Ten Things of Thankful – Way Better Week Edition
How in the world is it Friday already?
Make no mistake, I’m happy to see it. But how did the week fly by so fast?
I’m happy to report that this week has been much better than last – way better, even with the last three days of grade reporting for the end of the marking period and a few other major stressors mixed in there. I am certain that the better week is due in large part to the choice I made to put up a TToT last week and find some positive despite my crankiness and the positive words of encouragement from my little blog posse.
So…thank you.
Please notice that this week’s TToT is EARLY – done on Thursday night already and ready to link up.
This week I am thankful for the following…
1. A great six month checkup with my allergist at which she informed me that I will not need a six month checkup in May…I’ve graduated to a yearly visit. Awesome. My asthma and allergy issues have never been in better shape. I’m well controlled and I can breathe. That’s something.
2. A very positive checkup with my rheumatologist. I recall that at my last checkup six months ago, I was feeling pretty lousy and was pretty sure I was headed for an extended RA flare-up. Thankfully, that flare-up was very short-lived and I’ve felt nothing but better since then. As part of that visit, I may have the next item to be thankful for…
3. A potential solution to what we’ll simply call a ridiculously inconvenient and irritating monthly female issue that far surpasses reasonable monthly female inconvenience and irritation. After a whole lot of observation, I suspect that one of my RA meds is wreaking havoc on my system. RA doc made an alternate suggestion and we’re going to give it a try…just as soon as insurance gets done woofing about it.
4. An apparently real weight loss. A week of doctor appointments means a week of standing on the scale. At the end of the day. Fully clothed. As any woman knows, this weight assessment is far different from the one you get in your house first thing in the morning totally naked and just after having peed to make sure you are as light as a feather. Many many times I have believed that I dropped a couple of pounds only to be told by the doctor scales that I am delusional. But it seems that I have lost twelve pounds for real and my bathroom scale is not broken. Go figure. Guess that explains why my jeans keep falling down.
5. Ibuprofen. As a rule, my RA pain and inflammation is pretty well managed. I try to stay off my pain meds unless I really need them. Tonight, I needed some relief, although – ironically – not for any RA symptoms. Last week I had a routine chiropractor appointment scheduled but somehow had an appointment card and a calendar telling me the appointment was at 5:30 when it was really at 3:30. Whoops. Not sure how that happened. Sooo…rescheduled the appointment for this week but in the meantime, something is not where it belongs in my lower back and so it has my left hip pulled out of whack which means my left leg also hurts like crazy. By the time I got home tonight I was over that shooting pain so ibuprofen to the rescue.
6. The end of the first marking period grade reporting deadline. This means not only is the final grading finished but there are only three marking periods to go until summer vacation. Not that I’m looking forward to it or anything.
7. Speaking of school, the Fab Hub and I are both thankful that we are about to have our first IST meeting for Kidzilla at her school. As I think I’ve mentioned here before, we live in The House that ADHD Built and Kidzilla is a card-carrying full-benefits member. Knowing this as early as we do is going to benefit Zilla tremendously so we’re pretty pleased to be moving forward in this direction.
8. New light bulbs. The light bulb in our main living room light fixture burned out a while ago. The Fab Hub (finally) replaced it as well as inventoried other fixtures in the house that need some attention and procured nearly all of what we need to do a full round of replacements. Let there be light!
9. Potential progress on the Replace the Horrible Wall-to-Wall Carpet Project. Back at Labor Day, the Fab Hub and almost Brother-In-Law ripped out the carpet in the downstairs family room that our cats had completely befouled and replaced it with a hard surface which the home improvement place dude swears is cat pee proof. (Vinyl planks – who knew? Try and befoul THAT you Rotten Cats!) And then we paused the process because we have not been terribly happy with the labor estimates we’re getting from various places to do laminate flooring on the upper two floors. But the Fab Hub is going to look at samples and talk estimates with a potentially better option on Friday. Here’s hoping we like what we hear.
10. The end of the CSA deliveries for the year. OK, this is maybe thankful and maybe sad. I have completely loved the CSA deliveries we have been getting each week since early June. The food is organic, delicious, and plentiful (to say the least). So on the one hand, I am way sad that this week was our last delivery until they start again in the spring. However. Since school started in September, the pickup time and location has been a bit challenging for us and that part we definitely won’t miss. Perhaps next year we can find a better fit.
