Mihani, so, so sorry to hear about your sweet boy. He and you were both lucky that you were together during his last bit of time here, I'm sure that brought him a lot of comfort. IMHO there's really no reason to rush into cleaning up. Give yourself time to grieve, and please take care of yourself during that time. Hugs, and more hugs to you

Thanks gals! I feel like I'm functioning again today. This was my first "only dog" and it is a huge adjustment and hole in my heart. Since I've always had 2 or 3 dogs at a time then when one dies it is devastating but your routine is the same just have to adjust to grabbing one less treat and fill up one less bowl. This... this is just weird and I realize how much my life has always revolved around my pets.

Anyway, thanks for getting January started Nanc. Are you still enjoying days off or back to work? Give Lulu some extra snuggles from me.

Spring, hope you are feeling better. I notice little things with improved flexibility and balance but you're right it's hard to really measure that like getting on the scale, measurements, or lifting heavier weights. Where I first noticed improved balance was shaving my legs! Standing on one foot was suddenly much easier and I didn't wobble at all.

I managed to get a little motivated yesterday evening. Changed the bedding, swept up all the floors, and made the lentil stew. The stew was disappointing but we'll see if it's better today after sitting in the fridge overnight. The hair tumbleweeds were depressing me but I didn't move all the furniture so I'm betting that his fur will be making appearances for weeks.

Thinking I'm going to skip going to the office today. I can work later in the evenings now since I don't have to get home to the boy so I can make up for not getting anything done today. Or I may do some work from here later. I'm just not up for getting totally back to reality yet.

Thinking about a grocery run early and get that out of the way. I don't need much just power greens for smoothies and some veggies to stir-fry. Thinking a batch of brown rice or quinoa and some stir-fry veggies will make life easy the rest of this week.

Sorry to hear of your loss Mihani - our girl passed on one year ago but we were blessed through a rescue to receive 2 precious ones just 10 later - doesn't replace her and all the memories we had of her but we don't feel quite as lost as these 2 seniors are bringing a lot of smiles to our life.

Working on making sure my food program is what it needs to be. With being in kidney failure there is so much that needs to be changes re what I eat - and then add in other medical problems along with that. Was a bit off for the last week or so and my poor kidneys are telling me that I can't be off plan even for one day - so am back on course.

Today (this afternoon) hubby and I will be taking down all Christmas decorations and then the floors need to be done. Hubby says he doesn't really enjoy January as it is the month where I take one room and we start with a clean up job from ceiling to floor - that way by spring all the house will be shiny clean - but boy does it take some work - I never let it get bad but this deep cleaning gets me every year - but I so enjoy it when it is done

Mihani, I'm so sorry about the loss of your sweet boy.

Your plan sounds great, Nanc, and glad you are enjoying your juices again.

Marilyn, I think you've done really well so far in your efforts. I hope you are able to continue to improve your kidney function.

This is a quick hi. Worked late, came home and did a quick workout, light dinner since it is nearly bedtime. Couple little chores to do here yet.

@Marilynsretired so good to hear from you. It looks like the plan you're following is slowly giving you some improvement - I hope you continue to see better and better results over the next few weeks/months.
Magic, Whew, glad to hear you avoided the covid contact!!
My sore throat went away, but today I've had some sneezing (more annoying more than anything else). Hoping to be back to 100% in the next day or two.

Happy New Year!
I wrote down my goals. Jumping back in!

@letsgoplay1 Hi, so happy to see you here!!!
Magic, good luck at your cardiology appt. today.
Mihani, I use a lot of glass containers so don't usually run into that problem. My disorganization is mostly in the garage - every time I start a job I have to spend 10 minutes or more looking for the tools and whatever else I need to get the job done.

Hi y'all. I left work a little early because I'm dropping. Haven't been sleeping well at all this past week. Going to have a cup of chamomile and go to bed for a while.

Nanc, yay for all clear!

Hi, letsgoplay, nice to see you here.

Spring, I just bought some glass containers last month that I've been using to freeze soups. Seem to do a much better job in the freezer than the rubbermaid ones, but I still like the plastic for taking lunches and storing in the fridge. The problem is the ones I bought don't nest so now I have even less room in the cabinet!

Last night I got out a coloring book and colored pencils that someone gave me a few years ago and I never looked at. It was actually kind of fun.

Been doing pretty well this week since I had everything prepped, but have got into the crackers in the office cabinet a few times too. Will put a stop to that after today.

I'm planning on a lot of work time this weekend but also going to tackle a couple house projects. I think first on the list will be closets. Especially the linen closet. What a mess that is.