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Love the idea of giving to charity in lieu of paying state taxes!
Yes, 141 days is a long time if you feel you want to make some changes before the wedding.
Glad you are having warm weather. We are not!
Yay for Christmas decorations being down (even if cathartic screaming was involved) and yay also for feeling better!
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!
Thankfully FORMER national sickness poster-child of the world is (fingers crossed) on the road to wellville, and took my first walkabout since the day or so after Christmas. Congratulations CC on success in evicting x-mas decorations for the season. Every single one of mine is still a glittering display of ho-ho holiday embarrassment. You are a rock star!
No weight since whenever...I too have been self medicating. Mistaking Twinkies for something healthy or, worse yet, as oversized capsules filled with fluffy white medicine....Self deception has always been a problem... No! No! I confess; I knew it all along....Tomorrow morning I'll face the music, record the number and move on 
Today, it's back to the good for you foods. For all still caught up in what ever this seemingly endless crud is, all sympathy and get well soon juju to you.
Devon, I have yet to figure out why, after my PS, I have one very dark hair just at the front of each ear that intermittently turns up. My best guess is that these are not facial but rather head hairs. Weird thing is that they are the color, texture and thickness of the hair I had in my younger years and that say, after I remove it, they don't regularly grow out. Most times it is weeks and weeks before one or the other will begin showing. Hypotheses- Surgical procedure (needle maybe) morphing two regular nonproductive facial follicles into head hair follicles. (Sorry about the hashed subject /verb/tense debacle in above paragraph)
If yours are indeed beard hair (makes sense to me ) instead of shaving (daily?) maybe look into a depilatory cream or even small waxing strips. Process takes the whole hair down below the skin and lasts for a very long time depending.
Be well, rested , hydrated and happy. DD self care today and however long as you wish. God speed grace and blessings your way. Enjoy all every sunny Florida and California sunshine that comes your way . Liz, that goes for extended long and lovely boat rides. Oh, and CC, not to worry about extra long cars...my SEKansas observation regarding oversized high end Tyrannosaurus trucks is
they take however many spaces they need/and or/want. Problem solved..
Live large !!!
Your Dad may do really well given what you said. When you get a call it may remind you of your Mom but that's not a bad thing. When a good friend's Mom died after years of illness with her husband taking care of her and worrying, he flourished for his last years afterwards. He even came to stay with his daughter all the way from Florida for a couple of summers. He really enjoyed his last years as did his daughters.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
141 days is a long time! Congrats on getting all the Christmas stuff away - the bag must have deserved being screamed at ;)
Always something to do when you are a homeowner!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Greetings all
Another sunny day. How many more will there be before the monsoons. Who knows but it is coming. The plan for the day is a pharmacy stop, gym visit and studio visit. Sound familiar? I always like the days where I don't HAVE to do anything but can do as I please. Hate scheduling.
So DH had Mexican lunch today and brought leftovers home so that is dinner tonight. Another no cook day. Yay. We have been eating Costco shrimp for a couple of days. I found a new food fixation: quinoa. I like to eat shrimp and rice but that is a sort of empty carb so I got quinoa. 8 g protein per cup though I do not eat a cup. A bit of olive oil and shrimp and it is easy and good. Also fine for last night's dental status. The crown prep went fine. I do like this dentist and am developing trust. Usually takes me about 5 years to get used to a new dentist. Anyway all is well. And my housekeeper is healing from her broken leg. Wait til she sees what a fright our house has become.
Yes DD I am amazed that any Mexican restaurant in Minn is open at all. I saw a clip of one that refused to serve Ice agents. So glad to hear your dad has mastered the cell phone!!! Can you add the feature that puts written captions for him? And I hear you on the caller ID. I got the same on my words -with -friends after my BFF died. I think her daughter was cleaning up her iPad. Odd feeling. Yay for pedicures.
CC sounds like you are on the downward slope of sinus chaos. Good. Agreed you need a local CPA where you can go into the office and look them in the eye. I personally use the same one that the studio does so I am in there all the time and they know me well. Reminds me it is that time of year. Every state has its own tax peculiarities.
Liz that ship looks fabulous. And yay for the christening. Fun. Enjoy the cruise. Now I want one also. Must buy a new stove first.
Peps glad to hear the healing continues. Do they recommend a scar cream? Not that you have any visible ones. Years ago I had my double chin sucked out but I don't remember doing much other than wearing turtle necks for awhile.
Well onward. I must not let this sun go to waste even if I am inside on a treadmill.
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202.1 this morning. Salty Ritz crackers may be the culprit for the uptick.
