Tues, Aug 1, 2023

AM- woke up at 5 but didn’t get up until 6am (PDT). Outside is hazy, sunny, 50 (F)degrees, with MEDium 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✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 1: 60 sec punches x3 sets= 353✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 2: 10 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
PM-
  • Reading: 10 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • Desk work: x1 hour✅
  • Quilting: 1.5 hours✅
  • Doggo walk: Dog Park instead, x20 mins✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 25 min Flexibility flow✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
 
Wed, Aug 2, 2023

AM- woke up at 5 but kept dropping back to sleep and got up at 6am (PDT). Outside is hazy, sunny, 54 (F) degrees, with MEDium pollen. Today, there are many things happening😵‍💫
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
  • ❌Journaling
Stepson here to mow, etc

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✅
Doggo training session at facility; Canoodles did fantastic🥳😎

Noonish-
  • FB Booty, Day 3: 1.) Easy Calorie Burning Cardio Warm Up, 5 mins 2.) Butt & Thigh/Lower Body Sculpting - Drop it Like a Squat!, 30 mins✅
PM-
  • Quilting: x1 hour✅
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)
  • Reading: 10 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
A couple things got postponed, so it was a less busy day🥳
 
Thur, Aug 3, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:39 and got up at 6, after Canoodles had cuddled for a while🥰Outside is sunny, hazy, 61 (F) degrees with MEDium pollen
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 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✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 3: 60 sec punches x3 sets= 395✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 4: 10 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 45 min Full practice✅
PM-
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • Quilting: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 min✅
 
Fri, Aug 4, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:30, and just proceeded to GET up🤦🏼. Outside is very hazy, partly sunny, 62 (F) degrees, with MEDium pollen.
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: 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✅
  • FB Booty, Day 5, extra credit: Butt & Thigh Pilates Barre Blend, 11 mins✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
Noonish-
  • Vacuum main level: x45 mins✅
  • FB Booty, Day 5: Butt and Thigh Workout with Fat Burning HIIT Cardio - Legs On Fire! 25 mins ✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
PM-
  • Vacuum/clean basement level: x60 mins✅
  • Quilting: x1 hour (modifying the strap on Canoe’s muzzle for an easier on/off process)✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 25 min restorative practice✅
 
Sat, Aug 5, 2023

AM- woke up after 6am (PDT) to clouds, breeze, 68 (F)degrees with MED-LOW pollen!!🥳😎
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins😎
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 5: 60 sec punches x3 sets= 338✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 6: 12 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
Noonish-
  • Quilting: x2 hours✅
PM-
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 40 min Full practice✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
  • Doggo walk: x20 mins✅
 
Sun, Aug 6, 2023

AM- woke up at 6ish to clouds, wind and evidence of aLOT of rain🥳Outside it is 65 (F)degrees with LOW pollen!!😎🥳😅
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Soak left big toe: x20 mins✅
Noonish- REST DAY
  • Desk work: x2 hours✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)
PM-
  • Quilting: x4 hours🥳😎✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • Dog Park: x15 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Mon, Aug 7, 2023

AM- slept poorly, awake around 2am, made myself stay in bed, got back to sleep around 5:30. Had intended to be up at 6, but then didn’t wake up til 6:30😵‍💫 Outside is cloudy, rainy, 66 (F) degrees with LOW pollen, again🥳

The landscapers are for sure starting this morning at 8am, I have a dentist appt at 10am. I need to get Canoe walked this morning thru the gauntlet of construction guys…well, that won’t happen, cuz now there’s a thunder/lightening storm right over us. 🫣
  • Construction crew here✅ (they left at 11:30 due to RAIN = MUD
  • Dentist appt✅
  • ❌Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing:
  • ❌Doggo walk
❌Mobility- ran out of time
  • Soak left big toe: x20mins✅
  • Reading: 20 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
Noonish-
  • FB Booty, Day 8: Strength, HIIT, & Pilates Workout for an Athletic Butt & Strong Legs - Lower Body Burnout, 50 mins✅. Holy cow that was hard😵‍💫🥵
PM-
  • NAP: x2 hours✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins
  • ❌Journaling:
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)
  • ❌Quilting
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅
  • Soak feet: x20 mins✅
  • Reading: 20 MORE pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, Aug 8, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:30ish and got OUT OF BED. Outside it appears to have rained heavily overnight. But, currently, it is hazy, sunny, 59 (F)degrees with LOW-MEDium pollen. Landscapers should be back bright and early to carry on, today. And, Canoe has a training session, today.
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x50 mins✅
  • Soak feet: x20 mins✅
  • Reading: 15 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
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✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 7: 60 sec punches x3 sets=345✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 8: 12 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 9: 60 sec punches x3 sets=335✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • Doggo training session✅
PM-
  • In town errands: x1 hour✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 45 mins Hatha practice with flexibility✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
Doggo hit the hay EARLY tonight, without all of his usual pm games…. I think training and monitoring the construction wore him out!🫣🥹
  • ❌Journaling
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)
  • Reading: 20 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • Foot soaking: x20 mins✅
 
