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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: mouldy Date: 15 Jun 11 - 02:02 PM The builder says he will be probably coming on Tuesday, weather permitting, as he has to finish building a wall for Lady Voisey in Etal (name dropper). This will, at least, give me chance to get all the washing done from my weekend at Beverley Festival! Other than that, I got up to date with the washing so far, and managed to shift the books and shelves. However, I have still to put the books back into the shelves, which are at the foot of my bed at the moment. Still, there's only the bathroom cabinet and various toiletries to shift now, and they can be done on Monday afternoon and evening, when I have my last shower at home for months - hopefully!! Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: katlaughing Date: 15 Jun 11 - 02:46 PM Andrea, do you mean you will be without water for months?! I love the stove! My finger is slightly better. My osteo doc friend had me draw a circle around the red part so we can see if it enlarges. She recommended an x-ray and an ortho-guy whom I will see on Friday. I went back to exercise for the first time since a week ago Monday. Was able to do the regular ten minutes on the treadmill since she really worked well on my foot yesterday. Couldn't do the Nu Step,though. It hurt too much. I also did ten on the "grinder" that's the pedal wheel thingie that sits on a desk which you use your hands and arms to pedal. I was able to run a couple of errands on my way home so Rog will be able to come straight home from work instead of stopping to get things we need. I had Morgan the past two days, but today his dad is home. He loves his enrichment classes and has been a blast to have over. He's doing a great job of watering my trees, annuals, and perennial garden, earning his contract wages.:-) I showed him my sketch book from a metalsmithing class I took for a couple of years at college. He loved them and asked if he could draw on the empty pages. He took some of my ideas and made them his own. He was so excited, told me we should have them made into jewellery by a metalsmith. When I told him how expensive could be, we decided to keep designing and maybe try some Art Clay-Silver when I can afford it. When he left, he jumped off the two steps outside and joyfully exclaimed, "I want the whole world to see my designs!" Had to smile and laugh at his exuberance. I love the times we have together which are so creative. What a joy and privilege it is. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: wysiwyg Date: 15 Jun 11 - 04:38 PM The camping cot I use in the van has been getting a bit of a re-do the last several days-- the mattress is not thick enough to hold a fitted sheet real well; it's too wide to put it inside a zipped sleeping bag, so I stitched the longest pillowcase for it that I've ever seen. I took a flannel flat sheet that was sized perfectly-- it wrapped without needing any cutting-- and I stitched up the sides and head to make a giant bag/reversible mattress. Also slid a compressed-foam camping pad into it for a little more structure. Just in time for my next foray, too. Now I can wrap it in its tarp and get it outta my LR! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 15 Jun 11 - 11:42 PM Yesterday at Home Depot I poked around in the bathroom accouterments - I got their last 2 non-PVC vinyl shower curtains. Mine have been up for ages, have been washed many times, and were ready to go, but I didn't want any more PVC fumes. In my bathroom I took down the cloth outer shower curtain and will use only the translucent curtain for a while. Nice to have a change sometimes. Good thing I did that shopping yesterday, I don't think I'll spend anything for months after today's truck repair. The ABS/Brake lights were blinking on occasionally on the dash this last week, and I knew I needed the annual inspection, so I took it over to the Chevy dealer. Maybe they'd top the brake fluid, easy. Nope - the computer that runs the ABS system was failing and that sucker cost $1300 to replace. [gasp!] Time to get serious about selling stuff on eBay, or time to get a part-time job to pay off some of these bills. This evening I made a run over to my free compost place, and while there ran into an old friend from the library where I work. He'd been a graduate history student research fellow working for a professor who had a research center in the library. Nice! Met his wife, and they live nearby. I am going to plan to have them over this summer - this is the kind of duo who can sit down and literally talk about anything and everything - my kind of people. And my truck is full of compost mulch for working in the garden some more next weekend. Kat, take care of that finger. Susan, that sounds like a great solution for the cot. I had a skinny foam mattress on my cot also, and I think I simply folded a flat top sheet all around it, and because the cot was so narrow the top sheet stayed tucked in. Trash day tomorrow. Gotta pull it together. I always put so little out there compared to the neighbors, but I was busy this week and have a bit more. Sometimes they don't realize that bag is all I have. Now when my trash is so small I take it next door and leave it in her trash can to go out with her larger bundle. Most of what other people put in the trash I recycle. