Sad Doctor Visit

 So.  yeah

Diabetes.  knew that one

Hypertension

Hypothyroidism

high cholesterol

Ear Infection - chronic

I don't know all the true numbers yet.

oh, Vitamin D deficient

Walkies

 :)
So I have downloaded Niantic's latest walking app.  Pikmin Bloom.

Apparently it's based on Nintendo's Pikmin games.  

I just got to level 15, I think.  That opened up "challenges". Which seem to be the pikmin attacking mushrooms.  I did three today.  Now my pikmin are tired.  

I'm liking planting different color flowers.  

I walked just under 2 miles.  I stopped when my hip started being twinge-y.  

I like this game.  It's fun.  Today, I actually had the sound on, and the music is cute.  Good for walking, conveniently.  :D

That's all for now.  

:) Seriously enjoying the 'warm' weather right now.  43 degrees.  :D glee

Here we go, new year.

 Clearly I'm not gonna do resolutions.  I just do the stuff that makes me happy.  Or try, anyway. 

Got a couple short walks in.  One long walk about a week ago.  That was ok, but I had a fall and now when I wake up, I get dizzy.  Goes away quickly but still...

Still not doing great on the preplanning thing, but doing a *bit* better.  

Been reading a bit more.  It's hard to want to go out for a walk when it's 2 degrees with a feels like of -17.  I'm american, so those are fahrenheit.

I might go and read some books written by friends.  Most of the series have the first 'arcs' tied up.  That would be nice.  

If you like what's called "Urban Fantasy", check out John P. Logsdon, Orlando Sanchez, and M.D.Cooper.  All fabulous people who write in that genre.  Check'em out! 

OOPS!
MD isn't really urban fantasy!  Space Opera for the win!  :D

New Home, new "what??"

 So, my right hand's been numb for the last couple days.  (side note, in this font 1 and l are very similar!)

I think my shoulder's been pinching a nerve or something.  It's very annoying.  I was trying to make dinner today, and I had to have John finish making it, because holding the spoon to stir became uncomfortable.  

This is annoying.  I'm not sure if it's carpal tunnel or what.  I have no wrist discomfort.  Just numb across my hand.  

Kinda scared to pick up a crochet hook to see how that will feel.  eep

Hoping the additional pillow will help.  I hate sleeping. Something always winds up dislocating/hurting.

Moving

 Well, we've finally done the 'big flip'.  

I've got a turkey breast in the oven.  I have no idea how it's gonna turn out.  Hopefully ok.  I keep saying I'm a baker, not a cook.  We'll see what happens.  

John got most of his teeth pulled, so I made a point of cooking the turkey with the lid on, so it has less chance of getting dry.  

Today I haven't even broken a thousand steps yet.  It's not quite noon.  Gonna see if the ground is frozen, and if it isn't, plant onions.

Not so great feeling

 I think I ate something that disagrees with me.  I've now thrown all 'old' meat away.  Also other old stuff.  There's now a lot of room in the freezers.  

I hope this goes away quickly.  I feel like proverbial shit.  

Only 6k steps today.  But I'm wiped out.  

On the plus side, my orders from Amazon arrived.  Got a meal planning book, and a grocery list pad.  I'm hoping meal planning and proper grocery shopping will help prevent the freezer chaos we had.  It would be good to only have freezer items in the freezer, not leftovers that will never be eaten.  or meat that we'll use 'later'.  Might wind up with some kind of excel sheet for helping with rotation, and knowing what we have and might need.  

Working

 So, while I've been working, I haven't really been taking my walks.

And now it's too cold.

But I've usually been getting the "AMA recommended 10K steps per day"

Still need to work on balancing input/output for calories.  I'm really wanting to lose weight, and it's not happening.  So with the move, I will probably give in, and do meal planning.  Because that will help.  And not buying random groceries will be good.  With the store less than 3 minutes away, it's too easy to just grab some random thing.  The nearest grocery store to Woodstock is at least 15 minutes away.  (Pipestone)
I just ordered a meal planner book from amazon.  along with a grocery list pad.  I'll check with Yia if we should add anything to that order.  

Oh, my feet bones are starting to shift, depending on how I'm sitting/standing.  It's not the best feeling in the world. blah.

banged my finger on a door frame the other day, and now my hand has a low grade ache all the time.  :(

My car is now under 2 years on the loan left.  assuming I don't hit it with a massive payment at some point.  I could actually finish that up with my savings, if I wanted to.  

Made soup today.
Chunk of pork, a yellow onion, two potatoes, two packets of pork gravy mix, half an acorn squash, a grind of black pepper, and enough water to cover.  Set it in the crock pot on medium for 6 hours.  Nothing is mush, but everything is super soft.  It worked really well.  I just wanted to make sure I put the ingredients down on 'paper', so I don't forget it.  I almost forgot the dash of hickory liquid smoke.  not sure of amount.  Just a bit.  

Just did a bit on the porch.  brought stuff off.  

Pulled down one of the shelves in John's office.  got 4 boxes of stuff already ready to go.  for a week from now.  

sigh.