40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

The interviews went well. Thank you for the well-wishes! Still too sick to workout....but likely tomorrow I will try.

Yummy photo, mygnsac.

Hey kids,

Beeps..I wish a speedy recovery for you. I know you are not happy about no lifting. I know you aced the interviews and I hope the best company picks you.

Kelly..Congrats on the new house. Sorry hubby won't be home for the holiday. Glad you are back to a warm home. It's too cold

CG..You should write a book. You have so much adventure. That was nice to look out for the young lady.

Larro..Happy Anniversary. I hope you and Margie many more. As usual, you are busy.

Mygnsac...yummy photo...Nice about your dad passing his exam..In terms of office goodies, I know you will find your niche again.

Laura..It's like the kids come right out of diapers into crushes and relationships. He will always be your lifesaver.

I saw the 1st of 3PS's today. He confirmed what I already knew about having a lot of loose skin. He was shocked when he saw my pic from 2010. I really liked him. He was voted as a great PS in the top doc magazine. I know personally 2 people who went to him and he did a fantastic job on them. I only did 60 minutes on the eliptical today. My thighs feel much better since I gave myself a day's break.

Have a great night everyone.

I'm in!

Happy Friday Cool Kids.

3rd consecutive bicycle commute day. 3.5 round trips for the week. The storms slowed me down a bit, but it's been pretty good riding all in all. Absolutely had to ride today...holiday potluck, and we've got an office full of foodies. I brought venison and wild boar meatballs.

The Pacific is kicking up again this week. 18' swells today, though it will be diminished by Sunday when we paddle out. Should still be bouncy fun.

Tomorrow is supposed to be very stormy, and I'm looking forward to a day in the house. It's a disaster! Just so much going on, and not enough of me to do it all.

Next week we're off to Hilton Head to spend the holiday with B's family. I'll bring the computer, but not sure if there's wi-fi. I've learned that I can't access the thread with my phone, so I may go MIA.

Caramel, I'm glad to hear that your first SP interview went well, and that your legs are recovering and ready for what's next!

KS, happy birthday to Jake! He's really is a steady bright spot in your life. Your anchor to happiness while dealing with so many challenges.

Larro, I'm pretty excited about changes with Cuba too! Good job on the numbers! You're totally holding the line.

Myg, my that looks yummy! I have fallen out of the habit of sprouting with all of the traveling about lately. Thanks for the reminder!

Beeps, darn that bug! I'm sending bug-destroying thoughts your way.

Happy Holidays to everyone in advance in case I drop off next week.

Hey Guys.

I was back at work around noon after working until 0200 this morning. Right now it is wall to wall Christmas parties, but after Sunday I'll have a couple of weeks with very little going on. I will confess to some late night snacking that I didn't log. If it's after midnight, but before daylight, it's in that no-man's land. But I got in my full cardio this morning and have walked some since getting to work. Since I knew I would be eating lunch with the City of Blountstown's party, I mostly skipped breakfast. It's a good thing. When I went through the line they cut off a hunk of sirloin tip roast that weighed 400g. I only ate half of it, planning on saving the rest for supper in case my other customers don't feed me tonight, but then later when I was starting to tear down the tables and chairs, one of the ladies brought me an even bigger slab that someone had wrapped up as a to-go and had left it. So I'm set for meat.

Curious, my sister and BIL have a time-share on Edisto Island. Last year they took their kayaks and spent most of their time on the water. They learned a lot about the rice and indigo plantations and the local African Americans who descended from the slaves who worked there. I had done a goodly amount of research on the area as Port Royal was one of the major Southern ports in the early 1700's {when my stories take place}.

Beeps, glad you are showing signs of improvement.

Mynsac, loved the video. It sounded other worldly.

Kelly Sue, have fun at Jake's party. Those birthdays have a way of rolling along. Before you know it he will be leaving for college.

Anastasia, welcome.

Caramel, glad you like the first PS. I blew those skinny numbers right out of the water this morning when I stepped on the scale. {Gained 3 pounds in one day} The party last night left all sorts of goodies to be thrown away. I didn't throw them all away.

I had better get back down to the Ball Room and get to work. My event tonight is in the other end of the building so there is no rush on getting cleaned up. Which leads to me not doing it until midnight.

I hope everyone has a good weekend,

Larro

Sounds like a brutal work schedule, Larro!

Got my saturday cardio in and done. Faded at the 45-minute mark, but that's okay.

