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Hah! I can answer this. The answer is NO. My son’s SO is office manager for a dermatologist whose practice is entirely cosmetic procedures, along with facials
, lasers, and the usual list. I went for a facial and felt that I should tip the woman who did the facial for me,
. At checkout I asked son’s SO if I should tip and she said absolutely not, this is a medical office.
Evidently a former emplyee got in trouble for accepting tips. I cant believe their credit card screen would ask for that however it may just be included in whatever credit card processing company they use.
Our power went out and generator came on. Pwr Co sent text "a crew has been dispatched." I am not too sure about that.
You too, @rubyclaire
We have POWER, even INTERNET again!
@Still trailing and @Fun2BHere, our annual service appt is in the morning, as in tomorrow. I cannot see the tiny letters on my cell phone to post. (Time for readers!? LOL)
I am not west of Miramar.
@rubyclaire They should have power soon, if not already. IG has not been cooperating properly, but if I see a local post about Seaside, I will let @Still trailing know about Seaside.
Going to bed. Hopefully everyone hears from their family and friends.
FWIW, our two nearby beach accesses are fine. But we do not on higher ground with stairs.
Two Hits and a Miss
While I was OOT, the below were delivered:
Sweater blazer from Talbot’s. HIT!
Talbot’s cotton turtleneck. Not intended to be worn with sweater blazer. HIT!
Navy charmeuse wide leg pants. Look like pajama pants! Wrinkle horribly. Dry clean only (prefer washable for travel) The only plus is the fabric is a nice weight. MISS!
@Sueb20, ”giantess” was fair warning that substantial hemming is necessary!
Church this am on a cool, damp day, lunch with mother and Amazon returns now. Zara winter white slacks (these are the ones I bought in Southampton last year), light wool camel sweater polo from the Nordstrom sale and this was the perfect day for my new raincoat:
Funnily enough the outfit started with the shoes. These are my trusty Coach waterproof loafers that I wear when it’s wet or raining. This is going into my favorite looks album!
I hope that you don't mind me buttting in here. I need your opinions on this outfit I recently purchased.
We have a trip planned this Fall, which involves very early flights, a plane change with a several hour layover, and then a long rental car drive.
What do you think about this outfit I recently bought to wear on the trip there and back? It’s very comfortable, and I have good looking flat shoes, a great purse and possibly some of my turquoise jewelry to wear with it. My all-weather coat looks great with it, too, being black and the same tan color. It was advertised as a comfortable outfit for plane travel, but do you think it looks nice enough, and not like pajamas? Thanks for your opinions.
That's a great looking console - love the woven shelf too. Well that sent me looking at Birch Lane. I had no idea how many products they carried, they even had recognizable brand names. But I made the mistake of clicking on Holiday Decor. .... nope - turn away - I don't need any more, especially since I'm trying to reduce what I have.
Closest Wayfair is Greensboro, and none in SC from what I can tell.
I had a great week at arts n crafts camp but it was a lot of sitting, and the food was really good…a little too good! I have not looked at the scale since I got back.
The workshop itself was so good, loved the instructor and my classmates were great. There were 9 of us, and everyone but me was in their 70s. The instructor was about 75. Very inspiring! All of us ate every meal together and were in the studio at least 9-4 for five days. Everyone was super nice, supportive, and chatty. Two of the women live pretty close to me and we are planning to get together regularly over the winter to work on the baskets.
The baskets we made were tiny, made from waxed linen. I was the only one who was a true novice. Several of the women had taken classes with this instructor before.
This was the easiest type, made from wrapping the thread around a paper coil. My maiden voyage:
This was my second basket in progress. It is a twined basket. Some people learned a third type, but I had my hands full learning these two. It took me 3 days to finish this one. I don’t have a photo of the finished product.
Some of the teacher’s work.
I am back on track with normal eating, and went for a long walk this morning…but I am sorry to report that the last cortisone shot I got for my hip did not really work. I’m pretty annoyed about that.
In other news, I am getting my flu shot on Tues and getting my face lasered on Wed!
Congrats, 3katz, and hope the party for DH goes smoothly.
Clarification. The 15k you spent on improvements --did you end up getting that back in a raised original price for the home once it went back on the market? I know someone claimed that would be possible but here in MN I've never heard of that working out. The market is pretty ugly here.
@arcy_gw - yeah, our realtor said we could raise the price after making the improvements and they were nice improvements. However I thought that price was too high and that we should just leave it as is. We did increase it for a few weeks and then dropped it back and then dropped it again and after that an interested party showed up. In different market conditions that might work but not right now. Plus we live in a villa/detached townhome so people can look at comps on the same street that are pretty much the same house and if you're way above something that sold recently no one is going to be interested.
