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  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,332 Member
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    a little ahead of myself
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,332 Member
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    THURSDAY

    Good morning,

    Dog up early, so I can knit a little this morning - 10 more inches on poncho then I have to figure out how to sew it together. Sewing up knitted or crocheted items is not my favorite part.

    Winds have lessened the smoke here but made it harder to fight the fires. Almost cant win with this one. Taking disposable surgeons masks to work so I have them in both places, just in case. * I wrote "disposable surgeons" and had to change it - what a concept!!

    Someone gifted me a P3 (protein power pack) and I nibbled on that after my eye apt - took almost an hour to get through it at work - had ham jerky.

    Lana - tree news?

    Wave to all who follow. Almost to the end of the work week.
  • arniedog74
    arniedog74 Posts: 2,086 Member
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    I love P3! Such a handy little snack... my Dollar General actually has them for $1.75... but, they don't have the one with cheese
    :(
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,332 Member
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    Dawn- thank you good to know (always good to save $$).

    Turned on my pine scent warmer - better than the smoke - today is a huge improvement for us air wise but we are not "out of the woods" yet- think week or longer.

    Oatmeal for dinner. Just easier. Had udon noodles with chicken and sauteed veg for lunch. Took a nice chunk of calories (especially sodium).

    Asking people in jobs in my area what their job involves, cant hurt to ask....

    Wishing all a great night.
  • Tilliesmommy1
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    FRIDAY

    Good morning,

    Lana - how is the tree?? Hopefully done with.

    Dog up early, just easier to get her out when she needs to. Oatmeal on. Not sure about today's lunch yet.

    Will ask quietly in another department about what jobs they have that I might qualify for. Just wondering.

    TGIF - wave to all who follow.

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  • ASalner
    ASalner Posts: 496 Member
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    Friday

    Scale showed me a number in the 150s again today! 159.4! I don't know how that is - except stress is making me eat little but badly? I'll take it but know I need to do better.

    Had my MRI on my lumbar spine yesterday. The good news is there is nothing wrong other than mild degenerative changes (i.e. age) but no bulging disks, nerve impingement, etc. I elected to have a steroid injection in the hopes of getting some relief. It could take 5-7 days to feel any difference. I received a message from my MD stating he will refer for continued PT.

    In more exciting news, we put in an offer on that house last night. (Well, the offer went to the listing agent this morning.) It's a real lowball offer - $9,000 less than they paid for it two years ago (and $35,000 less than they are asking) - and asking them to pay 3% of the purchase price toward closing. They may just say no. They may counter. We shall see. But we figured it was worth a shot and if it doesn't work out, then it wasn't meant to be. There will be other houses. We won't list our house if we don't get an accepted offer. Our realtor liked our house and thought it would show well. Hoping to have professional photos taken on Monday so we're ready to list whenever it's the right time.

    Sara - I was excited to read about your glasses. I need an eye exam and will need to buy new glasses after January 1st when my flex plan renews.

    Lana - tree update?

    Enjoy your Friday!

    Annie
    Today's weight: 159.4
    Highest weight ever: 177.8
    Goal: 145

  • arniedog74
    arniedog74 Posts: 2,086 Member
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    Sara- you are welcome... saving money is always good!

    Annie - WOO HOO on WI! That is exciting, whatever the reason! Good thoughts to you for house! I know you'd love to be away from neighbor...

    Lana - waves

  • arniedog74
    arniedog74 Posts: 2,086 Member
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    Sorry I haven't been around much. Lotsa stuff been going on....I'm ok... just gotta get some things better ...

    And, Scentsy is having a big sale, today and Monday...so, trying to push that... not taking off like I'd hoped....

    Waves to everyone...
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,332 Member
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    Good evening,

    My calories would be red all over the place if I added the small but still frosted piece of cake I had today...... someone gave me bacon flavored ritz crackers - so far they are unopened.

    Making probably pork roast in crock pot (dishwasher on as I write) so I will have pork w/ potatoes/carrots onions etc and then pulled pork for mexican food choices.

    Dessert bar is 23rd for winning my company award -department is having dessert on Friday before, those little rotten gnomes are laughing too hard. I will ignore Friday and be careful and make good choices Monday.

    Pine scentsy is plugged in - our air is less smoky and I am grateful but those fires are not out yet....

    Lana - hope you are doing okay - you are usually around more often. Did you run off with the man who chopped your tree down??

