working out for Disney

[MinnieM123]

Hello! Life has been the usual crazy. I'm still recovering from Saturday and Sunday with non-stop ultra early and ultra late softball stuff. I haven't been as good in the gym this past week, but I have tried staying more active. Yesterday, I spent about 2.5 hours raking leaves, and then another 1.5 hours with the family bagging those leaves. Today was a little more lazy...but I did spend a couple of hours walking around stores, if that counts. The mission was just to buy the girls new sports jugs for water, but I think it was an omen that I did this in person. Aside from the jugs being much cheaper in person, I just happened to see a gift idea I'd been thinking about for my husband for the holidays, and it was 50% off. Needless to say, I took that as a sign. If it's not too rainy, I'm going to try and decorate the yard tomorrow...which is always quite the workout.

Not sure when I'll be back on, but wishing you all a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday.

A very Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. And a Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here!!

 

[Sans Souci]

Hello! Life has been the usual crazy. I'm still recovering from Saturday and Sunday with non-stop ultra early and ultra late softball stuff. I haven't been as good in the gym this past week, but I have tried staying more active. Yesterday, I spent about 2.5 hours raking leaves, and then another 1.5 hours with the family bagging those leaves. Today was a little more lazy...but I did spend a couple of hours walking around stores, if that counts. The mission was just to buy the girls new sports jugs for water, but I think it was an omen that I did this in person. Aside from the jugs being much cheaper in person, I just happened to see a gift idea I'd been thinking about for my husband for the holidays, and it was 50% off. Needless to say, I took that as a sign. If it's not too rainy, I'm going to try and decorate the yard tomorrow...which is always quite the workout.

Not sure when I'll be back on, but wishing you all a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday.

Raking leaves is definitely a workout, especially two and half hours of it.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, too.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning-

Today was an arm workout. I am so glad it's the last week of this program. As much as I like the concept, the exercises in the circuits are starting to feel a bit repetitive. But Friday is the last day.

I made a pumpkin pie this morning. It's not the most attractive one. I splashed the filling onto the crust while gingerly putting it into the oven and so that burned a bit. I covered the crust about half way through to keep it from burning. I am starting a sourdough sponge this afternoon for sourdough bread tomorrow. Then I am picking up our Thanksgiving dinner at Seasons 52 later on and then getting out for a walk with my husband.

Take care.

 

[Figgy1]

 

[Sans Souci]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today I found a 40 minute jump rope workout on YouTube and I did that. I am thinking of buying a real jump rope and learning all of these cool tricks. I've been messing around with my sourdough this AM. I think it might take a little longer than I thought to proof, but it's OK. I picked up my dinner yesterday and everything can be cooked and on the table in under an hour, so we're under no time constraints.

I hope everyone has wonderful and plentiful day.

 

[Sans Souci]

Hello-

I hope everyone is recovered from Thanksgiving dinner. Mine was really good and stress-free. They gave us so much turkey and it was delicious. But only quibble is the size of the side dishes were too small for how much turkey there was.

My bread failed. It was taking forever to rise and my husband got tired of waiting for it to rise. I did the best I could, but I knew it wasn't going to happen when I slashed the dough and there were no bubbles in the bread. So, we had sourdough flatbread, actually, we didn't because we had a loaf of bread in the freezer that we took out. I was a bit frustrated, because I put so much time into this bread. My pumpkin pie turned out really well, though. I think my son ate nearly half of it himself.

Today is a rest day, but I'm getting out for a walk, since we're getting hit with storms tomorrow. I finished my 12 week workout program the other day, but I don't know what I am doing next. I'll figure it out tomorrow.

 

[Songbird76]

Hello-

I hope everyone is recovered from Thanksgiving dinner. Mine was really good and stress-free. They gave us so much turkey and it was delicious. But only quibble is the size of the side dishes were too small for how much turkey there was.

My bread failed. It was taking forever to rise and my husband got tired of waiting for it to rise. I did the best I could, but I knew it wasn't going to happen when I slashed the dough and there were no bubbles in the bread. So, we had sourdough flatbread, actually, we didn't because we had a loaf of bread in the freezer that we took out. I was a bit frustrated, because I put so much time into this bread. My pumpkin pie turned out really well, though. I think my son ate nearly half of it himself.

