This September I Will...
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Sept 8-9-10
1. I will do “5 mins” on Medicare M-F
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2. I will do at least 15 minsof
MWF arms/back/plank
TThSat yoga stretching/flexibility
Sun none
✔️8/8 Adriene’s Dedicate yoga Day 1
✔️8/9 Monday arms back chest resistance/small wts
✔️8/10 Dedicate yoga Day 2
3. I will do “5 mins” of mindfulness (on yoga mat - not in bed) daily
I ❤️ This!
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4. I will do “5 mins” of art making daily.
✔️8/8 lots
✔️8/9 2 hrs
🔲8/10 about to do
(Optional) Journaled 15 mins about insights or ideas/inspirations
(Optional) novel - pondering/thinking of new directions - perhaps a mystery or historical fiction!
5. Keep my protein grams Between 70 to 85g Every Day.
Each day I do it, I will place a star ⭐️
9/1 108 1.5X yikes
9/2 97.5 1.36 just ok by kidney doc
9/3 110 1.5X yikes
9/4 90 1.25X still too high <—spoke with dietician (This will take me awhile to figure out a new pattern for meals.)
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9/5 76🌟
Sunday 84🌟
Monday 83🌟
9/8 80🌟
9/9 78🌟
Doing it! Funny thing is: If I keep protein to that range & my carbs at a reasonable number and my saturated fat at recommended level, my daily calories drop. The scale is dropping. Could be the 30-40 degree drop in temp - Not too worried as I’m not walking 70-90 mins every day as it’s dangerously particulate-laden air, so I don’t need as many calories.
@nebslp I hear you on the floor. I created a little yoga space next to my bed with my lavender mat on top of a crisp white sheet folded in half, a pillow, a small blanket, and another small towel. Water container!
I’ve been doing the yoga every other day (began with 10-15 mins) since Sept 1? Maybe earlier after one of you mentioned yoga! Well Thank You!
I NEVER thought I’d say this, but I love it! Combined with my every other days upper body strength/some stretching, I am really seeing a difference!
Today’s yoga session was my hardest so far (I began with super easy short ones) and I was pleased to see it raised my heart rate gradually to a fitness level exertion and then gradually brought it back down.
Also I feel more lithe - particularly in my waist.
Very teensy baby steps worked for me.
Also, I reward myself with a guided mindfulness visualization
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Hello Sept I will friends! Nice to see updates.
@MadisonMolly2017 what an interesting take on your protein level. You say tomato I say tomaaato. When I try to increase my protein my cals go up. hmmmm. Actually the same scenario. Sometimes I pretend to my self that protein heavy items should be 0 points (from the old weight watchers system). And to encourage myself to eat more protein I don't want to count those. sigh. But I do. Take care with all that friggin smoke. When we had the sahara dust here and the air quality was crap I just felt like going outside was dangerous. And very insightful on the yoga helping you. I believe that stretching and getting down and flattening ourselves always makes us feel taller and more svelte. It's part of why I enjoy my 15 minutes of sunbathing. Not only the vit d but the stretching out flat!
@nebslp great update yesterday evening! I hate when we turn over a new page as I have to scroll back and forth to keep up!
@77tes how are things going? School progressing? WIll you do any inhouse teaching this year?
@packerfaninGB (Tracie) how is the water I will going?
My update for 9 10 is that keeping things level seemed a lot easier. I also bumped up my cal allowance a little bit as it seemed to be mentally too challenging to keep it at 1700 AND have my protein also. (should be FREE!) Anyway another marble KKKKKKaaaaaKLINK for yesterday and feel positive about today also.
bONincoolerTxHOWDIDTHATHAPPENSOFAST!
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So much to read and so little time to respond 😲. I just really love how y'all even have creative ways in which you write your responses/ updates... I truly enjoy each update 💖 👀 .
I need to hang the laundry out now, I just heard the washer stop. I want to get a jump on the weekend's laundry so this is the second load to hang out tonight. Both are my DH's work clothes and more of his to do in the morning. Now I will have less to hang out in the morning as I also want to get some other things finished in the morning. It is so peaceful and quiet in the night also. Ah yes... I ought to be sleeping but I feel awake.
