Serial Starters

Lana - I hadnt elaborated on it so you didnt miss anything. But here is the story:
DH got call in middle of night last week from MIL with chest pains, etc. He took MIL to hospital. She hadnt been eating or taking meds correctly (if at all). She stayed at SIL house for 2 days then the decision was made to move her to our house. DH is home all day with her since he has his business at the house. He makes sure she eats & takes meds. Her daughter & husband both work outside the home and all bedrooms in their house are on second story. Her other son wants nothing to do with her, let alone have her at his home. So that left our house & DH. I came home from work one day and DH says "Mom is on way, she is coming out to stay with us." That was the extent of any "discussion." Just had to suck it up and march on. (have only locked myself away in bedroom with a bottle of wine and netflix one night so far! LOL)

it is a rather weird and somewhat uncomfortable situation because due to a bunch of crazy Jerry Springer-worthy family drama on her part, DH and siblings had cut her out of their lives. so after 12 years of no contact, she is now living in our house.

Her health seems to be improving. She has been eating my protein shakes and I have been putting protein powder in her stuff like yogurt & ice cream. Last doctor appt she weighed 82 pounds, up from 80. Doctor said short term goal is to get her to 90 pounds with ultimate goal of 110. Not sure if she will actually be able to live independently. Supposedly my SIL is looking into home healthcare or some other arrangements. Hope something can be worked out soon.

Sara - no money from in-laws. MIL is on Medicare or Medicaid or whatever so all meds paid for. She still doesn't eat much so grocery bill not up too much yet.

Its killing me though with all the junk food we got to try and entice her to eat. Am trying soooooo hard to ignore it. So far, so good. I am actually down one pound this week. Will keep at it.

Dawn - i did not get the deck done before the rain started. since i am now the only one working on it, it has to wait until i get home from work. which has been late this week since my supervisor is out and stuff falls on me. now i have to wait for at least 2 nice days in a row to let it dry out before I can start back in on it. forecast says some rain almost every day. it will take awhile but i will get it done eventually - just hopefully before winter!
on a day when you have time, try making your own frozen pizzas - make & bake crust about 10 min, then add toppings, and freeze while on pizza pan/cookie sheet. remove from pan & wrap it tight in plastic wrap and pop in freezer. then when you want a fast meal, you have something homemade.

waves to everyone who drops in!!

*taking advantage of the extra fluffing & fanning ordered by Lana*

CW 157.5
HW 216
GW 145

Tilliesmommy1 wrote: »

THURSDAY

Good morning,

Aahh, I can work whatever I want in my work file again..... Tues/Wed are designated for the higher $$.

Upper 90-106 for the next 4 days and air is "kitten" so windows closed and took my jug to work to walk home with.

Dawn - homegrown tomatoes are the best and yes mayo is better. Check out the sodium in your frozen pizzas. My compromise when I started WW was to make pizzas using pita bread, canned sauce, light string cheese, chopped broccoli, other vegetables, and sometimes if in the house canadian bacon. Not a bad size and way less sodium. Good job on walking!!

Wave to all who follow. Lurking this Thursday from work....

I have used pitas, english muffins and most recently I have used tortilla shells. I only like cheese, sauce and a little pepperoni so the tortilla shell is strong enough to support it. I use the broil to melt the cheese fast otherwise the shell overcooks.

5lambert wrote: »

We had storms last night so I slept well, but still wimped out on going to a new exercise class this morning. I could do more summers being off work but instead seem to do less. We do walk the dogs every day, but that's not long or fast. Maybe some pool time and not just lounging in it

I bought a gym membership recently and am trying to get motivated to go! It's true that the less you do the less you do... or one of my favs... if you want something done, ask a busy person. I get so much done when I'm busy.. but if I'm not I tend to just lounge around. My job has alot of down time and I need to make myself more busy during those times so I'm not just sitting and eating! Hopefully this group can help!

steph81881 wrote: »

5lambert wrote: »

We had storms last night so I slept well, but still wimped out on going to a new exercise class this morning. I could do more summers being off work but instead seem to do less. We do walk the dogs every day, but that's not long or fast. Maybe some pool time and not just lounging in it

I bought a gym membership recently and am trying to get motivated to go! It's true that the less you do the less you do... or one of my favs... if you want something done, ask a busy person. I get so much done when I'm busy.. but if I'm not I tend to just lounge around. My job has alot of down time and I need to make myself more busy during those times so I'm not just sitting and eating! Hopefully this group can help!

My job is pretty sedentary too and my hobbies are sitting ones. We have Y memberships (switched from Curves when my husband had some health issues and his doctor said he needed to start exercising.) It helps that we like one together (water aerobics) as it was too easy to skip stuff I just did alone. We also walk the dogs every day but short as we also have a fenced dog yard for them.

5Lambert - Those Lowe's salads sound good. I like putting some fruit and nuts into salads. Anything to keep things interesting.

I would love to go for a walk right now, but it is still 90 degrees at 6:45PM here. I am water-logged from the pool.

My estranged DH is making me very sad and upset, and I don't want to just sit in the house. I'm also very tired. I wish I had a car; I'd go for a little ride.....
*sniff*

Lana

Lana - hugs to you... I'll never understand, why the ones we love(d) seem to not be bothered when they hurt those that truly love them. Maybe another swim if no walk?