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Tuesday Reading Kaffeeklatsch: 4/13/21
Good for you on the eating. I have been the opposite - home with food and snacks all the time has led to more eating. And at first, I felt like there were so many things I couldn't do, why not cook, bake and eat? Also I got much less exercise from running errands. One good thing is that my Jazzercise class moved online and even though it was only a 5-minute drive from my house, it was easier to work into my schedule with everything else canceled. I'm sure I don't work as hard as I would in person, but I am at least getting in more classes. I haven't eaten inside or even outside a restaurant since early March 2020, only had takeout or delivery. I haven't been inside a library since then either, just requesting online and picking up on outside shelves.
I wasn't dressing up much since retirement but I used to wear business-type clothes for some meetings and my talks. But online, it seems better to just have a solid-color sweater or something else non-distracting. I have worn tennis shoes, sandals and moccasins, not even dressy loafers.
My husband and I have only left town twice when we visited our daughter and once to visit his sister when cases were down last summer. The only people who have come into our house were our son and daughter who came at separate times. They haven't seen each other since Christmas 2019, but we are hoping they may be able to both come her in May.
Theresa wrote: "I only left Manhattan twice in over a year - to visit Mohonk last fall on a couple of mental health mini-vacations. ..."Hi, Theresa. I assumed you had driven on those trips. How did/do you get there without driving?
Food. I know I've been eating less and better, however I still did gain a little bit of weight. But since the prediabetes diagnosis at the end of Jan, I'm trying to eat better, still, and smaller portions, as well. I have lost that little bit of weight that I gained. Whew! (Though I could certainly stand to lose a lot more!)
LibraryCin wrote: "Theresa wrote: "I only left Manhattan twice in over a year - to visit Mohonk last fall on a couple of mental health mini-vacations. ..."Hi, Theresa. I assumed you had driven on those trips. How d..."
Cindy - I took the bus - Trailways. Mohonk was/is expensive because everything is included, even meals. It was just too absurd to pay exorbitant car rentals to drive 1.5 hours where the car would sit in a parking lot undriven the entire stay. Bus was about $50 roundtrip, had strict mask etc. protocols, and COVID numbers here were extremely low. Ventilation was good. It was a risk but for 1.5 hours, no worse (even better) than taking MTA bus to midtown as I was doing from time to time. That also factored into my decision to go to Mohonk.
Which reminds me of something else brought this year....intense analyzation of modes of travel and COVID, most experienced by those who rely on public transport.
I relate to that picture Theresa. We're opening up the library in a week, and I'm having a mild panic attack over having to get out of my sweatpants. I've made do with a nice looking cardigan for meetings ;DOnce in a while I've been at work to oversee holds pickup but still ...
I've eaten well and healthy (except evening snacks) before and after, but I've still put on weight, mainly because there is a lot of natural exercise during the ordinary non-covid day for me I think: I ride my bike to work, I walk while at work. It's actually a revelation to me, how much of a difference that makes. I may also have eaten more, and stopped caring (at least in the beginning) about how much cake, chocolate and wine I consumed. Which also hasn't helped the clothes panic ... At least being a librarian, I'm not expected to wear suits (I don't even own any) and the work dress code in Denmark is relaxed overall. But I still can't come to work in my housecoat, sweatpants and slippers :D
Eating for me has mostly been the same due to my allergies, however I hurt my ankle in the winter so I have not been walking enough. I have been eating less so I am not gaining weight, but I don't have as much energy and feel less fit. I've found it harder to get motivated to walk regularly now that I can, since walking doesn't make it flare up again. This is because thanks to all of the staying at home, I have less motivation to go out now. I don't even do a big grocery shopping as often (I buy for a family so used to go weekly) and often have people just pick up milk and bread.So, it's getting motivated to walk and a. I don't like to drive somewhere just to walk (to me it's a waste of gas) and b. there aren't many choices from here for the length I can do right now (or ever unless I want to walk 4 miles at a time, but I prefer to walk more often and make them more like 2 or 2.5 miles or so since it's just boring small city walking.
It was more fun when I was in Boston once a week and could walk there for variety, usually starting at one end of corridor park when it was too cold for all of the smokers (tobacco and pot) to be out making it stink, although walking that all the way and back isn't long enough, it was still a fun part of a walk, plus there are ways to make it longer with a little imagination.
love your words and the cartoon. peace, janz
What have I not done in the last year? Or rarely?-I have visited the grocery store, or any store for that matter, only once. That was during Easter week when my curbside order forgot my ham.
