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Good morning ladies!
So happy to have sunshine today here, after so much rain. I wish this house had a sunny back deck. There used to be a deck which is now an enclosed porch room. It's just like being indoors except for the temperature.
Anyway, I ate over my limit yesterday. I had cookies when my aunt came over for tea. I resisted them for half an hour, then I just gave up. They weren't even very good. I wish I understood why I do that. If I have to stare at food, sooner or later I will eat some.
My aunt will be 90 in May. She has some mysterious health problems. Maybe that made me nervous.
Today I'm going out to lunch. I'm aiming for reasonable which means no appetizer and no dessert. If I get a burger, I will leave a quarter of it on my plate. I'm not going to eat until I'm stuffed.
So I hope to be about 800 calories for lunch.
Then I will reward myself with the lite strawberry ice cream tomorrow.
Machka, you look great in your fencing outfit.
Barbie I love the picture of you and Jake! Such a happy smile.
Lisa that peacock is beautiful! I love the green and blue jewel tones.
Sue, still concerned about your dangerous tenant, and your health. Hope she is soon gone!
Rita, so glad your panic attacks seem to have gone away. It's tough to believe in medicine after it betrays you like that. I used to get digestive trouble from lactose which is in so many pills! Such a stupid thing to use as filler, when allergies are so common. No wonder so many pills cause tummy troubles.
Have a great day my friends! May you be happy, healthy, safe and free!
Annie in Delaware
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I have a "Warmie" problem! Grey bear front and center is a constant companion. The others take turns in my bed. They love the "hot tub" aka microwave. Definitely a help for stress and anxiety. Easier on the body than alcohol and chocolate.
Comfort foods I had forgotten about open faced cheese toast! Mine are cinnamon sugar toast and chicken n dumplings.
I too use the take out box at start of meals out unless I haven't eaten all day.
Annie I love steak n shake shakes, but at over 1k calories per, it is a rare treat!
Eclipse we are working, but most places closed here.
Gotta get ready for work.
Kylia
One of my friends sent me a highland cow warmie when I had surgery. I had my hubs heat it up and used it on my stomach to help warm me up. It was very useful but also really cute! Love it.
Okie in the TX Hill Country5 -
Annie Try having a full glass of water or a cup of tea before heading out. May help in portion control.
Just a suggestion. I always eat more if I get too hungry first!3 -
Okie My nephew's wife wants to add highlands to their menagerie. They already have dogs, cats, chickens, and goats. Nephew told her no. For Christmas, we got her the highland cow warmie. She loves it! I give them for gifts often. Minis for babies have helped many a colicky child. Great for menstrual cramps or general muscle cramps for teens.
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This will be me tomorrow.
DST ends tonight.
The Great Blackness begins.
I really don't like the 6 months of dark.
Machka in Oz7 -
Lisa - that peacock clock is so cute and Corey picked the perfect spot for it. What a nifty idea painting a clockface like that.
Rita - very happy to hear many of your medical problems are clearing up, a shame your renal doc can't be your primary care physician.
Heather - I was struck by the great choice of colors in Max's painting, he did just fine. I can imagine him and Edie on their walk to your house talking about cheese. That other painting you posted - is that the "battleship board" ? I really like it, very striking. Glad the paperwork is finally coming together for the cruise cancellation. I'm sure you'll be relieved when it's all finished up. Was your medical system as jumbled up prior to the pandemic?
Kylia - I admire your Warmie collection. My friend T gave me a Warmie several years ago and I just stuck it in a dresser drawer, time to pull it out. When I go to sleep at night, I start out on my back with a warm rice sock on my troublesome shoulder whether it's achy or not. I need to switch to the Warmie - that material is so soft like having a warm puppy there but without the wiggles, lol.
I agree with Okie. There really is something soothing like that as we go to sleep.
I discovered the eclipse that came through the Pacific Northwest in 2017 wasn't total in my area, we were on the edge about 50 miles north of the path of totality that went through Oregon. But it was really dark here nonetheless with streetlights coming on.
Lanette
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Heather - No instructions, just gathered up a few things.
How I made the clock:Used an 8x10 prestretched canvas (already has the wood frame under the canvas).
Here's a picture of them at US Amazon. I get them cheaply at Hobby Lobby, for a pack of ten small ones, like the 8x10, it's about $10:
Decided on the painting I wanted to make that would have space for a clock mechanism and hands. Started that off with the background, and while I was layering the painting, ordered clock kits (cheap online). If I were doing it again, I would have ordered ones with a shorter shaft, but the longer shaft works just fine. Just an aesthetic thing. I plan to make more than one, perhaps as gifts for others. The picture shows the kind of hands you can get with some of the assorted kit sets from Amazon. My next one may be a quilt design or a stained glass-look painting. Still thinking.
Cut a small slit in the finished canvas (measured so it would be centered). Inserted the clock shaft through it, and because it has washers/nuts that fasten it on both sides, it is held quite tightly to the canvas. Put the hands on and the battery in.
