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

Hi everyone! It’s a bit late for goals, but I’m going to list what I had in my head to stay accountable.

@pridesabtch Good luck with your mom today! Just reading about the auctioneer coming and all you have in front of you, I shuddered. I cannot even begin to think about all that with my mom’s home. She has so much stuff! I’m not exaggerating when I say there is no space larger than 12”x12” on her walls that doesn’t have something hanging on it and not one flat surface without Knick knacks on it. Every space along every wall has a piece of furniture against it. There is no empty space anywhere. It’s very cozy and comfortable for her, I know, and that’s what matters. It’s all nice stuff. But it’s a LOT of stuff….very cluttered. She is very healthy though, so I’m glad of that. I will cross that bridge when and if I need to I guess.

Have a great day everyone!

Just for Tuesday

• 24H Plan and Assess ✔️
• 64 oz water by 7 pm.  
• T’s football game. It’s the last one this year for him.
• Lymphedema massage (60 min). 
• 5 things declutter. 15 min. Digital declutter (set alarm).  
• Begin sewing the pieces together for July’s BOM. Look at options for T’s “Scott” quilt.
• Home Care.   ✔️ Laundry. Sheets. Floors. Kitchen.
• Bake PB pumpkin treats for Maddie.  ✔️
• Move. Take a walk or do a video. Get off your azz!   #365DaysTouchATree 
• Start bedtime routine one hour prior.  

October’s 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 🍁🌳🍂😎☀️

Progress: 😎😎😎😎

Very late to post for today, but want to for my own accountability. Going to post goals for tomorrow while I'm at it.

Recap 10/6 M ~ Weather has certainly done an about face! From record highs in upper 80s to 58F right now. Rain overnight and off/on today. Skipping dog walk.

• Min. 5000 steps 😖 nope / OT exercises 😀
• Lunch with IA mgmt team (minus 2) ~ had bowl of chili & shared in someone's fries as side, not too bad & bumped into good friend DE / healthy snacks ~ none / limit sweets ~ 3 Hershey minis / lemonpepper whitefish, beets & either couscous or rice side for supper / log all food (best guess) / net calories zero 😉 with guesses, around -165… salt content caused w-i blip this a.m. but that should pass
• Usual M garbage chores / vote in Coolest Thing / contact app support for OT exercises ~ very quick response & once I followed the steps, issues resolved ~ yay / wash dishes / read / digital declutter / Cubs v Brewers NLDC game 8:08 ~ yay another win for Brewers / other? I think so but can't remember 😁 ta-da!

JFT/Recap 10/7 T ~ Too busy to notice weather, finally a chance to walk dog late afternoon. Cool out, but warm enough for shorts & tech shirt.

• Walked dog 3.35 mi around neighborhood 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises (a little behind so far)
• Too beat to cook, so finished off leftovers for supper / healthy snacks ~ fresh fruit at expo / limit sweets (none yet but pending LOL) / 64 oz water / log all food (no chance yet) / net calories zero
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Medicare Advantage Expo 😁 bumped into a former colleague from the bday club, a favorite farmers market vendor & our former neighbor, now an ins. agent… small world. Also got to meet our new ins. agent since B retired. Information overload with learning about 5 leading ins. carriers' details for 2026. Reminded me of working days, attending multi-track conferences, and going from room to room to learn.
• Scheduled financial advisor meeting in FdL ~ good timing, M called / scheduled health ins. meeting (A called once back in office) / highlighted pertinent notes to consider for Med. Adv. meeting, based on discussion with A / verified eye exams tomorrow for myself & hubby / called Mom ❤️ perhaps next visit to coincide with financial meeting since it's part way there? / moved all patio & front step pots to protection near house / emptied ceramic birdbath in case of frost / voted in Coolest Thing / read? / digital declutter / other?

JFT 10/8 W ~ Can't believe it, but we have a frost advisory tonight from 3-9 a.m.

• Walk dog / OT exercises
• Figure out supper (see list on fridge) / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero
• 1:00 eye exam / 1:30 hubby eye exam / gas in car / shop for table lamps / shop for fall lawncare stuff?
• Move pots & refill birdbath? / wash dishes / review new Coolest Thing brackets / email aunt / text sister / read / digital declutter / other?
• Brewers v Cubs 4:08 / Amazing Race 8:30 (record if too tired)

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!

@pridesabtch - the process of dealing with your mom's house and belongings brings back not so fond memories of 3 years ago when my parents sold their home . SO MUCH STUFF. YEARS of saving things and the house was over 4000 square feet with a huge shop . We had three weekends of yard sales and hauled countless truck and trailer loads to both the dump, a local auction house and good will/salvation army. It was a whole spring and summer of work so I can completely appreciate what your going through.

