Thursday, January 8, 2026

Greetings all

Big sun today. It is energizing. I already have my list for today including gym and shopping for chili ingredients for tomorrow's football game. This is the Oregon Ducks which is sort of our team since Nebraska has fallen apart.

All our thoughts are with Diamond D today. Grateful to hear the end was peaceful and that family could come and that some fences were mended. Most of us have been through this - grief, relief, regret, numbness, despair and eventually some peace. I just heard today from the woman who was my mother's main nurse and was at her death. She is family to us. Sounds like DD has lots of great extended family and hope she will share the weight of all the events to follow with them. In my case the burdens of decisions and actions fell mainly on me initially and that was pretty rough. So DD accept all help that is offered.

Peps your stuff sneaked up on me! Glad you are through it. Bet you feel better when bandages are gone. Demand drugs. Maybe heat or cold would help with the background pain.

Liz you are indeed so active! No wonder you maintain your weight loss well. Enjoy the cruise! Where is this one going? Enjoy time with DS.

Yeah Paula I think the watch does go by arm movement and I move in a rather peculiar way doing up stairs - need lots of help from the rail. I also think it does not get all my treadmill steps as I often hold on to the rails. So maybe I need to put my Apple watch on my ankle which would look like a jail monitor and be completely ridiculous. Or maybe I just need to go with whatever and not worry about it.

Who has the address list that we put together some time ago? Can anyone share it? I have no clue where mine is.

Time to make eggs and get out and about. One more bean dinner. If I am in the mood I may go stove shopping since the appliance store is near the gym.

Diane S

Glad you got a sunny day!

I too would like an updated contact list for our group. Perhaps share on TT!

Did you decide on a brand for your induction stove?

The Oregon Ducks were my mother's team. She graduated from University of Oregon.

The cruise goes to Dominican Republic for a couple of days, then to BVI to several of the islands we visited in March. So we know where to go when there.

Smiley face for today:

So adorable!

Can't help but smile back!

Perfectly beautiful baby doll.

141.4

All love and comfort your way, DD.

Bit of regression on the healing path but hanging in there ...at the place where extreme boredom has set in, but not enough energy to do anything about it. Crawling back under the rock....

I will join you under that rock. Day 10 and I'm still feeling crappy!

These illnesses do seem to drag along don't they? Maybe we will all be illness free the rest of the winter once we get over them.