Well actually it's 2 hours from the time I leave my house to the time I get back home. It takes about 10 minutes to get there. I took longer this time because they have part of the path fenced off because they are digging to put in some ponds. So, I have to climb up some shallow hills and do some detours and that takes the extra time. The overall length normally is 10 kms, but with the detours, it's longer. AND my leg is not bothering me this morning AT ALL ! I'm back to normal !!! (whether that's good or bad remains to be seen).
Plus I didn't want to push it. My leg was doing ok and I wanted it to stay that way.
Don't mention bats ! YIKES !!!!!! I freaked out a little reading your post ! LOL It's that time of year when they come out of hiding too. ........oh boy........
So, are you sunburned from yesterday ????? In a few weeks , I'll be able to clean up around here. I got some of it done when it was warm earlier on, but I still have a ways to go. This year I want to plant a red maple in the backyard. It needs shade and I really like those trees. The leaves stay a nice deep red all year long.
I'm off to the country today for my getaway from the city. I think my cousin starts to get her plants and trees and all of that stuff ready for another landscaping season.
Enjoy the rest of the day with your family !
life is good - and it's a long post!
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karmaberry1
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i just looked up 10 kms and it's 6.25 miles - wow - i am impressed - you go for long walks!!! i'm dragging at 2.5 miles LOL
it rained today so i'm glad i got so much done outside yesterday. i'm not sunburned - my skin is just not used to sunshine and was confused LOL it may have colored some - but not much. i've tried several different fake tanners - they do not work for me but work great for my sister. of course, both she and my brother tan to the nth degree and beyond without burning or even trying. for me it's an ordeal to tan. it's no fair LOL
cornflower gave me a heads up on the weather headed this way. i guess it's going to drop a good 15+ degrees for the next few days? sister is home and says they're looking for snow tomorrow morning.
mama has a doctor's appointment tomorrow at 10:00 - cardiologist. i always go with her. the doctor is wonderful but he's from india and has such a soft voice. combine his accent with the soft voice and she has no idea what he's said. i go to interprete. my and mama's arguing about what he really said makes him laugh.
i'm sending email to half the 2nd floor at work in a few minutes to give everybody a head's up that my desk will need to be covered for a couple of hours. i think he schedules all his patients for 10:00 so everybody can wait. oh well, it is what it is and i will NOT let mama go alone. we count on each other for the big stuff - an appointment with cardio doctor is BIG stuff!!!
i hope your day in the country was fun and then some! i would be begging plants and trees from you sister - without a bit of pride LOL
it rained today so i'm glad i got so much done outside yesterday. i'm not sunburned - my skin is just not used to sunshine and was confused LOL it may have colored some - but not much. i've tried several different fake tanners - they do not work for me but work great for my sister. of course, both she and my brother tan to the nth degree and beyond without burning or even trying. for me it's an ordeal to tan. it's no fair LOL
cornflower gave me a heads up on the weather headed this way. i guess it's going to drop a good 15+ degrees for the next few days? sister is home and says they're looking for snow tomorrow morning.
mama has a doctor's appointment tomorrow at 10:00 - cardiologist. i always go with her. the doctor is wonderful but he's from india and has such a soft voice. combine his accent with the soft voice and she has no idea what he's said. i go to interprete. my and mama's arguing about what he really said makes him laugh.
i'm sending email to half the 2nd floor at work in a few minutes to give everybody a head's up that my desk will need to be covered for a couple of hours. i think he schedules all his patients for 10:00 so everybody can wait. oh well, it is what it is and i will NOT let mama go alone. we count on each other for the big stuff - an appointment with cardio doctor is BIG stuff!!!
i hope your day in the country was fun and then some! i would be begging plants and trees from you sister - without a bit of pride LOL
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karmaberry1
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manofmusic
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A beautiful start to a beautiful week. We're back up into the 50's again and it looks like it only gets better from there. It's sunny and I can actually hear people outside playing !
I went to my neighbour's house yesterday. He's back home from the hospitol and he's doing well ! He promised not to fall anymore ! LOL especially down a flight of stairs. He says he really likes it now because "the pretty nurses come in and give me a bath and give me a shave." His wife just rolls her eyes ! LOL Maybe I should fall down a flight of stairs ! LOLOLOL With my luck, I'd land on my head LOL
I think that I can actually get the yard all cleaned up this week. Last year, my cousin put a bubbler rock in my backyard. It's a big boulder with all kinds of dents and divets in it. There's a 1" hole drilled thru the middle of it. A hose gets shoved in the hole from the bottom (but doesn't go all the way thru the rock). The rock gets set on blocks and then it all gets filled in with beach stone except an area where the pump goes. Water shoots up thru the hole in the rock and runs down the outside of it. It's pretty simple but looks really neat when it's running. I used to have a waterfall, but it started to get old and I had to get rid of it. The bubbler rock is very low maintenance.
