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A Quiet Space for Psalm139 and IsayUncle (Please do not reply or respond. Thank You)

IsayUncle September 19th, 2022

This space was created to get away from crowded threads in hopes of more in-depth conversations between Psalm139 and IsayUncle. Please do not join the conversation unless you are invited. Thank You in advance for understanding and complying. Have a beautiful day!

@Psalm139 @IsayUncle

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IsayUncle OP March 16th, 2023

@Psalm139

I'm sorry Justin is sick but I think it'll do him some good to take some time off of work. We all need that sometimes. Myself, I'm just winging it. My routine was good when I was basically working part time because that's what bus driving is, it's part time. But now with the reality of working full time, with my side jobs, my routine is not so easy to keep up with.๐Ÿ˜•.

It's kind of like, welcome to reality because everybody with a full time job doesn't really have time to do all the stuff they wanna do, so that's where it's at.

I hope you all get to feeling better and have a nice weekend. We got tomorrow off for some reason I don't know why. But that's good for me and I hope you have a happy Saint Patrick's Day!๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š.

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Psalm139 March 17th, 2023

@IsayUncle Good morning ๐Ÿ’›. How is your day off going so far?

I can understand why it would be hard to basically go from part time to full time. It seems like you kept pretty busy before so now you have to decide how to fit in all the chores and projects on your property and balance that with your side work. And hopefully have some time to rest and do things you want to do sometimes too!

I am feeling a little better today but not sure if Iโ€™ll be well enough for taekwondo or church this weekend. I have three appointments including Jaxonโ€™s Iowa City appointment next week so hopefully we will feel well enough for those. I guess just taking it a day at a time for now.

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IsayUncle OP March 17th, 2023

@Psalm139

I'm glad you're felling a little better and also think taking the weeked off sounds like a nice idea and a good thing to do. I hope you and your husband get along well while he's home. And taking the time to relax while healing can really help with that too. ๐Ÿ˜Š.

I been meaning to ask about Jax, How has his progress been this past couple of weeks? Improving I hope and Hopefully you have good weather for driving to Iowa City.

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Psalm139 March 18th, 2023

@IsayUncle Itโ€™s going ok with having Justin home. We are pretty much taking turns sleeping and watching tv. Jax is doing well, thanks for asking! Are you getting some rest this weekend too?๐Ÿ’›

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IsayUncle OP March 18th, 2023

@Psalm139

Is he needing his cathaters anymore?

IsayUncle OP March 19th, 2023

@Psalm139

Good morning,

I'm not writing much lately because I'm getting bumfuzzled and off-track. I'd say overwhelmed but that's overused and not really accurate because I wouldn't be overwhelmed if I could just stay on track and stay clear headed. I'm kind of like in that place, in the middle of not wanting to do anything but knowing if I don't, I will surely crash and burn. And that is filling my head with dread and anxiety. Ugh, ugh, ugh.๐Ÿ˜•.

I think I realized when I like to post. When I'm really so down in the dumps that I need to talk it out and get help. But also when I'm upbeat, feeling good and have the energy and the dsire to have normal conversations with a friend and be encouraging.

So, how are you recuperating?๐Ÿ’š. Have you actually been able to relax a little bit and kind of decompress this weekend? I hope so. You surely deserve it. I know it'll be nice when everyone gets to feeling better so I hope that happens soon.

When I'm in this middle place of BLAH, I guess I don't feel like complaining much or feel like talking much about anything. I think I'll check out that Spotify and maybe we can share podcasts to listen to. It would be a good time for me to listen and talk about something in common.

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Psalm139 March 20th, 2023

@IsayUncle Sorry you havenโ€™t been doing that well. I meant to respond yesterday but I got distracted. Did you manage to get anything done that you wanted? I hate that feeling you described.


I havenโ€™t known really what to say after you said you are tired of talking about day to day stuff. I am feeling a little better finally. I went to taekwondo last night. Did you figure out Spotify? We can talk about anything you want.

Have you ever heard of the book โ€œWaldenโ€? I am only starting to read it but you might like it.

I hope you are having a better day today ๐Ÿ’›
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IsayUncle OP March 20th, 2023

@Psalm139

That's good that you're feeling a little better, good enough to go to Taekwondo. That's great. I'll surely get back to talking about daily stuff and I still love to hear about what you're doing so it's not like I don't wanna have a daily stuffed conversation about for me right now, it's almost like if I talk about things, I'm either complaining or dreading the commitment once it comes out in the words. Sounds kinda corny but I'm just doing one thing at a time without giving anything any fanfare I guess.

And so, to answer your question, yes, I am hooked up with Spotify. I did that yesterday and I have listened to the first four episodes of DBT & me. I like it a lot so far. I guess there's a lot of information out there on DBT. The two girls on DBT and me are funny so they're fun to listen to would they make a lot of sense I like how they banter back and forth.

