WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2016

klanders30

Just testing to see if profile pic shows up...here goes

klanders30

Hey, i think it worked , that is a pic of me and dd in phila last year, in front of the Rocky statue...covered in snow today for sure. Stay warm and safe everyone!
Karen from ny

pipcd34

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margaretturk

I got my teaching materials into the committee that has to approve my hours. I will know after Feb. 18th if I am approved. They only meet once a month.

I feel for those in the path of the snow storm. We have not had one of those here this year yet. One of worst year we had over 30 inches at Halloween and we had snow until Spring. It helps to shovel or snow blow it as it comes down. Part of the trick is throwing the first shoveling further back so you have room for the next wave. Be careful and take numerous breaks. Also be very careful at intersections because it can get difficult to see. You do live in an area where it will warm up and the snow will hopefully not last very long. Up here we also shovel out our fire hydrants and make sure the storm drains are clear because once it starts to melt the water needs to go somewhere. Not in your basements! If you get extreme cold keep an upstairs faucet running so your pipes do not freeze. Keeping cabinets open to your room can also help. Up here in the North we insulate our homes more and we still have to be careful.

Margaret

Katla49

DamitJanit

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

Good Evening Ladies,

So many posts that I didn’t even try to take notes.

I do hope all of you that are not feeling well get better very soon.

Congrats to those with victories.

Janetr, I’d stay in AZ too, until spring if possible.

Best of wishes for all of you, my friends. I love all the pictures.

Barbie, I was joking about your blood test determining your ancestry because it was so expensive. I noticed a number of comments about that.

to any Newbies. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.

Went to “Menopause the Musical” this afternoon and it was great! Very funny and loved the music. I didn’t know it would be to all of the oldies and Motown. It has rained all day but at least we aren’t having sleet or snow like so many of you. I pray you will all stay safe. I have activities at the Moose the next two days so glad we aren’t having snow.
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

grandmallie

still feeling yucky.. working in the am,took my nyquil will relax and watch t.v. for a bit and then go to bed..
ta ta for now

dramsey123

My name is Donna and I need lots of encouragement. I turned 50 last year and am having a hard te loosing weight but have last 4 pounds since starting with MFP Started at first of year but cannot get motivated to exercise

lhannon062709

trisH_7183

csofled

miriamwithcats wrote: »

Speaking of being busy, my life is going to be getting a bit more busy. My neighbor stopped by this morning in tears. His son, one of my oldest daughter's friends and classmate, is failing in school. This kid has Asperger's and the school just is not able to teach him the way he needs to learn (darn teaching for the tests!). He cannot begin to imagine how his son would react to being held back, especially since it would mean losing my daughter as a classmate. I had similar experiences and frustrations (like the teachers not even knowing the kid had an IEP-Individual Education Plan!). So the two of us put our heads together and came up with a plan to help out Evan. He is going to come over five days a week to do his math homework with Emily. She is a wonderful teacher. He will also hang out and play in this less chaotic than home environment- the type of focused play Emily likes so it builds his ability to focus. If his teacher sends any other worksheets home with Emily for him to do, I will work with him. I am going to get him a scholarship for Tae Kwon Do so he learns some discipline and focus there, as well as being successful at something and spending time with Emily and other good kids. He is going to go to church and sunday school with us- he knows the sunday school teacher already since she volunteers at the school. Again, he will be able to practice focusing with out the pressure, and he will also be successful and have fun with kids his own age. (His younger brother, the age of my younger daughter, 8, is very ADHD and probably Oppositional Defiant Disorder too.) Emily and I will help him with any catch up he needs this summer. And dad and mom will stop grounding him for weeks at a time especially for things related to school. Hopefully we can all work together to get him back on track. He is a great kid and adores my girls, as does his brother. There is a toddler brother as well, who so far isn't showing any dysfunction. Wish us luck!

You are such a blessing to this young man! Having a daughter who went through school on an IEP and having worked in an elementary school as an Instructional Assistant to the Resource Dept. I truly believe any child is educable given knowledge that all children do not learn the same way.

Cheri NE oHIo

Elaine352962

eccentric88 wrote: »

Ok I am puzzled..I lost weight, got in shape some, ate better..now my waist has decided that it wants to be almost as large as my breasts..and at a size G..I am not impressed...Anyone got any help with this one.??