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: mouldy Date: 16 Jun 11 - 03:14 AM Kat, the water will be disconnected so that the kitchen and bathroom can be demolished. That just happens to be the only bit of the house with plumbing, apart from the outbuilding in the garden (which has a loo and vanity basin) and an outdoor tap which just happens to be on the kitchen wall. Plan A is to try and keep the water supply to the outbuilding, which may or may not be possible, and hopefully set up a supply in the yard (the builders are going to need a water supply). Plan B is me going begging water from the neighbours. I have started apologising in advance for the green fug and flies that could be my companions soon! I have put my large bath mat in the spare bedroom, along with the camping toilet, and I will be able to have all-over washes. If things get too bad, I have access to my sister in law's weekend cottage, which has an electric shower. Luckily there is a launderette in the village, and I have a dryer! Hanging washing may be a bit difficult! I lived in a Land Rover and tent for 4 months (albeit 30 years ago) so I know I can do it - you just need to look at what CAN be acheived. Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 16 Jun 11 - 09:26 AM Andrea, it would make a lot of sense to have that annex on it's own later line, so you can use one line or the other if needed in the future. Seems to be a week for underdogs - the Dallas Mavericks won the first championship series in their 31 years as a team, and the Boston Bruins the first hockey championship in 39 years. So last night when I was picking up compost at a city park a little bitch, recently nursing pups, groveled up to me to be petted. Sweet, beautiful, needs food and attention. When others arrived she scooted out of sight. I'm going back this morning with a leash and water after delivering the dairy drink to my co-worker and see if I can catch her and take her to the Humane Society. On the long chance that her owners come looking (I bet she was dumped). I might consider adopting her if she is healthy, after they have her for the waiting period - I have been thinking I need a different aged dog from the two I have here now. But this is a long shot. She has different eye colors, is a little bit pit, a little bit something with off-colored eyes. Will report later on my efforts. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: mouldy Date: 16 Jun 11 - 11:46 AM Sounds intruiguing. She obviously is not long in the local "pack" as she seems to be well down the order, and obviously is too nervous to start and assert herself. Keep us posted. Just chilling at the moment. Had another maintenance session on my shoulder a few hours ago, and am off to Zumba in about 30 mins. Haven't been for 3 weeks. This should be interesting! Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: katlaughing Date: 16 Jun 11 - 01:18 PM Ah, thanks for the explanation, Andrea. We had to haul all of our water for years on the "mini-ranch" in Wyoming, so can empathise! I have finally done it! This morning was a rare one with no appointments or interruptions, so after dropping Morgan off at school (they went on a field trip, see the Desert Rat picture posted on FB), I sat down with the hard copy of Prairie Child and finished the copy editing! All 297 pages. It's been sitting on my desk, like an accusing lump, bugging me to "get to it!" Now I can go through it on the computer, fix the few things I noticed and have it ready, I hope, to send to Create Space at Amazon and have it published. They are a little picky about formatting, but I think I have it well-done with their template. Wish me luck!? Also watered outside all by myself and have done a load of laundry. Soaked my feet and then hands in a foot bath with epsom salts last night. Seems to have helped and will repeat later today. Doc will take a look tomorrow. Yesterday afternoon, Morgan called to see if he could come over. Instead I picked him up and we went off t the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. He'd never been there. Oh, boy! We took some photos along to match picture frames. They were all half price, so I got three beautiful ones for a couple of bucks. We were there at least an hour looking at everything. He loved it and wanted old adding machines, a piano, and a few other sillies. The adding machines didn't look as though they were workable, but I'll keep an eye out for one. They can be so much fun for a kid. So, I got even more exercise, yesterday, and, as a consequence, the big, dark chocolate bar I ate from the health food store did not add any weight.:-) I've lost another three pounds in the past ten days. Breaking 200 is coming close, almost 60 lbs lost since the first of the year. I love it! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Penny S. Date: 16 Jun 11 - 01:41 PM Susan, I use a single duvet cover...which is roughly what you have made! kat, I remember my Dad using his adding machine, with the handle at the side (still have his last unused paper roll!) I've had such a wasted day today (see thread of that title). Except that an envelope arrived with vouchers from John Lewis, who run my credit card. So I went there to spend them. The usual rule is something that I will use frequently, but would not otherwise have bought. This time it was a bit more utilitarian. A bathroom bin for wet wipes. These are advertised as flushable, but the water companies differ. So I have baby pad disposal bags, but nowhere neat to put them. Until now. And that's it for decluttering. Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: wysiwyg Date: 16 Jun 11 - 02:50 PM Duvet cover, yes.... but flannel will probably allow an additional flat sheet to stick to it and not get rucked up every time I move. So for cold weather it's the sheet and for hot, the mattress pad. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 16 Jun 11 - 04:18 PM Case of high calorie drinks delivered to the office today, and then I drove back by the park site and that pooch was hanging out in the shade by the compost hunker. I posted a description of taking her over to the Humane Society in notes on facebook. I was thinking of listing here, but decided on a wider audience. I can't afford all of the early exams and possibly treatment a starving stray is going to need. I have to hope that she's healthy enough that the Humane Society will keep her to adopt out. I'll check in to see if she's in the system next week. On an entirely unrelated note, I have observed that since I stopped drinking carbonated soft drinks that my fingernails are much stronger. I usually trim them if they get very long because they break easily, but now they're longer and not brittle as usual. Makes me wonder what nutrients I wasn't getting with all of the stuff washing through every day. Time to throw in a load of laundry then get back to my scanning. