WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2015

mtowne002

Evening Ladies!
My thoughts are scattered and for that I apologize. I'm just going to type and see what comes of it. I managed to take piggy for a walk yesterday though my inertia screamed at me all day "start tommooorrrooooowwww". But I've said that for how long. I swear I never would have made it without realizing I would have to be accountable with all of you (forgiven of course but still it bothered me enuf to dawn my reflective vest and go). The vest was needed BC I had procrastinated till dark. Same argument w myself tonight...with my convenient excuse that it's wiinnddyyy and wet. I don't melt! This time I braved it and took both girls at once. This can be tricky at times BC they are both big and too excited to walk calmly by my side. I think that will improve as a daily walk becomes routine. Anyway Winny Pig can't make it very far she isn't old but 110 pounds of short stocky English Lab. About thirty pounds overweight, plus a couple of years ago she had a knee rebuilt and has always been stiff since. I think that will improve too w weight loss, excersize and I started them on glucosamine last week. Anyway her round trip is about 2500 steps. Technically I didn't meet my 5000 step goal but I'll take it for now. I'm already drumming up the excuse that I work a full day tomorrow and surely I don't need to add to my pain by walking the dog(s)? Why do I agonize over this? I love it when I get out there! I hiked 2000 miles on the Appalachian Trail after college! Walking used to be my THING! Idk but I did love the walk and am proud of myself for going.
As far as holidays go, I'm glad the topic came up (last week I know I'm behind). The last few years have been awful. My family always had huge celebrations of thirty plus at my parents (which is now my house). They were good times though lots of work. Then my parents got critically ill and our downstairs was transformed into a hospice ward for about five years so no get together so just quiet visits. Culminating in my sister dropping dead Dec 23 three years ago (also my Dads bday) and my mum dying Dec 12 two years ago. That year we had no Christmas. No tree no meal no church service and no presents. I was in a really bad place. Last year I rallied a bit. We had Tday and Xmas meals with just my kids and we included their Dad as he was alone. Few presents but a brand new nice quality fake tree. Better. This year a third of my downstairs is home to my two excersize machines leaving much too small of a place to resume the Clan gatherings..they have all gotten old enough to have their own homes anyway...when I brought it up to one of my extra kids last night..he said their foster mother didn't do holidays and they haven't had a Tday. I can't let that stand. Soooo counting seating/space I have tight room for ten. Myself my ex? My daughter, four extra kids their grandmother my old friend and her two sons. I'm going to run it by my daughter as I know the majority of the work (all will have to participate in prep and cleanup) will fall on Melly and me. If she's good with it I think I'm going to go for it. It's a huge undertaking for me but Heather (happy bday by the way!) has inspired me.. Wish me luck! Any thoughts? Will post menu next week.

Heather....your pic was lovely! Happy Birthday Officially!

Terri. Your poem about violence was beautiful and poignant. Thank you.

Katla and Cheryl. Love the horse talk and pics. I have decided to fit in horse lessons once a week come April if I weigh 200 or less..currently I am 241.

JanetR. Way to go PT Poster Girl!

Sylvia. Please take care of yourself...could the worry about your GD have your "stomach in knots?" Not trying to pun...especially about such a serious issue..it just seems that there is a lot of truth in old fashioned sayings don't you think?

Azurekat Welcome and I could NEVER stick to ONE fry!

Joyce. Congrats on your loss! Your story about Charlie singing you More made me misty! My Dad sang my Mum little luv ditties every day until he couldn't speak. They were so in love.

So many other well wishes, condolences and welcomes lurking in my clouded memory..it's been to long since I have commented about any of you. Thanks for putting up with me and my lengthy post.

Mindy

CynthiaT60

Patceoh: did you go to Mary Yoder's? :-)

Janet R.: glad to hear from you. As I need a new knee I will be monitoring your progress closely! :-)

Heather: happy birthday!

Pip: sounds like you're healing well.

Sylvia: thinking of you. I don't think you made an inappropriate remark, by the way.

Vicki: congrats on your small wrist!


Still feeling feisty, alternated with hopeless. Not sure how to deal with this for a productive result.

It's late and I should have been in bed a couple of hours ago. See you all tomorrow.

Cynthia

exermom

Beth - we bought this generator when we lived in PA. We moved it to NC thinking that NC probably gets lots of ice storms. But we really don't. Actually, we haven't used this generator in the 8 years we've lived here. To be honest, I don't even know if it works!