Because I was willing to wait for the painting to dry, it took about a week of total time, but probably an hour and a half of total work, honestly. If you have a blow dryer, you can dry acrylics in between layers so they don't smear and finish an entire painting quite quickly. Here are a few closer looks at the finished clock.
While I was doing it, I thought I'd mention to Tracey that it would be great for her Christmas shows that she does - She could do some of her Cricut designs on the canvas easily, I would think, and just create designs that have room for a clock and hands. Never thought about your grands, but yes, I think it would be great fun for kids to create a clock.
More in a minute,
Love,
Lisa in AR7 -
I did my twenty eight minutes on my bike and fourteen minutes walking! Yay!
Next is thirty minutes of meditation. I rarely mention it, but it is very helpful for impulse control, which is parting of controlling my diet.
Annie in Delaware4 -
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I like carpet. It's warm on my feet and feels secure when I walk (like I won't slip and fall). I like the look of hardwood floors but don't like the idea that they are slippery for dogs and people.
I avoid going to restaurants as much as possible. I meet friends for a walk or if they come over, Jake makes coffee. I consume nothing.
Thanks for the nice words about our picture. One of the down sides of not spending time with people is that we have no recent photos of ourselves.
Machka, congrats on your new home. You are so fortunate to have the time to make changes before you move in.
In most home sale transactions, such a thing is not possible.
Ii don't get the big deal about the eclipse. My Sunday walking friend won't be walking with me tomorrow because she has flown to Texas for the eclipse. She bought eclipse glasses for all her family members. Of course, I'm a stay at home person so I wouldn't go anywhere that draws a lot of people.
Time to walk dogs.
Barbie in NW WA
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Barbie ... I think Eclipse Mania is ridiculous. Still, I have eclipse glasses since we're in the path of totality. Given that it's Buffalo, I suspect that cloud coverage is going to be an issue. We will not be joining others for the eclipse ... just going to stand in my back yard. My son's employer, who is also in the path of totality and in the city, is going to move their break time by ten minutes so they can go outside. Big whoop.
We rarely go out for dinner, but I let my husband talk me into it yesterday. We left early to beat the Friday crowds. I wanted a fish fry but got a half portion that was more than enough. Annie I've learned to only eat what I really want so the fries were left on the plate, the mediocre macaroni salad wasn't touched and I ate the quarter cup of coleslaw.
Beth near Buffalo6 -
Lanette - the other picture was just my random experiment. I had no idea what to paint, so I started with the colour layers. Then I've always wanted to try the old credit card method for a tree , so I had a go. Then the bottom part looked bare, so I added paint strokes. In the end my 'no idea' picture came out OK.
The Battleship board is cardboard with a chequer system and little shelves. They were inventing it as they went along. So good for kid's to invent stuff and talk about their ideas. Edie loves making things. They still have to finish it. John has endless patience!
Love to all, Heather UK xxxxxx3 -
Annie have you thought of a list of non food rewards when you meet your goal of eating less and or leaving a bite or two behind. Great goal!
My goal is to eat more slowly and chew my food more thoroughly. My mom was a slow eater and really chewed her food. I think that was part of her living to 98. I think eating too fast and not mindfully has contributed to my recent problems with acid reflux.
I would say voice 80% back. Still feel like a small lump in the back of my throat. I need patience to let my body heal.
Did briefly talk to a friend who has similar symptoms. She is still having a sore throat and is starting to sound hoarse. She has had a series of minor health problems over the past three years. She retired but now is working full time again, so she is not able to take the time to fully heal. I told her I do understand the satisfaction she is getting for her job at teaching. She is an excellent teacher. The down side is she like me is getting to age that it is even more important to address when you are not feeling well. It is time to shut down and take that time to fully recover. When you teach full time it is next to impossible to do this. I didn't say this to her...I liken it to your body having a series of minor traffic accidents. These are warnings to take care and change your habits now before you have a major crash that will be much more difficult, more expensive, and sometimes impossible to bring your body back to health. A friend a long time ago told me your body is like your home. You only get one and how comfortable it is to live in your body is up to you in how you take care of it.4 -
Today is a good day to be determined to accomplish a DIY project, perhaps make some caramel popcorn??
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And, good morning again, from sunny but windy Arkansas...
Got my yoga done, I'm at about 30 to 35 minutes each time now. Was able to drop my reps from 20 to 15 on the leg bandwork, and move up to the next level of band, and from 15 to 10 reps on the hand and move up a band level there as well. Once I can do 20 reps easily, it's time to increase. Added one stretch, and moved leg lifts to half pointed toes, half flexed, to add some muscles into those movements.
Organ recital:Got an exciting call yesterday that the Skyrizi infusions were approved by the VA (woot!) and I should hear sometime next week from the infusion center about a half hour away about a schedule.
There will either be two or three infusions one month apart, then what will hopefully be a home injection every two months afterward once those are done. Should be interesting. Trying not to hope that it will work.
So far I've gone through numerous regimens of steroids, antibiotics, two of the heavy hitters, Humira and Rinvoq, as well as several anti-inflammatories that made me sick and I couldn't take them. The other two majors made definite improvements but then plateaued, and never got my gut back to anything resembling normal.
