WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2015
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Chris - Love the picture of your little puppy dog! What a beautiful area to walk in.
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I am very fortunate that this is the town that I work in, Gloucester, MA and this is just one of the lovely places we get to walk every work day.fanncy0626 wrote: »Chris - Love the picture of your little puppy dog! What a beautiful area to walk in.
Mary from Minnesota
Chris in MA
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Happy Tuesday ! ! !
Becca – Thanks for sharing another bra shopping story. I appreciate the laughs ! ! !
Minday – Sorry about all your stress. I hope it continues to be good news.
Joyce – Hugs for your daughter and the phone payments.
Hooray Kirby !
Sylvia – Never be embarrassed by something you created. Just because it isn’t AAA in your eyes doesn’t mean it isn’t beautiful to someone else. Anything handmade is a treasure, and you deserve to proudly put your name on anything you wish.
Becca – My DH won’t dress the part, but he will act silly, and he doesn’t care how I dress, so I have been known to be a little “different”. Life is too short to wear boring clothes. OMG ! I told my daughter that the day that we celebrate as her birthday was really the day the aliens landed on the roof of our house and swapped her for my birth baby. I really was convinced she was an alien for many years (yet she is SO much like me, it is undeniable).
DJ – Thanks! We don’t need another TV, but it’s always fun to win stuff. We like likely use it to replace something else, and donate whatever we don’t continue using.
Barbie – your foot splint doesn’t look much different from the boot I wore when I broke my foot, except a little less coverage. I was rarely ever able to sleep in mine, but I did learn to walk without a limp, to start facilitating the healing process. I hope you have great luck ! ! !
Michele – More Hugs! Since my DD has been “engaged” more than once, I admire the guys who bought her the ring over the guy who didn’t and just made her ask for mine. That guy NEVER had a job, and I just didn’t want her to settle for him, and I was secretly happy when she ended things with him. Our children know how to hurt us deep to our core without them realizing it. I hope you can learn that it isn’t personal. More Hugs for you ! ! !
L O V E the 7 witches of menopause ! ! !
Here was my big “ah-ha” moment last evening: Supper was finished and DH and I were just talking about our day, or plans, etc. My hand found a bag of granola that I think DS left in the living room next to my chair (yes, I could have been sleep-eating again, but I ‘m sticking with blaming it on DS right now). After a few moments I noticed that I was mindlessly putting little bites in my mouth. So, I consciously got up, measured it into a bowl, added yogurt, and savored it while watching Scorpion after DH went to bed. That was a HUGE accomplishment for me, and I think I strained my shoulder patting myself on my back. Today starts a big-time low cal couple of days, to jump-start this loss again. Protein shake for breakfast, fruits and veggies and lean protein with NO white carbs, until I reach my 1200 calories, and not logging exercise so I don’t eat back my calories earned. Then, when my body has the hang of the jump-start, I will slowly return to eating back my exercise (I don’t do much anyway, but I want to keep my muscles and joints as healthy as possible). Dedicated to enter one-derland with my co-worker ! ! !
Something crazy just happened to my computer, so I have to log out and back in again, so I"m going to send this before it is too late.
Hugs for Everyone ! ! ! Terri in Milwaukee0 -
miriamwithcats wrote: »
Signed the adoption petitions this morning! Will have a court date by the end of the week and a hearing in about a month! Yippee!
Congratulations! This is a big step in the right direction.
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Hi Ladies
Finally a quiet moment w doggies in the sunshine. Doing well today. Loving doing the challenges on my FITBIT. I never would have gone out for a second dog walk yesterday if I hadn't been committed to making that step goal.
Chris I love Jakes dockside pic
Heather..must have missed the UTI outcome? Or did the generalized Ill feeling localize to your hip? I had bursitis in my hip and ignored it just got worse until I went to PT. Boy those girls there stretched me so far it felt so good! And they made me learn to use ice which I had previously been to stubborn to try. Also worked very well. I hope it doesn't linger. Is Christmas pudding rum soaked fruit cake?