-I have a group of friends who I get together with bi-monthly-have not see any of them since March 2020.
-I have not been to an in-person Friends of the Library board meeting since April 2020.
-I have not been to a book store, or a book sale since April 2020-this one is killing me!
Pandemic pounds (about 10-12) are slowly coming off thanks to Anita's MBL challenge restarting. Making myself move away from the books and computer. Also made a firm commitment to get back to eating healthy, so when I do snack it is usually nuts or fruit.
I get my second shot on Saturday and I am having anxiety about it. I just do not want to get sick. In normal times, when a cold or flu comes into our house Natalie and/or Adam are sick for 24 hours, and then just barely. I catch it and I am down for 2 weeks. So, like I said my anxiety right now has the best of me.
Theresa wrote: "Which reminds me of something else brought this year....intense analyzation of modes of travel and COVID, most experienced by those who rely on public transport...."Oh, that's good that it was done so well!
And LOL! Yes, I still don't like going in to work (luckily, only once/week), but it's not work. It's taking public transit that has be wary!
Joanne wrote: "What have I not done in the last year? Or rarely?-I have visited the grocery store, or any store for that matter, only once. That was during Easter week when my curbside order forgot my ham.
-I ..."
The good news is that with the mRNA -messenger RNA-- vaccine, once the mRNA degrades (all mRNA degrades in biology), it's over--it cannot self-replicate. It doesn't last for 2 weeks so then it's just your body getting rid of a set number of spindle proteins. Spindle proteins can't self-replicate, either :) This is different than fighting off a living virus or bacteria. The people I know who have had fevers, etc from the vaccination are usually fine after only a couple of days.
Karin wrote: "Joanne wrote: "What have I not done in the last year? Or rarely?-I have visited the grocery store, or any store for that matter, only once. That was during Easter week when my curbside order forg..."
Thanks Karin
Joanne wrote: "What have I not done in the last year? Or rarely?-I have visited the grocery store, or any store for that matter, only once. That was during Easter week when my curbside order forgot my ham.
-I ..."
Joanne - I don't know of anyone who has been down for more than 2 days after the second shot, and a surprisingly large % have very minor side effects. No need to worry. Just embrace all those dragon antibodies working hard to build walls in your body to keep the invader out!
Peacejanz wrote: "love your words and the cartoon. peace, janz"Thank you!
Question for Theresa - are you the type of New Yorker that uses the kitchen for storage, like clothes in the oven, and shoes in the cabinet? I saw this on Small Space, Big Style and then later on Sex In The City 😂I haven't been to a theater or show in over a year and really missing it.
Otherwise, I think I am mostly doing normal things. I've been back to work since end of last year, my bookstore is nearby so I visit them regularly, and I have eaten out. My husband and I went out for the 1st time in over a year for my bday since I got my first shot and he is fully vaccinated.
Joanne, I experienced absolutely nothing after the second shot of moderna. I advise tons of vitamin C, D, and Zinc, and probiotic, and water like a hose!!!!! jaden got his first shot and experienced nothing too, in part because I kept throwing stuff at him to chew and swallow. I bet it helps.
Theresa wrote: "Joanne wrote: "What have I not done in the last year? Or rarely?-I have visited the grocery store, or any store for that matter, only once. That was during Easter week when my curbside order forg..."
🐲-I am dragon hear me
Meli wrote: "Question for Theresa - are you the type of New Yorker that uses the kitchen for storage, like clothes in the oven, and shoes in the cabinet? I saw this on Small Space, Big Style and then later on S..."Nope. I only have cookie sheets and a cast iron skillet stored in oven between uses. Cookie sheets because no cupboard deep enough to store them and cast iron because heavy and more covenient.
But I also actually cook and bake, unlike a lot of New Yorkers.
Book Concierge wrote: "Let's give this a try:"
That works! I need to figure out why I suddenly can't get images to drop. When I have 5 minutes.
Amy wrote: "Joanne, I experienced absolutely nothing after the second shot of moderna. I advise tons of vitamin C, D, and Zinc, and probiotic, and water like a hose!!!!! jaden got his first shot and experience..."I didn't take anything special, just got Tylenol in case I needed it after the shot, and I had no side effects from Moderna. One theory is that younger people are more likely to react, but even that is anecdotal.