I will read my book and/or color some every day. 📖 = reading a book for fun, 📜= coloring
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Haha... Well we do tend to jump all over and respond to comments in other topics LOL... Happy Saturday Sept I will team. (and I think of us as a team helping each other and looking out for ways to encourage). Yesterday I decluttered the garage. Hahahha. Nope. Just kidding. I did have to pull out my hummingbird feeder with the moat at the top. So I spent a little bit of time hanging 2 feeders for them. I saw one in the rain a few days ago on my desert willow tree and I rarely see them on my feeder because hey - beautiful purple flowers or stupid human thing. You choose too.
Update for 9/11 is that I burned 911 cals according to my apple watch. How bizarre is that. Anyway it was a very active day and I have earned another marble in the good goblet. @nebslp I hope you can locate your goblets soon also but I understand the HORROR of searching thru the junk area. Yesterday I was looking for an old xray from 97 or 98 when I broke my leg and it was in the spare bedroom but I never did locate it. I am sure it's "somewhere". hahahahaha
Our weather should be sunny and warm today (90) so I am going to do my 15 minutes of sunbathing/stretching at noon. hurrah! No matter how badly we need the rain it always makes me gloomy when it clouds and rains for several days in a row.
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@MadisonMolly2017 you wrote: "I NEVER thought I’d say this, but I love it [yoga]! Combined with my every other days upper body strength/some stretching, I am really seeing a difference!" That is probably the most inspiring thing I ever read by someone trying out yoga! And combining it with other exercise is brilliant. Well done!
@SummerSkier ahhh, yes the Sahara desert dust that areas of Texas and elsewhere are gifted with every year during the summer. I learned this year that the dust is actually micro fine particles of actual Sarah dessert sand. No wonder that it irritates our eyes, lungs and so forth. I was just going down the Google internet bunny trail where I was fact checking myself and yep, it does come every year and travels over 5,000 miles to get here, so I closed off all the windows and came back here lol 😲.
Yay for you earning another marble in your good goblet!
@nebslp you wrote: "This month I’m adding [saying] “but I’ll do it anyway” " instead of "saying “I don’t feel like it” " that is amazing insight into what you are doing and deciding to face it and change it!! You go girl! Amazing insight for sure 🌼!!!
I will read my book and/or color some every day. 📖 = reading a book for fun, 📜= coloring
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Gosh how can it already be 13 Sept. Seems like it was just 13 March and I was making the decision for me and my team about working remote (before it was even announced). I had to get permission from my boss and her boss at the time. Now when I even mention one of my folks might need to start going in to the office, my boss shudders. It seems we are really in this for the long haul.
@texasgardnr looks like you are again having a great month enjoying the color and the reading! Yes the dust was so fine this year and so strong that it was bizarre to walk or run or ride. Thankfully the bad days were only really a few.
I think @77tes has gotten caught up in her journal which is awesome also.
My knee has been complaining since the middle of the night to me,,,, Oh well. It's how it goes. You try and you see if things are ready and if not, you rest and try again in a few more days. No regrets on the running yesterday. LOL. But it may well be a very quiet day today.
Yesterday was again a good stay off the rollercoaster day for me.
However I don't know why except I found myself feeling irritable and short and grumpy yesterday afternoon. When I got home there was a surprise package from a friend for one of my cats which greatly cheered me up. And another friend from Salisbury called me which normally will change my attitude but honestly I was not still in a good enough mood to chat away with her so the call was not as fun as we normally have. She was impressed that one of my tracker items from August was to call or chat with family or friends on the phone and has taken that up herself!
Hope everyone is doing well... I see check in s in various places so I think so.
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@SummerSkier , I’m still around. My journaling has been going well, but that isn’t the reason I haven’t been posting here. I’m just spending so much time with my classes! 🤪 I still haven’t got into the flow for this semester yet.
@nebslp , I can’t believe no one wants the wood from your cedar trees! I just paid for cedar discs.
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@77tes Great to hear from you! Have you had time to do any sewing lately? The beginning of an ordinary school year is busy enough, I can't imagine how it is with the recent COVID complications. I'm glad you've been keeping up with your journaling. I just watched a class on journaling and was pleasantly surprised to hear the instructor say that it's OK, actually recommended, to keep more than one journal. I had been a little ashamed to admit before to having one for inspirational quotes, one for thoughts and feelings, one for ideas, and more. She talked about writing about internal thoughts, external happenings, dreams, and so much more.
I'm still looking for individuals who might take A tree. Then sometimes I think I should just learn how to run a chain saw and start my own cedar business (kinda sorta serious
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@MadisonMolly2017 It looks like you've got your protein plan to work for you. Not an easy task, so kudos to you! Are you doing any particular kind of yoga? Did you try the new one that was mentioned last month?