I have the same problem. I have 2 stone to lose but my waist is causing me the most problem. I feel like I have blow-up ring around my waist, it is horrid. I am also not sure what to do about it. It really is frustrating.

miriamwithcats

CICO but the stress hormone cortisol causes fat to deposit around the waist. I have the same problem and I hate it. I have never seen anything that specifically addresses that problem, though it seems like reducing stress or how your body responds to stressful situations (meditation!) would help or at least prevent it from getting worse. Does anyone else know anything about this? Oh, and the fat around the waist usually means that one has a lot of fat around one's organs which is NOT good. I do know that my daughter in law lost almost 70 pounds so far, here on MFP, and has now had skin removal surgery and now does not have nearly the problem she had before.

And I wonder in your case if being thin wasn't somehow stressful, eccentric 88, leading to increased cortisol production. Many of us imagine life dramatically improving "when" and it really just doesn't happen that way.

miriamwithcats

I am the one in black. When the girls were baptized a year ago. Their grandmother is the dark haired skinny lady, my sister.

mollywhippet

Good evening everyone! I picked the kids up from school and my son asked if I would drive him and the kids up to Fort Scott to hand them off to their mother for the weekend. I told hubby I was going and he insisted that he was going too, so we had a full van. It's about 35 miles each way, so it's not too bad. Coming home I discovered that the heater was messing up. The control for the passenger side was not working at all, and it was stuck on VERY HOT. It was so hot that touching the vent felt like it was burning my fingers. Even with the A/C on and both knobs turned all the way to cold, it was still blowing very hot. Hubby was turning the knobs too, because apparently he didn't think I knew how to turn them properly, but he had no luck either. So, it looks like I'll have to take it in to get that looked at. It was 20 degrees outside and I wanted to roll down the window, it was so hot.

When we got back to town, we dropped my son at his place, then went to the grocery store. There is a new Walmart Neighborhood Market that opened this week, right down the street from out locally owned grocery store. So, hoping to compete with Walmart, they put out some super good coupons. We got milk for $1.88, eggs for 99 cents, and their salad bar for $5 off. Hubby's salad was free. Mine was a little bigger because I got watermelon, strawberries, chunks of chicken, and a bunch of cherry tomatoes. It was really good. So, that was a really nice dinner.

The coop group met today at my studio, and we didn't get much accomplished, but we chatted and laughed a lot, so it was time well spent. It started out with just three of us, but we added another lady today. She was a school principal, so she is very organized and will be good at getting our systems in place.

Not much more going on. Welcome to the new ladies who've joined us lately.

Goodnight all!

Sylvia

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

Katla – The closest we’ve come to going through a tornado was when the little town we live about 6 miles from had one touch town. It took out a pretty good many of the large oak trees. Before that (probably 20 years ago) it rained so hard you could not see out the windows at work. Touched down just on the other side of the river (probably 8 – 10 miles away). A friend of mine, when she was a child, ot trapped in her bed when one hit their home near Mobile, AL. Whenever they had tornado warnings everybody but her would be standing at the windows looking, she’d be headed toward the stairwell. Told them, they’d understand if they had ever been in one. We’ve had some really strong winds and our children (who live in a trailer) come next door to get into our house (with a foundation). My DDnL#1 is ‘terrified’ and the children pick up on that. We all know where the ‘safe zones’ are in our house; but, if one touches down about all you can do is ‘bend over and kiss it’ (hopefully NOT goodbye). We had a warning a couple of years ago and I slept right through it. Got a little upset with DH; because I love a good lightning and thunder storm and they said it was crashing all around us. I sleep with a C-pap and I was ‘gone’ to ‘la-la-land’. Snow is pretty when it is falling; but, the snow and ice are horrible. We got stuck at my DS & former-BnL’s house in Chattanooga where they predicted snow. Sistr said they rarely had soow because the mountains around the city broke the storms up and they’d go around them. We watched it for a couple of hours; woke up the next day with at least 6 – 8 inches on the ground. We’ve been ‘trapped’ at their house(s) during 2 storms. The 2nd was during a hurricane that stalled over South GA and AL. I think it was Inez – YEARS ago. Albany had their first 500-year flood and we had no way to cross over the Flint River that runs through the middle of town.

nccarolb – I grew up in middle Georgia and it seemed like we had a sleet storm about every 8 years, on average, my BF and I had a lot of fun playing in it. Knowing the dangers now, I don’t think I’d do it again. With all the wires down and trees laying across them. I remember that the Sheriff would call my Daddy and ask how many people we could put up for the duration of the storm. We lived in a big Colonial house near the town square; and, they’d close down Interstate 75; which ended in my home town until I was a Junior in HS.

