Julia S.’s Posts

Julia S.
on 3/27/24 8:10 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Wednesday Menu?

QOTD- No alarm for me unless I have to catch a plane or something similar. It's usually about 30 minutes to shower and dress. But since I work from home I don't dry it until later. Wrap it in my Dollar Tree turban and wait for a while.

My roommate is still in SLC will be leaving for Arizona today. Stuck in the yard but it has Wifi. We are seriously over our data on our cell phones, it says unlimited but it's not and they slow it down. So it's pretty irritating for him. I mostly use the Wifi. I think he's going to try to find a commercial account that will give him more data. T-Mobile has one that is $75 month for 1 line. But I'm not very sure of their coverage. Does anyone have any ideas?

My next door neighbors are splitting up and she is moving to Texas. She hates the rain, and moved here for her kids & grands who have since moved to Texas. It's Oregon what do you expect? It's really not that bad. It doesn't rain all of the time, we have beautiful springs and summers and it rarely snows or gets super cold.

Football this weekend, no longer the Seattle Sea Dragons, they weren't invited to the new UFL. I love the little dragon so I bought a couple of shirts before they disappear. No west coast teams in this new league, I'm disappointed. The tix were so cheap I was tempted to go, because I can't afford the NFL prices. If I'm brave I would like to go to a Ducks game this fall. My cousin has season tickets, her and her husband are both alumni. Not sure if they get a deal on tickets. They go to pretty much all of their games. Not so sure this year due to the Big10, it's going to be interesting to see how the PAC-12 teams can hang with the new league.

I need to get some work done.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/26/24 9:00 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Tuesday Menu?

QOTD- That is a good article, I used to only let myself watch specific shows when I was on the treadmill. But I gave it away when I moved to Maui. I kind of wish I still had it, but it took up so much room. But it was a lot easier on rainy days to get some exercise in. I've been looking at under the desk treadmills, but I'm not sure how much functionality they have.

Yesterday was a sick day for me, started at about 2am when I woke with a splitting headache. I did manage to get some more sleep but then came the diarrhea and then I threw up the yogurt I ate for breakfast. Immodium and rest and today I feel OK, not sure what caused this, I did get Thai food from a different restaurant and it might have been the coconut prawns. I don't usually eat fried foods. Today I still have a bit of a headache but not the nausea.

I have a ton of work, so I'd better get to it. My roommate left last night for Salt Lake City, not sure when I'll see him again.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/26/24 7:12 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Tuesday Menu?

I'm in we could do it on Zoom. I'm always looking for something to read.

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/25/24 8:01 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Monday Menu?

QOTD- I get anxious driving, since I work from home the only driving I do now is to the grocery store when I don't do Instacart. I have to be in the mood to do much more. I hate it when traffic stops. It's funny I actually drove more when I lived in Maui because nothing was close.

Not much going on here, lazy weekend.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/23/24 9:24 am
Topic: RE: What?s the plan for this Saturday?

QOTD- Fairlife Mocha and of course wine, and tea sometimes.

I was so mad at myself yesterday I fasted for over 12 hours and got to the clinic and my appointment is for Monday. I cancelled it, I just couldn't make myself go through this again. I start work at 6 and my appointment was at 10 so 4 hours without food after getting up was just too much. I came away with a terrible headache and just felt awful. I need to get this done but if I reschedule it I'll try to do it first thing in the morning.

Not much going on here, my roommate is in town but I haven't seen much of him. We are not going to get the cat door pulled out and the new one installed.

I think I saw the eagle again but it was moving too fast to tell, but it's such a big bird and nothing else looks quite like it.

My little garden starts are doing well, but a couple haven't popped out yet. I may need to get some new seeds. But it's so fun to see the little plants come up. The mystery seeds were lupine, so now I have quite a few I can put in the yard.

Started out foggy and now it's raining but not very hard, so I may try to get out of here and go to the nature park.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/22/24 7:20 am
Topic: RE: What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu?

QOTD- My brother called me fat in high school but I only weighed 130lbs, not sure why I would believe him or internalize it but I was always tall as a kid and felt huge in comparison to my class mates. I didn't actually start gaining weight until after high school.

