Tues, July 15, 2025

AM- awake at 6am (PDT) after 8 hours of fairly comfortable sleep, yay🤩🛌😴

Outside is sunny, 54 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🌞🌺🤧🤧
Today, will make a visit to m-i-l, take some groceries and some lunch stuff she always liked in the past, and see how things are. On last night’s phone call, she said she was *in science fiction,* but could not explain what that meant. We suspect she is seeing people (or aliens?) in the trees again….😵‍💫
  • Journaling✅
  • Walking: 2 miles✅
Noonish- drive up to see m-i-l, to take her food and visit, drive back🚗💨

PM-
Well, it was an eventful time at m-i-l’s place. She ate lunch and was just finishing up when Adult Protective Services drove up with 2 social workers to follow up on a neighbor’s report of her safety being at risk. It escalated from there. Much like an addict’s intervention when the addict won’t accept anyone’s statements of fact about their behavior. The social workers called the sheriff deputy to intervene further because of her escalation. Ultimately, he could not take her into custody and to the emergency room involuntarily because she was not actually threatening to harm anyone or herself at that time. After they all left, she refused to go with us to urgent care for evaluation, because she had *diagnosed herself* and she was “just FINE, thank you.” It was all so traumatic, I had to leave the room several times in tears….😫😫
We returned to our AirBnB exhausted and overheated, and needed the remaining evening time to cool off the loft so we could sleep🥵🥵
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • ❌Nap
  • Walking: 1+ mile, to get icecream in the heat and post trauma😫
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Wed, July 16, 2025

AM- awake at 5am but went back to sleep, and woke up for real at 6:20am (PDT), after 8ish hours of (mostly) sleep.🛌😴🆒
Outside is sunny, 71 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🌞🌺🤧🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • Walking: 2 miles✅
Noonish-
Drive to m-i-l’s to take her lunch and short visit…we left at the one hour mark, *just* as she was about to wind up into a rant.😵‍💫
  • News update✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Reading: (Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956✅
 
Thurs, July 17, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 8+ hours of solid sleep🛌😴🥳We’ve been able to get the bedroom in our AirBnB cool enough for me to sleep pretty well🤩😎
Outside is sunny, 58 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🌞🌺🤧🤧
  • Walking: 2 miles✅
  • Journaling✅
Drive to daughter’s condo on far side of town to check mail📭+ water plants🌱

***no m-i-l visit today😅***

Noonish-
  • News update✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Walking: 2 miles✅
  • Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Fri, July 18, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after a very poor 8ish hours of sleep😫🛌😴
Outside is sunny, 63 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🌞🌺🤧🤧
  • Journaling✅
Noonish-
Drive the <hour north to bring lunch to m-i-l and clean her place a bit. We left immediately after she erupted into a hostile rant.
  • Walking: 1 mile✅
  • News update✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Walking: 1 mile✅
  • ❌Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
***lots of goings on with m-i-l today. I’ve been quite disturbed since the visit. After we left, she wandered over to the neighbors’ paranoid that someone was in her house. First the neighbor called the cops, then Adult Protective Services, who called us. Next, we called the neighbor. Finally, the cops sent a Behavioral Health Responder out to see m-i-l, and the BHR called us.
So, instead of not going tomorrow, we will need to go check her.
 
Sat, July 19, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30ish after 8+ hours of fitful sleep😮‍💨🛌😴
Outside is partly cloudy, 59 (F)degrees, with MEDium pollen🌤️🌺🤧🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
Drive to complete errands in suburbs, then drive north < 1hour to see m-i-l, with some new clothing items, since yesterday’s visit proved she had worn some things out, and they were just GONE.
We stayed so see that she ate, then left before she had a chance to wind up into a rant.
Really bad allergic flare while driving back. I had to pull over and have husb drive. I think it was the repeated and prolonged exposure to my m-i-l’s cats today. We could not get her to go outside, either to eat or to walk around the yard.
  • Walking: 2.5 miles✅
 
