JUNE: THE JACKPOT FOR THE MAD HATTERS!
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Seems forever I have been missing the group, my sister and her family are in from Casper, WY and the my little one had VBS this week. So since I was having to drive to town each morning anyway it made for the perfect occasion to visit with them and my other sister which she is staying with daily. Good visits just limited time when coming home in the afternoons with exercise and supper to get ready for the husband and family.
Kobie: the forum comments crack me up so much esp the 5 lbs and kept it off a whole week LMBO
Snooozie: you cracked me up with the owls(which I loved) to start with but then the running app set to wake you I really did laugh out loud !!!
As for moving to Susan's I could just by new when I got there !!!!
Carol I laughed at the vision of the mower being dragged behind LOLOL but seriously I am sick in the head I have been told as I love to push mow a yard :noway: something about being able to see it all finished. Lose of $$$ not good but the extra time enjoy
Janet prayers for all and hope he feels better soon.
Susan the pictures are beautiful and such a lovely gift.
Looks like lots of the group has really been rocking the exercise this month so far !!! Great job to each !!! I know for some of us its a stumbling stone that we need to throw in the river and just get on with the exercise. I am learning to just do it and be done each day and while it feels great knowing I have I don't know that its something I will ever like. I just hate sweating here in the South its just not considered lady like to be known to sweat. I am committed to keep going but I am ready to throw the scale in that river also. Another week and its still not moving but I not giving in I am hanging strong for another month and then if nothing I am going to talk with my doctor, this stall b/c with my new meds and I just thinking at this point there has got to be some connection.
As for the garden its a growing should have fresh tomatoes any day and have began putting up green beans. I am ready for those darn squash though and they seem to be taking forever. I couldn't wait on the cantaloupe just went ahead and purchased a couple until ours are ready. May have to hire a grow dancer to get these things to come on. Seems they are kinda like that old watched pot that won't ever boil at this point !!!!
Well hate to say it BUT time for the bike. Hope everyone has a great weekend0 -
It really think I should get extra credit for getting up on the weekends at 4:30am. Yesterday was 6:00am....I just don't get it. The sad part is I just can't seem to get the ol' brain functioning on all cylinder's. I enjoy the peace and quiet that the early mornings bring. I commune with the chipmunks, birds and even the occasional puppy...if they hear me get up:-)
I hope all of you have a great Sunday and BTW, I did get in the pool yesterday for all of about 5 minutes. I was weed eating and got so hot I decided to take a chance...whew it was damn cold. Next week the lows are going to be in the high 60's so that should help. The rain we have had has cooled it off a lot- I think desert of beach living is more to my liking:-)0 -
Tonya, Snoozie, Carol, come on over :-)
does someone live here....cuz if so...can I move in??0 -
LOL chatoga, yes indeed, come on over with the rest of the hatters , but be prepared to roast in the heat lol. That is a picture of the pool at Ventana Canyon, a local resort in the Tucson foothills where I have a health club membership. I go to yoga or use the dreadmill there in a room with a glass wall and mountain view, then was lounging by the pool for the rest of the day on Sundays, but it has gotten so hot, I don't last long in the lounge chairs, so I've been hanging out on my raft in my pool at home. But they have noodles there, so heading up there today :-) (I skipped yoga today cause my neck was sore).0
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looks totally beautiful!!...we should set up some kinda swapsies...I live in a beautiful part if the UK...think winnie the pooh land, closeto london, anne boleyns childhood home.....and lots of other historic castles.. etc etc...mind you, the weather sucks!!0
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Chatogal- that would be really fun to swap places sometime for real! My husband and I could care less about the weather in England as we always have an abundance of sunshine here lol. Or you can visit us sometime - either way you would have to put up with my crazy dogs though lol0
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Susan - just checked out the website.... beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.....
should definitely talk to hubby - and reasonable too! when does the weather get to about 60 / 70 degrees?? giggles... :laugh:
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Carol- do you mean you checked out Ventana Canyon"s website? I think that's probably what you meant and ,if so , the rates are reasonable now because summer is our off season due to the heat. As soon as the heat goes down, the rates go up. Without the humidity, 70s ans 80s are the ideal temperatures here. I used to be able to say exactly when that would be , but with the climate change I just don't know anymore. For instance last March it was 70 one day and the next day we actually had a blizzard! But generally speaking March and April are safe bets for ideal weather and last week of October through November are usually very nice.0
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you, Snoozie, as much as I want to get to meet everyone, It would take me a good solid year's notice to work it into the budget......do I even have a budget?0 -
Seehe....I have one neurotic labrador...lol...we love dogs :-)0
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Budgets do have an impact on traveling! My travel budget in terms of time and money is limited and when my dad moved to Florida I needed to include visits to him. Now that he is recovering from the removal of a golf ball stone from his kidney, my son is getting ready to pack up for U of Utah, so I will be adding Salt Lake City to my list of places I never planned on visiting, but ended up there any way. So I think for now, Hatters who are traveling for other reasons should look each other up and when I win the lottery we can all go to my magical island!
