WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2016

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  • willnevergiveup
    willnevergiveup Posts: 141 Member
    Monique: Could you share how to calculate the amount of protein and fat that you use?

    You could do a search for "ketogenic calculator". There are several online.

    However, because they have to be done whenever one's weight changes I do it this way:

    Divide my weight (lbs) to kilograms by dividing it by 2.2 That's how many grams of protein I eat.

    Double that amount for the grams of fat.

    Example:
    Weight: 145 in lbs. Divide by 2.2 to get 65.9 kilograms (round up to 66)
    66 grams of protein
    132 grams of fat

    If I'm hungry I don't increase the carbs or the protein; I increase the fat. This means my body will use it instead of my body fat and I won't lose as much weight but one of the best things of this diet is not feeling hungry so I eat a bit more anyway.
  • SSC1958
    SSC1958 Posts: 411 Member
    Lisa: Looks like things are lining up for you.

    Michele: Great to see you back posting. I missed you! Your halloween decorations are fabulous.

    Glo: OHmmmmmm What fortitude you have!

    TNToni: Thinking of you... hope you can get more rest.

    Katla: Glad that you are feeling better - glad you've found a horse that you like.

    Sherry: Congrats on the motorhome! Sounds like it will be a great benefit to you financially.

    Carol: Hope the low carb approach works for you. It is working for me as I'm finally seeing some losses for the first time in 2 years.

    KJ: Happy Sunday. Gotta love BIL's like yours!

    Monique: Thank you for the calculation. There are so many different version of calculators that it becomes quite confusing. You've obviously had success with your method. I've only been on a low carb eating plan for about 2 months so I'm still experimenting with how many grams of protein and fat to consume that will give me more consistant results with the scale moving the direction I want. :)

    I prefer the fall back time change to the spring ahead, although I would much prefer just leaving the time alone. Why don't all digital technology have the function built in so that you don't have to reset all the clocks. It is a royal pain!

    Carey - Northern Alberta

    Goals for Nov:
    - Increase walking by at least 100 steps per day
    - Get to Tai Chi at least once a week
    - Increase daily water intake
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Happy Sunday Ladies!! (((((group hugs and says 'Cheers' with me coffee mug to the screen!)))))))

    We seem to be on the same page when it comes to family, the holidays and generally just trying to make things happen. After my phone call with middle son yesterday, I felt a bit sad that I "gave him an out". I mean that I told him I understood that it was hard to do the long trip. I know that he discussed it with her, and she probably just said, "great, so we can take our time, see my family in Vacaville, and not have to do the long trip!" I am just guessing, and I suppose that is like "mind reading" your mate, and oh that is like so not a good thing... lol! I watched a couple of movies because it was "tear jerker movie" Saturday.... So that was healthy crying. Oh and husband and I watched Navy beat Notre Dame in football, and I screamed so THAT was healthy!!!!

    Got up at 8:30AM so I was amazed at myself. Of course the time change made it easy. I made some quick berry muffins for everyone, so that will be my breakfast with coffee!! Was at the computer balancing the checkbook with the online bank...(which I always do to the penny), and I wanted to check in with my ladies.... Love my Sundays when I sip coffee, read the paper, watch mindless TV, clip coupons, and do the various crosswords and puzzles. It's simple bliss really...or I am just easily entertained.....

    Oh I might start my Candy Trains today. I will post pictures if I do!
    Becca
    Oregon
    the cleanest state on the planet (cuz it rained like a mutha all night)
  • sherryminch
    sherryminch Posts: 168 Member
    Hey, I wonder what happened to the third pic? The post shows 3 at the bottom but only 2 loaded. Oh well, it was just a head on pic of the front, you aren't really missing anything. You get the jist of it.

    Sherry
  • Lagopus
    Lagopus Posts: 1,016 Member
    SSC1958 wrote: »
    Carey wrote: I prefer the fall back time change to the spring ahead, although I would much prefer just leaving the time alone. Why don't all digital technology have the function built in so that you don't have to reset all the clocks. It is a royal pain!

