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Declutter & Accountability - January 2012
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 06 Jan 12 - 11:04 AM A friend has come to visit for a couple of days and we'll fix a big dinner for her family and mine tomorrow. The kitchen is clean and clear and ready to go. I'll stack the holiday boxes of ornaments into the office closet to clear the floor space in the hall, that's probably as much as I'll get accomplished until Sunday. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: wysiwyg Date: 06 Jan 12 - 12:24 PM HR to 102 at 3.2 MPH Borg 6.5 aquatic treadmill. S~ |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 06 Jan 12 - 02:31 PM Kat's film sounds terrific. I'll have a look later. Found a bunch of weight related info thru article in Montreal Gazette leading to the Journal of Clinical Investigation, January issue. http://www.jci.org/122/1 Diabetes, obesity and the hypothalmus Well, that was supposed to be a blue clicky. Worked for me once. Heaven forbid it should work again. Purchased tickets for a trip to San Diego in April to visit granddaughter, and great granddaughter! Oh, and the husband/father who I have talked to on Skype. Managed to get flights with NO plane change. LONG trip in any case. We fly from Albany (Drive to Albany about four hours). Five minutes after I clicked "purchase", I realized that is the beginning of the raccoon birthing season. I hope they hold off until I get back! And that we have enough willing volunteers to hold the fort in any case. Neonates are not difficult - other than frequent feedings! Made another couple quarts of stewed apples today. Seem to have misplaced one qt from the other day? I better check the spare frig. And now I had better get going - lunch and then to the country. Looks as though tomorrow's mild weather will support a trio into New York State to visit with my raccoon rehab friend and her youngsters (raccoons to be released in the spring), |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 06 Jan 12 - 04:17 PM I guess you have to go away and come back before it becomes a blue clicky. When I think of all the frustration I have been through over this. You may have a fairy god-elf. |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 06 Jan 12 - 08:07 PM I took my friend over to her daughter's house this evening after making a run to the hardware store. Item in question isn't in this store (try a rural one they said). So I'll mail order it. Dinner for people here tomorrow so I'll be clearing, cleaning, sorting, putting away this evening and tomorrow morning. It was a lovely day but I was running around so I didn't walk the dogs, but we'll get out for a long walk tomorrow. We all need the exercise! SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: wysiwyg Date: 06 Jan 12 - 11:03 PM prev post is dupe, pls delete FROM EMAIL: What is a calorie? Calories are the little bastards that get into your closet at night & sew all the seams on your clothes tighter! Help! My closet is INFESTED with them! === ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: LilyFestre Date: 07 Jan 12 - 12:08 AM Today Jeremiah and I went for a walk, played at a playground and had a picnic. I'd like to add that it is January 6th...and were able to play outside without a winter coat!!!! What a beautiful day!!! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 07 Jan 12 - 11:46 AM Cleaned up in the office a bit, now to the rest of the house. Guests coming this evening. Too bad it is chilly and overcast here today - it would have been wonderful to open the doors and people be able to use the new patio area beside the house. Last summer was way too hot. Guest room will be set up again today; I don't think anyone is planning to stay over, but if they do, I'll be ready. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: katlaughing Date: 07 Jan 12 - 12:14 PM Did a lot of walking, yesterday. After doing some research, we bought a GE Juice Extractor. Used it for the first time this morning. It works really well, is easy to clean up, and the first juice I made was delicious, plus the goat next door had a nice pile of pulp to gobble down. The recipe I used included: 4 stalks of celery 1 bunch of half of a lemon 2 Granny Smith apples 1 cucumber and a little bit of ginger root. I had already had breakfast, so I only had a little bit to drink. I'll use it for my lunch today, but my taste buds are craving it right now! The other good news is I've lost another 1.2 pounds. Roger is away this morning for a couple of hours, so I think I'll declutter more of my e-mail, fold some laundry, and finish up more laundry. I may ask Morgan if he wants to come over for a little bit. He and I have started a neat new bedtime ritual: about 30 min. before he has to go to bed we get on the phone and take turns reading to one another out of the old Childcraft books. When we lived back east, I found sets for each of my kids as well as a set for myself, of the old ones. I'd grown up with them and just love the stories and poems. Last night was funny, Morgan read me some short poems and we said good night. No sooner had I hung up the phone, it rang again. Morgan was giggling his head off saying he was just talking to his dad and everything was coming out in rhymes! His laughter was infectious! kathopeful |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: LilyFestre Date: 07 Jan 12 - 08:02 PM I slept WAYYYYY in today. Ah Heaven!!! Pete got the baby up, dressed, fed and took him outside to play. Apparently Jeremiah found