OCTOBER 2015 MOVE CHALLENGE

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  • jeanniewes
    jeanniewes Posts: 3,690 Member
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    Today;s walk 3.0 miles....

    Total thus far Oct 24th: 53.56 Walking Miles
  • Machka9
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    Review ...
    March: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
    April: 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
    May: 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
    June: 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    July: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
    Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
    Sep: 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
    Spring has sprung and DST starts this weekend so the plan is ... more than September. Especially more walking and cycling outside. :)
    Oct 1 - 2.8 km (35 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 2 - 5.5 km (65 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 3 - 27.3 km (85 min) cycling ... outside on the cycleway. Hot and windy, very windy. Challenging ride out, quick ride back.
    Oct 4 - 20.3 km (65 min) cycling ... outside on the eastern shore path. Really nice day. Slightly cooler and much less windy.
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 47.6 km (150 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 8.3 km (100 min)
    Oct Stairs: 50 flights (36 min)
    Oct Time Total: 286 min = 4 hour 46 min
    Oct Distance Total: 55.9 km = 34.7 miles
    Oct 5 - 6.4 km (75 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 6 - 2 km (25 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 7 - 8.8 km (110 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 47.6 km (150 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 25.5 km (310 min)
    Oct Stairs: 125 flights (90 min)
    Oct Time Total: 550 min = 9 hour 10 min
    Oct Distance Total: 73.1 km = 45.4 miles
    Oct 8 - 6.5 km (80 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 47.6 km (150 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 32 km (390 min)
    Oct Stairs: 150 flights (108 min)
    Oct Time Total: 648 min = 10 hour 48 min
    Oct Distance Total: 79.6 km = 49.5 miles

    I've also done a little bit of weight lifting in there ... not much, maybe 15 min. Just enough to make me a little bit sore the next day. :grin:
    Oct 9 - 7.6 km (90 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 10 - 40.2 km (120 min) ... outside on the cycleway and beyond.
    Oct 11 - 40.4 km (125 min) ... up and over a small range, some strenuous climbing involved.

    Plus some more weightlifting!
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 128.2 km (395 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 39.6 km (480 min)
    Oct Stairs: 175 flights (126 min)
    Oct Time Total: 1001 min = 16 hour 41 min
    Oct Distance Total: 167.8 km = 104.3 miles
    Oct 12 - 3.1 km (35 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 13 - 8.4 km (100 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 14 - 8.8 km (100 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 15 - 6.3 km (75 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)

    Plus weightlifting on Tues and Thurs.
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 128.2 km (395 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 66.2 km (790 min)
    Oct Stairs: 275 flights (198 min)
    Oct Time Total: 1383 min = 23 hour 3 min
    Oct Distance Total: 194.4 km = 120.8 miles
    Oct 16 - 7.6 km (90 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 17 - 100.15 km (340 min) cycling. Very, very, very windy ride. Wind gusting up to 94 km/h. Rather alarming a few times. Fortunately there were short segments of tailwind, but most of the time we were battling cross or head winds. Plus hills - approx. 1000 metres of climbing.
    Oct 18 - 3.7 km (45 min) walking. Mostly on the beach. We needed a break after the efforts of Saturday.
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 228.35 km (735 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 77.5 km (925 min)
    Oct Stairs: 300 flights (216 min)
    Oct Time Total: 1876 = 31 hour 16 min
    Oct Distance Total: 305.85 km = 190.05 miles
    Oct 19 - 3.4 km (40 min) walking + 35 flights of stairs (26 min)
    Oct 20 - 1.6 km (20 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min) + 10.2 km cycling outside!
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 238.55 km (767 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 82.5 km (985 min)
    Oct Stairs: 360 flights (260 min)
    Oct Time Total: 2012 = 33 hour 32 min
    Oct Distance Total: 321.05 km = 199.5 miles
    Oct 21 - 3.7 km (45 min) walking + 30 flights of stairs (22 min)
    Oct 22 - 32.78 km (100 min) ... so nice to get a mid-week ride in. :)
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 271.33 km (867 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 86.2 km (1030 min)
    Oct Stairs: 390 flights (282 min)
    Oct Time Total: 2179 = 36 hour 19 min
    Oct Distance Total: 357.53 km = 222.2 miles

    Oct 23 - 3.7 km (45 min) walking + 35 flights of stairs (26 min)

    Oct 24 - 1 km (13 min) walking + 10 flights of stairs (13 min) + a miscellaneous bit of extra walking uphill

    Oct 25 - 31.29 km (95 min) cycling ... this ride was a bit of a slog. Nevertheless, it got me over the 300 km point for the month.
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 302.62 km (962 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 90.9 km (1088 min)
    Oct Stairs: 435 flights (321 min)
    Oct Time Total: 2371 = 39 hours 31 min
    Oct Distance Total: 393.52 km = 244.5 miles