    Carey - I have a Garmin watch with built-in GPS. It figures out where it is and resets itself to the proper time for that time zone. It's really practical except when I'm travelling, because I can't set it myself. The watch has to be able to "see" the satellites before it can figure out where it is, which means I have to take it outdoors.

    I remember standing way out in the third traffic lane outside arrivals at Logan airport last summer, out beyond the bridges that hold up the roadways for departures, upstairs. I stood there with my arm stretched out, attracting bemused stares and feeling like a fool. It felt like a long time before my watch found enough satellites to lock into and could figure out where it was.

    Another kind of jet-lag, I guess.

    /Penny, not at the North Pole just now
  • GloworminWA
    GloworminWA Posts: 704 Member
    NYKaren - Dang I forgot about the time change last night. If I hadn't gotten on here this morning I would be arriving at church in the middle of the sermon.
    Kate - Yay for jumping off the plateau!
    Lisa - Hooray for everything good that's happened for you and DH!
    Allie - poor Homer but he's lucky to have you as a caregiver.
    Carol - I'm going back to a nutrition plan that I used to lose 100lbs. It is low carb and you don't have to count calories. I don't know why I ever stopped using that plan as one of the reasons I started on it in the first place was that there was a roadmap for me. If we support each other with this we can be successful! Truthfully I did not start exercising for months and continued to lose weight. Weight Loss is 80% what we eat and 20% movement. That's not to say that exercise is not necessary for good health for both the mind and body.
    Rita - have a wonderful day and get your fill of grandson hugs! When I had to put my grandsons in daycare I would blow them a kiss and have them rub it on their cheeks so they could touch it later and remember it was from me and vice versa. We still do this.
    Heather - what is an Allbran loaf? I have a box of Allbran (the buds) in my cupboard waiting for a recipe.
    CSOFLED - really REALLY like the Hugs emoticon
    Kelly - my Mom's only instruction as we each left home was that we spend Christmas Eve at her house. We would go to church then drive around looking at the Christmas lights. When we got home we would sing Christmas Carols with the caroling books they used to hand out at the gas stations (anyone else remember this) and then open our presents from family. Christmas morning was spent with my DH's family.

    Gloria (not quite as euphoric as yesterday) in WA Ohmmmmmmmmmm

    That reminds me - wonder where Lenora has been
  • Bbiwbkacq
    Bbiwbkacq Posts: 56 Member
    sherryminch wrote: »
    Hello ladies!

    Haven't had a chance to post the last few days, but have been reading all the posts today. Been super busy the last few days. Got word a few days ago that my spot in the RV park I have a reservation in is coming open next week so it looks like I will be moving Tuesday or Wednesday. The last 3 days have been spent moving a two bed house worth of stuff into a 32 ft motorhome. I decided to move into a motorhome as rent here in Portland is getting outrageous and I can't afford it anymore. An RV space is only half the rent I am paying now and I will get free electric, water, sewer and garbage. That is going to help out a lot. Maybe now I can splurge and get cable TV!

    So the last 3 days have been busy taking my furniture and other items I can't keep to Goodwill. I'm amazed at how much crap I've gathered to me over the years! I hate to see some of it go, but I can't fit it all in there so I have to give it up. Today was the last day of moving into the motorhome, so now I am camped out in the driveway and ready to go in a few days.

    I got a killer deal on the motorhome! I only paid $5,400 for it! It is a 1996 Georgie Boy Pursuit that blue books out to $13,000 to $15,000. It's in excellent condition and everything works! It's really nice on the inside and very comfortable for me and Missy, and I don't have to lose the queen sized bed. I will post some pics of it tomorrow, I don't really have time to tonight.

    I kinda blew it on my diet the last few days because I've been so busy, I ate a little junk food/fast food. But now that everything is done I can go back to eating healthy whole foods. I'm really gonna miss my wonderful neighbors here. Bless their hearts, they all pitched in and helped me move the heavy stuff, I didn't have to touch any of it. I hope I have good neighbors in the park!

    Monday I start PT around noon, then late afternoon I go to an intake appt at the mental health clinic I really want to go to for counseling, so it's gonna be a busy day!

