Good Day To You All!

Just popping in to say hello. Life has been a hectic whirlwind of physical therapy, counseling, and weight watchers. I've been really focused on the PT and WW, and until just recently those two were taking up a big chunk of my week. I was getting so exhausted from waiting on the bus sometimes that it was hard to do PT once I got there! (40 min wait in 90F heat. UGH!) but now I've switched to early AM and am getting dropped off and taking a cab home instead of the paratransit bus. I've lost 15 pounds now since starting WW in May. I dropped 5.4 pounds this week - I have NO idea how!

I've been doing a lot of cooking and now that the heat has kicked up we're having to water the container garden every 2 days, at least. We had a couple of days here where it was 108+ (F). Eeeew. That'll take the wind out of your sails! It was also NBA Finals and our home team was in there to the bitter end (Spurs) so that was taking up a LOT of time since they were playing 2-3 nights out of the week.

Hi SB.. Yeh the heat send humidity is sapping me right out. I've been eating so much salad coz I don't want to create any more heat in the house the sight of a lettuce leaf is now turning me crazy.
Been busy. If hubby had his way I'd not stop at all. I had to tell him that I decide what I'm able to do not him. I didn't want to over do it again this weekend but I have my usual jobs I have to do like laundry and I'm desparatley trying to do all the finishing touches on my newly decorated guest room.
Well I achieved. Got the TV mount on the wall and the TV on it. Got the laundry mostly done. Got the curtain rail up. Got everything back in the room and tidied all my tools away. Vacuumed and made up the bed. It looks so pretty in there now.
I bought the new sharpie fabric pens to put blue pinstripes down some sheer lightweight curtains form in there. I only did five or six pencil thin lines and the damn pen ran out already! I was hoping to do at least one curtain before I needed to buy another pen and they ain't cheap. Think I'm gonna write a stinking letter of complaint to sharpie.
So now I'm chilling out to my Babylon 5 dvds while hubby sits in our new shed with his favorite companion..... rummaging&coke

I am so excited that is two in a row ole friends dropping by to say hello. SulaBlue, so good of you to stop in and share. Weight Watchers is a really great program if you can stick with it. I never quite figured out the point system thing, but I have many friends who used the program and lost weight. Did you ever get to swim in the pool? Last time you said you were still in limbo about when they would do it.

I think you made a wise choice in using the bus then the cab. Waiting on the bus can take a longtime anyways, but in 100 degree temp's that could be dangerous for your health. So good to hear from you!

Today, I got up and while making breakfast I glanced out my window and there was a fawn in the backyard. I grabbed my camera and tried to shoot through the window. That was not working so off I went in my slippers through wet grass trying to get close enough to get a good picture.
The fawn went behind my shed so I went in front of the shed and peeked around the corner. What a surprise, there were two fawns. But my digial camera could not get them in focus. Finally one fawn went behind the shed and then he walked within 10 feet of where I was standing. As I took the picture his mama called him, and so I got a picture of a fawn in motion running toward the woods.

I sure miss using my film cameras. They had lenses that could bring a object 100 feet away into prefect focus. But I am hoping the fawns will come again, because they did not see me.

Otherwise I spent a day relaxing at home watching movies. Hope you all have a great weekend! I hear fireworks!

Well in my mind I had such a busy day. Hubby wore me out doing stuff, then after running errands I was quite out of spoons.. the heat didn't help and hubby seemed no better off either. 2pm we both lay on the sofas hot and exhausted ready for a good nap. He managed to get far enough into sleep for a gentle snore but like at night I lay for and hour with LA- LA land compltely eluding me. Instead I had to daydream about all the other things I should have been doing. Oh well.
I had a great scavenging score. A couple doors up I spotted pine swivel bar stool out on the front. The guy was out there so I asked if they were being thrown out. Yep. So I asked if I could swipe a couple. Yep. Nice.
I picked the two good ones, gave email a good scrub down in the pouring rain and now I have two very nice work stools for our new shed.
I love a good scavenge.