How long have you been studying or practicing DBT techniques?

And please, try not to feel weird that I'm not talking about my daily stuff right now. Try to understand that it discourages me on some level but it's not like I'm gonna completely stop saying what I'm doing. And it's time to grow anyway and talk about new things. I still wanna hear how your progress is going with everything so I hope you don't have to stop. ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š

Walden looks good, I have to see if I can get it on Spotify or maybe YouTube. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ. It's on Spotify. I'm gonna listen to the first chapter while I work on my salad greens. I've been holding steady around 295 from 306 so that's good. If I can go another four days at 295 or less then I will change my goal to 290.

I hope all your appointments go well this week, I know how much you love those doctors offices NOT! Has Jax been off his catheters this whole time?

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Psalm139 March 21st, 2023

@IsayUncle Good morning ๐Ÿ’›. I can see how talking about all you have to do and how behind you are could be discouraging. Itโ€™s ok if you want to talk about other things.

I donโ€™t know much about dbt. I just know itโ€™s basically the only treatment recommended for borderline personality disorder and my listener before was pushing me to get dbt therapy. I heard about the podcast through a borderline group on f a c e b o o k that I used to be in.

What did you think of the book I recommended? Iโ€™ve been reading it a little and it is very philosophical. I thought you would like it๐Ÿ’›

You are doing awesome on your weight loss! I think itโ€™s smart that you are taking time to maintain in between loss goals! So you are already about 10 lbs down, right?!

Yeah, appointments. Yay. Just one for Treyton on Wednesday, me Thursday and Jaxonโ€™s are Friday. That will be a most of the day thing. Iโ€™m hoping he will be cleared to not use catheters at all. Right now we are still taping them in at night. He is still able to go on his own but they will do an ultrasound to make sure his kidneys look good. He seems to beg emptying completely.

If he is cleared Iโ€™m sure we will still have to go back sometimes because of his hydronephrosis and surgeries but thinking he could not have to use catheters for the rest of his life is amazing.

If you listen to anything internet me know! ๐Ÿ’›



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Psalm139 March 21st, 2023

@IsayUncle *anything interesting, lol

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IsayUncle OP March 21st, 2023

@Psalm139

You sound good in your Post, kind of like you're feeling a good bit better.๐Ÿ˜ƒ. Your appointment schedule doesn't sound horrible so I hope it doesn't mess up the week for you. As a matter of fact, jax appointment sounds hopeful and encouraging. I hope it proves to be. That's just a wonderful thing that's happening right there, really happy for you. It will be so amazing if he doesn't have to deal with those catheters for the rest of his life.๐Ÿ’š

I agree about Walden being very philosophical, might be a little bit much for me but you were right about thinking that I would like it or relate to him. I do believe in the simplicity of things but also get caught up in the rat race that he's talking about. I have heard about the book before and of course about the author and just for that sake alone, I'll probably try to listen to the whole thing but maybe not๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿ˜….... He said he was 30 years old while writing this and then he said that we shouldn't listen to our elders. Hmm? Lol

I listen to mostly fiction, historical fiction, action, espionage, hi tech genres.

Did you listen to the DBT episode about a wise mind. I practiced that today and it felt good. I haven't done anything with the students for several weeks and they've been bugging me to help them build dog houses for them to sell. I was gonna put them off again this week (really feeling guilty about it) but then I went into my wise mind to get rid of the confusion and am now looking forward to having a big day with them on Saturday.

Good luck with Trey's appointment tomorrow and I hope you have a nice night tonight.๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š

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Psalm139 March 22nd, 2023

@IsayUncle I did feel pretty good today. We had taekwondo tonight again. That went well but there were a lot of people. The latest class has less people so I think that one might be better for us.

I think the appointments will be ok. I am not looking forward to them though. But you are right that Jaxonโ€™s progress is exciting and hopefully that will end up being a good day!

Im sorry you donโ€™t seem to like the book. I did read the part about him being 30 and not learning from older people. I donโ€™t agree with that either.

I will listen to the wise mind episode. Iโ€™m glad it helped you and you are excited to get back to working with the kids!

I listened to most of one about splitting. I thought it might help me when I try to contact my brother. I donโ€™t know when I will. Iโ€™m scared to try. I donโ€™t know if he will ever want anything to do with me again. He never liked when I tried to explain what happened and thatโ€™s what the ladies were recommending to do after a bad split. I donโ€™t think that would work with him. I think I could do better though because there have been a few times I have gotten upset but didnโ€™t say anything and eventually I was ok. I donโ€™t know.

Anyway Iโ€™ll let you know how things go tomorrow๐Ÿ’›

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IsayUncle OP March 22nd, 2023

@Psalm139

Hi, I know you don't like your appointments because they make you anxious (Hang in there๐Ÿ˜•). I hope Treyton's appointment went good today. What do you have to go in for tomorrow?