I have no voice! Virus settled into throatbox. Anyway, off to daughter's hockey and then home for a rest. My son came down with this virus yesterday, so he is fevered and lethargic. We will all be healthy in time for xmas!

BOOM!

Morning Kid's !
Since it's the second morning on a weekend waking up at 5 a.m. for no reason I skipped the "good" in there. Battery in my scale died. So it's also day 2 without weighing myself. Hard on my "OCD tendencies".
My husband's company was brought out by another recently. They waited to tell them till last week. They are all being terminated by the end of the year and then re-hired as new employees at the first of the new year. Can you say stressful? I think the stress has my tummy acting up ( memories of being laid off after 8 and 1/2 yrs. re-surfacing ). You don't want to know. The new company only gives up to 3 weeks vacation a year so some employees are losing a week or two paid vacation now. Thankfully he has only been there 2-3 years.
So I've been retreating to my felt crafts. The first picture is most of the play food I've made so far.

The second is a stove top she can use on the counter when I'm cooking ( with turning buttons ), bags of pasta ( still need to velcro ), page of quiet book, "Doc McStuffin" band aids, and 2 of the 3 owl ornaments I've made so far.
A selfie from the other day. Wearing a man's XL sweater I've had a few years ( cozy ).
Well back to my felt projects. I'll try to check back soon. Trying hard to fight the "bahumbugs" !

Good Monday morning all! Had a busy weekend as always! Jake's party was nice. It was not a surprise as I don't think he would quite understand the surprise part at this point. He was a little overwhelmed at first- the party was at a place called Champions for life. they have trampolines and mats the kids can run and tumble on and bars they can hang from and other stuff. Once he got the hang of it he had fun. He got lots of great presents too!
- I visited Hubby after the party. He is having some difficulties with tremors still and last night was a really bad night for him- he was very confused and was extremely drowsy and a bit uncooperative. I had a long discussion with the doctor and they are thinking that he is over medicated. They held some of his meds last night and are going to discuss what they can take him off from as a team today. Hoping for some improvements.

larro- lets not rush things!! It doesn't seem possible that he is two already- certainly not ready for him to leave for college yet!

Caramel- No, the boxes aren't unpacked yet, but they are in my spare room so that I can unpack a few at a time and not have to have them all over the place. With everything that is going on in my life right now, it will take me a while to get them all unpacked.

Mzklutch- I have at least put my furniture where I want it, but the boxes will be unpacked slowly as my life is in a bit of turmoil right now with hubs being in the hospital and all. It will get done eventually.

Have a good day all!

Good morning.

Ugh, it's Monday again. One good thing was the traffic was really light coming in to work today. Lot's of lucky people must be taking the week off.

I came to work on Saturday, and yesterday was getting all my weekend chores done, so I feel like I didn't get much of a break over the weekend. I'll sure be glad when the new year rolls around and the year-end projects I'm working on are behind me. I'm ready for normal again!

Someone on another post explained how to make an omelette (mine usually evolve into ramped up scrambled eggs), so I gave it a try yesterday. It actually looks like an omelette! Apparently I've been cooking them at too high a temperature and not using a lid while it sets. I still need to practice the fold though.



For our weekly pot of something I made a pot of pintos cooked in veggie broth with crushed tomatoes, onions, carrots, garlic salt, basil, pepper and a little enchilada season. They turned out really good.



I noticed today that there isn't any goodies floating around the office. Maybe it's slowing down now that we've hit Christmas week. Then, my boss comes over and gives me a big old bag of See's candy and a gift card to Starbucks. Ha! I've been bad this season. Other than leaving a big bucket of mini candy canes at the end of my desk for passersby, I haven't brought any gift for my co-workers. I guess I'm bah-humbuggy this year.

We've actually had one whole day now without any rain. It was really foggy this morning, but that's about burned off now. Since the rain has stopped, I think my Dad will be taking my dog to the dog park later today. Every time we head for our cars, poor Cisco gets excited thinking he gets to go. Hopefully they make it over there. That dog loves to romp around at the dog park.

Well, better get back to work. You all have a wonderful day, and if you are taking the week off, I'm jealous!!

Good Afternoon Cool Kids.

Kate, I love the crafts and the selfie. You are looking good.

Caramel, I'm done with work until after the New Year. We have our office party at noon tomorrow, and I will go in to water the plants once a week, but other than that I will have too much free time the next couple of weeks. I've done this for 23 years, so I know it will be slow for a while. Folks eat too much and spend too much over the holidays so they don't have as many parties in January.