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 16 Jun 11 - 07:42 PM I have been using a little program called "Sticky Notes" that comes with Windows (in Accessories). It's literally like a yellow sticky Post-it note that sits on the screen wherever I decide to stash it. I crossed off an item today. I've been meaning to streamline some of our banking but had always put it off. Sometimes you just have to stop thinking "one day I'm going to [fill in the blank]" and just act for today. Since I ran some errands this afternoon I'll do some work for work this evening. It has been so hot outside that I pace my self with that, but I might put in about 30 minutes in the yard before it gets dark. Are we really half-way through June already? SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 17 Jun 11 - 10:22 AM There were a couple of garage sales set up along the route when we walked the dogs this morning, but those folks will suffer from the heat. It's a little overcast this morning, but no rain in the forecast. Small chance next week. I need to think about breaking out the pump to water the turf by using the creek water. I always have yard work this time of year, but I need to turn my attention to more in the house, decluttering via eBay. How's it looking for everyone else? SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 17 Jun 11 - 09:31 PM Talking to myself today. :-/ I've been experimenting with the scanner settings and software today, after earlier attempts at scanning a lot of documents for work. Now I can skip a lot of steps I was doing before and set the size file I want and go straight to PDF. Along with the scanning I'm working on an article about the scanning - I'm just adding ideas as they occur to me - I'll massage it into shape later on. It feels good to figure out some of these more sophisticated features after all of this time. It hit 102o today. Things outside are moving slow and staying in the shade. There are guys putting a roof on a house a few doors up the street - what a job. I put a load of laundry on the line at about 8pm. I'll bring it in before the sun is completely set and run it on air for a few minutes in the dryer to knock some of the wrinkles out. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 17 Jun 11 - 11:22 PM A stack of filing is out of the way now. I looked at the sun room and decided to take care of a smaller task instead. And I also took my wheelbarrow to the back and dumped a bag of grass clippings I picked up at my neighbor's house earlier today. Put the wheelbarrow away in the roomier space where the tiller used to sit. I planted a few of my okra seeds collected from last year. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: LilyFestre Date: 18 Jun 11 - 01:27 AM Super crazy busy here. A 5 hour trip downstate on Monday, drove back on Tuesday, meeting until 10:00pm on Wednesday (good meeting, just long), trip to my hospital (90 miles one way) for an appointment...no sitter so it was just Jeremiah and I, Laurel Festival activities all day today and tomorrow I will be walking/riding a float when necessary in a 2 mile parade route and attending a funeral in the evening (friend lost her 15 year old son to an asthma attack that turned into full cardiac arrest.) The following days are looking a little less full and I'll be happy to have a bit more time at home. Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: LilyFestre Date: 18 Jun 11 - 08:59 AM I forgot to add that yesterday I got a tattoo along with my 88 year old nana!!! (Henna of course) It was GREAT FUN!!! Photos will be up on Facebook by tomorrow! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 18 Jun 11 - 10:20 AM Late this week Zeke will be coming to stay for 2 weeks, so in addition to my usual yard work, I need to dog-proof places that my dogs can't reach (their collars don't let them close to the fence). He's kind of willful when Susie walks him, so I'll have to see if I can walk all three dogs together. I'll teach him to do the same things my dogs do - sit beside the bowl and wait until I tell them to eat, and once I have control of the food, I'll have more of his attention. I'm finishing my morning tea, then I'll go mow the front. These days my only caffeine is two morning cups of tea, no pop, and though I don't want to eliminate caffeine completely, I might cut it down to just one cup. Oh - good news! I pulled some capri pants off the shelf where I'd stashed them earlier this summer because I couldn't fit into them. I must have been losing some weight because I can get into them again. Hurrah!!! (I'm still a chicken as far as stepping on the scale.) When it's so hot I need to have all of the extra pairs of pants because I sometimes end up changing clothes a couple of times a day. I'm headed to the thrift store for some more extra large dark blue t-shirts - turns out they are the most UV protection (UV a and b can go through your clothing - who knew?). On the accountability side of things, though I haven't reported it consistently here, and we don't walk very fast, I have been walking my dogs every morning for 30 to 45 minutes. I'm curious to hear from Dorothy - how is the country life, and did they empty out the shed/garage that she'd been working on. And Susan, how is dog world and all of the zones you've worked out at the house. Liz, are you feeling better and are you still sewing? Michelle is as hot as a two-dollar pistol these days, we know she's moving forward and making progress. :) Kat, is the finger better? Sounds like you got a lot done the other day. And Morgan - he's like having a secret weapon, isn't he? Penny, Andrea, maeve, how are your house and garden projects going? Maryanne? Some of the rest of you who drop in occasionally? I thought I'd ask - when it gets so hot it is harder to get things done (for many of us) than if it is cool out. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jun 11 - 12:16 PM Thanks for asking, SRS. Yesterday was way busy and I am off to go places this morning, but I have more good news from the docs and will "tell all" when I have more time later today! luvya'llkat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: wysiwyg Date: 18 Jun 11 - 12:54 PM Kindle! ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 18 Jun 11 - 01:56 PM I know mowing at midday is the worst kind of sun, but after I finished the other things I needed to do, I decided to get it done before it gets even hotter. I'd say I was out there 30 minutes, wearing hat, bandana, long pants, etc. And I am finished for now. No more work in the yard until I've finished a few things in the house. I weeded and moved a soaker hose this morning. There is a volunteer cantaloupe in the front of the garden that has several various-sized fruits, and it's in a fairly okay place. I wish my squash would grow as vibrantly as these melons. So, in the house: the sun room awaits. That's all there is to it. Bread has been made, laundry from the line last night was tumbled for a little while on cool in the dryer to take out some of the creases. Now I need to approach The Mess. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 18 Jun 11 - 04:09 PM Weather alert this afternoon, up to 104o. Brought the dogs in for a couple of hours during the worst of it. They're acclimated to the heat, but when it gets so high, even they have a hard time. And it's still only a spring day in June. Progress on decluttering the wire shelves next to the outside door in the sun room. Big trash bag is filling up, seeds all put where they belong, plastic recycled, things put away. I'd misplaced a 1 cup measure a few months ago that I found in there. More green tea and lemon balm brewing for this week's ice tea. As I work, if I can clear a surface to bring in the small television with the built in DVD I'll move it in and watch one of the movies I should have sent back to NetFlix ages ago. At least I can listen to it while I work. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jun 11 - 07:27 PM Yesterday was busy. Morgan came over at 730a, we had breakfast, then piled in the car for my appt. with the orthopaedist. Rog and Morgan went over to the station where Rog works while I saw the doc. Xrays showed perfectly normal joints, etc.!! No arthritis of any kind! First time in a long time a doc has told me I have something "normal!" However, from using the walker, pulse ox, and typing whilst injured, I have a bad case of flexor tendinitis in both index fingers (but, luckily, my fingers do not lock in position.) I will use topical treatments, rest, etc. and go to an OT person, then see him in a month. He said it "would get better." Thank goodness. He's a funny doc with deadpan humour. When he told me what it was, I asked what he would recommend for treatment. He looked me right in the eye and immediately said he'd suggest "amputation." Maybe ya had to be there to get the humour, but we both had a good laugh, then we talked seriously about how much a person relies on their thumbs and index fingers. Went home for a quick lunch, then I left the boys at home and went to the pulmonologist. He put me through my paces on the treadmill and various breathing tests for about two hours, all the while explaining to me what he was seeing. When he listened to my heart he was very pleased because he could no longer hear something which was associated with the out-of-control pulmonary hypertension, which means it is even better than last time I saw him! All in all it was a great visit and he doesn't want to see me again, barring emergencies, until October. He is very pleased with the way everything is working together. He and his wife are an unconventional pair. She opens the office when he gets there after morning rounds at the hospital and she brings their twin 4 year olds, boy and girl, there, who have their own play room plus plenty of room around the office. They are friendly and sweet kids. They also have twin 24 yr old boys!His wife is from Syria and just a hoot to visit with; very friendly, open, supportive and sweet, BUT I would not want to get on her bad side. She was telling me about what she thought of some of the hoity-toity "boutique" tanning salons around here. She's a lot of fun. Told me next time to bring Morgan; children are welcome. I was so elated, grateful and excited I could not sleep last night. Two benadryl, 1/2 a xanax, 2 tylenol, a snack, nothing helped. I finally fell asleep with the robins' morning sun song, then woke when my son called at 8a! He went to a wonderful shop, after hours with friends of his and the owner, called Rebecca's Herbs and wanted to tell me all about it. He told me to let him know if I want any of her products. I think I'll look for a tea or spritz to help with sleep. Today, we went to the post office to mail out some books; to the new sally army store where i found a globe, current, for Morgan for three bucks and a pad of graph paper for him. Then to the grocery store, then home. Laundry, lunch, put foodstuffs away, rested, then we both went back to the old office and...are you ready for this? We emptied the library truck (cart) keeping about a third of the books and boxing up the others for selling/donating!!! The truck will go out to storage tomorrow. I cannot believe we finally got it done!! Oh, and we also dropped off the bags of shredded papers at the recycling tip near the grocery store. Now, we are going to have supper and look for a good movie on netflix. My fingers have about had it. Time for an epsom salts soak, methinks! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 18 Jun 11 - 08:08 PM Great news and good activity level, Kat! And how's the book? Has it been sent out? I burst through the blockage of boxes and eBay and return (Cabella's) items into the sun room. I've decided that instead of having containers of old pens and pencils everywhere I'll toss or donate most of them and keep good functioning pens in various places around the house. So I have some in the trash and some in a bag for the Goodwill. I've also identified several things to list on eBay this evening. I keep coming in to the computer--it's just so darned hot out that I can't spend much time out today. The dogs were in for a couple of hours, but we're past the hottest part of the day now so they're in the yard. It wouldn't be good for them to be in and out all of the time - it would be bad, in fact. But when it gets to those triple digit days, I need to give them a break. My house isn't super cool, but it's about 20 degrees cooler than outside. eBay, here I come with some of it, and maybe a run to the municipal recycle bins. Next trash day I'll have a bit more at the curb than usual. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: katlaughing Date: 19 Jun 11 - 12:12 AM SRS, in a few words: "I hate MSWord!" Various problems as I go in and make the minor corrections. When I print, it prints blank pages at the end of certain chapters, with no printed number on them, yet the numbering skips a number to the next chapter with text. So, example: it goes from page 29 to page 31 with no #30, except when it prints and then it is blank with no number. I tried deleting the pages which are blank and that just messed things up, then I tried to just move the text up to the blank page. Plus, the left margins are off just a hair in each chapter after the first paragraph. It was NOT that way on my hard copy and I did nothing to reset it when I opened the file. Sorry ya asked? Thanks for letting me vent!I'll be lucky to get it ready by the end of the summer, at this rate! Off ta bed, now! Try to stay kewl...104 is too much! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Penny S. Date: 19 Jun 11 - 03:59 AM After my wasted day (see thread of that name) I couldn't do much yesterday as a friend was coming over. I've adjusted the border of the latest bed, and propped up the compost bin where it had distorted a bit, being on a slope, moved the potato bags apart a bit. Bought some more compost from Lidl for potting up some of the plants growing from cuttings and brought from old gardens, and for topping up some of the potatoes. I dropped off my friend a little way from home so he could walk through fields and take photos. While I was waiting for him to arrive, I put up another strip of shelf support, three shelves and moved some books about, getting some more ready to go to Oxfam. I have run out of brackets. Eventually, I will buy some new shelves that run the whole way across the wall, and that will make more efficient use of the brackets, but at the moment, it's much more haphazard. Over the past nights I have slept without the usual breaks, and woken much more heavily (if that makes sense). This coincides with using an aromatherapy device consisting of a jar with a sponge soaked in oil scented with marjoram. I take off the lid, and have it on the dressing table beside the bed. I'm going back to not using it for a few nights to see if it is it that has changed my sleep, or coincidence. If it is, kat, maybe you could use marjoram oil to help. Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Penny S. Date: 19 Jun 11 - 08:56 AM Today has turned out to be an indoor day. I had intended to go out in the garden pm, but we now have a downpour. Earlier, I sorted out the small bits of fabric to put in the emptied basket for patchwork at the top of the house, and then put all the empty jamjars on their sides into a cupboard in the utility room, emptying another cardboard box. I should have thought of that before. I'm not going to make jam yet - I have a lot to finish first, and a pack of Seville oranges in the freezer for marmalade. (We had a family meeting on marmalade day in January, so I had to delay the session. And as I haven't finished the last lot yet, I'm waiting.) Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Jun 11 - 10:10 AM Nice out this morning, but I'm sure it will be another hot one today. I've shelved some of the books in the sun room that were in bags on the floor. They're temporarily in my mostly-empty craft cupboard (that's where I'm going to be putting my glass and crystal, and I've started putting some of it in the upper shelves). I got a look at the titles I was thinking about selling on eBay, but I may save myself the trouble and take them down to the used book store. I swept out the area and have a lot more access to the table top. Today I'll work until that's clear, wash the blue sheet (my background for most of my auction photos) and set up again for some of the sales I'll list today and this week. I finished my tea, so it's back to the sun room. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Jun 11 - 01:02 PM Found more stuff to put away in the craft cupboard, and other things that are in the trash (I had a bunch of inexpensive vinyl table cloths that had a cotton backing - but they're not in good enough shape to give away - they come from the rough kid years). That trash bag is bulging, and I have more if I need them. It feels good to get rid of stuff that, much of it, was sitting around just waiting for a reading on it's disposition. Healthy lunch coming up. I'm glad I'm a size smaller in the pants, but I wish these spare tires would go away sooner rather than later. :-/ SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Jun 11 - 07:47 PM Made my rounds, Goodwill got a couple of boxes, Half-Price Books got a box, then I started loading up. Fur strips (narrow boards) to reinforce a couple of sections of fence (they're fine, but I want them to be better than fine) and a couple of other stops. My drink this evening is red beer - a mix of my home-canned tomato juice in the glass, topped with beer. Healthier, makes the beer last longer, and it makes me happy to be enjoying the juice from tomatoes I grew. This is an eBay evening. I have quite a few things I dug out of the tangle that I'll go ahead and list. It's about time! Kind of an odd mix, perhaps, but that's okay. I want the space and can use a few bucks from it. All in all, quite a productive weekend. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Jun 11 - 09:11 PM Turned a kingsize flannel sheet into an extra-wide king sheet to fit our x-wide king bed; it needed wings attached (taken from a twin sheet) to hang over the sides. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: LilyFestre Date: 19 Jun 11 - 09:19 PM Went fishing today! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: katlaughing Date: 19 Jun 11 - 09:46 PM It's been a blustery day outside, but non=productive in that it hasn't brought any rain, yet. Inside, we were both tired. Stayed up 'til after midnight; got up late. Managed breakfast, a load of laundry, the cat boxes and a ride up through the orchards. We tried going to the humane society to look at dogs, JUST to look, but they weren't open until later and we were too tired, so came home. We watched another episode of George Gently, a BBC Detective Inspector show, then Rog was called to work, so I watched another episode. Now, it's just gone past supper and we've one show to watch then to bed. Morgan will be here about 7a tomorrow! He'll be in school half day whilst I go to exercise and later go get some bloodwork done, just routine "fine tuning" as the doc said. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Jun 11 - 11:13 PM Is this a good detective series, Kat? I do like mysteries that have more mystery than mayhem. It is so dry and windy here that the laundry on the line was done way faster than it would have been in the dryer. On a map from Weatherbug this afternoon there was a storm that shows us at the bottom point of a series of storms down the middle of the U.S. tonight. I think we have cooler weather coming by mid-week, but right now, it's fingers crossed that the garden and yard don't shrivel, and I'll bring the dogs in during the hottest part of the day if it is over about 102o (that is a dog's normal body temperature). SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: katlaughing Date: 19 Jun 11 - 11:47 PM It is, SRS! Think Inspector Morse with his sidekick only set in the 60s in Northumberland. It's avail. on instant at netflix. Really, really well done and very recent. Here you go: WikionGG. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: LilyFestre Date: 20 Jun 11 - 12:00 AM Nervous energy, can't sleep. Floors swept and mopped. Table cleared. Meds for the week sorted out. Checkbook balanced. New photos added to Facebook. Paperwork and local lab requests ready for tomorrow's visit to the lab/tumor marker check/port flush & access. Might do some dishes. Maybe not. We'll see. Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 20 Jun 11 - 11:35 AM You'll be fine, Michelle - this is your usual jitters before the standard follow-up. It is to be expected! Lots of stuff to do this week. I'll report as I finish. This morning I identified a shelf that I've been using for one job (holding plants in the bay window) that I may reassign. Looking around to see if there is a better place for it. I'm making a push to eat more fruit and veggies, keep the weight loss momentum moving. This is the best time of year to lose weight (a conversation I had with my veterinarian, but he's right - your brain isn't trying to hold on to every stored calorie, like in cold weather). SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: mouldy Date: 20 Jun 11 - 03:00 PM Back earlier today from Beverley Folk Festival, and washing done and dried. I will be going to wash today's clothes and towels before I go to bed, because TOMORROW THE WORK STARTS!!!!! I have to be around early in the morning to let the builder, plus electrician, plumber, joiner and labourers on the site to turn off the gas/water/electricity to the kitchen, and to fit my temporary back door. So tonight it's the farewell shower, and an early night. Glad your check-ups went well, Kat....and Michelle, I hope all continues to go well with you, too. SRS, I really don't know how you do so much in that heat! I wish we could have a little bit of it - we have yet another cold and wet front coming over, and a northerly wind forecast, with showers after a rainy start to tomorrow. I have lit the living room stove. Not full blast, I'll admit, but I was hoping to hold off for the time being. Better go and unscrew the bathroom cabinet from the wall.... Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 20 Jun 11 - 03:28 PM Andrea, it will be an adventure! Take photos all along the way. This is the kind of stuff you could blog about. I'm watching a program now where they're talking to a couple of "coupon divas" about their shopping. Thing is, they end up with so much stuff they don't need to get to the stuff they want, I'd think it would go out of date. Talk about clutter! Take it straight to the local food bank. This morning I washed and stacked bunch of pretty porcelain plates that I decided I'm not going to sell on eBay. They are in the sun room near the crystal. Instead, I have an older larger set for 12 of all of the pieces that I'll probably sell. They're mostly crazed - those micro cracks that let water through when you get them wet - I can't use these for eating. I'll keep a couple of big pieces that are in good shape, and sell the rest piecemeal. If people are trying to finish a set, even if it's an older one they won't use, perhaps they'll buy them. Otherwise I might need to find a mosaic project that calls for broken china. (!) Nice lunch today, and this evening I'll make a batch of blueberry muffins for the next couple of breakfasts. Scanning up a storm today. I'll take a break in a few minutes and head outside - it is supposed to be only in the high 90s today. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 20 Jun 11 - 11:27 PM Well, didn't make the muffins, but I did bake myself a "Dutch Baby" (big popover) for dessert. I put a few more pieces of porcelain into the sunroom cupboard. Brought in the small rugs from the line. I washed them on ultra gentle, but next time they'll get a little more agitator action, knock out more dirt. Lots to do tomorrow, not much of it near the computer. Still waiting to hear from Dorothy and how that new cabin is working out. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: katlaughing Date: 20 Jun 11 - 11:43 PM Scratched exercise today, something just kept pushing me away, even after I got there, out of the car and walking in. It was uncanny, as if a wall were there pushing me back, so I decided to pay attention and go home. Went back to give bloods for routine tests. Got Morgan at noon. He put the books from the boxes back on the truck for me and put them by my desk so I can either list them or decided who to give them to. He also emptied all of the trash for Papa whom he has taken it upon himself to now call "Pops" which is what my mom called her dad, but he didn't know that. Really took me aback the first time he said it. Made me smile thinking of her and my granddad. I have to call the dentist first thing, tomorrow. I broke a tooth eating a fried potato which Rog kind of over-cooked, beyond crunchy.:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: mouldy Date: 21 Jun 11 - 06:45 AM Very wise, Kat. I am a believer in listening to your body, (even if I choose to ignore what it's saying sometimes). Hope your tooth gets fixed okay. The men started arriving at 8am and it is now 11.40am. I have no water or gas, and the power is off to the kitchen. The bathroom fittings have been ripped out, and the loo and washbasin are stacked on the yard ready for re-use. The remainder of the kitchen has yet to go, but the joiner is moving the old back door onto the dining room/lobby doorframe, so i have a lockable door. The plumber is hoping to make a new water supply from the main to the annexe tomorrow... It is also pouring with rain. Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: LilyFestre Date: 21 Jun 11 - 07:42 AM Huge motivation given yesterday: People who have had chemo for ovarian or breast cancer and lost a significant amount of weight are much more likely (I think he said 85-90%) to NOT have a recurrence. I did not know that. Still no results on my test. Waiting for 8am to come so I can call and talk to someone. Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: wysiwyg Date: 21 Jun 11 - 11:39 AM Well.... I'm close to rock bottom. I could use some encouragement (not advice). THE SITUATION: Since getting onto the increased dosage of the one heart/BP med that worked-- I was getting BPS of over 200/120-- I'm just so cold all he time that I can't stand the beloved pool. It IS the warmest pool in town... And even the hot tub is a problem there, because the women's shower is just one stall, for one person-- because once I get out, if that shower is taken, I am SOL and freezing. I do not mean unpleasantly cold. I mean the kind of cold that makes me weep in misery and spend hours getting warm again. And I have to take that medication, period. Anyway, because it lowers HR so much and I can't walk across a room without feeling like it's a major aerobic effort requiring a stop-exercise rest (according to the hitherto-reliable Perceived Exertion Scale), my activity level and thus my muscles (and metabolism) are shot. So much so that when I pull a muscle I cannot rehab it on land. The last month has been a descending scale of function within an ascending scale of pain. An old HS chum is in a similar fix-- broke a thighbone and can't rehab it on land. But she has no pool, and WE DO, TBTG and our Bishop's generous partnership. So it's off to the hot tub after a big lunch for very, VERY slow stretches and joint rehab. By July 1 I should also be starting into the cold pool for short stints of deeper water work. And taking a thermos of hot water... and watching for times the shower is free and....... or hoping for hot days when I can just come outside, get in the hot car, and drive home wet to OUR shower. And weeping, but not misery-weeping. Overcoming-type weeping. And don't nobody give me any shit over it! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 21 Jun 11 - 12:49 PM That does sound like a predicament, Susan. This time of year I would love to have an outdoor shower with the solar heated water that I can mix with tap to cool it down. With all of the rain you guys have had lately, I doubt finding a solar source of warm water for after your swim would be easy. Good luck getting to the shower. Kat, I wonder if you're talking yourself out of the exercise? I'm thinking of the little internal scripts that the author of that Procrastinators book talked about. (You know, the voice that says "hit the snooze button one more time" or "I'll take the stairs later so the elevator is okay this time.") Maybe it's something you don't enjoy, and not feeling like it is a way of opting out. Is there another exercise you can do instead? I'm at the office today, working on signing up a Mudcatter for our holiday program. I've tried this a couple of times before, but this time it looks like it'll work. More on that if it happens, but I'm thrilled to tap into this great Mudcat network. I'll pick up dog gear this evening from Susie (Zeke's owner) and