Thursday, July 28, 2016 -
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Thursday
This was our get-Ruth-moved day, and that is what we did. Veronica, her hubby, her dad, and I met at Ruth's - well, really Tammy's - and collected Ruth, then went on to her storage and got it emptied. Yes, even though it was raining. It wasn't storming, just a steady rain, so it wasn't too very bad. We did get wet, but we didn't get miserable. We got it back to Ruth's, which is next door to Tammy's, and got the trucks emptied. Her storage is now empty and her trailer is full of furniture and boxes!
When we were done, I went to Country Inn and got myself some lunch. A double-decker BLT with steak fries today instead of the big breakfast - I was ready for something different, but you can't go wrong with bacon! After that, I headed for home, but Ron saw me turning out of the road and called me, so I turned around and met him at the bank. He came out after cashing his paycheck and we divvied up the money, so now I went to put gasoline in my car and drove up to Bethel to make the deposit instead of going home. Nothing like extra errands thrown into the day, right?
When I finally got home, I ended up falling asleep in the recliner (again!) and woke up not too long before Ron came home. We had our nice usual boring evening at home then, which included doing our weigh-in on the Wii. We both lost weight! Ron lost about 6 pounds, and I lost 1.4. WhooHoo!
Friday
Friday was my usual shopping day, even though I didn't much feel like it. But I made myself do it, because the weekend was already planned out. I stopped at Don Rigo in Kroger's plaza for my lunch, hoping for a donation for the church, but no luck there. Good thing I have found something to enjoy having for lunch there! Then it was on do the shopping, which I got done well within the budget I had set for myself. Home to unload all the groceries and put away the perishables, and it was time to collapse into the recliner once again. This is getting old, let me tell you!
The rest of the family is home from vacation and they are coming up tonight, bringing pizza for supper, and we'll play cards tonight, then they'll leave Corgan for his stay-the-night this week. It'll be fun!!
And it was -- they got here, we cooked the pizzas and scarfed them down, then played poker for a while. I even won a couple of hands! We finished the evening off by playing a game of Up and Down the River, which went much as usual, only this time we gambled on the outcome, too.
They left around 10:00 or so and Corgan took over the TV, Ron fell asleep in his recliner, and I went to bed.
It was a wonderful evening!
Saturday
Ron and Corgan went uptown and got haircuts this morning. Corgan was supposed to wake me before they left so I could tell Ron the plans for the rest of the day, but he forgot. Ron called me from the parts store, but I told him that we'd just talk when they got back. The parts store, you ask? Yes. You see, we've paid off Ron's truck - and a couple of months ago, we had to buy a battery for it, and now it seems the alternator is going out. Yep. That's how it goes, right? (I've not had any problems when I've driven it, but Ron does when he drives to work (in the middle of the night) in the rain -- red battery light on, gauge doesn't read strong enough, etc.) We're hoping to baby it for a while, but who knows? Alternators are gonna cost us over One Hundred Dollars....
When they get home and Ron tells me his news - the cost of the alternator - and we discuss that. Then I tell him my news - I am supposed to drive the truck down to meet Bert at Kroger and put gasoline in it. Today is also the day of the church's fundraiser over in Eastgate and we need to go do our little bit over there, too. I am also making a new dish for supper tonight and would like help to peel a 10 pound bag of potatoes.
Guess what he tells me? "Too bad. Me and Corgan are mowing." Yep. So much for the careful plans I made for Saturday! I had everything carefully timed out, so everything was fit in, but now it's all shot to hell. I start peeling the potatoes, because I know it's going to take me awhile. Then Bert calls and says she doesn't feel like going to Kroger, so can we do this tomorrow after church?, which I agreed to (what else could I do?) and I went out to tell Ron that now I'm not going. I get back in the house and Bert calls back to say that she has to go to Kroger to pick up prescriptions, so we might as well get the gasoline today. Okay, then. Everything is back on again. I toddle back outside to let Ron know that now I'm going...again. He just rolls his eyes and keeps on mowing. I hollered at his back that I'd let him know when I'm leaving and went back in the house to get the potatoes peeled (yeah, my back just loved me standing at the sink that long) and getting the dish - make that dishes, we're pigs - ready and into the oven before I could leave.
When Bert finally called that she was ready to go, I had other plans formed in my head. I went out and told Ron I was leaving, and I got his gasoline money and left. After driving the truck down the road with no radio or AC, when I met Bert, I asked her if she would drive me over to Eastgate for the fundraiser and she did. I bought her (and her mom) supper as thanks for doing this. We got back to Kroger, got our gasoline, and we both left, her to go to Kroger and me to go home. Boy, did the house smell good when I walked in! Having that stuff cook the whole time I was gone was a very good idea!
The rest of the family got there 15 minutes after I figured supper would be done - which was the time they have told me time and time again is the time they eat supper - but since it was just cooking in the oven, everything was okay.
I got it all on the table and we all dug in. They liked it! Hey, Mikey! They liked it!
After supper was over, we played a game of Shanghai Rum, which we haven't played in a long time. Corgan didn't play - that game is a bit much for him - and Jean didn't play, either, because she doesn't like to play cards. She plays board games with us, which Ron doesn't, but not card games.
