@BodyTalking - I love those ginger shots! I also crush up roasted garlic and horseradish. Then you almost have cider fire! yum!
Yesterday was my last series of gel shots for my knees. I'm so glad that's over! Time to start getting in more steps!
Hopefully, everyone in the path of Debby is safe!

Have a great day!

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@BodyTalking - I love those ginger shots! I also crush up roasted garlic and horseradish. Then you almost have cider fire! yum!
Yesterday was my last series of gel shots for my knees. I'm so glad that's over! Time to start getting in more steps!

Aha, I must try that too!

I hope you get relief from the gel shots xox

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I had my appointment with the orthopedist, it's confirmed that I have osteoarthritis as well as rheumatoid arthritis. Got a corticosteroid injection and will go for an x-ray tomorrow.

Have a good day!

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Day 221 of 2024 miles in 2024 and I had 9.6 miles yesterday.
Work 8AM-2PM so getting in my 1 mile/45 min walk at work this morning, August Challenge: Day 9 of 31, Shoulders at home after work, Pliability: Hips + Ankles and 60 min walk after dinner.

Good morning!
The sun is shinning and I'm starting my day a bit late. I haven't started my workout yes, but plan to soon!
I'm watching the Olympic diving today. I'd like to find the synchronized swimming. No luck. They changed the name to Artistic swimming. I think that fits better.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - Yes, it is. The ER? I hope you're doing better today!
@Patti241 - hope you're doing well today!
@macrat12 - Love that quote and your Pliability QOTD! Always love reading these!
Have a great day!

@Patti241 Did you much if any rain from Debby? We had only showers, we are OKAY WITH THAT!
@Aalley5, I love that new title also "Artistic Swimming". I LOVE watching that also and of course gymnastics (they do things I NEVER THOUGHT OF!). Hope the rest of your day went well. Sometimes we just need a laid back AM!! I have an appointment with my regular Dr not this week, but the following. NO doubt it'll lead to many other tests to figure things out. Meanwhile I've had to cut my moving around way back. I hate that, but it is as it is.
@Kurtize, I hope you get the rain you're hoping for!! We had some today though not a whole lot. Tomorrow 88 and so humid, but an annual art day is being held locally and I LOVE IT!!

Good Morning Airport Friends:

I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Saturday and I am hoping that everyone is safe from Debby. I also hope if you had damage it is minimal. I am having a great time at the hotel for the Christian Music Festival. Today is the last day. So we will be checking out of the hotel tomorrow. When I get home to more reliable internet I will post my photos.

@Dianedoessmiles1 - Yes Chloe is still a baby baby. She just turned 3 months on August 2. So I know I am trying to convince my son that she is a baby baby and cannot get her last shots until the end of this month and then we can throw her into training. My son says she is annoying and constantly wants to bite people for play. So I am hoping the trainer can help us get her to stop that. I hope everything is ok now. I am sorry you ended up in the ER.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday.

Tabatha

@Tabatha_Cain, Glad you've had a good time at the festival!! Hotels are fun for awhile, but I always LOVE going home!! LOLOL I'm now absolutely a HOME BODY!!! Hope you get home with zero issues. OH NO doubt there's much you can do to help Chloe to not bite, so much info online and the dog whisper can be found on youtube and much more. She's so cute!!! AND puppies love to bite, but yeah toys not people. I'm sort of looking forward to seeing my regular Dr a week from Tuesday. I am not bouncing back easily at all. Today was one of my FAVORITE summer days, the weather at 85 for the local art show!! I DID go, but could barely look at 1/4 of it (usually I explore it ALL and stand and talk to many of the artists) I just didn't feel well enough.
@Patti241, so glad you did not get a tornado!! That was a strange storm!! Hopefully that's IT!! But, likely not. Hope you enjoyed today weather!! Soon it'll be getting cooler, THANKFULLY!!! Here we have SLIGHTLY turned that corner, which is normal for us. In Sept it'll not so bad at all. In October it'll be time for a light jacket. YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!

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Day 223 of 2024 miles in 2024 and I had 7.29 miles yesterday.
Work 9AM-3PM so getting in my 1 mile/45 min walk at work, August Challenge this afternoon, Pliability: Head to Toe and 60 min walk after dinner.

