WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2017
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Marcelyn - what a doll baby and what an ordeal for mom. . So glad she is here and they are both are doing well.
When's the next one due?
Janetr okc1 -
MARCELYN - new grandaughter is gorgeous
LENORA- I'm going to try again to get an appointment with my Dr tomorrow and see what she says.
HEATHER - thanks for good advice, you are our oracle on travel, recipes and exercise oh and self improvement
Found a TV Channel 24hours a day Irish and country music, 2 of my favourite types of music, make me want to sing and dance.
Kate UK
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Marcelyn ... congratulations! Nellie is precious!
Sarah ... I am using my phone to catch up ... so it's not showing photos great ... until I got to the third pic, I didn't think you had pants on! LOL! Great job btw, I have never been able to balance and use weights.
KarenNY ... my boy flies in this weekend for his spring break too ... it will be a short week especially with his dad's surgery ... I'll be glad for his company. Didn't have him home on the September one.
Day three of keeping it together eating-wise. Looking for that tea Kelly. Sugar cravings are getting intense ... my cauliflower tasted sweet tonight!
Beth near Buffalo
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Congrats Marcelyn! Nellie is adorable!
Cheri1 -
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Beautiful little bundle of joy Marcelyn.
Pip, don't get me wrong, I love, love, love to see pictures of your dogs. They make me feel so peaceful, but do they every get out and do 'dog stuff'?
Michelle, my youngest is fostering a 1 year old lab mix named Rachael. She went to her first foster even last Saturday. Michelle thought some one was interested in adopting her but Rachael hasn't had a lot of experience, plus she is still a puppy, in being a calm dog. So she was quite feisty. So she is still a foster and Michelle has a lot to do to socialize this precious dog. She loves to foster so she can have happy families. Then she can get another dog to foster. her last foster she ended up adopting but Trevor wasn't really adoptable except by some one who was willing to put up with his fears.
Slept poorly last night. When I do that, I like to intentionally get up early so I can get to sleep easily enough the next night. But I woke up at 1:55PM!!!!! I had a physical therapy appointment at 2:40!!!! I had just enough time to brush my teeth and hair, eat a peanut butter sandwich and get there in time. Next week is re-evaluation again and then we think I am done!!!! I can then keep my $40/treatment in my own pocket.
Joyce, Indiana who wasted today completely in Indiana1 -
Sarah in Ontario - nice work out pictures. Keep it up.
Marcelyn- lovely picture of Nellie Marie. Congratulations.1 -
Big blizzard here - lots of snow and blowing wind. We are supposed to get a foot of snow tonight. May end up staying home tomorrow as I won't be able to get out of the driveway if we get that much snow. Hopefully, this is the last of it and spring is just around the corner.
Hugs to all. Hope everyone has a great day.
Paula Y0 -
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Marcelyn Awwwww!!! Nelly Marie is precious!
Karen in Virginia1 -
Good evening Ladies!
About ready to turn in, early for me but I was awoken at 4:30 am by my coworker with a text that certainly could have waited a couple of hours.
UGH! I gave it my best effort but I asked my supervisor to move me, I find this person very difficult to share a cubicle with. She complains and curses a blue streak all day long and I finally got to the breaking point last week. She is a very unhappy person. Apparently my timing was excellent because I was told that they were planning to move people around this week.
Sue, I sincerely hope you will be feeling better soon. I think Sylvia, a former member of our group had the same problem.
Healing thoughts and prayers to all who may be suffering physically or mentally.
Congratulations to all the new grandmothers! Keep those beautiful baby pictures coming so we can watch them grow like Heather's precious Bea.
Say a prayer, cross your fingers, toes and eyes, that something I am working on will come to fruition. I won't say anything now, I don't want to jinx it but it would make my life so much better.
Nightly night.
Chris in MA3 -
Marcelyn - congrats! She's a beauty. ❤
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Chris - I remember Sylvia but didn't know she had the same medical issues. Hope she is well.