Karen - welcome! You've come to a great place

Just got back from seeing "Minions". To be honest, there were some parts that I thought were on the boring side. Vince really enjoyed it. The music is definitely for adults (things we listened to in the 60's and 70's)

Did an hour of a DVD called "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme". It's aerobic, I wasn't crazy about it. It was to the music by (how is it spelled?) Bzorn. The plan for tomorrow is to do an advanced Strength DVD

katla - I was going to suggest you take a pic with you to your hairdresser, but I guess I'm too late! Glad you got it cut the way you wanted.

Carol in NC and DeeDee and DJ and anyone else in Joaquin's path - stay safe

Becca - I love mushrooms, too. Portobella when they're on sale make a good sandwich. Right now the baby bella are on sale and I have to make something for Mexican Train Tuesday so I'll make these stuffed mushrooms (which Vince won't eat, but that's OK)

Went to the eye MD today. No change which surprised me since there wasn't any change last year either. Then they installed the new microwave. Now to get used to it.

Joyce - congrats on that NSV!!!! Glad the MRI was normal

terri in Milwaukee - great find on the Fage. You only bought 12??? I got Pepsi 2 liter today for 79 cents and got 8 (that's all the store had)

janemartin - so sorry for you. Sending virtual chicken soup your way

Sylvia - sure do hope you're better real soon. You have absolutely nothing to apologize for. You're honest with yourself and us. I would probably feel the exact same way if I was in your position.

Heather - happy birthday. Lovely pic, you look so fantastic and so does your bro and his wife.

Becca - love your goal about not stressing out about your sons coming for a visit. What will be, will be.

Lisa - Kim was saying that if the owner/GM/whoever said you weren't doing a good job, just let him loose on us. Well, to be honest, I don't think they WANT to be let loose on us....lol

Kim - I don't mind cooking on my birthday, at least this way I get what I want and what's within my calorie allotment

Irish Terri - maybe I missed something (not new, really). Did you make that picture? It's fantastic

Lisa - so sorry you won't be able to keep the cats. There isn't some sort of medicine that dh can take?

Vicki - good job on the fitbit! WTG girl! You rock

Mindy - congrats on getting that walk in. You have every right to be proud of yourself, we are that's for sure. So sorry about your sister and mom. You can do the Tday. Can't wait to see your menu

Michele in NC

Poerava14

Hope this puts a smile on the face of all the cat lovers. This is Mars. He walks on a leash, or perhaps it's better to say his humans at the other end of the leash get to come along on his 'hunting' trips. Never know where we'll go. So fun. Fall colors popping up here. Happy Friday to all.

barbiecat

Heather,this will be a day late by the time you get this greeting....your picture is beautiful...you are such an inspiration to all those who want to enjoy interesting eating and still lose weight and keep it off.

janetr, how wonderful that you are home and that your recovery is progressing well....you probably know that the most dangerous time in a recovery is when you are starting to feel recovered---it is too easy to overdo instead of continuing to rest appropriately.

I agree that this is a safe place to express fears and sadness over the news...it is equally important to stay away from opinions or strong generalizations about the reasons that things happen. We all need to be mindful of any comment that might hurt or offend another woman on this thread.

csofled

Love all the kitty pictures.

Here are my daughter's cats. They live in a studio apartment with my daughter in Chicago. Albie is the "orange" cat and Minnie is the black & white cat. Their names have some sort of Harry Potter connection.



Cheri in chilly NE Ohio

mollywhippet

Love all the kitty pics! They really put a smile on my face.

My tummy has started feeling better now. I managed to eat a bowl of cream of wheat and it's staying down. So, my little crisis is over and no visit to the emergency room was required. My appointment with the specialist is on November 10th. I'm taking notes about when these things happen, what I ate before, how it feels and where it hurts, etc, so I can tell the new doc more than...my tummy hurts.

bwcetc

A little NSV for me ... Drugstore had a coupon and I had reward dollars ... Could have bought 3 bags of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for a net total of 1.00. I didn't. Last week I bought one bag at regular price and had them eaten in an afternoon. Decided I want to lose weight more than I wanted to satisfy my candy craving ...

Beth

barbiecat

Sylvia, love your picture....one of the things I've done to reduce stress in my life is to make my cooking as simple as possible.....that recipe would be perfect for me except that we don't eat bread and sandwich thins might not hold up as well.