    Wishing all great comfort tonight. It has been a long hard week.
  • arniedog74
    arniedog74 Posts: 2,086 Member
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    Sara - good plan! That would be so hard to pass...ohhh bacon flavored Ritz sounds too yummy! Glad you can enjoy your pine scent... gotta be better than yer outside, right now....
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,332 Member
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    SATURDAY

    Good morning,

    Dog is my best alarm clock - she does not "turn off" until she gets out/food.

    Back for a little more sleep. Will stop by after errands.
  • LanaCabana537
    LanaCabana537 Posts: 3,846 Member
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    Saturday morning....
    Hello to all~~

    The tree went well, Tuesday through Thursday, but I have been without phone landline and internet for laptop, and I will be for a while until the phone company can get around to coming here to hook the house back up, literally. The line is still coiled up and hanging on the bottom of the phone pole near the street. Things are slow in the south. Gah.

    Now that I've loaded the MFP onto my laptop via outside internet, I will read posts and try to come back later on.

    Hugs to all~~

    Lana

    244.8 today
    250.0 highest
    185.0 goal
  • arniedog74
    arniedog74 Posts: 2,086 Member
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    Lana - good to see you! Glad tree went well... not good about no phone or internet.... hope you get it taken care of, soon... have a great day!
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,332 Member
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    Purchased pumpkin for kitchen window until my Christmas window gets put up Thanksgiving weekend.

    New shoes in mail both pair fit without immediate pinching which is kind.

    Could not find a pork roast at first grocery store thick enough to slow cook -on tomorrow's list.

    Lana - glad you are able to communicate again - yes the "south" has a different pace. Hope things get fixed soon.

    Off to stream movies and knit.

    Hope everyone has a good day.
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,332 Member
    edited October 2017
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    Okay lets confess- the pumpkin muffin put me over on calories today. This is the time of year when I get 1 pumpkin muffin, 1 piece of pumpkin cobbler and 1 piece of pecan pie (one in each month for 3 total this month is muffin next month is cobbler etc). Makes for some red calories, just glad I dont do this weekly like I used to.
  • ASalner
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    Saturday night

    So tired! Cleaned and organized all last night and all today. Tweaked my back a bit picking up a box that was too heavy, I guess. Iced it right away and took Advil. Now having wine, advil, and some stretching. I hope I'm not too sore in the morning. Calories have to be in the red but have not tracked.

    No word from realtor. We talked to her earlier today and she said the sellers are crunching numbers. That was several hours ago. Maybe we'll get a counter offer tomorrow?
  • Tilliesmommy1
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    SUNDAY

    Good morning,

    Up a little early, dog up and fed. Pink dog this am (very pale pink) see the specialist Wednesday - have had dust activate full on migraines in the past. I was making a sitting area to watch online programs that are longer than 30 minutes and the dust was disgusting - knew I would pay for it.

    Groceries and then cooking. Pork roast of some kind.

    Annie - the fact that the sellers are even crunching numbers is encouraging. Keeping good thoughts that this may come through.

    Back to sleep with any luck - bbl.
  • Tilliesmommy1
    Tilliesmommy1 Posts: 5,332 Member
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    Pork tenderloin in crockpot with potatoes/carrots and onions -not much room so potatoes went in first and carrots/onions dont have to be fully cooked for me to eat them. Extra potatoes are cooking in fry pan. Crockpot should be done around my dinner time- which is why it went in so early.

    Will fly by later.
  • ASalner
    ASalner Posts: 496 Member
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    Sunday night

    Still exhausted and sore, but not as bad as I thought. No word from realtor. She was going to follow-up this morning. I guess this means no photos tomorrow and no listing it yet. I'm off to a conference a couple of hours north of here until Wednesday afternoon and I don't think I'm going to be making any decisions from up there.

    Has not been a day of good food choices. I'm sure I've shot my 150s out of the water and would be back in the 160s if I checked the scale. Will do my best to make good choices at the conference and possibly hit the treadmill at night.
  • tlsb2016
    tlsb2016 Posts: 307 Member
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    ASalner wrote: »
    Sunday night

    Still exhausted and sore, but not as bad as I thought. No word from realtor. She was going to follow-up this morning. I guess this means no photos tomorrow and no listing it yet. I'm off to a conference a couple of hours north of here until Wednesday afternoon and I don't think I'm going to be making any decisions from up there.

    Has not been a day of good food choices. I'm sure I've shot my 150s out of the water and would be back in the 160s if I checked the scale. Will do my best to make good choices at the conference and possibly hit the treadmill at night.

    Annie, keeping fingers crossed for good news on the house! Enjoy the conference and safe journey.

    Tess