With all this talk of tea it has reminded me of something. Coffee is the best tea ever.

@DrewsAnna Sweet dreams!

@megnolia82 Wow I bow down to the Queen of Teas! I was very tempted to do a tea advent calendar, I saw them today at World Market too. Both of those teas sound amazing, do you like all teas or just certain ones? I like everything from herbal to black teas, I'm actually drinking Trader Joe's Candy Cane Lane and know it's a Celestial Seasonings dupe. I drink both tea bags and loose tea too, I have my favorite cheaper teas. Now do you like kombucha too? I started brewing it at home, the last batch I made I forgot about it and I'm a little scared to reuse some for the next batch, I usually use Sweet and Spicy for it which is Good Earth I believe. Oh the hot chocolate pu'erh sounds amazing!

@trooworld I haven't watched A Christmas Story this year, I was just thinking if I do any more Christmas stuff it would be classics. I also started a Christmas cozy mystery which is the 31 in a series so I'm still going strong on Christmas stuff. And drinking Christmas tea! Pretty corny but I like enjoying seasonal things. Congratulations on the loss!

@19shmoo69 I love coffee too I just can't drink it at night! I'm using peppermint chocolate coffee cream right now too. I've been getting all the seasonal coffees everywhere, there's one more I'd like to get at Dutch Brother's but since it's raining a cold brew doesn't sound as good as it usually does. Do you like seasonal drinks?

Hi team, hope everyone had a great Friday! I managed to get all my shopping for Christmas done but my cats and my brother's cat so I'm a little more relaxed, hopefully tomorrow I'll get all my cards out. Did my workout, I'm doing a belly dancing challenge with some friends and it started today but was way longer than I was expecting so I just did one of them and watched the rest. I'm going to try sitting through them and just trying at the end and maybe I can do more, we'll see. No plans for the weekend aside of cards and cleaning to get done, we have a big storm coming through so I'll stick around the house. Have a great Saturday everyone!

@Tamevv - man I wish I would have caught you in here, looks like you posted while I was typing…if I had scrolled back up after hitting send I would have totally chatted with you!!!

@Katmary71 - I usually go for blackberry or raspberry, my mom has some white chocolate mint that I’m digging right now, haven’t explored a ton of flavors but getting more excited about it! We definitely need to block those bad influence friends 😂😂😂 mine posted that her neighbor brought her cinnamon rolls for breakfast and I have been craving one all day!!!

@DrewsAnna - so sorry about your mom, I’m glad they figured out the cause so quickly. I had to say goodbye to my little Gracie last week. She originally belonged to my step dad and since I couldn’t keep her he agreed to take her back and love her. It was hard but I wasn’t quite as sad as I thought I would be. She was just one of the many things I had to say goodbye to in order to move forward. Great job with the meal prep!!! I love anything cooked in my airfryer!

@trooworls - I bet your place is decorated amazingly! My mom and I just watched A Christmas Story for the first time ever together last night. I’ve seen clips of different scenes and would know the movie just by glimpsing the tv but I’ve never sat down and watched it. The town next to us has been putting up a Giant Leg Lamp for a few years and it’s getting national recognition. We plan on going to see it soon and the local theater is putting on a live performance of the show that we wanted to catch so I told her we actually needed to watch the movie first! 😂 I’ll post a picture with the leg lamp when we go but until then if you’re bored you can google “Leg Lamp Chickasha, Oklahoma” to see what I’m talking about.

@19shmoo69 - I was getting worried we were about to make you blow a gasket with all that tea talk. Sorry for the struggles.

I started my replies last night and didn’t make it far, yesterday morning my daughter had an appointment at 8:30 for labs, and ultrasound, X-rays, and an MRI. She’s been dealing with back and knee pain and they finally got her in to check it all out. We were both so exhausted after not getting home from the gym until after 1 am it was so hard to stay awake sitting there waiting for her to get finish and then she had to be at work by 3 yesterday afternoon so I pushed through and stayed awake until I knew she was off of work and back home safe. We skipped out late night workout session in order to catch up on some sleep and had every intention of getting up today and getting it in early. Didn’t happen 😂 BUT we got to go see a cute Christmas performance called The Living Christmas Tree and then we hit the gym for our longest workout yet!!

