tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20250301614623237522024-03-13T13:29:45.855-07:00Frugal Healthy SimpleDedicated to frugality, simplicity, and healthy living.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.comBlogger899125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-29709743898410288822020-11-17T19:18:00.003-08:002020-11-17T19:18:32.030-08:00COVID - 8 months in<p> So, good thing I gave up the daily updates a long time ago, eh?</p><p><br /></p><p>So here's where we are:</p><p><b>Kids:</b> still 100% distance learning. Plan is to go back to in person hybrid Jan 19, but we are back in the purple tier, so that's iffy. We cannot open in purple.</p><p><b>Exercise:</b> I have really been enjoying myself. Running: overdid it at the beginning of COVID - had some sciatica pain return and also had Achilles tendon issues. Dialed it back in mileage and started doing more Galloway run/walk, still had Achilles issues. Then tweaked my knee doing...something. Prob trail running. So I dialed it back a bit MORE to Maffetone method (Google it). Basically, it's low heart rate training. The theory is that most people who run are running at too high a heart rate and that's not good for you and doesn't build aerobic fitness. My heart rate while running runs SUPER high.</p><p>So, the conventional wisdom is that you subtract your age from 220. So for me, that's 170 max HR. My heart rate on long runs or hilly runs EASILY gets into the 190s, or over 200. So, yah. I think I just run high. The Maffetone method uses a formula of 180-age for the max. So, that's 130. Well, that's like walking for me almost. The idea is that you do a lot of volume at a low heart rate - it takes several months to see improvement, but in the end, you will improve.</p><p>Most of these methods (Galloway, Maffetone) suggest that you can hit a PR if you do it right. So what I see in both Facebook groups is two groups of people:</p><p>1. The people who want to PR. With Galloway, the walk breaks prevent injury and prevent you from getting tired near the end of the race because walking and running use different muscles. (Among other benefits.) I found that I could go for a long time with run/walk methods - for example, I could run 7 miles and function the rest of the day. No soreness, exhaustion, or headaches. (Of course, my average pace was 13:30 vs 11:00 if I just ran the whole thing.)</p><p>2. The people (like me) who want to keep moving, prevent injury, and enjoy themselves. Injuries are for the BIRDS. These methods just keep you moving longer.</p><p>So, as the Garmin watch HR monitor isn't terribly accurate, I sprung for a chest strap. I have not been doing a lot of volume (7 hr a week is recommended, and it's not stressful because of the low HR). I am aiming for 4-5 hours a week, because I have a life, and kids and a job. My Maffetone pace right now is about 16-17:30 miles. So...like walking. Essentially, I warm up for 12 minutes (walking), then do an easy jog for 15 seconds until the HR is about 130. Then I walk. My "range" is 120-130 bpm, but I have the watch set to beep at 115 and 135.</p><p>So why am I enjoying this? I love walking! This method is super easy on the joints and the heart. I have no idea if it will improve my fitness and make me faster, but there aren't any races coming up - so it's the perfect time to try. </p><p>So, the exercise schedule:</p><p>Run/walk Tues/Thurs (at MAFF)</p><p>Family walk Saturday (usually at MAFF)</p><p>Weight training Monday/Weds/Friday. I made up my own calendar - I do some Hammer and Chisel (which is HARD, YO). Sometimes I skip Hammer and Chisel and do LIIFT4 with the hubby because we are competing for the TV on Monday/ Friday. On Weds, I do 80 day obsession or one of the minis - A little obsessed or a Little More Obsessed. Basically, I like full body workouts, so I alternate Today Body Core and AAA (Arms, Abs, Ass). The 80DO workouts are 60 min, which is a bit long for me if I sleep in, so I decide in the morning whether to do the long one or one of the shorter ones.</p><p>Basically, I'm really enjoying doing different, new things, as opposed to what I did most of the this year, which is plan a strict workout program with specific goals to get stronger. </p><p>Daily: November "100 swings" challenge with my old kettlebell gym group. We can mix it up though, so sometimes I do 100 Kettlebell swings, sometimes I do pushups/ situps/ swings. Any combo of 100.</p><p>Also, the occasional dog walk.</p><p><b>Vacation:</b> I miss vacation. We had a mini trip planned for this coming weekend and canceled it because: COVID. Haven't traveled since November of last year.</p><p><b>Work:</b> Working with kids at home is hard yo, but I do get a lot done in fits and spurts. Sadly, one of my best bosses ever and very favorite coworkers passed away suddenly last month. We are all gutted. I still cannot believe it.</p><p><b>Politics: </b>Dump Trump Whee!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYQfpWVgBM8wfkH3GdpHEkjk8gd0jFI3tc4HANQCSjIH3QBYEa2OwmXLO4Am6FG5Xf-QwCx-L-AgKVL88_KAtbmc1396r2bBw5XQi4wHixpRpZz689twwdMMtORKZdVzs6kyK2TER7Yo/s3264/PXL_20201114_173917950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYQfpWVgBM8wfkH3GdpHEkjk8gd0jFI3tc4HANQCSjIH3QBYEa2OwmXLO4Am6FG5Xf-QwCx-L-AgKVL88_KAtbmc1396r2bBw5XQi4wHixpRpZz689twwdMMtORKZdVzs6kyK2TER7Yo/s320/PXL_20201114_173917950.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QuunuqhGMh3lk39lwJarvBfLaK54VsbroaJg_ys6XHaAemF9UaPdB3ZWuuCbRVU69EMETXKdPAD0zK8baDaPtKNXmcnYDXSOEapmkqoJc3pe6EbqmwnYykqPH-q4luo1Gt2f7qwP0BE/s4032/PXL_20201114_040849191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QuunuqhGMh3lk39lwJarvBfLaK54VsbroaJg_ys6XHaAemF9UaPdB3ZWuuCbRVU69EMETXKdPAD0zK8baDaPtKNXmcnYDXSOEapmkqoJc3pe6EbqmwnYykqPH-q4luo1Gt2f7qwP0BE/s320/PXL_20201114_040849191.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYY_BykPpK_s1OeJSBQj5BqEH9wBo5bQY8ZBXTBe66XwNdWwfsZCYb0zshB3QKV0EzdDE8BseCHpx65_zbCzmeHwrG-0WHYnxeYVw8oF_74HX5vXpcQfnJkCTaaynnqZtGoQqt3OblU8/s4032/PXL_20201110_224605851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYY_BykPpK_s1OeJSBQj5BqEH9wBo5bQY8ZBXTBe66XwNdWwfsZCYb0zshB3QKV0EzdDE8BseCHpx65_zbCzmeHwrG-0WHYnxeYVw8oF_74HX5vXpcQfnJkCTaaynnqZtGoQqt3OblU8/s320/PXL_20201110_224605851.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIsmXcDtFqNyVDX4x30JOn2_u1FGTkm5sog_hxafSkykcEjzBLACDdmBMU7cx7jlWYAao7xgOvA0FvKh6bFlLWwqORYvbhInluxsRkWhbsjbf2Tnc646ofURddpDTAyHUwQ2gC2bUNWQ/s4032/PXL_20201107_190437416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIsmXcDtFqNyVDX4x30JOn2_u1FGTkm5sog_hxafSkykcEjzBLACDdmBMU7cx7jlWYAao7xgOvA0FvKh6bFlLWwqORYvbhInluxsRkWhbsjbf2Tnc646ofURddpDTAyHUwQ2gC2bUNWQ/s320/PXL_20201107_190437416.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-45199069632313938072020-09-10T19:29:00.002-07:002020-09-10T19:29:25.069-07:00So, it's September already<p>Virtual school still sucks for an 8 year old. I don't expect to be back at school even in hybrid mode until 2021.</p><p>The west coast is burning.</p><p>I miss my friends. I haven't gotten together with anyone outside my household, really, since June? A backyard birthday 'do in August, but only lasted about 10 minutes because: too many people, not enough masks.</p><p>I miss silence. 4 people in a 3 room house, and I get overwhelmed.</p><p>I love hugs. I get them from my family.</p><p>I need to simplify. I have too many things on my plate, with virtual school, work, and chores. I have spent hours the last few weeks tracing down missing items and missing refunds for one of my produce boxes. Today? No box at all. </p><p>Saturday? We got a random box that didn't belong to us, with $40 cash in it. So I spent hours trying to figure how who it belonged to. Never did figure it out. Gave the box to the neighbor (he was out of veggies anyway) and donated the $ to the food bank.</p><p>People are mean. Why are people so mean? Especially on the internet, so many attacks without giving people the benefit of the doubt. And not only mean one time, but then doubling down and posting ELSEWHERE - go over and check this out! Ugh. </p><p>I am so fucking tired of Trump. He's a sexist, racist, misogynist. A liar, a narcissist, and people still want to vote for him. See above: people are mean. And racist. Why are people so racist?? But hey I got a tax cut.</p><p>I'm tired. </p><p>I'm reading a lot.</p><p>I've been using Paprika to store recipes and do meal plans. I discovered this recipe for crock pot Indian butter chicken. It's not authentic, but it is delicious. I've made it twice now.</p><p><a href="https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/easy-healthier-crockpot-butter-chicken/">https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/easy-healthier-crockpot-butter-chicken/</a></p><p>Here are some pictures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFgeAYT_RsZe_6N_oVCji7c_SjYvmrQOBKehL6E4XymqEtTFMEEX9FMNJSsFw7zsnP0YNYpUeQBEt_HoUuvrubz52IvIrw9uBpKz6Z90OFOsOrhmRzwMt4RUYk4XQSe1CYvXLp-8JWK0/s4032/IMG_20200904_111557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFgeAYT_RsZe_6N_oVCji7c_SjYvmrQOBKehL6E4XymqEtTFMEEX9FMNJSsFw7zsnP0YNYpUeQBEt_HoUuvrubz52IvIrw9uBpKz6Z90OFOsOrhmRzwMt4RUYk4XQSe1CYvXLp-8JWK0/s320/IMG_20200904_111557.