Friday, October 24, 2025

117.4 - down .4 from the day we left. I felt I was stable and I was. So weird to not monitor and yet stay the same. Justice lost .8 at his boarding place. He did run around a lot and probably didn't eat all his food (I watched him on cams). He was out in the yard when we arrived to pick him up and he got so excited he jumped over the back of a larger dog to get to me. He was a very close sleeping little boy last night and is right next to me this morning.

Nice to be home, though it was a good visit. Sedona is so beautiful! And the wedding was wonderful. But how nice to be back here on the lanai drinking my usual coffee and looking out at the marina. DH commented that the beauty that wowed us in Sedona must start to feel like our Marina to the folks who look out at it every day. We love our water view but do get somewhat used to it. CC?

The travel both to and from Phoenix was smooth and on-time, but we are glad we can stay put at least until Christmas time. We did book our Christmas flights and will be in Massachusetts 12/16-12/29. That's a long time but the dates were based on availability for Justice and cost (the after Christmas flights closer to the 25th were incredibly expensive).

Today we will do a Justice walk, go to yoga, and I have the 1st of 3 appointments for laser treatment on my face this afternoon. I'm not sure what we will do for dinner or if we will go to Friday Happy Hour. It will be a busy one as many people are here at least for this weekend because there is a big golf competition today and tomorrow.

Have a fun-filled Friday!

Welcome home, Liz! I bet it feels GREAT to know you are staying put for a good two months! I know when I got back from my last road trip I was feeling traveled out and was so glad to know I had no extended road trips in the near future.

204.0 today. Feeling good about that. Yesterday was shot day. I will talk with the NUT today about a concerted effort to get below 200. My dip into 199 land only lasted a day or two. I am beginning to accept that it's not only about the number, but I still feel a bit too thick or "fat" between my groin and arm pits. My shoulders and upper back look great and are showing definition. I would like the torso and lower back areas to match. The only way to do that is to lose some more fat. Feeling as I do, it's a bit of a mind f*ck. On one hand I'm really happy with how much progress I've made, my fitness and mobility levels, and generally how I appear overall. I've done a lot of work. But I still think I "could do better" - that I have the potential to create an even better self. At least I don't want to be a 25 year old underwear model any more! LOL!

I did some heavy cleaning yesterday and finished the day off with a nice partner workout with my trainer. It's always fun when I get to choreograph our workouts. It's a *****allenging because she'll ask me my rationale for choosing a specific move and which muscles I want to target, etc... Anyway.... clean house, good workout, and a stress free day overall.... Some days that combination feels like perfection!

One wee****il Halloween! I feel so out of it, not being at school! I miss the student anticipation of the day. Next week the kids will be so excited. I miss that energy, so perhaps a school visit is finally in order!

Fun Friday!

I wonder if some of that thickness in your mid section is simply excess skin Peps? I know my recent surgery made a big difference in my naked silhouette! Clothed, not so much!

I bet the kids would love if you visited the school. Coworkers too! Halloween would be the perfect day!

122.1, two days in a row.

More packing today! What else would I be doing? Lol! Also completing documents for home sales and purchases. Never fun and almost all done online these days which sounds convenient but is actually a pain in the butt! I'm not sure how someone my Mom's age would even do it!

Going to a boiled seafood place in Green Bay tonight for dinner. I think we will get shrimp and crab! Yum!

DSD and hopefully SIL will be here this weekend but not sure when they are arriving. I am hoping they get all their stuff moved to their storage unit including all her bedroom furniture!

Glad you got home safely Liz! Congrats on losing weight while traveling! And happy that you get to stay put for a bit. I've planned a trip back to WI for Christmas the 23-27 of December plus travel days to and from. We will be driving because of the dogs. Thanksgiving will be just us in FL unless a kid wants to fly down and see us.

Greetings all

No sun here. It is raining pretty hard and is supposed to storm all weekend, There are lots of high surf warnings and calls to stay off the beaches. Some guy got washed off of the north jetty yesterday but was rescued. The warnings are no joke. Meanwhile those of us who have no intention of beach combing are just hoping power stays on. DH charged up all our battery packs. Our new garage door opener has a back up battery so it will open even if the power is off. A new CA law.

So last night I was really bothered by house dust and in a cranky mood so I got after DH about his junk accumulation in the living room. Must have hit home because most of it is gone. I have not checked to see if it is in some other offensive spot but I told him in no uncertain terms it was the garage or the trash. Anyway I am grateful for that bit of space because that is where we have to set up the kids table for Halloween since the dining table may not hold us all.

So Liz your view is great. Good that you can enjoy it uninterrupted for a few months. Justice too. He must have run some weight off.

Peps I bet Paula is right - you may have some skin weight. So yeah do make a Halloween school visit and revel in the thought that you can leave whenever you like.

I did my gym walk today and was dismayed to see that it was only 2800 or so steps. I thought it was more. Oh well, more than yesterday. No wonder I need so little food.

Paula do you have that doc-sign crap to to deal with? Hate that stuff. Impossible. I was only able to do it for PPP stuff with help of DH the tech wiz. But at they say, "get 'err done".

I had a peculiar thought today: I have always thought of myself as fairly smart and always rationalized that fact against the fact that I was a chubby klutzy non athletic and rather homely kid. So consider if you could change brain ability for a fab and super buff body would you do it? Me -yyyyno. So why bemoan the body?

Diane S

Yes, we are doing Docusign's and having to upload myriads of documents from bank statements to tax forms to the real estate contracts and things like inspector and surveyors report. Royal pain!

If I had to pick between brains and beauty I would for sure pick brains (in a partner too) but in truth I want both!