Today is a rest day, but I'm getting out for a walk, since we're getting hit with storms tomorrow. I finished my 12 week workout program the other day, but I don't know what I am doing next. I'll figure it out tomorrow.

I'm sorry the bread didn't work out. Do you know what the problem was? I had cinnamon rolls that didn't rise well once, and I'm not sure what happened. I think maybe I had the milk too hot to activate the yeast. But then the same recipe worked the next time, and it worked every time before. Who knows why it didn't that one time.

My exercise has been cleaning my house. My in-laws are starting to get antsy with corona rules. You're only allowed to have 3 people outside of your household to visit. We have a problem, because we're a family of four. But kids under 13 don't count...A is 12 until this week. So we went to my in-laws' yesterday, since that was the last chance we get before he's 13 and we can't go there. My MIL kept saying she thought it was 6 people...then she said 8. But I looked it up and showed her...it's 3. So we can't go visit. So she says "No problem..we'll just come to you!"

I really don't like this idea. For one, my husband works from home, which means I can't keep up with the cleaning during the week. I can't vacuum because it makes too much noise and he's making phone calls to clients, etc. If I'm cooking, I have to close the kitchen door. My house is a mess because it really hasn't been cleaned since March...and I mean it's BAD. I can't clean during the day because he's working, and I can't clean in the evening because I'M working. It's a disaster area. So I spent Tuesday and Wednesday cleaning up the kitchen and the bathroom. And I cleaned the living room today.
For two, my MIL has a habit of giving me chores to do in my own house. She comes in and says "You're stairs look dirty. You'll have to vacuum them later." or "I see some spots on your cupboard doors...you need to clean them tomorrow." I really dislike them coming over because she comments on everything. I think it makes her feel better, like she feels she's better at keeping a house than I am. And she's absolutely right....she is, but that's because I refuse to spend ALL my spare time working around the house. I need time for hobbies and such, too, and I take that time. That's more important to me than having a mopped floor, for example. But it's really annoying that she comments on it and shames me for every speck of dirt. She actually chided me once for not scrubbing my garbage can!!
For three, they like to show up unannounced. If we go THERE, we control when we go, we always call to make sure it's ok and that they'll be home. Last year on New Years, they showed up without calling and banged on the door for a full five minutes, then started shouting into the mail slot when we didn't answer. We were all still in our pajamas, hadn't done anything around the house in the vacation, etc, and had no coffee or anything in the house, but the grocery stores were closed for the holiday. So we had nothing to offer them and not even enough places for them to sit. It was so embarrassing.

So I'm trying to get my house back in order on days when I'm not working in case they show up without notice.

 

[Sans Souci]

I'm sorry the bread didn't work out. Do you know what the problem was? I had cinnamon rolls that didn't rise well once, and I'm not sure what happened. I think maybe I had the milk too hot to activate the yeast. But then the same recipe worked the next time, and it worked every time before. Who knows why it didn't that one time.

My exercise has been cleaning my house. My in-laws are starting to get antsy with corona rules. You're only allowed to have 3 people outside of your household to visit. We have a problem, because we're a family of four. But kids under 13 don't count...A is 12 until this week. So we went to my in-laws' yesterday, since that was the last chance we get before he's 13 and we can't go there. My MIL kept saying she thought it was 6 people...then she said 8. But I looked it up and showed her...it's 3. So we can't go visit. So she says "No problem..we'll just come to you!"