I haven't worn a suit in ages ... not even to work when I was still working. But I like wearing dresses so during the warmer months this past year, I still wore dresses. And I wear the nicer tops that I wore to work around the house. I think we behave differently when we are "dressed for work" so I follow that principle, especially on days when I have a zoom meeting for a board of directors meeting. Early in the pandemic (April 2020) I had called my bank ... I needed to make an appointment to get into my safe deposit box. I found the staff singularly UNhelpful and borderline rude, though they eventually agreed to let me in for this "emergency". When I got there I noticed that everyone was in VERY casual attire ... holey jeans, old band t-shirts, etc. Even the bank managers in the little glass-walled offices were attired thus. He couldn't bother with a pair of pressed chinos and a tie-less dress shirt? My immediately thought, "Well no wonder they aren't behaving like they're at work ... they're not dressed for it."
Robin P wrote: "Amy wrote: "Joanne, I experienced absolutely nothing after the second shot of moderna. I advise tons of vitamin C, D, and Zinc, and probiotic, and water like a hose!!!!! jaden got his first shot an..."Another theory is that people who have had asymptomatic Covid 19 are more likely to react to a first shot if they still have antibodies to it. People who have had it with no symptoms often have no idea they've had it unless they had to take a test for some reason other than symptoms. Most people get no symptoms with Covid according to the tests done in Iceland at the building that housed the Human Genome project, although that was a large majority white population with a more narrow set of genes than the world population (where people of European and African descent combined only comprise 31 percent of the world's population, 16 and 15 percent respectively)
Robin P wrote: "I didn't take anything special, just got Tylenol in case I needed it after the shot, and I had no side effects from Moderna. One theory is that younger people are more likely to react, but even that is anecdotal."I was quite sick with my second dose of Moderna, and I am definitely not young. Really bad chills, but it didn't last a full day.
Book Concierge wrote: "I haven't worn a suit in ages ... not even to work when I was still working. But I like wearing dresses so during the warmer months this past year, I still wore dresses. And I wear the nicer tops t..."Yes, and some teachers required school kids to get dressed for online classes when the schools were closed--when thy kids were in pyjamas (or, pajamas in the States) they were less able to focus.
This afternoon I am going to this: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-art...And those of you who remember what my daughter's major is will probably be able to pick her out of the list, but since this group can be seen by all GR members, I won't say it here :). She has six pieces in this senior show.
She has always been the type to live her life close to the vest, so I only found out about this show last week when I asked her what she and her boyfriend had done--she told him (she still lives at home). Then I quipped that someday I'll have to ask her husband (she plans to get married before having kids, so going with her plans) to let me know when she gets pregnant...
(yes, she laughed, but I was half serious ;) ).
Theresa wrote: "Meli wrote: "Question for Theresa - are you the type of New Yorker that uses the kitchen for storage, like clothes in the oven, and shoes in the cabinet? I saw this on Small Space, Big Style and th..."One of the stereotypes I love about New Yorkers for some reason 😂
Meli wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Meli wrote: "Question for Theresa - are you the type of New Yorker that uses the kitchen for storage, like clothes in the oven, and shoes in the cabinet? I saw this on Small Space, ..."Right? I want a small closet apartment that fits just me and my dog-Since I have not bought any clothes for nearly a year, the oven will do nicely!
Joanne wrote: "Meli wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Meli wrote: "Question for Theresa - are you the type of New Yorker that uses the kitchen for storage, like clothes in the oven, and shoes in the cabinet? I saw this on ..."One of my favorite settings in books is New York City and I feel like using your oven for clothes is one of those exclusively New York City things because of the size of most apartments. I love the idea of living in New York City, but never even been there 😂
My brother basically inherited our parents' apartment in NYC. I will need to ask him if he stores anything in the oven. He never bakes anything. He only uses the stovetop to heat up things like soup or canned beans. I don't think he even has a microwave, he mainly gets takeout, or in normal times, eats at restaurants. He has a lot of books and I think some of those are stored in kitchen cabinets. During Hurricane Sandy, his ground floor apartment was totally flooded. He lived just fine in a hotel room for months and when he moved back, he just put a futon in the living room and used the bedroom for whatever storage he needs. He has no TV or stereo system, using a laptop computer for that. He has one table and a couple chairs and I think that is it.