Marcelyn -grand baby Nellie Marie is adorable. Glad her mommy is doing well.
I was able to have clear liquids tonite. It did make my stomach feel too full but maybe I ate it too fast. Hope that is the problem.
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Hi All!
The Elliptical is my Friend! Thank goodness my PT said I could use it again. I have adapted to the backward pedal, and my Fitbit is once again registering active minutes for me! Whoot!
AND - the elliptical is magic. It made the stupid scale move! So - FINALLY, I can show a proper loss on the Summer Challenge. Thank Heaven.
The Mango/Orange Pork was a winner.. I like it with cayenne pepper and pepper flakes for that Sweet Hot effect - but, I imagine it would be good without that, too. Just browned pork, your choice of veggies, some ripe mango, a whole orange (halved - peel and all) and some OJ - toss it in the crockpot and let it cook all day on low. Easy Peasy. Just toss the spent Orange halves away and serve it with Rice - or on a tortilla. Yum. Not a low carb delight... but a delight all the same.
I am anxious to go home to look at all the pictures... I REALLY want my Bea fix - and I have NEW babies to look at, and another picture of Olivia... I really need to get home.
Love you guys!
Hugs for Everybody!
Re in TX5 -
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I am so far behind on the posts...maybe I can read them tomorrow.
Had a weirdly motivating dream
Last night-- I dreamt that I visited two friends and they had both gotten skinny by exercising for several weeks without telling me. So there I was feeling left out. Guess who made it to the gym after work.Haha.
Betty3 -
Becca – I wore my hair really short and ‘spikey’ for many years; got tired of not being able to do anything with it differently; so I grew it out long (past my shoulders). It is so ‘fine’ that I would have had to have a lot of it to look good long. Wore it in a Farrah Fawcett cut in HS – colorwise and cut. I think the color helped make it look thicker. I'm finding that my gray hair helps with making it look thicker because it is so much coarser. I went to Louisiana after I had been losing weight and wanted a new haircut, something ‘different’. My DDnL#2 is a cosmetologist; so we went to the salon and she had washed my hair and we were sitting there discussing what I wanted it to do or be like. Her friend at the next station was chomping at the bit and asked us if we minded her doing to cut. She and Tami go to hair shows, sometimes together or not; and, they teach each other what they have learned. I’m not so sure that Tami was comfortable doing it since I am her M-n-L. She was cutting it and telling Tami why and I almost went to sleep. I love it when someone doing my hair, ‘attacks’ it. I want my head ‘scrubbed’ not washed with open palms. It is now about chin length and a little shorter in the back. I’m not as good at blow dryer my hair. It’s harder to do it without being ‘over’ it. Sometimes I would like to take it off and put it on a mannequin head, fix it, and then put it on; but, have it attached to my head. LOL!!!!!! One of the hairdressers I went to when my hair was cut short; washed my hair with open palms. I'd wash it the next day; because it never felt clean (head). She was the 'only' hairdresser I have been to that washed my hair that way.
Katla – Will keep you and DH in my prayers. Louis has to go for a ‘pre-op’ this next week; another procedure that will mean a few days or long with a catheter. This is going to be ‘fun’ … NOT! But, it is a necessary evil. I don’t think they even knew that it would be a side effect of the seed process for prostate cancer. But, his PSA has been at zero ever since. He really likes his ‘new’ Urologist, so that helps.
Marcelynh – She is such a cutie! I know your daughter is happy to be 'holding' her instead of 'carrying' her. Well, at least grandson will be ‘entertained’. My oldest one got really ‘quiet’ after I ‘knew’ he was awake in his crib; but, did not go up immediately. OMG! He took his diaper off and coated the entire Jenny Lynn bed with poop! When I walked in, he had just turned his back to the door and I got to him before he did a wall painting. We took the mattress out, carefully, collapsed it and took it outside to hose it off. When youngest son was born, he would rock so hard that we’d have to tighten the screws in it daily. He did not stay in it very long. He’d climb out and hang from the rails and finally drop to the floor. He was less than a year old. He never stopped! Continuous movement.
