@Tabatha_Cain,, being an older person, I can say I love gift cards that let me shop, go where I want instead of a certain place. I have some to places I enjoy eating, but I've had to cut back on eating out so they are still here, almost 200 worth. If they had been a VISA card, LOL they'd of been used already. Glad you are feeling better.
@Dpecora653,, Debbie, you are ALSO AMAZING!! You are crazy busy, but still AMAZING! TY TY TY!
@Macrat12,, HI Sarah!
@Patti241 ,,, One channel is still saying mostly rain maybe 1 to 3"s of snow. LOL TIME WILL TELL!
@NOvembergail,,, It's so strange to see what mankind is doing to itself. Yet greed takes it all over. Hope your day was wonderful and hehehehe Billie didn't get into trouble but that the girls did! Nicely of course. Today I bought the most softest blanket!!! LOL Izzy is very soft, but the blanket is even MORE softer. She'll LOVE IT!! Though it's really MINE!! I got a King though I have a full size bed. I'd rather have it to big!
@LIndiemaep ,,, Took me a minute to figure out fogbows. LOL Cute. Pretty, and cute, can't say I've seen any though. I have moonbows though!! Usually in the winter so pretty!! TY TY TY TY for posting the video!! LOL I feel the same way any of my friends, family,, Oh they'd HAVE to join a different team!! I saw your grilled cheese on the news feed,, YUMMY!! I had one last night. I am waiting til tomorrow and Saturday to study for Sunday. Today met with the group, in person were quite a few, on ZOOM 3 of us. Two of us stayed til 10:30.

@Dianedoessmiles1 I did some mucking about with Firefox which I use for MFP and looked to see if it would let me select my text color that way but it looks like the only text color it changed was the mfp colors which actually turned out great because I have a mute yellow background now and purple text for everything but the comment box bwahahahahaha I knew I could do this as I did it on Sparkpeople too. I can also change if want....I am not sure what dinner will be, I am being fussy at this point but no doubt will find something to foot the bill.
@Kurtize - that is coming along nicely.

Good Evening Everyone!

I got a total of 4 hrs and 9 minutes of sleep last night. Did get a couple tiny naps on the train as well.

@ohnogoldens I am sorry to read about our health struggles. I also understand feeling the need to step back from a challenge. It's a hard decision to make. I know that even though I have been struggling to be active for different reasons if I left I would have less reason to at least try and do what I can. Overall it is your decision and I will support it. I hope you come back soon.

So Wednesday let me see if I can remember....oh right LoL I slept in and much didn't happen before work. Stopped by my friends house to check a couple things about work and didn't expect the news I got. Found out that a rumer going around was true. My boss lost the contract for the kitchen after 20+ year with the city. As of today I know who got the contract and when they takeover. More information to come next week on the day of the residents Christmas party. For dinner the residents had meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, tomato soup, corn and leftover deserts.

Today has been a long trying day. Woke up at 4 am and got ready to leave to make the train for 5:40. It was cold and pouring rain. Reached our destination around 8 am and freezing rain. Was at the hospital for Hubby's appointments until about 1. Being cold for that many hours sucks. But all is good with Hubby as there has not been much decline in his muscles in 6 years. Hubby had an attitude after we got back to the train station and got our tickets switched to the earlier train. Also my delivery got here while we were gone. Thankful for my friend and her sister who came over and brought them in. 3 big boxes of meat (freezers are filled to the gills) and 1 big box of pantry items.

@kurtize ,,, COOL backyard!! So happy you had such a nice day.

ohnogoldens wrote: »

I am backing out of the challenge for awhile. I am in the hospital with significant pulmonary emboli and blood clots so will not be able to work out other than walking for the next few months. This is a huge change of lifestyle for me since it affects my horses and dogs.
Good wishes to all of you.

Please check in with @Ceriusly1 ,, you could absolutely use the support. From the other post I had read I hadn't realized it's your health. Ask Ceri if you can join the team on a medical status, it's different that way and you do not need to exercise etc, because right now you absolutely can not do so. Walking is exercise once you are allowed to do so, but as @Lindiemaep said your teammates are such a part of your life, and you'll have more down time. The support when so scared is very valuable and this is very scary indeed for you. Having faith your Dr's are on top of this, it is quite the change in so many big ways others can help encourage you. We hope you'll ask about this option and what it involves. Of course as others said its your choice, always do what's best for you. No one knows better than you.
@Cseguin2 ,,, UGH on the freezing rain!! I hope H is happy that he's not declining much at all. That sounds pretty awesome. So sorry things went south which affects your day very much. What a SWEET Neighbor to take care of your packages!! That's so good!! Would of been horrible if a porch pirate (CALL IT IS AS IT IS A THIEF!) had gotten that!! oh they'd of been thrilled, it's so wrong all the way around. THANKFUL for your dear neighbor!! WOOHOO!!! With work with your friend losing the contract what will happen for you? Sometimes they bring all new, other times they wish to keep the ones who are they can who aren't usually upper management.

@Katiecondy1 ,, OUCH HON!! SUPER OUCH!! OH MAN OUCH!!! I totally CRINGED each time I read "popped". I know you are a nurse and all, but should you have it looked at such as an urgent care?
That sounds so VERY VERY PAINFUL!! PLEASE TELL me the ones who also reside there at the VERY KINDNESS of your dear heart, ARE HELPING YOU? Angela has been good to you with that , ,, are the other 2?

Thought of the day:
ABILITY is what you are capable of doing
MOTIVATION determines what you do
ATTITUDE determines how well you do it
If you BELIEVE in YOURSELF
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!

