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dh was not impressed with the artistic photo of Alex. hes on a homophobic kick right now and even asked why a female cousin cut her hair short, is she a xxxx now? what? lord I hate sexism. I'll be sure to let him know that a woman is more likely to be raped if she has long hair. I love the photo. He surely wouldn't love the idea of Mr Frank N Furter (tim curry's) on my wall that I am desperately attracted too. mmm I just love that strut and those legs in the fishnets and that bustier! Only society defines what we wear by gender and it's stupid.4
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swenson19d wrote: »dh was not impressed with the artistic photo of Alex. hes on a homophobic kick right now and even asked why a female cousin cut her hair short, is she a xxxx now? what? lord I hate sexism. I'll be sure to let him know that a woman is more likely to be raped if she has long hair. I love the photo. He surely wouldn't love the idea of Mr Frank N Furter (tim curry's) on my wall that I am desperately attracted too. mmm I just love that strut and those legs in the fishnets and that bustier! Only society defines what we wear by gender and it's stupid.
I LOVE the pic. And i couldn't agree more about the society definitions. I actually had a (fairly friendly) disagreement with my brother last night that all started when he said i disre3my husband by cutting my hair short because its nit feminine...3 -
Well the overnight went as well as i expected, not great because i got out of work late and ehen i came home to collect my stuff, i completely forgot the food in the fridge. Takeaways it was. I didnt eat a lot yesterday, just wasnt hungry. But what i did eat was high calorie - candy and cake. Oh wrll. Life happens.
I got the go ahead to start HM training, yay!4 -
Survived another Thanksgiving, yay!
So, my mother’s morning was exciting, she was fixing breakfast and here come the horses trotting by her kitchen window. Turned out the pasture fence was down. There’s a second fence with gate across the driveway at the road but it’s not usually shut. So she leaps up and sprints down to the road (my mom is in her 80s) and closes the gate before the horses get there! Then has to catch the mares who are running around being jerks, absolutely delighted with themselves, and stuff them in the stallion paddock temporarily (we don’t have a stallion on the place at the moment so the stallion paddock is empty) while she tries to find someone who can repair the fence.
I knew none of this until we arrive that afternoon to find a team of workers swarming around the patio where we were planning on eating thanksgiving outdoors. And one of them is cutting metal poles to length with an electric saw!
Now, my husband has scarring on his esophagus which gives him trouble swallowing sometimes. Basically he has to stay very calm and relaxed while he eats or his throat will spasm and he can’t swallow. If you have ever had your esophagus spasm when you quickly drink cold milk, it’s similar. Very painful and potentially day-ruining. So he is not delighted at the thought of eating in the middle of a work site with a screaming saw. My mom as it turns out also broke her glasses while chasing horses so he goes to get the stuff to fix them and says to me, “You two work this out.” And my mom says to me, “What do you want me to do? I can tell them to go home if that’s what you want.” And I say, in as pleasant and neutral a tone of voice as I can manage (because years of experience have taught me when I’m about to walk into a hornet’s nest), “Well, it is a little noisy, and it’s a holiday.”
And as expected my mom totally loses her stuff, starts telling me to just go home and not even bother, she can never do anything right, and on and on. And friends, I think I finally earned my Scout badge in adulting, because I did not say one word back, I just went and sat in the car until she calmed down. In the end the work crew agreed to knock off for a couple hours, my mom admitted it wasn’t anything I did that made her lose it (which is as close to an apology as I’m likely to get in this lifetime), and my husband actually didn’t choke on dinner, which was good by the way. The catering company’s smoked turkey, corn pudding, stuffing, gravy, salad and pumpkin cheesecake roll was enough food for everyone plus leftovers without being too much, the weather stayed nice, and the horses came up to the edge of the stallion paddock and watched us eat. I parceled up everything before we left my place so only her food and leftovers were in her containers, no shared implements, and we ate outside at two separate small tables so we could talk but not be too close. I was certain I had overdone it on carbs, but by the time I got home and tested my glucose was back down to a very respectable 88!
