Thurs, June 1, 2023

AM- woke up at 6:45am (PDT) to sun, 55 (F)degrees and Med-High pollen.
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 1:✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: EotD— 40 lunge punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • Elliptical: 3.08 miles in 30 mins ✅
  • Reading: 30 mins of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 30 min restorative practice✅
PM-
  • Weeding: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Quilting
  • Doggo walk: x35 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
 
Fri, June 2, 2023

AM- woke up after 6am (PDT) to sun, 50 (F)degrees, and Med-High pollen…
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • DareBee Zen, Day 2: Guided Meditation Practice for Managing Expectations, 10 mins✅
  • Journaling: x5 mins✅
Noonish-
  • Weeding: x1.5 hours✅
PM-
  • Long phone convo with daughter about her seeing husb’s mom✅
  • Reading: 5 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
  • Quilting: to town for supplies✅
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • Journaling again: x10 mins✅
 
Sat, June 3, 2023

AM- woke up just before 6am (PDT) to sun, breeze, 49 (F)degrees, and Med-High pollen🤧
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
  • Journaling: x5 mins✅
  • Weeding: x1 hour✅
Stepson here to mow, etc

Noonish-
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 3✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
PM-
  • Quilting: x1 hour
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅
 
Sun, June 4, 2023

AM- woke up at 6, got up at 6:30am (PDT), to sun, a fair amount of smoke/haze, 56 (F)degrees, and Med-High pollen. The grass is particularly toxic today: getting mown, blooming everywhere, it’s making me extra fatigued…😵‍💫🤧
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Yard Clean up: x5 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x55 mins✅
Visit to stepmom & her husb

Noonish-
  • Read genealogy info stepmom gave me✅
PM-
  • Down Dog Yoga: 40 mins Hatha practice with flexibility✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 4: FB 10 min Energizing Mindfulness Meditation Practice✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Sprinkler fun with/without Canoodle: x1 hour✅
 
Mon, June 5, 2023

AM- woke up before 6am (PDT) to hazy sun, blue sky, 54 (F)degrees and Med-High pollen😵‍💫🤧
  • Long phone convo with a troubled young vet friend✅
  • Journaling: x20 mins✅
  • ❌Yard Clean up….Husb did
  • Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • ❌Doggo walk
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 5✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 1: Weighted Upper Body Tabata Circuits for Endurance, 45 mins✅
PM-
  • Reading: 10 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
 
Tues, June 6, 2023

AM- woke up at 6am (PDT) to blue sky, sun, 61 (F)degrees, and Med-High pollen😎
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 6: 10 min Down Dog Yoga Guided Meditation✅
Noonish-
  • Vacuum, dust, sheets change, bathroom cleaning, upper level: x2 hours✅
  • Vacuum/ mop lower level: x45 mins✅
PM- I guess this is a “rest” day🫣
  • Reading: 10 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Doggo ball throwing/sprinkler fun: x60 mins✅
  • Nap: x30 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Wed, June 7, 2023

AM- woke up earlier but got up after 6am (PDT). Outside is hazy, partly cloudy, 63 (F)degrees and Med-High pollen😵‍💫
  • Yard Clean up: x5 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x55 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 7✅
Stepson here to mow, etc

Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 3: Descending Upper Body Strength Ladder, With Bodyweight Cardio Bursts, 40 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Quilting
PM-
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • Nap: x2 hours✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅, incl a trip down the back hill of our property to the dock to start intro to the lake. Husb and I will have to both get into the water with him, as he was quite nervous🫣😅Will do that this week.
  • ❌Doggo walk
 
Thurs, June 8, 2023

AM- woke up close to 6:30am (PDT) with plans to get to the park early for cooler play time with Canoodle’s gfs.
Outside is partly cloudy, hazy, 68 (F)degrees and Med-High pollen
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
😎Spa Day for Canoodles!😎

Noonish-
  • Elliptical: 3.14 miles in 30 mins✅
  • Reading: 30 mins of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 8✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 9✅
PM-
  • Reading: 10 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
 
Fri, June 9, 2023

AM- woke up close to 6:30am (PDT) again. It’s cooler today, yay😏But, it’s also hazy, cloudy, 67 (F)degrees with a “lower level” of Med-High pollen😏
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Mobility:
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Extra Credit, Day 5: Upper Body Stretches with Foam Rolling Intermission, 20 mins✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 5: Upper Body Bored Easily Strength Workout, 30 mins✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 10: FB’s Guided Slow Breathing Practice, 15 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
PM-
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
  • Quilting: x1 hour✅
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: 30 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sat, June 10, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:30, but didn’t get up until 6:30am (PDT) by which time Canoe had slithered up to cuddle🥰
Outside is cloudy, 60 (F)degrees with MEDIUM pollen😅🥳
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Stepson here to mow etc