Enjoy a FANTASTIC FRIDAY

Diane: All we got was a little ice and then mostly rain.

good morning everyone! it is a mostly cloudy and mild day here today. here we did not get much snow yesterday. where i am, it was mostly rain with some snow mixed in. my daughter says hi to all. both budgie birds are doing well and say cheep, cheep! i did my strength training workout earlier this morning and i really enjoyed it. i went for a walk a while ago and i feel great! i also dropped off a bag of extra clothes i had to the clothing drop box that is close to my place. i like to help others whenever i can. i will be doing some dancing later on. have a great day, everyone! take care and stay safe.

I got out for a nice walk this morning, something I needed to do and met up with a few from my congregation who were at Safeway too it was nice to see them and chat for a bit. I picked up rotisary chicken legs, 4 full legs for 10.00 but when I got home and started to separate it into meals for freezing there were 5 !! Bonus meal for someone lol I'll have that for dinner tonight and I put one aside for Gene as well - he can micro his as I will at dinner time. I also picked up a small package of Walkers Short Bread in the form of doggies - lol I ate some but I gotta watch that ! No snow yet or rain but it is ccccold out and glad I wore the red coat although the green will keep me warm too, the red is water proof! I need to make some pasta today with ground lean turkey - that will make a few meals for the weekend. Gene got home last night and made some pot stickers and pasta for his dinner but broke his egg sloppy and it burned on the ring so that had to be cleaned up - it will smoke a bit when I use it later. We talked about Amigo and both said no more cats - that could change, time will tell. He said, no more having to go buy food !! I still have to donate what is left I hope the SPCA is not too too fussy about food, I know they would rather have money ... not getting that...Gene will have to disassemble the cat tree, that will tell me for sure no cats if he does it this weekend or next. I do believe he is missing Amigo being on the couch with him when he is in the livingroom.
@Tabatha_Cain enjoy your weekend and have lots of fun but remember to rest too so no rebounds !! Enjoy your jeans day at work - we became very casual at work too and it was ok not to have to wear a dress all the time ( the tomboy in me hated hated hated dresses) I lived in yoga style pants but they had to have pockets LOL
@Dianedoessmiles1 are you enjoying the snow fall? Get some pics before the rains wash it away! I have a photographer associate in Ontario who does nature shots, birds, foxes, moose, etc oh and fabulous sunsets, he does a calandar every year and I got 2 of his, one for me and one to gift - the cover is a beautiful snowy owl!! and January is a red fox !! gorgous !! I am looking forward to putting it up on the wall. The friends were out today with the cart and I stopped by for a bit but not long, zoom this afternoon for me, looking forward to it too.
@NovemberGail oh Billie is so smart !! I'll take the sun that way too !!But I wanna be in my lazygurl recliner LOL Hope your day goes well.
@everyone have a wonderful day today, it's the dawning of the weekend - woohoo !!! 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎵🎵🎶🎤🎸🎷🎺

The scale is most likely going in the wrong direction this week, but I have good news, I have all next week and the week after to reverse that trend LOL Will I ??? Time will tell!!
@Kurtize stay warm it's that cold here too and that is unusual for our area ... climate change, gotta love it !!

@Dianedoessmiles1 give me my rain back LOL on second though, no rain all day, it can rain all night as I am comfy cosy inside, not going out for anything !! ok maybe if the fire alarm goes off ....

Sleeping a lot...limping but up and moving , with use of a walker. Kiddos helping with chores, sure makes for a long day when you are used to being busy and suddenly cannot even walk across the room .
Appreciate their help..just not good at doing the "take it easy " thing. More than once I have told them I am taking it easy and they just shake their heads. But this time..yeah I am down for a bit..just like ole cars our bodies got parts that begin to wear out. Wish all it took was a screwdriver and wrench to fix us!!
So many in much worse shape than I am ..so yep for a few days I'll kick back..but I also know I will bounce back..ya know cause Bumbles bounce!! hee hee
We got the cold temps and none of the snow..not fair!! Ya'al be careful out there,,these temps are dangerous!! As much as I slept today I can feel me getting sleepy again..so gonna call today done..
Good night to all ...enjoy your weekend.

Billie story for the day: She went out to check on two of sisters working in the woods and came right back. She never leaves their side usually, so I thought they weren't working. Later, she begins to cry to tell me that at least one of the sisters is out there. I get my coat on and sure enough, one of the members was carrying firewood. If it weren't for Billie, she wouldn't have gotten some help. I love that dog. I got some good exercise and we got all the firewood picked up.

Good night all!



Tomorrow's word is FAITH.

Good Morning Airport Friends:

I hope you morning is going well. Today I am at Joe's parents and will be making the trek up to Muskegon about an hour away to go see my daughter and get some shopping done for Christmas. I really don't have the money to do anything but I really want to eat out at my favorite place. I am broke though. We will see how it goes. I am hoping I can do something.

@NovemberGail - Billie always has really good travels. I am hoping you really do start those childrens books. I think they would be great for kids.
@cormierannie - We are getting hit with some snow nd it is going to be alot.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - There are only 5 of us in the office so we don't choose a charity. We just get to wear jeans. I love jean day. It is great. It is getting better at Joe's parents. I feel more at home here. They are pretty fond of me at this point.
@LindieMaeP - I love my yoga pants. I love the pockets in them too. I just only have 2 pair and want more pairs. I am sorry about Amigo. I know cats are definitely part of the family. I love my cats
@CSEGUIN2 - I doubt the new crew will offer to help. What will you do for a job after this contract is up?
@katiecondy1 - I am sorry your knee is still really bad. I am sure it will be for a while. Just take it easy. I know easier said than done. I am not someone who sits still either.

Well it is time to get up and get around to go to my daughters. Have a great day

Tabatha

Diane: Yeah that is right at least you do not have to shovel rain and if you have snow on the ground the rain will wash it away