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119.2 - I was worried as I felt I ate a lot yesterday. I guess not too bad if it is just one day. Our bodies are so weird in response to low or high calories.
I still have a head cold as it sounds like several of us have. But so far this morning it seems somewhat better and I slept somewhat better last night. I was super stuffed up late yesterday but I felt fine otherwise.
I watched 4 episodes of The Geek and really enjoyed it. DH and I watched A Biltmore Christmas last night. Very cute compared to most sicky sweet Christmas movies. Thanks Ann and CC! Sometime soon I want to watch the Christmas Chronicles as it is one of my favorite Christmas movies, not to mention that Kurt Russell is awfully handsome in it.
The house is fully clean and the sisters arrive tomorrow. We need to get a few things at the store to get ready but that's it before the next onslaught of company.
We are in a cold spell right now - 47 this morning with a high of 65 and strong north winds. The heat here didn't seem to be working so we called the AC/Heat company yesterday and they came to look at it. Apparently we have a heat blower that is part of the AC unit newly installed just over a year ago. The heater part is fine and heats the air up, but the blower is so strong that the air is cooling down substantially before it makes it out of the ducts. So it takes forever (and a lot of electricity) to warm it up. I ordered a heated throw to use instead from Amazon. The good news is that tomorrow looks like it is the last day of the cold spell so it will warm up starting Thursday and stay warmer until we leave for the north on 12/18. 15 days?!?!
In the meantime Justice and I are snuggled under a regular throw (I bet he will like the heated one). Have a trading Tuesday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Picture on FB maybe? 6 layers is a BIG tree. Mine has 3 for a 7 foot tree. Big enough for me though I am always in awe of really tall ones.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
on 12/2/24 5:11 pm, edited 12/2/24 9:12 am
Working on getting my tree up. It's in a different place this year because of the new furniture. Looks nice! I was worried. This is not a small tree as my ceilings are 12 and 16' in here and a small tree was going to look dwarfed. But it has its drawbacks. It's heavy and stores in 2 giant baga that I had to haul down the hall. And it has a lean given its height and weight. That would have been good to remember when I was putting on the first sections. But it doesn't start to lean until the 6th and final layer goes on. Oh well. Can't fix it. Can't worry about it.
I then remembered I started making crocheted "popcorn" tree garland last year and then Kirby came and all projects were abandoned. I am finishing it up now. Looks so cute.
That's it from here! Hope all are well!
Greetings all
Another sunny one. Works for me. I want to the gym and did my ritual waddling while watching the surf channel. Yeah one of these days I might get organized enough to find where the tv remotes are and watch what I want. They are probably locked in the upstairs office so I will have to inquire. Before the election one of the tv's had MSNBC on it but not anymore. Too radical I guess.
So after my slightly increased walking I went to the studio and made some more stuff. All this stuff will likely be finished just before christmas which is good. I am hoping to get ahead so I don't feel pushed. Talked to one of our co directors about various plans for the place. It's always something.
Ann thanks for the tip on Geek Girl. Sounds good. DH might like it too. He likes Emily in Paris. Another show we started last night is Murder Mindfully. It's a dark comedy about a lawyer who discovers mindfulness and uses it in dealing with his nasty criminal clients. Off beat and weird. I think it's German but is dubbed. We also like Acorn tv and thats where we get the Brokenwood murders. New Zealand show. Also George Gently, a British cop show set in the 60's. All good stuff.
GRRRR Paula you cann't gain a pound from 200 extra calories. We all know this. Why does the scale mess with us so much? I hope your doggie Emma does ok is is comfortable.
Yeah we got rid of cable tv a month or so ago. You tube tv now. I miss flipping through the channels and find all the menus annoying but I am getting used to it. How did tv get so complicated?
Ann hope you feel better soon. It's the time of year for colds I guess. No fun. You need a tv binge day.
We managed to get Poppys nails trimmed yesterday. Tesla has to be outsourced for that, she is so obnoxious.
Hamburgers tonight likely unless I can find something easier.
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People like that are sometimes best avoided in the long run IMO.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
on 12/2/24 12:53 pm
I haven't had cable in years. I think the trick is to cycle your streaming apps. Maybe you keep 2 or 3 at a time. And at least one of those is a rotating app. You might get Hulu for a month or two and watch all the things you want to watch, then cancel and swap it out for HBOmax or Britbox etc. Rinse and Repeat.
I have YouTube TV because my folks do and my TVs are signed into theirs. I don'****ch it, but they watch football and golf and some news when they're here. I watched election coverage, but otherwise haven't turned it on in several months.
I'll have to check it out. I'm working towards hanging it up with cable and going strictly to streaming subscriptions. I think I will save quite a bit of money monthly. I have to hunt around for an internet provider. I may be able to go with my current company, but we'll see. They may not be happy that I'm wanting to reduce services and put up road blocks.
on 12/2/24 12:27 pm
Yes! Britbox and Acorn are two of the big British streaming apps. Acorn also has a lot of Australian and New Zealand shows in addition to all the British ones. I like them both and watch them more than Netflix. Britbox is affiliated with the BBC. Interestingly, AMC owns Acorn and they also do original programming.