Apparently, I did not count correctly when I drafted this. I have one more. Since #10 was sort of a maybe I’m thankful maybe I’m not, I’ll toss in one more…
11. Enough food in the cupboard to handle a non-grocery shopping week. Hate those. With this week’s deadlines, I simply have not had the time or inclination to sit and make menu selections or a grocery list which means the Fab Hub did not do a grocery run other than for the emergency type items. But the happy news is that because my Mother is smart and taught me well, I have enough pantry items on hand to make sure we won’t starve until we manage to carve out a couple of hours to go grocery shopping. Add those pantry staples to the fresh CSA stuff and we’re good. Since we have yet to hit the grocery store, I’ve necessarily dubbed this a Clean Out The Cupboard and Fridge Week which means we will use up the odds and ends and forgotten items just in time for serious fall cooking style and the impending holiday season. And it goes without saying that if you have enough food in the cupboard to even be able to discuss leftovers and forgotten items, you are doing a lot better than many people who go hungry at night. That’s even more serious business to be thankful about.
12. OK, one more. I am thankful that there are still just plain old good and kind people in the world. Did you see this in the news? Most people would be freaked out by somebody – anybody – sleeping on their shoulder. This guy just let it be. I love it.
So that’s kind of the week in a nutshell. I’ve been a little absent this week for these and several other reasons, but I’ll be looking forward to seeing everyone else’s Thankful lists.
Hope your week has been great! What’s new and exciting?
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*round of applause* So glad your week was much improved from last week. Lots of good things happening, most especially with your health.
It is good to take a gander in the pantry and fridge every once in a while to use the items which have been pushed to the back. I had never done this, and I don’t know why, until a couple of weeks ago. Dinner consisted of 5 different “mini-meals” from the freezer that the kids could choose from. Shepherd’s pie, ravioli and mac and cheese in one meal? Why not?
I think the mini-meal smorgasbord is a great fun idea. We often end up with “OK, dinner is your choice of the following…” or some kind of little sampler plate. It’s a great way to make sure things don’t go to waste and it can be lots of fun, too.
You have some great medical blessings reported here, and it is so nice to feel like things are under better control. Congrats on the weight loss, that’s always a great reason to smile! I hear you on carpeting and pets, plotting to replace our flooring as well. I love that you even came up with bonus thankful items, and that last one was wonderful, yes…there is still kindness in this world!
Aren’t pets horrid? I mean I love my Rotten Cats, but they have done nothing good for our carpet. Rotten. But the one curled up on my cold toes right now is helpful, so I guess I’ll let them stay…
Congratulations on a much better week. I love how you were such an overachiever on this list! So glad that you have so many milestones under your belt and a plan moving forward.
What a relief this week must have been.
I really did overachieve didn’t I? And I wasn’t even sure I’d come up with ten in the first place! Definitely a good week.
Wow. THURSDAY EVENING! That’s truly awesome. You really are actively seeking out those Good Things, and GOOD FOR YOU 😀 Love this.
You have so much goodness here. I’m so pleased that your doctors are moving forward with your medications in ways which should enable you to have a better quality of life – that’s so important, and it’s great that they’re listening to your concerns and managing them well.
And YAY for a no-shopping week. We menu-plan, too, and it’s nice when there’s enough in the freezer or the pantry to only need to get milk, fruit and bread in the week.
I KNOW, right? (Couldn’t resist a little Friends reference there.)
There is a lot of good, Lizzi. Like the RA for instance. Yes, it’s chronic and, well, a pain. (HAHA) But mine is really well managed and I have seen people who are just completely debilitated by it. So I am grateful and endeavor to be watchful. I have a daughter to raise and she does not need a Mamma who can’t. I have great docs and I’m happy with them individually and in combination. It’s good when everything clicks.
Glad that things are looking up healthwise! Thanks for sharing with us!
Feeling good is a definite Thankful!
I would venture to say it should be titles a “WAY,WAY,WAY, better week!” Holy cow last week was a bit off! Theres no way not to win this week! I love 12! What a nice man… New Yorkers get a bad wrap! Also love 11 I try to do that often because I hate the idea of waste and it becomes a sort of mission to see how to make it work out! Love the whole list but the bonus items really spoke to me! So glad you could have a good enough week for bonuses!
