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Friday Highlights - Day off! - Sleep - Visited new house with another load. Renos should start in about a week. Barbara - yes, I work with health data, but some of it includes people under 18, and everyone in the department is required to go through the Child Safety and Wellbeing training each year just like we all go…

I think they're like private rehabilitation hospitals, aren't they? M in Oz

That would be good! As long as they don't make everything with les champignons. M in Oz

Thursday Highlights - Worked from home! - Got quite a bit done at work. - Napped in the afternoon instead of going for a lunch walk. - Rained all day! So good to see! I'm struggling with fatigue for reasons I don't understand. I rarely take afternoon naps, but this is my second in 2 weeks. I'm going to bed slightly earlier…

I would find another restaurant. If I'm reading it right, nothing there is vegetarian, dairy-free, and egg free. Unless I am very familiar with how a restaurant prepares meat, and unless it is prepared the way I like it, I don't order it. In France, I don't order the meat. I can handle some dairy all right, but in France,…

Welcome here! I eat a lot of fruit and veg, so my fat intake is relatively low. I have actually added pepitas now and then to increase my protein and fat a little. Maybe increase the veggie quantity? Machka in Oz

Wednesday Highlights - Reviewed 1000 pages (no exaggeration) of recommendations over the past 2 days, and extracted the salient points. 😵‍💫😵‍💫 Yes, the arthritis in my right hand is flaring up. Yes, I'm dizzy every time I scroll on my home laptop now. But it's done! - Walked about 2 km - Climbed up 25 flights of stairs and…

Child safety and wellbeing. Everyone in my department has to take a refresher each year to keep on top of things. What can I see from the top of hill? Grass, mostly. And the cenotaph way off in the distance. This is what the cenotaph area looks like from partway up the bridge to nowhere. The stairs to nowhere are way off…

I understand why they live in a smaller place ... but not sure why it seems to bother you. And I am with Tracey ... why lie? Why not just say "No, that won't work for me. But thank you for the offer. " M in Oz

Tuesday Highlights - finished reading volume 3a of Royal Commission Recommendations ... on to volume 3b tomorrow. - got a few good job hunting tips - climbed 26 flights of 20 stairs up and down - walked 4.6 km ... 3.8 km at lunch + my usual 0.8 km during commute Machka in Oz

OK, Barbara ... more of the Stairs to Nowhere ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/with/53705062783 Machka in Oz

Regarding visitors (@exermom) ... if we had any, they would have to stay in a hotel where we live now because we have no spare rooms ... and they will have to stay in a hotel once we move to our new place because we have no spare rooms. Both places have 3 relatively small bedrooms which have been designated as our sleeping…

Also ... I rarely drink my calories. Food makes me feel full, beverages with calories do not make me feel full. I rarely drink anything other than black coffee and water until about 6:30 pm. Then I'll head into some diet drinks. I rarely eat anything sweet (like chocolate, cookies, pastries, ice cream, etc.) during the…

Monday Highlights - Got through reading some policy documents etc. - Completed my Working with Children refresher - Took another load out to the new house after work. - Walked a little over 2 km - Climbed 25 flights of 20 stairs up and 33 flights of 20 stairs down. - Lego and Cycling on TV

Yummo!! 10 vegetables you never knew were rich in protein https://www.taste.com.au/healthy/articles/vegetables-rich-protein/r5bzs3zk M in Oz

I've been eating like that for a long time! When it comes to food, I'm not keen on variety. Machka in Oz

Machka's Food Here's what I eat from 11:30 am until about 6:30 or 7 pm. Sorry about the size of the photos these days ... I've put most of them into spoilers. Lunch One 125g container of rice One tin of chicken or chickpeas One bag of one of these veggies Snacks 1 or 2 of these crackers & cheese each day 1 of these yogurts…

I do that once in a while with ground chicken.

Sunday Highlights - sleep - vacuumed new house ... something I've wanted to do for a while - son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter came to see new house. That was the biggest highlight of the day! - watching cycling on TV Thanks, Lisa! Machka in Oz

About me: Machka the Canadian-Australian. I'm 57. Still working almost full-time (9 day fortnights) and doing a whole lot of other things. Married and a full-time carer of my husband. One gorgeous black cat. More about me: https://wordart.com/create Sports I have done or would like to try: Why I cycle: Places I've been at…

What is it called so I can look it up on Amazon?

That area has been under development for the past decade. Someone has an idea so they put in one or two things, then that idea falls apart and stuff is left or torn out. They put in a really nice bicycle path a few years ago, then tore it out a year later. Now there's a new idea but no one can agree on it. Meanwhile it's a…

Saturday's Highlights - sleep. This past week has exhausted me. - gorgeous sunset at new house - Giro d'Italia on TV Had to dig out my good camera to try to get a non-blurry photo of the peacock. I think there are at least two that aren't blurry here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/ I don't know why this one is so…

Science-y/Sci-fi wouldn't be bad. Droning on and on about politics, however, was just about enough to have me tear my hair out. His editor should have gotten in there and removed about 1/3 of the book as the first improvement. If I come across Timeline, I might give it a try. M in Oz

What does this mean? If you're referring to steps per day, 1 mile is about 2000 steps. If you walk 1 mile each day, you're walking 2000 steps.

The first shot from the top of the stairs, looking down. The empty lot is to the left, and that's where the bottom of the stairs ends. The road that goes off to the left is the road to nowhere. There is absolutely nothing down that road and it just ends after about 300 metres or so. The second is from near the bottom of…

If there's full sun in the afternoon, it should be all right. :) :) Me too! Although if a person served me a bowl of plain pasta or rice and steamed veggies, I'd be perfectly happy with that. In fact, that's more or less what I eat. So sorry! M in Oz