Thrive Without Janelle: The Accountability Group

[Absolom]

1 hour ago, Gramto6 said:

Today, tis errands, garbage up the road, small grocery shopping, and PO. Then hopefully some work in the garage.  And just maybe make up my mind on a printer!!

A few months ago I bought myself a smallish b/w laser printer.  I've loved it.  Last month I lost my patience as daughter and grandson struggled to get their old color inkjet to produce his homework assignment.  I ordered them a color laser.  I found both printers on sale just above half list price on Amazon.  They've worked pretty much effortlessly.  I don't know what your budget is, but with the laser you won't have to deal with having to frequently buy the pricey color cartridges so figure that in the cost calculation.

[precious pupp]

I like the convenience of city living.  That's how I grew up.  We have sewer, garbage pickup once a week (recycling optional) and city water.  I can walk to the bank, fabric store, drug store, dollar store, and hardware store.  The grocery store closed a few years ago, which I miss when I only needed a couple of items.  

My daughter lives in a rural area and they haul garbage to a "transfer station."  People can leave still useable items in a certain area, and she's taken home some stuff.  

I sometimes wish we lived on a less busy street.  If and when we move, it's going to be a house or condo without stairs.  I like to "tour" houses on Zillow, and see what prices houses are going for.

Tomorrow is election day.  We live in interesting times, that's for sure.  

[Yeah No]

13 hours ago, precious pupp said:

I like the convenience of city living.  That's how I grew up.  We have sewer, garbage pickup once a week (recycling optional) and city water.  I can walk to the bank, fabric store, drug store, dollar store, and hardware store.  The grocery store closed a few years ago, which I miss when I only needed a couple of items.  

My daughter lives in a rural area and they haul garbage to a "transfer station."  People can leave still useable items in a certain area, and she's taken home some stuff.  

I sometimes wish we lived on a less busy street.  If and when we move, it's going to be a house or condo without stairs.  I like to "tour" houses on Zillow, and see what prices houses are going for.

Tomorrow is election day.  We live in interesting times, that's for sure.  

I hear you, I'm a city kid so I appreciate those things too. I hate being on well water with septic but the trade off is lower taxes and the privacy and beauty of living on a secluded street in nature. But although we can't really walk to anything we also live very close to civilization so it's kind of a best of both worlds situation.

Interesting times for sure.

[Gramto6]

4,969 steps yesterday.

My errands amounted to most of my steps yesterday. Did a few chores and then had lots of cat in lap time while researching on computer.  The time change always messes with my energy for a couple of days while I adjust. I can't say how much I wish we'd just get rid of it!!

I finally decided on an inexpensive Cannon Pixma inkjet printer, I really don't print much so this one will be fine. And if it dies in a year or two, at $39, I can easily replace it. The last time I had a Cannon Pixma, it lasted years and it was not an expensive one either so I think this one will do me fine.

As far as city vs country living, I've done both as an adult. Despite some of the drawbacks of being out in the boonies, I would never go back to a city, well maybe a tiny, tiny one like the one near me, but I prefer the privacy and quiet of where I am on a dirt road with only 3 neighbors each with several acres to separate us.

Of course I am part hermit so this suits me well! 

Edited November 5 by Gramto6

[General Days]

I just want to living boring times.

[precious pupp]

1 hour ago, General Days said:

I just want to living boring times.

Boring is good.  I am old and set in my ways.  💙

[Yeah No]

3 hours ago, precious pupp said:

Boring is good.  I am old and set in my ways.  💙

When I first moved to my present area 23 years ago I thought it was boring. Now that I'm older and the world is so crazy I'm loving boring.

[Gramto6]

4,736 steps yesterday.

Feels like I didn't do much, I had planned to work in garage, but it was just too cold to do that. So I spent the day sitting with cat in lap, and  also doing a lot of cleaning and rearranging in my office. Now that the crystals are slowly moving out, I can start to think about what I am going to do with the room. Still a long way to go but now two large bookcases are empty, one already moved to garage, I have space!!!

