Same. For me "may you live in interesting times" indeed sounds like a curse.
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I agree, and I think part of the journey for me is learning to slow down when this happens or I get anxious which triggers snacking. I don't want to go as fast as the rest of the world!
Cate
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Hi, LaMa, Marsia & Liza 
“May you live in interesting times” does sound like a curse to me too.
May we live in peaceful, quiet, not rushed, not pressured, happy gentle times.
I had such a good night’s sleep last night & feel much less anxious this morning.
Fingers crossed we get some good news today about R’s house. That would take a lot of pressure off. He has a signed contract subject to a building inspection, which happened yesterday.
The sheep are being shorn this morning & a friend(M) is coming to help G. He’s also going to help with dropping a fence for the trucks next week when the cabins arrive. He’s also going to have a good look to make sure it will be possible. G is the eternal optimist & rarely sees the difficulties & that can sometimes be disastrous. M is very practical.
“May you live in interesting times” does sound like a curse to me too.
May we live in peaceful, quiet, not rushed, not pressured, happy gentle times.
I had such a good night’s sleep last night & feel much less anxious this morning.
Fingers crossed we get some good news today about R’s house. That would take a lot of pressure off. He has a signed contract subject to a building inspection, which happened yesterday.
The sheep are being shorn this morning & a friend(M) is coming to help G. He’s also going to help with dropping a fence for the trucks next week when the cabins arrive. He’s also going to have a good look to make sure it will be possible. G is the eternal optimist & rarely sees the difficulties & that can sometimes be disastrous. M is very practical.
I think that we are living in interesting times, experiencing a pandemic and all that, but the day-to-day is the least interesting it's ever been (at least for me).
Aw, G sounds so lovely! Haha. Good to have someone solid around to give advice at the same time.
Hope all goes well with the cabins. I have an eternal optimist hubby who I have to check on at times, too. The sunny disposition is great though! Glad you slept well and left a bunch of anxiety behind you!!! Here's to lots of peacefulness to balance things out again!!
Lovely!Hope you get that good news you're looking for Cate regarding R's house. Nice to hear you're feeling less anxious
Cate
Long term member
Hi, Em. G is lovely & it's great that he is optimistic. Sometimes that optimism isn't very practical. Our ute, for example, can no longer be driven outside our property.
Hi, Marsia. I think a few branches should be cleared & a couple of rocks, but don't think it's going to happen.
Hi, Liza. The good news came & the building passed inspection. I don't think any of us can believe how quickly this has happened. It is such a relief. His next-door neighbour is buying it. He's a lovely guy. It feels so right.
Hi, Petal. It feels much better now that R has sold his house. Also, we were meant to have D & the kids last night & today again but they stayed at their Mum's. The sheep got shorn & are happy. I think we'll keep the lambs & maybe have a couple of the older ones butchered.
Hi, Misty! It's always nice to hear from you, hon. R is the younger of our 2 sons. He has had a rough year, after taking himself off BP2 meds, losing his job during the pandemic & spiralling from up to very down again. He's doing well again & may end up buying something else. The cabins he bought a few years ago & have been sitting in the seller's yard since & have to be relocated so the decision was made to put them on our land & they can be his space to stay in whenever he likes. I think the thought of having that space here will also do him good.
G has gone to golf & instead of having the kids for the day, I have a free day.
I'm going to stretch out eating my breakfast for as long as I can & make it brunch. I didn't eat after 7 pm last night so 11 am would be 16 hours. I can do this
Brunch will be avocado & cold cooked salmon on oat sourdough toast, with some rhubarb chutney & a little low-fat mayo. I'll have a little Greek yoghurt with stewed fruit halfway through the afternoon if I get hungry & tonight we will be having cold chicken with hot veggies.
Hi, Marsia. I think a few branches should be cleared & a couple of rocks, but don't think it's going to happen.
Hi, Liza. The good news came & the building passed inspection. I don't think any of us can believe how quickly this has happened. It is such a relief. His next-door neighbour is buying it. He's a lovely guy. It feels so right.
Hi, Petal. It feels much better now that R has sold his house. Also, we were meant to have D & the kids last night & today again but they stayed at their Mum's. The sheep got shorn & are happy. I think we'll keep the lambs & maybe have a couple of the older ones butchered.
Hi, Misty! It's always nice to hear from you, hon. R is the younger of our 2 sons. He has had a rough year, after taking himself off BP2 meds, losing his job during the pandemic & spiralling from up to very down again. He's doing well again & may end up buying something else. The cabins he bought a few years ago & have been sitting in the seller's yard since & have to be relocated so the decision was made to put them on our land & they can be his space to stay in whenever he likes. I think the thought of having that space here will also do him good.
G has gone to golf & instead of having the kids for the day, I have a free day.
I'm going to stretch out eating my breakfast for as long as I can & make it brunch. I didn't eat after 7 pm last night so 11 am would be 16 hours. I can do this
Brunch will be avocado & cold cooked salmon on oat sourdough toast, with some rhubarb chutney & a little low-fat mayo. I'll have a little Greek yoghurt with stewed fruit halfway through the afternoon if I get hungry & tonight we will be having cold chicken with hot veggies.
Bellissimo!
Hope the day is going great Cate. Did you get the scan results yet or have you even had it?
Cate
Long term member
Hi, Em. I’m having a really good day, currently listening to loud music while I tidy up the snooker room. I waited until 11.30 to eat & had my planned lunch followed by an orange & 10 grapes. I feel that is one meal duly skipped & I am full of energy
I had the scan & an x-ray a few weeks & I have a torn meniscus & a Bakers cyst in the back of my left knee. I do feel it’s healing.
