WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2016
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Did 55 minutes of a Flex TRX Inspired Workout. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Jari Love Get Extremely Ripped Boot Camp DVD
mrscarneval - welcome and welcome to anyone new that I may have missed.
Joyce - many times I take my own food. and, honestly, I usually wind up having more than others plus it's better tasting. You'll do the right thing. I don't think I'd want to skip something if I can help it
CJ - when a cousin of mine bought her house, the entire backyard (and I think the front yard too) had stones put down instead of grass. Vince thought that was wonderful. I don't think I would have liked that. I'm always amazed how "yukky" I feel when I have a food that's not good for me
For all of you gardeners out there: I'm not at all plant-knowledgable. What would you suggest? Here are some things about what type of plant I need. It will go under our garage window so I'd like something that doesn't grow real high. Now this is VERY important: I want something that blooms (flowers) EARLY in the season. Like the first day of spring. I want the bush to stay green during the winter, I'm thinking that I'd like it to bloom with white flowers.
janetr - when you talk about tornadoes, I just can help thinking about "Wizard of Oz". Scary!
Lisa - I just got a tablet, I'm sorry, what again were the titles of your books?
Volunteered at the Green Room, then Vince and I did some practice bowling, then I went to the MD because it seems that I'm having a bit of a hard time hearing. I thought it might be ear wax since that's been a problem for me before. But he said that the ear wax in my ears is fine and he did a simplified hearing test in his office. Seems I have diminished hearing in my left ear so he's going to schedule an appt with an audiologist for me. Before that happens, I do want to check that this practice is in network for our insurance. Don't ask me about this, but I seem to remember reading somewhere (and I don't remember where) that certain anti-seizure meds can produce hearing loss. I haven't seen anything on the Internet about this, tho. I will ask the neurologist, tho. Came home, had dinner, then went to WalMart. Some things are just so sad. this one girl working the customer service desk really did not have all her crayons. I told her I was returning the cheese but that I would be buying more food. She went on to say how they can only return food without a receipt for another food item. I just said "that's exactly why I told you I was buying more food items". I was going to get some eggs and have her price match them, well, she didn't think she could do that on a return. Why not? Food is food. They always have before. Seems if I was buying another cheese and price matching that, that she could do. But not something else. Weird. I just gave her something else to make up the money. What I owed came to $1.29 so I gave her two 1's and 4 pennies. Do you know she had to get out a calculator to figure out that I should have gotten 75 cents back???
Patsy - I have a cookbook called "Kidney Friendly Comfort Foods"
All this talk of tattoos made me think about how at Vince's company, you had to have your tattoo covered. Some people had to wear long sleeved shirts all day long (even in summer). That was just the company policy.
miriam - when Vince puts Ben Gay on his foot/arm/wherever, one of our cats likes to lick it off!
Karen - I like my pants a little (just a little) on the tight side. This helps remind me to be sure to eat well. But as for shirts, I really don't like anything really clingy
About replacements in recipes, this one recipe calls for 1tsp of rum extract. I don't have any and really don't feel like buying a whole bottle just for 1tsp. Is there a substitute or maybe I should just eliminate that one item?
Stopped at Sam's. I was going to get carrots for the dogs on Monday. But all they had were organic carrots and there is no way I'm paying $4 for organic carrots for a dog!!!
Vince made hotels reservations for us for the wedding. The Tues, Wed. Thurs before we need to go up so that I can bring the cake and Jess can decorate it. We're going to be staying at a different hotel (less expensive) than what we usually stay at. It's about a mile from the one we usually stay at. Unfortunately, that means I won't be able to walk to the Y to use it. Then Fri Sat and Sun we'll be staying at the Dulles Mariott where the wedding will be. They got a really really good group rate.
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Karen from NY – DH was a pretty bad patient himself. But, when I went with him to the MD and the MD gave him a choice between trying (yet) another medication or going further by having a procedure; he looked at me and told DH, he thought it was time to go for the procedure. It has worked out a little better for him. Still has a bit of an issue; but, not nearly as bad as before.
We’re supposed to get rain tomorrow here as well. Looked like we’d get some today; but, didn’t.
Katla – DH ‘loved’ my hair cut. Feels so much better, too. Feet are in Heaven!
The only thing I ‘salt’ are tomatoes. I figure most foods have enough sodium in them to ‘kill a small herd’ or just about anything. I do, however, use a lot of pepper.
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All this talk of tattoos made me think about how at Vince's company, you had to have your tattoo covered. Some people had to wear long sleeved shirts all day long (even in summer). That was just the company policy.
