Cate's Diary

Back up .5kg but won't change it back unless it's still the same tomorrow. No reason- just fluid I guess. It's a dismal day here today but we are going into town to do a few things & pick up our YS, who stayed the night at his friend's parents house. They all had a good chat apparently about the new business venture so that's good.
I don't list my food here because I'm not on Cohen's any more & it may confuse people who are. I have thought of asking to have my diary moved over to the main part of the forum but am quite happy here really, chatting away to myself. I know people read my diary though.
My cold feels a little better today. It's a hard one to shake though!
Nothing much to say today. Hope all are well & happy, xoxo Cate
 
My weight is back down .5kg so no need to change that ticker the wrong way. Phew.
Had quite a good day yesterday, including a visit to my mum, with my LH & YS who was on crutches. Mum seemed to enjoy introducing him around, although she can never remember anyone's names & was saying our YS was her nephew, not her grandson. I'm going to try getting her to knit again. Wish me luck. I have to find a pattern for tea cosies as hers are great. The home supplies the wool & the needles & then sell the knitted things as a little fund raiser.
I'm off to town today to take my MIL in to see the Oncologist. Every 3 months I take her in for a Cystoscopy & then 2 weeks later the specialist's ap't.
I'll pop in again tonight. Love to all, xo Cate
 
Hi Folks, Thought I would just have a look at the new set-up. Interesting! Hopefully it will be easier by not having to go to "advanced" to do anything like add smileys. I might have a play!:jump:Smileys were blocked but I seem to have fixed that.

Nothing much to report. No weight loss, no weight gain. Feeling pretty good.

Cheers for now, xoxo Cate
 
Had a good day today. Went to Tai Chi, had lunch with my TC friends, visited my Mum, took her out to do a little shopping, picked up my dogs from the vet (had their annual vaccinations etc & a haircut & am now having a bit more of a look at how the forum will work. I think it will be much better for posting as it is more like "Word". It's good to be able to make it as wide as your screen. Not sure where my new ticker is though. More homework to do. Well done WLF. I think it's a big improvement! Cheers, Cate.
 
Yesterday-

Took our OGS to his hockey carnival. He hasn't really played hockey until recently but got selected in a representative team & has been training once a month & is playing in a 2 day carnival. He played very well yesterday. My DIL was sick & so stayed home with the 2 little ones who are also sick & our OS had to work so I was asked the night before if I could take him. I enjoyed the day & I caught up with some people I know, including a friend who's daughter was playing for another team. I knew quite a few people as it turned out so did some catching up.

I'm tired today though and we have swapped cars with our son to do a rubbish tip run & I could just as easily stay in my PJ's & read in front of the fire. I will for a little while- like now! I still have this cold. I feel like I have a smoker's cough!
Sending you all lots of love, xo Cate
 
Yesterday- had a very physical day, getting wood mainly. My LH & I took a load of rubbish to the tip, including an old bed from his mother's & then we went out to the golf club to pick up theirs as well. A friend of ours was there splitting wood so we stayed & worked with him for a couple of hours.One of the golfers who does lots of volunteer work there came & helped us & we got the job finished. We got a load for our OS & after lunch at home we headed off & cut up a big branch that had come out of a tree nearby- this time for us. I haven't been doing much lately & it felt good but I was very tired afterward & fell asleep in my chair until a nephew came to visit, looking for his cousin I think.

I got a call from our YS asking if I could go pick him up in town. I told him he was a pest but went to get him anyway. He's been doing too much I know, trying to help out at the pub that he will be helping run as soon as he is cleared by the doctors. I'm taking him to see a specialist on Tuesday & hopefully he will get some good news. In the meantime the owners are doing more & more work to the pub & it is really starting to look good.