Work went smooooooooth as usual (I NEVER thought I'd be able to type THAT) LOL
How was today ?
I went to my neighbour's house yesterday. He's back home from the hospitol and he's doing well ! He promised not to fall anymore ! LOL especially down a flight of stairs. He says he really likes it now because "the pretty nurses come in and give me a bath and give me a shave." His wife just rolls her eyes ! LOL Maybe I should fall down a flight of stairs ! LOLOLOL With my luck, I'd land on my head LOL
I think that I can actually get the yard all cleaned up this week. Last year, my cousin put a bubbler rock in my backyard. It's a big boulder with all kinds of dents and divets in it. There's a 1" hole drilled thru the middle of it. A hose gets shoved in the hole from the bottom (but doesn't go all the way thru the rock). The rock gets set on blocks and then it all gets filled in with beach stone except an area where the pump goes. Water shoots up thru the hole in the rock and runs down the outside of it. It's pretty simple but looks really neat when it's running. I used to have a waterfall, but it started to get old and I had to get rid of it. The bubbler rock is very low maintenance.
Work went smooooooooth as usual (I NEVER thought I'd be able to type THAT) LOL
How was today ?
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karmaberry1
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what a great week you're already having - neighbor home in relatively good health, nice weather, sounds of people playing outside, things going smoothly at work!!!!!! isn't life fun?!?!?!?!
it was in the low 70s here today. mama and i walked around the lake about an hour after i got home from work. in just that short time, the temp was already falling and it had gotten a bit windy. until mama gets some of her stamina back, she really doesn't want/need to go with me and either of the boys on the river walk. it's too far for her.
i went with mama to her dr. appointment yesterday. she rocked!!!! her bloodwork was excellent and the dr. said he doesn't have to see her again for another 6 months. i know she was nervous about going - i was too! we are both SO happy!!!!
work is fine so far this week. 5 of us went to lunch today and had too much fun. again, i'm the embodiment of the words "lay low" LOLOL
i can't believe it's almost 7:30 and the sunshine is still pouring through the windows. it is wonderful beyond anything!
your bubbler rock sounds cool. send a picture? whenever pool guy finally gets my liner in, i'll send a picture. it's going to be so pretty!!!
well, there must be a loose dog in the neighborhood - the boys have lost their only minds LOL
peace out!!!!!
it was in the low 70s here today. mama and i walked around the lake about an hour after i got home from work. in just that short time, the temp was already falling and it had gotten a bit windy. until mama gets some of her stamina back, she really doesn't want/need to go with me and either of the boys on the river walk. it's too far for her.
i went with mama to her dr. appointment yesterday. she rocked!!!! her bloodwork was excellent and the dr. said he doesn't have to see her again for another 6 months. i know she was nervous about going - i was too! we are both SO happy!!!!
work is fine so far this week. 5 of us went to lunch today and had too much fun. again, i'm the embodiment of the words "lay low" LOLOL
i can't believe it's almost 7:30 and the sunshine is still pouring through the windows. it is wonderful beyond anything!
your bubbler rock sounds cool. send a picture? whenever pool guy finally gets my liner in, i'll send a picture. it's going to be so pretty!!!
well, there must be a loose dog in the neighborhood - the boys have lost their only minds LOL
peace out!!!!!
Karma
WOW.. I am reading your post and thinking
you went to Work, to the Doctor, Out to Eat and Walking..etc etc. So many things I have a hard time doing even still. Do you get anxious still a lil and how do you overcome it? I can't wait till it's nicer out so I can get out more and do stuff..
Thanks Karma I appreicate ya!
Jill~
WOW.. I am reading your post and thinking
you went to Work, to the Doctor, Out to Eat and Walking..etc etc. So many things I have a hard time doing even still. Do you get anxious still a lil and how do you overcome it? I can't wait till it's nicer out so I can get out more and do stuff..
Thanks Karma I appreicate ya!
Jill~
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karmaberry1
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hey there little missy!!!! how are you? thank you so much for the compliment - but MORE importantly thank you for asking "how?" just asking takes courage. it does!
baby steps is how you get better, sweetie. one baby step at a time. much of the time, with each baby step the anxiety lessens. sometimes it took me a million and five baby steps before the anxiety abated. then i'd take that next baby step forward.
breathe - then breathe some more. not overbreathing - but good healthy deep breaths. watch your breathing. are you holding your breath? i know i will. i won't take a breath for days - really!!!
self talk. how do you talk to yourself? are you kind, gentle, and loving? do you tell yourself you HAVE to do blah blah blah? because you don't HAVE to do anything. you WANT to get better. there is such a big difference between have to and want to. it's not necessary to berate yourself for what if's or what might have been. that's the past - turn it loose and let it go. is it easy? nope. is it worth it? you bet it is!
