Good morning everyone! This weekend my older one had a community band performance and then Sunday was for an honor’s orchestra. It was so different and nice to watch. The conductors/directors were so funny/caring and the kids love them. Masks were required for audience and the huge strings section and percussion. Brass and woodwinds took them off before playing. We didn’t care-beautiful concert and so worth it. @Retired_Sue good luck with all that white stuff! We were supposed to get 1-3” on Wednesday but it got downgraded to less than an inch. Thank goodness! My daughter’s dress rehearsal for his band concert is on Wednesday. What type of music group do you direct? I hope the weather behaves for you.
@Dianedoessmiles1 -yup oldest d (we can call her S) is the oldest grandchild-the long awaited girl in the family. My younger daughter is 3rd in line age wise. (I only have 2 kids-but I have an awesome niece and nephew). Aw that’s funny about paw patrol. I definitely have kids shoes I like more than others. Ty Netflix my 13 yo still has appropriate stuff to watch.

Hawaii had a freak storm this weekend. Blizzards on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, loads of rain down on the beach areas (where I live), gale-force winds (I thought my palms and other plants would break in half), temps went down to upper 60s (Brrrrr), and I actually closed the glass doors. Usually, everything is open here, just screens. Wind from the snow on the mountains blows down to keep us cold. I finally found a sweatshirt to keep me warm during the day. Today looks better for Hawaii Island (the most south-easterly of the chain) but is expected to hit all the other islands today. We lost our internet but it's back on this morning and electricity was not steady.

@Bookienj,,, Oh that concert sounds so nice!!! Glad you enjoyed. Ohhhh we have have that storm on Weds! LOL Started out saying "We'll have plowable snow of 6" plus inches." Now it's "Maybe 1 to 3"s (3" on the coast), but my bones do NOT feel that yet. LOL Tomorrow night I'll tune in.
Awww yes makes sense that oldest is the favorite. Is it right? No, but for their generation that was the norm. Of course when you are a Grandmother, you'll be so careful to not to that. My oldest brother was the oldest of all 21 and LOL You'd of thought he walked on water with my Grandparents. It was funny, but it was that generation. Thankfully we all pretty much agreed he did walk, well of course not on water, but he's such a kind guy. LOL I told his Mom yesterday "Its PAW PATROL at Grandma's" and R repeated "PAW PATROL AT GRANDMA's!" We laughed of course, he knows at Grandma's and SHE KNOWS At Grandma's ,,, I'll spoil him endlessly. WELL Within reasons of course. He HAS to behave well. When he was younger there's a "Roman" corner here, he knew it very well. LOL Its NICE on Netflix that your 13 yr old can find acceptable shows!! Thirteen is an interesting age. Its still a fun age usually, well more so with boys. But, I think all of the ages are pretty fun.
Today I can't say a lot has been done. I did do 30 mins on my recumbent bike, that was nice and a record for me!! I am so surprised I was not only to do it, but to be okay doing it!! WOOHOO!! Most of the day was talking to friends, and now I am pretty worn out. Oh tonight ,, in a tiny bit FOOTBALL!! PATs VS Buffalo!!! Both teams are doing very well and though the Pats are ahead of them it's barely so it'll be a FUN GAME!! It'll be very windy Hehehehe with a slight possibility of snow. Slight so I won't get excited, plus both teams are used to snow. Its ALWAYS WAY MORE FUN when Miami or the Cowboys play is in February!!
@Cormierannie,, I hope you also stay safe.
@Lavalily ,, I saw that on the News last night (Local news, Greater Portland, Maine)!! WOW!! They said that does happen, but they also had a BUT ??? about it. Glad you found a sweatshirt!! I hope today is better.
@wallahalla ,,, Oh that reminds me I want to make molasses cookies for a friend. NOT the store bought stuff,, that's just not good. I have my Grams recipe.

It's 32 feels like 27 with a high of 47 for today. Axe Sharpening: Time is non-refundable. Use it with intention.~~Stormi Knight 1st Phorm Elite Athlete Happy National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day!!!! Fitness quote for today: Stay Positive. Stay Fighting. Stay Brave. Stay Ambitious. Stay Focused. Stay Strong…Mentality is everything.~~~unknown Motivational quote for today: Enjoy every moment, because when you look back you'll realize how precious they all were.~~~unknown Closed all rings on my Active 4 and had 13,595 steps yesterday. Today's training plan is Every 2 min X 16 min (8 sets) followed by 15-12-9-6 for time: (12 min cap) to finish in the gym after breakfast.

@Herbsandmore - It is good to be back even though we're only visiting the two retirement homes each month. We also used go to three nursing homes but so far they have not contacted me and asked about returning. With case numbers rising, I don't expect that they will any time soon. I'm hoping that we won't get shut down again either but we'll have to wait and see. We do have to have a temperature check, fill out the COVID screening form and we've had to show proof of vaccination.

@Dianedoessmiles1 - I made a lot of my maternity clothing but I'm not sure if I'll get back to sewing clothing for myself again or not. It's been YEARS! Glad that you're finding material that you like. YouTube videos are great too. I also have several different feet attachments for mine - not sure when I'm going to get using all of them but I'll probably use at least a couple. Did you get any snow yet? We had about a foot fall on us between last night and this morning! There's lots of it out there but since it's supposed to get warmer, we'll have to see how long it lasts. Today is cool enough that it won't be going anywhere - yet.

