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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
8:38 am	Monday Nov 23'09: my day creative commons: 'niagara falls' from flick'r courtesy DerekP at first, i felt like i had gone over the falls in a barrel: and throughout the weekend, my tummy was a little distressed. i am now home and STUNNED by what i have lived through. i am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy and thrilled with my experience. definitely something i will do AGAIN. and again! note: hips/hip flexors getting better rapidly: from far more MOVEMENT at home. today's triumphs mega tidy multiple rooms putting away craft supplies putting away shopping putting away suitcase putting away clothes from trip: the clean ones sorting out dirty laundry finished (sort of) mega-project from class at retreat ("i am grateful" album kit) breakfast metamucil stripped bed, opened windows summer-winter sheet switcheroo rebooted laundry from yesterday: dining room linens washed, dried, hanging to air dry folded, put away towels from dryer sheets to wash, dryer, hanging to air-dry upstairs uda's work clothes to soak unloaded dishwasher ongoing meditation on gratitude fresh sheets on bed fresh tablecloth; set table for supper beauty challenge: bath; shaved legs; hand-nail-body creams; perfume (no rings) swish & swipe walked to St Clair: moderate pace: 50 minutes? errands: pix printed; gift bag for wrapping Sr Colleen's recycled gift subway to Eglinton lunch; walked home 20 minutes; bought tissue for wrapping rebooted laundry: uda's work clothes to wash opened tossed filed mail lay-out planning on scrapbook page: xmas baking (figgy pudding; xmas cake) work clothes to dryer; hanging to air dry; folded/put away 15 + 15 minutes office started organizing satchel for tomorrow did organic food box order for thursday (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
8:43 pm	Sunday Nov 22'09: my day creative commons: 'st cecilia' from flick'r courtesy SammyDavisDog this is a relief by donatello, i think: my brother gave me a replica a zillion years ago: it is now on display in the craft room. i am tired, happy, worn-out-with-excitement, pleased, surprised, but mostly TIRED. semi-unpacked. doing some housework. sitting a LOT at the scrapbook retreat was very hard on me, even with lots of walks and stretching. i guess i move around so much at home that i don't get 'that' stiff.................... (Comment on this)
Friday, November 20th, 2009
5:00 am	Friday Nov 20'09: my day creative commons: 'mountain retret" from flick'r courtesy DmitriSeliv (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
8:28 am	Nov 19'09: my day creative commons: 'manic panic vampire red' from flick'r courtesy House of Sims the xanax did the trick, and i calmed down. am a little zombie-like this morning, but at least am not climbing the walls and clawing at my hands. ate some fruit crisp and 2 squares dark choc, plus soy milk: not bad considering that there were tarts in the house too. off to do errands. cooking, walking, cleaning, working, packing, errands, practising: NOTHING helped me to come down yesterday. i think i have definite mini-manic episodes. working to cope and carry on. today's triumphs slept until nearly 8 am 2 forgotten items added to craft supplies (all packed now) another craft item found and added 15+ minutes morning meditation washed lingerie that soaked overnight; now wrapped in towel breakfast unloaded dishwasher cleaned utility drawer (cheese grater etc) set table for supper vacuumed kitchen floor changed purse: travel Lesportsac into duty;;;;;;;AGAIN tiny tidy in kitchen more trash to outside bin at street: garbage day beauty challenge: shower etc got swim bag ready swish swipe squeegee (this is getting easier) made bed wrapped up parcel: Lands End to return 2 items tooooo big other items just right note: at home for dvd exercise, i do not wear fitness clothes: just pj bottoms & tee shirts have to wear a fitness bra now all the time for exercise, even walking some of my fitness bottoms have been washed so many times i also noticed that the lands end and llbean fitness clothes HOLD UP so much better than the AdditionElle (only for good) track suit: pilling on inner thighs i have a pix of self wearing grey cropped pants in CA: 2006: and they weren't new then laid out clothes on bed: track suit type stuff only mega-car errands with UDA more e-mails to/from former publishers walked with errands post office: mailed parcel bank more holiday errands (advent wreath candles etc) put away parcels uda's work clothes to soak, wash, now in dryer went for mani-pedi cleared table metamucil, fibro meds 1, celexa lingerie hanging to air-dry folded, put away some air-drying laundry all clothes for trip: into mega-tote (bought for cottage adventure; used to store camping clothes) folded, put away towels from dryer loaded dishwasher, put away leftovers turned on dishwasher uda's work clothes put away, hanging to air dry evening beauty challenge: teeth (electric only); facial routine; hand-nail creams; spritz of perfume (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