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There is no policy at my company but all of my tattoos are on my back and covered by whatever I wear. I picked my back for that reason. I work in an office environment. The guys out in the shop don't have to cover any of them. In most offices it is still considered unprofessional or taboo.
Anne in Wisconsin0 -
Margaret 0 -
A little history about my story. I started writing this before my husband got really sick, before alot of things, and I sometimes had that feeling of just "fleeing" my own life. In California, my husband had chosen to not pursue getting a liver transplant, and he had the right to be in charge of his own life, but it still made me angry. I figured this was the next best thing to just write it down. So this gal in the story is named Becca, and is fleeing the ex-husband, her past, and is kind of a gypsy wanderer. That is like me, in the sense that I was fleeing the truth of my husbands condition. I never applied for a drivers license down in California because I used to joke about the feeling of getting in a car, and finding myself 3 states over... Oops, forgot to take the exit there....
Today I volunteered at the Senior luncheon, helping serve, and I sang a bit too. My one sweet lady friend asked me to sing opera, and so I did, and she cried. So sweet. So my volunteering has become my moment to "live outside the box" to definitely put myself out there. It was fun, but scary too. When I sing, they stop eating, and the whole place got quiet, and I concentrate so hard so I don't forget my Italian!! Eeeek!
OK I have left Becca at the quaint inn.......
I quickly unpack my stuff, if you can really call it unpacking. Out of a paisley-colored cloth shoulder bag, I make a pile of items. Re-buttoning the large pearl button, I think to the ribbon I received making that bag.
I was in 4-H and this was my Oregon State Fair entry. I was 10, the material so loud compared to my friend Melissa's. Melissa had chosen a green corduroy. I was into paisley prints, and had a couple of shirts to prove it. The large pearl button was the best part, and was given to me by my Grandma Mimi. I remembered pleading with my brother Matthew, to give me some of his leather shoelaces to make a loop to sew on my project. So it had all worked out, and I had earned a blue ribbon for that. I didn't do much sewing after I graduated high school. It seemed I was never in the mood, always restless. Married life only compounded the stresses, thimbles and thread never mended a damn thing.
On the bed lies my toothbrush rolled in a paper towel, a large bottle of Dr. Bonner's Peppermint Soap, a nice quality white wash cloth I had saved from a stay at a Hilton some years ago, a bottle of almond oil and a jar of coconut oil. I smile at my stuff, knowing that Leroy would have freaked out. The stress of throwing stuff away, or letting anything go, always put him into a glorious panic attack. Yes, I had scaled back, always fearful, knowing what a true hoarder looks like, and smells like. I shake my head at the memory, trying to bring myself into the present.
I take off my traveling clothes. I had weathered the storm of winter with family, but now I was facing headfirst into the thick of summer. My traveling clothes consisted of a tie-dyed tee-shirt, and cut-off jeans. I look at them pathetically. I really need to visit a Goodwill Store soon. Hanging up my simple grey sweatshirt that was wadded in my shoulder bag, I pad into the bathroom. Taking my Dr. Bonners Peppermint Soap, I make a sink full of bubbles and gently wash my white undershirt and cotton panties, hanging them about the bathroom. Before letting out the soapy water, I dunk my flip flops in, scrubbing them. I then place them by the door.
It's then that I look in the mirror. What stares back at me is no less than a transformation. When I was with Leroy, I was not only cocooned in our home but within myself. Being with a hoarder had its stresses, and I wore it not only within me, but all around me. During this "Year of Separating" myself from him and my family, one very important thing happened. I found myself. I had been hiding deep in a secret place, and during this year I had mourned my old self. My skin was still getting used to my slimmer self. Pinching the tan skin about my waist, I jut out my chin, looking at myself in a new light. A flush of pride on my cheeks, I stand straighter. Giggling, I strike a pose like a bodybuilder, then slowly hug myself.
I decide on a hot bath, knowing that it will revive my senses. After putting a cap full of almond oil into the filling tub, I slowly sink into the aromatic water. Settling in, my ears fill with warm water, muffling the sound of the music from the other room. I use the plastic cup that is by the sink and fill it halfway with my peppermint soap, then fill the rest with bath water. Swirling it with my finger, I pour it gently over my hair, quickly working it into bubbles resembling mouse'. Refilling the cup with soap and bath water, I dip a washcloth in it, and scrub away the last two days of travel. As the peppermint gets into my pores, I am tingly and ultra-sensitive. Especially, there.... "Damn!", I yell, as some of the soap drips into my eyes from my mousse' hair. Dunking my body under the water, I quickly rinse hair, and body. Turning on the tap with my toes, I gently rinse my eye. This is great soap, but if you get it in your eye, wow, it smarts!
