Share your day October 2013

[SeaBreeze]

Still have to get The Boys in for supper. Even though Duke's bandage now only needs changed once a day (the ankle he tried to slice off last month) it will have to be changed tonight because it will be soaking wet. I wrapped him in four layers, including the duct tape but things will still be wet and uncomfortable under all that.

Thursday the vet is coming to draw blood on my 27 + Arab. I've doubled his feed and he's still losing weight. I just learned about "Malabsorption Syndrome" today, from the Arab forum and discovered Streeter has five of the nine symptoms.

Or he could be dealing with cancer. If he has cancer I need to know so I can mentally prepare and spoil his Royal Arabian Highness more than usual.

Lastly, why I don't lose this extra 20 pounds? I was stripping the last stall when Mr. TWH called to say he was leaving work, did I want anything-------------------------40 minutes later he was home with my Sonic chili dog on a pretzel bun, French fries and a Dr. Peeper. He's eating a salad like all good senior citizens should do - onward and upward--------------------lollollol

I hope that Duke's ankle is healing nicely, that accident was quite awhile ago, but serious enough to take a good long time to heal...a job in itself tending to it daily, huh? Just googled malabsorption syndrome in horses, and the supplement they were selling to treat it seemed to be very expensive. Owning a horse can take on quite a financial toll, and owning several with health issues must really dig deep into the pockets. Keeping my fingers crossed that your Streeter doesn't have cancer. How are those pretzel buns? I always love those big soft pretzels with the big salt...they're hard to come by nowadays.

Thursday 17th Oct. Going to be a hot day here in Sydney Australia 34deg C.once I have some time on the computer I'll be into the pool with my two young Grandchildren.:cool1::bounce:

GDAD, hope you had a great time with the grandkids! :love_heart:

 

[Old Hipster]

We are doing The Walter Huston Happy Dance at our house because we have my husband all signed up for his Medigap plan and his plan D and it just feels like a HUGE deal to have it all done and everything went so smoothly! :triumphant:

And even though it is tacky to talk about money, I will be able to get him off of my insurance plan at work, it cost more than everything else combined for him now.

 

[Pappy]

Beautiful day here. Got to my medical center at 7 to get blood work for my Dr. App't next week. Now they changed their hours to 7:30 again. A little wait but it is done.
Went to Pottery Barn to get some things for the house. Will be doing some things around the house later as the temp will be in high 80s.

 

[Jillaroo]

We had some water falling from the sky last night, someone told me they think it was rain, been so long since we had rain it's hard to remember what it's like.
Will be going into town to do a wee bit of shopping and try and find a shop that sells new bodies, they keep telling me they are out of stock

 

[Katybug]

We are doing The Walter Huston Happy Dance at our house because we have my husband all signed up for his Medigap plan and his plan D and it just feels like a HUGE deal to have it all done and everything went so smoothly! :triumphant:

And even though it is tacky to talk about money, I will be able to get him off of my insurance plan at work, it cost more than everything else combined for him now.

That is wonderful news, and I can relate because dear friends just went through the same thing. It's a huge relief. And I don't think it's at all tacky talking about money when it's not done in a bragging way. All of us seniors are looking for ways to save money and happy when it happens for anyone! Good for you!

 

[TICA]

I've had this damned cold for more than a week now but decided I was just going to ignore it completely. Sun is shining today and it is reasonably warm so my daughter and I put some coffee in travel mugs and headed for the barn this morning. Groomed the horses, tacked them up and had a lovely ride. Warmed them up in the ring, then just walked through the pastures - a little trotting - a little grazing - lots of talking. It was overdue. After that we went for brunch and now am home again. I'm looking out the window at the leave covered lawn that is screaming to be raked, but....... I'm not doing it today. What this afternoon will bring, I have no idea but I'm sure it will be just as relaxing and might just be me and a book. Have a great day everyone!!