I had the scan & an x-ray a few weeks & I have a torn meniscus & a Bakers cyst in the back of my left knee. I do feel it’s healing.
Awesome, congratulations!I waited until 11.30 to eat & had my planned lunch followed by an orange & 10 grapes. I feel that is one meal duly skipped & I am full of energy
And that's great as well. No bp problems?
overlandflyer
Well-known member
too cool... i haven't seen a snooker table in decades. i used to belong to a bar pool team. with a few friends, before a match evening, we would meet and practice on that snooker table. i forget what the dimensions were, but compared to the undersize bar tables (most are 3.5' x 7'), it was HUGE. an hour or two playing there and later on the pockets on the bar table seemed like they were a foot wide. i've watched snooker before, but never actually played that style.
jackbenimble
New member
Hi Cate,
It's very cool for your son to always have a place to count on. If you can have a roof over your head not matter what, that has to give him confidence.
It sounds like you're in a good mood. Glad your knee is healing.
It's very cool for your son to always have a place to count on. If you can have a roof over your head not matter what, that has to give him confidence.
It sounds like you're in a good mood. Glad your knee is healing.
Wow, I didn't realize about the rough year R has had. So happy things are falling into place for him now, and that you don't have to worry, because he has the cabins to fall back on. Seems like everything worked out for the best! Are you doing some modified IF thing now or just skipping some meals? So glad you are taking it easy and healing!!
Cate
Long term member
Thanks, LaMa. No BP problems, but I'll reassess each day & eat if I feel light-headed at all. I'm trying just to stretch it out a little. I need to experience a bit of hunger I think. I had so much more energy yesterday.
Thanks, Liza. I think it will be good for him too. He may end up putting a small home on his land, but having the cabins here will be good for him. He's taken some steps towards getting his drivers licence too, which is really important I think. The 16 hour fast wasn't too hard, My stomach rumbled very loudly for a couple of hours, but then the hunger died down & I was ok. Trying again this morning, but G is here & he has been up for hours watching golf & has been wanting to cook me breakfast.
Thanks, Petal. I love doing housework with loud music. I really want our record player fixed so I can play our vinyl records. CD's are just not as much fun.
Flyer- snooker is so much fun. Our sons played snooker on our table in their teens & it really helped with their pool. They were both state-level pool players & very good snooker players. The snooker table is 12' x 6' & is made from Blackwood. It was built in 1880 & is a beautiful thing, with lovely carved legs. We also have some antique cues & scoreboard. I reckon you would love our snooker room. It's full of a lot of the memorabilia from our old bar. We also have a very well-stocked bar as that was how we made our living. We went out for lunch one day to celebrate our WA & were early so went into a store to buy a couple of cheap pub cues & came out owning a snooker table, with all the extras. It has been a great thing to do as a family.
Hi, Jack. It will be good for R to have his own space up here. I hope he sets it up to be self-contained. Both of our sons love this house. We didn't move into it until they were long gone. I am in a good mood. I feel all the pressure R goes through I'm afraid. I think my knee will heal on its own, which is a big relief too.
Hi, Marsia. R has had a rough year. He decided to take himself off meds in Feb as he was doing so well & didn't think he needed them. I'm so relieved he's back on them again & is able to get himself back on an even keel. Things need to go right for a while though to build up his mental health. This week has been a big relief.
I am just trying to stretch out the gap between my last meal/snack in the evening & when I have breakfast. I know how well it works & figure stretching it out as much as I can should help. Yesterday was good.
Thanks, Liza. I think it will be good for him too. He may end up putting a small home on his land, but having the cabins here will be good for him. He's taken some steps towards getting his drivers licence too, which is really important I think. The 16 hour fast wasn't too hard, My stomach rumbled very loudly for a couple of hours, but then the hunger died down & I was ok. Trying again this morning, but G is here & he has been up for hours watching golf & has been wanting to cook me breakfast.
Thanks, Petal. I love doing housework with loud music. I really want our record player fixed so I can play our vinyl records. CD's are just not as much fun.
Flyer- snooker is so much fun. Our sons played snooker on our table in their teens & it really helped with their pool. They were both state-level pool players & very good snooker players. The snooker table is 12' x 6' & is made from Blackwood. It was built in 1880 & is a beautiful thing, with lovely carved legs. We also have some antique cues & scoreboard. I reckon you would love our snooker room. It's full of a lot of the memorabilia from our old bar. We also have a very well-stocked bar as that was how we made our living. We went out for lunch one day to celebrate our WA & were early so went into a store to buy a couple of cheap pub cues & came out owning a snooker table, with all the extras. It has been a great thing to do as a family.
Hi, Jack. It will be good for R to have his own space up here. I hope he sets it up to be self-contained. Both of our sons love this house. We didn't move into it until they were long gone. I am in a good mood. I feel all the pressure R goes through I'm afraid. I think my knee will heal on its own, which is a big relief too.
Hi, Marsia. R has had a rough year. He decided to take himself off meds in Feb as he was doing so well & didn't think he needed them. I'm so relieved he's back on them again & is able to get himself back on an even keel. Things need to go right for a while though to build up his mental health. This week has been a big relief.
I am just trying to stretch out the gap between my last meal/snack in the evening & when I have breakfast. I know how well it works & figure stretching it out as much as I can should help. Yesterday was good.
Cate
Long term member
Duly reassessed. I felt dizzy at 10.30 so won’t persevere.