WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2015
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GRITSandSLUTS wrote: »I'm not sure what hit me the worst; fish tacos or margarita, or both. Came home from going out to eat and felt like if I could have thrown up would have felt a little better. First drink I have had since starting on my diet; maybe should not have done that ... huge headache this AM! YUCK! What page is Becca's video on? I've gone back several and still have no found it.
Grits - on page 23, her post that starts out Advent Calendar - klick on the picture of the rose she has there, that will start the video.
Janetr OKC
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Heather - your grandbabies are absolutely the cutest. Looks like they are very intrigued
Thanks for sharing with us. I love to see pictures.
Janetr OKC0 -
Heather darling!0
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Janetr - thanks ... I would have never thought to click on the picture to make it start a video.0
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Heather, yes, we are marking the occasion. We had both my older sons, grandkids, two community friends, five church friends and the community paper's reporter attending the hearing. Then we all went out to a pizza buffet place. Lots of photos were taken. I also had a small journal for everyone to write a note to the girls for a remembrance. I am also taking the journal to church tomorrow, and to school on Monday, so others can add to it. The adoption is being written up in the local paper. One of the friends is compiling scrapbooks for each of us with the photos he took. The girls received many gifts to mark the occasion (legos, bracelet making kit, origami paper, tiny doll set) as well as Ipads from their grandmother. We ate dinner out last night with my middle son. Just now we were at the craft sale/ soup luncheon fundraiser at our church, and folks kept giving the girls money to buy various craft objects and cookies! They also came home for their tooth fairy money and bought a scarf and necklace for me. So we are doing lots to celebrate. This will also be an annual celebration day, just like the date they came to my house in June.0
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Happy Saturday, we are in for a change in the weather, winter storm watch with rain today and snow tomorrow. I work both days so hope it is not to bad. I am working on getting back on track and fighting depression. Not sure why just feeling down. DH has a appointment next Friday afternoon as he has a lump on his neck and it is getting bigger. He keeps telling me its nothing and I said lets hear that from the doctor. So am worried about that. Eating yesterday was better, but still over.
Miriam--Congrates. They are very lucky to have you. Sounds like you are making it a very special day.
I also love the Stephanie Plum books. I just checked out and read the new one 22. They never get old or boring.
Becca--I saw my picture on the tree. The tree is looking nice. Thanks for sharing.
Katla--Sorry you missed your trip for this weekend. Hope you both are feeling better soon.
Heather--The DGC look like they are having fun making the gingerbread houses. Thanks for sharing.
Not really a lot else going on and am caught up so will sign off for today. This evening after work have church and then early to bed as work 6-4:30 again tomorrow. Take it easy ladies and hugs and prayers to each of you.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE
December Goals
1. weigh less end of the month then at the first.
2. log my food, every bite
3. Take each day as it comes.
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Just scanning through the past day's posts and see congratulations are in order for *Miriam*. Great news! Congratulations!
*heather* loved the pics of the gingerbread house making. I miss those days with my kids and am NOT ready for grandkids.
I spent yesterday on a college tour with my son. I was stuck by the good food in the cafeteria! Steamed cod with a light bearnaise sauce with steamed fresh spinach (naked). It was great. And the rest of the visit went well too.
I should have worn my pedometer because we walked for a few hours.
Day 4 on P90x3 and my knees are so sore. Everything is sore. Supposedly this will go away in a few weeks. I'll just stick with it and modify where needed. So far the program is good. Challenging for sure. There's nothing boring about it at all.
So for today, 30 minutes P90x3 and 30 minutes on the elliptical (going at an easy pace watching Netflix).
Enjoying a quite day by the fire at Cape Cod.
Kimses in MA
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evening folks~
had dinner, showered ,jammies in bed..Tom out walking the dogs and we will be going to sleep in a bit..
usually snooze while on the trip, Tom did twice and I didnt at all..
left our house at 3:30 am got here to South of the Border at 3:45 pm.. bushed.. and it is another 600 plus miles tomorrow
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The party is done, and I'm exhausted. But it was a lot of fun. We wound up with just 7 kids, which made a nice manageable bunch. And two of the mothers stayed to help, so it was great.
