Cate's Diary

Often the job can feel quite overwhelming to start with, especially when there is hardly room to move, but in this case, it wasn't too hard at all. I just dragged everything out into the middle & sorted out sections along the walls- gardening, fishing, tools, kids stuff, camping etc. D will need to then go through each section & sort them out. I got rid of lots of stuff too.
Off to the dentist today, again. This time it's to have a cast done. Thursday I should have the bridge done :D
PS It's our wedding anniversary today :beating:
 
Thank you, Want2Lose, LaMa & Brawny. We had a lovely day. We had marinated prawn skewers for lunch with a salad & fresh oysters with French champagne (Mumm Cordon Rouge) followed by fresh tuna steaks & vegetables (cauliflower & broccoli au gratin, carrots, kale from our garden & new potatoes) YUM!
 
This is what I typed in the Motivational thread last night to try to stop myself stuffing my face.
cate said:
Food is fuel,
NOT therapy.
~
What you eat in private
is eventually what you wear in public.
Eat clean, look lean.
~
Re-name foods as either "forward" food or backward food.
Before you eat- ask
"Will this food help me move forward to better health & more energy or
will it have me going back to a spike & crash, depleted feeling?"
I think I have just talked myself out of having what would have been a big, sweet, binge. Some fruit about to be consumed!
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& this is what I had to eat-
1 quinoa & chia seed wrap, with Vegemite,
1/2 a mango with about a 50g natural low-fat yoghurt
& 4 squares of dark chocolate.
I felt so much better for not pigging out. I felt really bad & the urge was very strong, but I resisted. I'm happy with that. With my 18 holes of golf, I was way under my calories for the day but the main thing is I felt that I had not let my feelings take over. Food is not therapy!
A full day ahead of me. Dentist appointment at 10.30 to be fitted for the final fitting of my tooth, lunch, back to the dentist to make sure it's fine in the afternoon, picking up the kids off the bus & then they are all coming for dinner tonight. It's hard saying no to your kids. D hits us with everything at the last minute!
 
Haha, D sounds like me! We are terrible at taking advantage of our amazing, loving parents. It's nice to be leaned on sometimes, but some notice would be good I guess! :D

I like that - 'What you eat in private is eventually what you wear in public.' Very true.

Glad you're getting your old smile back. Dentistry is amazing. While there are lots of things about the modern world that are problematic, I think when it comes to health, we have it pretty good!
 
Thanks, Em, LaMa & Brawny.
I hope I don't have to go back to the dentist for a long while. It will take some getting used to the new tooth, but it will happen. At least I will be able to laugh & smile without feeling so self-conscious.
G & I went for a lovely walk around the shoreline in between dentist appointments yesterday & visited an old friend in their shop. I met him decades ago & got him a job back in Melbourne in the same wine store I got G a job in, when I was an employment officer. He and his wife have a wholefood store here in Tas. They moved here before we did & we met up again by chance when he called into our pub to buy some beer. We have kept in touch ever since.
I'm in a bit of a funny mood today. I'll put it down to feeling tired. Too much driving, too many dentist appointments.
 
You were an employment officer? Cool. What other jobs did you have? I'd say you were very good with the people that came in.
 
I haven't had many jobs Em. I worked part-time in a chemist's when I was a teenager, left home at 17 & worked in a public service office, doing accounts(met G there), employment office, stay at home mum & then publican. Since then I have done disability support work & also worked in tourism. I have always had jobs where I deal with people & was brought up by grocers.
The new tooth LaMa is now fading into the memory bank. It's starting to feel normal already :D
I played golf today & played woefully. The company was good. We played with one of the vets & his wife who used to be a member & had a bad experience & joined another club. I had met her a couple of months ago & got on really well with her. When I asked P to ask her if she would like to play with us he didn't think she would, so I was pleased she did.
G & I just had a conversation that we are caring less & less about the captain & what he says & does. That is a breakthrough!
 
I was going to say those are actually quite a few jobs for one person but if I start in my teens I guess I´ve been an agricultural worker, cleaning lady, factory line worker and now a physical therapist :)
 
Oooooh!
Job history game!
I want to play!
Farm/Ranch hand, Grocery Sacker, Warehouse worker, Delivery truck driver, Rythum guitar and vocals in a rock/ country band, Swimming pool manager, lawn and garden dept. at Sears, Camp counselor, Football, Track coach, Science Teacher, Assitant High School Principal, Principal, School District Superintendsnt.
 
LaMa- I don't look at people & wonder what they do for a living, but often it's interesting. You do what you need to do to pay the bills & pay for the lifestyle you want. Some people are lucky to find a job that is rewarding & enjoyable. Being an employment officer was that for most of the years I did it, but not in the end when jobs became scarce.
Thanks, Em. I agree whole-heartedly. I am over it. I can also see that he has people around him prepared to pitch in & help him, whereas G tried to do it all himself. I don't have to like him or approve of him & I find him gross & inappropriate, but he is getting the job done. G is learning to let it go, which is a relief.
I can see a progression with your jobs Brawny, but my timeline is different. They weren't a natural progression, more a going off on tangents, because of circumstances. I have had an interesting work life though, as have you, by the sounds of it. Do you still play the guitar?

G & I had a very lazy day yesterday & had a visit from one of our nieces, which was lovely. She had been hiking & called in on the way home. She & her husband split earlier in the year & she is now in a same-sex relationship. We invited her to stay for dinner & we had a great chat about anything & everything. We have always got on very well with her. She's a very good person, with a very big heart. She works with disadvantaged kids, organising foster care etc. What a tough job that would be :( It would break my heart.

We are going wood gathering today. It's a beautiful, sunny day & the rest of the week is going to be very busy so we have decided to spend another day at home. I'm attempting a 500 cal fast day to try to get my weight moving back down again. It's stuck.
 
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