No specific plans for today. At some point this week I'll make a trip to town to finally close old checking account. I'm finally sure all payments etc have been transferred to new account.

[Gramto6]

5,263 steps yesterday.

Yesterday was just about the same as the day before. Just puttering in the house. Again too cold for work in the garage.

Today looks to be warmer, so maybe some work in the garage after a quick run to town to close out my old checking account and pick up some blood test strips.

[Gramto6]

6,011 steps yesterday.

My errands helped. Some poor old guy hit the gas instead of the brakes outside the PO and caved in a wall by the PO boxes, he fortunately wasn't hurt. But now the boxes are inaccessible so we have to go into the PO proper and pick up our mail. The parking lot is blocked off so we have to park on the street and walk in the main doors. More steps to what was normally just a few...

Still having a lazy out of time feeling from the time change but it is getting better finally.

[Gramto6]

4,754 steps yesterday.

Most of the things I was doing, organizing crystals and research on the computer involved just sitting so didn't get as much walking time. I am getting more excited about having a whole new room to use as the crystals are going out the door!

Nothing exciting on the agenda, laundry and vacuuming and maybe breaking down a stack of Chewy boxes in the garage if it gets warm enough.

[Gramto6]

5,250 steps yesterday.

As usual doing laundry helped the step count. Still doing thins inside as it is just too cold to be outside for any length of time trying to do anything.

Finally all the leaves are down from the cottonwoods. If the weather holds like predicted I might actually be able to rake in earnest. I'd love to get that chore done! It was a nice 31° this morning, as opposed to the the last week with morning temps in the teens and very low 20's. Today's high is supposed to be 48°, so it actually would be nice enough to work outside.

Edited November 10 by Gramto6
typo

[Gramto6]

4,802 steps yesterday.

I did work some in the garage and did some chores inside too, but spent a lot of time going through crystals to get identification info for everything for today. The crystal lady showed me how on the google app I could take a photo of something and get an ID of it. Never knew that could be done. Man does it save me time searching through reference books!

Nothing much else planned for the day.

[Gramto6]

6,238 steps yesterday.

The crystal lady was in a "look at everything all over" mode so lots of steps, moving flats, pulling out trays etc. I had been trying to go section by section. She asked what a price would be for the whole inventory, which took me by surprise as she has been very close with her money. I have been greatly discounting and she has been picking only the best, but to take it all she has to do just that, take it all. I have to really think about this and be somewhat fair to myself too in the pricing....lots to think about...

The rest of the day just some chores inside and a bit of work in the garage.

Still feel kind of lazy, I guess it is the change of seasons/weather.

[Gramto6]

Yikes! Late to post!!

6,153 steps yesterday.

The Chewy order arrived yesterday, fastest delivery yet! Tracking showed shipped 11-11 and delivered 11-12 from Reno, NV. Unpacked three large boxes with 22# and 30# bags of dry cat food and 3 cases of wet food. Some went into garage and some inside to be rotated into garage as needed.  Then some more organizing in my office and even a bit of raking leaves outside too. It all added up.

[Gramto6]

6,071 steps yesterday.

Yesterday was mostly working in the office going through everything and getting a sense of what is left.  Somethings I had forgotten precise details about, so had to do some research. Rest if the day was little chores in the house.

Today I want to break down the rest of the big Chewy and Amazon boxes (about 10) in the garage and  do some organizing out there.

Tomorrow is grocery shopping day and I plan to walk all the aisles just for the steps!

[Absolom]

I'm about recovered from the UTI and nasty cold. It's unfair to come down  with two at the same time. I've fiddled with some little things and laundry today. I've already fallen asleep in my chair once. Tomorrow I need to get some groceries.  Walking is waiting for next week.

[precious pupp]

I had my first UTI a year ago.  That was miserable, and I'm happy it was easily fixed with a prescription.

[Absolom]

I walked some yesterday afternoon.  I thought I was feeling better.  That was a mistake and I've relapsed a bit today.  I still must get a few things from the grocery store so I don't starve.

[Gramto6]

7,278 steps yesterday.