The next 2 1/2 hours can't go by fast enough. Jus****er this morning until the blood test. I don't know why but it always kind of gets to me knowing I can't eat for 12+ hours, so I end up eating more than normal, I know silly.

The new addition to my house, it smells so good!

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/21/24 12:37 pm, edited 3/21/24 5:38 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Thursday Menu?

QOTD- I don't listen to podcasts or audio books. But I love to read.

My dentist has been MIA, we heard he was going to move but that was it. They called me and cancelled my appointment for 11/21/23, I've called and left multiple messages trying to reschedule. No response. So I got my Mom to track him down, and I got an appointment today. I really needed the cleaning, 10 months is way too long for me. I was just happy he wasn't dead or retired. We talk football.

I have a fasting blood test tomorrow, and an appointment with my PCP next week. Hopefully my levels will all be OK.

I need to get to work.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/20/24 1:31 pm
Topic: RE: What's on your Wednesday Menu?

QOTD- My Mom.

I had to pick up my roommate from the airport this morning. It was a long drive for me and I had to wait for what seemed like forever for him to come out. Bathroom stop for him was what the wait was about. He's in trouble at work and the choice was to stay in Salt Lake City until Monday or come home. He has stuff to do here so he opted to fly home. I'm actually glad he's home, there are some things I need help with so I'll try to get him to do at least one of them while he's here. The fix for the refrigerator is going to take some time, so I'll delay that for now. We are planning on cutting off the cabinet on the top & bottom so it will fit. Right now it sticks out or you can't open the freezer door. It's about a foot out from the back wall. Other than that I love the fridge.

I'm not very enthused about work, but I need to get back to it.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/18/24 7:47 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Monday Menu?

QOTD- Stark Trek Discovery, new season coming next month.

I did drive to the beach on Saturday. It was a total bust, the traffic stopped 3 times on the way there. And then I couldn't get a parking spot at the park I usually go to. So no beach walk, besides there were just too many people. I did get smoked salmon, but the traffic through town was so bad I turned around and drove home. So over 4 hours driving and no beach time. On the way back I had this motorcycle behind me and when we stopped at a light he went into a dance, he was really good and made me laugh. I was hoping he was going the same way because this is someone that I want to meet.

Yesterday was a veg day, I didn't do anything, it was so beautiful out I should have done something.

I need to get back to work.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/15/24 9:32 am
Topic: RE: What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu?

QOTD- Who knows? So much scrutiny of the royals and famous people.

I made it out to the nature park yesterday. It was glorious, high 50's and all the little plants are starting to show their leaves. Today it's supposed to be 65 by the time I go for a walk, but by next week the rain is supposed to be back but mid-70's all weekend.

OK I have a disgusting problem. I have sugar ants that have decided the Keurig machine is the place to live. I've put ant bait out, disassembled the machine and washed all of the parts. I left it to soak for several days to discourage their return. I put it back together yesterday and had a cup of coffee. But this morning they are back, not in the same numbers but it still grosses me out. I hate ants! Any suggestions? I've put out Terro liquid bait and they have taken it, but they still won't die. I guess I'm back to my baby french press for coffee, no ants in it.

My little seeds are sprouting, it's so much fun to see them come up. It seems like it's taken forever for a few of them. If they don't come up I'll get some fresh seeds and try again. The hard part will be keeping the squirrels out once I plant them in the garden.

I want to sneak out and go to the beach but there are sneaker wave warnings through tomorrow. So I probably won't go, but it is supposed to hit 70 there today.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/14/24 11:42 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Thursday Menu?

QOTD- No I've been tempted, but I only eat fish and shell fish so I don't think that there would be too many options for me.

It's a beautiful day today, and we are expecting record highs for tomorrow and mid 70's by the weekend. I definitely need to get out of this house.

I have been meaning to check the tire pressure on my tires. It turned out that all 4 were low. I bought this little mini compressor when I was in Maui. It works great, but not the fastest thing. So now maybe the annoying low tire light will go out. But I think it's a bad sensor. I really need to get my tires rotated and my oil changed. And I might as well get my car washed as well, but that is tempting fate or I should say rain.