When the terrible tornado hit Oklahoma, the tragedy was immense, but the death toll was much less than I would expect seeing the pictures, and that is because people in Tornado Alley know what they are supposed to do when they hear a tornado is on the way. Here in Baltimore we don't know. I am getting ready to drive home and there are tornado warnings for the 27 miles to home until 10pm. What am I supposed to do if I am driving on I-95 when a tornado decides to head my way? I heard that you should get out of the car and lay in a ditch. There are no ditches along my side ofI- 95 and with construction there is not even a shoulder for miles. I will need to research this further, but until then I am just getting in my car and going home!
home safely just warning mo actual tornado0 -
Hello ladies,
Totally relate to the travel budget. We were very lucky last year in that the husband has to take classes (New Orleans, Memphis, Houston) in different locations. The company provides the car, motel, and his eats (during what would be work days). Classes are usually Monday, Tuesday or Thursday Friday. So we all tag along adding a couple of extra days at our own expense. That way we get to lounge the pool, take in the sites while Dad goes to class and then spend time with him on the extra days as a family. Saves us $$$ and the kids still have a great time. This summer we have one trip to New Orleans so far and the possibility of another so far.
As for travels I have traveled the west coast so my future wanna see includes the east coast. If by some chance I could hit the lotto (hard since I don't play LOLOL) I would also have to include a few foreign countries such as Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, Spain and South America.0 -
Hmm I didn't see Canada in that list Tammy lol
Only one more shift tomorrow nite then I'm on vacation (or stay cation lol ) and will be able to play again. Miss y'all read every nite but have been reading everything even if cant reply - Janet thank good was u were safe tonya hang in girl Gail this weekend is the reunion are u ready? Carol did u get the clothes sold an Susan hope u haven't melted in that heat!!! Hugs all around gotta hit the sack but freedom reigns soon speaking of which language lassie hang in too and Lesley u feeling any better yet sweetie? Kobiemom chatogal hope yr all well anyone seen or heard from bis land lately hope yr ok bis!!0 -
Looking forward to road tripping Friday up to Sedona for my husband's high school and family reunion. Below is a picture of where we will be staying :-)
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Absolutely gorgeous, Susan!! Where is that? I want to live there!0
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Oh my, that is a gorgeous place to stay judging from the picture. It looks like I will be staying home this year as well. Finances aren't at their peak this summer...lol. What if we planned for Spring or Fall 2014? I know summers are hard to negotiate for a lot of us.0
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:glasses: Blows up her new yellow rubber ducky flotation device and floats down the pool - pausing occasionally to pinpoint location of margarita tray bearer... :drinker: but otherwise blissfully unaware of any other distractions, lost in her happy place of warm sunshine, cool water and the gentle lull of her ducky as it floats her away...
Have a great time in Sedona Susan ...ill look after things at the club while yr gone ...
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Sedona looks gorgeous! My family has never had a reunion because so few of us have ever left the Baltimore area.
Its funny, Susan commented that I have been coordinated and I remembered my mother sighing after I walked into a pole, "I don't understand how someone who can ice skate and play tennis and basketball has trouble walking down the street." Who knows what she would have said when I walked into a hole and broke both ankles! Sometimes I wonder how she would have reacted to my sedentary ways leading to a size of 307 pounds. I think that she would have reminded me much earlier that I was an athlete at heart and she would have encouraged me to let my inner athlete back out. As a child and an adolescent she didn't let me stay in the house and watch tv or read books all day, she made me go outside and move. I think she would have encouraged me to do the same as an adult and not wait until I was 58 to really let that inner athlete shine.
I hear many women my age say that they did not have the opportunity to play sports as do young girls today. I lived next to a public park with tennis courts, swimming pool and an ice rink. There were softball leagues and the basketball leagues had more girl teams than boy teams.