Noonish-
  • Quilting: x30 mins✅
  • Elliptical: 2.3 miles in 25 mins✅
  • Reading: 25 mins of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day11✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga: 35-45 mins
PM-
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sun,June 11, 2023

AM- woke up at 6:45am (PDT) to blue sky, sun, 60 (F)degrees, and Medium-High pollen🥴🤧
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
  • Water fun✅ I took Canoe down to the dock while I cleared away some brush and tree limbs, then we went into the water. I was shoeless so could only get onto the biggest rocks, but he got in up to his belly and did some serious investigating😅
  • Journaling: x20 mins✅
Noonish- REST DAY
  • Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
  • ❌Quilting
PM-
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, June 12, 2023

AM- awakened by Canoe anxiously needing to go outside at 4:45am (PDT). Decided to just get up, since the sun was coming up anyway. Some clouds and blue sky with temps predicted to be in the 90’s today🥵
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 8: Pyramid Sets for Defined Arms With Short Isometrics Burnout and Extended Cardio Warm-Up, 48 mins✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 12: FB’s Guided Meditation for Relaxation and Stress Reduction Through Stillness, 15 mins✅
  • Nap: 1.5 hours✅
PM-
  • Desk work: x30 mins✅
  • Ball throwing: x10 mins✅ (hot hot hot doggo🥵)
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Reading: 10 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
  • ❌Doggo walk…too hot🥵
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, June 13, 2023

AM- awakened by my poor sweet doggo at 2:30 and then at 5:30 so I just got up. He’s got some serious diarrhea, like Boo used to have: in “the position” all over the yard (he’s got a docked tail, so staying put doesn’t work for him). Ugh….

Outside is hazy, blue sky, 63 (F)degrees with Medium-High pollen. The forecast is for 90s again and high winds.😖
  • Doggo walk: x60 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • Yard Clean up: x15 mins✅
  • Elliptical: 3.13 miles in 30 mins✅
  • Reading: 30 mins of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 13✅
PM-
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Canoe ball throwing…too windy
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Wed, June 14, 1923

AM- woke up at 5:30am (PDT) to sun, a little haz, lots of wind, 56 (F)degrees and slightly lower pollen🥴. No nighttime waking of me, but I’m not sure if he woke husb or not….
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 10: Upper Body Strength- Circuit Training With Push-Ups Intermissions, 50 mins✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 14✅
PM-
  • Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x35 mins✅
  • ❌Journaling
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Thurs, June 15, 2023

AM- woke up around 6am (PDT), to hazy blue sky, 60 (F)degrees, and Medium-High pollen…
  • Yard Clean up: x20 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: EotD- 50 crunch kicks✅
  • BaoDing balls: 50 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Stepson here to mow etc

Noonish-
  • Grocery shopping/errands✅
Unplanned REST DAY

PM-
  • Journaling: x20 mins
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 15✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Doggo walk: 20 mins at the dog park🥳
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Fri, June 16, 2023

AM- woke up late at 7am (PDT) feeling very allergic😵‍💫🤧😷. The wildfire smoke really did me in yesterday. This morning looks clearer, thankfully. I can see the hills in the distance again, it’s 63 (F)degrees with Med-High pollen.
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
❌Mobility- skipped today due to time

Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 12: Upper Body Strength with Alternating Repetitions and Cardio Intervals, 45 mins✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 16✅
PM-
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Quilting
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sat, June 17, 2023

AM- woke up at 6:30am (PDT) to the lovely roar of bass boats zooming out to their fishing holes for a tournament.🙄. Outside is blue sky, some whisky clouds, wind, 63 (F)degrees, and Med-High pollen🫤
Said goodbye to husb this morning as he headed to his mom’s until Tues
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
  • ❌Journaling
  • ❌Mobility
Noonish-
  • Laundry✅
  • Composting✅
  • Fresh water for Canoe✅
  • Mop upper level, main level✅
  • Canoe file: Look up shelter info ✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • Quilting: x2hrs✅…setting up a new Juki sewing machine😎🥳
Another unplanned REST DAY

PM-
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sun, June 18, 2023

AM- woke up around 6am (PDT) to wind, partly sunny, 50 (F)degrees, and MEDIUM pollen😎🥳
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 17✅
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 15: Three-Round Upper Body Strength Workout, 50 mins ✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 18✅
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
PM-
  • Quilting: more sewing machine set up/learning= x1 hour✅
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, June 19, 2023