When that was over, we played a game of Up and Down the River, which Corgan did play with us.
And that was our Saturday night.
Sunday.
Church and lunch. Yep. That's our Sunday. After church, which we didn't get out of until late because I was selling raffle tickets for the baskets I've been getting these donations for, we went up to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch. Ron got his fried chicken and I got the double-decker BLT and steak fries. Back home, we both collapsed into our recliners and dozed as he "watched" American Pickers all afternoon long. Sometimes, ya just gotta let the man have the say.....at least it wasn't those silly-ass car shows.
My disability hearing is Wednesday, and I have to call the lawyer tomorrow for last-minute questions. Other than that, it's just going to be a normal Happy Homemaker Monday.
And -- it's August. Already.
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
I packed a week's worth of busy into one day!
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 -
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
First of all, I rushed to finish my blog before midnight last night and I forgot to say "Happy Birthday!" to my daughter-in-law yesterday. It wasn't intentional - I was trying to beat the clock, and I barely made it!
Tuesday. My day from Hell. Too much ended up happening on the same day!
I was meeting my cousin for 'lunch' at Country Inn in Mt. Orab at 11:00, so I had to get up by 10:00 to prepare to leave, which was planned to be at 10:30. I knew these other things were scheduled for today, so was trying to do what I could so I wouldn't be rushed later (yeah, right...) and, thus, ended up leaving a little later than planned. Then I decided to take a shortcut which ended up being a longcut - just my luck - and, sure enough, I was much later than expected. Phooey!
I did get there, though, and we had our 'lunch' which ended up being breakfast - the big Slammer breakfast, like the one Ron and I get (at the Country Inn in Georgetown) on Sundays, for both of us, with some variances. We had a good talk while we were eating, and when we were done, it was time for the next part of the day - the next scheduled event - to be happening.
Ruth was supposed to be meeting us, so we could go pretty much across the street and start emptying her storage. But she didn't show up and didn't show up. I tried texting her. I tried calling her. No response. Hmmmm. Finally, I text her daughter (the one she lives with, and is getting ready to move next door to). She answers that she isn't home, but Ruth is. Ruth is home, watching the kids while "they" are getting car parts. Well, that answers that question. Not only is Ruth not able to drive the car, she is watching the kids while they are gone and who knows when they will get back because HE knows Ruth wants to do something. (But -- I'll be good and not go there.)
So, finally, Veronica and I decide to go pick Ruth (and the kids) up and get this show on the road! When we get there, of course, Ruth has no idea we're on our way and is not ready and we have to wait for her to get the kids ready and try to put a car seat in the back seat of Ron's truck (yeah, that was fun! NOT!) and off we go back to get Veronica's truck and then to the storage.
The kids, of course, ran around at the storage, but were, in general, pretty good - they didn't go far.
We worked on emptying the storage. Ruth and Veronica were very aware of what I was doing - they kept asking me about boxes being too heavy and telling me 'don't pick that up!' and they moved the recliner and the couch without even looking at me and, soon, as these things go, it started sprinkling on us! Oh, no! Rain! We looked at the sky, but it didn't look bad over us but was starting to darken, so we hustled to get what we could on the trucks and get back to get it unloaded. There were still sprinkles as we drove back, but I didn't even need the wipers.
Getting back, we unloaded even faster as the clouds gathered and you could really tell it was going to pour. Again, I got to carry light boxes - but I did my share and, yes, she has steps. Ugh!
When it came time to get the couch off the truck, it was decided to put it in Tammy's because of things that will be happening in a couple of weeks and why move it twice? So the truck was moved and Ruth and Veronica started trying to get it up those steps. I tried to direct it, but I wasn't much help. It was finally through the door, and that's where it stopped.
Yay! We beat the downpour! Us "old fat ladies," (my words) who were the only movers available, did it! Ruth's daughter, her useless fella (you know, the one who conveniently had to go buy car parts), and his useless brother, who conveniently claimed, "No muscle!" when he did bother to come over while they were wrestling with the couch, didn't do a damn thing, and I doubt that they will lift a finger to help her finish, either. (And, if I may be so rude, it wouldn't surprise me if something conveniently "happens" to her stuff once she is finally totally moved out into her own place. Just because.) But it's mostly done, and will be finished on Thursday. Us old fat ladies rock!!
When I left Ruth's, driving ahead of the rain, I headed down toward Josh's, where I was going to do our Cat Duty for the day. I called Ron to see where he was and - lo and behold! - he was at the landfill! I stopped to switch vehicles (getting Ron's truck up Josh's driveway is not fun for me) and got to see Ron for a few minutes, as he was just coming down off the hill from emptying the box on his truck. Boy, was that a mistake! No sooner had I started on down 68 toward Ripley than the rain started - and when it started, it poured! My car has no AC, thanks to T-boning that deer last Fall, and I couldn't leave the windows down in that kind of rain. Then I couldn't breathe in the closed-in car with the windows up, so I spent the rest of the trip alternating getting wet, putting my window down (putting down the passenger window let in spray from passing cars) to breathe and putting it back up to not short out my electric crap on the door. I turned on the defroster, but it wasn't much help. Some, not much. Even on the coolest setting, on days like this, it's too hot.
