Messages By: linda12k

Hi Ladies !!!!

 I'm back !!! Too much going on.. Son (he's 14) had the "flu", so a full week of "Nurse Nightingale"  around the clock, trying to control the fever ..

 My mom went to stay at my sisters as to not to  expose her to it. We all took the Tami-flu, so we didn't come down with it. I'll tell you in a couple weeks if we don't come down with it. They say the exposure is a window of 8 days, after you have been exposed to it.  I myself just feel "yucky", always hungry for sure but after I eat, wished I hadn't, that nauseated feeling. So now just kinda of slow going........ But nothing to make me lose a few pounds.

Hopefully I'll be back to normal tomorrow. The weather is just "springtime" here for the past few days.  I'm already itching to get in the flower beds to plant something. But it's too early, heck I haven't even cut back the stuff that has frozen.

MB----sounds like you and I have some of the same symptoms, but no cough on my part. Son had the cough, but got a prescription and that really helped him.

Marcia---girl you got some energy, way to go. And so creative in mixing up things to do. More power to you !!!

Becky----hang in there, there are better days ahead, at least you know now what your body is going through.

Linda

Morning Girls..

Marcia, I saw on the news yesterday all the snow you'll had, looks so pretty from down here. But living and working in that can be pretty challenging. Well as least the winter time you can get alot done on the inside of your home.

Well my mom comes back to stay with us tomorrow, for 3 weeks !!!!! It seemed the 2 weeks that I didn't have her, I couldn't catch up enough. With our son having the flu.............. I feel like a full time NURSE, without benefits. Mom can be pretty demanding and commanding all the attention. I guess this being an exercise board it can be a release board too....heheheh.

Got in 15 minutes on Eli yesterday, time to crank that up a bit, weight is stable and not moving like I need it to be !!!!

MB----hope you are feeling better, that flu stuff really hangs on a bit. Although our son is back at school and feeling fine, just not a 100% strong yet.. And it's track season now. Oh well I deal with it one day at a time.

This morning going to meet a plumber out at my mom's house, a leaky pipe in the bathroom. This morning it's 37* here.

I gotta go, but I'll tell you more later, I killed a baby rattlesnake yesterday morning going out to visit my mom, it was in my sister's yard in the country. I didn't know at first it was a rattler, till I describe it to my hubby, and told him about the striking position !!!!!!  About 18 inches long !!! Oh well, it's an adventure everyday !!!!

Linda

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY !!!!

Well girls I think we all need a little chocolate in our lives, and why not today !!!! Not that I got chocolates from hubby, I still have some from Christmas time, my private little stash !!!

Well the snake I talked about earlier was no rattler..........It was just a chicken snake or they call it a rat snake too. Not that I haven't seen a few chicken snakes in my lifetime, but this one just seemed different.

Mom was supposed to come today, but she didn't want to, so tomorrow it will be. 

Today is really a nice day outside, so I'm going add just walking outside for about 30 minutes, then do the elliptical for 15 minutes. See if that change helps some. It seems that I can't seem to do the consistent thing. This weekend is suppose to be cold and rainy. Well hubby is on his way home from work, so I'm going to hop on Eli now and give him a workout....hehehehehe. Then this evening go for that fast pace walk.

Hope all of you are having a good day.

MB--grilling hamburgers sounds like a winner this evening, I might do the same.

Linda

That sure BITES when you lose 5 pounds, then it sneaks up on you and says "here I am" !!!! I know I'm at a stand still with weight right now, but I also  seemed to be doing just the minimum too. What I wanted to do yesterday 30 minutes of walking then 15 on Eli,,,,,,,well none of that happen. 

 My sister called and my mom was not feeling well so asked if i would come out there to help with mother. As it turns out it was a anxiety attack, she was fine after about 20 minutes. But that took up the whole afternoon. But at least everything was fine with mom. Today she comes here. If she knows we are going somewhere, well you can guess it, she starts to not feel well, and just all the symptoms of just about everything. This has happen at least 100 times, you would think we would have caught on by now, but nooooo. At her age we don't take things lightly !!!! We never leave her more than one hour at a time, any longer, and then we make other arrangements.

When you talked of checking out the horse for your neighbor. Do you train horses? Or board them? Might be a good side job at home, especially for people that live in town and need a place for their horses.  Just saw the movie "Murphy's Romance", with Sally Field and James Garner, and thought of you. Just a thought, on working at home.

Yes I think too, this is a good venting board. If I can't lose any weight right now, at least I can lose some steam.............hehehehehe

Marcia----where are you???????????

Becky------how's everything????

I wished that blank spot where you put your mood, we could put what we feel not what is offered.

