Right along with 'unprecedented'.

Sequence

Stoic philosophy has been on my radar for a bit. Man's burden in life, at least sometimes, is to suffer. And the idea of purpose can be joy in the good times, but can also be something that makes the suffering meaningful. So letting the dog out to pee, providing shelter for your child's friend, doing the work to heal your body, going to work to pay down debt... these can be the things that drag you out of bed in the hard times, propelling you along until life moves into a less painful phase. At least that's the premise as I understand it.

Would it add more meaning if you were on the board of a charity, helping to decide where donations might do the most good? You could also apply thought to making a targeted difference?

Volunteer work. Trying to make life better for people in our community. Killing time until I have grandkids... jk.... maybe

If there is a community facebook group in that area, that might be a good place to ask.

So this would be Bell satellite? Or do you have cell service and can get a smart hub? We have the smart hub and Roku works great with that. I've heard satellite is supposed to be faster now, but I would need some convincing that it could reliably stream before going that route again.

Trails have been wet and slippery lately, so mostly dog walks with the odd run on a nice day, which feels really great after the longer breaks. Got some snowshoes for my birthday! I messaged a couple of friends, one was not keen on it but suggested x-country skiing. We have a friend who sets a trail in her hayfield. The other one is interested in snowshoeing and had already been thinking about getting a pair for Christmas. She also lives where there are x-country trails set in the winter so she'll see if she has a pair hiding in their barn. I just took the last of the kids' hockey stuff to the consignment store. 😢 They told me I already had a credit there, must be from some other gear I guess, so x-country skiis are in the works now as well, yay! Yoga is still happening. I love food way too much. Something must be done as the scale is creeping steadily in the wrong direction. I keep getting ads for Noom in my Facebook feed, so clearly the ad algorithms are working accurately for me, lol. No plan as of yet, just feeling a definite need to set myself some boundaries. 😕

If it wasn't just an oversight (it can be a challenge to keep numbers down), and your dh had planned to go I would be tempted to go along and visit family while he attends the event. Win-win.

Actually yes, players are being asked to show up dressed and use the dressings rooms, a few at a time, to lace on their skates only. It's gotta be a challenge if you live far from the rink, I'm not sure if I had young kids again whether I could pull it off. (No siblings allowed either, which would have been a deal breaker way back when.)

Just a thought, maybe check in to how your organization is doing hockey. Here, there is no contact, no face offs, no away games - it's essentially modified practices and house games. Major limits on numbers and spacing for dressing rooms, lobby, bleachers, even how many on the ice and on the benches. But yeah, recirculated indoor air does seem like no.

Butternut Squash and Apple Bisque 1/4 c. butter 1/2 c. coarsely chopped onion 1 Tbsp. minced garlic 2 Tbsp. brown sugar 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped 4 c. Butternut squash, peeled, seeded and chopped 4 c. chicken stock 1/4 tsp. turmeric 1/8 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. sea salt 1/8 ground white pepper I think the last time I made this I omitted the brown sugar and added a few potatoes to bulk it up.

I love paprika. Smoked paprika is distinctive, but I could see a little bit rounding out those flavours. The Butternut Squash and Apple Bisque recipe I've used calls for garlic, turmeric, ginger, nutmeg, salt and pepper.

seriously not a crafter, but styrofoam packing maybe?

I have used apple juice as an adequate substitute in other recipes, though not the same flavour as the real thing, for sure. I have not used either in bread. Since you don't know what it would taste like otherwise, if it were me I would try it with the fruit juice.

Not in my location

IIRC, I loved the 2015 one, watched it many times. This one is at least on par. Fabulous! Thanks for sharing.

I've taken a break from PT exercises. Hip bursitis is quite improved - new mattress really, really helps. Last child at home, 20yo ds, is off to trade school for 6 weeks, so I've got daily dog duty. My jog 1km/walk 1km is now 5 days a week. So far so good!

To my amateur eye it looks like it may be more device-friendly. Rats. I was going to share an apple-cherry tomato chutney recipe.

I googled 'John Muir Trail guided hike' and several companies popped up. Not sure about covid or price, but something for the future maybe.

Good luck!

Depending on snow load, think about your roof and coop access. Also keeping water open.

I can really relate to that feeling, for sure.

I see this Falwell thing keeps growing. My reference was only to the first photo, and sorry but a pregnant lady and a middle aged dude comparing bellies in a photo should hardly be a scandal. But yeah, so often that stuff is just the tip of the iceberg. Not surprising, sadly. As for a private university making use of protocols and achieving some success: Sorry to interrupt with even some faint optimism. Please carry on, I swear not to mention anything positive in this thread henceforward.

That sounds so cold!! We have a lovely swim from the dock to the island and back, but we don't actually go onto the island unless boating or kayaking, because leeches. Once it starts getting weedy, we turn around and head back, lol.