@SummerSkier love to hear about the KKKAAaaKlinks! Great job staying clear of the roller coaster. The phone call to your friend and her taking up your connection goal shows the ripple effect we have on other people in our lives. That must make you feel really good.
@PackerFanInGB Hey girl! I miss hearing how things are going! How is life in your corner of the world?
@texasgardnr You are faithful to your goal every day. Do you color anything special like the adult coloring books or??? I don't have the patience for those or I can never decide on the color I should use. I guess there are no "shoulds", just whatever you want.
Yes, the month is almost 1/2 over! September is such an awesome month with the cooler weather and rainy days, then sunny days, and low humidity is the best!3 -
My goal of going upstairs in the morning to write my daily plan is going really well. Somehow I forgot it yesterday until I was upstairs in the afternoon, but otherwise I've been consistent about having my first cup of coffee upstairs in my cozy room.
Other goals are more hit and miss, but some of them are very regular. It gives me something to strive for the 2nd half of September. I will post my tracker in a couple of days.3 -
On September 15, we’ll have our first mid-month Non Scale Victory posting day!! No modesty allowed. Giving you a day’s notice to start gathering all those Wins!!!! 🏅🏆💪🏻4
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My I Will’s this month have changed my life - no joke.
1. I’ve done mindfulness each day. Wow, it helps me! PEACE- much less worry.
2. I’ve alternated yoga & upper body/arms strength each day! My muscles are pleasantly sore & my flexibility Is improving. I have better posture, confidence, and look slimmer. VIGOR
3. I’ve actively worked on an art piece or my novel each day! And the ideas are snowballing & interweaving one really fun ways! IDEATION/CREATIVITY - still resistant but as I overcome that each day, I get insights into Why?
4. I’ve worked to learn Medicare a minimum of 5 mins each non-holiday Weekday! DISCIPLINE w/ pesky projects
5. Cleaning/decluttering each day is not an Officual goal, but I’ve done that each day, too. ORDER
I find having these little checkboxes in my mind keep my spirits up & busy (but not too busy).
I’m not sure if I’ll do as well when it’s safe to walk outside again as these activities usually take the time of the 90 mins I walk. But as they say, I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it,
I’m so glad everyone is experiencing wins that sure do add up fast!! 5-15 minutes Really works for me- usually Extending to 30-45 mins for each of these!!!
Overcoming inertia bit by-Vit seems to be my theme this month!
PS Some stressful medical times this weekend, But all will be ok for my Very Healthy husband! Such a surprise. I was in hospital with him almost overnight for 7 hours.
As we quickly left for ER, I threw one of my art instruction books and a pen & pad of paper in my Bag. Glad I did. The drawing helped me stay awake the last 2 hours when he was finally able to sleep some. The book kept me occupied the first couple. Art works for me.
My phone was low on batteries, so I was unable to listen to mindfulness visualizations, but I did several on my own. And that kept me from stressing out as the dr’s tried to figure out what was up. Had learned enough in the past 12 days to self calm etc!
I also found, when I got home that our more decluttered & organized & pretty home lifted my spirits. I’m glad I/we spent the time on this.
And finally this morning, I began putting the things away where they belonged, Straightening a hastily departed home & the sense of calm I felt as each had its place, well, I had to share:
The habits we are building are important. Very important.
Much Love,
Maddie
PS As scary as it was to be in hospital, they were careful. His culprit was a gallstone. He’s out of pain & will be following up on next steps. 💪🏻❤️🎉2 -
@MadisonMolly2017 , oh that would be scary! Glad husband is okay. Glad that your healthful/mindful practices helped support you and combat stress.
I’m thinking about my NSV for tomorrow. Hmm 🤔
Here’s my tracker so far. I had a terrible headache over Labor Day- 110+ temps didn’t help. So I didn’t do much on those days, but I still got my journaling done. I’m really loving it. I’ve kind of quit in the Medicare research -too annoying!
@nebslp, that workshop about journaling sounds great. I’m kind of writing anything in my journal right now.
@texasgardnr , love that you are reading and coloring every day.
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@MadisonMolly2017 Your post seemed a little like a reading a novel. It was so uplifting to see how many ways you're changing your life for the better step-by-step. But I was holding my breath wondering what happened to make you spend so much time in the hospital and couldn't wait to see how things developed. I'm so glad there is a happy ending and I hope your husband can find complete healing and freedom from pain soon.