Sun, July 20, 2025

AM- awake at 6:40am (PDT) after 8+ hours of sleep.🛌😴. Husb was quite restless in the night, so his jerking legs kept waking me up😵‍💫🫣
Outside is cloudy, 58 (F)degrees with LOW-MEDium pollen☁️🌺🤧I still feel quite inflamed, although better with the prednisone I took yesterday, after too much cat exposure.🐈🙀
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Walking: 2.5 miles✅
Noonish-
  • Bagdad Theater for (the new) Superman✅🥰
PM-
  • Walking: 2 miles✅
  • ❌Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956
 
Mon, July 21, 2025

AM- awake at 6:15am (PDT) after 7ish hours of restless sleep🛌😮‍💨😴
Outside is mostly cloudy, wet, 61 (F) degrees with LOW-MEDium pollen. Clearly, it rained last night, which flushed some pollen out of the air, yay!🌦️🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Walking: 2 miles✅
Noonish-
  • Mom visit—- holy cow, what a rage she gets into not being able to follow a conversation or her perception of intrusion on HER property: barking, hitting things, throwing things. We had to leave after only a half an hour…
PM-
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • ❌Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Walking: 2 miles✅
 
Tues, July 22, 2025

AM- awake at 6-something (PDT) after a short night (under 7 hours) of sleep 🛌🥱😮‍💨. Still had loads of anxiety, and was pretty wide awake last night, anticipating another day seeing m-i-l to see how things went after we left…😵‍💫🙁
Outside is mostly sunny, 58 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen.🌤️🌺🤧🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • ❌Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956
Check out of AirBnB and kill time til we can check into the next one🏠🚪😅

Noonish-
  • Drive up to see mother in law- this lasted an hour, and she was becoming increasingly agitated with all discussion, so we left.😵‍💫🥺
PM-
  • Walking: 4 miles✅
  • ❌NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Wed, July 23, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after typically lousy “first night in a new place.”😵‍💫🫩😴Outside is sunny, 60 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🌞🕶️🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Walking: 1 mile✅
Noonish-
  • Meet up with daughter and granddaughter for food + visit✅
PM-
  • Bowling✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Walking: 3 miles
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • ❌Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956
 
Thurs, July 24, 2025

AM- awake ate 7:20am (PDT) when my white nose stopped. So, that was close to 9 hours of horizontal time, but I was awake and restless several times in the night. Pain, anxiety, too small of bed. We have a king at home (not a queen), so all other options feel microscopic, leaving me unable to spread out like da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man😝🫣
Outside is mostly sunny, 64 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🌤️🌺🤧🤧
This is a mom-visit day, again…wonder what we will find….🫣😵‍💫
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • Walking: 1.5 miles✅
Noonish-
  • Visit to mother in law, lasted an hour + 15 mins, as she became more and more agitated and paranoid that we were trying to “squeeze her off her property.”….which of course, we were not🥺
PM-
  • Walking: 1.5 miles✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Walking: 2 miles✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Fri, July 25, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep. Interesting dream this morning, not related to any anxiety, that I can think of; just old memories of when I worked at the hospital (I’m a retired RN) near which we are staying. We drove by it from a different side yesterday, and I pointed out some things to my husb. That must have triggered things in my subconscious.😅

Outside is partly cloudy, 59 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🌤️🌺🤧
We are taking the day off of seeing m-i-l today to do some fun stuff: my husb’s food Safari idea🍱😎
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Walking: 1.5miles✅
Noonish-
  • Movie at the Bagdad Theater (Fantastic 4, First Steps)✅…this was a fun change from the typical Marvel faire. I’m a huge Pedro Pascal fan, so🤭. Good story, great effects, sort of a retro vibe on an alternate Earth.🌏
PM-
  • Walking: 3.0 miles✅
  • NYT puzzle page
  • Nap
  • Walking: 1.5 miles
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sat, July 26, 2025