I did a Costco Instacart yesterday so there is shrimp, that will be my main protein for the next few days. Kind of like Grim and his ham. I love the Costco shrimp ****tail, no matter what I do I can't get my shrimp to taste that good. But somehow a bag of Reeses eggs jumped into my cart...

I hope OH stays viable...

Have a great day everyone! It's almost Friday

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/13/24 9:38 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Wednesday Menu?

QOTD- Everybody has our personal information, I honestly don't see how TikTok could be any worse. The state of Oregon DMV was hacked so all of my info is out there. Which is the reason why all of my credit is frozen. I never watch TikTok and only just got back on Facebook so I'm trying to limit my exposure. I even dumped a slots game, mostly because when I got a new phone they wouldn't give me my $ and levels. Actually I spend much less time using my phone and it is freeing.

Long winded answer to the QOTD. I didn't go for a walk yesterday but did get some cleaning in my garage done, and mounted a smoke alarm. Not really cardio but at least I wasn't sitting in my recliner watching TV for a little while.

I had a nice piece of salmon and a small baked red potato for dinner last night, and I ended up vomiting it up almost immediately. Not sure what that was about. It just didn't taste right, but then nothing seems to appeal to me lately.

I need to get to work, everyone have a great day!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/12/24 8:06 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Tuesday Menu?

QOTD- I found a refrigerator in my Home Depot cart, but deleted it. I do that on Instacart I add things and then I never buy them or decide I don't need them and eventually delete them.

I'm not adjusting well to daylight savings time, yesterday I didn't want to get up at all. It is so dark out in the mornings. Our state tried to vote out DST but it didn't pass and apparently Washington & California have to agree as well. I honestly don't care if it's regular time or DST. Just leave the clock alone! In the summer we have arctic length days, 14+ hours of daylight. When I was a kid it was horrible to try and get me to sleep when it was still light outside. I used to pick berries and we had to be at the bus by about 5AM. Now it's illegal to have kids pick berries. Unfortunately there are not as many berry farms as there used to be. It's mostly now suburbia, and there is a Community College where the fields used to be. I saved that money and bought my first horse.

It's almost 8 and it's still not very light out, cloudy and overcast. When I moved to Maui I stayed on West Coast time, even though it was 2 hours earlier in the winter and 3 in the summer. It was easier just to ignore the clock and keep the same hours of work. I guess I really don't like change. I'm not in a good place right now, nothing seems to appeal to me. It's hard for me to get out of the house, I just am hiding out from the world. I want to retire in the worst way, but financially I don't see any way to do it, unless I can refi my house at a lower rate. I didn't think I would be here at this point in my life. I was sure I could actually retire, but it just isn't possible.

Sorry for the doom and gloom, I need to just snap out of it.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/11/24 12:43 pm
Topic: RE: What's on your Monday Menu?

QOTD- The Holocaust Museum, but it's also one of the hardest things to see.

My big outing of the weekend was going to Ikea. I was actually good, I only bought what I went there for and no cinnamon rolls or candles found their way into my bag.

I'm really disappointed in Amazon, I had ordered a twin duvet cover for my roommate. What came instead was twin sheets, no I didn't order the wrong thing they sent me the wrong thing. That's why I ended up going to Ikea. He didn't have time to stop so it didn't really matter that they sent the wrong thing. But now they have changed how you return things, I used to go to Whole Foods and now it's either Staples or a UPS Store. I have no idea where there is a Staples and all of the UPS Stores near me were not open on Sunday. I'll go today after work.

I was also disappointed in TJ's the store was jam packed, and they didn't have the only thing I went there for. I was having a minor anxiety attack due to the amount of people and how difficult it was to maneuver. I almost just walked out, but I had a freesia plant and raspberries in my cart so I bought them and fled the store. Also the checkout person told me where the item I was looking for was, I went through 4 times and they just weren't there. Not sure why I went back in but it was a nightmare. That is why I love Instacart, but you can't get anything from Winco or TJ's.

I need to get back to work.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/11/24 12:25 pm
Topic: RE: What's on your Monday Menu?

He was my favorite, it was so hard to walk away from him!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/8/24 10:29 am
Topic: RE: What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu?

