WOMEN ages 50+ FOR JULY 2016

miriamwithcats

Katiebug, my mom gave me a pair of hand-me-down pants, "I hope you can fit in to them. I had them before I lost weight. They are HUGE!!!" She had a tiny bone structure and no muscles at all and could not accept that I inherited my dad's bone structure and muscles. These were a size 16 pant.

Peach1948

Heather ~ Bea is wonderful. Love that head of hair and her smile.

jmkmomm

Sitting in my usual chair in the hospital. A HIDA scan has been ordered. It s a nuclear scan of the gall bladder. According to what it shows, they might put a tube in the gall bladder and drain it. I am ready for him to stay at home and stop coming here. It the cake was good, Trinity enjoyed all of her clothes, Michelle is there mowing the lawn and SIL and grand kids are going to empty dishwasher and reload it. Sloppy joes with ground turkey was very good.

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

So sorry for the continued killing of police officers in Baton Rouge, LA and other places. We need to keep the police officers who are out there to ''protect and serve" AND their families in our prayers; such a sad, sad situation that seems to be occurring too many times and places. Praying for all of them. In GA, a Valdosta policeman was sent to answer a 9-1-1 call and was shot. I haven't heard any more than that. It was a set-up; the man wanted to 'die by suicide by cop'. These senseless killings affect an entire city (small or large)

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

margaretturk

Heather thank you for the pick me up. Darling!!!!!!

pipcd34

someone asked if i had done the STP (Seattle to Portland) ride, no.. there are things about that ride that turn me off so i will probably never do it. you also have to find your way back. there is only one ride that we do every year and that's the MS 150 bike ride that later became the MS bike ride that is now the MS Deception Pass Classic. that is usually the 1st weekend in september. this one i love. it is well supported, a 2 day ride, you finish where you started. i've been asked about doing other pretty popular rides and runs, like the courage classic and the obblideride (couple of famous rides around here). the thing you have to remember, all these rides cost money and you have to raise $$ for them. the MS ride, you have to raise $250 just to be allowed to ride. i suck at asking people for $$. if you notice, i've never asked anyone here if they wanted to donate (even if it was allowed to in this forum). i do it every year with kirby and this is the only one that i do ask and post on Facebook but it's hard. kirby works at a hospital so his co-workers are more rich and they can afford to donate to him, mine aren't.

as far as traveling to do a ride or run, the ONLY one we travel to (out of State) is the upcoming run in November, nothing to raise for but marathons can be expensive to pay into, some are like $180 each. we do it because my family is in california, so we get free food and lodging and visit family while we're there.

you can go broke doing these things.. you can find a run every weekend if you tried, there are staple runs that we do every year because we have been doing them, but they all cost $$ to do them. i don't have anything to prove to anyone. the only reason i did the 1st marathon was because i signed up for it, paid my 180 bucks but i ended up not being able to run it because i ended up donating bone marrow to my sister that same week. the next year i did it to honor her and just to see if i could run that long without stopping (which i did - 4hrs 36min 06sec :0) the next year, i walked it with my other sis (still had my sling on, couldn't run) while kirby ran it on his own, that one my sister paid for my entry fee. now this one, only running it so i could watch kirby to see how he does and it will be a year after his accident at that point. i will be fine if i never do another one again after this one.

triathlon - even though i do all 3, swim, bike and run, another thing you have to pay for and i'm ok if i don't, people are brutal when they do these thing, they swim and you can get trampled on and hit with arms swinging, no thanks.

i don't think i'll be doing this bike challenge again next year, i know if i pushed hard, i could make 1000 miles by the end of this month, but i'll just ride normally and we'll see how far i go. i get to mentally into it and checking to see if i could beat some girls miles, for what.... right now i'm in 4th place in the state as far as riding and the 1st girl, all this one girl needs is one long ride and she'll pass me, whether i want to admit it or not, i'll be bummed and part of me will want to go on a long ride for the last push but i'm not going to get anything out of it, bragging rights to this girl, Facebook and that's about it.

enuf of that...

went to a house warming party of my co-workers yesterday and she introduced me and kirby to the group and the first thing she says, "these are the bike riders that i was telling you about" lololol. her daughter and her friend thought i was about 30 something.... that made me feel good, told them my real age and they were like, 'NO WAY"lolol.... all this hard work does pay off.

this has got to be my longest post.

Sunnygirl_2015

Just love her huge smile

Rosie

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Just to cheer us all up. A happy Bea in her new home.



Love Heather

pipcd34

stat for the day:
spin- 90.31min, 96ar, 48aw, 5-8g, 108ahr, 140mhr, 18mi = 559cal

fanncy0626

Heather- Thanks for sharing the beautiful picture of Bea! She certainly does make me smile!



Mary from Minnesota

ljdw99

janetr7476

Heather Bea is so sweet. What a terrific picture. They grow so fast at this age. Had to show Jack how cute her smile is.

Janetr okc

Katla49

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Just to cheer us all up. A happy Bea in her new home.



Love Heather

Thanks for sharing. This really put a smile on my face! :bigsmile:

Marcelynh

Pip: Have you done RAGBRA? I know it's in Iowa but it's such a well known race. Down here in TX we have the MS 150 for raising money for MS research. They say the first 125 miles are not so bad but the last 25 is all hills going into Austin and a killer at the end of two days.

About moms. I do understand about feelings being hurt etc. I understand not everyone has or had a great mom. I'd give anything to just hear my mom's voice, positive or negative. That just won't happen. She's been gone 35 years. I raised my kids without a mom, went through all the major events of life without a mom. I thinkmy reality colors my view of complaints about moms. On the other end of it I try to always temper my words with my children. Unfortunately as I grow older my ability to "just not care," and say the wrong thing without realizing it grows along with my age. Lord help us all when I'm in my 80s.

Marcelyn in Houston
Starting in the Birthday season for our family. My two months to go broke.
(birthdays: Today (July 17), July 21, July 23, July 31, Aug. 5, Aug 12, Aug 13, Aug 21, Sept 6, Sept 13)

pipcd34

no i have not done RAGRA. the marathon run we do is the only one we fly out and do. the MS ride is done all over the US. for us, the 1st 22 mi are flat, the rest all hills like the Washington landscape

astbauhan

I am looking for a weight loss buddy for weekly weigh ins and accountability. I am 50 and need to lose 35 pounds.

skuehn48

Hello ladies: Hope you are all having a great weekend. DD and I were going to do just a little yardwork today but ended up hauling logs to our compost bins, trimming trees and spraying weeds. Then we went to get ice cream. At least I worked off the calories first.

Cheri - That is an awesome afghan!

Katla - Traveling mercies for your upcoming trip.

Joyce - Prayers for Charlie going up and sending healing angels.

Heather - What a cutie! She makes you feel joy just looking at her picture.

Take care all, Sue in WA

pipcd34

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jmkmomm

The house is quiet! The kids have never been to a drive in movie so that's what they are doing tonight. When they get home I will be sound asleep and am sleeping in as long as I want tomorrow morning. I have got to do something to get me feeling better.

trisH_7183

Heather,Bea is the happiest little girl. How lucky you are!

Joyce,know it's hard having your guy in the hospital.Hopefully
they will get him to feeling better.


These are a small patch of lilies. Pat