Leslie Sansone November 2023 Walk and Workout Challenge
texasgardnr
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WELCOME to all walkers! The November Walk Challenge starts.... tomorrow! So now is the time to be thinking about our new individual monthly challenge goals!
Having Leslie's, or other walking workouts on DVDs or streaming online can be a great addition or alternative to walking outdoors in the crisp cold, or very cold, or even rainy/ snowy days of November. For those who are enjoying the wonderful cooler autumn weather, walking or hiking outdoors might well continue to be a pleasant alternative to in home workouts. For those walkers who live where there is more rain, or perhaps even snow, the DVDs or online workouts are a tremendous help when it is impossible to get outside for a walk or hike.
This group is open to any and all walkers. The majority of us use Leslie Sansone Walk At Home DVDs or streaming workouts, as well as those great walks or hikes outside on the trails or pathways that are available to us, or a walk in our neighborhood, and on the treadmill, as well as other instructors' walking or strength, or yoga workouts. All of these many options count toward our miles and minutes. However you get your walk or workout in, come on in and join us! Post your miles or minutes, or workout, whatever you did ... it is all good!
Set your goal for how many miles or minutes, or times that you want to walk or workout this month. This is your own personal goal
. Post your results daily, weekly, or whenever you like or are able.
If you find this challenge in the middle of the month it doesn't matter which day of the month that you join in. Just set your goals to reflect what you want to walk for the remaining days in the month. You are always welcome
!
If you are new to the group please feel free to start today so that by the end of the month you will be that much closer to your health goals. It is never too late to join in.
It is always fun to read which walk or workout that you used. Or whatever form your walk or workout took, whether outdoors or on the treadmill, including strength or yoga or anything else that you are planning on doing. We all could use some new inspiration sometimes, or inquiring minds sometimes just want to know.
I know that we are all excited to see our long time faithful walking friends
join us for yet another amazing month together, and we are awaiting the opportunity to welcome newcomers to this month's new Walk and Workout Challenge!
And now... let us lace up those walking shoes and get some water... as we begin to walk into November 2023 during the Monthly Walk and Workout Challenge together... and let us walk with a grateful heart
.
texasgardnr 🌺🦋🌷
Having Leslie's, or other walking workouts on DVDs or streaming online can be a great addition or alternative to walking outdoors in the crisp cold, or very cold, or even rainy/ snowy days of November. For those who are enjoying the wonderful cooler autumn weather, walking or hiking outdoors might well continue to be a pleasant alternative to in home workouts. For those walkers who live where there is more rain, or perhaps even snow, the DVDs or online workouts are a tremendous help when it is impossible to get outside for a walk or hike.
This group is open to any and all walkers. The majority of us use Leslie Sansone Walk At Home DVDs or streaming workouts, as well as those great walks or hikes outside on the trails or pathways that are available to us, or a walk in our neighborhood, and on the treadmill, as well as other instructors' walking or strength, or yoga workouts. All of these many options count toward our miles and minutes. However you get your walk or workout in, come on in and join us! Post your miles or minutes, or workout, whatever you did ... it is all good!
Set your goal for how many miles or minutes, or times that you want to walk or workout this month. This is your own personal goal
. Post your results daily, weekly, or whenever you like or are able.If you find this challenge in the middle of the month it doesn't matter which day of the month that you join in. Just set your goals to reflect what you want to walk for the remaining days in the month. You are always welcome
!If you are new to the group please feel free to start today so that by the end of the month you will be that much closer to your health goals. It is never too late to join in.
It is always fun to read which walk or workout that you used. Or whatever form your walk or workout took, whether outdoors or on the treadmill, including strength or yoga or anything else that you are planning on doing. We all could use some new inspiration sometimes, or inquiring minds sometimes just want to know.
I know that we are all excited to see our long time faithful walking friends
join us for yet another amazing month together, and we are awaiting the opportunity to welcome newcomers to this month's new Walk and Workout Challenge!And now... let us lace up those walking shoes and get some water... as we begin to walk into November 2023 during the Monthly Walk and Workout Challenge together... and let us walk with a grateful heart
.texasgardnr 🌺🦋🌷
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November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
Apparently, we got your snow from yesterday @Deeder522 because we woke up to a winter wonderland this morning! Everything is white and beautiful! We have some beech trees that still have their colored leaves and the snow on the leaves is so pretty. I am so energized.