QOTD- I already have some of my plants coming up in the pots I just planted. I have a small raised bed areas that I will plant, just need to keep the squirrels out. We have some fencing we are going to try this year.

My software at work has been giving me grief. It finally quit giving me Oracle errors so I need to get my job out while it is working.

None of the Reese's ended up coming my way. But who knew there was a Hersey's factory in Layton Utah?

I've got an Instacart order heading my Moms way today between 12-2 I put in the delivery directions to please bring the kitty litter in the house as my Mother is in a wheelchair. We'll see how it goes. I also gave them her phone #. Fingers crossed.

I was thinking of heading to the beach if they couldn't get the software issue resolved, but unfortunately they did. There wasn't supposed to be any rain, and tomorrow it will rain. I need some beach time even if it is raining. Plus smoked salmon, I can't really justify ordering 5lbs of it, so if I go there I can get just a couple of pieces.

I'd better get back to work.

Have a great Friday everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/7/24 8:41 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Thursday Menu?

QOTD- Dresses, button up shirts, sweaters, jackets and dress pants and lightweight hoodies hang in the closet. All in color order. My t shirts go in my dresser, the right side is short sleeves, the left is long sleeves, nightgowns and bras on the left top drawer and underwear in the right top. My other dresser has swimsuits, pj's, jeans and socks and shorts and tanks. Also my long underwear. Just a tad OCD, In this house I have a ton of closet space and extra closets so for a change I'm not crammed. I could probably fold better, but it's the same way I've folded since I was a kid. I did get 2 narrow tall shoe shelves that I have in one of my closets, the other is in the sewing room with all my craft supplies in plastic boxes. I have 2 closets in the my bedroom they aren't huge, there are shelves but I'm not tall enough to reach anything beyond the first one.

I can't seem to get myself out of the house to do anything. I need to get some exercise, beyond running around the house and up and down the stairs. The only thing that I have scheduled is I get my nails done today.

I need to get back to work.

I missed a day somewhere I thought yesterday was Tuesday.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/6/24 1:04 pm
Topic: RE: What's on your Wednesday Menu?

I forgot to mention my roommate is carrying 37,000lbs of Hersey's chocolates. Including my favorites the Reeses Eggs. I asked if a few boxes couldn't fall off somewhere???

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/6/24 8:23 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Wednesday Menu?

QOTD- Somewhere warm with an ocean. It's 25 degrees right now.

My roommate is in Sparks NV, waiting for the traffic to speed up on I-80. It was going 3mph and he was running out of time on his clock so decided to park at a casino for a few hours and then attempt the drive.

I've been having sleep issues this week, and the weirdest dreams. I am a total animal lover so this dream really freaked me out. I was holding the leash of a large dog, and there was this little white fluffy tiny dog and somehow the leash took off the little dogs feet. There were 4 little tiny feet on the floor, and I woke up wondering if a dog can survive without it's feet? I have no idea where this came from and hope it never repeats.

I have lots of work so I'd better get to it.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 3/1/24 7:31 am
Topic: RE: What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu?

QOTD- I'd try to be nice and only mess with people that need it.

My roommate was here and gone. I did find out that he is engaged, no date yet I really was shocked. He's been playing with so many women I'm surprised that he is done. They are like teenagers when they get together. Laughing and giggling. I'm glad he is happy. So my question is when are you going to move out? I'm mentally re-arranging the rooms already...

I've been trying to get my chop saw and table saw back. Or at least here so I can use them. I gave them to my roommate when I moved to Maui. He's not giving them up. They are in storage so I can't even use them if I wanted to. When he's gone I'll have half of the garage to use as a shop, if he keeps them I'll just replace them. I'm tired of not having tools.

It's Friday and I need to get a job out.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 2/29/24 8:03 am, edited 2/29/24 12:04 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Leap Day Menu?

QOTD- I can't think of anything.

Today is my roommates birthday he is now 15. I think it sucks that he only has a birthday every 4 years.

I bought a new refrigerator from Costco, it will be delivered on Saturday and it has ice and water in the door. I was surprised that I finally found one that will fit and has the features that I want. Plus it was on sale and they will haul away the old one for free. Can't wait. I will not miss the groaning old man tiny refrigerator with no ice or water.