Hello to all. I was just catching up on all your new post. We had our daughter and her family visiting over the weekend. They only make it up once a year so it's a very special time for us. I'm afraid I was sick and grumpy all weekend which made me very sad. I have been battling some kind of respiratory problem. First I was told it was bronchitis, then it was asthma, finally pneumonia. So far I've taken steroids and two kinds of antibiotics but it has only gotten worse. Now I have two inhalers, asthma medication, antihistamine, decongestant, migraine meds, inhaler and needless to say a very strong probiotic. After two months of this mess I think I've finally found the winning combination. Sadly to say I didn't find it until the day my daughter left. Between the migraine and coughing I spent most of the weekend in bed. Being sick this long has been a very frustrating ordeal but not being able to enjoy my grandsons was heart breaking. Everyone else went out and had a good time while I stayed home sick as a dog in bed. I wouldn't want it any other way but it sure was sad being left behind. I have spent years struggling to manage FM every time I think I'm getting some where something like this comes along and knocks me back again. I know it sounds silly but it feels like my body is my worst enemy. Before this latest respiratory prob I was trying to walk every day hoping to loose some weight. Then my feet started hurting so bad I could no longer walk. I went to a padiotrist who said I have something going on with the blood vessels in my feet. Yeah! Another bizarre ailment just what I needed. He put some very painful shots in one foot which seems to have helped a little. The good news is I get to go back and have shots in the other foot in two weeks, I just can't wait. Only a few months ago I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia. It took me weeks to find the right combination of food and timing to get that under control. I will admit I am a very slow learner but come on. I'm afraid to see what my body has in store for fun next week. I was so hoping to be able to get out and enjoy this summer walking, gardening and maybe even sun bathing. instead I'm sitting right where I have been all winter watching the birds and reruns all day. Oh yeah my Dr is sending me to a lung specialist for a breathing test, oh boy! I realize that this too shall pass in time but right now it stinks.

So sorry to be so negative, hopefully I haven't brought you down to my level. God just sent me a sweet uplifting sign. A group of baby birds came over and peeked in our sliding glass door. They are so cute because they turn their little heads trying to figure out what the heck it is then they start pecking at it. Thanks birdies you made my day.

Hectic at work. I'm covering for one of our main order entry guys who's on holiday for a week while trying not to let my own work slip too far behind. I enjoy doing it, I get to speak to lots of interesting people but it does cause a bit of extra stress which in turn causes it's own problems. My headache is back with a vengeance among other things. But it's my day off tomorrow to do " me" things. I have to to my gp to see about getting a bone density test and I'm gonna ask for a Couple Reactive protien test and maybe that antibody test if I can remember what it is. My arthritis has been playing up bad so I'm going to ask her to refer me to a good rhumatologist (sp).
Im getting fed up with all the rain, supposed to be nice and sunny from Thursday but I know after all the laying around it's gonna be humid as he'll.
Oh my gawd... this is sounding so bloody depressing. I better shut up before I go down too far.
Catch ya later guys

twiztc, Thanks for stopping by. You might not know this but even when your venting, it makes me smile, because I am having a crappy day too, because of the wet weather and sinus trouble, and like your saying it for me as well. I am fed up and I am not going to take it anymore. lol And it makes me feel a bit better.

The only good part of all this rain is I do not have to worry about watering my garden. However, the downside is the weeds are growing like crazy and it is to wet to weed. But all in all, I am thankful for the rain.

My headaches and my body hurts at every joint. Cold damp weather makes life with fibro harder. It is suppose to be nicer tomarrow, which is good because I want to get out of the house. I got film for my old camera and so I am ready if the doe and three fawns returns to my backyard.

I really thought I posted in here yesterday.. stupid Fibro brain. Prolly just as well coz it would have been a dire read.
But today was a new day.
The sun was shining, there was a cooling breeze keeping the humidity at bay... one of those perfect summer days and I was stuck at work. But you can bet your arse that even though I was mental busy I took every chance I got to step outside all be it for a minute or two.
Like I said.. mental busy. The lady that is supposed to keep things going when I'm not there didn't do so well so I had a shed load of backlog to deal with before I could even touch today's load. Just as well I'm good at organising myself or I could have had a meltdown.
No I've always been annoyed at people puffing themslves up when it comes to their job, making out the place would crumble without them, but if Lu is away and I'm unable to cover it seems like no other bugger can cover me! I get so frustrated coz there are plenty in the office that know how. They are all (well most) busy with their own lines but if each did a few it wouldn't be as crazy. I know... I live in a dreamworld.
It was good that I was having an ok day and that I went in a bit early. I got everything done so I didn't have to play catch- up tomorrow.
I think you can guess I actually really like my job, especially when I'm kept just busy enough to keep me distracted from my problems but not so much I struggle.
So now I've bored the pants off you all I will go back in my corner. Blessing to you all

I missed a few days posting here because I was sick from either food poisoning or a viral infection. Spend a lot of one night in the bathroom with severe cramping. It lasted from Thur-Friday afternoon. This evening symptoms have finally gone away. I am not sure what was wrong other than I was hurting mighty bad. But I have been pushing myself to do lots of things for other people and wore myself to a frazzle. Whatever, caused the illness I hope it does not come back.

Anyways, had to cancel all plans for end of week and weekend. See I told you I was having a crappy day. Hope you all had a much better couple of days then I did. See you all later.