So, this morning I got to enjoy the best part of any Thanksgiving, leftovers for breakfast! Since I can’t really handle the carbs of a full fried stuffing sandwich I made an open faced one with fresh cranberry sauce and gravy, and a bunch of turkey breast.
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@Avidkeo so happy you get to train for your hm!
@swenson19d I love the pic of Alex. Always been a huge Tim Curry fan too, although I’m more a Darkness from Legend girl than a Frankie girl.2 -
Hello peeps! Survived Thanksgiving with too much food and drinks but we had a nice day. Thankful for my virtual friends....they have rescued me during this weird time.
@swenson19d I like the pic....his eyes are beautiful. Agree with the gender and clothing stuff. Silly.
@avidkeo congrats on starting HM training...very exciting.
Enjoy the weekend
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MFP ate my post. What crap.
quick recap
thanks for the support. I got an 84.6 on the paper (pass!). I ate too much. I ate bad food- have a terrible migraine, my teeth hurt. I have to check out Darkness from Legend now.
jerks few and far between. what what?
SSS (dumb MFP)
Ohh 1985? how have I missed this show of his? There needs to be Tim Curry-a-thon including his more accomplished works (plays & musicals). DD said I can't have him because he's gay. Harry Connick jr isn't gay and I can't have him either, although I wished awfully hard on that one.
Timmmmm . LOL! any faviourite crushes/ admirations?
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@swenson19d - I love the picture of Alex. I had no idea you can have that done on Amazon. Pretty cool!
I also hate sexism as well as homophobia. I have dealt with the whole sexism issue most of my adult life starting in college where I was one of only a few math majors and the only woman. I was also the only woman in the Reservoir Engineering group in my first job at Unocal. I got so tired of being 'picked' on by the engineers and having to prove myself over and over again. I started fighting back (butting in on coffee breaks when the entire team went and left me behind, posting a Play Girl (bought for this express purpose) centerfold to cover up the Playboy centerfolds they put up in the shared coat locker to embarrass me, etc.), not that it did any good at all and I ended up just leaving the group to go into IT. I have talked to many women since who work in the oil industry and it is still an issue some 40 years later - ridiculous!
We also have many, many friends and some family who are LBGTQ. It just makes me so angry when they are denigrated or mistreated.
@Avidkeo - yay for HM training! That is such an interesting comment about cutting your hair short! My hair was always short growing up, through college and many times since. I never knew it was some how disrespectful to men in general or to my husband...
@rheddmobile - I am so glad your mom's horses didn't get out the gate to the road! I am also shocked that she was able to find someone to fix the fence on Thanksgiving! I am glad it all worked out so you could have a nice dinner!
We had a pretty great day. I had pre-made the pie and cranberry relish and planned out a schedule to get everything else ready. I made rolls early since they take so long to rise and while the dough was rising I made and baked the dressing. The turkey went in on schedule and while it wasn't cooking as fast as they said it would I had left a 1 hour buffer and it worked out just perfectly. Also as soon as the turkey went in the office I headed out for a long walk with Hobbes and got back with time to shower and finish up all the rest of the fixings. I have decided I may just eat cranberry relish every day either by itself or with whatever we are eating! It is really simple - raw cranberries and an orange (with peel) chopped up in the blender, a bit of sugar to taste and some chopped walnuts. So good!4 -
@rheddmobile That sounds like an interesting day. Good for you for adulting and so glad everything worked out.
@swenson19d Congratulations on the 84.6 on your paper! We knew you could do it!
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@shanaber I found the prints at Easy canvas print. Not amazon. I just stared on amazon then some how found myself on a different site, it was a "how did I get here" shopping moment. The two were right at 50$. Bet Hobbes would love a wall hanging of himself. I love the simple cranberry recipe and may try it. Dh had 3 bags of cranberries. He made sauce with orange juice concentrate but it did not turn out well. 0
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swenson19d wrote: »MFP ate my post. What crap.
quick recap
thanks for the support. I got an 84.6 on the paper (pass!). I ate too much. I ate bad food- have a terrible migraine, my teeth hurt. I have to check out Darkness from Legend now.
jerks few and far between. what what? SSS (dumb MFP)
Ohh 1985? how have I missed this show of his? There needs to be Tim Curry-a-thon including his more accomplished works (plays & musicals). DD said I can't have him because he's gay. Harry Connick jr isn't gay and I can't have him either, although I wished awfully hard on that one.