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Conf calls in the car</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAzjfgC_APx0sgrOCJsuNkWPHJDk1TKd7xM_VpR5XKzX3dtrf_VhyphenhyphenV98jBHQARS2ZNz4XLHY5rmpvzrciulQtXjyX6kWGiTmdAhSkghF3OYtzLqLTU9SkRgVP-kgzm7GWQ3a5RvipAf8/s4032/IMG_20200830_174221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAzjfgC_APx0sgrOCJsuNkWPHJDk1TKd7xM_VpR5XKzX3dtrf_VhyphenhyphenV98jBHQARS2ZNz4XLHY5rmpvzrciulQtXjyX6kWGiTmdAhSkghF3OYtzLqLTU9SkRgVP-kgzm7GWQ3a5RvipAf8/s320/IMG_20200830_174221.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Curry lentils with cauliflower</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK4dLIKpbAQr7_z3PSNI7Mxz7xh5FqjyXC20hEmU7FcW-713vZ0h-YB4x7NcNF6_v2Fzo_OxMKYmcqoZKBigu9CWOGFx4LJ2zz05R0baXh8j67Hf5khSBnKFGDnGVuohcEK7IGjJT9DI/s4032/IMG_20200829_100201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK4dLIKpbAQr7_z3PSNI7Mxz7xh5FqjyXC20hEmU7FcW-713vZ0h-YB4x7NcNF6_v2Fzo_OxMKYmcqoZKBigu9CWOGFx4LJ2zz05R0baXh8j67Hf5khSBnKFGDnGVuohcEK7IGjJT9DI/s320/IMG_20200829_100201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bougainvillea on a walk</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnNhzpq-eahNwi7JfnKCV_zwiq6zb54BLdSyeidE4Dpd99PXF2mxTeaCLG5ZPQH0W7RB-Fs45YRihq-qYldqt1lsHsOhMTaKcQXOKKdOzxWQlgjFHOoSl9qOjP_XuiZHx43wILlid3ag/s4032/IMG_20200829_091524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnNhzpq-eahNwi7JfnKCV_zwiq6zb54BLdSyeidE4Dpd99PXF2mxTeaCLG5ZPQH0W7RB-Fs45YRihq-qYldqt1lsHsOhMTaKcQXOKKdOzxWQlgjFHOoSl9qOjP_XuiZHx43wILlid3ag/s320/IMG_20200829_091524.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A mailbox</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEIRrbtsA0f08nXeZNqEQ9QCiC6gVsCev3MW22RB37n-jEV9eiQEK1QQEVMYU4QRe2Er3OMmZRyRVEeT-b8xTNUdPsy_CDZdAzkFue-9ruEWCR7RNTFlPalhxZ90UIQiTqGRyCIngJ1I/s4032/IMG_20200823_164735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEIRrbtsA0f08nXeZNqEQ9QCiC6gVsCev3MW22RB37n-jEV9eiQEK1QQEVMYU4QRe2Er3OMmZRyRVEeT-b8xTNUdPsy_CDZdAzkFue-9ruEWCR7RNTFlPalhxZ90UIQiTqGRyCIngJ1I/s320/IMG_20200823_164735.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She loved this bone</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DvRQKj2a0SPJlzSxPlHwpsUVvx-V6cya1ToX8HhliFONwmVqDSo3xf48r7EuFhsE3upXEBHn5kw3p6yfqvmA31tcdDeyil2ewObhNp3pxzHKK_x-zvy_vksguQp1CAUhM_FHdt6nZuM/s4032/IMG_20200823_134641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DvRQKj2a0SPJlzSxPlHwpsUVvx-V6cya1ToX8HhliFONwmVqDSo3xf48r7EuFhsE3upXEBHn5kw3p6yfqvmA31tcdDeyil2ewObhNp3pxzHKK_x-zvy_vksguQp1CAUhM_FHdt6nZuM/s320/IMG_20200823_134641.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gluten free chocolate chip cookies</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_yA1SYaA5Px2PQx9O_bsyw-_6rjvjd7qbjNI32MfzW6o2yNWY10glsMU8XXtBKUX4DZjUeYUm6mFwXTKJX52MknXE-oMmA2ThGRgcrvAeEVy4g7Xneo4JLgql0hdQT6qLdFmcm1xwgQ/s4032/IMG_20200819_090322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_yA1SYaA5Px2PQx9O_bsyw-_6rjvjd7qbjNI32MfzW6o2yNWY10glsMU8XXtBKUX4DZjUeYUm6mFwXTKJX52MknXE-oMmA2ThGRgcrvAeEVy4g7Xneo4JLgql0hdQT6qLdFmcm1xwgQ/s320/IMG_20200819_090322.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Virtual learning is awesome</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0eSMMcf31ugzbeobOfrcOjleQ3zr51j6tvcUUecdKeS1LDjXR7XoBcCBIIFSk8HcdZ2uqySGqe6fn-xUDJ555Dmm9V27ekuEz9rJ-LiYtD5iXcm7C9RmirOcLiXwSPSqi6mAzQ0kBQA/s4032/IMG_20200815_081627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0eSMMcf31ugzbeobOfrcOjleQ3zr51j6tvcUUecdKeS1LDjXR7XoBcCBIIFSk8HcdZ2uqySGqe6fn-xUDJ555Dmm9V27ekuEz9rJ-LiYtD5iXcm7C9RmirOcLiXwSPSqi6mAzQ0kBQA/s320/IMG_20200815_081627.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a house with an infinity pool</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWEAvoLeUdiE-o3guBQOrIkm8WBMc6ktSPsJ7xJ8j1639XUsymq6Iyxjp9fWrW-FgtIYpD9Y9qc6MjLcq055cLHkgOCGKW6Ih9p2atj5sJ0Nd7K94V3dBhiGHpNAxbp-RxHVKKO1YR3oE/s4032/IMG_20200808_182550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Pink!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwsPh_HlV2SCQ1CIM6pp_sPrYvy6g62kUXaFN9tbRlNcucF-6LMcgOGMgsZOFvn_IvklGmGwqk6uSHT7UsGySp8xvd8v2RSv6dcTmyl4z8g7Y1eflbzaGu_itY-e6nSfbEbsqpWwrZtc/s4032/IMG_20200711_085012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwsPh_HlV2SCQ1CIM6pp_sPrYvy6g62kUXaFN9tbRlNcucF-6LMcgOGMgsZOFvn_IvklGmGwqk6uSHT7UsGySp8xvd8v2RSv6dcTmyl4z8g7Y1eflbzaGu_itY-e6nSfbEbsqpWwrZtc/s320/IMG_20200711_085012.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Creekside on a family hike</div><br /><p><br /></p>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-58700216048430642902020-09-01T11:54:00.001-07:002020-09-01T11:54:26.240-07:00Virtual learning is really shitty, thanks for asking<p> Notes, in no particular order, on virtual learning:</p><p>1. My 8 yo WILL NOT pay attention to the teacher.</p><p>2. If he doesn't want to do it, he ignores her and reads his book.</p><p>3. He will literally read his book and then come ask me "what did she say?"</p><p>4. He spends most of the time fiddling with crap on his desk, that I constantly have to take away.</p><p>5. Yes, we share an "office" (their bedroom).</p><p>6. I get approximately 15 minutes of work done every hour, from 8:30 until 12:00. So, maybe an hour, tops.</p><p>7. I have to sit next to him, and force him to pay attention, every. single. minute.</p><p>8. Right now he's working on reading. He was reading his book, and preparing to talk about it. I left to move over to my desk. I hadn't even completed logging in when he came over to bug me.</p><p>9. No, I cannot leave the room, because he will literally do nothing.</p><p>10. Yesterday, 45 minutes of writing (specifically with no parent allowed, to get a feel for their current writing ability) - I left the room. When I came back later, it was to a FUCKING BLANK PAGE.</p><p>11. I might as well just work through lunch so that I can get work done.</p><p>12. I have friends with kindergartners and first graders who are more miserable than me, if you can imagine.</p><p>13. I LOVE his teacher. She's awesome. But virtual learning is NOT working for him. </p><p>14. If we were teaching him, we could be done in 2 hours instead of 4. The school does not offer this option though the district says it exists. It's too much work for teachers to do both. (Totally understandable.)</p><p>15. I'm so fucking tired. I haven't had a vacation since November. I'm 50 years old for crying out loud. Nobody in my house really cares that I haven't had a vacation. "I hate vacation", "I'm too busy". </p><p>16. He'll be fine. He's 8. He knows multiplication and is currently reading Harry Potter book five, which is an AR level of 7.2 (7th grade).</p><p>17. I don't know if I'll be fine. I at least get 2 to 6 pm solid work every day, but by 5 pm I'm beat...last night I was working after dinner, but then I can't sleep worth crap.</p>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-17817770709593359332020-07-28T16:30:00.001-07:002020-07-28T16:30:53.530-07:00New things that I've learned, and started using!Today, I learned how to delete comments on facebook posts. <div><br /></div><div>And... I learned how to change the sharing settings to hide certain friends from seeing them.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is much better for my mental state. I COULD respond to the "You've got to be kidding me" with the "well, you are the POSTER CHILD for selfishness."</div><div><br /></div><div>But you know, no. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, instead, I deleted the comment.</div><div><br /></div><div>And then I changed the sharing so that she can no longer see it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Peace out.</div>Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-89363787956625015622020-07-10T14:07:00.002-07:002020-07-10T14:07:59.996-07:00Recent thoughts about thingsIt's tomato season! We are finally getting tomatoes as add-ons in our boxes (one of them). So, bring on the tomato-mozzarella-basil salad. <br />
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I miss my Sunday potlucks. Some weeks, we'd have 3 versions of that salad.<br />
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My baby turned 8 this week!<br />
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The kids have been working out with Mike. Today, Nick wasn't feeling the leg day. He skipped yesterday too. Daniel did leg day like a champ today.<br />
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Mike is feeling stronger but isn't losing weight. "I'm eating more." Yes, that's what you do when you lift weights. You are supposed to. Even the pros do that. Eat up!<br />
