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So true, Snoozie. Yes, nothing is easy! And you do lots of hard stuff, Suzy: the hiking the grandchildren, your projects: you put a lot of effort in to have an active and fulfilling life. I think it's easy to forget what we are doing when we focus on what we're not doing! It's good that your cholesterol levels are stable…

Welcome back, Suzy! Well done on the hiking! That sort of hiking has been beyond me for a long time now, and I'm always so impressed that you can do it! Congratulations on meeting your grandson, too! I'm wondering if it's because it's your son (not your daughter) that you weren't invited earlier. I've talked about this…

So catching up. Hope you have a good trip, Suzy. Thanks for the photos of your friends, Snoozie! You are all so brave! I would love to have come out with you! Both of you are making really good points about pushing ourselves and the effect on our future health and fitness. I need to get on track (do I say that every time I…

I have just checked in this morning and my notifications haven't been showing so I missed your posts! Having to rush out to work so I'll catch up later: will read tonight but might be a couple of days before I reply as I am so busy at work. But congratulations on your grandson, Suzie! And I'm so sorry about visiting. No…

Yes, I was quite worried when I got covid as I had been so ill last year with it! But this time it wasn't nearly as bad. Although I still felt quite unwell with it and just slept a lot of the time. Yes, the video calls are great but people I know don't seem to want to do them. I don't know how you feel, Snoozie, but it can…

Well done on the hike! Wow, have you been back since May? Time is just flying at the moment. Well done on the eating too, and for finding something that's working for you. I'm really enjoying my grandson, thanks! I've had covid for the past week so haven't seen him, but the other grandparents have been visiting to support.…

Oh, Suzy, don't be down on yourself! It's really hard, for us and for everbody. I'm in the same place as you and trying not to be too disappointed in myself either because I don't think it really helps. I have just yesterday bought bigger underwear and it feels like a failure as I'd promised myself not to size up again.…

Well done on the Woman's Club projects, Suzy! It's great that you are doing things like that. I normally do voluntatry work in the summer with a very tiny local group but haven't been able to this year because of my hip. Summer has been too hot here for me! Strange weather: it's really hot today but I think we're expecting…

Snoozie, yes, leave that box! There's no hurry! It would be nice to just relax and enjoy your apartment now that it's fixed. Yes, they are really mobilising early after surgery now. I suppose it helps prevent complications. I've been told they sometimes even do hip replacements as a day case now, home the same day! Well…

It's lovely to hear from you Snoozie ... I have done the same thing where I'm sure I've posted and then it never appeared! I'm glad you finally got the work done. That has really dragged on and on, and it must be so unsettling having to move out and back in again, and still be unpacking. But well done on the garden! I…

Thank you, Suzy! I'm over there most of the time helping out at the moment! Is everything OK with you, Snoozie?

Thanks, Suzie, that's good to know! Yes, there's a waiting list, I haven't gone on it yet because there are advantages to postponing (second replacements don't work well). It was several years, but I think has reduced quite a bit now, so maybe two years or possibly even less than a year just at the moment. I still do some…

Sorry, I didn't get any new post alert! Thank you for the update, Suzy! Is everything OK with you, Snoozie? It's been a while. The roads in the North of Scotland are an adventure! I remember the miles and miles of single lane and pulling over to let people pass or overtake. So long since I've been up that way. I have been…

I don't think I realised that the garden was just temporarily yours! But maybe it will give you some more time when you pass it on the next the person. I should probably have another go at planting food in my garden. At the moment, I struggle enough just to keep the plants under control! Lovely that you are having some…

Are you still here, Suzy, or back home now? I hope the last hiking day went well. I have such admiration that you are able to do that despite the foot problems, etc. The weather has been very strange here. Torrential rain, storms, hot sun, and Northern Lights! Thank you for thinking of me at Eurovision. I was over there…

My hip is OK, thanks. I was doing some travelling again recently, and I was finding all the walking and stairs quite hard at the airport. I have a couple of future trips planned and am looking at booking hotels with the least walking which are unfortunately much more expensive! It is a bit frustrating, to be honest. At the…

Oh poor you! That does sound so exhausting. And your back. Hope you're feeling better soon. Big congratulations on your appointment! It's good news that you have had those results even when you know you haven't been able to eat as well as normally. So hopefully by the next appointment you will be back on track. I'm sure…

I'm OK thanks ... have got a cold/flu type virus that's going around at the moment so feeling a bit sorry for myself. My hip is really annoying me but it's better as I'm resting at the moment! How are you doing? Has the work on your house been completed?

That jaw thing sounds painful, Suzy! Sounds like a dentist thing to me, maybe, but I don't know! I once had problems grinding my teeth in my sleep and that was quite painful, but I think that was more muscle spasms than the jaw slipping. I hope you get it sorted. You need your sleep! It's so close to you coming over here.…

The insurance work is really dragging on! That's terrible that they are treating you like that. So frustrating when you can't get hold of people. That's so funny about your stove! The wonders of google. It's so satisfying when you find something simple that works! Good luck with your blood work. I hope the few weeks has…

Just checking in here. Hope you are all OK. How is the personal trainer going, Suzy? And the pickleball, Snoozie? It feels like it has been a long winter here. Not so much snow and ice any more, but just cold, windy, rainy, etc. It's looking a big brighter today and I'm going out doing voluntary litter picking round my…

No, I don't already have a hip replacement, it's just that I'm still relatively young, so if I got it now (and live long enough!) there's a good chance I'd need another replacement at some point and it seems there aren't very good results with them .... I suppose obviously most people having them will be quite elderly so…

Looks like we have all been busy! I now know my grandbaby is a boy. I had guessed a girl, ha ha! We're having a restructure at work which is slightly stressful. I'm glad I only work part-time, at least. It's funny, I remember us talking about retirement years ago. I had the option to retire at 55 and was looking at doing…

Oh, I meant to say, I read an interview with a British personal trainer called Rosemary Mallace. She's in her 70s and her workouts are aimed at older people. They are a bit easy for me at the moment but I've subscribed for future planning! https://www.youtube.com/@rosemarymallacesassy

The baby is due on July! I'm already trying to find the balance between giving helpful advice and stepping back and letting two very intelligent and capable young people to do their own thing! I'm the same with the 80% thing, Snoozie ... I eat too fast, and I'm capable of putting away a huge amount of food without feeling…

That's really good news about your muscle mass! Well done on getting to the yoga class, and going again on Friday. That sounds like more than baby steps! And organising the trivia event too! You are both so good at the social stuff ... I really need to do more of that. That's an interesting idea about stopping eating when…

How's the gym going, Suzy? It has been really cold here too, but getting warmer for the last couple of days (although there are gales and floods now! Thankfully I'm not affected apart from my fence blowing down. I hope you're managing to get things sorted with the insurance, Snoozie. Actually moving everything out and…

That is great that you have a gym in your condo! Two gyms! That would be wonderful to be able to go the gym without having to leave the building! Are there any classes, or is it just free use of the equipment? Yes, I can see it would help to have a programme. But maybe just try it out a couple of times to "warm up". Five…

Getting stronger is a great priority! What sort of plan are you thinking of? I get you on the all or nothing mindset. Why do we do that? I have been thinking about that myself and I thnk that if I mess up it feels like an opportunity to eat even more and I don't want to miss that opportunity ... you are right about the…

Oh I did post here. Thank you, Snooozie, for guiding us to the right place! Well, it appears I didn't start yesterday, so am starting from today, really trying to get back on track. I can feel some of my old thinking coming back, which is what has caused my struggle in the first place. These kind of thoughts: "It's only a…