1817 -1862. Henry David Thoreau, I knew that I had heard of the author and I had heard of the book and Ivery well should have. He's from New England, that's my hometown stomping grounds. So I mentioned about him being 30 years old but I knew life expectancy wasn't as much in 1800s as it is now so I looked that up. Life expectancy was only about 40 years old. [so that totally changes my outlook or dynamic about stating his age of only being 30 years old and not wanting to listen to his elders] I think I was just a little too flippant with his direction.

Figures 6, ,77 and and88 compare some of the new life table estimates with Hainesโ€™ life table estimates. As shown in figure 6, the new life tables describe a decline in life expectancy at birth from approximately 44 years in the late eighteenth century to just over 40 years in the 1840s. Although the models assumed a slight male advantage in life expectancy at age 20, higher male mortality in infancy pushed female life expectancy at birth slightly above the male estimate. Life expectancy at birth then declined another 3โ€“4 years in the 1850s to approximately 37 years. The decline is largely the result of the modelโ€™s prediction of increased infant mortality. Although the decline in adult life expectancy between the 1840s and 1850s was relatively modest (1.4 years), the model suggests that infant mortality rates rose from 215 to 247 per thousand for white males and from 190 to 222 for white females. Life expectancy reached an even lower level in the 1860s for white malesโ€”the result of the American Civil Warโ€”but then increased rapidly with estimates for white females for the remainder of the century. Life expectancy for white females increased more rapidly. By the 1890s, white females enjoyed about a 2-year advantage in life expectancy at birth.

Figure 6 Life Expectancy at birth, white population of the United States, 1790โ€“1900

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Are you reading this book or listening to it in audiobook? I'm listening to an audio book and I'm actually finding it much more interesting now that I know that was written in 1800s. I like historical information so I find this kind of interesting because of the background topics. I don't think I would enjoy physically reading this book but I am enjoying the audio book. And just for the fact that it's such a famous book and such a famous author, why not get some education, right?๐Ÿ˜…. I've only listened to a couple chapters but I can tell I agree with his thought process as far as keeping things simple and down to earth. He died one year after the civil war started so you know that things were in turmoil for the nation prior to the civil war, a bit later on in the book he talks about the state of the nation and how upsetting that was. Probably a lot like what we do today. Trying to make sense of the turmoil.

I think it's really good that you're keeping your thought process towards your brother forward thinking and maybe you ain't quite figured out how to approach it so it's very understandable that that would be scary. You have time, focus on yourself and maybe if you understand a bit more it could be less scary and that might be a better time to approach things. Give it the time that it needs until you feel comfortable. I think it's always gonna feel scary at the same time I think you will come to a point where you prepared for it.

I'm kind of in the same boat with my niece, I wanna fix things with her but I don't know how to approach it. I don't want too much more time to go by, it's been a couple years. I can't seem to get past this feeling of injustice being done to me and I know that my own actions were instrumental in creating these conditions. I still don't wanna admit that openly and vulnerably. But, like you, I keep thinking on it. I think I'm a little closer to figuring it out for myself. I know it's gonna involve an absolute selfless resolution. And not for the initial solution but also if I choose to have a longer term relationship with her. I'll have to listen to that episode about splitting that you said you listened to.

I know your day was busy but I hope it went well with the appointment. Have a good night and we'll talk later.๐Ÿ’š


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IsayUncle OP March 23rd, 2023

@Psalm139

Good morning, ๐Ÿ’š. I hope you have a nice smooth day and try not to get too anxious about your doctor's appointment. Just go there get it done come on home. I know you got some busy days (physically and mentally) with all these appointments so we'll touch base when you get time. No worries there๐Ÿ˜Š.


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Psalm139 March 23rd, 2023

@IsayUncle Good morning๐Ÿ’›. Yesterday was a pretty long day for me. I took Trey to his their appointment, which went fine. He doesnโ€™t like going, but itโ€™s only a half an hour twice a month. Then we had church.


The older kids had youth group and I took the little boys to a tour of the community center with the kidsโ€™ program leaders. One other little boy rode with us too because they didnโ€™t have room. I was nervous about church because I couldnโ€™t decide what to do. I didnโ€™t want to let my kids go with other people and I didnโ€™t really feel comfortable taking other peopleโ€™s kids with me. They know both about me and just gave me this little boy to take! I obviously am safe and a careful driver and everything, but what if I wasnโ€™t?

The community center was actually pretty cool - they have a boxing program there that is free and they do training similar to taekwondo. They had us do lunges, squats, planks, leg lifts, jumping jacks, etc. I wasnโ€™t expecting a workout but it made it more fun. I was proud of myself for going because I almost skipped because I didnโ€™t know what to do about the tour. I was very conflicted.