4:58 am	Wed Nov 18'09: my day creative commons: 'why i love you' from flick'r courtesy black angel hugely excited (over excited?) about my new gym which is opening today. it is in the old historic YMCA building: WALKING distance from my house. I am going to the first ever class; "belly fit", some kind of dance-pilates-yoga fusion. scared and anxious: and excited. woke up too early, but not able to fall back asleep. also have now officially given up on receiving scraptivity kit before I have to leave for retreat in Niagara Falls. Onwards....... today's triumphs metamucil unloaded dishwasher 15+ minutes morning meditation breakfast, cleaned up set table for supper work on scrapbook supplies and projects to bring on retreat talked to mom sent important e-mail to former publishers on purchase of copies of last book at reduced rate wrote card to pickles music stand etc: getting ready for trip: I absolutely WILL NOT GO THERE without some 'alternate' activities planned looked again on-line at Olympus camera at Henry's-----making the decision to buy after my birthday, at which time I will be the same age as my father (Henry J) when he died in 1979 more packing work in craft area got out bathing suit beauty challenge swish & swipe --- half-hearted finished parcel for pickles white laundry to wash i am so overwhelmed with joy (too 'up' lately) that i can barely write. i am a little manic, i know, so i am coping by staying in the kitchen and baking. the fitness class is called BELLYFIT: thankfully i checked out the website: it is NOT abs: it is BELLYDANCE and african dance and tribal dance and incredible drum music and a bit of pilates and gracefulness and i am still over-the-top: four hours later.............will try to post link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp6B05Uzco0 it was JUST LIKE THIS INFOMERCIAL: minus the live drumming walked with errands bank post office drug mart for rx kitchen store for things unloaded dishwasher re-loaded dishwasher washed pots metamucil, fibro meds, celexa, xanax gathered 3 loads of trash for bin outside washing lingerie (soaking) laundry laundry laundry packing packing packing tidy everywhere wrapped up xmas cakes put in cold room etd etc etc etc (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
1:23 am	Tuesday November 17, 2009 creative commons: 'light of hope' from flick'r courtesy Zenera today is my parents' wedding anniversary: 62 years: Nov 17, 1947. My mom has now been widowed EXACTLY as long as she was married: 31 years. one of dad's favourite flowers was gladiolus. having lunch with mom and maybe tony at swiss chalet. feeling sooooooooo stressed about sooooooo many things, couldn't sleep well. onwards, and as dad would have said, "i will feel better as the day goes along". today's triumphs got up 6am metamucil unloaded dishwasher morning meditation: saint lucy wrapped up, put away figgy puddings breakfast, cleaned up, swiped sink, fresh towels made mixed fruit crumble tiny tidy EVERYWHERE: cousins franco & anna for lunch with uda swiped a bit in downstairs bath quick vacuum in kitchen huge bag of good leftovers for mom and tony 3 bags carried to car for heath st finished card, envelope for mom for xmas: first one from a pattern (not photos) and a bit messy-childish in parts; good design, home-made execution, alas put away pudding moulds in cupboard in furnace room made bed beauty challenge: shower etc swish & swipe mega errands throughout day pix printed at black's bank more shopping for xmas cakes ordered new glasses in old frames brought tons of leftovers to family mom's anniversary lunch: we paid slept 2 hours 20 minutes recorder; 10 minutes piano opened tossed filed mail cleared table, loaded - turned on dishwasher metamucil, fibro meds, celexa washed pots, put away leftovers got out most ingredients for xmas cake (Comment on this)
Monday, November 16th, 2009
6:50 am	Monday Nov 16'09: my day creative commons: 'figgy pudding in flaming brandy' from flick'r courtesy TedKerwin off to unmould figgy puddings. cleaning up the steaming mess. wrap one for doctor friend today. put rest away. HURRAH! i have been making this recipe since xmas 1970: YES hurrah! yes! wow! i am working on celebrating! it's true, that i was very tired yesterday. out all day saturday: 1pm - 9:30 pm: too much for me. but that's ok to have a down day (never got dressed, but did have a full beauty challenge). i am very happy to be able to tell MD that i am sooooo much better with the elavil/celexa combo. this is the MD who referred me to Dr. Sam rheumatologist who confirmed the Fibro diagnosis. Dr Sam: "The most important thing you can do is EXERCISE". boy was he ever right! have to leave by 10-10:30: errands en route? post office? we'll see. today's triumphs got out of bed before 7am metamucil unloaded dishwasher 10 minutes morning meditation wrapped up pudding for Dr. Stan took some pix finished cards set table for supper mega-clean of figgy pudding stuff re-booted laundry: kitchen linens to wash, dry, fold made bed breakfast, cleaned up started work satchel for tomorrow tiny tidy: kitchen hot spot beauty challenge: teeth, shower etc swish, swipe, squeegee just in time.........for arrival of plumber......Mario from The Club.....he will replace toilet seat etc tiny tidy upstairs: putting clothes away, putting away sox air-drying walked with errands mailed mail returned library book ; 30 cent fine memory card to Black's---dropped off, picked up pix errand to Fabricland for Mom: iron on patches for her favourite housecoat lunch: slice of pizza, iced tea: food court by store got Rx renewed by Md (celexa); dropped off at drug mart met up with UDA on main street; got flowers for Mimi (welcome home) opened, tossed, filed some mail (not all) put away kitchen linens: in piles on DR table struggled for 2 hours with guilt & shame while piano tuner was here paid him, agreed to have him back 3 weeks: serious inside cleaning needed (dust from years of reno work?) music lesson: quite good, considering ate scraps for supper: made grilled cheese french toast (John K's 'grillies'); tossed mouldy grapes; replated decent ones a few chocs metamucil, fibro meds 1, celexa loaded, turned on dishwasher played fitfully in craft room got HUGE amount of stuff ready for scrapbook weekend (plan b, if kit doesn't arrive before Friday am departure) made decision on photos (will get stuff printed tomorrow) evening beauty challenge: teeth (floss); facial routine; hand-nail creams; spritz of perfume (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