    I know I missed a couple of Birthdays, so Happy Birthday to those that had one! I hope you had a great one and had fun on your special day! To all the newbies, Welcome! To those that have been having difficulties my prayers are with you and yours. And to those that have been doing well on their eating and exercise, way to go!!! And to anybody I missed, "Wooot!"!

    I hope everybody has a wonderful evening!

    Sherry in " soaked" Portland :p

    Wish you the best in this new adventure for you! You'll miss your old neighbors but, I'm sure you'll get to know new ones. Thanks for the welcome ;)

    Brenda
    Virginia Beach, VA
  • GloworminWA
    GloworminWA Posts: 704 Member
    Heather - you made me laugh out loud. You're never going to tell him and burst his bubble are you? ;)

    Penny - lol.

    Sherry - love your RV wish the boys and I had one and could just take off sometimes!
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,246 Member
    :)<3janet, thank you for your kind words....I have learned so much from my years on MFP that I want to share with others...I'm glad I've been useful to you.

    :) the sheets are changed, the bathrooms are clean, I've spent 30 minutes on the ice pack in the recliner watching TV and knitting and now we're going to meet friends for lunch. I know what I'm going to order and I'm looking forward to it---it's the same thing I always have at this restaurant and the portion is exactly the right size.

    <3 Barbie
  • Bbiwbkacq
    Bbiwbkacq Posts: 56 Member
    lhannon062709 wrote: »
    Heather in the UK - really hope everything works out for you! Especially with the owner being able to go ahead and make the sale. People can be really weird, and I know how worrying it can be.

    Katla - glad you're feeling better, too, my dear.

    Thank you all for the good words on the sale. Was so wiped out last night I could barely post. But the sale did go very well, all things considered. So glad that the ending to all this was a successful one, even though I will not be continuing it into next year. Selling second-hand goods, even though I turned a small profit, is not something I could do for a living. Love being able to give my sister a reasonable amount, as well, as she gets ten percent of what I sell... and they can always use the money.

    To the one person who asked if I sold the beautiful Tell City table and chairs--the answer is "no," but that's typical of the area. They only want to buy things that are priced at maybe ten percent of their actual value, if that. Everything else sold because I had marked it down sharply. Not disappointed, as now I can take the table apart and fix the horrendous job someone did of putting it back together with far too much glue, and really restore it to its original beauty top to bottom. And then keep it. Score!

    And... I got treMENdous news yesterday. I think I mentioned I had put my application into the Veteran's Administration to see what would happen. I get ten percent disability, and have ever since I got out of the US Air Force in 1983, for a knee that I blew out jumping off a ton-and-a-half truck. My general assumption was that I would get a message back saying that they could care for any issues with the knee, but that was about it. Honestly, I've always felt a bit guilty taking money at all, as I was never in a war, never involved in a direct conflict.

    I got a call yesterday saying I am now fully covered through the VA for the rest of my life. I can get a primary physician, mental health care, the benefits list is long. It is valid under the Affordable Care Act, so I will not have to carry private health insurance ever again, and will be valid even after I go on Medicare at 65. Can you say "relieved?" It will save us thousands of dollars over the years--we can afford to get insurance for the DH at a much cheaper rate than we can for the two of us.

    And, it will impact our house search, as it will make sense to be close to a VA Medical Center, or at least an outpatient clinic. And, with the sale finally over, I feel as if I can throw my energies at the dream of finding a place for us to develop a small farm. The hunt is on!

    And, bonus to my DH working at a trailer place, they had a trailer that came in and they pretty much put everything new on top to bottom. They guy decided he didn't want to pay the bill, so they're selling it to us for the repair cost. We'll be buying a fully enclosed, completely repaired, securable trailer that we can pack all the furniture and other items in that were never going to make it in the camper, and I'll be pulling that with my truck while Corey pulls the camper when it's time to go. So I don't have to give up everything after all. :)

    And, between press day, the hunt for the reporter and the sale, I've lost five pounds of what I'd regained. Stress destroys my appetite. :wink:

    Love y'all, hope it's been a good weekend for all,
    Off to get the laundry done...
    Lisa in rainy, damp West Texas

    Hi, Lisa,

    I'm a disabled veteran too. I'm at 50%. I was grateful to serve my country and am grateful that my injury is being taken care of by them, too. Less than 1% of the population serves. Currently, it's at .4%. I'm very proud to have been one of them, as I'm sure you are too.

