Travel
Before the temperature got to the high of 91F today, I decided to turn on the swamp cooler. In just a couple of minutes I could feel the difference, and could lower the fan from high to low. I keep a couple of windows open in the kitchen and bedroom, and the living room in between has a nice flow of air. I'd take this over A/C any day, especially since there is no humidity to speak of, and just about a 4 hour window of hot weather where I even need the cooler running. Once the sun starts to go down I can turn it off until tomorrow afternoon.
I think I'm successfully off the meds - YAY! - even though I'm not totally "off" the pain. I can survive it all now, although gym exercise (beginning in another 3 weeks) and eating more will no doubt always be a problem. I will be glad when I can get back to the gym even though I'm no longer going to worry about an exercise program. My legs were looking so good and now there is just flab where the muscles used to be. It's kind of disheartening, but I want to just try to enjoy the physical effort and toned up muscles - not worry about how much I can carry or how far I can walk.
Now if I could just get excited about what to fix for supper when I'm still full from lunch!
- Restful Weekend
For the most part I didn't do much of anything this weekend, and tried to get some much needed rest. I think I'm just plain tired, and my muscles are sore from two of the exercises Dr.G gave me. I love doing them and can...
- Will Gypsy Cook Dinner Tonight?
I got a lot of walking in this morning - went to Costco as well as Bel Air grocery. I always park in the very back of the lot as that is where I can usually find a shady spot, and most of the time there aren't a lot of other cars crowding me. ...
- Today Is Much Better
I didn't even need to turn on the swamp cooler today as the fan kept the air moving and there was a nice breeze all day long outside. I think we'll have two more nice days like this before it climbs into the 90's. I shopped for my granddaughter's...
- Holding On To My Energy
Since Jeannie & Donald were taking the girls to Santa Cruz for the day, they wouldn't be going to the gym. I decided I would go on my own because I've been feeling so good for a couple of days after exercising. It wasn't at...
- Heat Wave
My desktop widget shows that it's 108F and that's at 6:45 pm. This is hard to take, as the swamp cooler really can't do much with these high temps. It adds a bit of humidity to the air which makes it feel stuffy, so I have a couple...
Travel
Fired up the swamp cooler
Before the temperature got to the high of 91F today, I decided to turn on the swamp cooler. In just a couple of minutes I could feel the difference, and could lower the fan from high to low. I keep a couple of windows open in the kitchen and bedroom, and the living room in between has a nice flow of air. I'd take this over A/C any day, especially since there is no humidity to speak of, and just about a 4 hour window of hot weather where I even need the cooler running. Once the sun starts to go down I can turn it off until tomorrow afternoon.
I think I'm successfully off the meds - YAY! - even though I'm not totally "off" the pain. I can survive it all now, although gym exercise (beginning in another 3 weeks) and eating more will no doubt always be a problem. I will be glad when I can get back to the gym even though I'm no longer going to worry about an exercise program. My legs were looking so good and now there is just flab where the muscles used to be. It's kind of disheartening, but I want to just try to enjoy the physical effort and toned up muscles - not worry about how much I can carry or how far I can walk.
Now if I could just get excited about what to fix for supper when I'm still full from lunch!
- Restful Weekend
For the most part I didn't do much of anything this weekend, and tried to get some much needed rest. I think I'm just plain tired, and my muscles are sore from two of the exercises Dr.G gave me. I love doing them and can...
- Will Gypsy Cook Dinner Tonight?
I got a lot of walking in this morning - went to Costco as well as Bel Air grocery. I always park in the very back of the lot as that is where I can usually find a shady spot, and most of the time there aren't a lot of other cars crowding me. ...
- Today Is Much Better
I didn't even need to turn on the swamp cooler today as the fan kept the air moving and there was a nice breeze all day long outside. I think we'll have two more nice days like this before it climbs into the 90's. I shopped for my granddaughter's...
- Holding On To My Energy
Since Jeannie & Donald were taking the girls to Santa Cruz for the day, they wouldn't be going to the gym. I decided I would go on my own because I've been feeling so good for a couple of days after exercising. It wasn't at...
- Heat Wave
My desktop widget shows that it's 108F and that's at 6:45 pm. This is hard to take, as the swamp cooler really can't do much with these high temps. It adds a bit of humidity to the air which makes it feel stuffy, so I have a couple...