LydiaJaybird Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 The challenge with your daughter is such a cute idea. I love it! Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Level 1 Half-elf Assassin STR 2 | DEX 3 | STA 1 | CON 1 | WIS 2 | CHA 1 'From flabby geek to Sheik and Mystique' Instagram: LJaybirdfly Current Challenge: Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted December 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 23 hours ago, elizevdmerwe said: But you've been my inspiration from day one! So we form a circle... I love the challenge with Youngest! I'm stealing the idea. I'm trying to get my two boys to at least walk with me, not to mention practice some self defense. The only thing that will definitely get them moving is if I tell them they can win a block of chocolate (or Youngest a can of Coke - even worse!) at the end of the week if they do everything with me. Otherwise not even their favourite toy/Skylander character as prize is motivation enough at the moment. that's a lovely circly Yes, steal ahead!! Kids can be so competitive (grown kids like me too) and it does really help. This week she hasn't yet pulled in much, I have to keep reminding her and might have to help her a bit again, like I did last week - train some vocab together and then she is enjoying it and continuing on her own. Together time doesn't count into the challenge though, otherwise I wouldn't stand a chance Let me know how it works with your boys. I'm very curious about that! 22 hours ago, Mad Hatter said: Bwahaha if that LOSER label doesn't kick you into gear then I don't know what will. EXACTLY 19 hours ago, Lightning said: That's some serious shade being thrown by your daughter! I know!! 19 hours ago, Lightning said: Is your battle log already up? nope... as soon as I went into the battle log forums my mind went blank and I couldn't think of any theme or start or whatever.... hmpf Decided to get up and do something else instead, tackled laundry, noticed the bath needed cleaning, made a fire in our wood stove, realized the kitchen was a mess... by the time I looked at the watch again lunch was due. How does that always happen?? Anyway I got a lot done = feel good Wacked my brain around postage costs and times for the little shop on my new website (selling CD Sets with my meditations, yay, some art and the books I had translated), measured, weighed, and found a tricky VAT challenge on the downloads, but decided my tax consultant will have to help me sort it Got insurance stuff handled for the orthodontic costs of kids braces, notified the Health department about moving my healing pracitioner address to new place in January (we have to move office, hubby and me used to share, now he is moving into a new room and I'll work from home only), sent out ordered books and cds, caught up on all emails AND am one step closer to getting my programs from my old notebook across to the new one, yayyyyyyyy Who knew it's so cumbersome to get photoshop, wavelab and others across from one notebook to the next... guess the old one running on Windows 7 and the new one on Windows 10 is not helping Anywho, it was a very satisfied firedragon marching to choir last night and choir rehearsal was super yummy But, yea, still no battle log... 1 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted December 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 18 hours ago, LydiaJaybird said: The challenge with your daughter is such a cute idea. I love it! Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Thanks. Maybe I should expand it and set up loot like you have for rewards If I offered her nice leggings, she would push a lot harder, I guess. I wouldn't mind some either Saw these recently and got very tempted: aren't they awesome? or some dragon scales... 3 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 Love the leggings! The first ones are super cute. Nice job of getting stuff done! Though I didn't realise people still bought CDs. 3 Quote Link to comment
Mrs Van Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Mad Hatter said: Nice job of getting stuff done! Though I didn't realise people still bought CDs. You buy the cd, then put a copy on a USB stick. The cd stays unscratched and you can chop and change your music list. The risk is too if you only have music on your harddrive (computer) and the electricity cuts out as often as it sometimes do here, of files corrupting, etc. Well that's what hubby and I do. I just bought myself a cd from Home Free for Christmas! And sometimes popping that cd into the player and listening in the kitchen while cooking, etc. is just tops. But I'm maybe old fashioned that way 1 Quote Mrs. Van's Latest Challenge Zechariah 4:6 "Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the Lord." Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 16 minutes ago, elizevdmerwe said: But I'm maybe old fashioned that way Yep totally old fashioned. I haven't even owned a CD player in years! I use a combo of external hard drives for backups and Spotify. 2 Quote Link to comment
