WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2016

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  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,714 Member
    barbiecat wrote: »
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    I'VE POSTED OFF MY TAXES! Hooray, hooray! :Do:):D

    Our house is now live on the estate agent's website. :) It goes on Rightmove later today. (A nation wide website) Nobody's been to see it yet. >:)

    Heather UK

    :)Heather, I just checked and "Righmove" is accessible on the internet here, so give us some information to help us find your house and see the photos

    I am a bit reluctant to emblazon my house over the wwweb. Partly a security thing and partly because house prices are ridiculously high in the south of England and you all might think I am rich. I am not. That is what houses cost round here and we both bought our original first, reasonably cheap, houses in the 70s and the values just escalated. We haven't added any new money since then, but just combined our two houses when we married. The cost of houses in the south is a national scandal with younger people unable to buy. We will have to spend the same money on a much smaller, less attractive house in Hove and we will have to give the government £30,000 for the pleasure. :grumble:

    Done more decluttering with a satisfying visit to the dump. :D How good that is.

    Had Easy, Crustless, Spinach and Feta Pie tonight from skinnytaste.com. I roasted a bit of butternut squash and used that in a salad to go with it. Absolutely delicious. <3

    Heather UK
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,976 Member
    janetr7476 wrote: »
    DrKatiebug wrote "Waving at Janet as she passes thru the Peach State. How close to me are you, girl? I'm off of I-85."

    I think not very close. In Valdosta right on I-75.

    Janetr

    Yes, my arm would have to be very, very long for you to see my wave!

  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Janet ~ Where will you land in Florida...the east or west coast?

    Did a few minutes of exercise just to get a bit. The video teachers shirt said, Sweat is Fat Crying. I really like to think of it that way.

    Carol
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,270 Member
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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,203 Member
    :)Heather, of course, I understand your reasons for not wanting to share the listing for your house....when I asked, I was thinking only of me...privacy is very important....best wishes to you on finding the right buyer with the right money and financing to buy it. <3
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Social Security ~ My DH and I both took it at 62 with the thought in mind that the way the economy is so up and down that perhaps we should get it while we could. JMHO
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Happy Friday folks. Wet windy autumn day here. Gonna nap and then get down to some much needed cleaning up!!!
  • pipcd34
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  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Still taking medicine for my sinus cold :-/ Head aches and such, but I use those nose strips to keep my sinuses open and they really work. Feel funky though. My pores on my nose aren't too happy either. Today is a lazy day.... Nothing going on, just puttering around like an old person.... :-)
    Becca
    Master Putterer in
    Oregon
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    putter.....putter.....in fuzzy socks....
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    edited October 2016
    Gee, I got so far behind that I decided to jump right in on page 34; I know I remarked a lot of things to a lot of people; but, by now it is just ‘water under the bridge’; and while I don’t ‘burn my bridges behind me’ … I just would have never caught up. So, for whatever I missed, congrats to you who what made the daily goal or had a NSV, sorry to you for ones you’ve lost, welcome to all ‘newbies’, healing thoughts and prayers to those who need it.

    Re - Potted some plants this AM; and planted some ‘new’ plants into pots. Strawberry plant in top of strawberry pot; the miniature violets in the other holes and put them out on my porch. I will be so happy when I ‘finally’ get my darn door. Waiting, but, not patiently.

    DH is going to new Urologist this week. Thankfully, maybe he will be able to figure out what is going on and can ‘fix’ it. The other day when I had to go pick him up because he was in too much pain to work, we walked about 15 minutes; then, he wanted to come home. Got as far as his workshop and he needed to sit down. Hard surface and then he said it felt like he was sitting on his prostate and got up. I later asked him if he was concerned that his prostate cancer had returned and he told me ‘no’. One thing they will check this week is his PSA. I’m still wondering why we never got any pathology report on the first time they went in and put a catheter in and ‘reamed his pipes’. Said it was old scar tissue; but, I always thought that ‘if’ they remove any tissue, they are supposed to send it to a pathologist. That time he was put to sleep; the second, wide awake and nothing to numb him. Said it felt like he had stuck a garden hose up him and then used this brush like thing that resembled what he uses to clean his rifles. That definitely will not happen again, if they need to put another catheter up him, they WILL put him to sleep. He had blood in his urine the 2nd time; and, he wore the bag for 3 weeks. Talk about miserable, he said it hurt all the time. But, he still worked.


