I'll Have To Keep Trying

I had a really hard time sleeping last night, because of a severe allergic reaction to the smoke in the air.  I've been having difficulty breathing anyway, but when the smoke from the big fire 100 miles north of here arrived, things got much worse very quickly.

I made a conscious decision not to walk today, and I will wait to try again until the smoke passes.  But that is not the end of this!

Rachel, Abinadi and Salvation

I did get up this morning and walk two miles, making it seven consecutive days excluding Sundays.  It's easier in the morning than in the evening.

Rachel arrived from Florida today!  She is here to rest, then run the marathon Saturday.  It's very exciting to see her!  Jacob and Hilary came for dinner and conversation -- we all had a great evening!

Here's a picture of Rachel with Jacob, Hilary, and Doug Jr in St. George this afternoon.

I really enjoyed reading Abinadi's teachings about salvation in Mosiah 13 today, I wrote more about it here.  I hope you will click the link and continue with me there.  Thanks!

Walking Late

It's been three months today since my last radiation treatment, but in various ways I still feel it.  One of them is I still seem to need more sleep than I did before.  This morning was one of those days when the alarm lost, which meant no morning walk.

But when I say I'm determined, I do mean it.  So I went walking at 9:30 pm and still got my two miles in.

I'm hoping to be right back out there in about eight hours.  In the meantime, sweet dreams!

Tweets

Just finished 2 mi walk by flashlight in 39 minutes 6:30am

Breakfast-large bowl shredded wheat with banana,warm lemon water & vitamins.

Read Mosiah 12, Isaiah 1:6-2:22. Institute manual again helping clarify the symbolism.

Touched by "Our Refined Heavenly Home" by Elder Douglas Callister in June 2009 Liahona magazine.

Lunch at home with Willyne.  Scoop of sloppy joe (no bun) and scoop of potato salad with water.

Afternoon snack at office -- 4 handfulls of peanuts and more water

Preparing to head home for the evening at 7:15 pm.

Dinner at the Thomas' Home

I had my weekly weigh-in this morning (261.5) before heading to Church meetings at 7 am.

Later, we enjoyed a beautiful Sunday afternoon dinner outdoors with Fred and Sue Thomas (pictured above), and Sue's parents, the Ferrans of Rockville.  Willyne contributed a yummy potato salad, Sister Ferran brought two (!) kinds of brownies (both delicious), and Fred did the rest of the meal -- stuffed hamburgers, tomato slices, salad, and cut cantelope (at the perfect level of ripeness).  The conversation was great too.

On our way home we stopped by DeMar and Helen Gubler, who celebrated 50 years of marriage Friday.  We just wanted to congratulate them and say we love them.  We also got to explain what is going on with the pool one more time (having it sitting on a trailer in our driveway for a week is adding to everyone's curiousity I'm sure!).

We watched the season-opening episode of Castle recorded last Monday when we got home and then had a nice conversation together.  A great day!

Walking and Taxes

I made it a fourth day today.  I am determined to walk at least two miles/40 minutes every weekday and Saturday.  That means I won't be doing it tomorrow.  My bones and muscles are somewhat sore, but it is gradually improving each day.  Overall -- I feel great, just like eating scrubbers (that was for you Rachel).

If you'd like to read the rest of my blog post for today, please click and continue here.  Thanks!

Day 3 - Getting a little sore but liking it

That's day 3 of walking two miles every morning ...

At work I had another client meeting on reducing expenses to match reduced sales to help them keep their doors open.  Always hard to be the messenger in those meetings, but I think it went well.

I enjoyed doing a surprise for Willyne while she was at the temple with the ward Relief Society presidency this morning.  (She liked it)

I had another client get excited about a firm offering ideas on multiple sources of business income, one-on-one coaching, claimed savings on entity costs with a series LLC, and providing the appearance of lower fees.  We've worked with them many years and saved them a lot of money in that time.  At least they are giving us a shot to come up with proposals that will encourage them to stay with us.  Still, this has happened several times now and it always takes me breath away like a sucker punch in the gut.

The tortoise WILL keep smiling!

I gave Becca some feedback on a case study she is working on -- what to suggest to a family who is getting transferred to a new location, with a raise in pay, and other neat things.  How much of their resources should they commit to getting a large home.  Husband says do it, wife is not sure.  Becca gets to explore the pros and cons.  I'm giving her a few ideas to study and ponder.  Thanks for including me Becca!  Good luck on this.