Taste Like Chicken Pre-4th Wednesday 7/3

Thanks for the start, Karen. Iggy leaves on the 13th. The Dragons are a class A farm team for the Reds. That’s too bad on the shoes impeding your progress at Osteo.  You wouldn’t think shoes would make such a difference in strength exercises. The pregnant niece is the middle child. The one with the child is the eldest. How is the soreness today? That is weird about the asphalt making the tire pressure read higher. Do you think Arya is dreaming when she is moving around in bed?

Becky, glad to hear the kitties are doing fine along with Miss Scooter. Did you go walking today? 

Liz, how was the appointment with the doc? 4 day weekend coming up! Yay!

Kathy, I wouldn’t want to leave the house if our heat index was as high as yours. I hope the heat wave breaks before GF and fam go to Disney. I think they leave around the 13th.

Linda, i hope you a d Micki get to have your walk today. I bet he was amusing do his wet dog dance.

Not much going on today. We are in the middle of another thunderstorm. Dayton is supposed to have fireworks and the weather guessers say it will dry out before the tonight. The little burb I live near had their celebration last Saturday. Iggy is hoping to grill kofta tomorrow (ground beef with parsley,garlic, onion, allspice wrapped around skewers). I bought some large portabello mushroom caps and zucchini for him to grill for me.

Thanks for the start Karen.

Chele I went walking around 8:15 this morning before it got too walk.We ran a couple of errands and I did the bike this afternoon.Where is Iggy going?It has been raining all around us but we haven't gotten anything except thunder.The temp did drop from 91 to 80.

Liz I'm sorry the injection hurt more this time.I'm sorry about the unroofing of the wound again.I mostly walk in the mornings but just wanted to get a short walk the other afternoon since I didn't get one that morning.Remember elevate and walk.

Waves to all.

Becky, we may have matching Garmins when I get mine. I don't want a black one, but I want a dark color so it doesn't show dirt as much. Let me know how long you can go without having to recharge. Can you go into the settings and redo the max HR? The typical forumula is 220 minus your age for your 100% HR. So if you can change it, you probably want to calculate what % you want before you start doing it. Max is typically 85%. Does your HR seem accurate? I have difficulty with mine when I'm on the NuStep. I have manually taken my pulse many times and it's typicaly not above 120. But I get funky readings on my Fitbit, which claims, for example, that I hit 179 on Tuesday. If I'm not breathing hard, I don't see that my HR could possibly be that high. That's actually 116% of max for me. I don't go above 135 on the elliptical. I always let my battery on my devices get to the low level so the battery doesn't develop a memory. I can usually charge mine in a little over an hour. If the temperature dropped that drastically, somebody in your area got rain. How will you and Kenneth celebrate the 4th?

Only 107, Linda?? I agree on the lower humidity being so much more comfortable. It can make it feel cooler than it actually is. We typically don't get below about 55% humidity here. What kind of imported goodies are you finding at Tuesday Morning? I really need to stay out of the food section there. LOL on Micki after his bath. I like your new avatar. Is it local? Sorry about Micki reacting to the shampoo. I guess he'll get to do the wet dog dance again. How old is your almond tree? Did you plant it or was it already there when you bought the house. Did it produce? I know it takes a long time for nut trees to start growing nuts.

Liz, wonder why the injection was more painful this time. I'm surprised the wound is still so painful. Your mantra for the next 4 days needs to be "elevate and walk". And don't answer the phone if it's St. Crazy calling. I've thought about getting Arya a big sis but the dog would have to be very confident like Phoebe was. With Dale's pending retirement, it would also come close to doubling our grocery bill some weeks because I would want the new dog on the same diet, so budget is now a concern. It would also give us a chance to go out now and then if they could be buds at home. Dale isn't interested in discussing it, however. I don't think a rescued dog ever gets totally over part of their earlier lives. Phoebe was with us for almost 11 years and there were still undesirable behaviors.

When will Iggy make the tabbouleh, Chele? Arya very well could be dreaming but maybe she has the doggy equivalent of RLS. Enjoy your portabellos and zukes. Will you marinate them first? I am going to be roasting veggies in the morning, cooking potatoes and corn in the IP, and Arya needs sweet potatoes baked as well. It's weird on the shoes and Osteo, but if you look at a lot of today's athletic shoes, they are not flat bottomed and the ones I got apparently pitch my feet toward the ball instead of the heel, which is what I need for a couple of the machines. Please send us a little of your extra rain. The skies looked like we were going to get hit last night but didn't get a drop. I am having to water the raised beds every morning and sometimes the potted plants twice a day.

Kathy, I think you said you were already having fireworks. Somebody set a bunch of them off around 1:30 am and woke me up, so they must have been pretty close. I was none to happy but didn't get out of bed to see what direction they were coming from. Would you believe one of the local fire departments is selling fireworks as a fundraiser? Yes, seriously!! I couldn't believe it when I drove past the station today. Will you be at DM's or DS's for the holiday? What's on the menu? Enjoy hearing about Japan.

I swam this morning and did a couple other little things around the house. I'm still tired and a bit sore. I had to run to pick up the CSA order this afternoon and the veggies look really good this week. I also stopped by the local convenience/dairy store (Weigel's for those of you who have been around here) to pick up Dale's weekly allotment of chocolate milk and lemonade. I think we are stocked for the holiday.

Karen, they were setting off fireworks here last night too. It almost seems like they're intentionally trying to annoy people if they set them off at 1:30am! We've had some of those too, although I usually blame it on college kids around here.