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Restaurant Visit and more...
Kara submitted on January 14, 1970
So our third week at the DFC started off with a fun activity! We went out to a restaurant as a group tonight. Last Friday we met and went through a lecture on traditional restaurant foods and strategies for not overdoing it (removing the bread, etc.) We then chose a restaurant and looked through the menu, preselecting our dishes. It was fun because we got to plan in dessert and we don't really eat any dessert here. We went out tonight and the food was great. I'm having a really good time with all of my new friends. Hopefully we'll be able to keep in touch after the program. In other news...a true-blue celebrity showed up yesterday. Ask me in person because I feel awkward talking about it online (confidentiality.)
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BLOG TITLEBLOG CONTENTSo our third week at the DFC started off with a fun activity! We went out to a restaurant as a group tonight. Last Friday we met and went through a lecture on traditional restaurant foods and strategies for not overdoing it (removing the bread, etc.) We then chose a restaurant and looked through the menu, preselecting our dishes. It was fun because we got to plan in dessert and we don't really eat any dessert here. We went out tonight and the food was great. I'm having a really good time with all of my new friends. Hopefully we'll be able to keep in touch after the program. In other news...a true-blue celebrity showed up yesterday. Ask me in person because I feel awkward talking about it online (confidentiality.) One of the lectures I went to today was about eating trigger foods mindfully. We went through a visualization exercise and then were guided through the consumption of an actual Hershey's Kiss or Pringle. We're supposed to become "mindful eaters". Which basically just means savoring your food and not eating past almost fullness. My friends and I have come to the conclusion that if you want to better understand what's going on here, what it's like...it is pretty much rehab for overeaters. Hope everyone is well.
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Midterms in Chicago
Dan submitted on January 14, 1970
Hi everybody! I think the new setup of the website is fantastic - it's a great way for all of us to keep in touch. I hope to be using it to give you all updates on my life in Chicago and I encourage you to do the same (I want to live vicariously also). I've already read all of Anne and Chuck's and Kara's blogs and I like being able to hear about you all from afar. The adventures ahead for Aunt Anne and Uncle Chuck sound exciting - have fun! Right now I'm in the middle of midterms at the U. of C. since crazy midwesterners like to be on the trimester. It's officially the 5th week of the 2nd 10 week (plus a finals week) term of the year. It's a little misleading to be calling it midterm time because in courses such as Organic Chemistry where there are 2 exams during the quarter, as we call it, they are both called midterms, and I took the first this past Thursday and hope to hear about it soon. Thankfully, there is only one final. Similarly, for one of my courses I have 3 papers and just handed in the first earlier today.
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BLOG TITLEBLOG CONTENTHi everybody! I think the new setup of the website is fantastic - it's a great way for all of us to keep in touch. I hope to be using it to give you all updates on my life in Chicago and I encourage you to do the same (I want to live vicariously also). I've already read all of Anne and Chuck's and Kara's blogs and I like being able to hear about you all from afar. The adventures ahead for Aunt Anne and Uncle Chuck sound exciting - have fun! Right now I'm in the middle of midterms at the U. of C. since crazy midwesterners like to be on the trimester. It's officially the 5th week of the 2nd 10 week (plus a finals week) term of the year. It's a little misleading to be calling it midterm time because in courses such as Organic Chemistry where there are 2 exams during the quarter, as we call it, they are both called midterms, and I took the first this past Thursday and hope to hear about it soon. Thankfully, there is only one final. Similarly, for one of my courses I have 3 papers and just handed in the first earlier today. Anyways, I know I could go on about school and bore you, but I know I will have plenty of time to do that in future blogs! Also, I am busy here as I do have a Bio midterm Friday and a Study-Abroad application due Friday also (I'll tell you more about them both later.) I'll try to post some photos I've taken over the past year plus of Chicago and vacations and whatnot. Take care
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Privacy
MarkD submitted on January 14, 1970
I have removed the view permissions settings because they seemed to be getting in the way of publication of blog entries and the like and very little, if anything, was being set as private. Document attachments to forum posts remain private unless you are logged in. If anyone would like to discuss this, please send me an email or give me a call.
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BLOG TITLEBLOG CONTENTI have removed the view permissions settings because they seemed to be getting in the way of publication of blog entries and the like and very little, if anything, was being set as private. Document attachments to forum posts remain private unless you are logged in. If anyone would like to discuss this, please send me an email or give me a call.
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January 26, 2006
woodstrehl submitted on January 14, 1970
Oh, the challenges of retirement in the 21st Century. We have blotched the blog and are trying to figure out how to make this work. This is a test. We arrived in southwest Florida on Tuesday afternoon. Down to shirt sleeves. Our journey was a success, but carrying all our possessions including one car with our RV was a challenge. At least we did not try to drive out while still connected to anything. We drove through a storm in Carolina, but the cold front followed us here. The temperature fell to 50 this morning. We wore a jacket to Caloosahatchee Bay and watched dozens of species of shore and water birds on the mud flats this morning. Yesterday at lunch we gazed at three eagles circling above.
