WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2016
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GRITSandSLUTS wrote: »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
They take folks off of blood thinners prior to surgery so they do not bleed out.0 -
DJ asked how I knew I was insulin resistant. One sign was being apple-shaped. Another was craving carbs all the time. I also had high blood pressure. Oh, and then it was a sure thing once I was diagnosed with diabetes. :-( Once I realized that my problems--weight, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure--were not the problems but the symptoms, I was finally able to figure out what I had to do. If I lowered my carbs and stopped eating sugar, I didn't produce as much insulin and if I produced less insulin, I was no longer hungry all the time and didn't crave carbs or sugar anymore.
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And I am so thrilled there are other Oregonians here! I live in a small town near Corvallis.
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My "rest day" has been interesting. I will have about 4.000 steps by the end of the day compared to over 17,000 yesterday when I went on my two long walks. I got two chores done that I don't like to do but that I needed to do. The important thing is that the muscle pain in my buttocks, legs, and ankles is gone which was the whole point of the "rest day". Jake and the dogs took a two hour nap and I knitted and watched figure skating. I got up and moved around every 20 minutes so my back wouldn't get stiff. Watching athletes doing something that resembles dancing in many ways was very inspiring to me. It was also encouraging to me to hear how long it took some of them to recover from surgery or injury to help me stay patient about how long I have to wait to be able to dance again. We were supposed to meet friends for lunch but they canceled at the last minute so we got to stay home with the dogs, eat our familiar healthy food, and make good use of our afternoon.
Barbie from beautiful NW Washington 3 -
Monique - Yay for Oregonians!!!! There are several people here in the Pacific Northwest in both Washington and Oregon, plus at least one lady in Idaho that I've seen here.
I am soooo jealous of those of you who get to travel. I have never been out of the lower 48, but I HAVE been to all 48 (used to drive truck - 18 wheelers - for a living for approx 15 years). Since I can no longer do that line of work all of my "travelling" consists of watching travelling shows on OPB (public television)! Maybe someday I will get to go to my favorite place - Egypt! But I'm not holding my breath for that one, lol! You all are so lucky!
Sherry in "couch travelling" Portland2 -
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Did an hour of Butt Bible DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do one segment of a Butt DVD, hold my plank, then take the extremepump class.
fryee and valerie - welcome
Sherry - good deal on the motorhome. Best of luck to you
Heather - it's good that you can look past the way things look right now in a home and see potential. So many people (me included) can't
Lisa - so happy for you being fully covered. Doesn't matter if you were in conflict or not, you still served this country
Well, we took down the last of the Halloween decorations. Now on to Christmas. Halloween is the warm-up to Christmas
katla - your not the only one who is having trouble with the "fall back". I seem to want to eat all the time. It just feels so late
Carol - good luck on your new diet. Tell us how it goes
Rita - have fun at the aquarium
KJ - you are very smart to get things ready early for the shower
Thanks everyone for the welcome back. I have missed being here, but you can see what kept me busy. I don't know if I mentioned (I probably did) that I made a brains panacotta with "blood", sausage/cheese bites, had apples, a mac & cheese casserole and I took oval crackers and piped "RIP" on them and put them into the mac & cheese, cheese cubes
Returned the tables etc that we borrowed from the couple how cohosted the social with us. Also, the lady who borrowed the "intestines", "bone dust", "eye of newt" and "brains" returned the jars they were in to me. that's all I really needed.
Forgot to say that I cut down a tablecloth to fit the 4' table we have. Really, I don't know if we'd ever use for eating at, it's too narrow. But Vince uses it in his music room (the table, not the tablecloth). I did another tablecloth, but cut it too short (forgot to add the extra length beyond the yard), but I really didn't like that tablecloth much anyway.
Off to take a shower.
For the first time ever in my life I made chocolate truffles. Guess they came out OK, but I think they should have been rolled in powder sugar instead of granulated sugar
Michele in NC
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Michele - mmmmmmmm, chocolate truffles!!! I'm sure they are just as yummy with the granulated sugar! (Drooling!)
I don't get sweets very often, can you tell?? Once on the lips, forever on the hips!!!
Sherry in "where did I put that candy bar?" Portland0 -
Heather I'm with your DH I love fruit cake. I know a lot of people hate it but I remember my grandmother making it from scratch which included shelling and cutting up the nuts. I don't know that I would like any kind of frosting on it though.
Does anyone else know what Halvah is? For those of you who don't know it is a candy made from sesame seeds. I grew up eating it since my Greek grandfather always had it in the refrigerator. I thought it was a Greek food. Then one summer I went to Manitoba, Canada to visit my Mom's German parents and lo and behold if they didn't have it also only in a big wheel like cheese. I'm sure it has a million calories in it but I can taste it just thinking about it. Can you tell sugar is my downfall?