    My injury was to my knee, also. I had surgery and was pain free for only a year after. Because of that knee, I have damaged my other one, by favoring the one operated on. So, it's difficult to be active. But, I find, that if I walk on inclines, it strengthens the muscles that allow me a bit more flexibility. So, that's what I'm focusing on now. Hope you will find something that will work to help you out with your knee.

    Also, good luck on that great find, the trailer! Lucky you!

    Brenda
    Virginia Beach, VA
  • Bbiwbkacq
    Bbiwbkacq Posts: 56 Member
    Thanks for the welcome, friends! Glad to be here ;)
  • sherryminch
    sherryminch Posts: 168 Member
    Brenda - Thanks! I look forward to meeting my new neighbors, I just hope they are nice people with positive attitudes. I have a really hard time being around negative, mean and cranky people. It's very draining. :'( So cross your fingers that they are good peeps!

    Gloria - I noticed Lenora disappeared too. I hope everything's OK. Maybe she is just super busy and hasn't had the time.

    Well ladies, it's time to get some things done around here. I'm ready for my stroll around the neighborhood. Think I'll add a little more distance today and hit the little store for a diet pop along the way. I can drink that while I'm lounging later this afternoon watching movies! I love lazy Sundays!

    Later all!
    Sherry in "dry" Portland

  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    edited November 2016
    MountainM – Picture is of a ‘beautiful’ bride, thanks for sharing.


    Joyce – Sounds like you are describing “crimson pygmy bayberry”. It is an ‘ever-green’ (not really); but, it doesn’t lose it leaves. It has pretty small pink blossoms on it in early spring when the leaves are green; then it turns a really pretty purplish red in the fall. We have 2 on either side of our deck steps; ours are pretty tall, as shrubs go. Hope this helps; and, they grow in just about every state. There are a lot of shrubs that lose their leaves; but, the branches are a really bright red. I can’t think of the names; but, that might be what is called a ‘burning bush’ because the branches look like fire burning. It will put out long stems; which we cut off so he bush will be symmetrical. I cannot remember if that is in early Spring; or late Fall since DH does it.


    Janetr okc – I would not think a flamingo could tolerate the additional weight on their skinny little legs.


    Margaret – I wish my cacti would bloom like that. They have only once put on buds and put on a few flowers. I have several potted in one pot and they are different colors. I’ve been told a lot of things. Do they have to get pot-bound to flower? Or do you have to put them into a dark, cool place?


    Becca – I’m not having to cook for Thanksgiving. Will certainly will miss DYS and DDnL#2 and DGD#4; but, it is a long jouney and he has put in so many hours at work, he wants to just ‘chill’ at home. I understand; but, I hope that DnL#1 is not the reason. We’re going to her Mama’s small trailer (although it is a short double-wide, she has so much tchotchkes that there is not much of a flat surface to eat from. But, not having to cook is worth the trouble. I’ll cook a ham to have over the weekend.

    HA! HA! If I had been told that the reason DYS and his family WAS because of DnL#1 – DH and I would have gone out to eat somewhere, even ‘if’ we had to drive all over town. If we could not find a place open … that would be my 2nd choice – Hungry Man Turkey dinners.


    Michele – I agree – ‘what goes around comes around’. Maybe you’ll find some neighbors who might want to try it out … at your house.


    Kim – We have a few persimmon trees that grow ‘big’ persimmons; but, about the time they produce the fruit, the deer beat us to them. Same with the pears. Just told DH that I found 3 more jars of ‘cooked pears’. So, I won’t be upset that the deer have eaten all the ones they could reach. When we walked, we knocked the upper ones down about 10 of them, the next day there were GONE!


