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DorothyMH DorothyMH Logging since September 2022
Fri, June 13, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep🛌😴
Outside is sunny, 64 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌞🌻🤧🤧🤧I feel very allergic today, as all week….🤕🤧
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 side to side kicks✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Journaling✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
Noonish-
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958

  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 12/54: Cardio intervals with UpperBody Supersets, 28 mins✅

  • ❌Quilting
PM-
  • House chore✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sat, June 14, 2025

AM- awake before 6am (PDT) with Canoe oozing up onto the bed between us🥰. I snuggled with him for a while, then gave up and got up for the day. It had been 8ish hours of sleep. 🛌😴
Outside is sunny, 57 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌞🌻🤧🤧
  • News update✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Journaling✅

  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 13/54: Stretching, Pilates, Yoga Blend, 25 mins✅

  • Yard Clean up✅
Noonish-
  • Lawn mowing + doggo swim and dock clean up, followed by allergy mitigation✅
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
  • Foot soak/pedi✅
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sun, June 15, 2025

AM- awake at 6am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep.🛌😴
Outside is sunny, 61 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌞🌻🤧🤧
Yesterday’s news involving political assignations and parades was deeply disturbing. Husb lost sleep over it; my sleep was distressed….😰🤯🇺🇸
  • News update✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Journaling✅
  • House chore✅
  • Foot soak/pedi✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, June 16, 2025

AM- awake at 5am (PDT), when husb and doggo were getting up. But, I waited to see if I could sleep some more. I did, and then finally got up at nearly 7, for 8ish hours of sleep.🛌😴
Outside is mostly sunny, 58 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌞🌤️🌻🤧🤧🤧
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 backfists✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • House chore✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
  • Journaling✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 15/54: Brutal Fat Burning Cardio HIIT + Dynamic Total Body Strength, 28 mins✅
  • ❌Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, June 17, 2025

AM- awake at 6am (PDT) after only 7 hours of sleep😩🛌. Too much dark chocolate yesterday + lower dose plant medicine last night= not drowsy, even by 11pm.Sheesh🫣
Outside is mostly sunny, 62 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌤️🌻🤧🤧Not enough sleep means my allergies are more problematic, as are the chronic pain issues. I know my husb wasn’t sleeping either, but his was more due to mom-worries…..🥺
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 1 min squat hold punches✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Quilting!
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
Noonish-
  • Fetch CSA (veggies)box in town✅

  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 16/54: 1.) Fat Burning Cardio Intervals (incl warm-up), 25 mins✅ 2.) Light Cardio + Stretching Cool Down, 5 mins✅
PM-
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • Foot soak/pedi✅
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • NYT puzzle page
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Wed, June 18, 2025

AM- awake before 6:30am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep.🛌😴. I was having some weird dreams that involved communal living situations from my early 20’s. Apparently, I took enough of everything() last night to conjure up some ancient memories🤯😏
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 1 min speed bag punches✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo to DayCare for kennel practice and training✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • House chore✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 17/54: 1.) Calorie Burning Cardio Warm Up, 5 mins✅; 2.) Total Body HIIT and Abs, 19 mins✅; 3.) Quick Cool Down Stretching, 5 mins✅
PM-
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
  • Fetch doggo from DayCare✅
  • Foot soak✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Down Dog Yoga: 15 min gentle practice with hip flexor stretches✅
  • ❌Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958
 
Thurs, June 19, 2025

***JUNETEENTH***

Am- awake at 6:45am (PDT) after 8 hours of sleep. Canoodles (🦮)had oozed up onto the bed, and sprawled out his massive body between us, so I was overheating😜🥵
Outside is mostly sunny, 64 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌤️🌻🤧🤧
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 1 min weighted (1 lb) squat hold punches✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Journaling✅
Noonish-
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅

  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 18/54: Kickboxing Cardio Intervals, 20 mins✅

  • House chore✅
  • Foot soak✅
  • Quilting✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅

  • Dinner prep✅
Meet stepson + gf in town for dinner
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • ❌Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958
 