she'll have enough food with them for a couple of days when he goes to Houston with them. They're back in a couple of days and then they fly out for two weeks, so then he'll come to our house. So I have until Friday to be sure the fences are Zeke-proof. They're newer fences, but my dogs have never been up against them with the Invisible Fence collars. I put some china in the sun room cupboard last night and set a serving bowl on a stand so it is a pretty display when the doors are open. I have more things to move in there this evening, and I also will start listing eBay stuff. I think I've about cleared enough of the table so I can get back to photographing things in there. We had a little rain last night, only about 1/3 inch at most, but every little bit helps these days. My garden breathed a gasp of relief, brief though it was. Mostly I'm still in the house looking out, contemplating how to keep the veggies alive, get the seeds to sprout, and keep the turf alive for the dogs this summer. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: katlaughing Date: 21 Jun 11 - 01:01 PM No, not talking myself out of it, SRS. I actually have been looking forward to it. I do think I have a little anger at the OTs there who have offered no help/suggestions about gripping with the sore fingers, etc. but maybe they have to have a doc's order to do so. Now I've been to the doc, I will talk with them and see what we can do to adapt. The good thing about where I go is they monitor BP, pulse and O2 sat. rates during the hour. There is another gym with the hospital which I can "graduate" to when I get the 12 weeks done with this one, but I would have to pay for it while insurance is covering all of this. I will be looking into the pool there to see what they may offer for exercise. My girlfriend doc told me of one down valley, but that'd be too far for me and take up too much time, plus no medical monitoring. Andrea, sounds like a real, but good, mess, in that it will lead to just what you want! Good luck with getting some water on.:-) Can't get into the dentist until tomorrow and it's not the guy I like best, but it'll be okay. Did a bunch of pick up and put away this morning (instead of editing:-<) I will do that this evening, I hope. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: LilyFestre Date: 21 Jun 11 - 06:47 PM Last busy day for a few days...I am SO looking forward to having some time to be at home!! Lots of walking and carrying of things today. Michelle PS. There is a sauna in that locker room that is a cozy spot to hang out until the shower is free. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: wysiwyg Date: 21 Jun 11 - 08:08 PM Re: sauna, nope. That's off limits due to BP issues. :~( But the good news is that the hip HAD healed enough for the stretches today to break the resulting don't-hurt-me stiffness. I was also able to approximate a working pace for the deep water workouts with these meds, to discuss with doc at July visit. And then I came home and took it easy to see what soreness would result from breaking the "rigor mortis," stretched out flat so as not to sit on the sore spots. Doing pretty well. Hurts less than this AM. Good thing I had listened to the body: "Go NOW. Do THIS. And only this!" When it said, "OK, stop NOW, get out, go home," I DID. Back at it tomorrow. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 21 Jun 11 - 09:04 PM My plate is filling up to overflowing for the next two weeks. I picked up Zeke's food and a key to the house today; they're taking enough food for his trip with them for a couple of days, then he's here starting Friday. At the house, without my two dogs there, he's a big galumping baby who will chase toys in the pool for as long as you'll throw them. I'll make a point of taking the dogs up to play, but I'll take Cinnamon by herself the first time to see if she even likes pools. Poppy won't, and if Cinnamon is shy of the pool then I'll take just Zeke up every so often to swim. I went by the humane society. The dog I turned over on Thursday afternoon isn't up for adoption yet; she would have been examined probably Monday and the guy at the counter said it's usually another three days after they've been on that hold list that they might be adopted. I'll go over on Thursday and see if she made it through and what her heartworm test shows. The ex called today and said he didn't understand why he was getting statements from his auto insurance company, that if he didn't put our son on his account soon they'd put him on automatically. He wanted to know why I wasn't paying for his insurance. It's because he never drives my truck, he put his dad's address on his driver's license (that's how the insurance company knows he's a registered driver at that address), he doesn't have a car and he is gone nine months of the year with no access to driving. I didn't receive any notices, and didn't know what arrangements he had or hadn't made. "Do I tell him he can't drive my car?" was the question. I told him to call the other insurance agent and see what the options are - but I called back a little while later and spoke to my son. I told him if I have to put him on my insurance that I will only do it if he goes out and gets a job for the rest of the summer. If he won't do that, to help pay some of his own expenses at school, then he won't be on anyone's insurance. His dad had no argument with that! It's time he started contributing to this enterprise. He's a smart kid, and he works hard in school, but he also needs to understand that people work. We shall see! Storms looming. Good! I hope for rain, without damaging winds. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Exercise + Declutter = power-June 2011 From: LilyFestre Date: 22 Jun 11 - 12:19 AM "Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change. Life's too short to be anything... but happy." - Anonymous I think this is perfect!!! Michelle |