Kind of surprised myself! Don't often hit my "goal" of 7,000 any more. I made it a point to get up out of the recliner more in the evening. Guess that is where the difference came from.

I'll take it!

Today iis grocery shopping, and errands so probably a good number of steps. I plan to walk every aisle at the first grocery store, not so much at the second one though.

[Gramto6]

7,471 steps yesterday.

Walking all the aisles did make a difference. Both in steps and my pocketbook!  I had a lot more groceries in the end  than I originally thought I needed. Walking all the aisles reminded me of many things I needed but had forgotten about... oh well. I'm all stocked up now!

Not much else on agenda today other than going through things in the office and getting an idea of how much I still have on hand. I will see if I can keep up the walking pace, as long as nothing starts to hurt, I'm game to try. 

[Absolom]

The grocery store visit did me no favors with the cold which is even worse today, but at least I have food!

[Gramto6]

8,139 steps yesterday.

Some was working in the office sorting crystals, but most was just making myself get up and walk as much as possible. Using the commercials on TV which is mostly background noise as a cue. So far not feeling anything stressed though right knee is beginning to sound off so will tread carefully. Don't want to push my luck!

Hope you are feeling better today @Absolom!  (((HUGS)))

[Absolom]

Thank you.  I wish. The cold is staying at the same level. I'm trying to stay warm and quiet. Although as is usually the way, I keep seeing things that need doing or that I want to do.

[Gramto6]

Really late to the party today!!

9,917 steps yesterday! Shocked myself!

Walked in the house a lot. No long periods of sitting. Finished up in the office and did some tiding in the garage.

Nothing is aching so I'll see what I can do today, maybe it is time for carefully pushing it some a little bit.

[Gramto6]

10,673 steps yesterday! And so far no aches or pains as a result.

I was walking with purpose from 6:30AM until 9:30PM and then just took it easy until bedtime at 11PM. I tried to stick to the old plan of walking during commercials on the TV (if I noticed them) while I was doing things. I will stop in a hot minute if anything starts aching though.

Woke to just about 1 inch of snow on the ground. First to stick of the season. So I started the day snow shoveling/sweeping. I was hoping it would be a while yet before it was really sticking, oh well. I hope this isn't a portent of things to come. Cats definitely did not like it!! I hope the shoveling isn't my downfall on the activity front.

Not much on agenda today, laundry and some house cleaning.

Edited November 19 by Gramto6

[Gramto6]

 11,094 steps yesterday. So far so good, nothing hurts.

I seem to have gotten past the aches and pains and lazy habits that were keeping me down. I had become too used to sitting and reading/researching things on the computer and not walking more. I just wonder how long I can keep this up? I am paying close attention to any clues from my body that it is too much. I never thought I'd see these numbers again...

All the cleaning and organizing in the office have got me doing some throughout the house. I'm starting with old tax stuff. I'll need boxes for things going to Goodwill so this sounded like a good place to start. I'm working on a banker's box of stuff from 2003 now. Long past due to be tossed. Shredding identifiable things takes the most time. This is going to be a longer job than organizing the office which is finished for now.

[Gramto6]

11,724 steps yesterday. Still feeling OK with the steps. Amazing!
LOL, the only one unhappy with my comeback on my steps is my cat! She is missing all the lap time she had been getting, though she still gets plenty. She just wants more. Oh well, you can't please everybody all the time!  😸

I am surprised every day that I am not feeling some achey knees or back, but I am happy about it.  The only difference I can think of right now is that I have been consistently wearing my compression stockings, where before it was just once in a while.  It feels good to be getting the movement again.

[Gramto6]

12,127 steps yesterday.

I can't believe I'm keeping up the pace! And with no bad reactions. I'll take it as long as it lasts, as I do feel better for the exercise.

It's a dreary rainy day here so I'll be working inside. After clearing/organizing the office, I've kind of gotten the cleaning bug. Lots of shredding in my future and just getting things packed up for Goodwill. Time to get serious with clearing out years of "stuff"!