I finally get to Josh's and have to get out to check his mail. Then up his driveway after the stop - yeah, it was back up a little and then GO. Then down the little incline (and don't fall!) to get in out of the rain. Good thing I know where the towels are!
The only cat to greet me was Cleo, but she wouldn't let me touch her. I even sat on the couch, but she wouldn't come near me. I refilled the food and water bowls, but kept them up on the counter, making noises, trying to get the other two cats out of hiding. It didn't work. I finally went searching for them, finding Cinder under Corgan's bed upstairs (yes, I chanced the curving stairs) but she just gave me the evil eye. I didn't see hide nor hair of James once again. I can't figure out where that fat cat can hide - I looked under beds, couches, and chairs - but no James. He weighs over 20 pounds - he can't fit any old where!
I put the food and water bowls back in their place - and Cleo was sitting there patiently waiting, and she let me pet her head this time! So I headed home.
It's raining, but it's a soft rain this time, not a downpour, so I have the passenger window down all the way home. Yay for breathing!
Once home, there is NO time for rest. I must move, move, move to get to the next scheduled event.
I get in the shower, rinse off all the rain as well the icky sticky sweat from the moving, get dressed again, start loading the car with everything I need for Christmas in July in Hawaii at my TOPS meeting tonight. I have to be there at 5:30 to decorate and set up dinner before everyone else (except my co-chair) gets there. Usually I don't leave the house until 6:30, so this is a big change. Luckily, I had everything all together in baskets, bags, and the cooler in the kitchen and it only took about five trips. I got back on the road at 5:25, which meant I was gonna be late again, but what can I say? I tried damn hard!
I get up there and we get the car unloaded. Then we have the fun of decorating and setting everything up. I was overheated, but since the building had AC, I was able to cool down even as I was working frantically to get finished. We finished, but people started trickling in before we were totally done, but it was no big deal. Everyone was pleasantly surprised and quite enjoyed the evening. We got many compliments on everything. While it was fun, I am definitely glad it's over!
The worst part of the evening was when I weighed in. I gained 4.6 pounds this week - so much for sweating off that big breakfast! Ugh! I had a 3.4 loss last week, so I was hoping for Loser of the Month, but that blew that out the window...
By the time I got home after reloading my car, my back was screaming at me! Now, I had taken Aleve at breakfast and again before going to TOPS, and I put cream on my back after my shower, too, but the day was just too much.
I went to bed before 9:30, taking a sleeping pill (...PM) although I did lay there and play on my tablet for about an hour, catching up my games before turning off the light. I slept the sleep of the dead! Ron puts the house phone by me in the mornings, and I missed TWO phone calls this morning - I absolutely did not hear the phone ring. I finally woke up around 10:30 this morning.
Wednesday
Waking around 10:30 (as mentioned above), I stayed in bed, tableting and reading until almost 1:00, then I got up and started in playing Happy Homemaker. I decided to run uptown for my lunch, so I went and got dressed, then went to Gold Star and had my usual Gorito and Chili Cheese Fries, then came back home and finished my Happy Homemaker jobs. Man, there's got to be a better gig!
Today was my normal boring day after that. I resisted taking a nap - I don't like this falling asleep stuff that's happening - and now my bed is calling me once again. I'm thinking I'll answer that call, catch my games up again, and visit snoozeland.
Tomorrow is finishing up Ruth's move. I won't do much - Veronica and her hubby will do the heavy lifting - but I will be there for support! We'll see how the rest of it goes.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
First of all, I rushed to finish my blog before midnight last night and I forgot to say "Happy Birthday!" to my daughter-in-law yesterday. It wasn't intentional - I was trying to beat the clock, and I barely made it!
Tuesday. My day from Hell. Too much ended up happening on the same day!
I was meeting my cousin for 'lunch' at Country Inn in Mt. Orab at 11:00, so I had to get up by 10:00 to prepare to leave, which was planned to be at 10:30. I knew these other things were scheduled for today, so was trying to do what I could so I wouldn't be rushed later (yeah, right...) and, thus, ended up leaving a little later than planned. Then I decided to take a shortcut which ended up being a longcut - just my luck - and, sure enough, I was much later than expected. Phooey!
I did get there, though, and we had our 'lunch' which ended up being breakfast - the big Slammer breakfast, like the one Ron and I get (at the Country Inn in Georgetown) on Sundays, for both of us, with some variances. We had a good talk while we were eating, and when we were done, it was time for the next part of the day - the next scheduled event - to be happening.
Ruth was supposed to be meeting us, so we could go pretty much across the street and start emptying her storage. But she didn't show up and didn't show up. I tried texting her. I tried calling her. No response. Hmmmm. Finally, I text her daughter (the one she lives with, and is getting ready to move next door to). She answers that she isn't home, but Ruth is. Ruth is home, watching the kids while "they" are getting car parts. Well, that answers that question. Not only is Ruth not able to drive the car, she is watching the kids while they are gone and who knows when they will get back because HE knows Ruth wants to do something. (But -- I'll be good and not go there.)