2:56 am	Sunday Nov 15'09: my day creative commons: 'explosions in the sky' from flick'r, courtesy Sergio Tudela the explosion in my creative heart continues. Scrapbooking 101 was a blast in every imaginable way. 5 participants: ranging from 11 to 75. One dippy-dopey teacher who worked MIRACLES with the pix of 2 of the students (one was a cancer patient in active treatment: her first ever pages). Here are the most important things I learned: you absolutely positively have to start with the RIGHT PAPERS and some kind of plan. mat an important photo for good design emphasis most of the time should be spent on the original layout, including paper selection DO NOT USE glue sticks. Uhu is the best, but NONE last. Use that awful sticky messy scary craft glue. aaarrrgggghhhhh. Adhesives will be my 'final frontier.' Yes I was right to start using photo adhesive from a roll; also scrapbooking tapes; also pop dots. No I was wrong to FIGHT journaling: just because I'm worn out from professional writing doesn't mean I can't put pen to paper on my own pages. "there's no right or wrong way----do what feels good for you" there were five participants: NOT ONE scrapped pix of children, babies, birthday parties: the scrapbook mags seem to focus on family life in ways which are totally foreign to me. my pix were FAR SUPERIOR to the others: I have to stop worrying about this the instructor really dislikes computer/formal typeset journaling: "do it in your own handwriting, no matter how messy." YES----just what I wanted to hear! I thank the Holy Spirit of Creativity that I had forced myself to learn to use my own 'second hand sale' $5.00 paper trimmer (regular price: about $30.00) I asked about the retreat: 'bring lots of materials; tools; sort and plan FIRST'----also 'stop worryin'   today's triumphs unloaded dishwasher 15 minutes morning meditation metamucil breakfast, cleaned up set table for supper started some xmas gift tags with new stamp, leftover scraps of cardstock uda's work clothes (including overall!) to soak ---- filthissimo stripped bed, opened windows everything assembling for figgy pudding marathon puddings on to steam: 10 am: as in my goal cleaning up as I go along in kitchen UDA's work clothes: rebooted: to wash: I will re-wash: they are incredibly dirty 15 minutes music: S & A re-washing UDA's work clothes turned on dishwasher fresh sheets on bed folded, put away towels from dryer work clothes to dryer sheets to wash DVD: debra mazda: shapely girl: aerobics + toning = 43 minutes put away work clothes topped up water in pan: pudding steaming marathon (3+ hours) beauty challenge: bath, teeth etc swish & swipe turned off stove: HURRAH! nap/rest: 1.25 hours note to Jenni unloaded dishwasher ordered fitness clothes dark laundry to wash cleared table, loaded - turned on dishwasher washed pots etc metamucil, fibro meds 1, celexa dark laundry to dry, hanging to air dry kitchen linens to soak overnight fresh linens in kitchen unmoulded two small puddings: looking good evening beauty challenge: teeth (floss); facial routine; hand-nail creams; spritz of perfume (sample: nothing special) (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
7:37 am	Saturday Nov 14'09: my day creative commons: 'scraps in use' from flick'r courtesy Merete today's the big day! scrapbook 101 course at Scrapbooks by Design: queen st east. I am not scared anymore, just hugely excited. bringing new purpose-bought Made In USA cloth tote (finger lakes); $5.00 paper trimmer from second hand sale; pix of me and music friends (need 4-6 'of a similar theme'). YES! also working on figgy pudding preps. out to dinner tonight with peter etc (our treat) at The Palace. YES twice over! today's triumphs metamucil unloaded dishwasher figgy pudding preps currants, raisins, sultanas etc chopped pecans crumbled bread exercise: 2 dvd's---total 43 minutes Leslie: 22 minutes: 1 mile walk: christian music Keri: 22 minutes: curl (abs) beauty challenge: teeth, shower, washed hair, facial scrub, hand-nail creams, perfume, rings swish, swipe, squeegee out for breakfast with uda; errands: wrong book from sergio, damnation re-organized scrapbook tote for class more work on figgy pudding 15+++ vacuuming: lower level also used stain remover on stain on tv room carpet also started one photo gift tag (Comment on this)
Friday, November 13th, 2009
2:04 am	Friday Nov 13'09: my day creative commons: 'carmen lucia ruby' from flick'r courtesy thisisbossi up in middle of night: forgot my celexa; had a semi-wholesome snack (bread, cheese, grapes, chocolate); eventually went back to sleep. I have toooooo much on my mind, not least of which is UDA's planned lunch with carmen today. she is more than just bossy: she is an outright B****. Off to gym: planning to leave around noon. the stretching seems to have done my hip flexors some good. also thrilled with results of card project last night. not toooo happy about ongoing family real estate worries. Mom & I are on the same page with this one........This time next week: final preps for SCRAPBOOKING weekend in Niagara Falls. My mom is hugely excited: she seems to find out something new/better/fun every single day about our hotel (Old Stone Inn). Now, if only my Scraptivity! kit shows up beforehand. I have some decent new pix to work on. Onwards. today's triumphs got up: 6:40am metamucil e-mail to avery and linda