A Mobil Mechanic will be here at 8 am to get started on my sons car!!!!! We’re all gonna pitch in and help clean parts so he can get done quick and then my daughter asked me to be her +1 at her company Christmas party for the hospital!!! I’m very much looking forward to this!!!

@19shmoo69 LOL! Indeed! LOL I just read your 2nd response. Your wife sounds like she has your sense of humor. My husband shares my dark sense of humor, which I am so glad for. It can be lonely having a weird sense of humor!

@Tamevv Congrats on the loss!

@Katmary71 We just watched it last night. It never gets old lol. Nothing wrong with being corny. I'm corny lol. I watched 2 Hallmarkish Christmas movies yesterday while working (I only watch movies when I'm doing something I don't have to pay attention to) and tonight, we are going to look at Christmas lights so yeah, I'm Christmasy too! In fact, I will share some pics of my Christmas Village from this year. WTG, getting the Christmas shopping done! Yeah it's supposed to rain here, too. I hope you aren't in too much pain from it. Have a good weekend!

@shaunarlr83 It does look pretty cool if I do say so myself! We just watched A Christmas Story for the millionth time last night lol. Did you like it? The Giant Leg Lamp would be cool to see. I can't wait to see your pics! I hope your daughter is okay. You are doing amazing with your workouts, keep it up! Wow, that performance looks cool with a live band and all. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@Cornanda I'm sorry about your gain. What can we do to help you? Would a New Year's Challenge help?

Hi all. I thought I would share my Christmas decorations with you. I made the snowflakes hanging from our ceiling. The Christmas Village pics: we have some village stuff on the end table in the living room and some stuff on our tiny dining room table. Enjoy!

My phrase for the year: "Something needs to change…so I will take no crap and eat no crap!"

Woot Woot for all the tea drinkers! It prompted me to count how many I have...stopped counting after 120. It's a sickness...but it's definitely healthier than other addictions I'll sip tea and watch A Christmas HORROR Story (pictured below) while y'all watch the feel-good one! Hahahaha! No matter what, ever since it released in 2015, I always make sure to watch A Christmas Horror Story every December 24th. It's my all-time favorite anthology! Has anyone else seen it? Anyway, I decided to make a 12 Days of Christmas Horror movie list. There are 6 on the list I've watched before and 6 I haven't seen yet. I know there are a lot of others out there, but this is the list I'm going with this time.

Back to the craft room...I am halfway through making the 48 cards I give my mother to distribute and then I have a LOT of ones to make that I want to send out. Behave yourselves and eat your veggies!
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@shaunarlr83 That white chocolate mint sounds amazing! Haha I get cravings from hearing things like that, I had to stop commenting on people's diaries on here because I'd find myself at the store going “hm, those Dot Pretzels have been in so-and-so's diary every day, they must be incredible if they eat them so often” then I'd buy them. I hope your daughter's tests show it's nothing too serious and she's feeling better soon. Have fun at the party, how cool that your daughter's taking you!

@19shmoo69 Haha too funny about how you like your coffee! Oh your wife came up with a great comeback to your response to it! I have seen the one about falling off her car, I remember sending that one to a friend around the time I was waiting for my ex-boyfriend to get out of my house last year!

@askewcr Thank you for bringing up No Zero Days, we should do a No Zero Days in the year 2023 aside of sicknesses or emergencies. Glad your husband is continuing to get better.

@trooworld Were you able to go look at lights? We have a big storm going through, not sure if it's hitting you or not being at the bottom end of the state. Apparently it stopped raining enough for a parade of lights near me which is great since it was pouring earlier in the day.I love your snowflakes, are they something you can make with the Cricuit? I don't know how you spell that machine but I don't think it's like Cricket though it sounds like it! My aunt has one and I recall some of the things you've made with it. I love your entire house and the blue poppy painting! So cheerful and festive! It's always a bummer taking down everything after Christmas.