AM- awake at 6:45am (PDT), after lights out at 10:30pm last night. I was up at 3:30 but could not get back to sleep until 5am or so, then husb was up at 5:30. So, I was 8 horizontal hours but, sleep? Not enough!😩😵‍💫
Outside is partly cloudy, 61 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen.🌤️🌺🤧🤧
Travel day today: gotta head home for the 5 hour drive, after seeing m-i-l for however long she will remain civil…😒😝
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • ❌Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956
  • Walking: 1 mile✅
  • Drive to visit m-i-l and take her food, visit lasted an hour before she was spinning out a rant😵‍💫✅
Noonish-
  • TRAVEL DAY✅5+ hour drive home🚙💨
PM-
  • ❌NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Nap
  • House chore✅
 
Sun, July 27, 2025

AM- awake at 7:15am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep. We had way more coffee than usual yesterday, on the drive home, so we were pretty wide awake later into the evening.😵‍💫
Outside is sunny, 64 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen☀️🍳🌺🤧🤧
Feels SO good to be home and to sleep in my own bed🥰🏡🛌💤
  • Journaling✅
  • ❌Yard Clean up
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • News update✅
  • Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • House chore✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY
  • Fetch doggo from kennel✅
  • Quilting✅
PM-
  • Desk work✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, July 28, 2025

AM- awake at 7:10am (PDT) after a night full of wakefulness. Canoe woke me up at MN and again at 3, for water and anxiety😓. Husb snored constantly, although rhythmically and quietly, but in any and every position😩Regardless, I had 9 hours of horizontal time.🛌💤
I will just need to restart my exercise regime, and since this is Monday, I’ll prolly get a nap, as well.😇
Outside is sunny, 67 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen☀️🍳🌻🤧🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • 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 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 39/54: Upper Body Strength + Yoga, 30 mins✅
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, July 29, 2025

AM- awake a little after 6am (PDT) when Canoodles oozed up onto the bed between us to snuggle🥰🐶He’s SO stinkin cute, but, also LARGE. He takes as much space as a 12 year old kid!😜
So, my actual sleep time was nearly 8 hours. Solid. Much better than the prior night.🛌💤🤩
Outside is sunny, 67 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🍳🌻🌺🤧🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Lawn mowing + allergy mitigation✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 elbowstrikes✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Reading (Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
Noonish-
  • Fetch CSA (veggies) box in town✅
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 40/54: Build a Booty Workout for a Round Lifted Butt & Great Legs, 27 mins✅

  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
***only gotta catch that yoga and I’ll have a page full of green!💚
 
Wed, July 30, 2025

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after 9 hours of horizontal time, but Canoe woke me up twice to go outside. He is working on settling his tummy back down after the 2 week kenneling, so there is lots of tumult in there🤢😷💨
Outside is already heading toward hot: sunny, 76 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🥵🍳🌺🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Lake swim with doggo✅
  • Dinner prep✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 back fists✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 41/54: Feel-good Stretching, 15 mins ✅
Noonish-
  • News update✅
  • Reading(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • Journaling✅
PM-
  • Foot soak/pedi✅
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Meet stepson + gf in town for dinner ✅
  • ❌House chore
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Thurs, July 31, 2025

AM- awake at nearky 7:30am (PDT) after 9 hours of mostly sleep🤩🛌😴
However, my head started aching in the night and still is. And, my second day DOMS is bad😩🤕
Outside is already HOT, at 80+ (F) degrees, with thunder cells in the area, and MEDium pollen🍳🥵🌸🤧🤧
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 knee strikes✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Journaling✅
  • Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
Noonish-
  • ❌FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2…waiting another day, due to DOMS
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 25 min Hatha practice✅
PM-
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • ❌Yard Clean up
  • ❌House chore
  • Doggo walk✅
 
Fri, Aug 1, 2025

AM- awake at 6am (PDT) after less than 8 hours of sleep🛌😴. Between Canoe nonstop licking and husb snoring, getting back to sleep was a no-go, so I jus got up😏
Outside is mostly sunny, 74 (F)degrees with LOW-MED pollen🌤️🌹🤧🤧
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Journaling✅
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✅
Noonish-
  • Doggo trainer here for debrief after our trip: she visited Canoe 4 times at kennel to work with him✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
  • Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • Quilting✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga…unplanned REST DAY, due to dog trainer being here a long time…
  • ❌House chore
  • Doggo walk✅
 
