working out for Disney

[Sans Souci]

I know what you mean about plastic-y looking tables. While noise was my husband's main issue, the visual appeal (or lack of it) was why I was opposed to air hockey and foosball. Even at full price, this is a cheaper table masquerading as something nicer. Shuffleboard tables are on par with pool and billiards tables. For the really nice ones, you can pick all of the wood and finishes. Not that it matches any of the styling in my home, but this one is on par with the price of a new car...

22 Foot Trafalgar Shuffleboard Table | McClure Tables | Handcrafted

The Trafalgar is handcrafted in Michigan with hand carved legs and carvings, available in various woods and finish choices from 12 foot to 22 foot size shuffleboard tables

www.mccluretables.com

If I had it in the budget and could justify it, I'd love this one in old English oak finishing...

Origami

Origami Shuffleboard Table Serene and elegant, the Origami Shuffleboard is a California House original design. The Origami features a low profile and delicate fold illusion legs. The Origami in...

www.shuffleboard.net

Still, I'm happy with what I got...and it's about 95% of the price (on sale) of the origami one above.

I'm really hoping I like the slide board. I haven't used one ages, but I've found that I'm a creature of habit with exercising. The things I liked decades ago are still things I like now. Hopefully, you'll find that you like the jump rope

Holy cow. That Trafalgar one.

The origami ones are really nice. They look like proper furniture. I like the grey wood on the one you got your husband. It's very on trend.

 

[Sans Souci]

Well, only a couple of hours until 2021....we're only allowed to have 2 people visit, and fireworks are banned (except for the really small things like sparklers), and I can hear the neighbors around the block with massive illegal fireworks, and what sounds like quite a few people. It's been going on for quite a while, so the police are apparently not too worried about enforcing the rules. And I'm betting that in a couple weeks, we're going to see a huge surge of cases again, and they aren't starting to vaccinate until January 8th now, starting with nursing home personel and residents.

That's really frustrating about people ignoring guidelines. The people who really suffer from their selfishness are the health care professionals. These people are burned out and they are still in the thick of it.

 

[Figgy1]

I sometimes get a lot of steps when I am doing marathon holiday cooking, just from all the walking around to the pantry, fridge, etc. But I see you had your husband's band on, so never mind!

Yup marathon cooking all day yesterday. Today was a bit easier, more putting things together or putting things in the oven as most of the chopping and other prep was done.

 

[Sans Souci]

Well, according to my doctor, it's bursitis. I'm really not sure, though the couple of times I got an injection, it did help a lot, but it's never gone away completely. It's always there, and if I walk too much, too fast, or move wrong, I get an excruciating pain that feels like my hip is going to break and it freezes. If I step wrong, I get stuck for a few seconds. It feels like...you know how it's like a ball and socket? It feels like the ball is in a wonky position and is grinding against the socket. Like, if you get the bolt wrong in a nut and it gets stuck and won't turn? That's what it feels like it's doing. I have to wait for a second for the pain to abate, and then slowly slide my leg and kind of turn it because I can't stand up straight. When I was pregnant with E, I had what they called "pelvic instability" and that never quite went away...it's been painful for me to stand up after I've been sitting down for a while ever since. If I've been sitting down to dinner, for example, it always takes a minute or two before I can actually walk normally. Then a few years ago, I went to go down the stairs and I took a step and there was a popping sensation in my right hip, a horrible pain (I screamed) and I had to sit down. I couldn't get up. The doctor thought I had torn a muscle, but after 3 weeks, it wasn't better. So I went back and that's when he said it was an infection in the bursa. He gave me an injection and it felt better for a month or two, but came back, so I got another injection....that must have been in 2015, because we went to Disney in 2016 and I had heard you could only get 3 injections, and I was waiting for the 3rd one if I needed it before we went to Disney. The initial injury was in October, then the 2nd shot was January or Feb. of 2016. I was mostly fine after that shot, just had to be careful not to walk too fast or too long. I took a LOT of breaks at Disney. Then last January I had to get another shot because I was having trouble walking again. Sometimes I have bouts of it where it's painful for a few weeks, but if I take it easy, it gets better. But I definitely feel it if I overdo it, usually at work. Since work is mostly walking, and usually at a pretty good pace, it can get really bad toward the end of a shift. If I've done too much, it freezes on me when I try to sit down or lift up my leg. So that's what happened Tuesday night...I overdid it at work, and then couldn't get my leg in the car without lifting it up with my hands. Then after sitting in the car, it was too stiff to move....I couldn't stand up straight and couldn't move that leg. I had to shuffle along to get into the house. It was fine after a night's sleep...or as fine as it ever is. Like I said, it never goes completely away. It's always a little painful, but mostly I'm so used to it that it doesn't bother me much. But in the last year or so, the pain also radiates to my tail bone, which is what makes me doubt it's bursitis, but when I went to the doctor in January and explained that it hurt in my tailbone now more than in my hip, he still said it's the bursa, he gave me an injection, and I could walk again.

