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Wow, sounds like you had a busy day. And the gift idea sounds great, but you're right - they'll take up space.

Hope your kitty is ok.

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Thank you split!!!!

Jeff is doing a great job medicating her, 2 syringes full this morning, some pain meds and the antibiotic. I hope the pain meds work and don't make her zonk out. We will be gone most of the day so won't know how she does. She kept the coat on all night so that is good so much better than the cone that she was frantic about when she came home from the vets. The coat has worked out beautifully.
173.8 this morning....happy about that! Lowest I have been in 6 months!

I splurged last night for dinner we went to jasons deli and I had a small egg/ham, mayo sandwich...it is called a "Sammy", and one hard boiled egg.

I love breakfast for dinner. Then came home and ate some left over smothered swiss chard from sandras. I had split in half what they gave me for lunch (2 huge meat balls with sauce over tabouli and bok choy and chard.) It was delicious! So I have left overs, maybe I will come home and eat them for lunch????
At 6:15 I will pick Karen up to go the the musical gathering tonight.
There will be 3 female sings/song writers there. They sing cajun french songs. There will also be some sharing of stories and personal info about themselves. It is an intimate room so that will be nice we will try to go early to get a good seat.
Even though I turned the heat up our house feels cold.
Need to get going...on to my 3rd cup of coffee.
hope yall have a nice day!
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Karen just canceled...guess I will go by myself....I told her I was disappointed.

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Treated myself to a medium size chocolate bar after a healthy dinner.
Gotta make this diet plan work. Occasionally I will eat what I want and it wont ruin my diet!!
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then I ate a protein bar just because I wanted to try it...it was ok I guess.
blueberry macadamia nut....I had high hopes.

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We woke up this morning to rain, flash flood watches insu.
Also woke up to hattie not having her coat on...so who knows how long she had it off. The incision site still looks good, maybe she left the incision/stitches a lone. It looks like she did. Jeff continues to medicate her 2 times a day. When we put her coat back on she is pretty good about it, doesn't struggle. Forgot to tell you, we found the coat in the kitty litter box! LOL
At least we know she is using the box!

I am seeing a client this morning then come home for our usual Chris's po boys for some chicken and sausage gumbo!
The jeffs best friend daughter is coming over at 1pm To help me with some busy work that is tedious and that I don't like doing.

Then I have a hair appointment at 1:30pm hubby will be home while abigail works. It should only take a couple of hours, not sure.
My hair appointment is for a retouch color and hair cut.

Thursday was guest appreciation day.
I was able to purchase goods at 20% off and prebook my services for 3 months in advance at a 20% discount and buy gift cards of $100 and receive $20. So I figured out approximately how much I spend in the year and bought 8 gift cards and got $160 dollars. Where else can you get a 20% return???? So all of that really helps out and makes the services affordable.

After my hair day I will see another client who has been suffering with corns and callus that she has been trying to doctor up herself. She has been calling me getting info...with out having me come to see her(think free advice) finally when she called back yesterday...I told her that I can't just give her advice I needed to see her and there would be the charge for that visit.
She agreed to the visit today.

Tonight is the 2nd saturday of the month Art walk. Galleries are open late and it is something that we enjoy doing. Am hoping the rain stops by then.

We have salmon to eat tonight got it from Sandras health food store pre marinated so it should be good. I bought a pound of it yesterday. Wondering if our friend Paul would like to come for dinner???

I need to get going.
Have a great day Yall!
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Bad news.
Heard from the vet this morning that hattie's tumor that he removed last tuesday came back as cancerous.
He recommended more surgery with a trip out of town to the vet school for an oncology assesment. The surgey would remove more tissue and muscle tissue.
He told me that he took even more tissue than normal for this type of tumor because he sensed it was cancerous.
He said that there is an 80% chance that it will not come back. 20% chance it will.
She has an appointment on tuesday, so jeff wants to talk about it more with him.
I don't want to put her through that...but it is jefffs cat and his decision.
I will honor that.
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Bizi,

I'm so sorry about your cat. I hope she's part of the 80% group. And glad the coat is working.

