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Today’s Business: 2010-01-03

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Log

10:00 AM: I’m up.  Still, it’s 14 degrees outside.  Hasn’t warmed much since bedtime, even though there’s daylight out there now.  Yep, we’re in for a chilly and gray day it appears.

12:15 PM: Posted the   Weight Gain: 2010-01-03   piece.   Yep, my weight’s up a little.  :-(

05:15 PM: Spent the afternoon clearing out the DVR; we watched some of these shows, and we either skimmed, or skipped others, as we’ve already seen them:

  • 2009-12-08 Dr. Phil episode
  • 2009-12-09 Dr. Phil episode, titled:   Are You ready?
  • 2009-12-10 Dr. Phil episode.
  • 2009-12-14 Dr. Phil episode, on holiday etiquette.
  • 2009-12-15 Dr. Phil episode, on a quite heated custody battle.
  • 2009-12-16 Dr. Phil episode, on the social ramifications of technology-based social networking
  • 2009-12-17 Dr. Phil episode:   Ask Dr. Phil
  • 2009-12-18 Dr. Phil episode, on the business surrounding the staging of holiday celebrations (holiday hell).
  • 2009-12-21 Dr. Phil episode, on girls bullying other girls [Rerun]
  • 2009-12-22 Dr. Phil episode, on siblings abusing siblings [Rerun]
  • 2009-12-23 Dr. Phil episode, on older women being less likely to marry [Rerun]
  • 2009-12-24 Dr. Phil episode, on forgiving an affair [Rerun]
  • 2009-12-25 Dr. Phil episode: Ask Dr. Phil & American Girl
  • 2009-12-28 Dr. Phil episode, on the sad realities of drunk driving [Rerun]
  • 2009-12-29 Dr. Phil episode.  [Rerun]
  • 2009-12-30 Dr. Phil episode.  [Rerun]

 

07:30 PM: Listened to the Penguins lose to the Florida Panthers on the Internet radio with   [Emmy].

08:30 PM: Synced [Emmy]‘s iPod with our new Walking2010 playlist, using her data cable.  We thought her cable might be causing very slow syncing on her computer.  However, this is not the case, as the cable works very well on my machine.  She must have some other problem.  So, when she returns to Pittsburgh, I’ll log on to her computer remotely and see if I can’t discern the trouble(s).

09:00 PM: Journaled for a half-hour or so.

09:40 PM: Worked the   Christmas Lighting, 2009   project.  Put more stuff away.

12:15 AM: Posted today’s list of revised or added posts to this blog,   here.

12:35 AM: Heading, once more, to bed, since it’s back to full-time work tomorrow.  See you then.

Tom Hesley

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Diary Revisions: 2010-01-03

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Today, I either added or modified the following posts in  the   Tom’s Diary    blog for improved brevity, clarity, categorization, appearance,  and search-ability:

  • Weight Gain: 2010-01-03
  • Today’s Business: 2010-01-03
  • Mom’s Status: 2010-01-03
  • Today’s Business: 2010-01-02
  • Diary Revisions: 2010-01-02
  • Weekly Backups: 2010-01-02
  • Repeater Song: 2010-01-02
  • Mom’s Status: 2010-01-02
  • Today’s Business: 2010-01-01
  • Shopping Trip: 2009-12-31
  • Weight Loss: 2010
  • Today’s Business: 2009-12-16
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-12-12
  • Today’s Business: 2009-12-06
  • Shopping Trip: 2009-11-24
  • Today’s Business: 2009-11-07
  • Today’s Business: 2009-10-30
  • Shopping Trip: 2009-10-02
  • Today’s Business: 2009-09-18
  • October, 2006 Done
  • October, 2005 Done
  • April, 2005 Done
  • May, 2004 Done
  • December, 2003 Done
  • September, 2003 Done
  • July, 2003 Done
  • April, 2003 Done
  • November, 2002 Done
  • October, 2002 Done
  • June, 2002 Done
  • Philly Train Trip Scheduled
  • August, 2001 Done
  • September, 2000 Done
  • Tax Forms Completed
  • Ann’s Daughter
  • Ellie’s Hard Times
  • Labor Day with Ron Was Great
  • Updating Carl on Lions Club Bingo
  • Reimbursement
  • Ann’s Cats
  • Dear Love Bug: 2004-04-21
  • DJ Pricing
  • Busy Busy: 2003-05-16
  • Mom’s Out Today
  • Rental Car
  • Typing Tabbo
  • Warming Apple and Orange
  • Daily Jabber
  • More Tid Bits
  • No Mobile Home?
  • The Release Went Well
  • Brush Pile A Burnin’
  • Mobile Home Setup
  • Busy Day
  • Line Noise Makes Typos
  • A Divorce From Your Divorce?
  • Typos
  • Ho Hum Day
  • Zip Disks
  • “Javing”
  • Markets Coming Back Up
  • Mom in Hospital Again
  • The Weekend Off
  • Different Email Address
  • Dear Rick: I’m Comin’ Home!
  • Dear Lynn: 1999-11-23  

    • Tom

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    Weight Gain: 2010-01-03

    Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

    Shame on me.  My weight is up 2 pounds since yesterday.  I probably ate too much taco dip and chocolate at Christine’s on New Years day.  Plus, that second plate of sauerkraut, potatoes, and pork yesterday likely contributed to the scale moving in the wrong direction as well; not to mentions the pancakes and syrup yesterday morning for breakfast. 

    But the holidays are over now and so, I’m swearing off of all refined carbs until I drop the ten pounds I’d like to this month.  I’ve found, in past diets that a craving for candy and other sources of refined or concentrated sugars, can be quelled by drinking lots of green or black tea, sweetened with stevia.  So today, I’m revving up the teapot, for sure.  :-)   Typically when dieting, I drink three or four big mugs of tea per day.

    Tom Hesley

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    Mom’s Status: 2010-01-03

    Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

    10:00 AM: Dispensed her morning meds, including a further-increased dose of N insulin (now 40 units, twice a day). 

    10:15 AM: Blood sugar: 153.  Covered with 6 units of log insulin.  The readings are getting a little better.  I’d like to see them consistently in the 120s.

    02:00 PM: Dispensed Mom’s after-lunch meds.

    02:02 PM: Blood sugar: 113.  Good!

    05:10 PM: Blood sugar: 238.  Covered this and her supper with 20 units of log insulin.

    05:15 PM: Dispensed Mom’s evening meds.

    10:00 PM: Blood sugar: 121.  Good.

    10:15 PM: Dispensed her night-time meds.  She wanted to draw the N insulin herself tonight, and when I said that she should give herself 40 units, she argued, saying that she was afraid to take that much insulin.  I assured her that I’d talked with her PCP about proper dosing of the N.  He said that he has patients that take over 100 units of it per day.  Then too, the pharmacist was surprised that we didn’t order more viles of the N for a 3-month supply.  Not sure if I persuaded her to take the entire 40.  So I can’t say for sure how much she actually took.  But she rarely draws her own insulin these days.  So I should be able to monitor the situation closely once again tomorrow when, in all likelihood, I’ll draw it again.

    Tom Hesley 

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