Sorry....that's a lot to read. But no, I don't think it's sciatica.

I have a feeling my issues stem from pregnancy, too. I had back and hips issues when I was pregnant and even though I went to physical therapy and a chiropractor referred to me by OB/GYN, it didn't do much. I think my hips have been out of alignment for a while now and I think that has messed with my legs and spine. I've been looking at going to a chiropractor locally, but quite a few of them are too "woo" for me.

 

[Sans Souci]

Happy New Year!

This morning I did a full body workout and my husband and I went for a walk just before the sun went down.

After tonight, I am clamping down on the eating! I just made Cacio e Pepe cheese puffs. I don't even know how many I ate, but they were bliss when eaten straight from the oven. I have other stuff to eat, too. But I have filled up on the cheese puffs. I have my rum cake to eat, yet, too!

My husband and I are going to watch The Blues Brothers tonight and I'll have a glass of Prosecco at some point.

Happy 2021!

 

[MinnieM123]

O.k. girls, it's January 1st. Time for us to start working off the holiday treats!



Happy New Year everyone!

 

[Sans Souci]

Happy 2021!

I hope everyone had a fun evening.

Checking in with my first workout of the year. I did a lower body workout. I am back on the straight and narrow with food today. Holy heck, do I need to get a grip . I think I may have broken the world record for number of cheese puffs consumed in a single evening.

I was concerned about my rum cake, because the rum syrup was made with butter and when the cake cooled to room temp, the butter solidified and you could see it around the cake. But I put it in the oven for 10 min and the cake soaked up the melted butter. When I finally tasted the cake it was *chef's kiss*. I lined the bundt pan with almond flour before I spooned the batter in and that took it to the next level. But today is back to religiously tracking points and I am making a low point soup for lunch that I will portion and freeze for lunches.

I have bread proofing to serve with dinner. I am hoping I will be as nice as the loaf I made for Christmas dinner.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning.

Checking in with an upper body+core workout. It was not the biggest calorie burner, but sometimes it's good to have a low key workout. I'll get out for a walk later. It's going to be dry and mild.

I did sneak a few treats again yesterday, we had so many leftovers from NYE. I had a sliver of my cake and some of my bread, which had a really good flavor. I let the dough sit out for about 20 hours before baking it, so it had time to develop. But I am back with a game plan today.

 

[Songbird76]

That's really frustrating about people ignoring guidelines. The people who really suffer from their selfishness are the health care professionals. These people are burned out and they are still in the thick of it.

Yeah, and the whole purpose of banning the larger fireworks this year was to reduce the number of accidents so healthcare providers wouldn't be overwhelmed....I just read that the number of accidents INCREASED by 7%. And 2 teenaged boys lost hands....it didn't say they were setting off fireworks themselves, but that's kind of the MO of teen boys here. They are known for being idiots with fireworks. One of the boys was in Arnhem, the other in Nijmegen, so unrelated incidents, but one of the articles I found said they both involved Cobras, which are always illegal here, not just this year. They are like a small hand grenade. I felt the house shake a couple of times on New Years and I'm sure it was because of cobras.

We stopped going outside on new years when the kids were little and one neighbor tried to shove a lit roman candle into E's hand...she was 2. And 2 neighbor boys were shooting the roman candles at each other. We retreated inside and stopped going out until the kids were much older. People are just way too unsafe here! Who gives a 2 year old a firework to HOLD as it goes off?? That's how you get teens blowing their hands off later.

 

[Songbird76]

I have a feeling my issues stem from pregnancy, too. I had back and hips issues when I was pregnant and even though I went to physical therapy and a chiropractor referred to me by OB/GYN, it didn't do much. I think my hips have been out of alignment for a while now and I think that has messed with my legs and spine. I've been looking at going to a chiropractor locally, but quite a few of them are too "woo" for me.

To be honest, I think part of it with me might be because of one of the midwives in the practice refusing to help me...it got too bad before I got help. It was a practice of 3 midwives, and you saw different ones every appointment. I went in and told the gal I was having a lot of pain, etc, and she told me it was because I'm fat and she couldn't do anything for me. Basically told me it was my own fault and I deserved to be in pain. The next appointment, I got a different one, and as soon as I stood up when she called me in she said "It looks like someone needs physical therapy!!" She gave me a reference, and it really helped, but it was already so bad by that time...I'm sure if I'd started PT earlier, it wouldn't have gotten as bad as it did. With my 2nd pregnancy, I already knew the exercises and such, so I started doing them as soon as I found out I was pregnant. It made a huge difference, but it's just never gone away entirely.

