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Sunday March 29, 2026

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  Well, here we are at the tail end of March and nothing much has changed. I've been on the treadmill twice this month. I'm also continuing to eat nothing but processed food and junk. Cookies. Pop Tarts. Frosted Mini Wheats. Frozen mac & cheese. Chicken nuggets with ranch. Hot dogs. Not only is all this crap bad for me .. it's expensive ! So I'm putting a stick in the sand today and saying NO MORE. I'm off my pizza kick because Walmart no longer has the crusts I like. I'm ok with that ! I'm off the pot pie kick because winter is drawing to a close and having the oven on for over an hour to cook one is no longer an attraction. The extra warmth in the kitchen during the winter was great ! I got off the couch around 1:30 today just to get dressed and put out some food the stray cats. I ended up spending a few minutes clearing some old stuff from the fridge and pulled out a bag of romaine I bought weeks ago. I fully expected it to be completely unusable but ...
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Sunday March 1, 2026

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  Today is March 1 and I would say March came in like a lamb .. so does that mean it will go out as a lion ? Hard to say ! We did have an inch or two of snow overnight but that is nothing. Temps dropped into the teens but that is also nothing. That being said, the low for tonight is near zero ! I'm ok with that since we're doing to be in the 40's starting Tuesday (with overnight lows in the 30's) and may see mid 50's on Saturday ! I should note that for weeks I have not seen any stray cats. My two orange fellas have been awol for weeks and the female I used to feed hasn't been seen in a long while. However, in the past week both males have resurfaced ! The extreme cold likely kept them from camping outside my door and if I don't see them, I don't put wet food out. Dry food is always there so they may have sustained themselves on that. The old boy showed up this morning but I didn't see the younger one. With the warmer weather I'll probably see bo...
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Tuesday February 24, 2026

  It's almost March, which means the end of winter is in sight ! This makes me very happy ! Light snow is falling today and I don't mind that since I'm not planning on going anywhere. So let's catch up ! Sunday I road tripped with Rich & Barb. They picked me up about 9 am and we had breakfast at the diner here in Mexico. From there we headed to Aldi's in Carthage. From there we headed to Old Forge and visited a craft brewery/bar. It was a long way to go for a beer but we had a good time ! Then we headed to Lowville and had dinner at our favorite spot Jeb's. Chicken and biscuits were amazing ! I was back home about 5 pm and I haven't left the house since ! I did not exercise Sunday night as it had been a long day and I was tired. I also didn't exercise yesterday and I have NO excuse for that. I spent the day on the couch watching YouTube and playing online games. However, today will be different ! I was in bed before 9:30 last night but I didn't g...
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Saturday February 21, 2026

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We're nearly 2 months into the new year and I've been stuck up to now. Today is a glimmer of hope. Before I get to that, what has been going on since I last wrote on January 18 ? Not much really. Went to bingo on Wednesday's until 2-4. Kim and Joe left for Florida on 2-5 and they'll be gone for 3-4 weeks. Since it's winter I'm not missing the anxiety of the weather and those outings. Did the usual Walmart runs. On 1-31 I spent the day out road tripping with Rich & Barb. Same on 2-15. We've had our fair share of snow this winter but the biggest concern has been the below normal temps. We had a couple weeks of single digit daytime highs and a couple nights where the low was beyond -10. One morning it was -17 per my phone ! The good news is my pipes didn't freeze because I've learned not to turn on the cold water in the kitchen when it's that cold. My heat did the best it could. Upstairs is set to 62 and that was a little bit of a struggle to ma...
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Sunday January 18, 2026

  We're 18 days into the new year and I remain stuck. So what has been going on since I last wrote ? Let's see. Went to bingo on Wednesday January 14 only to find out a few minutes after we arrived that it had been cancelled ! Michelle & Mike came as did Rich & Barb .. what are the odds that the whole crew shows up and it gets cancelled ! DJ was sick and no one was available to cover. We ended up going to the new restaurant in the casino. We had a delicious dinner and afterwards we sat by the fire. Rich & Barb didn't stay long as Barb is still working (until 2-28!) and Michelle and Joe played the slots. Kim and I hung out at the fire with Mike until just after 9 and then we all headed home. Fortunately the weather was good for my drive ! The only other highlight is I finally got my hair colored yesterday. Michelle was doing Kim's and she offered to do mine too. It feels really good to have all the gray gone ! The pop up salon was at Kim's house and I sto...
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Sunday January 4, 2026 through Friday January 9, 2026

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  ** written January 4 ** We're 4 days into the new year and it feels different. I no longer feel the sense of hopelessness that has dogged me since I was notified I was losing my job. May 10, 2024 upended my life after 39 years ! I'm grateful for the 39 years I got as it was 5 years longer than many others got. It was long enough for me to pay off all debt except my mortgage & car so I walked into unemployment knowing I would be able to pay my bills for a time, since I received 6 months severance followed by 26 weeks of unemployment. My inheritance from Mom is keeping me afloat now and when the times comes I will add Social Security, my pension and my IRA into the mix. I still have $48k in my savings and I'm hopeful that will last into 2027. We'll see ! It wasn't supposed to snow today but it's been lightly snowing pretty much all day. It's 4 pm now and though I didn't go to Walmart I did take a shower and changed the sheets on my bed. I also did 2 ...
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Saturday January 03, 2026: Finding Motivation

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  Here we are. The start of another year. It's hard not to believe it will be yet another year of failure. Here's the thing: it's up to me and I haven't made good decisions the past few years. I gained back every pound that I lost and I'm right back to hating the way I look and feel. Tomorrow is January 4 and I started my very first weight loss journey on January 4, 2019. Six years ago I embarked on Nutrisystem and exercise and lost 150 pounds. Tomorrow the plan is to gently ease back into that mindset. Why gently ? Well, I have a lot of "bad" food in the house and nowhere near enough "good", so I'm not 100% ready. That being said, my treadmill is ready, willing and able ! Am I ? Only one way to find out. My new year thus far has been spent on the couch watching it snow ! Friday we had some light snow but overnight about 2 feet fell ! We had snow showers on and off yesterday as well. I spent the day watching storm chaser Connor Croff on Youtu...
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