Yesterday, I sautéed a mass of veggies. Zucchini, onion, peppers, pre-cooked sweet potato, shiitake mushrooms, a little salsa and tomato with some olive oil. It was kind of mushy at the end, but still tasty. It made enough for at least 8 servings. Today I scrambled it up with a couple eggs and goat cheese to get a little protein. It was very good!
This is time for me to make my move! This week my intention is to take action of what I put in my mouth. Defiantly more veggies.
@macrat12, love your post! Me today: I AM: I am grateful for every time I was brave enough to start over.
Have a great day everyone!

@Kurtize - I saw a giant gator in the Everglades! it lunged at us and we were a ways away. Sure was scary!

@Kurtize LOVE that about fear when we take action. ALso hope your day was PAWSOME!!
@Patti241 any plans for Monday? I have 2 phone calls one is a "Phone Pal" call I make. The person doesn't have any real family or friends for support. It's a community volunteer position. We chat once a week for an hour. It helps her to not be so alone. Its so neat she had wanted to get a project done and since I call her weekly she's doing it!! WOOHO!!
@Aalley5 WHAT A GREAT Idea with the veggies!! I am going to do that!! THANKS!! I'll use different veggies, but more than one I currently do. I add this to my sandwiches (I use my mince blade on the food processor) Onion, pickles and black olives. I add to the mix at the end light olive oil ad red wine vinegar. SO YUMMY!! But I LOVE your idea even more so!! Thinking orange, yellow peppers, onions, mushrooms and spinach!! YUMMY maybe even broccoli!! YUMMY!! With this I'll probably also add some garlic powder, onion powder and oregano. Can go into so many things I make including burgers. YUMMY TY TY TY!!

I had a GREAT Weekend!! The art show yesterday though I didn't much of it, I am still LOVING I got to go!! Today a meeting, and than out with 3 friends to Fort Williams (Portland Head Light, Lighthouse) which is very famous (commissioned by George Washington)

This is an OLD picture and I don't think many of you knew Maryanngi (@Kurtize you may of??) it was taken in 2019 in Sept with the pangdangitall in 2020 (Seems like a LIFE TIME AGO yet was only 4 years ago we were ALL IN LOCKDOWN!!) Maryann passed away in 2021. But she LOVED Portland Head light!! Every time she came we HAD to go there. I live 2 miles from it. MaryAnn was the first Captain (CL) of the Spirited Under Dawggie team on Sparks(she had also started the Walkers, Runners and Gadget team), which is now Positively Strong 4 Life. We keep that spirit alive she started with us to NEVER GIVE UP as do ALL TEAMS!! Each of our teams are different and the same. SO HAPPY WE ARE ALL HERE!!! EMBRACING our lives and improving them while also getting through the hard times together!



PS: I MISS my red hair, but I also love how white it's turning!

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Day 224 of 2024 miles in 2024 and I had 8.18 miles yesterday.
Work noon-6PM so getting in my 1 mile walk before breakfast, August Challenge: Day 12 of 31 after breakfast, Chest/Triceps after breakfast, Pliability: Full Body before work and 69 min walk this afternoon at work.

Happy Monday. Got in some morning stretches and get moving exercises, still need to do ST. Was a bit lazy this morning. Had good intensions but for some reason went out the window. Temps back up to high 90's. Nothing exciting going on here. Wishing you a great rest of the day. Hugs and blessings.

This is an article from Today's inspiration. I found it very interesting and saw some things I can do. I know this may not work for everyone but even so I think there is always something we can get from it.
It's Called "Small Steps Today, Big Steps For Your Future" by DC Cordova

https://inspiremetoday.com/brilliance/small-steps-today-big-steps-for-your-future/?omhide=true

Diane: The day was nice. I actually was able to mow the back yard a little bit.

@Dianedoessmiles1 - Good Morning. My first day went amazing. I also looked up on Youtube Cesar Millan. I am trying some of his techniques, but I have to say my Puppy is very determined and strong willed. So she is not liking being corrected for biting and tries to bite more. So I am not sure how to handle that part. My first day was super boring, because I already went through all this training in 2023 when I started at AAA to begin with. However I have been able to help other people with some things. So that is nice. I also only worked from home in the past for a day or 2 at a time due to bad weather in the winter. I have never worked from home due to the pandemic. Michigan Insurance Agents were classified as essential workers so we had to work in office through that if our office did not provide an option to work from home. My employer at the time did not offer a work from home option. One the kitty thing had I known I could have told you how to fix that. If the kitty loves treats you just have the stranger feed them their favorite treats. That usually does the trick. So day 2 is going really well so far. We started talking about what is expected of us and all that stuff.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday.

Tabatha