So, finally, Veronica and I decide to go pick Ruth (and the kids) up and get this show on the road! When we get there, of course, Ruth has no idea we're on our way and is not ready and we have to wait for her to get the kids ready and try to put a car seat in the back seat of Ron's truck (yeah, that was fun! NOT!) and off we go back to get Veronica's truck and then to the storage.
The kids, of course, ran around at the storage, but were, in general, pretty good - they didn't go far.
We worked on emptying the storage. Ruth and Veronica were very aware of what I was doing - they kept asking me about boxes being too heavy and telling me 'don't pick that up!' and they moved the recliner and the couch without even looking at me and, soon, as these things go, it started sprinkling on us! Oh, no! Rain! We looked at the sky, but it didn't look bad over us but was starting to darken, so we hustled to get what we could on the trucks and get back to get it unloaded. There were still sprinkles as we drove back, but I didn't even need the wipers.
Getting back, we unloaded even faster as the clouds gathered and you could really tell it was going to pour. Again, I got to carry light boxes - but I did my share and, yes, she has steps. Ugh!
When it came time to get the couch off the truck, it was decided to put it in Tammy's because of things that will be happening in a couple of weeks and why move it twice? So the truck was moved and Ruth and Veronica started trying to get it up those steps. I tried to direct it, but I wasn't much help. It was finally through the door, and that's where it stopped.
Yay! We beat the downpour! Us "old fat ladies," (my words) who were the only movers available, did it! Ruth's daughter, her useless fella (you know, the one who conveniently had to go buy car parts), and his useless brother, who conveniently claimed, "No muscle!" when he did bother to come over while they were wrestling with the couch, didn't do a damn thing, and I doubt that they will lift a finger to help her finish, either. (And, if I may be so rude, it wouldn't surprise me if something conveniently "happens" to her stuff once she is finally totally moved out into her own place. Just because.) But it's mostly done, and will be finished on Thursday. Us old fat ladies rock!!
When I left Ruth's, driving ahead of the rain, I headed down toward Josh's, where I was going to do our Cat Duty for the day. I called Ron to see where he was and - lo and behold! - he was at the landfill! I stopped to switch vehicles (getting Ron's truck up Josh's driveway is not fun for me) and got to see Ron for a few minutes, as he was just coming down off the hill from emptying the box on his truck. Boy, was that a mistake! No sooner had I started on down 68 toward Ripley than the rain started - and when it started, it poured! My car has no AC, thanks to T-boning that deer last Fall, and I couldn't leave the windows down in that kind of rain. Then I couldn't breathe in the closed-in car with the windows up, so I spent the rest of the trip alternating getting wet, putting my window down (putting down the passenger window let in spray from passing cars) to breathe and putting it back up to not short out my electric crap on the door. I turned on the defroster, but it wasn't much help. Some, not much. Even on the coolest setting, on days like this, it's too hot.
I finally get to Josh's and have to get out to check his mail. Then up his driveway after the stop - yeah, it was back up a little and then GO. Then down the little incline (and don't fall!) to get in out of the rain. Good thing I know where the towels are!
The only cat to greet me was Cleo, but she wouldn't let me touch her. I even sat on the couch, but she wouldn't come near me. I refilled the food and water bowls, but kept them up on the counter, making noises, trying to get the other two cats out of hiding. It didn't work. I finally went searching for them, finding Cinder under Corgan's bed upstairs (yes, I chanced the curving stairs) but she just gave me the evil eye. I didn't see hide nor hair of James once again. I can't figure out where that fat cat can hide - I looked under beds, couches, and chairs - but no James. He weighs over 20 pounds - he can't fit any old where!
I put the food and water bowls back in their place - and Cleo was sitting there patiently waiting, and she let me pet her head this time! So I headed home.
It's raining, but it's a soft rain this time, not a downpour, so I have the passenger window down all the way home. Yay for breathing!
Once home, there is NO time for rest. I must move, move, move to get to the next scheduled event.
I get in the shower, rinse off all the rain as well the icky sticky sweat from the moving, get dressed again, start loading the car with everything I need for Christmas in July in Hawaii at my TOPS meeting tonight. I have to be there at 5:30 to decorate and set up dinner before everyone else (except my co-chair) gets there. Usually I don't leave the house until 6:30, so this is a big change. Luckily, I had everything all together in baskets, bags, and the cooler in the kitchen and it only took about five trips. I got back on the road at 5:25, which meant I was gonna be late again, but what can I say? I tried damn hard!
I get up there and we get the car unloaded. Then we have the fun of decorating and setting everything up. I was overheated, but since the building had AC, I was able to cool down even as I was working frantically to get finished. We finished, but people started trickling in before we were totally done, but it was no big deal. Everyone was pleasantly surprised and quite enjoyed the evening. We got many compliments on everything. While it was fun, I am definitely glad it's over!
The worst part of the evening was when I weighed in. I gained 4.6 pounds this week - so much for sweating off that big breakfast! Ugh! I had a 3.4 loss last week, so I was hoping for Loser of the Month, but that blew that out the window...
By the time I got home after reloading my car, my back was screaming at me! Now, I had taken Aleve at breakfast and again before going to TOPS, and I put cream on my back after my shower, too, but the day was just too much.
