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Me either, Gary!! Scraping the ice off my car has become the new norm for me this winter. Had a couple of dry days this week. No more rain in the forecast for a week so plans are to get out and at least walk. Still treading lightly with the back. Have a great weekend! :drinker:

Hi lushes! I think I'm about to 100%. Keeping with the chiro for the back but everything feels pretty ok. Hoping to pick up the exercise a bit. 27 degrees this am. :| Was totally dry for about 2 weeks. Had my 1st glass of wine Saturday on a mini staycation the husband and I took for our 32nd anniversary. I think I'm going…

Ann, the weekend is worth celebrating!! I'm finally starting to feel human. The back is doing real well and the vertigo has improved. I still have some dizziness (at night mostly) Today is day 5 and I think I'm turning the corner. It's also day 5 of 0 drinks. The scale is my friend at the moment. At this rate I can't see…

Good luck with keto, Gary!! So much success on that plan for many. Your parent stories sound so familiar. Why are they so stubborn? My MIL never would use a cane or walker and fell many times...the last one she never recovered from. I wish you the best and hope she heals well. <3 Well my back is healing slowly but I had my…

I messed up my back pretty bad...not lifting weights or doing pilates...but by lifting a 6 pack of wine into my shopping cart (hey...I love my 20% off when I buy in bulk, what can I say?) I kid you not. Figured only people in a lush group could appreciate that pitiful story. :drinker:

Robin!!!! Good to see you, and congrats on being a grandma again!! And SO jealous about Maui. We went horseback riding there years ago. Very beautiful! Rode down into a waterfall area. The husband rides well and was able to let the horse go in a large field area overlooking the beach. <3 Nothing exciting here. You guys are…

Oh, Gary. I'm sorry things have been so difficult with the FIL. :( My great aunt went on and off hospice so many times. I think I said goodbye to her 3 times. It really does mess with the family's emotions. I'm sending you all the positive, healing thoughts and support for each other. Keto works. If you plan to keep it as…

Ann I'm going to live vicariously through you. Those places sound wonderful! I've never been to the Caribbean

Thanks guys. It's been a rough week. We all miss her...including the younger cat who seems extra needy and attached to me. In the meantime the son has been home with the flu all week. Funny how the girlfriend is no where to be found when he's sick. :| The husband was sick at Christmas. So between him, the cat and now the…

Had to put down our oldest cat. :'( It was time and the right thing to do, but my heart is still breaking. Wine. Maybe I'll break out the vodka

Hi Gwenn...good to see you...and welcome back :) Hope you feel better soon and are able to get on track. Keep us posted how it's going. I'm working at getting back into a good exercise routine. Right now I'm just forcing myself to move more and trying not to pass any judgement on myself about how out of shape I am :/ I'm…

Thanks Gary :* Ann...I'd love to be 8 pounds lighter!! That's great

Tues-0 Wed-0 Thurs-0 I may continue this for a bit. Let's see how it goes. I checked my weight from last year at this time and I'm .1 pound lighter :D I guess that's better than gaining but I'd certainly describe that as an official plateau

Happy 2019 lushes! When I cook I seem to make the mistake of not eating enough (tired of looking at my food all day) so I woke up feeling pretty crappy after too much champagne NYE. I'm happy to have the holidays behind us. I need to get the decorations down today. I'm excited to have my house back in order. How was…

Thanks, Ann! well I'm just about recovered from Xmas but have our NYE celebration to plan. I think we all decided to do the old people's version of New Years Eve and celebrate it on east coast time! Lasting until midnight rarely happens anymore and all the "kids" have other parties to get to...so I'll grill something…

I thought of you and your wife, Gary. Been there. Good luck on your gathering!! Hope you all are able to celebrate and enjoy each other <3

Stressed out? My son wrote this article especially for caregivers but I really think it applies to everyone. It was featured on the Alzheimer's San Diego website and I'm quite the proud mama. How in the hell did I end up with such a wise young man? <3 https://www.alzsd.org/notes-from-a-dementia-expert-holiday-stress/

I've made my list and checked it twice...I think I'm in pretty good shape for Christmas Eve. Red wine tonight (and probably daily until after Christmas :D )

here ya go: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10713288/like-minded-lushes-winter-2018/p1?new=1

Where ya cruising, Ann? The 0s have been pretty easy. I probably will continue until tomorrow although I opened a red to make sauce so maybe I'll have a glass. I'm actually at my lowest weight which is great. But I'm horribly out of shape which makes me sad. I need to get my exercise groove back in '19.

YES to longer days!! Good luck on your gathering, Gary. I've got everyone here on Christmas Eve. Should be a pretty mellow evening...as mellow as it can be with a newly walking 1 year old in the mix. :) Monday-0 Tuesday-0 I think I'm going for 0's most of the week. I'm sure I'll make up for it by the weekend.

Boy the MFP feed seems to be all messed up...not seeing anyone's updates. Hope all is well. I'm going to try to get through all my wrapping today...which will require wine, of course :drinker: Should we start the winter thread, Robin??

We went to the Christmas tree farm and got our tree. It's a family tradition and every year I swear this is going to be the last. Dragging the 9 footer (and all it's needles) in the house...getting it straight in the stand (turns out the the trunk has scoliosis)...the cats think it's all about them (because cats are…

my house gets down to 60-61 degrees in the am so I run the heat for about 15 minutes to take the chill off. We SoCal-ers are wimps :p More rain on the way...more red wine I'm sure. Just about done with my Xmas shopping. Should get the tree this weekend. Plugging along.

He's coming back tomorrow...I'll be interested to hear about all he did while up there and his overall impressions of the Emerald City. His G/F (middle in the pic) is from there and they were up visiting her mom. Red wine last night. Finally turned the heat on down here in So Cal.

Oh...btw...the son is up your way Robin and Gary!! Here's a pic from the Seattle aquarium :D

Got the house decorated! We'll hit up the farm for our tree next week. And of course, I enjoyed some wine which helps while getting things done.

Hang in there, Gary. Caregiving is difficult and you need to make time for yourself too! <3

Thanks! It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. (My sleep was a little off but that's a regular battle) I think it was clear my body was ready for a reset. I'm not sure if it will continue into the weekend...headed to the store and will probably pick up some red wine. Cold and rainy days here...a glass next to the…

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