Today-

My LH has gone off to run the Sat comp at golf, our YS is in bed & I am not sure what I'll do. I really need to go into town to get my library books & do a bit of shopping but I will have to go in again at about 3.30 to take our YS in to check in some of his friends (about 20) who will be staying at the pub tonight, then we are now going out to dinner at the same pub with our YS & 3 of our friends (one who's husband died last year.) I decided to make an occasion of it as we don't catch up with them as often as we would like. I may end up going in 3 times. NO! Can't be bothered with that. I'll skip the shopping & the library & that can wait until Monday.

Weight- no idea. I had better weigh tomorrow, after our dinner out.

Sending everyone lots of love, xoxo Cate
 
Had great fun last night! I didn't go into town until the arvo & dropped our YS off & then went back in for dinner at 6.30. Caught up with lots of old friends & had a lovely meal(salmon fillet) & a lovely social night. The roller derby girls turned up at about 10pm & I ended up chatting to most of them & had lots of laughs. As we were about to leave about 11.30pm the licensing police came in & walked around checking for under-age drinkers. As they were going out the door I called out "Excuse me. I'm offended. Why didn't you ask me for ID?" to which one of them said "I would have thought that was obvious!" When I asked what he meant he didn't know what to say & they left. God I laughed! It really cracked me up. No sense of humour that guy! The publican's wife, who heard all this was laughing her head off & starting to tell people about it. She can't stand them as they harass them, while ignoring local clubs who do serve kids. All in all I had a cracker of a night! I had lots of fun!

Spring has sprung- the swallows have arrived!! They arrive every year at almost exactly the same date- 20th or 21st August. :D
Happy Sunday everyone! Cheers, Cate
 
Beautiful sunny day yesterday & I got inspired to start decorating our new veranda/patio. I hung wind chimes & some small bells that I had dotted around our house & also hung some Buddhist prayer flags that I bought years ago & had stuck away in a cupboard as I didn't feel there was a good place to hang them. I wondered what my LH would say but he thought they looked really good. :) It looked & felt so good that I did Tai Chi out there for quite a while & felt really relaxed & happy. I'll continue decorating when I see things that I like. Over Summer I will invite my TC friends up & have a class up here & provide them with lunch which my LH volunteered to cook. He is a sweetie!


It is much harder to look at other diaries etc with the changes to the forum but I must get used to it. I still think the pluses outweigh the minuses though. Any change takes time to adjust to.


I am going into town this afternoon to attend a laughter workshop. It should be fun & I don't have anything to lose. We can never laugh enough!


Lots of love to everyone, xoxo Cate.


PS- adding a photo of me at aged 17yrs that my sister posted on Facebook yesterday. Taken in 1970. Fit but with big sturdy legs.
 
Change of plans- Was going to be going into town to take our YS to see a specialist but he has a sore throat, head-ache etc. Cancelled his appointment & now have a day at home so have changed out of my "glad rags" & into my "at home" gear.
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I'm happy to be having a day at home though. Hopefully we'll get a Friday appointment instead.


Haven't weighed for a few days as the right circumstances haven't happened. The moon & stars haven't been in alignment. Just kidding- I like to weigh before breakfast but after a BM. TMI I know & it's also silly but if I gain anything I'm much more inclined to eat something I shouldn't so it's best I don't know, so that I keep eating really healthily. Yesterday was a day totally without any starchy carbs at all & I feel really good today, albeit a tad lazy. I may have to go put my runners on & hopefully that will inspire me to move more.


Laughter workshop- Is not for me I think. I found it a little depressing if anything. If I try to explain why I may sound a bit mean but I have fun most days & I came away feeling a bit sad about some of the people there, rather than more cheerful. Hmmm. How to extricate myself, without offending the woman who is running it.... I hate offending people! It's just not for me. I'm not much into the sitting around in a circle stuff & I think I have enough silliness inside me without a workshop. It's funny really but I only went because my Tai Chi teacher recommended it to us in class.


Food yesterday-

Breakfast-Yoghurt/fruit with a little GF muesli & my own nut/seed/fruit mix,

Lunch- Tuna salad.

Dinner- Chicken stir-fry, 2 crackers, followed by a fresh fruit platter.