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BLOG TITLEBLOG CONTENTOh, the challenges of retirement in the 21st Century. We have blotched the blog and are trying to figure out how to make this work. This is a test. We arrived in southwest Florida on Tuesday afternoon. Down to shirt sleeves. Our journey was a success, but carrying all our possessions including one car with our RV was a challenge. At least we did not try to drive out while still connected to anything. We drove through a storm in Carolina, but the cold front followed us here. The temperature fell to 50 this morning. We wore a jacket to Caloosahatchee Bay and watched dozens of species of shore and water birds on the mud flats this morning. Yesterday at lunch we gazed at three eagles circling above. Still lots to do to get organized, but we are beginning to enjoy our time off.
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January 23, 2006
woodstrehl submitted on January 14, 1970
We're on I-95 before dawn. Went to bed at 7 p.m. yesterday, but it was not a short day. We rose at 6:30 a.m., slept in the motor home in our neighbor's driveway. Our tasks were to continue to pack and assemble the Birdmobile, finish emptying and cleaning the house, one last shower, and look at the home where we lived for 23 years. Even empty it looked beautiful. We had to go to storage to leave the last few items that we didn't want to take on our journey. While I finished arranging things in the motor home, Chuck loaded our little Ford Focus with our backpacks and camping gear. Then the bikes went on the rear and the canoe on the top. As we finished, Gen Ray drove by and I called my new friend, Vicky Jones. They watched and helped us hitch the Focus to the Birdmobile. Glen took photos of us fully loaded in front of Springettsbury Aven. and with she and Vicky waving us off, we got on the road by 10:15 a.m.
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BLOG TITLEBLOG CONTENTWe're on I-95 before dawn. Went to bed at 7 p.m. yesterday, but it was not a short day. We rose at 6:30 a.m., slept in the motor home in our neighbor's driveway. Our tasks were to continue to pack and assemble the Birdmobile, finish emptying and cleaning the house, one last shower, and look at the home where we lived for 23 years. Even empty it looked beautiful. We had to go to storage to leave the last few items that we didn't want to take on our journey. While I finished arranging things in the motor home, Chuck loaded our little Ford Focus with our backpacks and camping gear. Then the bikes went on the rear and the canoe on the top. As we finished, Gen Ray drove by and I called my new friend, Vicky Jones. They watched and helped us hitch the Focus to the Birdmobile. Glen took photos of us fully loaded in front of Springettsbury Aven. and with she and Vicky waving us off, we got on the road by 10:15 a.m. Once on the road we felt elated, and called Chuck's parents, my parents, Chuck's sister Laurie, and our dear friends Jane and Bob Harteis. As we headed into North Carolina, it started to rain, so we decided to try our first overnight at a Cracker Barrel Restaurant. After a comfortable supper, we settled into our bed, parked next to another RV. We heard trucks from the highway throughout the night, but woke refreshed. Driving like this in the arly morning is not so bad. There is less traffic, and the roads in NOrth Carolina are pretty flat and strraight. We'll see how far we get today.
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The Second Week
Kara submitted on January 14, 1970
So things have really calmed down here. There's a lot less rushing to lectures and assessments and a lot more just fitting in the exercise we need to do. The day is still long and filled amazingly. For example, today I woke up at 7:30 in order to grab breakfast just before 8 and bring it to a class in the Back Dining Room or BDR. The class was about the importance of strength training while losing weight. It highlighted how it is impossible not to lose some muscle mass and impossible to gain muscle mass while losing weight so strength training is extra important in order to just maintain one's muscle as much as possible. whew.
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BLOG TITLEBLOG CONTENTSo things have really calmed down here. There's a lot less rushing to lectures and assessments and a lot more just fitting in the exercise we need to do. The day is still long and filled amazingly. For example, today I woke up at 7:30 in order to grab breakfast just before 8 and bring it to a class in the Back Dining Room or BDR. The class was about the importance of strength training while losing weight. It highlighted how it is impossible not to lose some muscle mass and impossible to gain muscle mass while losing weight so strength training is extra important in order to just maintain one's muscle as much as possible. whew. After that I warmed up and began an exercise on the treadmill for about 35 minutes. After that was some abs and stretching for another 45 minutes. Right now I have a chance to check my e-mail but it's almost time for lunch. After lunch I'm going to the pool for lap swim and then we have a Lifestyle Coaching Workshop and then I'm going to a Spinning class. After the Spinning class it's time for dinner and then time to shower! So you can see that though we have the freedom to take breaks and do whatever work we want to do, we keep pretty busy. All righty, till later.
