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It is really hard to decide what to keep and what to toss, especially for a deceased loved one. Both current DH and I have saved stuff that we can't quite part with yet. What a great quote on the kitchen remodel! Appliances will for sure add to that (says the woman who has replaced the refrigerator, microwave, range and now dishwasher in her kitchen!)
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!
Greetings all
Checking in before I go out and about today. I plan to stop at the gym and studio before our piano thing tonight. So looking forward to getting DH out of the house. It's sunny but chilly today and thats ok. It is november. Our football team has no game today so we won't add a loss to DH list of grievances about the universe.
Well Bonnie, good luck with going under the house to look for ducts. Gotta admit I would hire that one as well. Many years ago we had the ductwork in our attic looked at and figured out it was not connected to anything and we were just heating the attic and not much else. Fixed that. Much better. Hate the idea of crawling in to such a space. More power to you.
Ann the remodel sounds great. Cost sounds great for a whole kitchen. Best part is DF is figuring it all out. All you have to do is wind up your old house! Piece of cake! Enjoy the process. Peanut butter and whiskey.
Yep Liz, pontoon boat sounds about right. Speed on a boat is not appealing. Glad it was fun.
Not much else. This is a really slow time of year for me. Christmas stuff is starting to show up. We are invited to friends for Thanksgiving so I will be spared the ordeal of cooking though I feel I must help my friend more than usual as this is the one who was so sick last summer.
Can't remember if I mentioned that one of my high school friends has died. Part of our 12 girl clique. This is the first one of our immediate group to pass. Guess we are getting to that time of life. RIP Jeanette.
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Howdy, y'all. So here's how it's going for me: Last night after yesterday's packing and errands I was whipped, fell into bed at 5:30 pm ate dinner (a whiskey and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich), and fell asleep trying to watch television. I got a GREAT night's sleep!
Predictably, I awoke before 4:30 am and have had a productive and fun morning. I tackled some things that require a lot of concentration like going through all my jewelry choosing what I really love and what to gift and toss. I did the same with my husband's last dresser drawers that I hadn't fully sorted through yet and figured out what his children needed, what I wanted to keep, and what it's time to donate or throw away. As some of you know, those kinds of decisions about a deceased, beloved spouse's belongings can take years to confront and think clearly about.
Back in KY, DF is poring over remodeling architectural drawings. Last night he sent me the CAD drawings for the new kitchen (which is a considerable reconfiguring project) and then asked me to guess what the contractor's budget (without appliances) was. I guessed $60K, and then he said the bid was only $18.5K. I almost had an ******! This morning he reported with pride that he's discovered the kitchen island needs to be moved 2" in one dimension and 2" in the other dimension. He's loves this stuff and is good at it. Thank God, because it is not my forte.
Tonight I'm having dinner with friends which will be lovely. An old friend is back in town for a visit after moving to Minnesota, and we're looking forward to hearing about her new life up there. This is an age when so many of us are creating new lives, whether by choice or cir****tances. If you young whippersnappers don't know this yet, growing older requires courage and going to the gym, which I can't wait to get back to when this bloody move is over!
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.
CC, forgot to way that once at a dinner party I had leg cramps (in my inner thighs) so severe that I asked someone to drive me to the emergency room. Shockingly for a Saturday night, I saw a doctor within 15 minutes, and by then the pain was subsiding. He just told me to drink lots more water, take some electrolytic fluids, and come back if I ever had any more problems like that. I've had cramps since, but never anything nearly as severe as that episode.
My takeaway: Sometimes our bodies are just weird.
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.
151.9. Down again, if only by a smidge!
On the docket for today is bringing up medium and some small clothes from the basement and bringing down the large ones! I?m mostly in a size 6 pant now and medium and sometimes small shirt. I can?t believe the amount of size 2 clothes I have downstairs (I hardly remember being that small) It looks like I skipped size 4 altogether (or I just have not found that pile yet). It will be nice to wear some ?new? clothes.
DS3 hanging out today. He loved his meatballs with mushroom gravy! I don?t think he will stay too long today (just needs to finish up his laundry) as he has a big presentation for school that is due on Monday! Always nice to spend time with him though.
Have not decided if I will go to my new church solo tomorrow (DH will be sleeping after working nights) or watch online. I always get more out of it in person but online is so convenient!
Liz, your day on the water and dining plans sound wonderful! And Miss 150, checking under crawl spaces to see if insulation is needed sounds quite adventurous and something I sadly would probably hire out! DH hired a guy to take down/trim our landscaping foliage as he just wasn?t into it this season! We could use some of your all?s mojo (you, Liz, Ann, CC all seem to have projects you are diligently working on!)
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!
Nope, not through at all. I'll be here next week, in KY the following week, in MO for two weeks after that (with a big side trip to Houston for a family event), then the closing 12/13, then 5 more days to clean up everything and move.
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.
133.8
Sun out for the moment anyway and predicting a typical fall day here in SEKansas. Nothing specific on the docket. Just about cleared and cleaned up the garage (just needing to choose which tools and gadgets stay and send the rest with Kurt out to the sheds. And
thus ends the official move in. There will no doubt be plenty of Walmartrearranging (drives DH crazy), but can't be helped.
Since I don't have access to a lovely pontoon, let alone the ocean to put it in, and with the colder weather coming along, I'm toying around with the possibility of going under the house to get an upclose look re ductwork/insulation. We know more needs to be added up in the attic, but crawl space a mystery.
Ann, sounds like your move is going well and lots done And, better still, a list getting shorter daily. Yay!
CC, my best friend's boyfriend (in college) frequently found his very old and heavy car sandwiched inside (parallel street parking) the various two cars front and back. His solution was to not so gently "move" said vehicles using his car's bumpers. I don't think your car is old and banged up enough to solve problems created by a-wipe drivers?
Have a good-better-and or best Saturday...
goal!!! August 20, 2013 age: 59 High weight: 345 (June, 2011) Consult weight: 293 (June, 2012) Pre-Op: 253 (Nov., 2012) Surgery weight: 235 (Dec. 12, 2012) Current weight: 145
TOTAL POUNDS LOST- 200 (110 pounds lost before surgery, 90 pounds lost Post Op.diabetes in remission-blood pressure normal-cholesterol and triglyceride levels normal! BMI from 55.6 supermorbidly obese to 23.6 normal!!!!
Hallelujah!
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!
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Nice day with DD and SIL yesterday. Their flight was a very fast 2.5 hours and they didn't check luggage so we were back at the house by 9 am. We spent a whole lot of time trying to display the wedding pictures on the TV but couldn't because they were in Google photo, not iPhoto. We finally just looked at them on the laptop when we got back from dinner last night. Very emotional viewing them. So many good shots (1000 pictures!). In the middle of the day we took out a pontoon boat and docked for lunch, then beached it on a little island to swim. Much nicer riding on it vs the little power boats. DH did have some problems docking it but hopefully with practice will get better.
Today the plan is lunch at an outdoor Tiki place, outdoor music this afternoon, then steaks back at our house. Now that it is dark at grilling time the nasty biting no seeums are a problem so I will have to remind DH to put on bug spray before he grills.
But before that is a walk, then water aerobics while the younger folks sleep in. Have a satisfying Saturday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
