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I saw that on some news feed and rejoiced, then I read that "it will only be visible in Australia and New Zealand" and stopped rejoicing. Then, at dinner, my husband mentioned that it WOULD SO be visible way up here as well, and I rejoiced again. That's the advantage of living up at the top of the world. When you guys…

Sharon - Masses of (((((((hugs))))))) :heart:

Kelly, Cathy and Suebdew - Great that you were able to meet up! I hear you on the "concerned relatives". When I was expecting Heather's visit two summers ago, I imagined how I would react if I heard one of my kids was planning to meet "someone they met online". Everything went swimmingly, though. We both survived. :laugh:…

Yeah, Barbie. No bad weather, just bad clothing. Except my meteorologist husband insists that the saying should really be that there's no bad weather, just more or less interesting weather. :laugh: Concerning light gloves, I absolutely swear by my thin, flexible merino wool gloves. The fabric in them is thinner than most…

Ooops Machka! My bad! And your fireworks were much more spectacular than mine. It's just that so much time (and so many pages) had gone by after your moon and fireworks pic that it had slipped my mind! That's what you get for being so many hours ahead of UTC. :lol: Going to bundle up and hit the road in my studded jogging…

Evelyn: I was going to say exactly the same thing myself! I also live in a "temperate region" considering the latitude. Sure, it gets cold here, but it's a friendly kind of cold, with no humidity in it. I think it's the humidity that lets cold penetrate right through your skin, fat, muscle and into your bones. Besides, up…

Oooh! Take a look here and maybe you'll see what I mean about how magical moonlight is at the dead of winter darkness in the High Arctic. Check out the brooding mountains in the background! http://svalbardposten.no/nyheter/fredelig-feiring/19.9257 This is an article from our local paper, Svalbardposten, describing our…

Ooops! Prepping my 500 grams of veggies, I had a little accident. Taking a peeler to my parsley root, I aimed wrong and sliced off part of my left thumb. Dang! I've done this before. Won't I ever learn? /Penny, now bleeding at the

My most frequently logged foods for 2017 were celery, carrot, and skim-milk kefir. :noway: If you want to see your own statistics, go to http://www.myfitnesspal.com/year-in-review/2017 Machka has already posted this link, but I think it bears repeating. Machka - I also gain weight temporarily whenever I start running (or…

Hee-hee! Today was clear and the moon is almost full, so after lunch, my husband and I went out to catch some of that great moonlight! He took some pictures, but I don't have them on my computer. Instead, here are two pictures from earlier this week. The first shows the church, and the mountainside east of the valley where…

Allie, dear, you have so much on your plate right now. :heart::heart::heart: Hang in there! Heather - Glad you heard from your friend at last. I can imagine her apparent urge for privacy may be hard on you, but your ability to acquiesce and respect her wishes is admirable. :cry: :heart: :heartbreak: Incidentally, I came…

Belated Merry Christmas to all! I'm fine, just been suffering a bad case of brain fog since that week in early December when I had double-dose teaching - normal teaching hours plus evening courses. I've read the posts sporadically, but my retention has been low. Some people have described their Christmas traditions, and…

Thanks Heather - and Machka - but I don't see any percentage, and I tried four different browsers too! Is it a Windows 10 thing? Actually I DID see a percentage, 86%, but I was in the Chinese course so I knew there had to be something wrong. Turns out it was my battery charge. :laugh: When I get some tune stuck in my head…

Barbie - One reason I started meditating is that I have trouble falling asleep at night. My husband's head hits the pillow and 10 seconds later he's snoring, but I usually toss and turn for an hour or two before dropping off. I've discovered that a bit of meditation right before bed works wonders. At first I meditated in a…

Oh, I do that too. It doesn't have to be the opening phrase either. Just give me a couple of words and I'll fish out a song that contains them and start singing it. Especially place names, for some reason. Mention San Francisco and I'll go I left my heart.... Talk about Memphis and I'm like Graceland, Graceland, Memphis,…

