WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2016
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Hello all: Got some errands run this morning and then did a trial run to Swedish hospital in downtown Seattle because my DH has a procedure there on Dec 8. I am really nervous about having to drive in the city but I think this will not be too bad. The worst part will be that we will be returning about rush hour in the dark. I hope it is not raining then. That will make it worse. We had lunch out, not the best choices but shared with DH. I will probably be over on calories and not much exercise with riding in the car and it is raining so not a good day to be outside.
Barbie - Glad you are dancing again.
Marcelyn - Congratulations on that fabric buy.
Heather - Glad you are enjoying the DGC.
Lisa - You have two cuties there. Glad you got to see them. Did you find any possible places?
Gloria - It always takes me to my last post or last page read.
Carol - Hope you feel better soon. I am just getting over a cold and for the first time in a long while it did not turn into a sarcoidosis flare.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA2 -
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Hello all: Got some errands run this morning and then did a trial run to Swedish hospital in downtown Seattle because my DH has a procedure there on Dec 8. I am really nervous about having to drive in the city but I think this will not be too bad. The worst part will be that we will be returning about rush hour in the dark. I hope it is not raining then. That will make it worse. We had lunch out, not the best choices but shared with DH. I will probably be over on calories and not much exercise with riding in the car and it is raining so not a good day to be outside.
Everyone take care, Sue in WA My husband had surgery in Seattle in June and I was more scared about driving him home than I was about how the surgery would go. I got lots of encouragement from women on this thread and tried to stay in the moment and breathe. You are right that it will be a challenge, but just drive it one mile at a time and know that we are all with you cheering you on. Barbie from the rainy Olympic Peninsula
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Kim – My DH was exactly 5 weeks old when Pearl Harbor was bombed. His Dad was on a ‘clean-up carrier’ just out of Guam and they got ‘ordered’ back to port, no explanation, did not find out about it until they got back in. All communication was cut out, period! DFnL said that the Captain would have probably gone on, in order to help; but, there wasn’t anything they could do. As bad as it was it could have been so much worse on any other day of the week. Most were on ‘shore leave’. I can’t imagine how that would be, I’ve been sent films of it from several of my friends when they come around (usually about every 2 or 3 years). Men and women running around all over the place.
Gloria – Up until the past day or two, it would ALWAYS take me back to my last post; which might have been 3 or 4 pages ahead of the posts that are shown when you open up the link and it tells you how many ‘new’ postings you have had since the last time you posted. NOW, it seems to take me to the last page of posting; and, it is a real P.I.T.A. to try to scroll through them if you go back to the page you last posted on. I get screens that are cut off, when I try to maximize the 2nd screen it is still minimized; but all over to the left; and to the right it is white. I don’t know what MFP is doing; but, I sure wish they’d stop. IF it ‘ain’t broke’ don’t ‘fix’ it! Nothing is at all familiar; I want to read those postings that have come in since I last posted. If it only take me to the top of the current screen, I am missing out a lot. I don’t like this at all.
If I click on the next page, it acts like it is ‘locking up’; but, it is not showing that ‘it is not responding’ … just acting like it. I hate whatever they are attempting to do to change it. I liked it taking me back to my last post; and, then ‘if’ I wanted to skip 85 posts, then I could go directly to the ‘newest’ page. GGGrrrr, anybody know what is going on?
Whatever happened to that little boy and his family after he showed up on your doorstep one morning?
Michele – I am confused when you say … 'contemplating saying something to his mother and her mother about how I only get to see my daughter once/year … are you a ‘step-mother’? If so, I can tell you from being one … it would ‘not’ be your daughter … you’re just the ‘step-mom’ and I can almost guarantee that the "real" one would quickly tell you that. My DH's 'ex' did NOT like anyone that took any time away from her when it came to visitation and all that; all she wanted was the $$$ coming in on a regular basis. The first year we were married; we were to get a ticket and send it to her; and, she called and said, 'that visitation would NOT occur that year; he owed her a 'little' back C/S; so he went to the Judge early one morning (about 8:00am) and the Judge called her (7:00am her time) and told her that 'if' she was not on the plane that day, he would send orders to have her arrested and brought back to Jacksonville for a hearing. She was on that plane when we went to pick her up. Child support and child visitation are 2 totally unrelated times in a divorce case. Unfortunately, a lot of people try to hold one over the other if they aren't getting what they think they should, when they think they should. Got her caught up and never had any other issues with her. But, thankfully we were 4 states away. While my DDnL#1 has been a very good ‘mother-figure’ to our DOGD; even DOGD has told her ‘you aren’t MY mother, I know I have one, I just don’t want anything to do with her; you have been more like a mother to me, than she ever has been’, just don' talk bad about her to me or in front of me'. That got said right after I told her she needed to ‘stop downgrading her Mother’, one day it would come back and bite her in the @$$. In a blended family, step-family, divorced with visitation issues … family life is a whole totally different dynamic than it was when ‘most’ of us grew up with a Daddy and a Mother and maybe a couple of ‘siblings’. The older they get, the more children that are involved, the harder it gets to trying to be 4 places at one holiday. Sad, but, it is life as we are finding ourselves living.