Wed, Aug 9, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:30am (PDT). My alarm was set for 6, to give me enough time for morning things before getting Canoe to his grooming appt. Outside is cloudy, 63 (F)degrees with MEDium pollen.
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅. Combo of dog park and walk around the grooming place while waiting for them to open🥴
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x25 mins✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 punches✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FB Booty, Day 10: At-Home Cardio Workout with No Equipment + Why We Dislike Gym Cardio Equipment, 35 mins ✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins
  • Reading: 10 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
PM-
  • Canoe play: x20 mins✅
  • Quilting: x90 mins✅
  • Feet soak: x20 mins✅
  • Reading: 20 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • Doggo walk: x20 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Thurs, Aug 10, 2023

AM- woke up after 6, and cuddled with Canoodles doggo for a while before getting up🥰
Outside is clear, sunny, 60 (F) degrees, with LOW-MEDium pollen.
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
Construction guys here to work on the landscaping; it’s looking great🥳😎

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✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 10: 14 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 11: 60 sec punches x3 sets=343✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Journaling: x15 mins✅
Noonish-
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • Quilting: x1 hour✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 30 min Full practice with flexibility and chest/shoulder stretches✅
PM-
  • Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
  • Desk work: x1 hour✅
  • Doggo walk: x25 mins✅
  • Foot soak: x20 mins✅
  • Reading: 20 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
 
Fri, Aug 11, 2023

AM- woke up at 6:30am (PST) to clear sunny skies and 56 (F)degrees with LOW-MEDium pollen.
  • Yard Clean up: x5 mins✅
Stepson here to mow etc
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
  • Dog park: x10 mins✅ while taking stepson home😎
  • Canoe ball throwing: 30 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- I’ve got a sore right flank again from doing *something* I cannot identify…so, taking a rest day, I guess….🥴
  • Yard clean up/ Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
PM-
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • Quilting: x1 hour✅
  • ✅Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
  • Doggo walk: x25 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Thanks, all for the well-wishes. It’s better “enough” for me to carry on with my plans….

Sat, Aug 12, 2023

AM- woke up at 6:30am (PDT) to some high clouds, 68 (F)degrees, and LOW-MEDium pollen.
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
  • Grocery shop: x1 hour✅
Noonish-
  • FB Booty, Day 12: Burn Fat & Build Lean Muscle, 48 mins✅
PM-
  • Foot soak: x20 mins✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • Nap: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Journaling
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)
  • Quilting: x45 mins✅
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
 
Sun, Aug 13, 2023

AM- woke up late at nearly 7, after a late (for me) movie night, watching the VERY long Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Intersecting alternate history type story….
Outside is partly sunny, 68 (F) degrees, with LOW-MEDium pollen.
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅ drove to the park for shady grass play
Noonish- another unplanned rest day, due to my right flank, and a fair amount of anxiety and fatigue.😞
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
PM-
  • ❌Journaling
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)
  • Quilting: x1 hour✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • Foot soak: x20 mins✅
  • ❌Doggo walk
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
 
Mon, Aug 14, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:30am (PDT) to sun, haze, 62 (F)degrees, and LOW- MEDium pollen.
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
Landscape crew here to work on our project😎
  • 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✅
  • FB Booty, Day 15, extra credit: Butt and Thigh Exercises to Lift and Tone Your Butt & Thighs, 5 mins✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • In town errands: x30 mins✅
Noonish-
  • FB Booty, Day 15: Fat Burning Cardio + Lower Body Toning, 34 mins✅
  • Desk work: x1 hour✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)
PM-
  • Quilting: x2 hours✅
  • Reading: 20 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • Foot soak: x20 mins✅
  • ❌Doggo walk…over 100 (F) degrees, today🥵🥵🥵
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Tues, Aug 15, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:30ish to the sun not quite up and a decent temp of 65 (F)degrees. Hazy/blue skies, and LOW-MEDium pollen. It’s predicted to be in the low 100s today, again, and we have a Canoe training session around noon….😵‍💫🥵
  • 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✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 12: 14 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 13: 60 sec punches x3 sets= 330✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
Noonish-
  • Doggo training session: x90 mins✅
PM-
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 14: 16 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 15: 60 sec punches x3 sets= 320✅
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
  • Dog park: x10 mins✅
  • ❌Doggo walk… did inside play, instead, due to heat (100+ (F) degrees🥵)
 
