Spicy Motivators: January, February, March

I definately need to exercise more (and stop snacking at night staying up late and watching TV). I was supposed to do a virtual exercise class yesterday but since I was sick I cancelled it. I am hoping I can get into it next week.

I am kind of "limited" as to what I can do since I am still recovering from a double mastectomy. I have full range of motion in my right are but my left arm doesn't. My surgeon took off something suspicious (which turned out to be nothing), but where the muscle was sewn back together under my left arm I can't raise my arm up over my head. And I am still having pain if I try and bend to touch my toes. So I am not pushing myself. Oh, and having neuropathy (a left over gift from chemo) makes it tough to do much. I am getting better though, it just is going to take time.

I took some of the stretching exercises I was taught in a post cancer treatment support group and modified them to be done in my chair. So that is helping at least get some kind of exercise in daily. Even if it is stretching while waiting for my morning coffee to brew. It all counts. ;)
 
GOALS for 2026

Scrapbooking:
*Get A page DONE, Oh come’on girl!

Cards:
*mailing birthday and anniversary cards every week

Life in General:
*journal daily
*log my meals
*desk exercises once every 90 minutes

Feb 22 - HOLY SMACK! Did y’all see that hockey game this morning?!? OMG! Freddy left the house to light a candle at church. I’m watching the game, screaming here and there. He knows better than to get in my way. Thought I was gonna have a heart attack a couple times. Canada was playing WAY over us. They just were. There were several times they should have won, but Hellebuyck was a BEAST!

I had a great day yesterday… Made TEN cards. Some brand new. Some were finishing ones I had started on retreats and didn’t have the things I needed to finish them. Others were really old classes that I didn’t have time to finish at the time. It was a wonderful day. Today, I’m sort of doing the same thing.

No need to apologize. Lives are busy.

I’m sorry your sleep hasn’t improved yet Ane and that you didn’t make the orchestra, but I’m a singer, so I’m partial to choir. Good luck. You’re doing so well in school. It’s nice that you can relax and have time to get things done.

Yikes about your fall Anne-Marie! OUCH! It made me cringe just to think about that. My knees are terrible and I can’t get up from the floor anymore. When I fell before the wedding two years ago, I thought it would take a crane to lift me. (not kidding) I can’t put any weight on my knees at all. I was so Blessed that there were so many people there to help. Hope your many bruises heal quickly. TBH, I have a reminder on my calendar to tell me to come over here weekly and update my notes. Hehehe…

That’s all from me.

Take care!
Love and Blessings!
Carla
 
Melissa, after all you've been through, some kind of daily exercise is a great goal. I'm glad you're keeping up with it. (y)

Carla, I missed the hockey game, but found out the result later (like 2 hours later). Amazing!!! Good on you for finishing cards that you'd previously started. I am not good at that!

Me, I'm not exercising as much as I should, and my sweet tooth is getting the better of me. I've done a little reading for fun, but almost no homework. The school website has been down since Saturday. I can access the classroom and see the homework, but I need the library in order to do it and I just can't get to it. Numerous emails to support and nothing. Term ends Sunday with a paper due, that I won't be able to finish on time. Anyway, my volunteer work makes me forget all of that, and that's been the biggest positive this week.
 
Dear ladies, so sorry being MIA

My goals for March:
- Keep drinking more water (so far I've managed to drink a liter and a half)
- Scrap my 31 pages, and cover the Scrap-A-Thon (I'm so excited about it :) <3 )
- Continue with my tai-chi and qi gong routines

I hope you all are doing well, wishing you all a lovely March!
 
Melissa's March Goals:
  • Keep up with the exercising and stretching (and walking, I'm getting stronger every day!)
  • Drink more water .... I am soooooo bad with this.
  • Start (or finish) my 2016 Disney Vacation scrapbook.
  • Start crafting again (time to dust off the Cricut machine!)
  • Rearrange my home office so I can be more efficient.
 
Grace, those are great goals for March! Drinking enough water is so critical. 🚰

Melissa, How goes your exercising and stretching? You mentioned in the other thread that you're feeling bad again. I hope you can accomplish some of your goals for March, but take it easy on yourself! 🤗

I'm not doing so great on my exercise goal. Only made it to the gym once this month. I've been finishing my homework, so I have that at least. And I've been reading, even if it is mostly for school, lol.
 
GOALS for 2026

Scrapbooking:
*Get A page DONE, Oh come’on girl!

Cards:
*mailing birthday and anniversary cards every week

Life in General:
*journal daily
*log my meals
*desk exercises once every 90 minutes

Mar 15 - SO…… big thing today is that it’s hubby, Freddy’s, SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY! OMG, I can’t believe I’m married to an OLD MAN! HAHAHAHA! We’re not doing anything special. He does NOT like birthdays. Never has. He usually bails on me and heads out to his hometown for the day. (only about 30 miles away) But NOT today! We can’t move. Snowmaggedon hit with a vengeance! We got about 8-10” last night and they’re saying maybe close to 14” total by the end today. There’s a 3’ drift at the end of the driveway already because the city plows have been by. I’m not all that fired-up about him going out to plow, but he’s very slow and careful and our blower is self-propelled.