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View Permissions
MarkD submitted on January 14, 1970
I have edited the permissions on the site to block some of the content except to logged in visitors. When you create new content like a blog entry, you will have the option to do the same. Please only click view for an anonymous user if you want any visitor to the site to see what you have posted. I suggest you leave edit unclicked until we understand better how this works.
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How to Add Photos to your Blog Entries
MarkD submitted on January 14, 1970
The process of uploading photos is simple. If you are signed in, you should be able to click on "content" in the left side bar. That will give you the choice of adding an "image." Follow the directions on the page to upload. At the top of the page under "options," you always have the choice of whether to promote the entry, photo, etc. the front page. The default setting always does this. If you do not choose this option, then your uploaded image will only appear in an image gallery (if you chose to put it there). This "option" works the same way for blog entries and other content....
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BLOG TITLEBLOG CONTENT<p>The process of uploading photos is simple. If you are signed in, you should be able to click on "content" in the left side bar. That will give you the choice of adding an "image." Follow the directions on the page to upload. At the top of the page under "options," you always have the choice of whether to promote the entry, photo, etc. the front page. The default setting always does this. If you do not choose this option, then your uploaded image will only appear in an image gallery (if you chose to put it there). This "option" works the same way for blog entries and other content. <img height="113" width="150" alt="" src="../files/images/DSCN0739_0.JPG" title="DSCN0739_0.JPG" style="float: right; margin: 0px 10px;">Click on title (above) or "read more" (below) for additional details. You will have the choice to put the image in an image gallery in the main program if you want (not this is different than gallery program I have been using for most of the family pictures which can still be accessed via the the link in the header under "Davidson Woods Family Web Site). Once that is done, you need to put a piece of code into the text of your blog entry. The code I used for the landscape style photo that appears above is as follows: "<img title="Our New Home" alt="Our New Home" height="175" width="250" style="float: left;" src="http://davidsn.com/drupal/files/images/DSCN0739_0.JPG">" You need to cut and past that code into your blog text (without the quotes), change the name of the image file to match what you uploaded, adjust the width and height to the right dimensions to make the photo look right (for portrait style, try width="175" height="250"), and rename the "alt" and "title" for the photo. Click on "Full HTML" under input format.</p>
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Final Preparations 1/21/06
woodstrehl submitted on January 14, 1970
January 18, 2006 I told Anne today that I haven’t had a day off since I quit work. I need a break. This year so far we have bought a motor home and a car, sold one car, sold a house, moved property into storage and segregated our travel gear (some 600 pounds of it) from everything else in the house that has gone to auction. Today, we began loading the Winnebago Minnie Coach that will be our home for much of the next six months. One accumulates considerable property over 24 years in a large house. It is difficult to part with many things such as large books and crystal balls that make little sense in the confined space of a motor home.
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BLOG TITLEBLOG CONTENTJanuary 18, 2006 I told Anne today that I haven’t had a day off since I quit work. I need a break. This year so far we have bought a motor home and a car, sold one car, sold a house, moved property into storage and segregated our travel gear (some 600 pounds of it) from everything else in the house that has gone to auction. Today, we began loading the Winnebago Minnie Coach that will be our home for much of the next six months. One accumulates considerable property over 24 years in a large house. It is difficult to part with many things such as large books and crystal balls that make little sense in the confined space of a motor home. Chuck’s last act at Buchart-Horn on Friday January 6, was to sign a letter to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on behalf of York City. Very appropriate. He then made a final walk around the building to give farewells to various friends. He missed some people including president Paul McNamee who were out, and then rushed home to meet Anne and drive to State College, the home of the Minnie that was to be purchased. The weather was unsettled. The “closing” at AAA went well, but it was getting dark when we left. Chuck had to seriously drive the 29 foot “monster” Minnie over Bald Eagle Mountain and down the river in the dark and flurries. The construction zone in the Narrows was exciting, especially the narrow barricaded lane section. We had to get home because Anne’s sister Mary Helen was to arrive about 7:00 p.m. to help us move our property to be stored to storage on Saturday. We also had two young friends, sons of friends, and a friend somewhat older than them arriving at 9:00 a.m. to help us load the U-Haul truck that Chuck had to go and get before that. So we were up early and moving fast. The loading went well, but a second trip was needed to carry all the furniture, kitchen wear, excess clothing, books, and all sorts of things that people in houses use. There were also goods belonging to our children who don’t have room for it. We finished about 2 p.m. and traded the truck for a trailer. We loaded our dining room