Fri, June 20, 2025

***🌺Summer Solstice🌺***

AM- awake at nearly 6:45am (PDT) after 8+ hours of pretty solid sleep, yay!🛌💤🤩
Outside is breezy, cloudy, 62 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌬️☁️🌼🤧🤧
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • ❌Yard Clean up
  • House chore✅
❌Mobility/warmups-

Noonish-
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
  • Journaling✅

  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 19/54: 1.) Calorie Burning Cardio Warm Up, 5 mins✅; 2.) Total Body Strength Challenging Dynamic Supersets, 25 mins✅; 3.) Cool Down Stretching for Busy People, 5 mins✅

  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
  • Foot soak✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sat, June 21, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8 hours of sleep. We stayed up late watching The Accountant (movie, 2016) on Prime. It was actually really good: exciting, thoughtful, psycho-drama. Tonight we plan to see The Accountant 2. That was my evil plan: to see them both this weekend.😈
Outside is partly cloudy, 56 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen!!🌤️🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅

  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 20/54: Relaxing and Calming Pilates and Yoga Blend for Strength and Flexibility, 15 min✅

  • House chore✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish-
  • Desk work✅
PM-
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Foot soak✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sun, June 22, 2025

AM- awake at nearly 8am (PDT) after close to 9 hours of sleep!🥳🛌💤😎
Last night we watched the sequel: “The Accountant 2.” Good movie, exciting and ended nicely.🥳😎
Outside is mostly sunny, 62 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🌤️🌺
  • News update✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Meet up with friend for doggo play time✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY
  • House chore✅
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • Quilting✅✅🤩🤩
PM-
  • ❌Yard Clean up… husb did
  • NYT puzzle page😘
  • Foot soak✅
  • ❌Nap
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, June 23, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 8ish hours of solid sleep.🛌💤💤. Last night we carried on watching a new HBO series called Duster, with Josh Holloway. It’s a fun romp created by JJ Abrams and LaToya Morgan with a cool 70’s vibe and a great cast of muscle cars🚗💨It’s got some sensitive humor, just a moderate amount of what I would call “reserved violence,” (not overly graphic), lots of fast car stunts, and a good story, with a colorful cast.
Outside is mostly sunny, hazy, 58 (F) degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌤️🌺🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 500 speedbag punches✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • House chore✅
Noonish-
  • Quilting✅
  • Stepson + gf here for brief visit✅
PM-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 22/54: Strength & Pilates Butt & Thigh, 35 mins✅

  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • Foot soak✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 18 min gentle practice with hip stretches✅
  • Doggo walk✅
***ding***ding***ding***ALL GREEN🥳
 
Ding ding ding indeed!
Bell Ringing GIF by American Military University
 
Tues, June 24, 2025

AM- awake at 4am with splitting headache for I-don’t-know-what reason, other than some mal-dosing of coffee, or chocolate, or allergy exacerbation😫
Regardless, I refused to get up, tried to sleep longer, and so didn’t actually get up until about 6:30am (PDT). So that was 8 hours of horizontal time and less than that of actual sleep🥴💤🛌
Outside is sunny, hazy, 62 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🍳🌺🤧🤧
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 backfists✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Journaling✅
Noonish-
  • House chore✅
  • Fetch CSA (veggies) box in town✅
PM-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 23/54: Fat Burning Tank Top Arms + Cardio Intervals + Upper Body Strength, 35 mins✅

  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Wed, June 25, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after barely 8 hours of sleep.🛌💤. Another (what I would call a) minor *background* headache this morning. What the actual eff….😖
Outside is partly cloudy, hazy, 72 (F) degrees with MED-HIgh pollen.🌤️🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Doggo to DayCare Spa Day✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 front kicks✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Dinner prep✅
  • House chore✅
  • News update✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
Noonish-
  • Brief visit to step mom + Fetch doggo from Spa✅

  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 24/54: Fat Burning Core and Cardio Intervals, 20 mins✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 20 min gentle practice for flexibility✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958
  • ❌Quilting
 