    I am finished the uni course I was taking ... semester is over, exam is written ... and now I've actually got something I've only heard rumours about ... "free time"!! :mrgreen:

  • jeanniewes
    jeanniewes Posts: 3,690 Member
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    lol...tut tut tut...NOW is NOT the time for 'free time'....OCTOBER IS NOT OVER YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
    You've done so well Machka! Always so proud of you and the others that faithfully come and do their best... :)

    Husband started vacation yesterday but he is a bit down in his back. It started a few days ago so I'm glad he's off next week. did not get too Church Services yesterday as my brother came too install a new heating/ac unit. He was suppose too do it Saturday but one of the main parts did not come in on Friday but Saturday. I was not able too walk the girls because I was needed here too prepare a meal and help out....

    EVERYONE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3
  • jesiann2014
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    @machka9, you really just don't slow down very often, do you?

    Oh man, we had such a wet weekend. Remnants of the hurricane that battered Mexico. Those folks are in a bad way. :(

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,177 Member
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    :mrgreen: No ... I like to be busy.

    And that "free time" I spoke of is already filling up very quickly. Last night I cleaned my kitchen for the first time in a couple months. My husband has been helping out a lot so it wasn't a disaster at all, but it was nice to get in there and do some extra bits. And laundry ... I've only been doing the absolute necessities, so now I'm catching up on that. My husband and I each do our own laundry, so he's been fine, but I've been rummaging through baskets and bins and the back of the closet for things to wear.

    Which brings up another thing ... I've lost another 9 kg since I started that course, and it has become increasingly difficult getting dressed in the morning because whatever I grab is usually way too big for me now. I've been cinching pants and skirts up with belts, and wearing bulky vests over stuff to hide the bagginess. Now, finally ... I can actually sort through all my clothes, pack away the ones that are too big, and find out what I've actually got and what I need.


    Plus now ... I can walk, cycle and lift weights more! :grin:
  • jeanniewes
    jeanniewes Posts: 3,690 Member
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    2.5 walking miles

    total thus far 56.06 Walking Miles Oct 26th:

    GREAT WORK on your weight loss Machka!!!
  • SteveCro
    SteveCro Posts: 788 Member
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    set my goal for 200 this month
    10/1 - 10.32 miles, road bike, started at 7:20 pm. 1/2 daylight 1/2 after dark
    10/4 - 12.14 miles, road bike, windy windy
    10/5 - 27.36 miles, road bike, 14.3 ave.
    10/6 - 11.57 miles, road bike, 13.2 ave. boy our eve getting short, finished in the dark.
    10/7 - 19.30 miles, road bike, rode with the Wed. night group
    10/8 - 6.14 miles, road bike, slow ride waiting on friends to go out to eat at Half Moon Brewery
    10/11 - 31.36 miles, road bike, rode the Panhandle Pathway Trail
    10/12 - 10.34 miles, road bike, windy as heck 18 with gusts to 25, all I could do!
    10/14 - 19.25 miles, road bike, rode with the Wed. eve. group
    10/18 - 11.09 miles, road bike, short eve. ride
    10/20 - 12.15 miles, road bike, windy 14 mph with gust to 22
    10/21 - 20.05 miles, road bike, rode with the Wed. eve group
    10/27 - 10.11 miles, road bike, late eve and night ride

    MTD 201.18
    woohoo finally made a monthly goal
  • jesiann2014
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    Wow, @Machka9! You've lost 20 lbs!!! Girl, that is FABULOUS! Way to go!

    @SteveCro, love the new avatar. :) And congrats on making goal. Feels good, doesn't it!

    @jeanniewes, you're really doing great considering the tough month you've had. We're all still pulling for ya.

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  • Machka9
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    jeanniewes wrote: »
    GREAT WORK on your weight loss Machka!!!
    jesiann2014 wrote: »
    Wow, @Machka9! You've lost 20 lbs!!! Girl, that is FABULOUS! Way to go!

    Thanks! :):) ... and that's 9 kg since mid-July. Since I started here mid-February, I've lost a total of 24 kg (53 lbs). :)

    About mid-June I hit my first weight goal and thought I might stop, but then I decided to keep going and see if I could reach my long-distance cycling weight of a decade ago. I'm about 2-3 kg away from it now.

  • Machka9
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    We're nearing the end of the month, so I thought I would share one of my walks with you. I do this walk, or a variation of it, at lunch once or twice or sometimes even three times a week ...

