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First Thing Water
Multiplank Day 16
Walkabout Day 16
Wall-Sit Day 16
Ninja Day 16
Standing Abs Day 14
Zero Hero Day 14
Everest Day 1 - I really ought to try some challenges I haven't done before. But it can be annoying when I choose a challenge and just see 30 red crosses at the bottom of the page!
DB Shoulder press 3 x 12
DB lateral raise 3 x 12
DB upright row 3 x 12
Banded pull-aparts 3 x 12
Treadmill walk 45m, 4.7km

After standing over a sinkful of hot water, doing the dishes, I was so in the mood for a smoothie today! Banana, blueberry and mango, with chocolate protein powder. Yum. I do frequently find it difficult to hit my protein goal but I'm trying harder right now.

Got to bed a little later than planned last night because Creed didn't want to go out and do his business because there was a small bit of distant thunder, so I stepped outside and began watching the lightning display. It was wonderful, and shot around all of the sky I could see from my backyard - so around 180 degrees. Most of it seemed to be over the hill on my right, but then flashes to my left started lighting up my yard so much that there were sharp shadows. The thunder was very distant and often inaudible but the lightning came closer and then the thunder came but not crashingly. Eventually I peeled myself away and went to bed.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Only did it so that when I'd finished, the cat could have somewhere different to sleep!

 

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First Thing Water
Multiplank Day 17
Walkabout Day 17
Wall-Sit Day 17
Ninja Day 17
Standing Abs Day 15
Zero Hero Day 15
Everest - found I had to drop this one. My right wrist is bothering me when I put weight on it. Discovered that with the planks but I've been planking on my knuckles when I have to use hands but can't see myself mountain climbing on my knuckles.
Wrist pain - well, obvious from above, right?
Treadmill walk - 45 min, 4.5km
PD - 40 minutes

Another disturbed night. Most of my nights are disturbed, and my sleep is generally described as "restless" - though I get quite excited when, for a change, it says something like "continuous" and I get positively giddy with delight if I'm told "plenty of deep"! Fortunately, though, despite being disturbed, I didn't stay awake for long and I always count that as a plus. And I thought about the pills I have and wondered again if those side effects were really so bad...? Hell yeah!

A brief thunder storm this afternoon with violent rain. It was wonderful!


Apparently this season I didn't grow any actual tomatoes; I grew yellow petite pears, black cherries, and mini sugar plums! When not preserving, I prefer to grow small tomatoes because they are so easy to pig out on.

And how can cats look so darned comfortable?!

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

Cats know how to relax comfortably, for sure. I often envy my Mademoiselle Luna !

 

[Mamatigerj]

for your wrist.

 

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First Thing Water
Multiplank Day 18
Walkabout Day 18
Wall-Sit Day 18
Ninja Day 18
Standing Abs Day 16
Zero Hero Day 16 - yep, that escalated quickly!
Wrist pain - reprise
Back and Biceps - and yes, the cat let me use 'her' bench for the rows (though I only got to use the longer back part as she was curled up on the seat).
Treadmill walk - 25 minutes, 2.7km
PD - over four hours. My brain hurts.

My sleep report said, "Plenty of REM"! Love it.

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

How nice from Kitty to let you use her bench, no "" included (oops, looks like Mademoiselle Luna stole the keyboard and passwords for a few minutes, apologies!)

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Your cat is so adorable!

Hope your wrist feels better soon!

 

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First Thing Water
Multiplank Day 19
Walkabout Day 19
Wall-Sit Day 19
Ninja Day 19
Standing Abs Day 17
Zero Hero Day 17
Treadmill walk (with some brief running intervals) 49mins, 5.1km - why such odd time/distance? Because I was listening to the last episode of season 9, and woah! Really didn't see that coming!
Treadmill walk - another a bit later while I was waiting for my very healthy dinner pizza to heat in the oven. One of the side quests. 25min, 2.27km because I was feeling a bit slower.

It's been really windy the last couple of days. Fortunately nothing too bad down this neck of the woods, but I noticed some downed branches in my front yard and the flowering shrub in the back appears to have half-fallen over. Better see to that tomorrow, I guess.

