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EXERCISE ROLL CALL - Saturday

by Elaine/ret/IN

Dec 17, 2016

8386 steps today on 45 minutes at the gym and then doing housework until now (8:24). I plan to relax next week. Yes, I do. Well after the grands go home on Tuesday. And before the other grand comes on Saturday. Love this time of year.

Men, that sounds awful at your mall. Ice is what is the scariest of all. I hope you made it to Ohio OK. Ou...See More

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Elaine/ret/IN Judy I love your idea and your terminology: doses of
careful. What a kind son and GF to take out those paint
cans. That sort of task is a pain for sure.

Stay warm.;)

Elaine

Dec 18, 2016

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ron/nj Had to go walk at the mall as it was too slushy out. It was different.

Dec 18, 2016

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Apple Seed for Sunday, 18 December 2016

by Barb S. hs/ret

Dec 18, 2016

<h3><font color=green>The things we do at Christmas are touched with a certain extravagance, as beautiful, in some of its aspects, as the extravagance of nature in June.</font>

<i><font color=red>~ Robert Collyer</i></h3></font>

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Haven't been here in a looooong time

by Sandy/PA/Title I

Dec 13, 2016

I haven't been here in a loooooong time.

I used to be Sandy/PA/2. Now Title I.

For some reason, Teachers.net just came to my mind today and I thought I'd stop by to see how many of the old gang were still here. :-)

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Jme Good to see you ;-). Things going well?

J12/13/16, Sandy/PA/Title I wrote: > I haven't been here in a loooooong time. > > I used to be Sandy/PA/2. Now Title I. > > For some reason, Teachers.net just came to my mind today > and I thought I'd stop by to see how many of the old gang > were still here. :-)

Dec 17, 2016

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That's probably a particular poster from the politics board, On 12/17/16,

who would love to destroy Bob and his site because she disagrees with his politics.

neither has anyone else! LOL! wrote: > On 12/17/16, Jme wrote: >> Good to see you ;-). Things going well? >> >> J12/13/16, Sandy/PA/Title I wrote: >>> I haven't been here in a loooooong time. >>>...See More

Dec 17, 2016

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EXERCISE ROLL CALL - Friday

by steps

Dec 16, 2016

@ judycaret: Rain came to us last night, and it's still raining--quite hard, too. What a sight to behold to see so much water coming down from the sky. Good job on walking despite the sprinkles!

@ Ah, Elaine, "Emergency babysitter, will travel". I'm sure there was smiles all around at that Christmas concert last night.

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men to Elaine > > Men, I can't imagine doing retail over the holidays; you > get extra points for all those hours on your feet. I'm > thinking your trip to Ohio will be OK and you'll be there > before tomorrow starts. Crossing fingers for you. >

> > We have freezing rain in the forecast, so I'm not sure how > I'll step tomor...See More > > Men, I can't imagine doing retail over the holidays; you > get extra points for all those hours on your feet. I'm > thinking your trip to Ohio will be OK and you'll be there > before tomorrow starts. Crossing fingers for you. >

> > We have freezing rain in the forecast, so I'm not sure how > I'll step tomorrow. ut step I must. > > Elaine

Thanks for the good wishes. Husband had to drive over to the grocery about an hour ago to give dd a ride home when she missed the bus. We were not aware of any precipitation, but here it is really bad. There is a complete coating of ice and people couldn't even get out to their cars out of the store it was so slick. The employees were out there trying to help customers out to the car by throwing bags of Ice Melt out in front of them as they slipped along. He was lucky to get home, that's for sure. Now I am nervous because I have to be at work before 7AM and I am afraid the roads won't be clear that early. Of course, snow is supposed to come sometime, too tonight. I hope everything settles down by the time we hope to leave by 1 with the warmer temps. I know huge amounts of snow like the upper midwest is getting is hard to deal with, but an invisable coating of ice on everything is really bad, too.

I have never ice skated, only roller skated. I remember saying at a family gathering decades ago that I didn't know how to ice skate and my mother was so shocked. (She grew up in Cleveland so of course, she knew how to ice skate). I told her how could I know how to skate when no one ever took me or taught me? It looks like fun. I LOVED roller skating and I tried it at a rink on New Year's Day about 4 years ago with a couple of my grandchildren (their first time). I actually did put on skates for that first time in probably 30-35 years and had a blast. I was surprised at how easily it came to me. I was able to inspire a couple other grandma aged ladies to put on skates, too. It was interesting because one was from Sweden and she thought roller skating was more difficult then ice skating. I assume that would be what a lot of people would think depending on what they grew up doing. I never skated in rinks, only sidewalks. We have a little ice rink here in town now, so I think you have inspired me to take the grandkids to that this winter. Oh, I did end up falling roller skating and hitting my head when I didn't stop when I knew I was getting tired. I realized how lucky I was that I didn't get knocked out or broke something. You were wise to not take a chance with your bones.

Have a great weekend!

Dec 16, 2016

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Bev-MI Love, love, love hearing about all the different activities being engaged! Keep it up! :)

Yesterday was spent shopping and then wrapping at DM's. Today I did get 2 miles on the treadmill, after uncovering my car in her driveway. More is coming this evening. Heading back in a few minutes. I wanted to check in and read the roll call!
...See MoreLove, love, love hearing about all the different activities being engaged! Keep it up! :)

Yesterday was spent shopping and then wrapping at DM's. Today I did get 2 miles on the treadmill, after uncovering my car in her driveway. More is coming this evening. Heading back in a few minutes. I wanted to check in and read the roll call!

Hugs to ((((all))))!!

