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Hey, Jaytee, thanks again for the reminder about National Walk Day, hubby and I did a hike-walk in Rancho Palos Verdes and walked up to The Portugese Point. You walk up a huge hill about a 1/2 mile and it overlooks the ocean.  It is a little scary, because you walk along the cliffs at one point and when we were walking down, I must of looked scared, because a young group of ladies insisted on holding my hand, my hubby was holding my other hand, we laughed and laughed.I know I am approaching 60, but I feel younger in my mind, and younger people looking at us must think, why are they walking along the cliffs? They are way too old!!!!! If I had done this last year, I would be suffering with aches and pains, but I actually feel good and energized now. Enough rambling on my part, I hope you all had a wonderful day and were able to get walks in, too. I hope you all have a wonderful Easter Sunday and have many blessings, joy and laughter!!!!!! Kathy

 Dear Janet, what a wonderful tradition and legacy that you are keeping up in your family, really lovely!!! Enjoy your family baking time, very special!!! Jaytee, enjoy those wonderful dumplings, we need to start a cookbook here, so many wonderful recipes. Yes, I am going to try to eat small portions this Sunday. Everyone is coming here, and  they are all trying to lose a few pounds.. Again, have a great Easter, I am sure  I will be on here again. Love, Kathy

Hi again..........Kindergarden, that sounded like a wonderful walk!  I am picturing the view of the ocean...must have been beautiful!  

tenaj........I have seen pictures of that bread in cookbooks but never tried to make it.  Family traditions do make holidays special.......such a good way to remember our loved ones. My Mom was such a good pie baker.  I always say she had 'the touch' with pie crust....try as I may I just can't make a pie crust as flaky as hers.  I like to try though and I always think about her when I do.     Good job on the eating today!We just finished up leftovers tonight so I will have to cook tomorrow.  I need to get up early and walk in the morning. 

ATeam.....it is very hard to pass up goodies at work!   When you said they have popcorn alot, I know that would be difficult for me and its really not that bad of a snack unless they load it with butter.  I had an air popper for awhile.......didnt really like it, the popcorn was so dry you had to put some butter on it.  DH found one of those Whirlypop popcorn pans on sale once, they have a crank in the handle that you turn as it pops, it keeps the popcorn from burning.  I find that I can use less oil than they recommend and I put in some popcorn seasoning instead of using butter.  Its pretty good.    Another book I read a while back was 'The 3 Hour Diet'.  I think the authors last name is Cruz.  It was interesting.  Had different little stories about people of different ages who had good success following his eating plan.  The idea was to eat every 3 hours during the day with the idea of keeping your metabolism fired up.    Seems like I remember him saying that you could have a treat from time to time.  There are just so many different books out there, the trick is to find one that really works with your schedule. 

Take care everyone........have a good day tomorrow!

ATeamNana!!! Great popcorn recipe, and I love your other suggestion of not eating after 7pm.Enjoy your family time on Easter!!!!! You will do great.You will have so much fun hunting for eggs with your grandsons, I can't wait until next year!!!!   Do all of you wonderful wonderful ladies need a vacation. I would love to be your tour guide and activity director here to show you a good time.Unfortunately, since we moved here and downsized, we don't have alot of room anymore, but there is a lovely hotel across the street from us. Come and visit anytime. Hugs, Kathy

Thank you, Marsha, it is so exciting and I have been praying to be a grandmother for a long time. Our new granddaughter is definitely a miracle. We just came back from a bike ride and had to take the bikes up some steep walkways. Boy, I hope the scale is kind tomorrow!!!  I have lost a total of 10 pounds, but need to lose lots more. I am just hoping to lose 10 more by May. How are all you ladies doing out there??? There are so many places to walk and ride bikes out here, so I would love to entertain you all, hubby is very agreeable to that. It is just nice that we can chat here. Hugs, Kathy

Kathy, that is great you lost 10 lbs!!!!! Congratulations! You can loose another 10... You have been so motivated, going to the gym, bike riding & walking. That is why you see results, keep it up & it won't be a problem. :-) that sounds so nice, to visit you & CA..... I would love to see your ocean view. I have the fortune to live near the ocean, but our terrain is flat. The west coast scenes look so beautiful in pictures & movies.

Jaytee & ATeamNana the popcorn sounds very good, I can almost smell it.

Have a great evening everyone!

Cookiemonster- sending prayers for a quick recovery and restful weekend. Sounds like you had a nice trip beforehand at least. Kindergarten - I do enjoy chatting on here. It helps my anxiety very much.

Tenaj. Woot we r off tomorrow. I plan on getting some much needed housework done. We will see how it goes:). Jaytee - I will have to check the 3 day diet book. Have not heard about that one.

Happy Easter everyone!!! Hi plant lover. Erika and Any others that may pop in:)

Kathy - I'd strongly recommend that you head to Yosemite not during summer. It's VERY crowded between Memorial Day and Labor Day. If you go in mid May, the waterfalls should still be pretty spectacular and you can avoid the crowds. If you have the ability to go then, I'd do so. Also go during the week, not on the weekend.

Well, BC is gone as far as we know. There's never a guarantee of it being gone, of course, hence the mammos and MRIs that are in my future.

-Judy

CookieMonster thanks for the tip on Yosemite, it's on my list to visit. Hope your feeling better & not over doing. I just did the treadmill for 2 miles and going for a quick bike ride before I do some chores & shopping. Have a great day my friends!!!! :-)

Thanks for all the well wishes. I'm finally up this morning. Slept OK, but not great on my back last night. I'm definitely not a preferred back sleeper. I'm sure I'm healing up fine, I seem to be good at healing at least. Happy Friday all, and have a great weekend.

I had a great weekend. Family time was good. Now back to good eating habits an work:)

Hope you all had good times also.

Oh Judy such willpower. I'm not so motivated. Weekend really drained me so I may have to exercise from my office chair:)

Have a great day everyone!

I am taking a mango with me for breakfast.

I did not do too bad today. I was the only one in the office so at least I did not have to turn down all the goodies they bring:). My mango was kind of tart. I still have to figure out how to pick a good one. The last time I bought one I loved it. Maybe this is s silly question but are there different varieties??

All in all I had a pretty good day! Hello to everybody!!!

Hi everyone, Sounds like everyone had a nice Easter. It was great to see my kids, we did a lot of cooking & baking.....and of course lots of eatting goes a long with that. Jaytee I also enjoyed some M&M's...(I only do good when they are not in the house)

Kathy, so glad to hear they are just floaters. I have them also & they are very annoying. I found I had my first bad one when I was in my early 40's. I had to see a retinal specialist who was this very young doctor who said it was normal with old age. Really???? 40's????? I wanted to smack him, but was glad to hear it wasn't too serious.

ATeamNana, I don't have too much experience with mango's except for some mango sorbet martini's I use to make, quite delicious!!!! Since my BC dx I rarely drink anymore but perhaps I will treat myself to one of those soon. Maybe when I start making some head way with some weight loss. I seem to be in a yo-yo phase. I loose 2-3lbs and then gain them back & then down again. I've been very good on the excercise but need to get better with eatting. My plan is to start calorie counting again. I have a great app on my IPhone that keeps track.

Enjoy the rest of the evening & have. Wonderful day tomorrow.

((((hugs))))

Janet