Gloria getting ready to go low carb again in WA
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Lenora I'm assuming you were making a joke about my wanting to ride the flamingo.
DJ (Janet #1) thank you for the nice compliment. I only go the the salon for a haircut. I keep it short so I don't have to mess with it. Lol
Janetr okc
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Ok this is the 3rd time I've tried to send this and I keep Xing out. I'm sharing this egg recipe as I know a lot of use them for added protein or to ward off hunger. https://food52.com/recipes/35930-momofuku-s-soy-sauce-eggs0
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Been catching up for a few hours. Had a busy weekend with DGD's birthday and DGS's school play.
Barbie_ our book club read "The Boys in the Boat". I found it fascinating since I knew nothing about rowing.
Lisa- so glad your sale went better than expected. Congrats on your good news about the VA. My DH served 24 years and was in Vietnam Nam. He still resents how they were treated when they came home.
Have any of you ever had the fruit cakes from Collin Street Bakery? They are awesome. Our Christmas will be very different this year as we will spend it at DisneyWorld with most of our family. No gifts, just drawing names for stocking stuffers.
Oh, I wanted to recommend, "The Light Between Oceans". Great book.
See ya'll tomorrow.
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Hello, my name is Valerie and I had a sleeve done to my stomach to lose the weight I so desperately need to lose, I've been diabetic for about ten years gained up to 270 from holding out all my younger years of 170. But the insulin won and made me slowly creep up in weight and it has been tough to lose. So I had bariatric surgery two weeks ago. And I have lost about 32 pounds since going the prep fir this surgery as well including losing ten pounds since surgery. Next week I actually get to start eating soft foods yeah.
Welcome, you've come to the right place for great support and encouragement. Several of us have had weight loss surgery so we know what you are facing. I had gastric bypss almost three years ago (December 18, 2013). I lost 125 pounds very quckly. One year later I had my right knee replaced and then 8 months later left knee replacement. My weight began creeping up a pound here a pound there. When it got up to 10 pounds I said no way this is it and found this group. Next to having the surgery this is the best thing I've done for myself in my way to eating and staying healthy. You can do this.
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Becca, I wish my husband would believe he is a veteran. He served during the Vietnam War but was never overseas. He served as a medic here in the states. He said he isn't a veteran because he never saw any active duty. But he singed up himself, was willing to serve, just lucked out that he was never in active duty. But he never partakes in any thing veteran wise, never wants to stand if they are honoring Navy, doesn't understand why I stand in his behalf.
Heather, when Charlie and I make anything, I am the brains and Charlie is the brawn. He buys a box that will have a cabinet, etc in it, expects to take it home empty it all on the floor and put it together. There are directions for a reason. I separate everything, make sure everything is there and just ask him to lift things for me. I put it together and he tightens. That's the way we do it. well, did it. Neither one of us are strong enough to pick up that heavy wood/particle board.
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Sue in TX, I just looked up "Light Between Oceans" and it looked good....my library has it in several formats, so I put a hold on the audio book version and there are five people ahead of me, so I guess I lot of people are eager to read it. I have three audio books in line to read already so it's a good thing that I won't get it for awhile. Like you, I know nothing about rowing, but one of the things I found gripping about "The Boys in the Boat" was all the emphasis on staying focused on a goal and not being deterred by anything. The book was inspiring to me as I listened and walked outdoors working at getting my strength back after my surgery. They rowed in the rain in Washington as I walked in the drizzle not far away. Barbie in NW Washington 2
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What's up Pip?1
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Lenora I had the Christmas cactus outside during the summer. I did repot it this past summer too. It shared the pot with impatience over the summer. I have another smaller one that I have kept inside and it does not bloom well.0
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Why can't I see what Pip posted? Her post just looks blank on my end.
Sherry in Portland1 -
Sherry - She didn't write anything just marking her place where she's read to.1
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Morning, all, thanks for the "thank you for your service" posts. I am very proud of the time I served, and the four years in the military served to make me who I am, still, and am grateful for that, enormously. But my own sense of whether I deserve to get be cared for was impacted by the Vietnam vets I knew--many were still in the service at the time I was in (79-83), the ones who decided to make it a career. I heard stories that I will never forget. Many will open up to someone else in uniform where they find it hard to talk to civilians.
Now, I have a son and a daughter who are both military, and my daughter is married to another soldier, as well, and I couldn't be more proud of them. My son got posted to Kuwait for a year, as well, but is now stationed at Malmstrom AFB, in Great Falls, MT. I worried, and still do... but as my son says, "that's your job!"
Brenda - yep, the left knee was operated on while I was in the service, and the right knee tanked because of favoring the left. Now it's much worse off... but I can still operate. I've pushed off knee replacements for years, as I want to only do it once. Thank YOU for your service as well.