[Gramto6]

12,338 steps yesterday. Still no aches or pains and actually feeling pretty good.

One day at a time, I'll try to stick with the plan today and go with the flow. Millie cat is not happy with not so much lap time, so I have to give her some time too. 

More of the same inside jobs for today. I made a quick store run yesterday as dry cat food getting low. Chewy doesn't ship until 11/29. Now that it has gotten colder, the little birds are pretty much gone and the mice and small critters have gone to ground, so the cats are eating more food. With the rain, I didn't want to wait as my road was getting pretty muddy already.

[Kbo]

23 hours ago, Gramto6 said:

12,127 steps yesterday.

I can't believe I'm keeping up the pace! And with no bad reactions. I'll take it as long as it lasts, as I do feel better for the exercise.

It's a dreary rainy day here so I'll be working inside. After clearing/organizing the office, I've kind of gotten the cleaning bug. Lots of shredding in my future and just getting things packed up for Goodwill. Time to get serious with clearing out years of "stuff"!

Have you considered taking some of the things that need to be shredded to a place where they’ll do it for you?  The time saved might be worth the cost. 

[Gramto6]

13 hours ago, Kbo said:

Have you considered taking some of the things that need to be shredded to a place where they’ll do it for you?  The time saved might be worth the cost. 

Not really, I have all the time I want to do it in. This stuff has been in boxes for years and years and can wait as long as it takes me.  The stuff I  am shredding is financial/tax and other personal stuff I am really not comfortable having someone else looking at. The other stuff can be tossed whole.  But I appreciate the suggestion. 

[Gramto6]

12,946 steps yesterday.

I gave Millie cat more lap time yesterday and by evening I felt maybe I hadn't done enough, so pushed a little. I was surprised when I checked my count this morning!! (I don't look at it throughout the day as I don't want to feel "pressured" to get a certain #.)

Another dreary day ahead weather-wise  so probably more of the same activities today. I do need to gather all the garbage for pick up tomorrow.  And mentally prepare myself for the crystal lady's visit tomorrow.

[Gramto6]

12,261 steps yesterday. Still no aches or pains as a result.

Settling into the pattern of walking during as many commercials as I hear on the TV as possible. It is just background noise, but now I try to listen for ads. The only time I really sat through most of a TV show was for SW last night...

Crystal lady comes today and so 2-2.5 hours will be spent with her so no focussed walking in the morning.  Today's final count will probably be lower...

[Gramto6]

11,667 steps yesterday.

Still managed a fair amount of steps even with the time out working with the crystal lady. She pretty much said she couldn't afford any more crystals. She had been looking for things she could sell for cheap, but wanted good items. For a while I was OK taking a big hit, but by today we got to the point the very good crystals were coming out and she balked at the prices. Items that I paid from say $29 to over a hundred each piece, she was hoping for a few dollars each and I just couldn't do that with these.

She did have the grace to relieve me of the promise to sell exclusively to her which is good, so I'll have no qualms selling elsewhere.  I will look for a higher end dealer up in town and see if I can find one that is interested and will appreciate what they are getting. I'll price to sell, but not pennies on the dollar any more.

I'm fine with the break, as she really wears me out each time she is here.  I have held on to these crystals for years, I'm in no rush that I would literally give them away any more. What I have left is easily $10-$15,000 of inventory, maybe more. No way could she come up with even half of that!

Snow this morning just letting up now at noon. I'll do some clearing as needed outside a bit later.  The rest of the day just walking and Millie cat lap time.

Edited November 26 by Gramto6
typo

[Gramto6]

12,693 steps yesterday,

When I woke in the night to use the bathroom, my right knee said "hello there!". I put some Aspercreme on it and it doesn't ache this morning so will proceed with normal plan. But I will pay close attention.

I really thought I'd never see these kind of numbers ever again! I am surprised every day I can keep it up!

[Yeah No]

11 hours ago, Gramto6 said:

12,693 steps yesterday,

When I woke in the night to use the bathroom, my right knee said "hello there!". I put some Aspercreme on it and it doesn't ache this morning so will proceed with normal plan. But I will pay close attention.

