17 Monday Jul 2023
Posted in diet & nutrition, health
Step one in dietary tweaks before seeing the nutritionist/endocrinologist in a couple of weeks… starting with a daily dose of omega-3 cold fish oil. There are some other tweaks going on of course, poco á poco, but this is one of the easy ones. Anyone out there taking this too?
16 Sunday Jul 2023
Posted in music, sunday song, video
The other day I was having a cold beer in a new bar. I was checking it out in case I should review it and it turns out I won’t be, in no small part due to the annoying AF “slow smooth jazz pop” soundtrack not nearly far enough in the background. When did this awfulness start? It sucks the life out of every song it touches (we were unfortunate enough to experience Beat It getting this treatment – it was not nice). Anyhow I was trying to remember what this crap reminded me of and – of course! – it was the fabulous Rick Moranis (SCTV) turning pop hits into slimy lounge lizard croons, and this was one of the best. Enjoy.
15 Saturday Jul 2023
Posted in casa azahar, cats, caturday, home
Been missing my boy. Looking at this photo I can feel the weight of him on me, cuddled up all big orange and trusting in the crook of my left arm (it was always the left arm), gazing at me with those beautiful green lovey-dovey eyes. We were so lucky to have each other. And the good thing is that we both knew it. 🧡🐈
14 Friday Jul 2023
Posted in change, health, health & happiness
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So this popped up in my Instagram feed and I thought it was pretty timely as I had just received the notice that my appointment with the nutritionist/endocrinologist will be on August 4th (three weeks from today). Not bad as my GP just sent out the request last week. Anyhow, I have always felt “blocked” when it came to losing weight, pretty much all my life, but things got a lot more difficult after cancer/chemo, menopause and, well, getting older. As my friend Kate @sledpress wisely says, it’s not a simple binary about what goes in or doesn’t, which is something I have also noticed all my life.
The hope is that new doc won’t just put me “on a diet” but will address the various issues and help me find a more balanced and intelligent way of living with everything, without having to take more drugs. Though I think she has her work cut out for her because when I saw this pic I realised that I have ALL THE BLOCKS. In spades. Wish me luck!
13 Thursday Jul 2023
Posted in casa azahar, covid, health, home
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In the better-late-than-never department (and thanks to a push from Amazon Prime Day – it was 20% off!) I decided it was time to splash out on an air purifier (with hepa filter) for Casa Azahar. It occurred to me that the times Covid has been in the house (me once, Peter twice) it was during either spring of autumn, so there was no problem with leaving the balcony doors open for ventilation. But if it happened during summer or winter we would be stuck with closed windows. And my bedroom window opens into the patio, so it is always closed.
In any case, it’s probably a good idea to have one of these going and this one is a good size for the living room / office space. In case you’re interested here it is… Levoit Air Purifier.
