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Post by ann1953 on Jul 14, 2020 10:58:28 GMT
Good morning friends. Slept exceptionally well last night as did Carl. I think I was asleep before my head hit the pillow. Always a good thing sleeping right through without waking up!
Right now it's 66 out there with a 50% chance of rain as was predicted yesterday and never happened. The 'real feel' weather to me will determine how far and when I walk. Yesterday I did manage to meet my Garmin goal so it was all good.
After my online 'chores' I shall sit plan and track my day.
(((Pam))) have no words on this totally horrible situation. Prayers prayers and MORE prayers that it works out the way that we KNOW it should. I'm not a summertime gal so when late September or October hit, I will be a happier camper. Right now I'm dealing with this HHH best that I can. Being retired puts a totally different spin on snow and ice...as when that happens I just remain indoors. Our weather men talk UP a storm long before it hits (if it does happen) so we have plenty of time to 'get out' and get essentials. Meantime at least we have BREATH in the cold or cool air! Okay...'weather vent' over  Glad you had a good walking day and eating day. Meals sound good. LOL I haven't had cereal in such a long time that I went for it. Only problem with cereal or pancakes or waffles...they just don't 'stick with me' for very long. Oh well...I still felt like a kid for that short time  Enjoy your walk with Debbie.
Wishing all a wonderful Tuesday. I can't believe 2 weeks of July are one and done. I shall CBL |
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Post by ann1953 on Jul 14, 2020 13:08:39 GMT
All planned and tracked for the day. I had my usual 'Turkish wrap' this morning 2 cups of coffee and one mug of water. It's easy to hydrate in this horrid heat! Lunch will be a salad with evoo turkey pepperoni and a cheese stick thrown in with a cup of soup, and supper is the rest of the mac and cheese beside chicken nuggets. Quick and easy. For snacking I have cut up fruit my FF Greek yogurt and need to make hummus to have with carrot sticks..... Waving |
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Post by suewms on Jul 14, 2020 13:39:49 GMT
Good Morning, WW Friends ~
Happy Tuesday! We woke to temps in the 60's as well, but it is going up to mid-80's later; much hotter than I would like. In my perfect world there would be a high of 80 and low of 60 all summer :-)
I did get out walking yesterday - a total of 3 times! I feel much better for it this morning also. I slept well with the window open and wind chimes off and on- just perfect! I did my walks one at a time, with the final one being after supper. I came back and showered and still had time to watch some TV with DH.
DH cooked breakfast this morning: his cheesy EB and fresh fruit with one slice of Dave's toast for me. I am full right now, so didn't even think about lunch yet. I have some WW Chili in the fridge if I feel hungry and if not I have some lima beans in the fridge. I also have not even thought about supper yet, but I'll get there.
Pam ~ Thanks for taking the time to fill us in on the course this tragedy has taken. So sad!! It seems like her community is stepping up to at least honor her memory. While I am glad you aren’t going to try to make the trip, I am so sorry that you will miss it. We know all too well that helpless feeling when unable to mourn with other loved ones as we are accustomed to. This virus is really costing all of us in unexpected ways!! I am so sorry for your heat wave. We just lived through one; and another one arrives tomorrow. Not looking forward to it at all!
I seem to be moving slowly this morning, but will dress now and head out for my first walk.
BBL. Make a great day!!
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Post by judy709 on Jul 14, 2020 15:43:50 GMT
Hi all,
Another hot day on tap here, too. I limit my outside time. I just can't take the humidity! Should be a quiet day for me as my boss is at an all day retreat with our new university president. It's all via ZOOM which sounds terribly boring to me, but no option.
Pam, once again...so sorry for this entire tragedy. I agree that restraining orders do nothing when someone is determined to hurt you. So sad - I am glad you did decide to stay home, though i know you will be there in spirit and heart. I agree that a long distance road trip is so risky. Going to NJ we did not stop once other than curbside at a favorite restaurant for sandwiches en route home so 3 hours is manageable. No restrooms, etc. I wish they'd denied bail to him. Even $5 million seems too lenient for him. The whole community must be in mourning. Do you have a lot of family in Nebraska? Pam, I am glad you are eating well and I agree - under these stressful circumstances, you don't need to worry about pts. Plus, you walk up a storm! Impressive.
I am enjoying this light reading book Last Girl Standing. It's keeping my interest and pretty fluffy but good. Just what I need with all the "heaviness" around.
My co-worker and friend at work called me yesterday in shock because her older aunt and uncle in Ohio committed suicide on Sunday. They were both in declining health and planned it for a while. How sad. Horrible. Her cousin is their only child. Honest to God, I don't remember the world being in worse shape in every way than now. But, we will get through this.