    Gloria – I’m also thankful for good MDs and those that listen and know which meds I actually need to be on. We talked about lowering one because of the weight loss; but, he let me decide. I did not want to because this has been a stressful time for me. He was ‘ok’ with that decision. I have ‘bipolar disorder’ but I rarely swing into that depressed portion; both times I did, I got admitted into the hospital. First time, it was right around Christmas and I talked him into letting me out for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; but, then I did not go back. We called him and told him I was doing better; but, then I ended up back in the next September for 2 weeks. The hardest part was that I was 2+ hours away from my family and they did not visit with me. I’d go into my room at visitation hour and take a nap.


    Heather – I have my Mimi’s old ‘20’s style of furniture. The sofa and chairs are extremely heavy. Might end up giving them to DOGD, if they decide to move out of the house they share with another couple because she says that she is the “Princess Witch”. Said that she thought that DOGD’s ‘renter’s insurance’ would also cover them; but, she told them that is not how it worked, she has a policy, her boyfriend has one – both are to cover THEIR things and nobody else’s. The she said she was letting in a sorority sister of hers so ‘they’ could split the rent. She told them that would not be fair to she and her BF; if anything it needed to be split either 3 ways; or 5 to be fair to everybody in the house. She is looking to ‘get out from under the contract’ she signed when she moved in because she had not expected to have the “Roommate from HELL.” Told DOS, they might end up paying an attorney, and ‘if’ they lost might end up paying their lawyer. He told her she just needed to ‘move out’. Said that DnL#1 called DOGD’s mother to tell her she was planning on ‘going up there to straighten out everybody; which means she is going to ‘cuss’ out everybody’. She had told DOGD she needed to ‘grow a set and not let others to push her around’. She does not like ‘confrontation’ either. But DnL#1 will only make it worse for DOGD if she does go up to ‘straighten’ out anybody.

    I’d like to re-do our home, since nothing has changed. New counter tops in kitchen; and upper and lower cabinet painted; with the lower one significantly darker than the top ones. New flooring and carpet throughout. I’d really love to reconfigure bathroom. At our age; we don’t really need a bathtub; and ours is so deep and it takes hanging on to a bar that DH put up to get in and out; and it is shorter than a normal one. Would like to make a shower at the far end (where the tub is now) as big as the space, get a toilet that is taller than the one in there; and make a double laboratory and cabinet where the shower is now. If not, then I would like to have a cabinet built to the left side of the laboratory that is in there now. I hate it because it is all one piece. I would not ever recommend one like that. Oh, and in the kitchen, I’d like a stainless sink with a Farm apron front (if they even make one). No more white porcelain sink in a kitchen for me.


    Kevrit – Your DS looks so much like our late dear nephew it is almost like they could be twins. I’ve always heard that somewhere you have someone else who looks like you have a ‘twin’; this is one of those times!


    Barbie – I also agree with you about ‘gratitude’. My DBnL, the one who suffered a bad stroke (but doesn’t seem to have suffered much damage to his body) told my sister that he was ‘full of gratitude to even be ‘here’; not sure if he meant ‘here’ as still on earth; or ‘here’ as in a very good hospital with very good MDs. He has gone through 2 surgeries already (the 2nd one, they went ahead and did because they did NOT want it to become an ‘emergency surgery type’. Monday, they are going to go in and see what is going on behind his ear; but, have told them that they could only do what they needed to do, within a certain time limitation; and, if they did not finish they would have to go back in. All his surgeons have told them that it was the most extensive bleed that any of them have ever seen; and, they are amazed that he survived it. He has acknowledge sister and nieces both times he has come out of surgery. He also told my sister that he could not wait to get back to church to tell of his ‘nearly going over to the other side’. What a ‘testament’ that should be. Will definitely take my laptop to the Women’s Retreat this year; unfortunately, sister won’t be there.

    Money, definitely does NOT buy happiness. It is what comes within and the only person who can change it for the better is THAT person. Things and what others say can make you ‘unhappy’ by the way you end up dealing with them. I tend to stay away from those who cause me ‘great’ stress. My husband uses the sentence … ‘that’s what the girl at the picnic said’. First (sometimes the 2nd) can be very funny; but, after that, I start looking for things that are causing his ‘stress’ and figure out what can be done to remove it.


