WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2016
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margaretturk wrote: »In need of oxygen today!
Margaret
Sending warm thots and prayers for your well being. (((Hugs)))
Janetr okc0 -
Happy Friday ! ! !
Sylvia – I think recording conversations sounds like a perfect idea. In fact, if you take out your phone and say “wait, I’m going to record this” everyone will behave almost immediately. Hugs and Prayers ! ! ! // Cute cartoon about the leotard. Thanks !
Pip – Hooray for “being” 41 ! ! !
Lillian – DH and I LOVE Big Bang Theory ! ! ! Last night was definitely a good one (confetti).
Betty,Beth, etc – We are 18 degrees right now, and are only expecting to reach a high of 6 tomorrow. Hot tea and coffee for me for awhile.
Karen – Here’s my boot ! Now kick me back ! Thanks ! ! !
I haven't been cheating, but I could be making wiser choices. Unfortunately things got in the way of exercise yesterday, but I am already back on track today. I'm going to try the handbike during lunch, but since I'm having and RA flare in my elbow, I'm keeping an open mind about the regular bike instead.
DS struggled at the Challenge yesterday, only averaging 194 for the day. The 4 boys who are going to State averaged 235 and up. He did hear the compliment in a coach saying "it's about time someone finally beat Payne." He will likely be joining their team at Nationals this summer. If that happens I will have to take the train either to or from Indianapolis, because I don't have any extra vacation time.
Tomorrow is basketball, then a concert by an Up-and-coming country band Bella Caine. Sunday is another bowling tournament. Knowing which kids are bowling together, I expect more ruckus than high scores, so we should be laughing more than clapping, and that's okay sometimes too ! ! !
Hugs for Everyone ! ! !
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Rori: I saw this on facebook and thought of you.0 -
Katla, what a neat memento pillow!
Sending hugs to Margaret.
I am taking a day off from logging food since I am eating lunch at the India Cafe. Impossible to figure out all the ingredients. But I focus on the vegetable curries, and HOT pickles, cilantro chutney. Yum yum. Skipping breakfast. So hopefully it doesn't destroy me! LOL Anyway, meeting my African friend there.
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Rori: I saw this on facebook and thought of you.
I saw this just this morning, also! I sent it to my daughter, who still has all of her scout sashes, etc. This is a great idea! We already made all of her high school and college "club/sport tee shirts" into two quilts; but we couldn't figure out what to do with the scout stuff! Brilliant!0 -
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Katla - Hooray for you! :drinker: Fun, isn't it!
That's terrible about the coffee.
I've got so the only coffee I like to drink is our own. Very strong. We do half milk. Even in France the coffee is too weak for us. I usually choose something else in a café. In England always tea. One or two places do a decent espresso. I only have one mug of coffee a day, after our exercises. 
Talking of exercises, I upped my dumbbell weight today for the first time in ages. I'm up to 9 kgs each for bicep curls etc, so that's the equivalent of a 40 lb bar. I sit down though, to protect my dodgy knee.
I could definitely feel the difference in my breathing and couldn't do as many as I could with the 7.5 kgs. No ill effects though.
And I did my writing! Hooray! :drinker: That always makes my day.
Margaret - blowing some your way!
The "Place In The Sun - Winter Sun " this afternoon is in Costa Rica. That's somewhere we have often thought of visiting. DH especially as he loves birds.
KJ - we have been to India twice and Sri Lanka just last year. Adore them.
We went on an individually tailored tour, just us and our driver in a nice car. Fabulous hotels. It certainly wasn't the most expensive holidays we have been on because luxury is very cheap over there and drivers don't earn anything like the Western rates. We gave a good tip for excellent service.
Love to all, Heather UK
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Sending masses of good thoughts to everyone who needs them, but especially Michele and Sylvia.
Michele, I agree that the therapist sounds bogus. Obviously I can't be certain, not having seen or heard any of these exchanges first hand, but my interpretation is that she is "reading" what your son wants her to say and then saying it in exchange for his money. If that is what's going on, it isn't pretty.
