Category: My Life

When I was 13 years old I went into the Hospital and had my Wisdom Teeth removed. They were impacted and a real bear to get out, thus the dental surgeon insisted that I go in for a few days. (I’m sure in this day and age, the Insurance Companies would not have allowed it, but…)

Anyway, I remember when I came to after the surgery and my face had already swollen, I could hardly open my mouth and forget about eating. Even the promises of ice cream couldn’t make me attempt it.

I was in for three days, heavily and happily medicated, and once I could at least swallow I was allowed to go home. I have a lot of sympathy for anyone going through four extractions at one time!

I’ve been trying to adapt to Windows 8.1. There is quite the learning curve, after knowing Windows XP, backwards, forward, and upside down! However, I love having a laptop that is fast, uses logical settings, and makes filing this so much easier.

I started backing up my files weekly, because I am still making mistakes and I don’t want to lose my work. Fortunately I have a new plug and play device with 1 Tera Byte of space on it and I am using that to place all my files.

My new laptop. The Asus.

I think that this would actually be fairly easy for Hubby to use. I wasn’t sure at first, as he likes Windows XP, but we all know that his laptops days are numbered and eventually he will need a new machine. I think he will be surprised at how well 8.1 works.

Meanwhile, I’m just enjoying the Asus machine, and I am happy with it. There is only one thing I would change. I would have a full size keyboard, and not a smaller one with numbers on the right side.

Something weird happened today. We were shopping and it was a little late for lunch. I felt almost like I was having a hot flash.

Then, I got:

Confused,  double vision, heart palpitations, shakiness, anxiety, sweating, and somehow I knew I needed protein and sugar.

Since I was in a grocery store I grabbed an orange juice, cheese, cookie, and then Reece’s peanut-butter cup. Then I could feel my blood sugar coming up.

However, I was totally wiped out and feeling very shaky and tired. I need to get my blood-work done on Wednesday, and then see my doctor.

The weird thing was that this is the worst episode I have had. And it took me a long time to feel better. I think I need to keep protein products close by so that I don’t crash like this again. I certainly need to speak to my doctor about it.

Friday morning I woke to find a winter wonderland outside the window. Although it was not nearly as cold, the snow sure was flying.

Now I love snow as much as the next gal, but today was our Oil delivery, and as I have previously noted, our driveway is 500 feet downhill to the house and then 500 feet uphill to the main roads.

So, I woke up Hubby and told him he had to get up, have breakfast, and then get out and snow-blow the driveway.

The oil truck won’t deliver if the drive is at all dicey. Lucky for us, the drive was cleared and the delivery was made! Yay!!!

I also had a small computer problem with my external hard drive, I thought I had lost all this information from 2006-2014. However, I was able to get into the drive and retrieve the information and pictures.

Yahoo! I will sleep better tonight!

I think we need to get little doggy boots for Arnie. The last few days, with nothing but ice and salt on the roads, we haven’t been allowing him to go for his walks with his Daddy. He is totally bereft. He lives for those walks with Hubby.

The other day when he went out and came back covered with dirt and salt. I quickly washed his feet and got him cleaned up.

Lili sprinted off today and I grabbed my ice treads and went after her. She is way faster than me, so I jumped in the car and drove up the hill to my neighbors, got her in the car and came home. Unfortunately, I twisted my back the wrong way and it is one big ouchie!

I’m thinking a hot bath might be in the cards after I watch The Big Bang Theory and Mom. Oh yeah, and time to break out the heating pad.

My new clogs arrived today and I love them. I have always used my clogs as slippers, but these are too nice to be going out in the snow in. I think I will try to find some cheap ones that I don’t care about.

As i write (8 PM on Thursday) it is already -1 degree (F). I guess it will be another cold night. Thank goodness for the three dackels! They are like hot water bottles!

Minus 14 degrees (F) this morning, here in my part of New Hampshire! When I put my pinky toes out of bed, I wanted to climb right back in. I could hear Lili in her puppy room and so I figured she probably needed to get out and do her business, despite the cold. I was correct.

The dackels reluctantly went out, and then raced back in. Too cold for little babies like them! Currently they are all cuddled under my soft blankie that my sister gave me for Christmas.

Yesterday was a good day. I went to Weight Watchers and had lost a pound and a half! Then I came home, stopping to do errands first, and in the afternoon, I made a triple batch of Cabbage Vegetable Soup, despite the fact that I really don’t like it. But Hubby loves it, so for him, I would do anything.

Today, I have only planned laundry and to clean out the cupboard under my sink. Oh yes, and to drink nice hot tea!

I sure hope January flies by. For that matter I would take February, March and the first part of April too! I want spring and summer! NOW!

Today I went back to Weight Watchers, after a week of journaling and being super careful about what I ate. I was really worried that I would not have lost any weight, but I stepped on the scale and found that I had lost two pounds! Yay for me!

Last week in class they spoke about how losing weight is really hard. It sure is! And once you are over 50 I think it gets even harder! But I am not going to give up!

Our last two cruises Hubby has taken pictures of me, and between my weight, and my new face, I have been one, very unhappy girl!

I know the next couple of weeks will be tough, due to the holidays, but I am not giving up. I really want to look good, and feel good in my body.

You know, the last time I saw my Mom before she died, she said to me: “Don’t be like me, Maribeth. Don’t give up! You can do it!”

Mom was probably my biggest critic in life, so this unprecedented encouragement was a real shock.

I do miss Mom. She may not have been a “Fairy Tale” mother, but I think she did her best. At least, right now, I am hearing her kind words and that is such a gift.

I went back to Weight Watchers today. Needless to say, after a wonderful cruise with all sorts of delicious foods, and cocktails, I had gained a little weight. It was a good day to return because today’s talk was all about how really hard it is to lose weight. Even when you stick strictly to the plan, it still is hard.

Now, if I didn’t have to eat that would be one thing. But we all have to eat food to sustain life, and balancing it all out, makes it a real challenge.

I got out my laptop and started to journal my food once again. I am hoping that if I do that for one week, I can weigh in next Wednesday and have a loss of some sort.

I looked at my pictures from our trip of me. I did not like what I saw. I looked “matronly”! Ugh! So, since I am the only one who can do anything about this, I am going to. Weigh, measure and journal. That is the key. It isn’t easy, but I can do it!