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[slo]

I’m going to have such a stomachache when this day is over - I’ve been eating leftover finger foods from last night and leftover Christmas desserts. On Monday whats left gets thrown away - all of it - total purge. Then “fat camp” (that’s our name for eating healthier) starts for Kate and I and we remain in fat camp until next Thanksgiving. We’ve been doing this for about 4 years now. Both of us will shed the weight we gained over the holidays by the end of January

 

[slo]

We are in car driving to MCO. Our friends were supposed to arrive around noon. Now scheduled for 5:30. We sure hope it happens. They are probably quite hungry. They have been on the go since 5ish this morning!

Travel safe and enjoy your time with your friends.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Travel safe and enjoy your time with your friends.

Thank you. I think a whole day at Vero tomorrow will refresh us! Temperature should be right for pool!

 

[bobbiwoz]

I am at MCO and Mears transportation is where DME was located. Today at least looks like a similar set up

 

[slo]

I’m taking down the Christmas decorations today - boooo!!
Since the house has been decorated since the middle of September (for Halloween) everything is going to look so boring.
Then after the decorations are put away, I can start my new puzzle. I do a new one for each season and then it goes in the frame I have that hangs in my kitchen (I use the same brand to make sure all the puzzles are the same size). The new puzzle is for Easter and then I’ll do a Christmas one after that. I love starting a new puzzle

 

[bobbiwoz]

I’m taking down the Christmas decorations today - boooo!!
Since the house has been decorated since the middle of September (for Halloween) everything is going to look so boring.
Then after the decorations are put away, I can start my new puzzle. I do a new one for each season and then it goes in the frame I have that hangs in my kitchen (I use the same brand to make sure all the puzzles are the same size). The new puzzle is for Easter and then I’ll do a Christmas one after that. I love starting a new puzzle

Your puzzle tradition sounds like fun!

 

[Meriweather]

I like having all the decorations put away......everything looks so clean and uncluttered

Working on laundry......did the upstairs cleaning.
DH just changed the air filters, going to clean the pool filters and drain the hot water heater

 

[Walt's Dream]

I'm wrapping my head around returning to the classroom tomorrow. Lesson plans, etc. are done and ready. Just worried and a little stressed about the current surge. Do not want to return to virtual teaching/learning. But, I missed my kids and do look forward to being back in my room with them. What a Catch-22.

 

[PollyannaMom]

...I love starting a new puzzle

Me too! This is the one I'm doing now:

 

[Meriweather]

DGD loves doing jigsaw puzzles too.
She loves dragon and animal ones.....but she does not do the border first! She thinks that is cheating

 

[bobbiwoz]

We had lunch along the Inner Coastal Waterway. Saw some dolphins, pelicans and sandpipers while eating, and it’s been very relaxing!

 

[PollyannaMom]

DGD loves doing jigsaw puzzles too.
She loves dragon and animal ones.....but she does not do the border first! She thinks that is cheating

I have to do the border first! (In fact, when I take them apart, I put the edge pieces in a baggie, so the next person doesn't have to sort them before they start.)

 

[Meriweather]

She has also just started looking at the pictures. Before they got bigger and more complicated she didn't do that either.
She is up to 1000-1500 piece ones.
This is the new one she got for Christmas

 

[bobbiwoz]

^ That‘s beautiful!

 

[Meriweather]

When I go over tomorrow I will see if she's started it

 

[slo]

I'm wrapping my head around returning to the classroom tomorrow. Lesson plans, etc. are done and ready. Just worried and a little stressed about the current surge. Do not want to return to virtual teaching/learning. But, I missed my kids and do look forward to being back in my room with them. What a Catch-22.

Good luck today
This is such a stressful time for teachers.

 

[slo]

I’m disappointed that I didn’t get all the Christmas decorations put away yesterday. Both trees are down an put away and 1/2 of the misc decorations. Once I sat down to eat dinner I ran out of gas and didn’t feel like continuing. I’ll work on it more after work today, and hopefully we can get the remainder of the boxes up in the attic tomorrow night.

Today restarts fat camp (that’s what DD and I call healthier eating - LOL!) All remaining Christmas desserts and candy gets thrown away, and it’s time to strictly counting calories to shed off the holiday weight. I lose my most amount of weight this time of year. I’m never interested in losing so much weight that I need to by smaller clothes, I’m only interested in staying in the clothes I currently have. I don’t want to buy bigger or smaller.

 

[Meriweather]

Happy Birthday, Bobbi!!

 

[bobbiwoz]

We are on board with our friends, our dear Ohio neighbors!!!!

 

[slo]

Happy birthday Bobbi!