Graduation day from Bootcamp has come. I did GREAT! Today’s marked the final episode, the 42nd day of the series – and I am beyond chuffed. I am down 7 pounds, and I feel like I’ve hit my stride with the healthier eating plan, exercise, meditation, and other aspects of my lifestyle change. My jeans and undies are baggy – isn’t that awesome?!? Yes, yes it is. There has to be some pay-off for hiking the enormous hills around here. I think my breathing is less labored, too. That was the hope. The non-CF bronchiectasis phlegm-iness will never get better, in fact that seems to be increasing. Allergies? Higher humidity? Worsening of the disease? I don’t know… all I know is I will keep on trying to increase my lung capacity and stamina as long and as hard as I can, while feeding and healing my body.
In other exciting news, my daughter and her husband will be here tomorrow on their way down to Sarasota. They’ve been planning their Florida move for years, and this year’s the year! They will look around Sarasota to see if the area clicks with them. Then they’ll be back to MaidenShade cottage to visit and work for a few days. After that we are all going to the Orlando area (where I think they belong) to check out the areas in and around that locale. They love cruises, the theme parks, neighborhoods – everything that is around Orlando. Either direction is about and hour and a half from us, so distance isn’t what forms my opinion, they would just be a good fit Orlando way.
My son and my two littlest grand-girls are coming at the end of April so we are really looking forward to that visit, too. I am so grateful we have such a great space for people. We have our little guest cottage, an above ground pool, a hot tub, and fun places to visit within a reasonable distance. Our kitties are fun for them, and the chickens offer enrichment as well as eggs. Blessed, so very blessed!
The never-ending Shady Nook renovation story marches on, too. Our garage slab is FINALLY done, so the steel building can now be put on it. Hopefully that will be this coming week. The driveway is now slated to be paved, and the screen porch off the cottage is now able to move forward because an engineer certified it this morning. Our renovation and addition plans for the main house are being finalized, and we are meeting with our contractor this week to go over finishes for pricing our project purposes. Good thing this guy specializes in kitchens, because our stove died this week and one side of our fridge’s freezer died, too. Suddenly we need appliances! Last but not least, I can now schedule my next round of doctor visits at the Mayo. Whew. That’s a LOT of stuff happening.
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