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I may have PMS. My kid and work are pissing me off today.<br />
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Our anniversary is next week, whee! What to do. 😂<br />
Work. Eat at Home. Maybe sunset walk on the beach?<br />
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COVID is a bummer. Today, I read about a dude in Ohio who in April, posted how "I'm NOT buying a mask, I've managed this long without one!" In June, on quarantine due to testing + for COVID. July 2, having difficulty breathing. July 4, dead. He was 37. What a shame, but if his death gets others to wear a mask...<br />
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I bought some kids masks (4) and adult (2) from a local place with local art. They look great BUT the adult masks are too large for me and the teen, and naturally the kid masks are too small. So the 8yo has 4 masks and hubby has 2. Plan B, try to look for adjustable ear loop fabric masks.<br />
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WHAT is going to happen with schools in the fall? Nobody knows.<br />
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I'm tired of takeout.<br />
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I started running again after 1.5 weeks off. Taking it slow. I like not having something to train for. I've switched to long dog walks on Saturday with the hubby and/or kids. Fun. We are 4 months into COVID with no end in sight. Need a new plan, clearly I can't just RUN off the stress, that was killing my Achilles.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-76804904743526293992020-07-07T12:08:00.001-07:002020-07-07T12:08:21.338-07:00Half way into COVID-19 summer (almost)Yeah, I think school starts in 6 weeks? 7 weeks? Almost half way through summer. How are we managing? Schedules.<br />
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Kid 1: has to exercise every day, and read. I also want him to do some other stuff, like programming on line, writing, or projects. But for now, he has been reading for an hour to six a day, so that's good enough. He's doing a weight training workout with my husband 4x a week and joining the dog walks on other days.<br />
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Afternoons are for Fortnite.<br />
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Kid 2: same. He has been mostly doing Cosmic Kids Yoga every morning, and joining me for walks in the afternoon or doing the evening dog walk. Sometimes he'll do calisthenics instead. <br />
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For school stuff: reading every day (30 min), then another school thing every day (Dreambox, Lexia, writing, math pages) every day. He also does legos. Afternoon: TV or video games.<br />
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This way husband and I each get a good solid 4-6 hours of work in the afternoon, and a couple of broken hours in the morning. We each try to interact with the kids in the morning when they are off electronics - games, snuggles, talking, whatever.<br />
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Weekly fun:<br />
- Tuesday we have started "beach morning". In the early morning, 8:30-ish, beach is empty except for this large group of older folk walking. I take kid #2 and we can plop down with our towel and bucket and play. We take a bag of toys and a towel. We play for about an hour and a half. Husband joins us later and we swap. I leave around 10 to shower and start work, husband stays until 10:30.<br />
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- Takeout on Wednesday.<br />
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- Weekend longer dog walks.<br />
<br />These regularly scheduled things help break up the monotony of the work / no camp week.<br />
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<br />Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-67140530385338256062020-07-03T08:13:00.001-07:002020-07-03T08:13:26.794-07:00The beaches are closedThe beaches are closed for 3 days due to COVID. The idea is to keep the tourists away, as Los Angeles and Ventura have also closed their beaches. This is why we can't have nice things.<br />
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Anyway, the bars are closed again for 3 weeks. The restaurants are back to outdoor dining only, for at least 3 weeks. I'm glad we went to the beach on Tuesday morning. Staying home this weekend.<br />
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Beaches are still open for recreation - swimming, walking, running, surfing, kayaking. Just no sitting.<br />
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Stay safe people.<br />
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<br />Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-67328467992519175312020-06-10T09:59:00.002-07:002020-06-10T09:59:20.802-07:00FightingToday, the boys are fighting during their non-electronics time. Nick decided to play Uno, so we played while Mike was in a conf call. Daniel saved his +2 for Nick. Nick freaked out, started crying and yelling, and stormed out. Daniel and I finished the game.<br />
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Nick came back. Lather, rinse, repeat. <br />
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So Nick went out back and I locked the back door. Daniel is still crying because he wants to play with someone, but now I have a conf call too and even the dog won't play with him. Whatever.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-57016676611315745212020-06-09T16:21:00.002-07:002020-06-09T16:21:52.230-07:00Photo roundup...'cuz it's been awhile.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-7792739442033945322020-06-07T08:21:00.000-07:002020-06-07T08:21:08.820-07:00Vacation, Summer Camp, and FitnessSO much has changed since my last post!! Not really.<br />
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<b>VACATION</b><br />
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There was a brief half-week where we considered bailing for the summer and going to visit family in Upstate NY. You see, we both know several people who travel all summer long. They go visit family in other countries, and work from there.<br />
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Thanks to COVID, we now know that we can basically work from anywhere with an internet connection. For the last few years, I've dreamed of making a long summer away a reality. My husband mentioned the possibility. His family has a couple of camps on a lake in upstate NY. Now, because of COVID and elderly grandparents, we'd have to go long enough to actually quarantine for 2 weeks after we get there. And same on the way back. But we started talking about it. Fly? It's definitely faster, but you don't know if the planes are packed (all that recycled air) and it's 3 flights in each direction. Drive? It's 5 days, nobody wants that (but we could take the dog!) - especially in a Matrix. Maybe we could rent a minivan or buy a used one?<br />
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We talked it over with the kids, slept on it a few nights, talked it over some more...didn't ever get to the point of bringing it up with the NY family. We decided, unsurprisingly, to stay home. It just feels like it is too soon to be gallivanting about cross country, staying in hotels, etc. However, we did agree that we should bring the topic up with the family as a possibility for NEXT summer, if things are calmer.<br />
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Thus, our next vacation is next weekend + 2 days. A staycation. I have many many friends who do all these fun things on the weekends (or weekdays). I'm jealous. I started stalking their IG feeds and writing stuff down. You see, working FT during the week means we use weekends for household chores and not much else. I know others manage to "do things", but we don't. We've penciled in some family kayaking, a couple of hikes, a visit to the local creek to take a dip (there's still water!), some takeout. I made a list of things I like to do on vacation (water play, walks, hikes, meals out, followed by an afternoon of relaxing, games, and reading). So, there you are.<br />
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<b>SUMMER CAMP</b><br />
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Week 1 of summer camp is coming up, and it's cooking. Each kid has to learn how to make a breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert.<br />
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Little kid: scrambled eggs and bacon, grilled cheese and salad, beef stew in the crockpot, cupcakes<br />
Big kid: scrambled eggs, quesadillas and raw veggies, instant pot pasta and kale chips, lace cookies<br />
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Week 2 coincides with our stay-cation, so we will prob make that "adventure week".<br />
