WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2017
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Barb B. Indiana.2
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Later gators - off to work all bundled up
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Morning My Dear Friends,
Just a quick “Hello” as I head out the door. I miss you all and think about you during these busy days. I look forward to some leisure time when I can read every post and comment on many. Good luck to those struggling. Congrats to those with victories. To all of us, keep on keeping on and just never give up.
to any Newbies. 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.
Sending love, good thoughts and sunshine to all of you.
I Love you
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Yvonne in TX: Our hummingbirds are Annas Hummingbirds. They used to be migratory but started staying year round several years ago. The boys are brightly colored and the girls are plain. I'll try to post photos. :flowerforyou:
Peach: So, an MFP woman made in into Good Morning America! I wonder how many people will give this a try because of her. It was courageous on her part.
Rita: I've found that Vitamin D3 does wonders for both my thinking ability and my moods. This time of year is toughest because of short days, so I take more in winter than in the summer. I prefer the liquid capsules & buy them at Costco or Walmart. I also exercise regularly. Yoga and riding my stationary bike improve my mood, too.
Heather: We have friends who are parrot owners and absolutely love having a bird. Their bird has the potential to outlive both of them. Providing for a pet in a lengthy hereafter situation is a big responsibility, IMHO. I am not a fan of cleaning up bird droppings, and am completely satisfied with my outdoor bird feeders.
Margaret: Your book on sleep sounds very positive. Can you share the title and author? :huh:
Pip: (((hugs))) Losing a beloved pet is hard. Your photos are wonderful.
Dh was supposed to have a follow up appointment with the eye doctor today. since surgery didn't happen I think he'll confine himself to trying to reschedule. The followup makes no sense.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" -Audrey Hepburn
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Ladies, I am so excited to share this NSV with you! I've been going to a Les Mills Bodypump class now for a couple of years, first at the gym in La, now at one here in FL. Today, for the first time since last December, I was able to complete the shoulder set using weights!!!
Bodypump is a weight class, using a weighted bar and/or hand weights. The routine is always warmup, squats, chest, back, triceps, biceps, shoulders, abs. The intervals are about 4 minutes, with a 30 second rest interval maybe once or twice during the set. You choose your weight amount. As you can see, shoulders are the last weighted set, and you've already hauled that bar up on your shoulders for squats and back, and the back set always includes clean&presses, which has the bar pressed over your head. So, by the time you start the shoulder set, you've already given them a lot of work.
So, why is this a big deal? Because December 2015 I had a total replacement of my left shoulder. It wasn't as terrible as I had feared it would be, but rehab took a lot longer, since I'd been in pain for so long I'd developed incorrect movements using other muscles to compensate, so I had to re-learn how to use the shoulder properly. I can remember wondering if I would ever be able to lift my hand above my head again. Feeling strong is a wonderful thing.
So -- if you are facing an obstacle that seems unconquerable, or just too damn hard, keep at it!!
Wishing you all a victorious day,
Nancy D in Delray
PS - Pip, your Rocky was a beauty! What a gorgeous smile!9 -
afternoon/good morning ladies~
left the house at 6 this morning and grocery shopped, came home, put it away and went to feed DFIL , then off to get my hair cut.. always feels wonderful getting that done... came home swept and washed the floors and now asn my stomach is tossing and turning in an Hour I go to see the lawyer.. hoping he gives me some tips and the name of a good attorney that wont cost an arm and a leg..
then my girlfriend Zina is picking me up at 4:45 and we are going with Mary to a cocktail party at a orthdondtic office we work with.. so that should be fun..2 -
Allie, I will be thinking of you today. You are doing the right thing.
Betty2 -
Prayer request - my daughter-in-law was just rear ended by a truck and is in the ER. They are waiting to do a CT on her neck. She was at a stop sign and there was a truck behind her in a car ran into the truck and the truck smashed into her van. The van is totaled.
Mary from Minnesota1 -
lacruiser2016 wrote: »Yesterday was miserable. I take cymbalta for osteoarthritis pain in my hips, and am in the process of stepping down the dosage. Yesterday was 2d day of lower dose and my head felt like it was a huge bell, all hollow and ringy. However, feel normal this morning so fingers crossed. Off to my body pump class!
Good luck with the weaning off of Cymbalta. I had a horrendous time several years ago. What you are feeling is quite normal. I also had this "brain zapping" thing going on. I actually had to take the capsules apart and count out the granules the withdrawal was so bad. Wishing you the best!