Sylvia, I can't imagine the pain you must be going through. It was heartbreaking to read how you recalled listening to your son's breathing when he was a baby. I hope everyone's situation improves and - especially - that the hospital staff start behaving in a more professional and ethically responsible manner.
I visited the doctor myself today for a PAP smear. For the past couple months, the doctor I usually see has been singing in the choir. I'm not prudish, but now that we've discussed the relative merits of Schubert and Schütz and agreed that the former can't hold a candle to the latter... now that I've interacted socially with him and his wife and played with their charming two-year-old... now I don't feel comfortable letting him dig around in my nether regions. So I asked for an appointment with the female doctor. (I meet her socially too, but that's a whole other ball game.) Ah, the small-town life...
Heather, thanks for mentioning the BBC Earth's greatest spectacle. I Googled it and watched this marvelous trailer http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03hnfr9 That was the only trailer that worked for me, probably because of copyright/distribution issues.
The crying of terns epitomizes summer to me, so that's what I paid most attention to, not the sound track. Terns are exactly as fearless and aggressive as the trailer shows and I admire them no end. They will probably just have arrived when you get here in early June. They won't have laid eggs yet so their aggressiveness won't be at its peak. Still, if you like, I can show you how to prevent them from hacking holes in your head.
/Penny at the
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Heather, my brother-in-law is an anthropologist who does research in Sri Lanka. So my sister and her kids have gone with him several times. I had a pen pal in high school from this small village on the northeast coast. This brother-in-law is the same one who lectured at U of Cambridge for five years. I have always longed to go too.0
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Sylvia - I's so glad to have gotten to the update that your son is doing better and being moved out of ICU. I'll be thinking of you and holding you in my heart today.
Michelle - Thinking of you and holding you in my heart as well. Sending you healing wishes. I was appalled when I read about how the therapist lit into you. Sounds like someone who is trying to send a message to your son that they are on his side without the very necessary message that he needs to step up and take responsibility for his own actions. I hope you will find a way to walk through this emotional minefield and come out with your own sense of self worth intact as well as being able to mend your relationship with your son.
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Barbiecat – I am guessing they checked you for diabetes …?
Hi to all - newbies and those here for quite a while.
Bought a pair of black boots yesterday (on sale) for $29.99 at the Shoe Store. Looked like a tornado had hit that aisle. Everything was thrown on the floor - they're putting up their spring shoes. Some fit better than others. I still have thick calves so I have to buy ones with zippers in them. Pull ups never fit my feet. Some were a lot prettier; but, like these better.
Lenora
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A week from today I will fly to Denver for my great nephews memorial service, returning the following Tuesday. I'm not really looking forward to it, but it will be nice to see my family.
I needed a dress coat to wear to the service. I went to Kohl's and they had all their coats on sale 60% off, then an additional 20% off clearance items. I had a coupon for 30% off my entire purchase. Long story short I paid $35.84 for a $160.00 coat. Score!!
Love and hugs to all, you guys are my rock and go to for inspiration. I appreciate each one of you more than you know.
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GRITSandSLUTS wrote: »
Barbiecat – I am guessing they checked you for diabetes …?
Lenora Yes, diabetes was the first of the zillions of things they've tested for...by the time I got to the neurologist, they'd tested for a lot of obvious stuff and he tested for a bunch more...thanks for asking. Barbie
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Penny - nice video! I once went to a hospital gynie for my heavy periods. (Ended up having a hysterectomy) While I was waiting a nice, young, male student chatted away to me and asked me some history. We got on very well, chatting, laughing and joking. When I went in to see the gynie he did the exam and then asked if the student could have a feel. :sad: :sad: I said yes, but I was mightily embarassed as I'd been treating him like a social friend. Then his hands were really warm! ! ! Oooops. Luckily we have a lot of female doctors to choose from at our practice. You hardly ever get to see your own doctor, who is a woman in my case.
