Just for Today.... ONE DAY AT A TIME... Daily commitment for 2025

Good morning, friends. @pridesabtch I’m so sorry for all you and your family is going through. (((Hugs)))

It’s officially autumn, and although I’m not looking forward to the starkness of leafless trees and cold snowy winter, I do love the cooler temps and colors of fall. If I could live somewhere where it went from spring to fall repeatedly, I’d be a happy camper i think.

I have lots my brain wants to get done today, but my body is still fighting off illness, so we will see how much I actually do.

Just for Tuesday

• 24H Plan & Assess.
• 64 oz water before 7:00 pm.
• Lymph massage.
• Guest room. Bedding. Set up pump.
• 5 things declutter. 15 minutes digital declutter (set alarm)
• Mom’s for FC video?
• T’s football game?
• Batch cook Santa Fe Rice & Beans w/sweet potato. Soup? Banana bread?
• Bake dog treats.
• Finish Sew Sampler June’s BOM. Pick fabric for July’s BOM.
• Start bedtime routine one hour prior.

JFT Monday

• Work by 8:00 ❌
• Home for lunch to let dogs out ✔️
• Find wallet (think it's in hubby's car) ✔️
• Home by 5:00 ❌
• Visit mom ✔️
• Leftovers for dinner ❌
• Shower ❌
• Bed by 10:30 ✔️

Had a few misses yesterday, but nothing too serious. Doc did some med adjustments. Too soon to tell if it is working or if I'm just more relaxed today because I'm not visiting mom this evening. I feel a little bad about not visiting everyday, but she needs to get out of her room and talk to people. Her main complaint when living alone was loneliness.

Stocked my work fridge with some healthy snacks to try and help my mood and waist line. I feel better when I look better. I look better when I eat better. And so on.

Plan is to stay home and cuddle the dogs today. Almost talked hubby into getting a 4 yo golden retriever to add to our zoo. Fact is Merlin needs a playmate with a little more life left in him, and 4 yo is perfect. No longer a puppy, but still full of energy. Poor Elliott is wearing down quickly these days, 15 is old for a larger dog, boxer.

JFT Tuesday

• Work by 7:30am meeting ❌ took it at home
• Pear for breakfast ✔️
• Home for lunch to let dogs out ✔️
• Leftovers for lunch ✔️
• Try to find things to do at work other than shop…
• Home by 5:00pm
• Dinner at home
• Snuggle dogs
• Shower
• Bed by 10:00

Recap 9/22 M ~ Rainy day, started with fog & sprinkles. I got out early enough with dog & stuck to neighborhood cul-de-sacs just in case. We got sprinkled off & on most of our walk, but light rain last 2 blocks. Poured shortly after we got home. Rain barrels continue to overflow.

• Walked dog 3.31 mi, only 100 days left in annual distance challenge & I have 350km left to go 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises 😀
• Leftovers for supper / healthy snacks ~ baba ganoush & pita bread / limit sweets ~ 4 Hershey minis / 64 oz water / log all food / net calories zero 😁 yes
• Make baba ganoush (first time) for snack ~ easy to make, good recipe / make apple crisp to take to parents' / gas in Murano / w/d at bank no time / read / digital declutter / pack for overnight visit / other? hubby & I shopped online & finally ordered new phones (my Fitbit stopped syncing on Sunday, and I had told hubby once one of my "must have" apps stops working with our >5 yo phones, we order new ones, sale or no), normal M garbage chores, empty compost bucket in bin 😁 ta-da!
• Choir rehearsal 6:30 😁 on way home saw 1 deer crossing road (tis the season) & realized it joined 5 other deer standing there watching me go by

JFT 9/23 T ~ Nice day!

• Walked dog 3.7 mi 😁 saw Molly off leash & her brother McCready (2 Scotties in our neighborhood) on leash at city park but no issues b/c our 13 yo dog doesn't react so much any more / OT exercises
• Pack lunch to eat at parents' / leftovers made by Dad for supper… log best guess / healthy snack / limit sweets / 64 oz water / log all food / net calories zero
• Give mail carrier signed form for delivery 😀 / finish packing for overnight trip / drive to Mom & Dad's (be patient! ~ so far so good) / watch Brewers game with folks (starts 8:40, late for them haha)

WOTY 2025: Judicious ~ I just like the way the word sounds, and the meaning is right for me: having or showing reason and good judgement in making decisions. I can apply this word in so many ways!