I got on the scale today for the first time in 2 weeks -- not because I don't care but I know my body is "taking a rest" from losing and some days that would be very disappointing. I don't love it but I love that my body is not just shaving off weight faster than it can adjust to. Also, admittedly, I havent been super diligent and restrictive. I am not gaining and that is a good thing ;)
My sleep has started to improve -- still have some bad nights, even some very bad nights but I am also having nights with great sleep patterns. I have been able to see these improvements without using xanax so I feel good about that and I feel better in general with more sleep.
I am super glad today is Friday :) and we have some greater great and mild weather so that's all good. What about you? How are you all doing?
Technically my toe is healing but now that I am on my feet all day again, it hurts chronically. And I already have neuropathic pain in that leg anyway, so sometimes it feels like someone is sticking a need through the tip of my toe, and then it jerks, mostly at night. The option seems to be to get really thick ugly orthopedic shoes to wear to work. And I still can't walk down certain types of stairs the normal way, I have to put both feet on each step, or it bends my toe too much. (This includes my steps at home). Luckily the shorter riser steps at work I can walk down. I have kind of traded one type of pain for another, it seems.
My blood pressure is acting up, at the Dr. the other day the diastolic (lower #) was 105.
@gsciencechick yes DH has been several times in the past 2 yrs to see the top hand guy there for a tendon problem . I willbe in good hands. 😊👍
Let me bump up the new thread.
Whew, DH stayed only mildly sick from flu B and I didn't get it. I slept in the guest room, and we opened the windows and ran all the HEPA air filters. I use one in my office at work, too.
Not much new here. Fall break is soon and that's all I can do. Got one Pilates and weights already. On the treadmill now.
Finished my antibiotics today, so hopefully I can get my digestive system back to normal! Not much appetite the last few days due to the antibiotic and feeling full/bloated. Always something!
To answer the questions about pain, blood pressure and gabapentin. I don't really think the pain is enough to be raising my blood pressure, and I don't think it is enough for me to start taking a prescription for it.
My blood pressure is primarily raised by the medication used to treat my anxiety disorders. When I go of those medications my blood pressure goes down to normal levels. I am on two to lessen the effects of taking this blood pressure-raising medication had at a higher dosage as a single agent. It may be time to try something different although this one works better than some of the others.
I have tried going off the meds for my anxiety disorders and I am fully functional at work and with regards things that I must do. I am disciplined enough that I can't stop anything important. But I got to a point that I could barely do anything else that might cause the slightest anxiety. I had to make a phone call to see a specialist, and I did not make the phone call for six solid months. Not because I forgot, but because I could not physically call the number, and this also became layered with embarrassment about not being able to call. I had to go back on medication to make a phone call. I know how irrational that is, which makes it worse. and my blood pressure went up as a result of all the suppressed anxiety. As in 190/105.
And I had patches of psoriasis everywhere. So I had to go back on anxiety medication and also on BP medication. And the psoriasis resolves itself when I am not stressed.
I have the neuropathic pain, some essentially from birth(left leg) and then on the right side of my face. lip and chin from a nerve injury (as well as some actual numbness, luckily no paralysis) But I have learned to switch that off almost entirely. It only comes out when I am severely stressed, which I am less so when on the anxiety stuff. And then I probably need a left shoulder replacement or something done up in my neck. This is occupational and it actually bothers me most when I am lying down, although I can my arm go numb if I rotate it a certain way when I am upright.
But I feel like I have learned to manage or deal with the nerve issues, by shutting them off more or less. You can ignore a lot if you want too
So this long "organ recital" as my dad would have called it is a long answer as to why I don't want to go on any pain management meds. I feel like I am already on too many because I essentially consider myself a "healthy person for my age". I go to the gym, I walk everywhere, I never take elevators, I never get out of breath, and I have a job where I am on my feet almost all day long. I have been sitting during lecture only because of my foot, but there are days when I am on my feet for six hours at a time.
Have followed him for a while. Looking forward to seeing how he evolves over time. Lots of pressure for a kid, but he’s so adorable.
He's just wonderful. When I first started following him, (I think he was five), as someone who sews myself, I was cynical. I couldn't believe he could cut and sew with the accuracy evidenced in the final garments. But it wasn't too long until I became a believer.
I've also been following him for a while. He is adorable and so creative!
Full disclosure, I would not put the floor in my own house but I think it is a very interesting choice and definitely shows out of the (big) box thinking. I would take the blue range!
Darn, I just have these, and only two. They were my mother’s.
Pyrex developed Corningware in 1958. Both products were made by Pyrex at the time this piece was made, now they are two separate companies.
