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Happy Caturday, everyone! Perhaps this will make a few of you smile. My weigh in is on Wednesdays and I was disappointed that it was only down by a point. I decided to check it again today and noticed (as I pulled the scale out from under the portable washer/spin machine) that there were two "dust kitties" under two of the…

@jugar 183. By the skin of my teeth!

Happy Tuesday night! So many fun comments and stories I’ve read from you all tonight. We’ve all taken turns running hard on turning the merry go round. There are times I’m focused and calm, going with the flow of the moment and then other times, when putting a few thoughts about the future puts me in a tail spin and I…

Hey ho, my lovelies, Here's a link to an article about the things happening within us during this pandemic which may surprise you. I found it helpful to process it during the day. https://medium.com/@somaticpdx/waves-of-freeze-during-covid-19-7cdc45137f04 Peace to us all.

@matthews5 Do you still have the green button with "preview" next to the green button, "post reply"? It's available on my mac and iphone and seems to be the way to edit things prior to a full post. Today has been an odd but productive day. We moved a bureau out to the porch (and that had to be decluttered and cleaned…

@jugar that's a reasonable thought to change my weigh in day. It used to seem like the better day due to 2 water classes I taught. Perhaps I'll take it under advisement. Now that work schedules are kind of out the window, it doesn't seem to really matter which day would be good for it...they're all fair game! I had a good…

@jugar 183.3 I guess the dream of cookies made it go up - that and more likely, the major decrease in exercise to pre-pool-work levels. It'll go down some more soon. Lots to adjust to so, I'll be patient (ha!). Have a good morning!

I'm going to make cards out of the 15-items on the April Showers and pick two each day to add to my making of the bed standard. I also plan to print out some of the things to remind myself like, "I'd procrastinate today but I don't have time". Now, if I could just land a stationary bike, that'd be cool. I know...use what…

You know, we could all be a help in the "new clothes" department. How about we figure out how to clothes swap? I'm *sure* there are people in your new size who have things of good quality that they no longer wear or haven't gotten into, yet (you know...smaller sizes for "inspiration", or some such). There are ways to mail…

I have an old fitbit which needs charging...the charger is buried in a box somewhere...unless I put it in a "safe place", in which case, I'm screwed. Part of my story is that I'm really good at procrastinating. Actually, I've learned that in order to make positive changes, it's best to re-phrase things and say, "I used to…

@jugar 183.1...oh, so close. Next week will be another good one. Maybe I'll be ready for the next decade down soon. I hope so! I think my spouse is getting a bit more on board with losing weight and getting some damned exercise. At least we've been taking longish walks this week. I can't believe April is almost upon us.…

It’s lovely catching up with your wonderful writings this week. Most of the day I thought it was Tuesday but, Nooooo! It’s Wednesday. Oops! I’ll weigh in tomorrow, @jugar. Both Sarah and I are home - out of work until they tell us otherwise. We took a 2 1/2 mile walk today and the sun was part of it for a while, too. Some…

Happy Sunday, everyone! This past week was a hellova long year, wasn’t it? Lots of changes in working status, quasi-quarantine and trying to keep calm to boot. So far, so good. We, too, have community spread. We won’t know the full extent until we start testing people after the fact to see who has titers in their blood for…

@jugar 183.2 Jan 17 Johannes van den Bosch appointed governor general of Dutch East Indies. Feb 6 1st appearance of cholera in Edinburgh, Scotland. Feb 6 US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy. Feb 12 Ecuador annexes Galapagos Islands. Feb 13 First appearance of cholera in London. In mid-March, the…

@jugar heroics on the driveway! Geez, what a trek! I still think you could use a snow mobile/4-wheeler...oh, I know! Phoebe can get you a Hummvie! That’d be amazing getting up your crazy riverbed/“driveway” would be a snap! It seems like it should be Thursday already but, no. It’s just that we’ve been catapulting through…

Happy Saturday! The sky is blue with breezes blowing away the clouds of yesterday, sun warming up the clothes line where a few loads of laundry will soon be hung. The first of the season. I love using the clothes line! We've got some more confirmed cases of COVID-19 here in rural Vermont and I'm actually feeling relieved…

Today is a good day and I'm eating reasonable servings and feeling a bit lighter. Keeping things simple is helping. I went to a farmers-helping-locals "market" on Tuesday and was given a bag with beets, corn, cabbage, and onions. Yum! I can't wait to make borscht and some other tasty things. So, I'm in the "at-risk"…

You are amazing, @gidgitgoescrazy! I drove to work 6 minutes later than I wanted to arrive for private exercise on the ellyptical and instead, parked in the employee lot and forgot about exercise today and there you were, backing up the vid so you can get 6 more minutes of time to make your goal. Way to go! You inspire me.…

183.8 My fibre was up but my weight is down in spite of the still sluggish system I call “normal”. Off and running for the day! Happy Thursday y’all😘

So happy it's Tuesday. Thanks everyone for the support with the bits and pieces of crazy that were zipping around my head the other day. I've since chosen to step out of the choral performance in late May and that's removed some of the stress. I also had a talk with myself and did a lot of reminding about control, letting…

Hi everyone, I've had a strange few weeks which got a bit more intense this past Tuesday when the college I attend was closed for the day because of a teacher who had possibly been exposed to a person diagnosed with Covid-19 on 2/29/20. Wednesday afternoon I had a migraine and took time off on Thursday to recuperate. My…

I was right there with you, Micki, thinking about Papa hanging out and giving you a hard time finding your earbud! Too funny. I'm going to take the month off from stepping and come back to it in April, probably. I had a migraine today so need some more sleep. I'll catch up on my intro in the next day or two, too! @jugar…

@Micki48 Sun: 2,400 Mon: 5,000 Wed: 5,100 Friday: 4,900 Sat: 2,200 What a month! I had high hopes and positive intentions to write daily but school got in the way just as did life in general. I’m happy to report that I had a review of the various exercise machines and am now ready to up my toning and ability beginning on…

@mickie48 Steps: 4,2300 @ juger Weight: 185.8 My body is doing a good job at the homeostasis game but not helping with the downward slope! Good thing I’m going to the gym at work tomorrow to get more movement in. It’ll figure this next phase out. I’m ready! Have a Good Friday, everyone!

Steps today: 4,100 Heading to bed - nice flying by and look forward to landing during lunch tomorrow!

Steps (Saturday): 2,344 Ugh. Lots of school work due. Too much sitting bit that’ll change soon. I’ll get more exercise come Monday!

Steps Friday: 5,400 More later today. Happy Caturday! 😻

[quote="jugar; I love the way you roll with reality, and change your plan as needed rather than abandoning it altogether. WTG! And isn't Pilates fabulous? I'm a fairly recent convert, and it is so great as you master each hard move and start to really feel a waist! strong back! and other fun things. You've got the roll ups…

@jugar 185.6 Well, it’s moving in the right direction - slowly. It’d really be nice to go faster!! I know. Patience. My belly and thighs feel “softer”. Seems to happen when I drop a litttle more weight. I’ll take it! Have fun with my girl! Sure wish I could be there, too. Hugs for a good day. Off we go!

Steps: 3,100 More soon! Gotta pound the pillow so I’ll be ready for the early morning drill. :smile: