Healthy Pony Summer

[Crowning_Glory13]

My days have not been too great. Baby is keeping me extra tired and constantly sick....sigh they say it gets better.

[archidraca]

Sunday 3/5
A little over a mile walked. Some more gardening but mostly just watering. No real cleaning.

Spoiler

She loves figs. I do too. A pretty large haul today. Borage flowers are the two purple/blue ones by the strawberry. They're edible and taste faintly of cucumber.
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Monday 3/5
A mile and 3/4 walked. More gardening. Laundry day. This, to no one's surprise, upset hubby's cat who had gotten used to me delaying laundry until it was an all day affair.

Tuesday 5/5
A little over three miles walked. A lot of cleaning done as hubby wanted me to double check under the sofas for my phone... Still missing... Some gardening done but not much as, once again, my green beans have run out of climbing room and I can no longer add height without being unable to tend to them without potentially needing a stepladder. They're about 8' off the ground as is now. Got my front yard trimmed and mowed, though I still need to clip the hedges.

Spoiler

Eggplant! My largest ever, no less.
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Wednesday 5/5
Went to the Farmer's Market! There was an inner city summer camp group who had an outing with coupons specifically so they could spend them at the Market at most of the stands. They nearly cleared out the stand that had fresh strawberries.   A friend brought over zucchini and cucumbers from his wife's garden so we have "salad and pickles for days" as Youngest said repeatedly. Almost three miles walked.

Spoiler

More figs! Of course the garden is doing well enough that I have an overabundance of some things.

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Thursday 3/5
Almost two and a half miles walked. A lot of gardening done. I decided I had enough energy to attempt starting some filler seed near where I'm trying to drive out the Creeping Jenny so I hand tilled that after turning over my compost. I had to buy more soy milk for hubby so I stopped at the garden center for more bits and bobs for my succulent fairy gardens inside. It took going to an organic-centric grocer to find the pepermint oil I need for my "make the fruit unlikeable to birds/pests/etc" spray. Peppermint, lemon juice, and water sprayed directly on the fruit leads to one or two experimental pecks and then they leave them alone! More fruit for me. Although... I do have to apply it twice daily for best results...    On the downer side, during our morning tour of the edibles Youngest noted that she couldn't find the peach. We searched for a litle but it hadn't fallen anywhere around it (kinda obvious because I made sure to put a proper barrier to prevent casual mishaps like that) so I surmised that someone must have stolen our only peach of the year. I did find it later, before the ants managed to get to it, and salvaged what I could as the culprit had taken only a couple of big bites where it had been prettiest and tossed the remainder about 35' away in my lawn. So we did get to sample our first peach but I'm still angry at that unknown thief.

Spoiler

Because I found a yellow jacket nest, to add to my giant list of downers, I decided to splurge on this beauty that came available. Pony people are nice enough to help me stay in my budget so hubby doesn't cut off my hobbies.
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Hopefully these dangerous freeloaders are dead by dawn. I may not check until 4pm though. Let the 90 plus degree heat do it's job. I have more bleach.
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I'm starting to be a little more lenient on some of these days where I pick fresh from the garden and count those towards Market days. Because the whole point to me going to Market is to get locally grown, mostly organic (even without the labelling) food.

[heathersmoo]

7/13 summary
walked 4.5mi
intake 2000cal-another refeed nonfasting day
drank 1.5L water
finished my hat, started a matching scarf
4/5

cute pix, do you pickle zucchinis as well?  I'm trying to lacto-ferment my own sauerkraut at the moment

[Crowning_Glory13]

Archadia you sound productive. Holy cow...maybe I need to get on the ball here

[SourdoughStomper]

My sons and I went on a 3 mile walk this morning.

[Crowning_Glory13]

So I got on the band wagon of knitting...yup broke my needles. I got this pack of metal needles. They have a connecting wire that connects the needles. I love it...but after awhile of knitting...and it's about several months of daily knitting...a part near the connecting joint breaks. Basically I am bending and rebending metal..so they break. It's sad and frustrating. I have told the company...but replacement wire is $2.00.....the pregnancy fatigued has really gotten to me. I did talk to the doctor, but they are not concerned. I do believe that the stress of pregnancy is causing heart issues...i told them that and they over looked it...said I was fine. I don't feel very comforting.

But I have changed my mind. I put the point system in place to help evaluate your progress, and me to calculate for a prize winner....well I changed my mind. I want to give you all something. Being on this journey with has been wonderful. I was able to cry, cheer, improve, grow, and bond with you. I want to do this for you. All you have to do is send me a PM.
Prize Options
1. I can knit you a yarn star, from coaster size to head cover on a chair size (will get pictures soon) any color of your choice. They take me a day to do. Super easy and light on shipping.
2. Discount on any knitting project. My trade has pictures of my work. You may also trade the remaining cost.
3. Discount on any of my wings or a custom design. Pictures are in my trades.

My trade link is below this post. Please PM with your choice:) thank You for letting me do this.

[Ponyfan]

That's really nice of you Crowing_Glory 13. I'm still doing healthy pony but realized I didn't post much here. I had a stressful week but I am still walking most days and have been getting extra steps almost every day, I will try to do better about keeping track and posting.


Ponyfan

[Crowning_Glory13]

We all have those hectic weeks. Great job on getting extra steps in!

[heathersmoo]

7/14 summary
walked 4mi
intake 200cal
drank 1.5L water
finished my scarf
4/5

7/15 summary
walked 5mi
intake 2500cal-ugh
drank 0.5L water
worked on several different projects
3/5

7/16 summary
walked 1mi
intake fasting day
drank 0L water
bought some new yarn for a scarf and a necklace
4/5

7/17 summary
walked 4.5mi
intake 800cal
drank 1.5L water
the vet says my rat has only 1-2 days to live
0/5


Sorry to hear about the wire on your needles, CG.  That's why I don't use that type anymore.  It is just so frustrating!  You would think they would stand up to normal use which for many knitters is daily use.  I'll have to give some thought to which prize option I am up for- it is a big decision.  Does that mean we shouldn't be evaluating our days with points anymore?  I'll keep doing it until you tell me to knock it off!

[Crowning_Glory13]

Oh no keep evaluating! That way I can see the progress. I might send bonuses for high points:)

[SourdoughStomper]

It was cooler today, so I went on an 8.33 mile walk this morning.

[heathersmoo]

7/18 summary
walked 4.5mi
intake 0cal-thinking of fasting the rest of the month because i feel amazing when i do
drank 1.5L water
made a necklace with my metallic pewter yarn
5/5 because i am convinced my rat will beat the odds

[Rainbowrific Renia]

I feel horrible that I haven't posted in so long, but I've been keeping track of my days and I wrote down points for myself each day. When I get home from work, I'll type it up and post it here.

Ugh, I'm so bad.

[heathersmoo]

7/19 summary
walked 4.mi
intake 0
drank 1.5L water
worked on scarf
4/5

You aren't bad Renia, these things happen

[Rainbowrific Renia]

 

I've honestly been having such a wonderful time at my new job, and I'm getting used to being happy again. I had one rough day this week, the day after the 1 year anniversary of my little brother's death, but at the end of the day I was crying because I realized I was finally in a good spot in my life. Part of that has been taking a break from some social media and the internet in general, which is why I haven't posted.

Giving myself points each day is something I think I'll do every day from now on. It really helps.