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Short update as I am off to the barn but KkkkkaaaaccCHING for yesterday.
Maddie, absolutely SCAREY story but loving your post and yes these I wills are definitely life changing and important.
@77tes so sorry about your headache over the long weekend. Hope that your temps have improved somewhat.And it looks like your Sept is going to still be well filled out regardless if you have decided to let some of the items (like friggin medicare) go!
@nebslp interesting about going upstairs each morning to work on your plan. I too am thinking how can the month already be halfway done?!!!!!!
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@77tes Our messages must have crossed paths because I just now saw yours. Your tracker looks great even with a few days when you needed to take it easy. Are you feeling better by now? Glad to see you're back to sewing.
@SummerSkier All of my paper is upstairs, and my sewing room, office, workout space, music center, (that about covers it) is my little hideaway. I prefer the sounds of silence or music or books or podcasts or the hum of my machine to other noise downstairs, and that's where I find it. I feel happy every time I turn on the light in that room
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@SummerSkier Thank you 🤗, actually I am having a great month enjoying coloring and reading more again. Truth be told I can often skip doing fun things because there are always other things that I ' should ' be doing, but I am working on reversing that mindset (again).
There still are those days when I'm about to go to sleep when it's "oh, my, I have to read and color first 📖 📜 then 😴. 🤣🤪 !!
I love how you write that you are doing your 15 minutes of sunbathing/stretching at noon. Yay for sneaking in 'stretching' as a side benefit to your sunbathing!! Sorry that your knee complained during the night after your run... knees certainly do take quite a bit of time to heal 👉🦵 , but hopefully you will soon be able to 🏃♀️ without anymore setbacks, although you do have a good attitude about them!!.
@77tes it is so good to see you!! That is great that your journaling has been going well for you! With how much has changed for teachers this school year I don't doubt for a second how difficult it would be for you to not to be spending considerably extra time with your classes. I do hope that things can somehow get into a sort of routine for you and be accomplished in less time, if at all possible. Your tracker is becoming even more beautiful with all the color!
@MadisonMolly2017 look at all of those green check marks and beautiful stars!! You are doing amazing!! Especially balancing all of your nutrients so well. Your reporting on how you are already benefiting from practicing yoga is exciting to read. Well done!!
I really loved how you are able to identify how your I Will’s have changed your life this month. What incredible insight into yourself and needs! You have actually given me some things to ponder on.
It is very frightening when one spends time in the hospital or ER with an otherwise very healthy family member. That does take us not only by surprise, but is very unsettling in a way that can only be experienced, and not described. I have been there and experienced that before so I do understand. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I especially like how you certainly reaped the unexpected benefits and blessings of all the work that you have put into decluttering, organizing and beautifying your home. That is both an awesome testimony and also will encourage me to continue on. I do hope that eventually all will be well for your husband. Gallstones can be very painful according to those persons that I know who have suffered with them. Bless his heart (and his gallbladder 🌼). That is so good that you were able to have your art books with you and were able to do your own mindfulness visualizations.
@nebslp I do color a variety of the adult coloring books with different pencils, and even at times with crayons 😁. I find it is a very creative outlet actually. I have tried a lot of other arts/crafts/ hobbies over these many years and nothing has allowed me this much freedom and ease, and also a no judgement zone for being pleasantly creative.
If I find I don't actually enjoy using a particular set of pencils, or a book like I thought I would have, then I eventually bless someone else with them, or give to Good Will. So it is one past time where I haven't accumulated actual clutter either! Win-Win!
Good for you in being very consistent in your goal of going upstairs in the morning to write your daily plan out!! Excellent progress is being made for your I will!!
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I will read my book and/or color some every day. 📖 = reading a book for fun, 📜= coloring
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Sept 14. KkkaaaaCHING!!!3
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This might be sideways. Tomorrow I will figure out percentages.
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I think you would be totally more successful if you printed that out in multi color...
just sayin...... dang I love all you gals!! And honestly altho I wish more would post instead of lurk I feel like our # is almost just perfect to be able to keep up more easily with everyone.
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@SummerSkier , I’m so glad you can be riding your horse! I’m really jealous!
You asked if I am teaching in person. The answer is no. In fact, we already have been told that we will still be remote through the Spring semester. But me - I’m NOT going back to campus. 2020 has shown me I can ease into retirement by working online. I’m pretty High on the seniority list, so I should be able to get online classes once the campus reopens.