What type of beans do you put in your 15-bean soup?

Miriamwithcats – Our DYS had a August 31th birthday; and, because of it we held him back for a extra year of kindergarten. I think we made the right decision so that he’d be the absolute oldest child in his class rather than being the absolute youngest. He became a leader and not a follower. I think it is best to hold children back in earlier years rather than later on. Unfortunately, there are not too many school systems that are able to have special classes for children with special needs. He took Ritalin for several years. In his 2nd grade, his teacher asked the parents of 6 children on some sort of medication, if we’d be willing to NOT give it to them until they got home from school. I was one of 3 that decided to go with the teacher. She got him to slow down (from wanting to always be the first to hand in his work) to being neat and correct. Then she would reward him with special projects. Either doing extra work, for extra grade points or playing with something like Play Dough. She told me that he made a double winged airplane with all the lights and the bars between the wings. She was so impressed with his imagination (which had unfortunately been squelched by his first year kindergarten teacher). We had to ‘fight’ with the Nun Principal to hold him back. I told her that ‘if’ she did NOT let me keep him back that I’d go to the Diocese about it. She finally shut up about it. When we pulled our oldest son out of school after the first grading period; she called DSY to the office, over the loud speaker, to him why. He looked at her and said, “That’s between my Moma and Daddy, you’ll have to ask them.” The next day I interrupted her giving announcements and told her that she was NEVER to call him out of class without me being ‘in the office’ and then she’d send someone to his room to get him. I was FURIOUS! My boys were not perfect; but, you don’t mess with my boys. Like a Mama Bear protecting her cubs.

Donna – do 5 minutes a day and increase it by 5 minutes every day; walking is a great exercise and easy to increase daily.

barbiecat

dramsey123 wrote: »

My name is Donna and I need lots of encouragement. I turned 50 last year and am having a hard te loosing weight but have last 4 pounds since starting with MFP Started at first of year but cannot get motivated to exercise

Walking is a great way to start being active.....I motivate myself to walk by having something to listen to while I walk....music, podcasts, audio books....there is so much to choose from .....exercise doesn't have to be something grueling.....I love to dance and found a line dance class in my town.....there are lots of ways to be active

oceanmelody

Still on vacation, ladies. It looks like there is a good chance I will be spending my anniversary with a blizzard in Philadelphia!
Tomorrow we will either be driving in snow or or hunkering down in Philly...not sure if this storm will live up to the hype.
Have not had time to read about 150 posts, but if the Internet and the power stays on I might get a chance tomorrow!
Wish me luck,
Betty

17761776

Heather: beautiful family!!!
Janet: love the jewelry, have friends leaving for Arizona
Mary: how cold did you get?? We have a heat wave coming 32 above Sunday

All you out east stay safe, sounds like you may beat our Halloween blizzard. 24 inches in a day, stopped the city. Minnesota we don't stop for anything, in fact we pride ourselves on beating the weather!

17761776

margaretturk wrote: »

I got my teaching materials into the committee that has to approve my hours. I will know after Feb. 18th if I am approved. They only meet once a month.

I feel for those in the path of the snow storm. We have not had one of those here this year yet. One of worst year we had over 30 inches at Halloween and we had snow until Spring. It helps to shovel or snow blow it as it comes down. Part of the trick is throwing the first shoveling further back so you have room for the next wave. Be careful and take numerous breaks. Also be very careful at intersections because it can get difficult to see. You do live in an area where it will warm up and the snow will hopefully not last very long. Up here we also shovel out our fire hydrants and make sure the storm drains are clear because once it starts to melt the water needs to go somewhere. Not in your basements! If you get extreme cold keep an upstairs faucet running so your pipes do not freeze. Keeping cabinets open to your room can also help. Up here in the North we insulate our homes more and we still have to be careful.