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We are also starting a family "book club" to keep big kid reading. We are starting <u>Ready Player One</u> and will have 3 weeks to finish it.<br />
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<b>FAMILY FITNESS</b><br />
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Vacationing in upstate NY with family (cousins!) at a lake would have taken care of a lot (we would have still been working). Alas, it's not to be. Our kids complain, but they do get used to the new world order pretty quickly. Case in point: they are now used to: helping with dishes 2x a day, folding their own laundry, cleaning every 2 weeks. They are starting to get used to the daily exercise. Today big kid asked to do the dog walk instead of the family mile. Fine with me. We've got exercise schedules worked out for everyone, and I expect after a week it will just be habit.<br />
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Little kid: running, walking, yoga, biking, video game exercise. <br />
Big kid: weight training with Dad - LIIFT4, running, walking, and hopefully biking.<br />
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I hear the gyms are opening up soon (this week) but I think we are going to pass for awhile longer.<br />
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Running has been hard. Most of my brain recognizes that I am intentionally running slowly on weekends to build a good base and keep my heart rate in zone 2-3. Of course, the running watch thinks I'm out of shape. I know this is better for me in the long run. It's more enjoyable. I can function for the rest of the day, am not exhausted, sore, or headachy. Constantly running at tempo or above cannot be good for me. But devil Marcia looks at a 13:30 long run pace and cringes.<br />
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Still have to figure out the birthday thing. Ordered a big gluten free carrot cake. Planned to invite friends over for a "physically distanced" slice of cake and glass of wine. Bring a mask, stay 6' from each other in the back yard, come by any time...then I realized that my birthday is on Thursday, and people will be working (I'm taking a vacation day). So, I guess ... come by for a slice of cake whenever you can? Or...after 6 pm? I dunno. Husband has to figure it out and since I already told 2 friends we were doing something...he cannot bail on me. Also, I ordered a big cake.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-39949155613168157262020-05-29T09:38:00.000-07:002020-05-29T09:38:35.493-07:00So, what's the summer going to look like? That's a good question.Obviously, I stopped posting daily or every other day. Hard to keep that up when every day is the same. So, let's pick some topics!<br />
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<b>1. Fitness</b><br />
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On the fitness topic, I'm holding steady. I had paid for a half marathon training program, to train for a 10 mile trail race (my first trail race!) The program started on March 17. The quarantine started on March 16. The training became all virtual. The race was postponed. <br />
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I did the training anyway, with a few changes - I shortened the long run substantially (capping out at 7.15 miles). I started capping the mid-week runs also - I've noticed if I get to where my speed work and Thursday runs are 5-6 miles each, things start to hurt (injuries). It's happened several times in the last year and a half. Achilles, hip, lower back. Ah, aging.<br />
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Prior to COVID, I was also going to the gym a few times a week. Monday and Friday were hour long body pump classes. These are lighter weights, more reps. I don't necessarily LOVE that, but I like people. So I was going. I also swam occasionally in the YMCA pool.<br />
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I immediately replaced YMCA classes with LIIFT4 on Beachbody on Demand. I've had BOD since it came out. I did 5 weeks of LIIFT4 1.5 years ago after my face plant on a trail run hamstring injury. I love all the choices on BOD but find the ONLY way I stick to it is to write out a schedule for a particular program. LIIFT4 is 4 x a week. I have only been doing 2 days a week. The program takes a bit longer that way but I also skipped leg day while training for my non-race. Well, my non-race was on 5/16 (I ran a 10k). I'm in week 7 of LIIFT4, so I added back in the leg day for fun.<br />
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So not fun.<br />
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In any event, I used my copy of the book "The Complete Book of Running for Women" to set my next running program. It is what I do between programs. She has a 10-week speed workout schedule. I use that for Tuesdays. I used the Galloway book that I have for Thursdays - mostly easy runs, with occasional strides (for speed) and hills (for endurance). Finally, I found a program on line for heart rate training for the long run. It involves keeping your HR in zone 2-3, and slowly increasing mileage. But then you also take breaks by dialing back the mileage every once in awhile.<br />
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When I finish LIIFT4, I am going to start Hammer and Chisel, another BOD program that my friend says is really good to use with running. Also, I've been doing pushups 3x a day a few days a week.<br />
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Basically, I have my fitness program scheduled to August.<br />
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Well, what about the fam? They've been slacking a bit, doing some jumping rope. Big kid supposed to be keeping track of his workouts for PE, but he has been slacking a lot. Little kid does some things. All 3 jump rope a few times a week for a few minutes.<br />
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So, I decided Big Kid had to run with me. I added 4 days a week to finish a "Run Streak" until July 4. Those days are 1 mile only, down to the bottom of our hill and back up. A few days in, hubby joined. Today, the little kid joined. I am not sure I will get much faster if I have to stick with little kid the whole time.<br />
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I figure it's nice to do baby steps. Hubby asked me to print out the schedule and program for LIIFT4, so he may start that soon. I've told the kids they have to make a workout schedule for the summer and stick to it.<br />
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<b>2. School and summer camp</b><br />
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Well, this is the shitty part. We have been doing distance learning since March 16, and school is over next Weds. Don't get me started on the shittiness that is working FT at home (ha) while sitting next to a 7 yo who will literally spend 2 hours complaining about 30 minutes of work. SO fun. I am counting the minutes but...<br />
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There are no summer camps. There will be a few, eventually - but they will start late in the summer, have shorter days, have fewer slots, and there will be fewer of them. So, my kids gonna be home all summer.<br />
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My summer camp spreadsheet now has a million links to online school, virtual summer camps, art museum tours, zoo tours, "how to draw and paint" videos, programming videos, exercise videos, etc. We have come up with many weekly camp "ideas" so they aren't just playing Fortnite all summer long. In a word: this sucks. Okay that is 2 words.<br />
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<b>3. Vacation</b><br />
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I cancelled my summer trip. I never got the spring break trip. I haven't had any time off since Christmas and I'm a fucking hot mess. I NEED a week off every few months to function, and this anxiety really can't last much longer.<br />
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Bye bye 50th birthday trip to Hawaii. But what instead? Will staying home for a week and not working really help? I doubt it. I want to hike, go to the beach, relax. I need to GO somewhere. I NEED time off but how to make it special. This fucking sucks.<br />
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<b>4. Work</b><br />
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My work has been really great (hubs too) requiring people to work at home, and saying we are going to go really slow on the startup. <br />