Kelly Sue, not trying to rush things. But I know how time flies for me. I remember one of the first events I worked at the Civic Center was a 13 year old birthday party for a daughter of one of my sister's good friends. It seemed like no time had passed, and that girl was bringing in her kids for birthday parties.

Laura, I have froze half of the sirloin. I've been eating a little of the rest of it everyday, including for breakfast this morning. About that drive, you don't by any chance pass a pine tree or two on the way to work, do you? I don't get that far west very often, but when I'm driving on SR20 going toward Panama City, pine trees is all I see.

Mygnsac, that is a good looking omelette. I have trouble folding mine too. How low do you turn the heat? I've been cooking them on medium. Is that too hot?

After many nights of working until after midnight, I was home before 2100 last night. I went to bed at a decent hour and still slept in until after 0900. I messed around and ate breakfast before I did my lifting, so I'm really running late today. But I have done the lifting and over half of my cardio. I'm not sure if I'll get the rest of it done or not. I'm not too good at getting back to it after I sit down.

My food porn is always more graphic and never as tastefully done as Mygnsac's, but here is a breakfast picture anyway. Maybe what she does in food erotica

Hope everyone is having a good day,

Larro

I got my lifting in-and-done today! Whew! That felt good.

I started a four-day-split program. Something new and different....to stabe off boredom.

How is your lifting going?

I'm in

Larro- a BEAR story- OH MY!! :l Can;t wait to hear it!

Two days till Christmas!! I am looking forward to it! Still wishing my hubby was going to be there, but I am going to see him in the morning that day.
I had Jake at the house this morning. Today is his official birthday- we had chocolate donut holes with sprinkles. He ate all of the sprinkles off and didn't eat the donut part- should have just given him a dish of sprinkles!!

I have decided that I will pick up with the gym after the holidays. Hopefully by then things will be a bit more quiet and I will be a bit more unpacked- I am considering switching from the Y to the community rec center in the town I just moved to. If you live in the school district- which I do, the membership price is almost half of what I currently pay with a lot of the same kinds of options and classes. We'll see though. I will have to actually go and check it out- I like saving money though!!

Have a good day all!

Hello cool kids,
I really thought I had posted on Friday, so was surprised when I couldn't find it. My apologies.
Life has been hectic since the arrival of my niece and her family. I have been spending a LOT of time in the kitchen, with all their different food restrictions. As nice as it is to have them visit, it will be nice to see them go as well. I am exhausted! On top of all that, I still have had to come to work and have not been sleeping well - thank you menopause! UGH.

I have not been able to get my workouts in either, so am feeling frumpy and grumpy about that.

The first of many family, holiday dinners starts tonight, This one is at my MIL's and Santa drops in for a visit, so the little kids always get so excited.

The pics are great! Katie, that is some detailed work you do. Fun stuff!

Enjoy the holiday season everyone. Merry Christmas.

Good Evening Cool Kids.

Welcome Jeremiah and Guitar Jerry. We are like a fitness coffee club without the coffee. Just drop in and say hello when you have the time.

Kelly Sue, I'm all for saving money too. If you are happy with the new place for half the cost, I say go for it.

Sdereski, love the picture. I like seeing family, but I also like it when they go home.

Now for the bear story. My sister and BIL stay at our river neighbor's guest house at the beach when they go to Mexico Beach. A month or so ago they were down there and met some folks from Eastpoint. {Eastpoint is across the bay from Apalachicola, and just south of Apalachicola National Forest} They got to talking about the bear problem they were having. They said they couldn't sit outside after dark the bears were so bad. And grilling after dark was just not possible. They had called the game and fish folks over and over, but the officers had told them there was nothing they could do unless someone got attacked. Well a 15 year old girl got attacked Sunday night, and if her dog hadn't attacked the bear, there is a good chance he would have killed her. Since Sunday they have killed 7 or 8 bears, and now folks are saying they are going too far. But the bears come in out of the swamp and eat pet food, garbage, and in some cases they are even fed intentionally. They quickly lose their fear of humans, and when that happens they have to be killed. I'm going to try to post a link to the story:

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/22/florida-girl-15-survives-bear-attack-by-playing-de/

I'm doing my AM cardio in the PM tonight. Or at least I was until I sat down. Will try to do enough to get my numbers back in the green, anyway.

Hope everyone is doing well,

Larro

Edit: the link doesn't seem to be working, so if you want to read the story, just copy and paste into a Google search.