Cate's Diary

Llama said:
Great to hear you got some good news from R. And great to hear you aren't missing alcohol!
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Thanks, Llama. I'm not missing it at all. We decided to go visit A & M on Monday as he's feeling a little better 2 weeks after his 5 weeks of radiation & chemo. I rang M yesterday & she said it would give him a bit of a boost. I just ordered a carton of NA cider as we tried it when we visited R & C & I liked it.
liza3 said:
Yes protein can be such a challenge when aiming for deficits! That sounds like a good plan to boost protein levels.
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I did well yesterday, without the protein drink (only minus 1g!).
liza3 said:
way to go on the dancing!!
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Thanks, Liza. It's a fun way to get exercise, but Archie will have to learn to get out of my way.
Marsia said:
I wasn't sure, but it sounds like Cate lives in a more temperate rain forest area, like where I lived in Northern California. There we worried about getting enough rain before hard freezes because drought-stricken plants have a hard time in hard freezes, and the trees topple in the wind if their roots aren't well established. We lived in the mountains, and mudslides were a constant worry, too. Where I live now, a hard winter means many hurricane alerts and flash flooding, but I did grow up in the northeast with the traditionally snowy hard winters with feet of snow dumping down.
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You're right, M. Our winters are never harsh & we do live in a temperate rainforest area. We do not have any hard freezes, thank goodness!
Marsia said:
So glad you are enjoying dancing, and that R is doing well again! Are you still going to casually look at the house for sale? We used to say we were just casually looking so the realtor didn't pressure us or get their hopes up. Hope you enjoy your lazy day!!
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I love dancing & must do some every day, even for a little while. I'll try to get enough gumption to ring the agent after the weekend.
Emilyrose said:
That's great about R's good news. Enjoy your trip to town with Arch.
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Thanks, Em. Arch deserves a great big walk & an outing. The house I'm thinking about looking at is about 50 metres from the off-lead dog park in town.
 
That all sounds good. Dancing is good for so many things! Cardio, balance, mood, even cognitive health if you're trying to learn new choreographies. And a snakeless off-leash dog park would be great to have close.
 
Llama said:
That all sounds good. Dancing is good for so many things! Cardio, balance, mood, even cognitive health if you're trying to learn new choreographies.
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I got the Nutbush today. I'll adjust the turn, in the interests of not falling over. I practised it to about 4 songs at different speeds & it clicked.
Llama said:
And a snakeless off-leash dog park would be great to have close.
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It's a great park. Archie loves it & I have met some lovely people there. I think I'll be brave & ring about the house on Monday.
 
Yay for conquering the Nutbush! We still have trouble with the turn, too! We'll probably start adding more dancing onto our routine now. That would be so great if the house turns out to be the one for you!! If not, do you ever go to open houses to just casually look? We used to do that for remodeling ideas, and also found it's a great way to meet realtors in action and shop around for the right one for us.
 
Cate said:
Thanks, Liza. It's a fun way to get exercise, but Archie will have to learn to get out of my way.
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lol that made me laugh imagining how that would be going with him getting under your feet with it!
Nice one on getting the Nutbush down!
 
Marsia said:
Yay for conquering the Nutbush! We still have trouble with the turn, too! We'll probably start adding more dancing onto our routine now.
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I've got the song in my head now & I was even doing the steps in my head last night whilst watching TV :blush5:
Marsia said:
That would be so great if the house turns out to be the one for you!! If not, do you ever go to open houses to just casually look? We used to do that for remodeling ideas, and also found it's a great way to meet realtors in action and shop around for the right one for us.
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The thought of selling/buying still scares me but I will start going to open homes.
liza3 said:
lol that made me laugh imagining how that would be going with him getting under your feet with it!
Nice one on getting the Nutbush down!
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Thanks, Liza. It felt good. Hopefully, he'll get used to it & learn to stay back. I'm starting to think it's time to get a smart TV & an internet plan with lots of data. I'm not one to replace things before they have to be replaced & it goes against the grain. I am also on an austerity drive.
There is a lovely gentle rain today. It is such a relief after an extremely dry Summer. I can feel it going down into the water table.
My calorie deficit yesterday was only 116 as I had some macadamia & cashew nuts in the afternoon. I have changed it to the guided goal of 1370.
 
I love your descriptions of the trees drinking in the water and the water table rising! I know what you mean about everything seeming so happy after a lot of drought conditions. My favorite thing here is watching the rain pour down from the picture windows. I was doing that, too, with the Nutbush steps - rehearsing in my head how they do the turn! I am always shocked at how many calories nuts are. I try to have them mostly if I count calories now because I always overdo it otherwise.
 
