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Spent most of yesterday taking down the tree and some of the inside decorations. Gonna finish that today andstart on the outside decorations.
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Happy new year everybody!
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Yes, we all need both the aerobic & toning, for sure.
Happy New Year! Yesterday morning I did a 45 minute indoor walking DVD & a 30 minute pilates one. The rest of the day, we babysat the granddogs. DS & DIL were with her family for a weather-delayed Christmas celebration. So, that was our wild New Years Eve!
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Happy New Year!
Been packing up Christmas decorations and putting out some winter items. Dh is cooking a New Year's dinner: Collards for money, black eyed peas and corn for luck, and pork for prosperity.
Walked this afternoon.
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We went over to a friend's for lunch and an afternoon of game playing. I danced with Marshall Fitness for an hour when I got home. I will start my undecorating tomorrow. Boo Hoo! Things look so drab when all the sparkly things are put away.
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Got all but the lights on the garage gutter down and put away. Gonna get those done on Saturday as theyare talking measurable snow finally for us on Sunday!
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Wow, you are all on top of this clean up…we keep everything up through the 12 days of Christmas, so Epiphany for us. Lights on through Jan 6 all day, Lights out on Sunday morning. I have half days next Monday/Tuesday so that will be my take down time.
That said, I haven't been spared the clean up…the chair I put my briefcase down on when I get home…has become the trash collect-all for the two weeks I have been away from the office. I'm spending most of my house cleaning time, finding the chair and sorting out two weeks of…everything!
I did make black eyed peas with stewed tomatoes and spiral ham cut into it. My MA mom calls it soup, my NC husband calls it something else!
Happy first week of the year everyone, TT
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M0mmy: Have fun in the snow!
TT: I have an area just like your chair. I call it my dumping area. It gets cleaned out every couple of weeks.
Ruth: I don't like taking my decorations down. More fun putting them up. It takes my sil days to undecorate. Her house is full on Christmas! I feel like I'm in a Christmas store when I visit.
I'm in the clear out and unclutter mode. Today I pulled out my photo albums and culled through them. I have 5 big albums that cover 55 years of pictures. I got rid of almost 500 of them (too dark, bad pictures, replicates or near replicates, etc.) Picture wise, I went from 5 albums to 3.5. I will probably digitize the really good ones and create books through Shutterfly or another company that can be shared with my children. But all that is for another day! I still have areas in the house that need decluttering and purging. I'm in the mood!
Walked in between picture purging. 50 degrees. So crisp - felt great!
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Gotta sweep and mop my kitchen floor and vacuum the living room rug and my chores and exercise for the day is done. Keeping a weather eye on the track of the storm headed my way this weekend. Looking more and more like our first big snow in two years!
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M0mmy: We will be getting snow showers early on Saturday and then just rain. A messy day for sure.
Started going through things in the kitchen today - rearranging, throwing out expired items, etc. Still have a small closet to look through and then I'll be finished in the kitchen.
Walked this afternoon.
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Yesterday I took down the Christmas decorations (dusting & vacuuming as I went). I walked with the Wednesday Women this morning, did a bunch of errands (we might get some of that snow too) and made some cookies for my neighbor whose mom just died. Tomorrow I have a haircut, and need to finish cleaning the house. I SHOULD be sorting through 'stuff'!
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I can't say that I was disappointed to say good-bye to 2023. The highlight was the birth of my granddaughter who is now 7 1/2 months old. The rest of the year was not so great. Here's hoping that 2024 will be a year of good health.