Meli wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Meli wrote: "Question for Theresa - are you the type of New Yorker that uses the kitchen for storage, like clothes in the oven, and shoes in the cabinet? I saw this on Small Space, ..."Oh there are definitely people who store clothes in oven, etc. My coat closet is also my broom closet, for example. There is nowhere else to put things lime brooms, vacuum, toolbox, etc. My 6ft metal ladder (needed to reach ceiling light fixtures etc) is part of my kitchen decor as nowhere else it fits.
Theresa wrote: "Meli wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Meli wrote: "Question for Theresa - are you the type of New Yorker that uses the kitchen for storage, like clothes in the oven, and shoes in the cabinet? I saw this on ..."Make that ladder into a bookshelf 😁
Joanne wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Meli wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Meli wrote: "Question for Theresa - are you the type of New Yorker that uses the kitchen for storage, like clothes in the oven, and shoes in the cabinet..."Gets used too often. I am short, barely reaching bottom shelf of kitchen cupboards.
I had never heard of this until now! Wow... LOL! Eating out all the time (or takeout)? How can anyone afford that!?
Today is World Book Day with free Kindle books if you use one.https://www.amazon.com/article/read-t...
Jen K wrote: "Today is World Book Day with free Kindle books if you use one.https://www.amazon.com/article/read-t..."
Thanks so much, Jen K. I picked them up. I always find some good reads among these. It is great right now with our Fly the skies challenge.
Thanks Jen, I just downloaded a bunch of them. ;0)
I downloaded most of them as well even though I'm pretty sure I haven't read most of the ones I downloaded last year. I appreciate the diversity and may use one for my Fly the Skies too.
LibraryCin wrote: "I had never heard of this until now! Wow... LOL! Eating out all the time (or takeout)? How can anyone afford that!?"
You are right in most cases, but it works for him. My brother uses it as portion control, only buying what he is going to eat and having no waste and no extra food at home for snacking. Yes, cooking at home would be cheaper but he has plenty of money and spends pretty much none of it on entertainment, travel, clothing, owns no car, no pets, etc.
Jen K wrote: "Today is World Book Day with free Kindle books if you use one.https://www.amazon.com/article/read-t..."
That's funny, I read it as one word and my first thought was, "Are they giving away something about the Worldbook Encyclopedia that I used to use as a kid?"
A lot of these look interesting, and I'm sure I'll take some. Several could work well with Fly the Skies. There is one set in Madagascar. It has very mixed reviews but I don't think I've ever read anything set there.
On another subject, I was on an author talk yesterday through the home library of our own Doughgirl, where William Kent Krueger talked about being a writer and about This Tender Land. He was delightful, a wonderful speaker and storyteller. I believe it will be available on YouTube through Plymouth MN library or Hennepin County Library system. I think I have done at least 10 author events since Book Concierge got me started on them last year. It is one of the few perks of the Zoom era.
Jen K wrote: "Today is World Book Day with free Kindle books if you use one.https://www.amazon.com/article/read-t..."
Thanks, just downloaded a bunch as well 🥳 Like you, I think I have only read a few from previous years, but my kindle is not going anywhere.
Robin P wrote: "On another subject, I was on an author talk yesterday through the home library of our own Doughgirl, where William Kent Krueger talked about being a writer and about [book:This Tende..."I attended that too, Robin! I thought he was a great speaker!
annapi wrote: "Robin P wrote: "On another subject, I was on an author talk yesterday through the home library of our own Doughgirl, where William Kent Krueger talked about being a writer and about ..."Great! I lived in MN 25 years so I felt connected but obviously he has fans from all over. I recently listened to the audiobook of the first Cork O'Connor mystery and I liked it, so I'm sure I'll read more but there are about 18 of them! All of his books have elements of the local Native culture, so I wondered if Krueger, like his character, was part Ojibway. But it seems not, he has developed friendships and contacts over the years. (Like Tony Hillerman, who I was surprised to know had no Navajo ancestry.)
Speaking of keeping clothes in the oven, I recently either read a book where a girl wants to bake cookies and forgets to check the oven--her mother stored a quilt there (but it's set in California).Fiction is often rather realistic like that :)
Robin P wrote: "My brother uses it as portion control, only buying what he is going to eat and having no waste and no extra food at home for snacking..."Ah, and I'm the opposite when I do eat out. I hate cooking, so when I do spend the money to eat out, I want to bring home leftovers for at least one more meal!