himself a mud puddle...he was COVERED when they came in!!! Pete and I had a great laugh about it and changed him into some dry gear. I puttered about the house and then we went to a benefit dinner for a little boy who has amazed the pediatrics hospital about 6 times over by surviving. The benefit was to raise funds to help build a handicapped accessible bathroom in that family's home. A very worthy cause. A good time was had by all. Also, I rediscovered my love of sprouts today. YUM. I'm going to be growing my own shortly. :) Michelle |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: katlaughing Date: 07 Jan 12 - 10:48 PM Finished all of the juice I made, so that, plus my fruit smoothie in the AM, brings me close to all recommendations for fruits and veggies. I can feel and taste it, working its way through me. While Roger was gone, I had Morgan over for a couple of hours. Sent him home at lunchtime. Folded a ton of laundry, did the stuff I wanted to get washed, today, and a few other things. Lots of walking, again. |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 07 Jan 12 - 11:24 PM Freezing rain all day yesterday so stayed in city. Went to country early this am, in time to start the wood fire which warmed cabin quickly. Neighbour came over and determined best place for the - whatever it is that facilitates internet service. He will sell me the one he no longer uses (Bell) and I only need to get a monthly account. He suggested a blue tooth to use with cell phone; phone can be by window where it gets a signal and I can talk on Bluetooth.I'm still figuring that out. I have a Bluetooth around here somewhere that I can try. Considering canceling land line in city and putting that money toward increased cell minutes. Weather seemed to be OK so I started south to New York State to visit rehab friend. It stopped raining and was OK. Then the challenge of unmarked roads! It took almost an extra hour as I had to stop at houses to find first one road and then another. Municipal roads depts will be hearing from me! However, that gave Amy time to do her afternoon cleanup of the animal pens. She was just finishing when I arrived so I got to say hello to some of her 18 raccoons which will be released in the spring - yearlings. All those incredibly beautiful little faces and hands! We talked for hours, while it snowed a couple inches! Trip back to the city was slow. It was a good day. |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: wysiwyg Date: 08 Jan 12 - 12:16 PM Closet cleanouts are so much fun. Amid all the hard, dirty work are treasures that have gotten buried (and stuff to send to the thrift shop too). One treasure on this cleanout was a new, still-bagged microfleece top that I thought matched another one I had opened to use 2-3 winters ago. That one had turned out to be the kind of fleece that attracts and holds too much lint and pet-hair. It lives in my very-cold office. So I was saving this one for when it wore out (they were very cheap thru a catalog of cheapies)-- for snow-plowing or for emergencies like heat off in ice storms. It's also not my color, the new one I was saving. Well it was folded so huge, with cardboard, in its plastic bag, that I thought I'd just take out the cardboard and refold it. It turned out to be a totally different item, that will be JUST the thing to put on after wet pool visits, to come home in on the iciest days. It's a different mfr, different kind of fleece, different cut, LONG, and has a zipping funnel-neck. Sometimes the voice of God has been like a heartbeat saying, "You already have every thing you need." Wotta provider! As soon as I saw the size I was sure it was now too tight-- of course it fits perfectly, now that I took out the elasticized hem (which made it even longer)!!! And I netted a whole shelf cleared for newer things!!! === Speaking of very-cold office, we insulated that cold foot area a few days ago and skirted the huge table I use as a desk. Under the table has been a lot of well-organized but visually-cluttering stuff. We had found the perfect fabric at a thriftie a few months ago and now it is 90% up. (One end of the table is where I open the long, metal filing cabinet, and Hardi is sewing me the flap for that end.) The working side of the desk remains unskirted, but the skirted side faces the settin' chair and the comfy company chair for hubby, private chats, and/or tea-swilling visitors. === A friend is coming in a few weeks to be a spare-pair-of-hands in the office area... we will organize/declutter the small boxes of old files from which I have been harvesting a binder full of workshop replicables for that portion of Old Career still not available via the internet. (It will empty a capacious shelf in a cabinet in there.) This is a periodic process that beats filing, anytime-- which I have posted about before in some of our earliest declut-threads. The hallway outside that room is also set for a minor revamp, to be sure it all remains visually peaceful as it gains storage bins. And I already HAVE all those materials, too! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 08 Jan 12 - 01:30 PM Good luck on the fleece, Susan! I have all sorts of throws or lap quilts, some wool, some acrylic, out in the various sitting spaces for the cold months. The great thing about having people over for dinner is leftovers the next day and no cooking. Nice! Been rearranging furniture and I'll move the files I'm working on back to the dining table, but there are a lot less now than when I started and I should finish soon. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: LilyFestre Date: 08 Jan 12 - 02:40 PM Today I did myself a favor and said no to an invite to somewhere I didn't want to go. Somewhere that we go every year but I decided that this year just didn't make sense for me but it did for my guys. So...as a result, I have the house entirely to myself which I think is a first since the arrival of Jeremiah. I did some chores and am about to settle in and finish a book I'm reading. Next week I will have 2 days to myself (ok...maybe 7 hours or so)during which I plan to condense my office into half it's space and make the other half a play room. I'm sure I posted about this before but the baby has been sick this past week so it got put on hold. It will happen when it's supposed to (and I'm hoping that means this week!). All the Christmas decorations are put away except for the tree which is still lighted and beautiful. I'm sure that will be going this week too but for now, it's lovely and I enjoy the atmosphere it brings to this room! Later Gators! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: katlaughing Date: 08 Jan 12 - 03:30 PM Good for you, Michelle. It is so good to spend time on taking care of ourselves first. SRS, you have had a busy weekend. Hope you had a good visit. I didn't get much sleep last night due to a stuffy nose. Finally gave up about 6 AM and got up about seven, though we intended to sleep in. I surprised myself though. After breakfast I felt energized and vacuumed half the house. That's a first for me in about 1 1/2 to 2 years! I've also done two more loads of laundry and vacuuming included Roger helping me take the couch cushions off and vacuumed up all of the dog debris. She is a hairy mutt! I copied out more juice recipes from the Reboot site and made a grocery list. We then went to the store where I walked for about 45 min. gathering up more goodies. When we came home I did a bit more vacuuming, Roger did the usual: litter box, trash, and might get to the dishes which are soaking. With our new gathering of food, we tried out another juice which they call V8. I guessed at how much to cut the recipe down because we didn't want to make too much, didn't want to bother with actual calculations. Anyway we got a very pretty reddish – pink juice which did not taste at all like the V8 we're all used to. I'm sure I didn't get the amounts correct, but I still liked it, though Roger did not. It had in it: one beet root, 1 plum tomato, 1 carrot, a half batch of parsley, and four radishes. I added one green apple which made it taste better. I have some more recipes I'll try throughout this week. I will definitely be making another batch of the first one I tried. I woke up and found myself craving it last night and I can really feel the effects it's having on my body. I was down another 4 ounces this morning. I may still get out the garden hose sprayer, a special small line made for use inside for houseplants, and give them all a good washing. Right now were going to watch a Werner Herzog documentary on that ancient cave in France. I was delighted to find Netflix has it. Scratch that. Looks like I am going to go throw the ball for the dog, first.:-) |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 08 Jan 12 - 05:02 PM I think that film was turned out in 3D, wasn't it? That would be worth the trouble to go see. I hope you enjoy it! Moved all of my files back to the dining room table, along with the laptop. I'll spend some time on the next spreadsheet this afternoon. When I need to get up and walk around it will be on some other chore. The kitchen is looking great, so it's other stuff that needs doing that will get attention. I should walk the dogs also. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Janie Date: 08 Jan 12 - 08:04 PM No where to put additional shelves, Maggie. I've had shelving built where there was room for it in closets. I don't have a garage or basement and my little garden shed is just big enough to stow most of the garden stuff and house the lawn mower. My house is quite small - 1100 sq. ft., and poorly configured. Stuff that normally would be shelved in a garage or basement has to find homes in one of the closets or be tossed after a project, only to be purchased again for the next project. Today I decided to keep the 4 unopened plastic drop clothes, wood filler, spackling compound, sandpaper, caulk and caulking gun, wipe rags, etc. In the top of a closet. Along with some random hardware that I will eventually need. But they may really need to go. They are taking up space that could be used to store stuff like light-bulbs, duct tape or office supplies for my private practice. I think my comment about the attic and flooring was confusing. The attic is not suitable for significant storage - Not high enough to stand up even at the ridge, and accessible only through a small trapdoor with drop-down ladder. There are planking or small plywood sheets over the joists and insulation in the immediate vicinity of the trap door. I've stored what I can there. The rest is uncovered insulation between joists. Anything stored beyond that bit that is already covered would be inaccessible to me given my physical limitations, even if there was some sort of flooring. And if I don't anticipate needing to get to it, there is no point in keeping it. |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: LilyFestre Date: 09 Jan 12 - 11:41 AM It's been a productive morning here. The dishes are done, a pot roast is in the crock pot with lots of carrots and onions, scraps are in the chicken bucket, laundry is going, toys are picked up, Christmas gifts from yesterday's non-adventure are put away and I'm working on our budget/getting things paid. I also had a tri-axle of wood delivered this morning with a very pleasant chatty fella. It's always nice when people who come to your home to deliver a service are friendly! :) Also, I unloaded the playpen this morning which had become a catch all while the Christmas tree took it's usual spot. Getting things done sure does feel good! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: wysiwyg Date: 09 Jan 12 - 11:52 AM My new daily schedule (up earlier, more books/less TV) began this AM with a wonderful hour spent in office-land (Presbytera World), waking up to Hardi's latest helpful addition to the desk skirt (he snuck it in there), and envisioning how I want it when friend V comes to help. Later this aftn I will clear off the huge desk surface, so I can get some work done even tho friend-help not due for several weeks. It all goes into a reclaimed bin friend V will help organize, and under the skirt! Now it's off to the scheduled pool workout. When I get back it's upstairs with this missy for a good read and desk-clearing, up in that sunny, bright office-- facing the BLUE-SKY, western window. Among my ruminations will be spotting the way the church year flows and where my best windows of opportunity are for the other ministries in which I take the lead. (One of them heated itself up over the weekend, leaving me a lot of opportunities to harvest in office-time!) I don't need to declut the schedule/commitments-- just see the seasons of it better than I have been seeing them. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: katlaughing Date: 09 Jan 12 - 12:41 PM Meditation and qi gong this morning. Houseplants watered, one load of laundry done, emails answered, as well as PMs, and made up a delicious cup of new juice with red grapes, one golden delicious apple, a small piece of ginger, and blackberries. Yummy! |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: wysiwyg Date: 09 Jan 12 - 07:55 PM Oops, I overdid it again, but I did get the office desk cleared afterwards. 90 minutes of Ai Chi stretch, Backhab core work, aqujogginf with ski, high knees, and intervals, more Ai Chi to stretch out, and step-ups in shallow water. That Reebok fleece coverup was GREAT! The salamander is coming on-- I could eat a horse (and won't)! ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 10 Jan 12 - 12:10 AM Today: realized I was totally exhausted yesterday! No wonder I never made it to the library. So did that today - walked about 8 blocks round trip plus two flights up. R had my car. Computer, reading, went to International Folk Dancing for an hour but new instructor spent most of time talking. We only did one dance. I came home and watched Little Mosque on the Prairie and Redemption which looks like it will be a very interesting series. I "need" the TV and VCR I gave away on Whidbey - I could record when not home. Will watch Craigslist. Excellent article on sugar in NYT magazine: Is sugar toxic? This is related scientifically to the ones I saw in the Journal of Clinical Investigation on the effect of high fat diet on hypothalamus - long term. precis "Glucagonocentric restructuring of diabetes: a pathophysiologic and therapeutic makeover" "Obesity is associated with hypothalamic injury in rodents and humans" I found these three concepts and research very interesting as a help in understanding the problem of weight difficulties. Of which: I felt I was eating very carefully the last couple weeks and gained two pounds. Just have to look harder at what I am doing here. |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Jan 12 - 12:30 AM Dorothy, that's an interesting article - and one of those very long ones that the New York Times is so good about running. I'll finish reading it tomorrow. I recently got Taube's book Good Calories, Bad Calories after hearing him interviewed on a local NPR radio program. Busy beginning to the day with a drive to the airport in a steady rain. Work around the house this afternoon and a lovely dinner with a friend who is in town for a few weeks, staying here for another week or so then heading to Dallas to stay with her other daughter. I'm kind of an adopted daughter - she has a large extended family this way! Kat, you're going to spoil the neighbors' goats rotten with all of the produce pulp you have left over! SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: GUEST,mg Date: 10 Jan 12 - 01:03 AM Well, sugar scares me too but not half as much as starches...we evolved to be able to metabolize small amounts of sugar via berries, fruits, honey etc. We did not evolve....most of us..Mediterranean people perhaps being an exception...to digest processed starches..people in ancient times really probably did not go around eating grasses...when they started to, like in Egypt, their health plummeted. L And he goes on about your body quits producing insulin when you are diagnosed iwth Type 2 diabetes..not necessarily...often insulin scores are way high...mine was 5 times what it should be...still not in a good range...we produce too much insulin, not too little...and it is nothing short of malpractice when a health person tells you otherwise without actually checking your insulin levels. You can do it in a simple blood test. It costs about $30 extra if they mjake you pay for it;. Pay for it. It supposedly is the most predictve score for future heart disease there is.. Assume the worst about sugar and high fructose corn