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

Have a groovy Halloween!

@pridesabtch - Love the photos! Glad your labs came back negative.

@HappyDonkey75 HaPpY BiRtHdAy to you! Hope it's a fabulous day!

@pridesabtch Love the costumes, you both look great!

Recap 10/31 F ~ Typical fall day. Temps down to mid 30s overnight & low 50s in daytime. Perfect for walking doggo & getting yard work done.

• Take month end measurements & log 😀 ever so slowly, seeing improvement
• Walked dog 4.02 miles 😁 I really pushed mileage in Oct (80) and only 120.565 miles to complete annual distance challenge… barring terrible winter weather early, totally doable in Nov-Dec so happy me & happy dog / OT exercises 😀 3x
• Figure out supper ~ not the healthiest but easy & hubby likes, mac & cheese with spam & peas / healthy snacks ~ lots of white cheddar Cheezits, too addictive, logged my best guess / limit sweets ~ 3 Hershey minis / log all food / 80 oz water ~ 64 / net calories zero 😁 I think so
• Review docs from tax advisor & contact w/ questions / refill bird feeders / bring in rain water jugs whenever in back yard & take to basement / read / digital declutter / 4:30 Jeopardy (pre-game crap later) / 7:00 World Series / other? 😁 ta-da!
• City's trick or treat hours 4:00 - 7:00 ~ hubby and I are skipping handing out candy for 2nd year; we know the little kids on our street but don't know most of the kids/parents that show up (where do they come from?!?) and we don't want all the candy in the house, plus the door bell ringing/costumes drives doggo nuts & Kitty into hiding… we will keep outside lights by front door off & hide out upstairs in back bedroom, watching something together 😁 Only once did someone, late in the designated hours, ring the door bell repeatedly, at our darkened house. Dog was napping upstairs in room where we were watching Dark Shadows (the movie), and she ran downstairs to bark out the window at last of the costumed kids. Successful evening haha.

JFT 11/1 Sat. ~ Sunny early, now overcast. Breezy & cool but decent day. First Sat. in over 5 months I slept in, with farmers markets ended last week.

• Walked dog 3.74 mi with treats, water & pets by the bachelor brothers & visit with their neighbor Cookie & her mom 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises
• Make cream of leek soup for supper / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero
• Bring rain water jugs inside & down in basement whenever I go out patio door (usually w/ doggo) / finance tasks / review neighbor's house sale info online / read / digital declutter / move manual clocks back before bedtime / other?

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 lunch until 12 pm. (even though I'll feel hungry at 11 am due to time change!)

Recap 11/1 Sat. ~ Sunny early, now overcast. Breezy & cool but decent day. First Sat. in over 5 months I slept in, with farmers markets ended last week.

• Walked dog 3.74 mi with treats, water & pets by the bachelor brothers & visit with their neighbor Cookie & her mom 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises 😀
• Make cream of leek soup for supper leftovers / healthy snacks ~ string cheese, apple / limit sweets ~ peanut M&Ms (measured out) / 80 oz water ~ 64 / log all food / net calories zero 😀 I think so
• Bring rain water jugs inside & down in basement whenever I go out patio door (usually w/ doggo) / finance tasks / review neighbor's house sale info online ~ wow, really "staged" / read / digital declutter / move manual clocks back before bedtime / other? agreed to museum & dinner with former colleagues/friends… busy week ahead / watched final game of World Series & so ends the MLB season… my dad will be so sad, he loves baseball 😁 ta-da!

JFT 11/2 Sunday ~ Wicked winds blowing & wind chill is cold!

• Church 9:00 😁
• Make cream of leek soup for supper / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero
• Min. 5000 steps / OT exercises
• Empty flower pots while hubby rakes front yard (flowers croaked and gingko & autumn blaze trees are bare after hard freeze last night) / plug in heated birdbath (ice layer this a.m.) / wash bedding / put flannel sheets on bed / chop parsley & freeze / more rain water jugs inside / empty compost bucket into bin / refill niger & safflower feeders / call Mom / read / digital declutter / shop OTC items / other?
• Panthers v Packers ~ rats Packers lost / 8:00 Maigret / 9:00 The Gold

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!

Weekend was draining. I started my spin class back up and man am I out of shape. I've also been struggling more with depression lately. I slept almost all day Saturday after class, and all evening Sunday. The bipolar disorder tends to really cling on to seasonal depression. It's one reason I picked the cycling class back up. Exercise helps.

Sunday was a bit of a cluster. FIL called at 5:19am to tell us he nicked himself shaving the other day and had been bleeding for over 24 hours. We decided it was not worthy of an emergency room visit, but that we would take him to Urgent Care as soon as they opened. The blood was a drip not a gush. After the early call, neither of us could get back to sleep. Took him to doc at 8:00. He got 2 drops of medical super glue on the nick and all was well.

