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Here we are the evening of July 30th.  Yesterday was our son’s 28th birthday.  In two years, all of our children will be in their 30’s, it will be strange. 

I am typing from a new locale, not quite 2 miles from the other place.  It’s a quaint little house, smaller than the one we left, so you can imagine all the boxes that are stacked in every room.  I cannot find anything, I’m lucky to find my clothes!  (Sorry, HD … TMI)  I do however, need to find my blood testing kits … they are in a box … LOL … somewhere.

Muttly is getting used to our new home, there is still no A/C, but there are more windows.  With the fans in the windows, it helps bring the cool air in.  Even with the major heat wave we’ve been having.  Last weekend, I put film on the front window, which has helped, quite a bit, in blocking the heat  Plus in our bedroom, I put up black privacy film, which is also keeping our room cool.  I will be so happy when this house is put together and I don’t have to play seek and search for what we are in need of.  As I type this, hubby is playing it right now.

There is one good thing, I can’t find the scale!!  LOL

Tomorrow we turn in the keys to the old house.  It’s as good as it gets.  I’m not doing anymore.  Hopefully they will be happy with it, so we can get our deposit back.  The carpets were cleaned on Wednesday and I finished with the mopping tonight. 

Well, I’m wiped … welcome to my new locale … I’ll try not to be such a stranger.

Why is the weekend gone?

I’ve got alot done, but I still have so much more to do.  It has been so hot in this house these afternoons, I’m not able to accomplish what I was hoping to.   It’s so hard to hear in this house with all the fans blowing and they are loud. 

I can actually walk into this computer room and see the floor … that in iteself is an amazement.  Well, three more nights to go before my sis gets here.  I hope I’m alot farther along than I am right now.  Thursday we have to get the keys and go to the new house and clean while waiting for the direct tv guy.  I’m thinking I’m going to try and move our kitchen on Thursday, just so that I can get a head start on putting the kitchen back together again. 

Last Friday’s measure and wander turned out to be a good thing.  We have a plan on where things are going.  Well, that is until I got home and saw the piano … lol … duh, how do you forget a piano??  So a quick minor adjustment and I think I now know where everything is going.  I’m glad we gave away our dining table and chairs, we really are going to put the treadmill in the dining room.

I mentioned this in Facebook, however, I have to mention it here.  If you need to clean glass, fiberglass, tile, chrome … you name it … check out Bruce’s GSR.  It works and it works wonders.  I’m serious, if it can get my shower clean, it will clean anything!  As a matter of fact one of the car detailers in the town I work, uses it to remove water spots from the windshields.  You can get this lovely gem from your local glass shop.  If you can’t find it there, let me know and I’ll see if I can find someone close to your area that carries it.  This is definately my new best friend!  So much better than Bar Keepers friend or helper or whatever that thing is called. 

Well, I’d better go … I have to find a cool place to lay … I may join the dog in the closet!

8 days and counting

I was hoping for a full day of packing today, however, we have so many errands to run.  We need to measure our furniture, then get the keys to the other house to figure out where things are going so the movers can quickly unload next week.  Then to the post office to deal with the change of address, since our post office is very peculiar, then the doc’s office for our monthly appointment,  then to the utility companies – since I cannot stand the auto promters – I just want to talk to a person, then … hmmm, I can’t remember, I have to check my list.  The one I made throughout the night as I got in and out of bed to walk to the kitchen and write it down on the list in the kitchen, then back to bed.  Yes, hubby asked why I didn’t just bring the list into the room.  I told him, because the paper is on a magnet on the fridge.  That way I don’t lose it!

I hate the last week before moving, I get insomnia and can’t turn my brain off.   I know not much different from normal, but the brain is contantly going and if I don’t write it down, I’ll forget. 

Well, it’s 8 am and I had better get my day started.  Y’all have a great day!

Pak Rat

I’ve been trying to walk on the treadmill each night, however, with the packing, I only have enough energy to walk about 2 miles a day.  I guess it’s a good thing that I’m still walking though.

Why do I always wait until the last minute to pack?  Now I’m scrambling and frettin’ … I’ve been working on it a few hours each night this week.  I can’t wait for Thursday when I’m off, to get a good day’s worth of packing in.  I was going back and forth between working Thursday or just taking it off.  But, in looking around this still full house, I think I’ll have to forget about the extra bucks and get as much done as possible.  

Hubby has a shoot on Friday (qualify with their weapons) so that will give me a good part of the day by myself to get more things packed.  Here’s hoping I can stay away from facebook long enough!

Two days in a row my morning blood sugar readings have been below 120.  That is a very good thing for me.  I’m hoping tomorrow it is again lower … but we had Taco Bell tonight.  We were running errands and I got hungry … so … fast food it was.   I did walk on the treadmill tonight, but … we’ll see.