Joyce – I had so much on my pea-picking brain yesterday that I could NOT fall asleep. I got up, took a long shower, went back to bed, eyes popped open; so I got up, close the door and tried to read. Louis got up and asked what I was doing. So this AM he let me sleep in. I don’t even know what time I woke up. Just happy that he had put the coffee in a cup to keep it warm/hot. I think tomorrow I am going to see if I can find a solid top to go on it. The coffee was still hot enough to drink without reheating it; but, I like it ‘piping hot’.
Chris in MA – My first job after we got married was as an insurance adjuster. I had a co-worker, who sat next to me who kept a bottle of Vodka in her desk drawer and would open the drawer up like she was looking for something and take a swig or two. She’d shuffle work around on her table and it would end up back on the filing cabinet/mail table that I had to go through every day. The other 2 ladies in my unit told me to ‘keep my desk locked’ when I left it. Management ‘knew’ something was a bit off; and, they were keeping a watch on her. She was an older lady. She finally got to the point that it was pretty obvious that something wasn’t right; be she’d take a swig or two and then go to the break room for coffee and something to eat and to the restroom to rinse out her mouth. I think she finally was given the option to 'retire' and save her retirement pension; or be 'out of a job'. She took the early retirement.
Does anybody know where or what Sylvia is up to? Miss her. I know what you mean about crossing fingers, toes, and eyes so that something that is being worked on comes to fruition. I’m in the same boat.
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Marcelyn - Congratulations!1
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Joyce, my dogs spend a ton of time asleep in bed and one would think they were exhausted, but at the sound of the closet door opening, they rush out to the living room ready to go for a walk. I am so grateful to be retired. All your stories about toxic co-workers and having jobs shifted around remind me of some not so great times in my life. I'll be teaching two line dance classes on Friday. I got both classes planned today. Just have to practice a few dances. Barbie in beautiful chilly NW Washington 1 -
Karen VA - I think that front horse needs to join MFP! But the picture is awesome!
Hi Sue, Molly and Katla! How fun to get to meet each other and at something you all love!
Janetr - congratulations on your new granddaughter. Bet her parents are ecstatic that they got a girl.
Hopping over to the next page so see you in a while!
Gloria in WA2 -
Day 7 of not shampooing my hair, just rinsing it. One thing I have researched is that doing this makes you look at everything else you are doing. My scalp is a part of the biggest organ we have, our skin. I will be going thru a transition, where my oil production is overproducing, but will adjust in time. The important thing they say is to massage your scalp in the shower just like you are shampooing. Stimulating your pores. They say to hydrate, exercise, and the transition s won't bre so "scuzzy". They meaning the people on YouTube that have gone thru the process. I'm excited about this journey. I feel powerful because I am not putting money into the beauty business.
I feel the same way about this as I do with the breakfast cereal movement. A thing we eat because society told you to. A meal created to fund the cereal czar's of the world. O czar is maybe a wee bit overboard, but you can understand my frustration.
Becca
Mental in Oregon
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Wow - beautiful ladies, adorable babies and puppies! Marvelous!3
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Rori: I'm so sorry you're caught in a staffing shell game. I hope you end up happy with the outcome. The process of getting there sounds unpleasant. (((HUGS)))
Pip: I love your doggy pictures. Keep 'em coming!
Chris, Lenora and Sue: The last I remember hearing from Sylvia she was busy with her artist's co-op & didn't have time for us. That was quite a while ago. I hope she is still well and happy.
Lenora: Sending good thoughts for Louis. :flowerforyou:
Tomorrow we are headed for the surgery center location. We have reservations at the hotel where we've stayed before and are looking forward to the second eye surgery. From here, things should improve for DH. He'll need new glasses and he'll be able to see!!! :bigsmile:
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. Edison
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Jolene - "my filter had a hole in it" that made me laugh out loud!