Lisa – And when you say, “Bless her little sweet pea-picking heart” … you really ARE being sarcastic.
Grandbaby is a ‘doll’. Oh, I did not see the other one, cutie, too!
Allie – I don’t know how long you and Tom have been married; but, $20 a week is so far past being ‘abusive’ … that alone would make me pack up his $#*T and throw him out. A court would give you more than $20 a week to live on. That isn’t even $4 a weekday. What the HELLO KITTY does he expect to get from someone he gives that little bit to do with? Whether or not you are willing or able to do so, people pay $50 a half-day for someone to come ‘clean their houses’. And you are cleaning HIS for $20 a week? Honey, I believe in the sanctity of marriage; but, that is more like ‘slave labor’. It makes me want to come “Kick his @$$ to the curb” for you. Have y’all ever gone to a ‘marriage counselor’? Sounds like ‘it is ok for him to do things’, just not you and he is making sure you can’t by taking you paycheck (or whatever check you are getting). SSI and SSD is always ‘directly’ deposited now-a-days to prevent checks from being stolen … and fraud. If my check was being deposited into my DH’s account, I would immediately go about having it changed (to another bank) and he’d just have to ‘get over it’. Does he even involve you in what household budget there is? What happens 'if something were to happen to him'? I think women, especially, ought to be proactive when it comes to what is going on with the money coming into the household, what bills are being paid, what may or may not be paid for, how a house or car or any other type of real property is titled? Are you his first wife? Do either of you have Wills? Do either of you have an Advanced Directive (what happens if you are only being kept alive because of machines)? I'm not so sure I would ever recommend giving him a POA - he could wipe you totally out and have you name removed from bank accounts, and a lot of other stuff that you 'should' inherit if he were to die. One thing you don't want to end up having to do, because it is expensive, is having to run ads in the paper for 4 weeks before you can get the Probate Court's authority to sell something, namely a car -- something like that.
Last year, about this time, I got a cold, went to my chest (usually does) and I went to my GP at least 3x and given 3 or 4 different medications to take, even one that normally would knock me out at night wasn’t working. I finally gave in and called the ‘lung MD’ that takes care of all of my C-pap and sleep studies, I went in to see him. Put me on Prednisone and wa-la – no coughing 3 days later - ZIP! NAHDA! Cough-free! I wasn’t ‘thrilled’ to be put on a steroid; but, getting the cough to go away was paramount. I’d get it once or twice a year and sounded just like a smoking-truck-driver-hacking. My boss used to say that ‘it hurt him to hear me hacking’. I’d hate to know what it would be like if I had been a ‘smoker’. But, watching my Daddy turning beet red whenever he started his hacking, I decided that it was not ‘at all’ cool to smoke. Shortly after that he went to see his MD; who told him that he needed to quit smoking. He bought a pack, opened it up, lit one up and took a few puffs and threw it and the rest of the pack out of the window and never picked up one for the rest of his life. Thirty-five to 40 more …!
Janetr okc – Love the pin. That says it all, for a lot of us. I need a pin like that (especially since a couple of my family members 'think' that of me. LOL!