@nebslp , that tracker is terrific! So clear!
@texasgardnr , great idea to pass along any pencils or coloring books you don’t love. I think the pretty journal I’m using is helping to support my journaling habit.4 -
@SummerSkier I know, right? I'm going to have to work on that color thing and see what happens in September Phase 2.
And totally agree with how great it would be to have more posters, but am so grateful for the amazing ones we have already!
Ritastilldrinkingcoffeebecausemythermosisnotemptyyet (I had no idea how difficult is is to write without spaces)!
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I Will’s going great here.
I will definitely make a tracker for October! Much easier than typing it all on my phone hehe
Only issue I’m having is the yoga is making my left hip sore. I was a lot more gentle this morning, so hopefully this will just be a first month thing.
I’m doing the yoga, mindfulness, cleaning etc, and creating each day. Ditto Medicare..although soon my husband will need to do next step & speak with his HR rep.
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and BOOM here we are driving hard for the 2nd half of the month. @nebslp you inspired me yesterday with the idea of being BRAVE and why not TRY. I am such a chicken at some things that I really need to give myself a talking to. Today's brave thing was to just RUN. In the past few weeks I have tried that and ended up with my knee hurting overnight but I thought it was time. So I did. And yeah it doesn't feel perfect but when was the last time my body felt physically perfect???? ROTFLOL... like when I was 17 maybe? oh yeah it is hard to type without spaces...
@MadisonMolly2017 ohoh on the hip. I had to quit aerobics years ago even tho I loved those classes like dancing/exercising to music because my hips did NOT like all the lateral motion. Hopefully you have figured out what specific thing is causing the problem and you can avoid it. Glad the time with hubby in the ER turned out OK. Does he need surgery? I have spent time just the same way and I tell you it led me at one point to decide to break up with a 2 year boyfriend. WHy? Because I found myself wondering the halls of the hospital by myself way too often that year with my Dad or Mom, and his support was missing.
@77tes so happy to hear you are not teaching in person! And a pandemic positive is that you are now figuring out how to ease into retirement. NICE!!!!! And yes the horse gets bONtime daily and mostly we are retired and just head out to the hay fields to loosen up our stiff joints chase armidillos, cows, Robert cat, hawks, etc etc... I love all the wild life there and even saw a mountain lion in the distance one time. He was so REGAL (or she?) and stopped in the middle of crossing the stream to look haughtily back at us before floating/trotting to the other side.
@texasgardnr You give us an important lesson that we should do FUN things. Sometimes in our planning we forget to leave time for that. And it's partly why I go to the barn every evening even if I feel lazy and not like driving. I always get energized once I start.
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@MadisonMolly2017 I’m so sorry to hear the yoga is causing hip pain, that’s not okay. Try not to push yourself too much. Fear of overdoing kept me away from yoga for years. My sister had an over enthusiastic instructor who kept telling her to try harder (not knowing my sister is a serious overachiever). Anyhow- my point is modify and stop doing any pose that causes pain. ❤️
So nice you can enjoy the wildlife as you ride @SummerSkier. It’s actually surprising how much wildlife I see on my walks in suburban So. Cal. And with the fires,there is even more. A friend who lives in the foothills was sharing pictures of her yard, complete with Bobcats, deer, a momma opossum with about 10 babies hanging off her, foxes, and a bear who like her swimming pool. 😳
Today, they were actually tearing down the house where I rescued the rose bushes, so I thought I’d update you all on the rescues. They are alive -even the one that looked pretty dead has given us a bloom. I have the daffodil bulbs in the refrigerator and hope to plant them next month.
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Thank you @nebslp! I will follow your yoga advice❣️
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Hi everyone! It's taken me a few hours yesterday and today to get caught up reading posts on this thread and one more that I belong to. Gee, if I made time EVERY DAY to hop on for a few minutes, it might not take me that long...duh!
I finally got some resolution to some things I've been stressing out and isolating myself over, so I'm happy to say that today I feel so happy and so far today I'm feeling free of anxiety! My husband and I sat down and looked over our finances and situation, and yesterday at noon I got to officially declare myself as RETIRED! No more stressing about finding a new job at 60 years old and learning something new. No more stressing about interviews or clothing that fits appropriate for work, no more worrying about being exposed to COVID-19 at work site or wearing a mask 8-10 hours a day. Just retired. And the coolest thing that I'm really looking forward to is that I won't have to go outside this winter if I don't want to!!! It gets awful cold here in Green Bay, and I've always thought to myself how lucky retired people are who don't have to step outside into the -20 degrees with a 30 mph wind chill factor! Now I'm one of them! Whoop Whoop!