My ukulele lesson was fun last night with the three chord songs. I like those! I had missed my group a lot in the three days. I have really formed a uke habit.
Breakfast for me was yogurt and a bowl of strawberries with a piece of toast. Lunch is going to be a hamburger on a light bun with a side salad. Not sure about dinner yet. I am working on my snacking and grazing. I love Ann's planning even on snacks with hummus and carrots. So good!
Oh, I had a long chat with DD in CA today. She had a full time teaching offer yesterday at a private school in San Jose. She'd be teaching 4th grade math and science. Sue, I followed your great advice to walk through the whole scenario with her. Her life is so complicated and this would really add tons of stress as she would have to keep her home daycare going at the same time as well as home school her own daughter. Poor thing. She has always been a very hard worker. THe pay was okay but not near enough to make a big difference. Plus, she'd have to get up at the crack of dawn and teach in person and commute in traffic about 30 minutes away. She decided instead to shift her marketing strategy for her daycare and get some signs up at local hospitals and clinics to get 2-3 more kids of essential workers since the Google and Apple crowd is staying home and no longer needing childcare. Just 2 more kids would make a huge difference. I love that problem solving technique. Often we tell ourselves, it'd be fine - let's try it without sussing out the details.
Have a great day. Almost time for lunch!
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Post by suewms on Jul 14, 2020 16:05:36 GMT
Hi All ~ I am back from my first walk (which was a double) and feel much better about the progress I am making. Baby steps really DO count! When I came home winded from a single it was discouraging, but today was much better.
Also, I got my thinking cap on and planned supper not only for tonight, but tomorrow night as well. I have a sweet potato and a couple of apples which will all get sliced up and sweetened and sprinkled liberally with cinnamon, took some l/o pork loin out of the freezer, and will brighten up the plate with some green peas. For tomorrow I took out some chicken breasts to thaw and have all the other ingredients for a pan of Chicken Fried Rice. Now I don't feel like I'm in "free fall". I am having my 0SP WW Chili for lunch. DH brought me red cherries as well as seedless red grapes, so those are for this afternoon. Thursday night we have a date to meet DH's VBF's all 3 kids for supper while the eldest is in town (he lives in NC). We are meeting at Red Lobster, so it will be a fish night.
Judy ~ I am so glad you are enjoying your uke. I am certainly enjoying hearing you talk about it, even though I realize I don't say it very often. You make me smile inside and out. I am so glad that you were able to "play the tape out" with your DD and help her to make an educated decision. I find that when I do that, I am much more at peace with my decision. Thanks for sharing that.
Pam ~ I am thinking of you today and praying for you and your family. This is such a difficult time. My heart just goes out to you and yours!!
Time for my news.
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Post by ann1953 on Jul 14, 2020 16:15:58 GMT
Came back from a longer than usual walk. The 'gossip mongers' were yapping where you pick up the mail. We saw that and promptly walked in the opposite direction. I'm SURE that we were a 'top of conversation' as they saw us walking away LOL. OH well...at least we got in more steps When we came home, we were both pretty HOT. I grabbed my water from the fridge and Carl who hardly EVER drinks water poured himself a glass. So...in the long run...perhaps they did us a favor. I just don't have the stomach for that kind of BS. Donna called with mega problems with her health and her family. I simply listen and don't offer too much advice. It's hard to do...as at times I want to shake her....first off her BF is not making things easy for her as she smoked (weed) for 'medicinal purposed' and also drinks wine along with it. She has a blood disorder and should NOT do either......nuff said....and the issues with her parents will NEVER go away. She no longer lives there, so if only she took the 'out of sight out of mind' mentality it would be much better for her. Thanks for letting me vent. I can't make her problems mine. I pray for her which is all I can do and listen to her vent. Judy, like you I also limit my time outdoors. Counting the days till middle fall arrive!!!!! Would love to take a nice walk at the Quabbin but that will have to wait. I heard they opened up a lot of the gates there....it's just too hot to walk. Happy you are enjoying your book and I so agree...light and fluffy trump out in my opinion. Heck, I don't even listen to the news! We all have our own breaking points I guess. I do read the headlines of the newspaper and that's about it. Anything that I really NEED TO KNOW Carl will fill me in on. He's good like that LOL. OMG Judy how utterly HORRIBLE about your friend's family committing suicide! Will most surely keep her and all involved in my thoughts and prayers. Same thing happened her about a year ago...and older couple 'planned it' and took their own lives on their wedding anniversary. They were also older and in poor health. So happy your DD found a better $$ path for her. I also agree in talking through issues and thinking through issues to get the best results. Those old school