Beth, It looks like you learned that "free food" is often dangerous....I had to banish candy from my house.

Cherie, I love the cat pictures

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT.

Stats for today:
16,000 steps
121 minutes of dog walking
taught the two hour beginner line dance class

Barbie from beautiful NW Washington

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mollywhippet wrote: »

Love all the kitty pics! They really put a smile on my face.

My tummy has started feeling better now. I managed to eat a bowl of cream of wheat and it's staying down. So, my little crisis is over and no visit to the emergency room was required. My appointment with the specialist is on November 10th. I'm taking notes about when these things happen, what I ate before, how it feels and where it hurts, etc, so I can tell the new doc more than...my tummy hurts.

A friend of mine went threw the same symptoms. She had tests n number of different doctors, it turned out to be too much fish oil. I'm not saying this is it for you but who knew fish oil prescribed by her doctor. Gayle Minneapolis

pipcd34

stats for the day:
spin - 45min, 88ar, 98aw, 10-14g, 19.5mi = 557c
walk - 9.57min, 3.9amph, .6mi = 105c
662cal

barbiecat

exermom

Rori - Mars is absolutely adorable!

Cheri - your daughter's cats are amazing, too.

Sylvia - so glad you're feeling better. So cute gingerbread house!

Beth - big congrats on not getting those Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. You know, if it had been me, I probably would have bought them but then donated them to the soup kitchen since I don't care for RPBC.

Michele in NC

margaretturk

Sylvia I was referring to what the leader of our country said and what I believe was poor choice of words. Rather than saying routine I wish he would have said these events are happening too often. This is a statement we all can agree. I agree with you and think saying prayers for all is appropriate for this thread because these tragedies effect us all.

MNMargaret

DamitJanit

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

Good Evening Ladies,

Liz, what kind of freezer meals are you looking for? Do you mean something you can cook and freeze or store bought? Many of the ladies in here have wonderful ideas on many things food related.

Joyce, what a wonderful NSV! That had to be nice. I don’t know what kind of weird MS you have, but it has to be good that the MRI was negative. With all that you have been going through you are still thinking of others. You are a very special lady. (((Hugs)))

Rori, a big congrats on your loss with all that traveling. Good for you!!!! Wish your travels brought you to the SC coast sometime. Well not right now while we are having floods.

Joyce, wonderful new on your loss. I hope it wasn’t just from stress, but a loss is a loss no matter. Congrats.

Lindy, welcome to a great place for support and information. Please tell us a bit more about yourself to help us get to know you. Also we ask that you sign each post with the name you want to be called and a location, general or specific. Come often. This thing works.

Irish Terri, love the poem.

Allison, that is so sweet to cook for your Dad to take to church. It would be nice if you delivered it and got to visit.

Rosie, have a marvelous time with your friend. How special to have a friend for that many years that you can go through life’s trials and tribulations with. I had a very, very close friend for over 10 years that went into a deep depression and cut me out of her life. I’ve tried numerous times to reconnect but she won’t have it. I feel like I’ve been in morning for 10 years now and miss her terribly.

Janetr, welcome home. Why am I not surprised that you are their “poster child” and got to go home early? So glad all is going well and will keep sending good thoughts and prayers your way.

Lillian, why don’t you stop and eat when you travel alone? Do you take food with you or just skip meals??? Inquiring minds want to know.

Heather, again, Happy, Happy Birthday!!! On the subject of DH’s niece and his party, why in the world would someone want to go someplace they are not invited and not wanted???? I can’t even imagine! If her parents are so worried about her, maybe they need to stay home with her. (Ok, I know that was really snotty, but I can get that way when I get my dander up.) I’ sure it will work out. You just have a great day today.

Barbie, I love your list about the hook! Was this from a school for fish???

Chris, I used to go watch my parents square dance when I was a kid and loved it. Have fun. Congrats on your loss and I agree in not wanting to derail it.

Pip, that is one problem with the pain killers. Ya kinda have a choice of “do I want to be in pain and able to poop” or “do I want to go without pain and poop?” The stool softeners will work eventually. Lol Glad you are healing.

DrKatie, good advice for those that need it. And good for you in getting to the place you are in now.

Sylvia, great score at the garage sales. Have a fun trip to Lawrence.

Jane, sorry to hear you are under the weather.  Sending healing thoughts your way.

Sylvia, sorry the gut monster attacked. Hope it left quickly. I don’t think your comments had anything to do with the discussion about the school shootings. No need to apologize.

MNMargaret, glad the funeral went well.

Heather, so glad you had a good day. Lovely picture and I love that smile on your face!

Vicki, great NSV! Enjoy your days off and I hope you get everything done on your list.

Mindy, your holiday plans sound fantastic. I’m sure everyone would enjoy it.

Michele NC, congrats on the microwave. I know you are happy to finally have it in.

Poerava, I love the picture of Mars. I’ll bet he can take you on some fun walks.

Cheri, pretty grand cats you have. Thanks for sharing.

Sylvia, love, love, love the Gingerbread House!!! Glad tummy got better.

Beth, way to go on saying NO! Keep it up.

Wow, it has rained all day long and is really pouring down now. On the news I saw where a number of areas are flooding with streets closed. Ocean Blvd. is under water in lots of places so people can’t get out of the ocean front resorts. It looks like it will only get worse the next two days. Other than our back yard being soaked with a shallow lake now in it, we are fine. No street flooding here.

I hope all of you have a healthy and happy day.

Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

lizmil79

Hello,

Today goal was to walk for 30 minutes but only got 20 in. It was a good day at work. So ready for The weekend. Going to catchup on house work but looking forward to some R&R too. Going to the Y tomorrow love getting in the water.

Hope you all have a good weekend.

Liz

Katla49

Heather: Beautiful photo, & you look gorgeous! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Rori: Mars is a handsome fellow.

Mindy: Horseback riding lessons are what triggered the level of determination I needed to lose weight. DH gave me riding lessons as a birthday present. I developed bursitis in my left knee posting during a riding lesson because I was too heavy for the knee to handle the load pushing my chubby self out of the saddle repeatedly while posting. I found MFP and started losing weight before I finished that round of lessons and then it was a long time before I counted myself healthy enough to try riding lessons again. I'm taking them now and loving every minute. :bigsmile:

Sylvia: You're smart to keep notes to share with your doctor on your next visit. Maybe you'll be able to discover a pattern and find a way to deal with it. I love your gingerbread house.

Beth: WTG!!!!! Deciding not to buy that candy is a HUGE NSV! :flowerforyou:


We invited neighbors over to play Mexican Train this evening and had a lovely time. I hope we'll do it again. I'm willing to host if they're willing to play again. :bigsmile: Riding lesson in the morning and son is coming our way. Yay!

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

October 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.

TerriRichardson112

Michelle If you mean the Celtic Knot Shamrock, then no. I found it on google. If you mean the wedding card, then yes. I made it for my DBIL and SIL's silver wedding anniversary. It took about 10 hours of work but they are worth the effort. I have reposted that below.



Mindy Good on ya for deciding to restart Xmas celebrations. It's lovely that you feel able to jump back into the festive water.

Molly Glad your gut has settled a little. It's a great idea to keep those notes. I love your Christmas recipe. Can you make it with wholemeal bread instead of the White?

Beth You remind me of my niece. She has a file that she takes with her when she goes shopping. All her friends collect pass on coupons etc to her. We went shopping with her one day when we were visiting. She actually came out in credit. Her whole shop cost her around $3 and then they handed her a $5 off coupon for her next shop.

I have a fairly relaxed weekend ahead of me. I have a short PP Presentation to prepare for Art History on 13th. I can't give it myself as I have an appointment with my surgeon that day, so I will do out an instruction sheet for one of the others to give the presentation.

The spell of fine weather seems to be at an end this morning. No rain yet, but dull and overcast. I have been having a lie-in so must shift myself to have breakfast.

(((Hugs))) and Prayers to those who need them.

grandmallie

Morning ladies~
Tom is off for bloodwork has a Dr's appt this weds, I did drop a note off to his dr last week telling him he has been off for quite awhile now and as his physician maybe he could get to the bottom of it.. cant hurt to ask...
have dads birthday cake in the oven,load of laundry in the dryer and another in the wash..
will go take care of DFIL and then out to take care of Faith Sean and Jean should be home this afternoon, so that will end my watch ...
new pellet stove will be here between 12-2 today...
Cold and rainy here the temp is only about 45 degrees, so we already have the heat on in the house.. he isnt worried about me, he doesnt want the dogs to get cold

janetr7476

Thank you all for the well wishes. The swelling in my left leg has gone down dramatically this morning. Visiting nurse and physical therapist both came by yesterday. Was not happy with the nurse as our appointment time was 10:00 am and she showed up at 12: 30. PT put me thru some exercises nothing too bad and will now come 3 days a week. The pain meds work great, only problem is they make me horribly nauseous. I'm trying cutting the dose in half, it does help with the nausea now I'll need to monitor the pain control. It all makes me sleepy no matter how much or how little I take. Doc gave me a patch and a script for nausea. It does seem to take the edge off.

