The Other Side

DorothyMH DorothyMH Logging since September 2022
Mon, Dec 23, 2024

AM- awake just after 7am (PST) with nearly 9 hours of sleep under my belt🤩
Outside it is dark, with dense fog, 37 (F) degrees feels like 32😶‍🌫️. It is supposed to get sunny today, so I’ll look forward to that
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
Noonish-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 50 frontkicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
PM-
  • FB Strong, Round 2, Day 22: Build a Booty Strength & Pilates Workout for Butt & Thighs, 40 mins✅
  • Quilting✅
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Doggo walk….husb did
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, Dec 24, 2024

AM- awake before 5am (PST) to the neighbor doggie barking outside our window. She was apparently stuck outside, scared and cold. After she barks over the edge of our bank for 5-10 mins she goes back across the street to her house and huddles on the porch for a while. Meanwhile, Canoe and my husb were awake and unable to sleep. I stayed in bed trying to sleep until 7am, at which point I got up. Right away, I went over to the neighbors’ porch, was able to get a leash around little missy’s neck, and put her into their back yard, where she could go thru their doggie door to the inside.🐶🐾Poor thing was wet and cold….
Outside is a wet, dense cloud, 40 (F) degrees feels like 36🌧️💧
  • Journaling✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Town errand✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅z
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 50 frontkicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • Desk work✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • FB Strong, Round 2, Day 23: Functional Upper Body Strength Workout Dynamic Irregular Strength Training, 40 mins✅
PM-
  • House chore ✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • Nap✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Laura Rainbow Dragon said:
Thank you for helping your neighbour's dog.
:heartsit:

How do people not notice their own dog stuck outside and barking for help?!
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It is quite annoying, indeed. However, these folks are elderly, aging in place, and neither of them can move safely, or very fast. And their house is huge, so it takes a LONG time to get to their door. It is usually a non-dog person/helper/someone visiting them who accidentally lets the dogs out (they also have a second one!) by opening a side gate. Or, the little one slips out between legs. I’ve watched it happening for years. I even asked them what they would like me to do with Ellie (the little one) when she is over on our side of the street barking her crazy little head off over the side of our hill. Up until now, I could not get within 10 feet of Ellie without her running away. But, since I started taking their mail over to their porch, this winter, she has allowed me to come closer, sniffed me, and now lets me slip the leash over her head. I’ve done it a second time already, as she escaped again the next day. I’ve always feared she might get hit by a car, as she is often in the street if she is outside their gate. She responds to “go home Ellie,” but only cuz she’s scared. She’s a cute little white Maltese that prolly weights 15 pounds soaking wet. At least Canoe is getting familiar with her scent a little better and will thus be less intimidating to her😜
 
Wed, Dec 25, 2024

AM- awake shortly after 7am (PST) with nearly 9 hours of sleep under my belt, yay🤩💤🛌
Outside is foggy, frozen, 29 (F)degrees feels like 24🥶❄️
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Doggo to daycare for kennel practice
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Noonish-
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
Took dinner over to stepmom and her husb

PM-
  • Doggo walk✅
  • FB Strong, Round 2, Day 24: HIIT and Abs Remix Cardio and Core, 45 mins✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
DorothyMH said:
It is quite annoying, indeed. However, these folks are elderly, aging in place, and neither of them can move safely, or very fast. And their house is huge, so it takes a LONG time to get to their door. It is usually a non-dog person/helper/someone visiting them who accidentally lets the dogs out (they also have a second one!) by opening a side gate. Or, the little one slips out between legs. I’ve watched it happening for years. I even asked them what they would like me to do with Ellie (the little one) when she is over on our side of the street barking her crazy little head off over the side of our hill. Up until now, I could not get within 10 feet of Ellie without her running away. But, since I started taking their mail over to their porch, this winter, she has allowed me to come closer, sniffed me, and now lets me slip the leash over her head. I’ve done it a second time already, as she escaped again the next day. I’ve always feared she might get hit by a car, as she is often in the street if she is outside their gate. She responds to “go home Ellie,” but only cuz she’s scared. She’s a cute little white Maltese that prolly weights 15 pounds soaking wet. At least Canoe is getting familiar with her scent a little better and will thus be less intimidating to her😜
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Could they get a spring-loaded gate that cannot be left open?