Wed, Aug 16, 2023

AM- woke up late at 6:30am (PDT) to smoky/haze, 69 (F)degrees and LOW-MEDium pollen. I am so stinkin tired after doggo trai I g yesterday. I have tons of stuff I need to read and practice, and all I want to do is sleep
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing/weeding: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Doggo walk…too hot, by the time I might be ready🥵
  • ❌Journaling
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-
  • Bathroom cleaning: x20 mins✅.. some days I just have to note all things I do. Some days, I don’t🥴
  • FB Booty, Day 17: Lower Body Butt/Thigh Workout, 40 mins✅
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
PM-
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
  • Quilting: x1 hour✅
  • Reading: 20 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • Foot soak: x20 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: inside games/training, and outside ball throwing, x15 mins on 100+ degrees✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 30 mins Restorative practice✅
 
Thur, Aug 17, 2023

AM- woke up at 6:30ish, after a crummy night’s sleep. Husb was having jerky leg movements every 10-15 secs for the first 2 hours after we turned out the lights. It was weird. And, I couldn’t go to sleep. But, I rested and stayed in bed, which is important.
Outside it’s super smoky/hazy, 68 (F) degrees with MEDium pollen.
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins
  • Doggo play at park: x30 mins✅
  • More doggo play/training inside: x20 mins✅
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: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 16: 16 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 17: 60 punches x3 sets= 332✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
Noonish-
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • Quilting: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
PM-
  • ❌Doggo walk….BAD air quality and too hot😖
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • Foot soak: x20 mins✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
 
Fri, Aug 18, 2023

AM- woke up after 6am to LESS hazy, partly cloudy skies, 69 (F) degrees, and MEDium pollen😎
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅ following a good hosing down so he wouldn’t be *as* hot😓🥵
  • Grocery shop for dinner stuff✅
Mobility-
  • Spiky ball rolling on hands/forearms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • LaCrosse ball roll UpperBody✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: EotD— 30 sit up elbow strikes✅
  • BaoDing balls: 100 reps both directions both hands✅
  • FB Booty, Day 19, extra credit: Leg Slimming Pilates to Lift Glutes & Tone Thighs,15 mins✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • FB Booty, Day 19: HIIT Cardio Sweatfest Butt and Thigh Workout, 30 mins✅
  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow ER Adams (1931)
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
  • Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: 25 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
 
Sat, Aug 19, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:30 but didn’t get up until shortly after 6am (PDT). Still feel pretty icky emotionally, but at least I’m not weepy, like yesterday….

Outside it’s super smoky, smelled like a campfire and visibility is about a mile. It’s 58 (F)degrees with LOW-MEDium pollen and air quality at 187. Visibility is about a mile. Feels like the middle of a campfire…..😵‍💫😷
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
  • Dog park: x20 mins✅..with a BUNCH of doggos😎🥳
  • Work on training concepts/practice inside✅
  • Dinner prep✅
Noonish- air quality is 288 now😱😷
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 19: 60 sec punches x3 sets= 334✅🥳
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 18: 18 tricep dips x3sets✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Reading: 10 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • ❌Quilting
PM- air quality was up to 385 mid-afternoon😷😓
  • Down Dog Yoga: 30 min Hatha practice✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
  • Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x10 mins✅…drove to park wearing a mask to let Canoe sniff something other than our yard🥴😷
 
Sun, Aug 20, 2023

AM- woke up at 6:30am (PDT) to an air quality reading of 277 outside, a red sun, 60 (F)degrees and LOW -MEDium pollen. Dunno why I would care about pollen at this point, when smoke is WAY worse🥴
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins
  • Dog park: x20 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • More inside dog play/training: x30 mins✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY, good thing too, cuz the air quality keeps rising. It’s up over 350😳
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
  • Phone convo with daughter✅
PM-
  • Desk work: x1 hour✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)
  • ❌Quilting:
  • Dog play time: x20 mins✅ at park with his gfs😅 me wearing a mask😷😓
  • Reading: 10 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • Foot soak: x20 mins✅
 
Mon, Aug 21, 2023

AM- woke up at 6:30am (PDT) to another smoky day with an air quality index of nearly 300 and visibility of about a mile. Another day to mask up outside🫣😷
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x15 mins✅
  • Dog park: 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✅
  • FB Booty, Day 22, extra credit: Pilates Squat Free Workout for a Lifted, Round Butt and Toned Thighs, 9 mins✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
Noonish-
  • FB Booty, Day 22: Build a Booty Workout for a Round Lifted Butt & Great Legs, 27 mins✅
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
PM-
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • Dog Park: x15 mins✅
  • Quilting: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
 
