Half of Phil

 2020 may actually end or it may not I don't know that we'll know until Jan 1 actually gets here. Seems like it's forever away and so much to happen between now and then.  The election is only 2 weeks away at this point, but I doubt we'll know the winner on election night.  I'm hopeful we'll know before Thanksgiving, but who knows for sure. We voted last week and it only took us about 1.5 hours. We have a new normal here now that school has started back in person 2 days per week for the kids.  It's strange to have them going to school.  I'm not certain its actually a more productive set up than their 100% virtual set up has been.  The kids though seem to have enjoyed the 2 days they went this week, so time will tell I guess. My daughter's puppy is growing she was 36 lbs yesterday so half way to full grown we think or maybe a bit over halfway.  Kinda like 2020 we really don't know until it happens. I took her for a 2 mile run the other day, then l

 A friend of mine from HS added me to a FB group awhile back.  It's called Fluttering to Happy  and I initially thought she was just trying to sell tupperware.  Yes no shit folks are still using and selling tupper ware. Who knew?  I didn't for sure.   Anyway I digress that isn't her primary focus of the group I don't think.  She's using it kind of like I've used this blog, but definitely more frequently.  She posts about her recipes and her journey to better health.  Last week she asked folks for their non weight victories as inspiration for herself to keep up her motivation as well as to motivate others.  I didn't chime in at the time but it's been in the back of my mind so here go a few non-weight victories I've observed for myself over the last few weeks. On 9/29 I planted 2 Apple Trees and 3 Blueberry bushes in less than 3ish hours.  This involved hauling 3 wheel barrow loads of dirt and mud to the end of our street to some 'common' area