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Sunday Weigh in February 18, 2024
Good morning (almost afternoon!!)... How is everyone this morning? We're into a dreary rainy day and I just saw that the Daytona 500 is being postponed until tomorrow afternoon due to the rain. I bet there are some super unhappy people there right now!!
It's been a busy week for me and I got up this morning thinking today was going to be somewhat quiet, but there's been quite a snafu there, as well. Anyway, I spent yesterday tech hosting a hybrid calligraphy class (both in person and online. You know the saying: if something can go wrong, it will... and so it did - more than once!!
I saw my cardiologist a couple of weeks ago and mentioned that I'm having some shortness of breath. He didn't think there was anything with my heart causing it so recommended that I have my pcp refer me to a pulmonologist to do a lung function test. I'll have that done on Wednesday!!
Anyone who has been here for a while might recall that we had to postpone our Christmas because my daughter's ex took their daughter to Pennsylvania for Christmas. We never did get around to getting together so I finally told me daughter "this weekend" we must. Okay great, they're all on their way here for lunch; I have a ham in the oven, potatoes peeled, veggies and salad almost ready for the table, and a pie, with homemade whipped cream for dessert.. and we have a clogged kitchen drain. We've been working on it for the past couple of hours, but having no luck getting it unclogged. I'm going to have to wash dishes in the bathroom sink - or maybe, I'll use the shower - it'll be easier to rinse them!!
Anyway... so weight wise, I'm exactly where I was last week, in spite of walking every day and barely getting lunch, dinner a couple days. Need to do better to keep up that 1 pound loss/week!!
So how was your week? I hope it was good and that you met whatever goals you had. I look forward to hearing about it.
~~Wishing everyone a wonderful, successful week~~
It's been a busy week for me and I got up this morning thinking today was going to be somewhat quiet, but there's been quite a snafu there, as well. Anyway, I spent yesterday tech hosting a hybrid calligraphy class (both in person and online. You know the saying: if something can go wrong, it will... and so it did - more than once!!
I saw my cardiologist a couple of weeks ago and mentioned that I'm having some shortness of breath. He didn't think there was anything with my heart causing it so recommended that I have my pcp refer me to a pulmonologist to do a lung function test. I'll have that done on Wednesday!!
Anyone who has been here for a while might recall that we had to postpone our Christmas because my daughter's ex took their daughter to Pennsylvania for Christmas. We never did get around to getting together so I finally told me daughter "this weekend" we must. Okay great, they're all on their way here for lunch; I have a ham in the oven, potatoes peeled, veggies and salad almost ready for the table, and a pie, with homemade whipped cream for dessert.. and we have a clogged kitchen drain. We've been working on it for the past couple of hours, but having no luck getting it unclogged. I'm going to have to wash dishes in the bathroom sink - or maybe, I'll use the shower - it'll be easier to rinse them!!
Anyway... so weight wise, I'm exactly where I was last week, in spite of walking every day and barely getting lunch, dinner a couple days. Need to do better to keep up that 1 pound loss/week!!
So how was your week? I hope it was good and that you met whatever goals you had. I look forward to hearing about it.
~~Wishing everyone a wonderful, successful week~~
My neighbor washed her dishes in the bathtub in a similar emergency. I hope it doesn't come to that!
I'm at the same weight this week, as well. Maybe it's because it's been cold and windy, but I haven't been out and about as much (except to go to my Pilates classes, which I didn't miss). There should be no excuse for at least not dropping a fraction of a pound, I haven't been overeating though we did have some sweet snacks in the house and I ate a few. I'm going to see if I can lose a pound or two by next weigh-in.
Husband and our neighbor at the farm went off this morning to drive two hours to see a women's basketball game at Oregon State University. I think the neighbor has a daughter that played there, and both of them have gotten interested and gone to some games lately. If you want a little excitement, google the YouTube video of the last 2 1/2 minutes of their game yesterday against UCLA (that's February 17, 2024). UCLA was ahead at literally the last 1.2 seconds of the game, and an Oregon State player was thrown the ball from the sideline and she swished it into the basket from well back from the key, for a 3-pointer that won the game. The players went wild, the crowd went wild. If sports would always be so fun, I'd watch it all the time!