I have the Pyrex Spirograph casserole dish. It was a wedding gift in 1969. The green underplate went missing years ago. But the casserole is still in great condition as I hand wash only. It has been and still gets filled with my scalloped potatoes regularly. Not sure what it may be worth, but I don't want to sell it and my daughter gets it per my will. Pyrex Spirograph casserole
It has already been in the 40s here and even though it is in the 60s now, the rain is making it especially cold. It is definitely time to be thinking of coats and jackets for many of us.
I woke up this morning and cleared out one whole closet. Every last thing except a nwt RL belt is gone! Granted it was a closet I hadnt touched since I started working from home in 2000 (mostly dressier work clothes) so it shouldnt be a surprise given how much weight I've lost. Still ... it was very freeing!
Now I have a whole closet! (oh my closets are not walk-ins. They are smallish -- I still have lots more to go!)
I think I am pretty much covered for fall and early winter now. I do need to get long sleeve tees (looks like ON may not be bringing back my fav plush tees this season) and a pair of loafers but otherwise I should have the basics covered.
I wont say I won't shop or buy anything else-- but whatever I purchase will enhance what remains. I am keeping an eye out for great fall and winter scarves ... a wide belt ... leather gloves ... things that will spark true joy!
Well, I got this one too. $35.
Two fall jackets for $70 total. I think I’m good!
If while looking at the re-sale sites, any of you see The Official Sarasota GTG Scarf in the beige/tan border and pink toile field, please let me know. The scarf was sold by J. McLaughlin. I think the style is “Sarita” and in that colorway the pattern is called “Giardino”. It is 70% cashmere and 30% silk.
I love the blue and white toile with the green border! I wish I had bought the other colorway too and now it is sold out. ☹️
As an aside, our generator does not run our induction cooktop or ovens should we lose power. So we bought a single stand alone plug in induction burner. Not only is it great for power outages, but it is great for buffets/picnics where you want to keep a pot of something hot. For those who might be induction-shy, it's a way to try it out without making the big commitment. (I was at a restaurant run shower one time and the chefs used the individual induction cooktops to make made-to-order omelets.)
I finally tackled the small walk-in closet on my side of the garage. Donated two 48Lx30Wx32H dog crates to the local cat rescue, and a pet ramp to another animal rescue. Took three boxes of paperwork to UPS for shredding. Unpacked seven boxes of wedding china. Rearranged what was left in the closet, so now you can actually walk inside. The china is now organized in the seating side of the island so easily accessible.
Even better news, DH agreed to go through at least one large storage closet upstairs!
Yes, sleep, strength, glucose control, all good reasons beyond weight loss.
We went to Asheville last weekend for a concert so we had fun with that although traffic getting out of here was horrible and we were delayed almost 90 minutes. Luckily, we could walk to the venue and I just had to change my clothes once we got to the hotel.
I finally was able to book a Pilates private session this week so yay. We did the whole session on the chair. I did the Group Power weight class on Sunday which kicked my behind again.
TR, those soba noodles look so good!
Weight is holding steady.
RNMom, in general people with T2D do show slower losses on GLP-1 drugs. It could be for a variety of reasons also including age. But if your BMI is 27 that is good.
I go to r/Zepbound a lot! I have a different screen name there but have all my posting history hidden.
I will use shakes and bars if I am on the go and maybe will get a meal late, maybe that's once a month or so.
Right, the weight loss in diabetes is what prompted the obesity trials on GLP-1.
We will probably go and get our flu and C updates this weekend. Too many sick people walking around. I also got updated test kits for flu, C, and RSV since all the ones I had were expired even with checking for extension dates.
C, that looks delish! I am not a bread baker, but we have a small produce store that also sells things like jams, local sourced meat, etc, and they have homemade bread and i have been buying it. 🙌 Your baguette looks yummy!!
@Tina Marie thank you. I have baked all our bread since the mid 70’s. I started baguettes a few years ago because DH wouldn’t stop asking for them lol! I get flour imported from France. It makes a huge difference the flour absorbs water very differently. I also have a very reliable Sourdough culture that I use. So much of the directives about how to make baguettes is false and it took me a bit to realize that. After I simplified every step and bought perfect flour it became extremely easy. DH says I should teach a class.
I have found , over the years, that many people resent being told/ shown that there is an easier less arduous way to do something. 🤷 c
“But the problem is when you take the advice of people who have had their appliances for 20 years and still work fine--well, that's because they were manufactured differently 20 years ago.”
This!!!
Churu cat treat. Laser pointer.
I will second the real fur mice.
A fishing pole type thing.
Part of me wants to suggest a small mirror because our cat likes to chase reflections. We get light and reflections coming in the front windows and the cat picked up that our phones would make reflections (inadvertently at first) and she likes to chase them.
But now she knows when the sun hits a certain spot on the doorjamb that it makes the right kind of reflection on the floor to chase. So now at that time of day if someone is home she sits by it and howls until you come make some reflections. So maybe unless it's more random than that, this is not such a good idea