@texasgardnr I was glad to read that your COVID brain fog is lifting. What you are experiencing now though may be more age related than COVID related. I cannot keep track of anything anymore without a planner and a running "To Do" list. And my anxiety is off the charts when I have some task to do that I do not want to do, and as you say, it can be a simple thing. In fact, it almost always is. I have had things like "Take the artwork downstairs" on my "To Do" list for over a month and I finally did it yesterday! I have no idea why it was causing me such anxiety to do that simple task. I even write down, "post steps to MFP" on my list each day or I would forget it. I have a morning routine that I check off and an evening routine that I check off and my house is divided into Zones and I list my Zone tasks each day to check off. If I did not have my "paper in page protectors" brain, I would not remember anything that was not right in front of me. For some reason, I do not have any trouble with appointments, bills or important things, but daily tasks will get lost in a sea of other thoughts. Some women have reported that this started with menopause and got worse as time went on and I am thinking that may be the case for me. I started having to use a planner three years into teaching and that was also the time I was entering menopause. Now I am totally dependent on it. My day begins with planning and I am checking things off my list all day long. Dennis thinks I am nuts, but he has come to depend on me now to tell him his appointments and the stuff he has to do!!!! :laugh:
Speaking of planning, I need to get a move on as we have hair cut appointments today and I want to get the Halloween decorations put away and the Thanksgiving decorations up. It is after all, a nice snowy November day! :bigsmile:
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November Goal
Mileage Tracked: 68
Apple Challenge: Close your Move ring 23 times this month
I woke up to temps in the mid 20's. 🥶 However, it warmed up today to melt yesterday's surprise snow.
This is day 3 without Fast Food. Fast Food continues to be a wall I just can't get over. Usually b/c I'm rushing to a client or I'm just stressed. I will say cutting dairy out makes fast-food burgers less appealing. 😉0 -
November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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I know I know .. not even close to 6500. BUT, I have 29 more days to average it out and I am "ON IT" as my 4 year old grandson would say! I am in a declutter challenge also and I decluttered 2 champagne flutes today, so at least I met ONE challenge! :laugh:
Fast food is very hard @deeder522! Because of his heart issues, Dennis cannot eat out as the sodium content is off the charts. I do not know if this will help you, but we keep things on hand we can just grab and go. So for him, if we do not have time to make a veggie, egg or tomato sandwich or a salad, we grab rice cakes and our jar of low sodium peanut butter & Jelly, or swiss cheese ( a low sodium cheese)an apple and low sodium nuts and we head out. It is not ideal, but it does help. I really have to think and plan ahead to have stuff on hand, and honestly, that is the hardest part because let's face it, most fast food is not all that great when you get right down to it ... well, except Kentucky Fried chicken! LOL But then, I was denied chicken as a child (my father HATED it) so I am a chicken fiend. You really can't make bad chicken for me! When I was on MFP religiously, I made sure to have low calorie stuff in the house I could grab because on a car trip, if I have to get gas, Combos are coming into my truck!!!
It is a total sickness I know! They are awful, but it is what it is and I have to fight against it!!! :laugh:
Very cold in the mountains of NY today, but we are heading for the 50s again so I kept my swim suit out, just in case! :bigsmile:0 -
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Yesterday was car day and for some reason, I was exhausted all day. We went to Dennis' cardio rehab appointment and got groceries and when we came home, I put every thing away, laid down and fell asleep for 3 hours!!! Then, I went to bed early and slept until 8 AM this morning! :noway: I feel great now, but I honestly have no idea how I got 4000+ steps in yesterday. That is the real mystery!
Today I need to deep clean the foyer and bring in the boot trays. It really is the only thing about winter I do not like ... boot trays!!! But the alternative is water and debris all over the floor, so boot trays it is!!! We are also in what we call "mouse season" here, so I need to deep clean the spare room, den and office today to keep ahead of the mice. When it gets cold, they get drawn in by the warmth and any food bits that are around. We have trapped 4 of them this week, but hopefully, by Thanksgiving, they will be gone again until next year. With all this stuff to get done, I should get in more than 6500 steps today. Off I go! :bigsmile:1 -
We're in the 50s this weekend. I had the kid pop up on the roof with the leaf blower and blow out the gutters. It was a 💡 over the head when we figured that trick out. I've started putting plastic up on the windows. Ryan's room was already down in the summer b/c of the wildfire smoke. Now I move through the rest of the house. We are nearly done adding the sealants to the home where the cement meets the wood. Filling those gaps has decreased the draftiness downstairs which helps upstairs.