Cheers to all, xoxo Cate
 
Me on the right, about 14 or 15yrs old, with my sister. I always thought that she was the pretty one, the brainy one etc & lived in her shadow. Now I look at this photo & see that I looked nice. What a shame that I never knew back then!
 
Hi Cate,


It's Beck (Not sure if you remember me from many years ago)

I can't believe you're back here :) :) :) I am so happy to see you.

I can't really chat for long as I'm at work and trying to inconspicuously type.

I have been back on Cohens for about 6 weeks now and down 14kg Woo Hoo - Love this!!!

I was struggling a little this week and then received this email from the forum and I clicked to find you :)

I'll come back on line tonight to chat a bit more and read about how you are going.

Take care. Talk soon

Beck

:)
 
Of course I remember you Beck!! I never left here, even when I stayed at my GW for ages. It helps me to stay focussed. WOW!! 14kgs already. You might just inspire me to go back on Cohen's 100% to lose my excess. It has gradually crept back on, mainly through negligence & a fair bit of stress, which is now fading into the oblivion it deserves to be in & a lack of exercise recently. Speaking of which, I just got back from being outside in the beautiful, much missed sunshine, after first riding my exercise bike for 15 mins & I did 3 sets of weights- about 200 reps. That felt great!! YAY FOR SPRING!!!! Look forward to catching up again. How's your lovely daughter & the house reno's going? xoxo Cate.
 
Hi Cate,

You are doing so amazingly well. My weight crept back up to more than my original starting weight and I am now beginning the slow process of losing it again. Two of my nieces, my sister and myself applied for The Biggest Loser-Families last year and it was the biggest mistake we have ever made. We made it right through the auditions and were quite sure we were going to be selected, but we weren't. So in the lead up we ate whatever we wanted convincing ourselves that we would only go in with a chance to win if we could halve our weight throughout the series. Our goal was to get as close to 120kgs (so we could lose 60kgs) before going in and I almost achieved it (116.1kg). With not being chosen we now have the long task of trying to lose it and the casting agent had the cheek to message me the other day asking if I was going to apply this year (its singles)!!

Anyway enough of my weight woes, they are all self inflicted and there is no one to blame for my stupidity but myself :)

My girls are going really well. One has just finished school and the younger is about to start her School Certificate. The house reno went well. We finished it. it looked just lovely and then we sold and bought a new project (yes we are gluttons for punishment) so we are now waiting for this one to move through council so we can get started.

You sound like you are still super fit and maintaining your weight really well. Congratulations :)

How's your family going?

Take care

Talk soon

Beck :)
 
Hi Beck! I have never watched Biggest Loser. I find most (all) of those shows cringe-worthy & I can't bear to watch them I'm afraid. At least you have dropped 14ks already, which means you will be back in the 90's before you know it! As for me doing "so amazing well"? I had been thinking that I was not doing at all well, by putting weight back on, but you have put it into perspective for me. "Beggar for punishment"? You & your sister obviously love the challenge & must be good at renovating so why not? As for being super-fit- I wish! My fitness levels have dropped over Winter, what with the rotten weather, a really rotten cold & the stresses of my Mum & her fractured vertebrae & moving her to Tassie, our YS & his serious ankle injury(at home with us now) & our OS's marriage bust-up, all within a short space of time( 2 days). It's onward & upward (fitness-wise) from now on though & downward weight-wise. My asthma has limited me a fair bit the last few months, probably because I can't seem to shake this rotten cold. I'm getting there though & I won't ever give up. This all sounds like such a whinge I'm sorry & life is getting back to normal, whatever that is! It's so nice having you back Beck. Hardly anyone actually posts in my diary- lots read it but don't type anything & it's nice to have the friendly contact. Look forward to following your progress. I'll be your personal cheer squad, xoxo Cate


Insight-

I think I'm enjoying herbal tea blends much more than I enjoy drinking wine! I shared a bottle of red wine with our YS last night & struggled with it. Then I made up a brew of lemon/ginger tea with fresh lemon juice added to the tea-bags & some fresh ginger & it was scrumptious!! With our YS home I find I am making pots of herbal tea constantly because he loves it as much as I do. I'll start experimenting with more blends I think & also growing my own & drying them. It's fairly costly to be using teabags & then adding stuff anyway.


