~ Beginning in January of 2017 and extending through January of 2019 I went through extensive dental work culminating in dentures. Yes, it took that long. And yes my ability to chew was negligible for a good part of that time. The result was a loss of 45 or so pounds. I started out fat and ended up less fat. Now I’m merely overweight/chubby.
The thing is my weight has stayed the same – with a 2 pound variation – for the last 2 years. It fluctuates between 1?1.30 and 1?3.30. No, I’m no going to let anyone know that middle number. That .30 is a kicker isn’t it? I have a great scale to recommend if you are in the market for one.
Anyway – I weigh myself every day because I am a masochist, or, just curious. Losing another 20 pounds would be brilliant, probably impossible without contracting a fatal illness, but brilliant. Here’s the thing tho – if you do weigh yourself on a regular basis make sure you have peed and pooped before you get on that scale – pee and poop can account for a good two pounds. (And if you are not a daily pooper, maybe even more.) Just sayin’
~ My husband’s daughter sent him a blanket for Father’s Day – it has pictures of the granddaughters aka the baby princesses and it says “My favorite people call me Grandpa”. I would show you a photo but I stopped posting photos of the baby princesses once they got out of the infant stage – my own self-imposed privacy rules. I suppose I should call them the “little princesses” now that they are 3 and 5.
Anyway – It’s a very nice blanket and I do believe my husband got a little teary-eyed when he unfolded it. First he said, “I can use it when I nap in the afternoon”. Then he said “You know I think we should leave this on the bed all the time, it can be my extra blanket”. My husband is not much for showing emotions – so I know he is really touched by this.
~ It’s late in the afternoon as I’m typing this, it’s been a bad day – the heat and humidity play havoc with my old bones – my left knee keeps buckling even with the knee brace and my spine feels like one solid fused bone pole. Got little sleep last night; the a/c is on today which means my nose is all stuffed up and my eyes are dry and itchy. Whine – Whine – Whine.
I’ve been feeling physically and mentally like crap all day but I have to say my husband’s present perked me right up. It’s his present, don’t know why it would make ME happy – yet it did.
~ I need some good books to read. Currently I have crap available unless I start re-reading the good stuff. A year or so ago I started a TBR list – whenever I read a review of a book I think I’d like I put it on the list – there are been more losers than winners. My local library has a crappy ebook collection – they’re spending my tax money on “romances” or bodice rippers as they used to be called. I just call them crap. I stopped reading those things when I 13 or 14 or so.
Right now I am on the waiting list for “The Latinist” (10th out of 15); “the Sentence” (27th out of 65); “The Verifiers” (34th out of 34)); “The Matrix” (50th out of 50) and “Tracy Flick Can’t Win” (9th out of 10). Those numbers may have changed, I haven’t checked in a few days. What are you guessing that I will actually LIKE any of these books? Or even finish reading any of these books? Yeah, I don’t have high hopes either.
~ There was something else I wanted to talk about but this has gone on too long – maybe tomorrow (or not).
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I weigh myself every morning but I don't know why. I want to start my day off on a positive note so why would I do it by verifying how fat I've gotten? I've never liked romance books. Give me a good old mystery any day.
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Good luck with the books. I usually buy a kindle book once every few weeks, but to be honest, if they're not pretty compelling to me, I don't finish them. Life's too short . . . I weigh myself (when I do) fully dressed and at about the same digestive stage, shall we say, and always weigh the same, which for some reason I find comforting.
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I've never owned a scale, so I have no idea how much I weigh. I do feel like I'm carrying some excess constipation weight at the moment, and of course you needed to know that.The Father's Day gift sounds so lovely!