I realized today something else I have not done in over a year: worn a watch. As a lawyer whose time is billed hourly, and who has days filled with appointments and an active social and cultural life, wearing a watch pre-pandemic was daily. Post-quarantine....not so as I always had a clock of some kind in view and I did not have to go anywhere or be places at specific times. I was out and about today, and needed to be certain places at certain times...and kept looking at my bare wrist!At this point, all the batteries are dead in my watch collection.
Robin P wrote: "On another subject, I was on an author talk yesterday through the home library of our own Doughgirl, where William Kent Krueger talked about being a writer and about ..."He IS a wonderful speaker ... I had the pleasure of seeing him in person at Boswell when This Tender Land first came out. A lovely man.
Theresa wrote: "At this point, all the batteries are dead in my watch collection...."My Seiko is solar powered! But since I wasn't going out so much I found I needed to keep it under the bright desk lamp to re-charge - especially during the winter months. LOL
And then there's my "wind-up" Cinderella watch, with the original leather band ... got it when I was about 7 or 8 years old. It still works! (MY brother got a Mickey Mouse watch at the same time... he still has it, though he replaced the band for one that fits him as an adult. And yes, it still works.)
LibraryCin wrote: "Robin P wrote: "My brother uses it as portion control, only buying what he is going to eat and having no waste and no extra food at home for snacking..."Ah, and I'm the opposite when I do eat out..."
Me too, when I was working and went out for food, I would get enough for 2-3 days of lunches. In the US, most portions at most restaurants are too much to eat all at once (though I have certainly done it often!)
Book Concierge wrote: "Theresa wrote: "At this point, all the batteries are dead in my watch collection...."My Seiko is solar powered! But since I wasn't going out so much I found I needed to keep it under the bright d..."
Wow, I'm impressed you still have your childhood watch. I broke my Cinderella watch within days of receiving it by playing around with the wind/time set stem too much. I was only about 6 years old. I always wore a watch while working but since retiring, I usually rely on clocks at home and in the car. I'm not in the habit of whipping out my phone all the time to check that way. My son, the Apple "genius" (his official title on his business card!) hadn't worn a watch in years but now uses (of course) the Apple watch along with his phone. So Apple not only gave us the mouse and took it away, they sent watches out of favor and brought them back in.
My theory of watches when I was working was the same as my theory of pens. Buy cheap ones and replace them when they stop working. It costs more for the batteries than the watches, and I have never had good enough dexterity to replace batteries myself (plus now, not good enough eyesight.) On another thread, we were discussing bright colors and I liked the watches with interchangeable bands of different colors to match my outfits. Actually the bands were usually the first thing to go on the cheap watches.
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What have I not done in the last year? Or rarely?
I have not worn a suit (big deal for a lawyer) and rarely any business clothes at all, even business casual. I think I can count on one hand. Even most of my zooms I can get away with regular tee shirts.
I have not worn heels or even real leather shoes - it's all Teva sandals, barefeet, slippers, and Traveltime Easy Spirit clogs.
I wore boots only 3 times this winter - because I never had to leave the apartment until sidewalks cleared - plus we did not have much snow.
I have not driven a car in over a year. Remember - I live in NYC and do not own one, but I frequently rented for weekend road trips or even visits to shops in NJ.
I have of course not been in a theater, music hall, arena, stadium, museum, tourist site, movie theater in over a year. Museums I feel I can start doing now that vaccinated.
I have not visited another borough of NYC than Manhattan in over a year. Or even been in downtown Manhattan.
I only left Manhattan twice in over a year - to visit Mohonk last fall on a couple of mental health mini-vacations.
I have eaten inside a restaurant only once in over a year.
One significant positive change: I find I eat less over all even if I'm not necessarily eating better. That means I've not gained weight even though far less active than before and sitting with a kitchen only steps away. But, that's partly why I am eating less. I'm not snacking. I also realized that with a kitchen only steps away, and plenty of delivery options, I eat when I first feel hungry which has led to eating less - smaller portions, less food overall. Before, I'd be starving by the time I'd eat - dinner especially, but also lunch often - because it had to fit around my intense work schedule. When starving I'd eat more than I really needed to eat because it would take my stomach time to notify my brain it was sated. This was a real epiphany - eating when I first feel hungry = eating less.