Hipaagrammy's Journal, 12 October 2014

Blessed Sunday!

First things first, my niece Jillian has been readmitted to the hospital because the symptoms of her brain tumor have worsened. She was only home with the new baby for one full day before she had to return. The plan was to do the surgery to remove the tumor on 10/21. I don't know if this will move things up, or if they will try to treat the symptoms until then. I have a lot of faith in her neurosurgeon. I'm sure he will do what is best for her. Please continue to pray for Jillian and her 5 day old baby boy, Abram.

I'm enjoying a nice weekend with DS#4's family here at the lodge. DS#4 got a buck bow hunting here yesterday. It was a nice 2 1/2 year old 8-point. He says we have at least 3 nice bucks hanging around. DIL#5 and her boys came over and joined us for dinner last night. The kids all swam in the pool with GoodMan while I fixed dinner. Later the adult males watched the U of M game and the adult females watched a movie "What to Expect While You're Expecting".

Saturday afternoon GoodMan and I went to Reed City to do yard work on the house we have up for sale. I used a backpack leaf blower and walked around the yard for 2 1/2 hours blowing leaves. My right arm and right leg are really sore! While there a guy showed up asking about the house. I had shown it to him and his wife about a month ago. Since they hadn't contacted us or our Real Estate agent we assumed they weren't interested. He said he had to go out of town for business right after we saw him the first time and he told his wife he would put in an offer as soon as he returned. When he returned he contacted an agent and gave the guy his offer, the guy called our agent's office. They told him we were negotiating with someone else and never took his offer...I don't know who dropped the ball. His agent? Our agent's office? I don't know, but I'm glad he stopped by yesterday. He didn't tell us what his offer was, but since the offer currently on the table is so shakey/goofy/suspect we are interested in hearing his. {He told us he is willing to wait to see if the current goofy offer expires - which we fully expect to happen}

And on the health and fitness side of life...I bought a Fitbit Flex on eBay. It arrived in the mail yesterday. Unfortunately I didn't get it set up BEFORE I did 2 1/2 hours of leaf blowing. I would have enjoyed seeing how many steps I took! I hope this tool helps me as I incorporate more movement in my day.

All things food ~ I ate more than normal yesterday, but not above my RDI, and not outside of my lifestyle plan, so I' okay with that. I'm making meal plans for my time downstate staying with my sister and going over to take care of my mother for 4 days. Today I plan to get my laundry all done and then make some chicken salad, seafood salad, and egg salad for GoodMan to eat while I'm gone (he loves "salad sandwiches" in pita pockets.) I have a recorded weigh-in scheduled before I leave and another on scheduled for the morning after I return so we'll see how I do.

Make your Sunday spectacular!!
TTFN

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1298 kcal

Fat: 43.89g | Prot: 107.18g | Carb: 144.64g.   Breakfast: Premier Protein Peanut Butter Crunch Bar. Lunch: Broccoli (Spears, Frozen), Rainbow Trout (Farmed). Dinner: MyFitFoods Chili Mac. Snacks/Other: Jif Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter, Red Delicious Apples. more...

4186 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Housework - 1 hour, Bicycling (moderate) - 13/mph - 2 hours and 2 minutes, Resting - 12 hours and 58 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...