 

[Jillaroo]

Tica i am so jealous, that would have been so nice just riding around on your horse.
I have had another bad dizzy time so it looks like WW3 in my place, little bit better today and we have such a lovely day hopefully i will be able to pot my Kangaroo paw plant and the Lily Pilly that i bought the other day

 

[TICA]

Tica i am so jealous, that would have been so nice just riding around on your horse.
I have had another bad dizzy time so it looks like WW3 in my place, little bit better today and we have such a lovely day hopefully i will be able to pot my Kangaroo paw plant and the Lily Pilly that i bought the other day

Heavens Jillaroo, have you been to the Doctor? Dizzy is not fun. A friend had issues and it turned out to be an inner ear infection. Good luck with the plants and.... what in heavens is a Kangaroo paw plant?

TWH - didn't take any pictures yesterday - sorry!!

Farrier is coming this morning but my lovely daughter went to the barn to handle the horses so I'm snug at home with my ever present box of tissue. Planning on taking the dogs for a run on the land this afternoon. Calling for rain, but that will be OK as long as the temps stay moderate. Think I'm going to read over the "what's for dinner" thread and get some new ideas for dinner tonight. I'm getting bored with the same old, same old.

 

[Diwundrin]

Need to stretch the imagination a little Tica.

 

[Katybug]

I've had this damned cold for more than a week now but decided I was just going to ignore it completely.

Sorry you're in sick bay. It's a miserable feeling.

My doctor says after 7 days with a viral infection/cold, it's gone into a bacterial infection. Some folks reading this may not agree, but from one who has suffered with sinus infections since age 50, there is NOTHING that will cure them as quickly (or at all, IMO) as well as an antibiotic. I know they may not be good for you it taking them too often, but when I know a Z-pack antibiotic (only 3 pills) can make me feel 100% better within a very short period of time, I will never understand an argument not to take advantage of them. I go through this same condition every year and know what works so well for me. If it continues on, I hope you'll call your dr. Good luck!

 

[Katybug]

I am having a totally enjoyable R & R day, watching shows I've taped, and eating whatever I want. I'm trying to use up anything good that's white, mostly a baking potato and 2 pieces of my beloved sourdough bread. I am starting a NO carb diet tomorrow, works better for me than anything else, but you can only take it for so long. Guaranteed you can watch that belly start to disappear, but it "ain't" easy the first 2 wks, then I'll gradually add good carbs back in.

Best news of all, I found a neighbor with my schedule who wants to walk with me. I'm not one to enjoy walking alone, but love it with someone to chat with.

Enjoy your day, friends.

 

[SifuPhil]

Good luck with the no-carb diet, Katy - let us know how it went. I think I have to cut them way back as well - I've been existing on white toast, crackers and other "bad" carbs for quite a while now and it's beginning to take its toll.

 

[Diwundrin]

Only thing that ever worked for me Katy. Except for sugar. I walk into walls without regular sugar hits.

But steak 'n eggs, and a pile of pumpkin chips (fries) instead of potato ones, is not a harsh diet to handle. Lamb chops with lettuce buried in mayo was my fave, but you don't eat lamb so much over there.
Two weeks sounds reasonable, I didn't eat 'real' bread for a year and survived. It was more an experiment to see what impact different foods had on fibromyalgia than a weight thing, but I did drop some. Controlled the 'fibro' too so it was worth the effort.

 

[seabreezy]

Today in South Carolina, it's CHILLY! It was 48* when I got up at 6 this morning. My bones are not liking this at all, lol. My plans today are to make some stuffed banana peppers to freeze and vaccum seal for meals later. I made them for the first time yesterday, after watching a video about them. I have a huge amount of banana peppers from the garden and had planned on pickling them, but got distracted by the stuffed banana pepper video so decided on some of those. Well, the hubs, who has always hated peppers of any kind, has started to like them now. So when they were done cooking yesterday, he decided, hey let's have those for supper tonight! So, i'm making some today that will go in the freezer..he can't eat these because he ain't home! HEHE. I will probably pickle what's left, not sure if they will get done today or not.

