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Just popping in to say hi. No running for the last few days because the air quality has truly been *kitten*. Woke up yesterday to a true sandstorm outside, not kidding. The sky was yellow. I haven't seen a sandstorm of this caliber since I was in middle school. And it's still very dusty today. On another topic, a friend's…

March runs 1/10 done. Took me long enough.... HR was a bit high but I guess that's to be expected when one has potatoed for the better part of three months. @Scott6255 Sorry to hear that. Hope the next one goes better. @quilteryoyo Puppies!!!!!

LOL at the cat and raccoon antics. My cat likes to walk around on the rim of the bathtub when I'm sitting in it and meow loudly. I imagine he's yelling at me to 'get out of the durn water what is wrong with you'. Welp one time he fell into the water completely and then spent the rest of the day mad at me because of course…

Happy birthday!! @Camaramandy648

LOL. Sheep can be quite dignified when they're not... chewing. Or otherwise looking ridiculous. This what you had in mind? @Avidkeo - there was a character in the cartoon Battle of the Planets called Keyop and I always get the image of that character bouncing around in excitement when I read that. I need to +1 to…

I need to run. Instead of a mileage goal, I'm going to try to run 10 times this month. :/

@rheddmobile Jeez that sounds like a harrowing experience. So glad to hear that nothing is broken or injured too badly! All your points about safety with weights are really valid and easy to overlook. I know I've done plenty of lifting at home with bad setups and nobody around. I need to put "practice failing" on my to do…

Hey! How'd you like it here? :D

@CMorning99 Welcome back and I'm really really sorry to hear about your mom. Hang in there. To think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a coyote... @quilteryoyo Sorry to hear about the continued saga! You deal with what you can. Some things just kinda have to run a course before they can work themselves out, it seems.…

Finally got a run in! 9.4km in a park with a friend who kept talking and would not stop... a good distraction. Added to the run the world challenge - we're nearly 1000km ahead, how the heck did that happen?! Y'all are really killing it out there, especially with the cold and snow. Stay safe everybody. @Avidkeo Yay on the…

Aw shucks. Next time then, maybe we could make it a semi-regular thing.

Let's say Saturday 8pm Central (which is tomorrow, right?... the international date line is confusing). @rheddmobile @shanaber @quilteryoyo joining? We could chill out, talk about food, and I could do something quick and easy.

@quilteryoyo Happy Lunar New Year to everyone on the thread! Not late at all, today is the first day of the year of the Ox!

@swenson19d I think MFP ate my PM. Resent. @shanaber That cookbook is so cool! I love how it nonchalantly asks you to "form dough around balls", I would probably fail that step really hard. @eleanorhawkins Congrats on the job!! As one translator to another, yeah machine translation is not very reliable. Sometimes I use it…

Happy Chinese New Year everybody! Here's my one-person celebration meal. @shanaber She sounds like an awesome person! My mother would make dumplings for potlucks too and everyone loved them (although I do remember that she added salt twice on one occasion, but luckily they were pork and carrot so we got away by adding some…

@HonuNui Can't believe you're in the "CH" already! I've been thinking about which part of the country would be good for running, and decided I really really want to show you my city. So come to Beijing! I'll show you around and we can do all the classic run routes.

German has been on my to do list for years, but right now Japanese is on the top of that list. If you ever want to pick up Mandarin again we could language exchange. I'd love to be somebody's cooking buddy! No idea how that would work though.

@swenson19d Sorry you lost your post! May I ask which 4 words? Hope you love your new phone! Which model did you go with? Black or green tea are both fine for eggs, I usually use Lipton teabags because they're cheap, always lying around and easy to clean up. Does your kumquat tree have fruit? I think I've heard of people…

Fast food? Ugh. As a hardcore northern Chinese person, dumplings are consumed straight out of the pot or not at all. I'd even take frozen dumplings over takeaway any day. (I'm kidding, any dumplings are better than none at all.) But in all seriousness, some frozen dumplings are actually pretty good. Do you have any legit…

Re: laptops. I am a windows person. The ex had a macbook, and I could sort of use it, but didn't really see the attraction. When the first ipad came out, I had to use it for work - one occasion stayed up until 3am to sync about 2G of photos. Hated its guts. I also have no idea to use an iphone. I'm kinda the tech person in…

lol i thought i was the only one.. recently i've been eating everything in sight. and not running. but i'm starting a week-long national holiday for chinese new year day after tomorrow so there's a glimmer of hope there.

@shanaber Love the idea of that project! I should do something similar with my parents, they both had pretty epic lives and I really want to know more than the bits and pieces they told me (and I remember) from when I was a kid. @rheddmobile Ah yes the hamburgers. I think I know what you're talking about - a kind of street…

Hanging out in the C's, really curious where you'll end up running in my country :p

@shanaber Second the apples in oatmeal and stew. I use them in sweet & sour chicken wings as well. Or, when run out of ideas, I just slice them, add some cinnamon and microwave as a snack. For some reason cooked apples are just much easier to consume than raw ones. I have an aunt who raises livestock and just sent me 10+…

I've done plenty of fulls and yeah they are just so much work. I do want to get back to HM fitness, though - could run an HM at any time without having to train up for it. As I'm feeling ambitious today I'm going to set my Feb goal at 80km.

Hey! Hello you wonderful people! How goes it! Today, so far, since it's not yet noon, I've had an oat milk latte and an apple bread thing (not sure how to translate it, the weird world of localized pastry is beyond me). Life... is a much longer story.

Hi all. Mind if I hop on this train?

No running. Just wanted to pop in. @Avidkeo @Teresa502 @Scott6255 and whoever else I missed, hope everyone gets some rest soon. @quilteryoyo Sounds like you're doing great. @Camaramandy648 You're awesome as always, good luck on the job. @AlphaHowls @TheMrWobbly Glad you're OK! @marisap2010 @rheddmobile Congrats on your…

0115-4.9k, total-16.5k goal-100k Yeah, so... it's been a while. Happy to say I still remember how to run. @polskagirl01 That is awesome. @kgirlhart Nice shoes! @skippygirlsmom So glad to hear that, keep us posted.

Oh cool! Didn't know y'all were coming. I don't live in Shanghai but my dad does. I'll see everyone in December, somebody bring some Christmas lights. No running lately. No excuses. @skippygirlsmom Good luck! Monthly questions: 1) Dog, cat, fish, reptile or petless? Any favorites? Used to have three cats. They currently…