WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2016
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Heather, that's how I do my hair also. I have had the same hairstyle for so many years, Tina just cuts it and does a quick blow dry. I have told her she doesn't need to even blow dry but she still does it. So I just come on home, rewet it put my mouse on and blow dry. I am not going to pay some one else to fix my hair and she doesn't fix it the way I do.
Had a wonderful day today with my nurse friends. There was just the hostess and Janet and I but that's OK. We had fun. She fixed chicken enchilada/ It sure was good. I tried to take a small serving and left off some of the cheese and salsa. She estimated it to be 400 calories. She buys canned Amish peaches at Rural King and it sure was good. Then we went to her daughter's goat barn. She has anywhere from newborns to 8 year olds and each age group has their own pen. She takes the babies away as soon as they are born so that they are hand raised and can be shown and easier to handle. The new babies are kept in hat looks like bit plastic crates you buy at Lowes. So she had 2 sets of newborns, one set born yesterday and one set born Sunday. The youngest pair didn't want to be bothered so we picked up the ones born on Sunday. I had one who just wanted to cuddle. She put her head up by my chin and just settled in. Eventually after making a lot of little newborn sounds, Heather will recognize those, she was sound asleep. Janet's baby was different. There was no way that little baby was going to settle down. She had a look of there is a world to see, me lay down , oh no you're not going to get me to lay down. Plus she peed on Janet. Plus I loved all the cats. But I left my iPad at her barn so we will drive there tomorrow and pick it up. I'm just glad it was found.
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Hey, I'm late to this April Goal Party for 50+ ers.....
My Goals:
1. Get real and log all food & drinks I ingest!
2. Exercise
3. Yoga Stretches & Stay Positive
4. Need to get some inspirational friends on MyFitness Pal to keep me real!
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Wow, I finally got caught up on all the reading. It is so easy to get behind with this group. We are having septic problems and it keeps getting more and more involved. The guys have been here three days now and still have to come back with a mini excavator this time, apparently broken pipes from settling. The septic was put in when this house was built in August 2007. We have only been here since June last year and had the septic inspected then. They told us we were good for three to five years. I guess not.
The days have been sunny and warm for WA so I have been doing more outdoor work. I have done over 9000 steps nearly every day so far. Food has not been too bad calorie-wise but way too much sodium. I am drinking lots of water so had to get up three times last night. Boo!
Margaret - Have enjoyed your reflections on the book.
Heather - My DH thanks you for the information on your DHs new book. He has enjoyed the series.
Sylvia - Glad you are making strides with your recovery.
Cheri - My Fitbit always counts steps when I am horseback riding. LOL
KJL - If you are serious about going back to school you should check out grants and loans through P.E.O. It is a women's group that is seriously into women's education. When my job at the hospital was cut from full time to part-time I went back to school and P.E.O. gave me both a loan and a scholarship.They have a college in Missouri and first started out providing money for divorced women to go back to school in the 50s and 60s.
Found this quote on my horse calendar. "Food is an important part of a balanced diet." - Fran Lebowitz
Take care everyone and a special hello to the new Sue from Sue in WA0 -
stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 13.12min, 13.4amph, 139mhr, 2.9mi = 108c
ELIPTICAL- 35min, 90avstpmin, fat burner program, 125mhr, 3.51mi = 251c
ride gym 2 dome- 6.17min, 14.1amph, 139mhr 1.4mi = 68c
ride wk 2 hm- 52.23min, 11.6amph, 154mhr, 10mi = 519c
total cal 946
another great weather ride home1 -
Beautiful weather here today---perfect for lots of dog walking
Barbie from beautiful sunny NW Washington
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Becca thank you for sharing your talent with us. You caught the essence of the horror of hoarding well. Seeing what my brother did to my childhood home with his hoarding still give me nightmares.
Woke up early today and worked so I am tired and am calling it an early night. I got to practice some of my dealing with anger skills with the fourth grade class I worked with today. The biggest improvement is I don't carry the anxiety home with me like I did before. I put it behind me much more quickly.
Larissa when I have that many posts to catch up on I skim or just read the last page and join in from there. We love to have you, so please don't let the number of posts discourage you. A number of the posts are just a quick Icon. I do this too sometimes just to get a reference point of I have read to that point, so the number can be misleading.