Joyce – I have found so many interesting things down in the sides of the cushion and sides. Money has been the best. My cellphone was the last thing to disappear. We have my Mimi’s old sofa and chairs; they really need to be replaced; but, that ‘thought’ flew out the window when my DH’s paint truck broke down and cost $2000 to fix. But, fixing it is a lot better than taking on a payment at the age of 75. I already have a car payment to make. So much, for hoping I could talk him into some ‘new’ den furniture for our ‘yearly’ present to one another. We buy something right after the start of the year that encompasses both birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Anniversary, Christmas and any other day you might give someone a present. Then we find some really ‘cute and appropriate cards to give one another. If I find a card that suits one or more of my children or granddaughters, I go ahead and buy it. Because they would not be any ‘cute’ one when they birthdays come up. This year (11/30), I am sending DGD#4 a card that has a ‘whoopie cushion’ in it. I know she will have a lot of fun, until her Mama takes it away from her. Our sons can always find cards for us that are really ‘spot on’ at those times in our lives.
This was the first Thanksgiving that we did not have DYS home. But, his work and her ‘ex’ made them just stay home. He had worked so hard getting everything lined up for hunting season for his bosses, he just wanted to ‘chill’. DDnL#2’’s ‘ex’ had his ‘panties in a wad’ … which according to her isn’t the least bit unusual. Now that she has ‘finally’ remarried after 7+ years, he is testing his ‘oats’. He does NOT like my son, at all. He is quite intimidated by him. Then it doesn’t really help when DGD#4 talks about DYS all the time. It’s all about DYS and what all he does for her. Ex even joined a hunting club so that he could take her hunting. But, her first deer was shot when she was with her Mama. He’s been remarried for years. DDnL#2 does NOT like his wife, she is the reason for the divorce, among other things. And what really torques my DDnL#2 is that the step-mom has tried making her call her some derivative of “Mom”. So DDnL#2 told her that ‘she was NOT her Mama’, never would be and that she was’ and to never let her hear of trying to make her call her anything other than by her first name (or “my Daddy’s wife”).
At the end of one of DGD#4’s dance recitals all of them (including her parents) were standing around and DGD#4 was ‘excited’ that they (DYS and DDnL#2) were looking for a place to move to or build. Ex’s wife said, ‘well … that suxs; when you will only be able to spend every other weekend and Wednesdays with your Mother’ … a pin could have dropped! WHOOPS!!!!! Don’t go messing with that tiny young lady and her baby! *T$&^)_(**%^%$())*((){*()(*Y*^%(!!!!! Her Daddy about had a 'conniption fit'!
Carol – We’ve lived out here 15 years; and, I know that I was not involved in the packing and moving of anything in our home, I was ‘in the hospital’ when we actually moved and things had to be stored; but, I cannot find my Chinese Warrior (that I got when my BF and I went to Birmingham, AL to see the show), and a ‘ring’ given to me years ago. DH says that we do have a few boxes that have never been unpacked. I’ll be glad when he shows me, so I can open them up! What a surprises it will be to actually find them. If the Chinese Warrior display comes anywhere within driving distant or any of you, it is well worth the trip to go see!!!! You get to take the tour with a set of earphones on and you can go to each station as you please, not necessarily ‘in order’. It is AMAZING! No 2 of them are alike and there are 100s that have been ‘unearthed’ and probably nearly as many that have not yet been. Some still have remnants of the colors they were painted. But, I am an ‘art major; so this type of thing is really interesting to me.
Pip – See the babies are all ready for Christmas. I’ll probably drag out our stuff tomorrow and put it out.
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After too many days wearing shoes that don't keep my feet dry when I walk the dogs, I made a date with Jake to go shoe shopping. I have had several pairs of good waterproof warm dog walking shoes but eventually they wear out or spring a leak. I am a classic "underbuyer" and always think I can get along without buying something new for myself. At Jake's urging, I got two pairs of shoes--both waterproof, both comfortable and supportive for walking. Here's what they look like:
I am colder than most people now it's hard to recall that I went to college in Minnesota for four years and wore nothing heavier on my feet than sneakers. Barbie from rainy NW Washington
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Rita - hope you feel better - depression is awful and not something you can always just shake off without medication and very common in our age group. Thinking of you. (((hugs)))1
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FYI . The pics of the kids are all old pics.1
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Welcome, new friends!
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to all of you!
Got up this morning, and on a whim decided to wash Bailey, our Coton. Had to be at work by 8, so I took him in the shower with me. He is a sensitive soul, and doesn't like being bathed, so of course he started screaming bloody murder when I started to wash him. I sat down on the shower floor and doggedly
kept at it. By the time I was done with him we had an audience. My partner and our 3 other dogs all in the bathroom watching me wallow around in the shower with a screaming dog. Do you love it? I did make it work on time to my utter surprise.
