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Retirement is wonderful. Lounging around the house, listening to music/TV, playing with kitties, hanging with friends, reading, doing puzzles, etc. - it's blissful. Especially with sun instead of rain. So I tend not to go out until it becomes necessary, like running out of food. Currently I'm subsisting on turkey jerky,…

Shelley, So great you can retire this year. It's wonderful! Paula

Shelley, Congratulations on your twenty year award. How exciting! Paula

Shell, That is so heartbreaking. Paula

What a sweet little pup, Shell! Sorry for the long absences. My internet is cutting out a lot again recently. I screwed up my diet today. Hoping tomorrow is a new beginning. paula

Wait, Chris, you got hit by a car? How did I miss that!? Not recently, is that why? Or am I blind? Egad! I'm so mad at those drivers!!! Paula

No coffee, alcohol or soda for three days to detox. Then had a small nonalcoholic ginger beer yesterday and coffee today. Also my starting weight was probably only 245, but thinking 250 made for a good scare, and kick in the butte. So feeling more on track and hopeful. Paula

Chris, I waited to turn as an elderly couple stopped to chat - while in the crosswalk - but eventually they got across. After I'd started forward, a girl hurried up from several feet away and stepped into the road. At that point I was blocking oncoming traffic and there was no relief in sight as more people were coming up…

Highest Weight - 317 Ultimate Goal Weight - 135 April 30 Goal Weight - 245 Apr 01 - 250.0 Apr 08 - Apr 15 - Apr 22 - Apr 30 - This is a best-guess starting point. Was losing but got off track. Alcohol numbs the stress - and I don't have more than one drink - but it still derails my diet, Best control is not keeping it in…

Chris, Total rest days are important. It has been so nice to catch up on Vitamin D (aka sunshine) between rainstorms the last month. So much emotional turmoil to recover from. best, Paula

Shell, What a cutie! Is she something like a Chihuahua/Shih Tzu (Beagle?) blend? I'm sure she's gonna love being Barney's new playmate as well as a full-fledged member of your loving family. Bet you're lucky to have found her before somebody else snapped her up, cuz she's just adorbs. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Chris, Here's Shelley's…

OMG, Shelley, where are you staying? What a mess!! paula

It was easier to carry weight before getting old, that's for sure. Looking forward to gaining mobility again when these two cement-sized bags of body are gone. So nice to be losing again. Keep thinking about the starter workout Shelley gave me when we first met. I have it around here somewhere. Something like 2 min each of…

Happy Birthday, Chris!

No shopping for awhile emptied my food closets, resulting in very odd meals and less snacking. It also got me into protein powder again which is very satisfying. So smaller meals (and life distractions) led to eating less often, less food and less carbs. This has somehow kicked me back into keto - finally - after trying…

Shelley, Your fish sound like such a beautiful hobby. I love hearing about them. Hope your head feels better soon. M...'s are so awful! Chris, I know what you mean about blood draws... such a blessing you are to distract and amuse little Ronin and turn his sad to glad. Can just hear him giggling. Makes me happy. <3 paula

Newest workout is called Under Water Garage. The rain came down like crazy two days ago - just for a couple hours - but long enough to flood my garage. I was in the garage, saw water literally flowing in; and opened the garage door to see a flood outside. I immediately started bailing water; but discovered that the…

Googling ornithophobia on WebMD said "There is evidence that specific phobias like this may be inherited. ‌(or...) A negative encounter with birds can cause ongoing fear, even if a person forgets what happened." I had a coworker with this. She didn't like the skylights above our cubicles but fortunately there were rarely…

My workout is dubbed the turkey run. Putting out bird food a couple years ago brought a smattering of small birds. A year later crows and squirrels joined in. But now the wild turkeys have arrived. They are beautiful and funny. If there were only a half dozen, that'd be fine. But there are multiple flocks and probably 30+…

I read that as having his probation revoked for blowing a kiss to the judge? Paula

That is so heart-breaking and maddening. So sorry, Shell. Paula

Gonna do it! paula

Just got electricity and internet back today - been out since Sunday. Over a million people (California?) without power last week. Public Works, Fire and PGE crews have been all around fixing stuff. Their hard work is very appreciated. I weighed myself and was pleasantly surprised to be under 250#. It's so easy to lose…

We're friends on Facebook. She's posted some amazing pictures. Sounds like she's on her way home (Latest post, below). Paula

CHRIS, It's not "doing nothing" when you're at war. Your body using all your energy to fight that bug. Sounds like you need a break. Hope you feel better soon. I remember 24 hours of pain/exhaustion and thinking if someone offered, I'd say "shoot me" - and then realizing I couldn't even do that, cuz I was too weak to even…

Hugs to everyone fighting the bugs going around. Some scary diseases, but so much excellent medical knowledge to beat them nowadays. I'm going to start tracking food again today. That's the newest resolution. Paula

Shelley, You should be getting the videos and TRX tomorrow (Friday). Hope Rocky likes the TRX. It has been a wonderful way for me to get a good workout without hurting my knee. Paula

Chris, Sounds like you may have a budding secret agent on your hands... :laugh:

Chris, I hope your trainer gets well soon. Sounds like Covid has hit her badly. Glad you're okay. Hugs. Paula

Shelley, They should let sheriffs pace in court - maybe one on each side of the room - wearing beefeater hats. :laugh: But seriously, standing in place is hard! (p.s. gonna mail your & Rocky's package tomorrow.) Chris, The 5.04 steps were very impressive. :bigsmile: My sister called to say the storm that hit us yesterday…