What year are those Toyotas...

The gas pedal recall is Toyota's largest in the U.S. and the sixth-largest ever in the U.S., according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It includes 3.8 million vehicles, including the 2007-10 model year Camry, 2005-10 Toyota Avalon, 2004-09 Prius, 2005-10 Toyota Tacoma, 2007-10 Toyota Tundra, 2007-10 Lexus ES350 and 2006-10 Lexus IS250/350.

Not really. I think I liked this place better although ultimately it is for the same guy. And they're saying "hopefully we'll get you back here by March if things pick up". I really don't think switching jobs every 3 months looks good on my resume. And Edgardo got a new, lower offer. So, we are having to re-think this whole thing.

here's a little something to set you back nto....girl scout candies are in.

I found fresh collard greens at Smith's today. Gonna give those a try even though that bonus is over. The canned ones were rather tasteless, but I imagine they could be quite good served in mashed potatoes.

Michele, it's your week to figure a bonus/challenge. If you don't want to make one up, let me know and I'll have someone else do it.

Trying to add jogging on the treadmill to my weekly routine... got one day in. Lost two days of exercise points to that dinner last Thursday. Finally went in and scored my points again. Lots of exercising needed to catch up... have to look into the cross-country skis again.

esSO - so I guess Congratulations are in order? It's a bit difficult to tell based on your enthusiasm.

Thanks for the explanation on the nasal spray. I had heard the story but didn't make the connection to the post. Glad everyone is ok.

Whew! It had a different number. I guess she's "safe".
Who is ready for Thanksgiving already? ME!

So, I'm getting my old job back...or being "transferred" back there against better judgment. Whatever.

I think several million were recalled last week due to a possible bacterial contamination.

So what does nasal spray have to do with anything? I've thought about that for the last 24 hours, can't figure it out and decided to post my ignorance in order to attempt to save a kitty.

da#n! I just bought nasal spray and gave it to Daniela last night...

I've had a team working on this over the past few weeks, and what we've come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts.
1. People aren't wearing enough hats.
2. Matter is energy.

everything i do is plagiarized

1905 commute video everyone in hats

1917 street corner photo electric car front and center

Went to see "Blind Side" today. Good movie.

Speaking of high school plays...Daniela insisted we go see Pinocchio and so we did. I think 2 hours is too long for a HS play. It was ok, just longer than I expected. The kids seemed to like it ok.



we all need one

At the airport. Looking forward to getting to see Matthew and Adrienne today!

Is it somewhat pedifile-ish of me to go see a high school play? One of my emplyee's kids are in the play and I wasn't doing anything so I figured I would go.

I am getting slow with my interwebbing.

Thanks, nto. Former student also sent that to me and I already showed it to my class.

frozen blueberries are a treat for dessert. Also, collad greens are in the kale family, so we'll count them.

I just had some collard greens, or at least I think it was collard greens. When I typed into google translate collard greens
it told me that it is boerenkool in Dutch. However if I let google translate boerenkool into English it says that it's kale. I
even tried different online dictionaries and they all gave me the same, from English into Dutch collard greens=boerenkool and
from Dutch into English boerenkool=kale...
If collard greens are boerenkool, it is the Dutch national food, boerenkool stampot, collard greens cut up finely and then
added to mashed potatoes. So it wasn't very difficult to find it fresh in the store.

I had apples with peanut butter for dessert last night.

Company events are a challenge now... kegs, chips, dips, and chocolates... had the cheese, crackers, fruits, veggies and the celebratory champagne instead.

I hear they make an alcohol-free version of Jell-O now.

If you need dessert on a regular basis to keep you from binging, maybe you could just change the nature of your dessert. Say perhaps, to a dessert with fruit in it. Like, JELLO with fruit or fruit with CoolWhip or fruit filled pie or just fruit as a dessert. Man those grapes are sweet.

Ok, got second day of climbing in at the gym, but unfortunately I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to classify yesterday's dinner at Perkins as fast food.

And I was excited because the Co-op was serving steamed collard greens at lunch today, but when I asked, the serving tray was empty. I did find a can at Town & Country, but it's 40% of the daily sodium so I'm debating donating that and trying to find a different can.

And that's why poor people have high blood pressure.

meow

"The Men who Stare at Goats." is a funny movie. I might have to go see it again.

You are still on the books at Upper Limits. I would imagine that means they have you on record for belaying.

We can go to Upper Limits if they don't want to charge me $35 to verify that I can belay. I did all the V0 bouldering routes I could find, so I'm probably on 5.8's and 5.9's now too. I'll find out when I can convince someone else from work to belay.

Sarah is the only one with double vegetable points so far. Maybe I can find some collard greens yet and cook'em up and feed them to the Doughers.

Michele, you're completely right about the desserts. They should be allowed as a reward for exercising regularly, or maybe allowed one per week, or some such... I suppose the real trick is just learning to allow the occasional negative points. Anyhow, I say you should decide next week's challenge/bonus thingamajig and then decide who picks next, so it's not always me choosing.

Heaven above and the sea below,
And a little white whale on the go.

my work bag smells like bananas.

Well, I'm not in the challenge per se, but I did eat collard greens and sweet potatoes in the same day. And I just joined a Zumba class today. It was fun, but I bet we all look like fools...fools having fun.

Hey, those happen to be the same things I learned from the challenge. That, and I still run at 6am when my running partner doesn't show up. I guess I DO take my health pretty seriously. Filled the grocery cart up with produce because I couldn't think of a main course to cook. Then I wandered around the store looking for raisins. Then, I ran into Jason Field and Amy. They didn't know where the raisins were either. I love this town.

nto, does this mean we are going to Upper Limits when you come to visit? I'm on like 5.8+ and 5.9's

Things the challenge has taught me (or reminded me):

-I will binge on sweets if I deprive myself completely. I am allowing myself a very small sweet (one hot chocolate, one fun size candy bar etc) most days so I can avoid the urge to binge.

-I need to make a point to exercise more. It is VERY easy for me to come up with excuses not to exercise. The challenge helps me get some simply because I am logging/admitting to others when I do none for an entire week.

-It is mentally healthy for me to not take EVERYTHING so seriously and remember that people have good intentions.

I appreciate what I've realized, or been reminded of. And on another great note, Friday I plan to wear a really nice, size 10 black suit I bought in 1998. That is a huge motivation for me to continue with the healthy eating and exercise.

well, for starters, my faculty for rock-climbing has fallen drastically.

healthiest day yet:
breakfast: orange, bagel, yogurt, tea
lunch: garlic pepper pork w/ rice, salad, carrot, water
afternoon snack: pear
30 minute workout at the gym

(it used to be breakfast: bagel, lunch: wrap/sandwich and a coke)

plus the time I spent helping out with teaching climbing gave me a free month membership, so I'm good til vacation.

I think last night might just be the first time I ever made a salad for just myself.

...looks like I spoke too soon... another company dinner tonight.

We're making progress: Frank, Frankie, Edgardo and Roman we still need some sort of Christmas list from you, even if it's just sizes for clothes.

ooooo...faculty dramas...please e-mail me the details. I'll share mine!

Any ideas on how I got "Baby Belluga" in my head?

that's what i said.

AO, I called. They didn't lose yours. They lost mine and that's why they called you.