Cate's Diary

Hi, LaMa & Rob. Pleasantly knackered- that feeling when you feel tired, but not crazy tired & you feel like you deserved feeling tired as you worked hard. It was a very productive day. I slept like a log. Unfortunately today I have woken up with an incredibly sore calf muscle. My hands hurt last night so I massaged them with magnesium oil and hand cream & they feel good today. I'll do the same tonight with my leg. I'll book in for a massage on Monday I think. G is off to cut more wood this morning & I'm not going with him.
We're visiting our BIL again this afternoon. He's in the hospital again. He's not doing well. We are going to a show in town. We saw a guy years ago do a John Lennon show & he was brilliant. He just sat up on stage & talked & sang as if he was JL. If you shut your eyes he could have been. He didn't try to look like him at all & he told his life story as if he was JL. This same guy is now doing a Bob Dylan show. We also are dropping in on an old golfer who has some lemons & limes for me. He usually takes them to golf & gives them to G but he forgot this week. We are having one drink with him.
I had some doubts about getting a puppy yesterday. I hadn't considered our wildlife & the enjoyment G & I get watching the birds in our garden. Also, a puppy would shatter any peace we have. Food for thought.
 
Taking a day off before you overdo it is a sensible thing. As is considering all the consequences of getting a pup rather than just the positives. Have fun at the show; it sounds great!
 
A solidly productive day, and body-tiredness without mind-jangling, and then a solid night's sleep... it all sounds just great! So does the night out with the Bob Dylan performer; I expect the telling of his life story will be pretty interesting, too, as well as the singing.
True, about a puppy and local wildlife. :(
 
Cate said:
Pleasantly knackered- that feeling when you feel tired, but not crazy tired & you feel like you deserved feeling tired as you worked hard
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Love that feeling!
Cate said:
We saw a guy years ago do a John Lennon show & he was brilliant. He just sat up on stage & talked & sang as if he was JL. If you shut your eyes he could have been. He didn't try to look like him at all & he told his life story as if he was JL. This same guy is now doing a Bob Dylan show.
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That sounds so great!
Cate said:
massaged them with magnesium oil
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That's a good idea--I should get some of that as i've had some sore muscles lately and i could probably also do with the extra magnesium
 
Cate your day sounds truly wonderful . Love you will be packing so much in to it . I’m sorry about the BIL .

regarding puppy even though we have dogs ( just one right now ) they are a tie and it’s hard to plan anything . If you have a good neighbour that’s great . Regards the wildlife they will look after themselves . We have great fun when the birds tease the dog from a high .
teach him stay from the beginning and it should be ok . But it’s a huge decision so take time !
 
Hi, LaMa, Want2Lose, Amy, liza, Rob & Petal.
I will definitely have a rethink about getting a dog/puppy. I think I will have the yard built anyway as it would be good to have a wildlife free extra yard for veggies & possibly a dog. We like to see our son, R regularly but have to stay in a hotel or an Airbnb when we do, so that makes it difficult.
I think I'll just keep thinking about it for now. Even going out & leaving a puppy at home on its own would be hard for me to do.
The show was a bit disappointing but still enjoyable. We visited our BIL along the way. He is really struggling. He's been in the hospital all week & was out for a few hours when we caught up with him at their grandson's soccer match. We also caught up with 2 nieces & their offspring.
I asked G's sister if she wanted to come for dinner with us & she did, after dropping M back. We had vegan Thai. It was delicious. She needed a break. She has been at his bedside for most of the last 3 months. It has been very stressful for her & I can't see it getting any better any time soon.
Rob- my "diet" has been really healthy, but I have no idea if I have lost any weight as I still haven't got on the scales. My focus is just not on it any more. I love eating healthy food & probably eat better than most people I know, but I am struggling to obsess over it, which I feel you almost have to do to get that weight to shift downwards.
G & I may have a bit of a lazy day today. He locked the key in the old ute yesterday so can't get a load of wood. Our above neighbour's 4 wheel bike was stolen a couple of days ago from her shed and we have had to re-think our habit of leaving the keys in the ute & also leaving G's car unlocked. Unfortunately, when he locked the ute he left the keys in the ignition. Our bottom neighbour will soon fix that, but I think we should leave it until tomorrow.
 
Poor BIL, and poor G's sister. I'm sure going out to dinner with you guys was important to her. How's R doing in the meantime?
 
That's very hard, about your brother-in-law - hard for everyone, though hardest, I guess, on G's sister. Your support will be meaning a lot to her. Good to hear that R's doing okay after all that stress and medical crisis. :)
Not being able to get a load of wood mightn't be a bad thing at all! A day for just breathing and regathering energies for the next week. Hugs to you!
 