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There has been no general acknowledgment of people with kids though. And by that I mean: people with YOUNG kids. Your kids are 15 and 12? Yeah, they can mostly get their own work done. Your wife not work? Great, she can monitor. There are only a few of us though with YOUNG kids and spouses who work and ... it's been crickets. My 7yo literally needs someone to sit next to him for 20-30 hours a week to get his school work done. That is not going to change when school is out.<br />
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On one hand, company is flexible, that's great. On the other, just a tiny bit of acknowledgment that this sucks, and it's not ending soon is needed. I mean, we may open the state in July but I certainly can't leave a 7 yo at home all day with his big bro. So this WFH is going to be a long term thing. Argh, I just need a vacation.<br />
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Oh, and I'm frustrated with the increasing work, no more money, general work frustration that has been my life for a few years.<br />
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<b>5. FOOD</b><br />
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My grocery bill is OFF THE CHARTS yo! Who knew a teen could eat so much. Plus, prices are going up and we are shopping every 2 weeks. We aren't price checking.<br />
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Pre-COVID weekly average: $177<br />
Post-COVID weekly average: $219<br />
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(Both my kids were getting free lunch at school so...)<br />
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I have been using weekly menu plans so I can go back and come up with ideas. I'm tired of coming up with ideas. It's so exhausting. My brain. I just can't. I'm overwhelmed with my work schedule, the kids zoom schedules and homework needs, and blech.<br />
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Anyway, I've got pizza dough in the bread machine for tonight's dinner. I eat gluten free frozen pizza from Costco.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-91759225842390860352020-05-27T14:04:00.001-07:002020-05-27T14:04:12.078-07:00Meal plan 5/21/20-5/27/2020Thursday 5/21/2020<br />
L: nachos, salad<br />
D: Roast potatoes and cauliflower, and something else? I just don't remember what it was.<br />
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Friday<br />
L: sandwiches, salad<br />
D: leftover fried rice, stir fried green beans and broccoli<br />
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Saturday:<br />
L: Takeout. Finney's. Tasty, but hurt my tummy later<br />
D: Brown rice risotto with mushrooms and fava beans, loosely based on a recipe from Run Fast, Cook Fast, Eat Slow<br />
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Sunday:<br />
L: Mac and cheese? Leftovers?<br />
D: Lentil soup<br />
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Monday: (holiday, but who am I kidding we worked)<br />
L: Quesadillas, Ramen, Salad<br />
D: Leftover soup, kale chips<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
L: Sandwiches, mac and cheese, salad<br />
D: Favorite chicken, leftover risotto, salad, leftover lentil soup<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
L: Takeout. Los Agaves taco bar.<br />
D: Was going to be pasta, instead will be leftovers from lunch and soup and rice.<br />
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I've started taking probiotics to help with tummy issues.<br />
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We have half a head of lettuce left, an onion, and a green pepper. Plus some cherries, bananas, and some apples.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-67574355805282861932020-05-18T08:44:00.001-07:002020-05-18T08:44:14.546-07:00This week's menu plan - late!Thursday: 5/14/20<br />
L: sandwiches, salad<br />
D: leftover chana masala, baked zucchini coins with parmesan<br />
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Friday:<br />
L: nachos & quesadillas, kale chips<br />
D: pizza (Homemade and frozen), salad<br />
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Saturday:<br />
L: Mac and cheese, leftover pizza, salad<br />
D: Sweet potato spiral hash with black beans, corn, onion, peppers, and cilantro. Topped with cheese. Served with chips and guac.<br />
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Sunday:<br />
L: Dominos pizza ($18) and salad<br />
D: Zucchini, pesto, and sausage macaroni (instant pot), roasted brussels (me), raw snap peas and cukes (everyone else), and peach and cherry tart.<br />
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Monday:<br />
L: burritos/ leftover pizza (there's only one slice, it's mine), salad<br />
D: Leftovers from Sat/Sun, kale chips<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
L: Salad and...?? Fend for yourself, I think.<br />
D: Favorite chicken (fingers), with shrimp for me. Hash browns. Frozen green beans. (We are basically out of veg except lettuce).<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
L: takeout. I'm thinking tacos, but I'm also thinking I should find something else. I actually was awake last night thinking about it. Too much life anxiety. With salad.<br />
D: Pineapple and cashew fried rice with frozen broccoli<br />
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I bought Paprika, and am going to use it to track all of our easy, favorite menus so that I don't have to think so much.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-89194970275006632342020-05-10T06:58:00.000-07:002020-05-10T06:58:14.545-07:00COVID-19 Days 40 and 41<b>COVID-19 Day 40 (Tuesday) 4/21/2020</b><br />
- Track day. 1200m @11:09, 800m @10:48, 600m @10:09, 400m@9:05, 1200m @10:57, 800m @10:35 (roughly HMP, 10k pace, 5k pace and full effort). Probably 400m should have been faster.<br />
- Total 4.1 miles<br />
- Eggs and avocado toast for breakfast. Made tea using a coffee filter as a teabag.<br />
- I was hungry all day and had a headache.<br />
- School went ok. 1.5 hours of zoom with the 2nd grade class. That's pretty tiring. Homework went well, Kiddo needs help and I gave him help. We laid in bed for awhile and worked on his iPad doing math and English. Big kid no zoom classes.<br />
- I timed his tree pose for PE/ yoga.<br />
- It was hot, we had ice cream. Twice.<br />
- Salads and leftovers for lunch, Thai curry chicken and vegetables for dinner.<br />
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COVID-10 Day 41 (Wednesday) 4/22/2020<br />
- Little kid Did a Cosmic yoga video for 27 minutes, it was a Harry Potter theme. It was fun to listen to while I tried to work.<br />
- Big kid has 3 zoom classes, little kid has zero.<br />
- Today he's crying and wants TV, but it is not TV time. He has not finished his reading yet.<br />
- Husband is recreating the water slide into the blow up pool. It's gonna be hot. I don't know if we are going to get to play with it, because: crying.<br />
- Mexican takeout lunch.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-83569632404853468482020-05-05T17:52:00.001-07:002020-05-05T17:52:54.604-07:00How many days have we been in lockdown? I dunnoI'm tired. I'm tired of trying to teach my kids and work full time. I'm tired of certain aspects of my job, the never ending paperwork and the near constant criticism. I'd be a lot better off if I half assed it.<br />
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Running is going pretty well, except my sciatica is back. Today I did 4x 1 mile repeats, and they were 10:43/10:19/10:19/10:04. I'm also keeping a map and trying to track all the streets I've run/walked on. My Saturday running group Zooms on Saturday morning. Running is good for me, and I haven't gained any weight.<br />
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The kids are surviving. We have struggles. We've found some workarounds for the little one and writing. We've fired up the 11 year old water slide. <br />
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I bought myself a mother's day cake.<br />
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Here are some pictures.<br />
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<br />Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-43439117201734222352020-05-01T09:17:00.003-07:002020-05-01T09:17:58.744-07:00Friday!! Menu planWell, the dog actually broke the skin, so the neighbor with the poodle found us yesterday (we knew she was on the street, just don't know what house. But it's a small hood.) We exchanged numbers so that we can pay her vet bill if it comes to that. Hopefully nothing more than that, maybe a fine from Animal control.<br />
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Meal plan for the week, a day late:<br />
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This week in our boxes, we are getting lots of spinach and zucchini. Also strawberries and peaches! Hubby went to Costco and got 5 lb of onions and a lot of bell peppers, so we will be using those.<br />
