February 2025 W.I.S.H. - Give yourself some love

[ShannyMcB]

Snow day for the kids here so that meant I was working while also making sure no one destroyed the house. Made it work. Now I’m ready for bed and it’s not even 5

 

[piglet1979]

Good Morning, Things re going so much better here. This weekend I will go visit my grandma one day and also visit DH's grandmother. I am going to go to Jazzercise in the morning and start to get get back on track there. Sunday we will make Super Bowl food and watch the game, however we are not very interested in it this year. Not a fan of either team. It should be a good weekend.

 

[Oneanne]

Happy Friday everyone.

I'm starting to get cabin fever and need to get away from the house for more than just a walk thru the neighborhood. It should be warm enough today for the roads to clear, so hopefully I'll be comfortable for a runabout to do errands this afternoon.

I've been almost on-program with the Mayo Diet for a couple days now and one pound has come off. I say "almost" because I've got food in the house that needs to be eaten so that it doesn't get tossed. Next week will be more aligned and hopefully more weight will come off.

No big plans for the weekend, just keeping on with getting ready to move and would love, love, love to get a walk at the beach in at some point.

 

[Summer2018]

I made it through another weird week of low attendance and staffing shortages due mostly to the flu, a delayed opening, and a snow day.

We had some drama between my paraprofessional and a behavior technician hired by the family, not the school. The behavior tech provided support to one of my students who has autism in the early fall. Once my student adjusted, she no longer had violent tantrums. So the behavior tech just sat around looking at her phone or filming my classroom. She had altercations with staff all over the school. Because she worked for the family, we couldn’t fire her. At my student’s recent annual planning and placement team meeting, the team determined that my student no longer needed the behavior tech, but the mother disagreed. Later that day, my para got into an argument with her over the behavior tech violating one of my rules in front of my kids. It got heated and I had to break it up. That was the final straw for me. With the principal’s support, we were able to convince the father to discontinue the behavior tech working in my classroom. I am stuck with her for three more days. I can’t wait for her to be gone.

I maintained my weight this week which is really disappointing. I typically lose in the beginning but then gain or maintain after that. Increasing activity is difficult because of my bad knees. I can’t really lower calories much more without starving myself. My sweet tooth is really challenged this time of year, and being a stress eater just adds to the challenge. Ugh…

DD is hosting a Galentine’s party tomorrow, so we will be cleaning and preparing. I’m getting a pedicure and look forward to relaxing and doing something for myself.

 

[Oneanne]

I'm going to put it out there and start working on it right away... when I get moved to my new town, I'm going to gather enough friends to have a Galentine's celebration next year.

I'm actually going to do a very bad thing today... I decided I want to knit a shrug from a pattern that features yarn from one of the yarn stores in my new town. I had hoped to make it out of yarn I had on hand that is the correct weight, but it just isn't coming out right. So yes, I'm making a two hour round trip to go buy more yarn. I'll also take some pictures of the apartment complex so I can show access to the mover who is coming Monday to do the survey. But really it is just about getting yarn.

 

[PAsFab5]

Hello hello hello!!!!

We are back from vacation and it was absolutely amazing!!! Weather was so warm and so beautiful (80s all week not a drop of rain!!). Everyone enjoyed themselves so much, our granddaughter was a champ on her first flight and Disney trip! Hoping for many trips in her future!!

We all had the best time except DH came down with the high fever/body aches/congestion ect on our way from the airport to the Airbnb…he was in bed almost all week! Came to one park for 4 hours at the end of the week when he felt comfortable he was no longer contagious and thought he was better…but ended up right back where he was again unfortunately-high fever, aches ect…he thinks he’s finally turning a corner but he’s said this before so we will see.

Had a brunch for my MIL today to celebrate her birthday and that was lovely! Tomorrow is coffee bar at church for me but we are supposed to get an ice storm so we will see!!

My Eagles play tomorrow and I am so nervous but so happy we made it this far!!!

Looking forward to being back with all you Ladies!

GO BIRDS

 

[Summer2018]

Hello hello hello!!!!

We are back from vacation and it was absolutely amazing!!! Weather was so warm and so beautiful (80s all week not a drop of rain!!). Everyone enjoyed themselves so much, our granddaughter was a champ on her first flight and Disney trip! Hoping for many trips in her future!!

We all had the best time except DH came down with the high fever/body aches/congestion ect on our way from the airport to the Airbnb…he was in bed almost all week! Came to one park for 4 hours at the end of the week when he felt comfortable he was no longer contagious and thought he was better…but ended up right back where he was again unfortunately-high fever, aches ect…he thinks he’s finally turning a corner but he’s said this before so we will see.

Had a brunch for my MIL today to celebrate her birthday and that was lovely! Tomorrow is coffee bar at church for me but we are supposed to get an ice storm so we will see!!

My Eagles play tomorrow and I am so nervous but so happy we made it this far!!!

Looking forward to being back with all you Ladies!

