Monday, February 24, 2025

119.2

Yesterday's golf with DH was good but slow. They allow golfers to walk the course (no cart) after 3 on weekends and it got all backed up. We combined the last few holes with the guy behind us. The holes are really far apart so it takes a while to get between them. They either need to only allow walkers after a certain time or spread the tee times further apart. I wouldn't mind walking it on a nice day but it needs to be timed better. I bettered my best previous game by 8 strokes over 9 holes. The new clubs seem to part of the reason I am improving.

Possibly a day with nothing on the calendar as it is supposed to rain a lot and water aerobics will likely be cancelled. I am kind of hoping for a cancellation though we didn't get to do it Saturday as the water was too cold (the heater had stopped working). We all went including the instructor bu****er in the low 70's is just too cold. Today I just feel like being lazy - food shopping maybe and finishing up some sewing.

Have a magnanimous Monday!

Another part of the golf course (took this while waiting 10 minutes at one of the holes):

143.4

Is that a friendly 'gator I spy smiling at the camera from behind those water rushes front right? Lovely picture..almost inspires me to take up a club (not). Tried it several times over the years and there is something jacked with my skeleton that prevents proper positioning of wrist/elbow/shoulder and screws up the swing. Same thing goes with a soft ball bat and impossible to rotate elbows in while digging a volleyball.

Lazy day-zee Monday sounds delightful. Do it and enjoy. Plans for myself include drawing class (please let's be moving past the messy charcoal; don't mind it till I have to clean up the inevitable black fallout it causes at home). Might stop by far and home store and look for a proper t post pounder. DH has always put the posts in with a sledgehammer. When I think about his inevitable one-of-these-days missing the mark and swinging through and int to his legs, well the picture isn't a pretty sight.

Snow is off the ground and a muddy but happy Swanny to deal with later. Oh, well...time to take out some of his undercoat for Spring anyways.

Been thinking of Ann's "list of things to be sure to do if you want to relapse weight wise". Funny (not) how those behaviors slip and slide back into my life....Inventory time for sure.

Out the door with me...have a good one, folks!

I never felt comfortable swinging a bat either and certainly not a golf club. The stance and the swing seemed unbelievably awkward and impossible at first. But I am starting to get accustomed to it.

212.1 - a well deserved up tick in weight today. While I didn't eat much, I must confess that there were baked goods yesterday! I slice of pumpkin bread and half a chocolate chip cookie from Panera. Neither of which were planned. Then my beloved went and bought Girl Scout cookies from a scout either in front of the supermarket or at church. I didn't ask which. So, I believe I had 4 Toasty something cookies (I think they are new this year....) He also bought gluten free chocolate chip GS cookies. I couldn't even eat a full one. It's a lesson in what a cookie should not be - it occurred to me that it is what a baked vomit puck would taste like...

RV was fetched and all but one garage compartment has been emptied. That won't take much time at all this afternoon. Then tomorrow it's off to the dealership to sell it on the lot. I'm going to take a hit on the sale price, but I have resigned myself to that and made peace with it.

I am at the stage of pre retirement at which I feel like my last day can not come soon enough. I know it will fly by, but May 30th feels like it is very, very far off in the future right now. I think, like DD, I'm a little tired of the BS that comes with the job, but I remind myself it's the last time each time something tedious or superfluous comes up. I am also self pitying because I am the only one of my immediate family/friend pack who still is gainfully employed and must get up and report for duty each day. Poor me.... LOL

Magnificent Monday to one and all....

Those darn Girl Scout cookies! DH has been making a wide berth around their table at the food store and was relieved when they weren't there today (since the scouts are in school).

Other than enjoying a Samoa for the caramel and nostalgia, GS cookies are actually pretty terrible tasting as far as cookies go!

I kinda love it when I come across a treat I don't like. DH found the absolute worst peanut butter cookies (maybe they were also gluten free, they tasted like rotted sawdust) . How refreshing to take a bite and actually spit it out, and not spend the rest of the evening wanting to eat more. A strange kind of freedom :)

131.2, good thing I didn't call goal yesterday! Double Booooooooo! Shot day was yesterday. I only did 2mg since that was what I had left in my vial and I didn't want to tap into a new one for .5 mg. I will probably just do the 2 mg once a week starting Thursday. Since one of my new vials will last me 5 (or more months) I don't think I want to subject the little rubber stopper on top with two pokes per week.

I've been remiss in my exercise program. Only did it twice last week, the last one being the hard one that did keep me sore for several days. Got back on the treadmill today but reduced the speed to 3.2 mph with intervals at 2 and 4% for 40 minutes. I have an ingrown toenail that is pretty painful and have a podiatry appointment on Wednesday. I think I might be out of commission for exercise for a bit if they work on it, so will try to get exercise the next 2 days.

Started a new Bible study this morning, we are doing Ephesians. The study will be an overview of the whole book but then we will continue with an in depth study on putting on the armor of God! My couples Bible study group will be stopping (current leaders feel they have another calling right now). I'm actually surprised our group has been together for as long as we have 5 1/2 years). I'm actually looking forward to finding a new group and meeting some new people!

Dinner tonight is street cart style turkey bowls, using a Hello Fresh recipe that we really liked. Bowl has jasmine rice with turmeric and almonds, ground turkey with green onions and Schwarma spices and then topped with chopped tomatoes and a sour cream, mayo, lemon juice sauce. You eat it with pita or naan. I'll post the recipe on TT if you all are interested. Calories are high (a bit over 1,000 per serving) but I will only eat 1/2 of a serving.

Those turkeys bowls do look tasty!

When I was 22 I went to Greece and Turkey. I visited Thessaloniki and Ephesus. It felt very powerful to think about Thessalonians and Ephesians being written for the people that lived in these places.