    Fyree39 – We’ve done that very same thing before; got to church and wondered why nobody was there; so we decide to go eat; and realized by looking at the clock on the wall what we had done. “Fall Back in Fall, Spring ahead in Spring!” To me, it is easier to change them the night before; to change to Fall before 12 Midnight; or as soon as we get up in the AM (usually an hour before we want to).


    Lenora
  • klanders30
    klanders30 Posts: 2,569 Member
    Well, I'm back in order after NYC DUMPLING MARATHON yesterday. I watched the real marathon on tv at the gym while I got in 45 minutes on cardio. Also finished the grocery shopping and made hummus to go with my veggies this week. Now I will relax in the tub with a junky magazine (guilty pleasure) and sort out some work plans for my 4 day work week.

    Planning meals and snacks has been key to keeping my weight in check and my checkbook in a healthy place! It may not always be fun or even possible to prep every day for success but as we love to say here--don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

    So veggies and hummus will save me from overeating during dinner prep or cleanup--my danger zones for overeating mindlessly.

    NYKAREN
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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  • DamitJanit
    DamitJanit Posts: 1,315 Member
    Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .

    Good Evening Ladies,

    Barbie, sorry you missed your call about the PT, but honestly if you didn’t mention that you had vented, I’m afraid I’d have missed it. You are such a gentle person which is one of the many reasons we love you.

    Kim, it sounds like a great Thanksgiving to get to see people you haven’t seen in a long while. I hope you can get a sitter so you can stay over.

    Janetr, great picture. Your hair always looks like you have just stepped out of a beauty salon.

    Barbara, what a bummer about owing taxes. Not a good Christmas surprise.

    Heather, so happy that you will be able to move into the new house and enjoy all the surroundings, even if there is future renovating to be done. I always feel that I need to live in a house for a bit before I make any major changes, even in decorating. A house feels different in a month or two than it does when we first move in. Thanks for sharing the floorplan.

    Rita, I love the pictures. Oh to be young and enjoying dressing up! They all look great.

    Wendy, welcome. This group of ladies is wonderful for support and information. Feel free to check in every day and report to all of us. If you need, and only when you ask, we will even offer a virtual kick in the behind if you fail your self-imposed goals. For many of us, this is a life long journey of health and we continue to come here for support.

    Kate, that is good to keep moving. I especially feel good when I move a lot while watching TV because it’s just so darn easy to settle in and be a lump. Thanks for the reminder!

    Katla, we won’t be seeing our DD at all through the holidays either. This is the third year since she moved to Oregon and it just as well be a foreign country. 1425974yo2dew1h5c.gif

    Joyce, your Thanksgiving group sounds like just the perfect size. I think the holidays are the hardest for a small family of 3 like ours. We don’t live near any other family and with our DD gone it just leaves the two of us. We do invite single friends that don’t have family nearby and that makes it better.

    Monique, welcome!!! What a marvelous thing to be able to lose that much weight. The fact that you found what works for you and have stuck to it is a testament to you. How did you determine that you were insulin resistant? I have lost enough to get my A1C under control and get off my diabetes medicine and cholesterol medicine but have stopped losing weight and I need to lose another 30 pounds. Congrats again on the wonderful success and keep up the good work.

    Juanita, congrats on the smaller sizes. That is more exciting to me than the scale moving. *Okay, it’s nice when both things happen* Keep up the good work.

    Mambimum, welcome. Please tell us a bit about yourself to help us get to know you. This is a great place for support and information so come often.

    Lisa, great job on the sale. How nice to make that much more than you expected. I know it is a lot of work.

    Gloria, that is too bad about your DD gaining that much weight. I know you worry about her. Good for you on winning the battle of wills with your GS. Hang in there…you are older and smarter than they are. 2917621utt9f0loqx.gif

    Kim, your strawberry tub sounds fabulous. Maybe you can share a picture of it at some point?