My next week is getting going already, we've got a plan for purging things from our closets and giving them to the Goodwill. I've filled one box already just this morning. I sometimes feel like holding onto "things" is related to holding on to weight, and am glad to give the theory a test.
Good luck with the doctor appointment this week, Barb. It's always good to get checked out when the answers haven't been very clear.
Hope everyone has a great week!
I'm at the same weight this week, as well. Maybe it's because it's been cold and windy, but I haven't been out and about as much (except to go to my Pilates classes, which I didn't miss). There should be no excuse for at least not dropping a fraction of a pound, I haven't been overeating though we did have some sweet snacks in the house and I ate a few. I'm going to see if I can lose a pound or two by next weigh-in.
Husband and our neighbor at the farm went off this morning to drive two hours to see a women's basketball game at Oregon State University. I think the neighbor has a daughter that played there, and both of them have gotten interested and gone to some games lately. If you want a little excitement, google the YouTube video of the last 2 1/2 minutes of their game yesterday against UCLA (that's February 17, 2024). UCLA was ahead at literally the last 1.2 seconds of the game, and an Oregon State player was thrown the ball from the sideline and she swished it into the basket from well back from the key, for a 3-pointer that won the game. The players went wild, the crowd went wild. If sports would always be so fun, I'd watch it all the time!
My next week is getting going already, we've got a plan for purging things from our closets and giving them to the Goodwill. I've filled one box already just this morning. I sometimes feel like holding onto "things" is related to holding on to weight, and am glad to give the theory a test.
Good luck with the doctor appointment this week, Barb. It's always good to get checked out when the answers haven't been very clear.
Hope everyone has a great week!
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I've had to wash dishes in the bathroom sink before - not in this house, but in an apartment I lived in many years ago. As it turned out, I didn't have to, today... we have some 5-gallon buckets that we use to save water when we're prepping for hurricanes, so I brought one of those in and husband disconnected the drain hose from the dishwasher and attached it to the bucket handle so it couldn't go anywhere and we proceeded to run the dishwasher. We did have to empty the bucket 3 times during the process, but that was easier than dragging the dishes into the bathroom to wash/rinse, then haul back to the kitchen to dry and put away - especially since we're in the midst of remodeling the kitchen and some things no longer have a "home".
The weather does make a difference with our weight... Some weather is conducive to getting out and doing yard work or other outdoor activities, whereas others are more conducive to indoor activities. I'm learning that I have to find indoor activities (not sitting at my desk) to make up for days I can't get outside.
Oh, purging closets.. how fun is that!! I try to do it a couple of times/year. It doesn't always go as planned but as long as I have more empty hangers than I did before... I consider that a successful closet purge!! :-) It works.
So I posted this morning, before the rest of the disaster hit--- husband was slicing the ham for lunch and he thought it didn't smell right. it had smelled okay while baking, so I asked him to taste a piece (I'd tasted a piece earlier and although it wasn't my favorite ham, it wasn't spoiled or anything. He tasted it and said he didn't like it. Okay - he had daughter taste and she didn't like it either. Well, if no one likes it, I'm sure not putting it on the table for the meal.. lol
Husband tells me to pack it up for the trash and he will drop it at recycling (we don't have trash pick up) and go get something else for lunch... We decide that one of our major grocery stores has the best fried chicken and there's one just up the road so off he goes. he gets there and they have no chicken done - it will be at least 30 minutes. Not acceptable. I tell him to go get some smoked pork chops (taste like ham, right?) to go with the mashed potatoes, gravy and other things I've fixed. The new above the range microwave we got a week ago worked great to heat up the smoked pork chops while I got everything else on the table. First time in my life I've ever cooked a meal like that, but it worked...