My Mom will have transportation starting 3/1. The local senior center is providing it and they have a wheelchair lift, it may cost a little more that the bus lift service but at least she'll have a way to get to her appointments.

I need to get back to work.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 2/28/24 7:49 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Wednesday Menu?

QOTD- I agree with QJB on her rating scale.

No snow but it's really windy today and was last night. It startled my kitties out of a sound sleep. It startled me too, did I mention I hate wind?

My roommate is somewhere in Oregon and should be home today, I think? He's scheduled to unload at 10 in North Portland, and he doesn't know what time he picks up the next load.

My work has been steady for the last 2 weeks, now I have too much work but I'm not going to complain. Just keep getting 40 hours.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 2/27/24 8:16 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Tuesday Menu?

QOTD- I haven't donated since surgery. I used to donate all of the time.

QJB- So glad your first day was so good. I always go for comfort over style my typical shoes are slip on Merrells (Jungle Mocs) because they have such good support. I've worn them for years and have tan, brown and black so they go with any pants. Not that I usually wear anything but jeans.

My roommate has finally decided to dump one of his girlfriends. He's been seeing her for the last 2 years but doesn't see any future with her. I guess I'm partly to blame since when the new girlfriend came over I showed her my spinning wheel and loom and gave her a tour. The only time the other one came over she wasn't interested or I should say didn't ask. So he assumed that I like her more than the other one, I'm not sure how he got that. I'm just glad he made a decision, I feel like he's been stringing her along while he was looking for someone else. He's had multiple women on the string, up to 8 at one time. But mostly he just talks to them. Lately he's had 4 but only 2 in this area. I don't get men! Personally I'm not willing to take a chance on letting another man hurt me.

They're saying we could get snow, but so far nothing and it's 34.9 so I kind of doubt it.

I finally made it to a movie on Sunday. I saw Argylle, it was pretty silly and unbelievable but at least I got out of the house and still have popcorn left over. I'm looking forward to the new Ghostbusters and Despicable Me 4, but I have a while to wait. They are showing The Green Mile tonight, but it doesn't start until 6:30 so I'd be nodding but I would love to see it again. Of course it was written by Stephen King.

I just read September House, it's not so much the horror that got me. It really wasn't that scary, but it did bother me. I felt like the whole story and house were about abusive relationships. There were too many things that sent me back to that place, and as a warning to anyone who has been in an abusive relationship be warned. It was not what I expected at all, I was thinking a Stephen King like scary book, for me it was way beyond that. I had to sit down and write about it to figure out how to deal with it.

Enough doom and gloom, I have a beautiful kitty on my lap who is purring and I need to get back to work.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 2/23/24 7:42 am
Topic: RE: What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu?

QOTD- Most of the in-ear headphones hurt my ears. When I walk I use bone conducting headphones I love them because they just go over your ear and rest on outside of your ear. The reason I love them is that I can hear outside noises, especially when I'm out walking and want to know if someone is coming up on me especially if it's a bike. The other ones I use on the plane are over the ear noise cancelling headphones. I sometimes used them in the office just to concentrate. I have a couple of other blue tooth earphones but typically don't use them. I agree on the apple ones I could never use their earphones they were just too big for my ears.

The start of my garden, and my yard believes it is spring.

Have a great day everyone!


5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

Julia S.
on 2/22/24 7:10 am
Topic: RE: What's on your Thursday Menu?

QOTD- More Starbucks than anything, but my roommate likes Dutch Bros. I don't like Starbucks because they over roast their beans and it tastes burnt. We used to have a local coffee shop that we went to every Sunday, but it no longer exists and we used to meet my parents there. It was a really nice place the community would support. Sad that it is gone.

QJB- I have Consumer Cellular (they use AT&T and T-Mobile for their networks) and I ordered a new phone and had it the next day. It was $29 to expedite the shipping. My phone was not charging wirelessly and I was afraid that it would die. I would recommend them as I get a discount for being an AARP member and they are an all US call center. Their phones are unlocked and you don't get all of the apps that the other carriers load you down with.

Not much going on here, I need to get to work.

Have a great day everyone!

5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8

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