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Happy New Year! I am WAY too busy to read back on all the posts I've missed... Maybe I'll have more time this week; I'm still on holidays, if you can call it that... It's time to pack!! I can't remember when I last posted. So I apologize if I'm repeating myself. We had an offer for our house just 2 days before Christmas.…

I did this same triathlon a few years ago. Will want to beat my time, but it shouldn't be too hard, because my time sucked. I've done 1 triathlon, 1 tough mudder, 5 half marathons (maybe more, I've lost count) and 2 full marathons...

I think the cat is undecided. He sure did get dusty investigating, though. Not sure where he was, but at least he cleaned it as he went by!! :wink: On Monday I seem to have talked a friend into doing a Triathlon with me next summer. Who knows what I was thinking there... She was so inspired by our conversation, that she…

Carla, I use glass mason jars to store my smoothies in the freezer. Mihani, we haven't actually moved into the new house yet (we've just hung out there a bit so far, and taken the cat to check the place out), so the renos aren't disrupting anything, just delaying when we move. And we've modified the plans a couple of…

Good morning! Carla, the basement is already a fully finished suite down there, everything already matches the upstairs. So the renos are pretty small overall. The bedroom, bathroom and living room are all done. We are converting the full kitchen to a mini fridge and bar seating space (opening it up for games area), and…

Good morning! Today we get the keys for the new house! Meeting the contractors this afternoon so they can start ripping out the basement kitchen on Monday. HERE WE GO!! I've had an exhausting week. I am SO glad it's Friday.

Well so far we are still on track for Friday. Our lawyer is a friend of ours, so we're well taken care of on that end. Realtor is also a friend. Just wish we had a banker friend!!! :wink: I'm excited to go to my new house on Friday and just hang out for a little while. All our walkthroughs have been rushed, so it'll be…

Carla, I've been punking out a lot too. Too much. Time for me to get back on track too. The house sale was long and tediously drawn out because of the bank's comedy of errors, but it was completed last Wednesday (FINALLY!). We are on track to take possession on Friday morning (already!!!). My hubby is going to go do the…

Good morning! I'm too busy to get caught up, it'll have to wait until things settle down. I've been at my new job a week now. Loving it! We put an offer on the house last Thursday. They countered on Friday and we accepted. We have been frantic all week trying to lift the conditions and trying to de-clutter 13 years worth…

Hello! I'm at the new job today; so far so good. :smiley: We will probably be putting a conditional offer on the house tonight (conditional based on the quote we get from the contractors), so we are proceeding with this house, for now at least! The contractor is meeting us there tomorrow so we can discuss our NEEDS and our…

Good morning. Had a nice long weekend at home with the kids. Found a house that might be a good contender. We're looking into it some more, because we'd have to do a few renos.

I totally forgot to mention that my son and I had to do flyers in there yesterday, too!! Today we're going to the Remembrance Day celebration where we pay respect to our veterans. Later we're going to my moms bday party. She's having a big games night tournament with prizes. Should be fun!!

I've told my hubby that I might start getting myself a hotel room on Friday game nights so I can disappear completely...

Nope, my job starts next week on Thursday. I've got a long weekend today and Monday, so I have 2 more days at my old job to try to get everything organized for my boss and for my replacement. Busy, busy! You don't even know the bazillionty thing I have to do today. I've cleaned some of the kitchen (not done yet), started…

I wish I was going to bed early, Mihani! We stayed up way too late again last night. There's just too much going on and not enough time during the day to talk and try to figure out what we're doing... It's a bit overwhelming. So no early morning for me; again. *sigh* I'm also running out of groceries. Gotta run to the…

I'm so glad we don't do daylight savings time in Sask. It sounds miserable. I start the new job next Thursday already; so quick!! I'm looking forward to it. I've been in my current job for more than 5 years, so I'm ready for something new. I stayed up way too late with hubby last night talking job and house stuff, and I…

I got the job! I'm accepting it today. Yay!! :smiley: I had an exhausting day yesterday and I ended up only swimming 30 laps. I just didn't have the wind to keep going. So I allowed myself a nice long soak in the hot tub. It was nice. Today I got up and got on the treadmill again. 2 for 2. Berries, bananas & pecans for…

Woke up this morning and got onto the treadmill. Just a half hour, but at least I did it. Going swimming tonight too; should be able to get in my 80 laps. Have berries & bananas for breakfast, going to have a smoothie for lunch. Then for supper I'm having roasted spaghetti squash with the OSG immunity building tomato basil…

I live in Regina. :smiley:

I live in Saskatchewan, Canada, and truthfully it wasn't that cold last night; I think it was only -6ºC. It was just the fact that the temperature changed drastically in just one day, and that we were outside delivering flyers for nearly 2 hours.

It went from fall on the 31st to WINTER overnight. There is so much snow in just one day that I can't believe it. And it's supposed to snow some more today. And again on Saturday. So I think it's here to stay. Went swimming yesterday. Was pushing myself to go faster and I was really sucking wind, so I stopped at 60 laps.…

I started to learn to play Sound of Silence on the guitar, but I haven't gotten very far with it yet. Definitely not recital worthy! :wink: I agree that Dr F's recipes are bland. My go to is definitely OSG. I should branch out, though... Swam 70 laps yesterday; had to cut it short because we went to look at 3 houses last…

ha! that's funny. I don't usually get the flu shot. At least not yet, anyway. Maybe when I'm older. I don't tend to get sick too often. (now I'm gonna go knock on some wood...)

I did the treadmill workout last night, but I wasn't done until after 8pm. I prefer mornings... Going out is tough. And it's worse when you end up with the only thing on the menu that is vegan and it's not even tasty. There have been so many times I would have preferred just bringing my own food; especially to work…

Yesterday was crazy. I barely sat down at all until about 9:30. Crazy, I tell you!! I paid very close attention to my laps yesterday and I swam 60 (or maybe 62 - I did lose track once) laps in 36 minutes. So I did at least 70 laps on Monday, maybe more. And yesterday after I did those 60, I just kept going and did another…

Carla, that tree is truly stunning. Gorgeous! I'm sorry you're struggling right now, I've been there too. Feel free to reach out to me anytime on Rav for a lengthy rant about it. I'll be there for you. ((HUGS)) Donna, you and your hubby are doing great. And truth be told, you might just be having a reaction to something in…

I mix 3 days' worth of oats at a time, cashew milk and all. Might be able to get away with a couple extra days too, but I don't want to risk having to throw it out. But 3 days has been perfectly fine. And yes, I add the fresh fruit in the mornings. I did somewhere between 1.5 and 2 miles in the pool last night. I seriously…

Having said that, I did lose another 2 lbs last week. So now I'm down 4.2 and at least that's moving in the right direction. I also bought 3 new outfits, some new undies, got a haircut and bought some new makeup, so my credit card is smokin' :lol: And it really helps the motivation when I'm looking better, so there's…

So last week I was tired every day no matter how early I went to bed. And I just don’t feel good. I know I haven't been very ETL, and my energy was totally gone. My mood was super grumpy. Not a good week... Time to change that!! So on Friday I spent some time planning. Bought some groceries. Then just relaxed on the couch…

I love my immersion blender. I can't live without it for my soups; I use it all the time... Donna you've been doing great! Keep at it! Your Thanksgiving mini-goal sounds great. I have just set up some goals myself and I want to lose 10 lbs by this time next month. I agree with you Mihani, I don't even consider meat or…