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Here I sit at the South Bend airport, an hour & a half early for my flight but it’s very pleasant to not be strapped for time. It was a mad dash getting to the airport on Thursday - I have a clear memory of my outgoing flight being scheduled at 1:30 but then suddenly it was backed up to 1 PM?!? (Val was lazy, not checking…
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”Par for the course” as far as average sleep quality for me. Temperatures have turned chillier - we’ve had some thunderstorms & a stiff cold wind. I had to bundle up to go to the barn this morning as it was 43°. Hopefully it will be dry enough for me to put out a round bale this afternoon so my husband doesn’t have to…
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The only pregnancy craving I succumbed to was stopping for a pint of chocolate milk most mornings - for some reason those little individually packaged portions tasted better than anything I could mix up at home! Sure wish I could duplicate the caloric burn of lactation - I lost 20 pounds those first eight weeks, never had…
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Thrilled to see the scales reading 189.6 this morning. All that hiking around in the woods must’ve done something - my Fitbit gave me credit for 3 mi Saturday & I rode 10 mi on Mr. Silas yesterday. Now if I can just hold to the straight & narrow path & not indulge in junk food, this next step in my journey might “stick”!!!…
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Friday night sleep “Fair” - scored a 76 (Ha! didn’t feel like a passable score to me) but I managed to struggle through our trail workday, as we are trying to get our local trails reopened. Just got off the phone with my son who thinks we won’t have “anything” so why bother with trail work? I am worried too, but I don’t…
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Die-hard tracking always seems to backfire for me - “You’re not the boss of me!!!” I’m going to concentrate on high protein/low carb, but it’s always worked better from a motivational standpoint for ME to track my exercise (really demoralizing for me these days since I’m starting from “less than zero”, completely…
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Noodles can go to the dogs, can’t they?? Dominic loves it when I get a sausage kolache since I eat the sausage & save him the bread! Intermittent fast/OMAD yesterday (which was a steak/salad/few bites of baked potato) & my weight is back down to 191. Spent yesterday afternoon back at the dermatologist, getting a basal cell…
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Ha ha that’s cute! What we have on our rides are trot-outs, & I’ve always said I would love to train one of mine to do the trot-out by themselves (The rider dismounts & is leading the horse; we make lots of jokes about it’s a very good thing we don’t have to judge riders for soundness!) I’ll try to find a video… Fairly…
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After last weekend spent eating from the food truck, my weight is up 2 lbs, sitting at 193. Ugh, but even worse is the shortness of breath which seems aggravated in this cold weather. I have to go back to my dermatologist to get a little basal cell carcinoma carved off my collarbone, but he wants to send me to a specialist…
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Things did not go exactly as planned for my long-awaited horse camp weekend (I was supposed to work a day/ride a day) - the 3rd vet whom the ride manager had lined up to work got rear-ended by a dump truck driver who wasn’t paying attention. Thankfully she was not hauling horses - she was bringing her trailer to serve as…
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I feel ya - glancing at my last couple of nights which have been “Fair”: about 2 hrs of deep & REM sleep combined… Hopefully tonight will be better - brought the ponies into the barn to keep them out of the worst of the cold & wind, even though no one was shivering or seemed particularly phased by the cold around 9:30,…
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Stumbled across an Austin City Limits show featuring Willie Nelson, still strumming his guitar! Amazing! “Roll Me Up & Smoke Me When I Die” :D :D o:) I’ve fought a nagging headache all day which I think might be related to the moldy firewood Hubby has been burning? It let up while I was in the thick of things at work, but…
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I’m sorry you are struggling… Maybe your body is trying to tell you something; are you sure this situation can’t be salvaged? I couldn’t face the cold cutting wind today, hopefully this weather will smooth out by next weekend? (when I’m obligated to work Sat but should be free to ride Sunday) My son made some time for me…
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Slept a little better last night - played my “white noise” loop, & even more importantly, managed to change my sweaty sheets! (This is always a challenge bcz my little dogs run upstairs first & it’s hard for me to disturb them ;) I have a dull headache this morning, but just drank my coffee & made myself some bacon & eggs…
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Today’s project is supposed to be cleaning out my truck, but what else is new - I didn’t sleep well so once again I’m starting out the day TIRED!!! The gray, chilly, drizzly weather suits my bad mood. At least I got a load of gravel delivered yesterday & Peran was able to fill in the worst washout below the barn. There’s a…