So this weekend is another nothing-but-play for me. Gotta love that.

Take care!
Love and Blessings!
Carla
 
GOALS for 2026

Scrapbooking:
*Get A page DONE, Oh come’on girl!

Cards:
*mailing birthday and anniversary cards every week

Life in General:
*journal daily
*log my meals
*desk exercises once every 90 minutes

Mar 22 - Thanks Grace. He did okay. Actually, we ended up with a snow day the next day so he waited until Monday to plow the driveway and by then it was light out, and he took his time, only did half, got my car out and he decided he was done. We had his first cataract surgery on Tuesday so we didn’t need another car, so…. By Wednesday it was already starting to warm up! Go figure. Yesterday it was 80! The snow is gone! I mean GONE! SMH!

Oh man guys, I am getting really frustrated about working! These people are driving me nutz! I don’t even like my job anymore. And that is making me sad. Argh! I put so much effort into going to work and doing a good job and work ethic. It’s something our parents taught us. They valued being on time, showing UP and doing your best. I swear, they just don’t teach that anymore. If it’s not someone not paying attention to my calendar that plainly says that I have testing scheduled for three hours “that” afternoon, so NO, I cannot attend YOUR meeting too (even though I’m the main participant) to someone who thinks her nose should be in every nook and cranny of everyone else’s job to the point where she thinks she’s perfect and can tell you exactly what you’re doing wrong and how to fix it. (even though I or whomever, is not doing anything wrong) She actually made this particular woman re-code all of her enrollments back to September just because she felt that they were wrongly done only to find out that…. they weren’t. Thankfully, said nosey-body undid all the work herself because omgosh the uproar had she even suggested my colleague spend any more hours UNdoing all of that. And this is happening over and over again. Sometimes I’m on the sidelines watching and other times I’m right in the middle of it. I don’t want to be in the middle anymore. These people are driving me looney. How about HR who was giving me the report I needed every two weeks, like clockwork for two years. Then in December it stopped. Out of the blue. I emailed HR. Why has my report stopped? I need that for state reporting. It's the law. “Oh, we’ll fix it.” One week goes by. Two weeks. I keep emailing, with no response from her. A month. I keep emailing, including my supervisor. Maybe because I’m using the reply email; HR doesn’t pay attention and we’re at THREE MONTHS and she has the nerve to say, “did you look in your spam?” NO, gosh, that never occurred to me. YEAH, I looked in my spam! Every day I look in my spam and clean it out! Duh. She sends me a report, attached to the email, one week and says that the ad hoc-auto report has been fixed. Did I get it last Tuesday? Nope. Waited until Thursday, to really give it time. Wrote a clean, brand new email. WHERE is my state-mandated HR report that you said was fixed and would be in my email inbox on Tuesday mornings? No response.
I have a hard enough time just getting my people to turn in the logs that I need to complete my job, much less worry about crazies who can’t do theirs or try to do too much!
I can’t even get the gal in HR who’s supposed to take care of the retirement packages to email me back and give me all of my benefit details!
Sorry to unload on y’all. It’s been a tough week and apparently only going to get tougher.
Love ya!

Take care!
Love and Blessings!
Carla
 
Looks like I have been falling down at my "job!"

Carla, I am sorry about the issues you are have with PSE and at work. Unfortunately I haven't had PSE in years and wouldn't know where to begin to help you. As far as work goes, do you have a countdown calendar until your retirement? I would get one of those on your phone and look at it every day to remind you how close it is getting, despite the frustration with your coworkers, which is legitimate! I'm so sorry--sending you a big hug from me to remind you that there are good, and dare I say, at least semi-competent people out there.

Me, I haven't been exercising as much as I've wanted to. My sciatica came back with a vengeance last week, but even so, I managed a shortened workout on Friday. I also went for a "well woman" checkup, where we mainly talked about menopause. I'm getting close. The nurse sent me to the lab to check my hormone and vitamin D levels. I hope they show something that can be fixed! As for school, I've managed to get all my homework done so far. This week I have a 10-min. presentation to do that I'm quite worried about.

Hugs & health to everyone! <3
 
GOALS for 2026

Scrapbooking:
*Get A page DONE, Oh come’on girl!

Cards:
*mailing birthday and anniversary cards every week

Life in General:
*journal daily
*log my meals
*desk exercises once every 90 minutes

Mar 29 - OH NO Ane, I’m so sorry! Hope you’re feeling better this week. Glad you got your schoolwork done. Make sure to rest and take care of yourself.

GOT MY PSE fixed! Lynnie finally said something that clicked. I couldn’t find it right away, but searched and searched and finally found the button that worked to click the “reset” and that did the trick. YAY! I have NO idea what I did to make it go ka-flewy, but I’m sure it was operator error. I’m just glad it’s back.

I’m on Spring Break this week and enjoying every minute! Not doing anything, but enjoying every minute! LOL

Take care!
Love and Blessings!
Carla
 
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