Healthy Living Thread

[marcy]

Hi Kids!

Dee Jay, I am so glad you have BR back and it smells good. Yay! Vroom vroom. Was you Audi jealous?

Like you said, is our weather ever safe? I usually plant on June 5 and I'm not sure it's safe then. I'll probably wait.

I know my idea of roughing it in 2023 is probably a day at the luxury spa for those pioneer women.

Nice you won another auction. I can imagine how many glasses you must have in your house.

Good news. I got an email my diamonds cleared verification so my earrings may ship tomorrow. That would be AWESOME! See, I cried and whined for nothing.

I worked as well and put in another 9 hour day. I've mastered quick fixes on videos anyway. Yay. Podcast #3 is posted.

Marty had a strange day - his company is talking to his old company. He met some of them for a meeting and then went on site. He put on real work clothes. I asked if he wanted me to take a picture of him all dressed up for work. I guess everyone he saw asked about me. He told them I was the worst retired person he knows since I'm working again.

Laters,
Curby

 

[Dee*Jay]

Happy Wednesday kids!

Curby, YAY for earrings being shipped out! (Although I'm still a bit torqued off about that whole "verification" process.) LOL on Marty's old company talking to his new company. You can't make this stuff up! And you ARE the worst retired person I know too, ha!

Yesterday I have no idea what got done... or not. When I got home I was packing up an order when Liam pulled into the driveway and said let's go to dinner. So we hopped in his 944 and we zipped up to Wisconsin and went to a place I'd never been to before. The outdoor patio was great... but the food was only OK. And our waitress didn't have two brain cells to rub together. Whatever--we still had a good time. When we got home I finished packing up the order, put a little laundry away, and went to bed early.

This morning I had to measure the capacity of some glasses for a lady, and I ended here at work well ahead of time since I didn't stop at UPS on the way in.

We've got a five hour meeting with a vendor today. And that's NOT my only meeting. Ugh. These people are killing me!

 

[marcy]

Hi Kids!

Dee Jay, yes, I'm still not inmpressed with this process and I doubt that I'll be shopping with them again. Who knows.

I'd say a ride in the 944 and enjoying time on the patio was worth the trip even though the food was just okay. And I know people like that with the lack of brain cells.

Ugh to a five hour meeting. I had 30 minutes meetings. This job only has one a week and they cut it off at 30 minutes. However, there is one of those guys who hogs the entire conversation.

My earrings are shipped and should be ready to pick up Friday. Yay! Yes, I worked 9 hours again today. What was I thinking? We are getting a thunderstorm right now with some much needed rain. I'm getting a haircut tomorrow. I lifted 80 pounds today. Yay. My wrist / hand / thumb is still calling me names off and on. I wear the brace for a few hours during the night if it starts talking.

Laters,
Curby

 

[marcy]

Hi Kids!

I started my day as I have been for a few days now, walking through the garage, opening the screen door on the front door, chasing out about 30 miller moths, then coming in the house and getting the rest of them out. In the process, though I stick my right hand through a narrow opening between the storm door and the screen door and I'm bruising the crud out of my forearm. I had on a t-shirt initially today and my arm is bruised so bad, I figured someone would call the police on Marty. Then later today, I opened a pedestal stand we ordered for my mic and the pedestal fell out of the box and hit my right toe. Luckily it didn't dent the wood floor, but sure agitated my toe. I was hoping I didn't break it. They'd be referring Marty for sure to the police after me showing up at the ER with another broken bone and bruises all over my arm. Such is the life of a klutz.

I had a hair cut this morning, picked up some groceries and only worked six and a half hours. Yay. We have our astronomy club meeting tonight and tomorrow is finally Friday. Yay. A long weekend although, I'll have work to do anyway.

I am anxious to pick up my earrings tomorrow. The pictures do look good.

Laters,
Curby

 

[Dee*Jay]

Happy Saturday kids!

Curby, are you wearing your gorgeous earrings today?! I saw that one of your fab rings was featured in TBT too -- you're like a celebrity! WTF is up with the moths... ??? I hear ya on the bruises! Many years ago I was doing a lot of sailing, and I would invariably throw my but right on the cleats as I was trying to balance on the rail. I had my annual appointment and the doc was like... uh... let me give you the number of a shelter that can help you... ! She thought I was being abused because my lower half was mess of bruises, LOL. How's the toe?