about new grenadilla recorder e-mail to christine: order for annual cheese box sale for her choir 15 minutes morning meditation fresh towels for uda opened bedroom window for air made card for avery (thank you for recorder referral) figured out stamp ink for dark cardstock (leftover from Scraptivity) uda's work clothes to wash talked to mom, commiserated over new hydro scheme, new credit card rules (embedded chip, pin #, etc) tiny tidy in laundry area 15 minutes recorder: s & A breakfast, cleaned up, turned on dishwasher uda's work clothes: dried, hanging to air dry OR put away towels to wash tiny swish & swipe: downstairs, also cleaned mirror, saved paper towel for use in craft room called broker: rebalancing few things in UDA's portfolio towels to dryer made bed opened, tossed, filed mail swiped kitchen sink, fresh towels gym bag ready, plus banana, fibre bar, subway tokens mini-manicure: cut - filed nails, cuticle care, no polish [cleaning acrylic stamps is taking a toll on my hands, but it is worth the extra care!] walked to/from subways: 30 minutes plus errands more lancome serum: this stuff works, and i am running out again beads?!?!?: 1/2 price for small tube fabric glue for momsie's gift wrap project ripper: for taking labels out of things 1 hour at gym starting to unload dishwasher finished box with choco treats for mom for hotel (1/2 price @ Laura Secord)----home-made altered box (I'm getting better) + home-made card with beads: total cost to me: $3.00? finished unloading dishwasher set table for supper made reservations for dinner tomorrow at The Palace put away all shopping re-loaded dishwasher, hand-washed some things from UDA's lunch got scrapbook tote and pix ready for class tomorrow (anxiety) 15 minutes recorder heated up leftover rice (Uda did bbq salmon etc) cleared table, loaded dishwasher, washed few things metamucil, fibro meds 1, celexa home-made gift card Xmas for mom: with beads many more phone calls & e-mails re: various family business, cars, alfas, cleaning ladies, fitness etc evening beauty challenge: teeth (floss); facial routine; hand-nail creams; spritz of perfume (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
6:15 am	Thursday Nov 12'09: my day creative commons: 'fruit cake' from flick'r courtesy Ringo Ichigo   [AH: thought of you with the lace crochet] Fruit cake mixture [nuts-fruits-spices-cognac-molasses-mincemeat] now tucked away in fridge for the next week. Feel very happy about this. Stage next: continue cleaning the **** oven ****. Off to work today; have decent lunch, but am hugely anxious still about real estate snafu. The legal bills are going to be horrendous, at the very least. One big positive: my hands are healing from my skin picking out-of-control episode. The Gehwol oil helps too (store at corner of Heath): I will be ok for scrapbook beginner class on Saturday. Some notes on the music afternoon tempo regulars, as found out yesterday at our bi-weekly get-together: SG has swine flu, very ill: so she couldn't come to the gathering PH has scoliosis so extreme now, that her lungs are being affected: she has gained a lot of weight (meds?) but still was well groomed and cheerful CMC's broken wrist is healing but looks awful. She looked better in general, and her mom is doing fine in the residence. MK's cancer exploratory seems to be zeroing in on a tumour in the neck; surgery + radiation? Her cataract surgery went well, and she played ok. We commiserated over Shirley: the family is selling her viols, as she is now too far gone (dementia). Thankfully, they are taking action NOW and not waiting until the viols are deteriorated tooooo badly. I realize that I have lost many tempo friends to death (Lois, Heide, Joyce M, Joyce R, George) plus there are many who are no longer able to play (Doug; the B's; Fran B; Anne) from health reasons. Plus the folks who moved away, lost interest, whatever. I was honoured to be among the little group yesterday who SOLDIERED ON, regardless of problems. today's triumphs got out of bed before 7am metamucil more work on oven: as much as I can do, still not clean but it will be ok compost to bin (uda brought to street) open-close-lights-compost: at Flirt Home (they are away) so agitated i am getting sick tried to work in craft room: this did not make me feel better, but I learned something (do acrylic stamping FIRST; then rubber stamps; do rub-ons LAST) somehow succeeded in making card for SG: swine flu more recycling to street two phone calls with mom re: real estate worries (she is as frantic as i am, we don't understand why clare hasn't called agent) set table for supper made bed tiny tidy upstairs breakfast, cleaned up put away UDA's down jacket (downstairs) beauty challenge: bath etc swish & swipe worked 4, billed 5 hours bank more ingredients for figgy pudding cards to do for mom took pooch to granite place (drop off snafu) called MD re: appt on monday e-mails re: choir fundraiser for christine opened tossed filed mail loaded, turned on dishwasher (Uda's lunch stuff) 30+ minutes stretching on floor craft room fun 10 minutes recorder heated up leftovers cleared table unloaded dishwasher re-loaded dishwasher trash to outside bin finished card project for today evening beauty challenge: teeth (floss) etc etc fresh linens on table, set for lunch with cm tomorrow (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