GO BIRDS

Your poor DH…how horrible to be so sick on vacation.

 

[Summer2018]

Getting ready for the Galentine’s Party…

 

[Oneanne]

No rain in the forecast today and I went to bed thinking I'd put out the free pile today after all, but it is so damp and cold this morning that now I don't think I will. That leaves the day for other things, and I think I'll go see the movie the Brutalist. Mental and emotional stimulation from a good film is a form of self-care for sure.

 

[Summer2018]

We got 6 inches of snow so only 7 people are attending today. We cleaned all morning as if we had done nothing yesterday. DH messes up whatever we clean. Anyway, I’m sitting on ice until DD’s friends arrive. I’m going to let wine be my pain reliever today.

HAPPY GALENTINE’S DAY!!!

 

[Summer2018]

MOTIVATION MONDAY
You are a warrior…

 

[Oneanne]

This is going to be a busy week, so I will have to call on my warrior powers to get it all taken care of for sure. There will be lots of phone calls and emails to start things, end things and book things. I went to bed thinking next week was moving week, but I see that there is actually another week in-between, so I'm feeling rather good about where I am with the preparations.

Yesterday I had a little bit of time between getting home from running errands and leaving for the movie, so I decided to get outdoor/gardening stuff out for a free pile and when I checked in at the movie to see if the admins had posted my post, not only had they but someone had posted a thank you with a picture of all that was left... a few pots. Bless this town and their free loving hearts.

 

[piglet1979]

We all had the best time except DH came down with the high fever/body aches/congestion ect on our way from the airport to the Airbnb…he was in bed almost all week! Came to one park for 4 hours at the end of the week when he felt comfortable he was no longer contagious and thought he was better…but ended up right back where he was again unfortunately-high fever, aches ect…he thinks he’s finally turning a corner but he’s said this before so we will see.

That is horrible that he was sick for the whole trip. I hope he is feeling better.

My Eagles play tomorrow and I am so nervous but so happy we made it this far!!!

I wasn't too into this years game. But I was excited that Philly won.

MOTIVATION MONDAY
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I really like this quote. Looking back over the last 4 years, I have made it though so much. It was rough and very emotional at times, but I made it and can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel with DD's medical stuff finally getting figured out.

 

[PAsFab5]

One of the most exciting Mondays ever for me and my family!!! Fly Eagles Fly!!!!!!!

Love this quote @Summer2018!!!!

@piglet1979 I love that so many non-Eagles fans were rooting for them!!!!!!

So many people were in Eagles gear last week at Disney…and a lot of people came up to us and said-I hate the Eagles but I am hoping you guys beat the Chiefs it’s been a fun season for us for sure.

I need to put on my warrior suit because slowly we are all dropping like flies…DS1 got sick, then his wife, then the baby (they are all doing better thankfully) DD got sick Saturday night and I got sick during the Super Bowl last night however I don’t believe we have what DH had as everyone is bouncing back fairy quick while DH has been sick for 10 days now.

We all shared drinks and food in the parks all week. We shouldn’t have, but we did so here we are. We are really bad about that but we are all adventurous eaters and like to try all kinds of stuff…ugh.

Hoping for a better day for me a DD tomorrow!

 

[Summer2018]

TOPIC TUESDAY
Love yourself…

 

[Oneanne]

Amen to loving yourself... and why is it so hard to do? My internal head-voice is sometimes not very nice at all, and I'm so used to it that I rarely recognize it while it is happening. This is a happy reminder to get back to writing my daily Letters from Love (Elizabeth Gilbert) when I'm doing my morning pages.

 

[piglet1979]

One of the most exciting Mondays ever for me and my family!!! Fly Eagles Fly!!!!!!!

Love this quote @Summer2018!!!!

@piglet1979 I love that so many non-Eagles fans were rooting for them!!!!!!

So many people were in Eagles gear last week at Disney…and a lot of people came up to us and said-I hate the Eagles but I am hoping you guys beat the Chiefs it’s been a fun season for us for sure.

I need to put on my warrior suit because slowly we are all dropping like flies…DS1 got sick, then his wife, then the baby (they are all doing better thankfully) DD got sick Saturday night and I got sick during the Super Bowl last night however I don’t believe we have what DH had as everyone is bouncing back fairy quick while DH has been sick for 10 days now.

We all shared drinks and food in the parks all week. We shouldn’t have, but we did so here we are. We are really bad about that but we are all adventurous eaters and like to try all kinds of stuff…ugh.

Hoping for a better day for me a DD tomorrow!

Hope you all feel better soon.

 

[piglet1979]

I agree with Oneanne. Sometimes it is tough to love ourselves. I have been pretty mean to myself lately about gaining so much weight. I need to start changing that mindset.

 

[Summer2018]

I agree with Oneanne. Sometimes it is tough to love ourselves. I have been pretty mean to myself lately about gaining so much weight. I need to start changing that mindset.

Same.

 

[Summer2018]

WOO HOO WEDNESDAY!