Its silent but for the sound of the bubbles dissipating, and the country music winding its way around the small closet to the bathroom. I could never do this at home, in my house of horrors, I painfully recall. I slip deeper into the tub, and listen to the sound of my heartbeat.
My eyelids open with a panic. The sound of jazz music, makes me sit up in the now tepid water. Wow, I didn't realize how tired I was... Pulling the plug with my toes, I climb out of the tub. Putting my wet hair in a towel, I use the other towel to wrap around my body. Remembering that there was a little kitchenette, I decide on a nice strong cup of tea. As I step from the bathroom, rounding the corner, I am met with a sight that stops me dead in my tracks...
oooooh I will leave you suspended with anticipation......bwahahahahahaha..
Becca
Oregon
Awesome! I love this story & look forward to the next "installment."
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Becca - you are so rotten to leave us hanging like this.
Love you girl friend!!
Michele wrote "janetr - when you talk about tornadoes, I just can help thinking about "Wizard of Oz". Scary!"
Yes, it is scary and if hits your house it doesn't pick it up and sit it down nicely in the middle of a colorful field of flowers with a yellow brick road lol
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Janetr, I don't have a good sense of direction and one year, oh about 10 years ago, we had a real bad tornado in November. As usual it jumps around. I saw on the news it hit this one trailer court. But what didn't catch in my mind is that my daughter's apartment was close to their. In my mind I am seeing trailer court in one area and my daughter lived on Green River Road so she was fine. Well she will never let us live it down that she was not fine. She heard that thundrous train go over. It was across the highway from her. That thing destroyed that trailer court and then hoped over a couple of miles and took a church and then a really nice subdivision. I have never seen one or been close to one other than the fact that it was about 5 miles from us.
I had a day from down deep in the douldrums today. Or is that yesterday now??? Did not sleep but about 2 hours. Did read a book. So felt draggy all day. Ate terrible. Didn't eat anything until supper and by that time I needed comfort food. Got a large pizza. Ate what I would consider somewhere between an individual size and a small.
Found out that the Kimmel Bed & Breakfast is to open again by special request. Because of my sister's surgery, she wasn't able to go down on easter to her daughter's house. Her dauhgter agreed that they would come up for Mother's Day instead. So then my brother from Alabama that only comes for Christmas calls her and says they are taking a short vacation and going to Tennessee and wanted to come to Evansville for a couple of days and would be here for Mother's day. So she tells him it would be so wonderful if the brother that was here last week could be here also. So John calls Paul and says that Norma would like him to come up. So he and his son are coming and requested to stay here. Her grandson will be done with his freshman year of college and will be home so we will have everyone except my my oldest and her family. But that's OK. Norma needs the family right now. They went to a dinner/seminar on the treatment for malignant melanoma tonight. Her husband is really wanting her to have this treatment which lasts 3 years. Norma does not. I am hoping all the family members will support her decision of saying no. She has so many other problems that she has to deal with daily, with fibromyalgia and all of it's baggage that it brings along being the biggest thing. and then there are all of her severe spinal problems causing deformity and PAIN. So she is just tired and doesn't want it. Of course her drain just came out yesterday and she can't get back in the pool at the Y for 2 weeks. So she is not saying no yet.
Nite nite girls. Joyce INdiana where we are now soaked!!!0 -
Hi gals,
Joyce – good choice to join in for dinner..and bringing your own food seems fine to me.
Cj – back in the saddle! Good for you.
Tornados – Yuck I’ll take my earthquakes thank you!
Tammy – welcome
Penny – it is interesting to hear about countries with a monarch I spent this evening with a couple of British friends and they were talking about the queen… I can not think of anything more mind numbing then sitting through endless state dinners
Patsy – you live in Flintstone? I know this is silly but I loved the Flintstones comics on TV
RIP Prince…. So young (we were born the same year) so sad…
Happy early b-day DJ
Becca – Oh no what is next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michele – what’s the growing zone of your location, if you don’t know that city and state…. Replacement for Rum extract… could be vanilla or almond or lemon..depending on your tastes and what the item is
Joyce – sending good thoughts to you and your family.
Kim from N. California
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morning all~
I am awake but not by choice !! Tom comes into the bedroom and asks are you awake? I said I am now.. he said the hot water heater isn't working...(tankless) so I get up and get my robe and slippers on and get the flashlight.. meanwhile he is in a state of panic..now this is all at 2:30 in the morning... he moves some siding that we have downstairs.. and gee it was unplugged
. he was thrilled that was all it was.. but really did ya have to wake me up.. well now I am up .. and will get dressed and go to the gym.. first day I have felt 1/2 way decent to go in a week.. 2 -
Welcome back to the land of the living, Allie! I went to the gym myself today for the first time in over a month. I took it easy and didn't do everything on my program. Baby steps, baby steps.