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I suppose romance books back when I was young were as close as we got to sexy LOL I've always liked mysteries – when I was young it was the classics nowadays it's murder/cop type mysteries. Starting last December I re-read all the J.D. Robb 'Dallas” books – some we owned (as ebooks) some I got from the library – most were re-reads, a few were new-to-me – so 55 books in about 3 -4 months. Newest one not coming out until September – I'll have my husband buy it…
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Using the same parameters when weighing yourself makes sense – and that you maintain your weight, well that is admirable. And yes, comforting. I get that.
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It's a reality! One of my medications has a side effect of constipation – something I'm not used to – so 3 prunes a day keeps things moving along (so to speak). A nurse told me about the poop/pee weight thing – and it makes perfect sense. Yes, thank you – the blanket is lovely. I did post a photo on IG – you can check it out there.
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I remember when you went through all that dental work. It was quite a long ordeal! I saw the blanket on IG and it's adorable. It's sweet how George wanted it on the bed all the time. I've noticed that book titles seem to be two words starting with “The..” a lot these days! I hope you like several of the books you have on hold. I had hopes of going to bed early and reading while J is in Las Vegas this week but that went by the wayside with all the chores to get the animals ready for bed. The first night Angel woke me at 1:30am so I'm so exhausted that I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. I've already told him how much he's appreciated for all he does around here. After trying to do bill stuff for mom while he's there, he appreciates me too! I know this because he had to call me and ask me about every single step. I should've done it myself.
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I’m embarrassed at how little reading I’ve accomplished this year. It’s been many months since I’ve found the time to read. My Physical TBR is impressive and I pride myself on finding books secondhand instead of paying the higher prices. I fear our tastes differ or I would be overjoyed to share some of my collection with you. I do not have any of the ones you mentioned. But I can certainly watch for them in my travels.
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I really can't justify buying “real” books – especially when I don't know if I'm going to like them and knowing full well I won't re-read them – ebooks are fine for me; FREE ebooks are even better; library books are the best! BTW- that photo of Markie on IG? OMG – so perfect, so wonderful. 💜
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Have you noticed they also add “A Novel” to the titles??? What the hell is that about? I read about your single pet parenting adventures on FB and I had to laugh (I'm sorry!) especially the empty water fountain (been there, done that except it was a water bowl). You and J are a great team and I have no doubt you each express your appreciation for each other every day ❤️
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I weigh myself about once a year. I don't need any more numbers floating around in my brain, but I admire your ability to keep up with your weight fluctuations. I've not heard of any of the books on your waiting list. No surprise, I'm about 10 years behind whatever is current. Hope they turn out to be worth the wait.
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I have to keep close track of my weight because of medical reasons – I can't afford to gain and losing more weight would be really helpful – it's like keeping track of my blood pressure – I do that daily as well. The books that I noted are indeed all new books, having come out in the last month or so. There are days when all my reading is reviews rather than the books themselves!
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I used to weigh myself on a regular basis, but it is quite a pointless task these days. The pooperplus is annoying, l know as l am a slow metabolism and according the Lords of Medicine l walk around with four days of poop in me anyway! But my diet is so unbalanced now that even if that IS the case, l am weigh thinner [did you see my pun there? hahaha] now than ever before despite being filled with poop! If the poop rule is to be taken into consideration then l am a mere waif with a strange gait! Over that of a medium build with a loud walk. I am the lightest l have been in years and l was never heavy to begin with.Personally l blame the doctors and the dentists and FFS those damn dentists will be the death of me and l have now requested a complete extraction .. l can fill my blood boiling. If you read of Dentists Killed In Bad Deal in Kent, that'll be me having had another of those tossers!What a lovely gift for really both of you to receive :)Rory
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I've been wondering how your dental odyssey was going – mine was a total nightmare through no fault of my fabulous dentist – he actually absorbed some of the cost to get my mouth/teeth into a usable form! Today is Saturday and when I weigh myself this morning I expect my weight will be up a pound or two because I actually had real food last evening – real food being a mini-bagel with cream cheese and a mug of tea… usually I have a protein shake because I HAVE to put something in my stomach at night – medical reasons.
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