On 12/16/16, men to Elaine wrote: > >> >> Men, I can't imagine doing retail over the holidays; you >> get extra points for all those hours on your feet. I'm >> thinking your trip to Ohio will be OK and you'll be there >> before tomorrow starts. Crossing fingers for you. >> > >> >> We have freezing rain in the forecast, so I'm not sure how >> I'll step tomorrow. ut step I must. >> >> Elaine > > Thanks for the good wishes. Husband had to drive over to the > grocery about an hour ago to give dd a ride home when she > missed the bus. We were not aware of any precipitation, but > here it is really bad. There is a complete coating of ice and > people couldn't even get out to their cars out of the store it > was so slick. The employees were out there trying to help > customers out to the car by throwing bags of Ice Melt out in > front of them as they slipped along. He was lucky to get home, > that's for sure. Now I am nervous because I have to be at work > before 7AM and I am afraid the roads won't be clear that early. > Of course, snow is supposed to come sometime, too tonight. I > hope everything settles down by the time we hope to leave by 1 > with the warmer temps. I know huge amounts of snow like the > upper midwest is getting is hard to deal with, but an invisable > coating of ice on everything is really bad, too. > > I have never ice skated, only roller skated. I remember saying > at a family gathering decades ago that I didn't know how to ice > skate and my mother was so shocked. (She grew up in Cleveland > so of course, she knew how to ice skate). I told her how could > I know how to skate when no one ever took me or taught me? It > looks like fun. I LOVED roller skating and I tried it at a rink > on New Year's Day about 4 years ago with a couple of my > grandchildren (their first time). I actually did put on skates > for that first time in probably 30-35 years and had a blast. I > was surprised at how easily it came to me. I was able to > inspire a couple other grandma aged ladies to put on skates, > too. It was interesting because one was from Sweden and she > thought roller skating was more difficult then ice skating. I > assume that would be what a lot of people would think depending > on what they grew up doing. I never skated in rinks, only > sidewalks. We have a little ice rink here in town now, so I > think you have inspired me to take the grandkids to that this > winter. Oh, I did end up falling roller skating and hitting my > head when I didn't stop when I knew I was getting tired. I > realized how lucky I was that I didn't get knocked out or broke > something. You were wise to not take a chance with your bones. > > Have a great weekend!

Dec 17, 2016

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Hearty Soup Recipe

by Teacher lunch pot luck

Dec 14, 2016

We are having a lunch pot luck on Friday. What is a good hearty soup recipe that can be in the crockpot from 7:30 am-12:50pm.

Not going to do French onion as it is too sloppy to transport.

I have a lovely salmon soup but it is very pricey so I will save that for family.

My best chicken soup recipe was used last week so I'...See More

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Wild Rice Soup Wild Rice Soup

Rinse and drain 1 cup wild rice. Bring to a rolling boil
in a pot of of water - 45min to an hour. Drain excess
water. Add 1/2 lb. crisp fried bacon that is fried with
one small chopped onion. Stir in 3 cans of Campbell's
Cream of Potato Soup and milk to desired consistency.
Heat. Stir in 2 cups of grated ched...See More

Dec 14, 2016

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Update I went with the Wild Rice Soup (I used the Uncle Ben's box mix). It was easy to make the rice and bacon the night before and dump everything together at school for it to heat through.

I am just about to start the Cheeseburger Soup for dinner tonight. Perfect soup night as we dip down to below temps!

Thank you for the recipes!!

Dec 17, 2016

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Can anyone help me with an airport question?

by a-b-c-Dee

Dec 15, 2016

Hello! I'm taking my 19 y/o daughter to the airport tomorrow. I haven't been to an airport in about 25 years, and that was with a group. I have a question about how far I can go into the airport (LAX, United) with her as a non-flier. Thanks!

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Flacka Lulu had some great advice and I'm sure she will be fine. One thing I would add is to check the monitor and confirm that the gate on the boarding pass is the correct gate. Sometimes they change the gate and she doesn't want to have to go running thru the airport to the gate. If she leaves the gate area to get something to eat or used the restroom, ...See More

Dec 17, 2016

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Sandy/PA/Title I On 12/17/16, Flacka wrote: > Lulu had some great advice and I'm sure she will be fine. One thing I > would add is to check the monitor and confirm that the gate on the > boarding pass is the correct gate. Sometimes they change the gate > and she doesn't want to have to go running thru the airport to the > gate. If she leaves the gate...See More

Dec 17, 2016

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Tracking lost objects

by Furious

Dec 15, 2016

Is there a c h i p or something that I can hide in coats, etc? I've had two jackets taken from events just this month. My name and phone number is in the label--because this has happened before. The last item was a jacket I picked up at a thrift store was not of particular value and that's the way it will be from now on, in events where I have to l...See More

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Flacka There is something called Tile or Tile Tracker that allows you to find things via your smart phone. I think they are meant for finding things like your keys but you will have to check out the specifics about how they work. Even if you could locate your jacket and it was at someone's house because they stole it, would you go to their house and try t...See More

Dec 15, 2016

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Lulu I would! You could always use the "You must have taken it by mistake" line. You'd both know it wasn't true but the other person could save a modicum of face while still knowing they were busted.

The Tile not only lets you track your item, but you can make it ring when you get close so your "Oh no, I haven't seen your coat&q...See More

Dec 17, 2016

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Apple Seed for Saturday, 17 December 2016

by Barb S. hs/ret

Dec 17, 2016

<h3><font color=red>At this special time of year: Follow the children. Hear the joy in their laughter. See the love in their eyes. Feel the hope in their touch.</font>

<i><font color=green>~ Unknown</i></h3></font>

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Apple Seed for Friday, 16 December 2016

by Barb S. hs/ret

Dec 16, 2016

<h3><font color=green>The joy of brightening others’ lives, bearing each other’s burden, easing others’ loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.</font>

<i><font color=red>~ W. C. Jones</i></h3></font>

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