Since reading @neilarey 's log in which she records sleep scores, I've been paying a little more attention to mine. This morning's was excellent! 82, with that magical "plenty of deep"! 1:40 of deep, 1:46 of REM, 4:17 of light, and only 3 minutes awake. (Yep, bad enough to wake me up but over quickly!) Perhaps the good sleep was because of the dog. For some strange reason last night, while I was cleaning my teeth, he was scratching around with his little bed (the former cat's pod) and bringing it closer to my bed, rumpling up the rug on the way.

His bed is normally about half a metre further away.
Or it could have just been because it was a bit cooler and I was more comfortable. Who knows...

My mum's booked her flight over here for her last two-day walk. She'll be staying a bit more than a fortnight. So I've got about two months to come up with a menu that'll suit both of us. Not sure she'd really like what (lazy) I eat - let's just toss some chicken in a pan and cook it up. Oh, to be different, how about this time I use ketjap manis instead of worchestershire sauce! Noticed, though, that I can't seem to print any of the Darebeets recipes. The old recipes used to have a Download button...

 

[OJJJEM]

Noticed, though, that I can't seem to print any of the Darebeets recipes. The old recipes used to have a Download button...

I have nothing but time on my hands... link the recipes you want printed to me, and I'll link you a printable 1-page Google Sheets format.
Even better if I can message it to you as an image that you can copy, paste, print.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Perhaps the good sleep was because of the dog. For some strange reason last night, while I was cleaning my teeth, he was scratching around with his little bed (the former cat's pod) and bringing it closer to my bed, rumpling up the rug on the way.
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His bed is normally about half a metre further away.

Aww! He wants to be close to you!

 

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I have nothing but time on my hands... link the recipes you want printed to me, and I'll link you a printable 1-page Google Sheets format.
Even better if I can message it to you as an image that you can copy, paste, print.

Wow, @OJJJEM that's a very generous offer! You do realise that everyone who reads this thread now knows you can do this... I'll get right on it!

 

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First Thing Water
Multiplank Day 20
Walkabout Day 20
Wall-Sit Day 20
Ninja Day 20
Standing Abs Day 18
Zero Hero Day 18
Queen of Mean
Treadmill walk - 50 mins/4.7km. The treadmill was doing unsettling things, jerking and altogether not behaving. Hope I don't have to look into it. I hate playing with electricals.
PD - 1 1/2 hours

Sleep totally sucked last night. Disappointingly, Garmin just said "Poor". Humph. Over an hour's less REM than the night before, and 40 minutes awake. I was well aware of that; it was not a Good Night.

But - I got to a charity shop today and dropped off two large boxes of cookbooks. Oh, that hurt, it really did! Had to be done, though. I'm doing a first culling of the books. I've chosen an easy first step: cull all books using only American measurements. If books have American measurements and metric or imperial, it survives the first cut. I find baking using volumetric measurements hopelessly inaccurate and I hate it. Just use scales, people! You get consistency. And I dumped some books I'm not going to be using, things that were bought with the children in mind, such as the book on cake pops. Can't see myself ever making cake pops just for me. So all that emptied four crates from the library floor. My chair should be coming next week so that Kloudsac's got to be relocated to the library. Sounds grand, doesn't it? Library. It's really just a small room without cupboards, but it's lined now with bookshelves and once I've got things ordered in there, it'll be pretty fine.

 

[OJJJEM]

Wow, @OJJJEM that's a very generous offer! You do realise that everyone who reads this thread now knows you can do this... I'll get right on it!

Not a problem... I've already done it for myself.

 

[Lady Celerity]

Sounds grand, doesn't it? Library. It's really just a small room without cupboards, but it's lined now with bookshelves and once I've got things ordered in there, it'll be pretty fine.

I heartily agree!

