooler when his Dad was stationed near Tokyo.

Sunny, and maybe 60 today. Fall colors here are peaking, and looked so pretty from the airplane when we were landing. The weather was wonderful in Galveston, mid 80s and sunny everyday. Except for a suprise downpour that rudely interrupted pool time, but passed fairly quickly. As we took shelter we were laughing as our weather apps on the phones continued to assert that there was 0% chance of rain. Some of the highlights: we went ona dolphin tour and they were very frisky and jumping and breaching the water. I loved it. We also did a duck boat tour, a ghost tour in our actual hotel, visited the Gulfport Museum in Port Arthur, spent an afternoon shopping on "The Strand" and ate lots and lots of great seafood along with some delicious drinks like Bee's Knees (a drink from the 20s made with gin, honey and prosecco). My BIL can talk and talk and talk, so many meals lasted a longtime. DH loves his stories, and chains into them. I find him interesting too, up to a point. When I've had my fill, I will suggest that they continue their conversation, but I need to go do X. Usually works.

My Mom sent me texts during the trip thst she was lonely, and she needed me, and she wished I'd come home. Sigh. Then some real drama when I got home. My nephew has a big Halloween Party every year, and he and his wife make a spooky trail in the woods for the kids. My Mom decided this year she is going (that's a whole nother story). She texted me that no one told her the party was tonight (this was Saturday) and no one picked her up, and she was so hurt she didn't want to see anybody, and she sent some texts to "the others" cancelling her birthday party Wednesday, because she was too betrayed. Plot twist, the party is next weekend. So she texted me this morning saying she apologized to my brother, and now to me, and the party could go forward. I just hope she didn't also text my nephew, because they were having a very exciting time this weekend, as they were able to move into their new house. But, in the end, none of this has anything to do with me, and they will all have to sort it out.

Today will be pretty laid back with paper reading, unpacking and laundry. DH said he would go to the store to pick up a few things, and I will do a more substantial trip Monday or Tuesday. I'm up about 2 pounds, which is quite manageable. I didn't do too badly on overall calorie intake, but I did not do well (except for the seafood) on nutrition. I will pay better attention to thst this week. Starting with my Fairlife Latte.