Nice score on your discounts. I love it when I'm able to get things like that.

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Thanks split.

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Last night we watched the movie, the Holiday with jack black and kate winslet and cameron...I think it is mary and jude law. what a great movie!!!!

Up early today doing laundry and going to take a shower. Will wear a shower cap as I just got my hair done yesterday.
My psychiatrist prescribed Inderal 10mg 3x day for my anxiety about going on vacation, and the added stress of the trip in general, being out of my routine family stress, others drinking heavily.
I will test the inderal today to see if I have any side effects. I am supposed to call into the office tomorrow with my results. Need to go to the pharmacy to pickit up along with my ohter meds need refills too.
I did not take my supplements last night just did not feel like it. There are a lot of them and did not fill my pill box up with them either. I was getting to bed late and jsut felt like I should be in bed.
I will fill up my pill box this morning. And use my mouth wash for strong teeth, purple kind of listerine that the dentist recommended.
I am not drinking because it was not any fun anymore....and I can't seem to be serious about my weight loss goals when I drink.
173.8 this morning.
Happy about that.
I did not snack last night as hubby did. Yay!
My plan is to do Intermitant fasting as best as I can. 2 meals a day and no snacking.
The only thing I can't give up is my coffee with half and half in the mornings so it is not a true fast.

There is a christmas concert this afternoon that I would like to go to at 3pm at a big church.
The group is called BREVE, an acapella group out of baton rouge.early music ensemble. Should be good. I am going to ask Karen, my new friend, if she would like to go.
Hattie is very reserved with the thunder coat on. Did see her eat and drink some and use the litter box yesterday so that is good.
Have a great sunday yall.
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172 this morning.
drinking a lot of water does amazing things to my scale.
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Congratulations on the weight loss. I'm following you, as I'm also trying to lose weight through diet. I was plateaued at around 190 for about 3 weeks which was frustrating, but the last couple of days I've been down at 186, so I'm happy.

splitimagelast couple of days I've been down at 186, so I'm happy.

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congratulations split am happy that the scale started moving in the right direction!!!!!
YAY!
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Thanks Bizi, it's really unfair how easy it is to put on weight, and how hard it is to lose it.

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Split, I put on 50 pounds in 3 years drinkning craft beers and eating willy nilly.
It is very easy to do.
I have taken off 14 pounds so far this time.
The most I have lost in a long time, I yo yo frequently. This is a fragile time for me as we leave on vacation in one week.
Not snacking and not drinking has made all the difference in the worls to my dieting and sticking to it.

And it is working!!!!!
YAY!!!!!
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I hear you on the vacation. They can really throw a wrench in diet and sobriety plans. Hope you're able to manage it.

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we leave one week from today.
I am not ready.

I forgot to tell you that , or maybe I did tell you and forget.
anyway
Karen found out that I posted about her(did not write her name)
on the buzz feed site that I wrote about her condition.
I also said some personal things like I thought she was ocd and had an eating disorder.
Well today at lunch she really questioned me. She said do you think you are a doctor. I said no just a nurse. and that these were my opinion.

She said you can't diagnose. She went on and on I kept apologizing and she said she watched judge judy all the time people suing other people for stuff posted on facebook. So I asked her if she was going to sue me. She said no.She said that she was offended. I told her that I was not easily offended. I did not tell her that I avoid confrontation at almost all cost.
so I was really getting annoyed....after repeating her self several times I asked her if we would still be friends and she said yes.
I am glad that she doesn't know that I posted here her name.
oh well. I will have to be careful what I say to her.



I had good food today.
Lunch:


spaghetti meat balls over tabouli (I took half home) no noodles.

