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Greetings all
Quite sunny here for day 2 of the big race. They go into the bay today. I will watch on youtube. No crowds for me. I had leftover Mexican food for breakfast. A great start! After some dilly dallying I got most of the rest of the deck plants potted. The goal is so I can sit in my regular chair and gaze out across the deck filled with flowers and enjoy the vista of birch trees against the evergreen forest. I really enjoy this view which is only marred by the remains of the back neighbor's swing set. Wish I could go plant a wisteria on it but oh well.
One reason I think I will pass on the open house is that while it backs up to a creek, it does not have my nice birches. It does have a good yard and landscaping and high end interior finishes but I just can't face all the work of moving. Guess we will stay with our birch trees and cheapo interior stuff. But I am inspired to get new blinds for the slider as our old vertical blinds were ravaged by various puppies who used them as Tarzan swings.
Well Ann if you have power washed a house then you have earned the privilege of owning a glue gun. Glad you have come down off the roof and are safe.
DD I so love your description of retirement living. Imagine it all day every day. Feeling guilty about not being productive does not last terribly long. Plus productivity is redefined - like getting laundry and planting done or doing the grocery shopping counts for a lot.
So we met my studio buddy at a Mexican restaurant last night. It was fun. She is actually seeing a time of moving in to the house she is building (early fall) and the electrical is going in right now. This has been 4 years and I have heard about every minute detail. But it will be nice except she is still insisting on building the kitchen cabinets herself. She knows how and has a stash of very fine wood but it still sounds like trouble. If the bathrooms go in maybe she can move in and work on cabinets at leisure. Sounds nuts to me.
Well Peps you need to practice goofing off more. Still sounds like you are doing plenty. You and DD are on the last curve of the roller coaster!
CC glad Kirby is doing ok. Poor guy. I think the donut neck worked for my male dogs but had to use the jump suit for the girls. They hated it. Hope Kirby's paw thing worked out ok and is not hurting him. Seems like dogs heal up exponentially.
So in spite of my heavy activity in planting four pots, I think I will go to the gym. I summoned the courage to weigh myself today and it was not as bad as I thought but too icky to post here. I also need to glue some slugs on to wine stoppers as I am almost sold out at gallery (Ann this involves a highly sophisticated two part epoxy so popsicle sticks instead of glue gun ).
Liz hope the suit travels well in addition to the two of you.
Sell lots Paula.
Diane S
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Sounds like you got a fair amount accomplished! I kick into gear when working off a list. No choice when leaving for 3 months.
Like you, my weight loss last year was without "dieting" - no counting points or calories. The first time in my life that ever was true thanks to tirzepatide. And I continue not counting (though I obviously am weighing). It has been so freeing!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I am so impressed by all the busy beavers in our tribe! Ladies, you get **** done! My big accomplishments yesterday: Trimmed and bathed Dottie, purged old shoes (some are hard to say good bye to, but I know I won't wear them again - I am old enough that comfort matters just a bit more than style!), and started to sort through my pile on the table. I did get my 90 minute massage and Ron and I went to Japanese for dinner. I like Japanese because portions tend to be smaller than other fare, which is good because sushi is not an appealing left over! I think other Asian foods have more flavor, but Japanese is portion practical!
DD, I'm rather impressed, too, by your thoughtful approach for embracing retirement. Like you, I am a night owl. However, I don't really worry about sleep deprivation. I suppose I should. I spend the school week functioning rather well on about 6 hours of sleep per night. Sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less. Just depends. Last night I went to bed a few minutes before midnight and started waking up just before 6 am. I dozed on and off until 7:30 and got up.
202.6 this morning. Okay, I'm jealous of Mike's 190.something, but at the same time, I haven't been working HARD at losing. I've been really low key and letting the weight come off very slowly, but steadily. I suppose if it were important enough I could JFDI, but that is not my mindset, and I do like being free of that mindset.
Power washing sounds like a good idea. Plenty to do here - especially deck and outdoor furniture. I've been toying with the idea of ordering a pop up canopy for the deck that hangs over the lower yard. It's under the shade of oak and black walnut trees. Both trees "weep" so the seat cushions always seem to need cleaning from tree tears and leaf droppings or bird or squirrel poop. I'm thinking a canopy might be the answer. I spend so little time out there because of that, and it's such a lovely place on a warm day!
A little more clean up today. Maybe work on Lucky, a Costco run, but that's about it.
I had to look up somnolent...
Yeah, a lot of Mikes early travel days were carrying on his suit bag to be hung too. I packed his suit as Ann suggested - fingers crossed. Of course it gets packed again in a month to travel to Madrid.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Poor Kirby - I'm glad he is doing better. The alternatives to the cone never worked on my dogs either.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
You are certainly getting your mind and body ready for retirement. Good for you!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Remember back in the good old days of airplane travel when you could bring a suit bag on the plane and they would hook it in their special closet? I did that all through the 80s. For extra fun I'd throw a couple pairs of shoes in the bottom of the bag so I didn't need to make room in my suitcase. You could bring as much as you could physically carry onto the plane! I can't tell you how many pounds of clothes I brought to Greece for a 3 week trip when I was 22. I'm much more discerning now.
on 5/25/25 9:16 am
After a very rough first 30 hours post-neuter, we have turned a massive corner. He's drinking water, stopped crying and moaning, isn't restless and finally peed. Yay Kirby! Taking his pills like a champ and is good about the cone of shame. The donut of doom doesn't work for his long body. He can maneuver around it to his nether regions. I think a body suit would equally be unhelpful as he would simply nibble through it. we both slept very well after no sleep the night before.
So today I might shower and get out of these pajamas. And tidy up the mayhem of the last few days in here.
Enjoy your Sunday all!
