Apple muncher's number crunching

apple_muncher

I had dental surgery a couple of days ago and am slowly starting to feel less pain and therefore less tired from it. I had an extraction, a sinus lift, bone grafting and 2 implant stem thingies put in. And 5 stitches. I have a denture to wear but i figured that getting air to it is useful, so am wearing the denture minimally. I'd had to cancel the original date, due to gut bug issues, and it had to be postponed until September. But they must've had a cancellation and I was in there 2 weeks early - yay! It gives me time to recover before the start of term.

I'm on soft food for 2 weeks. Antibiotics for a week. Steroids for 4 days. And painkillers as needed.

Pip has finished his summer job a few days early - it had been building up and I'm so proud of him for not only managing to do as much as he did, but also to realise that enough was enough and he needed to stop. He now has about 10 days to relax and recover before starting at college. I am really hoping that college will accommodate his autistic needs as well as the much more obvious mobility needs.

I've decided that I need something to look forward to, to be saving for. In 2 years, I'll turn 60 and dh 70. I want to go to Chile, specifically to the Andes. I think dh might prefer a canal boat, so I may need to persuade him! Maybe we could do both…

f0xh0les

Oooh, Dr F-H had an extraction, a sinus lift, bone grafting and 1 implant stem. Never had any kind of issue at all ever again one it had healed. Job done, he would have it again rather than trying a silly s0dding crown again. He is terrified of dentists, it would not be his preferred way of spending an afternoon, but if he needed to again, he would immediately go and book it in. Well done you.

❤️ to Pip. Its good he knows his limits. ❤️ to all the Apple family.

apple_muncher

Thanks for that info f0xh0les - very good to know. Today I am finding the 'no blowing your nose' rule really hard to follow. Sniffing abounds!

Well I thought I'd done a wonderful thing yesterday. I love making brownies from mixing together soft nanas + peanut butter + cocoa powder + cook. But we only have crunchy peanut butter in the house and NO WAY was I risking pushing any of that into my wound! So I used ground almonds instead. And didn't cook it - I mean, who doesn't love licking the bowl after baking…? I have previously experimented with orange zest in it, like chocolate orange - yum. Cherries for a Black Forest Gateau was too soggy, though I did still manage to force it down! But my favourite has been a mocha one, adding in instant coffee. I didn't think that adding in 2+ tablespoons of caffeinated granules and eating some for pud after my tea would keep me awake until after 4am!!! I only consume decaf coffee, which has also been watered down with ice since the hot weather started months ago.

However, the plots and plans I came up with in the night were scintillating! More on that later…

f0xh0les

Oooh, watching this space to see what utterly WILD thoughts go through the Apple-Mind in the wee-smalls.

apple_muncher

Well, let's not keep f0xh0les in suspense for too long…

The cold light of day has reduced some of the sparkle of my brilliance, but I'm still going for it.

I was planning a 100 day challenge, but given the 'lost' days and weeks of late, I'm giving myself to the end of the year instead, which is about 130 days instead.

1. remove 100 items from the house
2. do a workout or 10k steps 100 times
3. read 10 books
4. make 100 items for selling at a fair
5. lose 10 lbs (would love this to be kg not lbs, but gotta be realistic…)
6. save £1000
7. do 100 things to improve my environment
8. 10 months will mark the end (or almost) of Pip's first year of college
9. 100 weeks = adventure time!
10. 100g of protein per day

I know that this is the time of year that I set myself challenges and they do tend to fizzle out. This time, I'm going to add the categories to my signature and see if that keeps me on track.

f0xh0les

❤️ this! It is a brilliant time of year for new plans.

123 days til C-word. Have you got your 🌳 up yet? 🤣

apple_muncher

No 🌲yet, f0xh0les, but we have 7/52 fairy lights!

f0xh0les

I love my solar fairy lights. I have them up in the house at nearly every window and they come on at dusk. They are a joy 😊.

apple_muncher

I am proud of today thus far 😎

I did a small liddle shop and went on to the gym where I did a rather pared down version of what I was banging out a week ago 🤣 Steps currently at 7000 so I might make the 10. Might not though!

I have done 2 improvements to my environment: firstly, I've cleaned the inside of the paddling pool again. It does tend to end up with a pink tinge of gunk on it. It should dry in the wind and sporadic sunshine we currently have and then we can deflate it and pack it away.

Secondly, I went and brought the 'garden waste' bag - ie the one we take to the tip - from the front and brought it to the back and put the small but oh-so-in-the-way pile of dried out weeds into it. A small task, but it's been bugging me for far too long.

And a couple of things to leave the house - 2 book sets plus a few other books.

apple_muncher

I made it to 10,000 steps. And 100g of protein . Yay!