I really thought I'd never see these kind of numbers ever again! I am surprised every day I can keep it up!

Gram I am amazed and happy to see that you have gotten back up to your former numbers. I wish I could do that! I have been crazy busy and under a lot of stress in the past few weeks. It's a long story but it involves the repairs being done on my house after tree damage months ago. The contractor has been driving us insane with delays and now suddenly wanted us to pack up on a moment's notice, put our living/dining area furniture in storage and go into a hotel right after Thanksgiving for WEEKS while they took off the front wall of the house and fixed the roof. Yeah, no. There's more but it would take forever to explain. We told them they had months to figure out how to do this job and get started on it before the Winter and potential snow and ice. We have lost confidence in them completely and told them no way and just to tarp up what they've done and we'll revisit it in the Spring. Meanwhile you bet we're going to consult other builders and our private insurance adjustor.

So anyway it was a different story every week with these guys. First they told us we only needed to be in a hotel for a few days in several weeks after a lot more work was done. Then suddenly they said they realized they couldn't do it that way and we would be weeks in a hotel and the wall was coming down right after Thanksgiving so we had to pack up right away. We were imagining all sorts of worst case scenarios. We have had two houses built so we're not stupid about this stuff. We can recognize incompetence. I don't trust them with my house now. They acted like they never even looked at the architect's plans. We were telling them things they should have known. And we were waiting on them to tell us when the right time was to order windows and a front door, which the supervisor only told us to do this week. Meanwhile it takes weeks to get these things in so even though we ordered them right away on a moment's notice they wouldn't have been able to do have them right away anyway. Just ridiculous. And this company was very highly recommended by two neighbors and they have stellar online reviews too! Just goes to show you that you can't trust anything these days!

I'm finding that I can't handle extreme stress like this as well as I once did. I have read that Hashimoto's can do that because of some hormone changes in the body. It's a physical reaction. I was worried about my health at one point. I was having trouble sleeping, feeling exhausted and imagining the worst. I feel better now but now I have to travel a lot tomorrow for Thanksgiving in some wet weather so I'm now a little nervous about that because it's going to be a VERY long day. On top of traveling for Thanksgiving my husband is working and driving someone. I'm going with him (I know and like the client) so we can go to our Thanksgiving afterward but it's going to be a very early morning and later evening which sucks. And we're not spring chickens anymore either!

Anyway, happy Thanksgiving to you and everyone else here!

 

[Gramto6]

1 hour ago, Yeah No said:

Anyway, happy Thanksgiving to you and everyone else here!

Thanks!! Same to you and everyone else here, from me too!!

I am so sorry for all the stresses around your house repairs! What a nightmare it sounds like! I hope you can find another contractor that can do the work that you need/want in a much more timely manner.  It is hard to deal with all that when you aren't even feeling at your best. (((HUGS)))

I've been there, 7 or 8 years ago a cottonwood dropped a huge limb on the back side of my house resulting in a new roof, deck repairs, and outer walls of two room repaired. Fortunately it was Summer and I didn't have to leave while repairs were done. But it was stressful nonetheless with workers coming in and out all day long for several weeks. I feel your pain!!

As far as the steps go, I think I have just gotten stronger almost 2 years after my bad fall and all the residual aches and pains have worked themselves out. Plus I think I had some infection going on in my mouth and having almost all my teeth removed has helped me too. And the hand surgeries...it all left me feeling better to the degree I could even attempt to go for more steps. I still have other issues, but I feel "lighter/better" and the steps are just coming and not causing any new pain.  But I still go day by day and pay attention to what my body is telling me but so far so good.

Hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving trip!!

[Gramto6]

 

12,790 steps yesterday.

A few twinges in right knee last evening but so far this morning it is OK. I might need to back off some today, depends on how the morning goes.

Not much on agenda for today, a little house tidying, and fixing my "Thanksgiving Dinner". (I'm going to spatchcock a Cornish game hen it so it will cook better in air fryer. If this works as recipe says, this could be my new go to way to fix the hens in the future!) 