I love trying to feel what's happening in nature. I took Arch for a walk even though there was light rain. I often play music while walking, but I enjoyed the silence today. It was lovely. I overdid the dancing yesterday & wasn't going to do any dancing today, but after seeing the video you shared M I'll just do a little bit. My hips are aching a bit. I walked further than I intended today so that was good.
Our eldest grandson just rang, which was nice.
I think I'll leave nuts for golf days, as a meal with a banana.
 
Playing music while out in nature would almost feel like blasphemy to me. The world is so beautiful! To each their own though.
Having an internet connection for your tv would make the guided dance steps easier to follow, I think. I struggle following along with things sometimes even on my laptop. Probably to do with immersion or something.
 
Yeah I can never listen to music in nature either...although I also can't listen to it just walking around streets...i like to have all my senses open...although the other day when I was walking along an ugly heavy traffic area, some music might have been nice!
I also do love the feeling of getting good rains after periods of drought--you really can feel the relief of everything.
 
I often play music on my phone without any headphones & not loudly when I walk Archie up on the streets where we live. I often walk further than I intended if I listen to music. I rarely see a human or a car & it's not like walking in the bush. I would never play music if I was out on a walk in nature.
The rain was so nice. Everything feels fresher. It should give our recently replanted rhubarb a boost.
We're going to visit A & M this morning. I have done some research on accommodation for them for their trip to Melbourne for his operation. G wants to go out for lunch so he & I will do that after visiting them. A's not up to eating out.
 
We're getting some nice rain here as I type. I really appreciate every rainfall in anticipation of a dry/hot summer.
I hope your visit and lunch goes well.
 
Thanks, Llama & Liza. Our visit was lovely. A has been weakened by his cancer treatment but is starting to feel a bit better. He'll have a scan in a couple of weeks & then will fly to Melbourne for an operation. G & I had a quick Chinese feed, which was just ok but had lots of veggies. We bumped into a few people we knew in town & picked up that carton of AF cider. Now I'll have something to take with us when we go out.
I have lost another .5kg-7.5 to go for this year.
I dropped my calories to 1370 as guided by MFP to lose .5kg per week, so on days where I don't have much exercise I will come close to that which is ok still for weight-loss. Yesterday my deficit was 138 (1232 cals consumed).
Today I will walk Archie & dance. Tomorrow is golf day.
 
Yay for another half-kilo lost! A shame the Chinese food was only ok, but having plenty of veggies while eating out is kind of a treat in itself.
 
Thanks, Llama. Getting in lots of veggies when eating out is a treat in itself. We eat so well at home, but G wanted to have lunch out & then chose a boring place.
I have been thrown into a bit of a tailspin today. I got a phone call from the hospital where I have been on a waiting list to have foot surgery asking me to go in for an X-ray sometime soon & to ring the X-ray department in a couple of days. Then an hour later I got a call from a different person saying I had been booked in for surgery on the 17th of this month to have the surgery & they needed me to go in sooner, rather than later for the X-ray.
It has sent me into a bit of a panic. I think I will ring & cancel & take myself off the list. It involves general anaesthetic & that is very risky for me. It's dangerous if you have heart issues & I am not in pain. I think I'll go back to my idea of only essential operations.
Other than that I am having a good day. I have got lots done around the house & taken Archie for a good walk. R rang & he has had some more good news & sounded very chirpy. I am also not going to ring the real estate agent & am not going to look at that house.
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I spoke to G about it & then rang the hospital & explained my reasons for cancelling surgery. The lovely woman I spoke to in admissions said she could postpone it for a few months to give me more time to think about it & discuss it with my doctor & my cardio. I feel so relieved.
 
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That's so good you can postpone the foot surgery decision. I have been wondering about if you could ask your sons for help on your place once in a while so you can stay there instead of moving. Your place sounds like paradise! Glad you had a good visit with your friends. We've been going to the grocery store and getting fancy groceries and having picnics instead of eating out. The non-boring restaurants here are too expensive now. I'm glad R is doing so well!
 
What is the foot operation for? Did you have pain previously that cleared on its own? That is good you can postpone the decision without coming off the list altogether.
 
Cate said:
I spoke to G about it & then rang the hospital & explained my reasons for cancelling surgery. The lovely woman I spoke to in admissions said she could postpone it for a few months to give me more time to think about it & discuss it with my doctor & my cardio. I feel so relieved.
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That sounds like the best solution Cate.

Why did you decide not to view the house?
 
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