Timmmmm . LOL! any faviourite crushes/ admirations?
Tim curry isn't gay. I don't think so anyway. He was in a relationship with his agent for a long time apparently.
I'm a weirdo who doesn't really have celebrity crushes, though if David Tennent showed up, I wouldn't kick him out of bed!3 -
DH took this last week off. So by Friday he was a bit restless not having a purpose. He did shop and spent so much money, he bought me a 2.99$ crushed velvet pull-over that is knee length. I feel like Uncle Fester in it, but ya know.., thanks for thinkin of me. Anyway, I kept suggesting a meaningful project that he could even go buy stuff for- fix the shed before it is impossible to reclaim. It needs leveled up and some minor repairs. He's actually on it after a culumative 2 years of hinting. It'll either get fixed or replaced I suppose depending on how sucessuful the leveling goes. I just imagine he'll jack on end up agressivlely and itll just topple into the ravine (ya a but dramatic). My outside cat lives in there. So she needs it for the winter, She seems to have taken up with another human family. She smells a but human-like some days, like human detergents, soap, deoderant. Which is fine, I want her taken care of and if she is happy inside safe with another human family, I'll accept that.
I should be studying, but can't seem to find the want to. I have 70 chapters to review and am through 8 and have lightly reviewed 10. Guess thats not a terrible start.3 -
swenson19d wrote: »DH took this last week off. So by Friday he was a bit restless not having a purpose. He did shop and spent so much money, he bought me a 2.99$ crushed velvet pull-over that is knee length. I feel like Uncle Fester in it, but ya know.., thanks for thinkin of me. Anyway, I kept suggesting a meaningful project that he could even go buy stuff for- fix the shed before it is impossible to reclaim. It needs leveled up and some minor repairs. He's actually on it after a culumative 2 years of hinting. It'll either get fixed or replaced I suppose depending on how sucessuful the leveling goes. I just imagine he'll jack on end up agressivlely and itll just topple into the ravine (ya a but dramatic). My outside cat lives in there. So she needs it for the winter, She seems to have taken up with another human family. She smells a but human-like some days, like human detergents, soap, deoderant. Which is fine, I want her taken care of and if she is happy inside safe with another human family, I'll accept that.
I should be studying, but can't seem to find the want to. I have 70 chapters to review and am through 8 and have lightly reviewed 10. Guess thats not a terrible start.
Been playing rpgs and when I read “leveled up” I was picturing something entirely different... what does a shed level up into? A man cave I guess...1 -
rheddmobile wrote: »swenson19d wrote: »DH took this last week off. So by Friday he was a bit restless not having a purpose. He did shop and spent so much money, he bought me a 2.99$ crushed velvet pull-over that is knee-length. I feel like Uncle Fester in it, but ya know.., thanks for thinkin of me. Anyway, I kept suggesting a meaningful project that he could even go buy stuff for- fix the shed before it is impossible to reclaim. It needs leveled up and some minor repairs. He's actually on it after a cumulative 2 years of hinting. It'll either get fixed or replaced I suppose depending on how successful the leveling goes. I just imagine he'll jack one end up aggressively and it'll just topple into the ravine (ya a but dramatic). My outside cat lives in there. So she needs it for the winter, She seems to have taken up with another human family. She smells a but human-like some days, like human detergents, soap, deodorant. Which is fine, I want her taken care of and if she is happy inside safe with another human family, I'll accept that.
I should be studying, but can't seem to find the want to. I have 70 chapters to review and am through 8 and have lightly reviewed 10. Guess that's not a terrible start.