I went to bed before 9:30, taking a sleeping pill (...PM) although I did lay there and play on my tablet for about an hour, catching up my games before turning off the light. I slept the sleep of the dead! Ron puts the house phone by me in the mornings, and I missed TWO phone calls this morning - I absolutely did not hear the phone ring. I finally woke up around 10:30 this morning.
Wednesday
Waking around 10:30 (as mentioned above), I stayed in bed, tableting and reading until almost 1:00, then I got up and started in playing Happy Homemaker. I decided to run uptown for my lunch, so I went and got dressed, then went to Gold Star and had my usual Gorito and Chili Cheese Fries, then came back home and finished my Happy Homemaker jobs. Man, there's got to be a better gig!
Today was my normal boring day after that. I resisted taking a nap - I don't like this falling asleep stuff that's happening - and now my bed is calling me once again. I'm thinking I'll answer that call, catch my games up again, and visit snoozeland.
Tomorrow is finishing up Ruth's move. I won't do much - Veronica and her hubby will do the heavy lifting - but I will be there for support! We'll see how the rest of it goes.
Monday, July 25, 2016
Busy, busy times...sometimes
Thursday, July 21, 2016 -
Monday, July 25, 2016
Thank you all for your input after my last blog. I really needed the suggestions, and I think they will help my brain straighten things out!
This week has been a little busy - between getting things together for the Pig Roast up at church (still trying to get those donations!), trying to get myself on a straighter path, and just day-to-day life, time has been flying by! We didn't have Corgan this weekend, either - the little turd went on vacation to the Smoky Mountains with his parents, imagine that! - so we got a lot of little stuff done here around the house, too!! We really love harvesting strawberries every few days!
The only down side is that summer has really hit now and it's hotter than Hell every day and the heat, I suppose as well as everything else, just drains me. I take more naps now than I ever did my entire life! (I even took a 4 hour nap on Sunday!)
After doing our cat duty on Sunday, and on Monday, I met my friend to finish putting together our Christmas in July (in Hawaii) for our TOPS meeting tomorrow night, I have been wearing myself out!
And, tomorrow, I plan to go help my sister move! Am I crazy or what?
What.
Monday, July 25, 2016
Thank you all for your input after my last blog. I really needed the suggestions, and I think they will help my brain straighten things out!
This week has been a little busy - between getting things together for the Pig Roast up at church (still trying to get those donations!), trying to get myself on a straighter path, and just day-to-day life, time has been flying by! We didn't have Corgan this weekend, either - the little turd went on vacation to the Smoky Mountains with his parents, imagine that! - so we got a lot of little stuff done here around the house, too!! We really love harvesting strawberries every few days!
The only down side is that summer has really hit now and it's hotter than Hell every day and the heat, I suppose as well as everything else, just drains me. I take more naps now than I ever did my entire life! (I even took a 4 hour nap on Sunday!)
After doing our cat duty on Sunday, and on Monday, I met my friend to finish putting together our Christmas in July (in Hawaii) for our TOPS meeting tomorrow night, I have been wearing myself out!
And, tomorrow, I plan to go help my sister move! Am I crazy or what?
What.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Summertime Blues
Friday, July 8, 2016 -
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Sorry that I haven't bored you all with the desultory facts of my day-to-day life, but not much has changed, and I haven't been feeling all that well. Not sick, mind you, just not good - I'm sure it's the heat, even though most days I seem to be on the cold side instead. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense...
I haven't even been walking out to meet Ron in the afternoons, and I am SO seriously searching for new motivation for staying on this weight loss journey. I am satisfied with where I am (I met the goals that I set for myself at the beginning of this journey!), but I really should lose at least 25 more, and to be at or near my premium weight, I should lose around 75 more pounds. I'm pretty sure that's never gonna happen, but if I lose 25 more, I will be well under 200 and I will be one of the happiest people on the planet! But I have lost my motivation and can't find it. I have no goals now, having met the ones already set, except for getting under 200 - I did make it to 200.9! - and I just can't think of any others to light the fire...
With all my medical problems, I do wonder if I should even worry so much about the weight. I do eat so differently than I used to. We talked about that at the last TOPS meeting - about how each of us has learned (and changed) how to eat properly, how to eat good foods, how to eat within a certain calorie count, and to stay - make a lifestyle change, not be "on a diet" - on that path and not go back to the gluttonous ways.
Some of my medical problems will eventually cause weight loss "naturally" but I don't want to wait until then - by then, it will be too late! I must keep things in control myself.
I have been on this journey for over three years now, and I just don't know how to make it be fun and exciting anymore. It's really getting to be a chore and I don't like that. But what can I do?
I will persevere!
On the other hand, I have been doing my little bit in getting donations for the church, which, on the days I go out, takes the whole day. I have to go to the stores/shops/restaurants, park, go in, do my spiel, go back out, go to the next place, park, etc. over and over. It takes time and patience - and my back lets me know about it very quickly.
After the first go-round, I now just go back to see if "anything" has been decided (or to remind them that we'd still like a donation) and, most of the time, leave empty-handed. It is drudge work.