8:25 am	Wed Nov 11'09: my day creative commons: 'recorder' by xequals Here are the recorders I have owned in my life: 1969: first alto: cheap, wood: from store on Yonge St with John R: maybe Boosey & Hawkes? 1970: first soprano: cheap, wood: from music store in London, England 1978: renaissance soprano, alto: for Garry's class at RCM: from Olde Yorke 1979: first tenor: used : from Olde Yorke: TERRIBLE INSTRUMENT 1980: good tenor: cherry wood, Xenon: also Olde York 1987: plastic baroque alto and soprano for classes with Alison: from John Ferth 1988: good Jean Luc Boudreau alto: for 40th birthday 1989: good matching Boudrea soprano 2006: bought the 'company bass' which I had been borrowing for many years: $200 to Geoff: he had forgotten where it even was I use all the highlighted instruments all the time. I gave away the italic instruments over the years (GoodWill? bazaar? not worth playing) Here are the music stands I have owned: stand bought for Garry's class: 1978: now retired to TEMPO 'extra stand' box good maple stand bought from John Ferth: 1988: 40th birthday: it has been in my dining room music area ever since very good but HEAVY portable stand bought 2 years ago: sometimes in office, now in craft room: portable stand borrowed from Stanford music dept: 2006: left behind by mistake during trip, ended up in SF: I took it, it's a bit bent, not worth mailing back to Palo Alto I am going to buy the used grenadilla/ivory alto (used) that Avery is selling for Linda. About $400 used? Maybe $800 new? More focused brighter sound, easier high notes, matches her alto. today's triumphs slept until 7:45 am: the xanax did me in unloaded dishwasher metamucil 15 minutes morning meditation re-booted laundry: lights to wash, double rinse, dry, hanging to air dry breakfast, cleaned up more work on one non-photo-card project swish & swipe downstairs bath work on xmas cake fruit concoction e-mails galore re: tempo, instruments, avery etc set table for supper tiny fridge boogie finished fruit concoction: to macerate until next wed: one full week made mincemeat muffins cleaned up, loaded - turned on dishwasher sprayed inside oven with Easy Off: need a clean oven next week for baking the cakes: will leave it to sit while I go to music more-or-less finished card project: not perfect but acceptable emptied some recycling into outdoor bin lunch ready for tomorrow; pie plate from cornbread-tamale-pie is soaking quick shower, washed hair etc ate lunch in office swish swipe squeegee music at miep's: 1pm - 3:45 pm swiped oven: not all the baked-on gunk came off; sprayed again: will try again tomorrow unloaded dishwasher 15 minutes focused vacuuming: mostly upstairs, a little downstairs too heated up leftovers cleared table, loaded dishwasher wrapped up some leftovers for my mother metamucil, fibro meds 1, celexa pulled self together enuff for evening beauty challenge: teeth (floss); facial routine; hand-nail creams; spritz of perfume 15 minutes recorder: S & new A phone calls/e-mails re: ongoing highbourne legal snafu: suggested to CDK we call the NEW property mgmt team (transition from brookfield?) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
1:26 am	Tuesday Nov 10'09: my day creative commons: 'saintes maries de la mer' from flick'r courtesy valeyoshino i have had one of the worst skin-picking episodes of the last 5 years. something snapped inside me, and i could not stop myself until i had several bloody stumps and lots of pain. the fear of repeating last night's night terrors? the anxiety of the FL trip comitment, having signed a contract etc? worry about family health issues? fear of the upcoming scrapbooking class and then retreat? shock about car issues? all of the above. i did some repairs as follows:  threw in the trash that AWFUL and useless Sally Hansen cuticle oil stick trimmed everything that was ragged used some La Source hand scrub: exfoliating plus soothing slathered on Mario Badescu cuticle oil gel: horribly sticky but IT WORKS one half-bandage on the worst finger (middle right) calmed down enough to go to bed and read. then the anxiety ramped up again, so i ate cookies. i was afraid of taking the xanax as i need to get up tomorrow in reasonable time for work.   just got up (1:30 am) and did some more hand-nail care: good slathering of la mer lip balm on cuticles (this is very similar to the Burt's Bees lemon cuticle balm, but lighter and of course pricier( I do not have much of that product left, so I found some on e-bay 'buy it now' I am now going to try to go back to sleep, tomorrow being another day that is already here. today's triumphs went back to sleep woke up: 6:22 am: felt ok, decided to stay up metamucil unloaded dishwasher, put away everything from drainer getting out food for lunch (for me & mom) put away items in cellar (mason jars, return containers for organic box) carried upstairs an armload of air-drying lingerie from laundry room 15 minutes morning meditation (no timer) folded, put away lingerie tiny tidy in night table: magazine shelf purse boogie gathered ALL old eye-glasses: to take to Pat for new Rx advice breakfast, cleaned up, swiped sink, fresh towels light laundry to soak folded, put away air-drying laundry from tv room quick vacuum in kitchen swiped DR table; set for supper quick swiffer on main floor (6 minutes) tiny tidy: putting stuff away hither and thither found some sample sizes of other LaMer products (serum, creme) in travel toiletry box: put in nail care place made bed quick dust in bedroom: 5 minutes +/- beauty challenge: bath (reading helpful book on depression) etc swish & swipe e-mails to/from Scraptivity! for mailing Nov'09 kit: i don't want to pick up at store: the subway fare or the parking costs will be almost as much as the postage shopped for more ingredients: xmas baking worked 3, billed 4 hours (travel time, phone calls @ home) tossed some mail home earlY: terrible stomach upset slept 2+ hours 15 + 15 minutes recorder practice (S & [Ax2]) metamucil, celexa, elavil 1 cleared table, loaded dishwasher (set to turn on: 10pm) washed pots put away leftovers (Comment on this)