Yesterday I slept in more than I normally do on a work day, and then I did a bunch of washing and listing. The sun is moving around the house earlier now and it's cutting short my good photo time. I used to have until after noon, but yesterday by about 11:30 I had weird glare coming in the side deck door.

Today is the location auction. Fingers crossed -- as always -- that they have nothing interesting and I can come home and work! There are two estate sales I want to run by in any event because they've got some good stuff in the pics.

Liam is down in the basement packing up the stuff he sold yesterday. He asked me to box up something fragile for him since I am The Queen Of Bubble Wrap so I guess I'll head down there and get it done for him.

 

[marcy]

Hi Kids,

Dee Jay, yes I have my new earrings on today. They are sure sparklers. Thanks for the head-up on my ring in the TBT. I really liked that ring but don't have it anymore. I had three rings with about the same color stone so eventually traded it for something else. That and the peach sapphire heart are two rings I wish I'd kept. Not like I lack for rings to wear though.

Stupid moths.

I hear you on the bruises, it's nice people offer to help though. Sounds like you were quite bruised up from sailing. When I broke me wrist the ER generally didn't let Marty go back with me for BP, X-rays, etc. and they kept asking me how it happened. They finally let him stay with me once they put me in a little "room" (the walls were curtains).

Sweet you got more sleep. I've been waking up before 6 recently. WTH? I bet the smoke makes for subdued lighting for your pictures. I had the best angle for backlit jewelry at my old house, I've never been able to duplicate it here.

Did you bring home new treasures from the auction and estate sale? I bet you are quite adept at backing up breakables. Speaking of breakables - you should see the bruise on my right toe. I still say I'm glad it hit me instead of the wood floor. On our way to breakfast this morning, I'd sent Marty a picture of my bruised toe earlier and we were talking about it. He said when it happened, he had his headphones on and had just got off a call. His office is below the kitchen and he heard it hit and he said almost immediately he heard me say "F*** that hurt" so he knew he didn't need to rush upstairs. If it was that loud, I'm glad he was off his conference call.

After breakfast this morning we spent money like drunken sailers at Sam's Club. I hoarded more paper products, we got two tenderloin roasts / strips whatever you call them and assorted other things. I was hoping to find some long sleeve shirts but it was all short or no sleeve tops. I'm never that hot.

I got some cards ready to mail and made a storage bill - past due of course - for my sister-in-law. She travels around in her RV, but has her mailing address at her parent's house. So I made her a $600 bill for storing her "bedazzled jeep seat" in our basement. Of course, on the envelope I wrote "past due notice" in red. I crack myself up.

We are heading out for a wedding here shortly in Colorado and I hope to get our plants this weekend. Tomorrow we are going back to Colorado for dinner with my sister and some of her family, then Monday we're having the "drinkers" over for tenderloins and baked potatoes. Busy weekend. Plus I have to get some work done and set up my new microphone.

Laters,
Curby

 

[Dee*Jay]

Happy Sunday kids!

Curby, you do have a busy weekend planned! LOL on the past due bill. I buy a fair amount of clothes at Costco, especially casual stuff. I wish they had some sort of fitting room though because without one I generally buy every size, take them home to try on, and return the ones that don't fit. Can you imagine if the people on Marty's conference call had heard you?!

Yesterday I ran by the auction and there was only one set of glasses I was even mildly interested in so I left Liam there to bid for me along with all the things he wanted and I headed out. I managed to get a lot of good stuff -- including something I cannot believe was still there! It is the large cranberry colored pitcher that I listed this morning. I saw it in the estate sale ad but figured someone else would have snapped it up first thing. When I went yesterday everything was half off since it was the last day and I couldn't believe it when I saw it sitting on the back of a bookshelf in the living room. Angel chorus!!! I snagged that thing so fast there were flames shooting off my fingertips! It was sitting on the dining room table right beside where I was wrapping up the other glasses I was buying and three separate people tried to take it from me. I was like, uh -- that is MINE! Finally I wrapped some tissue paper around it and put it in a flat just to get people to stop reaching for it.