    Re – Thank you! Yeah, they (men) are very stubborn about going to MDs; but, I am pretty stubborn about ‘he WILL do it and I WILL be with him’. What affects him, also affects me.

    I found out very soon, that just ‘cutting out the sizes’ to my clothes, then realizing that I was losing because they were getting big on me … right now I am in a 12 almost consistently. But, some are getting a little less snug. My biggest problem is that I have very wide shoulders; so my tops have not changed too much. Sometimes I find that a ‘large’ is too big in the arms; the ‘mediums’ are too snug; so I buy the large and take them to the tailor to take in a tuck.

    The hamburger soup sounds good. Quick and easy, too!


    Katla – I’ve found that our ‘grown children’ can sometimes be pretty selfish and do not realize how they’re words can tear you up. DnL is ‘still on my list’ … she is now not talking to one of her BF’s … but, this is the 2nd time in as many weeks. Then BF calls one of her cousins and gripes to her about it. They act like 12-year-old ‘mean girls’.


    Sue – When I went to the MD that had ordered me into the program so that I’d lose weight; did not say anything to me; and, I had lost ‘significant’ weight. He said that he had told his nurse, Nancy, that I was looking ‘good’. I laughed and said that he was telling the ‘wrong’ Nancy. He needed to be telling ME! After that, whenever I have gone in, he remarks about my weight (loss); but, now that I am so close to my goal, it seems so hard to lose it … I keep losing and gaining the same 1.5 – 2 lbs. GGGrrrr!!!!!

    I have not done any exercise today; but, I did go to ‘vote early’ … in & out in less than 10 minutes.


    Joyce - Down here in SWGA – we have two seasons – hot and sometimes ‘cold’; but, most of the time the weather is pretty good. August/September usually the December/January the coldest. But, at this time, we just have to watch for sudden freezes to protect plants. Most of mine go into a greenhouse; this year a good many will be in the glassed-in porch. I’m hoping the door situation will be resolved soon; but, at least before a cold snap!

    I’d like to have someone come help me ‘purge’ without wanting me to purge our menagerie. That isn’t going anywhere. Nor will be ‘paint’ our paneling. It might be nice to ‘white-wash’ it; but, that won’t happen either. Just a faint stain (other than the orange tones it is now). Too much work; would have to sand the finish off so that it would take the wash. Except for our son’s room, (2nd bedroom) … the rest of the walls in the house are sheetrock.


    Katla – Yeah, when babies decide to come: early, late, or on time … they will make you wait. DMnL came up to stay with us. DYS was early as was our DOS; by 3 weeks. She had thought about going home for a few days; then I went into labor running to try to prevent someone from backing over another neighbor’s child on a 3-wheeler. A couple of the neighbors, my DMnL and I were sitting in the front yard peeling peaches to put up. My Daddy brought me a ‘bushel’. I wanted to ‘choke’ him; but, with help we got them all put up that night.


    Lisa – I hate that they now ‘consider’ Social Security an ‘entitlement’. It IS our money; and, we might have been able to use it (or invest it) in and better interest-bearing account. What is even worse, is that Federal government officials (and this means Congress and the like) have their ‘own retirement program’ and ‘Cadillac health insurance’; but, they write laws that they ‘think’ they are above and don’t follow. Cute cartoons! I love satirical cartoons.


    Heather – My oldest sister had been a teacher for 20+ years. She took her retirement when she found out she had breast cancer again. She had been working on a PhD; but, gave that up, just before doing her dissertation. She had a Master’s and a 6-year certificate and gets about 60% of her ‘regular’ pay as retirement (then also receives SSI) and has great health benefits through the state. Her first year that she was hired down here (in Albany) the mother of a woman that was ‘in their church’ went to the principal and said she was in a ‘religious cult’ and they did not allow her to teach there. So, the church set up a school for their children; and, about 10 of the women were certified teachers, so the State tested their children when the graduated and they were ‘light years’ ahead of Seniors in the public school system. Of course, their girls were taken out of public school. She was not happy with this woman, at all. But, Karma did come to visit her a few years later.
    I know my ‘retirement’ check dropped ‘significantly’ when I hit 62; that was a ‘shock’ as I had not remembered that we would told it was. I was used to getting a much bigger check; so we had to reassess our spending and do things a little differently.