Tues, Aug 22, 2023

AM- woke up shortly after 6am (PDT) to clouds, rain, smoke, bad air quality, and a fair amount of anxiety. The air quality is, in fact less than half of what it’s been. So, there is improvement, at least. The dog trainer is coming to our house today. So, we get to test ourselves and our sweet doggo to test out our practice see if the progress is satisfactory.
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins
  • Park: 25 min✅play with his gfs
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✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 20: 18 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • ❌Foam-rolling back/lower body- ran out of time
Noonish-
  • Dog trainer here: x1 hour✅. We worked on some desensitization exercises today, that will help us feel safer with Canoodles wrt people on the property and his ability to “welcome” guests up the steps to the front sidewalk. This will take the most work of anything we’ve done with him so far. Husb leaves Thurs for his mom’s, so it will be all on me for the next week….
PM-
  • Nap: x2 hours✅
  • Doggo walk: 25 mins✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x25 mins✅
  • Reading: 20 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • Foot soak: x20 mins✅
 
Wed, Aug 23, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:30am (PDT) to an improved air quality today, and blue sky with sun. I can see smoke but it’s not directly on us, just at the horizon, so,….yay🥳
  • Park: play with gfs: x30 mins✅
  • Yard Clean up/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✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 21: 60 sec punches x3 sets= 334✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 22: 20 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
Noonish-
  • Stepson here to mow etc; helped with doggo training exercise✅
PM-
  • ❌Quilting:
  • Dog park: x15 mins✅
  • ❌Down Dog Yoga:
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
 
Thur, Aug 24, 2023

AM- woke up just before 6am (PDT) to hazy blue skies, apparently decent air quality, 48 (F)degrees and LOW pollen🥳

Husb left this morning for the 5 hour drive to his mom’s.

Stepmom is calling an ambulance for her husb.😨

Landscaper is here to work on the project a bit, so there is Canoe training to work on, also…😵‍💫
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x10 mins
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
  • Journaling: x15 mins✅
❌Mobility…ran out of time🤯

Noonish-
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 23: 60 sec punches x3 sets= 324✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 24: 20 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • FB Booty, Day 24: Refresh, Relax, and Restore— Stretching for Tight Muscles, 30 mins✅
PM- stepmom’s husb is back home; not a life-threatening problem. Apparently, he had fallen several days ago and had forgotten, so there was a sciatica that developed. Fantastic.
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
  • Doggo walk: x30 mins✅
 
Fri, Aug 25, 2023

AM- woke up shortly after 6am (PDT), to cloudy skies with haze, 64 (F)degrees, and LOW pollen.
Husb’s mom agreed to let him take her car. That is huge.🥳
Landscapers here to finish project

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✅
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
Noonish-
  • FB Booty, Day 26: Intense Fat Burning Cardio Intervals with Butt/Thigh Strength Workout, 50 mins✅…and, DONE!!
PM-
  • Vacuum main level: x45 min✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)
  • Canoe ball throwing: x35 mins✅
  • Reading: 35 mins of The Body Keeps the Score (kindle)by Bessel van der Kolk, MD✅
 
Sat, Aug 26, 2023

AM- woke up shortly after 6am (PDT), to hazy but sunny skies, fair air quality and LOW pollen.
  • Yard Clean up/Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Doggo walk: x40 mins✅
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 25: 60 sec punches x3 sets= 328✅
  • DareBee Better Arms, Day 26: 22 tricep dips x3 sets✅
  • Kitchen floor tile grout cleaning: x20 mins✅
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
  • Down Dog Yoga: 45 mins Hatha practice✅
PM-
  • Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins ✅
  • Reading: 20 mins of The Body Keeps the Score (kindle)by Bessel van der Kolk, MD✅
  • Quilting: x2 hours✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • ❌Reading: X pages of Union by Colin Woodard (2020)
  • Doggo walk: x20 mins✅
 
Sun, Aug 27, 2023

AM- woke up at 5:30 to a slithering big black doggo crawling up onto the bed to snuggle🥰. Got up at 6:30am (PDT) to hazy blue skies, 67 (F) degrees, and LOW-MEDium pollen.
Husb due home this afternoon. I think he is really shot this time, with mom’s flip flopping about the car and moving, etc….
  • Journaling: x10 mins✅
  • Yard Clean up: 5 mins
  • Doggo walk: x45 mins✅
  • Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Chores: kitchen tile grout✅, sweep side porch✅, scrape crud off office chair wheels in sewing room✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY
  • Canoe ball throwing: x30 mins✅
  • Nap: x1 hour✅
PM-
  • Canoe ball throwing: x20 mins✅
  • Reading: 5 pages of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams (1931)✅
Husb arrived home in one piece, yay🥳😎
  • ❌Quilting
  • Reading: 10 pages of Union by Colin Woodard, (2020)✅
  • Foot soak: x20 mins✅
 
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