Margaret

Why do we stay, it's so beautiful! All above is normal winter living. It does get long, harder as we age. Nothing like that white snow, hearing it crack under your feet. Beautiful!!

nccarolb

Grits - I just buy a bag of 15-bean mix at the store. The suggested recipe on this bag suggested canned tomatoes, onion, chili powder, lime juice, and garlic. I put in onion, Ro-tel tomatoes, and garlic. The sample I had was pretty good.

Sleet is still coming down. The forecast has changed so that our precipitation should end soon and NOT snow tomorrow as originally predicted. Of course, temps aren't supposed to get above freezing until Sunday and then for only a few hours. Will spend some time clearing a way out tomorrow.

Good night, everyone!

Carol in NC

pipcd34

stats for the day:
jog- 17.28min 157mhr 8.45ap/min mi 6,6-8.5sp 2mi = 190c
Rope pull- 15min, 1490ft 99ftpmin 116mhr, midset lvl7, 142mhr = 128c
Physical therapy at gym- 11.10min 1 set 15, 3 diff stretches = 23c
physical therapy- 45min, = 50c
total cal 391

barbiecat

Stats for today:
14,000 steps
146 minutes of dog walking
52 minutes riding the exercise bike
taught the line dance class


"Discard anything that doesn't spark joy.....Life becomes far easier when you know that things will work out even if you are lacking something.".....marie kondo

exermom

Did an hour of Cathe Friendrich's Intensity DVD today. The first half is step, and I really don't think she's a good step instructor.

The plan for tomorrow is to do this DVD called "Black, Red, Gray". We shall see what that's all about.

DJ - maybe the reason I'm seeing these "rolls" is because lately I've been doing these other DVD's. Also, I haven't been exercising as intensely since I'm trying to "baby" my heel. Speaking of the heel: still taking that medicine. It's better but I can still feel a little soreness. But it's just a little.

janetr - beautiful ring/bracelet. I don't blame you one bit for staying in AZ. I wish we were in FL right now.

Heaather - hope your tooth feels better

Well, it's snowing here so that means that EVERYTHING is shut down. I did make two of the spinach/feta quiches so I can put it in the freezer for later on. Aldi had portobello mushrooms on sale so roasted some of them. Now there're in the freezer. After they freeze I'll put them in a bag and then roast some more. Then I made catfish for sometime next week or the following week. Just that much less that I have to do and I can't go out today. Sorry I didn't go to WalMart yesterday as I could have started to make cookies for Lynette's birthday. Well, I have some in the freezer, and if I need to, I'll just give them to her and make some more for Vince. I also made some cauliflower soup

Lynette asked me to make a cake for her for Wed. You know, I don't mind making something for her, but in a way I'm getting tired of always making a cake and her mother always makes these gluten free cookies. Well, it's for her accounting group and I know Vince who's an accountant, he always likes the same old same old. Me? I like change.

Carol/Peach - I did think that the blue on the fish maybe should have been a lighter blue, but Vince says that's a good Charger color. That I don't know the first thing about. Oh, in case anyone didn't know (and I bet you didn't), the lightening bolt on the small fish is the Charger's logo

Carol in NC - I don't know about you, but I sure didn't move to NC to shovel snow!!!!!! I took my boots out of the back of the closet. I think that this is the second or third time I've used them since we've lived down here. Seems that there's more cracking on the tops of the boots. But I'm not really concerned since I don't use them much at all.

Mia - what a reason to get "fired"!!! congrats. Vince's cardiologist "fired" him after seeing him once after the ablation.

Mary - inches lost mean so much more than pounds lost

kimses - so sorry for your loss. Terrible that you got mugged, hope there weren't any bruises

Second batch of mushrooms just out of the oven. One more batch to go. This one is now in the freezer.


Last batch done, put some in the refrigerator to add to my salad and the rest are in the freezer.

Tracie in Green Bay - great new from your ortho!

Carol in NC - you do what I do when it snows, I cooked up a storm today!