I really don't like this idea. For one, my husband works from home, which means I can't keep up with the cleaning during the week. I can't vacuum because it makes too much noise and he's making phone calls to clients, etc. If I'm cooking, I have to close the kitchen door. My house is a mess because it really hasn't been cleaned since March...and I mean it's BAD. I can't clean during the day because he's working, and I can't clean in the evening because I'M working. It's a disaster area. So I spent Tuesday and Wednesday cleaning up the kitchen and the bathroom. And I cleaned the living room today.
For two, my MIL has a habit of giving me chores to do in my own house. She comes in and says "You're stairs look dirty. You'll have to vacuum them later." or "I see some spots on your cupboard doors...you need to clean them tomorrow." I really dislike them coming over because she comments on everything. I think it makes her feel better, like she feels she's better at keeping a house than I am. And she's absolutely right....she is, but that's because I refuse to spend ALL my spare time working around the house. I need time for hobbies and such, too, and I take that time. That's more important to me than having a mopped floor, for example. But it's really annoying that she comments on it and shames me for every speck of dirt. She actually chided me once for not scrubbing my garbage can!!
For three, they like to show up unannounced. If we go THERE, we control when we go, we always call to make sure it's ok and that they'll be home. Last year on New Years, they showed up without calling and banged on the door for a full five minutes, then started shouting into the mail slot when we didn't answer. We were all still in our pajamas, hadn't done anything around the house in the vacation, etc, and had no coffee or anything in the house, but the grocery stores were closed for the holiday. So we had nothing to offer them and not even enough places for them to sit. It was so embarrassing.

So I'm trying to get my house back in order on days when I'm not working in case they show up without notice.

I think it was a combination of a weak starter (even though I've been feeding this starter since May.) and I think I should have added a touch more flour. The instructions that came with my kitchen mixer says you won't use all the flour, so I left out about 1/2 C. I think the dough was too wet combined with a weak starter. I think if I'd waited longer, I might have gotten somewhere, but it had been proofing for 5 hours and my husband wanted dinner.

That is so frustrating about your MIL. It's not enough to have guests in your house, but you have someone micromanaging your cleaning on top of it--no. My mom comes over and moves my living room furniture around. My husband told her when she pays the mortgage, she can tell us where to put our furniture. What do you say when your MIL says these things?

I can relate to the story of in-laws coming over unannounced on New Year's Day. When my son was little and in day care, my grandmother used to pick him up and bring him back to our house. She knew the code to get in. My mom and my grandmother lived a few blocks away from us at the time. Anyway, it was Christmas morning and my son was one of those weird kids who wasn't up at 5:30 AM. I went downstairs to put coffee on and get breakfast going. My mom and my grandmother were sitting on the couch and I screamed, because I wasn't expecting anyone to be downstairs. They let themselves in because they didn't want to miss my son opening up his presents. I was really angry because that seemed like a huge boundary violation and if they wanted to watch my son open their gifts, they should have brought them around later on. I always felt like they inserted themselves into family moments where I wanted things/events that were just my husband, my son and me. I am not the biggest fan of living in NJ, but it was a blessing in disguise. I look back at all of the things they would do that I was not comfortable with and I am shocked I let things happen or didn't speak up.

 

[MinnieM123]

For two, my MIL has a habit of giving me chores to do in my own house. She comes in and says "You're stairs look dirty. You'll have to vacuum them later." or "I see some spots on your cupboard doors...you need to clean them tomorrow." I really dislike them coming over because she comments on everything.

Good grief. She's rude, and her comments are beyond inappropriate for a guest to your home. You have way more patience than I do. (I won't say here what I'd say to her.)

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Good grief. She's rude, and her comments are beyond inappropriate for a guest to your home. You have way more patience than I do. (I won't say here what I'd say to her.)

yes that is a lot of patience. I say hand her the broom or vacuum next time and tell her to have at it.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning-

I started a new 12 week program. It requires no equipment, so I thought it might be something different to try. I told myself I can try it out for a week and if I don't like it, move on. But I liked today's workout, hopefully I will like the rest of this week's workouts.

It's raining/storming here today. My husband and I started decorating the inside of the house yesterday, so I'll probably continue that while he works. I don't know if it's this pandemic or what, but I don't feel very Christmas-y.

Take care.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Good morning. I'm fighting sinus issues, so true working out hasn't been something I've found the energy or motivation to do. I did a different kind of working out the last two days though that got me moving around a lot. Saturday, I finally got around to decorating the windows as part of our outdoor holiday display. Technically, it's inside, but it was a good two hours of stretching and squatting as I tried to arrange curtains of lights in four of our windows. It really worked up a sweat. Yesterday was the yard, which took somewhere between 3.5-4 hours, when all was said and done. It was chilly enough that I wasn't really sweating a ton, but it is still a ton of physical work. I stuck to my promise and didn't do anything new outside this year...just rearranged a few things. Sure, the light curtains and candles are new, but I can appreciate those both inside and out. Now, if only I could work out all of the timers.