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Congratulations, Miriam!!
DJ - The physical therapist got a little too hung go on Tuesday and my shoulder ended up really sore. On top of that, spending an entire day sitting beside my ex may have caused me to carry just a wee bit of tension on top of the already stressed joint.
Today has been a rest day. I figure it will be the last opportunity for one for a few weeks so I indulged.
Oh! I bought a veggie tray at BJ's to take to my party last night. It was/is awesome! It had snap peas and little yellow peppers in it in addition to carrots, celery, and broccoli. It was $10 but hat 4lbs of veggies. I'm thinking that might be something I buy for myself occasionally.
Lisa - I sympathize with the fissure issue. I think I have a mild case of IBS since I seem to go to extremes both ways within just a day or so.
Back to my book...
Carol in NC0 -
Carol, have you considered celiac? LOL Both going too much or not able to go are symptoms... lol
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Husband and I watched the whole thing, and I yelled like a banshee!! I don't think I could actually go to a game and be there in person I would be freaking out and HOARSE by half-time.....
Today I made pinto bean soup and a small pan of lasagna. Husband was very complimentary, which was sweet. I had gotten some mild Italian sausages so I opened them up and saute'ed them with spices before adding the Ragu sauce. I also "pre-snapped" the lasagna noodles before cooking them. Did a couple of layers of dry noodles in the square pan to see how many I would need. Good idea and I didn't think I would have too many noodles left over. So not so! Strange the noodles cooked and got wider but not longer. My estimation of three rows of noodles became two, so I still have some left over.... I cut them all up and made "Homemade Ramen noodles" hahaha. Put the bean soup for tomorrows lunch for husband and I.
Thanks for the nice words about my festive home :-) It's a really small apartment, so I am constantly trying to keep it looking homey but not messy. The "ugly alligator green" recliner chair in the dining area is interesting to say the least. We didn't have a love seat (always wanted one) and when we got the new love seat and couch, husband couldn't part with the recliner. It's nice to lean back and read in the Library/dining area though. My husband calls that chair in that specific place THE DEN.
Toe is better. A couple of days of putting a knitted looking sock on it, so it wouldn't snag on anything in my sleep. (My fear) I think it will still fall off, but I will let it do it on its own time. In general the toes aren't angry looking or warm.
Down a couple of pounds so I am pleasantly happy today. Drinking my Crystal light lemonade water like a drunken sailor today...
MFP Advent Calendar
Dec 12th~ They mounted camels and they wrapped their robes around them tight.
The shepherds, too trudged slowly on, throughout the chilling night.
You don't have to live your life trying to be perfect.
You just have to try to live your life being WHOLE.
Great phrase huh...
Becca
Oregon
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Miriam - Since my son has Celiac, I have been tested -- with negative results. I really think it is a combination of stress and some poor food choices. Too much junk food has been staring me in the face and then leaping into my mouth over the past couple of weeks.
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Thank you for sharing your lives with me....it's time for bed so no time for replies but please know that you are all in my heart.
Almost three hours of dog walking today in spite of my resolution to take it easy....I thought the wind and rain would discourage the dogs who have new haircuts and green bows in their ears, but they wanted to walk a lot, anyway.
Barbie from beautiful NW Washington
“The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach."-- Yutang Lin
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Great pics PIP and KIRBY...Its nice to see both smiling, healthy and happy. ((hugs)))
Becca0 -
Carol, I wish that food wouldn't just leap into my mouth like that!!!
Heather, loved the picture of the kids. Their Dad sure loves them. You can see it in his eyes, actions. Good Dad.
