WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR SEPTEMBER 2015

fanncy0626

MNMargaret- thanks!

DJ - we did rent a sprayer but still had to drive the paint into the spaces between the shakes! Also I had to follow behind to get the excess paint because of that. After this the next time will be easy. The flat was on the trailer so at least no expense for us.

Sylvia- (((hugs))) I thought something was wrong! My DH's Dr told him that after his second obstruction that he has to really watch what he eats because it will happen again. Did you have any warning signs?

Linda - I bet your canned tomatoes are better than store bought any day!

Pip - count down!

Allison- Happy Anniversary! Choose to Love, Laugh, and be Happy!

Carol- these ladies give good advice don't they! (((hugs)))

Mary from Minnesota

barbiecat

DJ, I love your long posts and appreciate how you include so many people.

Katla, I love the Oregon coast and that would be my first choice....where is your son coming from? who is paying for this holiday adventure?

Terri, I got the courage to get a colonoscopy from the supportive women on this thread....I know you'll find ways to make the time pass and get through the procedure and be thrilled when it's over

MIndy, congrats on being Employee of the Week

Alison, You should get a medal for staying married for 18 years to a man who doesn't treat you with the love and respect you should have.

.Becca, I treat drinking water as an important thing to do just like brushing my teeth, flossing, etc. I keep a small pad of paper when I put a mark for each glass and if I don't have enough by bedtime, I stand in the kitchen and drink the rest of my water.


MIchele, what I know about dealing with my husband is that it is very easy to make a list of his shortcomings and I have to make a conscious effort to stay focused on all the things he does right....we both are happier when I do that.


Kim, that embroidery machine looks awesome...is it at your house? is it always up and ready to work with? can you post a picture of one of your projects?

Lisa, I loved the carnival story....it may be that all your interesting life experience has contributed to the wisdom you have today and you ability to take on monumental tasks.

Mia, welcome back and congrats on your weight loss


Barbie from beautiful NW Washington

grandmallie

well I think I am figuring out something..Tom cant sit still, he doesnt want to tell me how he is feeling so he finds stuff to do so he doesnt have to be around me,,he is looking for things to do so he doesnt have to confront the situation...
so he found a little imperfection in the surround around the fireplace so he is off to Lowes to buy wood filler
I hope he can figure out what he wants.. I will truck along and keep on going.. beautiful fall day here today..

janemartin02

Happy sun.
Sylvia,feel better
hugs jane

bwcetc

barbiecat wrote: »

MIchele, what I know about dealing with my husband is that it is very easy to make a list of his shortcomings and I have to make a conscious effort to stay focused on all the things he does right....we both are happier when I do that

Allison ... This comment is not in reference to your marital situation.

Barbie's comment made me think about what my husband's list of MY shortcomings would look like!! It is best in a marriage to look at each other's strengths. But this happens, of course, when the marriage is a loving one that includes respect. I can overlook a lot ... I'm glad my husband does too!

cityjaneLondon

Hi folks!
I'm home. Had a good journey. We had our dinner on the train. Sat in First Class, but never had to pay for it as the guard didn't have his ticket machine! Luxury. :bigsmile: I had sushi.
Very happy to have given DS and DDIL a great time in Paris. They came back with ceps (porcini mushrooms) from the market for us and a bottle of wine.
DH had such a wonderful time with the kids. I enjoyed it, but it's not my natural element. They are adorable though and we only had a few tears from DGD when she was tired or hurt. It helped that the parents sent emails with photos I could show her. Very much a mummy's girl.
A good job well done. I did well up with tears when they talked about Paris. Aaaaahhhhh! They had beautiful weather this morning for walking along the river past Notre Dame.

Too tired to comment more. Read all. Thinking of you all. Off to bed.

Heather, back in Hampshire UK

pipcd34

stats for the day:
spin, 45.17min, 85ar, 99aw, 9g 1song, 10g 1song, 11g 1song, 12g 1song, 13g 1song, repeat, 19mi = 389c
row - 8.08min, 31aw, 1107meters, right hand only = 68c
total cal 457

pipcd34

mtowne - congrats on your employee recognition!!!!. changed the bed sheets, load of laundry in, gotta keep truckin

janetr7476

Gloria – I agree we all have been thru a lot and yet here we are determined to stay healthy and move forward. What a strong, beautiful group of ladies. I also agree that at some point your son, my grandson every adult regardless of what happened to us in the past (cuz we all have our stories,) have to take responsibility for our own actions.

Penny – High five on that super NSV. That is totally exciting. Now I want to see a pic of the dress, sounds gorgeous.

Linda in N Ontario – good job. It's always so exciting to see it coming off and to see results in other numbers also. Give us incentive to continue on. Way to go, keep up the good work.