Thanksgiving was quiet, but nice. We did take advantage of Zoom's unlimited time on the holiday and Zoomed with my parents for about 4 hours, so it felt like more of a holiday gathering. I got a few people questioning me because of how much food I had, but it really was just the four of us...and we've had leftovers for days. We tend to eat Thanksgiving dinner late, so this year, I decided to try my hand at fancy charcuterie plates/boards for all day snacking. My only regret...I forgot that I bought a pomegranate. It's still in the fridge.

Hoping I have the energy for a true workout tomorrow...because I NEED it! Fingers crossed my sinuses improve.

 

[Songbird76]

I think it was a combination of a weak starter (even though I've been feeding this starter since May.) and I think I should have added a touch more flour. The instructions that came with my kitchen mixer says you won't use all the flour, so I left out about 1/2 C. I think the dough was too wet combined with a weak starter. I think if I'd waited longer, I might have gotten somewhere, but it had been proofing for 5 hours and my husband wanted dinner.

That is so frustrating about your MIL. It's not enough to have guests in your house, but you have someone micromanaging your cleaning on top of it--no. My mom comes over and moves my living room furniture around. My husband told her when she pays the mortgage, she can tell us where to put our furniture. What do you say when your MIL says these things?

I can relate to the story of in-laws coming over unannounced on New Year's Day. When my son was little and in day care, my grandmother used to pick him up and bring him back to our house. She knew the code to get in. My mom and my grandmother lived a few blocks away from us at the time. Anyway, it was Christmas morning and my son was one of those weird kids who wasn't up at 5:30 AM. I went downstairs to put coffee on and get breakfast going. My mom and my grandmother were sitting on the couch and I screamed, because I wasn't expecting anyone to be downstairs. They let themselves in because they didn't want to miss my son opening up his presents. I was really angry because that seemed like a huge boundary violation and if they wanted to watch my son open their gifts, they should have brought them around later on. I always felt like they inserted themselves into family moments where I wanted things/events that were just my husband, my son and me. I am not the biggest fan of living in NJ, but it was a blessing in disguise. I look back at all of the things they would do that I was not comfortable with and I am shocked I let things happen or didn't speak up.

I don't say anything...I'm not a confrontational person. My mother was always very strict and you did NOT speak against her. And she could be extremely cruel if you didn't do what she wanted. I became quite the people pleaser because it wasn't worth it to disagree. Just the idea that I've upset someone will keep me up at night feeling guilty. So I just can't bring myself to stand up to my MIL. My husband says the best way to deal with her is just to nod and say yep, and then ignore it and do what you want.

Why didn't they just let you know that they wanted to come over and be a part of the festivities? I get that it's probably exciting to watch your grandchild on Christmas, but you just can't invite yourself over to someone else's home, or on their vacation, etc. I don't know where people get this notion that they are welcome anywhere. My best friend and I were planning a trip to WDW once, and I had posted something on my page about it or something? Like...I may have commented to her "I can't wait to see you in Disney" or something. But this girl we went to school with that we both avoid because she is a complainer and an oversharer and really obnoxious about it, saw the comment and says "That's so exciting that you'll be there. I'll have to see if I can use my disability check and get tickets. You guys can take turns pushing my wheelchair! Maybe I can share a room with one of you to make it cheaper." I was flabbergasted....neither of us had even mentioned the trip to her, much less invited her to go with us. My kids were going to be 2 and 4, and we were staying off property at a friend's house. So I told her sorry, but I was staying with a friend and couldn't invite someone to someone else's house, and my kids were too young, both my husband and I would be pushing strollers, and would not be able to push her wheelchair. The trip ended up not working out because my best friend's boss scheduled a mandatory work meeting in the middle of the trip, so it was a moot point, but I don't see how someone can feel comfortable inviting themselves. She did take the hint, but then she tried to guilt me into inviting her. "Oh...I understand....this is just a trip for you guys. I just thought it sounded like so much fun, and I never get to go anywhere because I'm disabled." and it went on and on, how hard her life is, and how she doesn't have many friends, and she just wanted to go on a vacation, and it's been so long since she's seen us, etc. Then my best friend ended up getting transferred to California and they were living in a hotel until they found a house and she actually told my best friend she was going to come live with her where she'd feel loved, and asked her to look up flights that she, my best friend, could afford....she wanted my best friend to pay her airfare so she could move in with her family because she wasn't happy where she was and didn't have the money herself. "Why don't you look up flights you can afford and let me know when I need to be there." That's some serious audacity. At least my in-laws aren't THAT bad.

