Saturday, May 5, 2012

When is down good??

There are times when down is good and times down is not good.
Yesterday the dow was down 160+, not good
This morning the temp is down, not good??
The number of hurts I have today from yesterday afternoon is down, GOOD
In the last few days there have been a few times I felt down, not good
IF we could sell a car or two our number would be down, GOOD
Well the real reason I am talking about down is my weight.  I had my annual physical Thursday.  All my numbers were good but the number I liked the best was DOWN.  As Dr. Thule and I looked at all my numbers and the history of them standing out almost in red letters was my weight.  There have been some down and up numbers of my weight but since 2003 to now the number is down 38 pounds and really the number from 2009 to now is down 30 so that is GGOOOODD.  For the last 30 years or so I have felt that I wanted my weight to go down but I just never was very successful.  Too busy to exercise, so busy that I ate on the run, so stressed out that I snacked much of the time and of course the excuses could be listed for a long time but---really I think the bottom line was I just never disciplined myself and never took time to take care of myself.  Well in the last years I have taken the time to bike more, walk more, run some and cultivate better eating habits.  No diets but just eat less and exercise more. So at this time in my life it is good.  I do want to lose a few more pounds but if that happens over months that is fine. 
My old work habits came out yesterday.  Terry and I went outside with the mind set of working in the yard a bit.  We ended up taking out a 9 foot section of the driveway that was buckled up about 4" or so.  I had wanted to remove it or repair it for a long time but never did.  There was a huge maple tree there for years and the roots grew under the cement and the tree won!  So now it will be some work to frame, level, put rebar in and get some cement.  That will happen early next week.  We did also get some yard work done so that was good.
Travis came over last night for dinner.  It was good to see him and visit.  He is looking good.
Today will be filled with several trips.  We need to use the pickup to get some things and in the process return some items as well. 
Really some of our time is used by thinking and trying to figure out what to put in the camper.  We may just put in the minimum and then on our May/June trip find out what we need or what we could use.
We have gotten about 3/4" of rain in the last three days which is nice.  Yesterday in the rain I unclogged some rain down spouts so they work again.  For sure I wanted the one in the back of the garage unclogged so the rain barrel would fill up.
I have done a tiny bit of wood working and that has been fun.  Just to start the saw or the drill press and hear the sound is a joy.  Also to smell the aroma of the wood is nice. 
I need a third cup of coffee so I am done.

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