 

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First Thing Water
Multiplank Day 21
Walkabout Day 21
Wall-Sit Day 21
Ninja Day 21
Standing Abs Day 19
Zero Hero Day 19
PD - 1 hour, 40 minutes

So I took the cover off the bottom of the treadmill and removed a puppy's-worth of dog hair. Never had to deal with this problem before! But the thing still judders and jerks so it looks as though I'll have to investigate further, maybe see what I can do to the motor... I'm no mechanic.

Lousy sleep again. Another score of 48. And Garmin is still advising me to 'Rest'. I sort of did today, as I couldn't do the walkabout in (mostly) one go. It was definitely spread out through the day. But, even taking it easy, I got there. My alarm is about to go off to tell me to get to bed.

 

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First Thing Water
Multiplank Day 22
Walkabout Day 22
Wall-Sit Day 22
Ninja Day 22
Standing Abs Day 20
Zero Hero Day 20

You know how some days don't turn out the way you expect? Not better, not worse, just... different. That was my today.
Yesterday, #2 phoned me, much to my surprise. But when I answered the call, the first thing she demanded, without preamble, was "where is the felt?" I said, "You mean, where is my felt?" I'd not done much felt-craft with the children but I had had fun making a quiet book for the Lad, and the Advent decorations, so didn't think anything of it when I packed up all my felt. Then she asked if I could "bring it back". Narked by the rudeness I was experiencing, I suggested she buy her own felt. She said she couldn't; it was Sunday. So she expected me to up and rush over to her (20-minute drive each way), bringing my felt, when she was treating me in an unacceptable manner. I said I wasn't going anywhere because I didn't want to. She then abused me some more and hung up. I got out the felt, sorted it a little, keeping some for myself in case I feel crafty again, and put the bag for her by the door. My 81-year-old ex-neighbour had been in contact with me, would like to see me, to meet Creed, so I thought I'd combine the two things.
So today shortly after 11, the bag of felt and the dog went into my car and we set off. We'll gloss over the events that took place during my brief visit to the Other House (no "thank you" was involved) and skip right next door to my lovely neighbour, who has always been on my side (if there are sides). She has a little King Charles spaniel and we sat outside with the dogs and chatted, showing pictures from our phones. The Lad was with me, trying to get Creed to walk with him. He had better luck with the spaniel! Finally the Lad went back to his home, the neighbour brought me into her house to show me the piano she'd got free (except, of course, that she had to pay for delivery and tuning), and then Creed and I got into my hot car and headed home.
A few minutes down the road, the phone rang and it was the Lad, asking where I was. He wanted to show me something, so, given I wasn't far away, I returned and he jumped into the car and belted up. He'd decided he wanted to go to my place and have dinner, and he'd notified the other people and could we go now? I confess I was a little surprised as he hadn't mentioned this previously, but off we went and finally got back home shortly after 3. I was doing a right perish, having drunk nothing since leaving home at 11. Lots of water, then we shared a mango and pineapple smoothie. Quizzed each other with geometry cards - the sort of questions being, which shape comes next, or how many squares can you see? They were fun. Thoroughly unhealthy dinner because there were things in my freezer that needed getting out, and that was yummy for a change. We had a good time, then I got him back home around 7:30, and home myself at 8. The whole day gone but on the whole I enjoyed it.
The Lad told me that the next time he comes over, I have to teach him how to pick locks because he wants to learn. Hey, we all have our various skill sets, right?

It's late now. For some strange reason this morning I slept through my alarm for the first time in over six months. I think that's about how long I've been using one. Apparently, my Garmin chirps and vibrates 148 time over a period of 5 minutes (I checked and it was really annoying!) but this morning - no idea what happened. I woke 15 minutes later and was surprised to see the time. The beasts were both asleep. I had a better sleep last night. Today was a physically more relaxed but mentally and emotionally more fraught, so it's anyone's guess what tonight's sleep will be like. Suppose I'd better go and find out.

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

Ah, I got cookbooks in both metric and US system (the perks of having lived in the US as well as in Europe, LOL), I switch, it is mostly fine. For non-pastry, it definitly makes no difference IMO, for pastry/baking/cakes, there may be more ... But I got a feel of the mix and adjust, I guess.
Too many cookbooks here too, but it's fun!