Monday, March 3, 2025

 March 3, 2025


Gosh, it's already March!

I planned to go swim for the first

 time in a while today.

I braved the wind, got to the gym.

I found a locker, got my shoes off, and all of the electricity went off!

They kicked everyone out after about 7

minutes , so no swimming for me.

So I went to Staples and bought a planner.

I ate a salad for lunch and am making a burger for dinner.

Back to it tomorrow!


  

Sunday, February 23, 2025

Starting again!
Started at 276 pounds way back when.
Now weight 204pounds and 
want to lost 50 by July 23rd.
Think I can do it? We'll see!

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

starting up again

I am starting up my personal blog again!

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Welcome!


Friday, January 18, 2019

Hello to all

I can't believe it is already 2019.
I can't believe it's the middle of January, 2019!

Wait, January, slow down.....

I got sick with a cold the day after Christmas.
Nothing unusual, our whole family has been sick
and passing this stuff around - back and forth.
Thought I could shake it with ZiCam.
A homeopathic remedy you can buy at Walgreens, CVS, etc.
It usually works for me.

Not this time.
I finally ended up going to the doctor on January 11
and got diagnosed with bronchitis.
Two antibiotics for seven days and rest.

Which sucked for me, because I had PLANS.

PLANS for lots of cleaning and purging 
PLANS to start painting 
PLANS for daily exercise. 

Nope, not happening.
So I rested. I slept. I read.
When I started to feel a little better, 
I went to acupuncture.

Now THAT really helped.

So, the seven days have gone and I am now feeling 
sort of like my old self again.
Except I'm weak.
I have no energy.
And I have yet to get back into exercise
except for ONE day.
And only walking and biking.
For about 15 minutes.
I felt like I had run ten miles.

And there's been SNOW.
And COLD.
And DREARY, CLOUDY DAYS.
Ugh, I don't know about you
but I need me some sunshine.


 I do see the end in sight.

I have lots of projects and shows in the works.
And when I feel less like a kitten and more like a lioness,
I will tell you about them.

Oh, and I've lost 60 pounds in the last year, 
and this year, I'm going for the rest of it.

Peace


Wednesday, June 6, 2018

I'm back. Again

Wow, I haven't written anything 
here since October of last year.
I was going to try to combine my art blog with my personal
blog but it just didn't happen.
So I'm back!


I have lost 38.6 pounds without really trying.
If I tried, I probably could have lost 70 pounds.
But this way, the weight will stay off.

Oh, and if you read the posts below.
I LOVE my dishwasher now.
I can't remember the last time I washed
 a dish by hand.

I will write more later.
Love everyone.

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

dishwasher 101

DISHWASHER 101

So, in therapy I am talking about my knees 
and my life.
Basically, I'm talking about how bad my knees hurt
and how much I need to get them fixed, and how I'm NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

My word for this is inertia, which means
"a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged."


Everyone in the world I have talked to
 who has had their knees replaced
 says the same thing:
"Don't wait! I wish I had done them years ago."

I haven't talked to a single negative person.
I have however, read a few horror stories
on the internet, which scared me.

 I'm also the strong one.
I am the tough one. The stoic one.
I take care of everyone.
 I don't want anyone (especially my husband)
taking care of me for however long it takes.

So, the long range goal is to get my knees fixed.

The short range goals are different.
We talk about how I have taken care of everyone
for a long time - except for myself.
I don't practice SELF-CARE. 

So, in order to practice self-care,
I went to the doctor today and got
paperwork for bloodwork, a mammogram,
colonoscopy, you know, all the good, fun stuff.

Now to just get it done.

The therapist and I also talked about cooking.
Which sounds weird, I know.


I love to cook.
I HATE HATE to clean up the kitchen.
I mean, I would rather do almost anything
than clean up a dirty kitchen.
And there's a reason for that.

When you're a wife and mother,
you spend a lot of time in the kitchen.
Planning meals, cooking meals, making messes,
cleaning up, washing, drying, putting away.
And I don't know about anyone else, but for me, 
I am always the LAST one to sit down and eat.
Without fail. And I am tired.
And my knees are painful at the end of cooking.

So in talking to my therapist, I had a revelation.
I HAVE A DISHWASHER!


A brand new dishwasher that has been sitting
in my kitchen for three years and has
been used once.
And still has two pans in it from the one time
I used it.
My therapist sort of looked at me like I was nuts.

"You have a dishwasher?"
"Yes."
"That is brand new and has only been used once?"
"Yes."
"And STILL has dishes in it from that first wash?
"Yes."
"And you hate doing the dishes?"
"Yes."
"Have you thought about using the dishwasher to help you clean up the kitchen?"
"No."
"Hmmm."

I guess I am not the sharpest tool in the shed.

So Assignment #1 for the week is, guess what?
USE THE DISHWASHER. Duh.
I think I can do that.

The other thing we talked about was eating.


I told her that my husband keeps late hours
and eats at "interesting" times.
Like breakfast at 12pm, sometimes no lunch,
and dinner at 9pm.
Which is so bad for me.
He often goes to bed at 1am or later.
Bad, bad, bad for me.
Because I am starting to follow his habits.

My husband has also told me to eat what I want
at whatever time I want and he will get his own food.

So Assignment #2 is to eat my own way.
Which is less meat, lots of salads, fruit, veggies.
And at the times I want.
And eat it early and go to bed earlier.

I can try to do that.

So, I would like to hear from people
who ACTUALLY use their dishwasher.
How often and what dishes do you put in?
Do you pre-rinse?
When do you empty?
My husband says he will empty the dishwasher 
and put the dishes away if I will load it up.

Now, that's teamwork!

Having a therapist is a very great thing.