HATTERS did you get to be athletes as girls -- are you still athletes?
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Time2- that's Sedona in Northern Arizona.
Snoozie- where is that beautiful tree lined place on you ticker?
Janet- although there was a plethora of athletic opportunities for me growing up, and my grandfather had even been a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns in his early days, I'm afraid I inherited the totally uncoordinated gene from my mother's side , and then couple that with double vision and lack of depth perception from amblyopia , my attempts at athletics have always been rather comical:noway:0 -
:glasses: Blows up her new yellow rubber ducky flotation device and floats down the pool - pausing occasionally to pinpoint location of margarita tray bearer... :drinker: but otherwise blissfully unaware of any other distractions, lost in her happy place of warm sunshine, cool water and the gentle lull of her ducky as it floats her away...
Have a great time in Sedona Susan ...ill look after things at the club while yr gone ...
I'm holding onto the margueritas and long islands.... could definitely use one right about now - WORK SUCKS! but.... anyway..... giggles... :drinker:
still haven't sold to my friend at work - they didn't fit... trying another pair... we'll see...
Quick... find me a plane or car or boat to get me out of here! ....
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Janet - my only "athlete" came out thru 20 years of running and doing step class - thank you US Army... happily retired and can do what I want when I want....
and I want out! giggles.... 2019 are you here yet (will be fully eligible to retire).....:laugh: :laugh: and me and my knowledge will be dancing running getting the HE... out of here....
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Morning Hatters!
Still in my jammies as I type lol.. trying to get up the will to shower and get human and head into work.. you would think knowing tonight is the last shift then I'm off for two weeks would be a heck of an incentive.. but as is evident from my ducky moment.. i think my mind and body are already in vacay mode!! This will just be time off no trips planned catching up on home stuff and getting together with my "normal" friends (mon-fri peeps lol) . My sister has her gall bladder surgery Friday morning so i'll be taking her in and then staying over friday night to walk the dog and keep an eye ball on her.. thankfully they can still do the laproscopic version rather than the big surgery so very happy for that, but as with any surgery always a little worried til its over!
Janet - I grew up in Montreal - played softball in summer and ringette in winter and spent most of my time outside all year round as did every other kid back then! We were always on our bikes couldnt wait to get out every day in summer, and walked everywhere in winter, including a number of bloks to good old Grove Hill for toboganning most days after school! Hard to believe now that we were so active back then; barely running in to drop our books and plead to do our homework after supper as there were only a few hours til dark lol.. we played badminton in the yard and tennis against the wall of the school... I was skinny til I was 16 and moved to Toronto just after graduating high school - at that age the trauma of leaving my friends and a whole summer led to a 30lb pig fest which never stopped after that.. but the exercise did! (Oh yeah.. and spent hours too playing tag, hide and go seek, soccer baseball, skipping rope, and playing British Bulldog ... wowsa.. ! Come to think of it I never see any kids doing that anymore.. hardly a skipping rope around and altho street hockey is still big.. never see kids just "playing" outside anymore... hmmm... !
hey does anyone remember that game with the elastic that 2 kids put around your ankles and stretched out while another kid jumped on .. they had to jump "in, on side, side" then the elastic got raised to the knees etc... ?? or how about the tennis ball in an old pair of panty hose... you stood against the school wall and bounced it above your head between your legs along the side... while singing some little ditty ?? anyone?? lol
Susan - i ha to go look to see what pic it was... was the Rui Palace in Mexico 2 years ago on my ticker.. that fountain.. I made all of us in the groupPOSE in that scene from the Sound of Music.. with the arms crossed in front of the fountain??? Yes.. it took a few tequilas but they all did it.. and i have pics LOL...
Carol - good luck on the next pair of pants hope they fit her! And whiole I luff ya like a Hatter.. get between me and the margaritas and you're toast... LOL. nOT THAN i'M COUNTING but I have 3 years, 2 months, 7 days.. and 11 hours til I can retire..
Susan.. isn't Sedona a big wine making area??? I COULD drag myself out of the pool if you need help getting there... lol !
Tonya - love the shades TOO funny!!! We;ll try to find you some with a little bling to fit over your glasses...!