Monday, November 9th, 2009
7:37 am	Monday Nov 9'09: my day creative commons: 'eyes for you' from flick'r courtesy eye of einstein I have a check up appointment with eye-doctor later; he is a grumpy touchy guy, but it is hard to find another MD with the shortages here. Tony will drive me home; see the Marco Island video; etc. Ghastly night terror experience last night: woke up screaming, UDA had a hard time calming me down. Onwards. because I had my screaming episode (true night terror: cannot remember the dream, have to be shaken awake, sometimes can't wake up), I slept in to 7:30 am and have been hugely frazzled all day. here is what i did today (posted at 1:30 pm) metamucil unloaded dishwasher breakfast, cleaned up 15 minutes morning meditation set table for supper checked fridge, recipe for planned supper made bed quick wash, brushed teeth, swiped sink walked to subway: 15 minutes (hip flexor not too bad) got money order for Florida at bank got meat for supper at St Clair Market waited 50 minutes for 2 minute appointment: I need new Rx glasses; come back for check-up in 2 years walked to mom's: met tony: he drove me home re-wound then re-watched video on Marco Island with him opened, tossed, filed mail lunch, cleaned up got ride with Tony: went to book store: bought better atlas stopped at Noah's---more stuff for xmas baking walked home: another 20 minutes put some shopping away cooking collard green, rice, raisins did meat/veggie preps for creole cornbread pie started preps for cornbread cleaning up as I go along glasses, etc ready: satchel for music lessons organizing satchel for work tomorrow: file on florida, shopping bags put away all purchases from today various recycling, compost, trash: to appropriate bins finished cooking everything: totally wonderful served supper, cleared table loaded dishwasher, washed/dried/put away many items metamucil, fibro meds 1, celexa music lesson took extremely aggravating phone message re: work (the other big rental property: another snafu with management co) (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
6:56 am	Sunday Nov 8'09: my day creative commons: 'grey fox kit' from flick'r courtesy IngridTaylar My October Kit from Scraptivity! I used almost everything made three layouts from THEIR SKETCHES followed the instructions as best I could bought two optional add-ons at Deserre: crackle paint (hard to use) and glossy accents (ridiculously easy to use) I used up some 'leftovers' on the calendar project and other cards i really liked doing this kit, contents as follows.............   Prima: Paradise City collection double-sided paper - two sheets each of Love Letter/ Island Beauty and Cabana/Fruity Jungle Prima: Paradise City collection double-sided paper - one sheet each of Excitement/Dancing Mangos and Cherish/Morning Chirps 7 Gypsies: Victoria collection double-sided paper – two sheets each of Pandora and Walker Bazzill: textured cardstock - two sheets each of Cinnamon Stick and Burgundy Bazzill: textured cardstock – one sheet each of Lagoon and Bluegrass Mill Hill: Glass Seed Bead Mini-pack – includes colours 02012, 00553, 00283, and 00081 [used ALL] Mill Hill: Beading Needles – 2-pack [broke one] Mill Hill: White Nymo Thread – 9 yards Prima: Canvas tab - Dream : the only thing i did NOT touch Prima: Say It In Crystals – White Crystal Charm Circle Prima: Paradise City pebbles – one large and one small, assorted designs My Stamp Box: Royal Flush alphabet clear stamps in clear case [used on photo cards for mom, bronte page, etc]  Today's Triumphs got out of bed before 7am glad I took xanax at 8pm: stopped the skin picking and i slept soundly metamucil unloaded dishwasher 4 more very good items to give-away (personal friends) box thank you card from pooch for lois set table for supper 15+ minutes morning meditation breakfast, cleaned up started another photo card gift enclosure more clean-up in craft room tiny tidy in cupboard (moved summer scarves; took out smart wool sox for shelf) made bed 10 minute tidy in office uda's work clothes to wash beauty challenge swish & swipe trying to tidy up cedar closet: winter cords & jersey pants (elastic waist) Part I (have to find a part 2 yet) Part 2 done: as part of mega-tidy of clothes cupboards mini-tidy (5 minutes): laundry room new designated place (freed up from mega-tidy) for swim accessories etc Drug Mart mega-shop: redeemed $150 of free merchandise points; got 3 generic xmas gifts put everything away long slow walk with errand accepted that the 'calendar project' has turned into something far greater/different: put 12 pages in 8 X 8 binder got out food to cook for supper (chicken with root vegetables: roasted in oven) played in craft room uda's work clothes dried, put away cooked supper: yummissimo cleared table, loaded-turned on dishwasher, washed some things used canvas tab: last of the major kit items: HURRAH metamucil, fibro meds, celexa deglazed roasting pan; put away leftovers washed pan (thank you All Clad: took 1 minute); semi-swiped sink evening beauty challenge: teeth (floss); facial routine; hand-nail creams; spritz of perfume finished Bucket List page (with much tongue in cheek humour and cute illustrations) (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