There will be Facetime with the kids and grands and some phone calls too so it will be a very nice day. The weather looks to have some sun among the clouds which will be welcome too.

 

Edited November 28 by Gramto6

[Yeah No]

On 11/28/2024 at 1:15 AM, Gramto6 said:

Thanks!! Same to you and everyone else here, from me too!!

I am so sorry for all the stresses around your house repairs! What a nightmare it sounds like! I hope you can find another contractor that can do the work that you need/want in a much more timely manner.  It is hard to deal with all that when you aren't even feeling at your best. (((HUGS)))

I've been there, 7 or 8 years ago a cottonwood dropped a huge limb on the back side of my house resulting in a new roof, deck repairs, and outer walls of two room repaired. Fortunately it was Summer and I didn't have to leave while repairs were done. But it was stressful nonetheless with workers coming in and out all day long for several weeks. I feel your pain!!

As far as the steps go, I think I have just gotten stronger almost 2 years after my bad fall and all the residual aches and pains have worked themselves out. Plus I think I had some infection going on in my mouth and having almost all my teeth removed has helped me too. And the hand surgeries...it all left me feeling better to the degree I could even attempt to go for more steps. I still have other issues, but I feel "lighter/better" and the steps are just coming and not causing any new pain.  But I still go day by day and pay attention to what my body is telling me but so far so good.

Hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving trip!!

Thank you, even though it was long and half the way in rain, the trip was very therapeutic after all we'd been through. My husband's sister and her family listened to our story and were horrified. My husband said, "They were going to put a piece of plywood up over the front wall - Why don't they just engrave a written invitation for the mice and burglars to come in?" At least I can laugh about it now but wow, the more we think about what might have happened the more we are thinking that we have to consult other contracting companies. As it is now, the foundation got wet in yesterday's rain and whatever framing they had already done and no one has come to put tarp over it yet.

Unfortunately today my husband has to drive yet again down to Ft. Lee NJ and back, this time in Black Friday traffic. It sucks but that's how the bills get paid.

Hearing your good news is also helping, you have come a long way and not giving up is the main reason. Cheers to you! We have to keep fighting because after a certain age if we don't we end up in an irreversible state. One of our good friends, a man who used to do handiwork for us let himself go this way. He injured his knee and didn't get anything done for it. Then over the pandemic he became lethargic and that didn't help. So now he walks with a cane and has trouble getting in and out of a car. He is only 62 and on Medicaid, so there is no reason he couldn't have had had medical attention for his knee. I know he had other life issues such as his mother in law's dementia and need of care and him being the only person that could handle that situation (she died more than a year ago now) but he still could have been going for help for his knee when that was over. Now he's gained a TON of weight which doesn't help, and he has other medical issues such as COPD and asthma, so this is NOT GOOD. We are worried about him now. We also have a female friend that let a similar situation happen and now is almost an invalid. It's just a scary lesson that we can't stop being active and attending to our issues or it can slide into this kind of situation in no time.

[Gramto6]

13,216 steps yesterday.

My friend called in the morning and asked if I wanted to go for a walk at the Wildlife Refuge with her and her hubby and I said Yes! Turns out hubby decided to stay behind and watch TV, but we had a nice couple hour walk down by the river. I never realized the paths there were paved and easy to walk or I would have done them much sooner. Now I have another place to walk in good weather!

My Cornish game hen in the Air Fryer came out amazing!! I could only cook half at a time but it was the best hen I have ever made. Crispy skin, juicy meat, that is how I will fix them forever more now!!  Today I will cook the other half and will have left overs to last a few days!!

 

For any one interested the recipe for the hens, it is so simple:

Thaw, Spatchcock (cut out backbone and flatten, I had to cut in 1/2 to fit my air fryer).

Rinse and dry off bird, apply olive oil (I used avocado oil) all over and then season however you want. I used rotisserie seasoning, but anything you like works.