And, speaking of operating, I do plan to go work out this morning, which I had put off while trying to get the sale together. And am looking forward to going to see the grandbabies at Thanksgiving. We're headed up to Missouri (she's at Fort Leonard Wood), leave Wednesday night, get about four hours down the road, and then will get moving early Thursday and hopefully be there in time for dinner. We'll leave early Saturday morning, do some exploring in Missouri and Arkansas on the way down, and get back on Sunday. Fingers crossed for good weather!
But, for now, I need to get two op-eds written, one for if Trump wins and one for if Clinton wins, so they'll be ready for press time on Wednesday morning. On the job front, I will move back to part-time as of December 1 (at my request), and the new reporter actually starts on Nov. 14. I may well be working at home today, as they were supposed to rip all the carpet out this weekend, finally, at work--we had a massive hot water heater spring a leak from a valve and flood the majority of the building, and it's gone all moldy. We'll see how far they got, but working in a construction zone is no fun...
Off to the races, my chickens,
Love y'all,
Lisa in chilly West Texas
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Good morning ladies
Not good yesterday as my day out (well one of them) with DH healthy protein lunch, then count the calories for the wine, problem is the munchies when we returned home to watch darts final. Never mind today is another day
Got my workouts in and will try to get a walk outside later as it's a cold but sunny day
2 mile Leslie Sansone with heavier weights than usual
KB Swings 5x17x13
See you later
Kate UK1 -
Lisa~ My best friends son is stationed there also..
Well I am awake and trying to get things done. I am just going to pack Homer in the car and take him down to the vet without an appt.. I have to work at 9 and they open at 8, gonna see if they will keep him for the day and get to the bottom of whats going on, im sure they will give him fluids.. poor baby.. he is just lying around . we are both very afraid..0 -
Good morning!
No news from the viewers on Friday.
Shopping for the Christmas cake ingredients today and I resolve to throw out more garden stuff from the garage - old seed packets etc.
Going to have chorizo and lentil stew tonight. Not low in calories, but it's a no alcohol day, so a few calories in hand.
For those who are new and don't know me - I do my exercising at home most days. I have three machines, a yoga mat and some dumbbells and a kettlebell. I always do 600 calories for the day after breakfast in the morning. I add this to my basic 1200, so I can eat 1800 a day. This enables me to enjoy my meals and not to have to go hungry.
I log everything even though I have been at maintenance for nearly three years now. Originally I lost 57 lbs over 18 months. Slow but sure.
I tend to eat lower carb than most people which helps in the calorie count. I eat a LOT of vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, mangetout etc. I snack on carrots and cottage cheese with HOT pickle.
Just putting it out there for the newbies. It worked and works for me. (I am 67) I am lucky that I have a 71 year old husband who does his exercises with me, is very fit and mostly eats very well, though he does like some extra sweet things in the evening. I keep him fed with cake and carbs or he loses weight. I don't join him.
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Well I am all set and ready for work, going to take Homer to vet without an appt and see if they will keep him there for the day, and see if we can get to the bottom of what is going on with him....0
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sherryminch wrote: »Sherry in "couch travelling" Portland
For everyone who'd like to travel cheap and easy, and especially for Sherry, here's a link to a fun game. geoguessr.com
The game dumps you in a Google street view image, and you are supposed to stick a pin in a map to guess where you are. You can choose whether you want to be dumped at a random place somewhere on the planet or in a certain region or country. You can look around 360 degrees and follow the roads to read signs and such (if there are any). You can even choose some cities (like Philly or New York). It was created by a couple guys who were in the same computer science class as my son at Stockholm's technical university. Sherry, if you've been all over the 48 states, maybe you'd do well in the US-only version of the game geoguessr.com/usa/play
Have fun! :flowerforyou:
Back home in Longyearbyen, the weather forecast is for lots of rain and high winds. They're so worried about potential mudslides and rockslides that large parts of town are being evacuated. With last winter's deadly avalanche fresh in our minds, we're taking precautions. We don't want to lose any more neighbors.
Oh, and for any Americans who wonder what in the world Heather is eating: mangetout=snow peas
/Penny, thinking about the folks back home near the North Pole
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Penny - We have snow peas and we also have mangetout. They are different. I eat both!
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Penny wrote "Oh, and for any Americans who wonder what in the world Heather is eating: mangetout=snow peas" Thanks, Penny, I had just asked my husband what it was and was about to look it up.
We had a 5.1 earthquake yesterday in Oklahoma about 30 miles north of where we live. No damage at our home.
We're off to Tybee Island today to see one of the tallest light houses in the US.
Janetr (okc but in Savannah for a few more days)1 -
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Janet ~ I hope your trip to Tybee is fun. During the last hurricane, I think there might have been a lot of damage. Let us know!0
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