Summer marches on....

Posted on 2009-Jun-11 at 11:16 in A day in the life..

I want to thank everyone for their heartfelt thoughts on the loss of my Crouton. I just picked up her ashes yesterday. At least she is now home. I do miss her, especially at night.

But last night I woke myself up laughing. Yes, laughing in my sleep. Then I laughed at the fact that I woke myself up laughing and fell right back to sleep. But it was enough that I did remember it this morning. So life goes on..

I have been so freaken busy that I have barely a day to myself. Well today is one of those and if I can help it the rest of the week will be also.

Next week I am going to be running around for three days in a row running errands, doctor’s appointments, etc. So this week I get some rest. I was so tired last week that when I saw my daughter on Sunday she thought something was wrong with me because I was so quiet. Well being a zombie will do that to a gal…

So I have been forcing myself to bed at my normal time of 10 pm instead of midnight which is so easy for me to do. I have been feeling better already! Sleep is really not appreciated very much except by our teenagers who seem to think that sleeping 17 hours a day is normal and necessary.

My daughter has started her internship in Yosemite valley and is doing really well. She supervises a bunch of volunteers that come and they remove ‘noxious and invasive species plants’ all around the valley floor. Why the heck anyone would volunteer for that is beyond me!! She said they pulled out 500 square feet of blackberrie brambles last week. OUCH. Those are nasty plants and they do take over. In the back woods here we gather the berries in August but so many of them are near the roads that I quit eating them. Who knows what they suck up in the soil by the side of the road? Lead used to be the problem but not as much anymore with the no lead gases. Still. Yuk. When I moved here in 1976 my boyfriend (Josh’s dad) and I used to harvest food all over this county. Wild apples, pears, grapes and berries. It was a veritble feast. Progress (if that is what you want to call it) has taken out many of the areas that had this free food. But it is still out there for the taking if you want it. There are abadoned apple orchards all over this county from the 1800s. Truly. There is a large one in Yosemite also that the bears frequent every night. I never knew that beart paddies were so huge!!

Not many know where that orchard is either and I am not telling.

But I don’t collect that stuff anymore. It just takes so much energy to gather it, clean it and then can it up. I have no freezer space so I would have to can. Maybe canning again isn’t a bad idea with the cost of foods these days. Canned tomatoes would be the way to go- I use those more than canned fruit in the winter.

I have been returning to a lot of my old ways ever since both kids have flown the nest. Almost all organic food now, loads of veggies, no sugar in the house, even less chicken and fish now. Mostly all vegetarian dishes. Lots of rice and veggies. So how come I am still battling the bulge? Well- not being able to exercise like I did thanks to my FM and the muscle pain I have. But I still do my yoga and am walking more now. I also got a book and some audio mp3s from Jon Gabriel who lost over 200 lbs with this method he started. No diets, no tricks. Just some common sense and thoughts about being safe. I don’t know how much it will help but since I was last weighed a month or two ago I have lost 6 lbs. Now I couldn’t tell you if it was from being more active or eating less (not last night!) or this thought process but I don’t care. If I keep going I will finally start shedding this excess weight. I have to do this on my own- I cannot afford pills, shots or the gym. So wish me luck and I will let you know how it is going. I may not lose anything but I am determined to this time. I HAVE TO. Its that simple. I have to lose this weight for my health. So no shortcuts, just hard work and determination. The problem I have seen is that if you only have 25-35 lbs to lose it is much harder than losing over 100lbs!! I have no idea why, but really obese peopele seem to lose weight faster. And my age is a factor also.

So I am not obessessing over it but I am working on it. I did splurge on beer and pizza Tuesday night when the Wings were playing game 6 of the finals. Friday is the last game. I am switching back to Bloody Marys for way less calories and will eat a sensible meal instead of cheap pizza. Yuk. I paid for that dearly later on as it is!!

I have no clue if I will be able to get away this summer at all. My cousin wants me to come down on the July 4th weekend as Poppa and my aunt will be there. So I may jet down there then. I want to go to the beach and D and talked a tiny bit about going together, but I haven’t heard a peep from him since. So we shall see.

So that is all that is happening here in the hills of the Sierras. I am updating my vet tech blog today also but have a ton of homework and web work to do. Photoshop work for an old friend that is an acupuncturist. I told him I would trade with him for some treatments that can help my FM and maybe this muscle pain. Awesome!

So I better get to it.

Peace to all. Have a great and safe summer.

Half Dome-Yosemite Valley
photo by Jemma Williams

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Posted on 2009-Jun-11 at 08:44 by mothman

Good luck with the weightloss :) .

You might hate me to know that part of my job involves tracking down abandoned/wild apple & pear trees in the area and having them removed. :p

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Posted on 2009-Jun-13 at 12:13 by LauriesAsylum

Seeing that photo makes it hard to wait for my camping trip in the Sierras!

As far as the weight loss goes, you are right. When you are very overweight, the pounds drop faster. I did the shots and lost quite a bit, but put 10 pounds back on. It's a never ending battle. I am now eating healthy, leaving the snacks alone, no fast food and lots of exercise. If I don't lose those 10 pounds, oh well. As long as I don't gain anymore, I'm fine with that.

I've been trying to go mostly organic, but I'm finding the food spoils much faster. Like the fruit and vegetables. Do you find that to be a problem?

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