Yes good to think it through well about the dog- they are a lot of responsibility!
Cate said:
my "diet" has been really healthy, but I have no idea if I have lost any weight as I still haven't got on the scales. My focus is just not on it any more. I love eating healthy food & probably eat better than most people I know, but I am struggling to obsess over it, which I feel you almost have to do to get that weight to shift downwards.
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That sounds like a really good place to be!
 
Cate said:
my "diet" has been really healthy, but I have no idea if I have lost any weight as I still haven't got on the scales. My focus is just not on it any more. I love eating healthy food & probably eat better than most people I know, but I am struggling to obsess over it, which I feel you almost have to do to get that weight to shift downwards.
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That may be the best place for you. I don't think you are so overweight as to have any real health concerns (maybe I am wrong, but that's my perception). Eating healthy food in reasonable portions is a whole lot better than obsessing over weight. So it sounds like your diet is doing just fine.

One thing we do with our dogs is to use an electronic fence to limit their range. Antenna wire is buried a few inches or concealed on the perimeter and the dogs wear receiver collars, if they try to cross they get a mild shock. Very little power to the antenna wire, it cannot shock, only the collars have shock power. You have to train the dogs at first, but once trained we have always find them to work well, we've used ours on probably a dozen dogs over the years. Its a good way to limit the dogs range and protect the wildlife. The brand we use is DogWatch (DogWatch® - The Original Hidden Dog Fence Company), not sure what might be available in your area. Right now we let the dogs roam most of our yard, but not the peach orchard, vegetable garden, or compost pile so far no violations and we still have lots of quail and migrating deer.
 
Cate I like that you are not obsessing about food and weight too . Like Rob says you don’t strike me as a person who has a lot of weight to lose . You have so much going on at the moment with people in your life I think you are right to be just eating really healthy and caring for yourself .
 
Hi, Amy, Liza, LaMa, Rob & Petal. Sometimes I think I'll come back to my diary later & then I forget. I do feel really sorry for our BIL (& SIL). His life is not going to be great even if he does recover. I know people adjust to wearing catheters, but he is having so much trouble on top of that. It looks like he is going to need dialysis as well. It sucks.
I have about 10 kg to lose & it doesn't really impact on my health, but I would like to start dropping it slowly. I don't like feeling self-conscious of my body again. I think upping my activity level will help.
I don't like the idea at all of having an electronic collar, Rob. I'm a bit of a sook when it comes to animals. The new dog yard can be a veggie garden if I decide not to get a dog & would be handy for visitor's dogs.
G has gone off to play golf today & I have the day on my own. I'm not sure what I'll do. Maybe some vacuuming & then a walk.
 
Hi Cate,

Cate said:
I have about 10 kg to lose & it doesn't really impact on my health, but I would like to start dropping it slowly. I don't like feeling self-conscious of my body again. I think upping my activity level will help.
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Well I think it's impressive that you've been on the forum since 2007. That means you've maintained this for the long term. I hope I'll be able to do that. I think that seems fair enough to take breaks from being vigilant on recording foods and actively trying to lose. i think it's just great that you've maintained a healthy lifestyle for all this time!
 
Cate said:
The new dog yard can be a veggie garden if I decide not to get a dog & would be handy for visitor's dogs.
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Not at the same time, I hope? :D
Catheters aren´t fun but (especially youngish) people learn how to deal with them*. Dialysis would impact your life so much more.

*Gross history fact: Suleiman the Great´s eunuchs were castrated by Coptic Christian priests because Muslims weren´t allowed to for religious reasons. Some of them didn´t just get their testicles crushed or removed but also their penis cut off, after which they would often have to catheterize for the rest of their lives.
 
Ouch LaMa . :oops: Lol
I agree what Liza said Cate . That’s a great long time to be living healthily and to be here on the forum . Have you ever had a long break from the forum Cate ?
 
I wonder what you did with your free day? Something calming and lovely, I bet!
I'm sorry your brother-in-law is probably getting to end-game - how does he feel about things? Does he even think of it that way, or is he more concentrating on getting through each day? I don't know how I would handle things if I were in your sister-in-law's position - I mean, I think I would just curl up and shut everyone out. Life, hey? No happy endings.

And it's not happy that you feel self-conscious about your body either (as I do myself - every time I go swimming, I carefully position my town or wrap or both really strategically close to where I'm going to exit the water). I hate the culture which has barraged us and so many others into feeling embarrassed by our good, working bodies - not that anyone should feel embarrassed by a non-working body, either. They're all just innocent bodies, "soft animals" as LaMa's poem said, or "Brother Ass", as Francis of Assisi said.
 
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