Friday, August 29, 2025

No weight - I am sitting next to DD in the pre-surgical area. We arrived at 5:30 am (it is 6 now).

Today would have been deceased DH and my 44th anniversary. Strange to be spending it here.

It will be a long day but hopefully will end with DD going home which is the plan if all goes well. If she stays overnight I will get a hotel room for tonight again. I just checked and the hotel I was at has rooms available tonight. If I drive back to the Cape today I will have to worry about potentially hitting bridge traffic.

Will report back later! Have a fine Friday!

PS: I decided to take the free protein drinks because I figured someone like SIL will take them if I don't like them. They said they sent the same offer to other members of this group if you are interested.

Prayers that DD's surgery goes well today Liz!

Liz, I hope all goes well with DD's surgery today!

203.0 this morning. 100% acceptable IMO after 2 weeks of travel. I have 4 weeks before my next road trip. I'm going to work on getting solidly below 200 over those next weeks. I confess I enjoyed many desserts this trip, so it's nice to have the scale recognize that I made adjustments for the extra dessert calories. I don't keep track of my weight these days so I went back a couple weeks to find a posted weight. Last weight I posted was 203.2, so I didn't come back any heavier than when I left. SCORE!

It feels lovely to sit with my coffee in MY chair this morning surrounded by my pack of hounds.

If I don't start sleeping better soon, I think I am going back to CBD gummies at bedtime. I'm tired of the fractured sleep.

Busy-ish day ahead with appointments. BFF wants a hair cut, too.

Paula, when is your move date? How did the boys and DC1 take the news?

Blitz has a date today. He'll be happy. LOL!

Toodles!

We close on our house in WI on November 14th. Still need to find a house in FL.

None of the kids are super happy about the move. DC1 seems to be taking it the hardest since they rely on us so heavily for emotional and social support.

DS's 2 and 3 just don't like the political climate of FL and would rather see us some place like the Carolinas. DSD isn't happy that we are moving since she is finally back in WI after being in ND for the last 7 years. They will be moving to NE in May anyway though so not too much to be mad about!

They will all adjust and be fine with it in the end. My kids had to go through those adjustments too when I first started to go to Florida, and when I sold their childhood home, and then my Cape home.

Staying the same weight when traveling around and not really keeping track is a huge win IMO!

I tried CBD gummies for sleep after DH died. Much better than prescription sleeping pills as they just relaxed me enough to drift off vs knocking me out.

121.9, same as yesterday. Just got done eating a chocolate croissant and I don't feel guilty at all (well, maybe a little but it was very good). I met a friend for lunch and my favorite little coffee shop and had soup and a lavender latte and brought the croissant home to warm in the oven! Yum!

We had 4 buyers for FB marketplace stuff this morning. Sold 4 countertop height chairs, a big patio umbrella, my Art Fair tent with leg weights and an extension ladder. Slowly but surely getting rid of stuff!

Lunch out with my friend was very nice. She is a school teacher and I gave her a bunch of crafting supplies that I won't be moving to FL to use with her students. Her school is in a more disadvantaged part of town and so many of the kids have nothing. She asked for prayers for them as many have very rough lives at home (sexual and physical abuse, drug use, parent(s) in prison, etc.)

DSD will be in town starting today. She will be busy over the weekend with a friend's bridal shower and perhaps Bachelorette party too. She plans to stay through until my surgery on Wednesday then has to go home for her own medical appointment on Thursday.

Hoping to go out for a good old WI fish fry tonight! We will see since DSD won't eat seafood but she can always order a burger!

Surgery coming Wednesday! That snuck up!

I am impressed with your FB sales - I just donated everything so I didn't have to negotiate or have people coming to my house. I am donating a sleep sofa in Florida to Habitat because they will pick it up (I have new sofas on order).

Greetings all

Sunny again today. Super nice. I waited around quite a bit for payroll to be ready and decided I might as well wait by walking on the treadmill. So I went to the gym and did so. Small incline. Feeling smug. So I picked up payroll and got that done and made a few things. Firing day at the studio so it is warm on the east end.

Our team won last night so that is a good thing. DH won't be cranky. Studio buddy came over and we had chili. Good time.

Liz so hoping all goes well with DD. Sending good energy So glad you can be with her and help out.

So DD is on the way to Scotland! Yay fun.

Peps so Blitz has an old fashioned date? How quaint!! Enjoy the lazy time.

Gosh Paula your surgery is coming up fast! We found a good snack on the airplane - chocolate covered quinoa. Quite good. You need some snacks.

No much else. DH tells me we have a letter from the IRS....

Diane S

You are rocking that treadmill walking! I used to do work on the treadmill and ellipticals at a gym, but I just get too bored. At that point I had to do it that way to avoid ice and snow in the winter, but now that I am in a warm climate I can do my walking outside (not many inclines though in Florida or on the Cape).

Hopefully that IRS letter was sending you money!