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Good morning All~~ Happy Mothers Day! 💖

Gorgeous weather here - very important for my mental health.

Maureen, sorry to hear about the rain. Good about Zooming with your Mom.

Sara - I bet that most mothers would just love to get a phone call from their adult children more often. Cleaning the house would be bonus though! 😊

I found a site called TrailRunProject.com
It has helped me find more trails around Chapel Hill, and I've put a plan together for my walk today.

*tossing beach bag and sunglasses onto favorite lounge chair for later*

Lana

255.0 today
258.8 highest
214.0 2020 goal

Greetings and Happy Mother's Day to all with any babies--grown, furry, or otherwise.

Not all of us know each other really well. Can folks post their "babies," using initials or whatever else makes you feel comfortable, so we know who you consider your children?

Me: Quentin, 30-works full time in cyber security; Cole, 22--in college; Raleigh, 18 (adopted from Cambodia)--in high school. And while you know about my pups, you may not know I have 2 cats, both around 3.5-4 years old--Evil Olive and Kitty. Rescued from shelter life.

We had snow this morning, but it didn't stick and then turned to rain. I'm going to head out to my local foot trail--I can do 4 miles and no one will be out there but us die-hards. Still deciding about taking Skye though. Maybe I can get my daughter to bathe her if I take her. Poor Radar won't get to go--but he absolutely HATES getting wet, so in the long run, I'm doing him a favor. He just won't be able to appreciate it. And we are off into wet, warmer weather this week (by Wednesday), so IDK what I'm going to do with him--or the extra mess even if it's just Skye. I guess I'd better hook up the hose and rinse/dry them off after the DP now once it's warm enough. Gotta dig out the dog towels for drying them after.

Sara, I'm planning on having the Adam's Fudge Ripple Cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory today. I skipped it for my birthday. It puts me back about 3 days on weight loss, but I don't give a *kitten*. It's worth it.

I'd love if my kids cleaned more, but they at least have learned to leave the mess in their own rooms and not pile up dishes in the kitchen. I have a cleaning lady 2-3 times/month that Quentin pays for--best gift ever. The house stays pretty nice except for dog hair and dog dirt, so I take care of that on a daily basis.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Welcome Tazzy. Ireland is on my bucket list. Good group here. I haven't been here very long. Glad you came.

I’ve set myself a target to walk 30km this week...did just over 3 this morning so I’ll try get out for another walk later
I’m back logging all my food and trying to cut out the snacks and alcohol that have become daily habits...warned hubby there will be sugar withdrawal mood swings!!!

Good morning, all,

Answering Maureen's request also.

My daughter, Kayla, turned 30 yesterday. Works for a finance company and is going to LPN school at night. This is her third and final run at higher education. She understands if she bombs it this time, she has to give up and be content making a living with whatever jobs come her way.

My stepson, Roger, is also 30, but is exactly 9 months older than my daughter. He failed a grade so they were in the same grade in high school. That made for a very expensive Senior year. He is an Army Veteran and a Police Officer for the largest city in our county. Roger is married to Rachel. He adopted her son, Jake, and they have a daughter, Tensley.

I have another stepson, Logan. He and his father have been estranged for over 20 years.

Fur babies are Toxin, Bobo, and Itty Bitty. Toxin is an orange and white tomcat. His person is my significant other. The other two, Bobo (a male tabby) and Itty Bitty (a female dilute calico munchkin), belong to my daughter. However, she lives with her boyfriend who has dogs so the cats stay with me. She and Itty Bitty never bonded. Itty became my cat almost instantly.

I also have lots of squirrels and rabbits in my back yard.

Minor progress has been made in the eating arena. Scale is irrelevant for now.

Oh. I did buy two new pairs of jeans Saturday. Now I have something to wear to work.

Hello all!
Tazzy - welcome! What breed of dogs?
My mom career- Rose - 28 Married, in Denver. Danielle - 23 - married lives in nearby town. Clayton - 20 lives at home, works fulltime. All three are great kids. Most of you lived through my stress of two weddings 7 months apart. I have been eating ever since Thankfully son is not even engaged! OH and Maggie - 2 lives at home and begs for food all the time (lab).
Did some garden work over weekend despite the cold. Cleaned out an area that will be a new flower/shrub bed. Not sure what I will put in it.
Waves to Lana, Sarah, Dawn, Tracey and Maureen! Also hello to all who stop by!
Lynn

Tazzy - LOL yes and the last wedding occurred on 3/14- The US "shut down" the week after! Crazy! But it was all ok and we pulled it off!

It's so nice to hear more about everyone.

@tazzy2911, welcome. I was in Ireland in 2016 for my son's high school graduation gift, a tour of England, Ireland, and Scotland. We visited the west coast--Galway, Aran Islands, Ring of Kerry, and Killarney National Park. We had so much fun, so many wonderful walks and drives. I am eager to return.

I've averaged about 8100 steps/day (just about 4 miles for me) since getting my Garmin device on May 3. That is mostly from my intentional exercise; I don't move a lot when working from home. I will have to figure out some ways to add to that b/c I would really like to hit 5 miles a day over the summer. My exercise won't change much--walking and jogging. I just try to get out early and again later, after the sun is lower. I hate wearing mosquito repellant, but it really helps, so I do it. If I am in Florida, I go running after the sun has set. My mom lives in a gated community with a 1 kilometer circle for the main drive, so I use this. It's fun and different from my usual jogs, and I enjoy myself despite the fact that it's often over 90F and 90% humidity. To me, sweat is like oiling my muscles and it feels good. So does the dip in the pool (after a quick shower).

I need to start some strength building with weights but I keep saying that instead of doing it.

Good morning from sunny South Central WI. Hoping for the predicted warm-up, and right now it's already the high from yesterday (43) so looking good.

Not much on my agenda other than work and walk. My kids need junk food so I guess I'll swing by the store at some point, too. Maybe I'll just send them. I planned to get up and out today but yeah, that didn't happen.

219.8, up 1.5 after Sunday's lowest in a few years. Not worried--that weight was artificially low and where I am today is so much better than before, especially given the lovely Chinese and cheesecake I had for Mother's Day.

Hoping to be fully awake by 8:30; I'm a bit fuzzy this morning and look like I slept on my face for 12 hours

......and I too am popping also just to say Hi!.....

BBL

Lana

257.2 result of yesterday's pity party eating festival
258.8 highest
214.0 year end goal

Good morning.
Enjoy your walk in the rain Lana??? Great job going for one - very good!
Hi Sarah and Maureen, Tracy and Dawn and all others who stop by.

CW 194.4
HW 207
GW 180 by 9/30

Gave up on the short term goals....was not helping me. Have a bigger goal in mind now