    I walked along the waterfront, and turned to look back at Mt Wellington ...
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    Then I walked out to the cenotaph where I knew I could get a good view of the first cruise ship of the season ...
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    While I was there, I figured I'd get a shot of the Tasman Bridge ...
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    And another shot of Hobart and Mt Wellington on my way back to work ...
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  • SteveCro
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    @SteveCro, love the new avatar. And congrats on making goal. Feels good, doesn't it!
    Jesiann- yes it does, glad to get it done as now we have had 2 days of rain.
  • jeanniewes
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    wow,,,,,,,,,,,just wow on the photos!

    Thanks for all the encouragement and continued prayer. Things have been really busy here! On top of everything else we've had too have a new heating/ac unit placed in our home. Still some work left on that but at least the heat works. Thank GOD as it has turned a bit cool. Only 2.5 mile walk yesterday (Tuesday) Will update all that later.... :)
  • jesiann2014
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    @machka9, really? Just wow... That is quite the view. I would be lying if i didn't admit to being just a wee bit green with envy.

    @stevecro, I have definately slowed a bit. We've had quite a bit of rain as well and the treadmill just doesn't call to me like the outdoors do.

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  • Machka9
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    Review ...
    March: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
    April: 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
    May: 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
    June: 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    July: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
    Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
    Sep: 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
    Spring has sprung and DST starts this weekend so the plan is ... more than September. Especially more walking and cycling outside. :)
    Oct 1 - 2.8 km (35 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 2 - 5.5 km (65 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 3 - 27.3 km (85 min) cycling ... outside on the cycleway. Hot and windy, very windy. Challenging ride out, quick ride back.
    Oct 4 - 20.3 km (65 min) cycling ... outside on the eastern shore path. Really nice day. Slightly cooler and much less windy.
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 47.6 km (150 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 8.3 km (100 min)
    Oct Stairs: 50 flights (36 min)
    Oct Time Total: 286 min = 4 hour 46 min
    Oct Distance Total: 55.9 km = 34.7 miles
    Oct 5 - 6.4 km (75 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 6 - 2 km (25 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 7 - 8.8 km (110 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 47.6 km (150 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 25.5 km (310 min)
    Oct Stairs: 125 flights (90 min)
    Oct Time Total: 550 min = 9 hour 10 min
    Oct Distance Total: 73.1 km = 45.4 miles
    Oct 8 - 6.5 km (80 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 47.6 km (150 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 32 km (390 min)
    Oct Stairs: 150 flights (108 min)
    Oct Time Total: 648 min = 10 hour 48 min
    Oct Distance Total: 79.6 km = 49.5 miles

    I've also done a little bit of weight lifting in there ... not much, maybe 15 min. Just enough to make me a little bit sore the next day. :grin:
    Oct 9 - 7.6 km (90 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 10 - 40.2 km (120 min) ... outside on the cycleway and beyond.
    Oct 11 - 40.4 km (125 min) ... up and over a small range, some strenuous climbing involved.

    Plus some more weightlifting!
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 128.2 km (395 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 39.6 km (480 min)
    Oct Stairs: 175 flights (126 min)
    Oct Time Total: 1001 min = 16 hour 41 min
    Oct Distance Total: 167.8 km = 104.3 miles
    Oct 12 - 3.1 km (35 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 13 - 8.4 km (100 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 14 - 8.8 km (100 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 15 - 6.3 km (75 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)

    Plus weightlifting on Tues and Thurs.
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 128.2 km (395 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 66.2 km (790 min)
    Oct Stairs: 275 flights (198 min)
    Oct Time Total: 1383 min = 23 hour 3 min
    Oct Distance Total: 194.4 km = 120.8 miles
    Oct 16 - 7.6 km (90 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Oct 17 - 100.15 km (340 min) cycling. Very, very, very windy ride. Wind gusting up to 94 km/h. Rather alarming a few times. Fortunately there were short segments of tailwind, but most of the time we were battling cross or head winds. Plus hills - approx. 1000 metres of climbing.
    Oct 18 - 3.7 km (45 min) walking. Mostly on the beach. We needed a break after the efforts of Saturday.
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 228.35 km (735 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 77.5 km (925 min)
    Oct Stairs: 300 flights (216 min)
    Oct Time Total: 1876 = 31 hour 16 min
    Oct Distance Total: 305.85 km = 190.05 miles
    Oct 19 - 3.4 km (40 min) walking + 35 flights of stairs (26 min)
    Oct 20 - 1.6 km (20 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min) + 10.2 km cycling outside!
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 238.55 km (767 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 82.5 km (985 min)
    Oct Stairs: 360 flights (260 min)
    Oct Time Total: 2012 = 33 hour 32 min
    Oct Distance Total: 321.05 km = 199.5 miles
    Oct 21 - 3.7 km (45 min) walking + 30 flights of stairs (22 min)
    Oct 22 - 32.78 km (100 min) ... so nice to get a mid-week ride in. :)
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 271.33 km (867 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 86.2 km (1030 min)
    Oct Stairs: 390 flights (282 min)
    Oct Time Total: 2179 = 36 hour 19 min
    Oct Distance Total: 357.53 km = 222.2 miles
    Oct 23 - 3.7 km (45 min) walking + 35 flights of stairs (26 min)
    Oct 24 - 1 km (13 min) walking + 10 flights of stairs (13 min) + a miscellaneous bit of extra walking uphill
    Oct 25 - 31.29 km (95 min) cycling ... this ride was a bit of a slog. Nevertheless, it got me over the 300 km point for the month.
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 302.62 km (962 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 90.9 km (1088 min)
    Oct Stairs: 435 flights (321 min)
    Oct Time Total: 2371 = 39 hours 31 min
    Oct Distance Total: 393.52 km = 244.5 miles