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Good morning all! Been reading every day; just no time to comment. Just wanted to send quick shout outs to:
Katie- Congrats on Onederland! This is my goal, too!
Becca-Nice job with the writing! Feels like an old fashioned movie serial; the cliff-hanger "...stay tuned next week to find out what happens to our hero..."
Kristan- Haven't seen you in a while? You okay?
Sue- Thanks for the heads up on scholarships for us "grown up girls". I will check it out and see what I can find!
Allie- Ugh! My sympathies! My dh does the same to me.
Heather- Love the latest pic of Bea! Just wanted to mention that it looks like she has your chin and mouth. Also, thanks again for the nudge towards Duolingo. It is now one of the high points of my day. Talking to and working with toddlers is NOT very stimulating for my own brain, so logging in to Duolingo is a BIG lift for my brain and mood! I feel like my mind says "Omigod! Thank you!" and is doing it's own little party dance!
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I am sad to report that the end has come to my part in the romantic movie. PB and I are no longer seeing each other because his ex unexpectedly showed up at his house the other night (while we were on the phone I might add). She apparently had spent the last 6 months since there breakup mending what tore them apart. He decided to get back together with her. Being the gentleman that he is, he broke the news as gently as possible. I am so sad to lose what potential this relationship had and I miss him already. His romantic movie continues, mine came to an end.
Chris in MA who is crying0 -
Chris I am so c sorry to hear about PB. He sounded like he might be a keeper. Hugs coming your way. Here to vent to of you needed it.
Anne from Wisconsin0 -
Awww Chris so sorry... these things are never easy
wish there was more I could do to help..
Well I had a bowl of cereal and was still tired so went back to bed for an hour and a half.. no gym, and I guess I can get dressed quick and go feed DFIL0 -
Chris - ((((((BIG HUGS)))))) Awful.
Been through that a few times and each time is as bad, or worse, than the first heartbreak. :flowerforyou:
Heather UK0 -
Chris ~ So sorry it didn't work out with the PB.
Kay ~ Congrats on getting to onederlalnd. Happy dual mowing.
Michelle ~ I would either plant azaleas or creeping gardenia. They have flowers and stay green in winter. Some of the new azaleas bloom more than in the Spring. I must admit that I feel sorry for the girl making change for you. I wouldn't have understood it either.
DJ ~ Happy early birthday! Know your new painted door looks great. I need to restain my porch floor where the "good for nothing" guy did a horrible job last Fall. DH had a good time visiting with his college friends and I know it did him good. I think the reason I felt a bit bad about it is because we as a couple do not have a social life at all.
Lenora ~ Show us your new hair style. I haven't had a perm since the 90's. My hair always got fried when I tried to have one. Mainly because I color it.
I have read and read but do not take notes so can't reply to all. Welcome to all the new folks.
Carol
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Had a couple of quick phone calls with DH's sister. She is always so busy she is hard to catch. Looks like she may come for lunch on May 8th.
Time they had a good chat over the family stuff. :ohwell:
I hope to see my old friend this Sunday for lunch. Not sure where, but it will be great to catch up after her 2 weeks in Hong Kong, visiting her granddaughter. I am happy to get on the train to Portsmouth if she is a bit tired.
Penny - glad you are over the crud. :flowerforyou:
Did a bit of my memoir this morning. I was remembering how I discovered the power of the written word. Also how my mother, when I was young, encouraged me to believe in myself. That was a gift I shall always be grateful for, even though it faltered as I grew older. It was always there, deep down, and I am now recovering that feeling.
Plus I so much enjoy writing to you ladies!!!!
Heather UK
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Michele, how funny about your cat! I have had cats that lick off perfume or lotion, but never one that would even stay close to menthol. Does she do it immediately or after she has become accustomed to the odor?
Chris, I am so sorry.
Love to all!
Missing hearing from Sylvia on a daily basis. Hoping all is still well with her.0 -
Aw, Chris, I am so sorry.
The "official" Friday weigh-in was this morning, it's interesting that I always weigh less in mid-afternoon than I do first thing in the morning, but first thing in the morning with no clothes is the official time. I'm happy to report 199.8. Still Onederland, although 0.4 lbs up from my afternoon weight. It is recorded.
My next goal is 191, where I will be out of the obese category and into the overweight category.3 -
Chris, sorry to hear that the relationship with PB took a sad turn for youdrkatie, congrats on your good weigh-in today. I am up early this morning which will be great if the dogs want to go for an extra long walk. Barbie from overcast NW Washington 0
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Quick note from my phone. Polar bear across the fjord. Exciting times!