    Katla – I have had 2 colonoscopies in my life; and, MY suggestion is to NOT get the flavored gallon of prep. I agree with Pip – chug-a-lug it quickly; and, put it in the refrigerator so it will be cold. AWFUL!!!! This last time it was clear, like water … just stay close to home! Keep telling yourself you are ‘drinking’ water! The last part of it is the worst insofar as ended up passing the prep without any stool still in you. It is draining as well, physically; but, the procedure is a ‘walk in the park’. And don’t eat anything that is ‘red’ in color for a couple of days ahead of time. Ask you gastroenterologist what you can eat; there is a list of things they do not want you to eat because it can make it difficult to see everything they need to be looking for. My gastroenterologist prefers that you use the gallon of prep instead of the smaller, supposedly, stronger bottle of prep, or the pills; because, if you are not ‘totally’ clean, they will have to reschedule it and that time they will ‘make you drink the gallon of prep’.

    My BF used to work for the IRS as an Agent, stressful job; but, well paid. She had planned on working until age 65; she had a boss from HELL-O; who enjoyed pushing her weight around, even though she was on the same pay scale and grade as BF. One day, she was really 'on the war path' and BF came home and put pencil to paper and decided that 'waiting' was not worth it, she went in the next day and gave her notice.

    Lenora
  • cmg2305
    cmg2305 Posts: 7 Member
    Regarding Social Security. We took ours when we retired st 62 because we would rather save our money and spend social security. That away the kids have a better chance of inheriting something. Charlene in Ohio
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,270 Member
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  • GloworminWA
    GloworminWA Posts: 704 Member
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  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Peach1948 wrote: »
    Janet ~ Where will you land in Florida...the east or west coast?

    Did a few minutes of exercise just to get a bit. The video teachers shirt said, Sweat is Fat Crying. I really like to think of it that way.

    Carol

    We're in Tampa. Gorgeous RV Resort and the weather is perfect. Staying for at least a week. :)

    Janetr
  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,097 Member
    Mary~ stunning picture.....
    well have a load of laundry in the dryer and have most everything packed for tomorrow ..
    I did pack my scrubs, just in case I stay to late Sunday and will go straight to work from the Cape... will bring my lunchbag and pick stuff up at trader joes on the way home...
    I am taking a deep breath and will make it through the weekend with grace and dignity ,, spreading my love to the people who need it.. will check in when I can
  • Charleen2
    Charleen2 Posts: 223 Member
    edited October 2016
    Spent the morning doing a bunch of 5 minute jobs then hung a small cabinet in my bath area by lunch time. Afterwards I spent the afternoon cleaning up my veggie garden and dug up my crop of Yukon Gold potatoes. This is the first year I have tried growing potatoes and it was a great success! Ended up with a 5 gallon pail of potatoes.

    Made sure we had baked Yukon Gold potatoes for dinner. They were so very, very good!! Grilled a steak and asparagus out on the backyard grill. We won't have a lot more grilling days and I want to take advantage of it while I still can. Yum!!

    Charleen in Colorado (Full and happy and still under her daily calorie count)
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,270 Member
    stats for the day:
    ride hm 2 gym- 13.24min, 13.1amph, 152mhr, 2.9mi= 137c
    SKI MACHINE- 35min, 139mhr, 126ahr, 7incl, 25-35resist, 1.75mi = 299c
    ride gym 2 dome- 6.49min, 12.4amph, 146amhr, 1.4mi = 78c
    ride dome 2 hm- 21.53min, 7.1amph, 154mhr, 124ahr, 2.5mi = 226c
    total cal 740
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    We are at our son's ranch and it is so quiet out here.
    Lenora - somehow it was interpreted that I went to the dr for my shot and thus the discussion of my weight loss. Wish I had never mentioned it. Lol. Had my flu shot at HEB and did the weigh in at WW. I was so excited because it was my first week so I posted it on this thread. Anyway, thanks for your comment.
    Re - I agree that you do have a gift with words. Thanks for your comment.
    Katla - safe travels. Newborns are so sweet. I'm jealous.
    Beautiful picture of the Oregon coast(?).
    I need to learn how to post pictures as we are going to SE Asia next Spring.