3:39 am	Saturday Nov 7'09: my day creative commons: 'marco island sunset' from flick'r courtesy David Burn Rick is coming over at 2pm with The Contract. And a video. I have a trillion questions. No doubts. Looking at the creative commons pix: HUGE selection of nice birds! There appears to be a nature sanctuary RIGHT IN FRONT of the condo. UDA was appalled at the $$$$$$$$$ of the condo, but I am INSISTING on this. I want a NICE PLACE. Period. Amen. Lois is thrilled. Tony, that rat, told her that I started to cry when I saw the pix of the Everglades: not sure, but seems to be a short drive east. Want to go on boat cruise to see the manatees ("you don't pay if you don't see them"). Ay yay yay! Calming down, thank you God, these ultra-highs are very wearing. today's triumphs metamucil unloaded dishwasher found recipe, booze, starting to assemble items for xmas cake morning meditation15+ minutes rebooted laundry: dark clothes rinsed, dried, hanging to air dry breakfast, cleaned up swipe one shelf (dust): replaced glassware set table for supper mega-dust in coat cupboard downstairs more winter switcheroo: hats-scarves-mitts: tidied up piles one nice scarf to give-away pile swiped sink downstairs lingerie to soak before hand-washing found more xmas cake items in cellar pantry shelves finished calendar pix: 11 of twelve gathering Marco Island info for folder: Rick coming at 2pm put on some mediaeval xmas/marian music (Anon 4): soothing made bed towels to wash scrubbed kitchen sink; fresh towels did drain care: baking soda, vinegar, boiling water beauty challenge: shower etc swish, swipe, squeegee (ha ha) walked with errand: 25 minutes (hip flexor still tender) chicken for supper lunch, cleaned up 15 minutes rapid (not rabid....) focused dusting: LR and DR more tidying hither & thither 90 minute meeting with Rick, Lois, Mrs. Roe, two dogs (Hogan, Pooch): signed contracts etc playing in craft room to try to calm down............so excited, beyond wildest dreams sick as a dog from volcano hot flushes (into hour two of this) folded, put away towels from dryer washed, rinsed, towel-drying: lingerie, hand washed cleared table, loaded-turned on dishwasher fibro meds 1, celexa 1 i have to take a xanax: cannot stand the anxiety PLUS the volcano flushes: my face feels like 3rd degree sunburn did organic food box order metamucil, xanax, brushed teeth (could not face floss....), hand-nail creams; spritz of perfume the volcano flush lasted the usual two hours: nostrils totally on fire; i was sick as a dog: i had these once or twice at elaine's: they timed it: no one believes me: TWO HOURS: they were totally in shock to see what happens to my face. then it subsides: i am ok now, but wiped out. will got to bed and read something soothing (Comment on this)
Friday, November 6th, 2009
2:28 am	Friday Nov 6'09: my day creative commons: 'sunset over marco island' from flick'r courtesy GoJeffrey ????????????????????????????????????? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD! Barbecued Billygoats! Holy Guacamole! Santa Cleopatra! Ay YAY YAY! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at 2:30 am. Can't sleep from excitement; and sugar rush: ate nothing but dessert for supper! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pros: this is an easy trip we know the owners (Lois & Rick) this will force us to stay in a nicer place than usual this will force us to stay LONGER than usual (3 weeks + driving to-from) the location is ideal the condo is large: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1200 square feet price not outrageous we don't have to do anything about new passports until we come home this will force us to go earlier: no Twelfth Night, no San Francisco! I will not have to do any research, preps, arrangements, study, web searching, or GUESSING we can have things shipped (online shopping, eg sleep masks) in advance and Lois can receive for us BALD EAGLES, everglades, beach, PARKS, water everywhere, flowers   Cons I have to put down a deposit that may not be refundable   Of course, I would have to put down a deposit for ANY condo. The big advantage of hotels: cancellation policy hugely generous. So, unless we keep going to The Trace every winter from now to eternity, I will always have to factor DEPOSITS into our winter plans. This trip should be FAR CHEAPER than Natchez + SF. I had suggested March Natchez + January Resort = 4 weeks. UDA said No. I will call Rick/Lois tomorrow and say YES. Could not sleep from excitement. Could not eat from excitement (except cake, panettone, etc). Chewed up one finger (bandage) from uncontrollable emotions. Could not update LJ from yesterday. God knows how I managed to do any work at Heath St, but I did. Also worked on calendar project: just to keep busy. Hoping today is calmer, as I can't handle these over-the-top highs anymore. today's triumphs metamucil unloaded dishwasher mega-tidy in craft area fresh towels for uda put away organic box tiny tidy in dining room, kitchen switcheroo of coats: 3 up, 3 down towels to wash fresh towels in downstairs bath started preps for morgan house muesli recycled gift (juicy couture) purse for christine moved some purses around; tidied up cupboard: 2 minutes gym bag ready did another calendar page towels to dryer made bed more work on morgan house muesli made smoothie; squeezed oranges etc lots of stuff to outdoor recycling finished muesli, cleaned up, fresh towels unpacked china from ashley's (tony helped) parcelled up packaging for trash/recycling vacuumed floor ha ha turned on dishwasher (all but 4 new soup plates fit!) beauty challenge swish & swipe walked to subway pilates allegro machine reformer with Ana K: 1 hour bought baby present for restaurant friend's newborn + book for 2 year old found condo on map, printed out directions wrapped gifts for newborn and big sister more calendar page work: 10 of 12 now done tiny tidy in craft area (doing MUCH BETTER in separating trash/recycling at source) metamucil, fibro meds 1, celexa beauty challenge: teeth (floss); facial routine; hand-nail creams; perfume all laundry to basement dark laundry to wash folded-put away all air-drying laundry (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