 

[TICA]

That sounds really good seabreezy!! Doing the usual housework today - vacuuming the tumbleweeds made from dog hair, laundry etc etc. Decided to start walking the dogs again. Last time I had them out together they jumped down a hill and I looked like Superman flying out behind them. Went down in the mud face first and cracked my knee on a rock. That was last year and and I had to have physio on the knee for months so have been a little gun shy about taking them again. Anyhooo.... they need exercise and frankly so do I so I took them around the block one at a time. They weigh about 70 lbs each so I need to retrain them to walk on the leash politely before I can try it with the two of them together. Digby was great after about 5 minutes of jumping up for the leash and walked pretty good without pulling me over. Brought him home and in the crate and next came Leo. He didn't pull as much to start, but then we encountered another dog and a cat at the next driveway. I was holding my breathe but we managed to keep walking without any incidents so I'm happy!!! The plan is to do that every morning, rain or shine so will keep ya posted on how that works out.



Digby is the brown one on the left and Leo is on the right.

Grocery shopping for Mom today and then her Doctor's appt. tonight.

 

[Katybug]

Good luck with the no-carb diet, Katy - let us know how it went. I think I have to cut them way back as well - I've been existing on white toast, crackers and other "bad" carbs for quite a while now and it's beginning to take its toll.

Any particular reason for eating that way, Phil? Reason I ask, toast and crackers make up my total menu for the day whenever I'm sick...no matter if it's a stomach bug or cold bug...that's all I can ever get down, along with some green tea. Thank goodness, I'm not sick, but have to admit my eating habits aren't nearly as healthy as they should be.

Just wondering.. you aren't sick, are you?

 

[Katybug]

Only thing that ever worked for me Katy. Except for sugar. I walk into walls without regular sugar hits.

But steak 'n eggs, and a pile of pumpkin chips (fries) instead of potato ones, is not a harsh diet to handle. Lamb chops with lettuce buried in mayo was my fave, but you don't eat lamb so much over there.
Two weeks sounds reasonable, I didn't eat 'real' bread for a year and survived. It was more an experiment to see what impact different foods had on fibromyalgia than a weight thing, but I did drop some. Controlled the 'fibro' too so it was worth the effort.

Di, I posted recently about a dear friend with 'fibro' and having taking Lyrica made a couple of her perfectly healthy teeth fall out. This same friend dropped 30 lbs and couldn't stop talking about how much better she felt. I'm sure all of us with overweight issues would feel better dropping some pounds, but particularly those of you dealing with painful medical issues. Good for you!!!

 

[SifuPhil]

Just wondering.. you aren't sick, are you?

Only mentally. layful:

I eat that way because (A) I've been doing it for most of my life, (B) it's a diet that fits my minimalist lifestyle, (C) it's economical, and (D) I tend not to get sick, so I want to continue that by not ingesting too many bad foods.

It's not the only food I eat, of course - I'm the original pepperoni pizza king, and I have my times of fruits and veggies and white meat, but those are only a once-a-week kind of meal.

It was a fine diet for all these years, but now that everyone is yelling about white flour I might have to either change the entire menu or substitute whole wheat bread for white and eat only whole-grain crackers. That means the price goes up.

 

[That Guy]

Finally a huge northwest swell has arrived. Guess it's a good thing I'm too old and beat-up to enjoy it as this morning is super foggy and being out in that is super scary. Wheeeeee.....!

 

[TICA]

TWH - Leo looks like he could be part wolf, but no he isn't (just thinks he is at times). They are full brothers from the same litter. Part Lab/Shepherd and their grandmother was pure chow. Crazy little buggers but I love them.

Did my Mom's banking for her this morning then lunch with my sister which was nice. Now I need to fill up the wood box and I'm set for the evening..... after I check out Streeter's results!