Mrs Van Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 59 minutes ago, Mad Hatter said: Yep totally old fashioned. I haven't even owned a CD player in years! I use a combo of external hard drives for backups and Spotify. I only heard about Spotify the other day. Don't have a clue what it is about. One day... 1 Quote Mrs. Van's Latest Challenge Zechariah 4:6 "Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the Lord." Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 3 minutes ago, elizevdmerwe said: I only heard about Spotify the other day. Don't have a clue what it is about. One day... Whatever works 2 Quote Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 On 8.12.2016 at 4:48 PM, Mad Hatter said: Love the leggings! The first ones are super cute. Nice job of getting stuff done! Though I didn't realise people still bought CDs. I actually ordered them now, squeeeeeeeee They were on a huge special, so I bought them now, but I might just keep them aside and make them bait for some goals or even my win at the challenge between my daughter and me, offering her a juicy price in return... will see. But yay, I ordered You'd be surprised! Quite a few people do still love holding something physical in their hands, and also some of my clientel is older and prefers the technology they are more familiar with Another reason is, when someone wants to give them as a gift to others for Christmas, then it's also nice to have something to physically hand over. On 8.12.2016 at 6:32 PM, elizevdmerwe said: You buy the cd, then put a copy on a USB stick. The cd stays unscratched and you can chop and change your music list. The risk is too if you only have music on your harddrive (computer) and the electricity cuts out as often as it sometimes do here, of files corrupting, etc. Well that's what hubby and I do. I just bought myself a cd from Home Free for Christmas! And sometimes popping that cd into the player and listening in the kitchen while cooking, etc. is just tops. But I'm maybe old fashioned that way You keep reminding me of blessings I take for granted Like electricity being reliable so much of our time, wow am I glad! I'm also a little old fashioned in such ways For instance I still love the touch and smell of a book in my hands as nifty as ebooks are On 8.12.2016 at 6:49 PM, Mad Hatter said: Yep totally old fashioned. I haven't even owned a CD player in years! I use a combo of external hard drives for backups and Spotify. has a lot of advantages! plus easy packing if/when you move On 8.12.2016 at 7:49 PM, elizevdmerwe said: I only heard about Spotify the other day. Don't have a clue what it is about. One day... look it up!! It's really nice. I love the song radio option and listening to my kids playlists for new music and have discovered a lot of great music that way. 1 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Just a brief update, because I am not hiding again Still here, just no battle log yet... I might lose again to my daughter this week While I am actually having an awesome week! Monday yoga at home happened plus a short set of kettlebell swings, so that is 34 min to count onto our challenge. Tuesday I went to yoga class and this time it felt quite challenging there but I didn't feel anything at all the next day (last week it was exactly the other way round... mysteries). It was great but that doesn't count for our challenge Wednesday was packed full work day, no movement happened Thursday was so stunning outside and I had managed so much on Wednesday that I took half of Thursday morning off and went for a long, amazing walk in frosted over fields and forest. Pics might follow, but I don't want to make you too jealous Hubby was super jealous, so I got him to finally go hike with me again on our Fridays (yay, funny how things turn into more things) and Friday we went for a short hike up a close-by mountain. Not as stunning because the frosting had melted, but beautiful anyhow and I can feel a bit of stamina coming back. Hubby felt his legs later, I didn't What happens this morning? My boy walks in and asks "So, should we go up a mountain today?" I started laughing and he looked at me funny, but I quickly told him, that I love him asking that questions and even though other things had been on schedule, we'd make a plan. The thing is that in the past, we'd go hike all together as a family and if that wasn't going to work, because someone had to be elsewhere, we'd move it to a later day. But that just leads to us hardly ever going So today I thought, why not go just him and me? Hubby went to sort out the lights and other things for his new office, eldest had to study, I drove youngest to her friend to play for the afternoon and looked up a close-by hike for my boy and me. Win win all around. We walked very leisurly for over 3 hours, caught a few pokemon, but mostly had great conversation and fantastic view. Already told hubby that will be our walk for next Friday Unfortunatelly for my challenge, no walks count in and no classes I go to either, as daughters homework and school hours don't count either. So pole class on Thursday was great, but I still have no more to list on our sheet than what I did on Monday Which is fine. I had an awesome week, so I don't care one bit. Well, maybe a tiny bit but then again, it's not yet over, one more day to go Sending happy hugs to all of you and will catch up some more later. Checking out now for family time with pizza and Bavarian comedy 3 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 How wonderful that your son wanted to go hiking with you and then you actually did it. And your daughter doing yoga with you! 2 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Lightning Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 3 hours outdoors with your boy sounds like is own kind of win. i miss living in an area with hiking opportunities. Walking in the woods is easily my favorite outdoor activity. 3 Quote Level 23 Assassin Current Challenge "Nothing is true; everything is permitted" Link to comment
Mrs Van Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 15 hours ago, lucky fire dragon said: What happens this morning? My boy walks in and asks "So, should we go up a mountain today? Love this! 15 hours ago, lucky fire dragon said: Thursday was so stunning outside and I had managed so much on Wednesday that I took half of Thursday morning off and went for a long, amazing walk in frosted over fields and forest. Pics might follow, but I don't want to make you too jealous It will give us peace and something to sigh over. Glad you had such a great week, even if you do (maybe) loose to your daughter yet another week. To get them inspired I'll be willing to loose (only just) every week. 1 Quote Mrs. Van's Latest Challenge Zechariah 4:6 "Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the Lord." Link to comment