Janetr OKC

bwcetc

Janetr ... I've never been able to take oral pain medication due to the nausea. Hoping you don't need the meds too long!!

Alison ... Hoping you can have a good day. It's cold and dreary here too. Not expected to get above 45 and the furnace is definitely on.

DH and I picked the apples from our one lone apple tree. It's a Fireside. Huge apples! We don't spray and end up getting what the deer and our black lab miss. The lab has learned how to pull on branches to knock off the apples. The critters left us about a bushel this year ...

Off to breakfast with s friend visiting from Nashville. A little garage sale-ing and the apple peeling!

Have a good day!

Beth

lhannon062709

Love weekend mornings... and loved the day at home yesterday so much. And, sorry, just overflowing with it, loving the cat pictures.

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However, ran across something the other day that I found really interesting - I'm sure y'all are aware that pregnant women should never clean litterboxes, right? If I'm telling you something you already know, skip this, but if you didn't know why, it's because there is a parasite that most cats have without major visible effect, called toxoplasma gondii. Prenatal infection with Toxo is connected with higher risk of schizophrenia and psychoses in the child once grown. A third of the human race is infected by this protozoan, and the vast majority have the "latent" form, and don't have apparent symptoms. However, more than 40% of schizophrenic patients have tested positive for the antibodies to the active form, as opposed to a bit over 10% of the control population in the studies. The human body's inflammatory response to the infection may be the cause of the schizophrenia, rather than the parasite's changes to the brain. (Here's the link to the NIH information if you want to look at the original info.)

And yes, this particular parasite can actually change brain chemistry, and that's the fascinating bit for me. Toxo is one of the parasites that, in affecting the brain, also may well affect behaviors other than those along the schizophrenic/psychosis spectrum. In rats and mice, Toxo apparently alters their brains to the point that, while they keep all the other usual rodent fears, they end up attracted to the smell of cats, well, cat urine, specifically. Seriously--here's a less-dense piece from National Geographic 2007 that talks about it. Toxo can only, by the way, sexually reproduce in the feline gut, so the changes it makes to rat brains are driven by the parasite's reproductive instincts.

A number of studies have been conducted on humans infected with the parasite--and yes, the latent form may well affect human behavior as well. Strangely enough, it affects men and women differently. While both men and women, according to the study, show higher incidence of being guilt-prone ("tend to be more apprehensive, self-doubting, worried...insecure... and self-blaming"), Toxo women show higher intelligence, are more "warm, outgoing, attentive to others, kindly, easy-going," and have stronger superegos, ("rule-conscious, dutiful, conscientious, conforming, moralistic, staid"). Toxo-infected men, however show "lower intelligence, superego strength, and novelty seeking (rigid, loyal, stoic, slow-tempered and frugal)."

OK, so if we step outside all the scientific gobbledy-gook, what if Toxo makes us also seek out cats, in the same way that rats and mice do who are affected? Well, interestingly enough, it does apparently have that effect on men, but not on women. (How Your Cat is Making You Crazy, The Atlantic, March 2012)

Protozoans are those microscopic entities that always reminded me of paisley patterns when we had to draw them in high school science. I find it utterly intriguing (and admittedly a tad creepy) that something that small can affect our brains to the point that it changes who we are and what we do at very basic levels. It literally stimulates the pleasure centers in the brain to achieve an aim that it cannot achieve in humans, but can in other warm-blooded mammals who are part of the cat's food chain. And since rats and mice are cat prey, the food chain is immense.

On a more pleasant note, most people with strong immune systems who do have the parasite, or contract it, will simply never know they have it.