Well time to get serious !!!! I've got 6 days to drop a few pounds, 7 pounds to be exact. I so wanted to weight in the 150's by my anniversary. My goal was 159, really. So I'm just going to track my stuff daily and see what process I make. The world won't end if I don't lose those 7 pounds, but I'm going to make a good attempt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

O.K. this was breakfast -----

1 egg

1 biscuit

1 slice of bacon

2 cups of coffee

15 minutes on Eli !!!!!

Now time to do some housework. Been taking care of my mom, all morning. I don't seem to eat one meal that I have to get up and get something or do something.  I keep telling myself, be patience !!!! It seems when I am pressed for time I end up getting more accomplished !!!

Well, chick-a-dees,,,,,,what is everybody else up to this weekend.

Linda

Morning Ladies,

Well my consistency is just a day by day thing. Just when I thought everything was falling into place on my mom, getting a routine. Well, as soon as I posted this message Saturday, her breathing started to get worse. So like 3 weeks ago, I called home health nurse, and she came over. Then from there my sister and I took mom to the ER at 12:30,,,,,,,,,, by 6:00 she was in a room, for about 3 days, to get the fluid off her chest. Then we had a good couple thunderstorms pass through, I was pooped by 8:30 !!!

Yesterday had a sinus headache for half of the day ( I needed some ME time) then got up to do some housework and go see my mom. Hubby took care of the cooking for the weekend.

So today is a new day, going to increase Eli to 18 minutes, this morning. It's a beautiful day outside already, should be about 75 today and sunny !!! Maybe I'll get a  little trimming done on the yard, cut back the dead stuff. Hope everyone is ready  to start the new week !!!!!!

Well it took 3 tries to finish 18 minutes on Eli !!!!! The phone kept ringing, and with mom in the hospital, I needed to answer it. Butttttttttttt, got on the scale this morning, and am hoping to get to that 159 by Thursday. I've been at 167 to 165 since Christmas, well this morning, like praying right before I get on it, for it to be a pound lighter at least !!!!  Well 163 !!!!!!!! WHOAAAAAAAA Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I was doing the dance of Joy !!!!! Just wanted to share that, girls.

Yessssssssssssssssss,,,,,,,Yessssssssssssssss

Hi MB,

We all overeat !!!! But maybe that was what you needed at the time "comfort food". When a person is aware of it, you know that you will deal with it later. Don't be too hard on yourself.

Men do not not want to see themselves as "needing medicine", they want to be the strong one of the sexes. I know on my own hubby, he is Type 1, diabetic, you have to take shots. Well when he was diagnosed, that's one thing, "I'm not going to take medicine all my life". I will say it took a few years to accept it, about "10 years" !!!!!!

A lot of that depression meds you have to go through a few, before  you find the right one for you. A suggestion, only fill half of the prescription. In 2 weeks you will able to tell, and he will too if its the right one for him. Then fill the rest. I had to go through a few of them before I could find one that didn't  make things worst. And when you find the right one "happy days again" !!!! They really do help a person. Sometimes its only for just a while that you need to be on them. When things straighten out, you'll see that you don't need them. But always follow the Dr's. advise on getting off of them.

Morning Ladies !!!!

Well I didn't meet my weight goal by my anniversary on the 21st....darn, darn.. But I gave myself a new goal of the end of the month,  To weight at least  159 !!!! I'm 4 pounds away. I did attain a new goal of 21 minutes on Eli !!!!!!!  I do remember when I just did 2 minutes at a time, then up to 5 minutes, now up to 21 minutes that's big for me !!!! But definitely need to incorporate the hand weights.

Well my mom is back home with us. She was in the hospital from Saturday till Tuesday. She got some new heart meds, as to slow her heart rate down, so far it has all been good.

Right now my mind is constantly on my daughter. She is in another country (about 6 hours flying time) and not a very safe place. But it's for her job. But she volunteered for this particular job !!!!!!! I have been on needles and pins since she left. Please say a prayer that she gets back safely on the 29th.

Morning !!!

I'm still here, I'm just not sure which end is up !!! My mom staying with us and her health is up and down all day long. Trying to regulate her heart and blood pressure is nerve racking . I don't get much sleep, listening for her. Her body is just playing out. And it's scary when it is your mom. We have a nurse just about everyday out checking her vital signs and reporting to the doctor. Today she sees her regular doctor and the kidney specialist. That will wear us all out. !!!!!!

But wanted to touch base !! The only minute I have to my myself is when I hop Eli for 22 MINUTES NOW !!! And sometimes the phone breaks that up, but I get back on to finish. Will touch base later, hopefully. I got up twice just checking on my mom writing this post.  Her breathing, her coughing, I'm frazzled now.

Linda