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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Downfall

In April, Florida is hot! I think my poor Canucks body was starting to have a melt down. I shouldn’t complain, I know most of you guys are just starting to see spring, but I’m not a summer type person, as a matter of fact, summer is my least favorite season.
Last Saturday, the car was pointing North where we could escape to cooler weather. – end of the weather rant :)
It usually takes 3 days to drive from our home in Florida to our home in Canada. Last weekend we drove it in 2 days. Sunday we drove 16 hours, that's 1500 KM (930 Miles) straight. That was a long day which started at 4:30 AM.
For the weekend, including Monday as a rest day, my exercising consisted mostly of going for pee-breaks, less than 1000 steps per day.
Tuesday I started to walk again and I even went for a run in late afternoon. Mentally, it was hard. I felt like I could rest for a while and not exercise but I know it's a downfall that I can't afford. In my book, exercise is not something I want to do when I feel like it, it has to be part of my daily routine.
We ate our meals during the trip in restaurants but we did really great. Monday when we drove to our place from our daughter’s house (a 1 hour drive), we also stopped at a restaurant for lunch so that we would not be starving when we got home.  We had a breakfast meal for lunch. I even ate 2 slices of bacon. There were 4 slices in my plate but I believe in “eat less” so 2 slices didn't make the trip to the bottom of my stomach. There was also some home style potatoes, some went down, some didn't.
Next Sunday is my official weight in; however, I weight myself daily and I can tell that my weight is still following it's downfall!
Today hopefully I'll catch up with all the posts you folks wrote. I was keeping you in my mind (and quickly reading your posts).
My new computer has some problems, it keeps adding links to words in blogger. Even when I write a comment, it keeps opening pages about surveys, it is so annoying, any suggestions?

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  1. It's nice to have you back online. I wish I could help with the dilemma of the surveys but I have no idea how!

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    1. We found the solution, it was an application running in the background.

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    2. My computer has done that too, it was really annoying. I've found you can find an answer for anything on the internet if you Google it! Glad you got it fixed.

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    3. In reality my wife found the solution, we looked at the internet and it didn't help.

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  2. Great to have you back online ....... I always consult one of our sons if I experience computer problems - even the grandchildren are getting pretty good at computers and the youngest is only three - computers etc are the future I guess.

    Hope you can sort it satisfactorily.

    Take Care

    All the best Jan

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    1. My wife is the computer wizard, she was a computer techie, so any thing about computer, she is my personal help desk. :)

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  3. Wow, a background process? Did you check for viruses? That really doesn't sound good.

    I'm still amazed by how fast you got back! You almost beat my beloved sister taking the plane! ;)

    -WWE

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    1. I have 3 anti virus loaded on the computer right now, and it didn't help!

      We were fast but not speeding, I still am tired from the trip.

      Now STOP reading blogs and find yourself a house young lady, you can't move under a bridge in Halifax!

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  4. Glad you found out what it was.

    It snowed here today, like real snowstorm. Not blizzard but snow and it's still on the ground as I write this.

    PS: That baking pan is a made-in-France tart pan and I love it to bits. To answer your other question, no, I'm still sick and having allergy issues but this was the best week yet.

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    1. Please Ivy do not use the "S" word any more it's spring! "Frozen fluffy rain drops" would be acceptable, but with moderation :)

      So sorry to hear you are still sick, ye for a good week.

      My wife just got up (5:30) and she used the "S" word... I didn't see it but we have Frozen fluffy rain drops on the ground right now, grrrrrrr

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    2. That's part of living in the snowbelt. Not sure which part of PA you drive through, but we are very close to Canada.

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  5. I love summer! I cannot stand to be cold and it is hard for me to get too hot.
    Lori

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    1. We have some friends that are like lizard... they just bake in the sun and they say they enjoy it. I'm the "old men" in the shade LOL

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  6. My parents did the snowbird thing for a couple of years before deciding that staying in Florida full time was perfectly fine for them. It is crazy hot and humid in the summers, but it is like they are immune!

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    1. Most of our neighbors live in Florida all year long, when we were about to come back, I was complaining about the hot weather and I was not getting any sympathies... those folks seems to think that weather above 95 is normal! Not me, I'm miserable and just want to crawl in the basement and wait for a cold Canadian front to come for relieve :)

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