Tai Chi today-

I don't feel like going anywhere or doing anything today but of course I will go to Tai Chi as it does me so much good. I will pay my mum a visit after lunch I think & take her up the street for an outing & some fresh air.


Lots of love to everyone & a big hug to Beck, xoxo Cate
 
Hi Cate,


I'm so sorry to hear about your boys. Sounds like they (and you) have not been having a great year. Hopefully things will start to look up for them soon, but I bet they are very thankful to always have you there for them. Thanks for being my personal cheer squad. I can use all the help I can get. I have been doing really well but last week had a big uni assignment and of course I was not properly organised and ended up pulling an all nighter in order to finish it. Of course this resulted in me nibbling through the night and, as you know, Cohens is not the sort of thing you can break even minimally. So, all this week I have really struggled to get back on track till that email appeared from this web site guiding me back to my "Cohens buddy". I'm sure it was devine intervention :hurray:

I don't understand why people would not interact in here. Thats half the fun of joining a forum is to make new friends :)

Sorry its a bit late tonight as my lovely niece is visiting this week from Canada and we are out spending time with her whenever we get the chance so have just come in from having dinner with her and a little bit tired.

You inspired me to get up this morning before work to go to the gym though. I think the secret to keeping the weight off is in exercise.

Oh and by the way, to have stayed so close to your goal for so long is just inspiring. You really have done fantastically well and you need to give yourself credit when credit is well and truely due :)

Take care

Have a great night

Beck :)
 
Beck- Thanks sweets. I am my own biggest critic I'm afraid! Most of us are, I think. Things are settling down. It will be really good when our YS is cleared to work as he has a full-time job waiting for him & he is getting very impatient. It has been 10 weeks now & without an income. Our OS is ok also & he & his wife are doing very well to make this separation as good as it can be. They are off to relationship counselling today to help with it all. I have our YGS today until mid afternoon & then our OGS for the night as I do every Thursday night. They are lovely kids! Forums are a great way of getting to know people. People must know me quite well by now as I'm such a chatterbox by nature. It is disappointing that not more type in here but I think it's maybe because my diary is in the Cohen's section of the forum & maybe they think it's not their place to be. Who knows? It's lovely having you back though! I'm so glad that I could help you get back on track. That's lovely! xoxo to you, Cate


Last night- My brother rang & an offer has been made on my Mum's house. It's $15,000 less than the reserve that we had put on it for the auction. My brother wants to accept it as he just wants to be rid of it. He is extremely aggravating & I am trying my hardest to keep my cool with him. He has said that he doesn't care what my sister wants or how she feels & I feel that I have a responsibility toward her. This is to be her only inheritance. She is on her own & on a disability pension & I feel that I must look after her interests. He can seem quite heartless at times & very hard to understand. If I had let him get his way up until now my mum's house contents would have all been in a skip & taken to the tip and my mum would have been committed, without her consent, into the nursing home that was really depressing.

I rang the real estate agent first thing this morning and have advised him to call the people & say that the offer is too low & to see how high they will go. He was saying stuff like "a bird in the hand" & other assorted rubbish. He is a friend of my brothers. I asked him if it would cost much more to continue on until the auction & he said not so I cannot work out why we should accept less than the reserve. It would save him work & would be very easy commission. It's a bit of a quandary because my sister is "gutted" that the "family home" is being sold so I feel that I can't ring her & include her in the worry of it all. As it is my brother is saying that it doesn't matter what she thinks as we have all the authority to do what we like. The fact is he could accept it on his own so I have to be careful. It's hard!


Today- I have my sweet little grandson so I should go & spend some time with him. He has been ill on & off for weeks but is feeling much better today & is in a lovely cheerful mood.

