Taste Like Chicken Wednesday 1/17

Chele, how did it go with the ophthalmologist? How were the roads? Did you get all the errands done? How cold were you this morning? They said we would get down to 2°, but we "only" got down to 7° according to the app on my phone. We don't have problems with starlings at the feeder. We've had lots of other visitors today, mostly eastern Phoebes, but a few cardinals and titmouses. And always mourning doves (unless the hawks are nearby). We need to get the suet block hung up but the deck has to melt first.  Dale did gingerly walk out on the deck yesterday afternoon to refill the feeder and I was watching him intently, hoping I wouldn't have to go out and help him get up if he fell. He did ok.

If I remember my yoga types, Kathy, I think Vinyasa tends to be a little more challenging because you are moving from pose to pose without a break. I think there are some crossovers between Jazzercise and iTone, since some of the Jazzercise programs now include interval training. We typically use dumbbells and sometimes kettlebells, and she throws in step every now and then. So it's not particularly equipment intensive. Did DM ever figure out (or fess up to) how she pulled a hamstring? That's hysterical about the medical staff being fascinated by her x-rays. I hope the PT exercises are helping her. It sounds like she eats pretty healthy for the most part, and genetics is only supposed to be 5 to 10% but how do we actually know? Is your Garmin doing pretty well at holding a charge? I guess Tampa Bay isn't missing Tom Brady that much. Liz's DH is an Eagles fan, so he's not happy.

Linda, you should be tired after all that running around yesterday. What a mess at the bank. How was the chicken cobbler? I hope you have a quieter day planned today.

We're up to a whopping 17° right now and expecting a high of 29, but the sun is out so that seems to be melting things a bit. Emergency Management still has some of our nearby roads on their list of places you don't want to drive on, so I'm not sure if I'll be going anywhere tomorrow. We have a UPS delivery supposedly coming so if it does, I'll check with our driver to see what he thinks. His parents live about 3 miles past us, so he's very familiar with the roads here. I'm staying inside and warm as much as possible today.

It was about 8° when we left the house. We both had our hats and gloves with us a d we hardly ever wear hats and gloves when just running errands. We did get all our errands done. The new secondary eye drops are working so I am good for now and go back in July for checkup and the field of vision test.

Karen, our weather is the same as yours right now. We’re at 19° at 12:30pm. The main roads are fine but our road is a little slick. The city didn’t treat the side roads. Stay warm.

Kathy, no osteoporosis. That’s fantastic. Must be all that Florida sunshine plus good genes. I’m glad she didn’t have any fractures. I’m laughing at her not saying how she pulled a muscle.

Linda, you were busy yesterday a d looks like you are same today. I hate it when I get the days mixed up. Last two times I was at opthamologist my eye pressure was too high, so I was prescribed a second eye drop. I went back today to see of it is working and it is, so no surgery. Yay!