 

[Songbird76]

yes that is a lot of patience. I say hand her the broom or vacuum next time and tell her to have at it.

Oh no....no no no no no. She'd just throw everything away and move everything. She came over one time when we were just moving in and we ran out to get paint or something. I came back and she had completely rearranged everything in my cupboards. I had to move everything again, and I couldn't find my peanut butter. I had to call her to ask her where she put it. She doesn't eat peanut butter, but she drinks coffee (we don't) so she moved the coffee from the pantry in the hallway to the kitchen cupboard and put the peanut butter in the pantry, because it was more convenient....for her. I reminded her that we don't drink coffee, so we don't need that in the kitchen, but I use peanut butter all the time, so that needs to be where I can get to it easily. I won't give her free reign in my house.

 

[Songbird76]

Good morning. I'm fighting sinus issues, so true working out hasn't been something I've found the energy or motivation to do. I did a different kind of working out the last two days though that got me moving around a lot. Saturday, I finally got around to decorating the windows as part of our outdoor holiday display. Technically, it's inside, but it was a good two hours of stretching and squatting as I tried to arrange curtains of lights in four of our windows. It really worked up a sweat. Yesterday was the yard, which took somewhere between 3.5-4 hours, when all was said and done. It was chilly enough that I wasn't really sweating a ton, but it is still a ton of physical work. I stuck to my promise and didn't do anything new outside this year...just rearranged a few things. Sure, the light curtains and candles are new, but I can appreciate those both inside and out. Now, if only I could work out all of the timers.



Thanksgiving was quiet, but nice. We did take advantage of Zoom's unlimited time on the holiday and Zoomed with my parents for about 4 hours, so it felt like more of a holiday gathering. I got a few people questioning me because of how much food I had, but it really was just the four of us...and we've had leftovers for days. We tend to eat Thanksgiving dinner late, so this year, I decided to try my hand at fancy charcuterie plates/boards for all day snacking. My only regret...I forgot that I bought a pomegranate. It's still in the fridge.

Hoping I have the energy for a true workout tomorrow...because I NEED it! Fingers crossed my sinuses improve.

Looks good! What are the round orange-ish things? Quiche? Tartlets?

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Looks good! What are the round orange-ish things? Quiche? Tartlets?

I think you may be looking at the crostini. I sliced a couple of gluten free baguettes, brushed the pieces with olive oil, garlic and the juices from sliced tomatoes, and then toasted them. They were meant to be one of the crunch elements.

 

[Songbird76]

I think you may be looking at the crostini. I sliced a couple of gluten free baguettes, brushed the pieces with olive oil, garlic and the juices from sliced tomatoes, and then toasted them. They were meant to be one of the crunch elements.

"meant to be?" as in, it didn't work out that way? I love crostini. I guess there are lots of different ways to do it, so I suppose it depends on what's on it, but my favorite is a crustini with melted brie and either appel or zucchini and honey. So good.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning. I'm fighting sinus issues, so true working out hasn't been something I've found the energy or motivation to do. I did a different kind of working out the last two days though that got me moving around a lot. Saturday, I finally got around to decorating the windows as part of our outdoor holiday display. Technically, it's inside, but it was a good two hours of stretching and squatting as I tried to arrange curtains of lights in four of our windows. It really worked up a sweat. Yesterday was the yard, which took somewhere between 3.5-4 hours, when all was said and done. It was chilly enough that I wasn't really sweating a ton, but it is still a ton of physical work. I stuck to my promise and didn't do anything new outside this year...just rearranged a few things. Sure, the light curtains and candles are new, but I can appreciate those both inside and out. Now, if only I could work out all of the timers.