I hope you all have the evening of August 6th marked on your calendars to come up to the Pig Roast at St. Mary's Church in Bethel! Not only can you get a wonderful meal for very little money, you can also buy raffle tickets to place in buckets in front of the baskets I am working so hard to help put together! Raffle tickets are $1.00 apiece, 6 for $5.00, or 15 for $10.00.....see, you really get your money's worth, because there are at least 25 baskets! Something for everyone!
Please don't let all my work go to waste.....please....
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Sorry that I haven't bored you all with the desultory facts of my day-to-day life, but not much has changed, and I haven't been feeling all that well. Not sick, mind you, just not good - I'm sure it's the heat, even though most days I seem to be on the cold side instead. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense...
I haven't even been walking out to meet Ron in the afternoons, and I am SO seriously searching for new motivation for staying on this weight loss journey. I am satisfied with where I am (I met the goals that I set for myself at the beginning of this journey!), but I really should lose at least 25 more, and to be at or near my premium weight, I should lose around 75 more pounds. I'm pretty sure that's never gonna happen, but if I lose 25 more, I will be well under 200 and I will be one of the happiest people on the planet! But I have lost my motivation and can't find it. I have no goals now, having met the ones already set, except for getting under 200 - I did make it to 200.9! - and I just can't think of any others to light the fire...
With all my medical problems, I do wonder if I should even worry so much about the weight. I do eat so differently than I used to. We talked about that at the last TOPS meeting - about how each of us has learned (and changed) how to eat properly, how to eat good foods, how to eat within a certain calorie count, and to stay - make a lifestyle change, not be "on a diet" - on that path and not go back to the gluttonous ways.
Some of my medical problems will eventually cause weight loss "naturally" but I don't want to wait until then - by then, it will be too late! I must keep things in control myself.
I have been on this journey for over three years now, and I just don't know how to make it be fun and exciting anymore. It's really getting to be a chore and I don't like that. But what can I do?
I will persevere!
On the other hand, I have been doing my little bit in getting donations for the church, which, on the days I go out, takes the whole day. I have to go to the stores/shops/restaurants, park, go in, do my spiel, go back out, go to the next place, park, etc. over and over. It takes time and patience - and my back lets me know about it very quickly.
After the first go-round, I now just go back to see if "anything" has been decided (or to remind them that we'd still like a donation) and, most of the time, leave empty-handed. It is drudge work.
I hope you all have the evening of August 6th marked on your calendars to come up to the Pig Roast at St. Mary's Church in Bethel! Not only can you get a wonderful meal for very little money, you can also buy raffle tickets to place in buckets in front of the baskets I am working so hard to help put together! Raffle tickets are $1.00 apiece, 6 for $5.00, or 15 for $10.00.....see, you really get your money's worth, because there are at least 25 baskets! Something for everyone!
Please don't let all my work go to waste.....please....
Thursday, July 7, 2016
This stuck-at-home week is over!
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 -
Thursday, July 7, 2016
The week after a holiday is usually quite boring, and this week was no exception. I didn't go anywhere during the day, and I only went to TOPS on Tuesday evening. It was not a fun week...until today.
Since I had done my Happy Homemaker stint on Monday, there wasn't a whole lot for me to do on Tuesday, so I spent the day in my recliner. That was a good thing, because it was a rainy day, and my back wasn't real happy all day, anyway. I had to put cream on my back twice - once when I first got up, and again around 5:00. I didn't walk out to meet Ron, either. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get very far.
I went to my TOPS meeting, though, sad as it was. I found that I had gained a pound, which wasn't surprising with the holiday and all. I was extremely glad that it was just one pound! Not very many showed up for this meeting so we just skimmed over the highlights and cut it short, too, which was fine with me. I went up to Arby's and got us their Chicken Salad (Ron a sandwich, me a wrap) for our supper. It was good, as always.
I didn't feel real well on Wednesday - just kinda blah. I didn't want to move - at all. I went from the bed to the recliner and that was that. I later found out that my sister had fallen during the day and my brother was having a rough emotional day - no wonder I didn't want to move! My psyche was being attacked! (We have always 'known' when something is going on with another one of us.) Again, I didn't walk out to meet Ron, and he was a little worried, but he understood once he got home.
He made one of his frozen Chinese things for his supper, and I had a pound of bacon. With a can of sausage gravy -- I thought that Corgan had left some of a Country Fried Steak here on Sunday, and that was what I was going to have with the gravy, but when I opened the box, there was only a bite left! Well, crap!! So, since I had already cooked the gravy, I just made the bacon and dipped it in the gravy. Different, but very tasty!
Thursday - I woke today to a wave of vertigo during a potty run. "No! No, no, no!" I thought/said/prayed, and went back to sleep. When I woke up later, it wasn't there - thank the good Lord! I had things to do today!
I left at 12:30, because I had to stop at McDonald's to pick up their donation for the church, then I went to meet others to make up baskets for the Pig Roast (at church, what all these donations are for) and the afternoon flew by....
I stopped at Gold Star for my lunch on the way home, having my Gorito and Chili Cheese Fries.