JFT Tuesday

• Work by 7:30am meeting ❌ took it at home
• Pear for breakfast ✔️
• Home for lunch to let dogs out ✔️
• Leftovers for lunch ✔️
• Try to find things to do at work other than shop… ❌Bought baby shower gifts, used my Wayfair GC for some towels and a rug, then bought some Christmas gifts for my great nephews.
• Home by 5:00pm ✔️
• Dinner at home ✔️
• Snuggle dogs ✔️
• Shower ✔️
• Bed by 10:00 ✔️

Hubby cooked Cornish hens last night with mashed potatoes, homemade apple sauce and sautéed peas. There was more than enough to bring some of the hen to work for a sandwich. Also grabbed some of the apples sauce, it is some of the best he's ever made. Sugar content is high, but I used it as dessert.

Basically had a lazy night at home yesterday. It was nice. My giant puppy even curled up on the couch with me for a while. He's a 1yo lab, so calm is not usually in his vocabulary. New med for "wakefulness" seems to be helping during the day. It's for sleep apnea or narcolepsy, and I don't have either, but it has definitely made me more attentive and less tired. I woke up rested this morning. That is huge. I did forget I was supposed to take the pup to daycare, so I was still late for work, but not because I couldn't drag myself out of bed. It feels good to feel good.

Tonight is trivia and tomorrow is a crazy hectic day at work with corporate big wigs and a never ending series of meetings. I planned the catered dinner in the evening. I'm terrified there won't be enough food or some crazy thing like that. I chose one of my favorite small local restaurants that serves Cajun food. It was a little more expensive than Olive Garden, but we get to support a local business and have something you don't get in WV very often. Fingers crossed. I'm going to stop by the restaurant this evening on my way to trivia, pay them and verify that they are set for 16-18 people with the agreed upon menu. Everything else is squared away. Just need to verify there are drinks in the conference room. I may also go by the new bakery downtown and pick up a few dessert items.

Crazy that I'm nervous about dinner, but not about the 6 meetings where I have to present. Oh well, life is strange sometimes.

JFT Wednesday

• Weigh -in ✔️ (Down 0.8#)
• Take pup to daycare ✔️
• Bring left overs for lunch ✔️
• Work by 8:00 😂like 8:45 ❌
• Fruit for breakfast
• Log food
• Stay green
• Maybe weed beds at work if it stops raining
• Leftovers for lunch
• Pick up Merlin from daycare
• Home by 5:30
• Pay Southern Craft
• Trivia
• MAX 2 beers
• Salad for dinner
• Home after trivia
• Shower
• Bed by 10:00pm
• UP BY 6:00am on Thursday!

Now that I've got Mom's laptop updated & her mouse settings properly adjusted, I can use it to update JFT. Yay.

Recap 9/23 T ~ Nice day!

• Walked dog 3.7 mi 😁 saw Molly off leash & her brother McCready (2 Scotties in our neighborhood) on leash at city park but no issues b/c our 13 yo dog doesn't react so much any more / OT exercises 😁
• Pack lunch to eat at parents' / leftovers made by Dad for supper… log best guess ~ small country rib, sister's squash, baked potato / healthy snack ~ none / limit sweets ~ apple crisp that I brought to parents / 64 oz water / log all food / net calories zero 😀 I think so
• Give mail carrier signed form for delivery / finish packing for overnight trip / drive to Mom & Dad's (be patient! ~ so far so good) ❤️ / watch Brewers game with folks (starts 8:40, late for them haha) 😁 a good day

JFT W 9/24 ~ Very humid, cloudy, cool morning to start day. Hope sun burns it off like yesterday.

• Planned rest day, not a lot of steps possible / OT exercises
• Breakfast Cheerios & 1/2 banana / lunch Dad's baked chicken, fried potatoes & sister's beets / supper no idea once I get home, maybe leftovers? / apple for snack / limit sweets to apple crisp / 64 oz water / log all food / net calories not horrible (watch portions)
• Visit with Mom & Dad / help Mom with laptop / take Mom to radio station & used bookstore / watch Brewers game (starts 3:40) / drive home (hopefully there before dark, with sunset at 6:45, don't want any deer encounters) / hubby & pet time (I think the animals miss me more LOL)

WOTY 2025: Judicious ~ I just like the way the word sounds, and the meaning is right for me: having or showing reason and good judgement in making decisions. I can apply this word in so many ways!

Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm. None of the same foods at dinner as at lunch. Can still have my dose of metamusal.

JFT Wednesday

• Weigh -in ✔️ (Down 0.8#)
• Take pup to daycare ✔️
• Bring left overs for lunch ✔️
• Work by 8:00 😂like 8:45 ❌
• Fruit for breakfast ➖Yes, but it was not good so I only had a few bites
• Log food ➖Up to evening may go back and do that today
• Stay green ➖Maybe
• Maybe weed beds at work if it stops raining ❌Raining
• Leftovers for lunch ✔️
• Pick up Merlin from daycare ➖Hubby did it
• Home by 5:30➖ Since hubby got Merlin, I went to visit mom
• Pay Southern Craft ✔️
• Trivia ✔️We won the weekly and monthly prizes (total $115- wahoo)
• MAX 2 beers ✔️
• Salad for dinner ❌ Really didn't feel like salad, had half a calzone
• Home after trivia ✔️
• Shower ❌ Went to be as soon as I got home. Showered this morning
• Bed by 10:00pm ✔️
• UP BY 6:00am on Thursday! ✔️

A lot got done yesterday. Thanks to hubby getting the dog, I was able to visit mom. I really try to go every other day. It is a 30 minute drive and I stay for about an hour. All in all, not bad, but it is definitely a time commitment. She was in the dining hall eating dinner which was a step towards acceptance. She didn't interact, but it was the first time she didn't eat in her room. She seems to be going down hill faster now that she is there, or maybe it's just that I'm spending more time with her. When she lived at home I visited every other day, but only stayed 10 - 15 minutes, because it was so dirty I didn't want to sit on the furniture.

Ran a few little errands also. Stopped at a local bakery at picked up dessert for this evening's dinner. Then went to the dollar store and got some serving utensils. The lady doing the catering asked that I get the plates and things because she's been staying with her dad in the evenings (her mom passed 2 weeks ago). I didn't know if I needed serving things, but better safe than sorry and for $1 each it's hard to go wrong.

On my way to trivia I stopped at the restaurant an paid the catering bill to stream line things this evening. The price was good, but the delivery fee was kind of high. Well it was 20%, but then I still need to tip at delivery. I think I'm just going to give each delivery person $20, as they likely split the delivery fee. That and they aren't doing any set up, just delivering. We have a secure facility and they do not have access passes. So I will do all of the set up, etc.

We only had 3 people show for trivia last night, but we won for the night ($15) and had the highest total points for the month ($100). I stuck to my 2 beer limit, but just couldn't being myself to get the salad.

Though my awake hours are less sluggish, I still tire early. When we got home I pretty much went straight to bed. I slept well and woke up rested. The new med adjustments seem to be on point.

Not much planned today other than meetings.

JFT Thursday

• Up at 6:00 ✔️
• Shower ✔️
• Work by 7:15 ✔️
• Meetings 7:30 - 8:30, then 11:00 - 6:30 (this includes dinner)
• Set up for dinner at 4:30
• Clean up
• Take any extra food to the control rooms for operators
• Home by 7:30
• Chill…
• Watch at least 1st half of NFL game
• Bed by 10:00

Good morning! Another night of better sleep, so YAY! A bit of a sore throat and headache still but my lungs feel looser and my nose isn’t as stuffed up so another YAY! Maybe I’m on the upswing? Hubby sounds worse today. I think he might need to go back into the Dr to make sure he doesn’t now have sinus infection. He’s like a work horse though. Nothing much keeps him down.