Thurs, June 26, 2025

AM- awake at. 6:30am (PDT) after 8 hours of solid sleep💤🛌. And NO headache today, yay!🥳
Outside is partly cloudy, less hazy, 66 (F) degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌤️🌺🤧
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 weighted (1 lb) squat hold punches✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Lawn mowing (top front/back…husb did lower back) + allergy mitigation ✅

  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 25/54: 1.) HIIT Like you Mean It, 18 mins✅; 2.) Butt Lifting, Thigh Toning, 5 mins✅
Noonish-
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep🥹
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958
  • Foot soak✅

PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Fri, June 27, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 8 hours of sleep 🛌💤
Outside is mostly sunny, 65 (F) degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌤️🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, by Mike Jay✅….and, DONE📖.. This was an interesting look at the history of psychoactive substances and their evolvement to “drugs” and “meds,” and self experimentation from way back in the 18th century, up to the present. I’m glad I read it, and I highly recommend it.🤓
  • Yard Clean up✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 palm strikes✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 26/54: “Tank Top Arms” for Toned Arms, Shoulders, & Upper Back, 25 mins✅
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Foot soak✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 20 min restorative practice with hip stretches✅

✅***ALL GREEN TODAY***✅
 
Sat, June 28, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after a particularly dreadful night. I was awake at 1ish and in so much discomfort in my left hip that I just could NOT get back to sleep. Until about 4am. Then Canoe wanted me to get up at 5. I put him off until husb got up with him; then he woke me up for real at 6:30😩😮‍💨
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
Noonish- unplanned REST DAY
  • ❌Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958

  • Quilting- show and tell at the Family Reunion out of town with my auntie and brother in law
PM-
  • ❌NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌House chore
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Dinner prep….husb did
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
Lat night visiting with my daughter who brought my granddaughter back to our house from the fam reunion. Acclimating our doggo to the girls again. He originally came from their house to ours back in 2021, so he was very excited to see them. Hearing them on the phone and FaceTime helps maintain their familiarity.
 
Sun, June, 2025

AM- awake at 5am (PDT) when my white noise faded out unexpectedly. My phone was down to zero charge and I could not see if it was able to connect…So, I connected it to a diff charger outside of its case, and went back to bed. Was able to sleep until 7:45, and got up feeling better, and with a fully charged device, yay🤓
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
Noonish-
  • Dinner prep✅
Long visit with daughter before she heads home; granddaughter is staying with us this week.

PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Light Toning and Stretching Routine for Flexibility, 10 mins✅
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • Foot soak✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • House chore
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, June 29, 2025

AM- awake at 6:15am (PDT) after just 7ish hours of sleep🛌💤🫩. Our routine is elongated with granddaughter here: about an hour later than usual, which I actually did expect, and have accepted. 🫣🥴. I’m just hoping she doesn’t sleep thru the entire cooler part of the day, cuz that will mean little to no outside time, due to heat…🥵🥵
Outside is sunny, 65 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🍳🌺🤧🤧🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Lawn mowing followed by allergy mitigation✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 knee strikes✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 29/54: Total Body Strength and HIIT, 35 min✅
PM-
  • Lake swim and yard hose off with Canoe + granddaughter👙🐶followed by icecream sammiches from grampa!✅
  • Foot soak✅
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, July 1, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after nearly 8 hours of sleep🛌💤. I slept pretty hard, just not long enough. But, today will be even hotter, so any chores outside need to happen earlier than 10am.🥵🥵🥵
Outside at 7:30am, it is partly cloudy, 70 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌺🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quick trip to grocery store✅
  • News update✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Journaling✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 30: High-Low Cardio Intervals, 20 mins✅…with granddaughter joining for the 2nd day in a row!🤗
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
  • Lake swim with doggo + granddaughter✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
  • House chore✅
  • ❌Doggo walk…too hot for doggo at over 95 (F)degrees🥵🥵
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Wed, July 2, 2025