By the way, did any of you notice the Irish accent in the video clip?
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KJ We have friends who live in India, they have a very close relationship with my husband. This is his third(!) trip to India, DD 2nd(!) trip. They are starting in Delhi with the friends for a week then on an overnight train to Mumbai (the hollywood of India) and then a few days in Dubai---what a trip. As Heather says, luxury is very affordable there, and since they have a family to show them around they get a wonderful perspective on the culture. DD loved it, but the food was a challenge to her stomach, she would say, "Mom even the tea is spicy, even the rice burned a hole in my stomach!!"
I couldn't take time away from work to go with them, but also, I haven't the stomach for that kind of intense travel...just not in me. I do hope some day to travel the world with my DD but I would need to take it slow with lots of recovery time, I am just a wimp that way.
Terri Here's a boot right back at you....I have just got to get a handle on the impulse stress eating and get a grip! I will let you know how that goes, it starts tonite!!!! After I put down this nice Italian sandwich that I got for free from lunch at work.....
Usually get along with DD but she is feeling all of 17 going on 21 of late and anything I say gets her eye's rolling, I have had it up to there with the attitude!
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KJLaMore - Did you say what part of MI you are in? I'm in the Ann Arbor area.0
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Sylvia, I am so sorry for what your son is going through. Has the pulmonologist said how the progression of his disease is. I would still consider that transfer and being his power of attorney you do have that right. Also when he goes home, would they let you have an oxygen container in your home and studio?
Yesterday I went out to eat with my fellow nurses from work. We try to get together once a month. Olive Garden was this months choice. I had the soup and salad. I am afraid that the 'potato' soup was not the wisest choice but oh was it good. I only had one bowl. I have had a whale of a headache for a couple of days but it was OK for me to go for lunch. When I got home it wasn't long before I decided to take a nap, That was around 1:30. I woke up this morning about 10 AM, According to my Fit bit it was a very restless sleep though. I did get p around 7 and had my usual bedtime snack only I doubled it up since I was going straight back too bed. Guess I needed that rest.
Joyce, Indiana
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Hi all: Doctor's visit went well yesterday in spite of all my worry. I think she and I will get on very well together. She listened, suggested asked appropriate questions and gave me answers to mine. Now I need to schedule a mammogram and she will set me up with a pulmonary consult for the sarcoidosis. I am still on a small amount of prednisone so fighting the carb cravings that brings on for me.
I posted this some time ago but I am really needing it now so thought I might repost for those who are new since then.
Five Ds for Dealing with Cravings
Delay - Delay the urge, it usually goes away within the first five minutes.
Deep Breathing - Inhale through your nose, exhale through your mouth. This calms you and actually does good stuff in your brain and body.
Drink Water - Decreases hunger, flushes toxins, and increases dopamine levels. This is the "feel good" hormone in the brain.
Do Something - Take your mind off of your craving.
Divine Intervention - When you are DOWN to nothing, God is UP to something!
Everyone have a good day, Sue in WA0 -
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Mary from Minnesota0 -
Karen ... Is this the DD who is a senior and getting ready for Geneseo in the fall? My senior son has an incredible attitude right now. There's little I say or do that doesn't cause eyes to roll. I suspect these are the chicks getting ready to leave the nest ... And their attitudes are just the thing for us to give the final push (just in case we were thinking of pulling them back in)!
Soup ... I always do really well when I have soup available ... Thanks for the reminder!
Beth near Buffalo
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I bought an Olive Garden to go - 140 calories; then, I bought a sandwich that DH and I will split. Calculating my calories ahead .... I'm already over; but, not by too much.