Been playing rpgs and when I read “leveled up” I was picturing something entirely different... what does a shed level up into? A man cave I guess...
ya I can see that it might mean something of the sort. Where we are the soil is mostly clay and some dip-wad put the shed between to mouths of a ravine. The shed is off-kilter and the doors won't shut and one wall has gapping from the floor. It is being "leveled-up" as a swanky cat pad/'fradie dog hide-out/mower storage.2 -
swenson19d wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »swenson19d wrote: »DH took this last week off. So by Friday he was a bit restless not having a purpose. He did shop and spent so much money, he bought me a 2.99$ crushed velvet pull-over that is knee-length. I feel like Uncle Fester in it, but ya know.., thanks for thinkin of me. Anyway, I kept suggesting a meaningful project that he could even go buy stuff for- fix the shed before it is impossible to reclaim. It needs leveled up and some minor repairs. He's actually on it after a cumulative 2 years of hinting. It'll either get fixed or replaced I suppose depending on how successful the leveling goes. I just imagine he'll jack one end up aggressively and it'll just topple into the ravine (ya a but dramatic). My outside cat lives in there. So she needs it for the winter, She seems to have taken up with another human family. She smells a but human-like some days, like human detergents, soap, deodorant. Which is fine, I want her taken care of and if she is happy inside safe with another human family, I'll accept that.
I should be studying, but can't seem to find the want to. I have 70 chapters to review and am through 8 and have lightly reviewed 10. Guess that's not a terrible start.
Been playing rpgs and when I read “leveled up” I was picturing something entirely different... what does a shed level up into? A man cave I guess...
ya I can see that it might mean something of the sort. Where we are the soil is mostly clay and some dip-wad put the shed between to mouths of a ravine. The shed is off-kilter and the doors won't shut and one wall has gapping from the floor. It is being "leveled-up" as a swanky cat pad/'fradie dog hide-out/mower storage.
Ours is currently a fancy raccoon habitat. The shed itself has a hole under the eaves and the door started not wanting to shut due to swelling. Considering that it contains mostly useful stuff like the backseat from the suv we sold directly to a junkyard, and a window AC which hasn’t worked in 10 years, the raccoons can have it for the time being!3 -
Tomorrow I start again (for the 52948461st time).3
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“Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” - Gena Showalter
Who cares how many times you start over @RunsOnEspresso . Just don't give up. You've got this!3 -
I bought a body weight program and I think I'll start it Monday as well. I'm bored with weights & dragging it all out to lift. So thought a new program may be good mentally (and I need to get back to strength training).
I also got the December Yoga with Adrienne email today. I need to get back to yoga too. I've been very lazy with yoga this year.2 -
I am happy with my weight. My goal over the holidays is to stay below 140. This morning, I was 137.6 - almost two pounds less than my panic weight Tuesday.5
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I learned yesterday that curly hair should be cared for differently than straight hair. I am taking frequent study breaks and google all sorts of things, indulging the undisciplined mind, or giving it a break. either eyther eh?
I told DD did you know I should use a silk scarf to wrap my hair at night or sleep on a silk pillowcase? Of course, she knew. but white people curls? nah. I said yep, seems so. Google seems to believe that my curly under straight on top could be nothing more than overwashing, and not babying the top waves. huh? that'd be cool. So any insight from real people on curly/wavy hair? How do you care for it? How often do you wash it? How do you sleep with it?
I bought a silk scarf (Amazon strikes again- I also found a meditating baby budda I seriously want. It's an Alex thing). They sell silk-like beanie hats to sleep in or wear about- might get one, debating when I can get the baby budda er uh if the silk kerchief will help.
The birds finally found the food I left out for them just in front of the big window under the sand cherry tree. The cats love it, and I really like watching the birds, cardinals, and maybe finches and a bird that looks like a skinny chickadee. The diet cat saw them yesterday and went to the window and then thought, "outside", stopped and went to the garage door to see if it was open. It wasn't but I called her back and she and bear went out. I sat watching when the flock would disperse. It took a few minutes. Neither of them are likely to catch a bird. Bear is still bringing me tiny earth snakes that I rescue and relocate.