However, from the CDC, if you do have a compromised immune system, and you do have cats, you need to know that, first, "cats only spread Toxoplasma in their feces for a few weeks following infection with the parasite." So, it's not like they can give it to you their whole lives. However, they also say:

• Ensure the cat litter box is changed daily. The Toxoplasma parasite does not become infectious until 1 to 5 days after it is shed in a cat's feces.
• If you are pregnant or immunocompromised:
• Avoid changing cat litter if possible. If no one else can perform the task, wear disposable gloves and wash your hands with soap and warm water afterwards.
• Keep cats indoors.
• Do not adopt or handle stray cats, especially kittens. Do not get a new cat while you are pregnant.
• Feed cats only canned or dried commercial food or well-cooked table food, not raw or undercooked meats.
• Keep your outdoor sandboxes covered.

OK, I'm going to go wash my hands. A lot. And, now that I've spread all this joy, I've got some work to do, so I'll leave y'all to it.

Stop looking at your cat like that, it's too late anyway... bahahaha! (evil laughter commences).
Lisa in West Texas

klanders30

Wow, it has rained all day long and is really pouring down now. On the news I saw where a number of areas are flooding with streets closed. Ocean Blvd. is under water in lots of places so people can’t get out of the ocean front resorts. It looks like it will only get worse the next two days. Other than our back yard being soaked with a shallow lake now in it, we are fine. No street flooding here.

I hope all of you have a healthy and happy day.


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Stay safe and dry Janet!

The weather shifting to cold and wet always affects my eating, so I am going to try to be more mindful, cooking hearty things with lentils may help. Is it too early to worry about Halloween candy? Is this borrowing trouble, our neighborhood is very big on Halloween. My plan is to buy halloween candy I would never eat, you know the sour/hard/sticky candy that the kids love. I will not bring chocolate candy into the house, but I am not going to hand out pencils or stickers!

Karen from NY

cityjaneLondon

Thank you all for my birthday wishes and comments on the photo. Poor DH had many goes at it before I felt I didn't look too awful. :laugh:

Rori - When I was a child I had a Siamese that I adored. I tried to get him to walk on a leash, but he never took to it.

DH had a email from his brother this morning that required careful replying to. I think he did a wonderful job. He wasn't an English teacher for nothing.
Just to clarify the situation - the woman in question, Lucy, who must be nearly 40, is his brother's elder daughter. They live in Australia. Because DH's brother couldn't/didn't want to come over for the party and Lucy was going to be over here for the rugby with her boyfriend, the brother and DH's sister somehow though Lucy would be a worthy substitute at the birthday feast. We had already booked the accommodation for 24 and a catered meal for 26, which is the maximum who can sit around the table. Lucy has not been in touch herself and it was all just mentioned vaguely by his sister a couple of months ago when everything had been finalised. DH hardly knows Lucy, does not like what he has seen of her and has never met the boyfriend. She is welcome to come on the Friday night for the potluck party.
We think Lucy has been inviegled into this by his guilty feeling brother and his sister has got caught in the middle. In my opinion, when numbers are all taken, you can't just send someone else as your 'representative' at the last minute. DH has had to exclude a couple of very good friends because of numbers. Grrrrrrrr! Families, eh! :sad:
Sorry to vent, but reading about a lot of your troubles with families has been a great help over all this. Personally, if I were in their situation I would be quite happy to put in an appearance at the potluck. DSIL is lovely but she is very attached to family and is inclined to complicate things to please everyone. It is not just a "family" party and DH has invited those he most wants to be there. Lucy means nothing to him.
Thanks for listening. :flowerforyou:

DH is going to the local football this afternoon. I will draw breath and watch a bit of recorded TV.

Irish Terri, - I did Latin to A level at school. With Roman History. I have forgotten most of it, but some stuck. :flowerforyou:

Lots of love, Heather UK

Lilymay2

DamitJanit wrote: »

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

Lillian, why don’t you stop and eat when you travel alone? Do you take food with you or just skip meals??? Inquiring minds want to know.

DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

yesterday I had my serving of almonds and an apple and drank water every time I got in the car. I don't normally get to the city by myself - so when I do I like to go to stores that DH doesn't enjoy going to. Sitting down in a restaurant wastes precious time and I had a long list of places to go. Kind of annoys me when DH asked last night when I got home what I did all day in the city - and I point blank told him - I went to all the stores I wanted to because I could. He knew exactly what I meant and he didn't say anymore. He doesn't like to look around stores unless there is something he is looking for... well some new chain stores opened up and I wanted to go to them so I did.

So sad about the shooting in Oregon, so sad.

Heather - happy belated birthday. You looked so relaxed in the picture.

Will need to find little gloves for my walk today, it is overcast and windy. I think our warm weather is gone for another year.


Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan

miriamwithcats

Sylvia, we have many teachers and professors in my family, and everyone was posting on Facebook the same thing you said. No apologies needed.

Lisa, I have kept track of all that research for years and find it so interesting. As a kid, my job was to clean the litter box. My mom ended up with a lot of cats at one time too. I grew up with two Siamese- Bartok was mine. Beethoven hated kids. My mom was a cellist in the Nashville symphony- hence the names. But she went to a shelter once and brought home three and two ended up pregnant. Anyway, I know I am infected- just look at the "symptoms" and look at my personality and you can see a direct correlation! I have had Siamese many times- Shalimar lived to be 20, Mia and Sharmei both died fairly young of breast cancer which is common in female Siamese, and now I have Queen. Queen was a the shelter and was too scared so she hissed and scratched at everyone. Not adoptable. She spent the first month here under the bed before she started coming out a bit more each day. The shelter manager had to put on thick leather gloves to her elbows to grab her to put in a carrier to bring her to my house! I still can not hold her, but she does beg for petting and some nights will sleep with me depending on the level of chaos during the day!

Yesterday afternoon, the neighbor girl came over to tell me that there was a kitten stuck in her tree- could I get it out? So I had to climb the extension ladder and coax the kitty out of the tree. It is all white with a blue eye and a yellow eye. It may be deaf- some are. Anyway, someone on Facebook had already posted about it being in the area and needing a home so hopefully it doesn't stay with us long. Of course, the girls, especially the older one, want to keep it. I am tempted to. It would be fun to have an all white cat since I already have an all black cat! Yin and Yang. It is very affectionate and purrs loudly.

Janet, so glad you are healing quickly!

Love to all!

janetr7476

Heather - Happy Birthday, I believe it was The 2nd and I missed it. I loved the picture. Thanks for sharing. Mine is very close behind, I will be 66 Nov. 5th.

cityjaneLondon

This is the walk we went on the other day when we picked all the sloes for the sloe gin. This is a view north across the River Hamble. In the other direction is a marina and the motorway in the distance.



Heather UK

terri_mom

Happy Saturday ! ! !

The clinic is open today, and not very busy, so I hope to get plenty of work done. I was able to arrive early and rode the bike for 15 minutes. I may also have enough energy to ride a little after work, too.

Michele – yes, they only had 11 cherry fage, and I don’t know if I like pomegranate, so I bought all 11 of the cherry and 1 pomegranate. They officially expire today, but I don’t care.

Beth – what a great NSV. Peanut butter cups are one of my favorites.

Heather – I see this Birthday party no different than a wedding; You invite those people that you want in attendance, and if someone can’t attend, they do NOT get to choose a replacement. You DH should enjoy his party, not worry about anything so trivial. Hugs !

Liz – Proud of you and your 20 minute walk. Baby steps. You can do this ! ! !

Lilian – my DH and I are quite similar to your description. He hates shopping, except in and out of the grocery store or WallieWorld. I like experiencing new things, and finding unadvertised deals. We shop both together and separate depending on the needs of the excursion. Sometimes I make him go places with me because “you can’t know you don’t like something if you haven’t ever tried it”. Yet sometimes it is not worth the frustration of his boring attitude. Being unafraid of being alone is very important to me. Keep up the great work ! ! !

Most of this weekend’s plans have been changed. I will go to the grocery store alone again, which will be good because I can take my time and bargain shop. DH and DS are staying late at bowling, because another boy and his Dad want some private lessons (who in their right mind would turn down $20 for an hour of watching and correcting?) . But then they have to hustle home to watch the Minnesota Twins on TV, because today is a “pivotal game”. Then DH wants a haircut. DSiL and DBiL are not coming this weekend, so we will watch DH's nephew at the University Bowling match for just a short time later tonight. Tomorrow is still a bowling tournament for DS. Since he won last weekend, there is less stress, so he is just bowling for scholarship money, fun, and practice.

Hugs for Everyone ! ! !

Terri in Milwaukee

pipcd34

morning peeps -
damnit - u would think after a week the poop pill softer would work wouldn't you? well, no they don't. i have even double dosed it.
last nite i tried sleeping on my back with pillows behind me to make sure i don't roll over on the bad shoulder. gotta tweet the pillow situation but it's nice to sleep on my back.
hi cynthiat60 and the rest!
type to ya later.