Rita - Happy Belated Birthday! BTW why would you rent in TN? Do you have family there?
Off to LaLaLand - night all!
Gloria in WA where the weather is Schizophrenic!3 -
Kate UK 1
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Morning all!
Yoga this morning. Not many calories to burn, so I will either have to get on the exercise bike or eat less.
I'm going to make a ragu this pm (bolognese ) so I can just reheat a portion when I get back from the hairdresser's later. Me, zoodles, DH, tagliatelle. Green beans.
Re - could you put your pork on zoodles? I also use roasted butternut squash under meat stew. Half the calories of potatoes.
Had a bit of a row yesterday after DH negotiated a better, cheaper deal with the phone company. A new superfast modem means I will have to redo the wifi printer YET AGAIN and I hate doing it. :sad: Did it twice last year. :sad: So, I wasn't suitably grateful for the hour he had spent on the phone.
A rather quiet evening ensued, but he's ok this morning and we have discussed it. Grrrrrrrrrr!
Marcelyn - Super Nelly! Ahhhhhhhh!
Katla - Best wishes for your DH 's eye surgery. :flowerforyou:
I remembered to cancel my free Amazon Prime trial this morning.
They sent a reminder as I requested. I love having Prime for the deliveries, but I don't use any of the added services, so it's not worth it to me. I was impressed that they do send a reminder before they bill you. I have had the free trial about four times now!
Time to get ready. Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
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Morning ladies,
Marcelyn Aw little Nelly is so precious, congrats!
Chris just sent a prayer to you
Didn't have a great weigh in so kind of peeved, it's like the weight just fights to stick around despite my hard work.
Have a great day! Sarah, Ontario
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Good morning Ladies.
Re, I love (as much as I can love any dreaded exercise torture machine) my elliptical also and I fortunately have mine in my family room where I can pull it out in front of the TV.
No loss, but no gain so far this week. I think it's a victory since I was on my butt all day Sunday doing the books and had and went a bit wild with chocolate last night, nothing too serious but definitely more than is normal for me. The chocolate cake I baked for the nonexistent book club meeting will be traveling with me to a friends' home tonight for a get together. I will have a small slice and the rest will go to work with me tomorrow and be out of my house. Problem solved.
I think a walk around the mall after work is in order.
Everyone have a wonderful day!
Chris in MA who is enjoying hearing the birds singing, spring must be around the corner.
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Morning ladies,
Slept from 7 last night until 5:45 this morning, and boy did I need it.. yesterday was rough.. I dont mind working up front ,but when Mary lets me answer all the phones, do the scanning, great patients and then have everyone that works there ask me did you order this ,can you get that , I was about ready to scream...Mary to busy texting her husband , watching April the giraffe on her phone and sometimes working,but leaving the bulk to me..
the way my bed is situated I can look out the window and watch the planes fly by on the flight path we are on. we are smack in the middle of the state, so see alot flying to Boston and Europe and dreaming of taking a vacation some day..
My uncle is hanging on, like I told you ,and my aunts son is having brain surgery so she went to be with him.. I am hoping to fly out to Minnesota for services if they have them.. he is a decorated Korean war vet that fought at the Chosin Resevoir ..
Sorry I haven't been as chatty and able to hang with you all lately.. sorta in a funk..3 -
Good morning everyone. Pouring rain here today, so will have to find a dry spot indoors for my walk. I'm getting the stitches out of my finger and progress report this morning. Expecting some big problems at work today. Someone disagrees with my instruction to staff and he is causing quite an uproar. Not sure when this trend started, where an untrained person thinks he/she knows more than the trained professional...
Love all the pictures of lovely ladies, babies and fur babies.
Thoughts and Prayers going out for those who requested (and even for those who didn't request, hope you don't mind
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Have a great day
queene in PA1
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