MNMargaret – very good advice. Such a wise lady. I tend to be a hot head and really have to control it. At my last and final job, I had been there for 4 years, my boss would get irritated if I stood up for myself and then always say “maybe you'd like to take the afternoon off” as a threat. The last time I called Jack, told him the situation and he said pack up your belongings and come home. I had never done anything like that in my life. Of course I was single most of my adult life and did not have that luxury. I also was planning on retiring in three months, which my boss was aware of. I would not have done that if I had to look for another position. Lol

Sylvia – SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT. As if you don't have enough going on right now. Praying for a speedy recovery and that you do get to go home today. (((Hugs)))

DJ – I too wish so badly that I had a friend to exercise with. So far not found one. Tried to talk Jack into walking with me. Haven't given up on that one yet.

Pip – that sounds like a terrific plan for a “cushy” recovery

Mindy – that is terrific to be “employee of the week” Way to go girl!!! Thanks on the good wishes for a speedy recovery.

Lazy day here today, rainy and cool. I'm loving it. Still have stuff in the motorhome that I need to bring in the house but am not going to do it in the rain. I'll have to get busy tomorrow and do laundry. Watching football. I am a football fanatic

Janetr OKC

Katla49

Linda in N Ontario: We have three small blueberry bushes and eat every berry fresh when it is ripe. Now that they're finished bearing for the year, I've bought a bag of frozen organic blueberries. They aren't as good as ours but are better than having none. I don't think they grow wild around here although many are in cultivation. Wild berries seem to be farther north in Canada and Alaska. I hope someone will tell me otherwise. :bigsmile:

Joyce: Set two alarms on Sunday mornings. If they don't wake you, set three. Is there an evening service? Remember that God hears your prayers even when you are alone and not in the company of church members. :flowerforyou:

Alison: Happy Anniversary. I hope the next year brings peace and healing. According to a book I have called Wedding Anniversary Celebrations, c. 1951, this is your Crystal Anniversary. Perhaps you could get a crystal ball to help see the future, but going to lunch as a celebration of your hard work would be more practical and might be pleasant for you both. :flowerforyou:

Barbie: DS is stationed at Fort Lewis. My guess is that we would be paying for the adventure. :ohwell:

Heather: Rest well after your babysitting adventure. It was generous of you and DH to give DS and DDIL the chance to get away together.

Pip: I've been thinking about your upcoming surgery. I hope it goes very well and the healing is swift and complete. You'll do a great job with the rehab when it is the right time.


I've had a busy morning taking down my tomato vine and picking the ripe tomatoes. They're past prime but DH wants to try to make tomato juice. My bean vine may be next to go. Last year the beans produced until Halloween, but this year I was gone and a large number of beans "matured" and might be useful for seed or??? The bean vine is still growing and we'll see if it puts on anymore little beans.


Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

September Goals :
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.

fanncy0626

Penny- I can't wait to see you in your dress as well!

Heather- I am so glad you and DH had a good time with the DGC! First Class! What a treat!!!

pipcd34

making my bed in the spare room.

blowing up 2 air mattresses so i don't have to far to get up and down from the bed. pretty smart huh!

miriamwithcats

I spent the day deep cleaning my office area. It was getting pretty gross since we had been so busy this summer. I did some purging, but there is still a lot more to do! I decided to give away about twenty of my gardening books. A bunch are old Time-Life series which are really good, but I have other resources I use. It was hard to make those decisions since there are so many lovely pictures in them.

pipcd34

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walker54

Just wanted to share a photo from my walk today. I walked 3 miles to get ice cream. LOL :-)
I hope this works -- it's the first time I've tried to include a photo. Happy Sunday to all.
Polly in Virginia

walker54

Oh dear -- it's VERY LARGE. Sorry. Does anyone know how to size it so it's smaller?

Sunnygirl_2015

margaretturk

Polly I cannot post my pictures if I do not resize them. We have a program called photo gallery. I go to properties and that is where I find resize that makes my pictures smaller. I use a 20 mega pixels digital camera and the pictures are just too big to post without doing this. It is more of a challenge for me to find it now that we have Windows 10.

MNMargaret

pipcd34

walker54- i personally LOVE the big pics and it's a beautifull walking path!

Annr

Yep me too, keep the pictures big....makes me want to jump into the screen and walk with ya!