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Patsy: Your loom is amazing and I love your color choices. I hope the next doctor is more helpful. :flowerforyou:
Joyce: I'm happy that you had a wonderful day with your nurse friends.
Sue: I'm sorry you're having septic problems, but really happy to see your post. You have been getting tons of exercise. I hope there is some fun mixed in. I love your quote, "Food is an important part of a balanced diet." Fran Lebowitz. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Pip: We're having amazing weather, too. Enjoy your bike rides. :flowerforyou:
We took our sailboat into the boat yard for work about two weeks ago and we got it back today. We motored all the way home and were happy with that. The channel is too narrow for comfortable sailing unless your very physically fit, and we don't currently meet that description. We saw bald eagles, osprey, fishermen and trees. It was delightful. We'll go back to the boatyard tomorrow and pick up our car. DH is way over tired. I hope he'll be feeling better after a good night's sleep.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
Tibetan proverb: "The secret to living well and long is: Eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure..."
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
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Katla wrote "We went to get our sailboat but were way too early, so we did some grocery shopping and will head back in a few minutes. We're meeting a man who may do some work on our dodger and boat canvas & I don't want to miss him."
Did you end up having the bottom of the sailboat painted? I remember you had mentioned you might when you did the other repairs and maintenance. I've never been on a sailboat in my life. I'll have to drop by some day
Patsy - We have missed you and your beautiful loom work. What striking colors your are working with now, please be sure to post a picture of one when finished. So very sorry to hear your discouraging news. I'll be remembering you in prayer that perhaps results will not be as bad as first thot.
Pip - I read your stats daily and as always, I am in awe. But I'm glad you had a beautiful sunny day for the ride home. I'm sorry you missed the wind.
Becca - You better be writing as fast as those "getting skinnier" fingers can go cuz we are ALL waiting for more Great job, girl friend!!
Janetr OKC
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[b]dcdbeetlelover wrote: »Hey, I'm late to this April Goal Party for 50+ ers.....
My Goals:
1. Get real and log all food & drinks I ingest!
2. Exercise
3. Yoga Stretches & Stay Positive
4. Need to get some inspirational friends on MyFitness Pal to keep me real!
Welcome, come back often and join in. Sounds like you have goals and plan in place for moving forward. Way to go.
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Installment #2
I had returned to California and for the next couple of months, rotated from one family member to another, in a trance really. My life was just a stagnant mess. I knew I was stalling, and truthfully, it was easier to not make any decisions, then make plans I would regret.
You see, I had married Leroy right out of high school, never being on my own, making mistakes, or being confident in my own skin. It's tough to take that first step, so I had let family take those steps for me. My dear mother, who always sensed my own thoughts before I even thought them, said to me one day, "Becca, only you can make your own magic, darling". It was a simple sentence but it rang true for me. My heart had heard it. I had packed that day, and left my family. I left my own safe cocoon. Leaving seemed to be the only thing I was great at.
My hands dig into my pockets, taking mental inventory. Keys, check. Wallet, check. My fingers dig further and locate a mint. It is a mint from a Chinese restaurant I had gone to for solace after a long day of driving. Having $10 to my name, and a belly that was talking in complete sentences didn't help me, when I had perused the menu. I remembered that I had chosen "the special". Hot & Sour soup, with chicken fried rice. Even the water tasted amazing. That is the one thing I can not get enough of. The water in Oregon. Sweet and cold, with no aftertaste. Sadly, the water in California had an actual color to it. Leroy said my eyes played tricks on me. Amazingly enough, seeing that mint brought the memory all back. Not the memory of the yucky looking water but of the little cups of sweet tea. The mint melts in my mouth, and I close my eyes. My stomach makes a gurgling sound as if to say hello you nut you need to fill me, not just breathe in Oregonian coastal air. Walking back the to car, I flop my flip flops noisily, making the damp sand release its hold between my toes.