Sylvia the flower bowl is stunning! Just like what they show at our local art museum. The FULLER MUSEUM in Brockton Ma..it's strictly all handicrafts. Like weavings pottery glassblowing and whimsical creations. Check it out online..I don't know how to provide a link sorry.
Miriam Hooray!
Barbie sorry about the boot! Is it the same kind they give you for plantar fasciitis? I have one of those that I had to wear at night. It was ridiculously hard to fall asleep in and every night I undid the straps in my sleep. That being said, bw the cortisone injections..three in all and the limited amount of boot time I did manage I have been PF free for over a year. Working as a cashier now standing eight hours doesn't hurt my feet so much..I think bc they provide awesome gel mats..but I do get stiff in one ankle every night..it works out during the day tho. Sorry your having to deal w this.
Penny I'm so glad you have a strong ticker! What is a Lindy Hop? And what classes do you teach?
DJ I know you love to dance but err on the side of caution and give that knee more of a rest! Ice it gir! BTW my asparagus was to die for! I had to stop myself from eating the whole pound and save some for tonight's meal!
WelshLady. Welcome! Don't worry! I have struggled to keep everyone straight in my mind tho I love them all I have been afraid to post comments to the wrong person...I have just been on for 90 days and lost 18 pounds the healthy way for the first time in my YOYO life! I finally figured ou only TODAY what works for me is to post replies at the bottom of every page bc I can just scroll up to double check people's posts with out deleting my reply in progress. Some of these gals have really got it figured out and write their posts on a separate document I think and then copy and paste bw windows...I could do that on my desktop I think but in my comfy chair I use my iPad and I can't figure out how to highlight on the touchscreen. On my list of things to learn. They even have those adorable emoticons? I love them!
Becca too funny! I used to tell my kids salmon was pink meat! They loved it until they found out!
Lisa and Mary you too have me in awe. Your soooo productive and brave! I would have had to wear a depends if I had to be at the top of that ladder and not hold on w both hands! Yikes!
Pip congrats on your DH, DS and you completing the marathon. Your commitments and capability are inspiring.
Off to work. Be thinking of you all.
Boston Mindy
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The big drawback to living beside a church- funerals. I got back from the lawyer's office and there was not any place to park within three blocks of my house! I have been waiting for the crowds to clear out- it is a gorgeous day in the 70s and I had PLANNED on doing some yardwork at 10 when I got home so I could get a lot done before the girls get home. It was a well loved person in town and evidently there is a post graveyard lunch being served. It just feels disrespectful to go out and pull weeds or dig in my yard, so I don't. So here I am, almost three hours later, waiting to go out and work in my yard.0
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Joyce - What about a ferris wheel erector set? I only mention it because I have wanted one of those.
Mia in MI0 -
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mikesmom1983 wrote: »
Jake the rescue dog and my walking companion on our walk today.
Everyone have a great day.
Chris and Jake in beautiful 60F MA
Very cute!!!! Gayle Minneapolis0 -
Beautiful day this morning for a walk in NE Ohio!
Cheri unseasonable warm NE Ohio (and I'm NOT complaining)
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Sharon, I would love to go to a figure skating gala. One time many years ago I bought tickets for my two girls, my mom, sister and myself to go to a skating show. I don't think my husband has ever realized how much I payed for the tickets. One of my girls had friends who had 2nd row tickets and had an empty seat and so she got to sit 2nd row. I would love to see a competition that I can see the ones who don't get on TV. Those skaters are our stars of tomorrow and I would like to see them.
Well I didn't get any calls from doctors this morning so I called. We have 2 hospitals here and both of them are on different computer systems. One good thing if you are a participating doctor is that you can see your patients complete medical records. We have our lab and xrays done in a satellite lab out by us. It is part of the hospital we both worked at. Charlei's GI doctor is part of the other hospital. So all of his lab, even though it was ordered by his GI doc, got sent to his family doc and gto entered into that computer system. So the GI doc hadn't gotten his lab work at all. They did do stool test in the office. I am a bit upset they didn't call us. They did a test for Clostridium defficil, commonly called C diff, and it is positive! This is a bacteria in the colon that can really spread. If he were in the hospital or nursing home he would be put in isolation. So we have to use two separate bathrooms, really wash well, bleach any of his undies, clean bathroom well. I sure wish they had called us instead of us calling them. I would think a c diff positive would be red flagged and them calling us right away. Plus they didn't tell us when or if he needs to be rechecked.