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Guess our rain is turning to snow & ice as it heads north?? Just to keep life interesting, a big washout below the horse barn has gotten worse & poor Silas fell in it this morning! I knew something was wrong when he didn’t come up for breakfast - fortunately he didn’t panic & laid there calmly upside down while we got some…
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Oh my, I’m sorry to hear that! I don’t know whether my farm is my dream or the albatross around my neck? (Need to go blog about it) It’s a beautiful piece of property; downsizing for me would obviously mean getting rid of a lot of my critters, but it would certainly be easier with dual incomes. And retirement is a far-away…
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Another miserable night of poor quality sleep as I was fretting about the ponies - the weather has turned cold & rainy again (42° last night with a bone-chilling wind) I should’ve just gotten up and brought them into the barn with their hay, but I did not… Of course everyone is fine this morning! I only got half the car…
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That was certainly NOT a memorable Super Bowl, but like you say, it was mostly background noise. The weather has turned cold & drizzly again, but we did have a nice clear sunny Saturday… Ate “potluck-style” for SN festivities: cleaning out a few leftovers in my fridge! I have been trying to get my mom‘s room cleared out at…
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Wow, I’m so jelly!!! ;) I went to bed last night at 9:30 bcz I Was So. Freakin’. Tired!!! Couldn’t get temp of my BR right so I only managed 1.5 hrs deep sleep. My FitBit gave me a sleep score of 88, but I felt more like a B- by the time I hauled my tail outta bed. Can’t believe how much work I STILL have to put in to…
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But to answer your question, perhaps I am having some age-related changes in my taste buds too? I have been disappointed in the taste & texture of the last few steaks I have bought to cook at home (not counting the freezer-burnt meat I was trying to rehabilitate from Zach’s) I’m going to try again, but also buy myself a…
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Well, while I love her dearly, Aphrodite really doesn’t qualify as a “pet” - it’s more like Batman & Robin, she’s my “ward”! 😂🤣 Our local game warden confiscated her last spring from some ignorant people who had smuggled her in from Louisiana (where it is legal to purchase baby alligators; it’s not legal in Texas where…
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Our weather has warmed up this week in what no doubt is a mini “false spring” - but I was very pleased that Aphrodite Alligator came out, Peran got her fed because it was 74° the other day. Of course they go into semi-hibernation over the winter, but I was still worried about her. Somebody posted a wildlife cam video of a…
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Fortunately I partially caught up on a little deep sleep last night before I completely lost my mind! I know there is underlying stress about my medical tests Thursday - some of it is catching up on routine stuff like a mammogram & Pap smear, but also doing a lung scan to see if I have pulmonary fibrosis. Nothing to do but…
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Unfortunately I have little-to-no room in my freezer since my hubby has stuffed the drawers with his little baggies of brown rice, salmon, & turkey from the carcasses he dismembered after Christmas… Granted, there is a lot of miscellaneous stuff that I really need to go through, defrost for the dogs, or throw out. Ugh -…
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Ugh, I knew I couldn’t string together 2 decent nights in a row! Yesterday was a stress-fest because Zach drove out to visit his dad** - Z had asked him to help fix the grill on his car even though I advised Z that “juice probably wasn’t worth the squeeze” - I’d be happy to deal with the little body shop in Mesquite who…
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Last night was a little better - but boy am I jealous of 2 hrs of deep sleep!!! I had a 5-ounce steak from Eatzi’s that looked so good in their display case, but the flavor was a little disappointing. At least my weight is back down to “baseline” at 191. I pulled something below my left shoulder blade riding Baraq…
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Whelp today has been not-so-very-good… I offered to bring Silas for my friend Linda to ride on what turned out to be a beautiful 70-degree spring-like day, but slept even more poorly than average (17 min deep sleep, are ya kidding me?!?). Silas was his usual gentlemanly self, but Linda hasn’t ridden all winter & complained…
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Yes indeedy… I’ve always hoped to find some alternative way to reward myself rather than thinking of food first & foremost. Bcz I am ashamed of myself for looking forward to a particular restaurant meal as much as socializing with my friends. I am looking into TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) to see if I can “fix my…
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Back down to 191 - I’ll take it, especially since I dived into the bakery yesterday for some emergency cookies! Got a distressing phone call from my old friend Charles who is quite certainly dying - he’s now lost 65 pounds; they are fairly certain it is cancer although he hasn’t undergone all the diagnostic procedures. I…
