Saturday, April 2, 2011

Week 13

Was it Lucky Week 13?  Not completely, but it came close.  Here's what's been going on:

Polar Bear on the Loose (Revision, using How To Revise Your Novel):  Still working on Lesson 7, and I made progress on two days (thanks, Tammy!).  I've added a rule in Health Month for April to work on PBOTL three days a week for 30 minutes.  I decided it needed the focus.

750words.com: I've written at least my 750 words each day and have a current streak of 292 days.  I've written 1503 words so far this month (plus the words during the part of the week that was in March).

Internet Responsibilities:
- I blogged once this week.

Pets:
- Millie and Dazzle are doing well.  As a precautionary measure, I resumed Dazzle's allergy medication this week..
- Since I didn't get on the bike today like I planned, I took Millie for a 25 minute walk.
- The kittens were successfully spayed/neutered.  The vet even left little balls on Tarzan -- he can fake it with the best of them now. They have no external stitches -- she used glue, so unless there's a problem, we don't have to have a follow-up visit.  Lady seems to be trying to pull her glue off -- I'll keep an eye on her.

- I gave them all their Revolution today.  I caught Lady trying to lick hers off the back of her neck.  When that didn't work, she thoughtfully was licking the back of Tarzan's neck.  Sigh.  I tried to explain to her it wasn't for internal consumption.  I don't think she was interested in what I had to say.

Property:
- Yard sale was a success by any measure.  One guy hauled away all the bulky stuff and even the small stuff we had in the free section yesterday morning.  We talked to some interesting people. Lots of large items disappeared over the last two days as did many, many small items.  We were very happy to seem them move to new homes.  We have some space to fill for the August sale, which means I may resume searching boxes with a critical eye for things we don't want or need anymore.
- All trees are now leafed out.

- We got onto the roof at the shop and swept up three bags of leaves that had collected there.  Hubby beat back the vines that have climbed the building.  The roof is in good shape -- as we would expect it to be at only a year old.  Hubby got some of the skylight glass replaced with replacement plexiglass panels--the old style chicken wire glass is no longer legal for that use, so we're shifting good panels to the three skylights and installing the new panels on one skylight for consistency.

Health:
- Recumbent bike riding is ok -- rode once this week (knees do not like this, but they don't like anything). I walked instead of rode today.
- As expected, this week was better on WW. I have now lost 13.8 pounds (still two bags of flour) on the program and mostly an inch on all the measurements.  This morning, I was 1.5 lbs from my first goal weight (5% of starting weight -- or should I say 95%?).  I believe my next goal with be 95% of that weight and so on until I reach my final goal weight -- I anticipate that will take a couple of years, so don't hold your breath.
- I logged 16.89 miles for Walk Across Texas. 

- My three Health Month rules for this month are:  No eating after 8pm (this was huge last month!), exercise at least twice a week for fifteen minutes each time, and work on PBOTL for at least three days per week at 30 minutes each time.  PBOTL isn't a health thing per se (mentally, maybe), but the mechanism allows me to focus my attention on something for the month, and I think it will help.

2 comments:

Tammy Jones said...

It all sounds awesome, Jean! So, so glad you're making progress on PBotL!!! Woohoooooo!! {{huggs}}

SBB said...

You're doing great, Jean! Congrats on the progress on PBotL and the yard sale!

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