I listened to the wise mind episode yesterday and it was good! I think I usually operate out of my emotional mind but I do spend some time in my reasonable mind too. It is good to remember to consider emotions when making all those plans though. I think starting taekwondo and church were good decisions where I was probably thinking in my wise mind. Overwhelmed by fear but doing it anyway because I knew it would be good for the kids and for me.

Iโ€™m glad you are liking the book more. I was put off a little with his comment about not listening to older people or learning anything from them, but knowing the life expectancy was different then does change things a lot. I have listened to some and read some.

What happened with your niece that you havenโ€™t talked in two years? Were you close before then? Is she the one you wrote a letter to?

I have thought of calling Carl. I donโ€™t know how long I should wait. I donโ€™t know if he is punishing me intentionally or he is just disgusted with me. In September I told him I missed him and he ignored that. So I donโ€™t want to do anything too soon. And if he ignores me again I donโ€™t know how I will handle it, so Iโ€™m afraid because of that too.

My appointment is today. I think I will just tell him Iโ€™m doing well with the meds as they are. I am doing better. Probably more from getting out than from the meds though. Are you home today? Talk to you later ๐Ÿ’›

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IsayUncle OP March 24th, 2023

@Psalm139

GOOD MORNING! image_1679646159.png.

Wow, wow, and another wow! There is so much good stuff here to write about but I think the most outstanding is that very small detail of not changing your meds. I know medications are necessary and our minds are deficient in areas but it is amazing to see a small healing process without more medications. You have been putting in so much effort, time and work into trying to do the right thing just on faith and hope that it might work. Also, with the Community Center and being able to get out there and do that is fantastic. All these little bits with you and the kids putting in so much effort actually make these improvements momentous and monumental. I really am so proud of you๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š.

I've been busy and I'm actually running a bit behind schedule this morning, but don't let that discourage you. There's other things in this post I'd like to talk about more too. I did try to find that episode in DBT about splitting but I never saw anything about that in the title. I would guess it might have been in the relationship episode. If you remember let me know what episode it was in, thanks. I'm glad you liked the wise mind episode.

Sounds like you could probably use some good rest today but you got that big drive and appointment with jax. Try not to stress on that. Remember, you are probably going to be a brain tired anyway so let that part be normal without confusing it or letting it feed into anxiety. Drive carefully.

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Psalm139 March 24th, 2023

@IsayUncle Good morning ๐Ÿ’›. The episode that talks about splitting is one of the more recent ones - Q& A episode 49 from January 9. I think you started with the oldest episodes. It only mentions splitting in the description. I am listening to a long episode now on borderline personality disorder but Iโ€™m just listening to a little st a time. Maybe I swill listen in the van today on the way to/from Jaxonโ€™s appointment.

It means a lot to hear that you are proud of me, thank you๐Ÿ’›. I have made a lot of progress and most people would think going to church and taekwondo would be just normal stuff and not that big a deal but for me it is a big deal to get us out there like that, so thank you for seeing that!

My doctor said I donโ€™t have to come back for six months now so Iโ€™m happy about that too! I think all these appointments are finally coming to an end for a while. Weโ€™ll see what happens with Jax today!

We signed up for testing at the end of the month to get our low yellow belts too. Yellow with a white stripe. Iโ€™m excited for that and to learn a new form!

Let me know if you find anything interesting to listen to! I can try something you find too! Iโ€™m open to basically anything as long as it isnโ€™t swearing a lot lol. The one lady on the dbt podcast says things I donโ€™t like a lot but I overlook it because the information is so good.

Oh, and thereโ€™s a guy on YouTube that talks about borderline too - Dr. Daniel Fox - if you are interested. I bet there are therapists online that talk about bipolar too. But borderline is pretty similar. A lot of people just describe it as bipolar but faster (changes in mood). Of course there are differences too.

Have a good day! Iโ€™ll try to check in tonight๐Ÿ’›

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IsayUncle OP March 24th, 2023

@Psalm139

I'm just glad you're more hopeful. ๐Ÿ˜‰ it's nice talking with someone who's trying new things but still dealing with the old things while being encouraged by the new things. It's refreshing, I think that good persona of yours is more rare than you think. So keep it up as you can without stressing about it.

I'm also glad you're enjoying your church too. I remember you saying you had gotten away from it for a little while so I'm guessing it feels pretty good to be back into it a little bit more. By the way I agree with you about the cussing with the ladies. That one girl does it but to me, it feels like she does it kind of on purpose to maybe relate to a slightly more callous support troubled group of people maybe? And also mybe to feel bold and independent on some level? I'm pretty neutral about cussing but I agree with you, it feels kind of out of place in the podcast.