Heat air fryer to 400° cook bird skin side down 15 minutes, then flip and cook skin side up @ 400° for 8 min. (I only did 6, as when I took temp before flipping it was close to 165° already). It came out browned and crispy skin and juicy meat! Much better than any rotisserie chicken I have ever gotten from the store! Perfect amount for a single person with some left overs, or for two for a dinner! And soooo easy!

 

Edited November 29 by Gramto6
typo

[Gramto6]

12,359 steps yesterday.

Still no issues other than a bit of a stiff knee in the morning. A little Aspercreme and getting moving makes it go right away.  If it persists I'll back off some and see if the steps are the problem. I'll see how the day goes....

I haven't decided yet if I am going to make a Goodwill run to the new one down in the town south of me. I'd like to get this stuff out of the house and garage too. Plus, I'm on the lookout for an outdoor carpet for the kitty house and more fleecy blankets for their beds too. I may just talk myself into it, especially if the sun were to come out.

[Gramto6]

12,239 steps yesterday.

Yesterday I didn't do much other than some housekeeping chores and my walking. Didn't go anywhere and probably won't today either. Tomorrow I take garbage up the road so will probably run my errands all after that.

Slept well last night, no sore neck in the morning. Last night was first with the new pillow and it really seems to be helping already. It is very soft but holds head just right! I didn't even have the dry mouth I usually wake up with!

This is the pillow,  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BX2Q4RC2?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title , @shapeshifter mentioned over in the Health and Wellness thread in Everything Else.

[Gramto6]

11,577 steps yesterday.

Millie cat insisted on a several long lap sessions. I've kind of been putting her off so thought I'd give her what she wanted yesterday. Besides I've had a few twinges of aches in right knee so pulling back didn't hurt me any. Still a number that amazes me when I think about where I was a couple weeks ago!

Garbage up to the road and a quick PO/grocery run is all for today. Decided to put off going to town (either one) for a few days. I'm kind of enjoying the quiet and not "having" to do anything.

[Gramto6]

13,147 steps yesterday.

I had to go to two grocery stores to get the items on my list. The first one is the larger store and I walked every aisle again even though I didn't need anything on each.

Still just mild aches in right knee when I first stand up, but passes as soon as I start moving. So all is still good with this pace.

Nothing special on the agenda other than laundry today.

[Gramto6]

11,339 steps yesterday.

More Millie cat lap time and more time on the computer researching other sources I might be able to sell my crystals to. Kind of a frustrating occupation.

Spent some time pulling out a few Christmas decorations. Of course several need new batteries, naturally a size I don't have!

The crystal lady now wants me to come and give classes at her shop where I can sell some of my crystals if I want. Frankly, not interested in that, been there done that, retired years ago. No interest is starting up anything like that again. I haven't replied to her yet but will have to soon. sigh....
 

[Gramto6]

12,222 steps yesterday.

Pretty much just doiing things inside. My friend gave me an old flannel sheet so I cut it up and made a couple more straw stuffed pillows and blankets for the kitty beds in their house. She's bringing me an old memory foam pad from her bed in a few days that I plan to cut up and cover the platform where they have several old kitty beds that they love. This way the whole platform can be one big bed! The remnant pieces will go into Chewy boxes for individual beds.

Little chores, and walking in the house... that's all for today.

Edited December 5 by Gramto6
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[Gramto6]

12,661 steps yesterday.

It's going to be another very cold frosty day so my activities will mostly be indoors. Everything outside is covered with hoar frost and visibility is not very far. I think I'll hit the shredder today and the ever present laundry!

[Absolom]

I'm not sure what I'll try to do today.  I tried a dental cleaning yesterday without taking my own pillow and I ache from my knees to the top of my head this morning.  I had planned to do laundry and weed the flower beds in the front yard among some other gardening.  Oh it could have been the ceramic pitcher that fell on me at 12:30 this morning when I opened a top of the wall cabinet.  Forgot about that for a minute.

[Gramto6]

Oh @Absolom, ouch!! Take it easy today! I'm so sorry you had such a rough day yesterday, not to even mention the vase! (((HUGS)))