i don't know if you're on medication. i make no secret that i take lexapro every morning, a 5 ml valium, and a 10 ml inderol. if i start feeling bad, i take the other half of the valium. i know i have a chemical imbalance. it's just the way it is for me. i know my family's genetic history LOL
you're going to start feeling better and better. bad feelings will gradually start leaving - so gradually you won't realize they're gone. you'll look back and say "wow, i couldn't even imagine i'd be doing this or that last year!"
if anyone in the galaxy had told me i'd ever be remotely where i am today - well they did and of course i didn't believe them! my friends said it, this program said it, the books i studied to the nth degree and them some said it - i never believed any of it.
despite all my negative self talk, i'm getting better and better. are there still things i'm not able to do alone? yes. that's ok. i'll get to them sooner or later.
smile. think good thoughts. love who you are!!!!
baby steps is how you get better, sweetie. one baby step at a time. much of the time, with each baby step the anxiety lessens. sometimes it took me a million and five baby steps before the anxiety abated. then i'd take that next baby step forward.
breathe - then breathe some more. not overbreathing - but good healthy deep breaths. watch your breathing. are you holding your breath? i know i will. i won't take a breath for days - really!!!
self talk. how do you talk to yourself? are you kind, gentle, and loving? do you tell yourself you HAVE to do blah blah blah? because you don't HAVE to do anything. you WANT to get better. there is such a big difference between have to and want to. it's not necessary to berate yourself for what if's or what might have been. that's the past - turn it loose and let it go. is it easy? nope. is it worth it? you bet it is!
i don't know if you're on medication. i make no secret that i take lexapro every morning, a 5 ml valium, and a 10 ml inderol. if i start feeling bad, i take the other half of the valium. i know i have a chemical imbalance. it's just the way it is for me. i know my family's genetic history LOL
you're going to start feeling better and better. bad feelings will gradually start leaving - so gradually you won't realize they're gone. you'll look back and say "wow, i couldn't even imagine i'd be doing this or that last year!"
if anyone in the galaxy had told me i'd ever be remotely where i am today - well they did and of course i didn't believe them! my friends said it, this program said it, the books i studied to the nth degree and them some said it - i never believed any of it.
despite all my negative self talk, i'm getting better and better. are there still things i'm not able to do alone? yes. that's ok. i'll get to them sooner or later.
smile. think good thoughts. love who you are!!!!
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manofmusic
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Good evening ladies !
Bright sunshiney day it was ! A few days ago I carried up the exercise bike from the basement. I dusted it off LOL and changed the batteries in the readout and rode for an hour last night and an hour tonight ! I feel tired now....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ooops sorry.
Jill - even if it's c-c-c-c-c-c--cold outside, I bundle up and brave the elements. I didn't want to for the longest time. I decided one day that I need to do this and if worse comes to worst, I can always turn around and come home. I never turned around ! I always finished the walk. There are days that I don't want to, but I decided I'd rather do all I can to be here a long time (exercise, eat right etc etc). It all comes down to just making a conscious decision.
Karma ! - I find that I shallow breathe without me even being aware of it. It will get to the point where I get light headed. It seems kind of pediatric, but I need to remember to breathe. I clench my jaw a lot too. That can give me one major headache. Simple stuff to remember, but I forget quite a bit.
Work flew by today. I really believe that the nice sunny weather brings out the best in us. People at work seem unusually happy ! It kind of gives me the creeps ! LOL
We should all make a plan to rock tomorrow and Friday. It will make an awesome beginning to the weekend !
Bright sunshiney day it was ! A few days ago I carried up the exercise bike from the basement. I dusted it off LOL and changed the batteries in the readout and rode for an hour last night and an hour tonight ! I feel tired now....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ooops sorry.
Jill - even if it's c-c-c-c-c-c--cold outside, I bundle up and brave the elements. I didn't want to for the longest time. I decided one day that I need to do this and if worse comes to worst, I can always turn around and come home. I never turned around ! I always finished the walk. There are days that I don't want to, but I decided I'd rather do all I can to be here a long time (exercise, eat right etc etc). It all comes down to just making a conscious decision.
Karma ! - I find that I shallow breathe without me even being aware of it. It will get to the point where I get light headed. It seems kind of pediatric, but I need to remember to breathe. I clench my jaw a lot too. That can give me one major headache. Simple stuff to remember, but I forget quite a bit.
Work flew by today. I really believe that the nice sunny weather brings out the best in us. People at work seem unusually happy ! It kind of gives me the creeps ! LOL
We should all make a plan to rock tomorrow and Friday. It will make an awesome beginning to the weekend !
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can'tdanceandcan'trelax
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Hello Man of Karma's! I WANT A BUBBLER ROCK! That is the coolest thing I've heard of lately...I just have a question, where does the water go? Can you use something that recirculates the water or does it just run off? We have to be careful about wasting water here in the summer because it gets so dry. BTW: I do that shallow breathing thing without realizing it, too. Thanks Man and Karma for all the tips on how to get out and DO SOMETHING! I try to walk everyday, no matter what the weather is like, and when I do I always feel better. ROCK ON