After Ron got home, he changed the tire on my car while I cooked some pork chops for our supper. He zapped some baked beans from the fridge to go with his, and I finally ate my pork chop around 8:30.
That was the big exciting day this week!
Tomorrow I am meeting a friend from TOPS for lunch to discuss our Christmas in July dinner (and entertainment) and then do my shopping, as usual on a Friday. No exciting plans for the weekend - we won't have Corgan, so I'm sure we'll just be staying home. Yippee Yi Ay.
Thursday, July 7, 2016
The week after a holiday is usually quite boring, and this week was no exception. I didn't go anywhere during the day, and I only went to TOPS on Tuesday evening. It was not a fun week...until today.
Since I had done my Happy Homemaker stint on Monday, there wasn't a whole lot for me to do on Tuesday, so I spent the day in my recliner. That was a good thing, because it was a rainy day, and my back wasn't real happy all day, anyway. I had to put cream on my back twice - once when I first got up, and again around 5:00. I didn't walk out to meet Ron, either. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get very far.
I went to my TOPS meeting, though, sad as it was. I found that I had gained a pound, which wasn't surprising with the holiday and all. I was extremely glad that it was just one pound! Not very many showed up for this meeting so we just skimmed over the highlights and cut it short, too, which was fine with me. I went up to Arby's and got us their Chicken Salad (Ron a sandwich, me a wrap) for our supper. It was good, as always.
I didn't feel real well on Wednesday - just kinda blah. I didn't want to move - at all. I went from the bed to the recliner and that was that. I later found out that my sister had fallen during the day and my brother was having a rough emotional day - no wonder I didn't want to move! My psyche was being attacked! (We have always 'known' when something is going on with another one of us.) Again, I didn't walk out to meet Ron, and he was a little worried, but he understood once he got home.
He made one of his frozen Chinese things for his supper, and I had a pound of bacon. With a can of sausage gravy -- I thought that Corgan had left some of a Country Fried Steak here on Sunday, and that was what I was going to have with the gravy, but when I opened the box, there was only a bite left! Well, crap!! So, since I had already cooked the gravy, I just made the bacon and dipped it in the gravy. Different, but very tasty!
Thursday - I woke today to a wave of vertigo during a potty run. "No! No, no, no!" I thought/said/prayed, and went back to sleep. When I woke up later, it wasn't there - thank the good Lord! I had things to do today!
I left at 12:30, because I had to stop at McDonald's to pick up their donation for the church, then I went to meet others to make up baskets for the Pig Roast (at church, what all these donations are for) and the afternoon flew by....
I stopped at Gold Star for my lunch on the way home, having my Gorito and Chili Cheese Fries.
After Ron got home, he changed the tire on my car while I cooked some pork chops for our supper. He zapped some baked beans from the fridge to go with his, and I finally ate my pork chop around 8:30.
That was the big exciting day this week!
Tomorrow I am meeting a friend from TOPS for lunch to discuss our Christmas in July dinner (and entertainment) and then do my shopping, as usual on a Friday. No exciting plans for the weekend - we won't have Corgan, so I'm sure we'll just be staying home. Yippee Yi Ay.
Monday, July 4, 2016
....and another 4th of July is in the books!
Friday, July 1, 2016 -
Monday, July 4, 2016
Independence Day - the GREAT American holiday! Hope your weekend was fun, happy, and safe!
Ours was certainly eventful and busy. It was go, go, go - right up until today, the holiday itself.
Friday was a usual day for both of us. Ron went to work and I went down the road to do my shopping. The fun started that evening, though...
We were invited over to friends' for an evening of food, fun, and friendship, and we made arrangements to have Corgan on Saturday instead of Friday and went. I made my dish of Corn Salad as our contribution to the meal, and I brought home an empty bowl (I was happy!) so the others there all enjoyed it. We started to play a game of dominoes, but there were twelve of us and spent too much time talking, so we didn't get very far. We got home right around midnight, which is usual when us "church people" get together.
On Saturday, we went down to pick up Corgan. That was one of the concessions of giving up Friday night, you know - us driving down to get him instead of them driving him to us. We hung out a little bit, then the three of us headed back.
Once we got here, the guys went on outside to start mowing, weedeating, and all that. They had to get the outside ready for our big 4th of July party tomorrow night. I stayed in the house and started with getting the house ready, taking lots of breaks as I have to do. Between the cooking of the few things I was making and the 'company' cleaning I wanted to give the house, there was quite a bit to do!
Ron got tired on us and quit a lot earlier than either Corgan or me, and we decided to go sit out at a fire. It was a beautiful evening! He had also brought smoke bombs that he wanted to throw out and show off. We also picked a few strawberries from our plants and enjoyed those, too, while sitting out there. Eventually, Ron woke up and came out and joined us.
When we went back in, I wanted to continue working on cleaning the house - we still had vacuuming, mopping, dishes, etc. to do - but I got outvoted and convinced that we had plenty of time tomorrow between church and company. MEN!!
Sunday. Church and lunch, right? Yes, to start the day. At church, I received the Sacrament of the Sick (finally) and I felt so much better immediately. I've been waiting quite a while and thought this was going to happen a couple of weeks ago, and was confused because it had not happened. But now it has, and all is calm in my soul.