syrup. I do not think it is benign. I think small amounts of sugar are OK for mostpeople, but notwhen mixed with starches, such as in cookies, cakes etc..OK in a bit of dark chocolate or high fat ice cream. Watch the processed (don't worry if simple or complex..pretty much the same to the body because complex means starches and they break down almost instantly to sugars) and ground up starches. Some people are OK with whole grains etc..some people can't handle those. Look to beans, lentils etc. I am totally for a dual food stamp program to reduce the amount of purchasing people can do with them...but allow for a few treats. A major amount of money with specific foods that can be purchased, similar to WIC. A small amount for treats, sugary things, cokes etc. I think this would increase the health of people quickly. Worst combination of foods would be transfat, white flour, ;high fructose corn syrup, white sugar. Sounds like a cake mix? A store cookie..a doughnut. mg |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Jan 12 - 01:58 AM I agree, Mary. Carbs are a big problem. This is a test from my phone. |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Jan 12 - 10:29 AM The phone is not the way to post here, I was testing the browser function. Knowing one can do it and actually wasting time browsing via phone are two different things. Mary, I have most sugar out of my diet and try to keep the carbs low each day. Multi-grains, non-wheat grains, etc. I'm working on keeping more fruit and vegetables and good quality proteins in my diet. Soy is also problematic in some non-cultured forms. What are you hearing (beyond the sales hype) about products like this? Dr. Ohhira advertises on the organic gardening program I listen to and the host offers testimonials. If nothing else, they are expensive (Amazon has 60 for $34). I eat good quality yogurt and some of those come with a variety of cultures beyond the main one that is used. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: katlaughing Date: 10 Jan 12 - 11:24 AM Meditation and qi gong this morning. SRS, the goat is in heaven whenever she sees Rog come out the backdoor with leftovers.:-) Sometime, I will save the pulp and try some of their soup recipes. Might get Rog to try more that way. Had an adjustment from my osteopathic doc, yesterday. She couldn't believe how good my colour looks, noticed the weight loss, and also was very pleased with how my lower legs look. even though, I've always been careful about salt, with juicing I am now doing even less and it shows. I think they may have to adjust the meds, soon.:-) |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: wysiwyg Date: 10 Jan 12 - 11:43 AM SRS, yes on fone.... mine would always time out on the long thread-load last month. CAN post, but time......? === Aaargh, recurring bladder infections-- had to cancel PT this AM but then that will allow for more stair-climbing which is what the PT would have been mostly about today, and only I will REALLY care if I pee the stairs! :~) For a start I can run up a couple of antibiotics-- I keep forgetting the bedtime dose that sits by my chair down here. And more office clearing, YAY! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Jan 12 - 12:13 PM Working on some virtual clearing - moving data from C: to D: drive. It has been a while so I've resurrected an old thread (on which I offered answers about a previous OS). What goes around comes around. :) SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: wysiwyg Date: 10 Jan 12 - 07:15 PM ...resurrected an old thread... Ah yes, the wisdom we stored up, when we had it, against the days when we might not recall it. I look back more often than one might guess, to see what I used to know. :~) === OK, it was a bangup day, with step-ups thrown in via steep stairs. The PT equivalent would be at least 3 sets of 10-- the usual-- but more like 4 and with higher steps, too. Plus active-rest eq's of some upper body stuff I currently do with DVD, when I've been sitting too long. === What I have to show for it in decluts is: ~ Significant office re-org progress including adding light where there was dark and too much thereof. ~ Huge "landing room" progress where a catch all of the Xmas season made me really NUTS. Each item that left today involved a lot of walkies. Each item went where it was SUPPOSED to go, not where it could be easily shoved into TomorrowLand. ~ Some work projects advanced. ~ A new computer-calendar/anti-forgetting thingie, so I remember to take things WITH me when I go places where things were supposed to GO. ~ Decluttered a FCer who was ragging on me for no cause whatsoever just like some of the old Mudcat days. My conclusion: There is no such thing as toxic people-- just our toxic reactions TO them. I politely wished her well in her future endeavors, and wished myself well in mine. The item she talked me out of giving her will go elsewhere, hassle-free. :~) ~ Up in the old Mudcat Dorm, vacated by housemate just before Xmas bless her heart, some furniture moved back where I wanted it and some where I had always wanted to try it out (NICE!). ~ A number of new Dorm projects for the cordless drill/driver were spotted. Seems the visiting housemate's kids/grandkids wreaked a little havoc no one took care of before they left. I will pay myself for this little set of inconveniences via the cute sneakers they also left, which now will go to my next yard sale instead of the parish thrift shop. ~ One of my work responsibilities may pass in whole or in part to someone else, per dates I