    I am finished the uni course I was taking ... semester is over, exam is written ... and now I've actually got something I've only heard rumours about ... "free time"!! :mrgreen:

    Oct 26 - 3.4 km (40 min) walking + 30 flights of stairs (22 min)

    Oct 27 - 8.6 km (100 min) walking + 30 flights of stairs (22 min)

    Oct 28 - 6 km (75 min) walking + 25 flights of stairs (18 min)
    Totals:
    Oct Cycling Outside: 302.62 km (962 min)
    Oct Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Oct Walking: 108.9 km (1303 min)
    Oct Stairs: 520 flights (383 min)
    Oct Time Total: 2648 = 44 hours 8 min
    Oct Distance Total: 411.52 km = 255.7 miles

    It is a beautiful area down here, and we are into spring now so it has greened up nicely. :) I'm trying to figure out whether I can walk all the way to the Botanical Gardens within my lunch break. I might need to pick up the pace!

  • jeanniewes
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    Oct 27th: 2.5 Walking Miles
    Oct 28th 1.5 Walking Miles

    TOTAL thus far Oct 29th: 60.06 Walking Miles...
  • jeanniewes
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    OK SWEET PEOPLE :) HERE IS YOUR LINK FOR NOVEMBER. I will be away a few days. Husband and I really need a few days away. This month has been challenging. As you know I lost my mom. We had too have a new Heating/ac unit put in. My riding mower (of which I mow up fall's leaves) broke. A ceiling fan fell out of the ceiling and this area has too be repaired. My husbands care was broken and had too be repaired. We decided too take a break before we completed the ceiling/fan problem. We need a few days away...We are not 'down' because we know these are part of life times. We all go thru things that we must pass thru. in our case WE SERVE AND AWESOME GOD and know that HE IS WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY... :)

    That being said YOU GUYS HANG IN THERE!!!!!!!!!!! You're ALL doing great!!!!! I do love Steves' avatar. I really like when people add photos and things that are important too them.....YOU GUYS ARE A GREAT GREAT LINE OF SUPPORT....I THANK YOU FOR THAT!!! :) Follow on thru October and then follow link below...

    HERE IS YOU NOVEMBER LINK:
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10276032/november-2015-move-challenge?new=1
  • DrewsAnna
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    Hi All, I'm Anna. I don't usually go through the forums but for some reason this morning I decided to. I stumbled onto this one and just found the November link. I do some sort of exercise almost everyday, I like to mix it up so I don't get bored. I have been with myfitnesspal forever it seems. If some of you want to send me a friend request that would be great and I'm looking forward to becoming part of your journey in November.
  • jesiann2014
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    Welcome @DrewsAnna! We have loads of fun here on the MOVE forum. :)

    @jeanniewes, you guys deserve the get-away. Enjoy it and BREATHE!

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  • girlinahat
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    can I just move straight into November? I don't wish to talk about October, I've looked at my stats and they are...not good.

    Part of the issue I've realised is that I've had some nightmare project at work, and rather than relaxing by MOVING I'm making conscious decisions not to do the things that make me happy, such as walking, cycling, swimming and dancing.

    That’s not right at all, self-sabotage never helped anyone. So if you’ll all just forget about me for a couple of days, I’ll be back bright and breezy and full of tales of moving more on November 1st.
  • jesiann2014
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    Well hey there @girlinahat! We were wondering where you had gotten yourself off to. Sure, we'll give you a pass for the rest of the month. I'm sure we've all been there. See you in November!

    And for those of us who recognize Daylight Savings Time, don't forget to 'fall back' on Sunday. An extra hour of snooze time! YAY!

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