Showed mom's house after that. The guy wants to buy it to rent it out, but I don't really care why as long as it sells. I do fear he will low ball the offer though. After he left we went to breakfast & Walmart, then worked on clearing the rest of the stuff out of the basement. Apparently my mom kept every thing I ever made her. So even though she was not an outwardly loving person and very harsh in her expectations, in her own way she cared. I also found letters from my real dad. That opened a surge of emotions, mostly negative. I've still never met him and am not sure he's even still alive. I did speak with him on the phone a few times and he seemed nice, but I wasn't ready for a relationship in my 20's. The whole thing made me physically ill. After I got sick, Tim said we had probably done enough for one day, physically and emotionally. Before we left the neighbors were already picking through the discarded items. Again I don't much care, I just want it gone.

Today's kick in the teeth was getting my biometric screening back. LDL Cholesterol and triglycerides are still high, HDL and LDL/HDL ration are ok, but my weight/BMI are ridiculous. I knew that, but seeing it in writing is tough.

JFT Monday

• Work by 6:45 ✔️
• Meetings
• Prelog food
• Lunch
• Audits
• No alcohol
• Maybe Spin class
• Home
• Shower
• Bed by 10:00

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.

@HappyDonkey75 Ack! A black widow spider. I can't even imagine. I would be so freaked out. I hate dealing with mice in our shed & garage LOL. Good luck with #crackthebooks. Reminds of when I finally got serious (after 2 failed attempts) about taking the CPA exam (back in the days of in-person 2 1/2 day paper exams with hundreds of other people). 7 or 8 years after I'd finished college. It was an entire summer & fall spent traveling to an 8 hour in-person review course every Sat. with 2 hours drive and back, plus studying & homework every night after work. The joy. But that course, and the discipline it forced in me, got me to pass all four exam parts in that final sitting. Hallelujah! The partying every night with my then co-worker now good friend/tax preparer lasted for a solid week when we both got our passing results.

Recap 11/2 Sunday ~ Wicked winds blowing & wind chill is cold!

• Church 9:00 😁
• Make cream of leek soup for supper ~ yum / healthy snacks ~ none / limit sweets ~ 4 Hershey minis / 80 oz water ~ 64 / log all food / net calories zero 😐️ -115
• Min. 5000 steps 😁 > 9,600 / OT exercises 😀 4x
• Empty flower pots while hubby rakes front yard (flowers croaked and gingko & autumn blaze trees are bare after hard freeze last night) 😀 good thing we did, city crews cleared our neighborhood this afternoon of all leaf/plant piles / plug in heated birdbath (ice layer this a.m.) / wash bedding / put flannel sheets on bed / chop parsley & freeze / more rain water jugs inside / empty compost bucket into bin / refill niger & safflower feeders / call Mom ❤️ / read / digital declutter / shop OTC items ~ s/b able to buy at Woodman's / other? grocery list 😁 ta-da!
• Panthers v Packers ~ rats Packers lost / 8:00 Maigret / 9:00 The Gold 😀

JFT 11/3 M ~ Strong winds continue & fire hazard issued with dry conditions.

• Walked dog 3.43 mi in neighborhood cul-de-sacs to minimize wind effect 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises
• Make sloppy joes for supper / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero
• Grocery shop / gas in SUV / check tire pressure / prep bday card for Dad / finance tasks / weigh & freeze ground beef in usable portions from 10# tube / schedule hair appt with C (T still on medical leave) / more rain water jugs inside/down to basement / usual M garbage chores / digital declutter / other? a little unplanned (at least for me, today, and we'd been shopping online over the weekend) but hubby wanted to check availability of popular, desired tires so we ordered for SUV & scheduled installation for next week (we'll be ready to drive safely in winter weather again)
• Choir rehearsal 6:30

Posting early for tomorrow. Hubby and I are joining other family at my parents' house for Dad's 91st birthday. Will be sedentary with drive & visiting, plus food calorific, but that's ok for the day. I'm not taking the time to cram in a dog walk = sad dog. JFtomorrow 11/4 T:

• Planned rest day / OT exercises / PT exercises?
• Eat sensible portions / log food best guess / 64 oz water
• Enjoy visit with Dad & Mom & whatever family is there in the afternoon

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 Monday

• Work by 6:45 ✔️
• Meetings ✔️
• Prelog food ✔️ I pre-logged food, but then had a late night snack.
• Lunch ✔️
• Audits ❌ Got postponed due to dentist appt.
• No alcohol ❌ Only 1 because when we walked in to play trivia the bartender automatically served me.
• Maybe Spin class ❌ Did an hour walk instead
• Home ✔️
• Shower ✔️
• Bed by 10:00 ❌

Yesterday wasn't bad, dentist called and got me in to fix my crown. Luckily it came of cleanly so the fix was pretty quick and easy. Was busy at work, but I still got a little bored by 3:30pm. With leaving for the dentist, I had to stay a little later than planned.