Suzaqu Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 That definitely looks like a super awesome week! Sounds like awesome family time! 1 Quote Current Challenge 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
LydiaJaybird Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 I've actually ordered from lotus leggings before - they look just like the picture, but they're really cheap material, lol. But since they're cheap to buy too, it didn't really bother me xD Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Level 1 Half-elf Assassin STR 2 | DEX 3 | STA 1 | CON 1 | WIS 2 | CHA 1 'From flabby geek to Sheik and Mystique' Instagram: LJaybirdfly Current Challenge: Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 On 12/10/2016 at 6:10 PM, lucky fire dragon said: Which is fine. I had an awesome week, so I don't care one bit. This is the most important thing. The challenges are just a way to help creating more of those awesome weeks! 4 Quote Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 On 10.12.2016 at 6:37 PM, Elastigirl said: How wonderful that your son wanted to go hiking with you and then you actually did it. And your daughter doing yoga with you! He's genuinely happy to go hike now most days, which is so wonderful. Today we went all five of us and youngest complained for 2 minutes maybe but then we all enjoyed My daughter is not doing yoga with me, no, but we found a way to make her do her school extras like latin vocab and maths practice versus me doing home workouts with yoga, strength training or pole. If she practises on her flute recorder it counts as well. We both count in minutes and see who accumulated most over the week. She won the first week by far (46 minutes more than me) and then rested on her laurels in week 2 as I had given her those 46 minutes as headstart into the new week. I couldn't let that happen and beat her with 92 minutes in total, so now I had a headstart of 46 She got off her bum and we had a close run in week 3 which I won by 6 minutes only and last week I lost to her by 3 minutes. It's great fun for both of us and really helpful! And I can actually only win I'm really happy when she wins because it means she trained for school or recorder, so yay We even upped the stakes now: I ordered a bunch of those pretty leggings and can win one each for each week I win while each week she wins, she can choose a little Schleich toy (beautifully crafted animal toys she loves to play with) in the lower price range. Or save up and get a bigger one instead of two small ones. It will cost me I can see it coming but she is over the moon and more motivated than ever. Which will kick my own bum into action again, so yay... On 11.12.2016 at 3:16 AM, Lightning said: 3 hours outdoors with your boy sounds like is own kind of win. i miss living in an area with hiking opportunities. Walking in the woods is easily my favorite outdoor activity. Definitely is! Mine too and I still won the challenge as I did a nearly full hour kb workout for beginners On 11.12.2016 at 9:17 AM, elizevdmerwe said: Love this! It will give us peace and something to sigh over. Glad you had such a great week, even if you do (maybe) loose to your daughter yet another week. To get them inspired I'll be willing to loose (only just) every week. Thank you! I didn't loose this time, but it kicked her into action so it was good. She didn't mind and last week she won Here we go: 3 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 3 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 On 13.12.2016 at 3:48 AM, Suzaqu said: That definitely looks like a super awesome week! Sounds like awesome family time! It was, thank you On 13.12.2016 at 5:24 AM, LydiaJaybird said: I've actually ordered from lotus leggings before - they look just like the picture, but they're really cheap material, lol. But since they're cheap to buy too, it didn't really bother me xD Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk oh okay, well I kind of suspected that and as you say it's not a big loss then... still they are cute so I'm excited anyhow Are they comfy? Still waiting for mine to arrive in the mail, but I guess they need a while from US to Germany... and I still first have to beat my daughter in our challenge to get any How's your swimming going btw? It really made me think, it is such a great fun thing to do that I could build some stamina again with and could take the kids along. Will try to plan it in for then and again an afternoon in the new year. On 13.12.2016 at 1:09 PM, Mad Hatter said: This is the most important thing. The challenges are just a way to help creating more of those awesome weeks! Absoloooodle!!! 1 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
Mrs Van Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Oh wow on those photos! Stunning, but I guess as cold as it is amazing to look at. 1 Quote Mrs. Van's Latest Challenge Zechariah 4:6 "Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the Lord." Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 33 minutes ago, elizevdmerwe said: Oh wow on those photos! Stunning, but I guess as cold as it is amazing to look at. I love these crystal clear cold days, they can be so beautiful. My boy hates the cold, he whines on every single walk wishing for summer again... 2 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 I finally managed 3 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
Lightning Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Beautiful pictures! I'm with you, I love the cold when it's crisp and bright. It's invigorating! Congrats on getting the Battle log up and running! It's a great way to keep things rolling between challenges. 1 Quote Level 23 Assassin Current Challenge "Nothing is true; everything is permitted" Link to comment
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