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after NINE hours of solid sleep🤩🛌💤
Outside is already hot, partly cloudy, 78 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen.🌤️🥵🤧🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 front kicks✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Journaling
Noonish-
  • House chore✅
  • Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅

  • Doggo walk✅: trip to town with granddaughter to meet daycare staff, and visit to park, with bad event: doggo lunged at another dog and leash ripped my hand open before I could let go😖😫So, an unplanned REST DAY🫣… at home, my husb doctored me up; he’s so good to me🥰
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅…husb soaked, cleaned, wrapped my hand and medicated me so I could sleep.
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Dinner prep
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Thurs, July 3, 2025

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep.🛌💤🥱Apparently, I had enough drugs on board to sleep🥳💊
Outside is sunny, breezy, 73 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌞🍃🤧🤧🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅…. limited with hand injury
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅…limited ROM
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 side to side kicks✅
  • ❌FitBeast hand exercisers
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Hand soak/dressing change✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 31/54: Fun Kickboxing and HIIT Fat Burner with Warm Up & Cool Down, 25 mins✅

  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
  • ❌Quilting
  • Visit stepmom with granddaughter and shopping + errands✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Meet up with stepmom + her husb, my husb and granddaughter in town for dinner for my stepmom’s 83rd birthday, which we will be out of town for in 2 weeks✅
  • ❌Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Fri, July 4, 2025

🇺🇸🧨***Fourth of July***🧨🇺🇸

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after a restless night with fireworks keeping me from dropping off before midnight🧨So, that was 7ish hours of sleep😮‍💨💤
Outside is partly cloudy, 67 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🥳🌤️🌸🤧🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅

  • Dog trainer here for trouble shooting debrief session following my incident two days ago✅
Noonish-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • ❌BaoDing balls
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 32/54: Cardio, 30 mins✅… grand-daughter joined me🥳
  • Down Dog Yoga: 15 min restorative practice with chest + shoulder stretches✅
PM-
  • More thrift shopping with granddaughter😎🌸✅
  • House chore✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • ❌Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Fireworks display watching with granddaughter✅🤩🧨
 
Sat, July 5, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 7ish hours of sleep.😮‍💨💤🛌…SO much fireworks last night!🧨It was fun to watch out over our west view across the lake with granddaughter. She had never seen that many over so broad a space/horizon😅
Outside is partly cloudy, 62 (F)degrees with MED-ium pollen🌤️🌸🤧🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
Noonish-TRAVEL DAY= *rest day*

PM- arrived back home from delivering granddaughter back to her mother (7 hours of driving😮‍💨)
  • ❌Reading: FINISH Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌House chore
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Journaling
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga


****this was a RED X Day***🫣😓
 
Sun, July 6, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 7+ hours of sleep🛌😓💤😮‍💨
Outside is mostly sunny, 69 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🌤️🌸🤧🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Lawn mowing + allergy mitigation✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅
PM-
  • ❌Quilting
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, July 7, 2025

AM- awake at 7 am (PDT) after 8+ hours of sleep🛌💤🤩
Outside is sunny, 69 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🍳🌸🤧🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Reading: Elizabeth the Great, by Elizabeth Jenkins, 1958✅….and, DONE.🥳. This was a thorough and comprehensive biography of Elizabeth I’s (Henry VIII’s daughter with Anne Boleyn) life from her birth to her death. It was inclusive of all the major characters by whom she was surrounded. After all the mini-series and movies that have been adapted, I wanted a more complete telling, where I could straighten out all the Marys! Among other reasons, this was a good book. I highly recommend it.👑
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 33/54: 1.) Easy Calorie Burning Cardio Warm Up✅; 2.) Total Body Training for a Lean Strong Body, 23 mins✅; 3.) Quick Cool Down Stretch, 5 mins✅
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day Day 34/54: Lower Body Active Low Impact Tone and Stretch, 15 min✅
PM-
  • House chore✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅…cut short by my daughter’s call about husb’s mom’s behavior today= more and increased anxiety😵‍💫😨
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, July 8, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8+ hours of sleep🛌💤🥱I think my husb was up half the night hand wringing about his mom’s deterioration…😓😵‍💫
Outside is sunny, 70 (F)degrees with MED-HIgh pollen🍳🌸🤧🤧🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • ❌FitBeast hand exercisers
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • House chore✅
Noonish-
  • CSA box pick up✅