had set awhile back. So the re-org is also an opportunity to ensure that my files and resources are in good order, in the event I get some help (or a new gig to replace this one). Also, separately, I finally found the intern I've been praying for these last 15 years. "Oh THERE he is!!!" :~) ~ The bedding got augmented for winter temps now that the real cold appears to (sort of) be here. === What I have to show for it in fitness scheduling is: ~ A more realistic idea-- to report to the PT Friday-- about that second workout each day I undertook... a great goal but I'm not there yet. ~ By the time the pulse-oximeter arrives I should be better able to get that second one in-- on actual machines instead of on my feet doing chores. ~ OTOH I get more done every day and also am less breathless every day, so it's all good. === What I have to show for it in general wellness is: ~ Per goal, there was more book and a LOT less TV/internet today. Faulkner approves, and so do I. Hardi and I will celebrate that tonight with the beginning of a new couples' study that is just for US. ~ Per plan, there was plenty of good fud to eat up in the office, and many mini-meals were easily prepared and consumed. ~ I hope not to be up half the night again with stomach waking me up to feed the salamander: http://www.garagehowto.com/salamander-heater.html ~ A couple invited us to a NON-MINISTRY, SOCIAL evening tomorrow night. (What is THAT!?!?!?) Hardi has to work. I'm going! And it will be cold there! And I have a metabolism now to keep me warm! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: LilyFestre Date: 10 Jan 12 - 10:17 PM My car has been dead since before Christmas which has made running errands somewhat difficult. Today I got my car to the shop where they gave me a loaner car and I ran several errands. I just might have my own computer back by the end of the week!!! Made a stop at the bank and at the YMCA. :) Michelle |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Jan 12 - 10:17 PM I have to finish Bobert's cover art to send out tomorrow (he misunderstood which printed pieces could be included with the cover he chose, so I'm moving some things around and creating a tray liner for clear back on the case - he thought the back was black.) Between us we can just about get this job done. :) I was going to move the folders (My Documents, My Pictures, etc.), but have decided first that since I've had an external hard drive sitting in a box on the floor for months I ought to use it. I'm making a backup of the computer and THEN I'll move the folders. Moving day may come tomorrow because it takes a while for all of this to move (clone) to the new site. I'm sure I need to log out of all programs to do this, so I'll switch to the laptop for the time being. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Janie Date: 10 Jan 12 - 10:43 PM Ya'll are wearing me out! Have a sick teenager cluttering up the place but last night was able to do some work on closing out the private books for 2011 and preparing end-of-year statements for clients who need them. Then stayed up way too late reading the last of the Jean Auel series. Slept well however. Too well. The alarm rang for 30 minutes this morning before I heard it. Tonight I have done nothing but answer e-mails. |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: katlaughing Date: 11 Jan 12 - 11:48 AM Meditation and qi gong this morning. Down another pound. |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 11 Jan 12 - 02:10 PM SRS: That book looks very interesting. I'll keep an eye out for it. Do NOT buy books on principle that they breed like rabbits. Having said that, I need to go message a couple people on FB; I bought a bunch of books to give away on living with wildlife and two copies of Starling North's classic raccoon book. All sent to a friend in Ohio - the border thing. Now she needs to send them to two addresses in US - and gets to keep one of each for herself. Right after I finish here. The carb question: we just read The Paleo Solution - our ancestors ate almost no carbs until them became farmers. So that and the articles in the journal, and I, agree with Mary, and other's. Wheat seems to be a BIG one in our culture. Suspect many more re sensitive to it than those obvious- Celiac, etc. A friend states that one piece of WW bread and she is tired within an hour; one piece of white bread and it is the next day. In any case, if we feel tired we tend not to do as much, metabolism drops, weight goes up? In spite of my best efforts R and I have been dealing with a bug. I saw mine coming and scotched it with larger doses of Pau d'Arco. R was too busy, overworked and underslept - spent yesterday in bed, ate lightly and took large doses of Pd'A and C. Much better today. We went out for a fancy breakfast and he finally went off to work about noon. I arranged for internet at the cabin - go out tomorrow for tech to set it up. Had a phone call from a scammer - five of them! He refused to quit. I phoned credit card company and asked what they were doing to alert people. A lame, "it's on our website" Phoned Bell; waste of time. Posted on FB page the link to do not call/canada - after I found it and registered. Also my fury. This creep even phoned again after I made my phone calls, trying to keep the phone busy so he could not get through. "You hung up on me! That's rude!" I hung up again. I wonder how many people a day he scams. Like SRS, the decluttering I need to do is the mess in my computer. I back up often but do not take enough time to remove stuff. Did some of that yesterday; will do more today - or maybe tomorrow while I wait for tech - or both! 10F put there. 