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Tomorrow I start again (for the 52948461st time).
Don't worry, I'm joining you.3 -
I had a very odd weekend. It was a great weekend but odd.
I was in call the whole weekend, and usually get at least 1, if not 2, calls per night. I woke Saturday morning surprised at no calls but kinda happy, because it was a busy day due to birthday activities. Then I woke Sunday morning, no calls, and thought wow what are the odds. Then this morning I woke at 4am, lay there wondering what the heck was going on! Kinda dozed for an hr or so, then at 525am the phone finally rang! And because that call was before 6am, I get most of the day off! I go in about 1515.
So because I was wide awake, I went for my first HM training run! It was only 3k, but feels great to be starting a plan. Fingers crossed I get across that finish line in Fabruary!
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@swenson19d - I found out about curly hair a while ago... I had no idea that there is a specific way to cut it so it curls better and it does make a difference. Finding someone though to cut it who knows is often difficult and they are usually not close to where I am. I don't have any special scarves or pillowcases for sleeping (I wouldn't like a silk pillowcase for sure) and my curls get flat and frizzy over night. Nothing a bit of water doesn't help. I wash my hair once a week now (used to wash it every day) but I do rinse and condition it pretty much every day. My hair and curly hair in general tends to get very dry so the conditioning helps. I have a non-terrycloth linen type towel that I use to wrap my hair when I get out of the shower. The terrycloth towels will make your hair frizzier, if that is an issue. I also don't comb/brush my hair other than to get conditioner distributed and then with a wide-toothed comb. This site has good information on how to care for curly hair, check out the categories on the right side of the blog page. They also have great, if expensive products. I used to go to a stylist who had been trained in their method to cut curly hair but she is just too far away to go regularly.
We did burgers for dinner last night and I was reminded again that I am really picky and not a huge fan of In-n-Out. Dh went to his favorite Cuban bakery and got me scones. They are great but I really don't need two huge scones. I will be eating bits of them for a week or longer.
Today I am going to get in another yoga/strength workout and a short walk. Kinda over did it yesterday with a really long 6 mile walk mostly a result of trying to avoid people out on the trail. Dh and I are going to put up Christmas lights on Hilde's house and then if there is time we will do ours. I am a little concerned that the winds are predicted to come back later this week and I don't want the decorations all torn up. We had really strong winds on Thanksgiving night and I am amazed we had any leaves or fruit left on the trees.
I signed up for another running challenge in December (1st-25th). Some of the proceeds go to Feeding America and you can run it individually or as part of a team. If anyone is interested you can join in here for $42. You get a tech shirt (long sleeve or a tank top) and a medal of course. They are offering international shipping but it is $30 more.4 -
ohh thanks @shanaber . I ordered a microfiber towel (Amazon). Matrix had some tips about washing and prewashing. I am not sure I fully understand the prewashing step yet. I think just oil or conditioner before your shower. I like the combing through at the conditioner step. I'll move my large plastic pick from 1985 to the shower. I lightly washed my hair today because it's still a habit and I think its been 2-3 days... I have cocunat products I like so far, used twice now.
Waiting on Dh so we can go buy cat food together... He takes so long to be ready.
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It was chilly today so on my way out I grabbed a scarf out of a drawer. Walmart is always freezing. I pulled my lower back again. I sat in the truck while DH shopped. I am sure he thought I was faking it when I said that I just can not walk that far today. Then I come home to old cat butt drips all over the living room and kitchen. I struggled to clean that up with zero compassion or concern. He's old and has weakness in his hind end and seems to have bouts of what seems to be constipation incontinence. Valium did not touch the back pain today. I have Norco, which I may have to give into. PT tuesday, but I may phone tomorrow to be worked in. I can not study like this. If I can manage, I'll find the heating pad. I am so old and broken.