I am feeling more relaxed about behind the ear beard issue. Swelling continues to go down and bruising still appears to be very minimal. I keep expecting it to surface, but I think at 9 days post op I'm not going to see new bruising. I was able to shave my neck yesterday. I'm going to try to shave my face today. Not sure if I can do it quite yet. The incision areas are still tender and feel lumpy yet.
Liz, your stateroom on the ship is lovely! It looks much like the one I chose for our upcoming Italy cruise. I hope ours is as nicely appointed as yours. We enjoyed having a balcony, too. Makes the room feel just a bit bigger. On the river boat our room was really very small, so the balcony was a much needed extension.
Diamond D., a really frightening time for the people of Minnesota! Unbelievable...
I have a NUT counseling session today. I thought it would be a good idea to keep it, but now I'm kind of wishing I had cancelled. Oh, well...
Not much else from the shut in...
Fun Friday, everyone!
What fun! You can accomplish a lot in 141 days. I think you would look lovely just as you are, but having an incentive is helpful if you want to go for it.
I heard about the Florida cold snap on the internet. Good to get away. We used to go with my parents to a Vet Conference in Orlando this week. My Dad went religiously to the continuing ed classes, but my Mom and my family made our way to Disney. Anyhow, the weather could go multiple ways. We could be in short sleeves and enjoying the pool, we could be wearing hats and gloves in the evening. Because of that, I always tried to schedule mine and DH's little getaways mid February. Sometimes it was still chilly in the evening, but we always had nice weather during the day.
Just got back from a really nice pedicure. My calves and shins were full of flaky dry skin (sorry, TMI?) Now they are silky smooth. Lots of scrubs, lotions, hot stones. Very relaxing.
I sold my Dad short! My aussie sister is in Australia, and she said she would try calling my Dad on my Mom's cell phone (he didn't have one so he's just going to use hers). I had practiced with him before I left how to answer and place calls, and she said he answered and was even able to do facetime. Yes, his main problem I think is hearing. He usually puts it on speaker. He has hearing aids, but doesn't like to use them. Bur yeah Dad! I ordered him a phone holster so he can wear it on walks. I have to go in my phone and change the contact for that number so it says Dad. I forgot about him placing practice calls, and when I opened my phone later and saw missed call Mom, I started to cry. I warned my brother too.
Other than completing last minute packing and other tasks (buying sunscreen!) it should be an easy day. I am eating chili right now for some protein, instead of a handful of Ritz crackers. It's snowing, which makes it perfect to pack up the rest of the summer clothes I'm taking.
Today the very popular Mexican restaurant in my town has closed temporarily, due to staffing shortages. So sad, they are great civic partners and donate to all kinds of school functions. Even people with green cards do not want to come to work. Since at least two U.S. citizens were hauled out of Target when they were starting their shifts (one even had their passport in their pocket, but they were still pushed into an SUV, later dumped, bleeding, into a parking lot down the road) I don't blame them. Lord have mercy for these vulnerable souls.
on 1/16/26 12:15 pm
Enjoy your cruise, Liz!
I am still coughing a bit and draining, but it does seem to be lessening so I'll stop grousing about it. All Christmas decorations are down and put away! Want to know something great about living alone and not having other houses 10 feet away? You can scream bloody murder at the top of your lungs when you can't get one of the bags with the Christmas tree sections to zip. Very cathartic. Kirby might have been slightly disturbed.
And now that I feel a better, I can start cleaning. The dust and dog hair are WELL outside acceptable limits.
Today I called and made an appointment with a new AZ CPA. I think it's for the best to switch from CA. The CA folks are not terribly responsive like when I asked about how mu*****haritable donations I should be considering to offset my taxes for this year (I make donations throughout the year to places I believe in, but didn't know if I needed a big catch u*****t). And they just don't understand how some AZ specific donation things work (you can donate to certain qualified charities in lieu of paying that money in state taxes - food banks, foster children charities, etc). So that feels good to be off my to do list. Now I need to call the septic people to schedule a check-up. Ew. And a new HVAC company as mine ghosted me.
It's very sunny and warm here - 13 degrees over normal. And we're in that section of the southwest with no rain or snow pack. Grr.
My bff is getting married in June in Mexico and I am in the wedding as one of the two "best ladies" holding the chuppah. Not to make it about me, but it's a good incentive to work on my weight and general fitness given I will need a weekend's worth of dressy warm weather clothes and will be standing in front of a lot of people. Hmm, what can I accomplish in 141 days?
So that's it from sunny AZ. Take care all!
A combination of feeling more settled, wanting more control over what we eat and when and I was having some quality issues either freshness of some of their produce.
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!