60 in here! I need to walk to store for veggies so I shall bundle up and do so - soon while it is warmest? After I put sheets in washer and send those messages but before I get hungry and eat the wrong stuff. |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 11 Jan 12 - 02:36 PM It is rather exciting to learn new things - I've used this CD cover to make inroads into using Illustrator. It's not like I know nothing about it - all of these programs are linked. But when I found that I could make it look like a program I was much more familiar with (InDesign) it all fell into place. Interestingly, I was first looking through Illustrator, then felt really sleepy and took a nap and it just kind of slipped into place. I woke and realized I knew what it would look like and how it would work. Power nap indeed! :-D Working on lots of stuff, don't know if I'll finish anything. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: wysiwyg Date: 11 Jan 12 - 04:20 PM Half the last pool workout, minus the BackHab. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 11 Jan 12 - 06:52 PM It was a great walk in lovely warm weather. Our last for a while, it's supposed to get cold tomorrow and stay that way. My lawn needs mowing again, it hasn't been so cold for so long to kill off winter grass or weeds. Ironic that I'm mowing now and didn't mow all summer. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: katlaughing Date: 11 Jan 12 - 07:05 PM It's cold here and has been for a week or so. There is even a biting wind this evening. Luna didn't get as long of a session with the ball-throwing this evening. She did a good job of watching while I got in ten minutes of stretching and walking in the house, though.:-) I worked all morning on the cover for Prairie Child; learned how to do some things in Photoshop which I should have known years ago. Yesterday, I redid all of the chapter titles in the BookBrewer e-book file and also tried to do some CD cover for my brother. Can't do it. It needs a real artist, so I emailed a friend to get a quote. Laundry is ongoing, it seems. Juice has been wonderful. I made up my own blend this morning and it was delicious: 1/2 pear 1/2 kiwi handful of parsley 1 cucumber few sprigs of mint one green apple Yum! |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 11 Jan 12 - 11:53 PM Kat, the thing about Photoshop that was reinforced when I was working on Bobert's cover is that just because you can add text in Photoshop, if it is enlarged at all, it gets rough edges. I'm only beginning to use Illustrator, but a friend who works in a print shop was telling me some about it, and this is why I've wanted to start using it. If you put in text in Illustrator then save it as an outline it essentially saves the text in such a way that it doesn't get those rough edges if it is enlarged (raster/vector graphics). Tackling paper tonight. I got a lot out of the way last week, but this crept up into the office and settled on a number of flat surfaces. Other household chores like the dishes are finished, so the rest of the evening will go to clobber paper before I set my computer to (once again) back up the C: drive. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: wysiwyg Date: 12 Jan 12 - 12:43 PM I had a wonderful evening last night-- an actual SOCIAL EVENING (Hardi had to miss it boohoo), where church was NOT DISCUSSED. I actually can't recall the last time that occurred, even at family events... It might not have in the last, oh..... however many years that is, since 1992! Oh, yeah-- relief-- visits to son and DIL are usually non-church-talk (upside) but do not offer any other adults to meet (downside). I made a new friend, Faulkner had a great time too, and it involved movement I can only do now thanks to PT and TBTG so it replaced the planned evening workout quite nicely. Today is the catchup day where I am taking care of the billing for the PT and planning the wellness seasonality for 2012. I included calendar prompts to resume some key activities in case I forget. I'm worry less about WHY my memory is sometimes so unreliable and doing more about it. We added the winter "portapottie" to the van in case we get stuck on Bloss Mountain again this year for 3-4 hours. (Last week I heard of someone else that happened to, very recently.) It's an empty TidyCat plastic bucket we got via FC, which is also narrow enough to fit into the space left by the boondocking cot I may use yet this winter. I also have a twin down comforter to allocate to the boondocker for sleepage and/or winter emergencies; the cot is already in it for a Feb. work thing.... travels in the south end of the Diocese sometimes allow boondocking when it's too cold up home, but when I'm not 'docking there are always friendly churches I can bunk in and the bucket also makes a nice gear-tote. Tomorrow is the last visit to the PT pool for the foreseeable future. I am planning a gift and have an item to print for it and a craft activity for later using what I print, that will involve a stair-climb. Dinner is 90% made so that means more OFFICE time, YAY! I'm reading a neat Harriet Lerner book my priest recommended that includes a little family systems stuff. I liked the part about how we actually benefit from the same dysfunctional behaviors other system members display toward us. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 12 Jan 12 - 02:24 PM Working on things that don't require much computer firepower this morning. I'm waiting for the backup to finish - it's up to 79% now. Taking more than 12 hours. Oh my - interrupted by a call - Susie's daughter called - she was hit by a car in the parking lot at work this morning - it was slow moving, but still extreme pain in hip, eye swollen (she had surgery 2 weeks ago), and she doesn't recognize anyone. I went up to the house and got Zeke and his food, and will hold down the fort here. The week just took on an ominous look. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: wysiwyg Date: 12 Jan 12 - 07:58 PM 2 sets of ten step-ups on the high stairs. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 12 Jan 12 - 08:44 PM She's in ICU for probably a week, the most pressing problem is a head injury. Oh, my. I'll wait to go see her, they don't need me underfoot for the time being. We have a long weekend coming up - anyone doing anything special, or just staying in and staying warm? Kat, I meant to ask, has Luna completely settled in? Has she gotten past the shy times when she wasn't sure about people or how to act? SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: katlaughing Date: 12 Jan 12 - 11:09 PM Thanks for asking, SRS. Yes, she's settled in pretty well, though she'll still let anyone come in the house or yard with nary a word unless they have a pet with them! Not alert dog material. We may watch for anther as a companion for her and more *alert*.:-) Otherwise, she is wonderful and worships Morgan. I am not sure why the things in Photoshop that I have done would need to be enlarged. It's what I used for the cover of WindWords, both print back in 2004 and e-book this year. Maybe it's because I use the dimensions of the provided template. I am not familiar with the other programs you mentioned. Had a great visit with the new pulmonologist. I really like and trust her! We are the right track! kat |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 13 Jan 12 - 12:03 AM Got an update this evening, it is going to take Susie a while to get over all of the trauma of today. I've been dog-proofing the house this evening. Not for my dogs, they know the rules and it is set up fine for them. But it looks like Zeke will be here indefinitely, so I called a friend who has had Labrador retrievers for years and asked for some tips. If he's going to be here for months then we need to go about setting the rules - I need to be the pack leader for him, also, not the day camp counselor that I have been. :-/ He pulls off of his leash (a collar martingale) sometimes, so I was thinking about getting one of the "easy walk" martingales like I use on the pit bull, but actually she thinks the Gentle Leader (like I use on the catahoula) would be better. She suggested that I establish a tub or bin for his toys - and once I know what his favorite toys are, keep them there. I'll go up to the house and find some and bring them back down. She also suggested getting a big piece of carpet remnant and make it his in the front room - he will adjust to sleeping on that bed with the dogs, I'm sure (during cold weather) but if I make a point of giving him a rug that I can move around when needed, that will help. Also maybe learn some of the hand signs - I had a trainer work with my two years ago and I only remember one hand sign. I may have to give her a call and ask for some tips. I'm not complaining - Susie has the hard job ahead, getting better. My role is this is to take care of Zeke so she doesn't have to worry that no one could take him. He's safe until she's ready to get back to her house. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 13 Jan 12 - 03:12 PM Just want to quickly share this Latest Nature of Things: "Programmed to be fat" . It was very interesting. Of course, I think that because it, in part, upholds my self-learned theory that the toxins keep m from losing weight: Latest Nature of Things: "Programmed to be fat" |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 13 Jan 12 - 05:22 PM That video isn't visible in the US. Darn! There is a lot of interesting science about how we metabolize food. A striking example is the diabetes in American Southwest tribal people - they were accustomed to a sparse desert food supply, so when the American high-carb diet came the sugars produced quickly overwhelmed their systems. Last night I lowered the futon for the dogs (all three) and closed the bedroom doors to keep Mr. Zeke off of the human beds. He still wasn't happy, so during the night moved into the leather recliner. I'd blocked the sofa access with a diningroom chair, intentionally leaving this one open. I'll let him sleep there - he'll have the least impact and it is a compromise. No couch, no beds, just a comfy chair. My virtual decluttering is underway this afternoon. I was tired last night so decided to not start this file moving from C: to D:. But today I'm in the process and it will relieve the problem of a crowded C: drive (we're talking red zone crowded!) SRS |
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Subject: RE: Declutter & Accountability - January 2012 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 14 Jan 12 - 01:05 AM The kitchen is clean. One thing about having Zeke here, I have to stay on top of dishes and trash or he'll get into them. He really is a softy, used to staying indoors when it's cold out. It should be down to freezing tonight, so I'll let them in - my girls will sleep on the futon and he'll head for the leather lounger. They'll be outside again at first light. SRS |
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