Annr

ohhhhh had a GREAT feast of a lunch. Saute'd 3 oz of cubed turkey kelbasa with: cubed red potatoes, cut asparagus stalks (left the heads out until later when I add them plus the zucchini cubed). Added spices then water to cover and cook the potatoes...added some chicken stock paste. In my big ramen bowl I put in the fresh baby spinach (ripping the bigger leaves) and cut up the Light Baby Bell cheese. Then I poured the soup/stew mixture over the spinach to cook it just right. What a heavenly thing!!!
Of course tonights dinner is a piece of Daves Killer bread. Its ok, my lunch feast should carry me over wonderfully. I use the time then I am cooking for husband and son to drink my 24 oz of moroccan mint iced tea, (and munch on my toast).
You know its a great feeling to eat to fuel you. It is soo much better than eating to make you sleepy or "tight feeling innards full".
Breakfast was a cup of wheat bran flakes in a bowl with my yogurt on top. A bit too much flakes, I stopped tasting the yogurts nice honey flavor and all I tasted with the wheat flakes....

Yesterday was interesting. I didn't log in my food because I had a turkey sandwich with tater tots (deep fried and perfect) and also a Quick Wit Beer. On the way home I declared in a nice drunken buzz that I wanted CANDY. So because the corner store has candy but its expensive, my husband drove up the road further to Fred Meyer to apeeze me. So he is pointing out the bags of chocolate, but I am picking up a Bit'o Honey bar, and those huge white nougut bars...BIG HUNK bar...and maybe some NECCO candy...anyway...he told me that we could find those by the registers. Of course there WERE"NT any at the registers, but there were the big bars of Hershey chocolate. (because there always is at the coast because everyone makes S'MORES here). So he is saying, "Well go back and get the candy you wanted". Meanwhile......my brain is screaming "Nooooo get out of the store now girl!!" So I just say, its passed. He is looking at the moving belt saying, "Well we didn't need to buy any of this then". I said, "Well son will be happy to get the chocolate and the soda". My husband is shaking his head at me as we get into the car. I just say with a smile.... "Don't even TRY to understand me buster". There were guys in the entrance that were asking for donations for the Special Olympics so husband put a dollar in. They gave us both a small tootsie roll. So that was my treat. I politely demanded his tootsie roll at home......Life is definately interesting....
Becca
being complicated in Oregon....

pipcd34

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Annr

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janetr7476

Polly - gorgeous walking path. I might even walk if I had a place that beautiful to do it. Thanks for sharing.

Janetr OKC

barbiecat

Polly, I love your picture....bigger is easier to see details.

Katla, if you are the one paying for the holiday trip with your son, then you should choose someplace you want to go (with some input from him).

Becca, your story explains why leaving out alcohol from one's eating plan is a good idea....even if you can justify the calories, you may not be able to justify the resulting behaviours.

Sylvia, hope you feel better and find out what's triggering these nasty attacks so you can avoid them in the future....does your food diary give you any clue about what you've eaten that's common to the day before the attacks? Monitoring my food helped me figure out that I can't eat beef or avocados.

One of my resolutions this month is daily meditation. This afternoon I took my phone to use as a timer into the room where I meditate and the dogs came in and started poking my hands with their noses. They had just been out less than an hour ago so I knew that wasn't their problem. Meditation is challenging enough in a quiet dark room, but adding dog noses to the equation made me extra happy that I was able to accomplish it. Now that I'm back at the computer they are lying down peacefully---one on the carpet next to me and the other in bed.

Annr

@barbiecat Yep you got THAT right....That is why I rarely do it, I turn into another lady altogether. Granted, I was fine in a couple of hours, but by that time, the eating had been done. And the next day I hit myself in the forehead saying..."Duh, you are silly woman!"
Becca

mparker1216

[Polly beautiful picture! Mine come out large but I did it from my phone
Maryann in Michigan

mollywhippet

I'm finally home, and taking it easy. Mary, no, I didn't have any warning. Just woke up with bad gut pain, followed by vomiting. When it hadn't improved in about 12 hours I thought it was time to get it checked out. I thought I was being very careful with my food, so I really don't think food caused it.

I'm going to sleep in my own bed tonight, without anybody coming in for blood and vital signs. Should be heaven.

Good night everyone.

Sylvia

oceanmelody

Well, this is the thread that never sleeps!
So much going on with everyone. Just want to put my two cents' in that I agree 100 % with Lisa's thoughts on Carol's job situation. Hard to deal with a church being this way, but Carol, you deserve better.
Allison, you are really in a tough situation. I hope this gets clearer for you soon. Wasn't it Ann Landers who used to say you have to figure out if you are better off with or without him? I wish you all the best.
Went on a hike in the woods today and here is my pic of a swamp I passed. Last time I was there I saw a beaver in all this algae.

joanl9

Hi, everyone!

I have not written much, but do check in daily to stay updated on how everybody is progressing. My very best wishes for those dealing with ongoing personal, medical and workplace issues.

After 100 days on MFP, I have lost over 20 pounds so far. That is just from logging food; I have not done very well at all on the exercise front. Thanks for the tips and encouragement that you all provide!

Joan
Alabama