K.. really better get my butt in gear I suppose... maybe just one more coffee.........0 -
@ snoozie - just don't get between me and the chocolate..... giggles....Carol0
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Snoozie ( and anyone else interested), while there are plenty of wine and margaritas to be had in Sedona, it is not a big wine making area but rather known for it's unique red sandstone formations aka the red Rocks of Sedona that appear to glow with the sunrise/sunset. It is home to many notable arts institutes and hiking trails and is considered a vortex and spiritual center. Bob grew up there, and his Dad did all the stonework in the city on the buildings and roads and such. This is also where Bob, at the not so wise age of 16, went climbing up chimney rock and fell 40 feet face down and bounced. Luckily he obviously lived, but broke every bone in his body and is now held together with rods and fusions. Interestingly enough he doesn't set off the airport security when he walks through lol.
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Snooozie of course Canada is a given especially when the son and the girlfriend will be living there once they make things official. Though no idea when that will happen. Prayers for your sister. Ahhh the elastic jump rope, we called a Chinese jump rope, oh the hours I spent doing that. Guess I missed out on the tennis ball and panty hose one though.
My athletics was comprised of a season ticket for the public pool. We took lessons 3 mornings a week and swam usually 6 afternoons from 2 - 5. I loved swimming and still is my favorite form of exercise. When I was teenager I taught lessons and did some life-guarding. My dream home would have a in ground pool that I could take advantage of daily.
We spent lots of time riding bikes, playing hop scotch, hide and seek all the average childhood games.
As for other sports being a small town there wasn't a softball league that I remember. They did have basketball at school but with 6 children there was little time and less money to be apart of that.0 -
HOPSCOTCH !!!! I loved hopscotch !!!!!!0
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I figured I'd better make my way onto the group before the BIG STORM tomorrow. This is one year since we lost our roof in the derecho and they're predicting the same set-up for tomorrow. If I'm gone for awhile, we lost power again.
Susan- My husband travels to Tucson every few months and has actually been to the spa in the picture. It's beautiful there. I've been there with him in the Summer. Yes, it's a dry heat. Like being in the dryer for a week!
Snoozie - I agree - the game with the elastic band was Chinese jumprope. We played that at recess many years ago!
Hon- How did your son do with the kidney stone? So painful. I hope the meds were good. I thought of you during the Honfest over the weekend. Did you go? My daughters and their friends dressed up in pageboy hair and shirtwaist dresses!
Believe it or not, I was very athletic. I was in swimming and gymnastics and even taught both. I was doing circuit weight training at the age of 16. I hope I can get back to being an athletic person when I get my lean muscle mass numbers up.
I'll be back when I can!
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Cheryl- stay safe!!! And if you ever get to go with your husband again to Tucson , please look me up!! I love your comparison of dry heat to being in the dryer for a week! Lol0
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Cheryl, with Greg's hospital stay I didn't get to Honfest this year. He's impatient with the healing process, I don't think they did a good job of explaining the pain involved. Snoozie, your sister will also be dealing with the pain issue. A friend showed me how to hold a pillow over my stomach when getting up after abdominal surgery. It really helps. I've had 3, so I know.
When I was in grade school we didn't do the tennis ball in pantyhose thing, because we didn't have pantyhose until I was in high school. When I was in 9th grade I was still wearing nylons and garters. But I did spend hours hitting a tennis ball against the school wall across the street from my house. There is a movie, Crooklyn that opens with the kids playing all the street games. It will remind you of games you havent thought of in years. We played all kinds of games with a Pinky ball. And we loved our metal roller skates. When is the last time you saw a roller skate key? But in the summer, if there was water I wanted to be in it! We had a 24inch pool in our backyard and on really hot days there were times there were so many of us that the pool collapsed, which we thought was great fun! I loved Sundays when we would head to one of the County parks for a cookout and swimming in a river.
That's what we need to remember, the feelings that we had as children, the feeling that our bodies needed to move, not because we needed to get fit, but because it was fun. And it was the fun that made us fit.
What movement do you do that just makes you smile?0 -
Jumping in puddles !!:bigsmile:
Am officially on vacation but too tired to say yippee so will catch ya all tomorrow book ease everyone stay safe I heard ion te need about some weird crazy wind thing going across Indiana and a few other states and Kobe sounds like u are on the path too pls everyone check in when ya can so we know everyone's ok
Janet - many thanks. I learned the pillow trick after my own gall bladder surgery 30 yrs ago (but I had the big stem to stern one with accompanying 10",scar. It totally helped for coughing and laughing too to press it agains my gut!
More tomorrow!!0