table into this and rested. On Sunday morning we attended a service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of York, probably our last for some time. We were greatly honored by a lovely recognition ceremony and some tearful farewells. After lunch we began a drive to Chappaqua, New York following Mary Helen there to deliver what was now her dining room table. On Monday morning we returned to York, but stopped at two Winnebago service centers. We liked Gayle Klines at nearby Mountville because of their attitude and location. We scheduled the coach for service on Wednesday. We then returned the trailer to U-Haul and began sorting through the balance of our property. It was a fearful task. We also struggled to decide how to get set up with a “dinghy” tow car. We had concluded that neither our Toyota Sienna (too big) or our Subaru Legacy (automatic transmission and all-wheel drive) would tow “flat” on four wheels. So we needed to sell two cars and buy one. We began looking at cars, finding one that would work for us. Chuck wanted it to weigh no more than 3,000 pounds. We visited dealers. So much fun. So we shopped, sorted through belongings and dealt with the house sale that became snarled when the buyer had a financing problem. Chuck’s sister Laurie arrived on Friday and helped us greatly to get ready for the auctioneer. We were ready at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. All that we were to keep was in the dining room and a couple of tapped closed cabinets and closets. On Sunday morning at 10 a.m. the Thomasville Auction trucks arrived. They looked the house over and began packaging and carrying everything out. At noon Chuck thought it would take two days, but by 3 p.m. they were done. The house was empty and full of dust. We thought of our first entry into the fine Springettsbury Avenue graystone house. Exhausted, we slept on an air mattress in our spacious but now vacant and dirty bedroom. On Monday, our fine cleaning lady of many years arrived and together we cleaned from top to bottom. Friends Bernie and Alice invited us to dinner. We arrived to find Denny and Anna and Genevieve. We had a Newton Avenue reunion. We slept well in a now much cleaner bedroom. On Tuesday and Wednesday we continued to deal with motor vehicles and house cleaning. We weighed all of our RV loadings and reduced them to 600 pounds, well below the 1100 pound maximum Chuck had calculated. On Thursday we largely loaded the machine. On Thursday afternoon we returned to Klines and hooked the “dingy” Ford Focus to the coach. We enjoyed a few terrifying experiences bringing it home and then to other friends for dinner and then to the Hotel Hershey. We enjoyed a luxurious last night in Central Pennsylvania and enjoyed a lovely buffet breakfast in the circular room. The sky was clear and we enjoyed views of the garden and of Blue Mountain in the distance. The windows were painted with North American birds. We unhooked the dingy for the first time, another adventure. Then Anne drove to York to finish packing while Chuck returned to the room to finish typing a record of stored items and work on this. He is off to his probable final meeting with the Central Pa Chapter of the American Public Works Association executive board. Then home. With the house hopefully clear, we will drived the dinghy to New Jersey for a last visit with our children and Laurie. The motor home will remain in York.
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DFC
Kara submitted on January 14, 1970
Hello Everybody, I hope you are all doing well. I have had a great time in my first week here at the DFC. Surprisingly enough, because it's no-sodium, but the food is pretty good and you are very well fed. The lack of salt is pretty noticable, as is the incredibly small portion sizes. It really just takes getting used to. I survive by scheduling myself to allow for peanut butter every now and then. I like that you get to plan your own meal. The classes have been very good as well. The main focuses are Fitness, Nutrition, Medical and Behavioral Health. So the approach is really well rounded.
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BLOG TITLEBLOG CONTENTHello Everybody, I hope you are all doing well. I have had a great time in my first week here at the DFC. Surprisingly enough, because it's no-sodium, but the food is pretty good and you are very well fed. The lack of salt is pretty noticable, as is the incredibly small portion sizes. It really just takes getting used to. I survive by scheduling myself to allow for peanut butter every now and then. I like that you get to plan your own meal. The classes have been very good as well. The main focuses are Fitness, Nutrition, Medical and Behavioral Health. So the approach is really well rounded. We did blood work this week and got our results back on Thursday. We had a whole class where a doctor took us through our lab results and what they meant for our health. Mine are great! A lot of the people here are older and are suffering from high blood pressure, high cholesterol and abnormal lipid panels. Apparently the lab work can be incredibly improved within the four weeks that some are here as the method of improving all of those things is diet and exercise. My group, everyone who came the same day as me, is pretty nice. The women here are all different. I've become friends with a dental hygenist, a finnish woman, a girl who just graduated culinary school. I've slowly met some of the younger people that aren't in my group. They seem pretty nice as well. Today, I played basketball with a college student from southern westchester and then later swam in the pool with another college age guy. I also had a chance to do Boxing Aerobics and Pilates. The days go by pretty quickly. I'm up early and in bed early. Well...they're serving dinner soon. It's steak night! so I'm gonna go get in line. Love you all, Kara
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