    Sue B Dew in TX
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    I have had two colonoscopies. First one a good many years ago and it was the big gallon and it was awful, tasted so caustic and acted that way coming out. Next one was the typical one they do now. Special diet for several days before and then even more special diet day before along with the liquid prep you quickly drink instead of the big gallon you drink a glass every 15 minutes. I guess both of them got good results and I was cleaned out. I do agree with getting something to soothe your bumm during the prep. I have always used the conscious sedation, not they use what everyone calls Michael Jackson milk. Works extremely well! best sleep you will ever have.

    Learned some things about my husband today. It is so difficult for him to talk about his childhood. The way my oldest let me know she was pregnant with her first was to give me a book about things that Grandma did. It was filled with questions about what was my favorite childhood song, toy, game, etc. She couldn't find one for Grandpa so I just added a sentence for grandpa. Everything was empty. He couldn't remember a thing. One time all his siblings went to his Moms apartment for Thanksgiving and I took that book along. His brother and sister really got the ball rolling, even he and his Mom pitched in. But as soon as they left, the memories stopped. And I mean froze out. Well his best friend was his best friend from elementary school on through high school and they are still best friends. It was either he or his Mom that made sure he got and kept every year book he had. So the other night when they had thier 50th class reunion he brought this grade school memory book. Many people asked for copies so his wife made them for them and charlie also. He wanted to throw it away but I started reading it and asking questions and he started talking about these people and things that happened and teachers. When his Mom died, he had an uncle who was the historian of the family hd packets of pictures for everyone. I got this big packet of his grade cards, pictures. His grade cards had interactions between the teacher and his Mom. His Mom as I knew her had been in and out of a mental hospital, got many shock treatments that did who knows what to her brain cells. So she had no recollections of his younger years. I was given this wonderful gift of his childhood and it means so much to me. And then he opened up again about these kids in his school. The window didn't stay open very long but who knows, it may open again.

    Joyce, Indiana
  • Poerava14
    Poerava14 Posts: 1,092 Member
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    Katla: Safe travels. How funny that during labor your DD is asking for pizza. :smiley:

    Lisa: Love the cartoons. You are so creative. B)

    I appreciate all the colonoscopy advice I'm reading here. Mine is not eminent, but next year it will be time for my second one. :'(

    Early to bed tonight. :( Just feel like it.

    Stay well, friends. We can do this.

    Rori
    Colorado Foothills
  • DamitJanit
    DamitJanit Posts: 1,329 Member
    Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

    Good Evening Ladies,

    Margaret, beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing.

    MtMomma, welcome. You will find this a great place for support and information so come often. Please sign your posts with the name you want to be called and a location, general or specific.

    Gloria, I love your post and thank you for the reminder of not judging others. You are so right that we have all been there and also that we don’t know their stories. I love this forum and all of you ladies!!! (((((Hugs)))))

    Janetr, beautiful pics. So are you saying that’s not OK? Lol

    Sue, your poor DH having to have that procedure so often!!! Sending prayers his way. (((Hugs)))

    Katla, our kids can say things that cut to the quick, even when they don’t mean to. I’m sorry your conversation with your DD upset you so much but hopefully you have gotten over it. You have to live where it is right for you and your DH just as our children have to do the same for themselves. If those places aren’t near each other, so be it. (((Hugs)))

    Liz, best wishes for your trip to the hospital and your treatment. Sending healing thoughts your way.

    Karen, I’m sure you have mended your ways by now since I’m a day behind…but since you asked for it, *kitten*-kicking.gif

    Kay, we calculated it every way to Sunday and I started taking my SS shortly after I turned 62. The difference was so minimal and the truth is we don’t know that we will live to see the next year. I’m not saying to ignore your financial advisor but I don’t regret having that money early.

    Joyce, we live about 5 miles from the beach. I just don’t look out at the sunrise when I am up early at home. For some reason when I am actually staying at the beach, I look out at the ocean (and sunrise) constantly. very-good-morning-smiley-emoticon.gif

    NYKaren, how exciting about your trip!!! When do you think ya’ll will go?