 

[Sans Souci]

Yeah, and the whole purpose of banning the larger fireworks this year was to reduce the number of accidents so healthcare providers wouldn't be overwhelmed....I just read that the number of accidents INCREASED by 7%. And 2 teenaged boys lost hands....it didn't say they were setting off fireworks themselves, but that's kind of the MO of teen boys here. They are known for being idiots with fireworks. One of the boys was in Arnhem, the other in Nijmegen, so unrelated incidents, but one of the articles I found said they both involved Cobras, which are always illegal here, not just this year. They are like a small hand grenade. I felt the house shake a couple of times on New Years and I'm sure it was because of cobras.

We stopped going outside on new years when the kids were little and one neighbor tried to shove a lit roman candle into E's hand...she was 2. And 2 neighbor boys were shooting the roman candles at each other. We retreated inside and stopped going out until the kids were much older. People are just way too unsafe here! Who gives a 2 year old a firework to HOLD as it goes off?? That's how you get teens blowing their hands off later.

I don't know what cobras are, but they sound like M-80s. I hate those, because they just create a racket and they scare the pants off of me when someone when one goes off. My dogs used to go mad when someone would set one off, and yes, they shake the house. Ridiculous.

That's really unfortunate about those boys losing their hands. I know it could be worse, but they will likely have to go to occupational therapy to learn how to negotiate the world with one hand. It's still a big deal to lose a hand. It is something totally preventable, too. It's not like they were in a car accident or something. But I guess part of being young is thinking only bad things happen to others, never to you.

That is crazy about someone trying to give your daughter a lit roman candle! WTH?! Was this an adult?

 

[Sans Souci]

To be honest, I think part of it with me might be because of one of the midwives in the practice refusing to help me...it got too bad before I got help. It was a practice of 3 midwives, and you saw different ones every appointment. I went in and told the gal I was having a lot of pain, etc, and she told me it was because I'm fat and she couldn't do anything for me. Basically told me it was my own fault and I deserved to be in pain. The next appointment, I got a different one, and as soon as I stood up when she called me in she said "It looks like someone needs physical therapy!!" She gave me a reference, and it really helped, but it was already so bad by that time...I'm sure if I'd started PT earlier, it wouldn't have gotten as bad as it did. With my 2nd pregnancy, I already knew the exercises and such, so I started doing them as soon as I found out I was pregnant. It made a huge difference, but it's just never gone away entirely.

That was highly inappropriate for that midwife to say that to you. What a heifer. What's even more offensive is she knew she could refer you for PT for pain relief, but she didn't. Now you have lasting consequences because she took one look at you and decided you needed to suffer for "being fat".

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning.

I did about 40 minutes of jump rope this AM. I'd like to get out for a walk, but it's crappy and rainy.

My rum cake is finally gone. I'm relieved, because I didn't need that temptation sitting around the house. I might make it for Easter again. I usually buy those Tortuga rum cakes, but this was better. I think it cost slightly more money to make this cake, but it was much larger than the Tortuga rum cake. It tasted better, too. The most expensive ingredient is rum, everything else is pretty much basic kitchen staples. Most of the other treats are finally gone, too. I'm just drinking lots of water and keeping active.

I am making vegan tempeh burrito bowls for dinner tonight. It's a new recipe and I have an avocado that needs to be used today. It even might be slightly past its prime.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Happy New Year!!!

I worked my butt off on the 1st. Everything took a bit longer than I expected. The yard was about 2 hours and everything inside the house was in the 5-6 hour range. I am still a bit achy from all of the physical labor to take down Christmas. I also inhaled a lot of gunk (mainly dust) in the process and my breathing has been a bit wheezy from it. The meds I've been taking to try and help make me pretty sleepy. I don't want to do too much and aggravate things, but they also brought on a 4+ hour nap yesterday that was probably a bit too much. The slide board arrived yesterday afternoon. I was busy moving stuff around and organizing to stay active after waking up from my long nap, so I'll have to test it out tonight so I'm ready for my first real workout tomorrow.

Nervous about virus things here. I feel like things just keep creeping closer and we're surrounded by so many who still believe this is a hoax or think their massive indoor holiday gatherings aren't a concern.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Holy cow. That Trafalgar one.

The origami ones are really nice. They look like proper furniture. I like the grey wood on the one you got your husband. It's very on trend.

There are a lot of really neat ones out there. At the end of the day, I got what my much more limited budget could handle and we really like how it completes the room. We played for a couple of hours on NYE and it was a lot of fun.