AM- woke up at 6ish to partly cloudy skies, 51 (F)degrees and MEDIUM pollen😎🥳
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Mobility-
  • ❌Journaling
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 17: Bodyweight Upper Body and Core- Slow-Tempo Strength Circuits, 25 mins✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 19✅
  • Dog trainer Zoom consult: x1.5 hours✅…actually was 2.5 hours via zoom
PM-
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Quilting
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, June 20, 2023

AM- woke around 6ish to clouds, 56 (F)degrees, and MEDium pollen😎🥳
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Mobility:
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: EotD- 50 lunge punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 50 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • Elliptical: 2.06 miles in 20 mins ✅
  • Reading: 20 mins of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 21✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 20 ✅
PM- husb arrived safe and sound from Mom’s & stepson here to mow, etc….
  • Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • Nap: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Journaling
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Quilting
 
Wed, June 21, 2023

😎🌞SUMMER SOLSTICE🌞😎

AM- woke up way before I wanted to so stayed in bed dozing until 6:30ish. Outside is partly cloudy, 52 (F)degrees and MEDium pollen!😎
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 19: Upper Body Strength Workout with Burnout Round, Mid-Rep Rotations, Low Reps, and Negatives, 45 mins✅
PM-
  • Quilting: x2 hours✅… more new sewing machine set up/ practice😎
  • Ball throwing: x 20 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
  • Reading: 20 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Thur, June 22, 2023

AM- woke up around 6ish to partly sunny skies, 57 (F)degrees and Med-High pollen😎
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 22✅
Noonish-
  • Elliptical: 3.62 miles in 35 mins✅
  • Reading: 35 mins of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 23✅
PM-
  • Quilting: x2 hours✅…more new machine practicing🥴. Imma slow learner…
  • Doggo walk: x35 mins✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Fri, June 23, 2023

AM- woke up at 7ish to sunny skies, 63 (F)degrees, and Med-High pollen
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅…met a new doggo at the park and some kiddos😎🥳
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 22: Upper Body Giant Sets For Strength and Muscle Endurance, 45 mins✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 25 ✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 24 ✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
PM-
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Quilting
  • Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins
  • ❌Doggo walk.. too hot, and I had errands to run to prep for my little trip tomorrow over to the west side to see my extended family.
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sat, June 24, 2023
Not exactly a REST DAY, but not much exercise is planned🫣
AM- woke up at 5:30am (PDT) to mostly clear blue sky, 55 (F)degrees and MEDIUM pollen😎🥳
  • Doggo walk: x20 mins✅
Drive 3 hours to Renton; left husb at home after having a long discussion about “listening to your body” last night. Since he JUST got back from 5 hour drive to mom’s, doing a one day over and back 3 hours away, and then expecting his sis from SoCal to arrive here on Mon *may* be too much. He made the wise division to stay home.

Noonish- Family Reunion
PM- 3 hour drive home
 
Sun, June 25, 2023

AM- woke up at nearly 7am (PDT) to partly cloudy skies, 60 (F)degrees and Medium-High pollen🤧I am sneezy today due to west side pollens added to my east side pollens yesterday😷😤
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Stepson here to mow etc. Helped us lop some more hanging limbs from the walnut tree, as well.🥳
  • Cleaning prep for husb’s sis arrival tomorrow✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 24: Upper Body Supersets with Bodyweight Core Intermissions, 50 mins✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 27 ✅
PM-
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 26 ✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • Water fun: down to the dock at the bottom of our property and into the lake with the doggo for full on swimming!😅😎🐶🦈
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, June 26, 2023

AM- woke up before 6am (PDT) to partly cloudy skies, 64 (F)degrees and MED-HIGH pollen😵‍💫🌞
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
Husb’s sis and her husb arriving from SoCal to stay for a couple days
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Quilting
PM-
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins, followed by a dip in the lake to settle him down some with the company. Having to use a muzzle and tons of treats, and then he’s still gotta frequently get into his crate for timeouts😵‍💫
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 28 ✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, June 28, 2023

AM- woke up shortly after 6am (PDT) to partly cloudy skies, a little rain, and 64 (F)degrees. Canoe seems calmer today. Canoe had his ball in mouth and when bro in law came upstairs, there were TREATS, so Canoe got a ton of treats then he wanted pets!! He had been hesitant about “the man” but after all the treats, “the man” was okay!
  • Yard clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
  • Ball throwing: x15 mins✅
Noonish-
  • Short steep hike for a view of the Columbia Basin with our company✅
PM- drive to see some geological sites in the area. Canoe was getting to see, smell, run around meet new people. It was all very exciting. When we got home, he was a little nippy so he kept putting himself into his crate to rest. He was pretty tired.
 
