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Dog dentistry - very expensive Justice is due for a cleaning now but I will probably wait until this fall when we are back south where his vet is now.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Too bad you and DD are getting the rain. It has been quite beautiful here in New England this week.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
You got a lot done! Yeah, the downside of having lists is that there is usually always new things being added so they never really get completed.
interesting comment about you feeling unsettled. I wouldn't have guessed that about you.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Lots going on in your neck of the woods! And lots of celebrating this weekend coming up. Fun!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Greetings all
It is cool and overcast. My day started early as house cleaner wanted to come at 9 and I also had a studio zoom board meeting at 9. There was important business regarding the reallocation of the glass studio space. It hardly ever gets used and more space is needed for ceramics. The board is good with this - even the one glass worker - so it will proceed. One of the glass studio users is throwing a huge tantrum and sending all kinds of letters and texts with all kinds of emotional but non business like arguments. So we will have a follow up with the displaced persons but it is a done deal. We are just decreasing the space they can use; not eliminating it. So the tempest is not over but the teapot has been put away.
Yeah DD sitting in summer shade is the best. Glad you have lots of it. And a cozy place to sit while the kids run around. Hide and seek is still a thing? Sounds very fun to sit and watch. Hmmm musical based on a true murder? Well why not. I vividly remember the Charles Starkweather murders from about 1957. There have been books and movies about those. 13 killed I think. But I am not sure it could be set to music.
Paula I am impressed that your church has a garden. Great idea. More churches need this. Good on you for all your volunteers stuff.
Peps don't forget that all the stuff on your list would not be there if you still had a job. Lots is stuff that just does not happen. We need to add self care stuff to our lists such as playing video games, watching murder mysteries and eating popcorn. Hope your Dad's transition goes well.
So as soon as I get dressed I will go walk at the gym and then go to the studio. Always more to do there.
Liz glad you completed the memorial task with deceased DH. Sounds perfect. Enjoy the beach but no sharks please. We have great whites out here too.
No clue on dinner tonight. All the dental drama yesterday was remarkably uneventful. I had a boat load of fillings but this dentist is skilled and quick. Also I took drugs. The dog dentistry was only about $200 less than mine. Oh well. Tesla is subdued but she did eat her dinner of rice and ground chicken. The medication is another matter......
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Went to help out in the church garden today before the storm**** More rain to come later I guess.
DH and I took our walk and unfortunately just as we were getting home the local fire truck medical unit rolled up at our next door neighbors. They are in their late 70's. Husband recently had hips replaced but once the ambulance arrived he was walking outside and handing papers to the ambulance crew so we think it may be his wife that had the medical crisis. We want to help out if they need it (especially in light of his recent surgeries) but also don't want to be nosy neighbors. They do have adult children that live locally. Perhaps we will stop by tomorrow and see if there is a need we can take care of!
Liz, your send off at sea for Paul sounded beautiful! The ash spreading that the boys and I did on the first anniversary (which also happened to be Father's Day) was the most meaningful. The scattering of ashes on Maui was nice but also felt a little strange with current DH there with me (he did ask if I wanted to do it solo).
Peps, that was one busy day! Too busy for my liking! Glad your Dad will be getting the additional care he needs in the memory care unit. Sorry your weight is being stingy!
DD, pjs until noon is definitely more my speed! Have a good workout or shopping adventure off that's what you choose!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
I am a slug in comparison! I did do a few things this morning, but it is noon and I'm still in my jammies. Not normal, but since it raining I decided to wait and see if DH wants to go workout with me since he can't ride his bike. If he doesn't I might go shopping instead. Different outfits are required.
Not gonna lie! I'm feeling frustrated that my weight is holding steady. 200.8 this morning.
Work outs are regular, so exercise is on point. I guess I could up cardio, but blech... I do try to make my some workouts strenuous to encourage some extra cardio/calorie burn. Today I think I will add some straight cardio. Switch it up a bit. In my defense I do start each workout with a 1/4 mile brisk walk (3.2 mph) on an incline. That gets my heart going at about 100 bpm (not really a cardio workout though).
I felt accomplished yesterday. My list of accomplishments: Groomed client dog (3 hours), went to dad's to visit and be present for his monthly in home medical appt., sent pics of his entire apartment to moving company, picked up dry cleaning, worked out, did red light therapy after workout, went to post office to clean out dad's PO Box, had a 45 minute phone meeting with a "concerned" member of the national dog club, went to Whole Foods to make Amazon returns, went downtown to Fabletics to make in store returns/exchanges, picked up burnt tip tri tips for dinner, got home and fed dogs, made dinner and watched TV. However, with all that done, my list still feels overwhelming. Perhaps I prefer living in constant denial and delight of procrastination?
I heard Adam Lambert's version of I Don't Care Much today for the first time. His performance was genuinely moving. His vocals sublime.
I was listening to a reel/podcast/Tiktok thing yesterday that really hit close to home. It was a gay man talking about how he was so focused on presenting who he wasn't to the world that he never got to know who he really was. Boy, oh boy, did that ring true. I wonder if that is why I often feel unsettled in myself. Searching, searching, searching...
Well, enough of that.... Onward to a happy hump day!
Right? DH thought the same thing. It's the History Theater, and they do plays about Minnesota History, so far, always in good taste. But this is a notorious, sordid story. An aged heiress was smothered in her bed by her son in law. Sadly, her night nurse was killed also. The night nurse was a friend of my Grandma's. :( So the daughter and her husband conspired to kill a 98 year old woman to hasten their inheritance. The mansion where this happened was gifted to the U of M, and a couple of years later it was opened for tours. In the beginning, the docents would under no cir****tances discuss the murders out of respect for the survivors. 40 years later, they do one tour about the crime. The mansion, Glensheen, itself it so worth touring as it sits on Lake Superior and is grand and very charming at the same time.
For some reason the idea of a musical based on a notorious murder struck me as funny. Warped little me...