We got home Monday around lunch time. From the time we left our daughter's apartment until we got to our house was about 26 hours travel. I did sleep on the flight to LAX from TLV, but sleep on planes is never good. I'm still tired 2 days later. It was an amazing trip. I wish we could have stayed longer, but something called work got in the way. I know, I've share some of the trip, but since I don't remember where I left off, I'll share the whole itinerary here. We arrive on Wednesday 12/20. Thursday we went south near the Gaza border to deliver life saving medical supplies to 3 different groups of soldiers from different bases. All the supplies were in Gaza that night and have already been used to save lives. While there we visited the Be'eri forest where the concert was held as well as one of the kibbutz that was hit hard. The devastation was horrific. Friday was a day in town and picking up food for Shabbat. Shabbat was R ad R and then after Shabbat we met with friends. Sunday we went to an army base near Jerusalem delivering the rest of the supplies that we brought. Monday through Thursday we packed beef jerky for soldiers, picked oranges (they were so sweet and juicy), made sandwiches for soldiers and packed dry goods for needy families. We got together we friends most nights and Shabbat we had a mini Denver Shabbaton with friends who live there. The rest of us were visiting. Sunday the 31st, our daughter started classes again (2.5 months late) and we spent the day in Tel Aviv and then had dinner with her before heading to the airport. It was a short trip - only 11 nights. Looking forward to spending more time in the summer. I posted pictures on fb for those who want to check them out.
Back to work yesterday. This week and next then I'm off for a month. Surgery is on the 16 and I'm taking off till February 20th. I probably don't need that much time to recover, but I decided that I'm coming first. Restrictions go to February 13th so I figured I'd take the rest of the week off and we would go see our granddaughter. After taking the month off, I'll still have over 400 hours sick time. I submitted paperwork to go back February 5th, but I need to redo my paperwork for HR.
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Welcome home, Karen! The trip looks and sounds amazing, and very busy. I would be shocked if you said you weren't tired!!! I'm very glad that you are taking the month off to recover from your upcoming surgery, and that you plan to squeeze in a trip to see your granddaughter! She is at an age where she'll change so much & so quickly that you won't want to let too much time pass between visits!
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Haircut & cleaned the house. Dance2fit & Yoga tonight.
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started riding my stationary bicycle. My pulmonologist wants me to get up to walking 6 minutes without stopping. After getting malnourished on piqray it’s been a chore just riding 5 minutes.
Happy New Years
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Karen: Such a service-filled and amazing trip! I hope you can get lots of rest between now and the 16th.
al36526: Welcome! So sorry that you became malnourished. Hope you get stronger and stronger every day and get to your pulmonologist's goal for you.
Didn't get to the kitchen closet today. Will try again tomorrow. Walked this afternoon. A bit windy at times.
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Welcome, al36526! Glad you are starting on the road back to fitness. One step (or pedal) at a time!
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Don’t know how much exercise I’m gonna get today. Woke up to the arthritis flaring in my left foot from the storm coming!
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Ouch! We have having freezing mist, which will be followed by snow. Mother Nature's good mood is over!!!
I did an indoor walking DVD & some abs this morning.
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Ruth - ouch your weather sounds dreadful.
It's been a short work week, yet it seems long!
Can I brag? My husband was interviewed on a podcast and we have an article and photo on the front page of the IJN, the local Jewish newspaper. If anyone would like to hear the post or read the article, please message me. The trip was amazing and so meaningful. There have been many Denver people traveling to Israel to volunteer in a variety of capacities as I'm sure throughout the country.
Sunday I'm going to try to cook up a couple batches of soup - split pea with barley and carrots and onions, and mushroom barley with chicken to put in the freezer. We are going to the mountains next week-end so I'm going to cook a head on Sunday and each night one thing - chicken schnitzel, either potato kugel or noodle kugel, deli roll and challah so I have in the freezer after surgery. My DH will take care of the cooking, cleaning and grocery shopping till I'm up to it. We will be in the mountains Friday to Monday (MLK week-end) and then surgery on Tuesday the 16th. I'm not sure if I'm nervous or not about the surgery but I'm concerned about the recovery. I'm glad I'm taking the 5 weeks off works. I still haven't heard from HR so I need to call them Monday. I originally was going to go back to work on Feb 5 but extended it to the 20th, so I will need a new letter from the doctors office. I also need to ask about driving after surgery - how long I need to wait - I'm guessing a week or 2. Also I want to know if I can fly 4 week post surgery so we can go see our granddaughter I keep putting off calling the doctor, but I best do that Monday.
The weather is turning cold for the next few days, but not much snow in the forecast for Denver.
Have a great Friday night and Saturday.
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Karen, I would love to hear or read your husband's interview! Also, please send me some of the mushroom/barley/ chicken soup! 😃
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M0mmy: Hope your arthritis has eased up for you.
