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ain menu home about monthly archives july 2023 post navigation older posts five things that made me happy today 7 31 23 posted on july 31 2023 by abbiewatters 1 wholeness does not mean perfection it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life parker palmer 1 nice morning with temperatures in the mid 50s the temperature got up to 78 deg this afternoon under sunny skies 2 i got my intentions review for july written this morning 3 i spent an hour with my personal trainer before lunchtime and did a full workout he wants me to practice getting up if i fall but i m resisting both of my knees are sore if i kneel on them 4 chicken rice and black eyed peas for me with beets for al for dinner today 5 gazebo group is meeting this evening it will be nice to raise a glass of wine with friends how about you what made you happy today posted in happiness 1 reply intentions review for july 2023 posted on july 31 2023 by abbiewatters reply my star word for this year is rejoicing i ve been struggling with setting some intentions this year after my heart attack on december 21 2022 i realized that i really don t know what i want for this year or even for the rest of my life at age 78 and a half i could have another 20 years left or i could easily not even have another year i m tired of the pandemic i m tired of politics i m tired of pushing myself to do something i m ready to just let life happen and observe for a while i ll keep on writing my 5 things and i ll stick with my regular groups and activities but i m ready to find out why i m rejoicing maybe i ll try just rejoicing about my regular ordinary life therefore i m leaving the same general categories that i had last year and i ll use them as a wish list and fill in markers for a diary of events and activities health and fitness recovery i m feeling fine after my heart attack i had a blood test in late february and my cholesterol numbers were exactly where they should have been all along i went to cardiac rehab early in march and the nurse agreed that my personal trainer can do everything they would do so i should keep on working with him if i ever want to go to cardiac rehab my referral is good for a year i had my 6 month follow up and the cardiologist said my heart sounded fine i had an echo cardiogram in july the tech said there was no need for me to schedule an earlier appointment than my 1 year follow up in december with the surgeon who put the stint in i had a little scare in july that turned out to be nothing except a uti exercise i continue to work with my personal trainer on balance and strength while working on balance in may i stumbled and fell on my knee i didn t do any permanent damage but my leg was bruised and swollen it s still bruised but no longer swollen i try to spend 55 60 minutes a day five to six days a week on the nustep my trainer has added long walks instead of too much strength training diet i m trying to be much more proactive about the kinds of things i eat the dietitian who counseled me said the same things the dietitian said when i lost the 70 lbs back in 2014 it was good to have a reminder three fruits and two vegetables every day limit red meat eat more fish the blood work they did diagnosing the uti showed i was slightly anemic so i m trying to include more leafy green vegetables and beans in my diet weight i was keeping steady on the 9 lbs a month loss from last year until the latter half of february living in temporary housing and not being able to cook made march a total loss in fact i gained a pound i was back on the weight loss wagon in april and finished the month 4 pounds lighter than i started march i seem to have hit another plateau and haven t been able to lose any more weight in may ending the month exactly where i ended april but at least i didn t gain anything i lost a pound in june hooray i lost another pound in july whoohoo i ve lost 11 pounds since may 2022 an average of 8 pounds a month friends and community gazebo group we meet regularly once a week greisser girls gab this is sacrosanct time for me other residents at franke tobey jones lunch with jett brooks there was a new resident in the duplexes in april who has been attending gazebo group pretty regularly recently with better weather and the relaxing of pandemic restrictions other folks in the gazebo group have been traveling i ve vicariously taken a cruise to egypt enjoyed a bicycle tour of the low countries in europe and cruised to alaska in april and may maybe one day learning and knowledge great decisions january we met and got our assignments for leading the discussions february energy security there wasn t much i didn t know already but it was nice to have a conversation about it march war crimes we basically agreed that russia s actions in ukraine are war crimes and shortly before our meeting putin was invited to explain himself at the hague april china and the u s we are fortunate to have an ex state department