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lavalily - Tenacious GR8ters

Ceri, as you know I write an individual blog that everyone is welcome to read. I've written on that blog since 2008 and includes everything from travel to recipes, philosophy to gardening, and more. Would I be permitted to post that link here? Or do you want only blogs that are written on MFP?

Ceri, when will we start signing up for the winter challenge?

I don't think I've written to this "overall" group since late September - even before we officially began this fall challenge. Once our individual teams got going, I forgot to come here. So I caught up on most of the reading and I want to remember to come back more often. So many of my old buddies from SP are on different…

@Dianedoessmiles1 I have moved so much all my life, but I hope this is (one of) the last! I was a preacher's kid and we moved often, then I was a Navy wife and we kept moving. Then I was a preacher and moved a lot, so it's hard for me to settle in only one place. My brother and I both start rearranging the furniture if we…

I'm just going through the last hoops of buying my new home. I don't move in until October 24 to give the sellers time to move into their new place, too. I'm in no hurry, though. Now I need to get my current home sold! Anyone interested in a 2-bedroom condo in Hawaii?

@macrat12 I have always enjoyed reading your temperature checks, thoughts for the day, encouraging remarks, and more ever since we were on SP. I never did take the time to write and tell you how much I liked to read what you wrote. Thank you for your contribution to our chats all these months/years!

I've left a couple of messages on the link for the In-between team and forgot to post here, too. Anyway, I'm happy to see so many of the old gang here, plus a few new ones. Yes, we're a very active group so join us and take part in our various conversations.

How many 5% Challenges have you done? This will be my 23rd Challenge. What do you like to do for fun? I write, read, walk, go out for meals (social time), crochet, play piano and guitar What major city do you live in or near? State? Honolulu, Hawaii – although I live on a different island, this is the biggest city near me…

I'll be here! Sign me up!

I haven't written a blog for MFP but I do write a weekly blog that others might find interesting and at times educational. https://lavalily.com

Yes, Tenacious GR8TERS!

I've been mostly MIA this week, but it was a week of doctor's appointments and making decisions about where I want to live. The result is that 1) my eyes are finally recovering from the allergic reaction to the medicated eyedrops and 2) I'm planning to stay in Hawaii but want to sell my condo and buy a small house. Also, I…

@dianedoessmiles1 - that's normal for me year-round, and if we want snow, we go up to Mauka Kea - loads of snow up there. Beach to mountains in Hawaii.

Goals • maintain my weight as I firm up the flab around my middle • strengthen my legs so I can walk again • maintain my upper body strength Routine • I’m almost always up at 4 (5 at the latest) • I begin with a candle or incense and meditation (with a cup of coffee and Belvita) • I write for a couple of hours while my…

Do you know what diet you will follow? I do best on Low Carb/High Fat Have you followed this diet before? Yes, regularly Found some recipes? I don't cook but I'm able to assemble what I need Grocery list? Yes, always! Don't leave home without it. Do you have the food on hand to get started? Yes and I keep something on hand…

There is a pool here and I love doing pool exercises. It actually lets me feel like my legs are working when they don't work on land. I also work out at the gym at least twice a week. I have a trainer who keeps me on my toes.

71 degrees, cool and cloudy here in Kailua-Kona HI. Just the way I like it!

@Tabatha_Cain I have lived in Hawaii for 27 years but thought I might move to Florida and recently decided not to move.

My goal is to maintain my weight, but I wouldn't mind losing another couple of pounds. I also need to firm up what I have - summer was a lazy time for me. Too much sitting at the computer. I am working on my leg strength. I found a few places where I can do a few miles on my walker.

I've decided not to move from Hawaii, so I don't have to face that anymore. I can concentrate on my writing and just enjoy my life here.

I'm facing a move I hate to make but also looking forward to making! I live in Hawaii and for family reasons, I'm moving to Florida. I love Hawaii and I love Florida - but it doesn't make the move any easier.

Gorgeous Sunday today - 84 degrees and 61% humidity, but hey, it's the tropics! It's just the way I love it!

ALOHA!!! What is your name or nickname? Your Team? Lucy (not a nickname) and I’m one of the Tenacious GR8TERS Your Approximate Location: big city near you, province or state, country. I’m on the Big Island of Hawaii and the big city near me is Honolulu, on the island of Oahu What is your favorite summer activity? Sitting…

I posted this on my team, but I have friends on the other teams who might be interested in this, too. My self-help book is out! It has been up as an e-book for a few years but most of my clients wanted something they could hold and write in. It's a "self-help" for personal growth, something we all seem to want - and the…

@Dianedoessmiles1 For most of my life I lived near some body of water - ocean, lake, river - and I was born next to the Mississippi River! Only for the years when I lived in Arizona did I feel land-locked, and I was! I've even spent over 30 years living on an island, which I love! Kodiak, Alaska, Guam, and now on the Big…

My latest book is finally out - https://store.bookbaby.com/book/feral-fables It was an ebook on Amazon for a few years but clients asked if they could get something where they could make notes, thus the paperback. It is also available on Amazon or Barnes & Nobel, and I think other places, too, but they haven't put up the…

@kaliswalker I moved to Hawaii in 1996 and I don't plan to live anywhere else.

@ LindieMaeP It isn't that hot here. Today we had a low of 71 and a high of 85 and if you live at even 500-1000 feet above sea level, it is cooler still. At 5000 feet here it gets down to 40s and those who have a home at that elevation just love it. I lived at 2000 feet for about 10 years but I like the warmer climate of…

@Dianedoessmiles1 I live on the Big Island of Hawaii so we don't get the number of tourists that they get in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. We're more country-style LOL For a while, I had a little home on an acre of land at the bottom of the island. Yes, we will have cruise ships again, but we only get one a week here,…