Wed, June 29, 2023

AM- woke up shortly before 5am (PDT) to mostly cloudy skies, 66 (F)degrees and Med-High pollen.
  • ❌Doggo walk: too hot, and he seems to be under the weather today, from all the doings yesterday….😨
Husb’s sis and bro in law departed for the west side portion of their trip today after bkfst

Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • NAP: x2 hours!✅🥳
PM-
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Journaling: x15 mins✅
  • Reading: 15 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅….hosed off the doggo before and after to cool off and hopped from one shady spot to the next on the sidewalk🥵
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Thur, June 29, 2023

AM- woke up 6:30ish to hazy but sunny skies, 66 (F)degrees and Med-High pollen
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅. Followed by hosing off the doggo to cool him off; next time will do it BEFORE the walk🫢
  • Home Chores: x1 hour✅
Noonish-
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: EotD- 50 side kicks✅
  • BaoDing balls: 50 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 29 ✅
  • De-ice largest chest feeezer: x1 hour✅
PM-
  • Yard Clean up: x5 mins✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
  • ❌Quilting:
  • ❌Journaling
  • ❌Reading: X pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard
  • ❌Doggo walk: too hot (90+ F), so we threw the ball into his wading pool in the shade😅😎
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Fri, June 30, 2023

AM- woke up just before 6am (PDT) to less hazy sunny skies, 66 (F)degrees, and Med-High pollen.
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender’s Flex Round 2, Day 26: Upper Body Strength with Push Intervals, 40 mins✅. And, DONE😎🥳
  • Long convo with daughter to catch up✅
  • DareBee program Zen, Day 30 ✅… and, DONE😎🥳
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
PM-
  • In town errands: x45 mins✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x45 mins✅ …after hosing him down really well🥵💦💦💦
  • ❌Doggo walk: too HOT
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sat, July 1, 2023

AM- woke up at 6ish to breezy clear and sunny skies, 66 (F)degrees, and Med-High pollen
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
  • Yard Clean up: x5 mins✅
Stepson here to mow, etc

Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
  • Reading: 30 pages of American Nations by Colin Woodard✅. And, DONE😎🥳. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in a more thorough and historically accurate narrative to understand the divisions currently plaguing our “United” States.
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Quilting: x20 mins✅. New machine practice🪡
Noonish-
  • Elliptical: 2.5 miles in 25 mins✅
  • Reading: 25 mins of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD✅
  • DareBee program UnBound, Day 1✅
PM-

  • Quilting: x1 hour✅
  • ❌Doggo walk..too hot🥵
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sun, July 2, 2023

AM- woke up shortly after 6am (PDT) to breezy, sunny but hazy skies, 66 (F)degrees and Med-High pollen.

—-Planned REST DAY—-
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee UnBound, Day 2✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
PM-
  • Quilting: x2 hours…got my latest quilt pinned/basted🥳
  • Canoe ball throwing: x45 mins✅. In the backyard shade after hosing down the boy🐶💦
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, July 3, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:45am (PDT) to hazy, partly cloudy skies, 54 (F)degrees and Med-High pollen.
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • DareBee UnBound, Day 3✅
  • Journaling: x15 mins✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
Noonish-
  • Reading: 10 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • FB Strong Free, 5 Day Challenge, Day 1: Lower Body Strength Training- Intense Supersets with Bored Easily Burnout Round, 40 mins✅
PM-
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
4pm Zoom meeting with dog trainer
  • Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x15 mins✅
  • Quilting: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, July 4, 2023

AM- had a lousy night with a weird stomach ache for which I could not find a cause.
Outside is hazy, sunny, 64 (F)degrees, with Med- High pollen.

Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • DareBee UnBound, Day 4✅

  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
Noonish-
  • Elliptical: 3.04 miles in 30 mins ✅
  • Reading: 30 mins of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 30 min Hatha practice with flexibility✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
PM-
  • Reading: 10 pages of The Epic of America (kindle) by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅ for 2 sets, after hosing him down, practicing “opening windows” of play vs calm per our doggo trainer😎
  • Doggo walk: x10 mins✅ following hosing down with water
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
 
Wed, July 5, 2023

AM- woke up lat at 7:45am (PDT) to hazy, sunny skies, 74 (F)degrees, and Med-High pollen.

Today, it’s been 10 years since my sweet nephew suicided and started a dreadful cascade of 6 close family deaths in the span of one year. I never imagined I would be alive 10 years later to feel it….🥺
  • Yard Clean up: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
Noonish-
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
Sprinkler backflow valve testing guy here to test
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • DareBee UnBound, Day 5✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
PM-
  • FB Strong Free, Day 2: Upper Body Combination Exercise Supersets with Short Cardio Rounds, 40 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • ❌Doggo walk…too hot🥵
  • Down Dog Yoga: 20 min Hatha practice with flexibility✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
 
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