Hard Work

Got to bed at 1 AM this morning and got up at 7AM. Taught at the Senior Center and then went to Curves. After lunch, I went to Janet's houses for a personal training session. I got all kinds of exercise today! I really feel great. It's definitely a mood lifter, exercise, that is. I feel great about getting fit. It's about time. I was literally dying on the vine.

Someone from the Center called me today and said the Garden Club in Athens wanted someone to come talk to them about exercise at the Senior Center. I told her that I did the exercise, not talk about it! I told her I wouldn't care to do it. I asked Janet if she ever talked to groups and she said she did. I'm just not prepared to talk about exercising. She said she would help me get something up if I wanted her to. Maybe I should-I'll have to think about it.

Frank is going to put some bolts or screws in a wooden beam downstairs so I can hook his stretching tubes onto to exercise. I have a lot to learn before I can do a lot of the exercises Janet shows me but Frank has a book that shows how to do the various exercises and what muscles you are exercising. It will be a good start.

Temple Day

Showered and got dressed and washed a load of clothes. We took out the trash. Frank was going through his files and shredding papers. It's hard for him to stand today but we got a bag full of shreddings.

Gert is still at the vet. We called about him and he is doing fine.Guess we'll get him back next week sometime.

We're having beautiful Fall weather. It's in the 80's and the sun is shinning. We're going to the temple tonight and I'll be getting home around midnight. I told the seniors that I would be there Friday to lead the exercises so I won't get much sleep! I'll go to Curves afterwards and I see Janet at 1 PM. I'm enjoying getting more active and today the scales said 139 lbs. so maybe it's working. Weighing every day makes the weight go up and down.

Work Out Day

Today we went to H'ville to see the pain Dr. Frank goes every two weeks and I pick up the Rx the weeks he doesn't go. We spent 3 hours going and coming. Went by the pharmacy and had to wait. I should have gone in but we used the drive way instead. We didn't eat out because of my diet. I didn't have any hamburger mix made up so I had to eat bean soup and green beans and bread and Smart Balance. It was pretty good because I was hungry!

I was tired and didn't want to go to Curves this afternoon so I worked out downstairs. I did 15 minutes on the bike and did some reps on the Total Gym and 5 minutes on the Gazelle.  Hopefully, in time, I'll be able to exercise more and loose a pound or two.

I just got off the phone with Jan. We talked over an hour. She is very busy taking care of her husband and daughter and grandchildren. She really needs a break but can't take one.

Vet Day

I took the birds down to Hartselle to for their check ups. Gert didn't go but I took a stool sample with me since the other two were going to get checked. Rosko and Rikki were fine but Gert's was a 4 plus on a 1-4 scale. That meant he's very sick. I came home and we got him into his carrier and I took him back to Hartselle to stay at the vet so they can give him medicine. We couldn't give him the medicine he needs so he had to stay at the vet. Dr Moore said it may be a week. Poor Gert! I knew he didn't look good for he is having a heavy molt plus he won't come out for a bath. A bath always makes his feathers look good. He's been eating well until today. He didn't eat a peanut I gave him. We had to wait until he got on top on his cage and we shut the door and then we got him in a towel and put him into his carrier. The next time the birds need to go to the vet, we'll just towel him and he'll go with Rikki and Rosko.

I've been counting calories and I haven't gone over 1,600 calories. My activity today was just 10 minutes on the bike. I was too tired from two round trips to Hartselle to do more. 

VT

Went to exercise and Curves today. Seems like no one come to teach exercises on Friday so I'm going to try to do Friday and Mondays too.   Came home and got ready to go VT and Ann called to say she couldn't go because Russ' grandmother was dying and they had to drive to Michigan.  I went over and saw Karen and gave her the message. Ann said she would call Joy and we had to miss Mary Lou because Bob was sick. Maybe we'll get an earlier start next month.

Our neighbors are getting cable today. There are two trucks outside stringing cable to the houses. One neighbor has been out here a long time and they were across the street from the pole that would carry the cable but they still couldn't get it. Now they'll have it.

This week has been full of things to do but next week is empty. I have to take the '06 Accord back to H'ville to get an oxygen censer replaced and will have to make plans with Trudy to pick me up again. The old Accord needs to go back to the shop to get a leak in the trunk fixed and I need to find a day to do that and get a ride for that, too. Being too busy and not being busy enough are problems!

Relaxing Day

I went to the PO first thing this morning to mail the package off. Then, I went home. I had to cook a new batch of beans and hamburger mix and did that at lunch. I washed a load of clothes and peddled for 25 minutes on my bike and played over the Primary music. Tomorrow, the Primary children and the men of the choir sing for Sacrament. I'm not a part of it so will get to sit and listen and enjoy.

Frank vacuumed the floors this afternoon and we watched some of the Alabama-Razorbacks football game. Bama won. We didn't watch all of the game. Frank's been having problems with his lungs. He's taken 3 breathing treatments today.

Friday

I got up and went to Curves at 10:30 AM. I tried to go faster on the machines, but I'm already going fast as I can go. I guess I'll need to do more repetitions on each one. I tried the new moves on the aerobic pads and it was more interesting. I then went to Walmart and did the weekly shopping. I'll have to cook beans and make some more hamburger mix tomorrow.

I have a heavy package to send to Frankie's kids. I found some more art supplies when I cleaned out my bookshelves and I put them in a box for Luke. I realized I needed to send some presents to the other kids too so I got some play dough for Mariam and a gun that shoots foam bullets for Josh and some finger nail polish and a lip balm for Kayla.

The birds are put to bed and the house is pretty quiet but Rosko and Gert are still making noise. They usually get upset after they have been covered up and we walk past their cages on the way to the kitchen. They will ruffle up their feathers as if to say, "You are disturbing me!"

My new Nike shoes hurt my feet after a half a day wearing them. They don't seem wide enough for me. My left foot is 1/2 size wider than my right foot but a size 8 is usually wide enough for both feet. I hope I can find a pair of Sketchers like the ones I have. They were wide enough plus they made me 1'' taller and I can take all the inches I can get!!