After church, we went out to lunch, and today we went down to the Barn after going to Walgreen's to pick up some prescriptions. Corgan enjoys going there, also, so we didn't have any arguments out of him, and that was good. Ron got his fried chicken, I got the Bacon Cheeseburger and fries, and Corgan got a Country Fried Steak with Cheesy Jalepeno Potatoes, and we all enjoyed our meals!
Then it was time to come home and clean, clean, clean like crazy - company coming, you know. We did get everything done, but, damn, did I need a break! Those fellers are slave drivers!
We forgot to stop at Bert's as we were supposed to, and Ron and Corgan went back over there and I managed to take a break while they were gone, but then, too soon, it was time for us to have everything done and just be ready.
Everyone finally started coming over and it was time for the party to start, and that's what happened - our big 4th of July celebration happened over the next few hours. We had a Change of Plans because rain moved in and the Pyro Boys had to do their thing rather quickly before total dark, just so everyone would not get absolutely soaked. It was a little different, but rather fun!
As a result, everyone left a little sooner than they did other years, but it was a good celebration. Bert spent the night, and Ron had to go to bed a little after 10:00, anyway. He was the only one who had to get up to go to work on Monday morning, poor guy.
...and our holiday celebration gets over. WhooHoo!! What fun!!
Monday. The actual 4th of July.
Ron went to work. I played Happy Homemaker, although Bert was here to talk to me.
Ron got home before noon - YAY!!
Talk, talk, talk all day. Bert left. Ron and I watched dead guys or game shows. WhooHoo!!
...and it's all over now.
Monday, July 4, 2016
Independence Day - the GREAT American holiday! Hope your weekend was fun, happy, and safe!
Ours was certainly eventful and busy. It was go, go, go - right up until today, the holiday itself.
Friday was a usual day for both of us. Ron went to work and I went down the road to do my shopping. The fun started that evening, though...
We were invited over to friends' for an evening of food, fun, and friendship, and we made arrangements to have Corgan on Saturday instead of Friday and went. I made my dish of Corn Salad as our contribution to the meal, and I brought home an empty bowl (I was happy!) so the others there all enjoyed it. We started to play a game of dominoes, but there were twelve of us and spent too much time talking, so we didn't get very far. We got home right around midnight, which is usual when us "church people" get together.
On Saturday, we went down to pick up Corgan. That was one of the concessions of giving up Friday night, you know - us driving down to get him instead of them driving him to us. We hung out a little bit, then the three of us headed back.
Once we got here, the guys went on outside to start mowing, weedeating, and all that. They had to get the outside ready for our big 4th of July party tomorrow night. I stayed in the house and started with getting the house ready, taking lots of breaks as I have to do. Between the cooking of the few things I was making and the 'company' cleaning I wanted to give the house, there was quite a bit to do!
Ron got tired on us and quit a lot earlier than either Corgan or me, and we decided to go sit out at a fire. It was a beautiful evening! He had also brought smoke bombs that he wanted to throw out and show off. We also picked a few strawberries from our plants and enjoyed those, too, while sitting out there. Eventually, Ron woke up and came out and joined us.
When we went back in, I wanted to continue working on cleaning the house - we still had vacuuming, mopping, dishes, etc. to do - but I got outvoted and convinced that we had plenty of time tomorrow between church and company. MEN!!
Sunday. Church and lunch, right? Yes, to start the day. At church, I received the Sacrament of the Sick (finally) and I felt so much better immediately. I've been waiting quite a while and thought this was going to happen a couple of weeks ago, and was confused because it had not happened. But now it has, and all is calm in my soul.
After church, we went out to lunch, and today we went down to the Barn after going to Walgreen's to pick up some prescriptions. Corgan enjoys going there, also, so we didn't have any arguments out of him, and that was good. Ron got his fried chicken, I got the Bacon Cheeseburger and fries, and Corgan got a Country Fried Steak with Cheesy Jalepeno Potatoes, and we all enjoyed our meals!
Then it was time to come home and clean, clean, clean like crazy - company coming, you know. We did get everything done, but, damn, did I need a break! Those fellers are slave drivers!
We forgot to stop at Bert's as we were supposed to, and Ron and Corgan went back over there and I managed to take a break while they were gone, but then, too soon, it was time for us to have everything done and just be ready.
Everyone finally started coming over and it was time for the party to start, and that's what happened - our big 4th of July celebration happened over the next few hours. We had a Change of Plans because rain moved in and the Pyro Boys had to do their thing rather quickly before total dark, just so everyone would not get absolutely soaked. It was a little different, but rather fun!
As a result, everyone left a little sooner than they did other years, but it was a good celebration. Bert spent the night, and Ron had to go to bed a little after 10:00, anyway. He was the only one who had to get up to go to work on Monday morning, poor guy.
...and our holiday celebration gets over. WhooHoo!! What fun!!
Monday. The actual 4th of July.
Ron went to work. I played Happy Homemaker, although Bert was here to talk to me.
Ron got home before noon - YAY!!
Talk, talk, talk all day. Bert left. Ron and I watched dead guys or game shows. WhooHoo!!
...and it's all over now.
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