Sending you all lots of love, xoxo Cate.
 
Brother- I rang him at lunch-time yesterday & copped a lot of abuse. The only funny thing I can take from the call is he asked me "Do you know what's wrong with you? You look at life through rose-coloured glasses!" He was aggressive & rude & nasty & went on and on at me. I decided to ring my sister & we both agreed to accept an offer of $10,000 less than we had discussed originally & only $5,000 more than this original offer. I still haven't heard from the real estate agent or my brother so haven't had a chance to say what would be OK. My LH thinks I should wait for them to ring me as the offer may end up being more than that. I can't put it all out of my head though. My family (Mum & my older brother are driving me crazy!!)

Today- I picked my mum up & we took her up the street & she disappeared in the supermarket & reappeared at the check-out with a huge knife. I tell you, it was freaky. When I asked her what it was for she said she just needed it. When I said she may not be allowed to keep a big knife in her room she said she didn't care & bought it anyway & was heard by the check-out girl saying "At least I mind my own business!" *sigh* I waited a while & asked her what she needed the knife for as we had lots at home that we never use & that she could have one of those. "Is it for cutting up fruit?" I asked her & then she told me that she had an apple she wanted to cut up. I took the knife back & got her a refund & that was when the check-out girl told me what mum had said. When we got back I chatted to one of the staff & they said that the kitchen could cut her apple up for her any time or she could borrow a knife from the kitchen & do it herself. I'll take her in a small one when I go in next. Can't have her thinking she has no say in anything. Apparently they stopped her walking off on her own yesterday. They are worried she'll get lost. I will be pleased when she settles down a bit more.

My husband-

After the call with my brother yesterday I got a call from the medical centre asking to speak to my husband. I gave them his work number & then I started worrying that something had happened to his mum so I rang his work, only to be told that he had an accident at work & would be home soon. My heart was pounding out of my chest. I felt awful last night, even with our GS here. I have had enough stress this year to last me a couple of years!

Weather- here is just glorious today. It would be good to feel that life has settled down & I can get back to enjoying it properly. There is too much that needs resolving.

Whinging!- ENOUGH!! I'll stop now! Aaaaarrrgggghhhhhh!!!!

Bye for now, xoxo Cate
 
Offer upped!-

Answered the phone as cheerfully as possible! "Hello" "Hi, it's me", meaning my brother, "How are you?" "Good thanks" in totally upbeat voice. "Oh good" "They've offered $5,000 more." Me- "That's good. We'll accept that then" I could tell how incredulous he was. From that moment on butter wouldn't melt in his mouth & he was the nice brother that you would hope to have. Total hypocrite. He was in shock. When I said that I had better try to do something about my furniture quickly he was sweet as (hypocrite, hypocrite) & said we didn't need to worry about that at the moment. So maybe, just maybe, the suggestion that he might bring it over when he visits might just have a bit more appeal. Hmmm. Funny about that. I have used the backside, derriere words to describe him recently "ar....le!" Which is NOT me!!

Wine o'clock!-

I'm celebrating. I feel good....so much better than I have for a while. What a relief. Mum's house sold.....well as near as damn it!

Love to the whole universe!!

xoxo Cate
 
Feeling good? That was a bit short-lived. We only had a couple of glasses of wine but today I'm feeling very flat & sensitive. I feel that my opinions are not at all valued by our YS. He is constantly asking my LH for his opinion & never mine. I feel like getting away on my own for a while. Also my LH is always saying I do this & I do that but would always pick me up on anything that we do together if I said "I". I am feeling invisible. There....I've said it out loud. I feel under-valued & not appreciated.

Enough from me today. I need some exercise I think.

Love to all, xoxo Cate
 
My mood improved as the day progressed. I was so super-sensitive this morning! It happens. I do not cope very well with stress & I have had too much lately. I have eaten well but ate some dark chocolate mid afternoon. Not perfect. At least I don't ever eat junk food.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a really good day. Exercise required!

'Night all, xoxoxo Cate
 
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