  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 36/54: Fat Blasting Booty Builder HIIT Cardio + Strength Training, 30 mins✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
***Husb’s high anxiety level is contagious to me, even as we try to maintain clarity on what is possible, and focus on our own sanity and what we need. My hand wound is healing well, but, it means I have to modify my workouts to avoid pressure anywhere on my left hand..
 
Wed, July 9, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep🛌💤😵‍💫
Outside is sunny, 70 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🍳🌸🤧🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • House chore✅
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 front kicks✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Trip prep chore✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 37/54: Bodyweight Upper Body Killer Arms, Shoulders, + Upper Back, 20 mins✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Quilting✅✅✅
  • ❌Dinner prep….husb did🥰
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Thurs, July 10, 2025

AM- awake shortly after 6am (PDT) after 7ish hours of waking dream-type sleep🫣😵‍💫🛌🥱. At least my body was heavy and felt paralyzed on my bed all night. I had no desire to get up even tho I felt semi awake. My mind was super busy and wandering all over the place. Our trip to the west side got altered yesterday, in favor of just being nearby husb’s mom to see her daily while my daughter is away.
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 side to side kicks✅
  • ❌FitBeast hand exercisers
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Lawn mowing + allergy mitigation✅
Noonish- unplanned REST DAY
  • Quilting✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Fri, July 11, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after a struggle to get to sleep last night, but totaled 8 hours horizontal time.
This morning I was having anxiety dreams about high school🫣😝
Outside is sunny, 69 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🍳🌺🤧🤧🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 200 squat hold punches✅
  • ❌BaoDing balls
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Journaling✅

  • Get doggo to kennel for our trip duration✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 38/54: When I Say Jump HIIT Cardio, 30 mins✅

  • House chores/trip prep✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sat, July 12, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 7+ hours of sleep.🛌💤

Outside is sunny, 65 (F)degrees with MED- HIgh pollen☀️🌺🤧🤧

Today, we are packed up and headed the 5 hour drive to see husb’s demented mom. We plan short visits and staying away in the city for some fun breaks…🤞
  • Journaling✅
  • ❌Yard Clean up
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • News update✅
❌Mobility/warmups

Travel day

Noonish-
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
  • ❌Nap
  • House chore✅
  • ❌Doggo walk
Arrived at mother in law’s with dinner, stayed for that and 1+ hour visit, then went to hotel for tonight🤩
  • Down Dog Yoga: 15 min gentle practice✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
 
Sun, July 13, 2025

AM- awake at 6:03 (PDT) after 7+ hours of sleep and additional allergy symptoms. M-i-L had us tromping around her overgrown acreage last night before we left her. Lots of blooms and knee-high grasses🤧🤧🤧
Outside this morning in this small riverside town is sunny, 66 (F)degrees with MED pollen. We’ve walked all around their city park area behind our hotel. It’s well designed and maintained. A bit of walking in the little town, as well.😎🚶🏻‍♀️🚶
  • Walking: 1.5 miles✅
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
Noonish-
  • Mom visit- this was difficult. At least we only brought her food, ate with her and left as she became hostile and agitated.😖
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • ❌House chore
  • Walking: another 2.5 miles
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, July 14, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 7ish hours of VERY HOT sleep. Our Portland Oregon AirBnB is a cute attic loft with a portable air conditioner that does not quite meet the need on a 90+ degree day🥵🥵🥵🥵
Currently, outside is sunny, 66 (F) degrees with MEDium pollen.🍳🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Walking: 3.5 miles✅
***We opted out of seeing m-i-l today, due to yesterday’s emotional effect on both of us. Instead, we rigged up our AirBnB to fend off the extreme heat that will happen again on Tues. And, we picked up some additional sun protective clothing.
 
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