Category: checklist

Can a Chicken Live Without Its Head?

I know that this is a strange question but the saying is, “Running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off.?”  I don’t know if you have ever seen this happen but it is pretty funny.  I have to tell you a little story about this before I continue on with my point I am getting to.

Years ago I had a friend with a bunch of chickens that needed to be butchered.  We had a friend who was a really city girl.  She wanted to help.  Her job was to hold the chicken while I chopped its head off and then she was to hold it over a trashcan to let it bleed out.  Don’t want to have blood all over the yard because that will bring the bears into your yard.

She is holding a chicken as I grab its head and stretch out its neck then chop it off. When the body of the chicken starts wiggling in her hands she drops it and it starts running around.  My other friend and I are laughing so hard we about pee ourselves, which doesn’t take much because we both had a bunch of kids.

Anyway read on to see what my point
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Crazy Life

How is your new year going?  Mine has been a little crazy but I have been getting things done.  I kind of fell off track a few times at the end of the year with all the kids here.  I am now back on track and have accomplished many things.  See what I have done this first month of the year.  Read on if you would like to know Continue reading “Crazy Life”

Christmas Craziness!

Are you going crazy trying to get ready for Christmas?  I know I am.  This will be the first year since the kids all left home that we are all going to be together, well except for the oldest.  That makes 4 children, 2 son in laws, 1 daughter in law, 2 grandsons, 6 granddaughters, my oldest daughter’s in laws and her brother in law and my oldest grandson’s girlfriend.  I believe that comes to 19.  What a wonderful Christmas we will have, but getting ready is the hard part. Continue reading “Christmas Craziness!”

What We Do For Our Kids!

So, yesterday I am getting busy on my checklist and my son comes in the room. He says, “Hey Mom, the guy I’m working for needs someone to clean his condo. You want to do it for $20 an hour?” I said, “Sure why not.” My son tells me he just put new carpet in, so I didn’t have to worry about that.  He needs someone to clean the kitchen cabinets, bathrooms, clean the floors.  I thinking well that won’t be bad.  Boy, was I wrong!

 

Those rooms were horrible.  I started downstairs yesterday.  We only worked for a few hours because my son had to go to Home Depot. Today we were there from 8 to 5 but we had to leave for a while, so Dusty could go look at another job.  I still have at least another day or day and a half before I am done.  Even the washer and dryer were filthy.  I have to say though it has been fun working with my son again.  I haven’t done that since he was a kid. This time though he was the boss and not me.  I think I will be making a little more money than I thought I would make.

Well life is always good when you get to spend time with your loved ones whether it is working together or just visiting.

 

Keto Masterclass Module 5

This module was a review of the things we learned already. It was called the Getting Ready Module. It explains that you need to do these 4 things before you get started.  Well I have already started but have such a long way to go that I will do them now as I continue on this new journey.

Photos are the first thing that is suggested. Take a front, back and side photo with the least amount of clothing on that you feel comfortable with .  It did say be careful where you store these photos if you don’t want them going online and end up on social media.  I have not done this yet but I will do it today I hope.

Number two is measurements of you waist and hips. You can keep track of other measurements also if you like; arms, thighs, chest and etc.  The  waist-to-hip ratio is a simple and effective tool to track inches lost as well as provide an indicator of our improved metabolic health.

This is a super easy process:

Step 1: Measure your waist at the narrowest portion

Step 2: Measure your hips at the widest portion.

Step 3: Divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement

Starting weight is the next thing it says to do. It suggests that you weigh to begin and then again in a week.  After that time hide your scale and don’t weigh for a month. You aren’t supposed to be a scale watcher.  I am really bad about this.  Track photos, performance, and how our clothes fit for a better sense of real progress.  It showed a photo of a girl who only lost 2lbs but lost inches. So if you don’t have tons of weight to lose like me your progress may be more in inches.  I have not done my measuring either. Another thing to put on my checklist.

Number 3 is the tight pants test. We all have those pants that are a little snug on us. Keep these around to get a better idea of how your body is changing. In my case, I may end up keeping several pair around as my body becomes what it should be.

Number 4 are a few supplies you must have.  You probably already have these in your kitchen, digital scale, measuring cups and measuring spoons to help keep track of our food intake. It also said that we will get where we can just eye-ball things but until then you can use these devices.  You can get a blood ketone monitor and strips.  Robb doesn’t recommend the urine strips because they can be inaccurate.

At the very end of the module this is what Robb says

It may be worth mentioning that I’m not in the camp that believes “the higher the ketones the better.” One can get ketones quite high with things like exogenous ketones (salts, esters and MCT oil for example) and there are absolutely situations which warrant this approach (epilepsy, protection against hyperbaric oxygen, etc). But for fat loss the key is appetite control. Adequate protein and a mild caloric deficit ensure that we do not overeat and our weight loss is from fat stores, not lean body mass. That’s the goal, not the highest level of ketones possible.

Well I am going to put 3 of these things on my checklist. I have the supplies and I just ordered the keto monitor because I would like to know my level.