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<b>Thursday</b>:<br />
L: <u>leftover red lentil curry with brown rice/quinoa and leftover Afghan kidney beans</u> with white rice. I was so overwhelmed with how bad Weds was, and I had a long conf call (6:37pm) that I texted my husband that he had to figure out dinner. Well, he didn't make one pot pasta. He saw "Afghan kidney beans" on my meal plan and googled it and got the same recipe I'd planned AND made the same substitutions. He also made white rice and it was delicious. Go hubby!<br />
D: (we got our box): <u>chard and potato soup</u>. The bunch of chard was massive, and only 4 leaves. So before the water gun fight but after lunch, I washed and chopped the stems and the leaves, and chopped the onion. Hubby made the soup while I was on a conf call (again), and we ate this with quesadillas.<br />
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<b>Friday:</b><br />
L: Leftover soup or maybe takeout<br />
D: Homemade pizza (I fired up the bread machine. I'm pretty good at this stuff, too bad I can't eat it) and frozen GF pizza for me. With salad or soup.<br />
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<b>Saturday:</b><br />
L: Mac and cheese with creamed spinach & salad<br />
D: Beef and black bean chili, with the freezer ground beef. We bought some a few weeks ago. I hear there's going to be a meat shortage. Honestly, we don't eat that much, so I don't think we'll miss it or even notice much. (Will be using bell peppers and onions).<br />
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<b>Sunday:</b><br />
L: Sandwiches and salad, or leftover mac and cheese and soup.<br />
D: Veggie lasagna. I think. Because we don't have ricotta, I may skip that layer. Or maybe use something else. Or...??? Maybe I can make a cashew ricotta. Or use the last sweet potato and cashew? Or substitute some cream cheese. Hm...<br />
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<b>Monday:</b><br />
L: bean tacos and salad<br />
D: leftover lasagna, kale chips<br />
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<b>Tuesday:</b><br />
L: leftover lasagna<br />
D: Middle eastern lentils and rice with caramelized onion<br />
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<b>Wednesday:</b><br />
L: takeout<br />
D: salmon<br />
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As we get towards Tues/Weds, I leave the veggie blank, because I don't know what we have left. A lot of salad, and probably some creamed spinach.<br />
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This week, we have gotten/ will get:<br />
<b>Fruit</b>: peaches, strawberries (x3), apples, lemon, and we already have oranges and bananas<br />
<b>Veggie</b>: zucchini, lettuce, spinach, chard, potatoes, spring onion. And tomorrow: spinach, beets, lettuce, baby lettuce, radishes, kale, zucchini, spring onion, avocados<br />
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<br />Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-59207786036466326242020-04-30T09:08:00.001-07:002020-04-30T09:08:01.048-07:00Yesterday was terrible.Here's to a better day today.<br />
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Husband had a deadline, had to go to work.<br />
I had a massive headache, and couldn't get work done.<br />
Little kid just not into schoolwork, but hey, he read his book for 2-3 hours, good enough for me.<br />
The cheap TV we bought 5 weeks ago to use as a spare monitor for me broke. Sigh.<br />
The dog managed to get away from me while we were all walking and attacked another dog. She's 12 lbs and missing most of her teeth. So she cannot do damage but she scared the crap out of everyone and rushed after a poor dog that had just had surgery.<br />
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Today will be a better day.<br />
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I ran 4 rounds of 3 min hill repeats + 400 m fast repeats and at least I'm tired!Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-65265525360233088812020-04-28T17:21:00.003-07:002020-04-28T17:21:50.521-07:00I need a vacationI need a recharge. I haven't had time off since December (except for a 4 day weekend in Feb). I have not traveled since before Thanksgiving. And, I cannot travel.<br />
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We missed spring break (work, COVID). I canceled the summer vacay to Hawaii (bummer). To recharge, I like to<br />
- See new places<br />
- Spend time outdoors with my family (hiking, walking, swimming)<br />
- Spend time relaxing (reading, playing games)<br />
- Spend less time doing chores (cooking, laundry)<br />
- Trying new foods and treats.<br />
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How do I get that during a Pandemic? Do I just start taking an afternoon off mid-week to go to the beach? (When nobody else is there?) Do I try and take my kids to a hike during an off-time? Is there an off-time when so many people aren't working?<br />
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I really sort of wish I could pick up and spend the entire summer in Upstate NY with husband's family, working from a cabin on a lake. But I cannot - that would be irresponsible in the current situation.<br />
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We are going to talk. And make a plan. I've been feeling particularly down today. I have a headache (hormones), have missed quite a bit of sleep the last 3 days (hormones), and work is getting me a bit down (somehow, some way, a lot of the blame for "missed things" comes back to me, and I really don't get paid enough to get blamed for so many things.)<br />
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I took a mid day break for 10 minutes to snuggle my 7 year old in the hammock.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-50668224410122914472020-04-25T12:38:00.000-07:002020-04-25T12:38:08.140-07:00Weekly Meal PlanSnacks:<br />
Homemade bread, strawberries, apples, bananas, tangerines, and snacks from nuts.com (MMs, PB pretzels)<br />
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Thursday<br />
L: leftover takeout Mexican<br />
D: Leftover pasta, kale chips<br />
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Friday<br />
L: Sandwiches (turkey, grilled cheese), snap peas, cucumber, carrots<br />
D: Nachos, leftover pasta, sauteed shrimp with avocado lime cilantro sauce (shrimp given to us by a neighbor, and I'm the only one who likes it!)<br />
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Saturday<br />
L: Mac and cheese, salad. Leftover shrimp and defrosted posole for me.<br />
D: Red lentil curry, brown rice/ quinoa (cleaning out the freezer before our next costco run), microwaved broccoli. No stove.<br />
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Sunday:<br />
B: takeout from our fave place<br />
L: Stir fry ramen with broccoli, green onion, carrot, if anyone is hungry<br />
D: Instant pot chicken and veggie stew.<br />
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Monday:<br />
L: Sandwiches (if we still have bread), salad<br />
D: Leftover stew, kale chips<br />
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Tuesday<br />
L: I really have no idea. Maybe mac and cheese?<br />
D. Favorite chicken/ last of the homemade veg burgers, broccoli<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
L: takeout TBD<br />
D: Afghan kidney bean curry and riceMarciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-38940672098848881122020-04-20T17:31:00.001-07:002020-04-20T17:31:30.179-07:00COVID-19 Days 37 through 39<b>Day 37 (Saturday) 4/18/2020</b><br />
- Long easy run, 7.15 miles, 30/30 run/walk. For 75 minutes, did easy then 20 minutes at 90/30. It was pretty, but there was a fair bit of car traffic. Bummer, but will likely do the same route next week.<br />
- We did not clean this weekend again. Lazy. <br />
- Husband doing a lot of yard work.<br />
- I made gluten free ramen with vegetables and edamame for dinner. It was delish.<br />
- We watched Guardians of the Galaxy<br />
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<b>Day 38 (Sunday) 4/19/2020</b><br />
- Easy morning walk through the nearby neighborhood (I woke early), didn't see a soul.<br />
- half of a yoga class, streamed through IG<br />
- I've hit 10k steps now 11 days in a row, my longest streak. Can I get 30?<br />
- I did so much food prep with the chili in the crockpot, plus cooking beets and beet greens, washing berries, making a fruit salad<br />
- made 2 reusable teabags. Need to wash them first.<br />
- Did his art assignment "mend something", he helped fix a broken table.<br />
- Almost caught up on Call the Midwife<br />
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<b>Day 39 (Monday) 4/20/2020</b><br />
- LIIFT4 chest and tri week 4. I should increase my weights.<br />
