4/7/12

Posted on April 7, 2012 by RieSheridanRose

Today I plan on doing laundry and possibly dishes, even though it is the “weekend”, because I have been slacking so badly it is necessary.

Now that I have my new phone, I can do one of the calorie trackers that you can update easily, so I started that Thursday. They gave me a goal of 1250 calories a day, and I have managed it so far — big deal, two days…lol — though it is not easy. Amazing how quickly they add up! But, on the other hand — at the doctor the other day my weight was under 190 for the first time in WAY TOO LONG…and on my home scale, I am sometimes flirting with under 180. That’s incentive baby!

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4/6/12

Posted on April 6, 2012 by RieSheridanRose

I have made myself a promise that I will not be gallivanting around next week, but will stay home and do my neglected cleaning. It is time. I have been goofing off too long. I hope you are still bearing with me…

I think, from everything I have heard tell, if the rash on my back IS shingles, I have been very lucky. It is only in two places, and doesn’t bother me most of the time:

From what I understand, that is NOT normal for shingles. Thank goodness for small favors…

I have now finished all 10 Amber books and the 6 short stories that Newell found to go with them. I will miss them…

But now I am rereading The Hunger Games to refresh my memory after seeing the movie. And my fans are here to experiment with…

See y’all tomorrow.

 

 

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4/4/12

Posted on April 4, 2012 by RieSheridanRose

Well, it looks like the heat stress of the day on Sunday may have caused a minor case of shingles, something I had been considering because I had a friend who had that problem recently and it was on my mind. Got a prescription for a topical creme and was told to take Zyrtec along with it. It isn’t itching as much at least. Maybe that will make it easier to sleep.

Probably won’t get much done the rest of this week either, since I need to run errands tomorrow and go to the dentist on Friday. Some weeks are like that. :/ Just more and more of them lately!

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4/3/12

Posted on April 3, 2012 by RieSheridanRose

My shoulder was still bothering me all day today, and by tonight, the lymph node under my right arm is behaving badly. I don’t know for sure if it is a bite or what…but Newell says I am going to the doctor in the morning.

At least I got a load of laundry done today, and finished book nine of the Amber series. Only one of those to go…

Not terribly productive, but at the moment, I am extremely distracted.

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4/2/12

Posted on April 2, 2012 by RieSheridanRose

Almost 4:00 in the afternoon, and I haven’t even started my day yet…

Something bit my shoulder yesterday, and it is driving me crazy despite the Itch Relieve Gel. I am super-paranoid about bites after a friend had major complications from a brown recluse bite. I know intellectually this isn’t one of those, but since I don’t know what it actually WAS, it is bothering me even more.

I wanted to share a couple of pictures that wouldn’t mean anything on Flickr but seem relevant to my blog readers:

          

Aren’t those spectacular dice? I would have loved to get a complete set! They were hanging out by the pickle cart, though, and I couldn’t figure out where they actually came from…maybe next time.

If I get up the energy to do some work today, I’ll report back.

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…The Company Was the Same….

Posted on April 1, 2012 by RieSheridanRose

We had a lovely day at Faire. It was awesome, and I took many pictures. Got to use the GPS on my phone for the first time. Newell bought me a lovely scented copper rose and I bought him nuts. Fabulous anniversary. WAY too tired to elaborate. Will post pictures here tomorrow. 🙂

Love y’all — night.

 

UPDATE ONE: Still a bit rocky this morning, and don’t want to do all the uploading work twice…so here is a link to my new set on Flickr commemorating the day.

 

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3/31/12

Posted on March 31, 2012 by RieSheridanRose

Today have been scrambling to finish the three photographic scavenger hunts I was in on Flickr. Had to go back into my Archives for some of the clues, but I finished all three. This is the first time I’d participated since last fall. I feel good about getting back into some of my more creative activities. Still feel bad that I am not cleaning as much as I should be though…

Anyway, if you are interested, here are the three finished mosaics of the hunt collections:

That last one has the most Archival shots…but I am hoping to do better at shooting new photos next month. 😉

 

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3/30/12

Posted on March 30, 2012 by RieSheridanRose

My plants are being eaten right off my porch! It is so sad…I brought my poor basil in, because it was almost naked…and last night all the little Forget Me Not shoots that I was so excited about vanished. Newell says that the bugs people are calling Mayflies or Crane Flies — not sure which one they are — are notorious for eating plants. I hate to move all the plants back inside. It is good for them to be outside…and I nearly ruined the table they were sitting on before…

Trying to get up the energy to go to the Grocery Store. Had to walk over and get the car from Firestone while ago, and it was HOT! Must remember to wear hat to Faire Sunday…

 

Update One: A full trip to the grocery store always wipes me out completely. That’s why I prefer to get a little bit of stuff here, a little there. But I hadn’t been to the store in a while, so it took me probably an hour. And when I got home, of COURSE the first thing I see is the empty carton of powdered milk set out to remind me to get more…which I didn’t. Not being big milk drinkers around here, we only use it to cook with, and powdered has the advantage of not going sour. But somehow it never made it to the white board in the pantry where I had my list, so I forgot it. I had even taken a picture of the list with my phone to make sure I got everything on it. I did…and about $200 worth of other stuff! (Told you it had been a while…)

That was my big accomplishment of the day. The rest of it has been spent reading Amber and goofing off. Newell was home today, so we took it easy. 🙂

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3/29/12

Posted on March 29, 2012 by RieSheridanRose

Today was my niece’s birthday, so I went in with Newell hoping he would get off in time to go to the family get-together this evening. Unfortunately, he didn’t.

But since I was on the town today, I went to see The Hunger Games because I loved the books and wanted to see what they did with it. (This isn’t going to be a review. I may post that later on the RieWriter site.) I will say I thought the acting was great, and the script worked well…but was it just me — like do I need new glasses? — or was the entire movie slightly out of focus?

Between that and the sometimes shaky camera work I was nauseous the entire film. I was seriously afraid I would have to bail on it, and I really didn’t want to. I haven’t had that sort of reaction to a film since The Blair Witch Project which I actually DID have to leave and throw up — twice. Yes, I tried that one again, and made it to another spot and had to leave again. My niece was with me the second time, and she had no problem at all.

I do recommend the film — particularly if you have read the book, because they encapsulate it well — but I might have Dramamine, just in case.

And as soon as I finish reading the Amber series, I know what I am going to re-read…

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3/28/12

Posted on March 28, 2012 by RieSheridanRose

I am determined to do better today.

Rolled for a chore, and I get thirty minutes in the Garage. It might be good to go back to focusing on what the dice say for today. I think I will take that roll.

Here is one of the things that distracted me this morning — The Great Squirrel Hunt of ‘012 going on in the backyard… How can one work with fascinating things like that going on all around you?

But, I have Audible on my phone now, and the first segment of The Stand to help me work. 🙂 Plus it is raining, so there isn’t a lot of outside to do — but the door open working in the garage should be quite pleasant.

 

UPDATE ONE: Well, it took me longer than I originally planned, what with one thing or another, but I did put in 30 minutes in the garage. Now, let’s see what is next…

1 hour 15 in the Master Bath. There is probably enough yo do. We’ll give it a shot.

 

UPDATE TWO: Made it about 30 minutes. But I did make headway on the shower floor. Think I will go wash dishes, that is always soothing…and I can watch Downton Abbey while I do… Still did better than the rest of the week.

 

UPDATE THREE: Another 30 minutes or so in the kitchen catching up on the dishes. That made an hour and a half today, and that’s more than I’ve done in a few days at least. Tiny steps still can move you forward…

 

 

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