***THE SENIOR WW CHALLENGE*** Monday ~ April 15

Good Morning!

Today is my annual Yoga on the Beach in Tarpon Springs. It should be a beautiful day for it and not too hot!

It is also Tax Day, so if you haven't filed...don't forget... or at least file an extension. I filed and paid mine last month.

Good Monday morning. It is much cooler today and should be a lovely day to be outside. It’s sunny and 66 now and should warm to 80s.

Ruth enjoy your yoga day. What fun! Yes we are probably leaving later. No DGK is graduating this spring. Next year the twins graduate high school and possibly there will be a college grad or two. So next year we’ll go back earlier.

I wouldn’t have wanted to be in Illinois yesterday as they had quite a snowfall. It should melt quickly though.

I will be walking 30 minutes or more today.

Sharon

Good morning all.

The rain has ended but still no sun in sight...and it's much cooler than it has been. We're in the mid 30s now and won't get above the mid 40s today.

I'm picking up my DD later this morning and we're going on a little adventure. Neither of us are exactly sure where the hospital is located where I'm having my ablation done so we're going to go find it today. I want to know how long it will take to get there and also if there's any road construction we'll need to detour around. Since I need to be there that morning at 5:30, I thought it would be better to know where we're going instead of stumbling around in the dark. We'll grab some lunch out before we come home.

Good morning, friends. It is good to be home and so great to see Sunny again. He stuck pretty close to me last night.

Enjoy that yoga on the beach, Ruth. Sounds lovely.

It will be in the mid 60s here today. Not as clement as down your way, Floridians, but pretty good for us.

I sleep well when Sunny joins me in bed too, Sandy.

Good idea to find the location before the big day, Vicki. Enjoy your time with your DD.

A Roomba does sound like a good idea as we grow older, Geri.

Nothing much planned today. I have to finish unpacking. But a walk would be terrific.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson


BBL. Have a great one!

Gail

Greetings:  Gail, well, maybe getting your crutches back means a visit from DD.

I really do believe in meditation.  Years ago I read in some yoga text that one of the purposes of the yoga poses was to relax the body so it could sit for meditation.  In my "ideal" day, that's how it works.  I come home from exercise and immediately sit for meditation.  

A few years ago I found a book, The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life by Martha Beck.  I bought it and gave a few copies away.  I started it but never got beyond Chapter 1.  So, this year I'm taking time to read it.  I'm through Chapter 3.  Each chapter is one of the daily practices with guidance on how to practice it.  I'm working it.  My first plan was to do a chapter a week and incorporate what worked for me.  But, it's more like a few weeks.  I'm going slow.  I realized yesterday that I'd gone for several days missing what I was to do.  So, I got back to it yesterday.  Martha apparently has/had a regular column in "O" magazine.  I don't read that magazine so I don't know if she still does.

KC, ah, well, weather does make a difference.  At the end of the day I looked to see who won the Masters, and I was flabbergasted to learn that Tiger Woods did!  What an amazing come back.

Pets sure keep all entertained.

Sharon, you can do it -- whatever it is you want to do -- if you don't want to snack at night.  You can not snack at night.  You are that powerful! I'm still trying to remember how I handled this as a new member.  I remember the advice of considering foods that I don't want to eat as those I have an allergy to.  Since I now do have an allergy to milk, it's easier for me to think, I'm allergic to that ... whatever.

Yoga on the beach.  Sigh.  My experience is yoga in the park more in summer.  Today at exercise we did a few exercises that stemmed from yoga moves.  I felt a little rusty doing them.

Vicki, what a wise idea ... to go and find that hospital!  I think a lot of people do that very thing when time is critical.  

Since I think the midwest is getting our weather, today is warmer with a light layer of clouds.  I stayed up to check all the coming temps and all in the 70s except one day in the high 60s.

DGS-8 ill today.  I went over to stay with him while DDIL took DGS-5 to school.  I think we decided that he hadn't had enough food or water yesterday.  

They got a Peoloton (sp) contraption and everyone is exercising more.  They also took the TV out of their living room which I think is also good for them.  We could never manage with that, but they will do fine.

Have you seen the news? The Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is burning!

Gail I love that quote too. Although it reminds me of sauntering and meandering, different than power walking.

Don and I did get the 30 minute walk in just before it warmed up too much. Then I made a pot of ham, bean veg soup, listed some junk on eBay and did two loads of laundry. I’m going to trivia tonight too.
I feel accomplished.

Karen thanks for the pep talk. I did give in and eat a snack last night. I had two Finn Crisp crackers with red pepper hummus. Really you all should look for those crackers. They are made in Finland and are super thin with only a few ingredients. I feel better about those.

Sad about Notre Dame