Karen: I would like to hear the podcast and read the article featuring your dh. Your soups and other food sound delicious. How nice that you will be going to the mountains right before your surgery.
Ruth: We are expecting snow and then turning into rain tomorrow. I'll be staying inside.
Walked with a friend this afternoon.
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I went to Yoga and am now walking around the track.
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Wonder - message me your email address and I'll send you the pdf.
Ruth - stay warm and safe
It's cold this morning and light snow, but not as bad as back east. Thankfully my commute is 5 minutes.
Hope I can get a walk in at lunch. I plan to wear my long heavy down coat. I layer at work as the temp varies room to room.
Going to be a busy week to get caught up and get everything done before I go on 5 week FMLA. I'm starting to worry about the surgery and recovery. It is at least a 2 hour surgery. Surgery is at 12:30 and I have to be at the hospital at 10:30 so a long morning of fasting. I hope the weather is not too bitter cold so I can get a long walk. Need something to occupy my time and mind. DH is also worried about the surgery but more so the recovery. I've been googling parathyroidectomy and it says a benefit is less fatigue so I sure hope I fall into that category. I just don't have the stamina I had a year ago. I did some cooking yesterday and not what I planned to do and I was spent! So hoping tonight and tomorrow night, I can cook one thing to get my list done.
Weather is getting colder throughout the week. We are planning on going to the mountains this week-end for R and R and hiking. Not sure how much hiking we'll get in as the weather is going to be bitter cold and snow.
Stay safe and stay warm. Have a good Monday.
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Karen, I have your email, so I believe you have mine. Send me the PDF too, please. I think waiting for surgery is the worst! Too much time for all the 'what if this happens'. Once it's over, you just deal with whatever is going on.
I walked & went to Yoga yesterday. My class was canceled this morning, so I met up with a friend & walked again. I will probably go to Pound tonight. The news said that we are the only state that is NOT in a weather advisory today!!! I better take advantage of it and get some errands done this afternoon!
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Ruth - I do have your email. I'll send it to you shortly.
Today, I wimped out and didn't walk outside at lunch, but walked the hall upstairs and down a few times. DH and I walked when I got home and we will walk after dinner. I'll be putting my snow pants on and winter boots. Tomorrow, it will be in the low 40s and then getting colder and colder throughout the week. Right now windchill is 9 F. We are going to the mountains and it will be subzero at night and the mountains are supposed to be cold. It will be cold hiking - we will probably do a couple 1 hour hikes. Usually we do 2 - 3 hour hikes.
I doubt after a week that I'm still jet lagged, but at work by 2:30 I was wiped out. I made breaded "fried" in the oven tilapia for dinner and also made chicken schnitzl, which is the same way I make the fish to put away for Friday night dinner. That did me in. Hopefully, tomorrow I can make the mushroom barley soup I want to put in the freezer.
HR still hasn't approved my FMLA. I emailed the gal who is in charge of my case and she is out of the office till next Monday but in her away message she gave another email for urgent matters. I submitted my request a month ago. I wrote the surgeon's office asking if I should get a new return to work letter now since I extended my time off or wait till the post office visit. I also asked about flying one month post surgery.
My BIL had a TIA this past week-end and has a blockage in the artery at the back of his head that goes to the brain. He's already on blood thinners so not much to do. They neurologist said he will continue to have TIAs and eventually it will lead to a stroke. Neurologist says this is common with heart disease. BIL had quintuple bypass at age 47 which was 24 years ago. My late FIL also had these same issues but much younger as he only lived to 62. Needless to say my DH is a little concerned both for his brother but also down the road for him. DH had his quintuple bypass at 64 so much late in life so hoping he will not have to deal with these issues. Our poor kids really got lousy genes. At least all three of them are proactive with their health.
Stay warm.
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I just started weight bearing exercises, to help prevent further bone loss, with hand weights and also doing squats and the elliptical. Feeling really good about myself now and keeps my mind from going down that rabbit hole of worry. I began the name brand Arimidex and so far no side effects like I had with the generic. I take it every other day until my body gets use to it.
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Welcome, pinkrules!
Zumba & Yoga for me tonight.
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Thank you, Ruthbru!
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