Granny G Video #1

This is a video for my grandson, Ricky "Roo". In this episode (I plan to do more of these), I'm showing him a new toy that I'm putting in the mail to him tomorrow.

3 Aug 2008

My blog has moved to Random Experiments II on my newly updated website.

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Sat 26 July

08:04:00   8.7  / 156  Fasting   
13:29:00   6.4  / 116  Pre-Lunch 
22:32:00   13.1  / 235  Post-Tea  

Driving Totals:
* Anytime: 1445 mins of 2400 req
* Nighttime: 600 mins of 600 req (DONE)

Total Steps: 2745

Breakfast: 1/4 Bagel with blue cheese, plus cottage cheese
Lunch: 2 eggs, bacon and 1/2 bagel
Tea: Minute steak roll ups, salad

Notes: Worked on my personal site today, getting my photo album sorted as to how things are displayed and deciding on how best to set up my blog.

Fri 25 July

07:02:00   8.6  / 155  Fasting   
12:50:00   5.3  /  96  Pre-Lunch 
19:03:00   10.3  / 186  Pre-Tea  

Driving Totals:
* Anytime: 1445 mins of 2400 req
* Nighttime: 600 mins of 600 req (DONE)
30 Mins

Total Steps: n/a (lost the data)

Breakfast: half toasted cheese sandwich on low GI bread
Lunch: leftover lamb meatloaf on a roll with cheese and lettuce, cottage cheese
Tea: Fish & Chips

Notes: Had dressing change today. The wound is looking good. Did some grocery shopping with Rod, then back home again. I thought I finished up a project, but it has a few issues that will have be worked on on Monday. Went to Breastroke meeting with Jenny and we had a glass of bubbly each, chocolate, bickies, chips, crackers. Then came home and Jen stayed for Fish and Chips.

Link(s): On Peanut Shells and Email Archiving

Family Refuses To Turn Beloved Two-Headed Bearded Dragon Lizard Into A Freak Show (And good on them, I say)

Thur 24 July

Driving Totals:
* Anytime: 1415 mins of 2400 req
* Nighttime: 600 mins of 600 req (DONE)
50 mins driving time.


Total Steps:

Bike:
* mins after lunch
* mins after tea

Breakfast: half toasted cheese sandwich on low GI bread
Lunch: sausage roll and left over lamb meatloaf
Tea: kfc

Notes: I haven't done my stats today so those details will have to wait until tomorrow.

Just wanted to note that today is a very Red Letter day. I got a lot done on a website I've been working on, and I reached my night time driving quota tonight. Whoo Hoo! I've also added another set or two to my new online photo gallery on my new site.



Link(s): The 7 Types Of Bad Bosses According To Star Trek (And How To Survive Them)

Wed 23 July

04:05:00   8.0  / 144  Overnight 
07:57:00   7.6  / 136  Fasting   
11:47:00   6.7  / 121  Post-Bfast
23:29:00   7.2  / 129  Post-Tea 

Driving Totals:
* Daytime: 1380 mins of 2400 req
* Nighttime: 585 mins of 600 req
20 minutes driving to Flinders Medical Centre today

Total Steps: 1749

Bike:
* mins after lunch
* mins after tea

Breakfast: half toasted cheese sandwich on low GI bread
Lunch: leftover lamb meatloaf, half bagel w/ blue cheese
Tea: Yiros meat, chips, salad

Notes: Happy Birthday Ricky! My grandson is 6 months old today.

Had last laser and MLD treatment today. Buses have been packed lately. The first bus of mine that came through had a sign I'd never seen before 'Full Bus' and was only letting as many passengers on as what got off (two). The next bus was packed as well but I was able to squeeze in.

I finished the July Monthly Scavenger Hunt this morning, as I only had one more piccy to upload and took care of that. Phew! My set can be seen at: http://flickr.com/photos/flitterg/2693701629/


Link(s): Numb Skull.

Tue 22 July

07:08:00   8.8  / 158  Fasting   
19:04:00   4.8  /  87  Pre-Tea   
22:50:00   6.7  / 121  Post-Tea 

Driving Totals:
* Daytime: 1360 mins of 2400 req
* Nighttime: 585 mins of 600 req
15 minutes daytime.

Total Steps: 7439

Bike:
* 0 mins after lunch
* 5:30 mins after tea

Breakfast: bran pancake
Lunch: 2 eggs, 1/5 bagel with blue cheese
Tea: lamb meatloaf, mashed potatoes, veggies, salad

Notes: Had my usual Tuesday RDNS appointment this morning. As per last week, Rod went to the library and after having my dressing changed I took my walk at Colonnades. I felt very pleased with myself as I'd covered quite a bit of ground, but after coming home and having lunch instead of getting on with stuff I had planned to do, I ended up crashing and napping for an hour. That wasn't too bad, but it took me a few hours to get it together afterwards and get the cobwebs out. It wasn't the best of days as far as arthritis goes and there are times when my hands swell up and stiffen up quite a bit while I sleep (doesn't matter if it's a night time sleep or day time nap), and today was one of those days. After tea this evening, and once I'd had a stint on the bike, I'm now feeling more alert and stuff, but of course now it's the end of the day. Bah, talk about annoying.

I think I'm getting the hang of the usb pedometer now. First, I've resigned myself that the program's calendar data is always going to be a day out. As in when I upload my data in the morning, it counts it as the current days totals. I don't always remember to do the upload before midnight, so doing it in the morning, and then pressing the button on it till the lights blink is what makes it 'work' for the rest of the day. So I can deal with that, as long as I know what the routine needs to be.