I need to start an exercise regimen, only not call it an “exercise regimen” because that brings out the Ick immediately! I can feel my muscles wasting from so much sedentary time and I need to turn that around. My goal is to be as healthy, strong and able as I can be for life. I don’t actually have a goal number on the scale anymore…it’s more of wanting good numbers on labs, clear scans, and strong immune system, strong bones, general good health. So, it’s time I clean up the food I eat and add more nutritious whole food vs processed foods to my diet. Time to at least start taking daily walks. I procrastinate so much and it’s so detrimental to my health. There’s no reason for it. I’m retired and have all the time in the world. When I was working, I worked 60 hour weeks and still found time for all this other stuff. I am older and have undergone chemo again, and still have every 3 week oncology treatments, but that’s no excuse for not even trying. It’s like I’ve given up, and I’m not a quitter! I know the things I need to incorporate into my daily routine, healthy new habits, but I need to approach it by adding one small step at a time or I’ll get overwhelmed and quit again. So, here I go! If at first you don’t succeed, try try again…

I hope you all have a wonderful day! Sorry for the blah, blah, blah…but I needed to get that out of my head and onto “paper”. 😉

Just for Thursday

• 24H Plan & Assess. 🥳
• 64 oz water before 7:00 pm.
• Lymph massage.
• Make bed in guest room . Set up pump.
• 5 things declutter. 15 minutes digital declutter (set alarm)
• Batch cook Santa Fe Rice & Beans w/sweet potato. Soup? Banana bread?
• Phone calls / Appts for Optical & PT / insurance questions / paperwork
• Finish Sew Sampler June’s BOM. Pick fabric for July’s BOM.
• Mom’s for FC video.
• Get outside. Take a walk. Go to store for new walking shoes if you need to! Get off your azz!
• Start bedtime routine one hour prior.

September’s End of Month Healthy New Habit: Walk daily. Even if it’s a 10-minute walk. 10 minutes daily = 60 hours per year versus the zero hours you’re getting now! Do it twice a day and you’re up to 120 hours per year.
When: In the morning, I will have coffee, make my plan, journal, shower and after showering I will put on my walking shoes, grab a bottle of water and take a short walk before I do anything else.

#Operation365DaysTouchATree 🍁🌳🍂😎☀️

Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.

Hour Commitment - going to have lunch a little early. Vet sent me home for an hour, then I have to go back.

Hour commitment - Now I won’t eat again until after 5 pm. None of the same foods at dinner as at lunch. Can still have my dose of metamusal.

Have to go back to vets in about 10 minutes.

@cschmitz110515 - Thank you. Doggy is getting old. More vet visits and tests these days.

Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.

@more_freggies76 Best wishes for your doggos. I understand; our Kitty is 15 and dog is 13. I'm happy doggo still loves her walks with me, although she's definitely more tired when we get home nowadays.

@PackerFanInGB I am happy with TDS, hubby less so, on it for 1 year now, but saved us $ from AT&T/Directv. Glitches now and then but nothing horrible. TV picture is really sharp with fiber-optic cable. We have bundle for internet, tv & landline. Our cell phones are thru Consumer Cellular, which we love! Great reception & service, all U.S.A. based. We saved a ton of $ when we switched & we use my AARP membership for discounts. When we're approached by other providers, we tell them C.C. and they say "we can't compete with that" LOL.

Recap F 9/26 ~ Very nice day! Clouds this morning but now sunny & mild.

• Walked dog 3.77 mi 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises (had to set up reminders on new phone) 😀
• Breakfast Cheerios & raspberries / lunch finish up some leftovers / supper leftover meatloaf, baked potatoes & veg / healthy snack ~ large pear from farmers market, tasted so good! / limit sweets ~ 4 Hershey minis / 64 oz water / log all food / net calories zero 😁 yes!
• Make hummer food, clean feeders & refill / empty & refill both birdbaths / wash dishes, including milk jugs from parents / fill 5 gallon jugs from rain barrels / backup photos / register new chargers / pay Urgent Care bill / bank xfer / read / digital declutter / other? finally figured out how to find my calendar tasks in new phone… another app 😁 ta-da!

JFT Sat. 9/27 ~ Sunny, light breeze & heat will come!

• Farmers market 😁
• Min. 5000 steps / walk dog to park? / OT exercises
• Supper baked salmon & roasted brussels sprouts / healthy snack / limit sweets / 64 oz water / log all food / net calories zero
• Pay Urgent Care doctor / bank xfer / read / digital declutter / other?
• Bed by 10 bc choir sings Call to Worship for first 2 services & I have to be there 7:20 a.m. [very glad I figured out alarm on new phone… whew!]

WOTY 2025: Judicious ~ I just like the way the word sounds, and the meaning is right for me: having or showing reason and good judgement in making decisions. I can apply this word in so many ways!