tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post2689726290269240354..comments2024-03-29T00:10:51.155-04:00Comments on Blue House Journal: This Week In My Home: A Temporary Normalterricheneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-9076501671708675182017-06-05T23:16:48.931-04:002017-06-05T23:16:48.931-04:00Don't know why I have never thought of plantin...Don't know why I have never thought of planting bulbs in pot for next spring. We live on a creek....well technically a "drain" which has a lot of critters especially muskrats who eat bulbs planted in ground. Thank you for sharing your great ideas.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882982652857385485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-56304663681653237972017-06-05T18:20:59.485-04:002017-06-05T18:20:59.485-04:00Lana, I wanted to tell you that my good friend wen...Lana, I wanted to tell you that my good friend went thru' a similar thing as your husband. She's a doctor and had a damaging stroke at 60. She spent months in rehab just learning how to walk and write again. She had to quit practicing medicine. She said the first couple of years were impossibly frustrating and even now (6 yrs. later), she feels angry at times. She misses medicine. From watching her, I'd say it's not something you ever get used to, but you do eventually learn to live with it in a peaceful way. I wish you guys the best.<br /><br />Oh, the dreaded scale rise....I feel your pain. I had to buy a new bathing suit because the one I had is riding up....that means my butt has grown. :::grooooaaaaaaannnnnn::: So, I'll be doing some food changes in my life, as well. Feel free to share any tasty recipes you find! :)<br /><br />Summer has definitely arrived in KS as the temps are in the upper 80's. The humidity is already terrible and I feel like I'm hit with a hot, wet blanket as soon as I leave the house. <br /><br />Compiling a summer bucket list is on my to-do list this week. I have some projects I'd like to do and some fun I'd like to have. Since we lost 2 months of income this year due to that surprise job loss, we'll be playing it cheaper than normal. We're going to try some local geocaching to combine some fun treasure hunting with a little exercise.Debby in KShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10678580135625880717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-44412598875615249792017-06-05T15:54:47.850-04:002017-06-05T15:54:47.850-04:00Terri, if you run out of projects you have my addr...Terri, if you run out of projects you have my address. Just saying. I to have a few pounds to lose. I bought some snack pretzels, honey mustard, and gobbled way more than my share. Now to cut back and get walking a little faster instead of just strolling when we go for our walk. Hopefully, Johns new hours work out. I know from personal experience to have a husband lose his job a couple years before retirement age is no fun. That is when all the making do, doing without over many years time paid off. It is not really doing without, it is just keeping priorities straight and your eye on the goal. Gramma D Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-40494041992996765802017-06-05T11:20:17.877-04:002017-06-05T11:20:17.877-04:00I have long wanted to drop you a note and mention ...I have long wanted to drop you a note and mention how much I enjoy your blog. My financial situation is such that my scrimping days are now over forever, but you are such an honest, up front person that I enjoy coming here, anyway. <br /><br />So many bloggers prefer to always keep their best face forward, and that is fine, but it's so nice to read the struggles of someone with family and financial problems like the rest of us. That you wrestle with moodiness, restlessness, disappointment and sometimes depression is to feel a breath of honest fresh air over the rest of us.<br /><br />Thanks so much for your sharing.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14677933410879520343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-5719633402080578062017-06-05T08:02:12.547-04:002017-06-05T08:02:12.547-04:00Add me to the list of gaining back some weight. I ...Add me to the list of gaining back some weight. I am not happy. My doctor noted that when I went in for pre-op checkup recently as well. I am still ahead of where I was before losing but getting much to close so I must get rid of the sugar foods again and so far have not been able to say no to them. It will always be a struggle and with all the surgeries in the last 2 years I don't feel like struggling any more. I am just tired. Period. One more cataract surgery next week and then I hope there won't be any more for a l. .o. .n. .g time! Wishing much suggest with not only the weight loss but all the things on your lists.Loritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570346408282598440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-19515793058509106062017-06-04T21:50:32.254-04:002017-06-04T21:50:32.254-04:00Ah, I have been on that gaining back the weight tr...Ah, I have been on that gaining back the weight train as well! Last summer I was able to take off 30 pounds. Nine of those are back again. Oy. (Greg rode the same train, too...) Here we go again, but we can do it. I keep telling myself, "Gee, remember how good it felt when these pants that fit really well were a bit loose?" Um, yes, I do. Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396880852810370044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-78654562667471636212017-06-04T20:31:29.638-04:002017-06-04T20:31:29.638-04:00Today my husband said he is starting to realize th...Today my husband said he is starting to realize the brain deficiencies he has been left with and that he does not know if he will work again. This is something we all knew but he needed to know it for himself. So, all that to say to just be thankful for a job and a husband able to do that job. One never knows what tomorrow holds. I am not bitter but I find that most just do not understand how it is to be unable to work anymore at age 59. We have planned and saved well and will be fine but it was just not how we thought life would be. Today I told him that I am happy to have him home with me everyday now and I meant it. Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-68158489673722602202017-06-04T20:27:18.967-04:002017-06-04T20:27:18.967-04:00Terri,
I am often surprised at how similar the thi...Terri,<br />I am often surprised at how similar the things going on in your life are similar to mine. I particularly noticed it starting a couple of years ago when you were hospitalized during part of the same time period I was. I was was in the hospital during three of those many days you were. I was not as seriously ill as you were. I had suddenly developed atrial fibrillation and had to have cardio version to get my rhythm back to normal, it was corrected for a while, and unfortunately then went back out of rhythm. I believe part of what caused it may have been that I had, unbeknownst to me, become severely hypothyroid (under-active thyroid). The AFib is not currently causing me any uncomfortable symptoms, but I will need to take an anticoagulant for the rest of my life.<br /><br />When you wrote in one of your previous posts about how the anniversary of your illness and hospitalization is a time that you stop to ponder and evaluate what is going on in your life. I had been doing the same thing this year on what looks like the same days you were. Now in today's post you were writing about weight gain after having dieted and lost weight after your illness. I, too, am now having to buckle down and get myself back on track battling my weight gain, after gaining a bunch back since losing some after my illness. It is so hard to keep my will power going. Why is it that weight piles ON so much faster than it can <br />be pried OFF? I am overly efficient when it comes to gaining weight, and that weight sticks on me like velcro. <br /><br />Terri, you have very often been an inspiration to me as we walk along some similar paths in our lives. <br /><br /> susie @ persimmon moon cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653330247272673990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-9390868584448026872017-06-04T17:59:23.270-04:002017-06-04T17:59:23.270-04:00Hi,
I really enjoy your blog. Thank you. I'm j...Hi,<br />I really enjoy your blog. Thank you. I'm just wondering how much weight you lost two years ago?. I'd like to lose 25lbs so am looking for a good way to do that. I'm sure the answer is diet and exercise right? I saw a sign at the store the other day. It said " I just want two things. To lose weight and to eat" is that asking too much????<br />Thanks,<br />LynnLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750778376019018604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-58715196400504522342017-06-04T17:15:16.485-04:002017-06-04T17:15:16.485-04:00Hi Terri, it's been too long since I had time ...Hi Terri, it's been too long since I had time to visit your sweet blog. <br />Jeff and I both eating healthy, he bikes and I walk, and thankfully we are both already feeling better. <br />About the prepared veggies, I just started adding cucumber sticks and and really enjoying them. For regular cukes, I peel, cut out the seeds and then cut into sticks. The Burpless and baby cukes can just be cut but I've been using the regular ones as that's what I've been finding at the best price. Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898829593961271218noreply@blogger.com