Sorry to hear you are having a rough time of things Sweedy. take some time for yourself and everyone one else can fend for themselves a little bit more, just for a while. It might even be that you are in you're predicament coz you are doing too much, by IBS plays up a lot more when I take too much on.
Saying that, ive been going crazy today. I hurt but its the kind of hurt I can ignore if i get busy, exertion type busy.
By 11am it was too hot outside for me today even though i planned on doing some weeding, i tried a little but the mozzies were brutal so i gave up and did jobs indoors. you know, the usual, laundry tidying etc. I decided to give my kitchen the kind of blitzing only i am happy with. I like to do it every couple months or so to get to all the nitty gritty bits hubby misses. I have a four drawer unit that when you go to open one drawer they all open! the damn things have been sticking ever since we moved in. While scrubbing the fronts this sticking action was really pissing me off.
So out come my tools, drill, screwdriver, hammer and such. It took me about three hours but i got the job done. no more sticky drawers. i was too pooped to finish all the other door front scrubbing but it will give me something to do tomorrow.

got more done than i thought i would today. I was up and about by 7 am so went in the garden while it was still cool and hoe's some weeds. then cut a posy of sweet peas,bee balm and a few other little garden flowers. that all took me a little over an hour and it was already getting too hot for me.hubby was up by the time i went back in. ran a few errands then i went out to the shed and even though its hotter than hell i was determined to make my under bench shelf. mostly made out of the scraps from building the shed (i don't like wasting it,, or money for new stuff if i don't have to) it took me ages coz i kept buggering it up. my co-ordination and concentration is definitely out of wack today and i got this horrible weakness in my legs but i wasn't gonna let it stop me. one shelf done and i collapsed inside for a wee while. doing usual jobs around too. finished laundry, trying to gradually tidy the house, its still in a terrible mess from decorating the guest room and the shed build. I can't do projects AND keep the house spotless.so i mopped some floors and cleaned my room so i could finally get to my sewing machine. now i can finally make cushion covers and curtains for my finished blue room, oh and make a lampshade. I've already tie dyes some curtain off cuts but to finist the curtains i have to get some more sharpie fabric pens. tip to you all that like that kind of thing...those sharpies dont last very long at all. i only did about 6 ish pinstripe lined 4 1/2 feet long and it was done!. not happy.
So i feel i have achieved again today. back to work tomorrow so i can have a res! lol
hope you are all ok out there.

Today was my busy day. I went to mow the lawn yesterday and the battery on the mower was dead. So today a friend charged it for me. I got a call from another friend who was out picking blueberries. Had to babysit today as well. Whew! I was wore out from all of that when another friend stopped by and noticed I had two lug-nuts missing on the same wheel. We found one in the drive way, but I had to go buy another one.

But I did my babysitting first, then dashed off for a lug-nut ($3.75), then came home and mowed the lawn. Then I dragged myself into the house and had supper and then went out to water my garden. Let me say i will sleep good tonight and be in a heap of pain tomarrow. I felt like I was spending more time during the day, running to the door to see who was dropping, other then getting anything important done.

I am sure you all have days like that. Hope you had a good day.

Yesterday was a tough day. This heat and humidity is a killer. I was not too bad in the morning but as the day progressed I got stiffer and stiffer, sorer and sorer, and the muscle weakness in my legs and right arms we're almost unbearable. But enough of that. This is not whingers corner. We have a moaning spot already.
Today another day. Work kept me distracted a bit and my radio station did the rest. I feel so much better if I can get motivated to sing and jig about in my chair.
Thats about it. It too hot to do anything.
Tomorrow I will be pretending to be a pin cushion. My very first trigger point injection therapy. Still not sure how to feel about it. will report back tomorrow.


Take care me lovelies. Goodnight

Just popping in to say I'm on holiday for a week and won't have internet up north.
What was going to be a relaxing break is now gonna be a major clean up of big pines that came down around our cottage up north by way of a suspected tornado. Luckily it doesn't have seemed to have done much damage to the buildings.
So wish me luck to be able to be of use.

Take care lovelies.

twiztc, hope you have lots of fun on your vacation. Don't do all the work and be careful.

Last night we spend the night at our camp out in the country. But it was hot and muggy mostly all day and night. It finally rained in the early morning hours and cooled off about 5 degrees. lol.

We saw three deer and one little fawn. Lots of wildflowers were blooming and our wild raspberry patch was loaded with big berries, so I picked a bunch which we had on our breakfast cereal. Yum!

I went to a yard sale and got a food processer and a quilt, slide projecter and lots of books. We had a good time, but it was good to get back home again.

So anyone else want to join in and say hello? Till next time.