Mice! We've had issues in the past. Ryan was the one who came up with the idea if we moved things away from the house like landscaping and anything storage-wise, it would be less inviting. So after we blocked off obvious ways in we eliminated cover for them to run under or against.
Keep on moving, my friends.
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The mice here are seasonal. The first cold snap we get mice. We trap them and after a week or so, we no longer have any mice. Most Adirondack homes have large overhanging eaves so the snow falls away from the house. But this also means the rain does not get near the house either and that keeps things from growing close to the house, but it also keeps the the termites away and they are a far bigger enemy for us than mice. We actually spray for them and inspect for them regularly as they can come along with wood deliveries. Our wood piles are far away from the house for that reason. They are a constant worry.
We are in the upper 40sF, but it is going to rain all week and snow next weekend. It was in the 50s yesterday so I got a lot done, which is why I had so many steps. I am getting the house all deep cleaned and the last of the summer stuff to the attic. I wanted to bring the Christmas bins down but Dennis would not let me because he still needs to put the snow blower on his tractor and he needs the garage space where I put the bins to do it. I do not put them up until Dec 1, but it is so nice to get them down when it is warmer than 25F!!!!
I am putting away all the Halloween decor and putting up the Thanksgiving decor today. I usually do that on Nov 1, but I am behind this year. I just layer them into my fall decor and the house is all cozy. I think the wood inserts will be started this weekend as well. The rain makes everything so damp and the wood fires draw that all out and makes everything cozy and warm.
I've gotta get moving as my average steps are only 5353 and I need 6500!!! Have a great Saturday!!! :bigsmile:1 -
November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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Back to Eastern Standard Time thank goodness!!!! Color me Happy!!!
I got all my Thanksgiving decorations up yesterday and my Halloween decorations packed. I need to wash my Halloween dish towels tomorrow when I do the laundry and put them in the bin, but everything else is all decluttered and packed up for next year.
Today, I am cooking all day. I am making a big pot of pasta sauce for the freezer and I need to cook up sausage so I can make breakfast casseroles later. I am making two pans of enchiladas and I am making corn bread to freeze as well. I always try to fully stock the freezer in October and November so I do not have to worry about being snowed in when January and February roll around. Also, there is always so much going on in December that I do not want to worry about "What's for dinner?" Because Dennis is on a low sodium diet, it is almost impossible for us to eat out, so I need to have "take out" in my freezer.
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Happy big day of cooking to you, @zichab 😁 We just picked up a 1/2 gallon of freshly squeezed Concord grade juice and I poured it into 8oz milk glassware to freeze the majority of it.
I've started building my Thanksgiving menu. I do wish more Turkey farmers would sell cuts of turkey and not the whole bird. We're a 6-person family for holidays and we do not need a 20-pound bird. 🦃 We can usually find a turkey thigh which is more than enough especially as I had a huge ham slice from a local farmer. Campbell's released a GF cream of mushroom soup recently so we will have a nearly traditional green bean casserole this year after a 3 year absence.
I have 3 windows left to put plastic up and then I'm done for the year. Honestly, as little as we open windows in the house I'm tempted to leave the plastic on until the windows can be replaced. 🤔0 -
November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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Thanksgiving dinner is going to be a dance for me as well this year. My sister is a gluten free diabetic, so all thickeners need to be corn starch and all sugar has to replaced with stevia as it is the only sugar substitute she can tolerate. Now, Dennis has to have low sodium, so I get to add that to the mix. I also have to think about snacks and breakfast as my sister is staying over night. We bought a meat slicer a few years ago and I buy a turkey and cook the whole bird, but we only use about 1/2 of for dinner, turkey sandwiches and sending some home with my sister. I just slice the rest and freeze it and I have low sodium turkey for sammies, snacks, casseroles and charcuterie boards for the rest of the winter.
I LOVE concord grapes!!! My grandpa used to have the vines growing by his house and picking and eating those grapes was a highlight of my childhood for sure. Delish!!!!
@Deeder522 if you have AC, why not just leave the plastic on the windows you never open? I have all new windows here, but I only put screens in a few of them because the rest are never opened. All the windows with screens in them get opened and then I have to clean out the creepy crawly things that get between the window and the screens. :noway: I like to limit that as much as possible. Your windows might steam up in the summer with the AC, but it is worth a try to save so much work.