Last night we went to dinner with some friends. I ate Way Too Much.

Today was another early morning -- I was downstairs drinking coffee on the couch in the family room by about six. I took pics for a few listings and then came downtown to have lunch with a client. Now I'm lounging around after a nap waiting for the sheets to finish in the dryer. When those are done I'm heading to a neighborhood up north to meet another group of friends for dinner and then I'll go back to The North Estate.

Tomorrow I have to take pics like a mo fo because I've only got two days worth of back-up listings ready. I also need to address Mt. St. Laundry...

Alright, off to see if the sheets are dry!

 

[Dee*Jay]

Happy Memorial Day kids!

Dinner last night with my friends was a lot of fun! I was back at The North Estate by 9:30 and in bed by 9:35!

Liam just left for an auction. I need to motivate in a serious way... It's almost 8:30 and even though I woke up at 6 and did some internettin' I convinced myself to go back to sleep. It was glorious!

OF is at a sleepover with one of his friends. I have to remember to pick him up at noon. Or maybe they'll just keep him. They're a nice family, I'm sure he'd be very happy there.

Alright... time to stand up...

 

[Dee*Jay]

Happy Tuesday kids!

Yesterday was pretty productive and I've got some glasses queued up on the counter for pics today in between meetings. I also need to do some closet reorg and straighten things out in the bedroom.

There is a big pile of commerce down by the front door ready to go to UPS, Fed Ex and the post office. I only had two boxes but apparently Liam was busy packing things after I went to bed last night.

The crows are having a fit outside. Man, this nature thing can get LOUD! Liam brought me a faux fur coat home from the auction yesterday and I put it outside to air out because it was a little musty. I hope that coat has nothing to do with the crows squawking because they sound like there're right outside the window were the back deck is downstairs LOL.

Off to see what all the excitement is about.

 

[marcy]

Hi Kids!

Dee Jay, I didn't post most this weekend. I was busy eating. And then my stomach showed me who was in charge at about 4 a.m. today. It wasn't me.

I did have a busy weekend. I can't wait until my SIL finds out about her bill. Sam's Club doesn't have dressing rooms either. I did order myself a few things on sale from LL Bean this weekend. I don't know what size from them fits me. That would have been pretty funny if Marty's conference call had heard me. That bruise is spreading and is even on the side of my foot. I whacked it good.

That cranberry pitcher is pretty cool. I bet it sells quickly. I bet fire was shooting out of your fingertips when you snatched it up and especially when other people tried to grab it. Smack, that's mine! By the way, "that's mine" was apparently my fiirst words. I did have two older sisters.

Your dinner with friends sounds like a lot of fun.. We had a good time with the drinkers yesterday. Marty grilled two big tenderloin roast and we only ate one of them between six of us. Did you go pick up the OF? How is his driving coming along?

You also had a busy weekend. Yes, nature is loud. Did your coat survive or were the crows thinking it was dinner?

So for my weekend. The wedding was nice but not well organized. It started late, then after the ceremony the entire bridal party was gone for about 90 minutes for pictures. While we sat around at tables with room temperature glasses of water than no one came to fill. By about 4, people were getting restless. They finally brought out food but it was shiskabobs with tiny pieces of meat between vegetables and bite sized cheesecake squares with strawberries. Or in other words, a light snack for Marty. We left before they cut the cake. When we got home we ordered a XL pizza and had it for supper.

Sunday was some work then meeting my sister, BIL and nephew for steaks in Colorado. After we got home, we watched a James Bond movie complete with popcorn.

Yesterday, I was miserable when I got up from eating so much already, but I still wolfed down tenderloin, a baked potato, and a piece of cake. Plus wine was involved in all but the wedding.

The drinkers must have joined AA or something since we didn't even finish four bottles between the six of us. We played gender cribbage, the girls against the guys. The guys won two out of three. Phooey.

I finally got up again about 8 this morning and worked over nine hours today. I ate some things but not much and my stomach is still sore.

I did podcast #4 this afternoon and had problems like you had with crows. The AC kicked on, someone started mowing the lawn, a dog started barking, then several texts or phone calls came in. I should have done it this morning. Then it took me too long to edit and clip things today. Finally got it done though. Hopefully, no edits are required.

Laters,
Curby