    Brenda, welcome to you as well. Hope to see you here often.

    Sherry in Portland, congrats on the new home. It will be great to save that much money. Good luck with the move. (later) The pictures are great. It looks wonderful.

    Kate, congrats on your loss. Woo Hoo3358282v1qx40vcem.gif

    Lisa, congrats on all the good news. Sale, VA, weight loss, new trailer, etc.

    Allie, so sorry to hear about Homer.

    Heather, give your DH a kiss for me for shaming you into writing. Lol I do realize you have had a few other things going on lately but you seem to have been putting it off for months.

    Fyree, I am going on a cruise Dec. 2nd and concerned about the gain also. I used to do like you and always lose it within a few weeks of getting home but didn’t lose it last year. I have another one scheduled on April 24 so need to get something going here.

    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.

    I’ve been staying busy but don’t ask me with what? Some time spent working on my committee for the Moose. We have a meeting tomorrow night and a work project on Tuesday evening. Thursday two friends and I are going to the Christmas Show and walk our buns off. They seem to have more booths this year so I’m looking forward to it. We got up early yesterday morning and were ready for bed early last night. I guess because of the time change, I woke up about every hour and looked at the clock. Hope I sleep better tonight. Congrats for all the victories and ((((Hugs)))) for all that need them.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
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    edited November 2016
    Sherry In Portland~ Congrats on your new digs, and saving money!!! I grew up in the Damascus area a suburb of Portland. Presently we live on the coast near Astoria :-) Oregonians unite! :smiley:
    Becca
    in the greenest corner of Oregon
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Brenda
    Virginia Beach, VA ~     From this ol Navy Retired Chiefs wife I want to say that I am thankful for your service. (((hugs))) puts my hand out to the screen..."nice ta meet cha!!!"
    Becca
    (stubbing her finger on the screen) in
    Oregon...
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Lisa in rainy, damp West Texas~ Thanks from this ol Navy Chiefs Wife for your service... ((((((hugs)))) Congrats to settling all the VA situation!
    I have an older son that is active duty, and even though he isn't in a war zone, he still has a job that could put him in harms way at any moment. It's the commitment to defend and "answer the call" that makes me thankful. When I am out in the civilian world, I have talked with so many and I say thank you, (that is long overdue for most of them sadly), and I have heard the most harrowing, heart-wrenching, stories from them. These are the men and women that wear caps proudly, or vests, and I listen to their stories if they wish to share them with me. I know many from Vietnam do not share, because they came home to a world not wanting to hear their stories. I can not relate, and trying to is naïve of me, so listening is really all I can do.
    Wow, serious string there...
    But nice ta meet you!
    Becca
    Oregon
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,779 Member
    Gloria - You could probably Google the Allbran loaf - mine came from the Guardian newspaper. But it is the normal Allbran I use, not the buds. My father ate Allbran every day of his life for breakfast, followed by bacon and egg. He used the same oil for the bacon and egg for weeks on end. It was lard, I think. Even as a child I thought it was disgusting - the kitchen smelt rancid! He used to like to get up early and take time alone over his breakfast, reading the newspaper.
    When I got a newspaper round as a teenager he would have a boiled egg ready for me when I got home. It was usually hard, so I would melt a lump of butter on the top of it.

    I have been ploughing on with my Duolingo German, though I am finding it hard and I am mainly revising. 22% fluent, according to them. I DON'T think so! I continue to keep revising my Spanish just so I don't forget it. :D

    I didn't put on any weight on my cruise. We stayed very active, with swimming, gymming and much walking and the food was so delicious I didn't need to stuff myself, if that makes any sense. I found I was happy to go low carb. There was so much healthy choice.
    Our next trip is to Mexico in January. Speaking Spanish, hooray! A lot of car travel, but I expect we will walk as much as possible. A few places will have pools, or sea. Mainly we will be exploring the Mayan remains. Plus a couple of colonial cities. I hope to manage with lower carb there too. My challenge is alcohol as we always seem to be in "holiday" mood abroad.