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Janetr: Your DGD is gorgeous!
Joyce: Your family has created excellent holiday traditions. You've solved the social problems of who will be where with practical ideas that allow everyone to win. Celebrating a holiday on a date that works for everyone is brilliant. :bigsmile:
Pip: I love the photos of your pups in Christmas clothes. I like them even if they're old photos. They are full of love and happiness.
Gloria: We didn't have any rule about political discussions, but everyone avoided politics. Worst event was watching the Ducks v the Beavers Civil War football game in a room full of Beaver Fans. Unfortunately, Ducks lost.
Best event was enjoying the family. We played a version of Mexican Train last night with DSIL's best friends and the family. Some of the rules were odd, but we had a good time.
Barbie: Congratulations on the new shoes & boots. They look like they'll be just right for the walks you love so much. :flowerforyou:
Karen in VA: I have a weird mental image of you in the bath struggling with the screaming dog, and your partner and the other dogs around the sidelines cheering for their teams. :laugh:
We've had a lovely time but I'm ready to go home. DH wants to stay until Monday. I think our niece, nephew & grandnephew will be leaving tomorrow and I would like to do that, too. I'll mention it to DH in the morning.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
"So many of us believe in perfection, which ruins everything else, because the perfect is not only the enemy of the good; it's also the enemy of the realistic, the possible and the fun."
November Resolutions :
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.
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Barbie love, love, love the new boots.
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Katla, thank you. She is such a sweetheart too, but I may be little prejudiced.
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Morning, all... stopped in Abilene - about another 200 miles to go, and we'll be home, but we were both tired, and neither one of us likes driving at night anymore. Not sure I ever did. So, we got a nice hotel, with a suite, so I can be out tippy-tapping away on the keys, and he can sleep in. We should be home about noon or 1 p.m., plenty of time to do everything but laundry, which is just going to have to wait until Thursday.
Foggy drive out of Missouri, and then socked back in until well past Tulsa, so the first four hours yesterday were a little tense, which also made us both tired. It was a lovely drive after that, except for the scenery. Flat isn't even close to it...
And speaking of which, Sue in WA, while we didn't find a specific piece of land, we definitely found the area we want to move to... a triangle bordered on the west by Fort Smith and Fayetteville, Arkansas, over to Mountain Home, Arkansas. Missouri's a little too wide open, and not enough hills. We want mountains and streams and trees, and enough flat space to build a home tucked back into a hill, and put in a small garden, and keep animals. The Ozarks were just amazing, and exactly what we're looking for.
Now, while we're waiting for the warehouse to sell, I've taken on a labor of love for a friend. I'll sit down and talk to her about it on Thursday, which will be the beginning of dropping back to part time. She wants a T-shirt quilt or two done, so I gathered up some information about them, and we'll sit down and talk price and design next week. So looking forward to that... I've got plenty to keep me busy during the days I'm off, and want to begin doing the things that will make money while creating and designing, two of my other loves.
Got to get my op-ed written for the week.
Love y'all,
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morning early risers. As I sip my coffee I just knew I'd find a post from you lisa
glad the trip was great and those grandkids are adorable. Good that you know the terrain you are looking for and taking your time about going about it. It is a big exciting step.
Well back on track, made a grreat big pot of stock and had a very delicious cup of chicken broth for dinner last night, felt great after all that overindulging. Even went shopping for DD yesterday, found a pair of warm boots (kind of like Barbies) for her and about 4 sweaters. She is a frugal bargain hunter, from a long line of women who could squeeze a nickel till it squeaks
the whole weekend was filled with friends, family and a little business, banking, RX refills, and paying her tuition 
all in all a very busy 5-days.
I am looking forward to the joy of a normal week or what constitutes for normal in December! Simple goal for the week, making the gym a daily goal and eating down the contents of my fridge with little food waste- have a lot of soup to enjoy
NYKAREN
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Happy Sunday Ladies
Weighed in this morning and gone down a little should be down more before I go to Spain again in 3 weeks
Karen laughed out loud when I read your story of the shower so funny I could picture the faces of the onlookers
Today is date day with DH I try to stay within calorie limit but it's the wine that does it never mind I'll go do 45 min workout now and burn off some of those calories in advance.
Yesterday stayed within on food but did weight workout and kettlebell but no walking and then spent most of the afternoon and evening watching Darts on TV which we both love.