The Dakota is headed to the shop and Dennis & I are headed to Cardio Rehab, then home to laundry. Such is the life of retired "mountain people." :laugh: Enjoy your Monday!!! :bigsmile:1 -
November Goal
Mileage Tracked: 13 / 68
Apple Challenge: Close your Move ring 4 / 23 times this month
We have left plastic up in our bedrooms before. We took them down this year to deep clean the windows. So it's likely those will stay up this year. The only window we open regularly is the big kitchen window. That window is the 1st one on the list for replacement.
Yesterday, the kid decided it was leaf day. He grabbed the leaf blower and collected all the leaves to the back yard where he then mulched them all down. Meanwhile, about every 3 house were burning their leaves. I was glad I got the plastic up so that smell didn't leech into the house.
I did get a chance to get over to a nice woodland park and wander around and practice some more of my iPhone photography.
@zichab Your holiday sounds just as complicated as mine. Best of luck to both of us. 😉0 -
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We need a permit to burn leaves here and they are only issued in the spring. Hugs to your little guy for taking care of the leaves! We used to mulch our leaves all the time and Dennis would compost them. Now, he just blows them off the driveway and our small patch of lawn into the woods. Fall has become much easier these days!
Replacing windows is a stressful task. We needed to replace all of the windows in this house and we added 3 new ones as well. Deciding which windows to get was the first hurdle as the sizes never match the windows you have. Dennis and I installed most of them, but we needed a contractor for the ones on the lake side as they are HUGE and high up. Those cost more to install than all of the windows combined because they had to custom fit them! :explode: However, now that they have all been done for 4 years, it is wonderful to have them. We did not get the smoke inside during the Canadian wild fires nor do we get it in the fall when people up here fire up their wood stoves. They keep the house warm and dry and are super easy to clean, so it was well worth the aggravation to have them all done. When they are done, you will be glad you did them, but the process is a nightmare.
I need to get moving as those 6500 steps are not going to add up while I am sitting here! I should get out practice some photography with my iPhone as well. I have had it for a year now and really do not use it much. Off to do my chores for the day! :bigsmile:1 -
November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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Clearly I need to "step it up" :laugh: if I am going to make my goal as I am 500 steps behind where I want to be! Well, OK .... technically 434 steps behind, but I cannot have too many more 4,000 step days if I am going to make goal by Nov 30! :noway:
I am deep cleaning the kitchen this week to get ready for the holidays and the refrigerator, microwave, stove & oven and an island declutter and deep clean are on tap for today. Yesterday, I did the dishwasher, garbage disposal, sink and decluttered my entire pantry cabinet. Where do food storage containers and/or lids go????? Is there a place somewhere where missing containers and/or lids go to laugh at us? I am so careful to keep lids with containers and I still end up with some of each that do not match. It drives me nuts! Since I got over 7,000 steps yesterday, hopefully, I'll make enough trips around my kitchen today that I get a lot of steps in!
It was 28F when I got up, so it looks like November is here. The young loons are still on the lake (the adults leave the last week in October usually), but if these temps continue, the water will begin to get "slushy" and they will fly to the Long Island Sound. They leave later than the adults as they are waiting for their flight feathers to fully mature so they can make it. Long Island is about 6 hours from here "as the Loon flies" so they need good feathers.
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I did a Walk N Talk with Jessica Smith this morning. It was my 1st video workout in well over a year. It's raining here and I didn't feel like just sitting down right after getting out of bed. So a little 15-minute chat with Jessica. It made me realize that most of my pain is located in knee, hip, and wrist. I think that means I'm officially middle-aged. 😳🤣
We signed the 1st pieces of paperwork for Ry to withdraw from the business and move everything over to me, yesterday. I've filed for a new EIN as well.0 -
November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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Oh no @Deeder522, I am so sorry. This must be so hard for him and so much added responsibility for you as well. If he is not going to be able to work anymore, it sounds like he should apply for Disability. I know men HATE to admit they are "disabled," but with everything going on with him, it might give him a little more peace of mind to help out where he can. My heart goes out to you both.
Oh my gosh @Deeder522! Thanks so much for mentioning Jessica's Walk N Talk. I just checked it out and I may start doing those walks in rotation. I love that she does motivational talks and the music is in the background. I need some motivational talks because I KNOW what to do, it is just getting the motivation to do it when there are so many other things I'd rather do instead. Since they are only a mile, I might start doing them before my shower every night. That would be good for me and bump up my steps so maybe... just maybe... I could go back to miles, which I prefer more as a metric than steps? We shall see so thank you!!!!