Back in my car, situated off the main highway, I am parked in a small gravel parking lot at the end of a trail leading from the ocean. I pull out my crumbled map of Oregon. Months ago, I had purchased this map, at a 7-11, folded so tightly, all proper like. An American origami... Now, its folds seemingly on the verge of detachment, I spread it out carefully. "The people that folded these were on drugs, to just annoy and confuse the likes of me!' I yell. I take off my knitted cap, and dust the dashboard checking the gas gage. Half a tank, good. Smiling, I caress the wheel. God, I love this car. It's a Chevy Spark, and it has character, plus it's a voguish green. It is called Jalapeno Green, but to me it looks bug-like so my pet name for it has always been "Spark Bug". People ask me if it's electric but its not. Why it's called a Spark is beyond me, but she is a cutie, and it suits her. It's then I notice the ivory rose on the windshield.....
Glad you all are enjoying this...I only have a couple of pages of this story. Pretty soon I will be writing these for you in "real time"....I kind of have a story line.
Becca
Oregon
ps....its foggy and I can hear the fog horns of the ships coming down the Columbia River. The chatter back and forth is haunting. Every once in awhile a large ship honks many times.....the "I go because I have the most tonnage honk".
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Becca wrote "ps....its foggy and I can hear the fog horns of the ships coming down the Columbia River. The chatter back and forth is haunting. Every once in awhile a large ship honks many times.....the "I go because I have the most tonnage honk".
I've never heard a fog horn, other than TV or whatever. I'd love to sit and listen. Thanks for sharing your book so far
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get that bug off my screen!!!
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Marcelynh - Lol LOVE it. Thanks
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is is a bug or pip's . coming to life?1
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Marcelyn - Where did you get that bug?????!!!!????!!!!!? :drinker:
Heather UK0 -
Lord, that bug scared the daylights out of me
I am feeling a tad bit better, but still sound like Darth Vader, my boss said I sounded creepy lol
I am waiting until I am feeling well before I go see my DFIL.. will do some laundry in the morning and then go get stuff done at my dads house...
Patsy~ I have Poly Cystic Kidney Disease ,my mom didnt know she had it and went straight into renal failure ,was on dyalisis for 6 yrs before she passed..at the age of 65.. I found out when she found out so for the past 20 yrs I have seen a nepheroligist 2 times a year..I am high stage 3 of 5, and will be seeing a new kidney Dr in August...0 -
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I think Irish Terri has been busy with another thread she's on - a Hogwarts Challenge. She posts regularly on her home page and when I went in today to check up on her I discovered it's her 70th birthday! I congratulated her and told her we missed her.
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Morning, all... I'm up at the ranch clubhouse (we call it the cantina), as it's on a generator. We got 2.5 inches of rain in less than an hour between 5 and 6 p.m., and a tornado touched down about ten miles away, must have taken out the power lines. May not sound like much rain, but when it's coming down too fast to absorb at all, it floods all the draws. I made it to the ranchhouse just as the hail started, and the hubby brought me out a hard hat out so we could get the groceries in... Had I been delayed more than 15 minutes, I would have been stuck at his shop, as there's a deep draw between his mechanic shop and the house. A "draw" here is what is ordinarily a dry creekbed.
No electricity for more than 13 hours now, but we're kind of used to it. Someone sneezes too hard out here, we lose the power, but seldom for this long. Hopefully, the generator here at the cantina will hold out through a second or third cup of coffee. After that, once it's daylight, I can go to town. We've got battery lights everywhere, but since the outages are short, and during the daytime usually, we only use the lights like once every four months. That's the first thing you do is go around and replace batteries, because half of them die in that time.
The delay in getting to the ranch was because a semi truck jack-knifed about ten miles before the ranch gate, took out the guard rails on both sides of the road at a small bridge. Looked like he hit his brakes too hard about halfway down a rain-slick hill and lost it. Probably going too fast, as the pavement was dry until about 20 yards down the downhill side. He was standing talking on his cellphone when they finally let our side of traffic go through, seemed fine. He was lucky.
Here's a picture someone took of the tornado--I was on that road, at the time it was taken, but never saw it.
Lisa in stormy West Texas, about to start that second cup of coffee.
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I don't know where the bug came from....but I know how to move it to my post0 -
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Everyone in the storm areas: Please stay safe.
CJ
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