Sat, Aug 2, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8+ hours of sleep🛌😴. No waking up in the night by the doggo, thank the gawds🤩
Outside is sunny, 72 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🌞🍳🌺🤧🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • News update✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish-
  • Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 18 min Pilates practice✅
***lots of drama from my daughter about *her* daughter, who is struggling in Germany with the dad, and wants/needs to cut the visit short in order to save herself more emotional trauma***

PM-
  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • House chore ✅
  • Doggo walk✅
****I got all the green today, woohoo!💚
 
Sun, Aug 3, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8+ hours of sleep🛌😴My daughter continues to struggle with the ex-husb, so that is increasing my own anxiety, as well.😰😩
Outside is sunny, hazy, 69 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen🍳🌫️🤧🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
Noonish-
*** husb departed to check on his mom, and to help my daughter***

PM-
  • House chore✅
  • Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 20 min somatic yoga practice✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅

***another ALL GREEN day!***🤩🥳
 
Mon, Aug 4, 2025

AM- awake at 6:50am (PDT) after less than 8 hours of sleep. Too much anxiety to stay asleep any longer, although my plant medicine made it fairly easy to GO to sleep last night🥹
Outside is partly cloudy, 62 (F)degrees with LOW-MEDium pollen🌤️🌺🤧🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Lawn mowing + allergy mitigation✅
  • House chore✅
  • News update✅
  • Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
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✅
Noonish-
  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 43/54: 1.) Wake Up Call Cardio Calorie Burning Warm Up, 6 mins✅. 2.) Lower Body Tabata HIIT, 10 mins✅. 3.) Workout for Butt and Thighs, 10 mins✅ 4.) Yoga Cool Down and Stretch, 5 mins✅

  • Dinner prep✅
PM-

***HVAC guy here for maint***
  • ❌NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Nap
  • MORE Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 15 min post workout stretch practice✅
  • Quilting✅
 
Tues, Aug 5, 2025

AM- awake at 6:20am (PDT) after 7+ hours of sleep🛌🥱😴
Outside is mostly cloudy, 60 (F)degrees, with LOW-MEDium pollen, woohoo🤩🌥️🌺🤧🤧🤧
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Check/water husb’s plants✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 front kicks✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 44/54: 1.) Low Impact Beginner No Jumping Quiet Cardio Warm up, 10 mins✅ 2.) Shoulder Sculpting Upper Body, 18 mins✅ 3.) Relaxing Stretching Cool Down, 5 mins✅

  • Fetch CSA (veggies!)box in town✅
PM-
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Nap
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956
  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
  • Down Dog Yoga; 12 min gentle practice✅
  • ❌Quilting
Husb arrived home in one piece after seeing to his mother🥲🙏
 
Wed, Aug 6, 2025

AM- awake very hour or two all night. Finally got up for the day at 7:40am (PDT), after 8+ hours of horizontal time, and very “busy” and restless sleep…🫩
Outside is cloudy, drizzling, 68 (F) degrees with LOW pollen🤩🌨️🌺🤧
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • News update✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 side kicks✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish-
  • Journaling✅
  • Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • Nap✅
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 45/54: 1.) HIIT Fat Blaster with Warm Up Cardio, 8 mins✅. 2.) HIIT Metabolism Booster, 15 mins✅. 3.) Total Body Cooldown, 7 mins✅

  • Dinner prep✅
Stepson here to work on yard for me🥰
  • ❌Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012
  • ❌NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Quilting
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Thurs, Aug 7, 2025

AM- awake at 6:20am (PDT) after 8ish hours of horizontal time, but lots of difficulty getting to sleep. I think it was well after midnight before I konked out😵‍💫🫩😮‍💨
Outside is partly cloudy, 65 (F)degrees with LOW-MEDium 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 overhead punches✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • House chore✅

