Saturday Clearing Exercise

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Good Afternoon, Ladies... :D

I got up around 8 a.m., was doing fine, s2s, etc... then started 2 LOL. After lunchtime, I got sick, which matches sore ribs, which I woke up with. :roll: Now my tummy's nauseous, I don't know why, :?: since I've been eating healthy. :mrgreen:

I got a short story done by hand, which will be a great one for grandparents. :idea: Now, I'm about to write a lady who heads up a ministry called "Sunshine Friends," and we all send out Thinking of You, Get Well, Birthday, Anniversary and holiday cards, to others on the list. When you sign up with them, you pay $5/year for a list of names/addresses/and preferences in cards to be sent. It's fun. :P

I finished reading an e-book on work-life balance this a.m., then ordered another one, to get a different viewpoint, it's only .99 cents, and is written by an expert who travels talking to companies, their employees on balancing work-life daily. It's a short e-book, 25 pages, but it "seems" that each page = 4-ebook-pages long.

The last LOL is drying, DH just fed the cat, we got towels put away/hung, and tomorrow a.m., we're getting up no later than 6:15 - 6:30 A. M.! :shock: :shock: DH hopes to return home around 10 a.m. I might hold off doing toilets/trash/kitchen counters until tomorrow, after DH leaves. :idea: Our dgs-about-11-yrs. is such a sweet boy. He wears dark framed eyeglasses, looks so brainy, and says such cute things. He's a middle child, in between 3 teenage brothers and the 5.5, 3.5, and 19-month old. I'm looking forward to giving him undivided attention. He hadn't wanted to come, but 1 of his bros talked him into it, then he got all excited, and just HAS to come now. ♥

It's sunny, in the 80's here, I got 1 letter, and tomorrow's temps will be about the same. I got in a little nap, while listening to music. My ribs are feeling better. Am thinking about having some strained plain Greek yogurt, to help settle my tummy. :idea: I'm kind of excited about dgs coming, about getting my stories hand-written from the outline index cards, doing snail mail and reading my e-book. This evening "Cedar Cove," is on the Hallmark Channel (based on Debbie Macomber's books), so I plan to crochet while it's on. :idea: :mrgreen: I'm on row 6, my first goal is row 20, so hoping I get to it by Sunday night.

Twins' Mom, what part of the body does dMacs need to exercise at PT?

I was thinking the other night, prior to drifting off in bed for the night, how I've had PT for 1- the back, 2- the shoulder, 3- knee, 4- ankles. That's practically the whole body. The only thing I can possibly see PT for now, is right hip pain, as I've got osteoarthritis in both hips. I'd rather get it stronger than get a hip, at age 62.5, as if I'll need one, I'd rather do it in my 70's. Because, I hear they replace them, after so many years. :o

Kathryn, I hope your Dsil gets well soon. :lol: That's too funny about thank heavens for DS because he reminds you of what normal people are like. Oh, my! :!: Dsil is sure drinking a LOT of "stuff".

Harriet, I feel for your dsecondmil's plight. Oh, my. It's so hard with your dstepfil's dementia, too. Clutter is so hard to get out of there and done and over with. It's so much work. Sorry about your headache. I hope it's gone by now! :!: That radio program on parental abandonment came on at the wrong time for HRH! I'd be talking back to the radio, TOO, if I was him.

Oh, LadyM! :!: :lol: LO saying that to his body, when he woke up this morning was so precious. ♥

Booksaver, It sounds nice to go to your DSis's annual summer party. I hope you have FUN and figured out which top, out of 3, to wear. :D

Nancy, Do you have smokey skies in your area anymore or on the horizon, is there a haze? :?:

Dee, Were you able to find that book in paperback anywhere? :?: There were 2 at Barnes 'n' Noble's site with 1 on the left you could buy and the Nook e-book on the right. I bought the Nook e-book because I wanted to read immediately and not have to wait on the shipping time. I hope the book, by the same title, on the left, was paperback. I read more on that book today, thinking 'Dee's going to really love this book!' while reading it. He makes references to diabetes, etc... :idea:

I liked the opening, Kathryn! :!: :P :idea: It's like taking a clipboard, pencil/pen in hand, going to the front door, and you pretend you're a realtor, write down improvements in the appearance of the house, before your first official open house, right? :?: Then, you put them onto cards, get them done, and you not only are clearing your HOUSE- But you're also clearing your MIND. A Dr. once told me, while we were discussing FlyLady and SHE's, etc.. "An orderly environment yields an orderly mind." :idea: It's so true. If there's clutter everywhere, you're mind is cluttered up with bad thoughts, negative self-talk, and talking to yourself, which just is not healthy for you. When we clean for company or a new season, we have such a good image of ourselves because everything looks so much better. That's when I almost feel "normal", although I've got 2 shelves in the office closet that need work, yadda-yadda..... But when our homes are ready, we seem to be empowered and ready for anything life throws at us; unexpected company, any emergency, be it health or the weather, and things like that. So clearing, seems to me, to be a catalyst in gaining control. What a neat tool P & P invented for us all. :D

NOW my tummy's feeling better! :mrgreen: I guess I just needed to sign into the Village, post to get CURED! :lol:
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I never did find it in digital form, FF. Have to look some more. Editing for FF -finally found it for my K indle.

It's been really storming again here. Dh was going racing with ds-A and that was cancelled so he hopped in the car with DS-R, DDIL, DGS9 and DD and went to the Rattlers Lacrosse game. Hope they didn't get the same storm. It was pretty rough here for a while. Sky's clearing now.
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Service is finished and printed. This is my last service until the end of the month. Yay!

Dh butchered the whole tenderloin we bought last night and we got 8 meals from it. Seven are in the freezer and we still have one left in there so that means I have 8 meals of beef, at least a dozen of chicken and two or three of pork on hand now.