JFT Tuesday

• Work by 6:45 ✔️
• Meetings
• Log food
• Eat lunch
• More meetings
• Stay home this evening
• No alcohol
• Bed by 10:00

Really, thank you all for your kind words and sympathy about my dog and my friend. 😘 One nice thing that I get to do today though is take all the special diet food for my dog that I had stocked up on to a local rescue. They said they wanted it! (I wasn't sure since it's C/D diet.) I have two large unopened bags and 3 cases of cans! Curie would be so happy that it won't go to waste.

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 Tuesday

• Work by 6:45 ✔️
• Meetings ✔️
• Log food ➰ Part way
• Eat lunch ➰ Wasn't as healthy as I'd planned
• More meetings ✔️
• Stay home this evening ❌ Went to visit mom and then hubby wanted to go to Music Bingo
• No alcohol ➰ Didn't order any, but bartender brought me one out of habit.
• Bed by 10:00 ✔️

Yesterday was ok. Work was work. I ran an errand before going to see mom. Mom was really disoriented last night, and it's is very trying to not lose my temper with her. Tim thinks part of it is she's just playing me. Example: She didn't know how or where to pour out a cup of water into the sink and throw the plastic cup away in the trash can. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt, but at the same time it is a classic move for her "you don't think I can do anything, so I won't". I go with it, either she is that bad, or she is trying to get a rise out of me. My aunt says mom lashes out at her, but I've not experienced that. Different games for different folks.

After that I really wanted to crash, but hubby wanted to play music bingo. He really enjoys the music aspect. I could take it or leave it. After that we went home and I fell asleep on the couch with in about 15 minutes.

Our alarm went off at 6:00am, but we usually snooze it for 10 minutes. I guess this morning he didn't hit snooze so I woke up at 6:25. I lead a meeting at work at 7:00 so that's not good. I literally got ready in 9 minutes. Made it to work in time and had my meeting. It's a good thing I only live 3.5 miles from work and there is never any traffic.

Tonight is pub trivia. I really don't want to go, but Kim is expecting me, and she needs a friend to chat with.

JFT Wednesday

• Weigh in ❌ I'll use yesterday's weight for this week
• Work by 6:45 ❌ 6:50, close enough.
• Meetings
• Breakfast ✔️ The guys made biscuits and gravy. I skipped the gravy.
• Log food
• Stay green
• Home by 4:00
• Take dog for a walk
• Try to sneak in a nap
• Trivia
• Salad for dinner
• 1 beer
• Home by 9:30pm
• Shower
• Bed

JFT- Wed

• Went to a strength class last night and really enjoyed it. I think I will sign up for a weekly class to help get me out of the house for the winter. Its affordable
• Nail appt - long overdue!
• Pick up scripts
• One major meeting at work to get through but otherwise just doing busy work
• Study for 1 hr on course material for licensure exam
• Treadmill 30 mins

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 ❌ I'll use yesterday's weight for this week
• Work by 6:45 ❌ 6:50, close enough.
• Meetings ✔️
• Breakfast ✔️ The guys made biscuits and gravy. I skipped the gravy.
• Log food ❌
• Stay green ❌
• Home by 4:00 ✔️
• Take dog for a walk ✔️
• Try to sneak in a nap ❌
• Trivia ✔️ We won!
• Salad for dinner ✔️
• 1 beer ❌
• Home by 9:30pm ✔️
• Shower ❌
• Bed ✔️

Yesterday was about 50/50. Enjoyed my walk with the dog, he needs more leash time. He used to walk much better on the lead. He's still ok unless he's super excited or scared. He doesn't like walking through the garage, because our cat lives there and he's afraid of her. She is 17 years old and weighs about 6 pounds. He is 1 and weighs 85 pounds. Went to trivia, had 2 beers instead of one, but that's better than 3. We won at trivia which is always fun.

Today is work, then to meet a friend to give her 2 heated cat pads for her feral colony. I have 4 that I found at mom's, I'm giving the other 2 to Sierra's BF's mom for her outside kitties. My cat has her own heater in the garage. I need to clean the garage this weekend so I can set up her warm cozy corner.

Not sure what I'll do this evening. Maybe play pool, maybe go to dinner.

JFT Thursday

• Work by 6:45 ✔️
• Meetings until 11:00 ✔️
• Pick up dog from doggie daycare (new facility called the Brat Pack since he got kicked out of the main facility)
• Meet Megan at 5:00
• Visit mom
• Lite dinner
• Play Pool?
• Home
• Shower
• Bed by 11:00