- We moved small kid's desk into my office because my husband can't get a full workday when he shares the living room. So, now I can't get in a full work day, but my husband makes more money and is hourly. So it makes no sense for him to work reduced hours.<br />
- Little guy did good today. I mean, he procrastinated and whined, and I mentioned do you know what whining does? Makes it take longer until 11:30. Bugger said "no mommy, time is the same whining or not". Ha.<br />
- He did his reading, then his math page. He did day 1 of a week long set of science videos and drew a picture of a spider and wrote about it.<br />
- He painted a picture, played with his plastic bow and arrow, hung out in the hammock, and had fun with a water gun.<br />
- He had his specials zoom class, and now we know his PE for the week (yoga, tree pose for time, and dancing), art (make earth art), and music (make a musical instrument from a can and a rubber band).<br />
- He did his writing, but not without complaining.<br />
- My nuts.com shipment came today, and it wasn't supposed to even ship until today. Nevertheless, email told me it was here, and I found it underneath my neighbor's mailbox. So now I have snacks.<br />
- I opened my box of 100 cal chocolate bars from Trader Joe's, to eat one of the last 2 bars. I found one bar, and an empty wrapper, sealed and everything. What a bummer.<br />
- Today is a heavy paperwork day for me. I am slogging through it. Dinner is leftover chili and kale chips.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-48340401978984909952020-04-19T11:22:00.001-07:002020-04-19T11:22:18.717-07:00This week's (well, half week's) meal planI have been trying several ways to keep track of ... well ... everything. Work, my kids' zoom meetings and homework, my training plan, our pantry and groceries, meals. I've been testing out the free version of Paprika for grocery stores, meals, and recipes. I really like it and will likely upgrade to the paid version. Right now I don't use it as much as I could, because: overwhelmed.<br />
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I spend a lot of time cooking and chopping these days. The best way for me to keep track of everything is to<br />
1. Make a list of what veggies we have by end Thursday, after we get the Thursday box<br />
2. Write down what we are getting in the Saturday box.<br />
3. Meal plan around those. Also helpful because I can see what we might need to add to the next week's Thursday or Saturday box. So, here goes:<br />
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<b>Thursday:</b><br />
Lunch: leftover takeout pizza for family, leftover something else for me<br />
Dinner: chard and potato soup (we got chard, potatoes, spring onions in the Thursday box), and gluten free cornbread<br />
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<b>Friday:</b><br />
Lunch: leftover chard and potato soup and cornbread<br />
Dinner: Refried bean nachos, steamed broccoli<br />
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<b>Saturday:</b><br />
Snack: bananas, apples<br />
Lunch: salad and turkey/grilled cheese sandwiches<br />
Dinner: ramen stir fry (with brown rice/millet ramen, broccoli, carrots, green beans) and edamame<br />
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<b>Sunday:</b><br />
Lunch: Strawberries, raw veg (snap peas, carrots, cucumber, leftover edamame), and leftover pasta with sauteed beet greens thrown in (for me)/ sandwiches<br />
Dinner: crockpot black bean and sweet potato chili (that was a LOT of chopping this morning).<br />
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<b>Monday:</b><br />
Lunch: salad with steamed beets and the last of the goat cheese, quesadillas?<br />
Dinner: leftover chili and kale chips<br />
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<b>Tuesday:</b><br />
Lunch: salad and leftover chili or boxed mac and cheese<br />
Dinner: Thai red chicken curry with broccoli and carrots over brown rice (I used canned chicken)<br />
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<b>Wednesday:</b><br />
Lunch: takeout Mexican<br />
Dinner: One pot pasta with the last of the sausage, onions, and zucchini. Leftover broccoli<br />
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<b>Thursday:</b><br />
Lunch: Whatever we happen to have to scrounge from the freezer. <br />
Dinner: Leftover pastaMarciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-11682003706404295852020-04-18T13:46:00.001-07:002020-04-18T13:46:58.327-07:00New photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-54154676954438236442020-04-17T16:53:00.001-07:002020-04-17T16:53:18.540-07:00COVID-19 Day 32 through 36<b>COVID 19 Day 32 (Monday) 4/13/2020</b><br />
- LIIFT4 back and biceps week 3<br />
- work. But it was difficult. Difficult to get 7 yo on task (because he's 7). He will literally spend more time arguing about doing his writing, than actually writing.<br />
- Lunch: leftover chickpea/green bean/quinoa salad. Went for a lunch walk. Needed it. Checked out the little free libraries (2 of them) and was able to find space for 5 more books. We have piles to donate, which I'm doing at 3-8 books a week.<br />
- Get home at 1:29, wondering why nobody is trying to get the 7 yo on his specials zoom class. Do that. Set him up at my desk in his room. Attempt to send emails while sitting on his bed, listening with half an ear to his PE, Music, and Art teachers to figure out his assignments. Both kids on zoom calls and husband on a conf call at the same time.<br />
- Realize he's not gonna want to do his assignments.<br />
- Finally eject him back to the living room and leave it for husband to keep him on task for the rest of the day. Get mad that all the kids want to eat is JUNK.<br />
- Get real work done!<br />
- Dinner (leftover beans and rice, kale). Cookie. Walk the dog. Watch a guy in an SUV run out of gas, try to stop his car, get dragged by the SUV as it rolls down the hill and hits a tree. Scary, but literally nothing we could do except watch and tell him "let go of the car" when it was dragging him. He was fine, went off to gas station in his friend's car to get gas.<br />
- Turned on Youtube in the "office" and did a 15 minute walk video (whichever one came up). Then watched a Call the Midwife on PBS and walked in place. 5 days in a row over 10k steps, whee!!<br />
- Read my book until I finished it. Bed 9:30.<br />
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<b>COVID 19 Day 33 (Tuesday) 4/14/2020</b><br />
- up at 6:15, out the door for my run by 6:30, whee! 4x1200m repeats with 200m recovery. 4 miles total, it was spicy. Slightly fewer people out than if I leave at 7 (yay), but a LOT more workers heading to work (boo).<br />
- eggs and tortillas for breakfast. Tea.<br />
- WORK. Meetings. And scheduling more meetings. So many meetings.<br />
- Husband went grocery shopping. The only one who noticed was the dog. I finished a conf call and little guy runs in and says "I went to look outside for daddy and Kit ran out the door!" So I run out and she's in the street. Dog is afraid of feet, of brooms, but has NO concept of cars. I called to her and she came in. Dodged a bullet there.<br />
- $163 grocery bill later...but we have food. We will live. Should I order 3 lb of lentils on line for $12? I'm torn. I might. They will keep.<br />
- Today I learned that yogurt lasts long past its expiration. Mine is not expired yet.<br />
- Lunch. Sandwiches and broccoli and strawberries.<br />
- Little guy does NOT like to write. A huge battle. Huge. Hubby made him go outside to do it because all he did was whine.<br />
- Finished meetings. Still working. Almost done for the day. Big presentation tomorrow with a customer (conf call, again.) I'm tired.<br />
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<b>COVID-19 Day 34 (Wednesday) 4/15/2020</b><br />
- we have not filed our taxes<br />
- donated 2 handfuls of books at the little free library<br />
- oatmeal for breakfast<br />
- working on pushups, hip and core, in bits and pieces<br />
- Hubs and I have double conf call, kiddo gets extra TV<br />
- Mine was a big one, it went well, yay!<br />
- I made an order for nuts and quinoa, etc, and the company is not taking orders until tomorrow. May switch to amazon.<br />
- Daniel did the hardest thing first today (writing). He did great.<br />
- When I was done with conf call, we went outside and he did 111 jumps with the jump rope, and also did some pushups (he didn't want to do school work). I did get him to work on his art project after.<br />
- It is really hard keeping track of all the things he has to do every day.<br />
- Boys ordered pizza, I had leftovers and then went on a little free library walk. Now I know that 2 of the ones further away have space, so I can donate more books on my Friday walk. It was hard to dodge people, lots of folks enjoying the 70s weather and blooming flowers.<br />