My days are still all over the place, I couldn't put the lasso around them if I tried. Kids are gonna come over to try to make dog houses tomorrow so that's cool. One kid is really excited about it because his teacher wants to buy one. (No pressure on me lol!)

I almost got my routine stuff caught up but I had to skip two days of side work to try to get a handle on it. i thought it was supposed to rain for two days so I scheduled it like that but then it was nice and I could have worked that's why I felt guilty because I had already committed to get my stuff done.

Another milestone in my weight loss, I held 295 or less for seven consecutive days so now I changed my goal to 290. And also my foot and walking is in some weird condition because I've been walking so abnormally for two years the inserts got me straightened up and instead of hobbling around I can actually walk in a stride but my legs aren't used to it so it's weird and I gotta focus on it and I gotta concentrate on trying to walk normal. I'm not sure if you know what dropfoot is but it's when you lose a nerve in your foot somewhere and when you put your heel down your foot just plops to the ground. I have that going on too but that's nothing to be fixed it's just another weird thing to deal with while I'm walking. I am totally practicing mindfulness when I walk which is really cool. I'm walking erect in stride and with purpose.

I'm ready to start my next physical improvement now that I've lost a little bit of weight. I haven't started yet what I wanna do is sit-ups to reduce my gut but also I want to be able to touch the floor with the palm of my hands and I thought you might have some yoga moves to help me do that. I'm a tall guy and it's never been easy for me to touch my toes, I get about as far down as my shins. When I get older it's important to me to be able to easily put on my socks and tie my shoes so I have to start practicing those exercises and stretches now.

If I don't hear from you this evening, let me know how your drive and your appointment went today when you get a chance. And have a Goodnight๐Ÿ’š PS.... good skill wishes for yellow belt test. (better than good luck LOL. You've worked too hard to contribute it to luck, but maybe good luck too ๐Ÿ˜…)


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Psalm139 March 25th, 2023

@IsayUncle Jaxonโ€™s appointments went really well but I have been anxious and just not very well mentally today. Iโ€™ll tell you more tomorrow. Good job on your weight loss! You are doing awesome ๐Ÿ’›

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IsayUncle OP March 25th, 2023

@Psalm139

I'm sorry to hear you weren't doing too good mentally. You've had a lot going on with your appointments this week so that was very challenging and then winding down or I should say winding up to the last biggie of the week is a pretty big deal too. Regardless of the good news about Jax, that doesn't change the facts of the week. When you get a minute, I'd like to hear what was bothering you if you want.

You are done with your appointments so I'm hoping you can take a couple days to wind down and maybe a couple times this weekend you can take the time to just rest good. ๐Ÿ’š


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Psalm139 March 25th, 2023

@IsayUncle Good morning ๐Ÿ’›. I hope you have a good day with your kids today! We got a ton of snow overnight, lol!


Jaxonโ€™s appointment couldnโ€™t have gone better. His doctor said that he doesnโ€™t need the night catheters anymore! He wants me to use a regular catheter once a day just to make sure his stoma stays open until we are sure he wonโ€™t need it again. So we will do that for six months and he said if everything goes well in that time we will be done! Even his kidneys looked perfect!

I donโ€™t know what was going on yesterday. Maybe anxiety from the appointment. I guess when I have so many appointments it feels like I have to be โ€œonโ€ all the time. That can do it. It feels like pretending sometimes, but what else can I do? It doesnโ€™t go well when I act the way I feel or say something about it. No one wants to deal with that.

Anyway. Today we will be home all day so that will be good.

As far as exercises, sit ups wonโ€™t really reduce your belly. They will strengthen the muscles under it. Cardio or strength training would be good. Team body project on YouTube might be perfect. The workouts might seem intense but they have modifications and even ones where you can do them while sitting - in case your foot causes you trouble. Maybe you could get a brace for it?

Let me know how your day goes!๐Ÿ’›
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Psalm139 March 25th, 2023

@IsayUncle Also I found this for you for you:

https://youtu.be/VOPnBMKTbO8

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Psalm139 March 25th, 2023

@IsayUnce And this:

https://youtu.be/e8opMY-SoZc

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IsayUncle OP March 26th, 2023

@Psalm139

Oh no. Say it ain't so Joe. Not tons of more snow. Shoveling shoveling you all most go. LOL ๐Ÿ˜‚ from 60 degree sunshiney day! I hope everyone is OK and that's the last of it.

Thanks for the knowledge about the situps and thanks for taking the time finding a couple of good YouTube channels. I think the cardio I'm gonna have to work into my schedule. But I like the channel. I had it on this morning for about three episodes while doing kitchen work and I like the instructor and I can't believe that I like the music. I would never listen to that in my own world. I think it kinda reminded me of my younger days in disco dancing.image_1679843245.png

I did like the instructional on the forward fold. That all makes good sense to me so I'll probably start practicing that right away, so, thank you very much.

