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Happy Holidays and the cozy Allstate Island (Ona Island)
Sunday, December 27, 2020 142 comments Hello Everyone I hope you are having a great holiday season. This goes out to those celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and others. We celebrate Christmas, but if there's ever been a year for us to all come together and be respectfu... Read more
Holiday Fun
Saturday, December 19, 2020 143 comments Happy Saturday, Everyone! I hope the start of the holiday season is going well with you. Try to enjoy as much as you can and savor the positive moments with all the wackiness of 2020. Today was a good example of the holidays for me. ... Read more
Giving up eating at night: challenging but worth it!
Sunday, November 29, 2020 102 comments Hi Everyone Thanks for all of the Thanksgiving messages! I really appreciate it. We had a nice quiet day and were thankful for many things. Our highlight was taking a family walk together after eating. Of course, our dog Flash came alon... Read more
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 26, 2020 133 comments Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating in the US today! And Happy Thursday to everyone else :). Despite all the wackiness of 2020, we are fortunate to have many things to be thankful for and grateful for this year. We are bummed t... Read more
Day 345: New Hike Route & music from Coco Reilly
Sunday, November 01, 2020 109 comments Hi Everyone I hope you are having a great weekend! The crisp fall mornings are here in Northern California. But someone on our team in Connecticut mentioned snow this weekend. I hope you are enjoying fall wherever you are located. Y... Read more
Day 332: Motivational Song from Scrubs
Sunday, October 18, 2020 110 comments I hope you had a good weekend! Here is a quick check-in Sunday night: My fitness highlight today was doing exercise bike, stretching, and then mini-trampoline. My 14yo was feeling under the weather today, so I sat with him (and Fl... Read more
Day 326: Good hike and swim
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 117 comments Hello everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far! Thanks for all of the nice comments on my last blog about my health. I just passed my 2-year anniversary since the surgery. Interestingly, I didn't even think about it on the anni... Read more
Day 323: New phone
Saturday, October 10, 2020 133 comments Happy Saturday, SparkPeople! My highlight yesterday was getting a new mobile phone for the first time in around 6 years. Since I work from home and also since there is some chance my mobile phone contributed to my brain tumor (the tumor ha... Read more
Day 318: Good Weekend
Sunday, October 04, 2020 117 comments Hi Everyone Today was Day 318 of my 10+ fitness minutes streak. Today's highlight was watching my son play flag football. It was foggy to start the game, which made for an interesting setting. His team won 24-12 and he had 6 catches. He... Read more
Day 309: Swimming in big swell waves yesterday
Saturday, September 26, 2020 115 comments Happy weekend, SparkPeople! Yesterday was Day 309 of my streak. My highlight was doing the cold ocean water training with my son. This was our CRAZIEST experience in the ocean yet. There were large swells that led to large waves. Whe... Read more
Day 304: Good day today!
Monday, September 21, 2020 117 comments Hi Everyone The past 2 days I wrote about my 48-hour experience without caffeine. Thanks for all of the best wishes! Given how long caffeine stays in your system, I think more than ever that it's good to take a break sometimes -- espe... Read more
Day 303: Hanging in there without caffeine
Sunday, September 20, 2020 117 comments Yesterday was Day 303 of my streak. Got a good amount if fitness outside with clear air including a hike with Flash. To continue my goal to go 48 hours without caffeine, I had no coffee this morning or tea early this afternoon. As expecte... Read more
Day 302: 48 hours without caffeine this weekend
Saturday, September 19, 2020 112 comments Hi Everyone Happy weekend! Thanks a bunch for all of the congrats for hitting Day 300. It was fun to see comments from people about applying daily planning and goal-setting to their own goals in different areas of life. I really mean... Read more
Day 300: Fun milestone!
Thursday, September 17, 2020 140 comments Woohoo, yesterday was Day 300 of my current streak. To celebrate, I hiked to the beach with Flash. The keys to a long streak like this are: * Knowing that consistent fitness is meaningful to help reach my goals * It's more of a dai... Read more
Day 296: Two walks for Flash
Sunday, September 13, 2020 127 comments Hi SparkPeeps! Yesterday was a good day here. We had heavy fog most of the day, which keeps the wildfire smoke from reaching the ground, so it was safe to get outside. As a result, I took my dog Flash for a short hike in both the morn... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Last Page » |
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