employee who lives here he was able to give us first hand insight into our relations with china during the early part of this century may economic warfare this discussion was right in my wheelhouse and i really enjoyed it june political trends in latin america once again we were glad to have some professional insight from our retired state department employee july we took a vacation in july we will resume in august creative writing classes al and i took a course in journaling in may i learned that my 5 things is doing double duty as a blog and a journal in june and july we took a course in finding telling and sharing life stories taught by the same professor as the memoir class travel and culture visit harriet upstate new york and or betty texarkana visit kennewick and bill s family visit chicago and ray s family visit victoria canada hobbies and creativity reading this body of death by elizabeth george finished demon copperhead by barbara kingsolver finished a river runs through it by norman maclean finished raven black shetland island 1 ann cleeves finished white nights shetland island 2 ann cleeves finished the way of the bear anne hillerman finished red bones shetland island 3 ann cleeves finished blue lightning shetland island 4 ann cleeves finished dead water shetland island 5 ann cleeves finished thin air shetland island 6 ann cleeves finished the way of the bear anne hillerman finished the crow trap vera stanhope 1 ann sleeves reading writing memoir i took a course on journaling in may personal family stories i wrote small vignettes 300 500 words every week for the life stories class blogging 5 things that made me happy today continues daily spirituality bible study we are in the season of ordinary time and we took the month of july off bethany presbyterian church the first presbyterian church of texarkana arkansas my ancestral church i ve been attending on line regularly i m considering making this my church pcusa nominating committee i resigned in july as i am no longer able to travel the distances required to attend meetings money and finances quit obsessing i finished the 2022 taxes and sent the return off in early february i planned very well last year and owed 3 00 that was deducted from our bank account on april 18 i need to look at increasing the amount i send to the irs a little bit apparently my obsession was warranted as the country barely seems to have averted a crisis over the debt limit we retired counting on five us government checks every month al s air force retirement check his va disability payment check his air force civilian retirement check his social security payment and my social security payment the settlement in congress seems to be all right and we did receive our first of the month checks for june july and august i m still worried about what will happen in the fall at budget time keep al informed i try to let al know where we stand al may be eligible for the pact act if so it will increase his va check to up to 100 disability we mailed his paperwork off to the va and he has a phone screening appointment scheduled for august 6 2023 posted in intentions solitude leave a reply five things that made me happy today 7 30 23 posted on july 30 2023 by abbiewatters 1 there must be always remaining in every life some place for the singing of angels some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful howard thurman 1 cool mostly cloudy morning 55 deg when i got up mid 70s by the time we got back from lunch sunshine all the way 2 i did church at the first presbyterian church of texarkana arkansas again this morning good sermon about needing everyone in the church whether they were sinners or not but who isn t i m really impressed with the organist there 3 i probably know 50 75 of the people in the congregation in texarkana still and i feel so at home there 4 al and i went to kyoto for lunch today we both had yakisoba beef for me because i need to quit being anemic and chicken for al which i would have preferred we both enjoyed it though with plenty of vegetables 5 i see an afternoon reading and watching appletv in my future how about you what made you happy today posted in happiness 1 reply five things that made me happy today 7 29 23 posted on july 29 2023 by abbiewatters reply as you focus on clearing your generational trauma do not forget to claim your generational strengths your ancestors gave you more than just wounds anonymous 1 mid 50s this morning early and the sunshine was bright we had sunshine all day with scattered clouds high this afternoon was 77 deg 2 a very happy birthday to my 2 daughter in love she just recently had a makeover and she s beautiful 3 i went over to the wellness center before noon and got my steps for the day 4 we had red beans and rice with little smokies for lunch today al loves that kind of stuff 5 i ll be spending the rest of the afternoon reading and watching my streaming series how about you what made you happy today posted in happiness leave a reply