Good morning everyone. It is a bit chilly outside

Happy Friday, hope all are doing well.

@Kurtize , LOVE THAT!! Mind if I "steal" it?
@Cseguin2 ,, OH MAN it was the 40s this AM!! By the afternoon we got to 57 which was better, the wind was quite strong with Fiona coming up the east coast. Well she's a passing through the Gulf of Maine as I type. BYE BYE Fiona and TY TY TY for NOT stopping in the Greater Portland to "visit" us. Do any of you live in FL? Hoping the next one forming won't do so. Please be so careful with your workouts with your thumb etc. We do not at all want you to have any injury, the thumb is enough.
THANKS to my being on the In Between Challenge with the Fit 4 Life in Gr8ter Shape ,, I am so geared up in a way I've not been for awhile to hit my personal goal!! IF my body behaves (HAHAHAHA! I already know it won't, I am starting to feel that "special" pain when the infection is alive and flaring rearing it's not to cute head) I want to lose 4 lbs to be at 165 by the end of the challenge. IF IT DOES behave and allow me to exercise as I wish, I'll aim to lose 6 to 8.5 lbs (the 8.5 means I'll HIT MY 5%!). My year goal is 163 and I WANT THAT SO BADLY!!

It's 61 feels like 61 with a high of 92 for today. I AM: I am the power. Axe Sharpening: Always stay humble. Always be reasonable. But always know your worth and act on it.--Claire Thomas 1st Phorm Elite Athlete Happy World Gorilla Day!!!! Action for Happiness: Accept yourself and remember that you are worthy of love. Fitness quote for today: Keep your eyes on your goals and keep on grinding in the gym. Every. Single. Day.--gymquotes.co Motivational quote for today: You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.--unknown Closed all rings on my Active 4 and had 12,403 steps yesterday.

@Dianedoessmiles1 - Help yourself glad to share it.
Good afternoon all, happy Saturday.

@Patti241 HI Patti!! Are you using blankets yet at night? I've turned my heat down, but not off!! The wind has died way down now that Fiona is long past us. I didn't lose my electricity, it was sparsely out in our area, down the street they were out for a few hours, but we weren't. I was prepared just in case, but I am anyways because the squirrels LOLOL they aren't to smart here!
@Macrat12 HI
@Lavalily ,, LOL I get that!! I didn't move much as a kid, only 5 times. One of those was just down the street to a much bigger house the first one I was only 3 so that didn't affect me other than my own room. BUT as an adult I LOVED moving for many times,, hmm 20 times!! I GET that "oh, I need something very different, I'll change around the furniture thing"!! I did so when the pandemic hit, I totally redid my place. Now though it's exactly what I wanted this place to look like when I first moved in here. It's perfect for me in every way! May you feel the same way about where it is you are moving into! This is the last place I'll live in until I or if I can't be on my own. I over look the harbor. I had seen this place many years ago when it became available I GRABBED IT SO FAST!! The moment I got the call I said "YES" "Don't you want to see it first?" "No, I'll take it, I saw it years ago." But, of course I had to see it. GLAD I did. May you feel the exact same way.
@Kurtize ,, PERFECT WAY to be healthy it's all there!! TY TY!
@Cseguin2 ,, sounds good!! Is it in a group home (My GD second job was in a group home with people dealing with brain injuries) we got to laughing so hard when she came home and told me "It's like dealing with you and Momma!" "What do you mean hon?" "I have one who reminds me of Momma, she only wants to sleep all day, and eat, that's it. The 2nd client is like you. I have to be on my toes, I NEVER KNOW what'll come out of her mouth next or what she'll do. I've been training for this ALL of my life!" We laughed and laughed, We still do!! She's in a very different job now. I used to dread days and days of rain, but no longer. We went through a severe drought and now we should be okay after many days Hopefully you'll do well enough with the rainy days.

@Lindiemaep ,, trying to get my HOPES WAY UP for a half decent wintah? Last year blahhhhhh was such a HUGE disappointment with only HALF the snow we had been getting. MAYBE THIS YEAR!! In 2012 in one storm dropped a very beautiful 31"s at once!! LOL SO COOL!! OF COURSE that was ONE WINTER I wasn't living in Maine, but in Colorado!! @Katiecondy1 HI!! LOL When I moved to CO the first thing those in my new congregation did was to say "OH WE GET A LOT OF SNOW here!! Have you ever seen snow?" Apparently many from California were moving in. When we said "Maine" they were so crushed sadly saying "Oh than you are.' LOLOLOL we laughed and laughed. BUT!! Soon we'd be joining them when welcoming others who were moving in with the same line!!! Anyone who's familiar with the Northeast Accent (think Boston and up north) knows we do not use our R's. The congregation I belong to often has audience participation with questions and answers. I enjoy answering. One night I had done so and the speaker said "We know you study hard, and enjoy answering, but we can't understand your accent." I laughed probably to hard. My FAVORITE accent is the real Southern Accent. That drawallll is so neat and pretty!! Up here we tend to speak fast, well hey we NEED to it's to cold and stand around. See Linda's pictures above. I CAN"T WAIT TO SEE SOME!! SO NEAT to you got to have your family over today. Awww babies are so precious!! They just are. Amigo please share with your Mom. When I am doing stretches Izzy does them with me. She's sooo funny!! When I change positions so does she though hers are different than mine.

Good morning everyone.

Diane: We turn on the heat in the morning to get the chill out of the air. At night I have my blankets on.

Good afternoone everyone, the heat is on in our building but we have ours set as low as we can without affecting the other suites and it is just too hot all the time, so we use our fans all year round and if it gets really hot we turn the a/c on even in the winter. Sadly our windows are open 24/7/365-6 a leap year and it gets so dusty in here even Amigo sneezes which is funny to see a cat sneezing lol
@Dianedoessmiles1 aren't accents interesting ? You drop the R's and my grandmother dropped the A's so when she was calling me it was Linder not Linda. I grew up close to Detroit and across Lake Erie from Ohio and we were greatly influenced by American TV so we learnt to speak with that accent. Also influenced by music as well. How was your meeting, did you do service afterward, or were you too tired? Becareful not to over do it now .. Amigo is resting nicely on my bed, just enough room for me to go and do my stretch exercises when it is time.
@everyone I hope you all are enjoying your weekend, filled with activities you enjoy doing. I was out this morning. I did a nice walk around and met a lady at a garden I like to photograph and thanked her for taking such good care of the garden. Also met a gentleman who wants to move into the area and he asked me why I liked living here, well, I said, the little park, the park for the kiddies, being close to the buses and a nice walk to safeway and it is quiet enough... will he and his missus be a neighbour one ? maybe! Have any of you been to Vancouver BC Canada?
Here's a little taster :

Rain sculpter at Queen Elizabeth Park - one of my fav free parks - and the sunset view is spectacular at times ! Also a fav for fireworks when they are allowed to be shot off from the barges ..

Is that your team plane landing yet ?? LOL I love that I am close enough to see planes come and go but far away enough to enjoy them!
Well I better mosey on outta here and get some things done - hagd