    Time for bed. We hope to hear if the couple who viewed our house on Friday want to take it further. Not getting too excited though as they were the first ones to see it.
    DH and I are going to shop for the ingredients to make a Christmas cake. (Very rich fruit cake) He absolutely loves it, so we make one together every year. Takes three and a half hours to cook and you have to wrap the tin in brown paper and make a greaseproof cover with a hole in it for the top, to stop it burning on the outside before the inside is cooked. ;) Then you store it, poke holes in it and "feed" it with brandy. Nearer the day you cover it with marzipan and then with royal icing. I usually make little wavy peaks. Some of the decorations that go on top were my mother's. This year I think the grandchildren are coming on Boxing Day, so I don't know if DH will be able to wait that long to eat it! Some years we have made two so he can eat one before Christmas. :D Luckily he is very skinny!

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • Marcelynh
    Marcelynh Posts: 974 Member
    Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

    It's drink like a pirate day.

    :wink:
  • sherryminch
    sherryminch Posts: 168 Member
    DJ - thanks! I think I will really like living in it!

    Becca - thanks! I have been to and through Damascus many times! I am a Portland native and lived in Astoria as well for several years (went to college there at Clatsop Community College back in the mid 90's)! You would probably know where Rocky Butte is here in east Portland, I am at the foot of that hill (at least until I move in a few days). Just off the corner of 82nd Ave and Fremont. I am moving to an RV park over by Delta Park and PIR in north Portland. Yay for Oregonians!!!!!

    Sherry in "where did the sun go?" Portland
  • GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS
    GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS Posts: 2,573 Member
    Becca – DH’s brother went to Vietnam 4x as a MP. Doesn’t talk about it, other than he has told the boys what it involved. Walking the perimeter of their camp. He really hates talking about it; gets extremely moody if he does. He says he saw things that no man ought to see. Kids were friendly; but, would be fighting with you at night. Young kids, the same ones that some people would buy candy and sodas for. He still sleeps with a loaded gun on the dresser by his bed. When I found the loaded gun in one of my young son’s dresser, I told him to unload it and put the ammunition in a different place. We had never kept a loaded gun in the house. Boys hunting, so they had been taught to never do things with guns until they had checked the chamber to make sure that wasn’t a bullet in there and to never point a gun at something unless they planned of killing it. When he told me that he had no plans on unloading it, that he always slept with it within reach; I told DH that he “HAD” to move. Wasn’t going to have a loaded gun in a house with young children. They might have known not to touch it; but, if a friend had gone in there, they might have.

    Guess I am going to read for a while; Louis has on one of his ‘blood and guts’ movies.

    Talked to oldest sister; one whose husband had the stroke. Says there are going to be there for a while. Tomorrow they are going to do an EEG to make sure he isn’t having seizure activity; which is normal for stroke patients. MDs say he is doing remarkably well; that he could be ‘dead’. So his has a lot of ‘gratitude’ for that. Has to have another bleed surgery tomorrow, don’t know what time. They took him off the blood thinners for some reason; but, this means that clots will continue to form. I felt so much better to hear sister’s voice and know that she was taking good care of herself. Middle sister is taking her food and snacks daily; when the girls were with her they’d bring something home from the restaurants. Praying that all goes well during the surgery. Sister feels good about his progress even with its little set-backs. He is still ‘critical’; but, she stays in his room other than to take a shower and all that. She says the armchair in the room is actually a recliner, so she had gotten some sleep. Told her that I knew BnL would be glad when he got home to his own surrounding and not being woken up every couple of hours for someone to do something to him. Throat is sore, from having surgery and all that breathing apparatus hooked up to him. Difficulty has subside since his tongue has gone down. So swollen after he fell in the hotel. No broken bones in his face; which is surprising since he ‘face planted’ himself in the fall.

    Lenora
  • sherryminch
    sherryminch Posts: 168 Member
    Heather - the Christmas cake sounds soooo yummy! You should take a pic of it and post it here before he eats it so we can see what a beautiful job you do with it! (Drooling!) :p

    Sherry in "dry but cloudy" Portland
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