@bookieNJ - The concerts at this time of year are always a pleasure to hear. You sure can't play brass of wind instruments with masks on! Both my kids were in their high school band - daughter played flute and son played trumpet - and we always enjoyed going to their concerts and did what we could to support the band. My little choir sings at nursing homes so we sing older songs, some songs from musicals and this month of course lots of Christmas music. We also include hymns/sacred songs and a sing along section but we don't do anything too complicated and mostly just one part although we do add a bit of alto sometimes. Fortunately we've been able to remove our masks for singing which makes it SO much easier.

@lavalily - That does sound like nasty and unusual weather for Hawaii! Glad that you found a sweatshirt to help you stay warm.

@sunrisedancer1 - Hope that the chickens stay warm and safe from prowling animals like the coyote! We definitely have snow and it's -5C here today (23F) but doesn't appear to be too windy. I wanted to learn to sew when I was in high school but my mom was never a sewer. My grandmother made quilts - many of which she sold to supplement her income - but it was mom's sister who got the sewing "bug". Our high school did a night class in sewing when I was in grad 10 so that's where I learned the basics but I wouldn't call myself a skilled seamstress at all. For now I'm just planning to do some pretty basic stuff but nothing until after Christmas - once I finish off these bags which I will do today. I have other things that I need to be doing - like some Christmas decorating and baking. It's great that your hubby and now your son are so adept with a sewing machine. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be trying pinch pleat drapes although I think I'll make some valances for my upstairs bathroom and maybe eventually my kitchen windows.

Practice went pretty well yesterday and hopefully we won't forget everything when we sing tomorrow. There are still a couple of things that I want to go over myself. Today I need to get things done around here because I'm way behind - or at least it feels that way - with my Christmas preparations. Hubby's just gone out to see if he can find a new cable for our snow blower as the one for the shifter broke the other day and he's going to need everything working if we keep getting snow. This is only the fourth winter for that machine but it really hasn't had a lot of use as at least a couple of winters it's not been used more than a dozen times - maybe.
Better scoot - have a great day! I'm leaving you with a link to one of the "fun" Christmas songs that we added a couple of years ago and will be singing this month.

https://www.google.com/search?q=christmas+time+is+no+time+to+diet+lyrics&rlz=1C1SQJL_enCA793CA793&oq=Christmast+time+is+no+Time+to+Diet&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j46i13j0i13.17148j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

@Retired_Sue I'm sure things are from from normal, still bringing some cheer is so much better than none, enjoy every moment you can, no one knows when it might shut down again or it it will really ever open up once again. Thanks for that song, never heard it before! Now, I don't think I'll ever forget it.
@Dianedoessmiles1 You are the 1st person I have ever heard get such a chuckle from sewing, it warms my heart to try to picture you having fun doing something that would drive some people to quit trying altogether, don't give up, you'll figure it out sooner or later. I must say even when I did quite a bit of sewing, it was never funny even though I did enjoy it.

It's 30 with a high of 56 for today. Axe Sharpening: Not every meal is going to be perfect and that's okay. But what we can't do is let one bad meal or choice ruin the day ahead.~~Darryl Moore 1st Phorm Advisor Happy National Brownie Day!!!! Fitness quote for today: Good Morning. Let's Slay Today.~~~gymquotes.co Motivational quote for today: When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.~~~Paulo Coelho Closed all rings on my Active 4 and had 11,550 steps yesterday. Today's training plan is truck unload this morning.

@Retired_Sue - so our band and chorus have singers mask or musician masks. Singers masks somehow are like doubly thick but have a hole to allow noise to come out? We don’t love them because it’s really hard to hear. And musician masks have an extra layer so you slide the mouthpiece between. It’s odd but you can hear them. That’s great how you could support the band and that you don’t need the masks to sing in a nursing home. My daughter’s dance studio performed in nursing homes precovid. She’s hoping to go back. Such a wonderful audience.

Good morning everyone! Cold day here-not much happening except mom taxi is going later. I gotta pick my daughter up from her concert dress rehearsal and the other from dance. I finished the book pachinko. 4/5 stars. Was raunchy in parts.

Good Evening Everyone!

Today has been a great day thus far. Got laundry, dishes, workouts, and some crafting done. Also went to work and scrubbed an oven for an hour. Got to love my short hours for work. Tomorrow is a busy day outside of the house unless things change. Still cold here so opted for a 45 min HIIT walk video in place of my walk.

If anyone else is having trouble accessing their Home page (newsfeed, profile, mail), yet you can see this, when you are on the generic MFP page that comes on the screen when you use your normal links to try to get there (bookmark, or myfitnesspal or home at the top of this page), look for the tiny "Login" button in the top right corner. Why I can access Group pages yet not be logged in to Home makes no sense. But someone I got logged out or kicked out of the MFP Home page section. Took me awhile and multiple tries to figure out how to get back in.

It's 52 feels like 47 with a high of 67 for today. Axe Sharpening: Time goes SO fast, Cherish each and every moment.~~Laura Novotny 1st Phorm Elite Athlete Happy International Anti-Corruption Day!!! Fitness quote for today: Work out. Eat well. Be patient. Your body will reward you.~~~unknown Motivational quote for today: Remember to always congratulate yourself for the small wins, too.~~unknown Closed all rings on my Active 4 and had 12,171 steps yesterday. Today's training plan is Every 2 min X18 min (9 sets) followed by 5 sets X3 min AMRAP to finish up after work this afternoon.

We've been getting little dustings of snow here and there, the most we've had so far is 5cm. The kids are anxiously awaiting a huge dumping of snow, though there's none predicted yet. (You can tell they're too young to drive, eh?) The sky was clear and sunny this morning, but it's overcast now and threatening some flakes.

I've gotten most of my Christmas shopping done, but I'm also one of those weirdos who starts early, so it's not all one big hit to the wallet at one time. Our tree is up, and we're mostly ready to go.