Tomorrow evening we are having our annual Gingerbread competition at church. Although we all know who will win..our preacher. He always makes an elaborate display and outdoes himself each year. Some one saw a house that trees and limbs had fallen down and really crushed the house. Now that maybe I could make. I also thought of getting the kit and just putting a ribbon around the box. They give out several different categories of prizes. The fellowship always follows the children's play. This is a pretty talented group of kids and group of leaders. they write the whole play and all the music. Last year was the first year I had seen it. It isn't the typical children's Christmas play. The whole birth of Jesus was worked into it but mainly it was about the big issue of bullying. Charlie get's upset that I have gone to so many church events. Well first, that's just to bad and second, it is only at this time of year hat a church has more events than normal. They have supper every Wednesday evening except summer and I have never gone to any of those. I really want to but I know it would crush him and make him more mad at 'the church' if I did that so I just swallow that hurt and have a 'nice' supper with him.
This week was Michelle's 35 birthday. She works the evening shift so we went out tonight. WE knew she would want to go to either a family owned and operated place or Chili's grill. Charlie hates both. But he always tells her to pick where SHE wants to and don't think of us at all. But then he makes us all miserable when we get there. And he didn't let us down tonight at all. He was miserable.
Miriam, I love all your celebrating of your girls adoption. Seems like the whole town was part of it. I'm glad you also make a big deal out of the day they came to your house. I hope they know how special they are.
Sylvia, love the plates. I really like the one turtle that is upside down. That kid chose to look outside the box. The others were just turtles, this one though can be a container that looks like a turtle.
Pip, you two are such love birds. I would say 'get a room' but it seems as if you did.
katla, so sorry both of you were to sick not to go to your family. I remember the entire family that lived here in town was sick except my sister and I. They were OK enough to be by themselves so my sister came over here and we had a delightful Christmas meal of PB&J sandwiches.
Love you all. Got to get to bed early tonight so I can tolerate that alarm clock going off at 8 AM. I would hate to have to throw that thing at the wall. Joyce, Indiana0 -
miriamwithcats wrote: »Carol, have you considered celiac? LOL Both going too much or not able to go are symptoms... lol
This just cracked me up! Which is a clear indication I'm overtired. It's been a long day.
So ... Sent DH and YS to get a real tree ... Umm ... Let's just say it's a little rustic looking. DH said he figured I could fill in the holes with ornaments and lights ... Which I did for nearly five hours. They purchased the tree from a man who lives down the street. His trees have become too large over the years and he and his cousin cut the tops off and sell those as Christmas trees. There are better tree farms in the area but I'd rather give this man our money. He seems to be quite lonely ... Suffers from some condition that has grotesquely disfigured one side of his face.
Anyways ... I didn't say anything about the tree... It's our second tree with tchotchke type ornaments and things the kids made over the years. More formal tree with antique ornaments is in the living room on an artificial tree. I am now done decorating.
But I have a question ... Is there some unwritten Law that says all ornaments, regardless of how you place them on the tree ... Must end up backwards? Sigh.
I've generally been staying within calorie allotment, but haven't been losing. I noticed this past week I've really fallen off on drinking water, so trying to get that back up to better levels.
We stood out in the rain this evening repositioning our new Star Shower Christmas projectors ( as advertised on tv). They work better than I expected and look pretty good. But I don't use drapes on the front of the house, so these things are throwing red and green light points all through the house and the lasers were in our eyes in the living room. Got that pretty much fixed. We generally don't buy faddish things, but we were bored with our outdoor decorations and YS was very persuasive....
Well I'm done for the evening.
Beth
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Wanted to check in before I got too far behind. Been uber busy right now, which is why you haven't seen me. Been logging, tho. Will probably skim posts right now.
Friday did an hour workout in the water. Then came home to make the broccoli casserole to take to the mahjongg christmas party. Honestly, I in a way didn't want to go, but I also felt obligated to go. I had to leave early since one gal was in a car accident and totaled her car and I said that I'd pick her up. Went to the party. One lady said that she was going to have turkey catered. Well...I thought it was regular turkey. turns out it was smoked. Had just a little, a little of the broccoli casserole I brought, some of the cornbread stuffing one gal brought, lot of raw carrots.
then in the evening there was a party for some of the people who go to ceramics. I'd never gone to one of their parties before. It was definitely funny. One of the games was called "hump the balloon". What is is is you pin a balloon on your pants, then you hold onto a chair while a person behind you "humps" you to break the balloon. It was hilarious. I had a bit of cheese, some of the sausage cheese balls someone brought, a piece of what I think was turkey, lots of raw carrots and tomatoes (which surprisingly weren't very good). I admit that I did have one chocolate mint. Stayed away from the desserts.