That Guy - enjoy the swells from a distance. Love looking at the waves, but agree they can also be super scary!

Phil - Get more veggies man - one can't live off crackers and pizza!!

 

[Katybug]

Now begins the Official SifuPhil Depression Season, which lasts from October 1[SUP]st[/SUP] to January 1[SUP]st[/SUP].

Most of my now-deceased family was born in the fall, I recall with horror all the married-life family gatherings I had to attend, I despise holidays and the only one that I ever DID like - Halloween - has been pre-empted by a bunch of stupid adults who think it's clever to dress up as a condom or a pack of cigarettes.

That's why, coincidentally, the period of time between October 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and January 1[SUP]st[/SUP] is also the high point of the Philstivus Season, a time for drinking, drugging and associating with ladies of dubious virtue.

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See y'all in January!

I just have to ask, do you ever invite guy friends to join you in your debauchery or is it just you and the "ladies" during Philstivus Season?

And I totally get the reason for your season, but mine begins December 26th and lasts 'til the first sign of spring.

 

[Katybug]

I just joined my oldest and dearest friend for lunch. She divorced early in life due to infidelity on his part and after decades of living alone, remarried last September. We got all caught up with her telling me about their recent honeymoon to Ireland. The pix were incredibly beautiful, what an absolutely beautiful country. It was a 3 hr lunch and we discussed hanging around 'til dinner was served. It was authentic Greek cuisine with only the owner's g'children who speak English as wait staff. Loved the ambience and food to die for. I brought enough home for 2 more meals....so much for the diet!

 

[Katybug]

Only mentally. layful:

I eat that way because (A) I've been doing it for most of my life, (B) it's a diet that fits my minimalist lifestyle, (C) it's economical, and (D) I tend not to get sick, so I want to continue that by not ingesting too many bad foods.

It's not the only food I eat, of course - I'm the original pepperoni pizza king, and I have my times of fruits and veggies and white meat, but those are only a once-a-week kind of meal.

It was a fine diet for all these years, but now that everyone is yelling about white flour I might have to either change the entire menu or substitute whole wheat bread for white and eat only whole-grain crackers. That means the price goes up.

You're wise not to eat bad foods such as broccoli, asparagus, spinach & carrots. LOL, that stuff will kill you for sure......and all the time I'm wondering...how are you still here w/your eating habits? But we're very glad you are and it obviously works for you!

 

[SifuPhil]

I just have to ask, do you ever invite guy friends to join you in your debauchery or is it just you and the "ladies" during Philstivus Season?

Philstivus is a wonderful holiday primarily because it's so formless. There are no restrictions or rules involved except to have a good time, so certainly if a Philstivan chooses they can have a large group celebration. I tend to stick to my monkish ways and celebrate on my own - never saw the need for a "wing-man". :love_heart:

And I totally get the reason for your season, but mine begins December 26th and lasts 'til the first sign of spring.

Sounds wonderful! Do you have a name for your holiday season? Any "special" days? For example, Philstivans celebrate as High Holy Days the birthdays of both Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Anthony Hopkins -



... as well as a large variety of other single-day events such as "Touch Yourself Inappropriately in Public Day" and "Take A Stripper To Lunch Day".

You're wise not to eat bad foods such as broccoli, asparagus, spinach & carrots. LOL, that stuff will kill you for sure......and all the time I'm wondering...how are you still here w/your eating habits? But we're very glad you are and it obviously works for you!

Don't know how I'm still here except as an act of the Tao - obviously I haven't yet fulfilled my Purpose in Life.

 

[Anne]

Phil - a tip if you're not easily embarrassed....my brother used to go to the local market and ask if they had produce they were throwing out, for our animals. They would give him boxes of it; I would go through it and normally could get at least 1/3 of it that was perfectly good yet. It would've gone to the dumpster anyway, so why not use it....

The rest did go to the chickens, ducks and pigs. Waste not, want not.