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Happy Friday, enjoying an early morning cup of coffee and a catch up with you all, hope everyone celebrating had a good holiday. Our T-day hosting for 10 was a good experience. As an introvert, I did step out of my comfort zone but all in all, I enjoyed cooking and seeing folks together. Was it perfect, nope, I singed the…

Kelly you are a rock star! NYKAREN

Starting weight Nov 1: 137 lbs Today before turkey & pie: 133! I will weigh in tomorrow just to see :o NYKAREN

Up early, getting a few things started in the kitchen. DH wants to go for a walk before visitors arrive :). This time last year Rachel was in South Africa for a semester and we had a very low key Thanksgiving day—I cant even remember what we did!! This year I will celebrate with DH family and friends at our house.…

Rachel drove 6 hours home and about 3 miles from our house the car made a loud bang and stopped moving! Poor thing, but lucky she is so close to home. DH is off to rescue her now (he’s missing his nap :() but how fortunate that this didn’t happen further away! The civic is old 2007 and has over 200,000 miles—we were…

Good morning, excited that Rachel comes home from college today. Also, 1/2 day of work, hooray! This time of year the kiddos are really hard to reign in due to holiday distractions. I just try to go with it, but I often have to catch my breath, count to five, etc to not get overwhelmed with the “racket” :s NYKAREN

Love reading your positive posts ladies! I'm hanging in there, tough teaching day but it will soon be the holiday, I definitely need the break! NYKAREN

Kelly your description of a lazy weekend cracks me up....that would be a busy weekend for me!!!! NYKAREN

Morning, kelly inspired me to join the November weightloss challenge thread-you just post your weight once a week. For some reason this helped me stay on maintenance! First 2 weeks I dropped weight and now I’m not moving in either direction. Guess it helped me focus and walk away from impulse eating. “Walk on by” is the…

Morning ladies, I got my weekly (including t-day) shopping complete today extra early which felt wonderful. I like the hub-bub and excitement of folks grocery shopping but prefer to go early so I don’t have to wait 45 minutes on a checkout line :s The hallmark movie exercise challenge is too cute for words, love it. I have…

katla you are so sweet. DH took a dose of acetaminophen and was out like a light last night. He took one this a.m. to be on safe side and is relaxing in the couch. As for me, I’ve started pulling out service pieces for t-day, got my steps in (yay me) and hair colored and Something I’m most grateful for, a lovely convo with…

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quite a hectic, emotional teaching day. I felt like I was in a pinball machine all day! Phew, glad to be home to get in my steps on the treadmill. DH just got back from the DDS and he's in a good bit of pain, poor guy. He had a post put in for an implant and will be out of it for the rest of the evening. Guess I'm gonna…

Rita I love all your pics, you look fit and trim. Hope the RX gets sorted out. Ginny so sad about the medical emergency for the supervisor, my dear dad had a massive heart attack at work right on the factory floor, so very traumatic, I can imagine how upset everyone was. I love hearing about everyone’s plans and extra…

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heather I am a “worry mutt” (love that expression, that’s a new one for me!) when it comes to anticipation and travel. Knowing that doesn’t make it go away but rather something I understand comes with the price of travel and new challenging experiences. I think of myself as a worry warrior often and am grateful it is…

janetokc. Keeping you in my thoughts. Strength and peace to you and your family ((( <3 )))

Morning ladies! Since I worked yesterday, today is all about getting in my steps and arm strength routine. DH has asked me out on a lunch date and I’m looking forward to that as well. DH did a huge amount of cleaning inside and out yesterday, I came home to an immaculate kitchen and the backyard swept up—color me happy.…

Lanette sounds like a really productive day, how great your shoulder can handle all that strenuous work in the garden. Searched through a carb-laden table today and found a hardboiled egg amongst the bagels, croissants and danish. score! NYKAREN

Happy Friday! Busy times, I'm judging auditions for youth orchestra all day tomorrow. But today is one step at a time, teaching, exercising and most important, my mamogram. I get a Rx from my doc for a breast ultrasound, supposed to be effective measure for my dense breast tissue, though some insurances won't cover it, I'm…

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Katla I am having my mamo/ultrasound tomorrow as well! NYKAREN

machka I remember that gratitude calendar you shared with us last year—-how the time flies! I am in the habit of journaling which includes gratitude so I’m thinking in that direction already. Michele congrats on putting down those M&Ms. just goes to show you how giving yourself some time to pause and reflect can impact…

Barbara I read your post about DH and Shadow and hung on your every word/emotion. So glad that DH had some time to reflect and move towards keeping his heart open to Shadow, because his heart is all yours <3 <3 Had a crummy day at work, but that happens sometimes doesn't it? I am 100xs blessed and now must get myself on…

rori I’m sending big healing hugs to you. One step at a time. Accept all the help and love being sent your way. (((( <3 <3 )))) NYKAREN

[/b]Heather[/b] I had to look up pomegranate molasses, never having cooked with it, but it sounds tasty. Next time I am at my mid-eastern market, I will look for it. I can imagine it will bring another level of flavor to a lot of dishes. Michele I'm sure you will love your Instant pot, just know that the timing for many…

Beth Winter is here :( . Right now it is snowing in the hudson valley, and downstaters are notoriously horrible drivers in this kind of weather. I'm anticipating a 2 hour commute home :s I do not like driving in snow and ice (who does?) but I will put on my big girl pants and just do it. It is truly the #1 reason I would…

11/11: 45 min cardio; 5 min triceps