We both used to play darts and indeed spent most of our honeymoon (spent in my Aunt's caravan in Wales) in the village pub playing darts and beating allcomers DH was even offered a job with a big company on the strength of his playing. In those days companys had all sorts of sports and leisure activities and competed against one another.
Welcome newbies have a lovely day and take care of yourselves and others
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Morning ladies~
slept ok last night but was up and down....
well one day and we will be back to work..
Grits~ I have nothing for him to take.. so even if he was my POA ,he would get a 1200 .00 IRA thats it..
most everything is in both our names now, when we bought the house the house was just in his name, until we re financed and got the place in Florida... and no neither of us has wills, I have tried to talk to him about it, and he ignores me.. we will probably be in Florida when we kick the bucket.. Connecticut taxes would take almost everything..
yes I have to find a good time when I can speak to him about finances, I have been shown how to pay bills or get into accounts, and when he was gone last year to florida I got a memory stick and put it all on there and my DSIL has it for safe keeping in case he tries anything crazy.. I dont know if waiting until we are driving to Florida is a good time to speak with him, will have to put my big girl panties on and deal with it soon..1 -
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All the pans are washed, table clothes in laundry, and puppy fed. All that is left is to clean the kitchen floor.
Lillian ~ What is curling?
Joyce ~ Sounds like you had a great gathering. We are going to son's house for Christmas day to watch the two grands open presents. We may take steaks to cook out. That will take a lot of work off of me!
Sherry ~ Hoping you find a better place to rest your RV.
Penny ~ No snow before now? That's amazing.
Carol
Played on ice. 4 players per team. Curling rocks are delivered (thrown) down the sheet of ice to the house (round circles). Closest to button scores points. Sweepers sweep the ice in front of the rock to help it get to the house. Can be an exhausting game.2 -
I did not eat right at the dinner theater. Now I have a headache..... darn hidden yeast!
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Lillian ~ Your reply made me go to Youtube to see about this sport. It does look exhausting as you have to stay so close to the ice. I can see that it takes a lot of teamwork and thoroughness. I bet you burn a lot of calories doing it.
Took Coldeeze lozengers last night and slept a bit better. Only one bad time of coughing during the night.
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Karen in Virginia - I washed Cracker yesterday in the tub with warm water; she hated it! She hates being bathed period. During warm weather DH will wash her outside; she was really dirty and kept trying to climb out. I probably should have left her collar on, so that I did not have to hold her by the scruff of her neck. By the time we were finished, I was wet and I smelled pretty doggy myself; but got her clean. Needed to shower myself. I cannot think of anything I can do to calm her down. Put about 2” of water for her to stand in, hoping that would help. I have gotten over in the tub and sat on my knees, even that is not the best solution. She'd be tearing up everything if I tried to put her 'in the shower'.'
Cracker is always 'asking' to go 'outside'; so I open the door and every time she looks back at me as if saying, "What? You aren't coming out, too?" Not today, it is chilly out there, maybe once it warms up a little. Need to water my plants that are in my greenhouse, if DH did not do it yesterday. I watered my plants on the porch. I am pretty upset that the miniature violets I plants in one of my strawberry planters are not doing well. About 1/2 of them are still living; but, if they don't get to looking better; I will just give up on the idea, I've watered them 2 ways. From the stop which has a strawberry plant in it, to watering them at each hole. I had asked the lady at the plant store, if it makes a difference 'if' they leaves touch the sides of the clay pot, or if I should line each hole with some wax. Maybe I should water them a little more often; but, she had told me that they 'like' to dry out between watering. The ones I have in plastic pots are seemingly doing quite well; and, I water then every Friday.
Cheri – See the link for emojis; how to get them on computer (or MFP) to use? Quite often my computer blocks the emojis I have found before. If I get it added to my computer, can I use them in other sites, such as in my Outlook 2013?
Lisa – I’ve been trying to get DOGD to give me her T-shirts from HS to make a quilt for her; but, so far she is not ready to give them up. Not that she wears them out in public at college; but, they need to have something done with them. Would like to make all 3 T-shirt quilts; but, I will have to Google how to make them. I do have some material that I could use as backing; or I might use it to make a summer bedspread for my DGD#4, since it is light pink. Just have to talk to her mother about what size I would need to make it. I’d probably have enough to even make a pair of curtains.
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