A cold Thanksgiving Monday. It went down to -2℃ but we are now sitting at 1℃. There’s a layer of ice in the water buckets sitting outside the greenhouse. We have a little heater to keep the temperature above freezing in the greenhouse. I want my little bottle gourds to get big enough to eat. Thankfully no more below 0 in the forecast for the next week. But it will be cool with the high no higher than 13℃.
I’m feeling the hibernation response. I’m slow to rise in the morning, burrowing in the warmth of the duvet. The cold, the grey and a holiday are good excuses for skipping the gym this morning. It’s a good reason to have a second cup of tea. I’m feeling drowsy. I’m slow as a sloth. I don’t think I can slither down a tree even if I have to. At least my fingers are tapping out words for another Ultimate Blog Challlenge post but I am in danger of nodding off.
I have the beginning of soup in the Instant Pot. I threw in what’s left of a roasted chicken, leftover roast pork, some beef bones and tomatoes. I rescued a few stalks of celery from the raised bed. They’re sitting in some water, waiting to be washed and put in the mix. I will have to get up, run up and down the stairs a few times to wake up. I will do a few rounds of hula hoop. I dream of being a hoola hoop queen. I think I have to settle for just being able to keep it up and going. I do hope and aim at being able to walk and hoola at the same time. I wonder if I have enough time.
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Funny….when I first say your picture, I said to myself “is that a hoola hoop in her living room?” Now I see why. Good for you! Even though you called yourself a sloth, obviously you are not. I couldn’t do the hoola hoop if my life depended on it. I’m in wonder of you.
Thanks, Cheryl. I feel sandman pulling on my eyelids still.
Good for you with the Hula Hoop. I never could get my hips to work properly for that.
Thank you, John. Took me awhile to keep it up. The second is a weighted hoop.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I would last exactly half a second with a hula hoop. And that would be a long time. It would be even worse with a jump rope, lol.
I’ve started skipping rope and got up to 50 gos at once. Aiming for 100. A bit ambitious, I know.
I’ve been a sloth today too! I just can’t seem to get going and if I close my eyes I think I’ll fall right to sleep. Our weather has be rain, rain and rain mixed with wind so I can’t even take Snowball for a walk. As for the hula hoop, I’ll have to pass on that but I was a champion in my very younger years. LOL You did terrific keeping that hoop going!
Thank you, Martha. A cold morning here and am not that ambitious. But I will try to get some decluttering today even if small.
I’m curious Lily: What does it take to become a hoola hoop queen?
Tamara, it would mean I can walk and jump around while hula hooping. Not sure I can get there in this life time.