A ferris wheel erector set. I like that. I will have to google that and see if I can order it from some where.
Joyce, Indiana where I am a little upset at the medical system here.0 -
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Well ladies, I made the Christmas pudding, which is a very rich dried fruit and suet boiled pudding. We boiled it for nearly five hours. This evening, when I tried to lift it out of the saucepan, it slipped and the Pyrex basin broke! ! ! :sad: We have had to throw the whole thing away! Just too afraid of there being glass in there!
We will make it again in a week or so.
The pudding was a very old recipe from DH 's aunt. She is 89 and came to DH's party! Today, before the basin broke I sent her a Touchnote postcard with this photo on, thanking her for the recipe and for coming to the party. I just love the postcards. My DDIL often sends one as a thankyou note.
Loving the photos of the walks! Our weather is mild and damp at the moment.
Went to the W I meeting and made two gift tags and a 3D Christmas card. Nice. And very easy. I also bought some Christmas cards for charity.
Still got my pains. Will make an appointment tomorrow. Two of my friends I am seeing in London this week are retired doctors so I will ask their opinion.
Sorry for others'pains as well, Barbie, Mary, Katla, DJ.etc etc etc. :sad:
Miriam - Hope all goes smoothly! Congratulations!
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Miriam congratulations on the adoption.
Pip great picture of you and Kirby. Margaret 0 -
Jenna, I have stayed away from bread and pasta for a long time primarily because they have so many calories in such a small portion...I eat veggies instead that allow my a huge pile of food for the same calories as a modest piece of bread.DJ, when I was having trouble with my back, I went to line dance class anyway and sat and did the steps with my feet as I sat. I recited the cues for the dances with the teacher and helped my recollection.annpnw, I love your term "gateway drug".....I have a long list of those including cheese and bread....I never think of having just one slice...I think of having the whole package.Penny, how great that it is your heart rate monitor and not your heart that is malfunctioning.Susan, I agree that I have already had a lifetime supply of brownies and don't need any more (the same can be said for alcohol, bread, peanut butter, and a few other things).MIriam, hoorayMindy, the boot is the one they prescribe for plantar fasciitis, in fact, that's the only diagnosis that Medicare accepts for the boot even though my doctor said that it's recommended for nerve compression syndrome which is what she thinks it is. She recommended them on both feet but I started with the leg that bothered me the most. I slept OK but that might have been partly because the drug she prescribed for nerve pain has drowsiness as a possible side effect. It felt good to have my foot supported and I am considering getting one for the other foot. I'll wait another day to decide. I got a call today from the doctor's office where they'll do the nerve conduction test. It will be November 20. This doctor is about an hour away from here. If I had wanted to have the test locally, I would have had to wait even longer. We watched DWTS today partly during lunch and partly while I rode the exercise bike. At this point in the competition I like all the stars but I think the star that went home was a fair choice. Jake and I agree on our two favorites and on the two we think should be the next to go home.
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Heather...hate when baking disaster strikes, ah well no use crying over spilt milk, broken glass, etc. My silliest mishap baking occured when i baked a pumpkin pie for my dmil (meeting her for the first time in fact) i was using store bought crust forthe pie but forgot to remove the wax paper lining between the pie crust...we cut into the pie, took a bite and discovered wax paper between the filling and the crust...so embarassing! And yes, it is a story retold time and time again much to everyones enjoyment! Karen from ny0
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Pip – WAY way way awesome Kirby!!!!
Ann – welcome! Good goals
Sylvia – I went back and found the pot pic… they are gorgeous! Amazing
Barbie – that foot splint looks awful! I am a tummy sleeper – I’d never sleep with that… Glad you were able to!
