Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[WDWEPCOT]

7 Layer Salad - delicious I don’t make it very often and I really should because it is so delicious

Layer desserts - you don’t like parfaits I got into a thing where I used to make one every weekend bad for the diet delicious to eat
Bust up a cake pudding or do cake and fruit they are so delicious

Casseroles - like where you take all the leftover Thanksgiving food and make a casserole out of it and then dumped the gravy on top of it pop that in the oven delicious!!

Sandwiches - again I’m gonna stick with a turkey theme - again you can take almost all your Thanksgiving fixings and make a sandwich pop in the oven make it a little toasty delicious

I think I must be hungry because I stuck with all food items

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Clothing layers for sure. Dear WDWEPCOT, when I enjoyed heavier desserts, I loved Denny's vanilla ice cream with oreo and hot fudge parfaits!

Dad enjoys Milano cookies with an extra flavor inside and the same with a filled donut every now and then. For me a food layer is two slices of white bread with one slice of American cheese.

Stickers can be layered to make a more personal card

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Linzer Torte Cookies

Italian Sandwich Cookies

Jersey Style Italian Sub

***Funny how so many of these are leaning into layered foods

 

[citruscurtis]

Kentucky Derby
Preakness
Warm weather & flowers

...his father was a mudder, his mother was a mudder.. Seinfeld 1989... though the episode is known as The Subway

 

[bluecastle]

Wearing layers to WDW in November for those cool mornings and evenings and warm days.

The layers of rocks in the Wilderness Lodge lobby over near the fireplace. IRL, I love sedimentary rocks.

Pizza

Also, some school art projects

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic (Sat, 5/3) - 3 things you're grateful for because they help you stay fit

 

[slo]

Good Saturday Morning!

This topic is right up my alley since I’m leaving for the gym soon and I love working out - it’ll be hard to narrow it down to 3. I’ve been working out my entire adult life. Some times more than others depending on what’s going on. At this time in my life, I’m working out the most, because I want to be strong as I start moving closer towards elder years.

#1 - The Treadmill - I love walking on the treadmill. I set up my iPad to watch a TV series or movie and the time flies by.

#2 - Free Weights & Weight machines - Lifting weights can be very addicting. It’s so fun to push yourself to lift heavier weight and achieve goals with that. It’s also addicting to see your body change because of it. My BMI is the lowest it’s ever been at 53 years old, which I’m very happy about, which is great because that means I’m burning fat and building muscle.

#3 - My Elliptical - I can’t forget about my elliptical in the basement. This one is actually my second one. This was my COVID present to myself. I was so bummed about not being able to go to the gym anymore that I decided to replace my old elliptical with a nice new one. That elliptical was my best workout friend during COVID. I also bought myself some free weights too. I spent 2 1/2 years in the basement until I returned to the gym. I don’t use it much anymore since I’m always at the gym, but when I can’t go to the gym, I still use it and every time I get on I say, “hello, my friend”

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I used to do aerobics but those states are over so….
My legs - walking
My rubber band to do exercises with
My new books to do Pilates - wish me luck

 

[flyingdumbo127]

My kind therapists! I pray to never take any mobility for granted again. God has so graced me by using them to help me recover.

I have also learned the importance of supportive shoes for feet care to keep feet healthy and moving.

 

[bluecastle]

My walking shoes

Water

My stretches

 

[PollyannaMom]

@slo, we also invested in equipment during covid, and got a home treadmill. I've used it 1,422 times, so I am very grateful for it!

Pleasant walking trails close by, for days that are just too nice for the treadmill.

And of course, all the walking I've done at Disney! - the happiest place to keep fit

 

[citruscurtis]

Kentucky Derby
Preakness
Warm weather & flowers

Okay here's my list... however being in journalism for awhile... I thought I would do some literary license

American promise
East Ave
Publisher... well that didn't work out

Owen Almighty
Render judgement
Coal... well no one in my life Owen

Final Gambit
Chunk of gold
American promise... well Yuma has been a American promise to many second home retired folks and for sure a CHUNK of gold November 1 to April 1...as for me...my final Gambit living here.. not what I envision.....so

Final Gambit to win...and this is how I exercise... writing to you folks

 

[citruscurtis]

What keeps me fit...

My three dog ... the youngest is aerobic.. chasing that cat they saw last night ..we are both out of breath by end of very loooooooooong block ...1at a time

Desert Forest... straight out of bed to water trim ... moving hoses... carrying heavy buckets of water...taking the trimming from 3 yards...and 3 dogs

Doing laps at the Kroger supermarket from May 1st to November 1st...30 % captictcy of shoppers.. Walmart for sure has better straight aways.. but a drive aways

 

[citruscurtis]

Kentucky Derby
Preakness
Warm weather & flowers

I knew I was a writer of literature... just found out that final Gambit has only run on grass.. like me in Oregon.. and now Gambit and I are on dirt

 

[citruscurtis]

You know your old when Sandman is a Metallic song and not the chordates and 4 aces

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Fitness...

Good shoes for walking/running/hiking.

Knee brace.

Gloves for kickboxing.

 

[PollyannaMom]

May the 4th be with you! (...but that will have its own thread.)

So in honor of the fact that it's also:

Today's Topic (Sun, 5/4) - 3 sounds you're grateful for

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Birds - you know spring is coming when you start hearing all the birds chirping again I love listening to the birds I put my hummingbird feeders out over a week ago and I already have hummingbirds

Music - I often listen to music all day on Sunday I usually don’t even have the TV on - I go from one genre to another you may hear a country in western one minute and reggae the next or something classical just depends on what I’m in the mood to listen to

The fact that I am blessed to be able to hear any and all sounds - I’m very grateful I can hear - my eyesight is not grate but my hearing is pretty good so I’m very grateful because we didn’t protect our hearing when we were younger because we didn’t know better like we do now so I’m very grateful I have my hearing

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I am beyond blessed to have wonderful hearing.

Children and puppies at play is a sound of joy. Likewise, it always fills my heart with such extra praise to hear children's clean and clear voices lifted in song to God.

Dad's voice both by phone and moreso in person is such a grace every day!

Kind encouragement of my therapists has been appreciated tremendously.

 

[slo]

Good Sunday Morning

#1 - Church Bells - I love the sound of church bells

#2 - The Ding Dong Sound When You Get Admitted Into A Disney Park - such a fun and exciting sound

#3 - My DD21’s Ringtone - I’m so excited to hear this when she calls. It’s: When Can I See You Again (from Wreck It Ralph)