Well I am off to get some of the stuff done on my checklist.  I hope ya’ll have a wonderful day. I know I am!

 

 

Looking at the Things Checked

I am really getting into this and learning to always look at the things you checked off and not the ones unchecked. Today that is just what I did.

My day started off like a normal day. I had planned to go over to my friend’s, Judie, house and we were going to paint some pots.  We have a lot of starts that we took off some of the plants at church.  We thought if we rooted them and planted them in cute pots we could sell them after church to make money for the church or a charity. Anyway there I go again getting side tracked.  I had just got over there and my son called to say they had forgotten their brushes and could I run them over to them.  Judie and I say fine but before we leave she gets a call from her daughter and she is in the ER.  She has been sick for a while and finally went in.  So we tell her we are going to go take the brushes to the boys and then we will come see her.  We get to my house and I am looking for brushes, so I call the kid.  He says, “Oh, never mind we have a roller working now.” Not sure what that meant. I guess I will ask when they get home.  Anyway we say great. Jump back in the car and head to hospital.  We go find Trevor. She is waiting to get test results. We are waiting with her, but we are both thinking they are going to admit her. Sure enough test results come back and she has a low white count. She is put on IV antibiotics and told she is being admitted. She asks for how long and he replies at least 3 days.  She is starting to stress,  we tell her not to worry about anything that we will take care of it.  We tell her she needs to just worry about herself.  We said tell us what you need us to do. She was worried about her dogs. We said we will take them over to Judie’s house.  She was going to send her daughter $100.  We said we can take care of that. She was worried about picking Jesse up on Monday. Mom, Judie, said she will pick him up. She was worried about getting some baby blankets finished. I told her I would do that. I better put that on my checklist! Then she was worried they would make her stay more than 3 days and she was supposed to fly to Vegas to see her daughter and meet her new grandson. We told her that she needs not to worry about that because if she has to change her date it is for a medical reason so it would be no problem. We repeat to her just take care of you and we will take care of everything else. Off we go to the car again.

Once in car we decided our plan of attack. First was off to Wells Fargo Bank with a nice crisp $100 dollar bill in our little hands. We get to the bank and go in. Judie tells the lady at the desk that she wants to put $100 in her granddaughter’s checking account.  The lady asked if it was cash. Judie says yes and she replies we don’t accent cash.  Judie stood there with her mouth open for a split second before she replied you’re a bank and you don’t accept cash.  The lady then explained that they weren’t allowed because of money laundering. So this 75 year old woman had to write a check off of her account to deposit into her granddaughter’s checking account so she was not accused of money laundering.  I am sorry but I had to laugh.

Our next stop was to Trevor’s to get the dogs and to get the blankets I need to finish for her. We drive up and park in the driveway. All of a sudden my door is open and there is the little boy saying, “Hi, you’re my neighbor. You have two dogs because I have seen them in you backyard. You have two cats because I have seen them through our upstairs windows and I can see right into your windows.” I guess he knows all about Trevor except for what she looks like, considering that Judie is 75 and I am 63 and Trevor is 40.  Also, Trevor’s skin is a little darker than ours and she is a lot skinnier than us two old ladies. So we manage to get inside the house. The dogs are no problem. We let them out to go pee. We find the blankets and thread, so I can take care of them. The dogs are back in. We collect their bowls and food.  Now we have to find the leashes.  They are supposed to be in a hall closet.  We look and look and can’t find them. Trevor calls and tells us they have her in a room now. We say great and where are the leashes.  She tells us that they are just where we were looking. Finally, after Judie drops a big weight on her foot we see something behind this big black bag. Judie reaches for it and SCORE we found one. Then there was the other one. Now we got the dogs, food, bowls and blankets loaded in the car. We then decide that I should go over to the store to pick up my groceries I ordered. I love this new thing that Fred Meyer’s is doing. You go on-line and order your groceries and pick a time to pick it up. Then you just drive to the pickup area and they load it in the car. If I could get them to come home and unload that would be good. Well look I need gas, so let’s go to their gas station. WOW! was that a great idea. I scanned my rewards card and got 40 cents a gallon off of the gas. Too bad I wasn’t driving the truck but I had to use the points before the end of August.  OH shit, I have keto ice cream in my groceries.  Ok, so we will stop at my house on the way to Judie’s, it is on the way. She sits in the car with the dogs while I run up the back stairs to put my freezer stuff away. Then off to Judie’s to let the dogs in her house. We set up the kennel, sort out food and water for them.  They had stayed at grandma’s before, so it was all ok.  I then say well do you want to go to the cannabis store with me. I think this will be fun because Judie is just an old hippie too. We check on google to see where the closest one was to us and off we go again.  Judie loves that she is carded at the door. They told her they had to make sure she didn’t have a fake ID. Then the door opened and that wonderful smell hits you, yes we made it. Judie is just in awe. Her eyes get big and she is looking everywhere. Checking every corner out with the eyes of amazement. She turns to me and says, “I never thought I would see this in my lifetime.”

Well as I come home I think I didn’t get too many checks today but think the ones that I did get with all the other things that happened in my day were well-earned and I am proud of me.