Cheri
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grandmallie wrote: »Morning ladies~
yesterday was a long day...I came home and took an advil PM.. Tom angry with me because I asked about having an eye exam and we cant afford the glasses right now.. we spent 2500 on the dogs before vacation,then on vacation and Tom didnt get paid for 2 weeks and I not for one.. and then he brings up the bed I bought.. and I dont think about anything ,about bills etc...he has been quiet for awhile now he is starting up again..
going for a hair cut today and then to see a lawyer.. wish me luck on that front..
Thinking of you Allie! Stay strong and put yourself first this time!
Cheri1 -
Mary will be saying prayers for your daughter2
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(((Mary prayers))
Katla Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson2 -
My hub's pics. We met as grad students at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on October 16, 1981 and were married October 16, 1983.
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Cheri
College Station, TX
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Marysending strength towards your family.
Cheri gret pics of you and your DH
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Mary- Hope your daughter is ok
Allie- Good luck with the lawyer
Kate UK0 -
Handsome hubbies, ladies!
Love the pictures and pet tales (tails? Ha)
Becca - so sorry about your situation with your sister.
Mary - praying for your DIL. It must have been quite a crash to total the van.
Allie - thinking good thoughts for you. I know it is not easy. Been there....
Nancy - Yeah! Great recovery and NSV!
Kelly - your story about the birdie and kitty had me rolling (but not on a lettuce leaf)
Lisa - hoping you get the best offer ever!
Well yesterday was not terrific. My DDIL's delicious homemade fruit cake was calling my name (over and over) I finally had to shut it up by popping the last large piece in my mouth. Bad, bad, bad but yummy.
I am getting ready to start five straight days of work. For a part time retired gal that's a bit much. We're short at work and I do need the $$$ so I'll push on through. I often think of you working girls and how much you do. You rock!
Toni in Tennessee
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fanncy0626 wrote: »Prayer request - my daughter-in-law was just rear ended by a truck and is in the ER. They are waiting to do a CT on her neck. She was at a stop sign and there was a truck behind her in a car ran into the truck and the truck smashed into her van. The van is totaled.
Mary from Minnesota
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Nancy in Delray: Congratulations! Fitness improvements like yours are amazing successes. :flowerforyou:
Allie: Good luck.
Mary: Sending prayers for your DIL. I hope she doesn't have any serious injuries.
Margaret: I'll look for Sleep Smarter. Thanks for the suggestion. :flowerforyou:
Cheri in TX: The photos you shared are wonderful. You & DH were a gorgeous bridal couple then and now, too. :bigsmile:
It is a new year and a new insurance deductible. We have questions about an increase in the cost of DH's MS medicine, but can't reach the insurance provider due to the snow in Portland. They are closed today. :grumble:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison3 -
Thanks for the prayers everyone! My DDnL is doing fine. She has been released to go home. Snow and ice made for dangerous driving. I can hardly wait to be a Snowbird!
Mary from Minnesota5 -
well I am back from the lawyer..gave me good advice..best bet, money wise is to talk to Tom and see if we can go through mediation.. would be much more cost effective.. but if he wants to be a real jerk.. got a few names in my pocket for that too..8
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Kate UK
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Re - Just nothing much to say
Carol - Same for me, don't get any closer to hometown than Macon, 4x a year
Mary - Prayers for DDnL ... she'll be really sore 3 days from now
Allie - Keep those names of attorneys0 -
Are any of you having issues with tracking today? I can finally get to the page; but, it won't let me post anything there. Last night it would not save my water.0
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Didn't like the feta spinach pie in phylo. It had too much spinach and not enough feta. Not very much flavor and ended up pouring the sauce for my Greek salad over it.2
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Hi all! The painter postponed because of the weather (a few snow flurries) and my friend rang this evening to say she had scheduled someone else to be the cancer chemo sitter as she was worried I would have trouble getting there and even more trouble getting home on the train. Can't say I'm disappointed as it is miserable out there, but not impassable. She has scheduled me in for Feb 20th. I could have made it tomorrow, but will be able to use the day profitably.
Too much alcohol tonight, probably through relief.
Will use tomorrow to start packing and do a bit more writing. New chapter about my best friend /blood sister.
We have the painter scheduled for Monday morning and a viewing in the afternoon. Must get ahead with the packing.
Lots of love, Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
Can't download the wonderful video of Bea. This is in front of a beach hut in Hove. Where we hope to live.
Heather UK xxxxxxx
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Looking for new friends working hard on their goals on this app . Add me if you wish I would greatly appreciate it0
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