We have a wintry mix going on this morning of course, since Z has cardio rehab and we need to drive 35 minutes Meh, we are also going to Aldi and may check out the Isle of Shame for some winter stuff that we do not need!!! I am even thinking I need a look around Dollar Twenty-five Tree!!! :laugh: The battery in my cordless vac bit the dust so I am waiting on Amazon to bring me a new one. Since I can't clean (I have a corded one also, but ya know .... lazy?), I may as well shop right???? It's steps. :bigsmile:
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I got out of bed this morning and did 1 miracle mile with Leslie.
After a dreary gloomy day yesterday, we have Sun again. Mild weather in the forecast so maybe I"ll eek out another November outdoor walk.
@zichab , I saved the whole playlist of Walk & Talk on my YT account. I've saved a few challenges Jessica has made over the years. I think my favorite challenge has been her Fit in 15.
Jenny Ford recently added a Setp/Walk and Weights series that I need to take a look at.
I have to go through my YT collection and see what I've saved from the past and maybe look for some new things to help me build back up. I know I should probably start focusing on Strength and balance nowadays.0 -
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Finally, Garmin says my daily average is over 6500 steps! About time! I was on my feet a lot yesterday, shopping and putting stuff away and deep cleaning the kitchen for the holidays. I went through all the kitchen furniture and ended up taking quite a few trips out to the shed with trash and recycling, plus loading up the truck with all the donations! We have a lot more space in our furniture and I got a lot more steps on my Garmin!!
I checked out Jessica's Fit in 15 and I think I will wait on that one. I need to get back into a regular workout walk schedule now that my life and house are more in order. Z has to do an at home fitness routine as part of his cardio rehab and he is using my weights. He is inspiring me to get back into it. I know I need to establish the habit again it is my plan for the new year. Right now, I am concentrating on moving more every day and decreasing my sitting time.
Strength training is so important, but I really dislike doing it. AnnofB used to encourage me to "just do it" and I honestly felt my very best when I was doing Leslie's strength training workout twice a week. I was also super strong and could carry a lot. Z was impressed with how much I could help him carry. I think when I get back to it, I am going to try Jessica's fit in 15 as I can do anything for 15 minutes. :laugh:
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It snowed last night and we are supposed to be up to 53F on Friday! :noway: The lake is usually frozen over by Thanksgiving, but if we keep having 53 degree days, it'll be much later this year. The loons may still be here for Thanksgiving!!!! We saw three of them yesterday just swimming and fishing and having a good time. They are so beautiful!
Dennis informed me that he is making donuts today!!! What do two 70 year olds who are working like mad to maintain their weight need with donuts you ask????? They are the last thing we need, but he is on a making donuts kick and has looked up recipes and bought donut pans (he is making the baked kind, not the fried kind) and all the spices. I am going to make the Wassail to go with them and then run to town and back to burn it all off! :laugh:
Enjoy Saturday! :bigsmile:
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November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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I am loving all these steps, but I do not think I will make goal today. Sunday is usually my planning day and I spend a lot of time on computer. However, my sister is coming for Thanksgiving and my downstairs rooms really need a deep clean and declutter. I have been focusing on the upstairs rooms, but as a family, we spend more time in the den downstairs soooo.....maybe I will get into that and get some more steps in today than usual? We'll see!
By the way, I ate a donut, but DID NOT run to town! :laugh: They were good for a no salt donut, but a bit dense. We are looking for a recipe that is lighter and we have to add more spices because since we need to leave out the salt to keep them low sodium. He chose Ina Garten's recipe which had I known, I could have told him would be dense. Ina loves her heavy desserts, but I am thinking if he changes the milk to water and adds a bit more baking powder, they should lighten up. We'll see in his next attempt! Stay tuned! :bigsmile:0 -
Happy Sunday.
I cleaned a lot yesterday and then got to go out with a few old girlfriends. I had a nice "Baja Bowl" and didn't notice not having any cheese or sour cream.
Today, a little more cleaning and such. I must also review my saved videos for strength training for the morning workouts.