Great news about jax, I'm happy for you guys there for sure! I hope you're enjoying your day today. I think you were probably right about all the appointments and everything last week stressing you out a bit so it'll be really good if you can have a really good day today.๐Ÿ’š

My imagination is bigger than my clock. I get in my own head about all these things that I want to do and I actually spend tons of time trying to make them happen in little bits and pieces at a time. They use up every ounce of time I have. And in reality, I canโ€™t find the time to do the things of priority and necessity like my routine tasks. Like you say sometimes; I get in my own head and it goes around and around and thatโ€™s kind of where I am at and have been for a while now. I don't know how to put it in words but it can be pretty disheartening at times.

I have some fun moments with the students on Friday and yesterday with the student that came in help me do some work building them a dog house. On Friday has the kids got on the bus I said to a few of them or greeted them with good morning and TGIF. Finally one of the high school students came walking up to me and asked what does TGIF stand for.๐Ÿ˜. I found that amusing. The evening before I found a little airplane toy that someone had lost and when I asked who's it was on Friday morning, nobody claimed it so I asked if anybody wanted it and several hands went up. I told them they all had to play rock paper scissors to get a winner. A little cross eyed kindergartener really wanted it but then there were some older elementary kids that were in the mix too. One of the older kids won the challenge and then he turned around and gave the toy to little Isaac and I found out later they all had agreed that if they won they would give it to the kindergartener.๐Ÿ˜ƒ how awesome was that?

The one student that came to help me was the slower student. I thought I was gonna have to do everything for him and just show him how things work but I was wrong. He was awesome. I did have to show him but after I showed him he was able to do things. he was able to bend metal, use the skill saw to cut straight lines, use the screw gun, and the thing I was surprised most at was he learned how to read a tape measure to the half inch in the quarter inch mark.

Oh, and he discovered my condiment fridge. My little fridge that I keep my salad dressings and sauces and stuff like that. OMG, laugh a minute. He had to try every dressing on his hot dog and also sprinkle some bonito flakes fish flakes and it's hot dog. He loved it though it was so funny.

All that good stuff helps me keep the faith to keep on trodding forward for best I can.

I hope you're getting some good relaxing in today.๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ˜Š


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Psalm139 March 28th, 2023
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IsayUncle OP March 28th, 2023

@Psalm139

Good morning, How was your day yesterday? Mine was busy and disjointed. I did a job for a clan and i say clan because several properties are interconnected and family owned. I was thrown right into the family mix of arguments and property lines. I work for three hours and then listen to this sordid family history for two hours.

Just wanted to let you know, I see what you're trying and I'm good with that.๐Ÿ’š I'm a little behind times on stuff like that so it might take a minute to getting it all to jive.

Thanks again for turning me on to that forward folding and the idea of a cardio program. I'm already using the forward folding program on my coffee table and I can absolutely tell where is affected my hamstrings and back so that's great. And also with the cardio, I realize now, that is exactly what I need to do so that is a very good seed planted.๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š

I hope you have a very good day today. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ’š (any special plans?)

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IsayUncle OP March 28th, 2023

@Psalm139

I got the videos, very cool. Bently got good form with his stance and kicking, pretty cute breaking the board. The instructor seems pretty inuitive with the young ones, jax was having fun, (are you liking him any better?)

I'm working on my shop area this evening so I'll talk to you tomorrow. I hope you had a good day and wish you a good night.๐Ÿ’š

IsayUncle OP March 29th, 2023

@psalm139

Good morning, you doing OK today?

The kids really looked great in the Taekwondo class. Thanks for sharing. So you're swimming is about done and your appointments have eased up a little bit. Sounds like you might get a bit of a break and maybe some breathing room, which will be awesome.

Your suggestion about the cardio was spot on! I'm really looking forward to get myself into a program (self program). I haven't slotted any time for it yet or started any of it yet but I have been brain soaking some videos and it makes total sense that'll go hand in hand with my weight loss. Especially after I get past these easy pounds and start getting down into the nitty gritty. And who knows, I might do some sit-ups too and change this kegger into a 6 pack. Lol๐Ÿ˜‚.

I'm getting a break from my side work for a few days and so I'm trying to hit my workshop area real hard. I made some pretty good progress yesterday and I hope to make some real good progress today. I'll let you know how it goes.

We have some real nice weather here this week, how are things in your area? I hope you have an awesome day today, and if not awesome, pretty good.๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ’š


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Psalm139 March 29th, 2023

@IsayUncle Iโ€™m doing ok. Last night was taekwondo and it was a pretty tough workout. Black belts were teaching because Master Nixon had a council meeting so I think they wanted to make sure their class was harder than his, lol.