Barbie - When we lived in Miami my husband grew concerned because one of his colleagues had developed a haggard look. When he gently asked if anything was wrong, the guy explained that it was just lack of sleep. It was mango season, and the trees were bombing his tin roof all night long. They're gorgeous trees, though!…

Machka - Mango is one of the few things I've ever had an allergic reaction to. My mother-in-law brought me one straight from India when I was expecting her first grandchild. I ate it, enjoyed it - and then broke out in a rash like nobody's business. I think the allergy was pregnancy-related, because that had never happened…

Okay, I hear ya, sweetie-pie, I hear ya... Tootling off to what my dahhhling husband calls "the flea-box". But DANG! Look how I misbehave when he's on the mainland! /Penny at the

Oh my DAH-ling Becca... I don't quite understand all these coded sentences you present, but I can tell they mean a lot to you, so I say More Power To Ya! I'm totally in awe of your (and your husband's) ability to cope with his transplant and all the issues it raises. Please stay strong, you AMAZON woman, you VALKYRIE,…

Lanette - Bursitis! Hmm... I'll think about that if the knee pain comes back. The description wasn't spot on, but darn close. Thanks for the suggestion! Felicia - I'm so sorry to hear about your sister. It must have been difficult for you, being so far away. I can't imagine losing my sisters. They are such an important…

Barbie - "Seek every opportunity to be active." That's a phrase that often echoes through my mind. I live up to it in some contexts – walking to the grocery store and choir practice and wherever else I'm going that's within walking distance. So whenever I can combine activity with whatever else I'm doing anyway, I do.…

Oh! I see I forgot to mention Lenora! I was thinking of the group members who are suffering medical emergencies but decided Lenora couldn't be classed as having broken bones, like Terry and Joyce, so I didn't mention her there. Still, you can BET I'm thinking of Lenora too! Keeping my fingers crossed for the best possible…

You sure could have fooled me! I looked at their eyes and thought to comment on those alone, but then noticed they had sort of the same nose and smile. Just goes to show the power of self-suggestion. :laugh: /Penny, blushing at the

Joyce and Terry - Ouch! Watch out for dem bones dem bones dem dry bones. Dem bones gotta walk around for many years yet to come! Frankiesgirl - Sorry for your loss. Katla - Sorry you've been ill, and hope you're back on your way to full health and horses. Your response to Evelyn, where you describe your and your husband's…

Heather - There's nothing I love more than gazing deep into a rock pool and admiring the contents. Yay Terry :flowerforyou: Lenora - Take care! Rori - Good to hear you may have found a new caregiver. It's so important to have someone who functions well with both the person being cared for and his/her family. I'm suffering…

Hmm... If we can't link to off-site blogs, that would include priceless places like Skinnytaste (which I won't link to here, for fear of being censored). /Penny, peeved at the

Judging from the above post by sugaraddict4321, the notes "[edited by mods]" have had to do with removing links to off-site blogs. Personally, I wouldn't want to turn this into a closed group. Part of the charm is that anybody can stumble across us and join simply by posting. I've been awfully quiet of late, because of…

Katla - Judging from its name alone, I live in a city, as Longyearbyen means Longyear City. :laugh: That's a bit of a stretch for a burg with a population of 2000, but we DO have a hospital and an Olympic-size swimming pool. Barbie - About your dog-walking friend's offer to drive you to and from classes so you don't have…

Katla - So sorry to hear about your granddaughter. :heartbreak: But if I might, I'd like to share a few wise words of a very old friend from high school. He was diagnosed with diabetes just barely into his teens. In high school, he chafed at not being able to party as freely as everyone else. But now he's in his sixties,…

Goals, yeah. October goals (with comments) Exercise: strength training and/or sprint running and/or distance jogging 3 times per week Did pretty well on this except during my teaching week. But then I rode my bike twice a day for five days. Logging: precise if possible, imprecise if not Not so successful on this count Core…