4:37 am	Thursday Nov 5'09: my day creative commons: 'beads' from flick'r courtesy Orin Zebest groin pain subsided during night, but starting up again with movement. will try to do some stretching after work. very wound up about incident reported to me about Riva. i find myself feeling jealous of the opportunities that kids have today..........and their lack of gratitude and grace. must concentrate on forgiveness today. off to work eventually. today's triumphs got out of bed before 7am another bag of trash to curb bag of compost to green bin 15+ minutes morning meditation set table unloaded dishwasher breakfast, cleaned up, swiped sink huge collection of food, household items for mom etc: organized made bed beauty challenge: SHOWER etc swish & Swipe: squeegee etc   (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
7:45 am	Wed Nov 4'09: my day creative commons: 'beads' from flick'r courtesy rigadoon glass ok, so far I have succeeded in losing beads, breaking one needle, breaking one needle threader, pinching myself numerous times, making a fool of myself on phone to Scraptivity lady, and HAVING A BALL. No blood on the paper (yet); no disaster with the bead container (they are slipperly little buggers..........); no destruction of already-finished-page. YES! and onwards. Who knew? Home today, lots of things to do, slept ok. Got out of bed before 7am. Hungry during night: had few sips of Ensure. today's triumphs re-booted laundry: kitchen linens to wash, double rinse metamucil unloaded dishwasher stripped bed, opened windows a bit prunes for UDA to stew on stove. 15 minutes morning meditation kitchen linens to dry sheets to wash mega-vacuum in craft area, bathroom, laundry room sorted out trash-recycling from craft area found two (2) containers for sorting trash/recycling in craft area kitchen linens folded, put away sheets to dry mattress cover to soak all day in washer (with non-chlorine bleach, tide free, borax) breakfast, cleaned up, fresh towels, swiped sink sheets folded, put away set table opened, tossed, filed mail: more junque mail than real (all to recycling) made errand list beauty challenge: shower, teeth, hand-nail creams, perfume, rings swish & swipe: squeegee on shower finished another nail item (Sephora oil: nice azure colour, very small bottle, ok product, might buy again) disaster on walk: appear to have 'pulled' something in groin: or hip flexors? had to take a cab home, could hardly walk, hysterical from pain. pulled self together: took advil 400mg, played with beads, glue etc: broke one craft knife blade; succeeded in detaching it from handle without cutting myself (no blood on pages). Still did these things on walk: bank bought xmas postage stamps picked up 2 Rx bought dark choco chips for baking gift certificate from good food store for Ana k more adhesives at craft place; couldn't find glitter called for in kit other triumphs lunch at home, cleaned up put away shopping stuff re-booted laundry: mattress cover to wash, dry, hanging to air dry made Chocolate Chevies (long story, another time) tidied up from baking cleared table, loaded dishwasher, hand-washed pots metamucil, fibro meds 2, celexa took phone message from insurance this time re: Burnaby (aaarrrggghh) wrapped up some treats for tony etc turned on dishwasher (energy appropriate delay setting: 2 hours) fresh sheets on bed another Advil 400 mg brushed teeth; hand-nail creams; spritz of perfume (can hardly stand up: no flossing or facial routine) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
6:03 am	Tuesday Nov 3'09: my day creative commons: 'marie antoinette' from flick'r courtesy Sherry's Rose Cottage last night's lesson ("l'imperatrice") Frenchy baroque went stunningly well. avery pushed the tempo a LOT and i kept up. also feeling stronger without 2 elavil: one is enough for now. the morning hangover and afternoon sleepiness and evening hunger was wearing me down. working on scrapbook things; off to work later; nice lunch things. onwards today's triumphs metamucil finished 'all hallows eves' scrapbook page used glossy stuff on Scraptivity kit butterfly item (easier than pie) unloaded dishwasher 15+ minutes morning meditation made bed lunch stuff out 3 bags for charity pick-up: out onto porch dvd huge triumph: 41 minutes, med ball, The Firm dvd has poor visuals for about 5 minutes, sound ok, and i pushed through level inter-adv first time i have done a tuff work out in AGES: not as groggy in A.M with only one elavil took pix of workout for kit page ("dancing mangoes" paper) organized purse for work breakfast, cleaned up, swiped sink beauty challenge: shower, teeth, perfume, hand-nail creams, rings swish & swipe: swiped shower with my first-ever squeegee thingy, another huge triumphs worked 4.5, billed 5 hours had pix printed from memory card bought hand cream (treat) bought cookbook for ana @xmas: cheap and nice heated up leftovers for supper cleared table, loaded-turned on (delay) dishwasher washed pots metamucil, fibro meds 1, celexa mega-swish & swipe downstairs (CLR in overflow drain + scrubbing) various things to outside recycling bin huge pile of kitchen linens (2+ weeks?) to soak overnight evening beauty challenge: teeth (floss); facial routine; La Source hand scrub + cream (glue & inks); spritz of perfume huge scrapbooking triumph: succeeded in threading needle (don't laff) and did beading work on page: part one of 3 (as per sketch in kit club): fun but very slow, and that's ok (Comment on this)