I know that I totally blew it today. Did most of the baking for Christmas eve. I am a believer that you need to taste the dough to be sure you have enough spices and then you do need to at least sample the finished product to see if you need to bake it longer, etc. Made ginger cookies for this gal at the Y, magic cookie bars for the gal who I reserve the conference room for Newcomers, 3 other types of cookies from this mix which I honestly didn't think was all that great, chocolate chip cookies for Vince. I also made turkey meatloafs for next week and chicken. Didn't realize the chicken needed to marinate so I'll cook it tomorrow.
My heel is still hurting. Not sure if the voltaren is helping or not. I figure it can't be hurting! Wish I could see the doc sooner.
Alison - I THOUGHT I felt a wave as you passed by!!!! Thanks
Rori - good luck to you
A friend at the ceramics party gave me a recipe for a different type of fudge. I'll give it a try, maybe after the holidays.
Heather - hope your tooth gets better fast
Penny - breathtaking photo. Actually, everyone's is, barbie's, pip's, everyone else's
Tomorrow there is a holiday dinner for the Newcomers. This gal has gone all out, she's gone like $200 over budget, and the budget is almost 1/2 of the social budget.
Lenora - I didn't know this, but Vince is into trains and he's on this train forum. There have been stories of people walking on the tracks and getting hit by a train. The thing we thought of was "didn't they hear this big thing". Then he found out that up so close you really don't hear the train. Interesting, huh?
Margaret - good thoughts being sent for your hubby
Carol in NC - there was a lady from this place called "2-1-1" They are an agency that provides services to needy people. One gal in Newcomers who I know is very involved in her church and has lived here for years never heard of it. Thought I'd pass this on to you in case you need it. You might look them up online
Welcome everyone new
Did a Gilad cardio DVD only I didn't realize that the second half was all kickboxing. That I'm not crazy about. The plan for tomorrow is to do an advanced pilates DVD
pip - so do you do your planks with your arms straight or the forearms on the ground just not locked together? Good for you using that elliptical for your shoulder.
Throwing confetti to Miriam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Becca - what a sweet hubby you have. At the ceramics party we had a gift exchange. I gave someone a cookie jar and filled it with cookies that I'd made. I went to open this gift and said "well, they say good things come in small packages so I'll take this one". It turned out to be a pewter picture frame. Not that I was crazy about it. No one "stole" it either. But after everything was done, the person who brought that gave me this really really nice flower arrangement she'd made. I just said "I told you good things come in small packages". Truthfully, I'm going to donate the frame, but the arrangement is on my dining room table as I write
Becca - I think I missed your video. I'd love to see it. If I can't find it, can you repost it, please?
Lisa - how I agree with you. Every time you go to the MD they are constantly saying "take this, take that". And then you have intereactions! I remember MIL was at one time on 10 different meds. My father felt the same way I do and I think he was only on about 6 when he was taking the most meds he'd ever taken.
katla - so sad about missing your trip. I'm sending my wishes for a miracle, too
Becca - just saw your video. LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it. Janetr - thanks for telling me. Leonora - you're in good company, I never thought of clicking on the pic to start the video, either
kimses - which college did you go to?
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Hi gals,
I decided to read any only respond generally – it’s quicker! However Pip mentioned me sewing with a pot of coffee next to me, and I thought I’d share a now 30 year ago experience… I went to the doc for my annual girl stuff and he did a breast exam, and was very concerned about all the lumps and bumps (I thought that was normal- I had always had them) we talked about it and he asked about my caffeine consumption when he found out I generally had 12-24 cups at work and 5-10 at home (yes that is up to 34 cups a day --- I love the flavor) he gave me two choices, biopsies on 5+ of the worst lumps or no caffeine for 4 weeks and a re-check… I gave up caffeine and in 4 weeks was completely clear! So then we tried easing me back,- welcome back lump-land-- well I now do one (once in a great while 2) cups a day, limited chocolate and no soda. Something to consider if you have problems with lumps.