I'm really tired today, for some reason; will try to read the rest of my book ... I'll probably go to sleep if I do. Then maybe it will only be a cat nap, The Five comes on in an hour. My day was a pure waste of time. Went in to town and ran some errands. Then I bought a new DVD player - I got tired of DH b******* because the old one would 'stick' usually right in the middle of a good scene. WOW! They've really gone down a lot; got it for $40
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Wow! 841 messages. I'll be scanning
As you probably know, the Skype session I had with Bryan went horrible. He blames me for everything, from the fact that I never volunteered to go see him to the fact that he didn't lose his weight in high school until he decided to. I know that at one point I said to him "Bryan, when you're ready to lose the weight, let me know and I'll help you". He never let me know, he wasn't ready until his second year in college.
Talk about stressful! His "therapist" went on and on telling me about how a child needs this and a child needs that. What does she think -- that I'm going to have another child? No, mother nature has seen to it that that isn't going to happen.
As a result, I'm thinking that all this stress brought on a seizure. Lenora -- you know where I'm coming from. The MD put me on Lamictal but the bad part is that I can't drive for 6 months. Well...this is also to see how my body reacts to this medicine. I tell you, the first day I took it, I was going to come in here, but OMG -- did I ever have abdominal pain. It seems that that's one of the side-effects of Lamictal. And did I ever have diarrhea! I had to go for my semi-annual injection of Prolia (for the osteoporosis) and I almost didn't make it to the bathroom. I did clean up the toilet and the floor, tho
I tried one day to do a step DVD, but that's too much impact (I fractured my cheekbone), so this week I've been mainly doing walking DVD's.
One good thing about the Lamictal -- at least I think that's what is causing it -- is that I seem to have lost much appetite and a desire for sweets. You know how my downfall was always raw cookie/cake/brownie batter? Well, now I have very little to no desire for it. Last night I did take one of Vince's cookies, I took one bite and threw the rest away.
I have been logging. Trying to get myself back in the groove. It's going to be weird not driving for a while, Vince and I are total opposites. As you know, I'm the person who is constantly on the go, Vince is the person who can stay home for days on end. That would drive me to drink! But he's learning about going shopping and how to bag things.
One positive to the swelling around my eye is that I can't wear my glasses so I can't see the dirt to clean it....lol Gotta look on the bright side of things.
Supposed to have another Skype session with Bryan Tuesday. I have a list of things that I definitely want to say. This is enough of him blaming me for everything -- he needs to take some personal responsibility, too. Also, I definitely want Vince to be there.
Going to FL Wednesday. Usually, I go to the Y there in the a.m. and exercise then go to the store. I know that isn't going to work for Vince so I just have to adjust
Got the stitches removed yesterday. Thank you everyone for your concern. It really made me feel wonderful! You have no idea
OK, with over 800 posts, I'm really not going to do a good job at all of catching up.
Welcome everyone new!
I root for a football team based on the color or their uniforms, too. Don't ask me anything about offense and defense, but I do like seeing those guys in the tight pants running around the field!!!
Great pics!
Thank you, Kim, for posting about what I've been up to
Joyce - I also thought that perhaps Bryan's attitude had something to do with the way people are raised in europe, so I sent his email to my friend in Switzerland. Yes, she was raised in the US but I also asked her to send it to her hubby who was raised in Switzerland. He felt that it was a lot of marlarkey, he didn't agree with it at all.
Lenora - it's only been in the past few years (like 4 or 5) that Bryan has started this "blame game" thing. He always used to take personal responsibility. Yes, it hurt, but we would let our kids fall. Like at one point Denise didn't pay her car insurance. We kept telling her that if she didn't pay it, they would and could repossess her car. I think she thought that we'd pay for it before it expired. No we didn't. And guess what happened? Yup, the car was impounded. But you know what? To this day she makes absolutely sure she has car insurance.
Heather - good idea to check this "therapist's" qualifications. Until last Tuesday, I didn't even know if it was a male or a female! Next time we skype, I'll be sure to write her name down. I know it's Rosa, but I don't remember the last name. To me, she did seem pretty unprofessional, like she was feeding more into Bryan's feelings that he needs to blame me for everything and not helping him to grown up and take some responsibility himself.
