FRIDAY. What will this day bring? The phone rang. Twas my Mom. She was asking if I would pick her up in Manhattan when my sister drives down for a funeral for a dear friend? Yes. She'll telephone back with the details.
She did and since this is a one day trip, she changed her mind and is staying HOME. I can now slow down my day about cleaning. This would have been a 10 hour traveling trip in one day. She made a wise decision to stay HOME. I'm 70 and traveling 5 hours in one day was hard on my ole body and energy level. Can only imagine what this does to an older vessel.
I will still work on laundry, clearing off the dining room table and tidying in the Kitchen. What ever else comes to mind while I am walking about the COTTAGE.
The Kansas wind is blowing with cold temperatures outside hitting the high of 42 degrees at noon. brrrr. I shall stay indoors being comfortable with domestic work to do. I just dusted some metal tea/coffee sets and placed them in a nice, heavy duty storage tub. I had to do something with them as they lost their resting place in the Library case. I've put my Tea Leaf Dishes in there. The collection is growing. PTL.
Tee-shirts galore are getting washed. Aint that exciting. With each load finished and put away, I grow stronger. Things like running behind in the laundry bother me and with this I get tired. Mental aerobics. Funny, how digging into the bottom of a laundry basket has such power over me. Ridiculous.
MENU: Late Breakfast. OATMEAL with almond milk, almond slivers and blueberries for BRUNCH. A big salad for LUNCH. SUPPER? Roasted cauliflower and butter beans.
If we are to eat 4 to 5 veggies and fruit servings a day, I'm falling behind. Still on the Daniel Diet/Fast until the 21st. I have had a few cheat items during this time, but very few. Last night we had supper over at our grandson and his new bride's HOME. They made smash burgers on Hawaiian rolls with caramelized onions and potato slices. I enjoyed my meal. I wasn't about to say to them who graciously invited us into their new home that I couldn't eat what was prepared for me. I kept my portions small. Everything worked out just fine. I was able to see their beautiful new house.
Now as I carry on with mindful eating, I will continue to eat the way I should as best I can all the time and be thankful. Listening to my daughter and her daughter-in-law talk about food prep and items enlightens me and I learn as I go.
ON THE HOME FRONT: Being inside all day long needs some adjustments for the body.
Petra shows some exercises to do at HOME to help with belly fat. I'll give it a try. These seem easy enough. Just do them. No GYM required.
Hold onto a counter raising knees up
to walk or jog in place.
Push-ups against a counter.
Elbow to knee and switch.
Sit and stand up.
Up then sit. Repeat.
Walking in place.
I'm going to print these images out and make a exercise notebook where I refer to these exercises without a GYM.
A key to a healthy mental and emotional LIFE is to have something to look forward to and have goals to work toward. Amen.
In God I will trust.
It's getting NAP TIME so I shall close my eyes for a short time before returning to the chores. Amen. Happy thoughts as I snooze.
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