Thanksgiving was quiet, but nice. We did take advantage of Zoom's unlimited time on the holiday and Zoomed with my parents for about 4 hours, so it felt like more of a holiday gathering. I got a few people questioning me because of how much food I had, but it really was just the four of us...and we've had leftovers for days. We tend to eat Thanksgiving dinner late, so this year, I decided to try my hand at fancy charcuterie plates/boards for all day snacking. My only regret...I forgot that I bought a pomegranate. It's still in the fridge.

Hoping I have the energy for a true workout tomorrow...because I NEED it! Fingers crossed my sinuses improve.

Your house looks so pretty. What are those white, chasing lights on the ground called? Those are really cool. They are like fairy foot prints or something.

I like the charcuterie boards. I am thinking of doing that for Christmas Eve. I usually do a lot of cooking for Christmas Eve and Day, but I am not feeling it this year. I am hoping I can get away with just doing a big Christmas Day dinner. This pandemic took the joy of cooking away from me.

 

[Sans Souci]

I don't say anything...I'm not a confrontational person. My mother was always very strict and you did NOT speak against her. And she could be extremely cruel if you didn't do what she wanted. I became quite the people pleaser because it wasn't worth it to disagree. Just the idea that I've upset someone will keep me up at night feeling guilty. So I just can't bring myself to stand up to my MIL. My husband says the best way to deal with her is just to nod and say yep, and then ignore it and do what you want.

Why didn't they just let you know that they wanted to come over and be a part of the festivities? I get that it's probably exciting to watch your grandchild on Christmas, but you just can't invite yourself over to someone else's home, or on their vacation, etc. I don't know where people get this notion that they are welcome anywhere. My best friend and I were planning a trip to WDW once, and I had posted something on my page about it or something? Like...I may have commented to her "I can't wait to see you in Disney" or something. But this girl we went to school with that we both avoid because she is a complainer and an oversharer and really obnoxious about it, saw the comment and says "That's so exciting that you'll be there. I'll have to see if I can use my disability check and get tickets. You guys can take turns pushing my wheelchair! Maybe I can share a room with one of you to make it cheaper." I was flabbergasted....neither of us had even mentioned the trip to her, much less invited her to go with us. My kids were going to be 2 and 4, and we were staying off property at a friend's house. So I told her sorry, but I was staying with a friend and couldn't invite someone to someone else's house, and my kids were too young, both my husband and I would be pushing strollers, and would not be able to push her wheelchair. The trip ended up not working out because my best friend's boss scheduled a mandatory work meeting in the middle of the trip, so it was a moot point, but I don't see how someone can feel comfortable inviting themselves. She did take the hint, but then she tried to guilt me into inviting her. "Oh...I understand....this is just a trip for you guys. I just thought it sounded like so much fun, and I never get to go anywhere because I'm disabled." and it went on and on, how hard her life is, and how she doesn't have many friends, and she just wanted to go on a vacation, and it's been so long since she's seen us, etc. Then my best friend ended up getting transferred to California and they were living in a hotel until they found a house and she actually told my best friend she was going to come live with her where she'd feel loved, and asked her to look up flights that she, my best friend, could afford....she wanted my best friend to pay her airfare so she could move in with her family because she wasn't happy where she was and didn't have the money herself. "Why don't you look up flights you can afford and let me know when I need to be there." That's some serious audacity. At least my in-laws aren't THAT bad.

I am the same way. I don't want to speak up because I just don't want to get into it with someone. I just bite my tongue, but that backfires after a while. I can only take on so much, before I blow.

That is ballsy of your friend! I mean, inviting herself to a WDW is really bad and so manipulative when you said it wasn't going to work. Then she told your friend she was going to move in with her and your friend was on the hook for the airfare...that's...wow, I have to no words.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning-

Today was 30 minutes of jump rope. It went by rather quickly, thankfully.

There's really nothing else going on here today. Although, I can't wait until things go back to "normal" again and I am not surrounded by the same people 24/7 for months on end. How do you tell someone they talk too much without hurting their feelings? I just want some peace and quiet. It's a good thing I wake up so early, because that's really the only time I am alone for a bit.