I have no idea why I’m still awake, probably because I did just finish walking on the treadmill and I want to make sure my heart rate comes down, before I go to bed.  So here I sit, drinking water and eating a piece of bread.

So how’s it going in your neck of the woods?

Great Weekend

We met our oldest daughter and her family at Boomtown, west of Reno, on Friday.  They stayed in the RV section and we stayed in the hotel room.  I was really impressed with the room.  It was nicely updated and quite comfortable. 

It was so much fun, just hanging with them and the babies have gotten so big.  Yes, I know they aren’t babies anymore, as our grandson will be 7 in a week and a half and our grand-daughter will be 3 next month.  But, I still call them “babies”.    Our middle daughter saw a picture on Bella on FB and she commented that it was Melissa’s mini-me.  Seeing her in person and watching her interact … oh yea, definately Melissa’s mini-me.  Grandpa couldn’t get enough of either of them.   But we had to let them go Saturday before noon, so they could get going to their next stop.

Next to Boomtown, Cabela’s built their NV store.  I hate to say that I was a bit disappointed with the store.  The only reason that I can think of is that I’ve been to the other stores in Nebraska, Kansas and Utah, which makes this store look unimpressive.  I guess if one only did the catalogs and have never been to the actual store, it would be impressive, but I guess I have been spoiled by the other locations.

There was a really cute outfit I was going to get Mz Bella, but I talked myself out of it.  I’ve gotta refrain from spending until this move is over. 

With my sister’s help, we are going to use the movers.  It will save us, physically. I’m getting a little more into this move.  I still haven’t done anything yet, but my head is getting into it, so hopefully it will get the rest of me going.  I know, it’s less than 2 weeks away … I need to get with it … NOW!

Well, I hope you all have a great week.   Between packing and the treadmill, I’ll be exhausted!  Where’s my jungle juice??

Challenge check in

Week One:   down 7 pounds -  walked/jogged – 19.743 miles

Nothing like a friendly competition to help the motivation!

What to do

I’ve been hitting the treadmill hard these past few days.  Well I should clarify, hard for me.  I walked to it this morning and my muscles did what the dog does when I want him to walk on the treadmill (go stiff and refuse to get any closer).  So, I didn’t and I probably won’t tonight, just so my legs can rest.  I know I’m going to regret it, especially since we stopped at Taco Bell on the way home tonight.  One of my many weeknesses … well, maybe I will end up jog/walking for just a little bit anyway.

One of our customers committed suicide the other night.  Not something that is a pleasant thing to talk about, but it’s a wierd thing.  On one hand I can understand why, since he was really ill, in alot of pain and waiting for an organ transplant, then was diagnosed with cancer about a month ago.  On the other hand, I’m not sure that suicide is the answer.  Especially doing it at home, in your bed, for your family to find you.  It seems like an extremely selfish thing to do.  I wouldn’t want to have any of my family members to have to walk in on something like that.  It breaks my heart just thinking of it.

Plus the fact that I wouldn’t take my life, since it isn’t mine to take.  The consequences (physical and spiritual) are too great.   But his family are in my prayers for comfort and some kind of peace.  I just hope the little grandchildren weren’t anywhere near.

I watched the last half of MJ’s memorial service.  I was glad I caught Usher’s performance and was touched by his emotions.  I wasn’t quite sure why that senator was there taking up the air time and ending with giving a plaque for MJ.  I know she had a point to all the blah blah blahing she did, but I thought it strange to end her speech that way.  Maybe if I listened to her speech it would have made sense, but all I heard was Charlie Brown’s teacher … “Waah waah waah waah waah”  I thought the rest was really nice and I loved Smokey Robinson’s speech … unfortunately, I missed the first half with Brooke, Stevie Wonder, Queen Latifah and all … I guess I’ll have to watch it online somewhere.

So, do I have any packing done?  N O , NADDA, NOT A DANG THING … lol … I’m having probs getting my head wrapped around it.  We do have some boxes packed, however, they were already packed and sitting here.  We’ve been going through them to see if we can consolidate any … but, that’s not going too well either.  I have to call the office supply place we use for work and ask if they’ll save some boxes for me.   Tomorrow the estimator for the moving company comes over.  I’m hoping it will be doable.  There is no way we can do this ourselves … again. 

A friend of a friend, got  us a room at a local casino.  So to show my appreciation, I was going to make him something.  I found out today that he loves filipino food … so … I’m thinking Lupia or Adobo or both … lol … we’ll see how much energy I have after work tomorrow.   Meat Lumpia isn’t hard, it’s just the wrapping that takes forever.  And Adobo, pretty much cooks itself … so … what am I really saying ??   LOL  I wonder if there’s a local filipino restaurant nearby …  I may end up picking something up from there … we will see.

Well, I guess I had better go and attempt to do something constructive.  Y’all have a great humday evening.

