Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Trying to Get Ahead of Things

In my bid to be more organized before the new year advances too far, I did what I could in the last week of December to prepare for the month of January.

I had my hair done. I haven't been to the salon in 9 months! It felt good because my hair really needed a good trim after 9 months.


I had my nails cut down and new gel polish applied to get me through at least one week of the new year. 


In an effort to declutter and get rid of extraneous things, I spent some time knitting up many scraps of yarn that are too small for anything much. I made these cloths for washing dishes or for general cleaning.


I was finally able to get to the dentist for a consultation, x-rays and top and bottom cleaning (It's not me in the phone, lol.  The good news is I have no cavities. The bad news is I will need a crown redone and I have another appointment in a week or so to get it done.  It's been years since I last went to the dentist and I really needed the teeth to be cleaned to help my gums stay healthy.


I completed quarterly lab tests and will see the doctor tomorrow. I also did an ultrasound a few weeks ago and I expect the doctor will report on the results.


I packed away all the Christmas decorations and the Christmas tree. Everything is now in storage.


I purchased an inexpensive printer.  I'm waiting for it to be delivered before I pick it up and set it up since it wasn't in stock at the retail outlet. I only really use the scanner and on the odd occasion I need to print something I go to the post office near by.  This approach has been working out for me for many year.  

I also did some research on which smartphone to get and getting closer to actually ordering one.  I'll probably bite the bullet and purchase an iPhone primarily because it will be much easier to sync with anything I'm doing on the Mac.

I apologize to all my readers, particularly those of you who are accustomed to getting blog comments from me. I have actually been reading many of your blogs but have been having a lot of difficulty leaving comments.  I thought I resolved the issue but there seems to be several different issues going on and so far I've managed a partial solution and I'm now able to leave comments on a few blogs.  There are many other blogs where I cannot and I'm at a loss as to how to fix the problem. Please pray about this as it's very frustrating. If any of you use a Mac computer and also have issues leaving blogger comments, I'd like to hear from you and what if anything you did to resolve it.

Last but not least I had a few phone calls with friends and relatives. A cousin will hopefully visit her sister in early February and stop by for a night to see me. If the weather cooperates we hope to go to dinner and walk along the waterfront to celebrate her birthday.

After Christmas I felt quite tired and I also felt quite sick for about 2 days so I'm trying not to work too hard.  I just do enough each day to see some progress and make sure things don't pile up too much.  It seems I do best when I enter each new year slowly and gently.

I hope your year is going well.

💗💗💗

4 comments:

Jeanie said...

For whatever reason, despite that message you get, your comments are coming through. And three cheers on the body maintenance of 2023! I'm doing much the same -- MRIs, dentist, doc, hair next week. But Christmas dec stays a bit!

Lowcarb team member said...

You have been busy and getting organised with things, we put our Christmas decorations away the other day ...

Blogger and commenting can be frustrating at times, many comments seem to go into spam folder!

Enjoy your January days and good wishes for 2023.

All the best Jan

Susan said...

I am glad you were able to leave me a post. Good that you had all your test done. I had dental work and several tests done. Physical therapy really helped me to know how to exercise properly. Not I have to really watch what I eat. Hope you feel better! Happy New Year!

shayndel said...

Happy New Year to you! I admire how organized you are. And agree, its good to take things slowly or at least at your pace so as to keep up the stamina needed in each day!! I love your hair and nails color! Great that you could take care of a lot of things in the beginning days of the year.
all blessings and Love❤️
PS same thing here with the comments, sometimes if I come back a few times eventually it allows the comment, sometimes it might be after a day or so! Not sure how to fix that but just to keep coming back and it will go thru one of the times!!

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