We tried not having meat on hand and ended up going out to eat rather than going to buy some meat fresh. Meat has jumped so dramatically in price that it is just isn't feasible for me to 'buy as I go' since I'll end up paying much more than I want to. I had thought we'd just eat the specials but this is the first week beef has been on sale in the past 6 weeks and I like beef more often than that. We ended up buying some from Costco a few weeks ago (not the cheapest but always good quality meat.)

What I will do is not have quite so much on hand. We ate from the freezer for almost 10 weeks and still didn't quite finish everything off before the move. A month's supply should be more than enough.

We had beef stir fry for dinner and it was delicious. I did the sous-chef thing, freezing up the other portions while dh cooked, and then cleaning up behind him and again after dinner. The kitchen is all in order although I'm considering making rice krispy squares. There are fresh berries for dessert when dh is ready to have that.

We ate out on the balcony. We won't be able to do so for much longer, probably 6 weeks at most (and we're gone for 2 weeks of that.)

Friends from England are popping in to visit in October so that got confirmed. We'll pick them up from the airport, show them around, bring them back here for a visit and then drop them with their family. They'll fly out the following morning. Last time they were in Canada, we drove to Montreal after church and spent several hours with them just walking around the city.
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YIPPEE!!!!! Dee, It's GR8 you found the book for your Kindle. One tip they suggested in their e-book was, to walk-read at the same time you're reading the book or just stand at the counter. Their belief is walking burns more calories than standing, but standing burns more calories than sitting, plus it's good for posture, and sitting's better than laying flat. :idea: I can walk-read at the same time, but don't "comprehend" it as clearly, as I can while standing or standing and walking in place, with little steps, as opposed to marching in place. I do better sitting and reading though. This book has data from research studies, it has examples, tips, ideas, and good information, too. I like that it's not a 'short' e-book and is longer. I enjoy that it's written by the Dr. who came up with the NEAT formula of movement, too. Enjoy the book, Dee! :D

Kathryn, That's wonderful this will be your last sermon until the end of the month. :D Also, your friends from England will enjoy their visit to your place so much. :D :D

I ate a cheese stick, which squelched my appetite. I'm on my way to find something for dinner. Might eat a microwave dinner. :idea:

I wrote a b-day card to a lady in early dementia stages, turning 83. Her DD put out a request to the "Sunshine Friends," to help make her Dmom's b-day memorable and nice. ♥

I'd better run and look at the end of the news and get dinner done. Everyone, Have a nice evening. I can't believe it's August already. :o
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Just watched a fabulous fireworks display. There is a Sound and Light showcase every year and this year we have an excellent view of the 'Light' portion! (It is only $5 to watch the event with the music, so I really must make the effort to get to one of them, although here weather isn't an issue!) Tonight was China.

I've gone to the website and put the other nights on the calendar. We are having friends over one night so we'll encourage them to stay later.
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Thunder over head can not see the myts. To the SE bc of the storm clouds. Haze made for loverly red orange sun rises an pink sensets here this week. Seems to blow out during the day. It is muggy out now.

Farmers mkt. Great got there early enought to snag two kinds of tomatos. Then did a store run.

Worked on my wheel one of the arms keeps slipping of the fitting so I have to put it back on. Thought we had it fixed so did not get the O ring. Went to spinning meeting. H. Grilled our burgers for dinner yum!

Crocheted on a project at the meeting. Have had to re-ply two batches of yarn the proper way. Just finished up with that.

Got my back into shape again now after putting it out doing something.
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At the hospital with dsil. Throat is better but ear is now painful enough that he asked to go. Things are moving fast so far.

I will skip Church in the morning.
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This afternoon I did some more research, emails, txt and phone calls trying to find a commercial appraiser that is looking to work. We are now in week #3 with no appraisal. We have several potential buyers waiting. The last appraiser we contacted agreed to do it this week. We agreed to pay his asking fee. We gathered all the documentation so everything is ready for him. But he has been a total no-show! We have called him and left messages 5 times this past week and he won't even return the call. ARGH! I know nothing about the appraisal business but I have learned enough to know…..This is a crazy business! They charge thousands of dollars to give their opinion and we can't even get someone to do it. Business must be booming because they are definitely not looking for work. ANYway I have managed to get recommendation & leads to 3 more appraisers that might do it. I'll contact those on Monday and hopefully get off of this high center bump in the road to selling the MPB.

This evening we drove about 70 miles to look at a similar MPB. We have managed to obtain the appraisal that was done when that business was sold a couple years ago. We wanted to visually check it out to see how comparable it is to our MPB. It is a very close but our MPB is better. (No brag, just fact). At least have a good idea what the appraisal should be.

Between other things today, I've managed to process/package/freeze nine quarts of tomatoes and peppers. They are like gold in winter because they keep that fresh vegetable taste. Over the years, I've learned the best way to prep/package them so they are easy to pull out and immediately use when preparing meals. Now.....if the freezer quits I'm going to be a very sad gal.

Need to get into bed and get some sleep. This upcoming week is going to be extra busy.

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Home now. Was only gone 3:18 which was probably a record for Saturday night of a long weekend, especially considering that includes the time from my house to his, to the hospital, to the 24 hour pharmacy (there are only five in this city), back to his house and then back to mine. I've put over 60 miles on the car today just driving around the city.

It is very quiet here and I just realized when I wrote the words 'long weekend' that exactly 10 years ago tonight, my mother-in-law died. In her case we didn't have to go to the hospital. Ken and I were on our way to get morphine for her but the first shot from the doctor relaxed her enough to pass over and dh's sister called us in (we were on the porch talking to ds asking him if he wanted to come with us or stay at the house) because they thought she had died. She had.
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