Tag: chores


  • Post Op – D25

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    Day 25 post-op. Dinner last night: lemon mousse === Rain: 0 Its weigh day. Loss to date: 13.3 kilograms. Our Daughter left this morning, heading to a friends place for a couple of days before she heads back home and starts her new job in mid-March. My Dietician appointment was supposed to be this afternoon, but…

  • Post Op – D24

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    Day 24 post-op. Dinner last night: soup === Rain: 0 Our Daughter arrived just after lunchtime yesterday, and she and my Wife ended up having pizza and pasta for dinner. It smelled awesome! A trip to town this morning to buy the milk frother. Have yet to test drive it as it charging, but I…

  • Post Op – D23

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    Day 23 post-op. Dinner last night: custard and creamed rice === Rain: 2 Glory be! We actually got some SUNSHINE today!!! Rumour has it that there may be more tomorrow, but apparently the rain will be back come Saturday… I went into town early this morning to pick up a grocery order as our eldest…

  • Post Op – D22

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    Day 22 post-op. Dinner last night: puréed cottage pie === Rain: 5.5 I got an email back from my Dietician today, asking questions about the pain that I’ve been having. She also explained a few things that it could be from, but I’m talking to her on Friday so I’ll see how it is by…

  • Post Op – D21

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    Day 21 post-op. Dinner last night: yoghurt and custard === Rain: 7 Today I am three weeks post op. I still feel like I am getting a little better ever day. At this point though, I can not see far enough ahead to imagine how I will possibly be able to go out to dinner…

  • Post Op – D18

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    Day 18 post-op. Dinner last night: puréed salmon and mash. === Rain: 2.3 The guy that I have been hoping will do some yardwork and handyman stuff for us came over for a meet and greet this morning with his wife. It seemed to go well and we are planning on having a test-run next…

  • Post Op – D14

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    Day 14 post-op. Dinner last night: soup. === Rain: 2.5 Two whole weeks post op. Its feels like both ages, and the blink of an eye all at the same time… Part of me feels no different than I did the morning before I went into Theatre. Another part of me feels like the world…

  • Post Op – D8

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    Day 8 post-op. Dinner last night: custard & diet jelly === Rain: 0 Made a coffee this morning for the first time in a few days – with fibre and protein added – so that I could sit down with my Love first thing. I was less than two mouthfuls in and I realised it…

  • Countdown – 3

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    Day 3 pre-op Day 25 pre-op VLCD. W: 95.75 Dinner last night: Chilli Beef & Konjac Rice === Rain: 0 I am now down 6.15kg (13.53lb) from my heaviest [recorded] weight. Our DIL and Grandson came or dinner last night but it quickly went sideways when our poor lil Grandson was truely overwhelmed by our…

  • Countdown – 14

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    Day 14 pre-op Day 14 pre-op VLCD. – – – a meeting of the numbers! Dinner last night: Pulled Pork & Mash. === Rain: 0 I spent most of the morning doing laundry and in between loads I was doing work out in our bus, trying to get the window covers cut to shape. It’s…