We are back to doing school this week so I was busy all day yesterday until about 7 pm.

To answer your question about the little boysโ€™ instructor, I like him. Heโ€™s young but fun and good with the little people. He helped me and the older kids yesterday in class while we were doing all the higher forms we havenโ€™t done before.

Master Nixon doesnโ€™t talk to me a lot anymore and his girlfriend doesnโ€™t seem to like me. She will say hi but doesnโ€™t even smile. I see her smile at other people so I donโ€™t understand. She sparred with me once and was nice that day. I do really like taekwondo anyway. It feels good and it keeps my mind occupied on what Iโ€™m doing so I donโ€™t have time to overthink so itโ€™s kind of a break for my mind in that way.

Iโ€™m sorry if you felt like I a tricked you by sharing those videos. I tried to share them on here and it didnโ€™t work so thatโ€™s why I sent the links but I didnโ€™t realize I could connect with you that way. Iโ€™m ok with that if you want to but Iโ€™m ok staying here too. Whatever you want.

If sounds like you are feeling motivated and hopeful about your weight loss. Thatโ€™s awesome! There are a lot of good videos on YouTube you can exercise to but even walking around your property would work too! Anything that burns calories will help. But you are right, the exercise part will be more necessary later on when the diet alone isnโ€™t working as well.

I hope you have a good day too!


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IsayUncle OP March 30th, 2023

@Psalm139

Good morning M,

I think it's great that you are embracing, not only the Taekwondo but the extra activity of it. It's a powerful good thing. And when we suffer from insecurities and hardships it's wonderful to feel safe and accomplished somewhere.

Try not to let other people interfere with that delicate balance. It's possible that master nixon's girlfriend could be slightly jealous. Or could it be that you are slightly jealous ๐Ÿ˜•? Several times you have mentioned wanting to talk at a deeper level and you didn't feel comfortable doing that here so that's cool that we got some place to do it. So I didn't think that you tried to trick me. ๐Ÿ˜Š Go ahead and get it started if you wanna talk about something.

My primary concern is your home privacy and making sure that it doesn't cause any unnecessary hardship or discontent on any level. ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š. False assumptions and jealousies are probably the biggest and most powerful destroyers on the oceans of life.

I'm looking forward to your new message.๐Ÿ’š.

IsayUncle OP March 31st, 2023

@Psalm139

Hey, you OK? Did I touch a nerve? ๐Ÿ˜• I didn't mean too.

I've worked all day and did bachhoe work until dark and I just got home a few minutes ago.

Goog nite M. ๐Ÿ’š


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IsayUncle OP March 31st, 2023

@psalm139

Awwww Morgan... C'mon now.... what's up?

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Psalm139 March 31st, 2023

@IsayUncle I donโ€™t really understand what you meant in the last part of your message yesterday.


Today we are just watching the weather. We are in a high risk area today for tornadoes and bad storms. Are any storms headed your way? It sounds like they will be almost everywhere.

I brought some tubs down to the basement for the cats and chairs for us to sit on and founds some football helmets from costumes for the boys to wear and things to cover our heads. Hopefully it will all miss us.


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IsayUncle OP March 31st, 2023

@Psalm139

We could talk more privately and regular now if we want to. I just don't know if your husband sees a commuication will he assume the wrong thing and get angry and cause undo hardship. You know, get jealous and destroy a good thing.

IsayUncle OP March 31st, 2023

@Psalm139

Stay safe and yea, heavy rains here all day; but very severe weather coming after 8pm.

IsayUncle OP April 1st, 2023

@Psalm139

Good morning, I hope. ๐Ÿ˜•. I just finished looking at some weather reports from your area and that is some scary scary stuff. How did you guys make out are you OK?

Just let me know when you can๐Ÿ’š, thx

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Psalm139 April 1st, 2023

@IsayUncle We are ok but we spent at least an hour in the basement yesterday! There was damage in our county but not in our city as far as I know right now. There were some pretty loud/ heavy winds and we got water in the basement. How were the storms for you? I was worried about you because you donโ€™t have a basement, right? Did you stay home or go somewhere?


I have to leave for taekwondo soon and then I think the Easter event at church is still on for the little boys. Some things are being canceled because the wind is still bad.

Iโ€™ll talk to you later๐Ÿ’›
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IsayUncle OP April 2nd, 2023

@Psalm139

Heeeeey, I'm glad everything worked out OK with the storm. Like I said before I looked up the storm on the Internet and I don't get nothing like that around here. Western Kentucky might because they're flat but Eastern Kentucky is mountainous and so I think it breaks up the Tornadoes or at least the big ones. I can understand why it could be a scary season. ๐Ÿ˜•

So, did you understand my concern what I said about the other matter that we were talking about. I'm with you about it would be good to have a place to talk openly about things. Do you think my concern is legitimate or am I overthinking things?