rules really do work. Happy you are still getting such enjoyment out of your lessons. Pretty soon you'll take it 'on the road' Your meals sound tasty. I love hummus with carrot sticks. Not a fan of celery for some reason. Sue I so like your perfect world temperatures Mine would be cooler....70 to 50 year round. I tend to run HOT all the time. I'm just grateful today that the 'air quality' appears a tad better than it was yesterday. Yesterday all I did was cough, blow my nose and sneeze...then sanitize only to start the routine all over again! Quite annoying...not to mention the 'red nose' and watery eyes LOL. Oh well.......as I said it's better today Great that you got all 3 walks in yesterday, showered and had some quality time to spend with DH. Win win in my books. I'm sure you will aim to repeat that process today..... Awesome for DH to make breakfast. Every once in awhile Carl will do that.....normally, though, we eat different breakfasts but have them together Either lunch sounds great. I hear it thundering in the distance! Perhaps we will get that rain after all. I pray that it doesn't 'steam up' afterwards and that it takes some of this pine pitch pollen along with it! I am getting hungry...time to eat. Pam still keeping you in my prayers. (((((((((((hugs))))))))) |
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Post by ann1953 on Jul 14, 2020 16:17:43 GMT
Sue we were posting at the same time...I was quite long winded LOL. Happy you got your double whammy walk in Great job on both supper meals all planned. I love when that happens. Later............ |
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Post by ann1953 on Jul 14, 2020 23:04:59 GMT
We got a real heavy storm for about 40 minutes or so in the afternoon. Got pitch black out there...heavy rain wind thunder and lightening! Then it stopped!!!! Sun came out and for a bit it was cool....then it heated up again but not as bad as it has been. We'll take it!
It's supposed to do that again on and off for the rest of the night. We do have to walk miss LuLa one last time, but we won't go far and I'll take the umbrella.
Going to shut down now...sweet dreams and see y'all in the a.m.
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Post by sunshinep396 on Jul 15, 2020 4:32:06 GMT
I know you are all probably turned in for the night, but I thought I'd check in anyway. Debbie and I walked our 3 miles today and I was soaking wet when we finished as the humidity was in the high 80's. She will be gone for the next week, so it will be just me and my audiobook for a while. I do plan to get up and out early tomorrow. Well, after all was said and done, my cousin's stepson was denied bail. The DA feels they can establish pre-meditation with no problem. I talked with one of my deceased cousin's daughters today which was good for both of us. She was very understanding of our reasons for not wanting to travel. I also talked with one of my cousin's sisters, which was good for both of us. They each provided a few more details about the situation which helps me somehow to process all this and we cried together. Finally, I talked with a cousin in NC, who also doesn't think it is wise to travel and my sister, who is having quite a day. She got her twin granddaughters because her son had to go to the ER with kidney stone issues (since resolved) and then had to take her husband to the ER for stitches in his hand after an accident with a screwdriver. My brain is tired! Breakfast was fresh pineapple, which I am now addicted to, with yogurt and seeds. Lunch was a PB&J made with PB2 and dinner was burgers and air-fryer fries and a side of smothered okra. My eating was much better today--less junk. In the afternoon, I went to church for rosary recitation and adoration of the blessed sacrament. I love spending 20 minutes or so in silence. I started reading a book on forgiveness. I'm sure you can guess why. DH picked up our Walmart order, but they didn't have my sensitive skin deodorant, so I will be forced to go in a store tomorrow to get some, as the one I have is down to the bone. Lord knows I can't go without deodorant in this heat and the regular stuff makes my armpits break out in a rash.  Judy - A friend of mine used to teach English online through VipKids. She had to get up early to do it, because of time differences, but really liked it and made good money. It might be something your DD could do. vipkids.com is the website. My mom was from NE and my dad's parents were also, so I do have quite a few relatives in NE. Two of my mom's siblings moved to CA, but most of their children have since moved to UT, CO and NE. Pretty much all of my cousins on my mom's side spent summers together on my grandparents' farm, so we are all uncommonly close, even though we are now spread all over the country. We stay in touch and love each other very much. Ann - We have been hoping for some showers to cool things off, but none so far. Send me some, please. You are sweet to be a good listener for Donna, but you are right that you can't solve her problems, which is our natural inclination. Sue - Good for you for keeping up with the walking. I always find it easier to stay within my points when I plan out meals in advance. Once you know what the main meal is, the others can be planned around it. Time to rest this weary mind and body. Thanks so much for the shoulder to cry on and the virtual hugs. They mean more than you will ever know. |
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Enjoy your walk with Debbie.