Ah, donuts. They are part of my DNA being a cops kid. 🤣
Have you and Dennis looked at this blog at all? : https://losofoodie.com/low-sodium-pumpkin-donuts/
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November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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I knew I was not moving as much yesterday. I set up a new work space for me in our spare room and although it was great fun, it is a very small room and did not add alot of steps even though I was busy all day. I do my weekly planning on Sunday, so it is always hard to get in a lot of steps and movement.
Thank you so much for giving me the link to that blog! Dennis is so excited to try her donuts. He is on a mission now to make the perfect donut. :laugh:
I cracked up when I read your comment about donuts being in your DNA as a cop's kid. As a long haul trucker's kid, coffee is in my DNA, so between the two of us, we have donuts and coffee covered!
It is interesting when we have to eliminate something from our diet what we miss or don't miss. I have never been big on salt and rarely if ever salt food at the table. But I do cook with a small amount and now that I cannot cook with any, food tastes so bland to me and salting at the table does not impart the same flavor. Dennis, on the other hand, liberally uses his potassium chloride salt shaker at the table and does not notice any difference in how food tastes. I am having a rough time as a result with this very low sodium way of cooking and eating.
I so envy you being able to do morning workouts. I just cannot do them as I get all light headed and dizzy. I thought once I retired and was more relaxed in the mornings, I might be able to work out, but apparently it is not the stress of work, but something physiological with me. By noon, I am able to work out just fine. I am working on a plan for the New Year that I want to start next month. We'll see how it goes.
I love to clean and declutter. It always makes me feel so relaxed and peaceful to sit in a clean, organized space. I also need to do this these days because I cannot remember where I put things if they are not in a designated organized space. I can remember when I did last week, but not where I put my glasses two minutes ago!!!
We have ice on the lake!!! It was 16F this morning so the skim ice has formed. I am not sure if it will make it past our 50F day later in the week, but it is there now. :bigsmile:0 -
November Goal
Mileage Tracked: 30 / 68
Apple Challenge: Close your Move ring 10 / 23 times this month
We also have mid 50's forecast this week. Warm enough I think I'll throw the Christmas list up on the porch so I don't have to do it in freezing temps instead. I have a friend who put her Christmas tree up this weekend already.
Yesterday was nice & sunny so we took a couple of laps around the farm. Ryan bundled up with ear muffs and winter gloves. I with ear muffs and hand warmers in my pocket. These little runs of 50+ days are a nice added bonus to outside activity. However, I wonder if Mother Nature will pay us back this winter. 🤔🤔🤔0 -
November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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As soon as it gets to 50+, I am getting all the stuff to the attic that has to go there and I am getting all the Christmas stuff down. Doing that at 20F is so hard. Our attic is over the garage and I am grateful for so much storage space, BUT it is not temperature controlled at all. I cannot put things there that will freeze or melt, so no water decor or candles.
You have given me a great idea though as we bought a new huge (6' diameter) wreath for over our garage door and we need to get the lights and ribbon on it and get it hung up before the temps drop again. We leave it up all winter, but we learned we need to get it down before April as the birds made a nest in the one we had last year and we had to leave it up until July when they all hatched and flew away. :laugh:
What is with all the Christmas stuff already! My goodness, we have not even had Thanksgiving yet and I see Christmas lights up all over the place. My sister put her tree up last week!!! :grumble:
I put my Christmas village up on Dec 1 and then decorate for a few days after that. We do not put a tree up until Dec 22-23 because we have a real tree and we leave it up through Epiphany, which is Jan 6. If I put it up now, I'd have a Charlie Brown tree by then!!! :laugh: I have noticed though that most people who put their decorations up this early take then all down the day after Christmas because they are tired of the "clutter."
I do make all my Christmas cookies in November and freeze them so they are ready because things can get hectic in December. If we want to take a box of cookies to someone, all I need to do is take some out of the freezer, thaw them for 30 minutes, bake them, and we are ready to go. I can take a variety of cookies without baking all day.
Speaking of cooking, I am off to finish cleaning my guest room and then I am making Christmas cookies, french kraut and roasting my butternuts for Thanksgiving dinner. The cooking season has begun!!!!! :bigsmile:0 -
I did get the Christmas lights up on the porch yesterday.
They harvested the field last night. They started just as dusk settled in and continued into the night. No walk yesterday as it was pretty windy. We did get out late this afternoon for a couple of laps around the fields.