And if it's all just too heavy right now, that's OK we have time to figure things out. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ’š. All my stuff is the same old stuff, side jobs messing me up, did the doghouse projects with the kids today or I should say with one kid today so that was cool. Got this week off for spring break but my partner is getting more work lined up so I don't know.


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Psalm139 April 3rd, 2023

@IsayUncle Sorry I havenโ€™t been around. I was thinking about what you said and maybe you are right that it would be safer to just keep talking here. I havenโ€™t been doing that well the past few days. Just going through the motions and trying not to think too much about everything. How was your weekend?

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IsayUncle OP April 3rd, 2023

@Psalm139

That's OK about not being around much. It seems like you and I have gotten in the same quagmire here lately. I'm sorry you haven't been doing well the past few days. If it helps at all, I have been feeling exactly the same way. Just going through the motions and trying not to think about everything.๐Ÿ˜•

I don't know how to get around it so I'm just pushing through it. I know it has a lot to do with things that are on my mind but seem to be beyond my control at the moment. And I just wish those things weren't there so I can just have some fun, belligerent, reckless, selfish and indulgent fun. That would just be so awesome, but it seems like that stuff always comes back and bites me in the but* tenfold. Argggh, I just feel like blowing off some steam.

How about you, what do you feel like doing to break up the monotony? I feel like this is where a private chat would come in handy. We've been talking so long about doing the responsible things and the good things and I think we've made a lot of progress, both of us. But at this moment, it's like what you said; it's just like we are going through the motions.

I wish I could have been a bit more uplifting, sorry. I just think we're both in the same boat right now. Do you have any good ideas? ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š

I hope you have a better day tomorrow and hopefully we both get back up on our feet soon.๐Ÿ˜Š



IsayUncle OP April 4th, 2023

@Psalm139

Good morning M, ๐Ÿ’š. I think I'm gonna fake it until I make it today. Mentally, I'm gonna knock the gloom out of my doom๐Ÿ˜…

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Sounds corny; I know, but come join me if you can.

I just have a super busy day. I have a doctor's appointment, errands to run while in town, backhoe maintenance to do and two backhoe jobs to do. And that doesn't include my personal routine work. I can't even think to put all that in order so I'm just gonna go through the motions, do the best I can but try to remember to stay mentally upbeat and be mindful of a smile on my face and in my heart.

Hopefully, you guys have some better weather as not to have to stress and worry so much. I hope you feel better today too and something can lift your spirits.๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š
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IsayUncle OP April 4th, 2023

@Psalm139

OH NO..... I just saw the weather and it looks like you guys are ready for another bad round today. image_1680602038.png I'll pray that you stay safe. It might be hard to stay upbeat today but just stay safe with your family and if you have some time later on this afternoon let me know how it's going. image_1680602176.png Thanks.

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Just a couple of hopeful smiles that all things go well today.

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Psalm139 April 4th, 2023

@IsayUncle I hope you have a good day. Being busy isnโ€™t always a bad thing. For me, as long as whatever I am doing is occupying my mind it can be good to have a break from the anxiety and darkness.


Yep, we are having another bad weather day. The bad storms are supposed to start around the time we normally go to taekwondo. Iโ€™m guessing it will be cancelled. Hopefully it isnโ€™t too bad, but the storms are supposed to go into the overnight hours too.

We are going to visit Justinโ€™s family this weekend for Easter and are going to a motel with a pool so I can swim with the kids and practice what they learned in their lessons.

Iโ€™m not sure what to do the next round. Makennah and Treyton passed the level but Rylee and the little boys are supposed to repeat. Rylee was just slower to want to go underwater, which is one of the requirements. I havenโ€™t told her. Iโ€™m not sure what to do. Maybe I can get her to practice with me until she can be ready for the next level. They have open swim times at the Y.

On a positive note, every time we go to taekwondo someone comments about how good Rylee is already. I think taekwondo is perfect for her. Someone told me yesterday that she already kicks like a blue belt (which takes over a year to get to).

Makennah decided to quit. Iโ€™m a little bummed, but I understand. Itโ€™s just not her thing. She is going to church and youth group and I think she will stick with swimming lessons. I think there are 3 summer sessions we can do.

Iโ€™ll check in later. Thanks for being patient with me with my quietness. Sometimes thatโ€™s better than saying the wrong thing though. Do you think?




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IsayUncle OP April 5th, 2023

@Psalm139

hi motormouth.... LOL ๐Ÿ˜‚ welcome back. I was very quiet too so thanks for being patient with me also. I worked the backhoe until dark tonight and then I had to load it up you drive it to my partner's house. I just got home.

I'm just taking a minute to check in and I'm glad I did. I'll comment and talk more tomorrow.๐Ÿ’š

be safe tonight.


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