 

[Songbird76]

I don't know what cobras are, but they sound like M-80s. I hate those, because they just create a racket and they scare the pants off of me when someone when one goes off. My dogs used to go mad when someone would set one off, and yes, they shake the house. Ridiculous.

That's really unfortunate about those boys losing their hands. I know it could be worse, but they will likely have to go to occupational therapy to learn how to negotiate the world with one hand. It's still a big deal to lose a hand. It is something totally preventable, too. It's not like they were in a car accident or something. But I guess part of being young is thinking only bad things happen to others, never to you.

That is crazy about someone trying to give your daughter a lit roman candle! WTH?! Was this an adult?

Cobras are just a massive boom...as far as I know, there's no color or light...just as massive boom that shakes your house, and a fireworks expert said the explosion is equivalent to a small grenade. It has 25 times more charge per Cobra than is allowed in the Netherlands...they are illegal fireworks all the time. Not just this year. People have to go to Germany to get them, so these kids couldn't have gotten ahold of them without an adult who has a car. If it was their parents, it's incredibly irresponsible to give them dangerous and illegal fireworks! If the kids found someone who would sell them to them here, I hope they find the guy and put them behind bars. Apparently 69% of fireworks accidents happen to men, and of those, 80% happen to people younger than 20. And now these kids will be affected for life...incredibly bad judgement on their part, and on whosever it was to give them Cobras!

And yes, it was an adult who tried to give it to her. It was my next door neighbor, and he gave his 3 year old daughter one as well, then came over and held one out to E and I said no thank you. The two boys shooting them at each other were the other side next door neighbor and his cousin. They were around 10 at the time. That neighbor's entire family lives here in the Netherlands, and they were ALWAYS at my neighbor's house. (all my next door neighbors are from Turkey, and the side with the little girl barely speaks Dutch. The side with the boy and the cousin mostly speak Dutch, except for Grandma) Her house would be packed on New Years, and various other holidays and birthdays. They are all so nice and really great neighbors for the most part, but we stopped going out on New Years because they just aren't safe! Now those boys are all grown up and there is also a girl, who is married and has kids now, but they don't really do fireworks anymore and mine are grown up enough not to be stupid about it, so we go out now and socialize a bit on New Years...except this year, because of Corona. But I'm actually really suprised there were never any accidents with all those little kids shooting bottle rockets and roman candles at each other, or setting them off in their hands.

 

[Songbird76]

That was highly inappropriate for that midwife to say that to you. What a heifer. What's even more offensive is she knew she could refer you for PT for pain relief, but she didn't. Now you have lasting consequences because she took one look at you and decided you needed to suffer for "being fat".

Yeah, I did NOT like her...and I LOVED the one who sent me to PT....she was awesome, and told us when we got pregnant again that she was so happy to see us back, because she always thought we'd be great parents and she was happy we were pregnant again. The third one was really nice too, but I didn't see her as often as the other 2. The witchy one was the one who was there when I delivered E...I was really upset about that. And the one I didn't know as well was there for A's delivery...I feel bad because she kept saying "kom op!" which is like "Come on!" but I had only heard it used in a derogatory sense like "Come on, you can do better than that!" and I told my husband later that if she had said that one more time, I was ready to deck her and he was like "Why?? She was being encouraging!" And I was like "She was? I didn't know that could mean 'You can do it!' too!" At least I didn't say anything to her. Yay for being non-confrontational!

 

[Figgy1]

Another cooking day when i got all my steps in just by cooking I made beef stewish soup, hot and sour soup and a lentil tomato and greens soup. Chopping involved 3 pounds of mushrooms, 2 heads of bok choi, 3ish pounds of onions, a couple of heads of celery, 4 or 5 pounds of carrots.................................................. I made all my own stocks It's a love hate thing because everything is healthier from scratch but OMG the work involved. In total it came to 24 quarts of soup

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Still feeling really tired and achy from all of that work in the yard. I went to bed at 8:30 last night. I was determined to start the day moving. I got up around 6:45 and put in about 30 minutes on the slide board. I had to stop here and there to catch my breath, but I'm starting to get the hang of it. Not sure I love it, but it did really get the heart rate up. I also did some arm work shortly after. We'll see how I feel tomorrow when I try to do this on a school day. Today is the last day of holiday break for the kids. At least we have another break in about a month.

 

[Songbird76]

Another cooking day when i got all my steps in just by cooking I made beef stewish soup, hot and sour soup and a lentil tomato and greens soup. Chopping involved 3 pounds of mushrooms, 2 heads of bok choi, 3ish pounds of onions, a couple of heads of celery, 4 or 5 pounds of carrots.................................................. I made all my own stocks It's a love hate thing because everything is healthier from scratch but OMG the work involved. In total it came to 24 quarts of soup

That IS a lot of work...how many meals is that?