I'll put our tree up after Thanksgiving. Ryan's birthday is the 30th and he likes having it up for his birthday. I grew up in an overly decorated house. So I keep my decorating to a minimum. I'd rather finish everything in a few hours instead of taking a whole weekend. My Mom will spend a whole weekend switching things out from Fall to Christmas.0 -
November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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:grumble: Yesterday was not good and today might not be any better. I had a crown put on this morning and my dentist is 1 1/2 hours away, so we spent a lot of time in the car. I am hoping I can catch up by being active for the rest of the day.
Happy Birthday to Ryan and we are both Sagittarius!!! My birthday is Dec 11, so my Mom never decorated until after the 11th because she did not want my birthday to be minimized by Christmas. It may be why I can't bring any of it out until Dec 1.
We have standard pieces that go up in the Kitchen, Dining room, Living room and Den and that is it. I do put Christmas soap and hand towels in the 1/2 bath as well, but that is it as that room is too small for any real decor. It usually takes me an afternoon to put up my Victorian Village in our bay window, but less than 2 hours to do the rest. If I start early, I can have it all done before lunch. I take my fall stuff down right after Thanksgiving so I can give the house a good deep clean before the Christmas stuff goes up. I love to clean and decorate.
What were they harvesting so late in November? Corn? That must have been a chilly job.
YEAH @Deeder522 for getting those lights up!!! Tomorrow is our warm day and we are knocking out that wreath! :bigsmile:0 -
They grew soybeans this year. With how the growing seasons have been they've been harvesting later in the year. It will probably be soybeans again next year and then Corn again. When they harvest corn the harvester throws the corn cobs all over the place and we end up with cobs along the back property line.
I must have been making up for your lack of steps @zichab. It ended up being a super active day for me. Today is a little more scaled back. Tomorrow looks like our last shot of outdoor activity.
YAY, you got a 👑, lol. I only have 1 crown. In a separate Dental story, I had to have a cavity filled a few years back and I chose to have the work done on my birthday. The dental hygienist knew it was my birthday and knew me fairly well. When he brought me back for the procedure he was very excited to do "birthday shots" with me. 🤣🤣🤣0 -
November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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UGH! Yesterday was not good and I suspected it wouldn't be. 3 hours in the car, and hour at the dentist office and then Dennis and I went out to lunch and my whole day was off. We did get some of the lights on the wreath, but that involved a lot of standing and winding. Dennis has cardio rehab today and then we are doing a lot of shopping, so hopefully, my steps will get back up today. I am so bummed by my daily average because it has been way over 6,500 steps a day average. Man it only takes a couple of bad days for it to drop!
Ah soybeans. It had to be either soybeans or corn as those are the Midwest staples! :laugh: Brandon went to Grinnell College in Iowa and we used to drive from NY to Iowa on I-80 and pass all the huge fields of corn on one side and beans on the other. When we took him to school in September, they were fully frown and getting ready for harvest and when we went to get him in April, the big planters were in the fields planting and some fields even had little sprouts. When you grow up in small dairy farm country, those huge fields of crops are simply awesome to see.
Fortunately, I did not need any "birthday" shots yesterday! :laugh: The temporary crown popped off 2 days after they put it on and then a week later, it broke in half. When I called, they seemed to not be too concerned about it so I said "Great, saves me a trip to Plattsburgh!" Yesterday, the dentist was like, well, all I have to do it cement this on so if you can take the pressure, we'll just go for it and we did. Dental procedures, though necessary are annoying! :grumble:
Have a great day @Deeder522! :bigsmile:
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I swear I posted earlier this morning but I came back tonight to find no post. 😡
Yesterday was still a good day for movement but no walking to clients. ☹️ We did walk today and it was absolutely lovely.
I made egg salad Sunday and have had it for lunch all week. I only like egg salad if I make it myself. I've found a couple of different foods like that, but I only like it a certain way. However, some foods I kept trying hoping I'd like them but no luck. Squash is one I've tried several times and just had no luck. I've tried different varieties too. The most I can do is Zucchini and even then I'm picky on how it's made. I love it in chicken hibachi.
I dropped 1 BFF off at the airport today so she could fly out to NY to help my other BFF move from NJ to NY. They'll be south of you @zichab so I hope you guys have good weather forecasted this weekend.
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November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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Nov 16-Steps-8402!!