I enjoyed all the pictures and videos tomorrow is the craft fair, I have the car packed, learned how to use the credit card do-hicky for my phone, have change, have my lunch planed and coffee to go cup and water out…. Hope it goes well, I am a bit nervous, I have spent so many hours on stuff that I don’t want to be too disappointed. I am looking forward to it being over though! I got my outside lights up today, and will put lights on the tree Monday so I can put up the ornaments…
Thinking of you all.
Love Kim, in N. California
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Becca - I especially loved the M&M train. where did you get it?
Kim - I have very "lumpy" breasts and was told to limit caffeine a while ago. It's not like I'm much of a coffee drinker, anyway.
Michele in NC0 -
Been out to market. Bought some fish for tonight and strawberries. Treated ourselves to a couple of fillet steaks for tomorrow as I won't feel much like cooking when we get back from Avignon.
When you stand in the market sometimes there is a long conversation between the vendor and the person in front of you about their purchases - the cut, the cooking, the length it will keep etc. They take great care to give you exactly what you want. Good job we're not in a rush!
Then we amble back with our wheeled shopping bag and have a discussion with the wine vendor underneath our apartment as to which wine will go perfectly with our purchases. :laugh: Everyone wishes you a Good Sunday.
Unfortunately the museum I wanted to go go this afternoon is shut on Sundays so we will have to have a rethink. I am still very full of cold with an aching face, but feel better in the open air.
Kim - here's hoping for a great craft fair for you! At least your goods are not perishable if you don't sell out!
Katla - Hope you are feeling better!
Love to all and have a Good Sunday! BON DIMANCHE! :flowerforyou:
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Hi Folks, coming off a busy work week and a very exciting week ahead, DD finds out about her top choice college and DH has a phone interview for a new job, excited, hopeful and helping them both stay calm! Just saying, things are a little tense around our house. To top it off, my SnL (aka the troublemaker) sends my DH a photo by text of his biological father, the one who abandoned him when he was a baby.....why would she do that? So painful to my DH, he has made peace that this man made no effort in his life to connect with him, yet she had to go and send a picture of him smiling away, she is such a pot stirrer; I know she just wanted to bug my DH.
That topped off a week of him having to wear b.p. heart monitor all week, which ruined his sleep. We are awaiting news of that report as well because it is critical that his b.p. is controlled, may have to adjust his meds....he refuses to have a defibrilator surgically implanted in his chest which is something the Cardio docs are wanting to do.....
Okay, vent is over.
Thank you ladies for offering this place to let it all hang out, we women do handle a lot don't we?
Did I mention, I am eating over my calorie limit most days but still exercising.
Karen from NY0 -
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Having quiet thinking time.
Photos of my mum and dad just before they were married. My dad taken a short time before he died.
He died on 25 December 2000. Merry Christmas Dad, RIP. Memories last forever, especially the good ones.0 -
Sylvia, looks like a fun ceramics party!
Carol, glad you got tested.
Barbie, I am imaging your two dogs all wet and glistening with soggy bows! LOL
Pip, you guys are just so adorable.
Heather, hope you feel better. Loving hearing about your jaunts.
To all who are sick this season, or hurting from old age, my thoughts are with you. I remember one Christmas when all three of my boys were so sick that they didn't even care that Santa had come. It is no fun being sick right now when there is so much going on and so much joy to share.
Emily and I sing in choir at church today, and then we sing two songs in the Vespers concert that is community wide and rotates through the churches. This year we are at the Mennonite church. And we sing first. Ugh. It is fun to hear the different choirs from all the churches and also the Madrigal singers from the High School.
Love to all! I am still a bit distracted by Friday's events, so not remembering who else I wanted to respond to! But you all are dear to me.0
at Vonns in Seattle 
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