That is annoying. And dangerous for the dogs!

I had the same issue at my parents' house. Their yard had a very wide gate, that my father had converted into a double gate that he imagined he would actually be able to open himself. He could not. The double gate was, however, more hassle for other people to close properly. So they neglected to do so. The gas metre was in the backyard. And when a metre reader bothered to come around at all, they inevitably left the gate open. And the freaking lawn crew--who we were paying a pretty penny to to mow the grass--would drive their ride-on mower out of the yard, down the driveway, and straight up onto their truck. Then take off, leaving the gate swinging open in the breeze. (Spoke to them and their boss about this problem multiple times. Got nowhere.) Thankfully I am able-bodied and could just go outside to check the gate before letting the dogs out. But it sounds like your neighbours need a different solution.
 
Laura Rainbow Dragon said:
Could they get a spring-loaded gate that cannot be left open?

That is annoying. And dangerous for the dogs!

I had the same issue at my parents' house. Their yard had a very wide gate, that my father had converted into a double gate that he imagined he would actually be able to open himself. He could not. The double gate was, however, more hassle for other people to close properly. So they neglected to do so. The gas metre was in the backyard. And when a metre reader bothered to come around at all, they inevitably left the gate open. And the freaking lawn crew--who we were paying a pretty penny to to mow the grass--would drive their ride-on mower out of the yard, down the driveway, and straight up onto their truck. Then take off, leaving the gate swinging open in the breeze. (Spoke to them and their boss about this problem multiple times. Got nowhere.) Thankfully I am able-bodied and could just go outside to check the gate before letting the dogs out. But it sounds like your neighbours need a different solution.
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I agree. On several different levels….😟
 
Thurs, Dec 26, 2024

AM- awake at 7:15am (PST) after 8+ hours of sleep.🛌💤
Outside is cloudy, windy, 44 (F)degrees feels like 37🌬️🌬️🌥️
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅ CD
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: (yesterday’s) EotD- 50 punches✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Dinner prep✅
Noonish-
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
PM-
  • House chore✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Doggo walk….husb did
  • FB Strong, Round 2, Day 25: Upper Body Strength Supersets, 35 mins✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 20 min post-work-out stretch practice✅
 
Fri, Dec 27, 2024

AM- awake at 6:30am (PST) after 8+ hours of sleep💤🛌
Outside is cloudy, dark, raining, 37 (F) degrees feels like 32☔️
Today would have been my second older brother’s 66th bday. He took his life in 2017 due to worsening of his early Parkinson’s disease. He was very unhappy with its rapid progression keeping him from doing the things that he loved. 😥
  • Journaling✅
  • Dinner prep✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 50 side kicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Noonish-
  • FB Strong, Round 2, Day 26: Lower Body Active Static Strength & Endurance Burnout, 50 mins✅
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • ❌Doggo walk…husb did
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
  • Nap✅
  • Quilting✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sat, Dec 28, 2024

AM- awake at 7am (PST) after 9 hours of sleep🤩💤
Outside is mostly cloudy, wet, 37 (F) degrees feels like 30💧🥶
  • Journaling✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish-
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 50 frontkicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • ❌Quilting
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
  • FB Strong, Round 2, Day 27: Static Stretches for Flexibility and Range of Motion, 25 mins✅….and, DONE!🥳😎
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • Doggo walk✅
 
Sun, Dec 29, 2024

AM- awake at 7:15am (PST) after 9 hours of sleep🥳💤
Outside is dark, wet, cloudy and rainy.💦
Yesterday, after my daughter’s visit to husb’s mom, we all had a long convo about mom’s deteriorating cognitive status. Earlier in the day, mom’s neighbor called to report that several neighbors had experienced her disturbing changing behavior, and were quite concerned. My daughter advised starting the process for moving her to memory care, as she sees rapid declination one day to the next with her visits. So, my husb was suitably anxiety ridden over night, and didn’t sleep.😓
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY
  • House chore✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
PM-
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Doggo walk… husb did
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, Dec 30, 2024