All that said - good thing came from the day. Daughter is happy with an old buffet from 1926 that I got from my stepmother in the early '80's. I've loved it for 4o+ years but with our remodel project, I won't have room for it. She also took our bar stools that we won't be able to use since we won't have a bar in our new island. Grandson got a clock that a relative of husband's made some years ago, as well as our old countertop microwave. Everyone seemed happy with their Christmas gifts, even if they were 2 months late...
In spite of the fact that we're going to have to hire a plumber to deal with our drain issue (I just don't think husband should be crawling around under the house, etc), and the lunch disaster - I'm still going to call it a success...
Enjoy your week.
The weather does make a difference with our weight... Some weather is conducive to getting out and doing yard work or other outdoor activities, whereas others are more conducive to indoor activities. I'm learning that I have to find indoor activities (not sitting at my desk) to make up for days I can't get outside.
Oh, purging closets.. how fun is that!! I try to do it a couple of times/year. It doesn't always go as planned but as long as I have more empty hangers than I did before... I consider that a successful closet purge!! :-) It works.
So I posted this morning, before the rest of the disaster hit--- husband was slicing the ham for lunch and he thought it didn't smell right. it had smelled okay while baking, so I asked him to taste a piece (I'd tasted a piece earlier and although it wasn't my favorite ham, it wasn't spoiled or anything. He tasted it and said he didn't like it. Okay - he had daughter taste and she didn't like it either. Well, if no one likes it, I'm sure not putting it on the table for the meal.. lol
Husband tells me to pack it up for the trash and he will drop it at recycling (we don't have trash pick up) and go get something else for lunch... We decide that one of our major grocery stores has the best fried chicken and there's one just up the road so off he goes. he gets there and they have no chicken done - it will be at least 30 minutes. Not acceptable. I tell him to go get some smoked pork chops (taste like ham, right?) to go with the mashed potatoes, gravy and other things I've fixed. The new above the range microwave we got a week ago worked great to heat up the smoked pork chops while I got everything else on the table. First time in my life I've ever cooked a meal like that, but it worked...
All that said - good thing came from the day. Daughter is happy with an old buffet from 1926 that I got from my stepmother in the early '80's. I've loved it for 4o+ years but with our remodel project, I won't have room for it. She also took our bar stools that we won't be able to use since we won't have a bar in our new island. Grandson got a clock that a relative of husband's made some years ago, as well as our old countertop microwave. Everyone seemed happy with their Christmas gifts, even if they were 2 months late...
In spite of the fact that we're going to have to hire a plumber to deal with our drain issue (I just don't think husband should be crawling around under the house, etc), and the lunch disaster - I'm still going to call it a success...
Enjoy your week.
I would call an ad-libbed lunch that worked out well, not a disaster at all. They can be kind of fun and make everyone in a good mood.
A good thing that I only recently learned, is that if you do have to hand-wash a lot of dishes, you can still use the dishwasher as a fancy multi-level drying rack, it's better than a standard dish drainer partly because it's bigger, and partly because the dishes aren't sitting all out on the counter as they dry. I hope you get the plumber over soon.
A good thing that I only recently learned, is that if you do have to hand-wash a lot of dishes, you can still use the dishwasher as a fancy multi-level drying rack, it's better than a standard dish drainer partly because it's bigger, and partly because the dishes aren't sitting all out on the counter as they dry. I hope you get the plumber over soon.
Those are thoughts I hadn't come up with... thank you.
Well, if I was fortunate enough to have a store nearby that provides smoked pork chops, I would eat them at least once a week -- they sound great! And fixing a meal in the face of unexpected change can really loosen things up. One winter, the power went out at our house one snowy night an hour before a dinner party, and we had the party anyway -- we stuck candles in bottles so we could see, and heated anything that needed it on our wood stove (which also kept the house warm) and I've never seen a group of people more amused and animated, including a stiff friend of my sister's that I had never even seen smile. :-) And that dishwasher trick is a good one. Obviously it's not going to serve if the dishwasher is already full of dirty dishes waiting for the repair person to come, but if it's empty, it is way more useful than a dish drainer.
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