Miriam - good luck with Evan. Sounds like you have a great plan worked out there. Lovely pic of the girls, your sister and you

Karen - nice pic

Margaret - one of the things that I liked about a snowblower (when we needed it) was that it would throw the snow further back than I could. This was you didn't get those "piles" alongside the driveway.

DJ - knew you'd love "menopause the Musical". It was worth the money, eh?

Donna - I need to get back to more intense exercise. I've been babying this foot for far too long. Welcome!

Elaine - I certainly commiserate. It's almost like we have one of those kiddie tubes on, huh?

Sylvia - they opened a few Walmart Neighborhood Markets around here, but they've never offered coupons. Actually, they opened one that I liked, then they opened another closer to me and I was very disappointed, to me it is very small. Another one is supposed to open in 5 days near me, hope it's bigger.

Michele in NC

Annr

GodMomKim wrote: »

Becca - too funny!!! ear plugs do work. Once as an apt. dweller a gal friend and I shared a one bedroom (2 twin beds) and the neighbor was going at "it" so she and I did loud imitations of them and embellished them - after a very short time they were quiet. I'm having salmon for dinner tonight, artichoke and a slaw made from Kohlrabi.

smiles kim

Woah.....you are ballsy!!! Hahahaha.... Well with the earplugs in, I swear I could still hear them!! My husband who can sleep thru anything said I just have to think of it as white noise...grrrr. The earplugs made me also concentrate on my breathing, and also the sounds my ears make tonally like tinnitus, and THAT was annoying! I don't have the ringing per-say, but the beeps, and tones that (if I concentrate on them) could possibly land me in a padded room....
Becca
Oregonian with little ponds
up and down my street
rec'd 3 inches yesterday.

Annr

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon oh see give my husband an excuse to be raunchy!!! My teenager already tells us to get a room when he hears giggling from our bedroom. We yell back, "We ARE in our room!" I think any kidding and "making light of an uncomfortable situation" would result in them both getting mad. I hate making people mad, especially if its aimed at ME. Eeeek.

Becca
lying low and saying to myself
forgetaboutit...in
Oregon

pipcd34

UPDATE: kirby had an appointment with his spine doc. she doesn't have his xrays from the hospital (tacoma general) so she couldn't give him a really educated assessment of his condition because she wanted to see his xrays and all the info about him first. HOWEVER, based on their talk, she said the first 3 months after an accident is where you'll improve the most and kirby is at his 3 months. she said that alot of people usually will just learn to adjust to their new limited range of motion and ability. kirby did not leave his appointment very optimistic. i feel for him. with all the progress that has made, he is thinking this is as good as it's going to get. no more running, maybe.. not being able to ride faster than 90rpm? maybe, can't ride outside faster than a 7-8mph? maybe, can't change a flat on a bike? maybe... no matter how much i remind him on how far he's come and how he could be way worse had he not been as fit as he is; it doesn't ease his frustration. he will get another appointment with her when she gets all the xrays and records and she will give him a better idea where he stands.
my shoulder is still a work in progress, it's not where it should be, but life is life, gotta deal with it.

Annr

Miriam If there were more people like you, our world would be an amazing place. You have such a compassionate heart, and it shows in all you do and feel.
Becca
Feeling Blessed to be a
part of this Club.
in Oregon

Annr

Aw PIP give a hug to your Kirby from me! One thing after my husbands transplant was having a home care person come in and just talk with him. Physically he was on the path, but mentally he was having a tough time. Kirby has you to share and talk with, but sometimes mates are just too close to a situation, and they don't talk to you about things because they don't want to burden you with it. Kirby sounds like a realist, and his reality is settling in. You both have gone thru your own physical hardships. Maybe both attending a therapist to just let stresses out could be a good thing. I talk about your Kirby like I know the guy, but you have painted us a picture of this dude, so in a way I know that he would go to the ends of the earth for you. And that might be not burdening you with all of his feelings. Its a guy thing. ((((hugs)))) bud!
Love Becca
Your Oregonian

Annr

Kimses in MA I got mugged the other day too!!!! Mine were hiding on the top of the frig and got me as I was doing the dishes!!!! ((hugs))) Sorry about your job, that sucks.
Becca
Oregon