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POLSKARENIA
SparkPoints: (66,411)
Fitness Minutes: (23,519) Posts: 6,804 9/7/12 6:03 P
We wen to France, once on the motorbike, then by plane taking my daughter along.... great trips both!!
Renia
2 weddings to be glam for - the second will be my own in Spring 2013!! A good place to start...
2012 must surely be MY year at last!!
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YELLOWDAHLIA
SparkPoints: (69,150)
Fitness Minutes: (120) Posts: 9,612 9/6/12 10:55 A
No real vacation for me this year. Lots of day trips though.
**LINDA**
Weight loss is accomplished with the mind.
A person who wants something WILL find a way....a person who doesn't will find an excuse.
Which do you prefer? The pain of self discipline?....or...the pain of self regret?
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BONBON561
SparkPoints: (88,552)
Fitness Minutes: (112,006) Posts: 19,371 9/5/12 2:37 P
I might be going to Charleston SC over Thanksgiving but the plans haven't been firmed up yet
Begin Orderly New Nutrition and Include Exercise, Begone Gain, Be aware Of Nutrition Be aware Of Night eating 5 servings of fruits, 6 days walking, 1 snack a day
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1GRNTHMB
Posts: 4,791 9/5/12 1:21 P
I like the "What's a Vacation" That made me chuckle.
Except for a couple of half day excursions into the mountains I did not really do anything.
SparkPoints: (88,552)
Fitness Minutes: (112,006) Posts: 19,371 9/3/12 1:53 P
What's a vacation?
Begin Orderly New Nutrition and Include Exercise, Begone Gain, Be aware Of Nutrition Be aware Of Night eating 5 servings of fruits, 6 days walking, 1 snack a day
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DIDI2692
Posts: 690 9/3/12 12:38 P
We went camping and hiking in Sequoia National Park. It was fun and relaxing!
SUZYMARC
SparkPoints: (79,802)
Fitness Minutes: (84,356) Posts: 6,211 9/3/12 9:26 A
We took our summer vacation about a week before school started up here. We went to our time share resort down in Myrtle Beach, SC. Thankfully the rain held out each day until the evening hours. We spent time in the pool and hot tubs, shopping the beach stores for bargains, flea markets, Huntington Beach State Park- absolutely beautiful & relaxing, Broadway at the Beach store, Barefoot Landing for the homemade candy and Black Market Minerals, plus the wineries for my hubby. I did treat the family to tickets for the Medieval Times dinner & show- AWESOME well worth the $ spent. Then instead of opting for a massage for myself I bought the family tickets to the Le Grande Cirque and made a great choice- I laughed so hard at times I had tears coming down and my hands were sore from all my clapping.
I am retired now, so instead of "vacations", we "take trips." After my parents both died, and we settled the estate, I was able to put some money into an account to save for "bucket list" trips. We never had children, and couldn't afford to adopt during the years when we were the right ages to raise kids, so I don't need to help kids financially or worry about leaving something to my heirs. While I really miss the fun with grandchildren other people have, and our holidays are very quiet and lonely except for volunteer work, the upside is, I have taken some terrific trips, and my next one will be 3 weeks in Kenya and Tanzania on a photo safari next month.
Linda Wright There's a cat in my lap so I can't get up!
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EMILYULM1
SparkPoints: (26,086)
Fitness Minutes: (7,518) Posts: 2,307 9/3/12 8:44 A
Nothing huge. A few trips here and there. It was a good one though. Great weather.
“Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles…. it empties today of its strength.”
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LYNMEINDERS
SparkPoints: (111,672)
Fitness Minutes: (43,396) Posts: 10,788 9/3/12 3:58 A
thankyou Esther....it will be nice when it finally arrives.... There are plenty of houses for sale here at present.......I am sure there would be something you would like.....lol
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BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
Leader Meeting the Daily Challenge of Diet & Exercise team.... Co-leader Daniel Fast Team BLC 18.. Powerful Prism Panthers Team BLC 19....Powerful Prism Panthers team Summer 5% Fall 5% Challenge.... Cloverleafs team Beck Diet Solution Team 100 Days of weight Loss challenge..
5% winter into Spring Challenge... Leader of the Cloverleafs Team in 5% challenge
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BLUEBELLGIRLS
SparkPoints: (33,005)
Fitness Minutes: (38,501) Posts: 838 9/3/12 3:32 A
Went to the Olympics and also visited family
A long way to go but keep plodding along, day by day.
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DONNALEE24
SparkPoints: (72,450)
Fitness Minutes: (77,977) Posts: 9,601 9/3/12 3:24 A
Went to my oldest grandaughters graduation in June. They had gap & gowns onSat. eve, then angelic white evening gowns on Sunday afternoon....Beautiful!!! Ten days later she was checked int BYU to stager the largest enrollment ever. Happy Days:D
In GOD We Trust Choose To Lose "If you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." -General George S Patton, U.S.Army, 1912 Olympian
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GARDENQE2
SparkPoints: (50,030)
Fitness Minutes: (56,268) Posts: 1,767 9/3/12 12:15 A
Lyn, enjoy your spring!
If I were rich, I would have a home in New Zealand, and one here, so I would never have to suffer through another long hot summer!
SparkPoints: (67,122)
Fitness Minutes: (56,018) Posts: 3,421 9/2/12 10:44 P
We are still putting a new roof on and we had a lot of company. We went fishing and caught lots of salmon and did a lot of walks. Our real vacation comes in winter when we go to La Paz, Baha Mexico.
"The world is one country and mankind its citizens" one of the many truths spoken by Baha'u'llah and "Love is the light that guideth in darkness, the living link that uniteth God with man, that assureth the progress of every illumined soul."
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LUNCHMOM1
SparkPoints: (92,111)
Fitness Minutes: (70,010) Posts: 2,221 9/2/12 10:29 P
we only went camping a couple of times and i spent the rest of my summer vacation which for me is mid june to mid august, just doing some projects around the house. we did go to an all alumni class reunion, both my dh and i went to the same high school, but there was no one there from my class. mostly the ones there graduated in the 50's and 60's. they are a very lively group.
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GABY1948
SparkPoints: (162,114)
Fitness Minutes: (139,049) Posts: 62,577 9/2/12 8:21 P
Same to you! I am retired so it was pretty much the same as the rest of the year only warm so much more is outside
Gaye / Michigan
Living by Romans 6,7 & 8!
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MS_SWEETHEART
SparkPoints: (42,575)
Fitness Minutes: (19,285) Posts: 7,444 9/2/12 8:19 P
Nothing much, just a few family gatherings.
Never undermine your worth, by comparing yourself to others. ~Tonya J.
Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing being wrong. ~Peter T. Mcintyre
LYNMEINDERS
SparkPoints: (111,672)
Fitness Minutes: (43,396) Posts: 10,788 9/2/12 7:49 P
Our seasons are opposite to you...we have summer in your winter so ours is still a few months off....
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BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
Leader Meeting the Daily Challenge of Diet & Exercise team.... Co-leader Daniel Fast Team BLC 18.. Powerful Prism Panthers Team BLC 19....Powerful Prism Panthers team Summer 5% Fall 5% Challenge.... Cloverleafs team Beck Diet Solution Team 100 Days of weight Loss challenge..
5% winter into Spring Challenge... Leader of the Cloverleafs Team in 5% challenge
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GARDENQE2
SparkPoints: (50,030)
Fitness Minutes: (56,268) Posts: 1,767 9/2/12 7:23 P
Remember when the teacher asked you to write about this subject in the early days of school?
Mine was special this year. I drove with a friend to Skokie, Illinois to attend his 55th high school reunion. There were 62 people attending. That's impressive, since they are all 72 or 73 years of age. What a fun and energetic group! Some still lived in the same area and others came from all corners of the USA. Our round trip was almost 1300 miles.
While we were in the "neighborhood" we met a Sparkfriend on her farm outside Peoria, Illinois. Her husband is an avid fisherman and cooked fresh-caught fish for our dinner. This is the second time I arranged to meet another sparkperson while on a trip. What a great community!
I hope everyone had a good summer and an even better autumn!
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