five things that made me happy today 7 28 23 posted on july 28 2023 by abbiewatters 1 stay true to your deepest intuition that an extraordinary and miraculous life is possible craig hamilton 1 cool pleasant weather when i got up upper 50s with the marine layer and clouds the sun came out around noon and by the time we got home from the podiatrist it had warmed up to the mid 70s and was headed to 80 deg by nightfall 2 the wellness center had a catered hawaiian themed luncheon for all the folks who participate there we had pineapple coleslaw fried rice pineapple and mango fruit salad barbecued chicken pulled pork hawaiian dinner rolls and macadamia nut cookies yummy 3 i sat with a friend whose mother is in health care i don t get a chance to see her often and we had a great time catching up with each other 4 al and i went to get our toenails clipped and calluses removed by the podiatrist it was time and my feet feel so much better now 5 ice cream on the front porch of lillian pratt this afternoon choice of coffee or vanilla i had two scoops of coffee that s not my favorite flavor but it tasted good today sitting in the sunshine how about you what made you happy today posted in happiness 1 reply five things that made me happy today 7 27 23 posted on july 27 2023 by abbiewatters reply protect yourself from further harm but forgive the unforgivable because you deserve peace of mind tracy brown 1 55 deg when i got up this morning with blue skies and a gentle breeze the sunshine continued all day with the temperature topping out in the upper 70s 2 i m starting to think about a list for the commissary next week keeping enough of the perishables in the house to fix meals while not spending too much money at safeway is a narrow line to walk 3 over to the wellness center before lunchtime a sufficient number of steps accomplished on the nustep before i left 4 burger king for lunch today big al had a whopper jr with fries and i had a regular whopper with extra onions 5 i got the plants on the front porch watered the coleus really seems to like living there how about you what made you happy today posted in happiness leave a reply five things that made me happy today 7 26 23 posted on july 26 2023 by abbiewatters reply clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give color to my sunset sky rabindranath tagore 1 beautiful summer day today it was in the mid 50s when i woke up blue skies all day with the temperature headed to the mid 70s before nightfall 2 i went to my follow up medical appointment after breakfast it was with a nurse practitioner who answered all my questions about my uti and the fact that they reported i was anemic she was very helpful and reassured me include doing another urinalysis that was negative showing the antibiotics were doing what they were supposed to she told me to take all the pills even though i felt better and that was the end i would usually rather meet with a nurse practitioner they have more time and a better bedside manner than the mds 3 i stopped by the wellness center and got my exercise for the day 4 i got a blt from the bistro for lunch it was on special this week i haven t had any bacon since last christmas it was so good 5 the second world cup game for the us is this evening planning on being in front of the tv at 6 00 pm pdt how about you what made you happy today posted in happiness leave a reply five things that made me happy today 7 25 23 posted on july 25 2023 by abbiewatters reply we can learn to rejoice in even the smallest blessings our life holds it is easy to miss our own good fortune often happiness comes in ways we don t even notice pema chodron 1 upper 50s when i woke up with partly to mostly clouded skies by noon the sunshine was out and it warmed up to 73 the expected high for the day 2 i was finally able to get a follow up appointment with my primary for tomorrow it s not actually with him but with his practice 3 i spent an hour at the wellness center working out on the nustep trying to get my mojo back 4 i had a ham and cheese on wheat sandwich from the bistro for lunch followed by a lovely raspberry scone 5 greisser girls gab this afternoon lots to talk about how about you what made you happy today posted in happiness leave a reply five things that made me happy today 7 24 23 posted on july 24 2023 by abbiewatters 1 strive to be aware of the holy in the most mundane of things and you will see it open up before you the everyday is the abode of the eternal steven charleston 1 sunny morning when i got up temperature hovering right around 60 deg but by the time i finished my tea it was cloudy we ve had a few little dribbles of rain through the afternoon and some real rain is promised overnight fingers crossed 2 the wellness center is doing assessments this week i had mine this morning and i haven t lost any ground in fact i ve improved a little in a couple of areas particularly in balance 3 the laundry is all washed 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