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Michele in NC - the titles are "This Little Pig," and "She's Thinking Out Loud." Pig is the mystery set in East Texas, and STOL is a compilation of about 60 articles I've written over the years. If you do a search for "Lisa C Hannon" on Amazon, it will bring up all my books--I've also got pieces in a couple of anthologies. Thank you very much for asking!
Chris in MA - I'm so sorry... it's so hard to see someone with such potential for happiness for you take a step backward. I had to cope with something similar when Corey and I were first dating. One of my first questions was, if the woman he'd been dating before me came back, would he take her back. His answer was "I don't know." Took a while to get over it. Your Prince Charming may yet find that she isn't as mended as he hopes. It's hard for people to change. Not wishing him ill, just know how it works.
Dr. Katie - very freaking awesome!
I'm getting it together this morning and going into town to get my truck cleaned up and buy a new headlight for the DH to replace one that's gone out. I'm the transport for three other writers, who are going with me to a one-day retreat up in Fort Davis, TX. Absolutely beautiful drive... Taking along 12 pages of the sequel to "This Little Pig," with me, tentatively titled "Flak Be Nimble," and see what response I get. Should be fun, and it's my absolute last solid commitment for spring, so now I should be able to concentrate on what I want to get done throughout the rest of spring and summer. Spending the night in Fort Davis, retreat's tomorrow, and then back home tomorrow evening.
Ordered most of what we need to create a true bathroom in the warehouse, tub shower combo, toilet, etc. It's so expensive to build anything these days, and that's even with building most of it ourselves! I found an eight-foot long bathroom counter with integral sink at a garage sale, and talked them down to $20 for it, and we'll build the cabinets in under it... but still nearly $1,000 for everything else, even with using PVC that we recovered from the warehouse. So glad Corey and I are both handy, but it's a lot of work ahead. It will all be delivered Thursday. Can't wait to actually be able to shower there, it will make life so much easier.
No word on the editing job, but I know the newspaper publisher pretty well, and she's the type that just won't move until her hand is completely forced, so I may not hear back until and unless it gets to emergency status. Still trying not to think about it.
Off to the races, got to get all the finances caught up now that I'm back from my trip, then run into town and get that headlight to replace mine, then back to the ranch so Corey can fix it, then back to town to pick everyone up. Busy day!
Love,
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Kim wrote, "Tornados – Yuck I’ll take my earthquakes thank you!"
Funny you said that, the last few years Oklahoma has had more earthquakes than California, due to fracking for oil wells. We can't win. Lol
Janetr okc
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Correction: not on the other side of the fjord. It's in the delta of Advent River and much closer to this side! I estimate about a mile away from my house. Scads of people have gathered to admire it from a respectful distance.
It's not a very happening bear. Mostly just curled up on the ice, dozing in the sunshine. As I watched, it lifted its head and looked around, then shifted its weight a bit and curled up again. I guess I'll be jumping up frequently this afternoon, going to the window with the binoculars.
What a privilege!
/Penny
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mikesmom1983 wrote: »I am sad to report that the end has come to my part in the romantic movie. PB and I are no longer seeing each other because his ex unexpectedly showed up at his house the other night (while we were on the phone I might add). She apparently had spent the last 6 months since there breakup mending what tore them apart. He decided to get back together with her. Being the gentleman that he is, he broke the news as gently as possible. I am so sad to lose what potential this relationship had and I miss him already. His romantic movie continues, mine came to an end.
Chris in MA who is crying
Awe, Chris big hugs. I feel like crying with you.
Janetr okc1 -
Oh, heck. My mechanic husband is going to show me how to replace the headlight before I leave the ranch, so I don't have to drive all the way back out. I'm not terribly mechanical, and in fact, that's how I lured him to my house seven years ago--to replace a busted tail light. On his third visit, he actually did replace it, took him about five minutes.
I went into a decline, thinking he would never come back! And the rest, as they say, is history. How things have changed in seven years!
To the showers, and on the road...
Lisa in West TX1 -
Quick, while I've got a moment, here are a few pictures from my trip to East Texas:
My brother and sister and me - I'm on the left, the humidity always turns my hair into a fluffball.
My beautiful and very skinny niece, Vivyan, standing on a wooden bridge over a creek on a red dirt road near where I grew up.
An old house near where my mother is buried, in Cushing, TX. I sure miss the green and trees, much as I love our desert oasis.
Caught sight of a cardinal in a tree while we were at my brother's house in Garrison.
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You look amazing and I love the old house picture!0
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