Friday, September 26, 2025

117.4

No news from Paula yet. I hope no news is good news.

No bathtub reglazing to report - it was rescheduled until tomorrow. We went to the beach instead and sat under an umbrella getting a bit of a breeze and had lunch at the club. Very sultry day.

Today is yoga for me and golf for DH. Happy Hour then who knows what for dinner.

First a Justice walk. I think I am only giving him one or two more pain pills then stopping as he seems fine.

Have a fulsome Friday!

Sorry I have AWOL. We have been super busy!

121.3. About where I was when we left for FL. I'm still not recording in MFP and am rather liking it!

We saw 3 houses each on Monday and Tuesday and took a second look at 2 of them on Wednesday to decide which one we would put an offer on. Tuesday I unfortunately spent 5 hours in the ER with concerns of blood clots in my left foot. Thankfully, they are just superficial and won't break off and kill me, but the top of my foot is quite painful. Incisions are still looking great and I have more energy each day!

We got home late afternoon yesterday and then worked with our realtor digitally to get an offer completed. The sellers will get the offer this morning and we will play the waiting game to see if it is accepted!

Oh wow! Best of luck on your offer!!!!

And thank goodness nothing was serious with your foot. That sounds like a weird thing to happen.

yeah on the house offer! Can't wait to see pictures once the offer is excepted. (Fingers crossed)

I hope you are wearing super duper compression socks. Do they think the clots are a surgery complication or from travel or both? Are you taking a blood thinner?

No blood thinner. I did wear compression on the plane and wear compression shorts. And yes, probably related to surgery and relative inactivity.

Another happy retirement day. The summer was busy, both with having long term house guests and the necessary disruptions that brought, along with happy and fun things too. Having my mornings to myself this week is blissful. Today after a slow start, I went to Costco right after it opened. What fun to shop without crowds or a sense of urgency. I looked at a lot of things they sell that I never knew about. I bought jammies and Tilamook cheese, pre sliced for portion control. Speaking of, I did talk myself out of buying a couple of things because the amount was just too much and DH and I don't need the temptation hanging around: I'm looking at you delicious artisan loaf of cranberry walnut bread. When I was working we wasted so much food. I'm working to reduce the waste, while also trying to be more deliberate about meals.

When we visited my parents, my Mom asked if I was missing anything from work. Nope. Not one single thing, with the exception of my favorite co workers. I am completely happy to not be doing any of the work I did, including not getting up at 6am. I don't even want to stop by and visit. Maybe some day further down the road. As I was going to bed last night, feeling so content, and looking forward to the coming day, it occurred to me that if everyday is a Saturday, every night is a Friday night.

The visit with my parents went pretty well. The weather was so nice and we got my Mom out on the deck. She really can't go out there anymore unless someone is visiting, because she can't get out of the deck chairs unless there is a person on each arm. She assures me that she could with just my Dad's help (which I can see is not true). I asked them to please wait until there is someone else standing by while they test their theory, or they'll end up having to call the paramedics to pick my Mom up off the ground. Since her hosptial stay, there is a weekly nursing visit, and next week a PT will be coming twice a week for a few weeks, and I think OT also. That is, if my Mom continues to allow it. Hopefully she will. These are time limited services though, because they are about rehab after a hospital stay. I think if she would agree to start palliative care it could be ongoing. She has been offered it many times, but turned it down. And she will NOT accept a bath aide. The only person she wants to take care of that is my SIL, who is a home health CNA. I hope they are paying her, since it is her actual career (I think they are), but she is already so heavily booked she doesn't get there enough and my Mom is so unkept.

This afternoon I will make Ratatouille, which will be awesome to have on hand for a snack, or a side for a meal. Tomorrow evening, we invited BFF, Nephew and his children over for a bonfire. His soon to be ex wife is out of town vacationing with one of her online affair partners, so he has had the kids every day for over a week. This means BFF stays with him because he leaves for work at 4:30am, and she gets the kids off to school on his custody days. I'm glad the soon to be ex took off out of town. Ugh, what if she had wanted the kids to meet this person? They are so much better off being with nephew.

A little movement downward on the scale again without much deprivation. I am measuring/tracking a few things, not really dieting, but trying to be more aware of what I am eating. Definitely, I am eating if I am hungry, but I am trying to be more mindful of what I am eating to mute that hunger. More fruits and vegetables as snacks, or something with protein like a cheese stick. Always a work in progress!

Sounds like your parent visit wasn't as difficult as it sometimes can be.

What is this "online affair partner"? Is it literally that and is that why they broke up?

Eating mindfully is more than half the battle I think.

Yes, that was a big part of it. She was having online affairs, because "she needed something for herself" and they involved explicit texting. She decided she needed to meet up with one of them in person. So sordid, so ugly. I always thought she was a difficult partner for him to deal with, but I thought she was a decent mother. She is not. I understand that sometimes couples can't stay together and divorce happens, but there are decent ways to leave without further traumatizing your children.

That is pretty awful. I'm glad he is out of that relationship. Tough on the kids though.

Greetings all

Super sunny day here. September is one of the sunniest months here as there is less fog due to less extreme temperatures inland. A fine day indeed. I spent the morning doing gallery banking and following up on member dues. I have to notify people if they are over or underpaid. 26 people and 26 different stories, excuses, arguments and emails. Mostly sorted. Our treasurer is out of town due to family medical emergency so there will be more for me to do plus deposits. Artists are indeed a herd of cats.

Hey Paula gl on the house offer. And yikes on being in the ER. What would cause those clots? Take care of yourself. It is a small victory to stop tracking and still do ok with food and weight. Yay.

DD sigh of relief that your parental visit was not too terrible. Sure is hard to get older people to accept help. Not sure why but one of these days it will be me and I guess I will find out. Meanwhile enjoy your "saturdays"!! And rattatouie is good hot or cold. Nice.

Liz glad Justice is doing well. Yay for beach.

So I did my gym visit. Fooling around with messed up Apple music passed the time.

DH brought home fish and chips from the romeo lunch. So that is on the menu.

Tomorrow is the art and wine festival at the local winery. More like the "wait in line to get oysters" festival. No wine for me as I just get too sluggish if I drink in the day. But this winery is in a really beautiful and quaint place with a pond and redwoods and gardens. Look uo Fieldbrook Winery.

Peace all.

Diane S