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Hi all! Jan ~ thanks for your good wishes. That is a lovely itinerary you have. I made sure my 2 Alaska cruises had Sitka & Icy Strait Point in them. Belle ~ oh, too bad about none of you & Jan's ports lining up! Thanks for your good wishes too. I'm pretty sure I'll be gaining on that visit as eating out is high on the list of things to do! Have a great week & stay safe. ~ Jo ~ 😊

Hi all! SaInt Greg ~ sounds like some great plans for Seattle! We went to the Chihuly Gardens which were beautiful & the restaurant there was interesting too, the food good. The underground tour sounds very interesting so I look forward to your report on that. We went to see the fish tossing at the Pike Market Place as both of us had seen it in a motivational video at our workplaces. We passed on the Space Needle as coming from Toronto it looked to be missing something to us!😉 Have a great week & stay safe. ~ Jo ~ 😊

HI all! Belle ~ yes, I'm fine thank you, just too lazy to post. I hope you & Jan get to meet up in Alaska. It's always nice to see a person you've been chatting with. Our Mothers' Day is the same as yours but DD#2 thought it this weekend so sent me flowers instead of a card! DD#1 sent me a card with nice words. Jan ~ lucky you having someone to play cribbage with! My DH doesn't play but my kids did. Maybe I'll play with DD when I visit her in 5 more days! Izena ~ great being a small! That'll never happen here but a medium might be doable. I'm down 0.2 lbs since last week. I'm up 1 lb since the start of this year. I booked another TA cruise for Nov 2023 & got a price reduction on my Jan. Princess cruise so feeling petty happy about that. Now if I could only fit into the 2 dresses I have my eyes on!! Have a nice weekend & stay safe. ~ Jo ~ 😊

HI all! Saint Greg ~ looking forward to your Alaska cruise. I've done two of them & like your excursion choices. Thanks for posting the song video, been a long time since I've heard that song! Wishing you safe travels & fun times! Stay safe! ~ Jo ~ 😊

Hi all! laurieal ~ I really enjoyed your cruise, thanks so much for posting it. What an end to you trip!! Glad you made the train. I too will be on the Anthem TA, solo & have visited Barcelona a few times solo also & loved it. That bus to the airport is really convenient for people who travel light. Really looking forward to your next cruise, lol!! Stay safe! ~ Jo ~ 😊

Hi all! Belle ~ thanks for the poem. My DD texted me that she thought Mother's Day is next Sunday so no card for me. The man who asked me questions to determine my knee problem was surprised to hear my weight with a decimal, he'd never heard that before. I'm down 1 lb to my amazement, just 18.4 to go! Jan ~ the roast pork meal was good & the little 2lb roast was only $8.02 & made 2 meals. Have a nice day & stay safe. ~ Jo ~ 😊

Hi all! Belle ~ I did think I'm going to start MFP again but haven't yet. We had roast pork, gravy, mashed potatoes etc Sunday so didn't think May 1 was the best day to start counting calories.😉 Jan ~ I find counting calories the best way for me too. Have a nice day. We're having dull, sometimes rainy days lately, all the better to make the grass grow! Stay safe. ~ Jo ~ 😊

HI all! Belle ~ thanks for starting the thread & I hope May is a better month for all of us, weightwise. I am down 1.6 lbs but still up 1 from the beginning of the month. I'm going to have to get serious soon as the extra weight could be what's making my knee arthritis worse. Hope everyone has a nice weekend. Not much going on here but a least it's sunny, if not very warm. Flowers are starting to bloom so that's always nice, especially the cheery yellow ones! Stay safe! ~ Jo ~ 😊