  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 46/54: 1.) Upper Body Warm Up, 8 mins✅. 2.) Upper Body Alternating Dumbbell Challenge for Strength + Coordination, 27 mins (incl cool down)✅

  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
  • Quilting✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga

  • Dinner prep✅…Meet stepson + gf in town for dinner🥰
 
Fri, Aug 8, 2025

AM-awake at 7am (PDT) after 8ish hours of (mostly) sleep🛌😴
Outside is sunny, 64 (F)degrees with LOW-MEDium pollen🍳🌺🤧🤧
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 200 punches✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Day 47/54: Pilates to Tighten and Tone the Butt and Thighs, 25 mins✅
  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
  • Dinner prep✅


PM-
  • Quilting✅
  • House chore✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 20 min gentle practice✅
  • Doggo walk✅
***ALL GREEN TODAY🤩🤓🥳
 
Sat, Aug 9, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8+ hours of horizontal time. I struggled to get to sleep last night… sometime after midnight again, was when I finally dropped off. Oh well. This must just be “a time” when I am not in need of so much sleep….?😵‍💫🫣😴🛌
Outside is mostly sunny, 64(F)degrees with LOW-MEDium pollen.🌤️🌺🤧
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Reading:(Kindle) The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • Lawn mowing + allergy mitigation✅
  • House chore✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30 Round 2, Day 4&/54: Stress Busting Yoga Pilates Relaxing Stretch for Flexibility, 10 mins✅

  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
PM-
  • Quilting✅…nice long session of more repair work on another quilt. This one I had made for my mom about 3 decades ago. My daughter has been heavily using it since my mom died nearly 10 years ago….🥺
  • ❌NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Nap
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sun, Aug 10, 1025

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 9, that’s right, NINE hours of sleep🤩🥳😎
Outside is sunny, 69 (F)degrees with LOW-MEDium pollen.🌞🌺🤧
  • Doggo walk✅, or car ride to dog park or grass area for ball or snifari
  • House chore✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Dock clean up while doggo swims and snifari🐾🐶
Noonish- Planned REST DAY
  • Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • Journaling✅
PM-
  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
  • ❌NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Nap
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, Aug 11, 2025

AM- awake before 6am (PDT) after just less than 8 hours of sleep🛌😴. Yesterday, I felt so good with all that sleep on board, I skipped the nap, and just had the doggo nap with husb🫣
Outside is mostly sunny, 74 (F)degrees with LOW-MEDium pollen🌤️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 side kicks✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 50/54: Lower Body Strength + HiiT, 30 mins✅
PM-
  • MORE Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep: meet stepson + gf in town for dinner✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, Aug 12, 2025

AM- awakened by the doggo before 5am (PDT), but managed to pet him into going back to bed rather than outside. However, I could not get back to sleep, and decided to get up at 5:45…that was 7 hours of sleep, again🛌😴😵‍💫
Outside is sunny, already warm at 70 (F) degrees, with LOW-MEDium pollen🌞🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 elbowstrikes✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
  • Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • Dock clean up while doggo swam in the lake✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 51/54: Strong, Lean, Toned Arms, Chest and Shoulders - Lift Like You Mean It! 30 mins✅
  • Fetch CSA box + groceries✅
  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
  • Dog trainer here for trial dog sitting/set up✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅…very brief😵‍💫
  • Quilting✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Wed, Aug 13, 2025

AM- awake at 6:45am (PDT) after 8+ hours of sleep🛌💤
Outside is sunny, smoky/hazy, 80 (F) degrees with MEDium pollen🌞🔥🌺🤧
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Reading(Kindle): The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley, 1956 ✅
  • Journaling✅
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✅

  • Reading: The Basement Quilt, by Ann Hazelwood, 2012✅
Noonish-
  • FitnessBlender FB30, Round 2, Day 52/54: 1.) Calorie Burning Cardio Warm Up, 5 mins✅. 2.) At Home Cardio with High & Low Impact Modifications to Burn Fat and Tone, 24 mins✅. 3.) Quick Cooldown + Stretch, 5 mins✅
PM-
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • Dinner prep✅
 
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