[CyndiM]

Greetings fellow Beachers. My name is Cyndi and I am a slug. No, seriously - I'm skipping yoga again this week. I just have no motivation to get my butt out and to class Monday nights since the break. I will toss a video in and get some yoga practice anyway, but I know that isn't the same. I need to break this cycle because I know yoga is good for me. Ever just feel like you don't want to deal with a bunch of other people? I think I'm a closet hermit
Other than that confession I made it through Monday so I think I should get a tiny little gold star.

Chelby - Hope the training lives up to your expectations. Good trainings can really energize you.

Ruth - either the bridge wasn't too bad or they installed wifi Glad you're home with the family again.

Schmoodle - It's definitely fall around here. I love fall and hope it lasts several months (maybe until an early spring in April?!)

Debbie - Hope you got everything done without too much stress

Sophie - Here's to an easier and mellow day for you. What do you do with your apples?

KO - There are lots of good crock pot recipes online. I have found most of my faves just by googling "crockpot" plus whatever food I want to cook.
I'd be terrible at the cook book thing. I'd have to actually measure things

Laurie - Glad the weekend was such a success

Barb - Wow, and I gave my daughter lunch money instead of making one lunch

Mere - I've always wanted to visit New Zealand. I hear you have some interesting birds.
My favorite desserts all involve plain Greek yogurt with add-ins - peanut butter, cocoa, agave, almond extract, and now pumpkin apple butter. It always tastes like pudding if I start with the yogurt and I do love pudding.

Now I'm going to put peppers in my dehydrator so something useful ends up coming out of this evening.

[Lexxiss]

Hi Everyone

I made it through my day OP . Wish I could lose that one pound. We picked tomatoes and Mom brought zucchs so we're loading the dehydrator. I hope to have an early night. It's was pretty hot today and I got a bit of sunburn at the pool.

Cyndi, I ditched yoga last week but made it today. I'll kick you in the butt next week.

MMaiden, thanks for joining us on the daily thread. I have good dessert suggestions, but only did jello and SF fudgesicles on P1. It took me about 6 weeks OP then I realized I no longer needed something sweet after dinner, so I don't make as much as I used to.

Barb, I was commenting about not taking Sundays off, but you take the cake. The camp sounds fun!

Beachgal, I always like seeing you on the daily!

Kierie, Cyndi is right, just google. There are tons of recipes. I'm going to do a chicken and rice crockpot this week. I left the breasts on the bone.

Sophie, Thanks for the recommend on the hat book. That looks super dooper fun!! I'm going to order it soon!

See you all tomorrow!

[Meremaiden]

Lexiss-- Wish we had fudgesicles here in NZ-- so few choices for SF ice creams/popsicles here-- would be a great moneymaker for someone to release them here!
Thanks for the suggestions Cyndi-- we do have fantastic birds here and scenery too...

[Shad]

Meremaiden - we don't do SF or low fat dairy very well in NZ. You either have it or you don't - heck even the cream there has a far higher fat content than in Aus and a completely different flavour from anywhere else I have been except maybe some of the European countries like Germany, Holland or Switzerland.

I find that if I buy the 'real stuff' like Toppa or Homer Hudson, I can mix it half and half with the lower fat gunk and it still tastes good. Better still, make it yourself and you can leave out a few calories if you wish. I'm mean about it. I have the real stuff as a real treat and then only after weigh in day so I can attempt to get rid of the result before the next weigh in.

Same with cheese - half full fat and half flavourless lo fat and you cut the calories without losing the flavour.

Good luck and I send my best to dear old Wellington. Just love that city. Christchurch is home town, but I spent a lot of my life in Wellington.