Miriam – glad the adoption process is moving along… are the kids excited too? This has to be both excitement of the security/stability/love of being with you and the grief for what could not be.
Heather – so sad about the bowl breaking! I had that happen once and did exactly what you did, dump it and start over – it always seems sad to toss so many ingredients, but it is the only option.
Yesterday it rained a good part of the day, so this mornings hike was the one this group does on paved paths for the rainy times, well I had never done the “rain” walk but assumed it was about the same length as our hill walk, WRONG, it was 7+ miles, mostly flat, but that is 3 miles more than I was expecting. It took about 25 min longer and oh can I feel it. But I burned more calories too!
I am doing some embroidery for a shop I don’t usually work for – it is their “overflow” and they do things very differently than I do, it is taking a bunch more attention than I usually have to give it.
November Goals -
Attend yoga each wednesday evening (October 3 out of 4)
Walk everyday – Oct. 125 mile (but lost 4 days with no computer)- would like to see 160 miles
continue counseling and hold my weight where it is as I deal with my current set of emotional issues
weekly fun things
W1 –new hike,
W2-
W3-
W4
Kim from N. California
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Hello, all... reading, but not writing much. Over 5,000 words on the book, rocking along on the sequel to This Little Pig. They're installing the broadband at the warehouse tomorrow, so I'll be able to get some work/writing done there. Yay! DH just got home, time to go make chicken stir fry...
Much love,
Lisa in sunny, beautiful West Texas.0 -
miriamwithcats wrote: »Barbie, sorry about that awful boot. Mary, sorry your foot hurts too. Sorry Heather's hip hurts. sometimes getting old is just no fun, but it is still better than the alternative!
Signed the adoption petitions this morning! Will have a court date by the end of the week and a hearing in about a month! Yippee!
Miriam wow getting close. Very exciting.
Janetr OKC0 -
This is one of my bowls with decal embellishments. Once it's fired the black will turn reddish brown/sepia. Tomorrow morning I'll get to see them all finished.
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Janetr- do you raise llamas?
Sylvia- I can hardly wait to see the end results!
Mary from Minnesota0 -
Janet, he's SO CUTE!0
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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:
13,000 steps
138 minutes of dog walking
90 minutes riding the exercise bikeKim, it never occurred to me that the foot splint was less of a problem because I sleep on my backJanetr, love the llama....I am reading a book now with a story that includes alpacas.
I've been up since 3:15 AM so I'm off to bed soonl
Barbie from beautiful NW Washington
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fanncy0626 wrote: »Janetr- do you raise llamas?
Sylvia- I can hardly wait to see the end results!
Mary from Minnesota
We don't raise them. They actually belong to our next door neighbors/best friends. Jack takes care of them most of the winter for them when they go t o AZ. We will be going to AZ with them this year so not sure who will be care taker. They have 11 acres in an L shape, our house is in the corner of the L.
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Janet, we are going to be in OK later this month for the girls' baby brother's baptism, but it won't be in OKC! His new mom is from Tulsa, and that is where the baptism will be, at their family church. BUT we will be visiting them occasionally now that I have the legal paperwork in hand (termination of parental rights making me their legal guardian). I was not going to take the chance of running in to their biological parents since they are often in the OKC area. The one fear the girls had about me adopting them was that they wouldn't ever get to see their baby brother and cousins (their dad's brother adopted their baby brother). I promised them we will visit often. Maybe some time we can get together!
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About thin people I once read that to learn how to eat like a thin person you need to understand how they manage their food. I took my close thin friend to lunch and interviewed her. She has a very very strict set of rules that she rarely wavers from (like low carbs, none after lunch and a salad for her main meal every night and then adds some additional protein). It's her discipline that keeps her thin. She says if she has chocolate she'll lose control. She has the discipline that I admire (although sometimes I think it borders on obsession..I could use a little obsession like that)
So Susan, as you said, there are few naturally thin people that can eat anything without thinking about it.
Anyway, I'm done for the day. An hour on the elliptical and logged all my food and stayed on plan.
Kimses in MA0
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