Link(s): I so need to give this advice a go: Inbox Zero: Schedule email dashes

Mon 21 July

07:24:00   6.5  / 117  Fasting
13:48:00   5.6  / 101  Pre-Lunch
16:54:00   4.6  /  83  Post-Lunch
20:28:00   6.6  / 119  Post-Tea 

Driving Totals:
* Daytime: 1345 mins of 2400 req
* Nighttime: 585 mins of 600 req

Total Steps: 5565

Bike:
* 5.15 mins after lunch
* 5.30 mins after tea

Breakfast: bran pancake
Lunch: tuna and low carb japanese noodles, salad.
Tea: black bean beef stirfry, pork in plum sauce, noodles (take-away)

Notes: This morning I had an appointment with Dr. Ling, as opposed to my regular GP as he's on vacation. She is so thorough, and gentle. I made the appointment because of needing scripts to be re-done, but as I had the sinus problems over the weekend (and for the last few weeks in general), and as she asked, I told her about it, and then the rib/side pain and that my breast still hurts, etc. She listened to my heart, my lungs (which are clear, so the gunk is all from my sinus'), checked my sides and reassured me that these are muscular pains probably from coughing, and checked my ears, throat and nose. I have a lot of fluid behind both ears. That explains a lot too. So I'm back on antibiotics, and she redid all the scripts that needed redoing. She asked if there was anything else that needed attention, and as you know I've been considering switching to her, and this appointment really showed me the difference, so I asked if I could be her patient and she was delighted. She went over a few notes about my history, and I'll do the full exam thing that they have which includes a full family history, etc. We'll schedule that for after I've had a bone denisity test, which she says I need as I've been on tamoxifen for the breast cancer and its important to get a baseline done. She weighed me, and I like her scales better than mine. (LOL). Anyway, I am pleased I made the decision. And yes, for family members reading this, I know... I was brought into the world by a Dr. Ling. No relation, though. :-)

While waiting to have my scripts filled, I browsed the aisles at Coles (grocery store) and as I was by myself, as I did a month or so ago with pasta's, I went on a label reading spree for low carb snacks. I actually found some too... but to my surprise, the rice crackers are NOT low carb, by a long shot. However, Pringles makes a 'lite' Rice chip that IS low carb... only 15g carbs / 100g. Compared to 85g carbs / 100g for any of the rice crackers. So I bought a couple of cans and had a couple chips with lunch. Very tasty too. MUCH nicer than rice crackers.

Lately I've had a knack for people, mostly of the 'senior citizen' age group, simply start talking to me as if they've known me for a long time. Saturday it was a 78yr old lady who sat down next to me as I was taking off my wind cheater and stuffing it into my shopping bag, if it weren't for her great-grandson offering a distraction, I'd probably still be there listening. Today it was another older lady looking for a whistling tea kettle, which I helped her find. And on the way home, I stopped to take a pic of a lost shopping cart (we call them 'trolleys' here), and a fellow walking by asked what I was taking a picture of, so I showed him the pic and explained about the Monthly Scavenger Hunt and that I had plans to use the pic as an example of something that's a '4Wheeler'. He was amused.

The rest of my day has been working on a site migration (no not my website, another one). My friend Patty dropped by with some clothes for me, via her Mum. Very nice tops all for winter, which I really really need. Well needed as I think I'm pretty well set now.
Rod had to go return something so I told him if the chinese place was open to pick us up some tea. Otherwise pick up some marinara mix so I could make seafood stirfry. Luckily the chinese place was open and so no cooking for me tonight. :-) And what with the exercise bike, I had an excellent after tea reading too. Very pleased about that.

And, the latest scratchy ticket out at the moment is a double crossword one for $5. Last week I bought one and used it for 2 days. I did the first game one day, and saved the next one for after my next walk, and I won $11. Saturday I picked up another one and after I got home today I finished the 2nd game. Another $11. Neat.


Link(s): Perfect Choc Chip Cookies - Just looking at the pic on this story, and reading the description... OMG, what a diet wrecker!

Sun 20 July

07:53:00   7.8  / 141  Fasting   
12:19:00   6.3  / 114  Pre-Lunch 
18:59:00   7.2  / 129  Pre-Tea   

Driving Totals:
* Daytime: 1345 mins of 2400 req
* Nighttime: 585 mins of 600 req

Total Steps: n/a

Bike: n/a


Breakfast: bran pancake
Lunch: scrambled eggs w/ bacon and cheese
Tea: 2 slices (thinner crust) pizza

Notes: Was 'ok' in the morning aside from a nasty sinus headache. Finally gave in to it after lunch and had a long nap (till 5!). Spent the evening napping, dozing and watching TV with Rod, then went to bed and slept through the night.

Sat 19 July

08:02:00   7.4  / 134  Fasting   
11:25:00   6.5  / 117  Post-Bfast
16:58:00   6.4  / 115  Post-Lunch

Driving Totals:
* Daytime: 1345 mins of 2400 req
* Nighttime: 585 mins of 600 req

Total Steps: 2800 (see note below)

Bike:
* 5 mins after lunch

Breakfast: half toasted cheese sandwich on low GI bread
Lunch: 2 eggs, bacon, mushrooms and 1 slice toast
Tea: oyster steak and salad

Notes: I really don't think I've got the hang of the new USB pedometer yet. I'll get there though.

Had walk (Saturday lottery). Sinus headache, but not too bad.