Still waiting to hear from the guy with the roll-off dumpster, but it just gives me a good reason not to go grocery shopping with Corey... Sending him off to get the fresh stuff he needs for the week, and I'm going to go play with bricks...
Love y'all!
Lisa in AR
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Afternoon All
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Today’s gratitude: full freezer/pantry, sound roof, woodstove.
Rita Bravissima! You are the poster child for what wholesome, proper nutrition can do. Surely as you ease off the anxiety meds, your food cure will help there too. Well done! Would your renal doc recommend a pcp since he declined… :}
Linda Doubtfire is versions ahead of Maizey. Does she self-empty? That’s my next wish . . . but may not be practical with the double coated dogs. . .
Rosemarie Proud of you for taking steps. So very sorry the ER doctor just never came back, and that the CT center is closed and can’t scan you sooner. Do you have a date?
Carol I had good luck with Wright’s Copper Cream. . . until I wore the finish off my decorative copper. Ended up donating it as it was too much of a PITA to keep clean.
Barbie the pic, your smiles . . . and the sign and posters in the background.
Beth yours to Rosemarie about a CT scan in the ER. Good thinking!
Lanette I dislike Edge and prefer FireFox. Hope that Windows 11 will have a driver or whatever to support your scan function before they end Windows 10 support. A cool pack helped my shoulder more than warmth, at first.
Heather hooray for the date, foo for the rest. I really liked Max’s painting. Edie cracks me up!
Machka I’m with you on the carpet and tiles for the same reasons. Neither am I a fan of seams, cannot believe that LVP is truly water proof, would imagine the moisture could work its way down between the planks. Guess my preference would be a for very high quality, hardwood lookalike, laminate sheet. If it was too cold in the bedroom could always add a rug. For the bathroom I’d go for stone-look-alike sheet vinyl. Good luck!
Kylia keep me posted on how your LVP holds up to drenching, ok?
Annie Karen in VA (boy I miss her) used to tell herself that the food she was looking at, was contaminated with e coli, then focused her attention elsewhere. . . :devil:
Okie Highland “coos”.
Margaret I’ve heard of the benefits of “Fletcherizing” though I could really not chew long enough to thoroughly liquefy my food… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Fletcher
Lisa hooray for the approval! Whew!
Eclipse: suggestion to keep pets inside is that some might become confused/disoriented and that could be deadly with crazy eclipse traffic. Living in Oregon most likely the sight of the partial will be “eclipsed” by the cloud cover. Sorry ;}
Need to keep reminding myself, it’s stronger I want to get, not some number on the scale. Time to get up and do those PT and dumbbell exercises.
Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
April: Move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday, live NOW.
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Mixed afternoon:
🎉- Got the bricks finished!
🎉- Corey surprised me by replacing my hanging fuschia basket that got frozen!
🎉- The guy finally delivered the roll-off dumpster at about noon.
👎🏼- My bricks look like a two-year-old tried to build a box. Seriously swoop-de-do
🎉- Corey threw a tremendous number of yard art fixtures into the dumpster already!
🎉- Then he made me dinner.
👎🏼- And then... my gut went completely sideways after I took my shower. *sigh*
It was all really good exercise. And, like it always does, my gut has finally calmed down. Frustrating, and makes it so hard to keep myself from hoping the Skyrizi will be the answer I need.
Barbie - Loved the picture of you and Jake, especially your ponytails.
Machka - After trying most of what you mentioned, Corey and I are probably happiest with what Barbara called LVPs, the luxury vinyl plank flooring. We put ours down with a thin layer of insulation underneath them in the bathroom, the hallway, and the new sunroom. The insulation provides both some insulation and some spring to walking or exercising on it, so the floor isn't rock hard. It's waterproof except at the edges, and it looks like wide-plank wood floors. It's worn very well in the places we've had it more than five years, with no issues with cracking, or the vinyl planks separating, or any problems with the surface at all.
Sorry - I think there were others that I meant to answer, but that was all I hung onto. Sessions like this evening leave me feeling pretty wrung out. But I also know that I'll wake up tomorrow feeling better, lighter, more able to deal with everything once more.
Hope it is or was a lovely evening for everyone,
Love,
Lisa in AR
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Stat for the day-
Walk w/family- 2hrs 3min, 47elev, 2.84ap, 85ahr, 101mhr, 6.04mi= 606c
Strava app= 739c
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Sunny but cold today after thunder storms/rain/hail/etc yesterday and the day before.
Went and walked MIL's dog so got my exercise in for the day. Have to push a bit to finish at 10,000 today but will make sure I do.
Making big dinner tonight- kids(26yr old "kids"-son and his girlfriend) are here because they like this dinner.
Chicken tikka masala(store bought), rice, green onion pancakes instead of naan, boiled potatoes and carrots. Ice cream sandwiches for dessert.
Waiting for Rovin to get back from the gym then we will eat. At least she is going when it is daylight-worry about her going at 9PM by herself(son doesn't go with her)
Debbie
Napa Valley,Ca4
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