    Carey, sorry for the new eye routine but glad that it helps with the problem. (((Hugs)))

    Traci, talk about hurtful…..I can’t believe your mother turning her back on you and your brother because you don’t visit her enough. Wow. I have nothing else to say. ((((Hugs))))

    Mary, those babies are darling!!! I know you must be having a ball.

    Toni, I hope things work out well for your DH. When I had back surgery, we tried everything possible to avoid it. In fact when my doctor finally mentioned it, I started tearing up. I’m glad now that I had it but it was the most painful thing I’ve ever been through. Good luck with your visit to your sister. Just try to remember to breathe. (((Hugs)))

    CarolGA, congrats on getting a renter.

    Charleen, congrats on your new, sparkly pocket skinny jeans!!! Keep up the good work.

    pretty-pink-welcome-smiley-emoticon.gifto any Newbies that I missed. 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.

    Yesterday DH and I went to Denny’s for lunch. I was a bad, bad girl and had the Sticky Bun Pan Cakes with the cinnamon drizzle on it. OMG they were heavenly!!! I kicked myself appropriately. Today I made a pot of ham and bean soup since we have a cold front coming in tonight. Tomorrow I work at the Moose Lodge for a Horse Race the women are putting on. It’s always fun.
    Sending love and good thoughts to all of you and I hope you all have a Happy and Healthy Day! rainbow-smiley-emoticon.gif

    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, blow.gif
    DJ
    Myrtle Beach, SC
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    edited October 2016
    Re - I do try to 'kill her with kindness'; but, that is difficult when she is so disrespectful to not only me; but to DH, and that doesn't even count the things she says about and to my DOS (her husband). She will NOT allow me to 'treat her with kindness' ... she thinks that I am 'up to something' and really backs away and 'like football' ready to punt by 'kicking the dog, because she is really mad at the cat'.

    But, I won't get down on her level and argue with her about things; because I know she is 'never, ever wrong'; but, she expects others to 'do as she says' (not necessarily, do as she does). I really feel more 'sorry' for her than anything. She is very immature and tries living her life vicariously through her children. They need a parent, not a 'big' friend. She really 'stalks' them insofar as getting on social networking sites after them, makes friend connections with their friends and their friends parents; then criticizes them if for some reason the girls have a tiff with a friend. They need to settle their own arguments and stuff like that. About the only way one learns is from their mistakes. How they pick themselves up and move on will make them better people.

    My parents had just a 'few' rules of the house, and we knew exactly what would happen if we got 'caught' doing or not doing them. We also knew the consequences as well. She did NOT like me saying that she needed to let the 'face plant' themselves every once in a while. Sure, if they are doing something dangerous 'step in'; but, how do you learn to get along with people if you are not ever accountable for what you say or even how another interprets it. I know that I have been 'dough popped' several times on this thread because I can be very vocal about things. Sometimes I will write in my WPP responses to things; then re-read them before posting and quite often delete them and not post them.

    I think everybody has a right to their opinions, even if we are never able to agree. Sometimes, you just have to learn that you need to 'agree to disagree' ... like in politics and religion. One sister is on one side of the fence, the other is on another, then the 3rd sometimes has to play the "Devil's Advocate" when things get testy. Quite often, that is 'my' position; but, I am more in line with my oldest sister on both subjects. My oldest sister says that I need to stop 'damning' her because I only 'damn' my own family if I don't stop. I certainly do NOT want to do that; but, she also says, that 'it doesn't mean I have to like her or what she does or says'. That is the 'hard' part. Not reacting. She is very 'reactive' and I might talk to her; then by the time she gets back down to their house she has changed the story that we were talking about. So, now, I won't talk to her unless DOS and DH are right there listening to us. DH is going to defend me; and DOS is going to defend her. But, DOS is more reasonable about most things.

    Lenora :#o:)B)
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  • GloworminWA
    GloworminWA Posts: 704 Member
    Anyone else have trouble getting on here today? There is some kind of attack going on that has taken down lots of big sites including this one mostly on the West Coast. They've even fixed it only to have it happen over again. It's been ok since late this afternoon so hopefully it will stay this way. I get anxious when I can't get to all of you :#

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