AM- awake at 7am (PST) after being horizontal for 9 hours🛌. However, Canoodles was up 3 times in the night, with urgent need to go outside. I attended to this twice and could see his tummy was a problem.😥💩🙊When I was not outside with him, I was conscious and recounting “all my dead,” and some buried memories associated with many of them…💀🪦Interesting process, with the aid of plant medicine; it’s a lot less hurtful. Just wish it was during daylight hours, rather than using valuable sleep time for it😵‍💫
Outside is bright and sunny, 32 (F) degrees feels like 26😎🥶
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Noonish-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: EotD- 40 side to side backfists✅
  • Elliptical: 25 mins
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
PM-
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Nap✅
  • ❌Dinner prep… husb did
  • Quilting
  • ❌House chore
  • Down Dog Yoga: 18 min post workout stretch✅
 
Tues, Dec 31, 2024

AM- awake at 7:15am (PST) after 9 hours of sleep, yay🛌🤩💤. No doggo tummy troubles, and husb slept most of the night🥳
Outside it is cloudy, wet, 34 (F)degrees feels like 29💧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Meeting/visit with dementia care community about moving mom🥺
so exhausting after an increasingly difficult (every day) morning call with her😫

Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 50 sidekicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
PM-
  • Doggo walk✅
  • House chore✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Nap
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Wed, Jan 1, 2025

***Happy New Year***

AM-awake at 6:30am (PST) after 8 hours in bed🛌💤. But, only part of that was actual sleeping. There were tons of fireworks last night, and I found it disruptive to peace of mind🫢
Outside it is cloudy + white with new snow, 33 (F) degrees feels like 30☁️❄️
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Doggo to daycare for kennel practice + Spa Day✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 50 sidekicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • House chore✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus, Day 1✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 1✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
PM-
  • Journaling✅
  • Reading: resident handbook for memory care community✅
  • Fetch doggo from Daycare✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • ❌Nap
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 15 min post-workout stretch✅
  • Dinner prep✅
 
Thurs, Jan 2, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PST) after 9, yes, NINE! hours of sleep!!🤩💤 Canoe had slithered up onto the bed to nestle between us, just after husb crawled in this morning. Husb had been up most of the night, due to anxiety/planning for his visit to mom’s tomorrow. We are both anticipating a big emotional to-do to move her to memory care. My daughter’s report and recommendation after her visit to mom yesterday, was that we need to move mom asap, as she is less functional each day. This is an unsafe and volatile situation…😰😩
Outside, it is cloudy, drizzling, 34 (F) degrees feels like 30🌧️💦🥶
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 50 frontkicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
———-
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
PM-
  • Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
———-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +, Day 2✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 2✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
———-
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Nap
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 20 min Flexibility practice ✅
 
Fri, Jan 3, 2025

AM- awake at 6:15am (PST) after only 7.5 hours of sleep😩🥱I am not sure if husb got any sleep at all, as he was up several times that I was aware of. He is very anxious about traveling today, due to weather, and not having heard if the admit orders for mom were obtained. He cannot bring her back if they are not prepared to admit her. Besides that, there’s the likely fight with her about the whole idea of moving to memory care. She accuses him of not caring about her, and not knowing her like she thought. It’s very hurtful, regardless of our understanding that dementia causes this behavior…🥺
Outside is dark, wet, raining, 36 (F) degrees feels like 28💦🥶
  • Journaling✅
Husb departed for the 5 hour drive to mom’s…🚙💨

Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 frontkicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • ❌Quilting
Noonish-
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
PM-
  • ❌Nap
  • House chore✅

  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus, Day 3✅
  • DareBee Challenge Standing Abs, Day 3✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
Chat with daughter after she buzzed up to feed and walk mom, since husb was getting there later today, and mom sounded to me like she had not eaten when I called her, and didn’t know where to start with that process.
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
 
Sat, Jan 4, 2025

AM- awake at 7ish am(PST) after 8+ hours of sleep🛌💤My doggo oozed up onto the bed to snuggle with me. And, I could hear his big tummy growling loudly for food, so I gave up and got up😵‍💫
Outside is dense fog, 34 (F)degrees feels like 31😶‍🌫️🥶
  • Journaling✅
  • Water husb’s plants✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927, 249 pages~ 10 pgs/day
  • ❌Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
Noonish- unplanned REST DAY
  • House chore: vacuum/mop basement…a two hour job✅