I have been trying to stick to the IF and have a reminder app. It's kind of a pain. Weigh isn't going anywhere at the moment. I ate pie, plantain chips, pot pie and gum today. I gave up on counting calories. I was 0.7 pounds above the do something weight. not bad considering I was 0.5 below it before I started the pie diet.
I have violin tomorrow... ugh always something "wrong" with me. Perhaps it'll calm down by then. I am behind studying already on day 2 of my study schedule 14/19 done. I may have to skip the stuff I am ok with and focus on what I'm not.2 -
@swenson19d So sorry to hear about your back. The strangest things can tweak them. I hope it is some better this morning and you can get your studying in.1
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People on social media swear by some curly girl method. My hair is no wherennear curly so I haven't paid close attention.
Logged breakfast so far. Should be easy to log since I'm at the office. I don't know why it's easier here than at home 🤷🏼♀️
I was going to do 6 miles yesterday to hit 100. Doggo is constipated so our run was a walk (which I don't count in my running miles). I went out last night for 3 miles and will try to squeeze 3 in tonight instead of a rest day lol3 -
@RunsOnEspresso Poor doggo. I hope the walk helped.
Back is somewhat better. Ill wait for PT tomorrow. Just heat and rest so far and trying to walk without making it seize up.
I think I can play catch up today with studying I have 14 chapters to do today, but marked tomorrow as a "rest" day so I can get a few chapters done. I am stalling still... I have a paid Osmosis account and of course they are running 50% off and I want to upgrade from RN to the MD account, because they get more access and sometimes I want to understand something deeper. So now that that is done with a chat with Maria who was on point and helpful, I should study... perhaps devise a play list and at least watch some stuff and call it studying.
still stalling
Bear is spunky today. He's in that kind of cat mood where he is running in and out and over and under making little happy cat noises and climbing everything. It is crisp outside and the door is open just enough for him to get in and out. He's probably happy that there is (wet) cat food today too. He went out to see the birds and was literally bouncing around like a Jack Russell. It was so funny. little nut-bug.
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I need to eat light today. DD picked most of the turkey off the carcass and wants pot pie. I'm incline, but I don't think today is the day with the stalling and studying and futzing around in my upgraded Osmosis account and back pain and violin (via zoom today- thank goodness).
ok tea and chapters and videos.1 -
@swenson19d hugs on the back, it sounds like the study is going pretty well overall!
@RunsOnEspresso I always find it easier at work than at home. Too much food around at home.
Yesterday I stuck to goal, including baking a cake and eating so much batter. I think the batter in that cake is so so good. My students finish this week so making a fancy chocolate cake to say farewell. No run today. Calf was a little tight yesterday but fine this morning.
I'm not cycling to work today. The wind is insane and I genuinely worry about being blown off my bike. I think @quilteryoyo asked if I have a plan for wet, and yeah I have a waterproof jacket. And always change at work. But have yet to perfect my method, or even try. I never considered the wind! And I'll have to use a plastic bag to keep my uniform etc in my backpack dry!1 -
@RunsOnEspresso Hope your dog is okay. Walks usually help Tippy. Try giving him some pureed pumpkin with his food. It gives extra fiber and helps with constipation. This is what my vet told me to do for Tippy.
@swenson19d Glad your back is some better and that Bear is entertaining you. Hope you manage to get some studying in. I'm also in the "don't want to do anything" mood today. Maybe it's a post-Thanksgiving funk.
@Avidkeo Glad your calf was better this morning. I'm hoping for some cake porn when you are finished with it. That's a great plan for biking in the rain. Wind can be dangerous. I hope you were able to nab a parking spot.
I don't know what I ate yesterday that was salty, but there was something. I was up 2 pounds today. Hoping I'll lose at least part of that today.
I have my CT scan tomorrow morning. I called the CVT surgeon's office today to make see if I needed an appointment to discuss the results or not. She said they would call me, once the surgeon has had a chance to review it. She suspects either tomorrow afternoon late or Wednesday. I'm expecting Wed or Thursday since the scan isn't until 11:30 am tomorrow.
As for food, I'm trying to figure out what to do with leftover ham and turkey that isn't horrible.
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