Rosie - my son is in the Island of Reunion. If you've never heard of it, don't worry. I'd never heard of it, either, until he went there. It's in the Indian Ocean, near Madagascar. It's a province of France.
Sylvia - my heart breaks for you
Margaret - if it were here, I would definitely find a different therapist. But as it is, I'm dealing with this therapist in Reunion
NC Carol - yes, I did the best I could -- for each child. Like I knew that one of Bryan's needs as he was growing up was for additional educational stimulation. At one point (when he was in first grade) he asked me to homeschool him and I was seriously thinking of doing it because I knew that was one way he could get additional stimulation. But I also knew that he was always a very shy child and he also needed social interaction. So I found out about the gifted program, I had him tested. He fell a few points short of being eligible for the program but I fought for him to go into the program. Yes, it would have been much easier on me had he not been in it. As it was, for three years I drove him to his school, Jessica to hers and Denise to hers. Because that's what Bryan needed. No way would that have been good for Denise or Jessica -- it would have been too overwhelming. Hope you feel better soon
katla - in a way I'm "afraid" to tell Bryan that this therapist is -- to me -- a quack. He'll probably take that as an indication that I don't trust his judgment. Well, the trth is that I used to, but I'm not so sure any more. Someone on here once said "what can be misconstrued will be misconstrued" and I don't want to alienate him totally. I still love him
All those not feeling well...my best for your all.
Heather - thank you for the lovely rainbow (where's the pot of gold????)
Linda - lurk all you need to --- just dont' make it too long!!!!
barbie - how I wish they found a cure for your leg pain
katla - great pic for Rori
Penny - I don't know what the health plan is over there, do you Heather? Perhaps he isn't paying this "therapist". I have no idea what he's told her, and that's why I want to have my say next time we skype. She's entitle to know the truth, not the truth according to Bryan
Mia - I did get the feeling last time (the Skype with the "therapist") that she was trying to be more on Bryan's side and she wasn't really interested in knowing me at all. Maybe that's the way the health system is over there, I don't know. I just know that I can't take it any more. Maybe I'll give some of the "blame game" right back and tell them they probably brought on this seizure.
Lenora - I have thick calves, too. I found a pair of boots at Kohl's on sale. Admitted, the box doesn't say they are waterproof. But for as often as I wear them, we have this spray stuff that supposedly makes something waterproof so as soon as the weather gets nicer, I'm going to spray them. What did you get at OG
janetr - I went to Kohl's today, got 2 pairs of earrings that were 75% off, plus I used my 20% off coupon plus I had $5 in Kohl's cash. So in the end, I paid a little over $1 for 2 pairs of earrings
phew! I think I'm sort-of caught up. My apologies to anyone that I've missed.
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I'll b 57 this yr. I think if I would have been younger had I been a little different on my answers. I put I am a moderate exercise person instead of very active
wait....Pip....if you re moderately active, then I am an Oregonian slug girl......*grins*
Becca Slug Sunshine...in
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Becca- We made bbq chicken pizza on Naan last night for dinner! I LOVE Naan! I buy it when it goes on sale (in my area, that is nearly every week). It makes for a very easy meal and you can top it with pretty much anything! I first began buying it to go with the skordalia that I make. Have to use the plain or wheat naan for that, though, because there is so much garlic in the skordalia. Anyway, just thought it was funny...miles and miles away and we are planning the same meals!
Yep it seems to be in the sales area in our grocery store too! Also we qualify for the food banks in our area, and its there too. It must be a product that doesn't have a long shelf life. It keeps well in the freezer though. If I plan on having it for dinner I just put it in the frig the night before. I had sauteed some bella mushrooms, diced tomatoes, with olive oil and spices, then put in some roughly chopped spinach. It is awesome on a Naan! I always put the Naan bread under the broiler with a wee bit of olive oil to harden it up a bit before I top it with anything. What is Skordalia?
Becca
Your Naan sister in
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Hello All. Anyone 5'3 and under, trying to lose the last few pounds (less than 10) and eating over 1200 calories?!0
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