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207.8 Slowly the downward trek begins... I want to be back around the 200 lb mark before my surgery. Given that I'm hoping to move my surgery to early December, I better get a move on...LOL!

Rain is forecast for this afternoon and into the night. It is cool enough this morning that I'm actually wearing a long sleeved thick Tee shirt. Still in shorts, though! I give up my summer attire as slowly as possible.

Yesterday's dog #2 was a lot of work. The day did not feel as low key as I had hoped. I trimmed dogs for 5 1/2 hours.

Today my only obligation on the calendar is a workout with my trainer at 5 pm, but I think I need to go visit my pop since I haven't seen him in 2 1/2 weeks. I think I will stick around here most of the day and do odds and ends. I'm feeling a bit self indulgent. Perhaps I am entitled?

I re-listened to The Anxious Generation on my drive home. I'm not generally a read/listen to a book twice type of guy. I've reread probably fewer than 20 titles that were not school required. I got even more out of the second listen. At one point I was listening and wondered how this mental health crisis has touched the children of our tribe? It sounds like DD's and Paula's children are the right age to be affected - maybe even Liz's - though I think they are a bit older. Anyhow, I'll suggest the book again. I found that many of the findings cited in the book were applicable to me! YIKES!

Okay, time to get my butt in gear...

Wishing everyone a fabulous week.

118.8

This week is supposed to be beautiful here: Sunny, lower humidity, no thunderstorms. Fall (or what passes for it in Florida) has finally arrived. It is my favorite time of year here because it isn't as hot but the crowds of seasonal people are much smaller than January to March.

Nine and Dine was fun yesterday though we came in DFL in our group. But we were the least experienced other than DH. Picture below. You can't see it but I also had a small pumpkin sticking out of my ponytail in the back.

Today I have water aerobics, then am playing 9 holes of golf with 2 other women. I played better yesterday than I had in the spring when I last played. Hopefully that will continue. I need to work on my packing list for Arizona as we leave Thursday and I need to be fully packed by end of day on Wednesday. Lots to do this week before we go: hair appointment tomorrow, bocce tomorrow and Wednesday, golf on Thursday morning before we leave.

Did I mention that for the last month now, I have had no sign of the weird skin condition that caused me to have blisters on my fingers and feet? I am becoming more and more convinced that it was due to a nickel allergy. I knew I was allergic because costume jewelry used to make me break out in blisters under the jewelry which would take a couple of weeks to heal. Apparently some people can have a similar reaction (usually on hands and feet) when they ingest foods containing a high level of nickel. I have avoided high nickel level foods since mid to early July and the blisters are gone. The foods that I was eating a LOT of and also have a lot of nickel were chickpeas and tahini in hummus (which I was eating a lot of daily), plus beans, lentils, and nuts. Lots to avoid since almost all foods have at least some nickel in them. I found a food list that categorizes foods in levels and the top 2 levels have way more nickel than the others (and include the foods I just mentioned). I guess the proof is whether the skin condition continues to stay away.

Anyway, that's it for self-diagnosis. have a mostly marvelous Monday!

Isn't it nice to be able to wait to shop on a Monday vs the weekend!

Fall is a great time of year up north. I love the warmth here all year round but do miss the trees turning color, the apples and the fall activities.

One week! Yikes is right!

Greetings all

Oops, missed yesterday. I had a couple hours of early gallery duty followed by football. Our team won and it was an excellent game. Studio buddy came over so we watched our game plus parts of others. Whew, did not think she would ever leave. but she lives alone in a seriously crappy place so hard to be upset. This is the person who has been building a new house for going on five years. It is getting close and it seems like she would really want to pu**** to be finished but she mostly just wants to ***** about her contractors. Oh well.

So today's plan is to get my hair washed and go to the studio where I left my phone on Friday. I sold a lot of stuff lately and need to get busy on more. Then I need to do the gym which I cannot do without phone for music.

Liz the 9 and dine sounds fun. Except I would skip the 9. Glad it has dried out enough to play and get out.

DD meal planning for a week! What a grown up concept. And good idea. Kudos. Nice that you have that journal. Closest thing I have ever done to that is this. Continue to devour the sunday NYT. An actual paper newspaper seems such a luxury these days,

Yeah Paula neighbor's parents should buy your house. I sort of wish I had bought the house next door here though many for DH junk. Good luck with the whole sale thing.

CC no fun to have a leaky roof. They say flat roofs sooner or later will leak. Hope it gets fixed soon and that Kirby permits you to rest.

Speaking of resting Peps I still can't imagine traveling and walking all those dogs. Epic. Glad you are home safe with only the regular dog allotment.

Need to start getting in gear for Halloween. Mostly crap removal. Notice that I talk all the time about junk removal but rarely get it done. That would be my primary diary entry: need to remove junk; need to remove junk......

Some sort of hamburger item for dinner tonight. Maybe meatloaf.

Diane S.