Now that is more like it, but my knees are killing me! :laugh: Dennis had cardio rehab yesterday so I assumed it'd be another day of just making my steps, but our trip to Aldi was short as we did not need much and when we got home, we got busy! Since yesterday and today are probably the last of the "warm" days we are going to have, we hustled to get all the outdoor stuff done! Our wreath is all done and we are hanging it in the garage gable today! I got all the Christmas boxes down from the attic and got all the boxes from my son's room up to the attic. We are remodeling his room so his stuff had to be packed up and moved out. We got the last of the fallen trees sawed up and piled and the tractor is ready for the blower to be installed. We were moving from the time we got home! Once the wreath is hung today, I need to finish deep cleaning my son's room, the main bathroom and the laundry room and I will be ready for Thanksgiving-well except for the cooking part. :laugh: I should meet my step goal today no problem.
Squash is one of those vegetables that many people do not like. I used to hate them because my mother always boiled EVERYTHING to death. That was cooking to her and as a result, I did not like a lot of foods by the time I left home. However, Dennis' family owned a greenhouse and nursery business and he grew up eating all kinds of delicious veggies and his Mom taught me how to cook them. As a result, I eat almost all veggies now.
Squash is best roasted. Dennis and I have 1/2 of an acorn squash as a side at least once a week during the fall and early winter. I split them in half, roast them cut side down and we eat them with butter and a little maple syrup or just salt and pepper, like a sweet potato. It took me awhile to learn to like them though I will admit that! I use zucchini in almost everything. I have a ton of it frozen to use for zucchini bread because my entire family LOVES it! :blushing:
Considering that I am only 1 hour and 20 minutes south of the Canadian border, almost everyone who lives in NY lives south of me! :laugh: I lived in Middletown, NY for 17 years right before we moved to MI, and that was a far south as we ever lived in NY. The weather will probably be fine where your friends are, just cold. We are getting snow showers up here, but none are predicted for downstate. The temps are going to drop in to the 30s though, so they will need their warm coat and gloves.
Enjoy your past few "warm" days @deeder522! :bigsmile:
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Well, it was my day to be in the car today. I started the day with what I thought would've been a 15-minute call with a client that turned into an hour-long session. Then it was driving around for the next 3 hours for errands. I didn't even make it to Aldi, I'm saving that for the morning.
I've moved into Thanksgiving prep work. I've put the menu together. I'm pulling ingredients out of the pantry to make up a list of what I'll have to buy this coming week.
Who boils squash???? I've only ever seen it roasted. I much prefer roasting to boiling.
Asparagus- Roast or Grill. Brussels Sprouts - roasted. Squash - well I'll keep trying.
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November goal: Average 6,500 steps/day!
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Nov 16-Steps-8402!!
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Oh my gosh, those car days will kill your mileage! :grumble: I am learning to make up for them, but I think it will be better when I get back into Leslie and Jessica's walking programs in December.
I put my Thanksgiving menu together a month ago and have managed to collect all the ingredients. I was supposed to start cooking yesterday, but ran out of time, so I have a lot to do today. Hopefully, I will have lots of steps around my kitchen today. Because of the sugar free, low sodium diets I need to accommodate, I am doing some modifications, so we shall see how cooking goes. I tried corn bread two days ago and it was a fail as I used the truvia measurements (the container was handy and I had decanted the stevia bag) for stevia! Um, they are not the same I learned. :frown: My sister cannot tolerate erythritol, so I need to use stevia. So, I shall make my second attempt today! I need time for the fails I guess. :laugh:
Oh @deeder522-my mother boiled virtually EVERYTHING! She hated to cook and wanted to be in her garden with her flowers 24/7. She basically broiled meat into shoe leather and boiled everything else into mush. Sandwiches were the only thing we ever asked her to make for us! She never did Thanksgiving dinner (thankfully!) and when her own mother was too ill to do it, she left it to her sisters and would never host it. When I got old enough to cook and was interested in it, she would buy me any ingredient I asked for, as long as I did the cooking! My father was so grateful that he even told me my fails were "delicious." :laugh: There was a reason he was a skinny little guy!
Lots of cooking today-Cranberry sauce, cranberry orange bread, corn bread, french kraut, bacon egg cups, roasting the butternut and onions and if I have time, I am going to mix up my gingerbread and Andes cookies for Christmas. All of this except, for the kraut and cranberry sauce, will go into the freezer and be all ready to go on Thursday and Friday. There are no snow storms predicted so my sister wants to have a mountain Thanksgiving! Awe
Enjoy Aldi this morning @deeder522, but beware of the aisle of shame as there is a lot of cute stuff there this week. :bigsmile:1