I see so many nice comments on here to me and to each other! I don't remember who to reply to on each thing, but just know I'm happy all seems to be well at this time. I hope the cedar wood found a good home, and I'm glad husbands are out of the hospital and I love the trackers everyone is using! I really need to dig one up to post on the fridge. I'm such a visual person!
Have a wonderful day! Talk to you all later or tomorrow!
1. My goal for this month (This September I will..."): Drink half my weight in ounces of water
2. The small actions I’ll be taking to accomplish this goal: I will keep my teal stainless steel 25 oz water bottle next to me and make sure I fill it at least 3x daily. :
3. The trigger or cue to remember to do my habit: When I'm done with my morning coffee, I will put cup in sink and grab the teal water bottle.
4. How often will you do your new habit (daily is best if possible) Daily
5. What reward will you immediately give yourself for doing your habit? (Small positive feedbacks reinforce the habit you are trying to build.) Updated: Each day I drink half my weight in water, I will sit down and spend 30 minutes reading for fun!
6. What help do you need from us? It would be really great if one of you could come stay with me this month and whack me with a yard stick whenever I start whining or feeling sorry for myself!
7. What does success look like to you at the end of September? My fingers will be less swollen and hopefully I will be able to wear my wedding ring again. 💍
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@77tes I am so totally jealous that you have been successful with the transplanted ROSES!!!! My Mom passed in 2014 and my Dad in 2010. My Dad had an amazing green thumb and his roses were just wonderful. We mostly kept them alive for my Mom at their house until she passed. Then I hired a local guy to help transplant them. He was a jerk and pulled them out bare root. I have only 1 left and it is struggling because he did not prep the new area well either. SO MAD..... Anyway, he got fired years ago. Below is a picture of my Mom with one of the huge ones which I could not get moved. They really were that big and fragrant. I used to stop over every week to get a fresh vase. As far as bulbs. I hope @texasgardnr will pop in. I am receiving some gorgeous IRIS bulbs and I am going to have to figure out where and when and HOW to plant them as the tree rats are notorious along with other critturs for digging things up.
@packerfaninGB welcome back! You look to be doing really well on your Sept I will. And congratulations on your decision to retire. I am 62 and single and hope to stretch my current job until I can get SS and Medicare but if I were to get the ax (which you never know) than I would definitely bridge to "retire" esp if I got a decent package for severance.
@themedalist hope that things are going well with you and the parents and that your Dad continues to beat the odds and recover his mobility from the stroke.
@MadisonMolly2017 how is the hip doing a few days later? And hubby still doing ok?
@texasgardnr waiting on updates of course
@nebslp I was struggling this week as my mouse for work died and I could not find in ALL my junk drawers an MS mouse to replace it. My neighbor gave me a apple trackpad which only sort of halfway worked so like you trying to type without spaces me trying to work without a right click was just hilarious. So far behind that even tho I am taking tomorrow off work officially I might have to see if I can clean out the hundreds of emails which are jammed in my inbox to find the few gems which are waiting on ME to take action or follow up.
For my Sept I will. KKKKkaaaachink for 16 Sept. And I was so happy because I actually got brave and ran. My knee was hurting some but it wasn't getting worse so I just kept going to get a decent run in. Of course the true test was how it felt overnight or this morning. And the answer is my thigh hurt but my knee felt fine. So... I am taking a fairly easy day (walking but not running etc) because our weather is supposed to be amazing the next few days and I want to run some miles...
Happy Friday on Thursday everyone and thank you for being such amazing Ladies!!!
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I have so many comments to make but I can't do them all at one time so I'm just going to jump around in and out of here. First comment is about editing. @SummerSkier and maybe others, I have found that once I post something, if I go to the previous page and go back to the last one it will have the little circle thingy at the top right of the post I just did that allows me to edit. This is on my computer. I don't remember what happens on my iPad so maybe just experiment a little. Also, I was wondering how the candle experiment worked out when you put a new wick in the holder and added wax from old candles to make one new one.
There are other things that pop into my brain at weird times but right now I can't remember the one I was thinking about this morning when I was outside. Give me awhile 1