With a bowl of veggie soup which was very good!
For dinner:

Meat loaf with pizza sauce on top and steamed cauliflower,

A satsuma, type of orange that is very sweet and easy to peel and hardly any seeds.
2 small squares of chocolate, dark 80%

I am trying to tell myself that I am full but it is not working I am going to eat a fudge pop. And drink another water.

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Edited to add that I finished my christmas bags/gifts so that is good. And filled up my 2 weeks worth of meds, so that is done yay! Got my nails done yesterday so they look nice clear gel and half some tips and acylic for repairs.
I work saturday but will get billing done and laundry as well finished on sunday. I need to dig out the warm gear....boots parka, wool socks, etc....
Think I will send christmas cards with my bills for this last set of billing.
My back is bothering me, think I will go to bed earlier than normal and see if a heating pad will help my back, maybe use the CBD cream and see if that helps.
My back has been bothering me when I stand for too long.
sigh

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Up early to take a shower and wash my hair. That happens about 2 x week.
It feels so good once in there, it is just getting in there that is so difficult.
And I hate it that I almost run out of hot water....
Onto my 2nd cup of coffee, need to dry my hair and get going.
Make it a great day!!!
171.5 this morning!!!! 6 weeks sober!

Maybe I could be 169.9 the morning we leave!!!!
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Got up a bit early and washed face, applied mad hippie vit c serum on my face and neck (love this stuff), brushed teeth, dental mouth wash and concealer on my rosacea, dressed in clean clothes had 2 cups of coffee.
My normal self care morning routine. Sharing a non scale victory: scrubs are looser today!!! yay!!
Ready to start my day!
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45 days with out alcohol. down to 171.8, that is down 14 pounds since nov 1st.
I know that I said I was not going to count days.....I promise I won't post often about it.
oh well I lied!
lol
Getting ready to start my work day, 3rd cup of coffee down the gullet.
Hattie gets her stitches out today, hoping she can take off her coat today.
Even so It takes a full year for a wound to heal.

Have a great weekend!
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Hello there....Hope you are enjoying your saturday! I worked and saw 4 clients and managed to sneak in a lunch with hubby. Chicken and sausage gumbo,, no rice nor bread for me.
After working out of town, came home around 5pm and hubby and I decided that we would go to texas road house for dinner. We had a gift card
While we were waiting I snacked on many peanuts, love throwing the shells on the floor! Once seated I did NOT have any of their fabulous rolls,(I smelled one though)....Had a salad no croutons and ate most of it with out salad dressing.
I had the texas road kill. 10 oz chopped steak patttie with grilled onions and mushrooms and jack cheese and a baked sweet potato with butter and brown sugar. As soon as the meal was brought to the table I asked for a to go box and cut both the pattie and the potato in half to take home. I shall eat that for lunch on monday or tuesday.
We decided that we are going to watch the movie."The nightmare before christmas", we own it and love it!

AF and loving it!
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I weighed in this morning at 170.8!!!
So close to my goal of 169.9 before

we leave on vacation this wednesday.
It is a laundry day and billing to do.

Must pick up stamps from the grocery store today.
I am finished gift buying/wrapping and started packing.

Filled my med box for 2 weeks, need to see if that is enough
maybe need one days worth more??? Will have to come up with a used med bottle to hold the pills,

I know what they look like so that is/will be easy to figure out.
2 weeks worth of pills is alot!
I am glad that I had enough and that I did not run out this year.

Last year I had to get early refills.
It looks like it will be a warmer christmas up north.

So maybe I should not change the windshield wiper fluid??? I have an appointment on monday morning.They will also do a check up and fill tires including spare. It is not due an oil change yet so that is good.

I think I will keep the appointment.

I have the wiper fluid already and I don't know what new years will be like, too far out in advance. So I don't want to take my chances. The fluid also has rainex in it so that is good.

Last year it froze so I said I never wanted that to happen again.
Happy Sunday yall!
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edited to add a non scale victory:
No more puffy/ankles (fluid retention) this morning!!!!