PM-
  • Nap✅… longer than I’d planned
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 20 min Hatha practice✅
 
Sun, Jan 5, 2025

AM- awake at 8am (PST) after NINE hours of sleep🤩💤💃🏽
Outside is partly sunny, 37 (F) degrees feels like 31⛅️🥶
Husb says no orders for admission have been given, it’s the weekend, so he is contemplating coming home for a couple days until that happens. If my daughter can manage to see mom daily, that could work…🤔
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +, Days 4 + 6✅✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Days 4+5✅✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
PM-
  • Journaling✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • House chore✅
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
  • ❌Nap
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 25 min gentle practice✅
 
Mon, Jan 6, 2025

AM- awake at 7:30am (PST) after only 8 hours of sleep🛌💤. But, it will have to do, cuz I don’t wanna waste any daylight🌞I dreamt about my dad last night. That was not typical for me. He died in 2014, one of a long series of deaths in my family over a two year period. I have rarely had dreams with him being any significant part….🤔
Husb decided that staying with mom until he can move her is the wise course of action. Leaving her alone at this point is not safe, at all. I am encouraging him to go outside and walk often, when his frustration/anxiety start to boil up. It works well.
Outside is cloudy, dry, 33 (F)degrees feels like 27.☁️🥶
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 sidekicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Noonish-
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
PM-
  • House chore✅
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Quilting

  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +, Day 5✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 6✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅

  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 20 min restorative practice✅
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
 
Tues, Jan 7, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PST) after 8+ hours of sleep🛌🥱💤
Outside is cloudy, dry, 34 (F)degrees feels like 27☁️🥶
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 frontkicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
Noonish-
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • Desk work✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅

  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +, Day 7✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 7✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 20 min flexibility flow✅

  • ❌Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
  • Journaling✅
  • ❌Quilting
 
Wed, Jan 8, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PST) after 8+ hours of sleep🛌🥱
Outside is dark, cloudy, 33 (F)degrees feels like 28☁️🥶
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Doggo to daycare for kennel practice✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Noonish- husb is heading back home today, sans mom, to give himself a rest. My daughter will see her (near)daily until husb returns on Sunday. He says he got mom to commit to coming back with him next week. We shall see…😥

Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 sidekicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +, Day 8✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 8✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅

  • Fetch doggo form DayCare✅
  • Doggo walk✅

  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 18 min flexibility flow✅
  • ❌Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927
  • ❌Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Quilting
Husb arrived home in one piece🥳
 
Thurs, Jan 9, 2025

AM- awake at 7:15am (PST) after nearly 9 hours of sleep..well, sort of. I was awake every 1-2 hours all night. I also had a dream with my deceased uncle as the focal point. But, he never actually appeared in the dream. He was always *just* around the corner. I would *just* miss him. ••Sigh••🥺

Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 back kicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Journaling✅
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish-
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
PM-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅l

  • ❌Yard Clean up
  • ❌NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927, 249 pages~ 10 pgs/day
  • ❌Nap

  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 20 min Flexibility flow✅
 
Fri, Jan 10, 2025

AM- awake just after 6am (PST) with 8hours of sleep.🛌💤 No dreams of my dead last night; too anxious about husb’s mom, I think😰
Outside is foggy, dark, cloudy, 31 (F)degrees feels like 27 😶‍🌫️🥶
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 knee strikes✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • House chore✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus+, Day 10✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 10✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅

  • ❌Quilting
PM-
  • ❌Yard Clean up
  • ❌Nap
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 25 min restorative practice✅
  • ❌Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927, 249 pages~ 10 pgs/day
 
Sat, Jan 11, 2025

AM- awake just before 7am (PST) with nearly 9 hours of sleep under my belt, yay!🛌💤🤩
Outside is super foggy, frozen, 28 (F) degrees feels like 23😶‍🌫️🥶😵‍💫
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅

  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +, Days 11✅ & 12✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Days 11✅ & 12✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
PM-
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927, 249 pages~ 10 pgs/day
  • ❌Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
  • Nap✅
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 10 min Sleep Meditation ✅
 
Sun, Jan 12, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PST) after nearly 9 hours of sleep again, woohoo!🛌💤🤩
Dream with my nearest cousin involved last night. It was his dad who was in my dream earlier in the week.💭😴🌙
Outside is clear, sunny, frozen, 26 (F) degrees feels like 20.☀️🥶🧊
Husb departed early to drive to his mom’s house 5 hours away….🚗💨
  • Journaling✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
  • ❌Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
Noonish- planned REST DAY
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • ❌Quilting
PM-
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Nap✅
  • ❌House chore
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 15 min Pilates practice✅
 
Mamatigerj said:
Hooray for 9 hours of sleep! :zzz:

My sleep has been crazy lately, and i never used to have any trouble. I am hoping that some of the dietary changes i am looking at will help things get back on an even keel.
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This aging thing has me needing way more sleep than in my earlier years. It cuts into the daytime hours so much.
Have you been eating before bed, or just eating bad stuff?
 
Mamatigerj said:
Mostly the latter.
I don't have much trouble falling asleep, but i am consistently waking between 230-430 unable to get back to sleep (no matter what time i go to bed). I am a fairly early riser, but i prefer 500-630!
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This time of year, I tend to eat less wholesomely over all mostly out of habit for the holidays. I have put on 4-5 lbs since Oct, eating more sweets than I do the rest of the year. There’s also the stress of my dear mother in law, too😵‍💫. I see Jan as a time to start over, tho, so those things get reined in a bit and the weight comes off again….I hope.
I’ve been waking up in the wee hours, too, these days and struggle to go back to sleep, due to mind spinning about m-i-l…ugh. All the more reason to aim for 9 hours, esp if I’m lifting during my workouts.🏋🏻‍♀️
 
Mon, Jan 13, 2025

AM- awake at 7:45am (PST) after 8+ hours of sleep🛌💤
Outside is partly sunny, dry, frozen, 28(F) degrees feels like 22☀️🧊🥶
Husb is coming home today without mom. She has refused again, and wants to die on her property. So, he will be getting some legal advice, so that we are protected as she declines. I wish things could just get settled already. While I understand the need to change and adapt, this constant pivoting of plans that include me at the side is exhausting😩😮‍💨.
  • Journaling✅
  • Water husb’s plants✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅

  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Noonish-
  • Dinner prep✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 elbow strikes ✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus+, Day 13✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 13✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
PM-
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927, 249 pages~ 10 pgs/day✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Nap
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Husb arrived back home without mom but in one piece🥳
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 10 min Guided Meditation with Breathing✅
 
Tues, Jan 14, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PST) after nearly 9 hours of sleep🛌🤩💤
Outside is sunny, dry, frozen and 34 (F)degrees feels like 29🌞🥶🍦
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 frontkicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
Noonish-
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Quilting
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Dog training session at trainer’s shop✅
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +, Day 14✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 14✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 20 min flexibility flow✅
 
Wed, Jan 15, 2025

AM- awake at 7:30am (PST) after nearly 9 hours of sleep, yay!🛌💤🤩
Outside is sunny, frozen, 28 (F)degrees feels like 22🍳🥶🍦
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: EotD- 30 reverse plank kicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Doggo walk✅
  • Doggo to daycare for kennel practice✅

  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
Noonish-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • House chore✅
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus+, Day 15✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 15✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
PM-
  • Fetch doggo from DayCare✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Nap
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 8 min guided meditation ✅
 
Thurs, Jan 16, 2025

AM- awake at 7ish (PST) after being horizontal for 9 hours, but only sleeping for 7+ of them🥱🥴My right wrist and forearm woke me up with a wretched aching from all the plank positioned exercises in Day 15 of the TBS+ program from yesterday…oof😩😤
Outside is foggy, frozen, 31 (F)degrees feels like 24😶‍🌫️🥶
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 backkicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅

  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus+✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • ❌Quilting

  • Nap✅
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 25 min gentle practice✅
 
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