Another Monday

So I’ve walked 4.5 treadmill miles yesterday.  Tonight I walked a hair over 2 … tomorrow I’ll have to do the 4.5 or 5 miles.   We’ll see. 

Today the office was busy.  Not as busy as a normal summer day, however, busier than it has been in quite awhile.  We aren’t sure if it will continue or if this is just 4th of July fallout.  But, I was asked to work Thursday, so I get four days this week,  I’m not complaining.  Especially since I’ll need all the money I can to move into the new house.

Friday we are going to Reno.  Our oldest daughter and her family will be driving through and are stopping at one of the casinos … so we’ve booked a room and will board the dog for the night.  It will be a nice break and from what I understand the rooms have been renevated, so it will feel like  a mini vacation.  Then it is back to packing.    I’ve got a mover coming over on Thursday to give us an estimate.  I don’t think we can move ourselves.  With hubby’s back and shoulder, we won’t be able to move this stuff.  I’m hoping the bid won’t be too expensive.  Everything will be packed, they just need to move it from one house to the other.  BUT, we’ll see.  If it’s way out of budget, I’ll have to find an alternative … sigh!

I still haven’t worked on changing utilities or anything, I think I’m waiting to find out when and if the movers can do the move.  It would be nice if they were real reasonable … but I’m not getting my hopes up.

We finished off the last of the cake tonight.  I’ve only had a sliver of cake each day and a very small scoop of ice cream.  But it has really helped keep my overboard cravings at bay.  Now that we are out, I’m hoping they will continue to stay away.   Hopefully with jog/walking everyday, it will curb them.

Last night I didn’t sleep very long.  I went to bed early, then I woke up around midnight only to toss and turn until 2:30am.  So I’m a bit out of sorts.  I’m glad we have extra strong coffee at work. 

I was trying to write everyday in July, but I’ve already missed a day.  Oh well, it isn’t the end of the world.

Well, I may take another go on the treadmill … not for very long, just a stroll to help walk off dessert.

Y’all have a great week.

I didn’t go

I was supposed to help serve the pancake breakfasts at the lake.  Well, after yesterdays outing in the sun … I was done with the sun for the weekend.  I’ve started taking my other diabetes medicine because it works differently from the one I was only using.  There are two  bad things about this med though, one  - I need to be covered up when in direct sunlight; two – my muscles cramp … something I’m gonna have to ask the doc about. 

The reason why I started taking this med again, is that it works 3 ways.  The one I remained taking makes the pancreas release more insulin … which is wierd because the pancreas only has so much insulin … once it’s done … it’s done.  Plus the fact that Type II means my body is insulin resistant, so why do I want to dump more insulin in my body when my cells are not accepting it?  Way confusing and frustrating is this disease and meds.   Anyway, we’ll see how this goes for the month. 

Now that I have my weight challenge … I’m working on getting active.  Especially since we have the move at the end of the month, it’s probably a good thing to get the body going. 

I’m putting it out here in blog land … hopefully it will keep me accountable to lose the weight and get my sugars in a normal level.

Y’all stay safe out there … I know it’s a day for celebration … but don’t get too carried away.

It is Friday, not Saturday

Hubby and I have thought today was Saturday, not Friday.  A good thing, since we are pleasantly surprised there is still 2 more days until Monday.  We were up and ready to go at 9am.  Our friends were coming over to pick up the table, chairs and total gym.  So we loaded both of our trucks and headed to their house.  I’m so glad they will be able to use these things.  So much better than sitting and collecting dust in our house.

After, hubby and I decided to pick up the dog and go on a walk about in the valley desert.  It has been awhile since we’ve wandered in the desert on a hot day.  We forgot how hot the dirt gets.  Dog was not thrilled as he kept going for the shade.

If looks could kill!!  I’m glad he can’t talk, I’m sure he’d be telling us a thing or two about how dang hot it is down there.

So we wandered a little further and this is where he went.

After the third time of him running to the next tree shade, we finally got it.  LOL … this is what happened next.

Yup, hubby had to carry the dog back to the car.  He wasn’t budging from the shade.  Now, this dog does not like to be picked up.  Usually his legs are held out straight and his body goes stiff.  But, this time he just cuddled into hubby’s arms until we got to the truck.  I, of course, was laughing my butt off.  It was too funny. Then hubby starts apologizing to the dog, because we forgot how hot the dirt gets in the desert.  Granted it’s not the lower desert, but it’s still 93 degrees outside.

Feeling bad, we decided to walk along the Carson River in Markleeville.  The dog was happy when he was walking in the mud and water.

GH, here’s some river pictures for you …

Now we are home and pretty much wiped out.  Pizza and salad for dinner, then I think it’s an early bed time.

I hope you all have a great Independence Day.  Enjoy yourselves and be safe!