Isn’t this a fabulous photo? It makes me calm down inside when I look at it.
This is catch-up day for me. I’m trying to save Amber’s bed in the utility room after the cat has left bloody urine on it twice. It’s a process, and one I hope will be successful. I’ve been washing the covers and leaving the bed on the porch airing out a couple of times so far. The bed is large and expensive (and so are replacement covers) so I’m doing all I can to save them. She has another bed just like it in the living room, and another one – smaller, and different design – in the office.
Both animals seem to be doing well. I’ll try a modified version of Amber’s regular food tonight and see how she does. So far, so good.
Our cat, Abby, continues to eat well and doesn’t seem to be in pain. I’m bringing her in at least once a day for a concentrated loving-the-cat session. We sit in my recliner and she is the focus of my attention for a half hour or so. It’s good for both of us. I tell her what a wonderful girl she is, how much we love her, and how rich our lives have been for 14 years because she came to live with us. We both purr. This is all we can do, since she won’t recover from the probable kidney cancer, tumor, and bleeding.
I hate Daylight Savings Time. I wish they would decide in our legislature in Arkansas to adopt one time or the other and stick with it. People have tried, but it hasn’t passed yet. I don’t know what the problem is. The result – for an old person like me, is a real hassle on trying to get my watch changed. I finally got it changed to show all the correct information from having LEAP YEAR. I changed the date. The next day I had to change from a.m. to p.m. to get it to show the correct time because it was changing the date when it shouldn’t. This morning I had to change the DAY. I THINK all is good now. :0\ – And Saturday night and Sunday, I’ll have to do it AGAIN for Daylight Savings Time, plus all the other clocks in the house and vehicles. ARRRRGH! (I think I would win an award for whining and moaning hands down. :0) )
No errands today. I’ll get our mail and see if our trash can at the bottom of the driveway has been emptied. If so, I’ll drag it up to where it lives, trying very hard not to fall on my head in the process. :0) I don’t want it to blow around with rain coming tomorrow and Friday.
I broke through the 20-pounds-off mark yesterday for the first time and maintained it today. JUST BARELY got past it, but it counts. I’m hoping to continue this downward trend. The low-carb eating and logging my food on MyFitnessPal seems to be helping me to lose the lard, and the daily half hour or so of old lady yoga stretching is making me hurt less and feel more in control. The abdominal exercise I’m doing is making me feel stronger. I started only able to do 5 reps. I’m doing 15 now. I’m earning some nice sparkly stars to go on my desk calendar.
Last Sunday we hit the 6 week mark since my husband broke his collarbone. He isn’t in any pain (hooraaaaaaay!) and is able to do many more things. I don’t know yet what his range of motion will be when he heals completely. I’m trying to get him to gradually try to raise his arm and see how he does.
I hope your Hump Day is a good one, leading the way to a nice weekend.
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