Got to see mom and dad last night. They leave early this am. Mom was tearful , which breaks my heart, dad was holding it together. I set up the car settings again so he could get his phone connected to the car for GPS. He forgets how to do things like that. I worry about them making this drive alone but I could not take the time off since I am essentially out of vacation hours. I wanted to set up the life360 app but neither one of them knew what their apple id password was in order to download the app . That's a whole different issue with the apple id thing. I have tried to reset their passwords before and it won't work for some reason. I never got the time to get on the phone with Apple to try to trouble shoot it and now I am kind of kicking myself. Tonight I will go to the apartment with my hubby and nephew to get the few pieces of furniture out that need to go into storage. I didn't want my dad worrying about it.

I am starting to feel like I am getting over the hump with this virus thing..

JFT

• Try to get more veggies into my day
• Get through annoying work meetings
• rewrap my horses leg and get him out for a hand walk/grazing (he injured his leg somehow and I now have him on stall rest since I think its a tendon or ligament due to the heat and swelling)
• Treadmill? a few squats/lunges on my work breaks instead of mindlessly scrolling social media
• Glutathione shot day today
• Tea/water/fiber

@HappyDonkey75 Instead of Life 360, if you both have Apple Phones they can simply share their location next time. That is what the girls and I do. I don't watch them all of the time, they just grant me access when they are traveling. It's a nice feature and not as invasive as Life360.

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

• Work by 8:00 ❌
• Random meetings ✔️
• A little more data entry, somehow I missed 5 days in the middle✔️
• Lunch ✔️
• More meetings ✔️
• Home by 5:30 ✔️
• Trivia or pool (Scotch Doubles tournament. It's fun but usually I do trivia) ✔️
• Shower ✔️
• Bed by 11:00 ✔️

Yesterday was pretty good. Work - Trivia - Bed. Work was ok, we placed 2nd at trivia and I slept on the couch. My friends brought cupcakes and sang happy birthday to me at the bar last night even though my birthday is today.

Work has been busy today and I think I may leave a little early to straighten up the house and shower/fix my hair (Have sweaty hard hat hair currently). Sierra is coming in this evening and the family is going to a uber nice steak house for dinner. You don't have to dress up, but you aren't out of place if you do. It is a bit pricey, but damn it's good. I look forward to the evening but mostly look forward to seeing my daughter for a few days.

I think Sierra will go visit mom tomorrow, and maybe they can hang the bird feeder. I was rushed to get to appointments the last few times I visited. This will give them something to do. I'll go over tomorrow evening. I need to get her a new TV. The first one we bought her, you have to select "Live TV" every time you turn it on, and she can't figure it out.

JFT Thursday

• Work by 7:00 ❌ 8:03
• Meetings ✔️
• Audits ✔️
• Area walk downs
• Home by 4:00
• Shower
• Vacuum
• Swiffer
• Get dressed up a bit
• Dinner at 7:00
• Home to hang out
• Bed

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

@pridesabtch thanks for the suggestion on the location share, I didn't even think about that. I am sorry things didn't go well with your mom and you aunts visit but I think if the dog isn't being cared for, its the right decision. I know it must be hard to be orchestrating all this for your mom for her best interest but knowing its creating hard feelings for her to deal with .

Mom and dad made it safely back to AZ yesterday evening. I think its always bittersweet when they leave here. Here is home and where they have most of what they are comfortable with as well as more family to help if things come up . When they are here its a rural setting (and nearby me ) where they rent an apartment which is not the best set up / The owners of the property are so called "friends" that also live on the same property at the main house, but there were some issues this year. So I think they were anxious to leave this year and I can't say I blame them . They will be back in their own home and the community offers way more opportunity to be social, lots of people around their own age.

Nonetheless they are back and hopefully things will be ok for a while with their health. Its hard to not be able to be close to help. My sister is nearby to them , about 20 minutes, but limits her interactions. It's complicated. I honestly feel like they should sell their place down south and move back here where we can get them into a senior apartment of some kind. I suggested it multiple times. They just need more help than they get from my sister.

Made a vet appt for my horse to have his leg ultrasounded and figure out exactly what kind of injury he has. We go on Monday. I have him confined to a smaller area to help let things heal but I got to thinking, what if confinement is not really required. That would be the best possible news and the only way to know for sure is get a solid diagnosis of what the issue is. I am praying its not the injury I think it is because that is 3-6 months of confinement and a slow rehab process to get back to work.

Big winter storm predicted at the higher elevations this weekend, hopefully we only get rain here in the valley, but it will be wet and cold.

JFT

• Going to try my hardest to do atleast a 20 minute weight session today. I did a few little weights with legs yesterday just to remind my muscles they still exist…. they were not happy…
• Remember to submit productivity reports for work- (I don't always remember because I am too busy trying to do all my work) We have to submit these all because ONE member on our team chooses to do nothing. It really annoying. My boss knows everything I have on my plate because she forced me to have to take on all this extra work and yet…. and she is CC'd on every meeting I have (because I'm Genx and believe wholly in CYA)
• Drink enough water- been lacking there with the cooler weather..
• Make weekend to do list

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.

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

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

Hour commitment - After my cooked apple, 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.