@vegan4lyfe2012 You could just be bloated from extra food or have something hormonal going on, hang in there Jennifer! I love the Christmas horror list, I'm onto a cozy Christmas mystery after all these feel-good ones, I definitely needed to switch things up. Have you seen the new Christmas one in the theaters, sounds like suspense where the Santa Claus is up to no good? I haven't even heard of most of those!

@bethanie0825 I agree with you about insurance making medical decisions! Sounds like you have a lot of fun stuff going on this week, have a wonderful time!

Hi team! Came on a little late, having trouble sleeping so I wanted to drop in and catch up as Bill and I were doing our “watch the same thing together 120 miles apart” tonight (watched Wednesday on Netflix) then last night we made the same recipe together and talk on the phone while we do it then watched a Black Mirror episode. I had trouble getting out of bed with the weather but finally did around Noon and did my workout and wrote cards to send out to a few people. Little off my diet today doing some stress eating but will be back on track tomorrow, I have to stay somewhat low calorie-wise to make up for some of the fun things coming up. Have a great Sunday team!

19shmoo69 wrote: »

With all this talk of tea it has reminded me of something. Coffee is the best tea ever.

Actually, I agree! About 2 years ago my body betrayed me. I made my normal morning pot of coffee as I had for 20 years, after the first sip I became violently ill. I tried again for a few days and barely got the cup to my mouth before vomiting. I have no idea what happened but I haven’t been able to drink it since then. It’s devastating.

Katmary71 wrote: »

@megnolia82 do you like all teas or just certain ones? I like everything from herbal to black teas, I'm actually drinking Trader Joe's Candy Cane Lane and know it's a Celestial Seasonings dupe. I drink both tea bags and loose tea too, I have my favorite cheaper teas. Now do you like kombucha too? .

I love almost all teas except rooibos, I can’t place a finger on the flavour but it’s just something about it that I don’t like. I also avoid anything with stevia because I hate the taste. I should try some other tea companies because I get most of mine from David’s, and they use stevia quite a lot. Never tried kombucha! A friend was telling me about the Scoby(?) and she lost me at “you let it grow on the counter”. I’m nervous about that lol.

vegan4lyfe2012 wrote: »

Woot Woot for all the tea drinkers! It prompted me to count how many I have...stopped counting after 120. It's a sickness...but it's definitely healthier than other addictions I'll sip tea and watch A Christmas HORROR Story Horror movies. .

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Did you see Violent Night yet? I know it looks more action than horror but I think it looks hilarious and campy and awesome lol!

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@megnolia82 I'm sorry to hear about the affect it started to have on you body. In my opinion it's either the caffeine or the acid content. Have you tried de-caff coffee or low acid blends? Then again if you add stuff like creamer (etc) it could be caused by that. Do you drink hot tea?

I think 100% the acid. I had a small ulcer years ago so I think I aggravated that. I still need my caffeine so it’s always the highest caf teas I can find lol

I’ve found I can drink an iced coffee (lots of cream and sugar) in the afternoon after I’ve eaten lunch. But it kind of defeats my attempts to watch calories lol.

Hi, I didn't do my intro yet. I'm Lisa, live in NE FL with my hubs, grown son-- fresh out of college and job searching, and sometimes my daughter who is away at college most of the time. Struggled with weight since the freshman 15. Tried many diets/health strategies. Feel I'm being more honest with myself about my habits than ever in my life, but now that I am a "mature" age, it's harder to get the weight off. I walk alot, do step aerobics and strength training. Been in this group a couple of years and love it!

As for my struggles lately- It seems I just am not motivated to make myself do all the things at the same time. And that's what needs to be done. I'd have to pull out my phone and look, but I'm pretty sure my weight right now is about the same as my post holiday weight last year. And the holiday feasting has not yet begun. Clothes are a bit snug. I really need to get it in gear for the next two weeks or I'm going to be heading into the New Year in a pretty awful spot.

@trooworld - I've been pretty wishy washy on the challenges- Let's do one in Jan. Your snowflakes are lovely!

@Tamevv - I did one day of strength and zero days of step this week

I've enjoyed seeing everyone's holiday decorations. Absolutely beautiful!

Lisa

@trooworld thanks! Fingers crossed for tomorrow when I do my weigh in