- Afternoon full of conf calls<br />
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<b>COVID-19 Day 35 (Thursday) 4/16/2020</b><br />
- Woke up at 4:55. Successfully placed nuts.com order. Will be here next Friday. I am spending so much on food.<br />
- Ran my hill repeats on the next hill over. It's much more gradual than mine, and no traffic. So: nice. Saw two friends in their vehicles on their way to work, both contractors. I see them often. Today's run felt GREAT.<br />
- Morning meeting went fine. Not really feeling up to work by now. The 7yo is over school. So, he had an hour and 15 minute zoom class. For some reason, he's too shy to share, so one of us has to be there to make sure he shows his work. She let him share his stuff at the very end after everyone left, and encouraged him to share with the class. Man, he has work.<br />
- I missed lunch with the fam. After lunch and some work on his weekly art project for school (I helped!), I sent an email to the teacher with a picture, then we had a cookie. We sat in the sun (hot!) in the hammock and relaxed. Eventually, we watched Hubs and big kid do their jump rope.<br />
- He did some reading, and some other work, but I think he's tired. We are tired of encouraging him to do his work, constantly. For next week, he has the art project, math pages, more reading, more writing, and some science thing. Oh, and music.<br />
- Breakfast: avo toast with eggs, (kids had cereal and strawberries). I am hungry. I also had 2 cookies, crackers, fruit, granola, a handful of dry cereal, a little leftover pasta, a turkey and cheese sandwich for lunch, and carrot sticks.<br />
- meetings<br />
- dinner: potato chard soup and cornbread made with a flax egg. It's good.<br />
- watched an episode of Call the Midwife<br />
- my big kid is ruining my little kid by teaching him fortnite<br />
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<b>COVID-19 Day 36 (Friday) 4/17/2020</b><br />
- Started with LIIFT4 shoulders/HIIT, oatmeal, and a walk with hubs and dog<br />
- morning work and conf call. Help Daniel with art and writing.<br />
- another conf call<br />
- walk to little free library and donate books. SOOOO many people out at 11:30 am.<br />
- lunch (soup and cornbread, leftover)<br />
- finally got stinky teenager to shower<br />
- afternoon music with little kid (fill glasses with water and made music!)<br />
- afternoon conf call and work<br />
- order gluten free bread from local bakery, for pick up next week<br />
- get shamed into checking out blood donation schedules (haven't donated in more than 8 years, pre 2nd kid, and I've always been training for a race. Turns out, they aren't open much and the few times that I have time, they are full. I can't book out 3 weeks from now, I don't know my meeting schedule. SO...I'll try again in a few weeks.)<br />
- shop Amazon, add a few things to cart, will decide if I need them later. (food)<br />
- answered a survey from the junior high about our connectivity (they are trying to get kids to log into school, not all have WiFI).<br />
- planned out next week's meals through Weds<br />
- going to go make nachos and broccoli and watch a movieMarciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-55660123013991826082020-04-13T09:03:00.001-07:002020-04-13T09:03:08.544-07:00Week whatever in photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025030161462323752.post-62096636016963866552020-04-13T08:58:00.001-07:002020-04-14T08:25:08.459-07:00COVID-19 Days 26 to 31<b>Day 26 (Wednesday) 4/8/2020</b><br />
- Teenager is a butthead and has lost all video game privileges for the day.<br />
- Did a few minutes of hip work. Went for a short walk, too many people. Hard to dodge, put my buff over my face a lot.<br />
- had sauteed mushrooms and eggs with toast for breakfast. Yum.<br />
- Kids had bar/cereal/strawberries<br />
- Daniel likes to do his reading in his bed while I work next to him at the desk. It's our thing.<br />
- lunch is a sea of nachos and grilled cheese and mac and cheese and I just don't remember. This was probably the day hubby and kids at the last of the salad so I actually had to make myself broccoli.<br />
- I think we had pasta for dinner<br />
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<b>Day: 27 (Thursday) 4/9/2020</b><br />
- morning run, terrible, I didn't stretch and I'm a dummy. It hurt, ended up walking home.<br />
- Daniel had his second zoom meeting. He had to pick a book he found on a website (for school), listen to it and write about it. He fights a lot less when the teacher assigns him a writing task.<br />
- a million conf calls, and the other 3 people in my family were on at the same time. That was fun.<br />
- Lunch was a mixture of leftover broccoli, lentils, potatoes, and cauliflower. Good.<br />
- dinner, leftover pasta. And some kind of vegetable.<br />
- my first finger on my right hand is having problems with circulation. Need to email the doc.<br />
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<b>Day 28 (Friday) 4/10/2020</b><br />
- LIIFT4 chest and triceps week 3<br />
- made homemade rosemary olive oil bread, gave loaf to neighbor who gave us a bunch of meat from his freezer.<br />
- kids did minimal school today, but we did some coloring.<br />
- ordered groceries and food from a local restaurant. Whole wheat flour is hard to come by, and they are repackaging their bulk flour for sale. Got 10 lb of whole wheat and 5 lb of all purpose for $15. Also got greek yogurt and salt. Their brussels sprout dish was the BOMB, as were the potatoes. They messed up and delivered the groceries without the prepared food, then they had to come back, and food was more than 40 minutes late. Still, it was good.<br />
- I jumped rope. I'm still pretty good at it.<br />
- We canceled my birthday plane tix to Hawaii. Sad. We can't get a refund from AirBNB. Waiting to see if their policy changes (the date doesn't go as far as our trip.)<br />
- I did a walking video and hit 10k steps for the day!!<br />
- We watched Thor 2<br />
- we are out of milk till Tuesday<br />
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<b>Day 30 (Saturday) 4/11/2020</b><br />
- long run, 12:43 pace, 6.4 miles. Into Hope Ranch. Getting there sucks, as it's a narrow road with no shoulder and still a lot of traffic (2/3 gardeners for the fancy homes). But once you get through that section, it's really nice, and not too many people. Running in my hood is nice too, but towards the end it gets hard to social distance.<br />
- made roasted root veg for lunch, because only veg left. (sweet pot, onion, potato, carrot)<br />
- made "Frozen" cookies - found a small batch sugar cookie recipe, and doubled it. It was pretty good. The recipe says you don't need to chill the dough, but it's better if you do. And we also had to figure out how to use cookie cutters with an imprint (Daniel gave them to me for Christmas). Kids and hub say they are good. I frosted with icing made with water (we are out of milk), it was too thin. You cannot tell I used a piping bag, ahem.<br />
- Dinner took all day, sort of. "Beans, rice, chicken", man I love this dish. Used to make it all the time, kid with braces hates rice. Cooked the brown rice in the rice cooker with the flavorings, for spanish rice. Soaked and cooked black beans in pressure cooker. Sauteed onion and bell peppers. Mixed all together with the last of the salsa in a 13x9 casserole, bake. Top with cheese and bake 5 min to melt. Super good with avo and sour cream and chips.<br />
- made a few more masks. Found an easy pattern that uses t-shirt strips that fits really well. Made 3. Found another easy pattern with elastic, made one, and then made another with t-shirt strips.<br />
- a friend wants to buy masks. I am giving away not selling<br />
- We watched Captain America 2.<br />
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<b>Day 31 (Sunday) 4/12/2020</b><br />
- Easter Sunday!<br />
- Bacon and gluten free waffles for breakfast. Big kid (carb boy) only had bacon and little kid (meat boy) only had waffles, what the what?<br />
- Walked the dog with the hubs.<br />
- Lunch - chickpea/quinoa/ green bean salad (with leftovers!), nachos, grilled cheese, last of the pasta.<br />
- Made gluten free almond flour choc chip cookies from the Trader Joe's bag. Used a flax egg instead of an egg. They are delish.<br />
- Dinner was steak (ha), no really it was pork, but we thought it was steak until we cooked it. Good though. Also, I made carrot ginger soup, and it is purple from the one purple carrot. And homemade bread.<br />
- made a few more masks. Sent friend a pic of what is avail. Await his response.<br />
- Week 1, 2 masks. Week 2, 4 masks. Week 3, 8 masks. No I'm not doing 16 next week.<br />
- 10k steps for 4th day in a row, but I had to do laps in the house.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.com0