Yes, it really was a far cry from last week. Have to admit to having some residual crankfulness in there, but I think that’s just me. 🙂 Glad you liked the bonuses! I couldn’t help myself – they needed to be there.
very good to hear of good news on the health-front, that is so fundamental to how the world lines up for us each morning!
liked #6 any way to breakdown the giant-seeming time gap between Summer and (the next) Summer is great…I focus on the 21st od December as the End of Winter (granted this can be viewed as being somewhat contrary to most opinion) but the days get longer on that day, that’s what really matters, sort of
You know, Clark, I also think of that date as a turnaround point. Even though there is so much winter left to be had after it, knowing that the days are getting longer as we proceed is helpful. There are things I like about the winter months but the darkness is not one of them.
I am so glad to hear better health news and a twelve pound weight loss to boot! I hear a ton to be thankful for there alone!
I am always happy on weeks when I don’t have to grocery shop but that doesn’t happen too often! With four kids in the house all of them athletic, there is some serious eating being done!
I love the news story! With so much bad happening in the world, stories like this are too few and far between. I hadn’t seen it so thank you for sharing it.
Thanks, Sandy. It really was a great story and I’d so rather read those than the bad stuff that takes up all the headline space.
I kind of enjoy grocery shopping because when we go, we ALL go (me, the Hub, and Kidzilla) and it’s a family thing we do together. Always hated grocery shopping, but doing it that way makes it something special. I also like that we are all involved in making choices about what we’ll eat and that Kidzilla learns about how to select items, make comparisons, etc.
Ooo, what a good week you had! Can I tell you that your fridge/pantry considerations are my favorites on your list? Especially the part about being thankful for leftovers. 🙂
Stick around – I’m sure I have a post brewing about what we invented from leftovers coming soon!
Wow! New here, and #7 cracked me up. Lots o’ ADHD around here plus 14 years as a teacher. I feel ya, sister.
Hi, Sarah, and welcome! Are we twins? We have the House that ADHD built and I am also 14 years a teacher. Clicking immediately to your post link because of A) those shared items and B) the title can’t be passed up. 🙂
It is so great when our bodies decide to cooperate. Happy dance for your allergies and RA.
Hi, Rebecca. Happy dance indeed! It’s a great feeling when you think you’re doing well and then the docs agree.
Oh gosh. The dreaded cat pee. Please let me know if the vinyl works out. Glad things are looking up with your health issues.
So far, so good – and nobody has peed anywhere. It was a great solution. Cat pee is horrible – cats are really so gross. Good thing they are cute.
We’re also discussing getting our fresh produce delivered. It would be local, fresh, and leave a much smaller carbon footprint than anything you could get in the supermarket.
I so had to smile about the light bulb part. Our bathroom lightbulb burned out last week. Hubby went to the store just before closing (no 24-hour stores here in Germany) just to come back with the wrong light. bathtime and getting ready in the morning my candle light. I was almost sad to have the light back the next day 😉
Have a wonderful new week! I’m glad your medical issues are well controled and you can live a next-to-normal life!
I kind of prefer less light in the bathroom – rather relaxing and hides a multitude of sins!
Look at you! A kick-ass list and early to boot (get it? kick ass? boot?).
Fantastic news on the health front! Good reports, ibuprofen tends to be enough pain meds for you, and YOU LOST WEIGHT! At my last oncologist visit, my bp was weirdly high. I pointed out that if they didn’t insist on weighing me, my bp would be nice and low. (They also ask me how tall I am EVERY SINGLE TIME. Really, I don’t think I’ve grown in, oh, almost 40 years.)
Get Nature’s Miracle spray at the pet supply store. It cleans up cat befoulings and eliminates the odor so they don’t revisit the same spot.
Ha – that’s so true. I get weighed every time I go to a doc and sometimes, like this last couple of weeks, everybody is due at the same time. One of the nurses or PAs said “take your shoes off if you like.” Sure…but it’s not like it really changes anything and the scale NEVER says the same thing at the end of the day fully clothed that your own scale does at home in the morning before you’re dressed. What. Ever. And the height thing really makes me laugh. Honestly. If they’re looking for me to shrink, maybe it makes sense, but that’s not happening either.
So far nobody has peed on the floor and the new hard surface seems to be a good solution. But I’m making note of that stuff just in case.
The ass/boot combo was great. Thanks for the laugh. 🙂
Is it just me or does the allergy “season” seem to be getting longer and longer!?! GAH! Glad to hear yours seems to be getting under control somewhat and you were feeling a little better this week. Yea!!
I often think that. And so many people who never had allergies seem to develop them as they get older.
But yes, cheers to feeling well. 🙂
I think so TOO!!! I have friends/family that have “developed” allergies and all I can think to say is “Welcome to MY LIFE!!!” Is that bad?!?!? Tee hee.
Not bad…just human! 🙂